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Mind-bogglingly popular game series that you follow from early on and cannot stop, waiting for new installment like a drooling addict.

Long-runner soap opera you're too invested into to just stop watching it.

A fun little comic strip in the daily newspaper that's been around forever.

3/6

Who said it's fun? I didn't for sure.

I'm just waiting here for it to die horribly already so it will stop showing on my Unread Posts list.

[Haspen]

grazt haspen you have not only created a civil war ingame you have also created a civil war outside of the game.
i love it.

Imic for Loyalists, Iituem for Pretenders.

Loyalists:
Use Loyalist Regiments and Defend the Nation!
Recycle The Grand Campaign

Pretender:
Use Charge!
Recycle Dealings with the Friends Abroad and To The Greener Pastures

Still no guy on both sides whom I can ask for cards to pick rather than having to comb the thread for votes v;

[Harry Baldman]

Ooh, sign me up to be a pretender as well.

Although maybe we can just become a republican revolt instead. We've not had a single clean succession yet and honestly the king quality has left a lot to be desired as well. Elective monarchy or bust!

[Haspen]

Loyalists play Loyalist Regiments (-2 Army)

Pretender counters with Charge! (-2 Army)

BATTLE! Loyalist 3d6 = 18, Pretender 2d6 = 11
Pretender's Battle Score is lowered by 7!
In late Autumn 1113 AD, the Loyalist and Pretender forces clashed in Battle of Aólnach, and the Loyalists were victorious.

Loyalists play Defend the Nation! (-1 Loyalty, +1 Army)

Loyalists discard The Grand Campaign (+1 Treasury, +3 Army)
Pretender discards To The Greener Pastures and Dealings with the Friends Abroad (+2 Treasury)

STATUS AFTER TURN 1:

Loyalists:
4 Loyalty, 6 Treasury, 7 Army.
Battle Score: 0

Pretender:
5 Loyalty, 7 Treasury, 3 Army.
Battle Score: -7

Civil War, Turn 2 (Spring 1114 AD)

Both sides receive new set of Cards!

Spoiler: Loyalist Cards (click to show/hide)

15. The Great Purge
Cost: 3 Loyalty
Effect: Pretender loses 1 Army, 1 Treasury and 2 Loyalty
"Apologies, but I have to report that there are some disloyal subjects, who symphatize with Pretender's plight..." "Burn them." "...um, don't you think that's a little bit har-" "ALL OF THEM!!"

6. Abandon the Throne
Cost: -
Effect: Loyalist Side SURRENDER
Lo and behold, it turns out that the Pretender's claim is more valid. Let us abandon the throne to him, lest the civil war destroys our country any further.

7. The Grand Campaign
Cost: 1 Treasury, 3 Army
Effect: Battle: 4d6
"The loyalists numbered in many thousands, and they moved as one wave, crushing all opposition across the land." - Eric, the Royal Historian

Spoiler: Pretender Cards (click to show/hide)

3. Spread-Out Siege Campaign
Cost: 2 Army
Effect: Coin Toss. Heads: Loyalist loses 2 Army; Tails: Loyalist loses 1 Army and 1 Treasury
"We strike here, here, here and here. Besiege the vital loyalist encampments. Raid the surroundings. Then, they will come and beg us for mercy. Mwahahaha!" - Soloc, the Usurper

12. Foreign Auxiliaries
Cost: 1 Treasury
Effect: Battle: 1d6
A civil war is an opportunity to all; especially for those armed, greedy foreigners just across the border.

15. Supplies From Abroad
Cost: 1 Treasury
Effect: Repairs your Battle Score by +5.
Our future subjects might not be willing to provide for us; fortunately, our friends on the other side of the border will.

[Harry Baldman]

I dunno, play all of them I guess? We might be able to deplete the Loyalists entirely that way.

[Iituem]

Pretenders:  Let us spend our hard-stolen cash on Cards 2 & 3, to bolster ourselves against the fight and defend against the threat of 'Loyalist' scum!

Edit:  I'd argue against playing Card 1; it would deplete our Army dangerously and only damage resources the enemy has a-plenty, making us vulnerable to a similar tactic from their side.

[Harry Baldman]

Pretenders:  Let us spend our hard-stolen cash on Cards 2 & 3, to bolster ourselves against the fight and defend against the threat of 'Loyalist' scum!

Edit:  I'd argue against playing Card 1; it would deplete our Army dangerously and only damage resources the enemy has a-plenty, making us vulnerable to a similar tactic from their side.

