Behemoth - Campaign Thread

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TheGrayMouser wrote:Thanks!

Any idea when moves and battles will be declared? the troops are becoming seditious :)
There was a last minute query from the Parliamentary camp but I am hoping that I will receive their orders soon so that the beastliness can commence :)
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I have had to step out of the ' Poodle Pages' to get a clean hanky, there's so much planning going on there I feel a touch of the vapours coming on........ :? :roll: :twisted:
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Orders should be out later today (GMT today ;))
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Orders published on the first page!
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Challenge for Keyth.

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Honour demands that we will intercept the vile rebels near Reading.
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What happens at Reading?

Deadtorius moved there from Oxford?
RBS garrisoned Newbury.
Aryaman moved to Reading.

What order do things happen?

No, Aryaman bumped Dead.'s army and may be intercepted by RBS who was garrisoning. Slowly getting this.
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Blathergut wrote:What happens at Reading?

Deadtorius moved there from Oxford?
RBS garrisoned Newbury.
Aryaman moved to Reading.

What order do things happen?

No, Aryaman bumped Dead.'s army and may be intercepted by RBS who was garrisoning. Slowly getting this.
I see your strategy involves fleeing with the majority of your armies to the coastal ports away from the fray, no doubt to take ship to refuge in the dour lands of the Dutch ;)

? for Keyth:

Can RBS and Aryman get their game going or do you need to consult your charts? I assume its a 1200 vs 1200 AP battle in agricultural
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Oh, shall I count thee the ways:

1. Picnicking in Truro...and it's the tourist season...tsk tsk...
2. Cavorting in Lyme...and that place is SO last year...
3. Touring Worchester...smarmy Royalist drinking pubs everywhere...
4. A little jaunt up north to Corbridge or whatever it's called...nothing there but sheep...ahem...such debauchery...

I could go on, but such corruption of the soul should not even be spoken of!
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Perhaps we had to many at the pubs...
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TheGrayMouser wrote:
Blathergut wrote:What happens at Reading?

? for Keyth:

Can RBS and Aryman get their game going or do you need to consult your charts? I assume its a 1200 vs 1200 AP battle in agricultural
Exactly - all intercepts are open battles with no fortification bonuses from towns - the garrison is sallying out to stop the moving army getting to a town. No need for arcane charts this time ;)
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Blathergut wrote:What happens at Reading?

Deadtorius moved there from Oxford?
RBS garrisoned Newbury.
Aryaman moved to Reading.

What order do things happen?

No, Aryaman bumped Dead.'s army and may be intercepted by RBS who was garrisoning. Slowly getting this.
Exactly right. I had hoped (foolishly! :)) that each turn would be 'self-fulfilling' once the orders were in, with no need for any more input from players or one event having to wait for another to be completed first. Something of an oversight on my part, but hopefully it shouldn't slow things down too much.
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Do I set the challenge?
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rbodleyscott wrote:Do I set the challenge?
Yes - as the interceptor, you are the attacker.
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keyth wrote:
rbodleyscott wrote:Do I set the challenge?
Yes - as the interceptor, you are the attacker.
Challenge set for Aryaman.

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I intend to sally forth and give battle to Turenne. Challenge about to be set up, password Marrs. Can you give your preferred Army List?
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Doyley50 wrote:I intend to sally forth and give battle to Turenne. Challenge about to be set up, password Marrs. Can you give your preferred Army List?
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turenne wrote:
Doyley50 wrote:I intend to sally forth and give battle to Turenne. Challenge about to be set up, password Marrs. Can you give your preferred Army List?
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That's my fault - I will add the army list to one of the headline posts at some point today, so that the information is readily accessible.

Edit: List is up - @UlysisGrunt: could you please let me know if you are using Covenanters or regular Parliamentarians? Thanks :)
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My knowledge of the Beghemoth rules remains hazy.

What happens if the program decides that I have "lost" the battle near Reading, with both sides on 0% routed?

Since I was intercepting an advance on Reading, one might think that the enemy would have to defeat my army before nightfall or be blocked from reaching Reading. However, because (for some odd reason) I am the challenger, the program will deem me as having lost the battle if both of us are on the same % losses.

As the dour rebels are hugging hedges (for fear of being outflanked by my cavalry), and neither of us is inclined to commit suicide, the battle currently looks as if it will end on 0% routed each.

Since this amounts to an Edgehill type situation, you would think that by successfully not being routed, I should have at least temporarily blocked the Parliamentarian advance on Reading.
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rbodleyscott wrote:My knowledge of the Beghemoth rules remains hazy.

What happens if the program decides that I have "lost" the battle near Reading, with both sides on 0% routed?

Since I was intercepting an advance on Reading, one might think that the enemy would have to defeat my army before nightfall or be blocked from reaching Reading. However, because (for some odd reason) I am the challenger, the program will deem me as having lost the battle if both of us are on the same % losses.

As the dour rebels are hugging hedges (for fear of being outflanked by my cavalry), and neither of us is inclined to commit suicide, the battle currently looks as if it will end on 0% routed each.

Since this amounts to an Edgehill type situation, you would think that by successfully not being routed, I should have at least temporarily blocked the Parliamentarian advance on Reading.
Good question. Interceptions are in essence meeting engagements, so unless the 'moving' army (which is, as you observe, slightly counter-intuitively the defender in P&S terms) wins, it is blocked from advancing by the intercepting army and will return to its starting town.

It's the nature of hastily cobbled-together rules to have areas of vagueness that will get clarified as the game progresses. Hopefully these will not impact anyone's enjoyment of the game and can be resolved in a fair and equitable manner!
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