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

[notquitethere]

TURN 6 REPORT

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

Build fort "Thorn" out of 5 wood on N11, assign 2 armies and 1 archer.
March 1 on N10: The village is undefended and easily absorbed into your county.
March 3 on M11: Your armies attack (3, 2 and 4), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (3), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (2, 3 and , defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.

March 4 on M10: Four armies march into a village beyond the border. The townlet is defended by three Squelsh barbarians.

Your armies attack (3, 2, 8 and 5), defeating two of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).

The enemy attacks back (6), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (4, 3 and 9), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: one.

Scout N10-N9-N8: You scout through the first land, passing through a newly taken village. You scout through the second land, discovering a hill. On the hard scrabble fell they find a bog cat. Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout L12-L11-L10: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the craggy headland they find two wisps.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

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

March O15 with 1 Army: The forest is undefended and easily absorbed into your county.

March P9 with 2 armies +2 skeleton warriors: Your armies attack (with two skeletons) (3, 5, 3 and 2), 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 unusual site
N: you see marshland
NE: you see marshland
E: you see a village
SE: you see mountain
S: you see an unusual site: a small hut in a bog
SW: you see mountain
W: you see a forest

March P15 with 3 armies: Your armies attack (8, 7 and 6), defeating three of the enemies (giant (part), giant (part) and giant (part)).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.
 From giant clubs, you gain one wood.
From the hill:
NW: you see a village
N: you see a forest
S: you see a marsh
SW: you see a village
W: you see a hill

March Q14 with 2 armies and 1 siege weapon and last femur +2 skeleton warriors +1 skeleton archer: Your armies attack (with three skeletons, one an archer) (7, 2, 7, 7 and 7), damaging the walls (4) with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (4 and 4), with none of your units defeated. A siege begins with your forces camped outside the walls!

Scout P9-Q9-Q8: You scout through the first land, a hill which you now own. You scout through the second land, discovering a unusual site. Granny Longtooth's Hut - Marshland. 4/4 defence while Granny Longtooth lives here. Granny Longtooth is a Bog Hag protected by 15 Bog Cats. Monsters won't normally march from this location, but Granny Longtooth will curse anyone who has sacrificed cats or who has let a friendly cat come to harm. (While she lives: -1 income, -1 recruitment, -1 wood production, -1 stone production, to a minimum of 0 each.) Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout Q15-R15: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The settlement is defended by two Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout O9-P8-P7: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the murky bog they find three gold and they also find two stone and they also find a dragon.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

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

March 1 army to C10: A village is taken without resistance.

March 1 army with the Rhuddy Cape to E11: Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (2, 0 and 2), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (4), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (0, 4 and 2), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (1), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (0, 4 and 4), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (1), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (-1, -1 and 2), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (7), your giant takes one hit, and the foe end up killing zero of your armies.
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (1 and 3), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (1), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (5 and 3), defeating one of the enemies (bog cat).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county, along with the quarry.

March 8 armies to B9: Your armies attack (1, 1, 4, 7, 8, 1, 7 and 2), defeating three of the enemies (giant (part), bone reckoner and skeletal warrior).

The enemy attacks back (3, 5, 2, 6 and , killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (6, 4, 4, 6, 8 and 5), defeating four of the enemies (giant (part), bone reckoner and giant (part), skeletal archer). All skeletal companions of the enemy bone reckoners crumble.
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county.
 From giant clubs, you gain one wood. You also find nine gold.
 Your total losses: two.

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

Land at S8 with 6 armies: Six armies march into a marshland beyond the border. In the stinking bog they find two wisps.
Your armies attack (8, 8, 6, 4, 4 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (3), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (6, 3, 3, 8, 7 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.


March on R15 with 1 army: One armies march into a marshland beyond the border. In the foul mire they find a bog cat, curled around the Speculator's Rod.
Your armies attack (3), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (6), killing one of your armies. Your armies have been defeated.
 Your total losses: one.

Spoiler: Gerald Wright (click to show/hide)

March 4 to J14: Your armies attack (2, 1, 5 and 5), defeating one of the enemies (bog cat).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.

March 2 to L15: Your armies attack (5 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (3), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (8 and 7), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.
From the hill:
NW: you see Castle Wright
N: you see a forest
S: you see a hill
SW: you see a hill
W: you see a village


Scout L12-L11-L10: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the craggy headland they find two wisps.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

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

1x Infantry scouts F12->G12->G11: You scout through the first land, discovering The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh (see below). The forest is undefended, for who would desecrate so holy a place? You scout through the first land, onto the hill you already own. You scout through the third land, discovering discovering a lair. This dingy cave is inhabited by three wolves and also four wolves. The monsters defend ten gold.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

1x Infantry marches on Forest F13. It is undefended and soon absorbed.

