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    Default I came, I saw, I... was conquered? A Shogun 2 Oda AAR

    Since this forum is so stretched out, I decided to add links to all my posts, in order from part 1, to what ever number of parts I end up posting, to make it easier for the reader(s) to look for my posts and read it all in order.

    PART 1



    PART 2 PART 31
    PART 3
    PART 4
    PART 5
    PART 6
    PART 7
    PART 8
    PART 9
    PART 10
    PART 11
    PART 12
    PART 13
    PART 14
    PART 15
    PART 16
    PART 17
    PART 18
    PART 19
    PART 20
    PART 21
    PART 22
    PART 23
    PART 24
    PART 25
    PART 26
    PART 27
    PART 28
    PART 29
    PART 30



    Hullo!

    This is my Oda AAR. I haven't played total war seriously in some years, and haven't done an AAR for even longer. So any and all critisism is welcome. The AAR is already quite advanced, and will probably be finished soon. But so not to spamm this thread, I will limit my updates here to 1-2 updates a day.

    So without further ado, I will divide my updates in years. so I will try to get at least one game year in every chance I get. Sometimes probably more.

    I will narrate it how I play it, no role playing this time (sorry for that, I really hate role playing, gives me a headache)

    The rules are such:

    -unit size: Ultra

    -Game difficulty: hard

    -Faction: Oda. Just because I like the Daimyos helmet.

    -Short Campaign, no drop in battles this time.

    -I will only save before battles and end of turn, just in case if something happens. I will not load if something doesn't go my way.

    -I will not pause to give orders during battles either. all real time fighting.





    Turn 1, Year 1545, Spring

    Here We go.. a cute intro movie plays. then the adviser gives me instructions on how to play my game. It seems pretty bad from first glance. Two enemy clans surrounding 3/4 of my borders, and a rebel army right next to my capital (i get a mission to kill the rebels)





    I guess might as well start the game with a battle to see if there is point in continuing to type this....

    Here are the armies



    after a speech, in Japanese with English subtitles, I get to arrange my army:



    archers at front, a battle line of peasant spears, and samurai spears as reserves, with general at the back.
    I am actually concerned, it seems like the ai has the terrain advantage with a hill and forested areas in its deployment square.



    I knew it.. up the hill they go..

    I fast forward until my army gets in close. No battle map btw =(



    The hill has 3 access points, I will use all 3 and will attempt a 3 way pincer, with my archers trying to support the long trek up hill.



    The AI spreads his units semi evenly across the battle trying to cover all its flanks. I concentrate archer fire on the enemy cavalry (that charged downhill on my left flank Yari Ashigaru), and send in my general to support them.



    the AI exposed its left flank and my pincer worked 2/3 of the way.





    The light cavalry wasn't as scary as I thought, that explains the ai's move to go for my left flank with its remaining infantry..



    The battle has ended with my victory, as the game predicted.




    Its a heroic victory. I hope My superiority in numbers was the reason of such easy win.



    Their army lives, I go in to finish the job.



    Its too small of an enemy force, so I auto resolve.



    Well, I completed my first mission.



    My general also leveled up.

    My new retainer:

    My general new skill:





    Okay! now to more important matters;

    Clan management:

    summary:



    3 enemies...

    Family and council:



    no brothers, no useful sons, and only one general..

    Records:?



    nothing useful

    Diplomacy:



    not many options there..

    Mastery of the arts:

    I will go for improving my infrastructure first, I think..



    Finance:

    Taxes:



    Trade:



    Summary:

    basically shows in detail all my expanses and income. nothing pretty to show.

    Now to waste all my money.

    I moved my only army closer to my capital, just in case.

    The first two things I do are improve my farms from "rice paddies" to "improved irrigation" and my port from "coastal village" to "harbor"

    That leaves me with 200 gold.. not enough to recruit any new troops, lets hope i made no mistakes..



    end turn

    oh dear.. both my enemy clans attack me at the same time



    my reinforcing army will not make it back in time to save town..

    but I must fight!



    That is What I start with...



    yay! my army is here to save the day



    They send two units to try and get to my fort before my army does.

    first loses are mine to arrows




    sad to see generals still do suicide charges..





    that goes both ways though..





    with the enemy archers running, I send my general to safety





    more suicide charges.. with 9 troops left, my general retreats into the fort





    seems like we have a bug.. yes we do..








    Looks like they all want out.. running at the red line like that..I guess I sally...

    I set up my formation in the same matter as my last battle.





    I hope a volley from my archers will kick start the ai..

    even better... didn't even get in range and all of a sudden the enemy army jumped me... was this all a trap?!





    with two general units hitting both my flanks, will my center hold 3 of their infantry units?





    a charge to the back and everybody runs..

    victory is mine!





    I continue the battle and kill as many as possible. here is the filed of bodied:





    some are still moving on the ground =O

    Here is the battle report:





    both armies retreat to their homeland.

    turn 2, year 1545, summer.

    I get another mission:





    I set up a queue of another archer and spear units that will be ready next turn and get all my troops into the town for the time being.

    I also improve my roads.

    Nothing much else to do really... so i save and end my turn. I'm not expecting any more attacks this year. So i guess i should try to go on the attacks.
    Last edited by muha; 04-15-2011 at 06:19. Reason: added part #

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    PART 2

    Turn 3, year 1545, fall.

    I mastered a new art, and will begin studying the way of the spear to complete that mission.








    I also get yet another mission,





    I cant afford to upgrade anything else, so I order two more Yari Ashigaru to be trained.


    Noticed that enemy army sitting near my town? well, he appeared during his turn. I guess trying to cross the river?

    Doesn't matter, I grab what forces I have and go to expel the intruders from my lands.

    They retreat to the bridge, I follow.





    Yet another small force to deal with, however, I will fight this battle, because the army you see will march on one of the enemy capitals.

    My plan is to kill as many as possible with arrows before they get to hurt me in any way.




    that's a tiny little bridge to cross.. fast forward till i get to it..





    the ai does not let me make it to the bride with my infantry and charges at me through the bridge.







    while their infantry holds my back, their archers pepper me =\





    I let my general deal with them




    victory is mine. Another heroic.




    My Daimyo increased in rank as well





    New retainer and skills that I picked for him:





    for skills I went for strategist again. the other tree does not suit me at this time.

    Since the Saito trespassed twice on my lands, I will deal with them first.



    turn 4, year 1545, winter.


    my roads and farms are now improved.




    (quartermaster's report basically tells me what units were recruited)

    The only thing I can upgrade this turn is my "harbor" into
    "trading port" so I do that, get another archer and infantry units going, get my two newly recruited units into my army, and start building my very first ship, a "Medium Bune"






    The saito opted to move their small army out of the town, I attack them before sieging the castle itself.

    they retreat leaving their castle undefended.

    so I siege the town, and grab it immediately, the battle is auto resolved.. how many troops cant I possibly lose to 60 men?















    I occupy them.
    And that gets me to complete a mission too!





    The saito are destroyed, and I meet 4 new clans.

    my new diplomacy tab:





    I get trade agreements with everyone. With all my negotiating, I discovered 4 more clans, and get trade agreements with them as well.

    So my income is nearly doubled now.

    And this is the end of year 1545. Next turn will be spring of 1546 i think. so Ill see you when I write that up.


    If you have any suggestions or idea, feel free to share. I know I need to practice taking screen shots..
    Last edited by muha; 04-15-2011 at 05:19. Reason: ADDED PART #

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    PART 3


    Turn 5, year 1546, spring.

    I mastered a new art, "Bushido"



    "Strategy of Defense" comes next.




