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

[Egan_BW]

1 Wood cut, 1 Gold taxed. Two soldiers buried...

Spending 2 Gold to hire 1 more units.
And Sending 4 Gold to Castle Brockelstien in exchange for 1 Boat and 2 wood.

Land a scout at T13, exploring to R11.
Land a scout at T12, exploring to T10.

Spoiler: Countess Andice Gloronisits, of Point Swearing (click to show/hide)

Background: Noble
Castle Name: Point Swearing
Castle Location: S14
Border Color: Hot Pink
Defense: 10/10
Cutting: 1
 Wood: 3
Quarrying: 0
 Stone: 0
Recruitment: 0
 Army: 2/10
Income: 1
 Gold: 4
Debt: 0
Features: Shipyard, Coppicing Grove, Library
Forts: None
Artefacts: None
Equipment: 2 Boats
Special Units: None

[Quarque]

New orders:

Send a boat to Point Swearing
Buy an extra army from the 2 gold
Send the full 9 armies to D12 to deal with the wisps

On offer:
1 more boat (2 gold)
2 wood (1 gold a piece)
outdated orders, see below

[Egan_BW]

Oooh, 1-1 gold for wood? I will trade for 2 wood from you as well. The sooner I can get a proper ship, the better.

[Quarque]

Oooh, 1-1 gold for wood? I will trade for 2 wood from you as well. The sooner I can get a proper ship, the better.

Pleasure doing bussiness, madam.

New orders:

Send a boat and 2 wood to Point Swearing
Buy two extra armies from the 4 gold from the sale
Send the full 10 armies to D12 to deal with the wisps

edit for updated bookkeeping:

Spoiler: Marquess Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow

C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defence: 10/10
Army Cap: 10
Features:
* Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
* Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
* Shipyard (coast only): -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.

Resources:
Army: 10 (+1/turn) = 7(curr) + 1(inc) +2(buy)
Gold: 1 (+1/turn) = 0(curr) + 1(inc) + 4(trade with Point Swearing) -4(buy armies)
Stone: 0 (+0/turn)
Wood: 0 (+1/turn) = 1(curr) + 1(inc) -2(trade with Point Swearing)

Territory: C13 (Bockelstein)
Artefacts: None
Equipment: 1 Boat = 2(curr) -1(trade with Point Swearing)
Special Units: None

[Criptfeind]

Turn 1 gains losses:
Gold -6
Army +3
P13
Army -2
Gold +2

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

 
Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Colour: Blue

Castle: P14
Army: 4+3-2+2=7/13
Defence: 10/10
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove

Wood Production: 1
Recruitment: 2
Income: 1

Gold: 6-6+2+1=3
Debt: 0
Wood: 1+1=2
Stone: 0

Artefacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: 1 Skeleton 1 Skeleton Archer

Holdings list:
P13: Village +1 Recruitment

Spoiler: Turn 2 (click to show/hide)

Purchase 1 Army
Trade 4 armies to Prince Mackial FitzHarbort
Trade 2 wood to Prince Mackial FitzHarbort
March 3 armies+1 Skeleton on O14
Scout P12-O11-P10

A question for the GM, can we un-archer a unit and take their bow back?

[notquitethere]

A question for the GM, can we un-archer a unit and take their bow back?

Good question, but no. Once they're trained as archers, that's what they are.

[Egan_BW]

Their arm muscles tragically become too developed to ever hold a spear or sword again. :p

[notquitethere]

If I receive any troops/engines from Marquise Vulk, they also attend the Siege of Fort Heather.

This sort of order is quite difficult for me, as I then have to search through a thread to find out what's what.  Looks like he's sent 4 to you, so I'll accept it this time, but best avoid conditional orders in future.

[Kashyyk]

My plan was to update my post if/when I find the other half of that deal, as Criptfeind hadn't posted yet. I'll do that now.

[Criptfeind]

Ah damn, I knew I forgot something. Forgot to reply to this, sorry for taking 1 million years to remember.

I'm not sure what an open border policy would entail in this game.

Basically standing orders that allow either of us to use the other's territory to travel.

There's also the matter of the thorn fort @P11. I expect you will claim it as being in your sphere of influence. I can either sell you a siege engine (when you need it) or I can try and siege it myself (you would be compensated).

For standing orders to use each others territory to travel; I don't have any objection to this specifically I think? However as far as I know, armies and the like don't really "exist" on the map or "travel" so much, so even if we somewhat entangle there's no need to travel though each others lands unless we want to either work together on attacking an enemy that only one of us can reach or for one person to start expanding a disconnected chunk past the other person territory. That first case being something that'd be fairly obviously well telegraphed and coordinated and the second seems like maybe not a great idea, at least as far as I can tell.

For the thorn fort, although it is technically possible for you to own that without cutting me off from the west thanks to the magic of diagonals, you're right that I'd be a bit uncomfortable with you having it given it's location and the implications it has for my westward expansion. At the same time, it is an (extremely dubious ) part of the "bonus" that you purchased at the start, so I feel like you have some stake of ownership in it as well. My plan was sorta just to expand towards it asap and take it down sooner rather then later, but I'm going to have to somewhat slow my rate of expansion now that I sold half my army too our Prince. So it seems entirely possible, perhaps even likely, that you'll be capable of taking it before I am, I am not sure exactly what I think we should do. A realistic approach may simply be for you to take it if you want it and for me to have to suck it up. I wouldn't exactly be happy with that scenario but it doesn't seem unreasonable either . I don't think it's a huge deal either way though, to be clear.