Good point, +1 to this!

[Maximum Spin]

Support using cards 2 & 3. I am also totally willing to be the guy who picks the cards for our side!

[Twinwolf]

For the loyalists - Card number 1 would bring us dangerously low on Loyalty, although it'd hurt them badly. Card 2 is right out. That leaves Card 3., which we can well afford now.

Also on the matter of who picks the cards - I'd be willing to do it for the Loyalists if nobody else wants to.

Also, while not looking at the traitors current cards, looking at the list sorta implies the general population is against them. Just saying.

[Tiruin]

Pretenders:  Let us spend our hard-stolen cash on Cards 2 & 3, to bolster ourselves against the fight and defend against the threat of 'Loyalist' scum!

Edit:  I'd argue against playing Card 1; it would deplete our Army dangerously and only damage resources the enemy has a-plenty, making us vulnerable to a similar tactic from their side.

I didn't know the whole turn would move WHILENOTHING HAPPENED in the span of my waking day

Hmpf! Glad to know we can play 2 cards.
So I tallied all them cards since I guess we can RP lite, here. Because Quartermasters take care of CHARTS AND GRAPHS for people right? Not food?
Also used cards aren't in play right? :v Because I removed what we used.

Spoiler: TRUE LOYALIST {Pretenders} ARSENAL (click to show/hide)

[1] 3. Spread-Out Siege Campaign
Cost: 2 Army
Effect: Coin Toss. Heads: Loyalist loses 2 Army; Tails: Loyalist loses 1 Army and 1 Treasury
"We strike here, here, here and here. Besiege the vital loyalist encampments. Raid the surroundings. Then, they will come and beg us for mercy. Mwahahaha!" - Soloc, the Usurper

[2] 12. Foreign Auxiliaries
Cost: 1 Treasury
Effect: Battle: 1d6
A civil war is an opportunity to all; especially for those armed, greedy foreigners just across the border.

[3] 15. Supplies From Abroad
Cost: 1 Treasury
Effect: Repairs your Battle Score by +5.
Our future subjects might not be willing to provide for us; fortunately, our friends on the other side of the border will.

Also I was all o_O at Iiteum's post until I remembered we were voting by serial number, not by card number. HUMPF.

Cash it up on 2&3, yep! Save or use #1 though, but recycling or not using 2 seems best since it is a contested battle.
Although if we use nothing, they get a free shot if they attack...

Say how many cards can we use again? I missed the post which said so.

[mightymushroom]

You can play as many cards as you can afford.

[Haspen]

Twinwolf for leader of Loyalist side and Maximum Spin for leader of Pretender side, then.

Loyalists:
Use The Grand Campaign
Recycle The Great Purge and Abandon the Throne

Pretender:
Use Foreign Auxiliaries and Supplies From Abroad
Recycle Spread-Out Siege Campaign

Because both sides now have Leaders, all I need from now on is simply Twinwolf's and Maximum Spin's bolded decisions to do the updates ;v

[Twinwolf]

Use The Grand Campaign and recycle the other two, yes.

[Tiruin]

Twinwolf for leader of Loyalist side and Maximum Spin for leader of Pretender side, then.

Pick 1 and 3, leader! 2 is just tiny and small!

[mightymushroom]

Well, overtaken by events. Glad Marshall Twinwolf had an easy decision this turn.
Any so-called Loyalist who argues with that one can do so while shoveling out the latrine pits.

*salute* Sir, may I present my general advice:

• Looking at the full decks, I see that most "Enemy loses resources" cards strike for 1 or sometimes 2 points. This is the dangerous level we must keep in mind when spending.
• The wincons and rules of Battle encourage playing those cards whenever possible; by extension our Army is the most important resource to have on hand. (The Spymaster notes the dastardly pretender has more options to use treasury instead.)
• I reiterate my call to end this as quickly as possible, for the good of all Methiant. Never hold back any reasonable play for income. Take chances, even; card game resources may or may not translate directly to kingdom resources at the end but I'm very sure that prolonged war will scar the land, lose our new silver mine, etc.

And Tiruin, I feel your pain. One of our cards was revised while I slept and I didn't have a chance to argue it based on the new balance.
Told you guys we should play it! Would have been great!

[Criptfeind]

Sure, I guess 2 and 3 are good. Burn 1, it's a card for when one is winning. Not when one is loosing.