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Voting closed: May 27, 2023, 04:40:22 am

[Horizon]

Trades & Purchases:
- (+1) army, gained via Mustering Yard which goes into the Garrison of Castle Freedom (total: 1 guards)
- (+2) wood gained via forest (C2)
- Send a ship, and boat to Bockhoven as a gift.
Orders for Turn 18:
-  Send (1) a Scout to C1.
-  Send (1) a Scout to F2
-  (3) armies march to C3 to absorb more territory.

Spoiler: Sol, Inheritor of Swearing (click to show/hide)

Sol, Son of Gloronisits and Hero of Swearing
Background: Hero
Castle Name: Castle of Freedom
Castle Location: D2
Border Colour: Gold
Army: 13/13
Defence: 19/19
Wood Production/Inv: +2 (15)
Stone Production/Inv: +0 (0)
Recruitment: +1 (Mustering Yard)
Gold: 5
Income: 0
Debt: 0

Features:
- Defenses:
   •  Moat: +6/6 defence
   •  Keep: +3/+3 defence, your last defender cannot be killed during a siege until your defence is less than 3.
- Resources:
   •  Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
   •  Barracks:  Increase maximum army size by +3
- Knowledge:
   •  Garrison: For each recruitment over cap, 1 guard appears in the Garrison. Guards can never march or be redeployed, but will defend; if you have multiple Garrisons, the new Guards are split between them evenly, with excess going to the main castle.

Forts:
- Fort Howling (4/4 defense)

Artefacts:
  - Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)
  - Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)
  - Black Trotter  (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Trotter will gain the Black Trotter.) (One unit attacks first twice at the start of each combat, but each time they kill a unit somewhere a boar will turn into a grand tusk- a giant pig that counts as 2 boar. If no boar are currently on the map, the next X boar to appear will all be grand tusks, where X is the number of units killed by the Trotter.)
  - Boarskin Coat  (when you attack boars, they don't get first attack, they get two attacks on their first counterattack)
Equipment:
- (3) Bows
Special Units:
- (7) Wolves

[Quarque]

Trade:
Return Ascupart's Bane to prince Fitzharbort
Receive the rented ship from prince Fitzharbort
Receive a loan of 6 gold from prince Fitzharbort
Send 3 stone to Lord Sol as thanks for their gift

Actions:
Buy 10 armies
Repair the Crimson Tower (C8) using 3 stones
March 8 armies with the Wolf Crystal to F5 in support of the attack from Fitzharbort
March 8 armies (one carrying the Hedgeblade and the Rhuddy Cape) on J6 in support of the attack from Fitzharbort
March 12 armies to J10 in support of Fitzharbort
Sail to A15 by boat with 1 army to scout, with the Speculator's Rod and the Golden Net
Garrison the Selkie Court with the 5 toads that used to be armies and the Black Toad, plus the wolf that has the Black Toad attached
Garrison Castle Aubade with 10 former wolf toads
Garrison Castle Crimson Tower with 11 former wolf toads
Garrison Castle Bockelstein with 10 former wolf toads and 2 wolves
Send 1 army to the pond (G7) to sacrifice the Scriptorium Plans to the Toad Pond
Send 1 army to the pond (G7) as a scout, to ask for a boon (to turn toads back into their old form)
March with 3 armies on E6
March with 1 army on E9
Scout D9 with 1 army
Scout E8 with 1 army
Scout D4 with 1 army
Scout E4 with 1 army
Scout C6 with 1 army
March on A4 with 1 army
Garrison 3 armies in E5

Spoiler: Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow
C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defense: 10/10
Features:
   • Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
   • Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
   • Shipyard: -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
   • Barracks: +3 army cap
A5 - Castle Aubade
Defence: 14/14
   • Tower: +4/4 defence, increase maximum army size by +1
   • Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production.
   • Shipyard: -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
   • Alkabarian Outpost
A11 - Selkie Court: 0/31 defense
   • Keep, Moat x 3
C8 - Crimson Tower: 3/17 defense
   • Keep, Tower, Bloodforge

Total Army Cap: 45

Resources:
Army: 43 (+8/turn) = 34-9(curr) +8(inc) +10(buy)
Wolf: 3 (one has the Black Toad attached)
Toad: 35 (5 former armies and 30 former wolves)
Gold: 1 (+3/turn) = 3(curr) + 3(inc) + 6(dragon) + 3(giants) + 6(loan from Fitzharbort) - 20 (buy armies)
Stone: 0 (+3/turn) = 3(curr) + 3(inc) -3(Sol) -3(repair Crimson Tower)
Wood: 13 (+8/turn) = 2(curr) +8(inc) + 3(giant clubs)

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape, the Golden Net, the Wolf Crystal, Speculator's Rod, Whiptide Sail, the Hedgeblade, the Soul Nexus, the Black Toad, Scriptorium Plans, Watchtower plans, the Avalance Maul
Equipment: 2 Boats and 4 Ships
Special Units: 35 toads, 3 wolves

[a1s]

new orders

March 3 units to J9 and garrison there.
March 7 armies to J6
March 3 armies on L10
March 3 armies on L13
Scout K3
Scout L3

[notquitethere]

TURN 22 REPORT

Spoiler: Marquess Vulk (click to show/hide)

Sacrifice 3 cats from cat sack to Taghairn cave: The cats are cruelly transmuted into Alchymical Flux (You may permanently transform the flux into another artefact you own or encounter in a tile through battle or scouting.)

Create Tower in Point Swearing for 10 stone: tower raised.

Send scout to Frog pond and throw in Marrowfat Cape: You lose the Marrowfat Cape, gain +60 reprisal. You gain the Toad Crown (Toads won't attack a unit wearing the Toad Crown. Toads in the same tile will follow a scout wearing the Crown into new locations. Only appears through sacrifice.)

Send scout to Frog pond and throw in Juniper Cape: You lose the Juniper Cape and gain the Toad Staff (Deployed to an army or scout, the Toad Staff permanently transforms one random undefended enemy unit they encounter into a toad. Toads have no special abilities and cannot march. Only appears through sacrifice.)

Send scout to Frog pond and throw in Saints Knuckles: you lose the Saints Knuckles and gain: Toad Standard (Toads may march under the Toad Standard. If the owner of the Toad Standard is attacked 1d2 Toads will come to their side.)

Send scout to Frog pond (hopefully after the other players have made their sacrifices >.>) To ask for frog boon of toadification to toad the Anathalord in L3: The Anathalord becomes the Anathatoad, sapping his power.

Send scout to sacred grove and sacrifice 10 gold: Reprisal set to 0.

March 2 armies and 8 skeletons and 1 cat to K1: Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with eight skeletons) (6, 6, 5, 5, 3, 5, 3, 6, 7, 5 and 1), defeating eight of the enemies (giant (part), giant (part), giant (part), giant (part), giant (part), giant (part), giant (part) and giant (part)).

The enemy attacks back (7), killing zero of your armies. (Killing one skeleton.)
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with seven skeletons) (6, 2, 6, 8, 7, 5, 4, 8, 1 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (giant (part)).
All enemies are defeated and the castle is absorbed into your county.
 From giant clubs, you gain three wood. From tolls, you take 12 gold.
 Your total losses: one skeleton.

March 1 army to M3: Empty fort taken.

March 1 army to R4: Empty fort taken.

March 16 armies and 11 cats to N5: The dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part) attack first (3, 3, 3, 1, 4, 2, 7, 4, 5, 0, 7, 0, 5, 0 and 6), killing two of your armies. A bog cat is killed.
Your armies attack (with ten bog cats) (1, 6, 3, 1, 3, 5, 2, 7, 8, 6, 7, 2, 6, 6, 5, 4, 4, 7, 3, 7, 4, 4, 5 and 6), defeating thirteen of the enemies (dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and wisp).

The enemy attacks back (5, 6, 4 and 6), killing one of your armies and one bog cat.
Your armies attack (with nine bog cats) (1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 1, 1, 6, 3, 1, 2, 7, 4, 4, 3, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3 and 2), defeating all of the enemies.
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.
From the dragon horde, you gain fourteen gold.
Your total losses: three armies, two cats.

March 2 armies and 13 skeletons to T10 holding
Crimson Drum, last femur, and Marrowfat Scepter: Your armies attack (with thirteen skeletons) (6, 8, 8, 5, 7, 7, 2, 3, 7, 8, 6, 2, 3, 2 and 1), defeating four of the enemies (wolf, wolf, wolf and wolf).
The Last Femur fails to raise anyone.
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.

March 1 army to O4: Empty hill conquered. Hill report:
NW: you see a forest glade
N: you see hill
NE: you see marshland
E: you see village
SE: you see a mountain
S: you see village
SW: you see village
W: you see marshland

March 1 army to T6: Empty marsh conquered.

March 4 armies to T7:
Your armies attack (8, 8, 1 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (6 and 5), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (5, 8 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (7), killing one of your armies. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
Your total losses: two.

Scout P4: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The townlet is defended by three Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout S15: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the stinking mire they find a bog cat.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Send scout with rock ring to make wall between P13 and O13: Mountain raised.

Spoiler: Prince FitzHarbort - Shandston's Folly (click to show/hide)

1 army, assisted by Quarque and Criptfiend, march on Castle Bacchus F5 via Quarque's lands: One army plus 8 of FitzHarbort's armies with the Wolf Crystal march. Three Wolves join your side. The enemy hides behind their walls  (3 wall strength).
The boar attack first (5 and 3), from behind their walls, with none of your units defeated. A siege begins with your nine camped outside the walls!
Your armies attack (with three wolves) (5, 4, 8, 1, 2, 4, 1, 7, 5, 4, 1 and 4), damaging the walls (3) and breaking through into the fort, defeating one of the enemies (bone reckoner).
All skeletal companions of the enemy bone reckoners crumble.
The enemy attacks back (6 and , killing two of your armies. A wolf is killed.  Then the rest run away. The Bloodsinger flees with the Charnel knife to the Sunken Library.
Your armies attack (2, 4, 8, 3, 7, 5 and 6), defeating the remainign enemies.
All enemies are defeated and the castle is absorbed into your county. Bastle Bacchus (Mustering Yard, Marketplace, Tower. Defence 0/11, Army cap + 11)]
Your total losses: One Bockhoven. Net wolf gain: 2.