    The remaining Mino army raids one of my villages, I must deal with them before I do anything else.



    My army does not make it to them this turn unfortunately



    I grab what troops can make it through the bridge, and split up my army. If I don't, they might make it back to their old capitol and recapture it.But they run into the forests..



    The fort in Owari can now be upgraded into a stronghold.



    I set up a Que of 2 Yari Ashigaru in Mino,

    Unable to give up on the Mino threat, I order my not yet fully recovered army from Owari and attack their forces.



    I use my standard formation of archers at front, line of spears and general at the back.



    the enemy is nowhere to be found...



    My troops slowly advance, and shortly after the enemy troops are discovered running from hill to hill in the distance.



    the battle should not be too difficult. My only concern is the 40 man general bodyguard. But seeing how effective my units are against cavalry, that should not be too big of a problem.



    I keep one unit in reserve for the enemy general, the rest charge up the hill at their formation.

    Ill try to get some good closeups..







    Its cool how you can see them sword fight... very disorienting though..



    their general moves in, I attack him



    Everybody runs, I let my general pick out the routing enemy.

    Here is the battle report:



    The Mino menace is no more. And all my towns are no undefended.



    I end my turn.

    As I feared, the Tokugawa too advantage of the situation and sent what ever they had to capture my capitol.



    No point in fighting back, I auto resolve.



    A sad day for us all.

    Turn 6, year 1546, summer.



    Not good at all..

    On top of that, as soon as they captured Owari, another, much bigger army came out and is en route to Mino. I must intercept them or I will lose everything!



    I cant get all my troops together, so I split up my armies, one goes for Owari, the other for the Tokugawa army.



    fingers crossed...



    They have more troops then me, however, I do feel confident. My Ashigaru are far stronger, and I have some cavalry I can use.

    This is my largest battle to date!

    I'm sorry for being tedious, but I use the same formation again. Seems to be effective..


    The enemy sets up on a cliff overlooking the valley I am in. Very good tactical positioning..




    so ill waste the time and go around them to their backs..



    The enemy troops intercept me..




    I split my army in 2, half to protect the archers, half continues on.



    they route before they even meet my battle line. Now is my chance to take out half their troops



    they seem to have split up as well..



    Their main force approaches my now depleted battle line, I must regroup.




    Now the hill is mine, and that alone gives me victory! The enemy army routs!




    My general gives chase once again. Seems like the general in my army are the mop up units..

    I have not lost my mojo.. heroic victory after heroic victory!



    And now to recapture Owari... witch must wait... my general could not take one step further this season to reach my own gates!



    I set up a que of 2 bow ashgaru and 2 yari ashigaru in Mino, and end my turn with that.


    Turn 7, year 1546, fall.

    The Tokugawa tried to send in reinforcements into their newly captured province, But far too late, they will die by my swords and spears just like their 1,200 some brothers!



    Battle for Owari:

    I will rush the fort before The reinforcements get there.

    My main army also makes it into the fray.

    a pretty face,



    My general dismount, and join the climb



    The fort is mine.

    My archers quite literally decimated the two enemy units that came to help.



    The enemy runs, Owari is back in my hands.





    Both my generals leveled up during this ordeal.

    First, my Daimyo;

    I max out the "strategist" and put one point into "cavalry Commander"



    The general (Takayama)

    The "strategist" is maxed out as well, and one point into "poet"





    With the balance of power in my homeland now secure, I look to the south-east of my lands, the horse rich province under the command of Tokugawa Clan.




    Two more Bow Ashigaru and ordered to be trained in Owari. And that ends my turn.
    Last edited by muha; 04-15-2011 at 05:19. Reason: ADDED PART #

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    PART 4


    Turn 8, year 1546, winter.

    I have now mastered "strategy of Defense", the next art is indeed "Way of the spear" Once that is mastered, I will finish that mission that I have received last year.



    Yet another distant clan falls.



    And that opens the doors into the lands of Takeda.



    The remainder of the Tokugawa army moved into the forest to hide there, too bad for them my scouts have good eyes.



    Oda, my Daimyo, pushes them past the border and follows closely behind.



    An Archery dojo is ordered to be built in Mino



    The rest of the gold will be saved up for next year in order to re build the stronghold in Owari that was destroyed during the Tokugawa occupation. Of course, that also destroyed the nearly finished "Medium Bune" in the harbor. Overall, absolutely massive financial losses.

    A trade agreement is set up with Takeda.

    End of year 1546.
    Last edited by muha; 04-15-2011 at 05:20. Reason: ADDED PART #

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    You're having an interesting challenge with Oda, I'm quite surprised you haven't hit many enemy stacks yet. Perhaps turtling a bit would be in order to secure your positions?

    But what am I talking about, enjoy the fun and keep posting updates. I'm interested.
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    PART 5


    Trust me, it gets better =).

    Turn 9, year 1547, spring

    During the AI's turns, I notice that some of my neighbors are having pretty serious wars with lots of stacks moving around and dissipating..

    The Tokugawa sure are persistent!



    Yet another army making its way to Mino..

    (I could just ignore the army and capture their town, but that would make their army disappear, and make it boring for you guys, I would assume... so I do this instead)



    All threats must be eliminated!

    Takayama, who is not yet fully recovered from his previous battles shows his great honor and intercepts the enemy army!

    one day I will try to write down one of the generals speeches.



    The AI now sets up my formation the way I usually do.. nice!

    This is the same field of battle that saw the end of the rebellion. coincidentally, the Tokugawa opted for fighting on the exact same hill...



    This time I do not have such a big advantage, but I will try the 3 point pincer regardless.

    Enemy wall of spears:



    my army moves into position



    The tokugawa counter immediately




    My archers are forced into combat, while my pincer completely fails and my troops are wasting their breath running up the hill





    my troops finally squish the enemy archers




    all that is left is the enemy general

    Who routs as soon as my army nears him. Victory is mine.




    The enemy general lives.. no Seppuku.. what a shame..
    I must give chase!




    but I cant, Takayama simply will not make it, and he cannot pass the bridge, so he returns home to Owari, and Oda takes the stage.





    It is auto resolved, Oda loses no men, while the 60 man garrison parishes.




    The Tokugawa Clan is no more. A lengthy movie is shown, mostly all dark with some ninjas, some ambushes, and a Seppuku. unfortunately I don't see half of it because its sunny in my room and the video is mostly dark.




    I finally obtain a trade resource of my own!




    Mikawa is exempted from tax for the time being, the people are not too happy




    I can now hire a Metsuke.




    A stronghold is ordered to be rebuilt in Owari, and a single Bow Ashigaru in Mino.

    My remaining enemy, the Imagawa are to the south East of my newly gained lands, and are allies with the Takeda, who are to the North West of my lands. That means A new front may open up at any moment that I simply cannot manage at this time.






    But for now, we rest and party.


    Turn 10, year 1547, summer

    This has been a very dangerous two years for the Oda, and it seems that this year will not be any different.





    Bad timing, but I get a new mission, this one has a timer for 3 seasons.




    My archery dojo in Mino is completed.




    The one who sieges the newly captured Mikawa is the Imagawa Daimyo, coincidentally, the Oda Daimyo is sitting behind those gates. I hope I will not have to sally against the enemy superior numbers.



    One bow samurai, one yari samurai, and one yari ashigaru were ordered to be trained, in case Oda fails to hold the castle town were he is currently located.

    I attempt to broker an alliance with the Hatakeyama, the strongest clan in my region.



    The alliance is settled, and my youngest son will be held prisoner for two years.




