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

[Quarque]

toads can't march

[a1s]

Can they, sort of, hop?

[notquitethere]

They can garrison castles and forts, and accompany patrols but they can't hop aggressively towards anyone.

[notquitethere]

TURN 25 REPORT

Spoiler: Marquess Vulk (click to show/hide)

Make a barracks at Castle Bryn: built

Send 2 scouts on ship to G3 to pick up artifact and ship: They go to collect their lost belongings but they find nothing there (see FitzHarbort).

March 1 army on Q14: Empty fort taken.

March 2 army and 16 Wolves on P14 with last femur and 7 siege weapons: Two toads come to the aid of the Thornish. The siege weapons auto-kill all Thornish and the castle and artefacts are retaken (Toad Standard, Toad Staff, Rock Ring, Fleshbane, Dreadskull, Doghorn.) The Last Femur raises two skeletons. One of Vulk's wolves is turned into a toad by the toad staff.

March 2 armies and 1 cat with wolf crystal on M3: The 9 wolves are taken on side. The boar attacks twice. The enemy hides behind their walls  (2 wall strength).
The boar attack first (1 and 7), from behind their walls, killing zero of your armies. A wolf is killed.  Then the rest run away.
You take too many casualties and your force retreats.

March 1 army and 2 skeletons and 1 wisp to R2: Your armies attack (with one skeleton and one wisp) (5, 7 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

March 5 armies and 2 skeletons and 4 wolves to S2: Your armies attack (with four wolves) (with two skeletons) (2, 4, 2, 6, 8, 6, 5, 5, 5, 8 and 2), defeating four of the enemies (wisp, wolf, wolf, wolf).
The enemy attacks back (7, 4), killing one of your skeletons.
Your armies attack (with four wolves) (with one skeleton) (3, 7, 6, 7, 2, 4, 7, 2, 6 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (4), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with four wolves) (with one skeleton) (8, 2, 3, 4, 7, 2, 5, 3, 8 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county. You gain 6 gold from the treasure.
 Your total losses: one skeleton

March 9 armies and 6 cats and 1 wolf to Q2 with wisp wand. The wisp wand summons a wisp to your side: The bloodstone mirror conjures 17 shadows.  The dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part) attack first (1, 3, 7, 3 and 2), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with six bog cats) (with one wolf) (with one wisp) (3, 7, 6, 7, 3, 7, 8, 6, 6, 7, 6, 2, 8, 3, 1 and 2), defeating ten of the enemies (shadow, shadow, shadow, shadow, dragon (part), shadow, shadow, shadow, dragon (part) and shadow).
The enemy attacks back (5, 5, 0, 1, and 7), killing one of your armies. The Bloodsinger slinks away to the Sunken Library.
Your armies attack (with six bog cats) (with one wolf)(with one wisp)  (5, 3, 5, 2, 6, 1, 3, 6, 1, 6, 5, 8, 5, 2 and 5), defeating nine of the enemies (wisp, shadow, shadow, shadow, shadow, shadow, shadow, dragon (part) and dragon (part)).

The enemy attacks back (7), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with six bog cats) (with one wolf) (with one wisp) (2, 3, 8, 6, 7, 4, 6, 5, 4, 3, 6, 7, 3 and 2), defeating four of the enemies (shadow, shadow, dragon (part), and shadow).
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county.
 From the dragon horde, you gain fourteen gold. From the lair you get 7 gold. You also find a boat.
 Your total losses: three.

March 1 army S4: The empty forest is taken

March 1 army with Bonemeal shield and Black Cloud to T2: The boar attacks first (6 and 1), killing one of your armies. It gains the Black Cloud, then is killed by the Bonemeal shield and your unit resurrects and takes the Black Cloud. +1 anathema
The hill is taken.
Hill report:
NW: you see a forest
N: you see a lair
NE: you see a lair
E: you see the Moot
W: Special event!  Counterinvasion (Special! Cannot appear with the library. When this appears while scouting or marching, reroll the tile (possibly triggering more invasions). Only appears if no other site can appear, and can happen as many times as this occurs. Roll 1d4 on the table of counterinvasions [4]. Aberration!  The nearest village [to close to T1, R2 is picked] is razed to bring forth something foul! +20 retribution to Vulk. A Chimera appears, devouring its summoner and everything else around [1 army and 2 skeletons and 1 wisp]. Roll three times on the Chimera table [3, 4, 8] and combine abilities, rerolling repeats:
- Wyrm belly: size increases +6 armies (10 armies total)
- Wisp form: can only take one hit per round and can float over water.
- Wolf mane: each turn, it gains 1d6 wolves + any unaligned wolves in adjacent tiles. It leaves 1 wolf per empty tile in its wake when marching. In battle, wolves on all sides become wild and scatter to random empty tiles if possible.
It's the COLOSSAL GHOST WOLF!
Each enemy phase a Chimera marches on a random Lord-owned tile anywhere accessible on the map. Chimeras don't normally flee and are normally hostile to everything in its path.
W rerolled: a hill.

March 1 army to P2: The empty forest is taken.

March 1 army and 5 cats and and 1 wolf to R9: The boar and boar attack first (4, 1, 1 and 7), killing zero of your armies. A bog cat is killed.
Your armies attack (with four bog cats) (with one wolf) (4, 8, 5, 2, 5 and 3), defeating two of the enemies (boar and boar).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: one cat.

March 2 armies 14 skeletons and 1 cat and 1 wolf to R10: The boar, boar, boar, boar, boar and boar attack first (3, 6, 1, 2, 6, 5, 6, 4, 4, 7, 3 and 2), killing one of your armies. Killing three skeletons
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with one wolf) (with eleven skeletons) (6, 3, 7, 4, 8, 7, 4, 4, 2, 3, 5, 4 and 7), defeating six of the enemies (boar, boar, boar, boar, boar and boar).
All enemies are defeated and the scout hut is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: one army, three skeletons

Scout O3: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the murky fen they find two gold, and one stone.

Scout O2: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the foul mire they find a few signs of habitation long ago.

Scout T2-T1: You travel through the newly captured hill. You scout through the second land, discovering a hill. On the hard scrabble bluffs they find a Thornish Fort with two Thornish holdouts defending, and walls at 5/5 strength.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout T2-S1: You travel through the newly captured hill. You scout through the second land, discovering a forest. In the dense copse they find a bog cat. Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Table of Counterinvasions (click to show/hide)

Table of Counterinvasions
1. Reconquest: The Thornish return from their redoubt on the Isle of Wisp. 10 Thornish holdouts, a ship, and three siege engines appear on the closest Lord-owned coastal tile to a random castle belonging to whomever triggered the invasion. Each enemy phase from now, each set of Thornish holdouts not involved in a siege and not occupying a castle and not a member of the Order will walk or sail to an adjacent Lord-owned land, moving towards the nearest castle. Before marching, they will raze any forest or village they occupy.