1 army marches on Castle Wright K14: The Castle is unoccupied and conquered.

1 army matches on L15: The unoccupied fort is taken.

1 army marches on L14: The unpatrolled village is taken.

1 army marches on J13: The unpatrolled quarry is taken.

1 army marches on J6, assisted by Quarque (8 armies (one carrying the Hedgeblade and the Rhuddy Cape)) and Criptfiend, they find seven armies from Ayes there! Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (5, 14, 2, 15, 14, 7, 4, 1, 8, 3 and 4), defeating five of the enemies (Ayes unit, Ayes unit, Ayes unit, Ayes unit and Ayes unit).
The enemy attacks back with the Black Lance and Black Claw! (8, 8, 3, 8, 4, 1, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1, 4, 6, 5, 8, 8, 6 and 3), your giant takes three hits and dies, and four more armies are killed. You take too many casualties and withdraw! The Black Claw creates five cats in J10.
Total losses: 5 (four Bockhoven, one FitzHarbort)
(Five Ayes units killed)

1 army marches on the Sundered Spire J10, assisted by Quarque (12 armies) and Criptfiend: The eight cats see them coming from the Watchtower and attack first. The bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat and bog cat attack first (2, 7, 8, 3, 5, 7, 1 and 1), killing three of your armies.
Your armies attack (2, 7, 1, 7, 3, 5, 2, 6, 7 and 4), defeating five of the enemies (bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat and bog cat).
The enemy attacks back (2, 8 and 6), killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (1, 1, 6, 1, 6, 6, 7 and 3), defeating three of the enemies (bog cat, bog cat and bog cat).
All enemies are defeated and the Sundered Spire is absorbed into your county.
Total losses: five (Bockhoven)

1 army with a Boat and the Wellspring Staff scouts: The scout casts the Wellspring Staff into the marsh, flooding the area and drowning everyone except the wisps (the skeletons crumble when their masters drown). The scout withdraws on a boat. The Wellspring Staff is in the new lake and may be recovered in future.

5 armies and 1 Wolf march on J9: They find three of Ayes units there: Your armies attack (with one wolf) (5, 5, 4, 4, 8 and 7), defeating two of the enemies (Ayes unit and Ayes unit).

The enemy attacks back (7), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (4, 4, 3, 4 and 3), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (4), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (8, 4, 7, 1 and 3), defeating one of the enemies (Ayes unit).
All enemies are defeated and the fort is absorbed into your county. You take six gold.
 Your total losses: one.

1 army marches on K9: The army takes the unpatrolled lair.

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

March 3 units to J9 and garrison there: You get there first. See Prince FitzHarbort above.

March 7 armies to J6: You get there first. The enemy hides behind their walls  (2 wall strength).
Your armies attack (5, 8, 5, 7, 5, 6 and 5), damaging the walls (2) and breaking through into the fort, defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county. You take the four artefacts (Perfidy's Horn, Black Lance, Black Claw, Shimmering Coin).
See FitzHarbort above for what happens next.

March 3 armies on L10: The enemy hides behind their walls  (1 wall strength).
The boar attack first (5 and 6), from behind their walls, with none of your units defeated. A siege begins with your three camped outside the walls!

Your armies attack (3, 1 and 4), with no enemy units defeated.
A siege begins with your three camped outside the walls!

March 3 armies on L13: The enemy hides behind their walls  (5 wall strength).
Your armies attack (5, 6 and 2), damaging the walls (2) with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (1), from behind their walls, with none of your units defeated. A siege begins with your three camped outside the walls!

Scout K3: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill.
On the steep fell they find one rampaging boar.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout L3: You scout Lord Vulk's land. This is the Prison of the Anathatoad. Hill -  Defence (14/20) - The Anathatoad, was a powerful Bone Reckoner, now a toad, is stuck within a near-impregnable prison (only attack rolls of 8+ may damage the cage (and not him), and he cannot attack from within it). The Anathalord carries the Doghorn, the Bonemeal Shield, the Rip Cage, the Dreadskull and Fleshbane. Nearby monster marches can seek to free the Anathatoad if the prison is as close or closer than a normal target.

Spoiler: Marquess Bockhoven - Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Repair the Crimson Tower (C8) using 3 stones: Repaired.

March 8 armies with the Wolf Crystal to F5 in support of the attack from Fitzharbort: See Fitzharbort

March 8 armies (one carrying the Hedgeblade and the Rhuddy Cape) on J6 in support of the attack from Fitzharbort: See Fitzharbort

March 12 armies to J10 in support of Fitzharbort: See Fitzharbort

Sail to A15 by boat with 1 army to scout, with the Speculator's Rod and the Golden Net: You discover two gold and no quarry.

Send 1 army to the pond (G7) to sacrifice the Scriptorium Plans to the Toad Pond: You lose the Scriptorium Plans and gain the Toad Tent Toad Tent (The Toad Tent will temporarily transform all units on all sides into toads while they remain in the Tent. The Tent effect is always active wherever the Tent is. Toads have no special abilities and cannot march. If there are walls, it only effects the side holding it. Only appears through sacrifice.)

Send 1 army to the pond (G7) as a scout, to ask for a boon (to turn toads back into their old form): All toads are returned to their original form. Four human units immediately turn back into toads in the presence of the Black Toad.

March with 3 armies on E6: Your armies attack (4, 0 and 5), defeating one of the enemies (bog cat).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.
From the hill:
NW: you see a marshland
N: you see Puffin Prongs
NE: you see lair
E: you see a Stone Circle
SE: you see lair
S: you see marshland
SW: you see a castle
W: you see forest

March with 1 army on E9: Your armies attack (, defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.
From the hill:
NW: you see marshland
N: you see hill
NE: you see village
E: you see a lair
SE: you see a forest
S: you see forest
SW: you see mountain
W: you see forest

Scout D9 with 1 army: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the hard scrabble bluffs they find a giant.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout E8 with 1 army: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the dark copse they find two wisps.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout D4 with 1 army: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the muddy fen they find a giant.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout E4 with 1 army: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The settlement is defended by one Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout C6 with 1 army: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the hard scrabble down they find a group of one thornish defectors who join your cause and they also find a Thornish Fort with three Thornish holdouts defending, and walls at 8/8 strength.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

March on A4 with 1 army: empty hill taken.
E: you see Castle Aubade
SE: you see ocean
S: you see ocean
SW: you see forest
W: you see ocean

Spoiler: Count Sol (click to show/hide)

Send (1) a Scout to C1: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the stinking mire they find nothing but ruins in which the scout finds and takes the Blood Forge Plans.

Send (1) a Scout to F2: You scout through the first land, discovering a unusual site. The Boneboat Yard (guarded by 3d6 [16] skeletal warriors, two bone-reckoners. Boats and ships belonging to the owner can travel one square further. While not owned by a Lord, at the start of each enemy phase, one other set of enemies adjacent to water gain a boat.) One of the Bone Reckoners carries the Horn of Fool's Retort. The original inhabitants of the yard won't march from this location.

(3) armies march to C3 to absorb more territory: The empty marsh is taken.

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

The Boneboat Yard gives a boat to Hero's Tor.

The Black Lance exerts a pull on those Dragons that wander.
- [F9] The Murkdragon  flies south-west towards the Black Lance.
- [O3] The dragon doesn't wander.
- [Q3] The dragon flies north, towards the Black Lance, bringing the Giant.
- [R3] The Crepuscular Dragon doesn't wander.

Barbarians from C4 and D6 fight in the Knuckle Yard. D6 wins and returns a Champion.
No one goes to the moot.
- Reprisals:
--[Ayes 5%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[FitzHarbort 3%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Bockhoven 2%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Vulk 0%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Sol 0%]  The Squelsh are quiet... for now.

The Crepuscular Dragon is in effect:
- [K11] Joining the lair is one Bone Reckoner, with one skeletal warriors and two skeletal archers.
- [L10] Joining the lair is five wolves.
- [Q3] Crepuscular Lair: Joining the lair is a giant.

The horde at K11 march on the Sundered Spire [J10]. The eight armies there see them with the Watchtower and attack first:
The boar, boar, boar and boar attack first (8, 2, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 and , killing four of your armies.
Your armies attack (5, 6, 3 and 2), defeating two of the enemies (skeletal warrior and skeletal archer).
The enemy attacks back (7, 6, 1 and 1), killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (4 and 3), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (6, 8, 7, 8, 4, 8, 3 and 1), killing two of your armies. Your armies have been defeated.
 Your total losses: eight (seven Bockhoven, one FitzHarbort)

Bryn a wisp, nineteen wolves, and the Crepuscular Dragon war to take back the lair at S3. It's undefended so they take it and then return to the castle.

The Marrowfat Sceptre lures the Hero and his entourage out of Hero's Tor to T10 where a trap awaits. He carries the Bloody Standard!
Vulk's two armies attack (with thirteen skeletons) (4, 7, 5, 9, 6, 5, 6, 9, 5, 5, 8, 8, 3, 9 and 5), defeating all the the enemies except a wisp. The enemy take too many losses, and the final wisp returns to the fort with the Bloody Standard. The Last Femur raises four skeleton!

The Golden Toad is in G7, and will offer one boon to each player who visits him (see unique sites).

TURN 23

Research

Prince FitzHarbort writes a History of the Hedge (Special! Can only appear with the library, and only if no other site can appear. Gain +1 victory point. Can happen multiple times.)

Marquess Vulk learns in M1 is the Tanglecomb (Only appears on Bloodsingers. Only appears after 30 artefacts have appeared. Summons a third-party hostile tanglebat at the start of combat. The wearer of the tanglecomb won't be targeted by tanglebats.)

Spoiler: Known Artefact List (click to show/hide)

Held By Dragons
Crepuscular Dragon: Wisp Wand (at the start of every combat a wisp appears; there's a 2/3 chance it joins your side.)
Garrison Plans (For each recruitment over cap, 1 guard appears in the Garrison. Guards can never march or be redeployed, but will defend; if you have multiple Garrisons, the new Guards are split between them evenly, with excess going to the main castle). Doesn't count towards anathema count.