    Turn 11, year 1547, fall.

    I got scared for a second when I saw this window, but the fear was uncalled for, since my great clan is not mentioned.



    The Tokugawa rebel army raids the remaining two villages in my lands.
    And somehow, my Daimyo manages to keep busy under such pressure from the enemies;



    fearing I will lose Mikawa, I hire a Metsuke.



    I take a gamble, and stay hidden behind my wall for yet another season, hopefully the enemy daimyo is not planning to starve me out.

    Turn 12, year 1547, winter.

    It seems that my fears were true, and I must sally or simply perish.



    The stronghold in Owari is now complete, and a new building may be built. A sake den is chosen to fill the spot.



    The rest of the gold is spent on training more troops.

    and now, time to fight the grand battle of Mikawa!



    talk about a disadvantage..

    and it is snowing..

    The speech:







    the enemy:



    my forces:



    Both armies slowly walk towards eat other.

    I try to rush up the hill first.



    A massive front line is formed. I had to pause to take some good shots.






    you can clearly tell how outnumbered I am.

    They have a strong center, but my flanks are stronger. and that causes them to collapse on to themselves!
    the enemy general who charged my left flank falls, and the army follows!




    A truly heroic victory is mine!




    Gotta love the superiority of my peasantry! If I was any other clan, I would have probably either lost the battle, or would have had enormous casualties.

    The Imagawa army retreats a short ways away. And the enemy Daimyo is no more!

    My metsuke goes into enemy territory to scout them out.



    With no gold, and not much else to do. The year ends.

    I will try to fit in one more update today.
    Last edited by muha; 04-15-2011 at 05:20. Reason: ADDED PART #

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    PART 6


    Turn 13, year 1548, spring.

    Well, my mission failed..




    The sakai were destroyed. Who ever that is.




    Surprisingly the Imagawa army killed the Tokugawa rebel force that was pestering me




    Takayama, with his brand new army is now ready to take the fight to the enemy.




    The roads of Mino are commissioned to be improved. Nothing else really happens this season. And two Bow Kobaya is ordered to be build in owari.




    Turn 14, year, 1548, summer.

    The Mastery of the spear is finally completed, and here is what happens:





    The study of "Todofuken" comes next.





    The sake Den in Owari is now completed




    Oh Jesus..




    (pun intended, no offense however)

    A ninja is hired to wreck havoc on enemies of Oda.

    The army in Mikawa is far too hurt to do much harm, so they will remain there for one more season.

    Here is the land of my enemy:






    Turn 15, year 1548, fall.

    Mino now has better roads.

    My old neighbor is no more.




    The hattori now control those lands.




    I request an alliance to secure my southern borders.





    My two ship navy sails out, and discovers an enemy fleet raiding another clans trading route.




    I am very excited to see how naval combat looks, so I will attack them fully knowing I will probably lose.




    There is now visible land in the battle. I guess we fight near the shores.




    Here are my two puny ships:




    enemy not so puny ships:




    pretty arrows





    They board one of my ships




    they surrender almost immediately, the other one routs shortly after. It is a crushing defeat. I do not like naval combat. =(




    The ship that routed, survived the fray.




    My spy failed his first mission



    Takayam is now at the front lines, waiting to invade Imagawa territory next season.



    A stronghold is ordered to be built in Mino. And another bow kobaya in Owari.

    Turn 16, year 1548, winter.

    The enemy navy catches and engages my poor little ship. I cannot retreat, so It it auto resolved.





    No more ships for me.

    I send my spy to sabotage Totomi, but he failed and got executed.




    Cant help it now, I have to invade and siege it using the good old way. By force. Takayama's first task is to destroy the Imagawa army that has been raiding my villages. The first attack makes them run. The second attack, they must fight, and they get help.





    The speech:






    This time I use a stock formation. "Reclining Dragon" a melee heavy attack formation.




    I rush the enemy formation before the reinforcements get there.





    The enemy routs, now for the reinforcements.

    barely touched them and they all rout.




    The battle is easily my victory. Even though I screwed up big time and could not manage the formation after that It all went to hell and I simply could not take screens because I was losing control of the situation... lost way more then I should have.




    The siege of Totomi will have to wait until next year. But no worries, my Metsuke confirmed that the Imagawa will not be a threat for a while.





    The last thing that is done this year is the improvement of farms in Mino.




    some big battle going on right next to my capital.




    A single ship is sent to meet new clans and chart the great lands of Japan.

    Last edited by muha; 04-15-2011 at 05:21. Reason: ADDED PART #

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    PART 7

    Here we go with my next installment, Two years this time!

    Turn 17, year 1549, spring.

    The Imagawa simply do not want me to own any ships it seems.



    I retreat, and the enemy fleet withdraws back to were they came from.
    A new art is mastered, "Todofuken"




    An event occurs for my faction;




    Witch ever one I focus on will give me a 100% boost on art mastery. I choose civil focus.

    "Equal fields" shall be the next art to be mastered.





    On Another note, Takayama finally sieges Totomi.




    My men are not as cowardly as the Imagawa, and so, they will not get the chance to starve!

    (my first siege battle)







    Before the battle begins, I always look around at the terrain, and I must say, CA did a superb job this time!








    Now for the battle.

    Those units that have less then 100 men will stay back in reserves. The army is split into two sections, to cover more ground. While the troops will be climbing up the walls, the archers will try to support them by shooting arrows into the fort.

    The enemy has no archers, that is good. NEVER MIND!





    the climb begins






    some of my units are decimated. and run..






    their remaining infantry are pinned down against their own walls.




    the last archer to fall.

    the fort is mine




    Gotta give respect to the enemy forces for holding on so long




    But in the end, victory is mine!

    (I unlocked the head hunter achievement after this battle.. by killing 10,000 men)




    Immense loses. (I actually like that) Its just boring when you lose nothing compared to the enemy. This feels more realistic.

    The province is peacefully occupied.

    And the emperor finally notices me



    Both my armies are now crippled. Time to rest and improve the economy.

    Oda moves back to Owari, and the province of Mikawa, still unhappy is once again exempt from tax.




    A new ninja is hired, lets hope this one is more competent then the last.

    Turn 18, year 1549, summer.

    Mino now has a stronghold as well.




    Another clan adopts Christianity




    And my son finally return home.




    My little exploration voyage discovers two other clans.
    The Bessho, and Matsuda.





    A trade agreement is attempted with Bessho.




    Denied.



    I will not try too hard, sending my son as a hostage again, or paying tribute is simply not worth it.

    Not much else to report. Other then Takayama merges his units together to create a more solid force, and marches out to finish the Imagawa once and for all.




    Totomi is exempt from tax due to the growing unhappiness.

    Owari is improved even further with better roads.

    Last edited by muha; 04-15-2011 at 05:21. Reason: ADDED PART #

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    PART 8


    Turn 19, year 1549, fall.

    I finally get a chance to have another general, I eagerly accept.




    Mino got better farms, and the garrison in Mikawa and totomi is finally big enough to get taxation going again.

    Another clan is discovered, the Chosokabe.

    Another attempt for a trade agreement.





    accepted.

    Takayama makes the last push into Imagawa territory. and sieges their last stronghold, Suruga.




    The speech:






    This time we fight in the mountains.



    I made sure they do not have any archers this time.
    Last time I made that mistake my troops were shredded before they even got to the gates.

    My arches shoot down any troops foolish enough to get in range while my infantry leisurely approaches the walls and gate.





    Its hard to capture arrows in flight..
    After losing more then 100 men, they finally run to the far side of the fort, making the climb up much easier for my infantry.




