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Voting closed: August 15, 2019, 01:31:48 pm

[King Zultan]

I'm assuming we are trying to build our base in a defensible position, so we should be in a good spot. Let us hold our ground, pelt the foe with ranged attacks, and make them come to us.

+1

+1 but if this turns bad we should get back on the boats.

+1

[CABL]

"(2+1 for overwhelming force vs 2) The swords' clanging is heard across the fields of Northwest Crimea: The fighting between the Norse and the Byzantines is small scale and of low intensity, but the squad of the mercenary German axemen flanks the Byzantines and give an edge to the Norse, for the time being. The Byzantines have suffered some losses, but aren't ready to retreat yet. The archers of both sides are in the position and ready to unleash iron rain onto each other."

-2 heavy axemen, -4 axe throwers. No bonuses or penalties for any sides, since the secret roll I've made is (2).

Spoiler: Current assets (click to show/hide)

Amount of ships: 13 (Every ship can take 80 people aboard, not counting the prisoners.)
Amount of food: 138 (Each 80 men consume 12.075 units of food per day/turn. In the current case, you have 948 troops, meaning that they should consume 12 units of food. However, I'll round the numbers down in the case of food consumption, with no exceptions to the rules.)
Unit types: 148 atgeir wielders, 267 heavy axemen, 48 housecarls, 30 elite infantry, 258 axe throwers/skirmishers, and 191 archers.
Ducats/Money: 2412.35 (Atgeir wielders/Pikemen-type troops cost 0.5 each, Heavy infantry cost - 0.3, Housecarls/Bodyguards/Elite Infantry - 1.3, Light Infantry/Skirmishers cost - 0.2, and Archers cost 0.15 each. In total, you currently have to pay 345.55 weekly.)
0 Prisoners (Each ship can take 25 prisoners on board. Prisoners can be either ransomed or donated to a local Norse temple for troops, officers, unique items, and even ships.)

[Weirdsound]

Wait for the archers on both sides to fire their first volley, and then lead a charge of Housecarls and Elite infantry into the enemy ranks.

[King Zultan]

Wait for the archers on both sides to fire their first volley, and then lead a charge of Housecarls and Elite infantry into the enemy ranks.

+1

[Funk]

Wait for the archers on both sides to fire their first volley, and then lead a charge of Housecarls and Elite infantry into the enemy ranks.

+1

+1

[CABL]

"(2 VS 1) Both combatants have missed a lot, albeit Byzantines didn't hit the Norse archers at all. (5+1 for overwhelming numbers vs 1) Meanwhile, in the close combat, the Norse push the Byzantines into a retreat, with very few of them remaining alive. Seeing this, archers withdraw back into the Byzantine territory on their own. "We've won this one, but they'll be back; should we try to make our camp in somewhat further away, in the steppes?" Asked navigator Sigurd his leader, Tod the Berserker."

You've won this one, but the heavier reinforcements will come soon enough if you decide to stay.

Spoiler: Current assets (click to show/hide)

Amount of ships: 13 (Every ship can take 80 people aboard, not counting the prisoners.)
Amount of food: 138 (Each 80 men consume 12.075 units of food per day/turn. In the current case, you have 948 troops, meaning that they should consume 12 units of food. However, I'll round the numbers down in the case of food consumption, with no exceptions to the rules.)
Unit types: 148 atgeir wielders, 267 heavy axemen, 48 housecarls, 30 elite infantry, 258 axe throwers/skirmishers, and 191 archers.
Ducats/Money: 2412.35 (Atgeir wielders/Pikemen-type troops cost 0.5 each, Heavy infantry cost - 0.3, Housecarls/Bodyguards/Elite Infantry - 1.3, Light Infantry/Skirmishers cost - 0.2, and Archers cost 0.15 each. In total, you currently have to pay 345.55 weekly.)
0 Prisoners (Each ship can take 25 prisoners on board. Prisoners can be either ransomed or donated to a local Norse temple for troops, officers, unique items, and even ships.)

[Funk]

"No, this gold where does it come from? from the south in Egypt."

[King Zultan]

"No, this gold where does it come from? from the south in Egypt."

+1 Lets go to Egypt and kick the pharaoh in the nuts.

[Funk]

"No, this gold where does it come from? from the south in Egypt."

+1 Lets go to Egypt and kick the pharaoh in the nuts.

Now that's a goal!

[CABL]

Sorry for the delay, guys: I got distracted with the Minimalism & Milk 3 game, then the gateway error happened today. I'll update the game tomorrow.

Oh, and Egypt's controlled by Abbasid Caliphate, so you're kinda livin' dangerously right there.

[Weirdsound]

This is pre-reconquista, right? If we want to fuck with the Muslims, we should do so in Iberia. We will be closer to home if we want to flee, and there might be a few small Christian states who might be willing to sponsor marauding vikings against their oppressors, depending on the exact timeframe.

Regardless, we should give chase to the retreating enemy. If we can kill them to the last man, we should have more time to raid before reinforcements arrive.

[pikachu17]

Do the Norse in this world know of Iceland, Greenland, or America?

[CABL]

This is pre-reconquista, right? If we want to fuck with the Muslims, we should do so in Iberia. We will be closer to home if we want to flee, and there might be a few small Christian states who might be willing to sponsor marauding vikings against their oppressors, depending on the exact timeframe.

Regardless, we should give chase to the retreating enemy. If we can kill them to the last man, we should have more time to raid before reinforcements arrive.

It's an alt history heavily inspired by my first Norse game of Crusader Kings 2: The First Crusade was very much not against the Muslims, but against Germanic Pagans, who started to expand into Western Europe after a religious reformation.

As for the Iberian peninsula, Umayyads have crushed the Christian states, but are suffering from religious unrest rn, so the troops are kinda busy maintaining order and law.

Do the Norse in this world know of Iceland, Greenland, or America?

Only Iceland, which Jarl is a vassal (both de-jure and de-facto) of Scandinavian Fylkirdom.

I'll go with Weirdsound's action.

"(4 VS 2-1) Norse skirmishers and archers are quick enough to dispose of the fleeting Byzantines with their axes and arrows. The steppe wind blows from the north to the Crimea as the crows gather for the feast."

The reinforcements will arrive in 2 turns!

Spoiler: Current assets (click to show/hide)

Amount of ships: 13 (Every ship can take 80 people aboard, not counting the prisoners.)
Amount of food: 138 (Each 80 men consume 12.075 units of food per day/turn. In the current case, you have 948 troops, meaning that they should consume 12 units of food. However, I'll round the numbers down in the case of food consumption, with no exceptions to the rules.)
Unit types: 148 atgeir wielders, 267 heavy axemen, 48 housecarls, 30 elite infantry, 258 axe throwers/skirmishers, and 191 archers.
Ducats/Money: 2412.35 (Atgeir wielders/Pikemen-type troops cost 0.5 each, Heavy infantry cost - 0.3, Housecarls/Bodyguards/Elite Infantry - 1.3, Light Infantry/Skirmishers cost - 0.2, and Archers cost 0.15 each. In total, you currently have to pay 345.55 weekly.)
0 Prisoners (Each ship can take 25 prisoners on board. Prisoners can be either ransomed or donated to a local Norse temple for troops, officers, unique items, and even ships.)

[King Zultan]

Fortify our position using logs and other stuff for when the reinforcements arrive.

[Funk]

Fortify our position using logs and other stuff for when the reinforcements arrive.

Make sure that the camps wall is strong, Gather up stones to throw, and plant Trou de loup (hidden pits with spikes in them.)