In the world
D2 is Bridge Plans (Can build bridges between any two adjacent tiles separated by water, if you own at least one side. Costs 10 stone. You can replace 2 wood for any 1 stone in construction (e.g. 5 stone and 10 wood. Doesn't count towards anathema count)
F2 is Horn of Fool's Retort (at the start of combat, summons the Thunderstorm Dragon as a third-party participant in a fight, hostile to all sides. The Horn will always summon the same Thunderstorm dragon and is destroyed if the dragon perishes. The Thunderstorm Dragon is always hostile to everyone, can only be damaged by archers and flying units, flies above forts and castles and so cannot be harmed by siege weaponry and ignores walls and keeps, and always flies in the enemy phase. She will flee in a random direction if she takes three hits. She doesn't willingly pick up artefacts.)
F9 is Murkblade (a scout will kill any lone human enemy they discover while scouting.)
G10 is Bitter Brew  (The set of armies this is equipped to never retreats from losses.)
I5 is Siege Workshop Plans (The owner of this can build a Siege Workshop as a feature (spending 10 stone as normal). Siege Workshop: You can build these two alternative types of seige engine: 1. Battering Ram: destroy walls on a 4+ for one round (or 3+ or 2+ if you spend 2 or 4 more wood). 2. Giant Trebuchet: destroy 1d4 defence before the attack begins. You may spend 1-3 stone in ammunition to add 1-3 d4s to this.) Doesn't count towards anathema count.
I10 is the Black Horn
L3 is Bonemeal Shield (The first time the unit this is attached to dies each combat, a random opposing unit dies instead, and the Lord gains +1 Anathema.)
L3 is Doghorn (Bog Cats will attempt to flee in the opposite direction of the army or scout holding this. Declare the direction of approach is multiple are possible, otherwise it's random.)
L3 is Rip Cage (Unit this is attached to can only die on an 8+, but makes -1 dice rolls in combat.)
L3 is Fleshbane (Gain +1 dice vs living humans.)
L3 is Dreadskull (any unit fleeing from an army with the Dreadskull will instead desert.)
L4 is Charnel Knife (Equipped unit gains +1 to attacks for every unit you have sacrificed since owning the Charnel Knife- Bloodsingers with this get +3.)
L4 is Black Dog  (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Dog will gain the Black Dog.) (Black Dog adds 1d4 wolves to the enemy side during combat. If Black Dog is assigned to a scout, it will add 1d4 wolves to each tile scouted (after leaving). If it is assigned to a fort or left in the castle, 1d4 wolves will attack that location. Any wolves in the presence of the Black Dog that flee, desert, or are lured or commanded will instead try to return to their spiritual home, if possible.)
M3 is the Rock Ring (With a scout, raise up a mountain wall between any two tiles. You must own at least one of the tiles to do this.)
R3 is Black Cloud, Bryn's Club, King's Writ.

Held by Lords

Sol: Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)

Blood Forge Plans

the Black Trotter (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Trotter will gain the Black Trotter.) (One unit attacks first twice at the start of each combat, but each time they kill a unit somewhere a boar will turn into a grand tusk- a giant pig that counts as 2 boar. If no boar are currently on the map, the next X boar to appear will all be grand tusks, where X is the number of units killed by the Trotter.)

the Boarskin Coat (when you attack boars, they don't get first attack, they get two attacks on their first counterattack)

The Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)

Ayes: Sundering Claw (assign a scout to crack open a permanent path through any adjacent mountain. 25% chance to call a hostile dragon to the location)

Black Lance (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding the Black Lance will gain the Black Lance.) (You never attack first in combats, but on your first attack all your attackers will attack three times. The turn after slaying someone with the lance, Dragons will preferentially fly one square in your direction when flying to a new home. When this first discovered, place the Dawn Dragon on M6 (the Dawn Dragon counts for 15 armies)).

Black Claw (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Claw will gain the Black Claw.) (+4 dice rolled when attacking, every time someone is killed by a force wielding the claw, the nearest square with a bog cat gains another cat. If there are none, a bog cat will appear in the nearest empty square.)

Shimmering Coin (+2 on rolls that determine gold amounts)

Perfidy's Horn (Monster units controlled by a human unit in the vicinity will become hostile third parties, turning on everyone.)

Thornish Crown (when owned by someone of Thornish heritage, one Thornish Holdout will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production); when owned by an Alkabrian or other, becomes the preferential target for all Thornish attacks until the crown is reclaimed. Doesn't count towards Anathema count.)

Bockhoven: Golden Net (A scout carrying this across water has a 25% chance of rolling on the treasure table)

Moonlight's Edge (Roll extra attack dice equal to the anathema value of the opponent's artefacts (ordinarily 1 each) in the tile before combat begins)

Hedgeblade (One unit gains +7 attack, but there's a 75% chance the unit will be targeted by any given enemy attack until the unit dies.

Soul Nexus (Once per turn, if someone attacks a castle containing the Soul Nexus and a Bloodforge, three human attackers will be sacrificed at the start of each combat to the Bloodforge, if possible. Worth five anathema. Found in the Crimson Tower.)

Black Toad (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Toad will gain the Black Toad.) (The Black Toad afixes itself to one unit, and will permanently turn all other units in the same tile on the same side as the Black Toad into toads. Only appears through sacrifice.)

Rhuddy Cape (the unit this is assigned to is now considered a giant)

The Wolf Crystal (wolves encountered will join the army instead (they still all run away when injured)

Watchtower plans (Can build Watchtowers for 10 stone. Watchtowers allow defenders to attack first during the first round of a seige, and owner gets a hill report. Doesn't count towards anathema count)

the Speculator's Rod (a scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

Whiptide Sail (one boat or ship can travel twice as far.)

Vulk: the Last Femur! (1/4 chance of each dead unit being resurrected to your side as a skeleton warrior when they die)

Cat Sack (defeated Bog Cats are put in the Cat Sack instead of being killed if the Cat Sack is held by the winning force. These cats are owned but unfriendly, and any number can be released by an army in any combat, or let loose by a scout in any tile.)

Prince FitzHarbort: Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).

Wellspring Staff (the Wellspring Staff may be cast into marshland by a unit to turn it into a lake (spilling out into all adjacent tiles - units can drown this way without proper precautions). If the staff is recovered (by boat etc) in subsequent turns, the lake remains.)

Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)

Sent to the King:
Hunter's Stand (Archers in the army this is attached to only die on 5s if no other units remain)

Marrowfat Throne (when owned by someone of Squelsh heritage, one Squelsh defector will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production) and adjacent Squelsh armies will join your attacks on non-Squelsh; when owned by an Alkabrian or other, +30 reprisal chance, +100 reprisal chance if destroyed.)

Pellucid Orb (+1 to scout travel distance)

Cragman's Spike (a scout may pass through mountains)

Thornish Lodestone (while this remains in the Hedge, whenever no Thornish fort is on the map, another fort is revealed in a sector usually far from the owner of this artefact (most distant of two rolls)

Spoiler: Known Unique Sites (click to show/hide)

A6 is The Knuckle Yard - Ritual death ring of the Squelsh natives. Owner may choose at any time to close down the yard (+20 reprisal chance). While operational: +2 income, if possible, two Barbarians from two different random squares will leave their post to fight at the start of each enemy phase, one one will return a Squelsh Champion (counts as two units, +1 to its attacks).

E7 and K1 are the Walking Stone Circles - A pair of sites. They are considered adjacent: units can walk from one to the other across the map. Each is initially defended by three giants. They will let anyone pass through both tiles unharmed in a turn as if they were owned by the traveller, for 1 gold per unit passing (if they do so, they won't join a monster march). Gold accumulates on the first stone circle passed through. Enemies always find the gold for it.

F11 is Lake Sorrow.

F12 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance to reprisals to 0. This only works for people who don't own the Grove.

G3 is Yawing Crevice (A desolate crack in the earth. Artefacts may be destroyed by a scout or army throwing it into the crevice. Doing so releases a tanglebat, which will attack anyone present at the time, including scouts. Doing so also grants a permanent -2 anathema score. Only appears in WW.)

G7 is is Toad Pond - Marshland - (5 toads live here (toads don't march and don't have special abilities).)
Spoiler: Toad Pond (click to show/hide)
 Artefacts may be sacrificed into the pond by scouts in exchange for one of the five Toad Artefacts, which don't appear outside of sacrifices.
When all Toad Artefacts have appeared the Golden Toad will bless the Pond and grant each visiting Lord who sends a scout a one-time unique boon: (Pick one of the following. Doesn't work if another Lord has picked the same boon, or you've already had a boon: 1. -40 debt; 2. transform all your toads back into their original forms; 3. return to you one sacrificed, destroyed or removed-from-county artefact of your choice; 4. conquer any unoccupied known tile on the map; 5. transform one unit anywhere on the map into a toad; 6. fix a castle or fort to full wall health; 7. remove a curse from any one artefact; 8. Gain 5 gold, 5 stone, 5 wood, 5 bows, 5 siege engines, 5 toads)

G10 is Wolfhaven Woods - Forest. Spiritual home of wolf kind. Inhabited by 10d4 wolves (25). These wolves will only flee if less than 10 remain. Any wolves that would otherwise be loyal to a non-wolf, are loyal to the wolves in these woods. Wolves in this forest will never march on anywhere.

H6 is Lustre Mine - Hill. Grants +5 gold income. Protected by nine wisps (only found adjacent to mountains)

J4 is Wisp Lake, containing the Wellspring Staff.

L3 is Prison of the Anathatoad. Hill -  Defence (14/20) - The Anathatoad, was a powerful Bone Reckoner, now a toad, is stuck within a near-impregnable prison (only attack rolls of 8+ may damage the cage (and not him), and he cannot attack from within it). The Anathalord carries the Doghorn, the Bonemeal Shield, the Rip Cage, the Dreadskull and Fleshbane. Nearby monster marches can seek to free the Anathatoad if the prison is as close or closer than a normal target.

