Archived: Chronicle of Spain - A Redux 1004 AAR (Updated 1/2/14)

[daigaku]

Hi @Cyprian2,

about:LightCav

I myself, having played Redux only as (my all-time favourite) Norse, English and Russian, always try to get Ireland (yes, even as Russian!), for the Irish Horsemen and their pedestrian counterpart, Irish Spearmen. Elite, great morale, fast moving - what can one expect better? Both because of their speed great for flanking or surrounding, and great chasers. As Russian, I put them together with those increadible Slavic Horse Archers - those demoralize the enemy with showers of arrows, and then a charge with both units, the SlavHorse wielding swords, the Irish their spears - even Knights break before such an attack. Just had a look - pity those SpanishHorse aren´t equipped with javelins, like in Vanilla - would make them even worse for any foe.

Keep going strong, and wish you great battles,

greetings daigaku

[Axalon]

If you keep this up Cyprian, I'll have little choice here but to make you a "don" of Redux...

Anyways, I totally like this tale... Sort of a Redux (old-school) comics almost (- ever read Prince Valiant?)...
BTW, you modded Spain slightly, right? Changed start-up cash and set Leon to be rebel-held? ...?...

- A

[Cyprian2]

Hi @Cyprian2,

about:LightCav

I myself, having played Redux only as (my all-time favourite) Norse, English and Russian, always try to get Ireland (yes, even as Russian!), for the Irish Horsemen and their pedestrian counterpart, Irish Spearmen. Elite, great morale, fast moving - what can one expect better? Both because of their speed great for flanking or surrounding, and great chasers. As Russian, I put them together with those incredible Slavic Horse Archers - those demoralize the enemy with showers of arrows, and then a charge with both units, the SlavHorse wielding swords, the Irish their spears - even Knights break before such an attack. Just had a look - pity those SpanishHorse aren´t equipped with javelins, like in Vanilla - would make them even worse for any foe.

Keep going strong, and wish you great battles,

greetings daigaku

Thanks, as always, @daigaku You are an audience of one, but a fabulous one at that.

Yes, I recall liking those Irish Horsemen. The Scottish Horsemen are decent, too. Heck, even the Norse have far and away better cavalry than some of the other factions. It's all a matter of taste, I guess. Would love to hear more about your campaigns — especially the Russians. Sounds like you have a great tactical formula going there. Yes, those Slavic Horse Archers are deadly. And Slavic Bowmen? Watch out for those guys! I plan to do an AAR with the Russians eventually. But first thing's first: I'll have to finish this one.

And you're in luck as far a javelins for the Spanish go! There's another cavalry unit called Spanish Raiders, and they are essentially the jinetes of yesteryear with somewhat modded stats. Very fun to play. All in all, I'd really recommend Spain based on the great variety of units available to them.

If you keep this up Cyprian, I'll have little choice here but to make you a "don" of Redux...

Anyways, I totally like this tale... Sort of a Redux (old-school) comics almost (- ever read Prince Valiant?)...
BTW, you modded Spain slightly, right? Changed start-up cash and set Leon to be rebel-held? ...?...

- A

Thanks for the props, @Axalon. Well, I fully intend to keep going with this, so I'd better get myself fitted for that suit and fedora.

Yes, I used to read Prince Valiant when I was a kid. Now that you mention it, there is a resemblance. It's a fun format to write in, even if it isn't proper "literature."

And, yes, you caught me -- I have taken the liberty of slightly modding the startpos. I wanted Spain to have the challenge of taking Leon (like in the Supremacy campaign, which I tried first). I also broke up the HRE a little bit, to make it so they start in the middle of a civil war. Surprisingly, despite all that, HRE did quite well in the hands of the AI (at least for a while). I also turned Valencia rebel, which may not have been the best idea, since it weakened Aragon a fair bit and hampered their development. Still, in other "test" campaigns, it didn't stop them from backstabbing me on several occasions. (Interesting how you can have such different experiences from one campaign to the next.) Finally, I tweaked the titles related to provinces somewhat to my own taste. Just a personal thing. As for the starting treasury of 500, that's default on "veteran," as far as I know...

Well, stay tuned folks. More on the way!

[Axalon]

Cyp...

I got my popcorn ready for chapter IV, you just post it up whenever ready, I'll be here... Umm... A suggestion for you... On format... Bunch up/gather all chapters in post 1 (in order obviously) - just to keep them all together and in one (easy to find) place. Then you simply, update da post whenever you got new chapters ready, and leave the rest (below) for comments, update-notes etc. etc... Well, just a suggestion for you...

- A

[Cyprian2]

It's a good suggestion, and exactly what I'd intended to do. Problem is the forum only allows 50 pics per post apparently. Not sure if there's a workaround.

[Axalon]

It's a good suggestion, and exactly what I'd intended to do. Problem is the forum only allows 50 pics per post apparently. Not sure if there's a workaround.

I see… Well there is little to be done about it then, at least at this point… Because I don’t think you should somehow cut down on pics due to some stupid regulations by the management. Carry on and hopefully, we can come up with better solution eventually.

- A

[daigaku]

Hi, @Axalon @Cyprian2,

not knowing enough about forum mechanics, I don´t know if something like that is possible: To make a sort of sticky of posts within the thread and keep the different chapters on top, the comments underneath. Any chance for that?

greetings, daigaku

[daigaku]

Hi @Cyprian2,

About: Units

I always prefer region-bound special units to the mainstream. I never built RegularInf or LightSpear - what are they good for, if you´ve got SaxonWarriors or IrishSpears? In the cavalry-department for me morale, elite, speed and discipline go before other stats. So, the ScottishNobles, the IrishHorse and the NorseCav, all not being Knights, I prefer to those; some armour upgrade and, if possible, weapon/attack upgrade, the highest possible morale/valour buildings, and you get Knight busters at less expenses and upkeep.
Your Spanish guys: Good to hear those Javelins made it into Redux. Hadn´t had a look - what about their morale? If that´s okay, you could combine those two and get some irresistable cav combination! Throw in the Javs, retreat, flank, pin with SpanishHorsemen, charge in flank or even back with Raiders - and there they fall, the knights and wannabe-control-the-battlefield guys ;-))

After your question about my campaigns I decided to write a bit in the "battle and tactics" thread. Will need some time to type (I´m sooooo sloooowwwww), but will be there today. Enjoy!

Hoping-for-more-to-read greetings, daigaku