3x Infantry and 1 Siege Engine marches on Fort Holly/Ivy I11: Your armies attack (5, 8 and 6), damaging the walls (2) defeating one of the enemies (thornish holdout).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.

1x Infantry marches on Village H11. It is undefended and soon absorbed.

1x Infantry scouts H11->G10->F10 You scout through the first land, through a village newly taken. You scout through the second land discovering a unusual site. 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. In the center of the wolves, lie the flask of the Bitter Brew.

1x Infantry scouts J11->J10->J9: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The townlet is defended by three Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

2x Infantry March on Village F15: Your armies attack (8 and 5), defeating two of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

- [A7] A Squelsh barbarian joins the Marrowfat Host
- [A7] The dragon doesn't wander.
- [O8] The dragon doesn't wander.

- The Moot: Barbarian-occupied tile 11 (Q15) sends someone to the moot.
- Reprisals:
--[Vulk 14%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Wright 9%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Ayes 6%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Bockhoven 4%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[FitzHarbort 3%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Gloronisits 1%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.

- [A7] The Marrowfat Host: No new monsters come.
- [G11] Wolf Hall: Joining the lair are three rampaging boar!
-- The seven wolves and three boar march on Fort Heather [H13]! 7, 7, 2, 3, 7, 8, 6, 2, 3, 7, 6, 2 and 2, damaging the walls for 6, and killing one archer.
Your armies attack (1 and 3), with no enemy units defeated.
Your total losses: one (archer).
A siege begins!

TURN 7

Research

Countess Andice Gloronisits learns that in M8 is The Hirsute Sage's Hut (while independent, scouts that pass through the hut will ignore the first set of enemies they come across while scouting after visiting the hut. The sage leaves if his home becomes occupied.)

Prince Mackial FitzHarbort learns that in H4 is the 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)).

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

In the world
A7 is the Wolf Crystal (wolves encountered will join the army instead (they still all run away when injured)
A7 is 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.)
A7 is Pellucid Orb (+1 to scout travel distance)
E5 is 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.)
G10 is Bitter Brew  (The set of armies this is equipped to never retreats from losses.)
 H4 is the 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)).
I5 is the Shimmering Coin (+2 on rolls that determine gold amounts)
Q8 is the Crimson Drum (attack first when defending)
R4 is 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)
R6 are the Saint's Knuckles (take -1 when rolling on the monster table (usually less dangerous results))
R15 is 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.)

Held by Lords
Bockhoven: the Rhuddy Cape (the unit this is assigned to is now considered a giant)

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

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

C8 is the Crimson Tower (Keep/Tower/Bloodforge) Defence 17/17,  - Dai the Bloodsinger has a Bloodforge in which 3 armies may be sacrificed to create a new artefact (and become anathema to all).

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 for reprisals against the Hedge Lord to 0.

E10 is an unknown lair.

F11 is Lake Sorrow

F13 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.

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.

M8 is The Hirsute Sage's Hut (while independent, scouts that pass through the hut will ignore the first set of enemies they come across while scouting after visiting the hut. The sage leaves if his home becomes occupied.)

Q5 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.).

Q9 is Granny Longtooth's Hut - Marshland. 4/4 defence while Granny Longtooth lives here. Granny Longtooth is a Bog Hag protected by 15 Bog Cats. Monsters won't normally march from this location, but Granny Longtooth will curse anyone who has sacrificed cats or who has let a friendly cat come to harm. (While she lives: -1 income, -1 recruitment, -1 wood production, -1 stone production, to a minimum of 0 each.)

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.

Notes
- We've seen some more dragons, our first monster march, and now a few special late-game sites where monsters remain stationary in unreasonably large numbers.
- Note the existence of a cursed item! These can be powerful but come with a big drawback and cannot be easily got rid of.
- This is different to bog hag curses. Which, I should note before it becomes relevant: each hag can only curse each Lord once but a Hedge Lord can have curses from multiple hags at once.
- Some sites and artefacts can introduce new unit types. In this case, a unique dragon, the Dawn Dragon who counts as 15 armies!

[Egan_BW]

If we wanted to get rid of a cursed item could we not just send a single army wielding it to attack someone's castle? :p

[a1s]

I would be willing to sell some armies to the highest bidder. I'm looking for gold or stone.
Also, hags suck. They are a danger to lords, but offer no benefit and live in useless swamps. Other than by blindly invading why would anyone ever fight one?

[notquitethere]

If we wanted to get rid of a cursed item could we not just send a single army wielding it to attack someone's castle? :p

Certainly! And that's probably a good approach for some of the items. If you do it to another player, I suspect they might not be very pleased.

I would be willing to sell some armies to the highest bidder. I'm looking for gold or stone.
Also, hags suck. They are a danger to lords, but offer no benefit and live in useless swamps. Other than by blindly invading why would anyone ever fight one?

