Power's Edge International News for Turn 79

From the NewsWire:

Aragorn Retires
Turn 79, Somewhere (P.E. Census) - Alas, King Aragorn has not started a new nation and is no longer with us.

From the Grapevine:

Explorers loyal to Trusty have connected to a region belonging to Lenin!

Explorers loyal to JKD have connected to a region belonging to No Leader!

Egghead has renamed the region EggSandwich-443 as Deviled.

Egghead has renamed the region EggSandwich-442 as Benedict.

Observers report seeing a diplomatic message pass between Gandalf and Dark Lord Pi.

Observers report seeing a diplomatic message pass between Gandalf and Zeus.

Emissaries of Gandalf carry this message to all:

Thugwompus, I have been called by my allies, Falcon and Caesar, to help them. So be ready, I can't let you conquer their lands freely any longer... Sir Gandalf

Observers report seeing a diplomatic message pass between ### and Belgarion.

A secret message has leaked! One player reportedly sent this message to another:

Greetings, I offer you a peace treaty. My standard conditions: no scouting or attacking each other, the treaty can be cancelled at any time, but the warning has to be issued 10 turns in advance. The cooperative actions against other players may be discussed later. Do you have any alliances or wars?

Observers report seeing a diplomatic message pass between Caesar and Trusty.

Explorers loyal to Caesar have connected to a region belonging to Geez!

Explorers loyal to Phoenix have connected to a region belonging to Thugwompus!

A secret message has leaked! One player reportedly sent this message to another:

Caesar -- Thugwompus is easier target than I thought! Who shall we take next? Gandalf would be fun, don't you think? Or maybe we pick off little border nations like fat bugs? You choose!

Emissaries of Thugwompus carry this message to all:

Ah, defeat! Alas, to all fair nations in this land, why hold you back as if in desire to live under the shadow of the Mighty Ones? If the time is not now, it will be never! My power fails, yet I draw such forces to my borders. Why do you wait like shee

m! has renamed the region BelgiqueCongolaise-553 as Verhofstadt.

m! has renamed the region BelgiqueCongolaise-599 as Lumumbaville.

Explorers loyal to Lenin have connected to a region belonging to Zeus!

Lenin has renamed the region Workers' World-566 as Staraya Derevnya.

Lenin has renamed the region Workers' World-610 as Goskomstat.

Fighting! There are reports that Falcon attacked Thugwompus at Falcon-204!
... the victorious attackers take control!

Scouting! A 1-unit force loyal to Genghis scouted No Leader at Independent-630!
... the defenders report the incident to headquarters!

Scouting! A 1-unit force loyal to JKD scouted No Leader at J.K.Dampener-152!
... the defenders report the incident to headquarters!

Scouting! A 1-unit force loyal to Captain Hook scouted Caesar at Caesariensis!
... the defenders report the incident to headquarters!

Fighting! There are reports that Geez attacked No Leader at Independent-595!
... the victorious attackers rename the region Geez-595!

Fighting! There are reports that Captain Hook attacked Caesar at Bithynia!
... the victorious attackers take control!

Scouting! A 1-unit force loyal to ### scouted No Leader at Independent-632!
... the defenders report the incident to headquarters!

Fighting! There are reports that Lenin attacked Zeus at Larisa!
... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers are destroyed!

Scouting! A 1-unit force loyal to Caesar scouted Geez at Geez-520!
... the defenders report the incident to headquarters!

Fighting! There are reports that Caesar attacked Thugwompus at Thracia!
... the victorious attackers take control!

Fighting! There are reports that Legolas attacked No Leader at Independent-627!
... the victorious attackers rename the region Gondolin-627!

Fighting! There are reports that Buehler attacked No Leader at Independent-633!
... the victorious attackers rename the region Buehler-633!

Scouting! A 1-unit force loyal to Gandalf scouted No Leader at J.K.Dampener-211!
... the defenders report the incident to headquarters!

Fighting! There are reports that KingConqueror attacked No Leader at Independent-465!
... the victorious attackers rename the region Magyarorszag-465!

Scouting! A 1-unit force loyal to Trusty scouted Lenin at Staraya Derevnya!
... the defenders report the incident to headquarters!

Fighting! There are reports that Buehler attacked No Leader at Independent-634!
... the victorious attackers rename the region Buehler-634!

Fighting! There are reports that TheDude attacked ### at # # #!
... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers are destroyed!

Fighting! There are reports that Caesar attacked Thugwompus at Illyricum!
... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers are destroyed!

Fighting! There are reports that Corum attacked No Leader at Independent-618!
... the victorious attackers rename the region Corum-618!

Fighting! There are reports that JKD attacked No Leader at Independent-621!
... the victorious attackers rename the region JKD-621!

Scouting! A 1-unit force loyal to Phoenix scouted Thugwompus at ^v^&&-30!
... the defenders report the incident to headquarters!

