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[Elephant Parade]

Yes.

Hooray!

In that case, we want to make the bandits stay within range of the ballista for as long as possible. Ballista F9/Wall F10 should accomplish that, hopefully, but there might be an even better place to build.

Another question: When firing the ballista, do you stand on its tile or a tile next to it?

[Solymr]

Whoops I left out that part.

Ballistas and all other offensive buildings fire automatically and do so after the enemy moves.

[Elephant Parade]

Whoops I left out that part.

Ballistas and all other offensive buildings fire automatically and do so after the enemy moves.

That changes things pretty massively! We're pretty much playing tower defence, now.

[adwarf]

Can ballistae shoot through walls?

If they can, ballista on F10. We can build a wall on F9 next turn.

+1

[Solymr]

(If you don't specify a coordinate I'm automoving to any adjacent spot)

You create a ballista nearby, ready to shoot at the enemies.

Enemy Phase

The bandits slowly make their way to the entrance of the cave.

Turn 2

Spoiler: Important info (click to show/hide)

Ingis Cotts: 21/21
Machine: 60/60
Ballista (F10): 25/25

Blood: 50

Enemies
Bandit A: 22/22
Bandit B: 22/22
Bandit C: 22/22
Bandit D: 22/22

[Elephant Parade]

Move to E9. Build a wall at F9.

[adwarf]

Move to E9. Build a wall at F9.

+1

[crazyabe]

Move to E9. Build a wall at F9.

+1

+1

[Solymr]

You move and with the last of your blood raise a wall to protect the ballista.

Enemy Phase

The bandits move deeper, and one of them notices the splatter on the wall.

Hey, someone's been fightin' here!

You think it was Yani? Yani are you in there?

The call goes unanswered for the moment, and the bandits start tensing up.

Turn 3

Spoiler: Important info (click to show/hide)

Ingis Cotts: 21/21
Machine: 60/60
Ballista (F10): 25/25
Wall (F9): 35/35

Blood: 0

Enemies
Bandit A: 22/22
Bandit B: 22/22
Bandit C: 22/22
Bandit D: 22/22

[crazyabe]

>Wait

[Elephant Parade]

We can only survive two bandits' attacks. They have a 75% chance to hit us, so we should be careful to never be within three tiles of three or four.

>Wait

+1.

[F.O.E.]

>Wait

+1.

+1.

[Solymr]

Enemy Phase

The bandits move and notice you waiting for their arrival.

You ain't Yani!

He killed Yani, get 'im!

The small gang grip their axes and prepare to kill you.

Building Phase

But then, the ballista triggers and shoots one of the bandits. He gets quite wounded.

Hit: 90-5=85. Roll: 4. Hit!
Bandit B takes 15-3=12 damage!

Turn 4

Spoiler: Important info (click to show/hide)

Ingis Cotts: 21/21
Machine: 60/60
Ballista (F10): 25/25
Wall (F9): 35/35

Blood: 0

Enemies
Bandit A: 22/22
Bandit B: 10/22
Bandit C: 22/22
Bandit D: 22/22

[Elephant Parade]

Do all the enemies move before any attack, or does each enemy move and attack before the next?

If the former, normal attack Bandit A without moving. Brute Force's extra damage won't matter unless we personally attack the same bandit twice, so there's no reason to use it on our first attack.

[Solymr]

Each enemy moves and attacks.

Note that only certain enemies can move after attacking, so it doesn't make much difference.