Victory points at the end and access to adjoining lands... but that's about it.

[Egan_BW]

Well, any land is worth 10 victory points in the end, even otherwise useless march. If you care about such things. :p

[Quarque]

I like hags. Scouting costs time, so it is good that there is a risk involved in blindly attacking squares.

Thanks for adding the artifact list.
Will think about actions later, just update for now.

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 (+3/turn) = 10-2(curr) + 3(inc) -1(cap)
Gold: 14 (+1/turn) = 4(curr) + 9(lair) + 1(inc)
Stone: 2 (+1/turn) = 1(curr) + 1(inc)
Wood: 10 (+3/turn) = 6(curr) + 3(inc) + 1(giant club)

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape
Equipment: 1 Boat and 1 Ship
Special Units: None

[Kashyyk]

The wild animals here are pretty frickin' wild.

A question regarding beseiging boars. Have they had their one turn of double-hit first strike, or do they get to do that every turn of a Siege?

[Quarque]

I would be willing to sell some armies to the highest bidder. I'm looking for gold or stone.

How many armies do you have available?

I'm looking for assistance in the fight against the lair with the dragon. Maybe we can work something out? I'd be willing to pay a fee of 1 gold to any lord in between for letting the armies pass, if that is acceptable.

edit: I would feel good about this fight with a three-army assist. Would offer 2 stone.

[Egan_BW]

1 Army killed.
1 Wood cut. 1 Army recruited. 1 Gold taxed.

Scout R8 Q8.
Scout R7 Q6 P6.
Scout (with a ship) T3 T2 T1.
Scout (with a bote) R13 S12 R11.

March with 3 on R15!

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: 2
Quarrying: 0
 Stone: 0
Recruitment: 1
 Army: 7/10
Income: 1
 Gold: 6
Debt: 0
Features: Shipyard, Coppicing Grove, Library
Forts: Fort Birch (T13, 4/7, 0/3)
Artefacts: None
Equipment: 2 Boats, 1 Ship
Special Units: None

[notquitethere]

The wild animals here are pretty frickin' wild.

A question regarding beseiging boars. Have they had their one turn of double-hit first strike, or do they get to do that every turn of a Siege?

Well... it depends. If left to their devices, they'll attack the fort again and won't get a double strike. But if someone attacks them, then it'll be a different combat and they'll be back to their old tricks straight away.

[a1s]

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

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
Castle Location N-13
Border Colour: Red
Army: 13/13
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 5
Recruitment: 5
Income: 1
Wood: 12
Gold: 4
Debt: 0
Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks
Forts : Thorn (N11) defense 4/4, garrison 2 armies, 1 archer
Artifacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: None

orders:
March 3 on N9
March 9 on O9
Scout N9-O8-P7

Questions: Are fully wooden forts 4/4 defense?

I would be willing to sell some armies to the highest bidder. I'm looking for gold or stone.

How many armies do you have available?

Let's say up to 5 armies are for sale.
And 12 wood.

[Egan_BW]

Goodness, you're quite rich. The only thing I have going for me is my ability to sprint out to uncharted territory by water. :p

Also, I corrected a mistake, the fort I captured was at 4/7, not 3/4. I assumed they came unupgraded, actually, and then the battle report just said "damaged (3)".
Bit of a shame, if I'd dealt less defense damage then I'd be able to get stone from dismantling it. ;p

[Quarque]

How many armies do you have available?

Let's say up to 5 armies are for sale.
And 12 wood.

Ok. With a 5 army assist this fight is much safer. I would offer 2 stone and 2 gold.
Not for buying them, because my army cap would delete them. Instead I'd pay you to march those armies to A7 this turn and aid me in my fight there. Any surviving armies would return, of course.

@Vermilionskies, Kashyyk: do you agree to this if I pay you both one gold as well?

[notquitethere]

Questions: Are fully wooden forts 4/4 defense?

Yes, this is what the OP says:

Forts give +4 defence at base. You can repace wood for stone in the construction of your fort, giving +1 defence for each stone spent this way.

It's confusing because they cost 5 wood, not 4. A fully stone fort is 9/9 I suppose.

[a1s]

Ok. With a 5 army assist this fight is much safer. I would offer 2 stone and 2 gold.
Not for buying them, because my army cap would delete them. Instead I'd pay you to march those armies to A7 this turn and aid me in my fight there. Any surviving armies would return, of course.

That's a bit lower than I expected. How about instead of the gold, a futures contract on 3 stone deliverable 3 turns from now? (basically your quarry production, but insured against you losing the site)
Note: I know this isn't risky ventures, I'm trusting you to keep faith with the contract. Because I belive in your high moral character and because I would be violently angry, if you don't keep it.

BTW, since I'm getting these back, 5 armies are still for sale, if anyone else needs them.