Open challenge: Duel to the Death

[Csargo]

ATPG vs. Ichigo. Vanilla 1.3
Moors versus England.
Turn 19
Strategy:Turtle
Current Priority:Survive

Wait where did your invasion force go? Oh look at those nice little forts right next to each other. I wonder what's in those.

[Askthepizzaguy]

ATPG vs. Ichigo. Vanilla 1.3
Moors versus England.
Turn 19
Strategy: Blitz
Current Priority: Nottingham, Slay the enemy King

Took London this turn, landed another group of Islamic fundamentalists on the shores of England. Posting screenshots of the London battle soon.

ATPG vs. Elite Ferret. BC 1.5 with quickfixes
Rome versus Khwarezm.
Turn 13
Strategy: Blitz
Current Priority: Destroy Turks

Turks are down to one province, we just destroyed their rebel stack which was guarding Amasia. We are rich beyond our wildest dreams.

Massive recruitment this turn.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Our spy has opened the gates. Let us rain death upon the spearmen inside.



The spearmen have routed. Time to slay the enemy general with javelin hail.



Brave of you, my young Jedi...

Trying to take out as many horse javelins as possible by charging them to death, and making me hit my own troops... Obi-wan has taught you well.

But you cannot know the power of the dark side.



In the end, the Sith lord charged the city center and pushed the spearmen clean out of it with a stampede, rained death from above, and routed them... with nowhere to run.

Not willing to autoresolve my opponent, I opted to fight this one personally.

[Csargo]

ATPG vs. Ichigo. Vanilla 1.3
Moors versus England.
Turn 20
Strategy:Turtle
Current Priority:Survive

We decided to let the Moors take London. A couple more nice forts were built by the Moors last year. We appreciate their kind gestures very much.

[Askthepizzaguy]

ATPG vs. Ichigo. Vanilla 1.3
Moors versus England.
Turn 20
Strategy: Blitz
Current Priority: Main objectives completed, mopping up.

Nottingham was taken, spies detected enemy King, was surrounded by 3 stacks of Moorish troops.

In the ensuing battle, the English fought bravely. The enemy King charged a fresh stack of Moorish troops head on after my main force engaged his. He was no coward, thats for sure.

As the crossbow bolt impaled him in the chest and knocked him from his steed, he knew that the battle for England was lost. The cold snow on the ground provided him with a comfortable landing. His body was unmolested as we turned to capture his troops, who never surrendered.

The English King slain, the English coffers too bare to ransom, the captured prisoners were taken to Nottingham, where they were promptly executed.

The Moorish Sultan bows to the English, whose valour and bravery are not to be underestimated. The new English King is woke in the morning by a messenger.

The message is from Caliph Miswar of the Moorish Caliphate:

Greetings, noble King

Your people have fought gallantly. Worthy of recognition in the archives of the New Islamic Order. Now... it is finished. Surrender, and your lives will be spared.

It is not the custom of Kings to kill Kings, so we will accept you as our vassal and your people will be serfs, not slaves or prisoners. Their lands will remain unharmed, their wives untouched.

We do not wish to stay in this cold northern land, so if you would accept our terms of surrender, the war will end and we will leave behind only garrisons and administrators.

-Caliph Miswar

[Csargo]

Welp I guess that's that. Thank you for the challenge ATPG. If you wish to play again just say so. I enjoyed this very much even though I lost the game.

[Askthepizzaguy]

I accept your rematch. Name your mod and faction.

You may feel free turtle, blitz, or expand moderately in this one, having already accepted the turtle vs hare challenge.

Final battle:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Now you will experience the full power of the dark side.



We wait, and allow the English king to wage the battle on his own terms.



Our crossbows severely wounded his missile troops and stalled his knights. Our generals decimated what was left, and the English King saw an oppurtunity to charge some poor infantry. But these were also armed to the teeth, and we chased after him to spare their lives.



Only with a few soldiers remaining did the few agree to become our prisoners. They fought well.



