KotR Out of character thread VI

At the moment, I have sent AG down with 3 pavise crossbows to Kagemusha who is standing outside Durazzo (not sieging as this would provoke a sally and he might not win that). The rest stays inside Ragusa for now as garrison.

I'm shortly going to put up the first events of 1224 into the C&G reports, but in short, the most important news are:

Hungary has taken Zagreb and occupied it.
Milan besieges Florence and has attacked a regiment of pavise crossbows on the road with another small stack they landed. I retreated from battle so we wouldn't lose those. We are thus now at war with Milan.
Hungary has been excommunicated by the pope.
Markus Steffen and Siegfried von Kastilien have come of age.

Aussie I think in that case we just have to go and pick a fight with the Venetians when we meet them somewhere. I think my character and his pagan magigian has lot to do after the commanding duties of Von Mahren are over. I think its about time to add some gazolin to the flames of Reich´s politics.:2thumbsup:
Btw what are the Danish doing? I would love to get up into North to kill some of them bloody vikings.:smash:

Kagemusha - can I just check, it's only your sons and not Jonas who have joined the House of Austria? Sorry I missed that. Please confirm and I'll change the playlist.

Yes, according to the story that is right, econ.

Yep.Jonas didnt join Austria but his family did. He is still the count of Magdeburg.There will be more about things concerning these issues in the stories thread soon.:yes:

Just to inform you that Hans has engaged the Hungarian rear guard (3 dmt feudals) and defeated them and as he looked for the large Hungarian host, he found them besieging Constantinople. Since his army was too weary to assault them this year still, he decided to take only his cavalry and engage the Hungarians in hope of aiding our Byzantine allies.
Now, this would be fine normally, but I should note that the battle I'll be fighting in a minute, has my force at 4 knights and nothing else (Hans' GB, 2 Feudal, 1 Mailed Knight) with the Constantinople garrison against a full stack Hungarians. Odds are 1:2
Hope no-one minds this ahistoric composition, but that is the only way of helping our allies in time and I think it can be justified as above.
Fry me after the battle :)

Chancellor's Report 1224 AD is now final. Going over to 1226.

Good Battle there. I would have thought it would be a closer affair, guess the lack of a general really tip the balance.

Why not send Jobst to help out the English in Antwerp, they are still there right?

I've lost count how many times we've saved Constantinople. . .The Byzzies definitely owe us a fruit basket or something.

I look forward to the battle report, should be an interesting read.

As for moving the cav ahead of the rest of the army, as long as it is a temporary thing, I don't see a problem. When I was Chancellor, I moved the BHA's cavalry ahead to seize Marseille, the rest caught up next turn.

StoneCold: Yes, good idea. He's almost at Frankfurt anyway which should allow an easy transition over :)

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

I think the most difficult part was to get back into TW battles. Haven't touched the battle mode for at least two weeks now and didn't feel too familiar with everything right away. Once that was gone though, it was just tactics to make the Hungarians split forces and break formation to charge them down from several sides, run a few feints to get them to follow you and mercilessly crushing them. That they just stopped and stared at me for the first 3-4 minutes helped though to have the Byzantines get closer and divert some attention eventually.

OK: As long as they keep the alliance and don't start attacking us, I'm happy :D
Hope that Bavaria feels better with the Milanese gone now too.

Btw, I've just added the end of turn savegames for 1222 and 1224 to the end of the reports. Didn't have a 1220 end of turn save anymore however...

Please also comment ICly in the diet on the report and its contents and whats happening in the empire and the usual bickering :feedback:

Yes you are part of the battle AG, now get out of the diet :p

Sorry!

I'm getting excited!!:oops: :beam:

Feel free to fight the battle in SP to see how it is if you want to.

I most certainly will tonight, but after Kag does the honours.

Maybe before hand if he is late.

Still I wont tell anyone.

At least this battle allows me to spend some time writing up mine. ~:) Its already up to 30% in the battle reports section, mainly introduction and pictures with arrows.

wow, I stay in rome for a bit and the BHA is dismantled and usurped!!!

:D:D

I've got no warts which is good, TC is taking part of the BHA to Zagreb to relieve the siege? or an army assembled from garrisons?

I still have to read the diet, stories, and battle reports, but it look sall good so far~:cheers:

@ AG Comming to Canada? if you are in Northern Ontario gimme a Call!

The BHA is still well above the recommended strength but currently led by Captain Kurt as there is no qualified commander for it, other than yourself.

Lothar Steffen has taken 3 dismt feudals and 2 armoured sergeants to besiege Zagreb, which luckily had most of its garrison removed by the Hungarians. I guess if he's unlucky, the Hungarians will return and try to lift it, but that should be rather unlikely as I have moved the rest of the BHA about a turn's march from him. He was confident to use his small force against the full garrison however, so if they attack him in a field battle, that shouldn't be too big of a difference. Good way to get knighted.

Ok so it seems there are quite a few Canucks around.

I'm going to be in:

Toronto from the 9th to the 11th.
Ottawa from the 12th to the 13th.
Montreal from the 14th to the 15th

Then back to Toronto from the 15th of June to the 17th of July.

Anyone in the area that would like to catch up should PM me.

Please note...drinking will be involved. Those of you who are allergic should not attend. I am Australian!!

And I love Canadian Beer!!

Pitty the Senator's are getting destroyed in the Stanley Cup.

Battle report with pictures is now final. Results are considered sent and known to the diet.

And if anyone is wondering why there has to be a limit on GB's and Mounted Knights in our armies...please read FH latest Battle report.

Excellent work FH. :beam:

My losses would have been much higher if their artillery didn't start going mental and rotate 180 constantly until the Byzantines arrived to divert some attention :p
Cav is strong, yes, but only if you know how to use it properly and if you have ample opportunity to hit their rear/flanks. Having reinforcements basically solves that problem. If it were just my 4 knights vs their horde. Probably an average or close victory.

Having looked at the latest save, it looks like Damascus is a party and everyone is invited. Keeping the Crusade intact while wearing down the Mongols and taking the city is quite the strategic problem.

Fret not, for your chancellor has made all necessary arrangements ;)

Edited out

Pssst don't spoil it. You can post about endings after they have occurred timewise, but not before, without spoiler tags and warnings.

Crap, should I delete?

Put in spoiler tags at least. Best two of em.
And the battle is more than easy if you do it smartly. If you want to know how, PM me.

Having flipped through my English (Australian) to English (American) dictionary, I'm LMAO. Such language in the Diet. :no:

What would the Queen think?

She would be "not amused"

well, I just got the save, have to figure out what that whippersnapper Hans has done to My BHA ~;)

I'll be on later tonight.