L4 is the Sunken Library - Lair containing a library (that works the same as a normal library) and a Scriptorium (Once per turn, you may duplicate a Plan artefact). A place for students of the forbidden rites, only Bloodsingers and Bone Reckoners will appear here. It starts with 1d4 [1] Bloodsingers with artefacts [Black Dog], 1d4 Bone Reckoners [4], 1d4+3 [5] Skeletal Warriors and 1d4 [3] Skeletal Archers. Once this is revealed, Bloodsingers who flee combat will go here, including any still alive on the map having fled a previous combat. Bloodsingers and Bone Reckoners and their minions won't march from here. Only in WW.

L5 is Lake Longing - (Water makes this tile impassible except by boat or ship. Spills over onto adjacent tiles. Won't spawn on a coast.)

L6 is Hogland Hollow - Forest. Inhabited by 3d6 Boar. While it is unconquered, at the end of any turn when there is less than 10 boars in this forest, 1d4 more boar will appear. Your scout withdraws to safety.

O8 is The Hag Market. Marshland. Protected by 9 bog hags and 27 bog cats. Scouts can be sent to the market to buy bog cats (4 gold each) and otherwise may pass through without being attacked. Half the money spent here remains as possible loot. Friendly bog cats have +1 attack in marshland, and while you have a cat, they give -1 (non-cumulative) to enemy attack rolls. Cats cannot be sent to scout, and they cannot be send to attack or patrol by themselves. Monsters won't march from this location."

R3 is The Castle of Bryn the Brawn (Keep/Tower/Tower) Defence 21/21, occupied by Bryn, a giant, and his family, three more giants. The adjacent squares are also within his domain. Bryn will wage war to retake any squares adjacent to his castle, always accompanied in battle by 1d6 wolves.

R10 is the Scout Hut - Initially abandoned and inhabited by a family of 6 boar. Up to three armies can be assigned to the Hut as if it were a fort and they don't count towards your army cap. These armies can scout so long at they begin scouting from a tile adjacent to the hut. Spend 3 wood to dismantle and reassemble the hut on an empty tile you own.

T3 is The Moot - Village with 2d2 (2+1=3) Squelsh Barbarians and a moat (6/6 defense). It is the neutral meeting place of rival Squelsh bands. At the start of each enemy turn, each tile with a Squelsh Barbarian has a 25% chance of sending someone to the Moot. The first Squelsh reprisal each turn will be joined by whomever is in the Moot. If the Moot is conquered, a new Moot (with a new moat) will appear in the most populous Squelsh-held village at the start of the next player turn, or if there are no such villages, it may appear in future tile generation (from scouting, research etc.).

T11 is Hero's Tor - Hill Fort (Steep Path: Siege Engines cannot assail this hill) (9/9). An ageing Squelsh Champion (counts as two units, +1 to its attacks) with the Bloody Standard (+1 all attack rolls) sits in retirement in this fort, with his retinue of 6 Squelsh Barbarians, and two pet wisps.

Spoiler: Known Unit Types (click to show/hide)

ALKABARIAN
- Soldier
- Archer (dies on 5, +1 in sieges)
- Skeletal - Archer (dies on 5, +1 in sieges, cannot go alone on missions)
      - Warrior (cannot go alone on missions)
- Rhuddy Giant (counts as 3 armies)

MONSTER
Anathema (also considered Squelsh)
   - Bone Reckoners
      - Skeletal - Archer (dies on 5, +1 in sieges, crumbles without Reckoner)
         - Warrior/Fighter (crumbles without Reckoner)
   - Bloodsingers (has an artefact, will flee if first attack fails to defeat enemy and is not behind a wall)
   - Bog Hag (has 2-4 cats who tank hits for her, curses anyone she is in combat with)
Animals
   - Boar (attacks first, twice!)
        - Grand Tusk (Counts as two boars)
   - Bog Cat (turns places into marsh on defeat, -1 attackers rolls, +1 when in a swamp)
   - Wolf (flees when hurt)
        - Tanglebat (when not behind a wall, another tanglebat will appear for every living combatant)
        - Toad (Cannot march)

Mythic
  - Giant (counts as 3 armies, drops 1 wood)
  - Dragon (counts as 5 armies, attacks first, drops 3d6 gold)
  - Wisp (Only one wisp can be killed per round)

THORNISH
- Holdout (drops 0-1 gold)
- Knight (dies on a 7+)

SQUELSH
- Squelsh Barbarian (+1 to rolls for both sides)
- Squelsh Champion (+1 to rolls, counts as two armies)


Special Movement:

Most units cannot pass through water or mountain. The exceptions:

WATER: Toads, Skeletons cannot ordinarily drown. Wisps, Dragons, Tanglebats can fly over water.
MOUNTAIN: Only Dragons can fly over mountains

[Criptfeind]

Sometimes I feel like including discord can lead a lessening of the experience in the thread itself. It's so convenient for talking that, of course, I'll still be using it. But as a historical note to anyone who might ever read this thread.

That turn was a cluster fuck.

Anyway, here are my stats, I've not finished my turn, so I'll put that up later.

Spoiler: Turn 22 gains/losses (click to show/hide)

-3 Cat sack Charges
+Alchymical Flux
-2 gold
+2 armies
-2 armies in fort Sycamore
+Tower in point swearing
-10 stone
-Marrowfat Cape
+Toad Crown
-Juniper Cape
+Toad Staff
-Saints Knuckles
+Toad Standard
-10 gold
+3 wood
+12 gold
-1 skeleton
K1: Walking Stone Circle
M3: Marsh fort Willow 2/6
+3 Stone
R4: Marsh fort Cryptic 1/4
-3 armies
-2 cats
+14 gold
N5: Marsh
T10: Hill
O4: Hill
T6: Marsh
-2 armies
-S3: Lair
+4 Skeletons

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Colour: Blue
Extra VP? +16
Anathema: 10 (artifacts) 33 (monster units) 18 (sacrifices) 10 (knight kills) 1 (Bloodforge) = 72

Castle Mysterious: P14
Defence: 9/10
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove (+3 Army cap, +1 recuitment +1 wood)

Point Swearing: S14
Defense: 14/14
Features: Shipyard, Coppicing Grove, Library, Barracks, Tower (+1 wood +4 army cap)

Puzzle Dungeon: L2
Defense: 0/13
Features: Keep, Siege workshop

Wood Production: 15
Recruitment: 14
Income: 3
Stone Production: 3

Army: 34+2-3-2+14=47!-10=37/37
Gold: 12-2-10+12+14+3=29
Debt: 0
Wood: 21+3+15=39
Stone: 13-10+3+3=9

Artifacts: Last Femur, Cat Sack (3), Toad Standard, Crimson Drum, Marrowfat Scepter, Toad Staff, Black Baldric, Toad Crown, Rock Ring, Alchymical Flux
Equipment: 1 ship
Special Units: 24 Skeleton warriors 0 Skeleton Archers 10 Cats
Curses:

Holdings list:
K1: Walking Stone Circle
L3: The Prison of the Anathalord 14/20
K13: Forest Fort +1 Wood production
M3: Marsh fort Willow 2/6
M4: Hill
N3: Serene Glade Forest +1 Wood production
N5: Marsh
N6: Quarry +1 stone production
N7: Taghairn cave: Sacrifice 3 cats to make an artifact
O4: Hill
O5: Village +1 Recruitment
O6: Village +1 Recruitment
O7: Village +1 recruitment
O14: Village +1 Recruitment
O15: Forest +1 Wood production
P6: Forest +1 Wood production
P7: Marsh
P8: Forest +1 Wood production
P9: Hill
P10 Village +1 Recruitment
P11: Forest Fort Ivy 4/8 +1 Wood Production
P12: Lair
P13 Village +1 Recruitment
P15: Hill
Q5: Village Moat 6/6 +1 Recruitment
Q8: Gold mine +1 income
Q9: Marsh
Q6: Forest +1 Wood production
Q11: Marsh
Q12: Village +1 Recruitment
Q13: Village +1 Recruitment
Q14: Hill Fort Hawthorn 0/5
R4: Marsh Fort Cryptic 1/4
R5: Marsh Fort Ominous 4/4
R6: Marsh
R7: Mine +1 Gold
R8: Village +1 recruitment
R11: Marsh
R12: Quarry +1 Stone production
R13: Marsh
R14: Village +1 recruitment
R15: Marsh
S3: Lair
S4: Forest +1 Wood production
S5: Forest Fort Hemlock 4/6 +1 Wood production
S6: Village +1 Recruitment
S7: Hill Fort Willow 5/7
S8: Marsh
S9: Village +1 Recruitment
S10: Forest Fort Sycamore 0/3 defenses +1 wood production 1 Armies
S11: Hill
S12: Forest +1 wood production
S13: Forest +1 wood production
T5: Village +1 recruitment
T6: Marsh
T10: Hill
T12: Forest +1 Wood production
T13: Quarry +1 Stone production

Spoiler: Turn 23 (click to show/hide)

 permission granted to aywen ayes to move though land to march on k14
Send 6 gold to FitzHarbort
Accept 16 gold from Aywen Ayes
Send 6 gold to Count Sol
Accept Bloodforge plans from

Make 7 siege weapons with 14 wood
Purchase 1 stone for 2 gold

Sacrifice 3 cats from the cat sack to the Taghairn cave
Create Bloodforge at Point Swearing with 10 stone

March 1 army to S3
March 1 armies and 13 skeletons to the Prison of the Anathatoad using 7 siege weapons
March 1 armies and 4 skeletons to P4
March 1 army and 5 cats to T7
March 1 army and 3 cats carrying the cat bag to S15
Scout l12 l11 l10 with flux to watch fight and copy artifact
March 6 armies to Q7
March 16 armies and 1 skeleton to P3 carrying last femur
March 3 armies to Q3
March 1 armies and 6 skeletons on T11

Send scout to O8 cat market and purchase 7 cats for 28 gold.
Scout P3-P2-Q2
Sacrifice 3 armies to the bloodforge in Point Swearing

1 army and 1 cat unassigned/defending

[Kashyyk]

Produce three units of bows, and send them to Fort L14 (now named Tinker) alongside a garrison
Buy 4 Stone for 8 Gold, and spend 6 Gold to repair Castle Wright to 6 Defence

1 army garrisons Castle Wright
3 armies march on Swamp F14
1 army marches on Forest J12
1 army marches on Fort K11
14 armies and 1 wolf march on Sundered Spire

I'm willing to talk about our border a1s, let's figure something out.

