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Aargh! Hungarians! Curses! Looks like Leo has to turn back again...NB, if I were you I'd retreat to Wien where you can wait out a siege until I get back to relieve you. Or try a sally with the troops there but I don't like your chances as you have no horse to speak of and not many missiles.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cecil XIX
Ya, I am going to have to fall back to Wien and make a stand there, hopefully reinforcement arrive in time. If any additional troops can be trained there it would greatly improve my chances of surviving an assault if you can't make it soon.
I can get back there this turn to relieve the siege, or potentially just send back some troops for you while I carry on to Innsbruck and hire more mercs.
We'll see when we get the next save.
Hopefully this is the last major Hungarian army for a little while, eh?
Yes please, I don't even understand where that army came from.
Pope Gregory has control of various pits of Hell scattered throughout Europe. He simply spawned the army from the most convenient one.
LOL,
probably true...
An impressive battle Tristan, I hope you post something about it in the Battle Reports thread. I take it most of your casualties were from the crossbows?
Who is going to take Harold Merode?
We had someone new post about getting an avatar a while back, didn't we? If he can't be found I think Ignoramus is next.
Ok I looked back over the thread and I think this is the list, in order, of people waiting for an avatar:
- mini
- Ignoramus
- Zim
Cecil is that right? Do you want to drop mini a pm?
Sorry about missing the French turn - I plead first week first year uni.
If mini doesn't show up then I'm happy to take Harold.
Igno, why are you even on this forum right now?! Go back out there and keep making terrible decisions! :charge:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ignoramus
I'll be sure to post something in the Battle report thread though there'll be few screenshots, the battle was too tense for me to think about taking some...Quote:
Originally Posted by Cecil XIX
The casualties were mostly from Xbows though not as much as one would think... I managed to keep them on the move, preventing them from reloading... I could perhaps have achieved better results if I had managed to kill the army general sooner...
I had my finger on the Withdraw button when the Victory screen appeared.
Cavalry truely rules !! :charge:
Not so much... After the first charge, most missile units were on the move and I had only to run after them until sufficient losses made them rout... Same goes for the peasants... A single well-timed charge made them rout as well. The first militia unit routed when charged from the rear by the mercs while trying to catch my general.Quote:
Originally Posted by phonicsmonkey
My biggest problem and fear was the last militia unit... I was down to less than 15 men overall against 100... And with men exhausted with meant that their charges were almost without effect...
Oh, and thanks for all the praise :bow:... I had to make do with what I had or have Lothar sit on his butt doing nothing...
In terms of the "marching west from Magdeburg to get to Frankfurt" thing (see the Diet post), Theo can't reach the city with infantry this turn. However, if he marches west before this turn ends, he'll get pretty close to the city, and it would only take a couple more tiles of movement to get there on the next turn. Therefore, I'm thinking the movement order for TCV and myself in the next turn or two should go something like this:
- This turn, TCV moves west with his army.
- Turn ends
- Next turn, TCV moves a few more tiles west and is in position to reinforce the assault on Frankfurt
- I assault Frankfurt with TCV's army as reinforcement
- TCV takes the save and heads back east
Ha ha, no kidding. Actually I'm surprised, I always figured you were older than me Igno. :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief
Incidentally, I've sent a PM to mini. He's not been on the .Org since January though, so if I don't get a response by the start of the next turn than I'll go and hand Harolde to Ignoramus.
We should be careful not to bite off more than we can chew in Poland. They are likely to have some large armies back there.
We do have a rule in place that the capture of a settlement should be authorised by Edict in the Diet - I don't think it's strict and we certainly haven't been enforcing it so far, but maybe the plan of attack on Poland (and of course Milan once Innsbruck is recaptured) should be discussed so we can work as a team? Might be easier to do this here OOC though...
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Originally Posted by phonicsmonkey
As a general rule, it's best to discuss things IC rather than OOC whenever possible. It provides for a more immersive and enjoyable experience.
You're right of course!Quote:
Originally Posted by Cecil XIX
Quick update: phonics, I'm going to try to get to your PM, but I turn 21 (and am American) in the next hour and a half or so and fully plan to spend the next 48-ish hours drunk. Therefore, I may not be in a real position to answer you or anyone else for a bit. :medievalcheers:
Mate, you go for it as hard as you can. We'll see what pieces of you are left afterwards!Quote:
Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief
EDIT: and of course, Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday Kaiser! :)
oh man, such a good start so far. :)
I can't believe you'reolderyounger than me too, GH. Makes me wonder...
