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Title: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - COMPLETED
Post by: notquitethere on May 16, 2023, 07:09:40 am

Hedge Lords

For your services to King Alkabar in the conquest of Thornland, you have been granted a castle on the western marches. This rugged, mountainous borderland, known as the Hedge, is riddled with Thornish holdouts, the native Squelsh barbarians, and unusual magic and monsters.

Your county is what you can carve out. Pick a spot for your castle, create your lord, and put your stamp on the Hedge! The game involves raising armies, sending them out and conquering neighbouring areas, growing your county, tile-by-tile, and defending it from encroaching monsters.

This game is can be played competitively or co-operatively, feel free to make whatever arrangements before or during the game with the other Marquesses and Marchionesses as you see fit.

The game will start when we have at least one castle in each of the four eastern sectors.

Stuff You Should Look At

Spoiler: Lord & Castle Creation (click to show/hide)

Marquess/Marchioness [Name]
Background: (Pick from Background list below - no two players can have the same background)
Castle Name:
Castle Location (Anywhere from 13-15, not adjacent to another castle)
Border Colour: [Red/Green/Blue/Yellow/etc]
Army: 3/10
Defence: 10/10 (if it reaches 0 and your castle has 0 units left defending it, you lose)
Wood Production: 0
Recruitment: 0
Gold: 5
Income: 1
Debt: 0
Features: [Pick 3 castle features from the list below and update stats accordingly]
Forts (location, defense 5/5, armies assigned): n/a
Artefacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: None

Features
Defence
Moat: +6/6 defence
Tower: +4/4 defence, increase maximum army size by +1 (can be bought up to four times)
Keep: +3/+3 defence, your last defender cannot be killed during a siege until your defence is less than 3.
Resources
Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
Barracks: Increase maximum army size by +3
Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
Marketplace: +1 income (+1 gold/turn)
Knowledge/Production
Library: Each turn you will learn about an artefact or site and what sector it was last known to be in.*
Bowyer's Workshop: -1 wood required for making bows.
Shipyard (coast only): -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.

Backgrounds
Each background is unique, so check what other players pick when you choose one
Noble: +5 starting gold and your title is Count or Countess.
Hero: Start with a random artefact
General: Start with +3 armies
Spymaster: Start with ten random squares within your castle's sector and the sector immediately west of it already scouted.
Thornish Defector: Start with +1 army, +1 siege equipment and knowledge of the closest Thorn fort
Squelsh Exile: Start with knowledge of the closest two settlements and a distant Unusual Site
Useless Relative: You're a relative of King Alkabar, your title is Prince or Princess. Start with +20 debt and +1 additional castle feature.
Bone Reckoner: Start with 1 skeleton and 1 skeleton archer unit. (Skeletons do not count towards your maximum army count but must be sent on assignments with living armies to guide them)
Master Builder: Start with +3 stone.
Naval Captain: Start with +2 boats
Armourer: Start with two equipment (2 bows, or 2 siege weapons, or one of each)

*the location is rolled twice and the closest is picked, so libraries are more likely to reveal closer artefacts/sites, but all knowledge is public.

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

(https://i.imgur.com/Hl7ukS4.png)

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

Each turn you can perform actions from the following. Duplicate actions are allowed. Actions with [A] require armies. Unassigned armies will defend your castle. Actions with [D] happen during your turn and won't appear in turn reports.

1. [A] March
2. [A] Scout
3. [A] Patrol
4. [A][D] Build a fort
5. [D] Build equipment
6. [D] Repair castle
7. [D] Expand castle
8. [D] Buy/sell resources
9. [D] Dismantle

March
Choose some number of men from your army to seize an adjacent zone next to your county borders (diagonal squares are adjacent). Sea-only zones can't be marched on (though they can be marched through as if you owned the square). Boats and ships are needed to expand over water.

Expansion will reveal any special resources, forests, or other sites.

If the site is occupied, expanding into it will likely result in a fight. As such, expanding into unscouted territory can be risky!

You can assign seige weapons when attacking forts and castles, they are expended whether the attack is successful or not. See Combat below.

Scout
Assign one army to scout any unexplored area within three squares of your border: the scout will reveal the contents of every tile it passes through. If it reaches an occupied tile, it will return home with a report. If it reaches a hill, it will give a land report of adjacent territories (though they won't know what features the land contains or whether it's defended). A scout will pick up any unguarded treasure it finds on its journeys.

Boats or ships can be given to scouts to pass through a number of squares before scouting (see Travel below).

Patrol
Assign an army to any two adjacent squares that you own without a castle or fort. They will patrol the squares. Patrolling armies are less defended than fortified armies, but it can still be a good way of defending your territory. Boats or ships are needed to patrol over water. Any attackers that attack a patrolled tile will face the patrol in defence. If there is an adjacent fort, the patrol will retreat there as soon as they are outnumbered (including before the first round of attack).

Equipment
You can spend:
2 wood to gain 1 bows
2 wood to build 1 seige weapon
2 wood to build 1 boat
8 wood to build 1 ship


Each siege weapon spent gives you +1 to attacking castles.
Each boat transports 2 armies, up to 2 squares
Each ship transports up to 10 armies up to 5 squares
Each bows can be equipped to a unit to make them archers: they gain +1 to combat rolls during sieges, but can be killed with a 5 outside of sieges

Boats and ships are lost if the accompanying armies are wiped out.

Forts
You can spend 5 wood to build a fort on a square in your county. You cannot build a fort on a tile which already has a feature (a fort, quarry, mine, etc). Assign at 1-3 armies to man the fort. They will defend that fort each turn. Boats and ships may be assigned to fort (or indeed a castle) to allow fort defence across water. Additional armies can always be assigned to a fort (up to the maximum of 3), and armies assigned to a fort do not count to your maximum army size. Armies can be reassigned from a fort if you have capacity in your castle.

Forts give +4 defence at base. You can repace wood for stone in the construction of your fort, giving +1 defence for each stone spent this way.
 
Forts are a great way to keep hold of your territory. Armies assigned to a fort are reservists: they can either be set to defend the fort, or patrol adjacent squares. They cannot be sent to scout or march.

Repairing/Expanding

You can repair the defence of a castle by spending 1 stone for +1 defence to its maximum. You can repair the wood of a fort, up to 5 defence, otherwise stone must be used. (e.g. a fort is at 3/8 health, you would need to spend 2 wood and 3 stone to fully repair it.)

You can gain new features for your castle by spending 10 stone per feature.

Buying/Selling
You can sell any 2 resources for 1 gold, or buy any one resource for 2 gold.

Resources: wood, armies, stone

Dismantling/Destroying
- You can dismantle a castle, gaining 2 stone, +2 stone for each feature. If it is your last castle, you will be eliminated.
- You can dismantle a fort, gaining 1 wood, and, if the fort has more than 4 wall health, 1 stone.
- You can spend 3 stone to fill in a mine permanently removing it.
- You may flood a quarry, turning it into a water tile that spills across its border.
- You may burn down a forest or village. Converts the tile into a blank space. +20 chance of Squelsh retribution (+50 if it's a holy site.)
- You may spend 10 stone to wall up a lair, preventing it from spawning new units (if it were captured by monsters etc.).

Stuff You Can Read About Later

Spoiler: Resources (click to show/hide)

At the start of each turn, you gain +1 wood for each forest, +1 army size for each village, +2 gold from each mine, +1 stone from a quarry. Your castle may also produce extra resources. Recruitment = + army. Income = + gold.

Players are responsible for tracking their own resource gain and expenditure.

Spoiler: Taking Turns and Timing Out (click to show/hide)

Taking Turns
Turns usually last 36 hours, but can be longer at the discretion of the GM. Players are encouraged not to edit their turns too much as it creates more work and makes it more likely that mistakes will be made in the update. The GM reserves the right not to notice that an edit has been made and work with an earlier version.

Catching Up
If a player misses a turn, on their next turn they may collect all the resources for their missed turn. The each of their scouts may have two scouting runs, to somewhat make up for lost time. Library research happens as normal even if a player doesnt' submit a turn.

Timing Out
If a player misses two consecutive turns then they may be timed out. Their castle falls into ruin (it takes 3d6 damage), and is taken up as a lair (roll twice on the monster table). Any forts they owned are reverted to the Thornish (1d3), taken over by Squelsh (1d6), or become lairs (equal random chance). All other lands revert to their former use, with ? placed on the map as new inhabitants may move in. Any artefacts and resources they stockpiled are left in the castle, along with any monster units they owned (which revert to the wild).

Spoiler: Sites (click to show/hide)

A non-exhaustive list of types of site:

Castle/fort: This is a stronghold and men from a castle or fort. Adjacent patrols can retreat here.
Forest: Gives you 1 wood at the start of each turn.
Village: Recruitment gives you +1 army at the start of each turn.
Hill: Scouting and expanding onto a hill also reveals the terrain types of adjacent squares. Hills give forts and patrols additional defense (-1 attacker combat roll).
Mine: A mine gives +2 gold each turn.
Quarry: A quarry gives +1 stone each turn

There are other unique sites with more unusual effects.

Spoiler: Travelling (click to show/hide)

You can only attack squares which are adjacent to your borders, unless you are passing through water first, or another Hedge Lord gives permission for you travel through his or her county. They may wish to do this so you can break a siege, or attack a mutual enemy.

Mountains block direction of travel across squares (often on a diagonal). So long as you have the necessary boats or ships, you may take pass through any body of water even if you don't own the squares. The water squares don't count towards scout square limitation, but the coast land is neither scouted not attacked.

Example: Marquess Malecky owns T13 and everything west of it is unoccipied. He decides to use a boat to travel two squares to T11, ignoring the shore territory, to send a scout up from T11, S11 and R11. Later, he sends an army in a boat to attack T11 in much the same way, ignoring the squares in between.

You may additionally give any resources (in trade or otherwise) to other players. Gifts arrive immediately.

Spoiler: Win Condition (click to show/hide)

The game ends when every land square is a part of a county or when no more squares can be contested or when all but one player is defeated.

Surviving players will be ranked on how big their county is and how low their debt is.

Scoring:
+10 for each land square in the county joined up with your main castle
+1 for each land square not joined to your main castle
-1 for each gold of debt

Spoiler: Losing and Retaking Castles (click to show/hide)

A player is eliminated if their castle is conquered and they have no armies remaining. Any armies they had out scouting, on patrol, in forts, on the march etc., can be used to beseige their castle and take it back. If a seige is currently underway, these outside troops can either try to break the seige and attack as a normal combat from the outside (with nowhere to retreat back to) or they can fight their way through to behind the lines, suffering an attack from the seiging army with any survivors moving into defence.

Player allies can assist in retaking a castle, but if none of the original player's armies are remaining and they have no castle, then that Marcher Lord is defeated.

While a player has no castle, they are considered a roving force: they take no resources from features, but they still have access to any resources or equipment they owned (assumed to be smuggled out by loyal servants). Once the last army dies, any remaining resources and equipment are left at the final battlefield. Roving forces can still take resources from terrain they own, and may still buy and sell in order to maintain an army. The roving force can only increase their number of armies through villages and purchases if their force is below 10 armies. All units should be assigned an action that puts them somewhere on the map, as any unassigned units will be lost to desertion.

Game Mechanics That You Don't Have To Immediately Know To Play

Spoiler: Tile Generation (click to show/hide)

Scouting and expanding into unexplored tiles creates a tile generation, which starts with a roll on the Terrain Type table, which can lead to other rolls. You don't have to read all this if you want to just be surprised.

Terrain type
Roll 1d8 for ee, 1d10 for ww-e:
1-2. Marshland. Roll on terrain feature with +1
3-4. Hill. Roll on terrain feature with -2. -4 if adjacent to a mountain.
5-6. Forest. Roll on terrain feature.
7-8. Village. 1d4-1 Squelsh barbarian units defending
9. Lair. Roll on monster table twice. Lair has a hoard of 2d6 gold
10. Unusual Site. Random unique unusual site.

Terrain Feature
Roll 1d8.
-3--2. Gold Mine. Reroll on this table with 1d8.
-1-0. Quarry. Reroll on this table with 1d8.
1. Thornish Fort: 3+1d5 defence (with 1d4 damage if unoccupied). 1d4-1 Thornish armies (each drop 1d2-1 gold on death).
2-3. Easy Monsters (roll 1d4 on monster table)
4. Monsters (roll 1d8 on monster table)
5. Squelsh Barbarian Ambush (2d4 Squelsh Barbarians, they attack first if not seen before. Squelshmen Barbarians always rampage with poor defence: you and them both get +1 to combat rolls meaning fatalities more likely on either side.)
6. Treasure (roll on hoard table). Roll again here.
7-8 Empty
9. Bog Hag (accompanied by 2d2 Bog Cats who prefentially take hits for her. Will curse anyone who fights her: while she lives: -1 income, -1 recruitment, -1 wood production, -1 stone production, to a minimum of 0 each)

Hoard
Roll 1d6
1. +1d4 stone
2. +1d5 wood
3. +1d6 gold
4. +1d3-1 stone, +1d3-1 wood, +1d3 gold
5. Thornish deserters: +1d3 armies
6. Artefact. Roll on artefact table

Monsters
Roll 1d8
0. 1 Bloodsinger (has an artefact, if undefended, will flee if fails to win counterattack and if unoccupied zone adjacent)
1. 1d4+1 Wolves (if any are killed, the rest will flee to an adjacent unoccupied zone if possible)
2. Bog Cat (attackers take -1 to combat rolls, failure to defeat the Bog Cat turns the terrain into Marshland, it gains +1 combat rolls in Marshland)
3. 1d4 Wisps (at most, 1 wisp can be killed in a single attack roll)
4. 1d4 Rampaging Boar (attacks first two times in a row)
5. 1d2 Bone Reckoner (each accompanied by 1d4 skeletons fighters and 1d3-1 skeletal archers (+1 attack/defence in sieges, can be killed with a 5 outside of sieges), crumble if unaccompanied)
6. Giant (equivalant to 3 armies, destroys defence on a 2-7 when beseiging, drops 1 wood on death)
7. Dragon (equivalent to 5 armies, always attacks first, drops 3d6 gold on death)
8. Horde: roll twice on Monster table with 1d8-1.

Unusual Sites
- The list is unknown to Alkabrian invaders, though with scouting or learned sages in libraries, more knowledge may be gleaned.

Artefacts
A random unique artefact is selected. Artefacts must be assigned to a specific army to be used during a turn. These are known artefacts, but there are many more yet unknown to the Alkabrian invaders:
- Shield of Earth - The army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders.
- Bloody Standard - +1 to attacker's combat rolls
- The Pellucid Orb - +1 to scout travel distance
- Verbian Tusk - Summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars at the start of each combat
- Shimmering Coin - +2 on rolls that determine gold amounts

Spoiler: Combat and Sieges (click to show/hide)

Ordinarily, attackers attack first, then defenders attack. If a fort or castle is being attacked, a siege happens instead. If there are special units, who is killed in an exchange is usually randomly assigned.

Normal Combat
Each player army unit rolls 1d8:
5-8+: -1 enemy
Then each enemy army unit rolls 1d8:
6-8+: -1 player army
This exchange continues until either the defenders are all dead, or the attackers withdraw. The attackers withdraw to regroup if at least half their number die in an attack.

Attackers have the superior advantage here: the Alkabarian marcher lords are well armed and trained compared to most opposition they face in the Hedge. Attackers kill enemy units on a 6-8 if the enemy is also a Hedge Lord.

Sieges
If the fort or castle has at least one defence:
Each attacking army unit rolls 1d8:
5-7: -1 defence. 8+: -1 defender
Then each defending army unit rolls 1d8:
7-8+: -1 attacker

If there are no defenders alive, the fort or castle is taken. High walls are great equalisers, and so the rolls are the same regardless of whether it's player or enemy factions defending in the siege. Unlike regular combat, each round of combat in a siege lasts a turn. Attackers may always withdraw or send more armies and equipment to a siege between turns. Player characters may choose to break a siege, sallying forth on their turn, treating the attack as a normal combat.

Repairs, improvement construction, and resource gain from features cannot occur at a castle that is being beseiged, and forts may not be repaired. Armies in a castle or fort when attacked cannot be reassigned to anything other breaking the seige while they are beseiged.

