Slitherine

So with the Empire on its last legs and the Valois armies conquering almost all we arrive at the year 1530. Wil the empire finally fall?

Any Habsburg player except Kiwiwarlord or GDodd can choose Italian 1494-1530
Any Habsburg player except SMJohnso77 can choose English 1494-1542
Any Habsburg player can choose Austrian 1520-1533
All other Habsburg players will use Spanish-Imperial 1503-1533

Snugglebunnies or AHuyton can choose Scottish 1494-1557
Any Valois player can choose Danish 1523-1542
Any Valois player except PeterthePainter or AHuyton can choose German States 1494-152
All other Valois players will use French 1526-1549

I might try the Austrians this time.

And I'll give the Danes a try.

Thanks, Andre.

awesum4 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 21, 2023 4:54 am Any Habsburg player except Kiwiwarlord or GDodd can choose Italian 1494-1530

So Gavin has changed sides !!!

No he hasn't, but Gavin is a sneaky bugger and my records keep getting confused whenever he is involved.

Any Habsburg apart from you can use the Italians

I'm fine sticking with the French

French for me as well please.

Danish for me please.

Spanish for me please Andre.

I will stick with the French please. I started my last battle with them with trepidation but they did much better than I thought they would so I should show faith in them.

Since the Danish are already taken, I'll go with the French please.

awesum4 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 22, 2023 3:24 am No he hasn't, but Gavin is a sneaky bugger and my records keep getting confused whenever he is involved.

Any Habsburg apart from you can use the Italians

Est-ce que le dossier montre que j'aime un bon Danois ! Cependant, je vais m'en tenir au Français

So there is only one Valois invader;

GDod is using French 1526-1549 to fight Lascar using Spanish-Imperial 1503-1533 to capture Savoy

The Habsburg inva\ders are;
awesum4 using Spanish-Imperial 1503-1533 to capture Austria from Doyley50 using French 1526-1549
GentlemanRanker using Spanish-Imperial 1503-1533 to capture France from PeterthePainter using French 1526-1549
KiwiWarlord using Spanish-Imperial 1503-1533 to capture Venice from AlexdeTrojan using French 1526-1549
SMJohnso77 using spanish-Imperial 1503-1533 to capture Spain from Snugglebunnies using French 1526-1549
SpeedyCM using Austrian 1520-1533 to capture Germany from AHuyton using Danish 1523-1544

The invader sets up the battle, open battle, large armies in open terrain. Make the password 1530. Invader must win to capture the territory.

Good luck...go the Habsburgs

Yikes. I see I'm up against the indomitable KiwiWarlord...should I just offer up my retainership to you Brian and drop the formalities...oh wait, that's Sengoku Jidai...it's all been such a blur lately.

We have every faith in your generalship Alex.

Brian is just a Teddy bear in sheep's clothes...wait... a sheep in bear's clothing...um um a sheep in wolf's clothing. Or, was it a wolf in over-sized breeches...oh heck, just tickle his tummy and he'll roll over

GDod wrote: ↑Wed Apr 26, 2023 7:27 am We have every faith in your generalship Alex.

Brian is just a Teddy bear in sheep's clothes...wait... a sheep in bear's clothing...um um a sheep in wolf's clothing. Or, was it a wolf in over-sized breeches...oh heck, just tickle his tummy and he'll roll over

I was thinking of buying him a few pints, and see if he fights better or worse while tipsy.

AlexDetrojan wrote: ↑Wed Apr 26, 2023 11:59 pm

GDod wrote: ↑Wed Apr 26, 2023 7:27 am We have every faith in your generalship Alex.

Brian is just a Teddy bear in sheep's clothes...wait... a sheep in bear's clothing...um um a sheep in wolf's clothing. Or, was it a wolf in over-sized breeches...oh heck, just tickle his tummy and he'll roll over

I was thinking of buying him a few pints, and see if he fights better or worse while tipsy.

Just remember when Brian's tipsy his troops stumble to the right!

Awesum4 (32%) has retaken Austria from Doyley50 (60%)

The armies were almost even in numbers but taking the small Spanish pike and the Colonelas meant I had lots more solid foot units.
His Swiss rushed at me but as they weren't in a solid line I managed to get multiple units into his landsknecht pike, accepting that the Swiss would eventually win and then pursue for several turns.
My one unit of Gendarmes snuck through a hole and ran down both his artillery, while colonelas and massed arquebus helped by skirmishers destroyed his Gendarmes.
While his Swiss eventually got back into melee it was too late as I'd swamped the rest of his army.
A good game against a good opponent who unfortunately was unable to use the strengths of his army against a greater number of solid Spanish units.

awesum4 wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 12:14 am Awesum4 (32%) has retaken Austria from Doyley50 (60%)

The armies were almost even in numbers but taking the small Spanish pike and the Colonelas meant I had lots more solid foot units.
His Swiss rushed at me but as they weren't in a solid line I managed to get multiple units into his landsknecht pike, accepting that the Swiss would eventually win and then pursue for several turns.
My one unit of Gendarmes snuck through a hole and ran down both his artillery, while colonelas and massed arquebus helped by skirmishers destroyed his Gendarmes.
While his Swiss eventually got back into melee it was too late as I'd swamped the rest of his army.
A good game against a good opponent who unfortunately was unable to use the strengths of his army against a greater number of solid Spanish units.

A well deserved victory. I relied too much on the battering power of the Swiss while you were running rings around me. Well played!

SnuggleBunnies (French) defeats smjohnson (Spanish) 64-35

GG, my center was under strain, but the colunelas began to lose keil status with casualties, leading to a collapse.