I have put some photographs of China in a new folder in the phots section of the group for anyone who's interested. cheers, peter mackenzie plockton high...
Found this group a short while ago and have been "lurking " for a while. Thanks have to go to everyone who've enlightened me to the fact that LOM is much much...
... Good for you! Next you'll have to invade Valethor and take Ushgarak (by day 3) *g* It's amazing that a 20-year-old game can still provide endless hours of...
... Hi there! Nice to have another lommer on board. I have to admit that I *still* have not tried to hold Blood. Far too stressful I should imagine ;) ...
In a message dated 9/2/03 4:31:58 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ... If you judge a good game by its cost to buy per hour played ratio on entertainment I wonder how...
Gawheal@...
Sep 2, 2003 6:46 pm
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... too ... It wasn't stressful at all after a couple of beers :-). I'll tell what IS stressfull though, digging through all the archived posts to find out...
yeah me2, prefer to keep my men on better, less bloody, battle positions like shimeril, keeps of marakith and thimrath working out on a strategy to stop the...
ehomusic
ehomusic@...
Sep 3, 2003 9:53 am
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i forgot where gard is, can you believe it? age is tricking me. i wanted to try and hold blood with S, F, 5, 2, 6, 7, K, Y, U, I, G, D, 8 and 1, but once i ...
... No you're not, you at least know which lord corresponds to which key! I don't think that I could remember half of those you've listed. I must be spoilt...
Is this a good time to admit that I have not actually beaten the game at all, yet? This was part of the reason for me embarking on my PalmOS port - I find the...
Simon Bradley
simonb@...
Sep 3, 2003 11:58 am
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... LOL, thats great! Part of me wishes I could go back to the time I first won again... And you still have that to come! ;-)...
... Ah, memories.... :-) I think my first Military Victory took *weeks* of playing in Real Life - Day 143 or summat like that in the game. Started out with an...
... And of course not forgetting, also on the plains of Kor, shouting at Brith, Mitharg, Trorn et al "He's on the bloody run, stop being so bloody afraid you...
well my first attack on ushgarak (dated sometime in 1989 i think) ended in a bloody slaughter, simply because i was first time in the neighbouhood and unaware...
ehomusic
ehomusic@...
Sep 5, 2003 12:45 pm
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What is the record for fastest capture of ushgarak again? I just done it on night 11 and there was room for a few minor improvements with hindsight. Not sure...
Gawheal@...
Sep 6, 2003 1:44 pm
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I seem to recall a message in the last month or so where someone said they were attempting a version of LoM using Game Maker... Did it happen? ...and i'm soooo...
... From: "kevinstaden" <kevinstaden@...> To: <midnight@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 2:10 AM Subject: [midnight] Game Maker LoM? ...
i have tried to hold blood over the weekend, but got me ass kicked by the armies which bypassed blood, probably went after luxor, and slained him somewhere in...
ehomusic
ehomusic@...
Sep 8, 2003 8:15 am
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... improvements ... day if any, ... I think someone said they did it in 9, but that was by "cheating" by exploiting the "Farflame at Ushgarak on Day 3" thing....
... One of us (who?) discovered that if you send Farflame off on his own to attack Ushgarak as soon as you recruit him, the AI goes all wonky and lots of DD...
... If you do it in 11 days or less it is easy to hold Blood - the bulk of DD's armies havent got to it yet! ;-) If you do it by day 9 you dont really even...
aha :) I usually send him off to try and save korinel until corleth can reach and recruit him; I don't think I've got the heart to sac my one and only ...
It might vary game to game, I just took Ushgarak on night 10. But I lost the plains of blood. I couldnt get anybody there in time. rorath Morning and thimrath...
Gawheal@...
Sep 8, 2003 12:30 pm
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... Well, there's always the risk of Dreams falling to a sneak attack though.... If memory serves, does the battle for the Keep Of Blood not start to really...
I finally managed it but took three casualties on the final night, Shadows, Lotheril and Herath. Luxor recruited Blood Dawn and Utarg Morkin Thrall and Dregrim...
me me me havent played it for ages, but would realy like to try, including PBEM mode of standard diplomacy, which would fit best in my available free time ...