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

After all the players' turns have been processed, each of the following happens in this order:
- Any dragons revealed have a repeating 1/2 chance of flying to a random adjacent square. When they stop, they will attack whatever is there and, if surviving make their new home. If they encounter monsters, they will instead join the monsters peacefully.
- For each Squelshman a Hedge Lord has had killed, there's a 1% chance of a reprisal attack. The attack will be 2d4 Squelshman targeting a random square bordering unclaimed land. Undefended land will be lost. More than one lord can suffer reprisals in a round (the chance is calculated separately for each Lord), with the most hated Lord attacked first and then on down.
- Undefeated, unseiged Thornish holdouts will gain +1 size. If they have in excess of 3 units in a fort, they'll attack the nearest random county square in force (if successful, up to 3 survivors will return to the fort). If the square was just conquered, they will fight the force that took it.
- Undefeated lairs and monster-controlled forts and castles have a 1/3 chance of gaining more monsters, rolling on the monster table
- If ten monster units (or allies of monster units) are present in any one square and they aren't besieging it, they will march on the nearest player-owned castle or fort unless stopped by intervening patrols (if they defeat or scare away a patrol, they will keep marching). Any monster that they meet on the march will join the horde!
- If monsters are besieging from a previous turn, they will continue the siege, possible joined other marching monsters.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 0/4
Post by: Kashyyk on May 16, 2023, 07:47:51 am

Oooh, yes please.

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Background: Useless Relative
Castle Name: Shandston's Folly
Castle Location: H14
Border Colour: Orange
Army: 3/11 (10 Base + 1 Tower)
Defence: 14/14 (10 Base, +1 Tower)
Wood Production: 0
Recruitment: 1 (0 Base +1 Mustering Yard)
Gold: 6
Income: 2 (1 Base +1 Marketplace)
Debt: 20
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
Forts (location, defense 5/5, armies assigned): n/a
Artefacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 1/4
Post by: notquitethere on May 16, 2023, 08:01:12 am

Looking good. Just remembered I forgot to include Border Colour on the sheet, so we can tell the counties apart on the map. OP is updated, go ahead and pick a colour.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 1/4
Post by: Kashyyk on May 16, 2023, 08:10:59 am

Added. Is there any way to pay off debt? Also I don't think I saw any way to go into debt in the rules. Is there any way to build Villages, Mines, or Quarries? Finally, can you duplicate any features other than Towers?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 0/4
Post by: Criptfeind on May 16, 2023, 08:14:37 am

This looks pretty cool. Going to whip up a character. Does the library "fix" the location of artifacts that would be found via tile generation, or does it only ping whatever fixed unusual artifact/sites are a fixed part of the map already?

If you have an archers outside of a siege who are accompanied by normal units, will they die to 5s from the start, or only once all the normal units are dead?

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Castle Location P14
Border Colour: Blue
Army: 3/13
Defence: 10/10 (if it reaches 0 and your castle has 0 units left defending it, you lose)
Wood Production: 1
Recruitment: 1
Gold: 5
Income: 1
Debt: 0
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove
Forts (location, defense 5/5, armies assigned): n/a
Artefacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: 1 Skeleton 1 Skeleton Archer

Edit: Swapped to P to maybe be a bit further away from Kashyyk and his library in case two being so close is too much competition.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 1/4
Post by: notquitethere on May 16, 2023, 08:51:17 am

Quote from: Kashyyk on May 16, 2023, 08:10:59 am

Added. 1. Is there any way to pay off debt? 2. Also I don't think I saw any way to go into debt in the rules. 3. Is there any way to build Villages, Mines, or Quarries? 4. Finally, can you duplicate any features other than Towers?

1. Not at the start of the game
2. Some special sites or artefacts may interact with debt, but nothing else at the start of the game
3. No, though again, some artefacts may change this
4. No, though if you have more than one castle you get the benefit from repeated features.

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 16, 2023, 08:14:37 am

Does the library "fix" the location of artifacts that would be found via tile generation, or does it only ping whatever fixed unusual artifact/sites are a fixed part of the map already?

Almost nothing is fixed at the start of the game, it's newly generated as long as there are still unknown tiles.

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 16, 2023, 08:14:37 am

If you have an archers outside of a siege who are accompanied by normal units, will they die to 5s from the start, or only once all the normal units are dead?

Yes, they can die from any 5s. They are best in forts and castles, or with an artefact that grants defence.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 2/4
Post by: Egan_BW on May 16, 2023, 09:04:04 am

Yo, no time to make a sheet now, but I'd like to claim the noble background and the 14s island, if possible.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 2/4
Post by: notquitethere on May 16, 2023, 09:07:50 am

Quote from: Egan_BW on May 16, 2023, 09:04:04 am

Yo, no time to make a sheet now, but I'd like to claim the noble background and the 14s island, if possible.

That's fine. I suggest you read about boats if you haven't already, as you won't be able to expand off the island without them (they can be reused once you have them).

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 2/4
Post by: Egan_BW on May 16, 2023, 09:09:16 am

Or wait, criptfiend is already in ss sector. The sheet just says I can't be adjacent to another castle, but the fact that there's a 4 player limit and that we start when there's a castle in each sector implies I can't start in the same sector.

ed: I read everything in stuff you should read thus far. Can I send boats farther than 2 squares if I take multiple turns to do so, or do they return automatically? I'll probably want ships then to go coast hopping.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 2/4
Post by: notquitethere on May 16, 2023, 09:11:44 am

Quote from: Egan_BW on May 16, 2023, 09:09:16 am

Or wait, criptfiend is already in ss sector. The sheet just says I can't be adjacent to another castle, but the fact that there's a 4 player limit and that we start when there's a castle in each sector implies I can't start in the same sector.

I've updated the title to be a bit clearer. There's a minimum of 4 players. Players can start in the same sector so long as they're not adjacent. I think, given where players have already picked to go, there's a max number of player at 6.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 3/4+
Post by: Criptfeind on May 16, 2023, 09:13:32 am

I'll move myself up some if you want.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 3/4+
Post by: Egan_BW on May 16, 2023, 09:17:13 am

Nah, I'm fine with having a close neighbor. I plan on scouting and support, so it's nice to have someone to support, yeah? :p

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 3/4+
Post by: VermilionSkies on May 16, 2023, 09:23:58 am

Spoiler: Marquess Gerald Wright(Edit) (click to show/hide)

Marquess Gerald Wright
Background: Master Builder
Castle Name:
Castle Location K14
Border Colour: Maroon
Army: 3/10
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 1
Recruitment: 1
Gold: 5
Income: 2
Debt: 0
Wood: 0
Stone: 3
Features: Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace
Forts (location, defense 5/5, armies assigned): n/a
Artefacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: None

Alright, time to see how many forts I can build.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 3/4+
Post by: Criptfeind on May 16, 2023, 09:29:44 am

Quote from: Egan_BW on May 16, 2023, 09:17:13 am

Nah, I'm fine with having a close neighbor. I plan on scouting and support, so it's nice to have someone to support, yeah? :p

Sure. There doesn't appear to be travel time, so I suppose that territories have relatively little need to be condensed. I might bump myself up just a little bit anyway just to have a slightly more comfortable early exploration distance

A question For scouts, since they "reveal the contents of every tile it passes through" does that mean that scouts in essence scout 3 tiles per turn? If that's the case, can we choose which 3 tiles, or will they move to maximize exploration or is there a possibility they won't move in a way we like? Like if I'm at P14 and say "scout P11 and Q12" The P11 scout will always go though P12 and 13, but the Q12 has several routes, which could go over 1, 2, or 3 new tiles depending on how it moves.

Second question: For Forts and Castles, when they defend nearby territories, what does that mean?

Quote from: VermilionSkies on May 16, 2023, 09:23:58 am

Spoiler: Marquess Gerald Wright (click to show/hide)

Marquess Gerald Wright
Background: Master Builder
Castle Name:
Castle Location G14
Border Colour: Orange
Army: 3/10
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 1
Recruitment: 1
Gold: 5
Income: 1
Debt: 0
Features: Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace
Forts (location, defense 5/5, armies assigned): n/a
Artefacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: None

Alright, time to see how many forts I can build.

You're starting directly adjacent to Kashyyk, maybe that was intended but if not maybe you might want to move a bit further north :P. Maybe you two intend to be friends but that close is pretty dangerous if anyone decides to go for a backstab :P

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 3/4+
Post by: Kashyyk on May 16, 2023, 09:39:43 am

We also seem to have three Orange Counties. Can you two go pick something else please?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 3/4+
Post by: Criptfeind on May 16, 2023, 09:41:03 am

Ah, sorry, I read your sheet before colors were added. I didn't notice you picked orange. I'll swap to green green is a terrible idea on a green map, I'll go blue.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 3/4+
Post by: VermilionSkies on May 16, 2023, 09:43:00 am

There we go, moved a section down and swapped to maroon.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 3/4+
Post by: a1s on May 16, 2023, 10:08:43 am

I want in, but don't have the time to submit a sheet just now (should be free 3 hours from now)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 2/4
Post by: notquitethere on May 16, 2023, 10:14:44 am

Quote from: Egan_BW on May 16, 2023, 09:09:16 am

ed: I read everything in stuff you should read thus far. Can I send boats farther than 2 squares if I take multiple turns to do so, or do they return automatically? I'll probably want ships then to go coast hopping.

You can coast hop by taking territory. You travel out from your borders, so if you conquer a square then your next journey will be from your new borders. Ships can go further and take more armies, of course. But boats can help you expand in the immediate vicinity. To make everyone's life easier, there is no unit position tracking in this game other than for monsters, inhabitants of forts/castles, and sieges. A boat or ship can only be used for one journey per turn, of course.

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To characters with libraries: all knowledge in this game is public knowledge (we can imagine the courts are very gossipy and spies are everywhere), so new sites will be listed on the public map and artefact locations will be listed in the thread. (Again, to make my life easier). To give some kind of advantage, research is more likely to reveal something close to the researcher (I'll update the OP to make that clearer).

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Quote from: VermilionSkies on May 16, 2023, 09:23:58 am

Spoiler: Marquess Gerald Wright (click to show/hide)

Marquess Gerald Wright
Background: Master Builder
Castle Name:
Castle Location G14
Border Colour: Orange
Army: 3/10
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 1
Recruitment: 1
Gold: 5
Income: 1
Debt: 0
Features: Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace
Forts (location, defense 5/5, armies assigned): n/a
Artefacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: None

Alright, time to see how many forts I can build.

I don't mind how players record their sheets (as they're responsible for updating them) but with the market you probably want to increase your income by 1. With master Builder, you should add a line for Stone or Resources to record the three stone. As H14 is already taken by Kashyyk, you can't build in G14. Go north a bit more.

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 16, 2023, 09:29:44 am

A question For scouts, since they "reveal the contents of every tile it passes through" does that mean that scouts in essence scout 3 tiles per turn? If that's the case, can we choose which 3 tiles, or will they move to maximize exploration or is there a possibility they won't move in a way we like? Like if I'm at P14 and say "scout P11 and Q12" The P11 scout will always go though P12 and 13, but the Q12 has several routes, which could go over 1, 2, or 3 new tiles depending on how it moves.

They go the most direct route, maximising exploration. But it's worth noting that because they turn back if the tile is occupied, they won't normally go the full three squares unless they get very lucky.

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 16, 2023, 09:29:44 am

Second question: For Forts and Castles, when they defend nearby territories, what does that mean?

I realise the OP was very unclear about defending/patrolling. Actually this was a small gap in the rules I had forgotten to update. I've changed the OP accordingly but in short: armies in forts/castles defend the castle, and patrols adjacent to caslte will retreat there if outnumbered. Patrols are a way to put units in defence of tiles.

Quote from: a1s on May 16, 2023, 10:08:43 am

I want in, but don't have the time to submit a sheet just now (should be free 3 hours from now)

Sounds good.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 3/4+
Post by: Quarque on May 16, 2023, 10:18:01 am

Spoiler: Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven (click to show/hide)

Marquess Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven
Background: Naval Captain
Castle Name: Bockelstein
Castle Location: C13
Border Colour: Yellow
Army: 3/10
Defence: 10/10 (if it reaches 0 and your castle has 0 units left defending it, you lose)
Wood Production: 1
Recruitment: 1
Gold: 5
Income: 1
Debt: 0
Features:
* Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
* Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
* Shipyard (coast only): -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
Forts (location, defense 5/5, armies assigned): n/a
Artefacts: None
Equipment: 2 boats
Special Units: None

edit: changed background to Naval Captain, replaced bowyard with mustering yard

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 4/4+
Post by: Criptfeind on May 16, 2023, 10:23:26 am

Are sieges slower then battles? Battles say that rolls are made until a winner is decided, sieges don't have that line, and some mechanics (like castles not making resources when sieges and castle defenders in a siege not being assigned to anything but breaking siege) only make sense if sieges take more then a turn, but it's a bit unclear to me how that works, especially from the attackers side.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 4/4+
Post by: VermilionSkies on May 16, 2023, 10:50:47 am

Edits have been made to my sheet.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 4/4+
Post by: notquitethere on May 16, 2023, 10:59:52 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 16, 2023, 10:23:26 am

Are sieges slower then battles? Battles say that rolls are made until a winner is decided, sieges don't have that line, and some mechanics (like castles not making resources when sieges and castle defenders in a siege not being assigned to anything but breaking siege) only make sense if sieges take more then a turn, but it's a bit unclear to me how that works, especially from the attackers side.

Yes, an army stops at the fort or castle walls and a siege begins. I'll expand the OP to clarify exactly how it works, but it can take several turns.

This is what the map currently looks like. (Egan probably wants a different colour).

(https://i.imgur.com/0NPg6iP.png)

I'll probably start when I get a sheet from Egan and a1s, but there's room enough for two more on top of that I think.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 4/4+
Post by: Egan_BW on May 16, 2023, 11:30:15 am

Can scouts on boats travel 2 by sea and then 3 by land on top of that? Or just 2 by sea? Or 2 by sea then 1 by land? What about on ships?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 2/4
Post by: Quarque on May 16, 2023, 11:45:16 am

Quote from: notquitethere on May 16, 2023, 10:14:44 am

They go the most direct route, maximising exploration. But it's worth noting that because they turn back if the tile is occupied, they won't normally go the full three squares unless they get very lucky.

Can they move diagonally? If there are multiple "most direct" paths (such as with a knights move), can you choose the path?   

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 4/4+
Post by: notquitethere on May 16, 2023, 12:47:24 pm

Quote from: Egan_BW on May 16, 2023, 11:30:15 am

Can scouts on boats travel 2 by sea and then 3 by land on top of that? Or just 2 by sea? Or 2 by sea then 1 by land? What about on ships?

I've clarified in the OP, but yes, you can use a boat to skip tiles (you don't actively scout while on the water), so you could go 2 by sea then 3 by land in a boat. Same rules apply for ships.

Quote from: Quarque on May 16, 2023, 11:45:16 am

Can they move diagonally? If there are multiple "most direct" paths (such as with a knights move), can you choose the path?   

Yes you can go diagonally, and yes you can choose the path.

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I have updated the OP with clearer seige rules. Each combat round takes a whole turn in a siege (hence the value of siege weapons to speed things up).

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 4/4+
Post by: Egan_BW on May 16, 2023, 01:11:51 pm

Spoiler: Countess Andice Gloronisits (click to show/hide)

Background: Noble
Castle Name: Point Swearing
Castle Location 14-S
Border Color: Hot Pink
Army: 3/10
Defense: 10/10
Wood Production: 1
Recruitment: 0
Gold: 10
Income: 1
Debt: 0
Features: Shipyard, Coppicing Grove, Library
Forts: None
Artefacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 4/4+
Post by: a1s on May 16, 2023, 02:07:29 pm

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
Castle Location N-13
Border Colour: Red
Army: 4/13
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 1
Recruitment: 1
Gold: 5
Income: 1
Debt: 0
Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks
Forts : None
Artefacts: None
Equipment: Siege Engine
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 4/4+
Post by: Egan_BW on May 16, 2023, 02:09:44 pm

I guess it's impossible to get a new castle? Even if I make a fort entirely out of stone? :p

Also, can stone be bought/sold?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 4/4+
Post by: notquitethere on May 16, 2023, 02:21:12 pm

Quote from: Egan_BW on May 16, 2023, 02:09:44 pm

I guess it's impossible to get a new castle? Even if I make a fort entirely out of stone? :p

Also, can stone be bought/sold?