2. Inquisition: 10 Knights from the Order of Obeisance come on a mission to hunt monsters and capture artefacts. They ambush the tile in which they are revealed. On enemy phases following their arrival, they will march to the nearest place with artefacts or monsters and seek to take the artefacts and destroy the monsters.

3. Revolt: A Squelsh Champion, one of the sons of Prince Owain (Hywel, Madoc, Cynan etc.), will arise in the nearest village along with 8 Squelsh barbarians. At the start of each Revolt, the triggering player gains Reprisal equal to the number of villages they own. Each enemy phase while he lives (immediately after any reprisals) he will march on a village owned by the Lord with the highest Reprisal that owns a village. Adjacent unaligned Squelsh, and Squelsh from the Moot will join the cause. At the end of each enemy phase, each Prince-aligned village gains +2 Squelsh barbarians.

4. Aberration: the retreat of magic has led to more desperate sacrifice. The nearest village is razed to bring forth something foul! A Chimera appears, devouring its summoner and everything else around. Roll three times on the Chimera table and combine abilities, rerolling repeats. Each enemy phase a Chimera marches on a random Lord-owned tile anywhere accessible on the map. Chimeras don't normally flee and are normally hostile to everything in its path. Chimeras, being the magical aberrations are immune to the effects of artefacts.


Table of CHIMERA
(Ordinarily a Chimera counts for four armies)
1. Dragon wings: can fly over water and mountains, gains first strike
2. Wolf mane: each turn, it gains 1d6 wolves + any unaligned wolves in adjacent tiles. It leaves 1 wolf per empty tile in its wake when marching. In battle, wolves on all sides become wild and scatter to random empty tiles if possible.
3. Wyrm belly: size increases +6 armies
4. Wisp form: can only take one hit per round and can float over water
5. Toad gills: can travel through water and will attempt to do so with each march, toads will ignore it, fleeing if it conquers a tile they're on
6. Swarming: when it takes damage, it splits its body off into random valid directions. When they next march, each of the separate parts grow to half the size of their original form and pick separate targets.
7. Giant maw: size increases +2 armies, will try and eat units it kills when combat ends, permanently gaining their size
8. Bog stench: +1 attack in marshland, everyone else takes -1 9. Accursed gaze: Curses any Lord who comes in combat and temporarily nullifies the effects of nearby cursed artefacts 10. Razor Tusks: attacks twice when it attacks 11. Metal scale: can only be damaged on a 7+ 12. Death aura: skeletal units on the tile will side with this chimera, 1d6 non-skeletal units will flee before combat begins

Spoiler: Marchioness Ayes (click to show/hide)

March 3 armies on L13: The enemy hides behind their walls  (3 wall strength).
Your armies attack (2, 6 and 4), damaging the walls (1) with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (3 and 5), from behind their walls, with none of your units defeated. A siege begins with your three camped outside the walls!

March 1 on I2: The unoccupied village is taken.

March 3 on J1: Your armies attack (6, 3 and 5), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.

March 1 on L1: The empty marsh is taken.

March 20 armies, 1 wolf, 1 cat on L2. The Black Cauldron gives the three hags first strike and double attack. The hags attack first (0, 2, 1, 5, 7 and 0), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with one wolf) (2, 6, 4, 6, 4, 0, 5, 2, 7, 5, 5, 6, 1, 0, 7, 5, 0, 7, 1, 5 and 0), defeating eleven of the enemies (bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat and bog hag).

The enemy attacks back (4 and 7), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with one wolf) (0, 7, 2, 7, 2, 0, 4, 3, 3, 1, 1, 5, 1, 5, 0, 6, 0, 0, 2 and 3), defeating two of the enemies (bog hag and bog hag).
All enemies are defeated, your curse is over, and the Puzzle Dungeon is absorbed into your county.
Your total losses: two. You take the Black Cauldron (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed or sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Cauldron will gain the Black Cauldron.) (If a bog hag owns the Black Cauldron, they will attack twice each round and always have the first attack; if anyone else owns the cauldron, 3 bog hags and 6d2 bog cats will spawn and then attack the current holder of the cauldron each turn until all three hags are defeated. Spawning occurs anew each time the cauldron gets a new non-hag owner)"
A new owner has the cauldron! Three new hags appear to claim it (spawning happens once per ownership change), with 8 bog cats.
The bog hag, bog hag, bog hag, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat and bog cat attack first (1, 7, 2, 1, 4, 1, 2, 4, 3, 5 and 6), killing one of your armies. A bog cat is killed.
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (3, 0, 0, 3, 2, 1, 7, 3, 3, 7, 5, 0, 1, 4, 1, 0, 0 and 6), defeating four of the enemies (bog cat, bog cat, bog cat and bog cat).
The enemy attacks back (6, 5, 5, 8, 4, 8 and 2), killing three of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (2, 5, 6, 6, 2, 2, 3, 0, 6, 1, 2, 7, 0, 6 and 5), defeating seven of the enemies (bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog hag, bog hag and bog hag).
All enemies are defeated and the Puzzle Dungeon is secured.
Your total losses: four armies and a cat.
 
Scout I2-H2-G2: You scout through the newly taken village. You scout through the second land, discovering a village.
The hamlet is undefended and would be easily cowed. You scout through the third land, discovering a lair. This unforgiving tomb is inhabited by a dragon and also two Bone Reckoners, with five skeletal warriors and one skeletal archers. The monsters defend two gold.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

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

Buy 30 Stone for 60 Gold,  and build a Barracks at Sundered Spire, two keeps (at Castle Bacchus and Sundered Spire) and repair Sundered Spire and Castle Bacchus for two each (to a total of five thanks to the Keep): Features built.

1 army builds Fort Pisces at F10 with five Wood and Garrison,  equipped with the Black Horn and the Wolf Gem: Built. The Black Horn draws the nearby wolves to attack. +1 army musters in defence. The Wolf Crystal converts the 25 wolves as planned! The Bitter Brew is gained from the wolves.

1 army marches on G10 After the Wolves at G10 have marched to attack the Black Horn at F10: The now empty Wolfhaven Woods is taken.

1 army marches on F14: The empty marshland is taken.

2 armies march on Forest I6:
Your armies attack (4 and 3), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (1), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (3 and 6), defeating one of the enemies (wolf).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.

