"I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred, and this is the tale of a blood feud. It is a tale of how I will take from my enemy what the law says is mine. And it is the tale of a woman and of her father, a king. He was my king and all that I have I owe to him. The food that I eat, the hall where I live, and the swords of my men, all came from Alfred, my king, who hated me." (from The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell)
The starting point is Britain in the mid-ninth century AD, divided into four rivalling Anglo-Saxon kingdoms with petty Briton remnant kingdoms in the west. Soon though that will change, with the "Great Heathen Army" arriving on British soil along the eastern shores, intent on conquering and occupying all of the Anglo-Saxon lands and reap their riches.
This is an idea of a tournament for Schweetness101's Dark Ages Britain Mod that I will run as administrator but only occasionally participate in as player. And the latter goes for everyone else as well!
Because Danelaw is an open tournament in the sense that players on an ad hoc basis and round by round take turns in announcing their interest to make attacks and play out the corresponding Field of Glory II:Ancients game in The Dark Ages Britain Mod, with another volunteering player as the opponent.
In addition, it is dynamic in the sense that a player may play as different factions over the course of the tournament, and all in mirror game format, thus playing both sides in two separate games. For example, he may one round play an Danish Viking army against one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms (and correspondingly as Anglo-Saxon against the Danes) only to a couple of rounds later reappear in a game with and against defending Britons of Strathclyde versus Kingdom of Northumbria, and then yet later make a landfall attack as the Norse-Irish upon Dumnonia (also defending in the other game). Thus, a player's success (and failure) in this tournament isn't directly measured by the fortunes of one faction but by his casualties inflicted and incurred in the games he's playing, whichever faction he's representing. (Factions may of course gain and lose territories on the map, based on battle outcomes, but this political situation only serves as acting as the backdrop and setting the scene for the ongoing development of the tournament.)
If all this sounds like fun, in combination with trying out Schweetness101's awesome Dark Ages Britain Mod, please let me know.
No one has to sign up right away, but may enter later on if interesting.I'm also doing a simple AAR on the same concept, albeit with alternate history HERE.
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