End of game score.

I would have captured Constantinople next turn...

[Csargo]

What version of LtC do you have? As far as faction I'm not sure. England is really the only faction I really know well.

[Askthepizzaguy]

EDIT:

ATPG vs. Ichigo. Lands to Conquer 3.1
Hungary vs France

No Blitz or Turtle requirement. Friendly game.

France is up.

[Csargo]

ATPG vs. Ichigo. Lands to Conquer 3.1
Hungary vs France
Turn 1
Strategy: Moderate Expansion
Current Priority: Secure France

Diplomacy: Map information and Trade Rights with England
Military: Armies moving towards Dijon and Bordeaux
Build info: Roads in all cities besides Paris which is improved farms and Angers is being converted to a town

[Askthepizzaguy]

ATPG vs. Ichigo. Lands to Conquer 3.1
Hungary vs France
Turn 1
Strategy: Undeclared/Undecided
Current Priority: Diplomacy

Diplomacy: None yet
Military: Beseiged rebels in Wallachia
Info: Recruited some units, built a stables. Headed south.

[Csargo]

ATPG vs. Ichigo. Lands to Conquer 3.1
Hungary vs France
Turn 2
Strategy: Moderate Expansion
Current Priority: Secure France

Diplomacy: Map information and Trade Rights with England
Military: Armies currently have Dijon and Bordeaux under siege
Build info: Nothing
Economy: About to go into the red. Hopefully taking Dijon and Bordeaux will bring me out of the dumps.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Be careful about sacking... the AI is pretty serious in this one diplomacy-wise. There's not a whole lot of things you can do if you're pillaging even rebel christians, Christian factions will hate you.

What am I saying? You've played this before. I shut up now.

[Csargo]

Be careful about sacking... the AI is pretty serious in this one diplomacy-wise. There's not a whole lot of things you can do if you're pillaging even rebel christians, Christian factions will hate you.

What am I saying? You've played this before. I shut up now.

I normally don't ever sack cities. Just because I've played before doesn't mean I know everything about the mod.

[Csargo]

ATPG vs. Ichigo. Lands to Conquer 3.1
Hungary vs France
Turn 3
Strategy: Moderate Expansion
Current Priority: Secure France

Diplomacy: Trade Rights with HRE and Milan
Military: Army currently has Bordeaux under siege and Dijon has fallen to my forces
Build info: Nothing

[Askthepizzaguy]

ATPG vs. Ichigo. Lands to Conquer 3.1
Hungary vs France
Turn 3
Strategy: Undeclared/Undecided
Current Priority: Diplomacy

Diplomacy: Alliances with Venice, Papal States, Poland, HRE
Military: Raised Crusader Armies (2)
Info: Crusade called on Antioch

[Csargo]

ATPG vs. Ichigo. Lands to Conquer 3.1
Hungary vs France
Turn 4
Strategy: Moderate Expansion
Current Priority: Secure France

Diplomacy: Trade Rights and Map information with Venice and Spain
Military: Army currently has Bordeaux under siege. Armies are moving towards Metz and Rennes.
Build info: Nothing
Interesting happenings: A small army of Portuguese soldiers landed North-west of Bordeaux. France cannot participate in the crusade to Antioch because of internal conflict.

[Askthepizzaguy]

ATPG vs. Ichigo. Lands to Conquer 3.1
Hungary vs France
Turn 4
Strategy: Undeclared/Undecided
Current Priority: Diplomacy

Diplomacy: Alliance with Milan
Military: Declared war on ERE
Info: Destroyed garrison at Sofia, within striking range of Constantinople.

[Csargo]

ATPG vs. Ichigo. Lands to Conquer 3.1
Hungary vs France
Turn 5
Strategy: Moderate Expansion
Current Priority: Secure France

Diplomacy: Trade Rights and Map information with Denmark and Sicily
Military: Bordeaux has fallen. Rennes is under siege.
Build info: Nothing
Interesting happenings: Small Portuguese army is still north-west of Bordeaux.