5 armies march on Village F4: Your armies attack (2, 2, 8, 9 and 4), defeating two of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh Champion (part)).
The enemy attacks back (6 and 2), with one of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (7, 6, 8, and 5), defeating two of the enemies (Squelsh Champion and Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.
Total losses: one army

8 armies march on Swamp F6: Your armies attack (1, 6, 4, 8, 1, 2, 2 and 3), defeating two of the enemies (skeletal warrior and skeletal warrior).
The enemy attacks back (6, 7, 4 and 3), killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (6, 4, 2, 8, 3 and 3), defeating two of the enemies (skeletal archer and skeletal warrior).
The enemy attacks back (6 and 5) killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (5, 2, 7, 7 and , defeating two of the enemies (skeletal archer and bone reckoner).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: four.


12 armies and 1 Wolf march on Lustre Hills H6: Your armies attack (with one wolf) (2, 2, 2, 4, 5, 2, 8, 6, 8, 3, 4, 1 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

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

The enemy attacks back (8, 8, 4, 8, 8, 4 and 6), killing four of your armies. A wolf is killed. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
 Your total losses: eight and a wolf.

1 army scouts G4->G3->G2: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The hamlet is undefended and would be easily cowed.
You scout through the second land, discovering the Yawning Crevice. A ship and the Crimson Drum (defenders attack first) are here. Your scout takes both!
You scout through the third land, discovering a lair. This unforgiving tomb is inhabited by a dragon and also two Bone Reckoners, with five skeletal warriors and one skeletal archers. The monsters defend two gold.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

1 army scouts H8: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the hard scrabble fell they find a quarry. A dragon with the Murkblade is here!

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

Build a Barracks in the Selkie Court: Built.

Repair A5 with 4 stone: 4 wall Repaired.

Garrison A11 with the wolf that has the Black Toad attached, plus two armies that turn into toads: Armies toadified.

Repair A11 with 4 stone: 4 wall repaired.

Repair C8 with 4 stone: 4 wall repaired.

march on D1 with 1 army: empty village conquered.

march on E3 with 1 army: empty marshland conquered.

march on D3 with 3 armies: Your armies attack (8, 8, and 5), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (3), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (8, 6, and 6), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.

march on D2 with 1 army and 45 wolves: The enemy hides behind their walls  (14 wall strength). A Giant with the black trotter attacks first (6, 2, 8, 8, 3 and 3) from behind their walls. Two wolves are killed. Then the rest run away. Two boars are turned into Grand Tusks [I3]. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
 Your total losses: two wolves

march on E5 with 19 armies:
Your armies attack (2, 8, 4, 3, 6, 5, 6, 6, 3, 2, 2, 3, 5, 7, 4, 2, 8, 8 and , defeating ten of the enemies (bone reckoner, skeletal warrior, wisp, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, bone reckoner, wolf and wolf).
All skeletal companions of the enemy bone reckoners crumble.
The other wolf flees to an adjacent empty or unexplored zone [E6].
All enemies are defeated and the fort is absorbed into your county.

march on C6 with 1 army: Empty fort taken.

march on B8 with 11 armies and the Boarskin Coat and the Verbian Tusk: A boar arrives at your side. It attacks twice: 6, , killing two boars. The enemy boars don't get first strike. Your armies attack (1, 1, 2, 7, 2, 2, 8, 8, 4, 5 and 4), defeating four of the enemies (wolf, boar, boar and wolf).All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.

march on D9 with 3 army wielding the Rhuddy Cape:
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (1, 4, 7, 2 and 6), defeating two of the enemies (giant (part) and giant (part)).
The enemy attacks back (6), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (4, 8, 1 and 6), defeating one of the enemies (giant (part)).
All enemies are defeated and the hillside is absorbed into your county.
 From giant clubs, you gain one wood.
 Your total losses: one.

Scout C2 with 1 army: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the towering trees they find three wisps. Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout E2 with 1 army: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the stinking fen they find a dragon.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout A15 with 1 army by boat, carrying the Golden Net and the Pellucid Orb: No treasure or quarry found.

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

The Boneboat Yard gives a boat to [C1].

The Black Lance in [N13] exerts a pull on those Dragons that wander.
- [G2] The dragon flies south-east towards the Black Lance.
- [H8] The murkdragon flies east towards the Black Lance.
- [M1] The dragon flies south-east towards the Black Lance.

A Thornish holdout joins the forts at T1.

Barbarians from H3 and T3 fight in the Knuckle Yard. T3 wins and returns a Champion.
Barbarian-occupied tiles H3 send someone to the moot.
- Reprisals:
--[FitzHarbort 9%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Ayes 5%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Vulk 21%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Bockhoven 0%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Sol 0%]  The Squelsh are quiet... for now.

- [D2] Castle Freedom: No new monsters come.
- [G2] No new monsters come.
- [L4] Sunken Library: No new monsters come.
- [M1] Joining the lair is two Bone Reckoners, with four skeletal warriors and one skeletal archers.
- [M2] Joining the lair is four wisps.
- [M3] No new monsters come.

The GHOST WOLF marches on N10. It leaves 1d6 [4] wolves in its wake! [Q3, P4, O4, O5].

TURN 26

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 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.)

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

In the world
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.)
H8 is Murkblade (a scout will kill any lone human enemy they discover while scouting.)
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.)
P14 is Toad Standard, Toad Staff, Rock Ring, Fleshbane, Dreadskull, Doghorn.

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)

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.

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.)

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).

Bitter Brew  (The set of armies this is equipped to never retreats from losses.)

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:
Cat Sack, Marrowfat Sceptre, Toad Crown, Bloodforge Plans, Ripcage

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.)

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)


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.


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.).

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.)

Notes:

- A chimera! The GHOST WOLF can attack literally anywhere not blocked off by mountains. It leaves wolves in its wake.
- Some forces got killed in unconventional ways this turn (black cauldron extra battle, village desecration), so take note if they were yours

[Criptfeind]

That's 16 squelsh and 3 champions (22 health) in the moot right?

Mayyyybe I should take care of them.

[notquitethere]

Yep

[Criptfeind]

Wyrm Belly and Wisp form sure is a funny combo.

I am somewhat wondering how much we should focus on combating this monster.

