I gave up playing this yesterday. I’d achieved 79 islands and 15th place in the game (out of about 6,000) as the player YieldToPortent but the game (Game 1) was getting a little bit stagnant for me. All of the unowned islands had been taken and new ones only became free when someone dropped out. Then there would be a mad feeding frenzy as everyone made a mad dash with disputes and hassle.

It’s been fun. But what started out as perhaps 5 minutes a day was taking an hour, maybe two at weekends; way too much time. Bits I remember- the anxiety after capturing an island, waiting until you could ship enough resources in to raise the main house to level 2 (I lost 5 islands due to someone capturing them just a few minutes before the house reached level 2- that prevents anyone colonising an island) and then having to pile up defences against people who were unwise enough to attack. I even had one island that someone claimed was his- he had attacked twice and been repulsed but caused me a massive amount of damage. I eventually stocked it up with 11,000 stone throwers and 96 catapults and of course he never attacked again. Most people rarely have more than 2,000 soldiers on an island- that was a large amount.

Combat in Inselkampf was ferociously pyrrhic. I lost several fleets with over 200 Warships in and hundreds of soldiers. Anyway it was fun and no regrets… Compare this map with my earlier ones! The darker coloured islands are mine.

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