[Askthepizzaguy]

ATPG vs. Ichigo. Lands to Conquer 3.1
Hungary vs France
Turn 5
Strategy: Undeclared/Undecided
Current Priority: Expansion south

Diplomacy: none
Military: Kicked Alexius Comnenus around, he retreated to capital.
Info: Beseiging Constantinople. Adopted general.

Getting late, only had that 4-5 hour nap since my 24+ hour M2TW binge, work tomorrow AM, so not too many turns left in me.

[Csargo]

ATPG vs. Ichigo. Lands to Conquer 3.1
Hungary vs France
Turn 6
Strategy: Moderate Expansion
Current Priority: Secure France

Diplomacy: Diplomatic offer made to the Hungarian King. Alliance with Portugal.
Military: Rennes has fallen
Build info: Nothing
Interesting happenings: Small Portugues army has moved farther inland. A small Spanish force has appeared south of Bordeaux. Wonder what they want...

[Askthepizzaguy]

ATPG vs. Ichigo. Lands to Conquer 3.1
Hungary vs France
Turn 6
Strategy: Undeclared/Undecided
Current Priority: Expansion south

We announce that the Roman Empire is no more. We have utterly destroyed the Last of the Romans...

Proceeding to Antioch.

[Ignoramus]

ATPG vs. Ignoramus. Vanilla 1.3
Turks vs France
Turn 3
Strategy: Turtle
Current Priority: Secure France

Diplomacy: Princess "persuaded" Robert to marry her and join the French.
Military: Dijon was sacked
Build info: Military

[Csargo]

ATPG vs. Ichigo. Lands to Conquer 3.1
Hungary vs France
Turn 7
Strategy: Moderate Expansion
Current Priority: Secure France

Diplomacy: Rejected Moorish diplomatic offer (I vaguely remember them beating the crap out of me in another life )
Military: Metz under siege
Build info: Improved farms in two cities
Interesting happenings: Nothing

[Askthepizzaguy]

ATPG vs. Ignoramus. Vanilla 1.3
Turks vs France
Turn 3
Strategy: Blitz
Current Priority: Destroy the Infidel

We presently have 5 generals on jihad... this is not going to be pleasant.

[Ignoramus]

[Askthepizzaguy]

I wouldn't worry, Ignoramus. Most of them don't have armies.

Yet...

ATPG vs. Ichigo. Lands to Conquer 3.1
Hungary vs France
Turn 7
Strategy: Unknown
Current Priority: Destroy the Turks

Defeated rebel garrison south of Constantinople. Moving towards Turkish Capital. Made alliance with Denmark. Recruiting spies. Reticulating Splines.

[Csargo]

ATPG vs. Ichigo. Lands to Conquer 3.1
Hungary vs France
Turn 8
Strategy: Moderate Expansion
Current Priority: Secure France

Diplomacy:Alliance with Poland
Military: Metz under siege
Build info:
Interesting happenings:

[Askthepizzaguy]

ATPG vs. Ichigo. Lands to Conquer 3.1
Hungary vs France
Turn 8
Strategy: Unknown
Current Priority: Destroy the Turks


Beseiging Ikonium. Troops massing in Adana. Seiging Iasi for mission-related bonus.

About to deal finishing blow to second faction...

If youre going to keep playing, make it quick. I'm nodding off soon... almost 1am

[Ignoramus]

ATPG vs. Ignoramus. Vanilla 1.3
Turks vs France
Turn 4
Strategy: Turtle
Current Priority: Secure France

Diplomacy: Alliance made with Milan
Military: Hidden
Build info: Military

[Askthepizzaguy]

ATPG vs. Ignoramus. Vanilla 1.3
Turks vs France
Turn 5
Strategy: Blitz
Current Priority: Destroy the Infidel

Constantinople is under seige. The armies of jihad are on the move...