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

F5 - Castle Bacchus
Defence 0/11
Army Cap: 11
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)

G8 - Forest: Fort Aquarius
Defence 5/5
Garrison: 1/3 (1x Infantry)

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 14
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)
 - Alkabrian Outpost (see here)

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 4/8
Garrison: 3/3 (2x Archers, 1x Infantry)

I11 - Forest: Fort Hollivy
Defence: 0/8
Garrison: 0/3

J14 - Marsh: Fort Tailor
Defence: 4/4
Garrison: 2/3 (2x Infantry)

J10 - Castle: Sundered Spire
Defence: 0/11
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Tower (+4/+4 Defence, +1 Army Cap)
 - Watchtower (Defender's get first strike, gives Hill report)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)

J9 - Forest: Fort Juniper
Defence: 0/5
Garrison: 0/3

K14 - Castle Wright
Defence: 6/13
Army Cap: 13
Features:
 - Coppicing Grove (+1 Wood)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 Recruitment)
 - Marketplace (+1 Gold)
 - Keep (+3/+3 Defence, last defender untouchable at 3+ defence)
 - Barracks (+3 army cap)

L15 - Hill: Fort Tinker
Defence 9/9
Garrison 3/3 (3x Archers)

Resources:
Army : 20/35 (+12/turn) = 14(curr) + 12(inc) - 3(Garrison Fort L15) - 3(casualties)
Gold: 35 (+4/turn) = 33(curr) +4(inc) + 6(loot) - 8(buy stone)
Stone: 6 (+1/turn) = 1(curr) + 1(inc) + 4(buy stone)
Wood : 36 (+9/turn) = 33(curr) + 9(inc) - 6(create 3 bows)
Debt: 20
Victory Points: 21 (Gifted Hunter's Stand, Written History of the Hedge x1)

Territory:
F5 (Castle Bacchus), F10 (Forest), F13 (Forest), F15 (Village),
G15 (Forest), G14 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), G11 (Lair: Wolf Den), G9 (Village), G8 (Forest, Fort Aquarius), G7 (Swamp, Frog Pond),
H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), H11 (Village), H5 (Forest),
I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I13 (Hill), I12 (Marsh), I11 (Forest, Fort Hollivy), I9 (Village), I6 (Forest),
J15 (Hill), J14 ( Marsh, Fort Tailor), J13 (Swamp, Quarry), J11 (Village), J10 (Sundered Spire), J9 (Marsh, Fort Juniper), J8 (Hill), J7 (Forest), J4 (Wisp Lake)
K15 (Forest), K14 (Castle Wright), K12 (Village), K10 (Swamp), K9 (Lair)
L15 (Hill, Fort Tinker), L14 (Village)
Artefacts:
 - Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants)
 - Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)
Equipment: 1x Boat
Units: 20x Infantry, 1x Wolf

[a1s]

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Army: 16/16
Border Colour: Red
Castles:
 Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
 Castle Location N-13
 Defence: 14/18
 Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks, Tower(x3)

Wood Production: 10
Stone production: 1
Recruitment: 8
Income: 1
Curses: 0
Wood: 56
Gold: 16
Stone:2
Debt: 0

Forts :
- L15 defense 9/9 garrison 0/3.
- N11 defense 1/3 garrison 0/3
- L6 defense 4/4 garrison 1 archer, 2 armies
- M7 defense 0/3 garrison 0/3
Artifacts: Sundering Claw, Thornish Crown, Perfidy's Horn, Black Lance, Black Claw, Shimmering Coin.
Equipment: None
Special Units: 4 wolves, 1 cat

orders:

Send 16 gold to  Marquess Ambrosio Vulk
Receive wolf crystal from Bockhoven
Sell 10 wood
send 5 gold to FitzHarbort in exchange for access.

March 1 army on K14
March 1 army on L14
March 1 army on L15
March 1 army on L2
March 1 on K1
March 3 armies and Perfidy's Horn on K3
March 3 on K11 and immediately garrison
March 1 army and wolf crystal on L10
March 1 army, 1 wolf, 1 cat and black claw on O10
Scout visits the golden toad to request the resource boon (5 gold, etc.)
Scout K3-K2-J2
Scout K3-J3-I3

[Criptfeind]

I'm going to post this here as well just in case that would mean Kashyyk sees it faster. In order to cut down the conversation time between you two: As far as I'm concerned A1s more or less last minute stuck to their end of the deal last turn by pulling back their attack on the spire, I told Kashyyk that a1s deserved the stuff in J6, I understand why Kashyyk went for it but since Kashyyk failed to get those artifacts I think we should just call it water under the bridge. Let A1s have L14 and L15 and castle Wright back, Kashyyk can take the spire back now that they have a reasonable army cap. A1 obviously keeps J6 and then I stick to my end of the deal and A1s gets to pick up the puzzle dungeon and K1. A1s agreed to this deal, are you okay with that Kashyyk?

[Quarque]

Confirming a deal with Marchioness Aywen Ayes, where they will borrow the Wolf Crystal in return for 2 wolves and 2 gold.

Will be able to post a turn in about 4 hours.

[a1s]

New orders:

Send 16 gold to  Marquess Ambrosio Vulk
Receive wolf crystal from Bockhoven
Sell 10 wood
send 5 gold to FitzHarbort in exchange for access.

March 1 army on K14
March 1 army on L14
March 1 army on L15
March 1 army on L2
March 1 on K1
March 3 armies and Perfidy's Horn on K3
March 3 on K11 and immediately garrison
March 1 army and wolf crystal on L10
March 1 army, 1 wolf, 1 cat and black claw on O10
Scout visits the golden toad to request the resource boon (5 gold, etc.)
Scout K3-K2-J2
Scout K3-J3-I3

[Horizon]

Trades & Purchases:
- (+1) army, gained via Mustering Yard which goes into the Garrison of Castle Freedom (total: 2 guards)
- (+2) wood gained via forest (C2)
- Lend the Bloodforge plans to Vulk in trade for 6 gold for a turn.
Orders for Turn 18:
-  Send (1) a Scout to D4.

Spoiler: Sol, Inheritor of Swearing (click to show/hide)

Sol, Son of Gloronisits and Hero of Swearing
Background: Hero
Castle Name: Castle of Freedom
Castle Location: D2
Border Colour: Gold
Army: 13/13
Defence: 19/19
Wood Production/Inv: +2 (17)
Stone Production/Inv: +0 (0)
Recruitment: +1 (Mustering Yard)
Gold: 5
Income: 0
Debt: 0

Features:
- Defenses:
   •  Moat: +6/6 defence
   •  Keep: +3/+3 defence, your last defender cannot be killed during a siege until your defence is less than 3.
- Resources:
   •  Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
   •  Barracks:  Increase maximum army size by +3
- Knowledge:
   •  Garrison: For each recruitment over cap, 1 guard appears in the Garrison. Guards can never march or be redeployed, but will defend; if you have multiple Garrisons, the new Guards are split between them evenly, with excess going to the main castle.

Forts:
- Fort Howling (4/4 defense)

Artefacts:
  - Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)
  - Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)
  - Black Trotter  (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Trotter will gain the Black Trotter.) (One unit attacks first twice at the start of each combat, but each time they kill a unit somewhere a boar will turn into a grand tusk- a giant pig that counts as 2 boar. If no boar are currently on the map, the next X boar to appear will all be grand tusks, where X is the number of units killed by the Trotter.)
  - Boarskin Coat  (when you attack boars, they don't get first attack, they get two attacks on their first counterattack)
Equipment:
- (3) Bows
Special Units:
- (7) Wolves

[Quarque]

Trade:
Send the Wolf Crystal to Marchioness Aywen Ayes

Actions:
Build 8 siege engines
Garrison A5 with the 5 toads that used to be armies and the Black Toad, plus the wolf that has the Black Toad attached
Sail to B3 by boat with 1 army to scout, with the Golden Net
March 1 army to C3 by boat
March 1 army and 10 wolves on D9
March 1 army and 11 wolves and 3 siege engines on C6
March 1 army and 11 wolves on D4
Scout 1 army E9 => D9 with Speculator's Rod
March 1 army on C4
March 2 army and 1 wolf on E4
March 3 army on E8
March 3 army and Rhuddy Cape on B10
March 7 army and 1 wolf and 5 siege engine on B2 by ship
March 1 army on B1 by ship
March 1 army on C3 by boat
March 1 army on C1 by ship
Scout with 1 army B6
Scout with 1 army C7
Scout with 1 army B7
Garrison C8 with 1 army
Garrison C13 with 1 army
Scout E1 with 1 army, the whiptide sail and a ship
March on D7 with 10 army and 1 wolf

Spoiler: Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow
C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defense: 10/10
Features:
   • Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
   • Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
   • Shipyard: -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
   • Barracks: +3 army cap
A5 - Castle Aubade
Defence: 14/14
   • Tower: +4/4 defence, increase maximum army size by +1
   • Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production.
   • Shipyard: -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
   • Alkabarian Outpost
A11 - Selkie Court: 0/31 defense
   • Keep, Moat x 3
C8 - Crimson Tower: 3/17 defense
   • Keep, Tower, Bloodforge
E5 - fort: garrison 3 / 3

Total Army Cap: 45

Resources:
Army: 41 (+8/turn) = 43-10(curr) +8(inc)
Gold: 4 (+3/turn) = 1(curr) + 3(inc)
Stone: 3 (+3/turn) = 0(curr) + 3(inc)
Wood: 5 (+8/turn) = 13(curr) +8(inc) -16 (siege engines)

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape, the Golden Net, the Wolf Crystal, Speculator's Rod, Whiptide Sail, the Hedgeblade, the Soul Nexus, the Black Toad, Watchtower plans, the Avalance Maul
Equipment: 2 Boats and 4 Ships
Special Units: 5 toads, 36 wolves (1 cursed with Black Toad)

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TURN 23 REPORT

Spoiler: Marquess Vulk (click to show/hide)

Sacrifice 3 cats from the cat sack to the Taghairn cave: You draw out the Black Orb. (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Orb will gain the Black Orb.)(Only appears when no other artefacts can appear. The appearance of the Black Orb heralds the loss of magic in the Hedge. One random uncursed artefact in the Hedge will crumble into dust when this is revealed, and while the Orb exists, again at the start of each turn and again whenever there is no artefact to reveal. Libraries do not reveal the Black Orb.)

