I did forget who I played... so long ago!  All I remember is that I came off the previous Haven having done reasonably well, and was overconfident. I was also aware of the power of the Knights, and my attempts to establish alliances (and pointing out the danger of the Knights all the while wanting to seize control of that position) obviously fell flat. Congrats to those who stuck it out to the end, and thanks much Mike for an always enjoyable game. I'm looking forward to jumping in another one. --Joe  From: Michael Sims
To: Éamon Driscoll
Cc: tom.s.holmes(at)gmail.com; Warren Fleming ; Patrick Cloutier ; diplomacy(at)diffell.net; Joe Babinsack ; welsh_stroud(at)msn.com; Derek Eiler ; Garry Bledsoe ; Jason Koelewyn ; Jerome Payne
; Jim Gramoll ; joral(at)darkenedpath.com; Jeff Hall ; Mike Norton ; timmygrainger(at)sympatico.ca; Michael Penner ; Rolf Loschek ; Roger Alan ; dc442 ; rolf.loschek(at)t-online.de
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 6:50 PM
Subject: dc442 s25 results - DRAW!






There you have it!  24.5 years played, 4-way LEAK draw.  Tim of the Gnomes and Pat of the Dwarves manage survivals.  483 days.
 
It's the longest Haven game ever (by turns)... previous was dc224 at 20.5 years... but shorter in real life time, as dc224 took 575 days to do those 20 years... about 100 days longer!  This game falls shy of any "overall" records, as dc92 cleanly retains both, for a game that went 36 years over 595 days.  I think this game comes in at 3rd overall, behind dc92 at 36 years and dc122 at 29 years.
 
EOG's are expected from all! 
 
Next we're heading to Disney World in about 3 weeks... After the return from that, I'll start up the next Haven.    Might open it before, and let it gather joins up until it starts.
Enjoy!!
-mike