Spoiler: Turn 25 gains/losses (click to show/hide)

+1 Ship
+1 Cat
+27 gold
+7 siege weapons
-14 wood
-2 wood
-10 gold
+5 stone
-10 stone
+Barracks Castle Bryn

Q14: Hill Fort
+6 artifacts
+2 Skeletons
-1 wolf
+1 toad
P14: Castle Mysterious
+8 wolves
R2: Wasteland
S2: Lair
-1 skeleton
+6 gold
Q2: Lair
+1 Wisp
-3 armies
+21 gold
+1 boat
S4: Forest +1 wood production
T2: Hill
+1 Anathema
P2: Forest +1 Wood production
R9: Marsh
-1 cat
R10: Scout Hut
-1 army
-3 skeletons
+2 gold
+1 stone

-1 army
-2 skeletons
-1 wisp
-R2: Wasteland
-Q3: Lair
-P4: Village +1 recruitment
-O4: Hill
-O5: Village +1 recruitment

+1 History VP

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

Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Colour: Blue
Extra VP? +48
Anathema: 16 (artifacts) 58 (monster units) 24 (sacrifices) 10 (knight kills) 2 (Bloodforge) 2 (Shield) -2 (Yawning Crack) = 110

Castle Mysterious: P14
Defence: 5/10
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, Bloodforge (+1 wood +4 army cap)

Castle Bryn: R3
Defense: 0/21
Features: Keep, Barracks, Tower, Tower (+5 army cap)

Wood Production: 16
Recruitment: 13
Income: 3
Stone Production: 3

Army: 32-3-1+13=41/42
Gold: 67+27-10+6+21+2+3=116
Debt: 0
Wood: 58-14-12+16=58
Stone: 5+5-10+1+3=4

Artifacts: Last Femur, Toad Standard, Crimson Drum, Toad Staff, Black Baldric, Rock Ring, Wolf Crystal, Fleshbane, Dreadskull, Doghorn, Bonemeal shield, Black Cloud, Bryn's Club, King's Writ, Garrison Plans, Crimson Cowl, Wisp Wand
Equipment: 1 ship 2 boat
Special Units: 14 Skeleton warriors 0 Skeleton Archers 12 Cats 30 wolves 1 Wisps 1 Toads
Curses:

Holdings list:
L3: The Prison of the Anathalord 0/20
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
P2: Forest +1 Wood production
P3: Village +1 Recruitment
P4: Village +1 recruitment
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
Q2: Lair
Q3: Lair
Q5: Village Moat 6/6 +1 Recruitment
Q6: Forest +1 Wood
Q7: Forest +1 Wood
Q8: Gold mine +1 income
Q9: Marsh
Q11: Marsh
Q12: Village +1 Recruitment
Q13: Village +1 Recruitment
Q14: Hill Fort Hawthorn 0/5
R2: Wasteland
R4: Marsh Fort Cryptic 1/4
R5: Marsh Fort Ominous 4/4
R6: Marsh
R7: Mine +1 Gold
R8: Village +1 recruitment
R9: Marsh
R10: Scout Hut
R11: Marsh
R12: Quarry +1 Stone production
R13: Marsh
R14: Village +1 recruitment
R15: Marsh
S2: Lair
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
T2: Hill
T5: Village +1 recruitment
T6: Marsh
T7: Marsh
T10: Hill
T11: Hill Hill Fort 6/9
T12: Forest +1 Wood production
T13: Quarry +1 Stone production

Spoiler: Turn 26 (click to show/hide)

Accept Crimson Drum from Fitzhbort
Accept Ship from Fitzharbort
Send ship to Bockelstein

Make 10 siege weapons from 20 wood

Repair Castle Bryn with 4 stone
March 1 army to O2
March 1 army to O3
March 1 army to R2
March 1 army holding Bonemeal shield and to S1
March 2 army 2 wolves to Q3
March 1 army 3 wolves to P4
March 1 army 3 wolves to O5
March 1 army holding wolf crystal to Q5
March 1 army and 10 wolves to T1 with 4 siege weapons
March 12 armies to T9
March 6 armies and 4 cats to M3
March 1 army and 9 skeletons and 12 wolves with last femur to T3 with 6 siege weapons
March 4 armies and 5 cats to N10 to assist with the fight against the giant ghost wolf.
March 4 armies and 5 skeletons and 3 cats and 1 wisp with wisp wand and Black Baldric and Dreadskull to L4
March 1 army with black Cloud to M5

Scout Q4
Scout N4
Scout N2

Burn S6, T5, S9 and R8 in retaliation for the Squelsh blaming the Chimera on me.

1 Toad defending Castle Bryn
0 armies 0 Skeleton warriors 0 Cats 0 wolves 0 Wisps 0 Toads unassigned/defending castle mysterious

[Criptfeind]

Id be up for trying to figure out a way to kill the ghost wolf if people are interested in that... It'd probably take like 30 dudes or something? Less if the bitter brew can be used. I'd be willing to contribute, but a full army that size is a lot for anyone.  Or we can just ignore it... The wolf ability is super annoying though. What does everyone else think?

[Kashyyk]

Send 13 wolves, the Bitter Brew and the Wolf Gem to Bockhoven
Send a Ship and the Crimson Drum to Vulk

1 armies and 4 wolves march on Swamp G5
1 armies and 7 Wolves garrison Castle Bacchus with the Black Horn
1 Army marches on Village G4
1 Army marches on Yawning Crevice G3
9 armies join the combined march on the Wisp Wolf at N10
1 Army scouts Forest F9
1 Army marches on Forest J7
1 Army marches of Swamp J6
11 armies and 1 Wolf marches on Village H9
1 Army marches on Hill H8
4 armies march on Lustre Hills H6

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

Border Colour: Orange

F5 - Castle Bacchus
Defence 5/14
Army Cap: 11
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Keep (+3/+3 Defence, unkillable final defender)

F10 - Forest: Fort Pisces
Defence 4/4
Garrison: 2/3 (2x Infantry)

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: 5/14
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Tower (+4/+4 Defence, +1 Army Cap)
 - Watchtower (Defender's get first strike, gives Hill report)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Keep(+3/+3 Defence, unkillable final defender)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)

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

K11 - Swamp: Fort Kelvin
Defence: 0/?
Garrison: 3/3 (3x Infantry)

Resources:
Army : 32/36 (+13/turn) = 32(curr) + 13(inc) - 13(casualties)
Gold: 15 (+4/turn) = 11(curr) +4(inc)
Stone: 2 (+1/turn) = 1(curr) + 1(inc)
Wood : 62 (+9/turn) = 53(curr) + 9(inc)
Debt: 0
Victory Points: 24 (Gifted Hunter's Stand, Written History of the Hedge x4)