    The climb begins.




    The now weakened garrison stands no chance as my units quickly form a front line.





    a fight to the last man.





    The battle is mine.




    The great general increases in rank, and the clan Imagawa is no more.





    The province of Suruga has a school in it.





    For my general new retainer I choose the following.




    I know I have no mounter troops what so ever thus far, but I am planing to change that asap.

    His skill points are divided between "Infantry leader" and "cavalry commander"





    I do that in order to gain access to skills that will be useful in the future, which I will reveal once my general makes it to that level.




    Turn 20, year 1549, winter.

    Hojo give me a tempting offer:

    The picture disappeared.. They offered me a trade agreement and 270 gold coins.

    I accepted.

    Nothing exciting happens this season.

    Two other clans are discovered. The Ouchi, and The Mori.
    No trade agreements can be brokered due to the fact that my harbor cannot handle any more trade ships.

    My agents are sent to explore the northern parts of Japan.

    Turn 21, year 1550, spring.

    I get a CTD during the AI's turn.. The game definitely isn't with ought its bugs.

    A new art is mastered. "equal fields"




    Ikko Ikki can no longer trade with me, The Hattori took their port province, and The Uesugi were destroyed. Probably by the Takeda or Date.





    4 more clans are discovered;

    The Shimazu, The Shoni, The Sagara, and The Satomi.

    A stronghold is commissioned in Mikawa, the remaining funds are wasted on training new samurai troops in Owari and Mino.

    All my provinces now general tax revenue.

    Here is the current known map of Japan. Seems to be very chaotic, with evident growth of certain clans in the center. And a very divided south, North is still unexplored.




    The art of "tax reform" is being ordered to be studied. (I have no idea how you can call that an art.. but what ever rows your boat..)






    Turn 22, year 1550, summer.

    Owari now has awesome roads.




    Yet another clan adopts Christianity.. this is turning into a plague..




    more or less..




    Two more clans are destroyed this season.
    The matsuda, and The Great Date! =O I am very curious who is responsible.




    The satake clan is discovered.

    I think the clan that destroyed the Date is Mogami, I looked through the diplomacy tab, and it seems that all clans who are enemies with the Mogami have north of japan all in red.




    A market is ordered to be built in Suruga.





    Turn 23, year 1550, fall.

    Two more clans are destroyed, this is getting scary..

    The Satake, and the Mori!




    each great clan has their own short video of them being destroyed..

    Mikawa gets an upgrade to its market, that becomes a "Rice Exchange".. in 5 turns.





    Nothing else happens.

    Turn 24, year 1550, winter.

    The stronghold in Mikawa is now complete, that means that I will have horses next year! A stables is commissioned to be built immediately!





    Well that is a nice trait..




    A Magistrate is ordered to be built in Suruga.




    The Clan Yamana is discovered.

    That is it for this year and this update.
    Last edited by muha; 04-15-2011 at 05:21. Reason: ADDED PART #

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    PART 9


    Before I begin this update, I must inform everyone, that I write this up as I play it. I have two computers set up on my desk, I play on the first, and write on the second. So everything you read is actually written in real time, and that is why my screenshots are sometimes bad quality. But I did make so exceptions during really important battles, were I could not be bothered to pay attention to write anything or make screenshots, so I worked on the replays of those.

    turn 25, year 1551, spring.

    The Market in Suruga is complete.




    Improving the roads takes priority. As if a large war breaks out, troops will be needed in remote places quickly in order to protect my expanding borders.

    A new army is formed, commanded by Takayam Ariyasu, who is also now the commissioner for Finance. This upcoming war will prove his worth as a commander, or cause his untimely death if he proves himself unworthy.




    turn 26, year 1551, summer.

    Now that is a pickle..




    I was issued a new mission that I will probably not complete.




    All the available fund are spend on recruitment. And a new metsuke is hired, who comes out already ranked up.

    I place two skill points in "magistrate"





    A trade agreement is re-instated with the Ikko Ikki




    The Takaoka are discovered, but I do not think they will last for long..




    Takayama slowly continues the march for South Shinano..




    I will ignore the threat of Hojo for the time being. Takayama is currently stationed there, I am certain he will put up a great fight and will keep my borders secure in that area.





    Turn 27, year 1551, fall.

    The threat turned out to be true. War Has begun!




    The Hattori will help me out, and it seems the Takeda do not want to mess with me!




    I now have Tax reform, the added income will surely help me.




    My heir is finally old enough to hold a sword.




    And of course, my trade agreement with hojo is no more.

    I will study Bushido now, First to be mastered is:

    "heaven and Earth"





    On another note, the Magistrate in Suruga is complete, and so are the Stable in Mikawa.

    Kiso must wait until another time, The Hojo will definitely make a much more worthy enemy.
    So Takayama takes his elite army and moves back to Owari.

    I just noticed, that the younger son, who is 15, actually comes of age, the older one, who is 18 and heir, is still playing with toys.. how very interesting.. Anyhow, I make Nubuyuki my commissioner for supply.




    A regiment of light Cavalry is ordered to be trained in Mikawa.





    Takayama makes a gamble, and rushes towards the Hojo province of Izu.





    The speech:







    This time it is not a simple mud fort, I am going against stone..




    My forces move towards the enemy keep, the archers will take first casualties of the war, that is certain.




    The Hojo garrison positioned themselves quite nicely.




    all melee troops on the first tier, all archers on the second.




    While the supremacy battle for the air is going on, my troops rush the walls.




    the battle begins.




    A single unit of spear-men rushes the archers who seemingly did not notice the backdoor trick.



    Takayama quickly rushes into the fray to rally and help the faltering peasantry.





    With the second tier captured, enemy archers dead, and Hojo troops running from my now inspired troops, the battle, and the keep are mine.





    First blood of the war has been spilled. The Hojo shall remember and regret this day for the rest of their short existence!

    An enemy army is discovered not far from Izu.




    The Amako Clan is discovered.


    Turn 28, year 1551, winter.

    "Warhorse Stables" is going to be built in Mikawa.





    A front line will be based in Totomi, as it seems that the gamble of Takayam proved to be fatal.
    Two armies are now headed for the ill defended Suruga.





    Considering the state and quality of Takayama's forces, he will sit and do nothing in Izu.
    The Metsuke in Suruga is moved to Totomi in order to save his existence.
    Last edited by muha; 04-15-2011 at 05:22. Reason: ADDED PART #

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    PART 10


    Turn 29, year 1552, spring.

    It seems that The Takeda decided to help their ally after all.




    This time, the Hattori will not help, and in fact, they declare war on me as well.




    I hurriedly ask for peace




    Denied.




    I honestly don't know what to do now. So I went for a smoke break and came up with the following defense strategy:

    Suruga will fall, what ever forces are there retreat to Totomi.




    My heir, Nobuyuki, will hold the line in Totomi, until the last man!




    Takayama, who is now cut off will hold Izu until relieved, or will march on the Takeda and Hojo armies if they march on Totomi.




    Takayama, with the largest army will march on Hattori,




    And my Daimyo will take what he can muster, and set up an ambush point South of Mino.




    Good luck to me..

    Turn 30, year 1552, summer.

    As expected, Suruga is lost.






    My lands are now suffering from food shortages.




    The Takeda Blockade my port, completely destroying my income, and reducing it to 27 gold per turn. I have no navy, so there is nothing I can do about it.




    Takayama Marches deep into Hattori territory, and gets ambushed! The peasant dog did not prove himself at all!



    I will not take any screen shots of this battle as I fight it out, instead, I will comment lightly and screen shot the replay.I was thinking of doing something like Afthermath did, by decided against it.