Forts are basically mini castles. It's possible to get more castle through conquest of special sites or other players.

Stone can be bought and sold, that was an omission in the OP now plugged.

We will be starting momentarily. Last chance for anyone to sneak in.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 4/4+
Post by: Egan_BW on May 16, 2023, 02:24:23 pm

Stone costs the same as wood, so always better to build stone forts with gold than wooden ones.
And I'm guessing conquering a castle would give any tiles connected to it the higher victory points at game end?

...I just realized my castle is literally not connected by land to anything, so I might have to get on that!

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 4/4+
Post by: Criptfeind on May 16, 2023, 02:41:57 pm

I'm going to do a last minute change from library to wood production, if that's permissible, I could be wrong but right now with how it works it sorta feels like library is probably mostly just going to spawn loot for others which is a sorta feels bad thing.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 4/4+
Post by: notquitethere on May 16, 2023, 02:44:28 pm

Quote from: Egan_BW on May 16, 2023, 02:24:23 pm

Stone costs the same as wood, so always better to build stone forts with gold than wooden ones.

Sure, wood is just a lot easier to get in the Hedge.

Quote from: Egan_BW on May 16, 2023, 02:24:23 pm

And I'm guessing conquering a castle would give any tiles connected to it the higher victory points at game end?

...I just realized my castle is literally not connected by land to anything, so I might have to get on that!

If you conquer the land next to your island, you'll connect up to the castle. It's more that you get less for having disconnected patches of tiles.

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 16, 2023, 02:41:57 pm

I'm going to do a last minute change from library to wood production, if that's permissible, I could be wrong but right now with how it works it sorta feels like library is probably mostly just going to spawn loot for others which is a sorta feels bad thing.

That's fine.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 4/4+
Post by: Egan_BW on May 16, 2023, 02:58:03 pm

Quote from: notquitethere on May 16, 2023, 02:44:28 pm

If you conquer the land next to your island, you'll connect up to the castle. It's more that you get less for having disconnected patches of tiles.

Is that different from ship coast-hopping creating coastal enclaves every 5 tiles? Does it only apply to landlocked enclaves? Or is it just a special case to be nice to me? :p
As far as I can tell, the only way to end up with disconnected lands is by sailing or getting "encircled" by enemies reconquering your lands. Oh, or by getting permission to conquer something on the edge of another hedgelord's lands, which seems like a poor strategy on their part.

So main question is if lands being connected by the sea counts in general, or just for my island to the nearest coast.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 4/4+
Post by: notquitethere on May 16, 2023, 03:09:28 pm

Lords

Six Lords are granted castles along the marches. These Hedge Lords are entrusted with protecting the border and expanding the domain of King Alkabar.

Once a Thornish enemy, Aywen Ayes defected to King Alkabar's cause and was able to keep her castle, The Oak and Ash, and be made Marchioness. She knows of the nearest Thornish fort: two Thornish holdouts hold a fort at 8/8 strength in P11.

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
Castle Location N-13
Border Colour: Red
Army: 4/13
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 1
Recruitment: 1
Gold: 5
Income: 1
Debt: 0
Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks
Forts : None
Artefacts: None
Equipment: Siege Engine
Special Units: None

Countess Andice Glorinisits, of high noble birth, has been granted a castle on the remote southern island, Point Swearing.

Spoiler: Countess Andice Gloronisits (click to show/hide)

Background: Noble
Castle Name: Point Swearing
Castle Location 14-S
Border Color: Hot Pink
Army: 3/10
Defense: 10/10
Wood Production: 1
Recruitment: 0
Gold: 10
Income: 1
Debt: 0
Features: Shipyard, Coppicing Grove, Library
Forts: None
Artefacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: None

Seasoned Naval Captain, Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven has been granted a fine castle in the north, Bockelstein.

Spoiler: Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven (click to show/hide)

Marquess Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven
Background: Naval Captain
Castle Name: Bockelstein
Castle Location: C13
Border Colour: Yellow
Army: 3/10
Defence: 10/10 (if it reaches 0 and your castle has 0 units left defending it, you lose)
Wood Production: 1
Recruitment: 1
Gold: 5
Income: 1
Debt: 0
Features:
* Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
* Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
* Shipyard (coast only): -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
Forts (location, defense 5/5, armies assigned): n/a
Artefacts: None
Equipment: 2 boats
Special Units: None

The King's own builder, the Marquess Gerald Wright, has raised up the Castle Wright.

Spoiler: Marquess Gerald Wright (click to show/hide)

Marquess Gerald Wright
Background: Master Builder
Castle Name:
Castle Location K14
Border Colour: Maroon
Army: 3/10
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 1
Recruitment: 1
Gold: 5
Income: 2
Debt: 0
Wood: 0
Stone: 3
Features: Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace
Forts (location, defense 5/5, armies assigned): n/a
Artefacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: None

Prince Mackial FitzHarbort, a royal bastard who was an inconvenience to the court, has been sent away to the tower of Shandston's Folly.

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Background: Useless Relative
Castle Name: Shandston's Folly
Castle Location: H14
Border Colour: Orange
Army: 3/11 (10 Base + 1 Tower)
Defence: 14/14 (10 Base, +1 Tower)
Wood Production: 0
Recruitment: 1 (0 Base +1 Mustering Yard)
Gold: 6
Income: 2 (1 Base +1 Marketplace)
Debt: 20
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
Forts (location, defense 5/5, armies assigned): n/a
Artefacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: None

Finally, the unsettling Ambrosio Vulk has settled in Castle Mysterious.

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Castle Location P14
Border Colour: Blue
Army: 3/13
Defence: 10/10 (if it reaches 0 and your castle has 0 units left defending it, you lose)
Wood Production: 1
Recruitment: 1
Gold: 5
Income: 1
Debt: 0
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove
Forts (location, defense 5/5, armies assigned): n/a
Artefacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: 1 Skeleton 1 Skeleton Archer

TURN 1

The marcher lords look westward at the wild country beyond...

Resource increases happen at the start of your turn. From here, it's your responsibility to keep accurate records on your sheet, so update them accordingly.

Library Research

- Countess Andice Gloronisits learns that in R4 is the Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)

- Prince Mackial FitzHarbort learns that in C8 is the Crimson Tower (Keep/Tower/Bloodforge) Defence 17/17,  - Dai the Bloodsinger has a Bloodforge in which 3 armies may be sacrificed to create a new artefact (and become anathema to all).

(https://i.imgur.com/b3ke94y.png)

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Quote from: Egan_BW on May 16, 2023, 02:58:03 pm

So main question is if lands being connected by the sea counts in general, or just for my island to the nearest coast.

Skipping ahead across water to get to prime locations is maybe worth having to jump through some hoops in the late game to join things up with a castle to get more points. There can be artefacts or sites which will give additional victory points, so it might not be the end of the world if you're spread out.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 1
Post by: a1s on May 16, 2023, 03:24:56 pm

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
Castle Location N-13
Border Colour: Red
Army: 5/13
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 1
Recruitment: 1
Income: 1
Wood: 1
Gold: 6
Debt: 0
Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks
Forts : None
Artefacts: None
Equipment: Siege Engine
Special Units: None

Spoiler: Orders (click to show/hide)

March on N12
March on M12
March on M13
March on M14
March on N14
Buy 3 armies
March on O12
March on O13
Scout N10.

Question: does production take a turn or can you make use of your new equipment right away? Same question about trade: is it instantaneous?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 1
Post by: a1s on May 16, 2023, 03:29:19 pm

Also, can we edit posts?

I propose to establish a fund into each we shall each pay equally, and from which 1 gold will be paid to whoever makes a discovery with their library, as such discoveries benefit all.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 1
Post by: Criptfeind on May 16, 2023, 03:36:39 pm

Should Bog hag be a 9 in the encounter Terrain Features list? Also should prince Mackial be starting at 5 gold like everyone else? Can we use boats/bows/siege stuff the same turn we make them?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 1
Post by: Quarque on May 16, 2023, 03:40:36 pm

Quote from: a1s on May 16, 2023, 03:24:56 pm

Question: does production take a turn or can you make use of your new equipment right away? Same question about trade: is it instantaneous?

I think trading is instant? Production is explicitly end of turn:

Quote from: notquitethere on May 16, 2023, 07:09:40 am

[under: Resources] At the end of each turn, you gain +1 wood for each forest, +1 army size for each village, +1 gold from each mine, +1 stone from a quarry. Your castle may also produce extra resources. Recruitment = + army. Income = + gold.

Quote from: a1s on May 16, 2023, 03:29:19 pm

I propose to establish a fund into each we shall each pay equally, and from which 1 gold will be paid to whoever makes a discovery with their library, as such discoveries benefit all.

Libraries are most likely to discover things near your own castle, so they benefit their owners more than others. Nonetheless I'd be okay with donating 1 Gold into such a fund this turn.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 1
Post by: Egan_BW on May 16, 2023, 03:50:28 pm

I have plenty of gold without such donations. *Laughs aristocratically.*

Dear Marquess Ambrosio Vulk, would you agree to informally draw our border on the line between Q and R? I'd prefer to push westward without having to worry about racing you for closer lands.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 1
Post by: Criptfeind on May 16, 2023, 03:58:19 pm

Quote from: Egan_BW on May 16, 2023, 03:50:28 pm

Dear Marquess Ambrosio Vulk, would you agree to informally draw our border on the line between Q and R? I'd prefer to push westward without having to worry about racing you for closer lands.

Certainly In EE I'd be willing to agree and it seems the most natural thing to assume each person should control the area around their castle, for further sectors, I am uncomfortably close to Marchioness Aywen Ayes, when I get to the first mountain in the west I'm going to have to go north or south of it, and either way I'm going to step on someones toes there, so am a bit unsure what I'll be doing then.

Quote from: Quarque on May 16, 2023, 03:40:36 pm

I think trading is instant? Production is explicitly end of turn:

This seems at odds with:

Quote from: notquitethere on May 16, 2023, 07:09:40 am

Resource increases happen at the start of your turn. From here, it's your responsibility to keep accurate records on your sheet, so update them accordingly.

Maybe?

Edit: I'd agree to paying library people something, although I'm not sure at what rate. 1 gold a turn doesn't really make sense I think (that'd just make it a better marketplace)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 1
Post by: Egan_BW on May 16, 2023, 04:01:43 pm

Limiting it to ee is fine. Past that its likely that I'll go long and narrow, giving you more room.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 1
Post by: notquitethere on May 16, 2023, 04:06:52 pm

Important Update
Sorry for the confusion: all resource production can happen at the start of your turn, and trading and equipment production can happen during your turn, with only scouting and attacking processed at the end. That way it maximises the stuff you're doing on your side and the less I need to report on. I'll update the OP accordingly.

Quote from: a1s on May 16, 2023, 03:29:19 pm

Also, can we edit posts?

Sure, I don't mind. I don't mind double-posting either. Just be warned that if I'm mid-way through doing an update, I might miss an edit.

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 16, 2023, 03:36:39 pm

Should Bog hag be a 9 in the encounter Terrain Features list? Also should prince Mackial be starting at 5 gold like everyone else? Can we use boats/bows/siege stuff the same turn we make them?

Yes, that was a weird error. The Prince has debt but the same starting cash.  Yes, see above.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Signups 4/4+
Post by: Egan_BW on May 16, 2023, 04:14:04 pm

1 wood and 1 gold produced. Trading 2 gold for 1 wood.
Building a boat.
3stack sails to S13 and marches to claim it for the glory of me, and by extension the king, and by extension GOD.

(https://i.postimg.cc/Y0J6bZ8c/b3ke94y.png)

Spoiler: Countess Andice Gloronisits, of Point Swearing (click to show/hide)

Background: Noble
Castle Name: Point Swearing
Castle Location: S14
Border Color: Hot Pink
Army: 3/10
Defense: 10/10
Wood Production: 1
Wood: 0
Recruitment: 0
Gold: 9
Income: 1
Debt: 0
Features: Shipyard, Coppicing Grove, Library
Forts: None
Artefacts: None
Equipment: 1 Boat
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 1
Post by: a1s on May 16, 2023, 04:16:09 pm

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 16, 2023, 03:58:19 pm

Certainly In EE I'd be willing to agree and it seems the most natural thing to assume each person should control the area around their castle, for further sectors, I am uncomfortably close to Marchioness Aywen Ayes, when I get to the first mountain in the west I'm going to have to go north or south of it, and either way I'm going to step on someones toes there, so am a bit unsure what I'll be doing then.

We can't both control the area around our castles, because the areas intersect (in O-13 and O-14) I Propose O-13 goes to me, and O 14 to you. I would also like to propose an Open Border policy for troop movement.

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 16, 2023, 03:58:19 pm

I'd agree to paying library people something, although I'm not sure at what rate. 1 gold a turn doesn't really make sense I think (that'd just make it a better marketplace)

Perhaps one gold every other turn (there are 2 libraries currently so we will simply pay them on alternating turns)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 1
Post by: Kashyyk on May 16, 2023, 04:25:57 pm

Quote from: notquitethere on May 16, 2023, 04:06:52 pm

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 16, 2023, 03:36:39 pm

Should Bog hag be a 9 in the encounter Terrain Features list? Also should prince Mackial be starting at 5 gold like everyone else? Can we use boats/bows/siege stuff the same turn we make them?

Yes, that was a weird error. The Prince has debt but the same starting cash.  Yes, see above.

My Marketplace lets me start with one extra Gold, right?

I've updated my sheet and rearranged some parts of it. No action just yet though.

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

Castle Name: Shandston's Folly
Castle Location: H14
Defence: 14/14
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)

Resources:
Army : 4/11 (+1/turn)
Gold: 8 (+2/turn)
Stone: 0 (+0/turn)
Wood : 0 (+0/turn)
Debt: 20

Forts (location, defense 5/5, armies assigned): n/a

Artefacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 1
Post by: Quarque on May 16, 2023, 04:36:00 pm

Spoiler: actions (click to show/hide)

Produce 1 gold, 1 wood and 1 army
Buy 3 armies
Total army count 7

army actions:
army 1: Skip to B11 by boat, scout B11-C10-D10
army 2: Skip to C11 by boat, scout C11-D11-E11
army 3: scout C12-D11-E10
army 4: scout D13-E13
army 5: scout D12-E11-E10
army 6: scout D14-E15
army 7: defend castle

Spoiler: Marquess Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven, inventory at end of turn (click to show/hide)

Background: Naval Captain
Castle Name: Bockelstein
Castle Location: C13
Border Colour: Yellow
Army: 7/10
Defence: 10/10 (if it reaches 0 and your castle has 0 units left defending it, you lose)

Production
Income: 1
Wood Production: 1
Stone Production: 0
Recruitment: 1

Reserves
Gold: 0
Wood: 1
Stone: 0

castle Features:
* Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
* Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
* Shipyard (coast only): -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
Forts (location, defense 5/5, armies assigned): n/a
Artefacts: None
Equipment: 2 boats
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 1
Post by: notquitethere on May 16, 2023, 05:02:17 pm

Quote from: Kashyyk on May 16, 2023, 04:25:57 pm

My Marketplace lets me start with one extra Gold, right?

Well, as of Turn 1 yes, you get 1 gold at the start of your turn.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 1
Post by: VermilionSkies on May 16, 2023, 05:40:29 pm

Spoiler: Marquess Gerald Wright (click to show/hide)

Marquess Gerald Wright
Background: Master Builder
Castle Name: Castle Wright
Castle Location K14
Border Colour: Maroon
Army: 4/10
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 1
Recruitment: 1
Gold: 7
Income: 2
Debt: 0
Wood: 1
Stone: 3
Features: Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace
Forts (location, defense 5/5, armies assigned): n/a
Artefacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: None

Production: 1 Wood, 2 Gold, 1 Army
Scout at J11
Scout at K11
Scout at L11
March at K13
I wouldn't be opposed to the creation of a library fund. I believe 1 gold every other turn would be sufficient.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 1
Post by: Criptfeind on May 16, 2023, 07:38:53 pm

Quote from: a1s on May 16, 2023, 04:16:09 pm

We can't both control the area around our castles, because the areas intersect (in O-13 and O-14) I Propose O-13 goes to me, and O 14 to you. I would also like to propose an Open Border policy for troop movement.

