Quote Originally Posted by FactionHeir
I blame econ for telling me how Dassel could manage to escape in turn 5. If it weren't for that, I would have withdrawn south and waited for Jan.

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Actually, there is some truth in it

I'm actually quite amused that all three avatar deaths were a result of decisions each avatar made. It really does fit the fables that GH and Econ wrote at the end of the battle.

1.) Jan could have waited before hitting the square. But I assumed GH would come back into the city and I knew my army could not survive a grinding battle for the square. So I had to get there first, beat his reserve forces (which Jan did not know what they consisted of), and try to block the roads.

2.) Hans could have withdrawn south to join with Jan's cavalry which he could see way off in the southwest corner in the deployment zone. But he didn't want Dassel to escape and he wanted to make things easier for Jan's forces.

3.) Dassel could have spared Hans before surrendering. Such a move would have guaranteed his survival if captured. But he wanted some sort of victory out of this and wanted revenge on Hans for getting his old friend, Jens Hummel, killed in battle.

So, the more I think about it, the more I really like how the battle played out.