Happy Birthday! :birthday2::medievalcheers::barrel:
Wait, wait, wait... I'M older than BOTH Cecil AND the General?! *Mind blown*
Congratulations, Hankie! May I call you Hankie?
I'm older as well, although not surprised. I remember him saying he was around 16ish back when I was finishing college and playing here. :clown:
Happy Birthday!
I feel like I'm playing with kids in the kindergarten... I feel old suddenly, so old...
And Joyeux Anniversaire, GH !!
I'm probably older than all of you. Is this the time to start posting our ages? I'm 33, celebrating my tenth wedding anniversary this year and I have a two year old son.
And yet I still spend all my spare time pretending to be medieval kings....hmmm
I'm 20, a college student majoring in history and psychology.
Turning 40 in a few months' time.... One step closer to --> :skull:
And still pretending to be a cavalry general in shiny armour, as well :dizzy2:
Well then, since we're all revealing our doomrings, since Thursday last week I am 22 years old. Or possibly 23. When you get as old as I am, it gets difficult to keep track of these things. ~;)
Well thanks for making me feel better about my age Tristan. On the other hand based on your evidence it now doesn't look likely I'm going to grow out of this!
I'm actually a few months older than you, still being 23 myself. I guess that puts me at around the median age. Nice to know I have at least twenty years before I outgrow these games. :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Celtic Viking
Oh? I thought you said GH was older than you after he said he was turning 21? Still, I had a firm picture of you being 35 or something like that, so at least now I know I got you on the correct "side". :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Cecil XIX
I'd like to be added behind Zim in the list of people waiting for a character. :bow:
As for the age thing, I'm 24.
Sorry Flax, I remembered you after I posted but didn't go back and edit it. I'm assuming Cecil has the master list somewhere anyway and I'm sure you're on it!Quote:
Originally Posted by TheFlax
Okay, beginning the recovery process. I'll get to everything hopefully today sometime.
I do have a master list, it's on the first post if this thread, and I added TheFlax to it a week ago. :beam:Quote:
Originally Posted by phonicsmonkey
Yeah, that should have been 'younger' :wall:. As for being 35... Fortunately we can't see each other, so I can take that as a compliment. :laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Celtic Viking
Is Ignoramus joining this turn as Harold Merode?
Indeed, he is.Quote:
Originally Posted by phonicsmonkey
Cecil, I got a new computer this weekend and while it looks like everything is working ok I need the names file - I went back to where you originally linked to it but it seems to be gone. Could you please upload it again for me?
thanks!
Sure thing, here you go.Quote:
Originally Posted by phonicsmonkey
FYI, I'm holding off with the Frankfurt assault until Theo moves into position.
If the mission to not attack Hungary has disappeared from the missions list, then it can safely be assumed that the time has expired and Hungary can once again be attacked.
I think it's better if you move him for me and I'll take it after that. You have my permission to do so.Quote:
Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief
Fair enough, will do so once I wake up tomorrow. :bow:
From the Saves/Reports thread:
Ouch, looks like Theo not moving back east after the battle of Frankfurt really might come back to bite us. :sweatdrop:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nightbringer
the army besieging magdeburg is pretty small, but there is a large polish army a bit north of Nuremburg coming after you generalhankerchief
My apologies for the delay in getting the turn done, there were real life complications. I'll work harder to shorten the turn-around time.
Cecil, if I was running what you had to do every turn it'd take me a week minimum to sort everything out. You have nothing to apologize for. :yes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Cecil XIX
Hear hear! don't even mention it Cecil you're doing a stand up job!
Yes, yes, but you don't have to tell him that! You'll make the guy relax and take more liberties with his time, making us all wait much longer.
Just kidding! It's fine. I know I've been absent the last few days as well, and it won't get better until about 7 days from now. I've got some 6 pages minimum to write about historical identity and then an exam to take as well on modern history in general. A slow process through this week would thus not hurt me at all. :sleep:
What happened to that milanese army that was threatening nuremburg last turn?
It decided to deal with Lothar ???
(rather than face the mighty Prince...)
Just a rules check - is Lothar allowed to recruit mercs or should he have asked the Marshall first?
Also I assume his mercs are not to be paid for out of the Marshall's pocket (as I wouldn't have authorised them if so!)
:oops:
I just thought that being rebel, Lothar had a free run of his money... I did it already two turns back so thought I could do it again...