Sure to that split of the land. I'm not sure what an open border policy would entail in this game.

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk Stats Turn 1 (click to show/hide)

Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Castle Location P14
Border Colour: Blue
Army: 4/13
Defence: 10/10 (if it reaches 0 and your castle has 0 units left defending it, you lose)
Wood Production: 1
Recruitment: 1
Gold: 6
Income: 1
Debt: 0
Wood: 1
Stone: 0
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove
Forts (location, defense 5/5, armies assigned): n/a
Artefacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: 1 Skeleton 1 Skeleton Archer

Spoiler: Orders (click to show/hide)

Spend 6 gold buying 3 armies
Scout Q 13 Q 12 Q 11
Scout O14 O15 N15 (If that's allowed, if not just O14 and N15?
March on P13 with 5 Armies and 1 Skeleton

Spoiler: A Bight and Sunny Day (click to show/hide)

 As storm driven rained lashed like the fist of a giant against the tightly closed window, a crack of thunder split the heavens, briefly lighting up the scene in a room in the top of the tallest tower of Castle Mysterious. "Arise my minions! Arise!" Marquess Ambrosio shouted with triumph as the skeletal body on the table in front of him slowly lurched to its feet. "Yes! It worked!" The Marquess shouted with a dread cackle. "Go! Join my undead legions, for soon we shall envelope this land with my powers!" Ambrosio commanded the abomination.

The skeleton exited the tower, swiftly slipping on a pool of mud the rain had made in front of the door, flailing it's arms for a moment, it almost crashed to the ground before a firm hand reached out "Ey up lad! Easy there." A thickset guardsmen carrying a umbrella exclaimed as he steadied the skeleton. "Looks like the Marquess popped out another one George!" He called out as he pulled the skeleton behind him out of the rain and into a sunny courtyard in the middle of the castle in which a small gaggle of skeletons were waiting. "Oh? Aye? I thought he was out of his magicaly gobily gook or whatever he used to make them? He sure was going on about it enough during supper last night." A tall and thin guardsman who seemed to be inspecting the skeletons replied absently.

After a moment George turned to look towards the other guardsman and the skeleton he was hauling over. "I guess he had one more in him then eh? Oh! Lookie at that, little blighters got something clutched in his hands Bob! Bring it here!" The two guardsmen clustered around the skeleton, after a moment managing to coax it into handing over the sheet of parchment that it was clutching. "Looks like a note? Lets see... " George muttered, before reading aloud for Bobs benefit "To Guardmen George and Bob, I'm out of the all the materals I need for my Skeltons, but last time I asked King Alkabar said he wouldn't send me any more until I conqured the western marshes for him. Could you please be some deers and go take some land? Maybe find some more magic stuff? Take the other guards and the skeltons with you. I need to take a nap."
 
"I wonder how he sleeps during all that rain" George wondered, looking up towards the two story stone building that the guards affectionately knew as the skeleton hut where a tiny black stormcloud inexplicably hovered around one particular window, lashing it with rainwater and occasionally throwing out a tiny bolt of lighting into a nearby small lighting rod installed on the grounds for it. "Got some quality ear plugs, I borrowed them when my mother in law visited last spring." Bob replied with a knowing nod. "Still, we better get going, I'll tell some of the lads to go look around for any magical gobility gook they can find, you round up the rest of them and lets go plant a flag or two." With a nod the two guardsmen set off towards the mustering field together, after a moment the fresh skeleton started to follow.

"I'm pretty sure this isn't how you spell skeleton." "Ehh, what'd you know? He's a Marquess, he can spell skeleton however he wants."

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 1
Post by: a1s on May 17, 2023, 03:39:33 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 16, 2023, 07:38:53 pm

I'm not sure what an open border policy would entail in this game.

Basically standing orders that allow either of us to use the other's territory to travel.

There's also the matter of the thorn fort @P11. I expect you will claim it as being in your sphere of influence. I can either sell you a siege engine (when you need it) or I can try and siege it myself (you would be compensated).

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 1
Post by: notquitethere on May 17, 2023, 04:51:34 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 16, 2023, 07:38:53 pm

Scout Q 13 Q 12 Q 11

Q13 and Q12 aren't actually conencted unless you have a boat.

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 16, 2023, 07:38:53 pm

Scout O14 O15 N15 (If that's allowed, if not just O14 and N15?

Yeah, I guess I don't mind indirect routes. Most scouts go home after the first tile anyway.

Quote from: Kashyyk on May 16, 2023, 04:25:57 pm

No action just yet though.

Fair warning: I might roll on the turn any time after ~36 hours.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 1
Post by: Criptfeind on May 17, 2023, 05:16:38 am

Quote from: notquitethere on May 17, 2023, 04:51:34 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 16, 2023, 07:38:53 pm

Scout Q 13 Q 12 Q 11

Q13 and Q12 aren't actually conencted unless you have a boat.

These aren't connected?

(https://i.imgur.com/3HCzJJQ.png)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 1
Post by: notquitethere on May 17, 2023, 05:20:08 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 17, 2023, 05:16:38 am

Quote from: notquitethere on May 17, 2023, 04:51:34 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 16, 2023, 07:38:53 pm

Scout Q 13 Q 12 Q 11

Q13 and Q12 aren't actually conencted unless you have a boat.

These aren't connected?

(https://i.imgur.com/3HCzJJQ.png)

My mistake, I'd read it on the map as R12. All good.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 1
Post by: Kashyyk on May 17, 2023, 05:24:06 am

I could've sworn the OP said the marketplace gave both +1 Gold and +1 Income. Ah well!

Actions:
Hire on 2 Armies (-4 Gold)
Army 1 garrisons H14 Shandston's Folly
Army 2 Scouts G15->F15->F14
Army 3 Scouts H15->I15->J15
Army 4 Scouts H13->I13->I14
Army 5 Scouts G14->F13->F12
Army 6 Scouts G13->G12->G11

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)

Resources:
Army : 6 (+1/turn) = 3(curr) + 1(inc) + 2(buy armies)
Gold: 3 (+2/turn) = 5(curr) + 2(inc) - 4(buy armies)
Stone: 0 (+0/turn)
Wood : 0 (+0/turn)
Debt: 20

Territory: H14 (Shandston's Folly)
Artefacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2
Post by: notquitethere on May 18, 2023, 05:09:37 am

TURN ONE REPORTS

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes (click to show/hide)

Marching on...
N12: One armies march into a marshland beyond the border. In the foul fen they find five gold and they also find three wood and they also find one stone and they also find three rampaging boar.
The boar, boar and boar attack first (8, 7, 2, 3, 4 and , killing one of your armies. Your armies have been defeated, and the treasure remains in the marsh.
 Your total losses: one

M12: One armies march into a forest beyond the border. In the towering woods they find a bog cat.
Your armies attack (1), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (7), killing one of your armies. Your armies have been defeated. Exaltant, the Bog Cat spreads its foul essence across the land, flooding the forest and spreading the bog!
 Your total losses: one.

M13: One armies march into a marshland beyond the border. In the murky mire they find four wolves.
Your armies attack (3), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (5, 2, 5 and 1), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (1), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (4, 1, 3 and 1), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (, defeating one of the enemies (wolf).
The other three wolves flee north. All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.

M14: One armies march into a hill beyond the border. On the craggy fell they find three wisps.

Your armies attack (2), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (3, 6 and 1), killing one of your armies. Your armies have been defeated.
 Your total losses: one.

N14: One armies march into a forest beyond the border. In the dark trees they find three rampaging boar.
The boar, boar and boar attack first (6, 1, 4, 4, 4 and 5), killing one of your armies. Your armies have been defeated.
 Your total losses: one.

Spoiler: Countess Andice Gloronisits (click to show/hide)

Marching on...
S13: Three armies sail forth and march into a forest beyond the border. In the dark woods they find six Squelsh barbarians.
The Squelsh barbarians attack first (2, 2, 5, 7, 7 and 2), killing two of your armies. You take too many casualties and your force retreats back across the water.
 Your total losses: two.

Spoiler: Marquess Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven (click to show/hide)

Scouting...
army 1: Skip to B11 by boat, scout B11-C10-D10
You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the towering trees they find one wood and they also find two Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

army 2: Skip to C11 by boat, scout C11-D11-E11
You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the dark copse they find two wolves.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

army 3: scout C12-D11-E10
You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the muddy mire they find five Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

army 4: scout D13-E13:
You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the craggy bluffs they find  an artefact! It is the Rhuddy Cape (the unit this is assigned to is now considered a giant)-- it is guarded by three rampaging boar.
Your scout withdraws to safety, leaving the artefact.

army 5: scout D12-E11-E10:
You scout through the first land, discovering a lair. This unforgiving tomb is inhabited by five wisps! Your scout withdraws to safety.

army 6: scout D14-E15
You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the windswept bluffs they find a quarry and they also find four rampaging boar.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Marquess Gerald Wright (click to show/hide)

Scout at J13-J12-J11: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the rugged slopes they find a quarry.
From the hill:
NW: you see hill
N: you see hill
NE: you see village
E: you see marshland
SE: you see Castle Wright
S: you see forest
SW: you see village
W: you see forest
You scout through the second land, discovering a forest. In the towering woods they find two wisps and four rampaging boar.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout at K11: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the thick copse they find four wisps.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout at L13-L12-L11: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the thick copse they find three wolves.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

March at K13: One armies march into a forest beyond the border. In the dark trees they find two gold and they also find a Thornish Fort currently empty, with the walls at 3/6 strength. The fort is seized!

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

Scout Q13-Q12-Q11: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The hamlet is defended by two Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout O14 O15 N15: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The townlet is defended by two Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

March on P13 with 5 Armies and 1 Skeleton: Five armies and a skeleton march into a village beyond the border. The dwellings are defended by three Squelsh barbarians.
The Squelsh barbarians attack first (5, 2 and 2), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (6, 5, 2, 3, 6 and 9), defeating three of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Army 2 Scouts G15->F15->F14: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the towering woods they find two Bone Reckoners, with four skeletal fighters and two skeletal archers. Your scout withdraws to safety.

Army 3 Scouts H15->I15->J15: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The townlet is defended by one Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Army 4 Scouts H13->I13->I14: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the foul bog they find a Thornish Fort with two Thornish holdouts defending, and walls at 8/8 strength.The captain of the fort wields an artefact, the Last Femur! (1/4 chance of each dead unit being resurrected to your side as a skeleton warrior when they die) Your scout withdraws to safety.

Army 5 Scouts G14->F13->F12: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the thick copse they find seven Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Army 6 Scouts G13->G12->G11: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the stinking mire they find two wolves. Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Enemy Turn (click to show/hide)

- Squelshman Reprisals: The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
- Fort Ivy at P11 and Fort Heather at H13 each bring another bannerman to their cause.
- Four Thornish armies from Fort Ivy march east to take a village [P13]. They face Marquess Ambrosio Vulk's five armies and a skeleton! The Thornish attack  (2, 5, 8 and 7), killing two regular units. Vulk's men counterattack 6, 5, 1, and 3, taking out two Thornish units. The remaining Thornish units withdraw and the village is secure!
Total units lost: 2 regular. Loot: 2 gold.

- Bleak Barrow (N12): No new monsters come.

The Lords send out their armies. To the bleak north, many are slain in the unforgiving marshes, while in the far south a boat is turned back to their island haven after a surprise attack by barbarian hordes. The valleys around Castle Mysterious prove to be quite populous, while the land between Castle Wright and Shandston's Folly is harsh and rugged.

TURN TWO

Library Research
- Countess Andice Gloronisits learns that in R3 is The Castle of Bryn the Brawn (Keep/Tower/Tower) Defence 21/21, occupied by Bryn, a giant, and his family, three more giants. The adjacent squares are also within his domain. Bryn will wage war to retake any squares adjacent to his castle, always accompanied in battle by 1d6 wolves.

- Prince Mackial FitzHarbort learns that in I5 is the Shimmering Coin (+2 on rolls that determine gold amounts)

(https://i.imgur.com/kzbzFlr.png)

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Notes:

- Be sure to update your resources and unit numbers after the fights and discoveries.
- Remember to check the enemy phase to see if you took losses
- There can be counter-attacks in the enemy phase, and units out scouting will not count towards your defence. If the Thornish fort had decided to attack the Oak and Ash, it was unmanned and Aywen Ayes would have been in a difficult situation.
- Let me know if I missed anything!

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Quarque on May 18, 2023, 05:22:53 am

Can a monster like a boar equip artifacts?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: notquitethere on May 18, 2023, 05:47:33 am

Quote from: Quarque on May 18, 2023, 05:22:53 am

Can a monster like a boar equip artifacts?

In theory yes, but I'll say in a scouting report whether an artefact is equipped or not.

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I've updated the OP with clearer rules on losing the game. In short: your castle is taken if enemies attack and there's no one left in defence, but you only lose if you have no more armies remaining to retake the castle.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Quarque on May 18, 2023, 05:56:08 am

edit: outdated orders, see newer post

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Criptfeind on May 18, 2023, 06:33:32 am

Hmm, shouldn't I have attacked first? It turned out not to matter because I was very lucky, but I thought that attackers attack first except against ambushes or boars or whatever?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: notquitethere on May 18, 2023, 06:41:51 am

Good question. Looks like my combat engine assumes all Squelsh combat is an ambush, but that's not what it says in the village entry.

Going forward: Squelsh barbarians get their ambush bonus only when it's an ambush (so they can fought like normal units when they're defending villages or when you've encountered them in an attack or by scouting). They will still have the increased lethality trait in all cases.

As I programmed a generator for the combat, there's bound to be a few wrinkles, so thanks for pointing this one out.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Criptfeind on May 18, 2023, 06:49:49 am

If they get the increased lethality when defending villages, I think they should have killed one of my units with 5 roll they got? ((Although they shouldn't have gotten that 5 roll since they shouldn't have attacked first I guess, but still maybe a bug?))

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 1
Post by: Kashyyk on May 18, 2023, 06:52:27 am

A fully prepared thornhold just a stone throw from my Castle. Fantastic! Thus a question on Thornish behaviour. As their only option is my Castle, will they besiege it for multiple turns, locking me in until they're dealt with?

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)

Resources:
Army : 7 (+1/turn) = 6(curr) + 1(inc)
Gold: 5 (+2/turn) = 3(curr) + 2(inc)
Stone: 0 (+0/turn)
Wood : 0 (+0/turn)
Debt: 20

Territory: H14 (Shandston's Folly)
Artefacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Criptfeind on May 18, 2023, 06:57:38 am

Also, another thing I noticed, I think I should have killed an extra thornish unit when they attacked my village since I rolled both a 6 and 5, both kills? That would have caused them to flee a round sooner if I understand correctly, saving me 1 unit, although also saving the thornish a unit. If this is a bug, I'm okay keeping it as is or adding those units back in either way.

Also will a unlead skeleton defend the castle and surrounding lands if left in it?

Edit: Second question; In situations where a castle is sieged by the enemy and it's not seized in a single turn, what happens when the armies that were out scouting and marching return to the castle?

Edit 2: Third question; Should I have gotten gold for the Thornish I killed, or is that only when besieging a fort? (I suppose they bury their gold before going out on a raid. :P)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 1
Post by: notquitethere on May 18, 2023, 07:24:48 am

Quote from: Kashyyk on May 18, 2023, 06:52:27 am

A fully prepared thornhold just a stone throw from my Castle. Fantastic! Thus a question on Thornish behaviour. As their only option is my Castle, will they besiege it for multiple turns, locking me in until they're dealt with?

They will only attack (and beseige) when they have 4 units in their fort, which is due to happen next turn. It won't happen if you beseige them first. Your choice really.

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 18, 2023, 06:57:38 am

Also, another thing I noticed, I think I should have killed an extra thornish unit when they attacked my village since I rolled both a 6 and 5, both kills? That would have caused them to flee a round sooner if I understand correctly, saving me 1 unit, although also saving the thornish a unit. If this is a bug, I'm okay keeping it as is or adding those units back in either way.