Territory:
F4 (Village), F5 (Castle Bacchus), F6 (Swamp), F10 (Forest, Fort Pisces), F13 (Forest), F14 (Swamp), F15 (Village),
G15 (Forest), G14 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), G11 (Lair: Wolf Den),  G10 (Forest, Wolf Woods), G9 (Village), G8 (Forest, Fort Aquarius), G7 (Swamp, Frog Pond),
H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), H11 (Village), H9 (Village), H5 (Forest),
I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I13 (Hill), I12 (Marsh), I11 (Forest, Fort Hollivy), I10 (Swamp), I9 (Village), I6 (Forest),
J15 (Hill), J14 ( Marsh, Fort Tailor), J13 (Swamp, Quarry), J13 (Forest), J11 (Village), J10 (Sundered Spire), J9 (Marsh, Fort Juniper), J8 (Hill), J7 (Forest), J4 (Wisp Lake)
K15 (Forest), K12 (Village), K10 (Swamp), K9 (Lair)
Artefacts:
 - Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants)
 - Black Horn
 - Wellspring Staff
Equipment: 1x Boat
Units: 26x Infantry, 12x Wolf

[a1s]

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

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Army: 36/39
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)

 Castle Name: Castle Wright
 Castle Location K-14
 Defence: 4/13
 Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks, Keep, Market

 Castle Name: Puzzle Dungeon
 Castle Location L2
 Defence: 0/13
 Features: Keep, Siege Workshop

Wood Production: 11
Stone production: 1
Recruitment: 11
Income: 2
Curses: 0
Wood: 81
Gold: 34
Stone:1
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
- K11 defense 0/4 garrison 3/3
Artifacts: Sundering Claw, Thornish Crown, Perfidy's Horn, Black Lance, Black Claw, Shimmering Coin.
Equipment: 5 bows, 5 siege engines
Special Units: 7 wolves, 5 toads, 2 cats

orders:
Sell 40 wood
Buy 15 stone
Build a keep in Oak and Ash.
repair Puzzle Dungeon to 5 defense
repair Castle Wright to 5 defense
permit others to march through my territory.

March 9 armies and a wolf to N10, hopefully to be supported by a broad coalition.
March 1 army to H2
March 5 armies on L13
March 10 armies and a wolf on H3
March 6 armies and a wolf on M2
March 4 armies and a wolf on M1

Scout H3-H4-I4
Is there any point in sending artifacts to the king, or has that been tapped out?

[notquitethere]

Is there any point in sending artifacts to the king, or has that been tapped out?

It's all tapped out now.

[Quarque]

Trade:
Receive bitter brew, wolf crystal and 13 wolves from Fitzharbort.
Receive ship from Vulk

Actions:
Garrison A5 with 5 toads
Garrison A11 with the wolf that has the Black Toad attached, plus 3 armies that turn into toads
Garrison C8 with 5 toads
Garrison C13 with 5 toads
March 9 armies with the Bitter Brew and the Shield of the Earth to N10 to support the attack of Aywen Ayes
Scout A15 with 1 army by boat, carrying the Golden Net and the Pellucid Orb
March 1 army on E6
March 1 army on E2
March 1 army with 57 wolves, the Wolf Crystal and the Boarskin Coat on D2
March 3 armies with the Rhuddy cape on C2
March 3 armies on C1
Scout F1 with 1 army
March 14 armies and 1 boar with the Verbian Tusk on G2, using 2 ships
March 12 armies on F3

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, Barracks
C8 - Crimson Tower: 3/17 defense
   • Keep, Tower, Bloodforge
E5 - fort: garrison 3 / 3

Total Army Cap: 48

Resources:
Army: 48 (+13/turn) = 45-3(curr) +6(capped inc)
Wolves: 57 = 46 - 2 + 13; one cursed with Black Toad
Boars: 1
Toads: 15 = 13(curr) + 2(newly cursed)
Gold: 12 (+3/turn) = 9(curr) + 3(inc)
Stone: 4 (+4/turn) = 0(curr) + 4(inc)
Wood: 26 (+8/turn) = 18(curr) +8(inc)

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape, the Golden Net, Speculator's Rod, Whiptide Sail, the Soul Nexus, the Black Toad, Watchtower plans, the Avalance Maul, Shield of Earth, Verbian Tusk, Boarskin Coat, Bitter Brew
Equipment: 2 Boats and 4 Ships

[notquitethere]

TURN 26 REPORT

Spoiler: Marquess Vulk (click to show/hide)

Repair Castle Bryn with 4 stone: repairs made
March 1 army to O2: Empty marsh conquered.

March 1 army to O3: Empty marsh conquered.

March 1 army to R2: Empty wasteland conquered.

March 1 army holding Bonemeal shield and to S1: Your armies attack (0), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (5), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (0), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (7), killing one of your armies. The unit dies, resurrects and the Bonemeal shield kills the Bog Cat. +1 Anathema gain.

March 2 army 2 wolves to Q3: Your armies attack (with two wolves) (2, 4, 3 and 4), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (2), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with two wolves) (4, 2, 7 and 1), defeating one of the enemies (wolf).
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county.

March 1 army 3 wolves to P4: Your armies attack (with three wolves) (1, 3, 1 and 2), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (2), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with three wolves) (1, 8, 1 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (wolf).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

March 1 army 3 wolves to O5: Your armies attack (with three wolves) (4, 1, 3 and 3), with no enemy units defeated.
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 holding wolf crystal to Q5: The two wolves convert to your side and the village is taken.

March 1 army and 10 wolves to T1 with 4 siege weapons: The enemy hides behind their walls  (5 wall strength).

Your armies attack (with ten wolves) (7, 10, 4, 8, 5, 8, 11, 5, 6, 9 and , damaging the walls (4) defeating three of the enemies (Thornish holdout, Thornish holdout and Thornish holdout). All enemies defeated, the fort is taken.

March 12 armies to T9: The boar, boar, boar and boar attack first (6, 6, 7, 8, 2, 7, 3 and 5), killing five of your armies.
Your armies attack (1, 7, 1, 4, 7, 3 and 4), defeating two of the enemies (boar and boar).
The enemy attacks back (7 and 4), killing one of your armies. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
 Your total losses: six.

March 6 armies and 4 cats to M3: The enemy hides behind their walls  (2 wall strength).
The boar attack first (7 and 0), from behind their walls, killing zero of your armies. A bog cat is killed. A siege begins with your six camped outside the walls!

Your armies attack (with three bog cats) (1, 6, 7, 0, 1, 6, 7, 3 and 1), damaging the walls (2) and breaking through into the fort, defeating one of the enemies (boar).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: one cat.

March 1 army and 9 skeletons and 12 wolves with last femur to T3 with 6 siege weapons: Auto-kill all units. +19 reprisal.  +6 skeletons raised. This moot has been put down.

