Open challenge: Duel to the Death

[Csargo]

ATPG vs. Ichigo. Lands to Conquer 3.1
Hungary vs France
Turn 11
Strategy: Moderate Expansion
Current Priority: Secure France

Diplomacy:Alliance with England
Military: Gathering forces to attack Bruges
Build info: Converting castles to cities
Interesting happenings: None

[Ferret]

I'd also like to make it public that I will accept challenges from anyone else, I don't expect to win but 1v1 is fast and fun

I'd especially like to play Monk on SS6.1

[Monk]

Sorry for the delay ATPG, got caught up in a hailstorm of RL. Back now though and ready to play out the end game.

The Georgian counter efforts are focused around one of their towns, I won't say which, but I've decided to go all of nothing in it's defense. It's likely they march to their doom, but using a turtle strategy and without the ability to march on Ani without being outflanked, I see little choice.

ATPG vs. Monk. BC 1.05 with hotfixes.
Ayyubid vs Georgia
Turn 18
Strategy: Turtle.
Current Priority: The line must be drawn here.

edit:

I'd especially like to play Monk on SS6.1

It might be a slow game, EF, but it could be a lot of fun! Maybe if the Hotseat league/tourney pans out and we end up facing one another we could arrange a SS 6.1 show down

[Askthepizzaguy]

I'll be back in about 10-11 hours to destroy Monk's forces, and continue the jihad against Elite Ferret.

1v1 is fast so long as people are willing to knock out their turns within 30mins or so of getting them. Otherwise its a whole lot of waiting at the computer for nothin... lol

I advise having several going at once, so that you aren't bored in the meantime.

[Ferret]

I didn't know Orthodox Christians went on Jihad

And yeah I'm open for any more on any of the following mods:
1.3 vanilla
any kingdoms expansion
SS6.1 or 5.1
DLV 5.5
DHRR0.6
BC1.05 with hotfixes

[Ferret]

EF vs. Monk. SS 6.1
Moors vs Aragon
Turn 2
Strategy: expand as fast as possible
Current Priority: take all North Africa and Murcia

Diplomacy:sent diplomat towards Monk
Military: massing forces at Cordoba and Algiers to attack
Build info: roads and shisha bars
Interesting happenings: Sultan is about to die, need another general in Spain.

[Monk]

This seems to be getting pretty popular.

EF vs. Monk. SS 6.1
Moors vs Aragon
Turn 2
Strategy: Mixed blitz and build strategy.
Current Priority: Secure North Spain.

Diplomacy: Sent diplomats toward France and Leon-castile.
Military: Using limited military forces to gauge nearby province strength.
Build info: Roads and Brothels

[Askthepizzaguy]

I didn't know Orthodox Christians went on Jihad

Under MY command, they do...

[Askthepizzaguy]

ATPG vs. Monk. Broken Crescent 1.5
Ayyubids versus Georgia
Turn 19
Strategy: Blitzer
Current Priority: Main Objectives Completed

Events this turn:

The final battle between the forces of Sultan Sallahuddin Ayyubid and Memphet Mephe Demetre has come to pass.

The Battle of Dvin

The Memphet's forces held the hills leading to Dvin, one of Georgia's remaining settlements. So far as we could tell, this was his main army, led by none other than the Infidel King himself. What follows is the grim account of one of the most epic battles of our time, as Saladin's forces attempt to take the hill from the greatest Georgian army ever assembled, who are fighting with the righteous purpose of defending their homelands from our deadly invasion forces.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Already unable to sleep, and always terrified for his life, the Georgian King is about to have more reasons to fear death, as I send no less than 13 able assassins against him.

By the end of the wave, he lost so much authority that it went negative, and this was displayed on screen as 10 Authority (!)