Good spotting. I've updated the post accordingly: one less of your guys died.

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 18, 2023, 06:57:38 am

Also will a unlead skeleton defend the castle and surrounding lands if left in it?

They can defend alone but not patrol alone.

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 18, 2023, 06:57:38 am

Edit: Second question; In situations where a castle is sieged by the enemy and it's not seized in a single turn, what happens when the armies that were out scouting and marching return to the castle?

They can opt to "break the seige" which is just a regular combat on your turn. I'll add a second option: they can fight back through their walls (suffer an attack from the enemy, and any survivors go into defence of the castle). I'll update the OP.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: notquitethere on May 18, 2023, 07:29:01 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 18, 2023, 06:57:38 am

Edit 2: Third question; Should I have gotten gold for the Thornish I killed, or is that only when besieging a fort? (I suppose they bury their gold before going out on a raid. :P)

I don't think the engine knows about Thornish loot yet(Edit: apparently it did know about it, but not for the enemy phase), so this is good spotting. I've updated the report: you got 2 gold.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Criptfeind on May 18, 2023, 07:47:22 am

I don't think I probably have anything you would want enough to sell it Kashyyk, but for the rp I'd love to purchase the Last Femur from you if you can ever think if anything I have that you'd want :P

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Egan_BW on May 18, 2023, 07:48:30 am

Bluh, a six stack ambush on my first move. Of course v.v.

The countess watches with disapproval as the boat and the armsmen return to Point Swearing, bearing a few more arrows than previously.
"T-they knew we were coming, my lady!"
"Enough with the excuses, you peasant! Next time, I expect you to return with their heads!"

She sighed. This little expedition would cost more gold than expected. Of course, previous incidents like these are what gives Point Swearing its name.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2
Post by: Kashyyk on May 18, 2023, 07:49:57 am

Okay! Time to seize the initiative.

Buy a Siege Engine for four gold.
Buy two siege engines from Marchioness Aywen Ayes for 5 Gold.
Receive 4 armies and 2 wood from Marquess Ambrose Vulk.
Build one Siege Engine.

Army 1 garrisons Shandston's Folly
Armies 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, and 11 and three engines (used by Armies, 2, 3 and 4, if that matters) besiege the Thornhold "Fort Heather" at H13
Armies 5, 6, and 7 attack the Squelsh Village at H15

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)

Resources:
Army : 11 (+1/turn) = 6(curr) + 1(inc) + 4(from Vulk)
Gold: 0 (+2/turn) = 3(curr) + 2(inc) -5(to Ayes)
Stone: 0 (+0/turn)
Wood : 0 (+0/turn) =0(curr) + 2(from Vulk) - 2(build engine)
Debt: 20

Territory: H14 (Shandston's Folly)
Artefacts: None
Equipment: 3 Siege Engines (+1 built, +2 from Ayes)
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Criptfeind on May 18, 2023, 07:52:12 am

Actually I just assumed that trade between players is possible, but now that I look I notice it's not listed in the op. Can we trade resources/artifacts between each other notquitethere?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: a1s on May 18, 2023, 07:54:58 am

Quote from: a1s on May 16, 2023, 03:24:56 pm

Spoiler: Orders (click to show/hide)

March on N12
March on M12
March on M13
March on M14
March on N14
Buy 3 armies
March on O12
March on O13
Scout N10.

I think you used an old version of my orders (updated about 14 hours before the turn). Which may have been a blessing.

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
Castle Location N-13
Border Colour: Red
Army: 2/13
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 1
Recruitment: 1
Income: 1
Wood: 2
Gold: 7
Debt: 0
Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks
Forts : None
Artefacts: None
Equipment: Siege Engine
Special Units: None

Spoiler: orders (click to show/hide)

turn 2 wood into siege engine.
send 2 siege engines to Prince Mackial FitzHarbort.
Pay 1 gold into the library fund.
buy 5 armies.
March 6 on O12
Scout O13-O12-O11.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Criptfeind on May 18, 2023, 07:58:41 am

Also, how exactly do siege engines work?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2
Post by: a1s on May 18, 2023, 08:00:59 am

Quote from: Kashyyk on May 18, 2023, 07:49:57 am

Buy a Siege Engine for four gold.

Wait! I will sell you one for 3. (or 2 siege engines for 5)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Kashyyk on May 18, 2023, 08:02:16 am

Quote from: a1s on May 18, 2023, 08:00:59 am

Quote from: Kashyyk on May 18, 2023, 07:49:57 am

Buy a Siege Engine for four gold.

Wait! I will sell you one for 3. (or 2 siege engines for 5)

I'll take two Engines for Five Gold.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: a1s on May 18, 2023, 08:03:55 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 18, 2023, 07:58:41 am

Also, how exactly do siege engines work?

Quote from: notquitethere on May 16, 2023, 07:09:40 am

Each siege weapon spent gives you +1 to attacking castles.

I'm assuming this is for one entire turn.

Quote from: Kashyyk on May 18, 2023, 08:02:16 am

I'll take two Engines for Five Gold.

Done.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: a1s on May 18, 2023, 08:05:59 am

Quote from: a1s on May 18, 2023, 07:54:58 am

Spoiler: orders (click to show/hide)

turn 2 wood into siege engine.
send 2 siege engines to Prince Mackial FitzHarbort.
Pay 1 gold into the library fund.
buy 5 armies.
March 6 on O12
Scout O13-O12-O11.

orders updated.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: notquitethere on May 18, 2023, 08:21:52 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 18, 2023, 07:52:12 am

Actually I just assumed that trade between players is possible, but now that I look I notice it's not listed in the op. Can we trade resources/artifacts between each other notquitethere?

Sure, let's say players can send any resources/artefacts etc..

Quote from: a1s on May 18, 2023, 08:03:55 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 18, 2023, 07:58:41 am

Also, how exactly do siege engines work?

Quote from: notquitethere on May 16, 2023, 07:09:40 am

Each siege weapon spent gives you +1 to attacking castles.

I'm assuming this is for one entire turn.

Yes:

Quote from: notquitethere on May 16, 2023, 07:09:40 am

You can assign seige weapons when attacking forts and castles, they are expended whether the attack is successful or not.

So the seige engines are spent on the first attack, and if you're still beseiging in subsequent turns, you can always get more engines.

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Quote from: a1s on May 18, 2023, 07:54:58 am

I think you used an old version of my orders (updated about 14 hours before the turn). Which may have been a blessing.

My apologies. A fair warning: I sometimes start processing a turn as and when the orders come in, so if someone changes things after I've processed their bit, I might miss it. I've noticed this turn's edits.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: notquitethere on May 18, 2023, 08:23:48 am

Trading makes for more of an interesting co-op experience, so I'll be nice and let it be instant like other kinds of purchases.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Egan_BW on May 18, 2023, 08:25:28 am

The tile colors for march and hill are a bit too similar for my liking.

Edit: Also, I assumed that I couldn't, but can I transport 3 scouts to the same starting point with one boat?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: notquitethere on May 18, 2023, 08:34:08 am

Quote from: Egan_BW on May 18, 2023, 08:25:28 am

The tile colors for march and hill are a bit too similar for my liking.

How's this?

(https://i.imgur.com/k8eDbQ8.png)

Quote from: Egan_BW on May 18, 2023, 08:25:28 am

Edit: Also, I assumed that I couldn't, but can I transport 3 scouts to the same starting point with one boat?

I'll allow it, though they might all turn back if the starting point is occupied.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Egan_BW on May 18, 2023, 08:40:55 am

But they don't scout the starting point, because you can't scout from a boat. ;p

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Kashyyk on May 18, 2023, 08:41:52 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 18, 2023, 07:52:12 am

Actually I just assumed that trade between players is possible, but now that I look I notice it's not listed in the op. Can we trade resources/artifacts between each other notquitethere?

Sorry I missed this, but yes I'd be willing to trade. Once we figure out a fair exchange. Another artifact would be obvious, but it's all moot 'til we get to it!

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: notquitethere on May 18, 2023, 08:46:16 am

Quote from: Egan_BW on May 18, 2023, 08:40:55 am

But they don't scout the starting point, because you can't scout from a boat. ;p

The landing point gets scouted though. The boat has to stop somewhere.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Quarque on May 18, 2023, 08:56:27 am

For the sake of clarity, I edited my order to attack the lair with 5 wisps head on.

If I understand correctly these take at least 5 combat rounds to defeat. A terrible fight, but I have to. If this lair spawns additional monsters I am basically dead, because 5 wisps + one more monster group is almost impossible to defeat and they would attack my castle eventually.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Turn FOO
Post by: Egan_BW on May 18, 2023, 09:03:51 am

1 Wood cut, 1 Gold taxed. Two soldiers buried...

Spending 4 Gold to hire 2 more units.

Land 3 scouts at T12.
From there, scout up to T10, R10, and T13.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Criptfeind on May 18, 2023, 09:15:10 am

Quote from: Kashyyk on May 18, 2023, 08:41:52 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 18, 2023, 07:52:12 am

Actually I just assumed that trade between players is possible, but now that I look I notice it's not listed in the op. Can we trade resources/artifacts between each other notquitethere?

Sorry I missed this, but yes I'd be willing to trade. Once we figure out a fair exchange. Another artifact would be obvious, but it's all moot 'til we get to it!

Right now I could offer a siege equipment (2 wood rather) and 4 armies right now to help you take the fort I guess as part of the price, I'm confident you'll get it eventually (or, you know, die lol)

Although yeah I have no idea how to value it, so maybe just a decent artifact makes the most sense if I get one someday.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Egan_BW on May 18, 2023, 09:19:55 am

So I guess starting on an island has some associated downsides. It's harder for me to scout many places or hit a single point in force from this position without more boats, which cost either a stiff 4 gold or two turns worth of wood. If I could get a forest I could cut that in half, which is probably why the Squelch are protecting their copse over there so thoroughly!

Though, there's no mechanic for Thornish or Squelch or Monsters to own boats, so I'm effectively immortal so long as nobody stabs me in the back. Or maybe an extremely unlucky dragon placement could fly over the water and burn me. :p

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Kashyyk on May 18, 2023, 09:21:16 am

That is the wonder of Artifacts, they defy valuation. But I think I will accept your offer of four Armies and two wood. That's quite a lot in these early stages of the game, and I enjoy the image of you growing your skeletal hordes.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Quarque on May 18, 2023, 09:30:59 am

Quote from: Egan_BW on May 18, 2023, 09:19:55 am

boats, which cost either a stiff 4 gold or two turns worth of wood.

I can sell you a boat for 2 gold if you like.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Egan_BW on May 18, 2023, 09:32:50 am

Sure, that would increase my odds of finding somewhere safe to march on...

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Turn FOO
Post by: Egan_BW on May 18, 2023, 09:36:03 am

1 Wood cut, 1 Gold taxed. Two soldiers buried...

Spending 2 Gold to hire 1 more units.
And Sending 4 Gold to Castle Brockelstien in exchange for 1 Boat and 2 wood.

Land a scout at T13, exploring to R11.
Land a scout at T12, exploring to T10.

Spoiler: Countess Andice Gloronisits, of Point Swearing (click to show/hide)

Background: Noble
Castle Name: Point Swearing
Castle Location: S14
Border Color: Hot Pink
Defense: 10/10
Cutting: 1
 Wood: 3
Quarrying: 0
 Stone: 0
Recruitment: 0
 Army: 2/10
Income: 1
 Gold: 4
Debt: 0
Features: Shipyard, Coppicing Grove, Library
Forts: None
Artefacts: None
Equipment: 2 Boats
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Quarque on May 18, 2023, 09:41:14 am

New orders:

Send a boat to Point Swearing
Buy an extra army from the 2 gold
Send the full 9 armies to D12 to deal with the wisps

On offer:
1 more boat (2 gold)
2 wood (1 gold a piece)
outdated orders, see below

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Egan_BW on May 18, 2023, 09:46:19 am

Oooh, 1-1 gold for wood? I will trade for 2 wood from you as well. The sooner I can get a proper ship, the better.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Quarque on May 18, 2023, 09:49:48 am

Quote from: Egan_BW on May 18, 2023, 09:46:19 am

Oooh, 1-1 gold for wood? I will trade for 2 wood from you as well. The sooner I can get a proper ship, the better.

Pleasure doing bussiness, madam.

New orders:

Send a boat and 2 wood to Point Swearing
Buy two extra armies from the 4 gold from the sale
Send the full 10 armies to D12 to deal with the wisps

edit for updated bookkeeping:

Spoiler: Marquess Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow

C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defence: 10/10
Army Cap: 10
Features:
* Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
* Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
* Shipyard (coast only): -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.

Resources:
Army: 10 (+1/turn) = 7(curr) + 1(inc) +2(buy)
Gold: 1 (+1/turn) = 0(curr) + 1(inc) + 4(trade with Point Swearing) -4(buy armies)
Stone: 0 (+0/turn)
Wood: 0 (+1/turn) = 1(curr) + 1(inc) -2(trade with Point Swearing)

Territory: C13 (Bockelstein)
Artefacts: None
Equipment: 1 Boat = 2(curr) -1(trade with Point Swearing)
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Criptfeind on May 18, 2023, 10:03:25 am

Turn 1 gains losses:
Gold -6
Army +3
P13
Army -2
Gold +2

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

 
Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Colour: Blue

Castle: P14
Army: 4+3-2+2=7/13
Defence: 10/10
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove

Wood Production: 1
Recruitment: 2
Income: 1

Gold: 6-6+2+1=3
Debt: 0
Wood: 1+1=2
Stone: 0

Artefacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: 1 Skeleton 1 Skeleton Archer

Holdings list:
P13: Village +1 Recruitment

Spoiler: Turn 2 (click to show/hide)

Purchase 1 Army
Trade 4 armies to Prince Mackial FitzHarbort
Trade 2 wood to Prince Mackial FitzHarbort
March 3 armies+1 Skeleton on O14
Scout P12-O11-P10

A question for the GM, can we un-archer a unit and take their bow back?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: notquitethere on May 18, 2023, 10:17:05 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 18, 2023, 10:03:25 am

A question for the GM, can we un-archer a unit and take their bow back?

Good question, but no. Once they're trained as archers, that's what they are.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Egan_BW on May 18, 2023, 10:31:45 am

Their arm muscles tragically become too developed to ever hold a spear or sword again. :p

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2
Post by: notquitethere on May 18, 2023, 10:54:00 am

Quote from: Kashyyk on May 18, 2023, 07:49:57 am

If I receive any troops/engines from Marquise Vulk, they also attend the Siege of Fort Heather.

This sort of order is quite difficult for me, as I then have to search through a thread to find out what's what.  Looks like he's sent 4 to you, so I'll accept it this time, but best avoid conditional orders in future.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Kashyyk on May 18, 2023, 10:57:57 am

My plan was to update my post if/when I find the other half of that deal, as Criptfeind hadn't posted yet. I'll do that now.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Criptfeind on May 18, 2023, 01:02:12 pm

Ah damn, I knew I forgot something. Forgot to reply to this, sorry for taking 1 million years to remember.

Quote from: a1s on May 17, 2023, 03:39:33 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 16, 2023, 07:38:53 pm

I'm not sure what an open border policy would entail in this game.

Basically standing orders that allow either of us to use the other's territory to travel.

There's also the matter of the thorn fort @P11. I expect you will claim it as being in your sphere of influence. I can either sell you a siege engine (when you need it) or I can try and siege it myself (you would be compensated).

For standing orders to use each others territory to travel; I don't have any objection to this specifically I think? However as far as I know, armies and the like don't really "exist" on the map or "travel" so much, so even if we somewhat entangle there's no need to travel though each others lands unless we want to either work together on attacking an enemy that only one of us can reach or for one person to start expanding a disconnected chunk past the other person territory. That first case being something that'd be fairly obviously well telegraphed and coordinated and the second seems like maybe not a great idea, at least as far as I can tell.