March 4 armies and 5 cats to N10 to assist with the fight against the giant ghost wolf: See Ayes.

March 4 armies and 5 skeletons and 3 cats and 1 wisp with wisp wand and Black Baldric and Dreadskull to L4: Boss music swells as your army assaults the library! The Wisp Wand gives you another wisp. The Black Dog gives you three wolves. The Bloodstone Mirror creates 17 shadows.
Your armies attack (with two wisps) (with three bog cats) (with three wolves) (with five skeletons)(and the Black Baldric) (2, 8, 2, 4, 1, 4, 3, 6, 1, 4, 2, 1, 4, 2, 2, 5, 4, 3 and 7), defeating four of the enemies (skeletal archer, skeletal warrior, shadow and shadow).
The enemy attacks back (6, 3, 3, 4, 3, 5, 4, 1, 0, 5, 7, 0, 7, 3 and 3), killing three skeletons. The three Bloodsingers fail to beat you and slink away, the Dreadskull causes them to disband. The Bloodsingers go away and think about what they've done with their lives, taking with them the Bloodstone Mirror, Black Dog, and Charnel Knife. The fight continues, the 15 shadows remaining.
Your armies attack (with two wisps) (with three bog cats) (with three wolves) (with two skeletons) (and the Black Baldric) (4, 8, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 3, 8, 2, 3, 8, 2, 8 and 5), defeating five of the enemies (bone reckoner, bone reckoner, shadow, shadow and shadow).
The enemy attacks back (4, 5, 3, 0, 2, 7, 2, and 6), killing one of your wisps. A wolf is killed. Then the rest run away.
Your armies attack (with one wisp)(with three bog cats) (with two skeletons) (and the Black Baldric) (3, 7, 4, 5, 2, 5, 4, 8, 4, 2, 3 and 2), defeating four of the enemies (shadow, shadow, shadow and shadow).
The enemy attacks back (0, 7, 1, 3, 3, 6, 7, and 0), killing one of your armies and one bog cat.
Your armies attack (with one wisp)(with two bog cat) (with two skeletons)(and the Black Baldric) (7, 6, 2, 5, 1, 4, 4 and 2), defeating three of the enemies (shadow, shadow and bone reckoner)
The enemy attacks back (2, 7, 6, 3, 4, 1, 6) killing one wisp, one bog cat and one army.
You take too many casualties and your force retreats. The remaining shadows dissipate.
Total losses: three skeletons, two armies, one wolf, two wisps, two bog cat, Gain +2 wolves.

March 1 army with Black Cloud to M5: The unit gets lost in a fog and returns prematurely.

Scout Q4: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the windswept fell they find a bog cat.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout N4: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the hard scrabble headland they find two rampaging boar.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout N2: You scout through the first land, discovering a lair. This dank cave is inhabited by a dragon, three wolves and also two rampaging boar and three rampaging boar. The monsters defend six gold.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Burn S6, T5, S9 and R8 in retaliation for the Squelsh blaming the Chimera on me: Four villages are burned down by order of the cruel marcher lord. +80 reprisal chance

Spoiler: Table of Counterinvasions (click to show/hide)

Table of Counterinvasions
1. Reconquest: The Thornish return from their redoubt on the Isle of Wisp. 10 Thornish holdouts, a ship, and three siege engines appear on the closest Lord-owned coastal tile to a random castle belonging to whomever triggered the invasion. Each enemy phase from now, each set of Thornish holdouts not involved in a siege and not occupying a castle and not a member of the Order will walk or sail to an adjacent Lord-owned land, moving towards the nearest castle. Before marching, they will raze any forest or village they occupy.

2. Inquisition: 10 Knights from the Order of Obeisance come on a mission to hunt monsters and capture artefacts. They ambush the tile in which they are revealed. On enemy phases following their arrival, they will march to the nearest place with artefacts or monsters and seek to take the artefacts and destroy the monsters.

3. Revolt: A Squelsh Champion, one of the sons of Prince Owain (Hywel, Madoc, Cynan etc.), will arise in the nearest village along with 8 Squelsh barbarians. At the start of each Revolt, the triggering player gains Reprisal equal to the number of villages they own. Each enemy phase while he lives (immediately after any reprisals) he will march on a village owned by the Lord with the highest Reprisal that owns a village. Adjacent unaligned Squelsh, and Squelsh from the Moot will join the cause. At the end of each enemy phase, each Prince-aligned village gains +2 Squelsh barbarians.

4. Aberration: the retreat of magic has led to more desperate sacrifice. The nearest village is razed to bring forth something foul! A Chimera appears, devouring its summoner and everything else around. Roll three times on the Chimera table and combine abilities, rerolling repeats. Each enemy phase a Chimera marches on a random Lord-owned tile anywhere accessible on the map. Chimeras don't normally flee and are normally hostile to everything in its path. Chimeras, being the magical aberrations are immune to the effects of artefacts.


Table of CHIMERA
(Ordinarily a Chimera counts for four armies)
1. Dragon wings: can fly over water and mountains, gains first strike
2. Wolf mane: each turn, it gains 1d6 wolves + any unaligned wolves in adjacent tiles. It leaves 1 wolf per empty tile in its wake when marching. In battle, wolves on all sides become wild and scatter to random empty tiles if possible.
3. Wyrm belly: size increases +6 armies
4. Wisp form: can only take one hit per round and can float over water
5. Toad gills: can travel through water and will attempt to do so with each march, toads will ignore it, fleeing if it conquers a tile they're on
6. Swarming: when it takes damage, it splits its body off into random valid directions. When they next march, each of the separate parts grow to half the size of their original form and pick separate targets.
7. Giant maw: size increases +2 armies, will try and eat units it kills when combat ends, permanently gaining their size
8. Bog stench: +1 attack in marshland, everyone else takes -1 9. Accursed gaze: Curses any Lord who comes in combat and temporarily nullifies the effects of nearby cursed artefacts 10. Razor Tusks: attacks twice when it attacks 11. Metal scale: can only be damaged on a 7+ 12. Death aura: skeletal units on the tile will side with this chimera, 1d6 non-skeletal units will flee before combat begins

Spoiler: Marchioness Ayes (click to show/hide)

Build a keep in Oak and Ash: Keep Built.
repair Puzzle Dungeon to 5 defense: Repaired.
repair Castle Wright to 5 defense: Repaired.

