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deadtorius wrote:Think Ian and I will have to call our battle the battle of the Molasses

I've reached the foot of the escarpment but your archers and cav are slaughtering my guys as they inch there way up the slope. With all this molasses, I hope you are not thinking of throwing wasp nests down on us!

naw no wasps up here. Were standing around enjoying our last view of the world before your arrows and axes cut us down and black out our vision. Of course as we die in Fench glory our names and deeds will be remembered and inspire later generations of Frenchies to stand about making suicide decisions too

An update for the battle of Anjou. The french are still doggedly manning their temp fortifications atop the steep hill but are now faced by withering longbow fire, most defenders are past 70% and a few are starting to rout. French knights are charging the bowmen and dismounted knights of the english left with moderate success but are too getting tired. French bowmen and dismounted knights are charging down the hill toward the english longbow and MF right flank, the fighting seems equally bloody so far.

The french are slightly in the lead as far as point go but are getting very tired. The english have plenty of reserves which may prove decisive.

Bah who needs decisiveness??? We are the Francaise the reapers of death, your troops fall beneath our mighty swords and no matter how many of you there are today, there will be a lot less there tomorrow. Still not too late for you English types to make the buggering off

deadtorius wrote:Bah who needs decisiveness??? We are the Francaise the reapers of death, your troops fall beneath our mighty swords and no matter how many of you there are today, there will be a lot less there tomorrow. Still not too late for you English types to make the buggering off

Try wielding your french swords with three or four arrows stuck into you. The tide is turning my outrageously accented friend, the Battle on St Molasses Day will soon be ours.

Enjoy your day while you can for the dark shadow of retribution will soon fall over your pitiful little army and then you will feel the wrath of God and of France falling upon your upside down buckets upon your empty headed animal food troughs on your shoulders you English K-nigits....

Ookaaaay... thanks for the warning...



Battle of Anjou results:

Normandy 66500/17531 32/60 WIN
Brittany 42520/17913 39/37 LOSE

A good hard fought game!

The Duke of Normandy has swatted the bothersome gnats buzzing around him, and now the siege can continue....

Condolances and some extra-stength Burgundy wine to the survivors (uh, French ones) of the battle. Normandy's time will come, sooner than he realizes!!

The bothersome gnats have left a note for the Duke of Normandy, "don't get too comfortable we shall be back soon.
Charles III the Good"

Scar you will have to mark this day as the memorial day for the slaughter at Molasses Hill, and that was the English who got the Slaughtering since they outnumbered us so badly but we French have proven how much better we are at fighting.

Blathergut wrote:Condolances and some extra-stength Burgundy wine to the survivors (uh, French ones) of the battle. Normandy's time will come, sooner than he realizes!!

Ah, my dear Burgundy. How is the gout these days?

Quite fine...have some Burgundyettes massaging both feet...so much better than frolicking on a battlefield. *Counts the silver marks he's saving by not having a large force in the field.*

Blathergut wrote:Quite fine...have some Burgundyettes massaging both feet...so much better than frolicking on a battlefield. *Counts the silver marks he's saving by not having a large force in the field.*

And the French King doesn't mind you getting fat and rich while he is doing all the hard work? My dear Duke, you are a crafty fox.

Hey...it's a rough job but...eh...someone's gotta do it. I suspect I'll have to leave the ..ettes at home soon enough.

Ponders finally stirring and having a bit of fun. Checks the finances (Curses he can only hit up the loan shoppes in winter.) and ponders sallying north.

If you lost a battle this season, please send me where your army will retreat, or if your in a home province you can elect to retire to a castle.

Sent my riders ahead to make reservations for me and the boys. Scar I have sent you a pm with my travel itinerary.

Hi Guys:
We are waiting on one last retreat, then we can continue to the next phase.

I am going to allow England to retreat their army from Toulouse to Gascony, although the rules would require their elimination, as the territory is not "controlled" by France. The interpretation we will use going forward, its that for the elimination, the province must be controlled by the enemy (ie a different color disk) not just occupied by an opposing army. They will have to move again next turn, or take refuge in the castle, and not be allowed to recruit.

Thanks.

Scar

It appears the higher powers are taking pity on the defeated English k-nigits, the first good news they have had in a while perhaps?

Scar wrote:Hi Guys:
We are waiting on one last retreat, then we can continue to the next phase.

I am going to allow England to retreat their army from Toulouse to Gascony, although the rules would require their elimination, as the territory is not "controlled" by France. The interpretation we will use going forward, its that for the elimination, the province must be controlled by the enemy (ie a different color disk) not just occupied by an opposing army. They will have to move again next turn, or take refuge in the castle, and not be allowed to recruit.

Thanks.

Scar

Not wishing to heap pain on my ally, but I think it would be a good rule that if two armies meet in a province and the smaller army wishes/is forced to retreat, there should be a % chance of the larger force cutting off their retreat and forcing a battle. Otherwise larger forces will spend the whole game chasing ghosts back and forth.

It's a pain I would happily agree to.