Random RTW crazyness

[Spartan198]

This topic was inspired by a really,really funny happening in RTW today.
I was assaulting a Roman-held fort and had my archers playing "Romans in a Barrel" when the fort commander rushed his bodyguards to the wall closest to me. One unit of archers launched a volley of arrows and all but one struck the fort wall. That last arrow flew over the wall and hit,of all individuals,the Roman commander himself in the chest just as he reared his horse back on its hind legs,causing the animal to rear all the way up and fall backwards before dying.
I know this might seem mundane,but I had to pause the game until I stopped laughing so I could effectively command my troops.

Do any of you have any funny,ironic,or crazy but entirely random happenings you'd like to share?

PS - I took the fort and lost only one hoplite doing so.

[Quirinus]

Something like that happened to me once, only that I didn't find it so funny because it happened to my commander. My general was struck down by the wooden wall defenses while chasing a routing troop. D= I restarted the battle right after that.

[Gaius Scribonius Curio]

Hahaha... mirth!

Anyways not really as funny but more immensely lucky. One time as the Kingdom of the Parthians I was fighting endless Scipionic full-stacks with my experianced army, (led by my only commander ever to be called the Horseman... I was amazed). Anyways after winning two heroic victories in a row (in one turn) their faction heir (Gaius Marcellus, at least its similar to a historical character) rocked up with another full-stack with a half-stack of reinforcements. Somehow I managed to win again, but during the fighting, Marcellus and his bodyguard were surrounded and broke. He still had a sizeable bodyguard and I didn't want him coming back so I immediately set three units of HAs chasing him to run him off the map.

He was actually out of range you could see the arrows (hundreds of them falling well-short). Anyway just as he reached the edge of the map one single arrow (that I could see) soared into the middle of the pack of Romans and hit Marcellus between the shoulderblades, and bang he was gone.

I was in shock for the next five minutes. Thats not supposed to happen!!!!

Thats also the moment I decided to start a new campaign, (even the Gods were with me... absolutely no challenge... lol).

[Quirinus]

Was that bad? I would be ecstatic.... haha.

I remember once, in a BI bridge battle versus the Huns, I was winning, and chasing the routing enemy across the stream when I suddenly got a message that my general has drowned. After surviving and defeating the Huns many times, he drowns. Still, it was a hard-fought battle, and he was old anyway, so I let him go.

[The Wandering Scholar]

Must have wanted a cool down after all that fighting but forgot he still had all his armour on.

[Punicus]

Was I going crazy, or have I seen weak units that are forced to man the walls in a siege jump off and commit suicide rather than fight? I remember that and remember laughing at it too, lol.

Also, I love seeing how high I can make an enemy soldier go flying when he's charged by cavalry, chariots, elephants, etc. I once made a Roman soldier fly higher than the walls of a large city!

[Shieldmaiden]

During a Julii campaign against Spain, General Flavius - the Conquerer of Gaul, Germania, and Britain, Faction Leader with command stars and cool traits coming out of his butt - did battle a tiny army of Bull Warriors and riff-raff with an Onager, outnumbering them 10 to 1.

Naturally, the 1 Onager shot they fired before getting flattened hit Flavius right on the bonce, crushing him.

There's probably a lesson in that

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Was I going crazy, or have I seen weak units that are forced to man the walls in a siege jump off and commit suicide rather than fight? I remember that and remember laughing at it too, lol.

This kindof thinhs are not funny when they happen to you
I had a hoplite unit on the wall when the enemy broke through my walls .. I then ordered the hoplite unit to go down so they could go and defend the hole ... but what they did??
over a half of the unit jumped down from wall and got killed!!!
I won the battle but deleted that unit in the camp map .. sometimes the shortest way to somewhere is not the best one!!!!

[Emperor Mithdrates]

I've just remembered another funny thing that happened to me.

My army wasnt commanded by a general. Just a hoplite captain on foot, and (since i'm very brave, or very stupid) I always command at the front. It was a long time ago and the first assault i had done.

I made my catapults fire at the wall and i lined up my men behind the part of the wall I was attacking so that when the wall came down I could storm into the city.

Sadly i didnt win this battle for the reason that my men were savage mercenaries and fled at the first sign of trouble. The sign in this case being the stone wall falling and crushing everyone in my generals unit.

Oops!

[Shieldmaiden]

Sadly i didnt win this battle for the reason that my men were savage mercenaries and fled at the first sign of trouble. The sign in this case being the stone wall falling and crushing everyone in my generals unit.

*Sings* Ramparts Keep Falling On My Head

[Emperor Mithdrates]

thats good. i couldnt have thought of that one!