For the thorn fort, although it is technically possible for you to own that without cutting me off from the west thanks to the magic of diagonals, you're right that I'd be a bit uncomfortable with you having it given it's location and the implications it has for my westward expansion. At the same time, it is an (extremely dubious :P) part of the "bonus" that you purchased at the start, so I feel like you have some stake of ownership in it as well. My plan was sorta just to expand towards it asap and take it down sooner rather then later, but I'm going to have to somewhat slow my rate of expansion now that I sold half my army too our Prince. So it seems entirely possible, perhaps even likely, that you'll be capable of taking it before I am, I am not sure exactly what I think we should do. A realistic approach may simply be for you to take it if you want it and for me to have to suck it up. I wouldn't exactly be happy with that scenario but it doesn't seem unreasonable either :P. I don't think it's a huge deal either way though, to be clear.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Quarque on May 18, 2023, 03:20:02 pm

Quote from: notquitethere on May 16, 2023, 07:09:40 am

Scout
Assign one army to scout any unexplored area within three squares of your border: the scout will reveal the contents of every tile it passes through. If it reaches an occupied tile, it will return home with a report. If it reaches a hill, it will give a land report of adjacent territories (though they won't know what features the land contains or whether it's defended).

If a scout reaches a hill, it only reports on adjacent land if the hill is not occupied. Is this correct? If so, I guess you have a reason to scout hills again later even if you already know everything about it and conquered it?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: notquitethere on May 18, 2023, 03:25:48 pm

Conquering hills also produces a hill report. It wasn't clear in the OP, but this was the logical design choice here.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: VermilionSkies on May 18, 2023, 04:13:32 pm

Spoiler: Gerald Wright (click to show/hide)

Marquess Gerald Wright
Background: Master Builder
Castle Name: Castle Wright
Castle Location K14
Border Colour: Maroon
Army: 4/10
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 1
Recruitment: 1
Gold: 4
Income: 2
Debt: 0
Wood: 0
Stone: 5
Features: Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace
Forts (location, defense 5/5, armies assigned): Fort Bowyer (K13, 6/6 Defense, 1/3 Armies)
Artefacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: None

Looting: 2 Gold.
Production: 2 Gold, 1 Wood, 1 Army.
Purchasing: 3 Stone for 6 Gold.
Gift 1 Gold to the Prince for his work with the libraries.
Assign 1 Army to Fort Bowyer (K13)
Repair Fort Bowyer to 6/6 Defense with 2 Wood and 1 Stone.
March on J13 with 1 Army.
March on K12 with 3 Armies.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: notquitethere on May 19, 2023, 03:24:27 am

TURN 2 REPORTS

Spoiler: Gerald Wright - Castle Wright (click to show/hide)

March on J13 with 1 Army: The Quarry is brought into the Wright county.

March on K12 with 3 Armies: Three armies march into a village beyond the border. The townlet is defended by two Squelsh barbarians.

Your armies attack (9, 7 and 2), defeating two of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

7 armies with x2 engines besiege the Thornhold "Fort Heather" at H13: Your armies attack (7, 10, 3, 10, 7, 9 and 6), damaging the walls (3) defeating three of the enemies (Thornish holdout, Thornish holdout and Thornish holdout).
All enemies are defeated and the castle is absorbed into your county.
From the Thornish holdouts you take one gold and the Last Femur!(1/4 chance of each dead unit being resurrected to your side as a skeleton warrior when they die. Resurrection happens at the end of each round of combat only if there is a non-skeleton alive to wield the femur.)

Armies 5, 6 and 7 attack the Squelsh Village at H15: Your armies attack (9, 3 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian). All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

March 6 on O12: Six armies march into a unusual site beyond the border. The Fecund Copse - (Forest that grants 3 wood production, protected by 2d4 wisps [3+1=4]). Your armies attack (6, 6, 5, 4, 7 and 3), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
kThe enemy attacks back (5, 4 and 4), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (2, 3, 8, 5, 2 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (6 and 7), killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (5, 4, 1 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (, killing one of your armies. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
 Your total losses: three.

Scout O13-O12-O11: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the dense trees they find two wisps. .
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Countess Andice Gloronisits, of Point Swearing (click to show/hide)

Land a scout at T13, exploring to R11: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the tumbling slopes the scout finds a Thornish Fort with two Thornish holdouts defending, and walls at 7/7 strength.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Land a scout at T12, exploring to T10: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the thick woods they find six Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

March 3 armies+1 Skeleton on O14: Your armies attack (6, 1, 8 and 7), defeating two of the enemies (Barbarian and Barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

Scout P12-O11-P10: You scout through the first land, discovering a lair. This dank hole is inhabited by a giant. The monster defends seven gold.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Marquess Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven (click to show/hide)

Send the full 10 armies to D12 to deal with the wisps:
Your armies attack (6, 5, 2, 4, 7, 6, 1, 5, 2 and 6), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (6, 8, 4 and 5), killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (1, 7, 2, 3, 7, 6, 5 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (7, 2 and 5), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (5, 5, 7, 5, 5, 6 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (3 and 2), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (1, 6, 5, 7, 1, 5 and 5), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (5), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (8, 7, 7, 7, 6, 4 and 3), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county.
Your total losses: three.
The monsters defended nine gold, which is added to your coffers.

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

- Squelshman Reprisals:
--[Vulk 5%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Wright 2%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[FitzHarbort 1%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
- Fort Ivy at P11 and Fort Birch at T13 each bring another bannerman to their cause.
- Under Croft (P12): No new monsters come.

TURN 3

Research

Countess Andice Gloronisits learns that in R6 are the Saint's Knuckles (take -1 when rolling on the monster table (usually less dangerous results))

Prince Mackial FitzHarbort learns that in A7 is the Wolf Crystal (wolves encountered will join the army instead (they still all run away when injured)

(https://i.imgur.com/39eeDDE.png)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: notquitethere on May 19, 2023, 03:30:22 am

Edit: (accidental double post)!

Notes
- This turn had our first site discovery not-from-the-library! Expect more sites and lairs as you move westward.
- No reprisals this round, but next round...

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: a1s on May 19, 2023, 03:52:02 am

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
Castle Location N-13
Border Colour: Red
Army: 5/13
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 1
Recruitment: 1
Income: 1
Wood: 1
Gold: 2
Debt: 0
Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks
Forts : None
Artefacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: None

Spoiler: orders (click to show/hide)

buy 1 army.
March 3 on O12
March 2 on O13
Scout O12-O11-O10.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Quarque on May 19, 2023, 03:56:05 am

edit, outdated, see below

Orders:

Pay the Prince a one-time fee of 1 gold for discovering the Wolf Crystal relatively close to my castle. Hope you don't mind if I take it some time in the future?
Buy 2 more armies
March on D13 with 8 armies
Scout D11-D10-D9
Second scout skips to A15 by boat, then scouts A15-B15-C15

Spoiler: Marquess Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow

C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defence: 10/10
Army Cap: 10
Features:
* Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
* Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
* Shipyard (coast only): -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.

Resources:
Army: 10 (+1/turn) = 10-3(curr) + 1(inc) +2(buy)
Gold: 6 (+1/turn) = 1+9(curr) + 1(inc) -4(buy armies) -1(fee paid to the Prince)
Stone: 0 (+0/turn)
Wood: 1 (+1/turn) = 0(curr) + 1(inc)

Territory: C13 (Bockelstein), D12
Artefacts: None
Equipment: 1 Boat
Special Units: None

[/s]

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Quarque on May 19, 2023, 04:17:43 am

Also a few more questions.

Do wolves from the Wolf Crystal count toward your army cap?
How exactly does the cape work? I think you need to equip it on one of your armies and it becomes a special unit, correct?
Could I let a scout start at B10 by boat, or is that one square too far?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2
Post by: Kashyyk on May 19, 2023, 04:23:55 am

Just the bookkeeping part of my turn so far, as I have a couple of questions.

@NQT: Can I send Marches and Scouts from a Fort, or am I always limited to 11 "acting" armies, with all the rest dedicated to Fort garrisons?
Also, have I understood that Fort Heather took three damage in that Siege? Because wow, multiple Siege Engines are powerful!

Receive last turns 4 armies and 2 wood from Marquess Ambrose Vulk.
Send the Last Femur to Marquess Ambrose Vulk.
Receive 2 Gold from the library fund (Wright last turn and Bockhaven this turn)

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 5/8
Army Cap: 3

Resources:
Army : 13/14 (+2/turn) = 11(curr) + 2(inc)
Gold: 5 (+2/turn) = 0(curr) +2(inc) +2(library) +1(loot)
Stone: 0 (+0/turn)
Wood : 0 (+0/turn)
Debt: 20

Territory: H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Fort Heather), H15 (Village)
Artefacts: Last Femur (¼ chance of resurrecting a dead army as a skeleton fighter) -> Sent to Marquess Ambrose Vulk
Equipment: 3 Siege Engines
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Quarque on May 19, 2023, 04:29:16 am

I think those siege engines are single use? ("each siege engine spent") Making them strong but also expensive.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: notquitethere on May 19, 2023, 04:37:51 am

Quote from: Quarque on May 19, 2023, 04:17:43 am

Do wolves from the Wolf Crystal count toward your army cap?

No, monster units are free unless otherwise stated.

Quote from: Quarque on May 19, 2023, 04:17:43 am

How exactly does the cape work? I think you need to equip it on one of your armies and it becomes a special unit, correct?

Assign it to an army. It can be reassigned each turn if desired. Most artefacts work this way. The Rhuddy Cape specifically treats one unit as a giant. This is what a giant does: equivalent to 3 armies, destroys defence on a 2-7 when beseiging, drops 1 wood on death. So you get triple the attack dice/health on one unit, and they're good at busting down walls. If they die, you'll get the tree they were using as a club.

Quote from: Quarque on May 19, 2023, 04:17:43 am

Could I let a scout start at B10 by boat, or is that one square too far?

That's one square too far for a boat which only goes 2 squares.

Quote from: Kashyyk on May 19, 2023, 04:23:55 am

@NQT: Can I send Marches and Scouts from a Fort, or am I always limited to 11 "acting" armies, with all the rest dedicated to Fort garrisons?

If they're based at a fort then either they're defending the fort or they can be set to patrol adjacent to the fort (I'll make this point clearer in OP). They can't be sent on missions essentially. Think of them as a reserve force.

Quote from: Kashyyk on May 19, 2023, 04:23:55 am

Also, have I understood that Fort Heather took three damage in that Siege? Because wow, multiple Siege Engines are powerful!

Yep, they're one use though. Probably worth it in this case.

Quote from: Quarque on May 19, 2023, 04:29:16 am

I think those siege engines are single use? ("each siege engine spent") Making them strong but also expensive.

Correct.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2
Post by: Kashyyk on May 19, 2023, 05:26:11 am

I missed Siege Engines being single use. That does make it more reasonable.

@NQT: Does it take only one successful Hit to kill a Giant/Ruddy Cape user/Dragon, or do they also have 3-5 "wounds"?

Quote from: Previous actions this turn

Receive last turns 4 armies and 2 wood from Marquess Ambrose Vulk.
Send the Last Femur to Marquess Ambrose Vulk.
Receive 2 Gold from the library fund (Wright last turn and Bockhaven this turn)

Three armies are garrisoned at Fort Heather.
Army 1 garrisons Shandston's Folly
Army 2 scouts I13->I14->J14
Army 3 scouts I15->J15->K15
Army 4 scouts I12->I11->J10
Army 5 scouts H12->H11->H10
Army 6,7,8 attacks G13
Army 9 scouts G12->G11->G10
Army 10 scouts G12->F13->F14
Army 11 patrols H15

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 5/8
Garrison: 3/3

Resources:
Army : 10/11 (+2/turn) = 11(curr) + 2(inc) - 3(Heather Garrison)
Gold: 5 (+2/turn) = 0(curr) +2(inc) +2(library) +1(loot)
Stone: 0 (+0/turn)
Wood : 2 (+0/turn)
Debt: 20

Territory: H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather)
Artefacts: Last Femur (¼ chance of resurrecting a dead army as a skeleton fighter) -> Sent to Marquess Ambrose Vulk
Equipment: None
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2
Post by: notquitethere on May 19, 2023, 05:30:47 am

Quote from: Kashyyk on May 19, 2023, 05:26:11 am

@NQT: Does it take only one successful Hit to kill a Giant/Ruddy Cape user/Dragon, or do they also have 3-5 "wounds"?

They essentially have 3-5 wounds, yes. And these refresh after combat. So Dragons especially can be hard to kill. Hits are assigned randomly, so a Rhuddy Cape wearer might be able to tank 2 hits without an army taking any losses, if they get lucky. Or their team mates might be killed first.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Criptfeind on May 19, 2023, 06:25:30 am

How does the last Last Femur work?

Also huzza, victory! Congrats my prince :P.

Edit: More specific questions for the last femur to make sure I understand: Do I assign it to a specific army/march for a turn? Does it work for all deaths in a battle or just ones caused by the army holding it?  Can the wielder be prematurely killed during a battle? Does anything special happen if it rezes giants or dragons?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: notquitethere on May 19, 2023, 06:31:36 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 19, 2023, 06:25:30 am

How does the last Last Femur work?

From the report:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

25% chance of each dead unit being resurrected to your side as a skeleton warrior when they die. Resurrection happens at the end of each round of combat only if there is a non-skeleton alive to wield the femur.

Assign it to an army and anyone that army kills or anyone on your side that dies in combat might return as a skelton warrior. Resurrection checks newly killed at the end of each combat round. Each dead unit is only ever checked once.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: notquitethere on May 19, 2023, 06:39:24 am

Quote

More specific questions for the last femur to make sure I understand: Do I assign it to a specific army/march for a turn? Does it work for all deaths in a battle or just ones caused by the army holding it?  Can the wielder be prematurely killed during a battle? Does anything special happen if it rezes giants or dragons

You assign it someone specific. It works for all deaths. The femur works so long as a human is still alive on your side (so it's not assigned to someone specific). What it actually does is bind the dying spirit to resurrect nearby bones (which might be the corpse, or might be in the earth)— so it still resurrects a skeleton warrior from dragons, giants or even wisps which don't have bones.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Quarque on May 19, 2023, 07:10:40 am

ok one more question, thanks for answering these

I see that up to three armies can be assigned to a fort and they do not count toward your unit cap as long as they are.
You can also assign boats to the defense of a castle. Can you assign armies (or special units, like archers) to the defense of a castle as well? It seems logical, but the OP does not literally say so.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: a1s on May 19, 2023, 07:19:59 am

Do I understand correctly that retreat happens after half of the force is defeated rounded up?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: a1s on May 19, 2023, 07:26:54 am

Then I will update my orders to be more greedy.  8)

Quote from: a1s on May 19, 2023, 03:52:02 am

Spoiler: orders (click to show/hide)

buy 1 army.
March 3 on O12
March 2 on O13
Scout O12-O11-O10.

I would also like to announce that starting on next turn I can sell wood 1:1 for gold. or army. in fact I will pay a premium for armies (we can hammer out the exact details once I have the forests.)
(I am also willing to sell 1 wood for 1 army this turn)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Criptfeind on May 19, 2023, 08:13:21 am

We'll have to see next turn, but I suspect that I'll be interested in purchasing wood to help siege down that thorn fort? I plan on taking out the giant this turn, so I'll have lots of cash and will be adjacent to it.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Quarque on May 19, 2023, 08:38:26 am

Quote from: notquitethere on May 19, 2023, 03:24:27 am

- Squelshman Reprisals:
--[Vulk 5%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Wright 2%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[FitzHarbort 1%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.

Ok one more question, do reprisals target the lord who woke them up, or do they target an Alkabarian marcher lord at random?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: notquitethere on May 19, 2023, 08:42:01 am

Quote from: Quarque on May 19, 2023, 07:10:40 am

ok one more question, thanks for answering these

I see that up to three armies can be assigned to a fort and they do not count toward your unit cap as long as they are.
You can also assign boats to the defense of a castle. Can you assign armies (or special units, like archers) to the defense of a castle as well? It seems logical, but the OP does not literally say so.

It was easy to miss but yes:

Quote from: notquitethere on May 16, 2023, 07:09:40 am

Unassigned armies will defend your castle.

You can assign any unit to defend your castle. Or rather, by default, any unassigned units defend the castle.

Quote from: a1s on May 19, 2023, 07:19:59 am

Do I understand correctly that retreat happens after half of the force is defeated rounded up?