Scouting! A 1-unit force loyal to Genghis scouted No Leader at Independent-629!
... the defenders report the incident to headquarters!

Scouting! A 1-unit force loyal to Falcon scouted No Leader at SU & Hapy Hamsters-241!
... the defenders report the incident to headquarters!

Scouting! A 1-unit force loyal to ### scouted No Leader at Independent-631!
... the defenders report the incident to headquarters!

Fighting! There are reports that Corum attacked No Leader at Independent-619!
... the victorious attackers rename the region Corum-619!

Fighting! There are reports that Bob attacked No Leader at Independent-628!
... the victorious attackers rename the region Heeter-628!

Scouting! A 1-unit force loyal to Gandalf scouted Thugwompus at cheek!
... the defenders report the incident to headquarters!

Fighting! There are reports that Paskar attacked No Leader at Independent-585!
... the victorious attackers rename the region Paskar-585!

Fighting! There are reports that Zeus attacked No Leader at Independent-602!
... the victorious attackers rename the region Zeus-602!

Fighting! There are reports that Legolas attacked No Leader at Independent-626!
... the victorious attackers rename the region Gondolin-626!

Random Disconnect: The connection between KingConqueror-282 and KingConqueror-281 has broken -- cause unknown! Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

Random Disconnect: The connection between Agea-518 and agea2 has broken -- cause unknown! Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

Random Disconnect: The connection between LineDance and Cha-Cha has broken -- cause unknown! Both places now have an additional external connection possible.

The Leading Leaders on Turn 79

Most
Regions Most
Units Most
Production Best Regions
(Prod./Region) Best Defenses
(Units/Region) Maxing Out
(Units/Prod.)

1. Gandalf 36

2. Falcon 32

3. Caesar 32

4. Thugwompus 27

5. Victor Ian Davion 15

1. Gandalf 659

2. Caesar 484

3. Falcon 482

4. Thugwompus 300

5. L'ennemi du Bien 254

1. Gandalf 65

2. Caesar 60

3. Falcon 60

4. Thugwompus 47

5. Bob 32

1. josh_on 5.0

2. dempsey metro 4.5

3. Rohal the Wise 4.5

4. ### 4.2

5. Kustodio 3.8

1. josh_on 76.0

2. dempsey metro 65.5

3. Rohal the Wise 64.5

4. edis 40.5

5. Kustodio 30.6

1. Ithil 17.8

2. josh_on 15.2

3. Corum 15.0

4. dempsey metro 14.6

5. Turin Turambar 14.5

Strategic Status Summary for Turn 79

Units and Production

Nation	Leader	Regions	Units	Production	Prod/Region	Units/Region	Units/Prod
###	###	4	87	17	4.2	21.8	5.1
Agea	ageas	5	146	12	2.4	29.2	12.2
American Pride	Uncle Sam	6	113	17	2.8	18.8	6.6
Aventurien	Rohal the Wise	2	129	9	4.5	64.5	14.3
Belgaria	Belgarion	4	121	14	3.5	30.2	8.6
BelgiqueCongolaise	m!	6	159	16	2.7	26.5	9.9
Bonanza	bonanza	5	118	16	3.2	23.6	7.4
Buehler	Buehler	9	148	20	2.2	16.4	7.4
Camelot	LancelotDD	6	132	13	2.2	22.0	10.2
Central Kingdom	Phoenix	10	165	17	1.7	16.5	9.7
Cormanthor	Aramil Bladesong	8	203	17	2.1	25.4	11.9
Corum	Corum	5	135	9	1.8	27.0	15.0
EggSandwich	Egghead	7	145	22	3.1	20.7	6.6
Falcon Isles	Falcon	32	482	60	1.9	15.1	8.0
Fredonia	Rufus T Firefly	10	106	15	1.5	10.6	7.1
Free People	Kaptain Bly	8	129	21	2.6	16.1	6.1
Gandalf	Gandalf	36	659	65	1.8	18.3	10.1
Geez	Geez	11	205	19	1.7	18.6	10.8
Gondolin	Legolas	4	101	14	3.5	25.2	7.2
Heeter	Bob	15	241	32	2.1	16.1	7.5
Ithilien	Ithil	11	213	12	1.1	19.4	17.8
JKD	JKD	6	115	19	3.2	19.2	6.1
Longstreet	Longstreet	6	111	13	2.2	18.5	8.5
Lyran Alliance	Dark Lord Pi	13	140	11	0.8	10.8	12.7
Macrofeeshtopia	Macrofeesh	5	137	13	2.6	27.4	10.5
Magyarorszag	KingConqueror	10	97	15	1.5	9.7	6.5
Martsland	marts	8	176	16	2.0	22.0	11.0
Mattaria	L'ennemi du Bien	11	254	26	2.4	23.1	9.8
Miralath	Miralus	13	185	21	1.6	14.2	8.8
Mongol Hordes	Genghis	7	136	17	2.4	19.4	8.0
Pangalactic Jihad	Magamet	7	159	23	3.3	22.7	6.9
Paskar	Paskar	6	85	17	2.8	14.2	5.0
Pirates!	Captain Hook	14	203	22	1.6	14.5	9.2
Roman Empire	Caesar	32	484	60	1.9	15.1	8.1
Sabina	Kustodio	5	153	19	3.8	30.6	8.1
Settlers	Remmi	5	141	14	2.8	28.2	10.1
The Fittests	Ruso Turisto	6	116	10	1.7	19.3	11.6
TheDude	TheDude	9	41	13	1.4	4.6	3.2
Trust Country	Trusty	9	120	16	1.8	13.3	7.5
Turin Turambar	Turin Turambar	9	159	11	1.2	17.7	14.5
United Suns	Victor Ian Davion	15	176	15	1.0	11.7	11.7
Workers' World	Lenin	11	168	21	1.9	15.3	8.0
Zeus	Zeus	11	151	24	2.2	13.7	6.3
^v^&&	Thugwompus	27	300	47	1.7	11.1	6.4
dempsey metro	dempsey metro	2	131	9	4.5	65.5	14.6
edis	edis	4	162	13	3.2	40.5	12.5
josh_on	josh_on	2	152	10	5.0	76.0	15.2
the Metanetwork	Psientist	8	114	13	1.6	14.2	8.8