    Here it is:

    It was sudden, and it was brutally quick!

    To the left!



    to the right!



    The enemy were charging down on my column FAST!



    Wasting no time, Takayama sets up two front lines. The samurai go for the fields, the ashigaru for the forest.




    They did not make it in time to save the archers.




    But my ashigaru quickly meet the enemy peasantry..



    A battle of samurai begins, three of them actually.





    My general rushes to try and save the archers!



    And charges the enemy katana horsemen.




    Targeted from both sides my remaining archers are starting to falter.




    The enemy cavalry definitively took a big part in my defeat





    But My Yari Ashigaru prove themselves once again and rout the enemy ashigaru.






    My useless general who is to blame for all this runs like a cowardly pig that he is. And dies from a slash in the back. A dishonorable death to the swine!




    A duel between a peasant and a samurai






    The samurai is victorious




    My first infantry to run are my samurai!





    The Ashigaru do not make it on time and engage to enemy samurai




    They do not last long





    A long chase down the field begins as I take screenies of my downfall.








    It is a crushing defeat... and a fatal mistake giving my my army to such a horrible general who was the first to run from the field.

    (sorry no after battle report, I could not find that screenie anywere)


    I did however gain some income from all those lost troops... it is at 669 now.

    My Daimyo moves back to Owari to defend the Capital.

    Last edited by muha; 04-15-2011 at 05:22. Reason: ADDED PART #

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    PART 11


    Turn 31, year 1552, fall.

    My Metsuke survives a brush with the Takeda metsuke.




    The incompetent Takayama retreats to Mino.




    And I figured that there is now not much point in trying to defend myself, If my defeat is inevitable, then better counterattack and try to save my situation with some sort of a miracle. so, Nobuyuki abandons his bridge, and marches for Suruga!




    Takayama does the same, and discovers the enemy army.



    I got really curious on why they retreated, so I looked in the diplomacy tab, and discovered that the Takeda declared war on the Hojo as well.



    I attempt to gain peace, and a new ally, considering we have the same enemy.




    But it is rejected.




    I try again, this time, just peace. denied again.

    So I do what any honorable and upstart general would do!






    The enemy forces are far stronger then mine.

    The speech:






    I start with my normal formation, front line of spears, archers at the front, and samurai in the nearby grove, ready to pounce.




    The enemy starts on a hill, I will wait for them to come to me.




    They do not come.

    Takayama moves forward to taunt the enemy into charging.

    Nothing.




    But as soon as I start moving my formation, their army, like a giant on a hill starts to budge and pulse, and finally charges downhill!




    My general meets the charge of the enemy cavalry!




    And is decimated!




    He routs from friendly fire though...

    Without my general, the battle is lost for sure. Such shame.
    Retreating now will surely cause some loses, but not as serious as continuing the fight. I hope.

    The army retreats.




    The Hojo never left the hill.
    A crushing defeat.





    Turn 32, year 1552, winter.

    My metsuke survives again




    Izu is becoming unstable.




    At least Owari is still prospering




    The Clan Takaoka is destroyed, and the clan Ikko Ikki re-emerges. I did not even notice that they were gone.
    I attempt another peace treaty with the hojo, it is denied.

    The unrest in Izu is far too great for me to do anything. I let it be.




    Takayama is now completely cut off.




    And Nobuyuki will not be able to capture Sugura with such opposition. So he heads back to his bridge.




    Omi is far too well defended. My spy is sent to Ise to explore that area instead.



    ANY feedback is always welcome =)
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    Great AAR, I have been following intently. Looks like you are seeing a little trouble as of late though! Fight on, Oda must become the Shogun!
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    This is fun to read. :) The screenshots are clear, and even though I didn't look at all of them, it's quite easy to follow the campaign and work out what's happening. I haven't got the game (or the computer to play it) yet, so it's great to be able to enjoy the game through your campaign. Good job, and looking forward to more. :)

    To Oda Nobunaga, what are you doing still playing with toys?!! And you call yourself the future ruler of Japan... Your clan needs you! *shakes fist* :P

    The diplomacy window feels like the intercom inside a spaceship. :))

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    PART 12


    Thanks for the feedback guys, appreciate it.

    Turn 33, year 1553, spring..

    My Metsuke is a master of survival it seems.




    "heaven and Earth" is now mastered.




    Izu rebels.




    Next art to master is "Strategy of Attack"





    As I thought, Ise is poorly defended.




    But that does not matter, since the Hatorri army is now at my doorsteps.




    In an attempt to save Takayama and his army, I must go through Suruga and its garrison.




    Nubuyuki heads once again to Suruga, but this time around, he is ambushed!




    I fear he will not survive the battle.

    I notice right away that I am right next to a hill, on the other side of which are the enemy troops




    I will run for the hill!

    The Hojo make it up that thing first!






    My samurai stay behind as a rear guard, in hopes to hold them back just long enough for the rest of the army to secure the hill top!




    The battle begins!






    Bomb throwers are terrifying!




    the enemy samurai begin to retreat




    What is left of my rear guard fight on honorably!




    I can now afford to split my Ashigaru and concentrate on the other half of the enemy army!




    The Hojo do not hesitate to kill their comrades




    Sword samurai are really a fearsome force!




    All that is left of the enemy are the archers!




    but not for long!




    The rest is history.

    Here are some pics of the aftermath:







    Victory is mine. But a costly, very costly one.




    Nobuyuki retreats back over the border to lick his wounds, and Takayama is once again on his own.




    It is only a matter of time before he falls at this rate. Better to die to enemy soldiers then to starvation and disease!





    A 3680 man reinforcement. That is brutal.

    The speech:





    The standard formation, that immediately rushes the enemy formation!





    The reinforcement!





    The reinforcements make it there on time!




    I use all the generals abilities, Including "Stand and Fight"

    Every one of my enemies must DIE!




    And then, A miracle!
    Last edited by muha; 04-15-2011 at 05:37. Reason: ADDED PART #

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    PART 13


    The entire Hojo army turns tail and RUNS!









    Many return




    mostly archers





    But like every one else, they do not last long





    Victory is mine!




    Suruga must wait until summer however.



    On their Turn, the Hojo army, disgruntled by their crushing defeat, attack Takayama's small forces, It seems that fighting him, would be better then mass suicide due to dishonor.




    The speech:








    I set up on a hill, with my archers at the back, with screens protecting them, and general with samurai at the center.





    Suruga is seen on the distance




    This might be Takayama's last battle he will ever fight in this life. The enemy approaches with no hesitation this time.





    A counter charge in the last seconds




    The battle has begun. Once again, Takayama inspires the remaining one hundred samurai, rallies his troops, and sits on his chair!





    The first wave routs.




    My samurai get swarmed!




    help is sent.




    the enemy archers are engaged




    the dishonorable enemy runs again. Lets hope the double humiliation forces them to turn their blades on their own gut this time!







    Takayama shall be remembered for generations to come!





    The Takeda finally catches up with my small ship




    I run, but they give chase and capture it!




    The rebel army at Izu siege and capture it.




    Turn 34, year 1553, summer.

    Two massive armies of Hattori siege Owari




    I will not sally this time. The walls are my friend.

    Peace with the Takeda is impossible.

    The Ouchi are destroyed.

    A metsuke is sent to "discover" the northern parts of Japan, maybe they will help.

    Takayama sieges Suruga, And Nobuyuki goes to help.



    I just realized something, Takayama Muneyori, my super general, is probably a brother to Takayama Ariyasu, my incompetent general!





