For those of us who never played the original way, this way is a lot of fun, but it's obvious that it's a lot of work as well (Work I don't have the time or skill to accomplish myself). I'm sure the other way is fun as well, and less work.
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For those of us who never played the original way, this way is a lot of fun, but it's obvious that it's a lot of work as well (Work I don't have the time or skill to accomplish myself). I'm sure the other way is fun as well, and less work.
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Since this turn looks like it may take a while, let's get things moving while we can. There may be more battles than this, but I know of these two for sure, so here they are...
Battles Pending:
Fritz von Kastilien (Ramses II CP):
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Jan von der Pfalz (Zin):
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http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pbm/KOTR1336-2.zip
Taking the save. :2thumbsup:
best of luck my friend. try not to destroy too much of my beautiful city with your damn shiny trebuchet
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Kill 'em all Zim. I'll be able to fight mine later, after I put the munchkin to bed.
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My fellow Germans,
The battle is over, and the Empire was victorious. Our English allies fought bravely, but after their captain died, their morale was weakened. As the fighting got tougher in the town square, many Englishmen turned and fled, mostly due to the ferocity of a single, mostly intact unit of Dismounted Noble Knights.
Seeing this, and seeing his own men begin to flee, Jan charged his own bodyguard into their flank, again and again until they were destroyed. On the last chage, he fell from his horse when another member of his guard lost control of his horse and hit him. The French immediately fell upon Count Jan, killing him before Jan's men could inish off the French.
Bruges has been occupied peacefully, as per Jan's wishes. If it pleases the rest of the KOTR players and leaders, I would like a young Flemish noble who served under Jan in the assault, by the family name of Merode (unused general) to succeed Count Jan in controlling Bruges temporarily, until such a time as the Civil War ends. He has no current partisanship in the war, but wishes to negotiate with all sides.
http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pbm/KOTR1336-3.zip
Great sig TC,
I'm looking forward to getting back to the "normal" game also.
It's going to be an incredible Diet.
I'd say we double all the normal times for this one.
I'd like to see Econ get a coat of arms...as the Kaiser it would be interesting to see what he puts in it :inquisitive:
edit- Christ Zim that's a bit brutal. Well done for taking it on the chin and announcing the news.
It might be better to put an official IC announcement in one of the IC threads. IMS would be the best I'd think.
Zim! I didn't want you to get Jan killed over Bruges!! What is Ludwig going to do without his ally in Antwerp?
The worst part is, on the final charge where e died, I was just mopping up, I could have had him hold back and I'd still win the assault (he'd reduced the unit of knights to a couple men). :sweatdrop:Quote:
Originally Posted by AussieGiant
I was thinking making an IMS announcement, but I want to hear back from Tincow on whether I can take the nonplayed recruitable general or not. If he lets me play him as one of Jan's men who took control of Bruges after isLord's death, I'll have the announcement be made by him.
Sorry for your loss, Zim. You're taking it well.
Obviously you missed my temper tantrum at the computer. :clown:Quote:
Originally Posted by Cecil XIX
Just when I start to get really fond of my Jan (I mean, really, a name with "von" and "der", where else would you see that?), I'd even figured out all of the personality traits I'd emphasize for him. :sweatdrop:
Glad your getting back on the horse Zim.
But, just so you know, when I looked at the latest save game the other day, I didn't see Merode. Maybe TC and Econ sent him after bandits by himself since no one seemed to want him at the time. Or I missed him.
Tincow told me he was killed off by pm bit ago.
I guess I get another mystery character.
Anyway, it'll take mre than that for me to quit. Heck, haven't seen if I can kill a character in less than three turns yet! :clown:
Jan van der Pfalz will be missed, but he accomplishd a great thing with his death. Taking the save.
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The Danes have been annihilated and the prisoners executed. Losses were significant, I'm thinking I'll post a battle story (If I can get pictures uploaded, I'm out of town with an unreliable connection).
New save:
http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pbm/KOTR1336-4.zip
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I"ll try to get a report of Jan's death soon. Tales of failure are always fun. :clown:
So, if I end up having to pick a new house, what is the situation for all of them? Too many players, too few? Other than Swabia, Bavaria seems to have the lowest number of Electors.
Oops, now I feel bad for not getting back to you on that PM. :sorry:
Bavaria has a buttload of Steffens that are about to come of age. Obviously, the first one (Herrmann) is spoken for, but if you're willing to sit out the rest of the cataclysm and wait a few years you can easily get another one.
Yes the Steffen's are going to be like rabbits in a few years...
...and we all know what australians do to rabbits....:viking: :laugh4:
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:clown: Ha, I don't think there was too much in the pm that would have affected my stupidity in the battle. Since most of Jan's retinue survived, I imagine that Luther is ok.
:sweatdrop: Sadly, I'm not sure if I'm patient enough to wait a few weeks. I'll have to see, I'm talking to Tincow right now and he'll get back to me tomorrow. I might stick around in Swabia as a Loyalist or something, since they're so low on Electors, without any likely to come of age any time soon..
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Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief
Yes because it's family members that Austrian's sleep with, not rabbits.
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There wont be a big enough fence to stop the Steffen's :laugh4:
And Jan getting himself toasted just proves my point.
...don't get involved with those nut job religious people...it's all bad news. :beam:
if that was meant to read australians, then I don't feel insulted because I'm german. and if that was meant to read austrians then I fully agree...because I'm german :beam:
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How is the Austrian house doing for generals? :beam:Quote:
Originally Posted by AussieGiant
At the first Diet, an Austrian officially asked for Duke Leopold to be married to his own sister. Currently, Arnold has been begging for the hand of his cousin's daughter.Quote:
Originally Posted by deguerra
Hence, House Austria has gotten quite a... reputation... :laugh4:
ah i see...well I'm always up for austria bashing...:D
It all about purity...we are quite prepared to deal with a two headed child as long as the blood lines are pure. :laugh4:
Arnold's about to become Dracula so the blood lines are going to extremely important. :yes:
...actually...that might not be a bad idea...I'm going to start drafting something up.
I've said this before, and I'll say it again. I wish HRE could get Vlad as a retinue. Can you imagine the extermination fest that would result as people try to race for Vlad?Quote:
Originally Posted by AussieGiant
I guess with only General Hankerchief advising me on picking a new House, I'll just have to roll a die or something. :clown:
Econ would be a good one to ask what your options are. :yes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Zim