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Every once in a while I look at my game listings and I see a completely unexpected "Destiny Awaits".  Usually it is someone pulling off something really clever and getting just the right rolls. It always makes me smile.  I thought I would post a thread to see if other people came across these moments to give their foes a tip of the hat.

Today's Episode goes to dawilli33: 80531

It is a quick one and I thought I had him beat, which made the win even cooler.

Ok we have some interesting names and I try to guess what they are or where they came from.  Here is mine.

DigitalBlacksmith (avatar is traditionally megaman running 8 bit):
Has been my handle for probably a decade or so, before that I was RRah1, I switched to DigitalBlacksmith back when I was in slashdot forums and someone in a discussion mentioned how they are kind of a digital blacksmith with their job.  The term really resonated with me as I am a system's administrator and am known for coming up with really creative solutions to very complex problems.  My handle is fairly well known in communities like spiceworks and if you are a techy person you probably have seen items written by me.

Games not ending appropriately.

This has happened a couple of times but this time irritated me as it cost me the game.  I end a turn and the game doesn't record the last few moves and stays on your turn.  This game I ended my turn, went on to a couple others, then the game came back around and I thought that I forgot to end my turn. So I hit end turn, what I forgot to do was verify that my shield and heal had taken place.
You are welcome to the free win Cragalanche although I am getting suspicious of the number of 7 sprints you are using.
#80083

Does anyone hate this map as much as I do,  The attached is 2nd turn, my opponent has not even gotten a chance to roll yet.

77808 is a nice example.  After the last move they just hang and wont end the turn. This game will stay in queue for a week or so and victory will never be assigned.

Is there any way to get development going again on this game? Given the length of time since any update would there be an advantage to opening the code to the community?
I love the game and will continue playing for a while but I think we are overdue for some fixes and new expansion packs.

Fixes:
Sprint cheat
hanging games

Expansion pack:
Healers
Mage: Priest - HP5 - heal spells-1, HP10 - dispell magic ability (cost 1 card), minor heal ability.
Kensai - 4 attack die, if miss automatically attack for 4 more. 6 health 12 armor, no attack penalty on sprint.
Druid - 2 attack die, can cast entangle on single unit, may summon a 1/1 bear for 2 cards, max of 1, 6 life 12 armor.
Familiar - (something new) adds one mana per turn to HM, 1 attack die, 10 armor, 4 life. May teleport for 2 cards.



Or have a community contest to come up with a new pack, get interest back up.

How can we make this kind of development happen?

We all have bad rutts in the game.  I am certain I am in the middle of the worst one ever. I am usually 50/50 on win/loss. As of the last 2 weeks I have played over 20 games and have won...3. Several games I was unable to do leave even a point of damage on the opponent.
Maybe someone out there is having insane luck to balance out my games...

Do people still lurk in these forums?  I know we have had some pretty epic battles in the game but no one has been posting on them.  How am I supposed to blame my losses on bad dice if people don't gloat?

Just looking for some other players interested in pick up games.  3v3 would be nice, FFA as well but we are here to have fun and have interesting games.  Random PUGs are just odd as people gang up or are prebuilt...so I hear.

Who is up for it?

Does anyone else have the issue when creating games (Android or web), where the map changes or random people replace you in the list?  Today was the worst one,  it was almost like I was fighting someone else for control of the maps.

Essentially I create a custom game, pick a map,  invite 2 buddies to play with me and fill out the rest of the slots with computers.   I look down and there is a different map, one I cannot even select...probably someone's custom map.  I go to change and I have to select a different map other than the one I am on and change back.  Then it changes again...and again, and again until I am fast enough to start the game.

My buddies today said even when they went to accept the game, it was still randomly changing maps.

I am good at troubleshooting so I think I will get the debugger and start narrowing items down.  Very odd.

It would be nice to set up my favorite settings for custom games to reference later.  It gets a little cumbersome on my phone and even via the web to get all the settings ready for my next encounter with friends.  Sometimes we want to replay a map with the same settings, sometimes we want to revisit an old battle.