Tes, since when playing the AI I have the advantage in cards I figured I won't play sanctions at all. And if luck wasn't 75% I might have won this...

But yeah, turning into an AI is better;)

http://warlight.net/MultiPlayer.aspx?GameID=1785272

I forgot to use my sanctions card until turn 2, unfortunately...


also.. the last turn, the AI put 5 armies on each territory, I killed one territ, then he attacked from it, \*order displaced* then I killed his other territ.. he was acting as if he would attack another territ, but the order hadn't arrived.. naturally he could of just been building to wall up against me but..

Still, I recommend fighting with AI without using your sanctoins card on it. It provides a decent challenge. Actually I believe sth of this sort should be in single player challenge levels (though unsure how it'd be implemented).

I agree with you.. I used my sanction card on myself, lol

Aah, sorry,m misread the game somehow;)
It seems when you are close to Ai it gets easier (pretty much what I expected).

The AI is decent at expansion, but terrible at fighting a war. The AI gets far worse when it's fighting on multiple fronts.

[http://warlight.net/MultiPlayer.aspx?GameID=1759156](http://warlight.net/MultiPlayer.aspx?GameID=1759156)
Just won my game =)
It might also be an option to give players several sanction cards of shorter duration. The rookie gets for example 4-6 or 10-14 with a duration of 3 turns each while the vet get's half or a third of that amount. Then both agree on when and how much of their sanction cards they play.
I'm having in mind that the rookie and the vet do get full income around maybe mid-game again, ideally on the same turn. The vet would be hindered for a longer period of time, of course - but not for the whole game so he would have more of a chance to equalize and subsequently turn around the game.

An example:
The rookie get's 4 sanction cards, plays them every third turn to slow down the vet. The vet plays his first card on turn 6, his second on turn 9. Thus both players are on full income again on turn 13...

I'm very interested in playing this type of game. I'm very new, so my opponent should play his card on turn 10.

My rookie seems to have decided to fight to the last man, literally. :) I was going to play the sanction card on turn 4, but I waited until turn 5 since my opponent forgot to play it until turn 2. In hindsight, I suppose turn 5 was a little early, but it's hard to know in advance.

http://warlight.net/MultiPlayer.aspx?GameID=1774306

My game against Sunny Rain just wrapped up, I had planned on using my sanctions card after turn 5, but ended up not using it since I felt like it was a relatively fair battle income wise the way it was. So far I am 2 for 2 without using sanctions :)

Guess I'm done too :)

http://warlight.net/MultiPlayer.aspx?GameID=1764306