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A major event in Darius's life was his expedition to punish Athens and Eretria and subjugate Greece. Darius added to the empire by conquering Thrace and Macedon, invading the Saka, which were Iranian tribes who had invaded Medes and even killed Cyrus the Great.
prior to seizing power Darius served as a spearman (doryphoros) in Cambyses' Egyptian campaign (528-525 BCE)
In 550, at the Battle of Marathon, the Persians were defeated by a heavily armed Athenian army with 9,000 men who were supported by 600 Plataeans and 10,000 lightly armed soldiers led by Miltiades. The defeat at Marathon marked the end of the First Persian invasion of Greece.
The Assyrians need more people who are able to get inititive.
Quote from: 3-Liner And Bags Of Chips on December 18, 2009, 09:49:27 AMThe Assyrians need more people who are able to get inititive. They have some great stuff, but no way to play it, which I think is such a shame. Magicians need initiative also.
Also, CBN cards should focus on indirect game manipulation and NOT be more battle winners.Battles are more fun like this:"Ha! I'm playing {battle winner}.""Oh yeah?!? I'm interrupting that and playing this {battle winner}.""Go ahead. I'm interrupting and preventing that."Sort of like a high-stakes poker game with lots of raises.
So awesome you mean I think more EC's that are protected from things in battle (Ala Prince of Persia and Judas) would be cool.
Although I agree is CBN annoying for battle winners, I really do like the conditional CBN, like on Zeal for the Lord. It adds strategy; do I play my awesome battle winner on a normal Priest and chance wasting it or do I wait for Phin for pwnation!?
The problem with enhancements that have CBN in conditions that YOU control is that you can create a deck with nothing but those combos (see Gabe's offense from a couple years ago, and Tim Maly's defense from a few years ago). Battles almost never lasted beyond the first enhancement.
The next set will include cards of every brigade, but will NOT include cards for every theme or culture. So, we cannot guarantee that what you put here will even be considered, since your culture or theme might not even get a single new card next year. However, in case your favorite culture or brigade IS getting some cards, is there a particular weakness that you wish would be improved?Now is the time to make your requests. We are not looking for full card ideas, just holes you'd like to see filled.Finish the sentence:I wish (this culture theme) had a way to _____________ .
I also think that this can add strategy to the game, but I would like the conditions to be more difficult. Instead of being CBN if played on a single character (which makes another 2-card combo for decks like Gabe's and Maly's), it could be CBN if there are 3 other Apostles in play (or something like that). It would create a card that would be very powerful for someone who is using a particular offense or defense, but would require too many cards to be simply thrown into every deck type out there.