Everything I bought has been paid out of Lothar's treasury... emptied to the last florin before the ransoms were paid.
I should have noticed myself. Anyway, Lothar's been paying for them so the financing isn't an issue. Let's leave things as they are so long as Lothar and Leopold can come to an IC arrangement, and all further recruitment must follow the rule.
Ugh, this mercenary rule is a bit annoying. I need to hire some mercs to prepare for the next Polish army, which would ordinarily be fine, except I have to move to the merc-rich province, have phonics take the save, have him hire them for me, and then take the save back and move back to Frankfurt. Seeing as Cecil in the very last post said the merc thing needed to follow the rules though, there's not really much we can do about it though.
Honestly, I think I might just call a quick Emergency Session to change the rule, and this can be justified IC as the Kaiser wanting to save his own skin. :laugh4: Thoughts?
Better to have the discussion IC but I'm afraid all I have time for is a quick post here..
I was planning to propose some legislation around the role and powers of the marshall at the next diet session so can we wait until then for this debate? In the meantime, given the state of emergency in the reich, the prinz as marshall authorises all electors to use their own means to recruit and pay such mercenary forces as are necessary for the defence of the reich.
Zirn is an outlaw anyway so probably we couldn't enforce the law against him anyway..
And that's all I need. :bow:
Speaking as a GM, I can say it would be quite encouraging if someone cared enough about the game to want to go to such an extent to change the rules. However, the rule is worded vaguely enough that as long as you have Prince Leopold's permission, you don't need to have phonicsmonkey take the save to actually press the merc recruitment button.Quote:
Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief
phonics, it sounds like you're going to make an IC post later and I encourage you to do so. That's not to say you were wrong to post what you did of course, as it was a response to GH's OOC issue. Although now that I think about it, with Heinrich's growing insanity he could start raising OOC issues in the Diet... :confused:
I was originally going to call an Emergency Session, but seeing as we're close to one anyway (I think?) and the most pressing issue was resolved, the Kaiser's... predicament will have to wait a bit to be publicly displayed. :laugh4:
That's all we need, a deranged KaiserQuote:
Originally Posted by Cecil XIX
EDIT: Scrub that, a fruitbat for a Kaiser is infinitely preferable to a Jihad on Austria.
What is going on now?!
Sultan Jalal/Askthepizzaguy, declaring that indeed I am/have been part of this game. It is not a joke.
Oh god, the pizza guy has his own Sultanate, RUN if you value your sanity!!!
Several, at this point, actually....Quote:
Originally Posted by Nightbringer
I remember the last time ATPG had his own Sultanate. It didn't end well...
Welcome to the game ATPG, but don't expect us to be happy about it! :clown:
I think I've already proved I suck at destroying humans in multiplayer. I was only ever good one-on-one.
Still, fear me and stuff. Raaarr.
ROFLQuote:
Originally Posted by Nightbringer
I'll take the new character if my turn's up. :bow:
You're correct, it wasn't. Although it's technically against the rules, I won't punish players for being eager to play the game so long as there's nothing untoward.Quote:
Originally Posted by _Tristan_
Indeed, it is. Welcome, back Zim!Quote:
Originally Posted by Zim
Sorry Cecil and everyone, I was confused about whether the save was open and had just a small window to play so I went for it...I'll wait for the announcement from the GM in future...
Welcome back Zim!
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Originally Posted by Cecil XIX
Thanks. I see this character has extra hp from a trait. Maybe he'll survive a while. :clown:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nightbringer
Hey everyone, I've gotten a little mixed up as to how many turns we've had since the last Diet. Are we getting close to the next one now?
This is turn 29 - Cecil told me the Diet will take place between 30 and 31. So we have one more turn after this one closes.
How did you get it out of besieged Marseille? :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by _Tristan_
Looking forward to it, especially with all the new developments. I gotta say, even with all the special events and such we cooked up in past game, I don't think we were actually in such a tough spot after the first ten turns of any game.
And we even have a bonafide rebel leaving heroic victory markers everywhere, while The Pizza Menace looms ever larger.
So, how's everyone doing?Quote:
Originally Posted by phonicsmonkey
I think we're waiting for Tristan, at least that was the last thing posted in the saves thread.
I wasn't saying anything about the wait for the turn (for all I knew, the time limit hadn't passed), just saying I find the current situation exciting. I'm looking forward to seeing how things go.
Ah sorry! Me too, looking forward to the Diet - although as things go I might find myself posting late at night from a hotel while drunk