March 9 armies and a wolf to N10, (with 9 from FitzHarbort, 4 armies and 5 bog cats from Vulk, 9 armies with the Bitter Brew and the Shield of the Earth from Bockhoven):Your armies attack (with five bog cats) (6, 5, 4, 1, 4, 1, 3, 7, 2, 6, 3, 1, 3, 1, 8, 2, 4, 2, 3, 4, 5, 3, 8, 4, 8, 5, 6, 7, 1, 7, 5, 5, 7, 7, 3 and 4), inflicting one hit.

The enemy attacks back (5, 2, 3, 7, 7, 1, 4, 3 and 1), breaking through the shield of Earth and killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with five bog cats) (4, 4, 3, 4, 7, 5, 8, 1, 1, 1, 8, 7, 1, 8, 3, 8, 5, 1, 1, 5, 7, 1, 2, 7, 8, 5, 1, 2, 4, 5, 5, 7, 5, 2 and 2), inflicting one hit.

The enemy attacks back (1, 7, 3, 1, 4, 6, 0 and 0), killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (with five bog cats) (8, 5, 6, 7, 7, 4, 4, 8, 2, 6, 8, 7, 3, 2, 7, 3, 1, 5, 6, 5, 4, 3, 1, 8, 8, 3, 7, 6, 7, 6, 5, 5 and 4), inflicting one hit.

The enemy attacks back (1, 3, 0, 0, 4, 0 and 3), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with five bog cats) (7, 1, 8, 6, 6, 5, 7, 7, 3, 2, 5, 5, 2, 3, 7, 2, 4, 5, 1, 5, 6, 1, 8, 5, 3, 6, 8, 3, 5, 1, 1, 8 and 7), inflicting one hit.

The enemy attacks back (1, 6, 3, 7, 7 and 2), killing three of your armies.
Your armies attack (with five bog cats) (2, 4, 3, 4, 6, 7, 2, 4, 1, 4, 1, 5, 1, 8, 1, 4, 2, 3, 8, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 5, 4, 5, 8, 8 and 6), inflicting one hit.

The enemy attacks back (4, 7, 1, 5 and 3), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with five bog cats) (5, 7, 8, 6, 8, 2, 7, 1, 6, 6, 5, 8, 2, 7, 8, 5, 4, 2, 4, 3, 5, 2, 8, 7, 7, 3, 1, 5 and 1), inflicting one hit.

The enemy attacks back (1, 3, 2 and 2), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with five bog cats) (2, 2, 4, 1, 6, 8, 4, 4, 3, 4, 7, 3, 1, 5, 2, 1, 4, 4, 5, 4, 2, 8, 5, 4, 6, 1, 7, 8 and 3), inflicting one hit.

The enemy attacks back (3, 4 and 2), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with five bog cats) (6, 2, 8, 6, 6, 6, 5, 2, 1, 2, 2, 6, 4, 3, 3, 2, 7, 1, 1, 8, 3, 1, 6, 4, 3, 1, 4, 1 and 6), inflicting one hit.

The enemy attacks back (4 and 3), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with five bog cats) (1, 8, 7, 8, 8, 4, 8, 6, 4, 4, 7, 5, 5, 6, 8, 6, 7, 5, 6, 6, 6, 4, 7, 8, 4, 1, 1, 7 and 7), inflicting one hit.

The enemy attacks back (3), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with five bog cats) (3, 4, 6, 7, 2, 7, 8, 7, 2, 7, 2, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 3, 4, 3, 7, 5, 6, 5, 8, 1, 5, 7, 2 and 2), inflicting one hit.
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county. The atrocity is destroyed!
Your total losses: seven (four Ayes, two Vulk, one Bockhoven)

March 1 army to H2: Empty village conquered.

March 5 armies on L13: The enemy hides behind their walls  (2 wall strength).
Your armies attack (5, 2, 8, 5 and 3), damaging the walls (2) and breaking through into the fort, defeating one of the enemies (Thornish holdout).
The enemy attacks back (6), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (1, 7, 7 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (Thornish holdout).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.
From the Thornish holdouts you take four gold (due to the Shimmering Coin).
Your total losses: one.

March 10 armies and a wolf on H3: Your armies attack (with one wolf) (5, 3, 9, 9, 7, 8, 5, 4, 6, 5 and , defeating four of the enemies (Squelsh champion, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh champion, Squelsh champion, Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh champion).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.


March 6 armies and a wolf on M2:
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (6, 4, 6, 1, 1, 2 and 7), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (3, 7 and 4), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (3, 4, 7, 8, 7 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (3 and 6), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (6, 6, 6, 3 and 6), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (7), killing zero of your armies. A wolf is killed.
Your armies attack (1, 1, 4 and 6), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county. You find 7 gold.
 Your total losses: two and a wolf.

March 4 armies and a wolf on M1: The Tanglecomb summons a 3rd-party Tanglebat. Nine more tanglebats appear. Your armies attack (with one wolf) (6, 7, 7, 0 and 1), defeating three of the enemies (tanglebat, tanglebat and tanglebat).
The Bloodsinger, bog cat and two wolves attacks back (7, 3, 2, 7), killing one tanglebat and one of your armies. The Bloodsinger slinks away to the library.
The third-party tanglebats attack next (0, 3, 2, 6, 7 and 3), killing one of your armies and a bog cat.
You attack with two armies and a wolf (4, 4 and 7), killing a wolf. The other wolf runs away north [L1].
The tanglebats attack next  (8, 4, 6, 5, 5 and 6) killing two armies and a wolf. You run out of units.
Total losses: 4 armies and a wolf

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

1 armies and 7 Wolves garrison Castle Bacchus with the Black Horn: The nearby wolves attack. The wolf and wolf attack first (2 and 5), damaging the walls (1) with none of your units defeated. A siege begins with two of the enemy forces camped outside the walls! Three militia join your side.
Your armies attack (with seven wolves) from behind the walls (8, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 3, 1, 2, 2 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (wolf).
The other wolf flees to an adjacent empty or unexplored zone. [E4]
The fleeing wolf attacks again! Your forces are behind defences (4 wall strength). Three militia come to help defend.
The wolf attack first (, killing zero of your armies. A wolf is killed.  Then the rest run away. A siege begins with one of the enemy forces camped outside the walls!

1 armies and 4 wolves march on Swamp G5: It's empty now and you take it.

1 Army marches on Village G4: Empty village taken.

1 Army marches on Yawning Crevice G3: Empty Crevice taken

9 armies join the combined march on the Wisp Wolf at N10: See Ayes.

