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Headlines from Ivar Lykke-Buket of the Danish Daily in Volby over the last few days.

• Yet more entitled nobles infuriate the masses.

• Danish peasants demand flash clothes like their Hungarian cousins.

• Peasants refuse to work and put down pitchforks.

• Peasants vote for war.

• Peasants eventually realize they need to pick up pitchforks again.

• Lord Doyley, a local pitchfork manufacturer, joins the Imperial Army at Oxnebjerg

• Duke of Schleswig and Holstein rejects Lord Doyley's offer of cut price pitchforks for the Imperial Danish army

Open now for our merry lords, ladies and peasants...an integrated campaign launching soon on a new thread on 7th April. Register your interest now on this thread and PM your region and lists. Games can be played in any order, sequentially, some at a time, or all at once.

GDod wrote: ↑Mon Mar 21, 2022 6:03 am Open now for our merry lords, ladies and peasants...an integrated campaign launching soon on a new thread on 7th April. Register your interest now on this thread and PM your region and lists. Games can be played in any order, sequentially, some at a time, or all at once.
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Gavin you should open a new Page for this Campaign.

Team event moved to ... Team Event Biblical to Renaissance

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Headline from Ivar Lykke-Buket of the Danish Daily in Volby WAR ENDS against local lord and his Pitchfork monopoly amid a flurry of Seaside sized Puns

Doyley's liege-lord and his aristocratic cronies failed to turn back the tide of peasants furiously waving their sub-standard pitchforks in a sea of anger. GDod continues to surf the swell of good fortune, avoiding the ebb and flow of violence that has been dominant in the region over the previous months.
Alan's strategy of avoiding linear combat and preferring to gallop all over the field to isolate individual units almost paid dividends. One more turn would have seen the peasants flee in all directions but losses had accumulated in the imperialist ranks to such an extent that morale could not be maintained. The exception in the imperialist ranks were the blocks of mercenary pike. Not only did these Landsknecht mercenaries maintain their ground they almost threatened to derail the peasant army's ambitions by routing and fragging all who dared to charge them in front flank and rear. At the same time, with gendarmes and their supporting soldiers armed with arquebuses fleeing all over the field, they could have retired in good order. Nevertheless, with their pay masters gone and the imperial baggage train overrun, I fear they would have had little reason to continue in Doyley's service.
So, ends the peasant rebellion in Volby. Now, our Danish peasants can enjoy knight clubbing as well dressed as our dashing Hungarian cousins!

The game was always in doubt Alan. Your strategy was sound. Unfortunately, I had deployed in strength on both wings in anticipation of a Cannaen victory and the shear number of units were always against you.

A sound victory. My units dashing around the map was at times reminiscent of something out of Benny Hill (for those that are old enough to remember). Good game thanks.

Thanks for the nice report and comments - I think these should be transferred to the Round 3 thread please!

ahuyton wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:00 am Thanks for the nice report and comments - I think these should be transferred to the Round 3 thread please!

Done. The screens blurry and I keep forgetting to look for the next thread! Now where's my reading glasses and whiskey...

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