[Quarque]

Scout
Assign one army to scout any unexplored area within three squares of your border: the scout will reveal the contents of every tile it passes through. If it reaches an occupied tile, it will return home with a report. If it reaches a hill, it will give a land report of adjacent territories (though they won't know what features the land contains or whether it's defended).

If a scout reaches a hill, it only reports on adjacent land if the hill is not occupied. Is this correct? If so, I guess you have a reason to scout hills again later even if you already know everything about it and conquered it?

[notquitethere]

Conquering hills also produces a hill report. It wasn't clear in the OP, but this was the logical design choice here.

[VermilionSkies]

Spoiler: Gerald Wright (click to show/hide)

Marquess Gerald Wright
Background: Master Builder
Castle Name: Castle Wright
Castle Location K14
Border Colour: Maroon
Army: 4/10
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 1
Recruitment: 1
Gold: 4
Income: 2
Debt: 0
Wood: 0
Stone: 5
Features: Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace
Forts (location, defense 5/5, armies assigned): Fort Bowyer (K13, 6/6 Defense, 1/3 Armies)
Artefacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: None

Looting: 2 Gold.
Production: 2 Gold, 1 Wood, 1 Army.
Purchasing: 3 Stone for 6 Gold.
Gift 1 Gold to the Prince for his work with the libraries.
Assign 1 Army to Fort Bowyer (K13)
Repair Fort Bowyer to 6/6 Defense with 2 Wood and 1 Stone.
March on J13 with 1 Army.
March on K12 with 3 Armies.

[notquitethere]

TURN 2 REPORTS

Spoiler: Gerald Wright - Castle Wright (click to show/hide)

March on J13 with 1 Army: The Quarry is brought into the Wright county.

March on K12 with 3 Armies: Three armies march into a village beyond the border. The townlet is defended by two Squelsh barbarians.

Your armies attack (9, 7 and 2), defeating two of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

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

7 armies with x2 engines besiege the Thornhold "Fort Heather" at H13: Your armies attack (7, 10, 3, 10, 7, 9 and 6), damaging the walls (3) defeating three of the enemies (Thornish holdout, Thornish holdout and Thornish holdout).
All enemies are defeated and the castle is absorbed into your county.
From the Thornish holdouts you take one gold and the Last Femur!(1/4 chance of each dead unit being resurrected to your side as a skeleton warrior when they die. Resurrection happens at the end of each round of combat only if there is a non-skeleton alive to wield the femur.)

Armies 5, 6 and 7 attack the Squelsh Village at H15: Your armies attack (9, 3 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian). All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

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

March 6 on O12: Six armies march into a unusual site beyond the border. The Fecund Copse - (Forest that grants 3 wood production, protected by 2d4 wisps [3+1=4]). Your armies attack (6, 6, 5, 4, 7 and 3), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
kThe enemy attacks back (5, 4 and 4), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (2, 3, 8, 5, 2 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (6 and 7), killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (5, 4, 1 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (, killing one of your armies. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
 Your total losses: three.

Scout O13-O12-O11: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the dense trees they find two wisps. .
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Countess Andice Gloronisits, of Point Swearing (click to show/hide)

Land a scout at T13, exploring to R11: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the tumbling slopes the scout finds a Thornish Fort with two Thornish holdouts defending, and walls at 7/7 strength.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Land a scout at T12, exploring to T10: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the thick woods they find six Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

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

March 3 armies+1 Skeleton on O14: Your armies attack (6, 1, 8 and 7), defeating two of the enemies (Barbarian and Barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

Scout P12-O11-P10: You scout through the first land, discovering a lair. This dank hole is inhabited by a giant. The monster defends seven gold.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Marquess Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven (click to show/hide)

Send the full 10 armies to D12 to deal with the wisps:
Your armies attack (6, 5, 2, 4, 7, 6, 1, 5, 2 and 6), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (6, 8, 4 and 5), killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (1, 7, 2, 3, 7, 6, 5 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (7, 2 and 5), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (5, 5, 7, 5, 5, 6 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (3 and 2), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (1, 6, 5, 7, 1, 5 and 5), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (5), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (8, 7, 7, 7, 6, 4 and 3), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county.
Your total losses: three.
The monsters defended nine gold, which is added to your coffers.

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

- Squelshman Reprisals:
--[Vulk 5%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Wright 2%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[FitzHarbort 1%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
- Fort Ivy at P11 and Fort Birch at T13 each bring another bannerman to their cause.
- Under Croft (P12): No new monsters come.

TURN 3

Research

Countess Andice Gloronisits learns that in R6 are the Saint's Knuckles (take -1 when rolling on the monster table (usually less dangerous results))

Prince Mackial FitzHarbort learns that in A7 is the Wolf Crystal (wolves encountered will join the army instead (they still all run away when injured)

[notquitethere]

Edit: (accidental double post)!

Notes
- This turn had our first site discovery not-from-the-library! Expect more sites and lairs as you move westward.
- No reprisals this round, but next round...