Create Bloodforge at Point Swearing with 10 stone: Bloodforge forged.

March 1 army to S3: Lair retaken.

March 1 armies and 13 skeletons to the Prison of the Anathatoad using 7 siege weapons. The first attack necessarily breaks through the 14 wall defence remaining. The Anathatoad attacks (3), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with thirteen skeletons) (2, 3, 7, 7, 7, 8, 7, 1, 5, 3, 6, 1, 7, and 2). The Bonemeal Shield kills a skeleton.
The Anathatoad attacks (6), killing a skeleton.
Your armies attack (with eleven skeletons) (3, 8, 7, 4, 6, 7, 8, 8, 4, 3, 2 and , defeating one of the enemies (Anathatoad).
All enemies are defeated and you gain the Ripcage, Fleshbane, Dreadskull, Doghorn and Bonemeal Shield.

March 1 armies and 4 skeletons to P4: The enemy attacks back (, killing zero of your armies. (Killing one skeleton.)
Your armies attack (with three skeletons) (4, 5, 8 and 6), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: one skelton.

March 1 army and 5 cats to T7: Your armies attack (with five bog cats) (5, 1, 5, 8, 5 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county. You pick up two gold and one wood.

March 1 army and 3 cats carrying the cat bag to S15: Your armies attack (with three bog cats) (5, 5, 4 and 6), defeating one of the enemies (bog cat).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.

Scout l12 l11 l10 with flux to watch fight and copy artifact: Alychmical Flux is transformed into the Wolf Crystal.

March 6 armies to Q7: Your armies attack (3, 1, 8, 7, 5, 2 and 3), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (5 and 7), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (8, 3, 1, 1, 8 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (5), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (5, 2, 7, 7, 1 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: one.

March 16 armies and 1 skeleton to P3 carrying last femur: They march on the village. The dwellings are defended by three Squelsh barbarians. A giant and a dragon are also here. The two parties are hostile to one another.
The dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part) attack first (6, 3, 9, 9 and 4), killing three of your armies. The last femur raises one skeleton
Your armies attack (with two skeleton) (2, 2, 5, 4, 5, 2, 4, 4, 9, 6, 7, 5, 9, 5 and 7), defeating nine of the enemies (dragon (part), Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, giant (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and giant (part)).
The last femur doesn't raise any skeletons.
The enemy attacks back (1 and 3), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with one skeleton) (7, 1, 4, 7, 7, 6, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 8, 8 and 7), defeating two of the enemies (dragon (part) and giant (part)).
The last femur raises one skeleton
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.
 From the dragon horde, you gain fifteen gold.
 From giant clubs, you gain one wood.
 Your total losses: three.

March 3 armies to Q3: Your armies attack (7, 3 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (giant (part)).
The enemy attacks back (8 and 7), killing two of your armies. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
 Your total losses: two.

March 1 armies and 6 skeletons on T11: The enemy hides behind their walls  (9 wall strength).

Your armies attack (with six skeletons) (3, 5, 7, 5, 8, 3 and 2), damaging the walls (3) defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county. You obtain a boat from the lair.

Send scout to O8 cat market and purchase 7 cats for 28 gold: Cats purchased. There are no more cats available.

Scout P3-P2-Q2: You pass through the first village, newly taken. You scout through the second land, discovering a forest. In the dense woods they find a Bloodsinger. He carries an artefact! It is the Crimson Cowl (Only appears on Bloodsingers. Only appears after 30 artefacts have appeared. The unit this is attached to will flee at the start of combat if its force is outnumbered and it has no walls defending it, taking any minions with it.) and they also find two Bone Reckoners, with five skeletal warriors and two skeletal archers.
Your scout withdraws to safety

Sacrifice 3 armies to the bloodforge in Point Swearing: Three armies are sacrifice. The Black Orb destroys the Marrowfat Shield! Marqess Vulk gains +60 reprisal for detroying a Squelsh relic.

Spoiler: Prince FitzHarbort - Shandston's Folly (click to show/hide)

3 armies march on Swamp F14: Your armies attack (8, 7 and 9), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.

1 army marches on Forest J12: You take the empty forest.

1 army marches on Fort K11: You take the empty fort.

14 armies and 1 wolf march on Sundered Spire: The boar, boar, boar, boar, wisp, wisp, skeletal archer and bone reckoner attack first with the Watchtower (5, 1, 4, 1, 4, 3, 4, 2, 1, 7, 6 and 6), killing four of your armies.

Your armies attack (with one wolf) (1, 2, 2, 2, 5, 5, 8, 7, 7, 1 and 2), defeating five of the enemies (boar, bone reckoner, boar, boar and boar).
All skeletal companions of the enemy bone reckoners crumble.

Your armies attack (with one wolf) (6, 2, 8, 4, 7, 8, 7, 5, 6, 3 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (6), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (2, 8, 4, 2, 3, 4, 2, 4, 5 and 1), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the Sundered Spire is captured.
 Your total losses: five.

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

March 1 army on K14: Empty castle taken.

March 1 army on L14: Unpatrolled village taken.

March 1 army on L15: Empty fort taken.

Permission granted for passing through Vulk lands, so...

March 1 army on L2: Empty castle taken. Defense: 0/13. Features: Keep, Siege workshop

March 1 on K1: Unpatrolled stone circle taken

March 3 armies and Perfidy's Horn on K3: The boar attack first (2 and 7), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (6 and , defeating one of the enemies (boar).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.
Your total losses: one.
NW: you see village
N: you see hill
NE: you see a lake
E: you see a village
SE: you see the Sunken Library
S: you see a hill with a prison
SW: you see a castle
W: you see a forest

March 3 on K11 and immediately garrison: Your armies attack (4, 3 and 7), defeating one of the enemies (Fitzharbort unit).
All enemies are defeated and the fort is absorbed into your county.

March 1 army and wolf crystal on L10: The five wolves join your side. The enemy hides behind their walls  (1 wall strength).
The boar attack first (5 and 5), from behind their walls, with none of your units defeated. A siege begins with your one camped outside the walls!
Your armies attack (with five wolves) (8, 1, 1, 7, 3 and 6), damaging the walls (1) and breaking through into the fort, defeating one of the enemies (boar).
All enemies are defeated and the fort is absorbed into your county. An Vulk scout is later pass by here.

March 1 army, 1 wolf, 1 cat and black claw on O10: Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with one wolf) (with the black claw) (1, 1, 7, 4, 4, 7 and 4), defeating two of the enemies (bog cat and bog cat).
The enemy attacks back (7), killing zero of your armies. A bog cat is killed.
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (with the black claw)(5, 4, 1, 6, 6 and 7), defeating one of the enemies (bog hag).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: one cat. The Black Claw spawns three cats in N15.


Scout visits the golden toad to request the resource boon (5 gold, etc.): You gain 5 gold, 5 stone, 5 wood, 5 bows, 5 siege engines, 5 toads)

Scout K3-K2-J2: You pass through the newly taken hill. You scout through the second land, discovering a forest. In the dark copse they find three gold.
You scout through the third land, discovering a village. The townlet is undefended and would be easily cowed.

Scout K3-J3-I3: You pass through the newly taken hill. You scout through the second land, discovering a hill. On the hard scrabble highland they find a Thornish Fort currently empty, with the walls at 7/8 strength.
From the hill:
NW: you see village
N: you see marshland
NE: you see a mountain
E: you see a lake
SE: you see a village across the lake
S: you see a hill
SW: you see forest
W: you see village
You scout through the third land, discovering a marshland.
In the murky mire they find four rampaging boar.

Spoiler: Count Sol (click to show/hide)

One scout confirms that there is a Giant in D4.

Spoiler: Marquess Bockhoven - Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Sail to B3 by boat with 1 army to scout, with the Golden Net: The golden net finds one gold, and one stone. You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the thick copse they find nothing but bones.

March 1 army to C3 by boat: Unpatrolled marsh is taken.

March 1 army and 10 wolves on D9: Your armies attack (with ten wolves) (1, 3, 1, 7, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 4, 3, 6, 1, 2 and 4), defeating two of the enemies (giant (part) and giant (part)).
The enemy attacks back (7), killing zero of your armies. A wolf is killed.  Then the rest run away. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
Your total losses: one wolf

March 1 army and 11 wolves and 3 siege engines on C6: The enemy hides behind their walls  (8 wall strength).
Your armies attack (with eleven wolves) (5, 9, 3, 3, 6, 5, 4, 5, 7, 6, 3, 4, 8, 6, 10 and 3), damaging the walls (7) defeating three of the enemies (Thornish holdout, Thornish holdout and Thornish holdout).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.
 From the Thornish holdouts you take two gold.

March 1 army and 11 wolves on D4: Your armies attack (with eleven wolves) (2, 4, 1, 1, 4, 1, 6, 4, 2, 3, 7 and 1), defeating two of the enemies (giant (part) and giant (part)).

The enemy attacks back (3), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with eleven wolves) (2, 7, 5, 8, 8, 3, 7, 8, 8, 2, 8 and 5), defeating one of the enemies (giant (part)).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.
 From giant clubs, you gain one wood.

Scout 1 army E9 => D9 with Speculator's Rod: You discover a quarry in E9! D9 is occupied by a giant so your scout withdraws to safety.

March 1 army on C4: The unoccupied village is taken.

March 2 army and 1 wolf on E4: Your armies attack (with one wolf) (4, 7 and 3), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.


March 3 army on E8: Your armies attack (2, 8 and 7), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (, killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (4 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: one.