Connections, Borders and Links

Nation	Leader	Regions	Neighboring Players	Established Borders	Internal Links	Borders per Region	Links per Region
###	###	4	3	6	6	1.50	1.50
Agea	ageas	5	0	0	6	0.00	1.20
American Pride	Uncle Sam	6	0	0	10	0.00	1.67
Aventurien	Rohal the Wise	2	1	2	2	1.00	1.00
Belgaria	Belgarion	4	2	2	6	0.50	1.50
BelgiqueCongolaise	m!	6	0	0	10	0.00	1.67
Bonanza	bonanza	5	2	2	10	0.40	2.00
Buehler	Buehler	9	2	2	16	0.22	1.78
Camelot	LancelotDD	6	1	1	12	0.17	2.00
Central Kingdom	Phoenix	10	4	4	20	0.40	2.00
Cormanthor	Aramil Bladesong	8	0	0	14	0.00	1.75
Corum	Corum	5	0	0	8	0.00	1.60
EggSandwich	Egghead	7	0	0	12	0.00	1.71
Falcon Isles	Falcon	32	10	30	70	0.94	2.19
Fredonia	Rufus T Firefly	10	2	3	18	0.30	1.80
Free People	Kaptain Bly	8	1	1	16	0.12	2.00
Gandalf	Gandalf	36	12	24	82	0.67	2.28
Geez	Geez	11	4	5	22	0.45	2.00
Gondolin	Legolas	4	0	0	6	0.00	1.50
Heeter	Bob	15	2	2	34	0.13	2.27
Ithilien	Ithil	11	6	11	20	1.00	1.82
JKD	JKD	6	1	1	10	0.17	1.67
Longstreet	Longstreet	6	0	0	10	0.00	1.67
Lyran Alliance	Dark Lord Pi	13	4	5	22	0.38	1.69
Macrofeeshtopia	Macrofeesh	5	0	0	8	0.00	1.60
Magyarorszag	KingConqueror	10	4	6	18	0.60	1.80
Martsland	marts	8	1	1	16	0.12	2.00
Mattaria	L'ennemi du Bien	11	6	9	22	0.82	2.00
Miralath	Miralus	13	3	4	26	0.31	2.00
Mongol Hordes	Genghis	7	1	2	12	0.29	1.71
Pangalactic Jihad	Magamet	7	0	0	12	0.00	1.71
Paskar	Paskar	6	0	0	12	0.00	2.00
Pirates!	Captain Hook	14	4	8	30	0.57	2.14
Roman Empire	Caesar	32	9	23	72	0.72	2.25
Sabina	Kustodio	5	0	0	10	0.00	2.00
Settlers	Remmi	5	1	1	8	0.20	1.60
The Fittests	Ruso Turisto	6	0	0	10	0.00	1.67
TheDude	TheDude	9	4	4	16	0.44	1.78
Trust Country	Trusty	9	5	6	18	0.67	2.00
Turin Turambar	Turin Turambar	9	5	6	20	0.67	2.22
United Suns	Victor Ian Davion	15	6	9	40	0.60	2.67
Workers' World	Lenin	11	2	2	24	0.18	2.18
Zeus	Zeus	11	6	6	24	0.55	2.18
^v^&&	Thugwompus	27	9	16	56	0.59	2.07
dempsey metro	dempsey metro	2	0	0	2	0.00	1.00
edis	edis	4	1	1	6	0.25	1.50
josh_on	josh_on	2	0	0	2	0.00	1.00
the Metanetwork	Psientist	8	2	2	12	0.25	1.50

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