Yes that sounds right. If you attack with 5 and 2 die, you keep fighting, but if 3 are dead you retreat.

Quote from: Quarque on May 19, 2023, 08:38:26 am

Quote from: notquitethere on May 19, 2023, 03:24:27 am

- Squelshman Reprisals:
--[Vulk 5%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Wright 2%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[FitzHarbort 1%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.

Ok one more question, do reprisals target the lord who woke them up, or do they target an Alkabarian marcher lord at random?

They are reprisals against the specific lord. If you never kill any Squelsh, you will never experience reprisals from them. When they attack, they attack a random county adjacent to an unconquered tile.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Criptfeind on May 19, 2023, 08:46:06 am

After a squelsh attack, does the reprisal percentage lower? Or does it stay that high forever (outside of artifacts/locations/other things we don't know about)

Edit: Actually, if we defeat a squelsh attack, does the percentage raise from the killed attackers as well? That might be funny.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: notquitethere on May 19, 2023, 08:55:12 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 19, 2023, 08:46:06 am

After a squelsh attack, does the reprisal percentage lower? Or does it stay that high forever (outside of artifacts/locations/other things we don't know about)

Outside of specific sites, artefacts etc., the number doesn't normally go down. I've updated the OP to clarify a bit about it, but multiple Lords can be attacked in reprisals, with the most hated Lord attacked first, and then the second-most etc. As such, forts, patrols, and defence artefacts are more likely to be useful the longer the game goes on.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Quarque on May 19, 2023, 08:59:21 am

Quote from: notquitethere on May 19, 2023, 08:42:01 am

Quote from: a1s on May 19, 2023, 07:19:59 am

Do I understand correctly that retreat happens after half of the force is defeated rounded up?

Yes that sounds right. If you attack with 5 and 2 die, you keep fighting, but if 3 are dead you retreat.

In light of this information I have to change my orders, sorry to keep doing that. The boars could easily kill 4 armies and I can't have those cowards retreat.

New Orders:

Pay the Prince a one-time fee of 1 gold for discovering the Wolf Crystal.
Buy 2 more armies
March on D13 with 9 armies
Scout D11-D10-D9

Spoiler: Marquess Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow

C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defence: 10/10
Army Cap: 10
Features:
* Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
* Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
* Shipyard (coast only): -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.

Resources:
Army: 10 (+1/turn) = 10-3(curr) + 1(inc) +2(buy)
Gold: 6 (+1/turn) = 1+9(curr) + 1(inc) -4(buy armies) -1(fee paid to the Prince)
Stone: 0 (+0/turn)
Wood: 1 (+1/turn) = 0(curr) + 1(inc)

Territory: C13 (Bockelstein), D12
Artefacts: None
Equipment: 1 Boat
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: notquitethere on May 19, 2023, 09:07:09 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 19, 2023, 08:46:06 am

Edit: Actually, if we defeat a squelsh attack, does the percentage raise from the killed attackers as well? That might be funny.

It counts each and every Squelshman killed, so yes, defeating an attack will raise the percentage too.

Quote from: Quarque on May 19, 2023, 08:59:21 am

In light of this information I have to change my orders, sorry to keep doing that. The boars could easily kill 4 armies and I can't have those cowards retreat.

Reasonable. Fortunately I hadn't started processing your actions yet.

(I've done a1s and Kashkyyk, so you two, please don't edit your turn.)

Edit: a pretty funny bug in my generator: it was never giving the empty result, so the initial exploration was more deadly and scouts a bit more likely to head back early! This has now been fixed for this next turn.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Kashyyk on May 19, 2023, 10:21:04 am

A couple more questions on Reprisals: Does it count only the Squelsh killed this turn, or since game start? If Game Start, Does it get reset to zero if a reprisal is generated? If not, does that mean we can death-spiral and grt constant unending Squelsh invasions?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: notquitethere on May 19, 2023, 10:40:54 am

Quote from: Kashyyk on May 19, 2023, 10:21:04 am

A couple more questions on Reprisals: Does it count only the Squelsh killed this turn, or since game start? If Game Start, Does it get reset to zero if a reprisal is generated? If not, does that mean we can death-spiral and grt constant unending Squelsh invasions?

Since game start. Doesn't reset. There will be ways to deal with it, so don't worry too much at this stage.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Criptfeind on May 19, 2023, 11:25:25 am

So, worrying about those southern thorns. Is it true that the Thornish can't/won't use boats? I'm thinking about the T13 thornish fort right now, as far as I can tell, it's about to pop, the closet player tile that they'd normally assault would be S14. But, can they attack the island? If not, will they instead attack one of my provinces instead as the next closest tiles?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: notquitethere on May 19, 2023, 11:31:22 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 19, 2023, 11:25:25 am

So, worrying about those southern thorns. Is it true that the Thornish can't/won't use boats? I'm thinking about the T13 thornish fort right now, as far as I can tell, it's about to pop, the closet player tile that they'd normally assault would be S14. But, can they attack the island? If not, will they instead attack one of my provinces instead as the next closest tiles?

Closest valid county tile, and as they have no boats that won't be the island. If enemies get boats later somehow, they would use them.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Quarque on May 19, 2023, 11:33:42 am

Quote from: notquitethere on May 19, 2023, 09:07:09 am

Edit: a pretty funny bug in my generator: it was never giving the empty result, so the initial exploration was more deadly and scouts a bit more likely to head back early! This has now been fixed for this next turn.

The square of J13 did generate an empty monster result in turn one.. was the bug introduced later?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: notquitethere on May 19, 2023, 11:47:20 am

Quote from: Quarque on May 19, 2023, 11:33:42 am

Quote from: notquitethere on May 19, 2023, 09:07:09 am

Edit: a pretty funny bug in my generator: it was never giving the empty result, so the initial exploration was more deadly and scouts a bit more likely to head back early! This has now been fixed for this next turn.

The square of J13 did generate an empty monster result in turn one.. was the bug introduced later?

Ah but the tile wasn't entirely empty, the first "feature" roll made a quarry— it managed to get nothing on its second roll which wasn't bugged.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Criptfeind on May 19, 2023, 11:51:10 am

Quote from: notquitethere on May 19, 2023, 11:31:22 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 19, 2023, 11:25:25 am

So, worrying about those southern thorns. Is it true that the Thornish can't/won't use boats? I'm thinking about the T13 thornish fort right now, as far as I can tell, it's about to pop, the closet player tile that they'd normally assault would be S14. But, can they attack the island? If not, will they instead attack one of my provinces instead as the next closest tiles?

Closest valid county tile, and as they have no boats that won't be the island. If enemies get boats later somehow, they would use them.

Worrying. This could mean in theory if I sent out an army to attack the giant, they could be forced to take 3 fights in a row, first vs the giant, then attacked by the P11 thorn fort, then if the T13 thorn fort either if they attack the giant lair or my castle.... The possibility of a double ambush in the giants lair is the scariest scenario I think, because the thorns would get first strike on both assaults.

Welp.

Can I ask what you're going to do Egan_BW? The best scenario for me might be you taking the fort which I think is something you need to do eventually if you want to ever land on the shores, but I'm not sure what state you are in, if that's a reasonable possibility. Maybe there could be some assistance I could offer that would make it the correct choice?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Egan_BW on May 19, 2023, 12:54:10 pm

Yeah, attacking isn't a very good idea for me right now, since 3 armies would have to get very lucky to wipe out 3 defenders in a single siege round even if I put my wood stockpile into siege engines, which delays getting a ship. If I siege and don't take it in the first turn, I've kinda got nothing, so I have to outnumber them, which requires building boats AND more armies, which I can't afford to hire, and I've got nothing to offer other players to trade for armies, and the gold reward for taking the castle is 0-3 gold, so not worth it.

Yeah I'm just gonna try the east coast and let them attack you instead. Then they'll be weaker when it is time to attack.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Egan_BW on May 19, 2023, 12:55:58 pm

No wait, I already have two boats, duh. Then if I spend all my gold on armies, I can attack with 5, and...
Nah, still better to let them attack first so they're weaker. I want to save up my wood. >.>

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Turn FOO
Post by: Egan_BW on May 19, 2023, 12:58:26 pm

1 Wood cut. 1 Gold taxed.

Scout S15 and R14. If somehow either aren't turned back, scout R15.

Spoiler: Countess Andice Gloronisits, of Point Swearing (click to show/hide)

Background: Noble
Castle Name: Point Swearing
Castle Location: S14
Border Color: Hot Pink
Defense: 10/10
Cutting: 1
 Wood: 4
Quarrying: 0
 Stone: 0
Recruitment: 0
 Army: 2/10
Income: 1
 Gold: 5
Debt: 0
Features: Shipyard, Coppicing Grove, Library
Forts: None
Artefacts: None
Equipment: 2 Boats
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Criptfeind on May 19, 2023, 12:59:17 pm

How much would do you have? I could send you a wood and a skeleton archer to help you siege. Although yeah, maybe just waiting for them to attack would make sense. :P Specially if you want to save up for a ship.

Edit: Ah, I noticed how low you are on armies. Yes, it'd probably always make more sense to find a village first, perhaps never mind.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Egan_BW on May 19, 2023, 01:03:21 pm

Argh, and there's two nice forests close to me protected by HORDES of barbarians! If I could take those ships would be CHEAP for me! >.<

At first my plan was to buy some armies and let them siege me to thin their numbers, but they can't actually reach me. Which is technically good for me because they'll still thin their numbers, just not on attacking me. :p

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Criptfeind on May 19, 2023, 01:07:51 pm

That's fair enough, I don't blame you for it, it's annoying for me, but you can't really do anything about it. Although via more exploring you might find more forts which would be hilarious and sad for me :P. In theory you could find up to 9 more thornish forts and win the game via everyone else being destroyed by them as you survive on the island.

Question for the GM: What happens to provinces that the thornish manage to take? Are they just left empty to be reclaimed?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: notquitethere on May 19, 2023, 02:05:34 pm

3 Thornish return to the fort, if possible, with the excess 1 holding the new territory (unless they take a fort or castle). So usually they abandon after a hit and run / raiding and razing party.

In contrast, the Squelsh stay and guard the place they took.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Egan_BW on May 19, 2023, 02:08:20 pm

If Thornish manage to take and hold a village, will their associated fort get +1 recruitment? :p

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: notquitethere on May 19, 2023, 02:10:20 pm

Quote from: Egan_BW on May 19, 2023, 02:08:20 pm

If Thornish manage to take and hold a village, will their associated fort get +1 recruitment? :p

If they become an organised force due to a site or artefact then yes, otherwise, and as it stands, no.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: Criptfeind on May 19, 2023, 02:30:22 pm

I'm just going to input my turn since I gota go afk and hope that I don't get rekt

Turn 2 gains/losses:
Gold -2
Army +1
Army -4
Wood -2
O14

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

 
Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Colour: Blue

Castle: P14
Army: 7+1-4+3=7/13
Defence: 10/10
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove

Wood Production: 1
Recruitment: 3
Income: 1

Gold: 3-2+1=2
Debt: 0
Wood: 2-2+1=1
Stone: 0

Artifacts: Last Femur
Equipment: None
Special Units: 1 Skeleton 1 Skeleton Archer

Holdings list:
P13: Village +1 Recruitment
O14: Village +1 Recruitment

Spoiler: Turn 3 (click to show/hide)

Purchase 1 Army
March P12 with 8 Armies with Last Femur+1 Skeleton

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: VermilionSkies on May 19, 2023, 07:13:22 pm

Spoiler: Gerald Wright (click to show/hide)

Marquess Gerald Wright
Background: Master Builder
Castle Name: Castle Wright
Castle Location K14
Border Colour: Maroon
Army: 8/10
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 2
Stone Production: 1
Recruitment: 2
Gold: 2
Income: 2
Debt: 0
Wood: 2
Stone: 6
Features: Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace
Production Sites: K13 (1 Wood), K12 (1 Army), J13 (1 Stone)
Forts (location, defense 5/5, armies assigned): Fort Bowyer (K13, 6/6 Defense, 1/3 Armies)
Artefacts: None
Equipment: 1 Bow (Equipped)
Special Units: 1 Archer

Production: 2 Gold, 2 Wood(I just realized that K13 is a forest), 1 Stone, 2 Armies.
Purchasing: 4 Gold for 2 Armies.
Crafting: 1 Bow for 2 Wood.

Scout K11-K10-K9
Scout K15-J15-J14
March to L13 with 4 Armies.
1 Archer and 1 Army defends Castle Wright.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2 - The Valleys of Blood
Post by: notquitethere on May 20, 2023, 01:37:05 am

TURN 3 REPORTS

Spoiler: Countess Andice Gloronisits, of Point Swearing (click to show/hide)

Scout S15-R15: You scout through the first land, discovering a lair. This sepulchral barrow is inhabited by one wisp. The monster defends six gold.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout R14-R15: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The hamlet is defended by one Squelsh barbarians. Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk - Castle Mysterious (click to show/hide)

March P12 with 8 Armies with Last Femur+1 Skeleton: Your armies attack (with one skeleton) (7, 8, 5, 5, 8, 6, 6, 6 and 5), defeating the giant.
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county.
 From the giant club, you gain 1 wood. From looting the lair you gain 7 gold.

Spoiler: Marquess Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven (click to show/hide)

March on D13 with 9 armies: Nine armies march into a hill beyond the border. On the rugged slopes they find three rampaging boar.
The boar, boar, and boar attack first (8, 6, 2, 4, 6, and 1), killing three of your armies.
Your armies attack (7, 3, 3, 3, 7 and 5), defeating three of the enemies (boar).

All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.
Your total losses: three.
Lining a hog den is a gigantic cloth: the Rhuddy Cape (the unit this is assigned to is now considered a giant).
From the hill:
NW: you see hills
N: you see Castle Bockelstein
NE: you see marshland
E: you see hills
SE: you see marshland
S: you see village
SW: you see village
W: you see old ruins of a lair


Scout D11-D10-D9: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the rugged fell they find one stone and they also find a bog cat.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

March 3 on O12: Your armies attack (4, 2, and 5), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the Fecund Copse is absorbed into your county.

March 2 on O13: Your armies attack (1 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (7), killing one of your armies. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
 Your total losses: one.

Scout O12-O11-O10: You scout through the first land, a newly taken Fecund Copse, still with five armies securing it. You scout through the second land, discovering a hill. On the craggy slopes the scout finds five wood. Lying on the stockpile of wood, they find a bog cat!
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort - Shandston's Folly (click to show/hide)

Army 2 scouts I13->I14->J14: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the tumbling bluffs the scout finds one wisp.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Army 3 scouts I15->J15->K15:You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the towering copse the scout finds and takes three gold, and two wood.
You scout through the second land, discovering a hill. On the rugged down the scout finds three Squelsh barbarians. Your scout withdraws to safety.

Army 4 scouts I12->I11->J10: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the muddy mire they find nothing. You scout through the second land, discovering a forest. In the towering trees they find a Thornish Fort with two Thornish holdouts defending, and walls at 8/8 strength.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Army 5 scouts H12->H11->H10: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the stinking bog the scout finds and takes four stone.
You scout through the second land, discovering a village. The hamlet is defended by one Squelsh barbarian. Your scout withdraws to safety.

Army 6,7,8 attacks G13: Your armies attack (8, 2 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (wolf). The other wolf flees northwest. All enemies are defeated and the marsh is absorbed into your county.

Army 9 scouts G12->G11->G10: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the tumbling fell the scout finds two wood, guarded by a bog cat. Your scout withdraws to safety.

Army 10 scouts G12->F13->F14: The second scout sees the same bog cat and flees, leaving the cat and the wood behind.

Spoiler: Marquis Gerald Wright - Castle Wright (click to show/hide)

Scout K11-K10-K9: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the foul mire they find two Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout K15-J15-J14: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the dense woods they find three wisps.
Your scout withdraws to safety.


March to L13 with 4 Armies: Your armies attack (7, 8, 1 and 4), defeating two of the enemies (wolf and wolf).
The other wolf flees . All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.

Spoiler: Enemy phase (click to show/hide)

- Squelshman Reprisals:
--[Vulk 5%] The Squelsh launch a reprisal attack! Six Squelsh barbarians attack the undefended village of O14!
--[Wright 2%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[FitzHarbort 1%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
- Fort Ivy at P11, Fort Birch at T13 and Fort Holly at I11 each bring another bannerman to their cause.