March 3 army and Rhuddy Cape on B10: Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (9, 2, 2, 8 and 7), inflicting three hits on the enemies (Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh champion and Squelsh champion).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

March 7 army and 1 wolf and 5 siege engine on B2 by ship: It's apparently empty so you take it without a fight.

March 1 army on B1 by ship: The unpatrolled forest is taken.

March 1 army on C3 by boat: You already marched here.

March 1 army on C1 by ship: The empty marshland is taken.

Scout with 1 army B6: You scout through the first land, discovering a lair. This dank tomb is inhabited by one Bone Reckoners, with three skeletal warriors and also one Bone Reckoners, with two skeletal warriors and two skeletal archers. The monsters defend nine gold.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout with 1 army C7: You scout through the first land, discovering a lair. This dingy hovel is inhabited by a bog cat and one wisp and also four wolves. The monsters defend seven gold.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout with 1 army B7: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The settlement is defended by three Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout E1 with 1 army, the whiptide sail and a ship: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The hamlet is defended by three Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

March on D7 with 10 army and 1 wolf: Ten armies march into a lair beyond the border. This mouldering ruin is inhabited by a giant and also one rampaging boar and a giant. The monsters defend seven gold.
The boar attack first (8 and 2), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (1, 7, 2, 5, 4, 2, 8, 3, 4 and 1), defeating three of the enemies (giant (part), giant (part) and giant (part)).

The enemy attacks back (1, 4, 1 and , killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (5, 2, 5, 3, 8, 8, 4, 7 and 7), defeating four of the enemies (giant (part), giant (part), boar and giant (part)).
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county. You take the seven gold.
From giant clubs, you gain two wood.
Your total losses: three.

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

The Boneboat Yard gives a boat to [P2]

The Black Lance in [N13] exerts a pull on those Dragons that wander.
- [H8] The Murkdragon doesn't wander.
- [O3] The dragon flies east to O4 and takes the hill.
- [R3] The Crepuscular Dragon flies north-east to [Q4], bringing with him a wisp, 19 wolves and Bryn the Giant, and all artefacts

Barbarians from E1 and T3 fight in the Knuckle Yard. T3 wins and returns a Champion.
Barbarian-occupied tiles E1, E4, F14, H3 send someone to the moot.
- Reprisals:
--[Vulk 66%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[FitzHarbort 6%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Ayes 5%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Bockhoven 3%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Sol 0%]  The Squelsh are quiet... for now.

The Crepuscular Dragon is in effect:
- [B6] Joining the lair is three wolves.
- [C7] No new monsters come.
- [Q3] Crepuscular Lair: Joining the lair is a bog cat.

The horde at P2 march on the fort R4, picking up the giant and bog cat enroute. Fort Cryptic is unoccupied so they take it.

The Crepuscular Dragon and friends march on the fort at R5. Fort Ominous is undefended and so they take it.

The monsters in the lair at B6 mach on the fort C6. Your forces are behind defences (1 wall strength).
The wolf, wolf, wolf, bone reckoner, bone reckoner, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal archer and skeletal archer attack first (4, 4, 6, 7, 2, 5, 8, 4, 8, 2, 5 and 7), damaging the walls (1) and breaking through into the fort, killing four wolves is killed.  Then the rest run away.
Your armies attack (3), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (2, 1, 3, 8, 2, 5, 4, 7, 8, 5, 8 and , killing your army and taking the fort.
Total losses: one unit, fout wolves.

Bryn, despite being out of the castle, is still adjacent to a conquered territory and see he, a wisp, twenty-two wolves, and the Crepuscular Dragon war to take back the empty forest at S4. After which, they return to the adjacent castle.

The Marrowfat Sceptre lures no one.

TURN 24

Black Orb

Hedgeblade is destroyed by the Black Orb.

Research

Prince FitzHarbort writes a History of the Hedge (Special! Can only appear with the library, and only if no other site can appear. Gain +1 victory point. Can happen multiple times.)

Marquess Vulk learns in In Q2 is Bloodstone Mirror (Only appears on Bloodsingers. Only appears after 30 artefacts have appeared. At the start of combat, the Mirror creates shadow units equal to the armies attacking it. Shadow units don't attack, but can absorb hits. They disappear at the end of combat.)

Spoiler: Known Artefact List (click to show/hide)

Held By Dragons
Crepuscular Dragon: Wisp Wand (at the start of every combat a wisp appears; there's a 2/3 chance it joins your side.)
Garrison Plans (For each recruitment over cap, 1 guard appears in the Garrison. Guards can never march or be redeployed, but will defend; if you have multiple Garrisons, the new Guards are split between them evenly, with excess going to the main castle). Doesn't count towards anathema count.

In the world
D2 is  Black Trotter  (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Trotter will gain the Black Trotter.) (One unit attacks first twice at the start of each combat, but each time they kill a unit somewhere a boar will turn into a grand tusk- a giant pig that counts as 2 boar. If no boar are currently on the map, the next X boar to appear will all be grand tusks, where X is the number of units killed by the Trotter.)
F2 is Horn of Fool's Retort (at the start of combat, summons the Thunderstorm Dragon as a third-party participant in a fight, hostile to all sides. The Horn will always summon the same Thunderstorm dragon and is destroyed if the dragon perishes. The Thunderstorm Dragon is always hostile to everyone, can only be damaged by archers and flying units, flies above forts and castles and so cannot be harmed by siege weaponry and ignores walls and keeps, and always flies in the enemy phase. She will flee in a random direction if she takes three hits. She doesn't willingly pick up artefacts.)
F9 is Murkblade (a scout will kill any lone human enemy they discover while scouting.)
G10 is Bitter Brew  (The set of armies this is equipped to never retreats from losses.)
I5 is Siege Workshop Plans (The owner of this can build a Siege Workshop as a feature (spending 10 stone as normal). Siege Workshop: You can build these two alternative types of seige engine: 1. Battering Ram: destroy walls on a 4+ for one round (or 3+ or 2+ if you spend 2 or 4 more wood). 2. Giant Trebuchet: destroy 1d4 defence before the attack begins. You may spend 1-3 stone in ammunition to add 1-3 d4s to this.) Doesn't count towards anathema count.
I10 is the Black Horn
L4 is Charnel Knife (Equipped unit gains +1 to attacks for every unit you have sacrificed since owning the Charnel Knife- Bloodsingers with this get +3.)
L4 is Black Dog  (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Dog will gain the Black Dog.) (Black Dog adds 1d4 wolves to the enemy side during combat. If Black Dog is assigned to a scout, it will add 1d4 wolves to each tile scouted (after leaving). If it is assigned to a fort or left in the castle, 1d4 wolves will attack that location. Any wolves in the presence of the Black Dog that flee, desert, or are lured or commanded will instead try to return to their spiritual home, if possible.)
M3 is the Rock Ring (With a scout, raise up a mountain wall between any two tiles. You must own at least one of the tiles to do this.)
R3 is Black Cloud, Bryn's Club, King's Writ.

Held by Lords

Sol: Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)

Blood Forge Plans

the Black Trotter (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Trotter will gain the Black Trotter.) (One unit attacks first twice at the start of each combat, but each time they kill a unit somewhere a boar will turn into a grand tusk- a giant pig that counts as 2 boar. If no boar are currently on the map, the next X boar to appear will all be grand tusks, where X is the number of units killed by the Trotter.)

the Boarskin Coat (when you attack boars, they don't get first attack, they get two attacks on their first counterattack)

The Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)

Ayes: Sundering Claw (assign a scout to crack open a permanent path through any adjacent mountain. 25% chance to call a hostile dragon to the location)

Black Lance (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding the Black Lance will gain the Black Lance.) (You never attack first in combats, but on your first attack all your attackers will attack three times. The turn after slaying someone with the lance, Dragons will preferentially fly one square in your direction when flying to a new home. When this first discovered, place the Dawn Dragon on M6 (the Dawn Dragon counts for 15 armies)).

Black Claw (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Claw will gain the Black Claw.) (+4 dice rolled when attacking, every time someone is killed by a force wielding the claw, the nearest square with a bog cat gains another cat. If there are none, a bog cat will appear in the nearest empty square.)

Shimmering Coin (+2 on rolls that determine gold amounts)

Perfidy's Horn (Monster units controlled by a human unit in the vicinity will become hostile third parties, turning on everyone.)

Thornish Crown (when owned by someone of Thornish heritage, one Thornish Holdout will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production); when owned by an Alkabrian or other, becomes the preferential target for all Thornish attacks until the crown is reclaimed. Doesn't count towards Anathema count.)

Bockhoven: Golden Net (A scout carrying this across water has a 25% chance of rolling on the treasure table)

Moonlight's Edge (Roll extra attack dice equal to the anathema value of the opponent's artefacts (ordinarily 1 each) in the tile before combat begins)

Hedgeblade (One unit gains +7 attack, but there's a 75% chance the unit will be targeted by any given enemy attack until the unit dies.

Soul Nexus (Once per turn, if someone attacks a castle containing the Soul Nexus and a Bloodforge, three human attackers will be sacrificed at the start of each combat to the Bloodforge, if possible. Worth five anathema. Found in the Crimson Tower.)

Black Toad (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Toad will gain the Black Toad.) (The Black Toad afixes itself to one unit, and will permanently turn all other units in the same tile on the same side as the Black Toad into toads. Only appears through sacrifice.)

Rhuddy Cape (the unit this is assigned to is now considered a giant)

The Wolf Crystal (wolves encountered will join the army instead (they still all run away when injured)

Watchtower plans (Can build Watchtowers for 10 stone. Watchtowers allow defenders to attack first during the first round of a seige, and owner gets a hill report. Doesn't count towards anathema count)

the Speculator's Rod (a scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

Whiptide Sail (one boat or ship can travel twice as far.)

Vulk: the Last Femur! (1/4 chance of each dead unit being resurrected to your side as a skeleton warrior when they die)

Bonemeal Shield (The first time the unit this is attached to dies each combat, a random opposing unit dies instead, and the Lord gains +1 Anathema.)
Doghorn (Bog Cats will attempt to flee in the opposite direction of the army or scout holding this. Declare the direction of approach is multiple are possible, otherwise it's random.)
Rip Cage (Unit this is attached to can only die on an 8+, but makes -1 dice rolls in combat.)
Fleshbane (Gain +1 dice vs living humans.)
Dreadskull (any unit fleeing from an army with the Dreadskull will instead desert.)