    Anyhow, Ariyasu, will stay in Mino to replenish, and recapture Owari if necessary.

    Turn 35, year 1553, fall.

    The Hattori Daimyo, hattori Yasunaga, Assaults Owari with over 5000 men!




    And that is it for today. =)

    Any suggestions and help are always welcome. I will save the replay of the battle for Owari, if any one wants to write a story about it, let me know =P
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    Glorious victories my lord. Though I don't really understand how you achieved it. :)) Probably "Inspire" and "Stand and Fight" made the difference, but the morale of this game looks like it needs to be tuned up a notch or more likely two. The screenshots of this latest update are smaller and not as clear as the previous one, some of the writings in them are hard to read, any chance they could be bigger? No big deal though. Thanks for the update. There is hardly any agent action/involvement apart from the Houdini metsuke, maybe you can use them more, to sabotage enemy armies for example?

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    sorry, I am still learning how to update proper screen shots, the rest should be better. I wish I could use the agents for things other then exploration and scouting, but their actions cost money, and I simply cant afford them..

    Remember, this is my very first campaign in a total war game since I last played Rome back in 2008 maybe earlier.. I will post up another update later tonight.

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    I will post up another update later tonight.
    I look forward to it! :)
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    Thank you for this muha!

    Haven't bought the game (yet) and your screens give me a good look at the UI.
    Like what i see :) This may be my first TW purchase since M2

    Structure of AAR is great! Reads like a fast paced action novel!

    Kill'em all!!!
    Ja-mata TosaInu

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    PART 14

    Sorry didn't update last night, never got around to it. And thank you very much for your feed back. I try to copy the style of Subrosa, dont know if she ever was around here, but over at the heaven forum, her work was legendary.

    A short but picture heavy update this time.

    Turn 35, year 1553, fall.

    The siege of Owari:



    The speech:







    The Hattori will regret their decisions on this day!

    Archers cover all the walls, with melee forces at their back.






    The enemy advances from all sides






    A massive battle of archery begins, and continues until the end of the battle.






    The Hattori samurai charge my walls through the arrow fire.






    The climb up the mud walls begin





    My men all await the mayhem inside those same walls.




    spear men quickly replace the archers and charge at the climbing enemy






    The treacherous Hattori do not engage with all their men, what they do instead is send in some troops, and shower the entire fort with arrows, killing friend and foe inside the walls.

    They lose some men,





    But casualties are mostly mine!





    A circle of archers around the fort



    casualties to arrows are mounting up




    One section of the wall, were the enemy Ashigaru are, is secured.




    The other part, were the samurai is, not so much.





    Reinforcements are sent to deal with the enemy samurai




    The rain of Iron never stops!





    But it doesn't quite blot out the sun..




    The Katana samurai now fight on a mountain of my own men




    But are finally defeated




    My valiant men receive a volley of steel as a reward!





    The fort is now secure, with all enemies dead. If My men do not sally and charge the Hattori archers, they will all die like swine stuck in a sty!





    Two spears are always better then one!




    The enemy generals finally stir from were they were sitting, and charge my remaining forces!




    What forces I had outside the fort, perish. And run.





    The remaining handful of archers shoot in all directions, surrounded with arrows.




    The battle is a defeat.
    Last edited by muha; 04-15-2011 at 05:39.

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    PART 15


    The carnage is EPIC!







    The last 3 men, as is clear to everyone, do not last long.




    A single volley of arrows kill them all.





    A marvelous battle! However, Owari, the capital, and the Daimyo are lost!



    Mino Is sieged immediately right after!




    The speech:







    This army is not as full of archers as the one that perished in Owari, That means if they Hattori use the same strategy, the troops will be cut down meaninglessly unless they leave the safety of the walls.




    The enemy advances from all sides.




    It is a long climb up




    Samurai archers never rest




    My men immediately rush out to meet enemy archers.





    While on the other side of the fort, the enemy make it up the wall






    Enemy archers are decimated quickly.





    They must not capture the gate, or the enemy cavalry will rush in!





    The useless peasants run from the enemy archers!



    They are quickly replaced!




    Yari samurai are not very effective against a samurai wielding a Katana!




    So they get reinforcements as well!




    And the remaining enemy samurai crumble under the pressure




    A single traitor makes it out alive




    I looked long and hard, but no arrows collided... its a job for Mythbusters!




    Enemy cavalry finally comes out of hiding






    And are mercilessly dispatched.




    While that was going on, the remaining samurai inside the fort were either killed or expelled.



    All that is left are the archers, and the now crippled cavalry.





    And the general, who has finally moved an inch to help his dying army




    The archers are engaged




    What is left of my Yari samurai must now fight the general too!




    The enemy archers slowly but surely all die out




    With aided reinforcements of course.




    Meanwhile, my samurai crumble under the pressure of the enemy general, and run.




    The enemy cavalry charges at what infantry I have left.

    Last edited by muha; 04-15-2011 at 05:40.

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    PART 16


    Im hating the picture limit of this forum...

    And rout them, with out pause heading for the infantry who is still engaged with the archers.





    The enemy general follows not far behind





    The enemy cavalry finally are shattered!




    Word came that enemy reinforcements arrived, but the reinforcements themselves never followed those words.

    For the rest of the 60 minutes, the remaining enemy samurai sat just out of bow reach. I decided not to leave the walls anymore, or risk being caught in an ambush and be slaughtered..






    And so the battle has ended, and Mino was saved.




    It seems that my new Daimyo thinks that my best general alive, Takayama Muneyori is a traitor. Well, if he rebels, I hope I get to choose to play as him ,because the idea of my now dead daimyo, and his wife replacing me does not suit me well.





    His loyalty has been crippled significantly since the death of the Daimyo however.





    To salvage the situation, he is adopted.




    But his loyalty does not improve.

    To make matters bad for me, Hojo and Hattori are now allies.

    Here is my tactical situation:

    The remaining three provinces are recruiting what they can manage to recruit,

    Ariyasu, in Mino, with his crippled army sits cut off by the superior forces of the Hattori who now occupy Owari





    My two remaining armies in the south are sieging Suruga, and unable to recapture Owari at this time.



    The rest of my funds to into building some ships in a bold attempt to save my trade.

    A trade agreement is brokered with Amako.

    And that is the jist of it. Next update; the hopes of saving Owari from the Hattori thieves!
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    PART 17

    Any and all feedback is always welcome.
    sorry didnt update yesterday.. was too busy.

    Turn 35, year 1553, fall.

    The Hojo forces in Suruga still have a numerical superiority, we will wait another season before committing to the walls.



    They will not give me that chance, and instead sally out to meet me.




    The speech






    what is left of my once mighty army



    Nobuyuki, the late Daimyo's younger son, who is now a brother to Muneyori, arrives at battle to help salvage the situation.



    The enemy formation



    My reinforcements slowly follow the enemy army.




    A small skirmish begins.




    The Hojo commander divides his army in two, one part charges at my reinforcements, the other goes for the hill.






    Muneyori, like a new routine, rallies his troops, inspires the 50 samurai, and gets off his horse with a folding chair being prepared in front of him



    The battle lines meet, let the carnage begins.





    A portion of the enemy routs!




    On the other side, the enemy wavered, and routs in turn.




    Victory is mine!

    sorry for the small amount of pics.. fighting two separate battles is very confusing and quite challenging for me.



    Turn 36, year 1553, winter.

    The Hattori attempted to kill my general in Mino! Could be a preemptive strike before they assault my walls..