1 Army scouts Forest F9: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the dense woods they find a giant.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

1 Army marches on Forest J7: Ayes forest is taken.

1 Army marches of Swamp J6: Ayes empty fort taken.

11 armies and 1 Wolf marches on Village H9:
The dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part) attack first (6, 5, 3, 7 and 6), killing two of your armies. A wolf is killed.
Your armies attack (4, 7, 8, 7, 2, 5, 6, 5 and 4), defeating five of the enemies (dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part)).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.
 From the dragon horde, you gain eight gold.  You find the Murkblade (a scout will kill any lone undefended human enemy that they come across while scouting.)
 Your total losses: two and a wolf

1 Army marches on Hill H8: You take the quarry.

4 armies march on Lustre Hills H6:
Your armies attack (6, 6, 6 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (8, 2, 6, 1, 7 and , killing four of your armies. Your armies have been defeated.
 Your total losses: four.

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

Garrison A11 with the wolf that has the Black Toad attached, plus 3 armies that turn into toads: Correct.

March 9 armies with the Bitter Brew and the Shield of the Earth to N10 to support the attack of Aywen Ayes: See Ayes.

Scout A15 with 1 army by boat, carrying the Golden Net and the Pellucid Orb: Nothing new found by the Net or Orb.

March 1 army on E6: Your armies attack (7), defeating one of the enemies (wolf).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.

March 1 army on E2: Empty marsh conquered.

March 1 army with 57 wolves, the Wolf Crystal and the Boarskin Coat on D2: The Black Trotter only makes someone attack like a boar, it doesn't turn them into a boar, so the Boarskin Coat doesn't have an effect. The three wolves swap sides. One Giant attacks first twice. (3, 1, 8, 7, 5 and . Three wolves are killed. Then the rest run away. You take too many casualties and your force retreats. Three boars turn into Grand Tusks elsewhere [M5][N2][N14].
Total losses: 0


March 3 armies with the Rhuddy cape on C2: Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (4, 3, 7, 8 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (8 and 2), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (4, 1, 1 and 5), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (5), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (1, 4, 3 and 1), 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) (7, 7 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 armies on C1: Your armies attack (6, 7 and 4), defeating two of the enemies (wolf and wolf).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county. You find a boat.

Scout F1 with 1 army: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The townlet is defended by two Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

March 14 armies and 1 boar with the Verbian Tusk on G2, using 2 ships: A boar joins your side. Your two boars attack first, (8, 3, 6 and 3) killing a skeletal archer and a skeletal warrior. The dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part) attack first (2, 7, 8, 4 and 3), killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (4, 3, 1, 3, 4, 8, 5, 2, 3, 1, 3 and , defeating three of the enemies (dragon (part), dragon (part) and skeletal warrior).

The enemy attacks back (1, 3, 6, 5, 2, 3, 8 and 2), killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (2, 2, 4, 2, 7, 2, 8, 7, 6, 2, 2 and 1), defeating four of the enemies (dragon (part), bone reckoner, bone reckoner and dragon (part)).
All skeletal companions of the enemy bone reckoners crumble.

The enemy attacks back (5), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (6, 4, 4, 6, 1, 1, 5, 7, 3 and 3), defeating the enemy (dragon (part)).
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county.
From the dragon horde, you gain eight gold. You find 2 gold in the lair.
Your total losses: four. Gain +1 boar.

March 12 armies on F3: Twelve armies march into a lair beyond the border. This dingy tomb is inhabited by a dragon, one wisp and also a Bloodsinger with no artefact and two Bone Reckoners, with two skeletal warriors and three skeletal archers. The monsters defend eight gold.
The dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part) attack first (1, 6, 7, 4 and , killing three of your armies.
Your armies attack (1, 1, 4, 1, 6, 8, 3, 8 and 6), defeating four of the enemies (dragon (part), bone reckoner, skeletal archer and skeletal warrior).

The enemy attacks back (5, 1, 7 and , killing two of your armies. The Bloodsinger slinks away to the library.
Your armies attack (2, 3, 2, 8, 4, 4 and , defeating two of the enemies (dragon (part) and skeletal archer).

The enemy attacks back (8, 7, 8, 6, 3, 2 and 6), killing five of your armies. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
Your total losses: ten

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

The Boneboat Yard gives a boat to [F1].

- [N2] The dragon flies east and settles forever in the serene forest.

There aren't enough separate barbarians to fight in the Knuckleyard: no income this round for it.
There isn't currently a moot
- Reprisals:
--[Vulk 120%] The Squelsh launch a reprisal attack! Eight squelsh barbarians attack [O15]!
--[FitzHarbort 9%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Ayes 9%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Bockhoven 0%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.

- [D2] Castle Freedom: Joining the lair is a dragon.
- [F3] Joining the lair is a bog cat.
- [L4] Sunken Library: No new monsters come.
- [M1] The lair is controlled by 3rd party tanglebats, who remain third-party (coloured to make this clear)
- [N2] Joining the lair is four rampaging boar.


Eight boar, one grand tusk, and three wolves march on the ruined fort [M3]. Six army and three cats from Vulk are there.
The grand tusk, and eight boar attack first twice (0, 1, 4, 2, 5, 4, 7, 6, 6, 2, 2, 6, 6, 0, 7, 2, 4, 0, 6 and 1), killing five of your armies. Two bog cats are killed. Then the wolves attack: (5, 3, 6), killing one bog cat.
Your armies attack (7), defeating one of the enemies (boar).
The enemy attacks back (3, 6, 1, 6, 5, 2, 3, 5, 3, 6, 6 and 6) killing one of Vulk's armies. All of Vulk's forces are defeated and the fort is lost.
Vulk's total losses: six armies and three bog cats.

TURN 27

A new moot is founded in [F1].

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 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.)

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

In the world
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.)
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.

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)

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.

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.)

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).

Bitter Brew  (The set of armies this is equipped to never retreats from losses.)

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:
Cat Sack, Marrowfat Sceptre, Toad Crown, Bloodforge Plans, Ripcage

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.)

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)


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.


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.).

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.)

Notes:
- Some units died in the enemy phase, so do check there
- We're on the home stretch! Probably only a turn or two left.
- The Tanglebats in M1 are third party, so they won't spawn new monsters in the lair or join with other marching monsters. They hate everyone equally.
- RIP the moot. Long live the new moot!
- Congratulations on beating the Chimera with teamwork!
- Weird interaction with the Black Horn and wolves fleeing... but I think that was probably the right interpretation. It was the most amusing one anyway.

[Criptfeind]

Well, awkward turn, but we'll recover.

Does using the kings writ take a dude, or can I just do it for free whenever?

[notquitethere]

Does using the kings writ take a dude, or can I just do it for free whenever?

You can use it whenever, it doesn't take someone.