Cat Sack (defeated Bog Cats are put in the Cat Sack instead of being killed if the Cat Sack is held by the winning force. These cats are owned but unfriendly, and any number can be released by an army in any combat, or let loose by a scout in any tile.)

Prince FitzHarbort: Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).

Wellspring Staff (the Wellspring Staff may be cast into marshland by a unit to turn it into a lake (spilling out into all adjacent tiles - units can drown this way without proper precautions). If the staff is recovered (by boat etc) in subsequent turns, the lake remains.)

Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)

Sent to the King:
Hunter's Stand (Archers in the army this is attached to only die on 5s if no other units remain)

Marrowfat Throne (when owned by someone of Squelsh heritage, one Squelsh defector will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production) and adjacent Squelsh armies will join your attacks on non-Squelsh; when owned by an Alkabrian or other, +30 reprisal chance, +100 reprisal chance if destroyed.)

Pellucid Orb (+1 to scout travel distance)

Cragman's Spike (a scout may pass through mountains)

Thornish Lodestone (while this remains in the Hedge, whenever no Thornish fort is on the map, another fort is revealed in a sector usually far from the owner of this artefact (most distant of two rolls)

Spoiler: Known Unique Sites (click to show/hide)

A6 is The Knuckle Yard - Ritual death ring of the Squelsh natives. Owner may choose at any time to close down the yard (+20 reprisal chance). While operational: +2 income, if possible, two Barbarians from two different random squares will leave their post to fight at the start of each enemy phase, one one will return a Squelsh Champion (counts as two units, +1 to its attacks).

E7 and K1 are the Walking Stone Circles - A pair of sites. They are considered adjacent: units can walk from one to the other across the map. Each is initially defended by three giants. They will let anyone pass through both tiles unharmed in a turn as if they were owned by the traveller, for 1 gold per unit passing (if they do so, they won't join a monster march). Gold accumulates on the first stone circle passed through. Enemies always find the gold for it.

F11 is Lake Sorrow.

F12 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance to reprisals to 0. This only works for people who don't own the Grove.

G3 is Yawing Crevice (A desolate crack in the earth. Artefacts may be destroyed by a scout or army throwing it into the crevice. Doing so releases a tanglebat, which will attack anyone present at the time, including scouts. Doing so also grants a permanent -2 anathema score. Only appears in WW.)

G7 is is Toad Pond - Marshland - (5 toads live here (toads don't march and don't have special abilities).)
Spoiler: Toad Pond (click to show/hide)
 Artefacts may be sacrificed into the pond by scouts in exchange for one of the five Toad Artefacts, which don't appear outside of sacrifices.
When all Toad Artefacts have appeared the Golden Toad will bless the Pond and grant each visiting Lord who sends a scout a one-time unique boon: (Pick one of the following. Doesn't work if another Lord has picked the same boon, or you've already had a boon: 1. -40 debt; 2. transform all your toads back into their original forms; 3. return to you one sacrificed, destroyed or removed-from-county artefact of your choice; 4. conquer any unoccupied known tile on the map; 5. transform one unit anywhere on the map into a toad; 6. fix a castle or fort to full wall health; 7. remove a curse from any one artefact; 8. Gain 5 gold, 5 stone, 5 wood, 5 bows, 5 siege engines, 5 toads)

G10 is Wolfhaven Woods - Forest. Spiritual home of wolf kind. Inhabited by 10d4 wolves (25). These wolves will only flee if less than 10 remain. Any wolves that would otherwise be loyal to a non-wolf, are loyal to the wolves in these woods. Wolves in this forest will never march on anywhere.

H6 is Lustre Mine - Hill. Grants +5 gold income. Protected by nine wisps (only found adjacent to mountains)

J4 is Wisp Lake, containing the Wellspring Staff.

L3 is Prison of the Anathatoad. Hill -  Defence (14/20) - The Anathatoad, was a powerful Bone Reckoner, now a toad, is stuck within a near-impregnable prison (only attack rolls of 8+ may damage the cage (and not him), and he cannot attack from within it). The Anathalord carries the Doghorn, the Bonemeal Shield, the Rip Cage, the Dreadskull and Fleshbane. Nearby monster marches can seek to free the Anathatoad if the prison is as close or closer than a normal target.

L4 is the Sunken Library - Lair containing a library (that works the same as a normal library) and a Scriptorium (Once per turn, you may duplicate a Plan artefact). A place for students of the forbidden rites, only Bloodsingers and Bone Reckoners will appear here. It starts with 1d4 [1] Bloodsingers with artefacts [Black Dog], 1d4 Bone Reckoners [4], 1d4+3 [5] Skeletal Warriors and 1d4 [3] Skeletal Archers. Once this is revealed, Bloodsingers who flee combat will go here, including any still alive on the map having fled a previous combat. Bloodsingers and Bone Reckoners and their minions won't march from here. Only in WW.

L5 is Lake Longing - (Water makes this tile impassible except by boat or ship. Spills over onto adjacent tiles. Won't spawn on a coast.)

L6 is Hogland Hollow - Forest. Inhabited by 3d6 Boar. While it is unconquered, at the end of any turn when there is less than 10 boars in this forest, 1d4 more boar will appear. Your scout withdraws to safety.

O8 is The Hag Market. Marshland. Protected by 9 bog hags and 27 bog cats. Scouts can be sent to the market to buy bog cats (4 gold each) and otherwise may pass through without being attacked. Half the money spent here remains as possible loot. Friendly bog cats have +1 attack in marshland, and while you have a cat, they give -1 (non-cumulative) to enemy attack rolls. Cats cannot be sent to scout, and they cannot be send to attack or patrol by themselves. Monsters won't march from this location."

R3 is The Castle of Bryn the Brawn (Keep/Tower/Tower) Defence 21/21, occupied by Bryn, a giant, and his family, three more giants. The adjacent squares are also within his domain. Bryn will wage war to retake any squares adjacent to his castle, always accompanied in battle by 1d6 wolves.

R10 is the Scout Hut - Initially abandoned and inhabited by a family of 6 boar. Up to three armies can be assigned to the Hut as if it were a fort and they don't count towards your army cap. These armies can scout so long at they begin scouting from a tile adjacent to the hut. Spend 3 wood to dismantle and reassemble the hut on an empty tile you own.

T3 is The Moot - Village with 2d2 (2+1=3) Squelsh Barbarians and a moat (6/6 defense). It is the neutral meeting place of rival Squelsh bands. At the start of each enemy turn, each tile with a Squelsh Barbarian has a 25% chance of sending someone to the Moot. The first Squelsh reprisal each turn will be joined by whomever is in the Moot. If the Moot is conquered, a new Moot (with a new moat) will appear in the most populous Squelsh-held village at the start of the next player turn, or if there are no such villages, it may appear in future tile generation (from scouting, research etc.).

T11 is Hero's Tor - Hill Fort (Steep Path: Siege Engines cannot assail this hill) (9/9). An ageing Squelsh Champion (counts as two units, +1 to its attacks) with the Bloody Standard (+1 all attack rolls) sits in retirement in this fort, with his retinue of 6 Squelsh Barbarians, and two pet wisps.

Spoiler: Known Unit Types (click to show/hide)

ALKABARIAN
- Soldier
- Archer (dies on 5, +1 in sieges)
- Skeletal - Archer (dies on 5, +1 in sieges, cannot go alone on missions)
      - Warrior (cannot go alone on missions)
- Rhuddy Giant (counts as 3 armies)

MONSTER
Anathema (also considered Squelsh)
   - Bone Reckoners
      - Skeletal - Archer (dies on 5, +1 in sieges, crumbles without Reckoner)
         - Warrior/Fighter (crumbles without Reckoner)
   - Bloodsingers (has an artefact, will flee if first attack fails to defeat enemy and is not behind a wall)
   - Bog Hag (has 2-4 cats who tank hits for her, curses anyone she is in combat with)
Animals
   - Boar (attacks first, twice!)
        - Grand Tusk (Counts as two boars)
   - Bog Cat (turns places into marsh on defeat, -1 attackers rolls, +1 when in a swamp)
   - Wolf (flees when hurt)
        - Tanglebat (when not behind a wall, another tanglebat will appear for every living combatant)
        - Toad (Cannot march)

Mythic
  - Giant (counts as 3 armies, drops 1 wood)
  - Dragon (counts as 5 armies, attacks first, drops 3d6 gold)
  - Wisp (Only one wisp can be killed per round)

THORNISH
- Holdout (drops 0-1 gold)
- Knight (dies on a 7+)

SQUELSH
- Squelsh Barbarian (+1 to rolls for both sides)
- Squelsh Champion (+1 to rolls, counts as two armies)


Special Movement:

Most units cannot pass through water or mountain. The exceptions:

WATER: Toads, Skeletons cannot ordinarily drown. Wisps, Dragons, Tanglebats can fly over water.
MOUNTAIN: Only Dragons can fly over mountains

Spoiler: Black Orbed Artefacts (click to show/hide)

The Age of Magic is ending with the appearance of the Black Orb. The following artefacts are gone from the world. Only a Toad Boon can bring one of them back.

Bloody Standard (+1 to attacker's combat rolls)

Marrowfat Shield (Whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)

Hedgeblade - (One unit gains +7 attack, but there's a 75% chance the unit will be targeted by any given enemy attack until the unit dies.)

[Criptfeind]

Small error on map, I took Q7.

Also P2 should be a empty forest.

Also, did I end up getting my last femur roll in P3? It's very plausible that I rolled 0 skeletons but it didn't include the "last femur raises no one" line that it normally does.

Also not an error but a question: Will the bonemeal shield kill a whole ass dragon/giant, or just part of one?

Also, just to check, if two people collaborate on attacking a tile and one of them brings the black lance, do both players forces benefit/suffer the effect?

[a1s]

And I took O10