    It seems that the Hattori do not have any other armies. That means that if I manage to defeat the army in Owari, it will open doors and windows that I could use to invade their lands




    Nubuyuki increases in rank.





    Unwilling to wait any longer, Suruga is attacked and captured.




    Muneyori stays in Suruga to re-consolidate the lands, Nobuyuki heads south to help recapture Owari.




    End of a difficult year, and a beginning of a harder year.

    But not quite yet!

    On their turn, the Hattori send a force of 1560 men, what is left of 5000, to siege and attack Mino once again! They still have numerical and quality superiority, so any confidence in victory would be misplaced.




    The speech:







    My men await inside, ready to rush at any wall that may be climbed on.




    The enemy advances from all sides. My melee troops rush to all the walls, with bow troops right behind them, waiting for the slaughter to begin.




    The climb up the walls is an inevitable fact of siege warfare, This time I cannot afford to rush at the enemy archers.





    For some reason my gate opens up!




    ... its to let a horse out......




    Some of my troops begin to waver, what reserved I had are sent to help them!





    One section of the wall is secure, those troops that are responsible are quickly sent out of the fort to engage the enemy archers!




    And are quickly sent back to attack a regiment of enemy samurai who made it up the wall unmolested!





    A battle over control of the gates ensues!




    The general also joins the fray!




    The enemy samurai routs, and my remaining troops rush out the gates to meet what is left of the enemy army!




    While I rush out they climb over the top...




    Meanwhile, a yari Ashugaru unit, 60 men strong routs from bow ashugaru..




    Some enemy spear men came out of hiding and attacked what was left of my troops inside the fort!




    While on the other side of the fort, men and horse are fighting to save the gate!


    Last edited by muha; 04-15-2011 at 05:41.

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    PART 18


    NOOOOO!!!!! My general died! And the morale of my army died with him!




    It is a Pyrrhic victory for the enemy, and a crushing defeat for the Oda clan.




    Mino now belongs to the Hattori.

    Turn 37, year 1554, spring.




    However, finally, my oldest son took the reigns of the crumbling clan!




    I get an offer to obtain another general, however, I simply cannot afford it.




    Because I lost Mino, my land trade is now no more as well. All the Income i have now comes from farms and other buildings.

    But for some reason, I can now obtain another trade partner. I choose the Chosokabe clan, they are least likely to back stab me. I also steal their princess who marries... god knows who.. Anyhow!

    Intel proves that the Hattori indeed have ran out of military strength!



    That will not last long, quick measures must be taken to take control of their newly obtained cities!

    Unfortunately, my new Daimyo cannot move this season. We must wait until summer..

    The race of "control over Owari and Mino" has begun!

    Turn 38, year 1554, summer.

    I checked who the Chosokabe princess married to, seems like its my new Daimyo, Oda Nobunaga. Good, more kids.

    An enemy agent makes a move



    The cost of repairs is 1323, I guess no repairs for a while.. and no charge bonus either..
    And my peasants are now pretending to be civilized! what Rubbish!




    The Hattori have sent some hurried reinforcements, but they are scattered left and right, I shall take advantage of that and will attack one of them, the rest will follow, But I shall be cautious, and will not capture the city yet.




    My new Daimyo's first battle experience shall be quick and easy. A great way to ease into the life of a general.




    It is a fairly simple battle, so I took no screenshots. The battle was quick and brutal with minimum casualties to my side.




    My newly built navy attacks the Takeda blockade, this will be my second naval battle..




    I will concentrate on the larger ship, the small one can be dealt with later on.







    They attempt to board my medium bune, I must avoid that risk, while my Bow Kobaya catches on fire!




    And routs...While my medium Bune is slowly winning the battle of the two larger ships




    The sengoku bune runs.




    I decide to board them.




    witch I quickly cancel once I realize that they actually have more armed men then I might have!

    But then I double check and decide.. "what the heck, lets watch the melee"






    I lose many archers on that ship.

    seems like its over, my men suddenly surrendered... I AM SO CONFUSED!




    I immediately order more ships to be built. I honestly do not like the naval combat in Shogun 2. Seems ood to me.

    Turn 39, year 1554, fall.

    The Hattori do no show any sign of trying to protect Owari, good. I take it for myself.





    YAY!




    Nobuyuki follows not far behind.. My plan is simple, recapture Mino, and head south to take the fight to the Hattori!

    My Daimyo increases in rank, btw.





    while Muneyori slowly regains his loyalty.




    Turn 40, year 1554, winter.

    A bad year indeed.. I did not even notice..





    The Europeans decided to open trade with me all of a sudden, I accept,



    I cannot afford to deal with this matter now, So my metsuke is sent to attempt to bribe the enemy for 850 gold coins.

    It works,




    And it also helps me, as I now have three new units that are badly needed and can be used immediately.

    The Hattori army sets up on a bridge near Owari.

    I do not want a bridge battle..

    While I come up with a plan, my metsuke finally makes contact with the Mogami clan.



    They do not accept an alliance, But the Kiso, who have finally made a move and declared war on the Takeda, plus took a province of theirs, does.





    I also ask for a marriage with their princess, that is also accepted. Now we are very good friends.

    By accepting Nanban trade, I gained a single unit of matchlock Ashigaru, that's basically the only reason I accepted it.. I need as many troops as I can possibly obtain.

    Nobuyuki sends some troops to Owari, and moves his entire army closer to the city. The battle with the Hattori Daimyo will wait until next year.




    End of year 1554.

    I honestly dont know how to deal with their stack.. it is far stronger then mine.. also, I will try to squeeze in another year tonight.

    Any and All feedback is always welcome.
    Last edited by muha; 04-15-2011 at 05:41.

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    Sounds like you are having a rough time with things. How big is your empire? How close are you to the victory conditions? Losing Mino sounds like a big deal! :O
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    I am FAR from reaching the 15 province + Kyoto goal, since I lost so many provinces.

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    Default Re: I came, I saw, I... was conquered? A Shogun 2 Oda AAR

    PART 19


    Turn 41, year 1555, spring

    This is the year that will decide how my clan will progress in the future. maybe things will turn around after all.

    Totomi is suffering from some unrest, if they revolt I will probably bribe them too.



    Now for that Hattori army, they moved away from the bridge closer to Owari, I prepared as much as I could, now it is time to attack them!



    My main army consists of all infantry, they will attack them directly.




    The side army, reinforcements, is all cavalry. Hopefully the AI will use it properly.




    Here we go.



    Many samurai to deal with. I wish I could auto-resolve this...

    The speech:







    This will be complicated... the fighting will happen in a forest... I will try to take full advantage of it as well.




    Here is my army,




    Three ranks deep, spear-arrow-spear with matchlock at the left flank, and general with samurai at the back.

    I will lose many men here, better not commit all my forces all at once. So I will use waves.

    Seems the AI will ALWAYS use a hill...




    Here is the tactical map of things:




    This is an important battle, so i might pause to take screen shots.

    As soon as I start to repositioning my army, the enemy responds and change their position.




    Now Only they have the advantage of forested area.

    I decide to play it safe and move my forces back to reposition for a more convenient attack angle.




    All that running made my men tired... so now we sit and wait for 5 minutes for them to rest.

    Satisfied with my new positioning, my men slowly begin to move towards the trees were the enemy hides waiting to ambush me.





    the first of such units pop up.




    Their target loses 100 men faster then I could blink!




    But it cant be helped. The first wave moves towards the wooded area.




    There were three enemy units in one, that explains my loses, they took some fire, and their casualties were not few either




    Yes, I do not mind the friendly fire.





    The enemy archers rout, time to move into the trees.




    The battle lines meet!




