Turn 10 - FP 20. Tied for first with Altar. Lowest is Kraxis at 9. Well, as I've seen before Sean's world is friggin' dangerous. Right of the gate, hey look, there's lots of expansion areas. Oh, wait no, look at those mobs... I have a game-ending incursion already from a stack of Ophidians. Eying my territory is another killer stack of Ogres. Have 2 settlements, both of which are building the town defenses but neither will defeat those stacks. Need to research wardens and nightwatch asap, until then will attempt kiting any stacks roaming close. Also will focus on building a 9 stack defensive army just in case. It might be overkill, but cast a couple of Arane Monoliths in a grid to push my boundaries out. This game may be epic - or I'll end up in the belly of an Ogre or Ophidian. We'll see. Save.

Kingdom Report:

Lay of the Land:

Ophidian Threat (100 defense each WTF!, lol):

Ogre Threat:

Turn 20 - FP 30, highest. Lowest is Kraxis at 14. It's been a crazy 10 turns. There are hireable champions galore past the initial line of monsters. Ran my Shadow Warg through the guantlet and hired an additional 3 champs of which only 1 made it back without an injury. Took a risk and cast an arcane monolith right in the middle of monster territory... mainly to see what happens. None have attacked the outpost yet, but I've set a number of them loose, including a dark wizard. Still trying to kite until I get warden upgrades for outposts and nightwatch for cities. So now have my sov, 4 champs (3 with injuries), and there is 1 more hireable up north. Save.

Kingdom Report:

Lay of the Land:

Turn 30 - FP 36, in the lead. Lowest are Altar and Kraxis, both tied at 18. Now have wardens and nightwatch. Building wardens, getting ready to expand to 3rd settlement with a 9 stack of champs and spear chicks. Jesselde came with path of the governor, thus using her to quickly level additional settlements to level 2. One bad thing... capital grew to include a farm nearby, which has cutoff 2nd settlement from building any new improvements. Considering demolishing the farm so can get the nightwatch up there. Killer mobs everywhere outside my borders. Next 10 turns will be focused on 3rd settlement, possibly 4th, and pushing boundaries outward. Cannot really force magnify since I have a long open border with the wilds... Save.

Below is the standard update plus shots of the "A-Team" that's gonna clear this Bi%$h!

Kingdom Report:

Lay of the Land:

Procipinee (went Mage, may pass the crown soon):

Jesselde (Governor):

Badra (Tank):

Arcturus (Rogue Assasin):

Tearny (Tank):

Yeah, I've made a couple of mistakes... only way to get that town to upgrade further is to lower land northwards and free up some space... but not the best use of mana. This sux! This thing could turn out bad very very soon... bears and a dark wizard are right in the middle of my Kingdom.

Can anyone say the word Maul 1,000 times really fast?

Turn 40 - FP 51 (highest). Lowest are Kraxis and Magnar at 18. Founded a 3rd settlement but that looks like a huge mistake... have bears, wizards, ogres, stalkers, you name it, all running wild in my borders. 2nd city is hamstrung and can't build any improvements due to the capital snaking northward. If that 3rd settlement falls, will retreat to capital and focus on spamming arcane monoliths in an outward circle... and building wardens while I go. I'll position my champs to hopefully run in and loot the lairs thereby cutting off the source of the insanity. We shall see. Save.

Kingdom Report:

Lay of the Land:

Fixed Cave Bear. Also I like Dark Wizards as roamers. It makes the lore of Sovs wandering feel a little more common.

Turn 50 - FP 56 highest, lowest is Kraxis at 19. Well, 3rd settlement has Nightwatch now. Crossing my fingers it works... kiting killer stacks on all borders. Need to decide location of next push, I think southeast so capital can upgrade warden on arcane monoliths... most mobs are just too tough right now, and I know time will make it worse. Trying some crowd control to get this line... absolutely crazy. My wardens need double pay. Kinghts of Asok, River Slags, have mercy! Save.

Kingdom Report:

Lay of the Land (it's like the Zombie Apocalypse):

Sacrificial Kiters Aren't Coming Home:

Turn 60 - FP 62 (#1). Last 10 turns have been focused on pushing back monster hordes via some new outposts and wardens with a little bit of kiting. Lowered the mountain range north of Tenfell so I could start building improvements again. Have enough tech now to design a build a tank unit, mid-range hybrid spearmen with some armor, and of course the cheap spear units. Trying to get unrest in line so can carry a normal tax rate - a little low on the gold. Hopefully can build my 4th settlement in the next 10 turns. It's great having the governor to help the growth on the new settlements. I feel like I'm in a bunker with someone laying machine gun fire made with bullets of monsters and ruffians. Wardens and nightwatch, keep doing your jobs! Save.

Kingdom Report:

Lay of the Land:

Turn 70 - FP 71. Lowest is Yithril at 40. Attempts at border and crowd control are not working... too many mobs. It's like trying to fight a forest fire with a small extinguisher. I think I failed to destroy some key lairs at the beginning - chickens are coming home to roost. If there's a silver lining - obviously the faction AI is dealing with the same thing. Will keep plugging away but this is not looking good at all... might be able to hold the capital and 2nd city but that fortress is just surrounded and the worst thing is some of the mobs aren't going away. Was lucky to pull off that win against the wizard but if that stack of drakes or bears decides to attack, it's all she wrote... Save.

Kingdom Report

Lay of the Land:

ALM got p'owned.

I win!                            

Or really the bug wins...

That bug has been reported several times from vanilla playthroughs by me and others. It's a shame that made you quit. One thing I'll say is that this particular bug is rare and not even guaranteed to occur if you reload and kill off one of the armies. That is usually how I handle it. Kind of ridiculous though. I hope at least you learned that the highest settings are not to be trifled with. Next time you should play on immoderate. It's a lot more balanced. This bug is also less likely to occur when you don't have 100+ monsters living with you. 

Oh it's a bug. It's one of those bugs the devs can't reproduce and thus can't fix. Why can't they reproduce it? Because the vanilla game has never been in a situation where someone has to attack a city twice. I don't think it's ever come up. 

If only they had implemented better city defense.

Anyhow, I will give you a chance to watch me for change. I am starting my LP tonight. I think you will be surprised at how differently we play.

Not true. 

I have seen this error in vanilla quite often. Few times has been attacked by more than one army at the time. Also you can easily reproduce this error by attacking an enemy city one troop at the time - you will see soon that defending militia is gone (not always after after first battle though). I could provide a save to prove it, but whenever i report a bug and provide a save they are never downloaded, so why bother? 

It is one of those bugs they pretend they do not exist.