Here were his stats at the time of the battle:

5 Command stars instead of 9-10

Completely Paranoid
Totally Closed
Morbidly Mortal
Nervous of Outsiders
Dysfunctional
Deranged

But the King still lived, even though he was completely psychotic and terrified of everyone and everything. He was petrified of his own troops, and slept in his armour inside of a giant iron box with air holes that was locked from the inside.

Still, when the battle came, the King was eager to face his phantom menace. He was tired of staying awake all night, tired of the constant attempts on his life from the unseen enemy, tired of personally killing everyone and everything that looked at him funny. He was fed up with being afraid. And so, in a brief moment of sanity, the Georgian King rallied his troops at the foothills of Mount Dvin.

His speech before the battle was the best his troops had heard in well over a year... it seemed as if the King's mind was restored now that he could see his foe. He vowed to annihilate every single last Muslim warrior they faced today, even if he had to fight them all by himself.

King Demetre gave a long and glorious speech that day, telling his troops that the foul Muslim invaders had taken their homes, butchered their children, enslaved their women, and desecrated Christian Churches. He told his troops that they were the finest army ever assembled by their people, and that their weapons, armour, and experience were unmatched anywhere in the world. He pledged that he would annihilate these forces, so long as his men would never falter, never flee, and never surrender.

With tears in the eyes of his proud troops, they shouted to heaven itself, threatening to destroy the hated Horde.

.....

Crown Prince Al-Aziz, the finest General in the Ayyubid Horde other than Sallahuddin himself, led the assault on the hill.

Al-Mustanjid Saled led the Mercenary reinforcement army.



The Georgian forces are assembled on the foothills to the south of us, on the slope leading up the mountain.

We are clustered just north of them, with reinforcements behind.



The enemy have peppered us with arrow fire from their superior vertical position, but we still advance. Some of our Turkoman mercenaries have caught up with us, and are returning fire.

Al-Aziz himself leads the charge, and does not spare himself from the bloodshed.



Our troops stall momentarily, still taking missile fire. But our mercenary reinforcements begin to take arrows instead.



We fight our way towards one of the Georgian generals, as their heavy swordsmen defend.



The battle is epic. Though we outnumber them, they still manage to destroy nearly half our forces, and their generals are all intact. We move slowly up the hill, unable to chase the horse archers who still fire upon us.



Our heaviest swordsmen catch up with the Generals engaged in melee and begin to hack away at the superior Georgian armour. Only our best mercenary warriors are capable of penetrating these defenses.



We strike down one of the enemy generals, but two more remain, and their King still lives, rallying his remaining forces and firing endlessly upon us. Our forces are seriously depleted, but we still fight.

Our reinforcements are chasing down the enemy horse archers, so we may have a free shot at the King himself.



Finally, at the top of the hill, we engage the King. He fights with the strength of a hundred men, and many Turkomans fall by his sword.

Our Prince charges uphill alone to meet him.



The enemy King is knocked from his horse by Al-Aziz himself, and put in chains. His forces, depleted and demoralized, all flee the hilltop.

All enemy generals captured. We treat them with the respect prisoners of war deserve. We lost over a thousand men this day.



The entire enemy army has been captured by our swift mercenary forces. We hold them ransom for the enemy Prince, but the Georgian nation is bankrupt and cannot afford our terms.



The final score.

My ruler's traits:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Faction Leader
Great Commander
Natural Commander
Religiously Minded
Talent with Numbers
Bastion of Chivalry
Night Fighter
Admires Technology
Unstoppable in Seige
Disrespects Prisoners
Promising Attacker
Courageous
Master of Espionage
Nocturnal
Total Deceiver
Sacker of Cities
Master of Assassins
Mostly Rational
Disrespects Muslim Property
Tyrannical Leader
Reserved
Scarred

the Royal Retinue and Titles:

Tribal Captain
Shieldbearer
Veteran Warrior
Malik of Al-Quds
Spymaster
Master of Assassins
Sultan of Baghdad
Fateh of Istanbul (Constantinople)

We offer terms of surrender to the Georgian Prince, who is crowned king the next day.