    Their actual battle line turned out be much farther then I have expected. I move my army forward. And something I did not even noticed




    samurai archers and samurai cavalry, just sitting there.. they will be dealt with in due time.

    Fighting over forested area is really difficult, mostly because you cant SEE whats happening..




    Turned out my battle line was not a line at all... two small groups each hitting a flank in the enemy army, their center was in tact.. So I will have to commit the rest of my army once their battle line becomes more disturbed and loses the line part. But such opportunity does not show itself.

    my men in the woods start wavering, I order the to retreat. Seems like the enemy followed them.




    Reinforcements are finally here!



    Then it hits me... the AI does not control my reinforcements... does it? Oh well, in here cavalry is not nearly as useful as I would like it to be.

    They now charge down hill at my army at full force!






    Seems my general (The one in the reinforcing army) arrived on time!




    Both enemy generals are now engaged in melee combat




    They had troops hiding EVERYWHERE! they keep coming out of nowhere..




    Units are running away from both sides. But I have more units that can run away, this is a battle of attrition.





    I don't know if its just the Hattori, but they are REALLY good at hiding.. keep appearing at my flanks or behind my lines, and its not just them running around either..




    I accidentally lost my matchlocks.. seems like some enemy archers decided to duke it out with their swords. I send my samurai to test their skill.




    They keep popping up, they fight hard and long, but In the end, the enemy just could not cope with my constant pressure, and one by one, they shattered!






    The battle is won, but most of it was fought in the woods, so I myself did not see anything, I just did like a Chinese general and kept sending in forces until there was either nothing else to send or the enemy is no more.

    Surprisingly, my loses were not as bad as I thought they would be..




    The Daimyo takes what forces he can take and sets up camp over the bridge, Nobuyuki is sent to Owari.


    Last edited by muha; 04-15-2011 at 05:42.

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    PART 20


    Meanwhile, Muneyori must be getting restless sitting there in Suruga, He will probably head out north to wage war against the Takeda, or capture the now rebel provinces of Sagami or Izu, but first, he must prepare!




    Turn 42, year 1555, summer.

    For some reason or another, the Amako clan declared war on me.. how strange.




    UNBELIEVABLE! just when I thought things could get better, THIS happens!





    I also got a dilemma.





    Muneyori immediately sets out to extract the Hojo forces!




    Totomi will be lost...

    But Mino will be recaptured.

    As soon as the Hattori presence is no more, that is.




    My plan is simple, deal with their cavalry, engage the enemy infantry with what infantry I have, and pummel them with cavalry from behind.

    The speech:







    They all look so sad when they cheer...

    The AI set it up perfectly for me honestly. Bows at front, infantry at center, cavalry at the back, it is unfortunate that I am not defending, since we started on a cliff.



    The enemy army:





    Most of them are probably hiding...

    The advance begins, archers rush forward to throw in some arrows before the battle lines meet,.




    They do not fire back, and I want to lose as few men as possible, I know they have some units hiding somewhere, but for now I am content and letting lose all the arrows my archers carry. So fast forward till that point..

    They take serious casualties by the time they decide to finally charge me..




    The enemy cavalry comes next.




    And once they are down to 26 men, out of 80, they charge at me as well..





    I counter charge with spear infantry.




    Their entire force FINALLY makes a move, so I immediately order all my men forward.




    Their first general falls.

    I discover the enemy archers hiding in the woods!




    here are some shots from the cavalry charge I managed to squeeze in there.






    Victory is mine, with very minimal casualties, I would like to believe.



    Mino is next,




    Autoresolved




    I do not know how the AI managed to lose not a single soldier, but I am not complaining.
    My Daimyo increased in rank.




    While i was doing that, a single unit of archers was discovered in a forest, not far from Mino at all. Assuming this is not a trap, the Daimyo, and a handful of cavalry men set forth to destroy them.

    Sorry, I lost the pic showing them. Just a single Bow Ashigaru, probably heading to reinforce their army.

    Naturally, auto-resolved. I lost 4 horsemen on that battle.

    Way of the sword was mastered, and now we move back to Chi, to study "Zen"





    Turn 43, year 1555, fall.

    Before capturing Totomi, the Hojo forces decided to attack Muneyori!




    I don't want to fight a bridge battle...

    The speech








    VERY FOGGY!




    There are two crossings, a bridge, and a land crossing.





    I need to cover both, and witch ever one they do not use, I will use to flank them.

    I will concentrate most of my forces on the bridge however.

    one samurai, four yari, and four bows, plus general on the bridge, the rest on the land crossing.

    Took me a while but I found the enemy army... Seems like they were all going for the bridge. (brilliant me turned on the map AFTER I found their army..)



    Almost all... spread out wide enough to hit both positions..

    My men await for the frame rate killing carnage.



    It begins




    or not? A lot of confusion on the side of the AI.. some arrows fired, but that is about it..

    There we go...




    Eager to kill, my samurai, who have lost 59 men to arrows, charge at that bridge!




    On the other side, the fighting also begins.







    And a long bridge battle begins... yes their numbers don't mean AS much here, because they cant flank, but neither can I.. Very boring.

    Their numbers thin out quickly, quicker then mine. And eventually, some start to run other other way.




    I send reinforcements to the bridge. My men there took a lot of arrows from the enemy and from friendly fire.
    Last edited by muha; 04-15-2011 at 05:42.

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    Default Re: I came, I saw, I... was conquered? A Shogun 2 Oda AAR

    PART 21


    The land crossing clears.




    The bridge is cleared shortly after.






    I don't know whether to love or hate how quickly and suddenly these battles end.. one second it looks like it will last for a while, the next, the entire army is shattered. Mind you, I turned those annoying flags off, so I don't actually know the status of units unless I mouse over..

    Anyways! victory is mine!




    I expected massive friendly fire loses, surprisingly, I only lost 66, while the enemy killed 9 of their own.

    The enemy army did not go back to their fleet, instead moved near Totomi, and while they were at it, the Hojo fleet destroyed the Takeda blockade for me before they disappeared, And now, this:




    I accepted.

    On their turn, the Takeda sent three units of Yari cavalry and sieged Suruga, Muneyori will head back to save the day again. But first,

    An enemy assassin tried to kill one of my agents, a metsuke overseeing a town, he failed, but the agent disappeared...




    Unable to wait any longer, The Daimyo gathers what men he can and sets camp at the border with the Hatorri, next year, after winter, the campaigning will begin.




    Now for more important matters.

    Muneyori rushes to protect Suruga. The Takeda forces retreat.




    Before anything, at the end of my turn, the Metsuke discovered something disturbing.

    Look at these two pictures, and tell me what is different between them:

    Before:





    After:




    Very disturbing indeed..

    The last thing I do is send my newly built navy to raid a Hattori trade route. Increasing my own income by 500.






    Turn 44, year 1555, winter.

    The enemy tried to capture my Metsuke and failed.




    My old metsuke is back




    I have to kill that ninja..




    And my old metsuke came back from the dead just in time..




    Those bastards of Takeda cavalry raided everything the could near Suruga! They must die! But they keep running!





    Damn it.. My metsuke wont make it to the raiders this turn!




    Seems like the Kiso are doing just fine.



    I try to get a trade agreement with the Hatakeyama.



    Rejected, I try again.



    Rejected again... dammit!



    Finally!

    That's it for this year. I will not make any advances into enemy territory during winter. There is great promise that next year will be very eventful.

    Any and all feedback is always welcome!
    Last edited by muha; 04-15-2011 at 05:43. Reason: bad math skills on my part, thanks xploring

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