Yeah, I agree, the faster we know about Gia and Jon, the better.
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Because it’s been ten posts since with different board positions.
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No affiliation with Groin.
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“I won’t send my peopwe to be cownewed awone by deh possibwe enemy. I’ve awweady been goaded into someffing I didn’t wike by feaw of deh unknown in my wast turn, I won’t do it again so soon! I won’t send my peopwe into dangew wiwwy niwwy.”
"If it is so important den let @yebellz 
go in search of deh knowledge we seek. I will buiwd a guawanteed home for my peopwe with the fiewce @Barbanaira 
!
"Vewy well, I’m willing to bend to bettew secuwe ouw fowces in the South East.
“How do you feew about L6? I’m open to suggestion.”
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Personally, I don’t feel good about any move other than N11 for the first move.
Playing blindly first and then finding out the value is just bad play, when it is also possible to find out the value first and afterwards playing the best move for that situation. We’re all just “white” stones, the secondary colour doesn’t matter, strictly speaking.
But if your need to play “your own stone” is stronger than the need to play the best move, go ahead, I can’t stop you.
Sorry, I misspoke, I meant to say the bottom left, i.e. NeilAgg 
.
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Is there a dislike button? 
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“Byad pway…? Byad PLAY?!” Myst’s❄️ face contorts in utter rage, “Do you fink dis is some kind of game?? Have youw mercantiwe puwsuits detached you fwom your humanity?!”
Myst stops themselves short, placing a hand to their face, soothing the creases from their expression. Myst reminds themselves that they and @Vsotvep 
are on the same side. They take a breath and begin again.
"Pawdon me. I am going to choose to bewieve that I misundewstood you, and dat you misundewstand me as well. Awwow me to expwain again.
"I am not a miwitawy commandew, my peopwe are not all soldiews, nor are dey fanatics wike dose of the Dark Wizawd 
. I hab been entwusted to secuwe deh homes, famiwies, hopes, and dweams of my peopwe in dis wand. I will not ask dem to go into dangew that I would not wisk mysewf to secuwe deir futuwe. I will not wisk dose peopwe on a coin fwip.
“You appeaw to be a wise and canny pewson. Maybe this seems siwwy or unweasonable to you. But as awwies I ask you to wespect me and my decisions.”
Myst closes their eyes and takes a deep breath in. And out. And turns to the mighty @Barbanaira . “Befowe my finaw decision, I ask you: what pwefewence do you have between pwacing an encampment at L6 or L7?”
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Me? Ööh, my gut feeling says L7, if it’s got to be one of those two.
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I beg your pardon, I was carried away for a bit there. This campaign is giving me a headache.
Let me explain it in my own terms. When someone offers you to buy a mystery product of great value, it is Mercantilism 101 that you respectfully decline the first offer and send one of your lackeys to discover what the mystery product is. Only after you have been able to appraise its value, do you make your first bid.
What you are about to do, by putting your encampment at L7, is as if you offer to pay the seller a thousand ducats without knowing what you are buying. The seller will readily agree to your offer, but you will be sorely disappointed that you bought nothing more than a common housecat, probably infested with fleas. All of that could have been prevented, had you seen a glimpse of the purchase before you made it.
But I shan’t lecture you on the principles of business any further.
Perhaps we can make our indifferences disappear with a discount? I’ll offer you this premium tea selection, masterfully sampled by none other than my personal servant Percival over there on his most recent expedition to the high mountains of Tibet.
Percival steps forward and opens a meticulously crafted wooden box, containing six compartments, each filled with dried herbs and flowers.
Freshly arrived since yesterday, I offer you the first bid, starting at 25 ducats. Naturally I will allow you another sample before your purchase.
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Ahem! Zealots, they’re zealots now, hardened into battle by multiple crusades. And they will protect the innocent with their own lives.
I appreciate you’re not a military commander, Little @MystWalker 
, however, let us not forget how your so-called “homely families” plotted with common mercenaries to commit a criminal act, during the massacre of the North Western Convent.
The Order had forseen that a fight would take place on that forgotten corner of the world, and put itself in the middle to maintain the peace between your people and the merchant’s forces. However, in the end, it was your “civilians” who betrayed them, and surrounded them from the west. Sor Juana found nothing but a single survivor, everything else having been burnt down.
So, no, my dear colleague. Your words resound hollow, in your attempt to whitewash the war crimes you’ve commited. The lives of the villagers and clerics that inhabited that land will remain in your conscience.
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Myst cocked their head with a blank smile, “Ohhh…! I see!,” then shook their head, and re-acquired their composure. “W-well, tank you fow your genewous donation of tea. Deh new encampment will appreciate youw suppowt!”
“Oh yeh, I wemember dat one!”
“Eeeheehee! Dat was a good one! …sowwy about your house, I was hoping you weren’t a webel.” : < “Wouwd you like a wovely new yuwt to call youw own?” : >
“Oh my, I awmost fowgot what I was doing. Tank you @Barbanaira fow youw input! I’ll send in deh owdews now!” Myst scribbled onto a small piece of parchment, beckoned an aide, whispered into their ear, and handed them the note before they hurried off. “Goodness, I’ve been sewious fow awmost a whowe 20 minutes! I have a powewful hungee fow cookies and tea. Who would wike to join me?” : D
Mystwalker plays "L7"
Interactive Board
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Astrologer @Jon_Ko , Madman @NeilAgg , I believe we can take back the North East. We should discuss this plan after Viscount @yebellz’s move.
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Viscount @yebellz 
,
I hope you realise better than our stubborn and cowardly dwarf how important N11 is for our long-term survival. We are at a big disadvantage, with 19 cohorts of rebels waiting at the border to invade, and we cannot afford to play around wasting precious time playing peacefully when our enemy is ready to kill. We urgently need to protect the top, and it may possibly be too late already, judging by some intel I gathered from the Hermit 
. For the time being I believe this to be a bluff, but I am not certain.
Even if it so happens that the North East cannot be saved, it is absolutely vital that we learn whether we have an ally or an enemy in the duchess Gia 
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I agree that N11 seems like the best move for Team White.
Does that sound good to @MystWalker and @Barbanaira as well?
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I’m not sure, where this is going, but I will listen.
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Thanks my dear Astrologer. Let’s wait. You’ve always considered what I have to say, and your hospitality has always been appreciated. This might be the single most important inflection point in this war.
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Yo.
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I think we should also be careful about the rumors of an attack to the southwest too.
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I think C10 should be Barbanairas visible colour.
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(Ah, thanks again. That must have been left over from when I was making my comic. It ought to be right now. Could you double check?)
(To help avoid having to copy the board visually, I’ll start adding the link to the current map to my move posts and suggest others do the same.)
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