scorched_earth hex when darius the great crossed the black sea at the bosphorus straits with a bridge of boats the scythians drew him deep into their grasslands they destroyed their own pastures and poisoned their wells darius wrote to the scythian ruler saying, "surrender or fight like a man" came the reply, "i will not stand and fight until we have destroyed the graves of our fathers" and there's method in that madness if you're mad enough to find it 120917 what's it to you? who go blather from