Campaign Winner

Primarily due to (a) Mike Richter leaving us in August/September, and (b) Heath ridiculously busy with his teaching program, and secondarily with (c) Mike & Jon both just being generally busy with school/work and work, respectively, this seems to be the best time to end this iteration of our Lord of the Rings campaign. Hopefully we can make some changes and start a fresh campaign sometime in the near future, as this one has been a blast.

In order to name somebody a winner, here is the plan we're going to follow. Everyone needs to send Ryan (jiggerhazzle _at_ gmail) an email with a sequential ordering of all 4 factions, in the order of finish, in your opinion. For example, if you think A was first, and D was last, then you should email Ryan:

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D

You must rank your faction in LAST place. First place votes will receive 4 points, second place 3 points, third place 2 points, and last, 1 point. Winner will be the faction with the most points.

What should you take into consideration in ranking the factions? All of the following should be considered:

• Economy: Current income; Likely future income
• Security: Defensive strength, particularly of home AWs. Ability to repel attacks and survive, using terrain, armed forces, fortifications, treaties, etc.
• Offensive Capability: Strength of one's armed forces.
  
• Deployment: Coordination of forces across Middle Earth.
• Intangibles: Leadership capability, General-ship skills, etc. (The Sun Tzu factor :) ).

Ryan will keep all votes secret until everyone has submitted them, and then he will tally the results and send out everyone's individual votes and the totals, declaring a winner.