-- Four armies from Fort Ivy (P11) march on the Lords: they decide to attack the Fecund Copse, where they meet three of Marquess Aywen Ayes' armies:
The Thornish attack first (4, 7, 4 and 2), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (3 and 7), defeating one of the enemies (Thornish holdout).

The enemy attacks back (3, 5 and 3), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (8 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (Thornish holdout).
The attackers take too many casualties and withdraw.
 Your total losses: one. 1 gold gained in loot.

-- Four armies from Fort Birch march on the Lords: they decide to attack an undefended village (P13), which they take, leaving one unit defending.

- Whistle Tomb (S15): No new monsters come.

TURN 4

Research

Prince Mackial FitzHarbort learns that in F12 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance for reprisals against the Hedge Lord to 0.

In Q5 is The Moot - Village with 2d2 (2+1=3) Squelsh Barbarians and a moat (6/6 defense). It is the neutral meeting place of rival Squelsh bands. At the start of each enemy turn, each tile with a Squelsh Barbarian has a 25% chance of sending someone to the Moot. The first Squelsh reprisal each turn will be joined by whomever is in the Moot. If the Moot is conquered, a new Moot (with a new moat) will appear in the most populous Squelsh-held village at the start of the next player turn, or if there are no such villages, it may appear in future tile generation (from scouting, research etc.).

(https://i.imgur.com/ni0EMHb.png)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Turn FOO
Post by: Egan_BW on May 20, 2023, 02:14:27 am

Aww, my enemies didn't really thin their numbers as I'd hoped, meeting no resistance. But ho, squishy and rich targets! Profit on the horizon!

1 Wood cut. 1 Gold taxed.
Spend 6 gold on 3 armies.

March on S15 with 3 armies.
March on R14 with 2 armies.

Sorry 'bout using you as a shield, cryptfiend. 😅
I'll deal with Fort Birch soon enough, now that my manpower problem is dealt with.
Assuming I don't get too unlucky with these fights.

Spoiler: Countess Andice Gloronisits, of Point Swearing (click to show/hide)

Background: Noble
Castle Name: Point Swearing
Castle Location: S14
Border Color: Hot Pink
Defense: 10/10
Cutting: 1
 Wood: 5
Quarrying: 0
 Stone: 0
Recruitment: 0
 Army: 5/10
Income: 1
 Gold: 0
Debt: 0
Features: Shipyard, Coppicing Grove, Library
Forts: None
Artefacts: None
Equipment: 2 Boats
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 4 - SWIFT REPRISAL
Post by: Quarque on May 20, 2023, 02:15:17 am

nqt: I think you forgot to draw the findings in D11 on the map?

a1s: I offer you 5 gold for your 4 wood this turn.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 4 - SWIFT REPRISAL
Post by: notquitethere on May 20, 2023, 02:19:46 am

Quote from: Quarque on May 20, 2023, 02:15:17 am

nqt: I think you forgot to draw the findings in D11 on the map?

Good spot. Now fixed.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 4 - SWIFT REPRISAL
Post by: Egan_BW on May 20, 2023, 02:41:09 am

Also worth noting that that fort I gotta take out is up on a hill, which gives me a -1 on my attack. It's a surprisingly tough cookie...

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 4 - SWIFT REPRISAL
Post by: Criptfeind on May 20, 2023, 06:18:04 am

Quote from: Egan_BW on May 20, 2023, 02:14:27 am

Sorry 'bout using you as a shield, cryptfiend. 😅

It's fine. Realistically it only cost me like, an army.

Keep in mind they are going to attack you  now, this turn.

Pretty unlucky that I got a barbarian attack this turn. At least it wasn't worst case scenario.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 4 - SWIFT REPRISAL
Post by: Criptfeind on May 20, 2023, 06:37:40 am

Old turn, reworking because of new info

Turn 3 gains/losses:
Gold -2
Army +1
Wood +1
Gold +7
P12
-P13
-O14

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

 
Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Colour: Blue

Castle: P14
Army: 7+1+1=9/13
Defence: 10/10
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove

Wood Production: 1
Recruitment: 1
Income: 1

Gold: 2-2+7+1=8
Debt: 0
Wood: 1+1+1=3
Stone: 0

Artifacts: Last Femur
Equipment: None
Special Units: 1 Skeleton 1 Skeleton Archer

Holdings list:
P12: Lair

Spoiler: Turn 4 (click to show/hide)

Purchase 4 Armies -8 gold
Make 1 Siege Equipment -2 Wood
March O14 with 5 Armies with Last Femur+Skeleton
March P11 with 4 Armies+Siege Equipment+Skeleton Archer
March P13 With 3 Armies
Scout Q14-Q15-P15

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 4 - SWIFT REPRISAL
Post by: notquitethere on May 20, 2023, 07:04:28 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 20, 2023, 06:18:04 am

Keep in mind they are going to attack you  now, this turn.

P12 is closer to T13 than R14, due to the water. Water and mountain are a factor in picking the "nearest" county square.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 4 - SWIFT REPRISAL
Post by: Criptfeind on May 20, 2023, 07:05:53 am

I see, okay, never mind lol. I'm going to rework my turn with that in mind.

I take back my "It's fine" Curse you Egan_BW :P

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 4 - SWIFT REPRISAL
Post by: Criptfeind on May 20, 2023, 07:15:59 am

Double post because cuz reasons. I noticed 2 things, including what might have been a bug last turn.

First: I thought "Huh, a lair is weird in EE, is that possible?" And looked back at terrain generation rules, as far as I can see, lairs shouldn't be possible to spawn in EE?

Second: When looking back at the rules I also noticed that lairs are suppose to spawn with 2 monster groups, which means my single giant lair from last turn shouldn't be possible, nor should a single wisp lair?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 4 - SWIFT REPRISAL
Post by: notquitethere on May 20, 2023, 07:48:46 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 20, 2023, 07:15:59 am

First: I thought "Huh, a lair is weird in EE, is that possible?" And looked back at terrain generation rules, as far as I can see, lairs shouldn't be possible to spawn in EE?

Yes that's quite right! Not so much a bug, as me forgetting to toggle a setting before generating the tile. I'll let the challenge stand for now, as it benefits Egan, but yes good spotting. There shouldn't be lairs or sites to the east. I'll change it into a swamp with the same gold reward.

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 20, 2023, 07:15:59 am

Second: When looking back at the rules I also noticed that lairs are suppose to spawn with 2 monster groups, which means my single giant lair from last turn shouldn't be possible, nor should a single wisp lair?

Yes that is a bug! Lairs were only spawning one group. Thanks for noticing that. Thirty second fix to the engine. Glad that one got nipped in the bud early on.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 4 - SWIFT REPRISAL
Post by: Criptfeind on May 20, 2023, 08:00:25 am

What happens if I manage to successfully siege the p11 fort in a single turn and then it's selected as the attack target for the T13 fort? (As far as I can tell, P11-12-13 and Q13 are all equidistant from the T13 fort which is really annoying :P)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 4 - SWIFT REPRISAL
Post by: notquitethere on May 20, 2023, 08:06:44 am

It that happened, they'd attack you but you'd have the benefit of the fort's defence. If you didn't manage to take the fort but stayed beseiging, then they wouldn't attack the seige (as it wouldn't be your tile yet).

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 4 - SWIFT REPRISAL
Post by: Criptfeind on May 20, 2023, 10:37:19 am

Do skeletons count for army size when calculating retreat thresholds? And do dead skeletons count as casualties when calculating retreat thresholds?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 4 - SWIFT REPRISAL
Post by: notquitethere on May 20, 2023, 10:44:01 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 20, 2023, 10:37:19 am

Do skeletons count for army size when calculating retreat thresholds? And do dead skeletons count as casualties when calculating retreat thresholds?

Yes to both. They act the same as people except for needing accompaniment and having some special interactions around artefacts.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 4 - SWIFT REPRISAL
Post by: Criptfeind on May 20, 2023, 10:48:19 am

Turn 3 gains/losses:
Gold -2
Army +1
Wood +1
Gold +7
P12
-P13
-O14

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

 
Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Colour: Blue

Castle: P14
Army: 7+1+1=9/13
Defence: 10/10
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove

Wood Production: 1
Recruitment: 1
Income: 1

Gold: 2-2+7+1=8
Debt: 0
Wood: 1+1+1=3
Stone: 0

Artifacts: Last Femur
Equipment: None
Special Units: 1 Skeleton 1 Skeleton Archer

Holdings list:
P12: Lair

Spoiler: Turn 4 (click to show/hide)

Purchase 4 Armies -8 gold
Make 1 Siege Equipment -2 Wood
March O14 with 4 Armies with Last Femur+Skeleton
March P11 with 4 Armies+Siege Equipment+Skeleton Archer
March Q13 With 5 Armies

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 4 - SWIFT REPRISAL
Post by: Egan_BW on May 20, 2023, 03:52:52 pm

Quote from: notquitethere on May 20, 2023, 07:48:46 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 20, 2023, 07:15:59 am

First: I thought "Huh, a lair is weird in EE, is that possible?" And looked back at terrain generation rules, as far as I can see, lairs shouldn't be possible to spawn in EE?

Yes that's quite right! Not so much a bug, as me forgetting to toggle a setting before generating the tile. I'll let the challenge stand for now, as it benefits Egan, but yes good spotting. There shouldn't be lairs or sites to the east. I'll change it into a swamp with the same gold reward.

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 20, 2023, 07:15:59 am

Second: When looking back at the rules I also noticed that lairs are suppose to spawn with 2 monster groups, which means my single giant lair from last turn shouldn't be possible, nor should a single wisp lair?

Yes that is a bug! Lairs were only spawning one group. Thanks for noticing that. Thirty second fix to the engine. Glad that one got nipped in the bud early on.

Bank error in your favor! 😍

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 4 - SWIFT REPRISAL
Post by: VermilionSkies on May 20, 2023, 04:41:37 pm

Spoiler: Gerald Wright (click to show/hide)

Marquess Gerald Wright
Background: Master Builder
Castle Name: Castle Wright
Castle Location K14
Border Colour: Maroon
Army: 8/10
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 3
Stone Production: 1
Recruitment: 2
Gold: 2
Income: 2
Debt: 0
Wood: 1
Stone: 8
Features: Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace
Production Sites: K13 (1 Wood), K12 (1 Army), J13 (1 Stone), L13 (1 Wood)
Forts (location, defense 5/5, armies assigned): Fort Bowyer (K13, 6/6 Defense, 3/3 Armies (1 Archer))
Artefacts: None
Equipment: 1 Bow
Special Units: N/A

3 Wood, 2 Gold, 2 Armies, 1 Stone.
Purchase 1 Stone for 2 Gold.
Craft 1 Bow.
Scout J14.
Scout L15.
March L14 with 2 Armies.
March K15 with 4 Armies.
Send 1 Archer and 1 Army to Fort Bowyer.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 4 - SWIFT REPRISAL
Post by: a1s on May 20, 2023, 04:43:20 pm

Quote from: Quarque on May 20, 2023, 02:15:17 am

a1s: I offer you 5 gold for your 4 wood this turn.

Accepted

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
Castle Location N-13
Border Colour: Red
Army: 6/13
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 1
Recruitment: 1
Income: 1
Wood: 5
Gold: 2
Debt: 0
Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks
Forts : None
Artefacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: None

Spoiler: orders (click to show/hide)

Send 4 wood to Marquess Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven
receive 5 gold from Marquess Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven
buy 3 armies.
March 3 on O13
March 5 on O11
Scout N11-N10-O10.

Minor bug:

Quote

Scout O12-O11-O10: You scout through the first land, a newly taken Fecund Copse, still with five armies securing it. You scout through the second land, discovering a hill. On the craggy slopes the scout finds five wood. Lying on the stockpile of wood, they find a bog cat!
Your scout withdraws to safety.

it says there are 5 armies securing the Fecund Copse, but in actuality it is 3 (enemy turn correctly uses that number)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 4 - SWIFT REPRISAL
Post by: Quarque on May 20, 2023, 05:10:05 pm

Quote from: a1s on May 20, 2023, 04:43:20 pm

Quote from: Quarque on May 20, 2023, 02:15:17 am

a1s: I offer you 5 gold for your 4 wood this turn.

Accepted

confirmed :)

Spoiler: orders (click to show/hide)

Send 5 gold to the Oak and Ash in return for 4 wood
Build one ship
March with three armies to D11
Two armies sail to B11 by boat, with the Rhuddy Cape
 => the first army marches on B11, with the Rhuddy Cape equipped
 => the second army scouts B11-B10-B9
Sail with one army to A8 by ship, then scout A8-A7-A6
Send one scout to E12
Send one scout to E13

Spoiler: Marquess Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow

C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defence: 10/10
Army Cap: 10
Features:
* Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
* Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
* Shipyard (coast only): -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.

Resources:
Army: 8 (+1/turn) = 10-3(curr) + 1(inc)
Gold: 2 (+1/turn) = 6(curr) + 1(inc) -5(trade with Oak and Ash)
Stone: 0 (+0/turn)
Wood: 0 (+1/turn) = 1(curr) + 1(inc) + 4(trade with Oak and Ash) - 6(ship)

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape
Equipment: 1 Boat and 1 ship
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 4 - SWIFT REPRISAL
Post by: Kashyyk on May 20, 2023, 07:06:08 pm

Oooh. Tempted to build a big ol' Fort on that Holy Site...

Repair H13 Fort Heather with three Stone.
Two bows are built with four wood, and both are given to the Garrison of H13 Fort Heather.

Army 1,2 garrisons H14 Shandston's Folly
Army 3 marches on I15
Army 4 scouts I15->I14->J14
Armies 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 march on G15

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 8/8 (+3 repairs)
Garrison: 3/3 (of which 2 are Archers)

Resources:
Army : 11/11 (+2/turn) = 10(curr) + 2(inc) 1(inc capped)
Gold: 10 (+2/turn) = 5(curr) +2(inc) +3(loot)
Stone: 1 (+0/turn)  = 0(curr) + 4(loot) - 3(repair Fort Heather)
Wood : 0 (+0/turn) = 2(curr) + 2(loot) - 4(build bows)
Debt: 20

Territory: G13 (Marsh), H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather)
Artefacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 2
Post by: Quarque on May 21, 2023, 08:04:43 am

Some barbarian numbers on the map seem to mismatch the reports, or maybe I'm missing something?

Quote from: notquitethere on May 18, 2023, 05:09:37 am

TURN ONE REPORTS
[.. Marquess Ambrosio Vulk ..]
Scout Q13-Q12-Q11: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The hamlet is defended by two Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

on the map I see 3 (the status of this village did not change since the above report)

Quote from: notquitethere on May 20, 2023, 01:37:05 am

[snip]
[.. Enemy phase ..]
- Squelshman Reprisals:
--[Vulk 5%] The Squelsh launch a reprisal attack! Six Squelsh barbarians attack the undefended village of O14!

on the map I see 3?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 4 - SWIFT REPRISAL
Post by: notquitethere on May 21, 2023, 08:12:38 am

That's a careless error on my part. Will have to double-check the numbers in future updates. As Criptfiend has made a move based on what is seen on the map, we can split the difference and leave it as that and in future I'll try and update it more accurately...

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 4 - SWIFT REPRISAL
Post by: notquitethere on May 21, 2023, 09:32:30 am

TURN 4 REPORTS

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

x1 marches on I15: The forest is undefended and taken into the county.

x1 Army scouts I15->I14->J14: The first land is a forest, newly taken. You scout through the second land, discovering a village. The settlement is undefended and will be easily cowed.
You scout through the third land, discovering a marshland. In the muddy bog they find a Bog Cat. Your scout withdraws to safety.

x7 Armies march on G15: Your armies attack (7, 6, 5, 2, 6, 3 and 6), defeating five of the enemies (skeletal archer, bone reckoner, skeletal archer, skeletal warrior and skeletal warrior).

The enemy attacks back (2, 7 and 2), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (8, 1, 6, 3, 5 and 2), defeating three of the enemies (skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior and bone reckoner).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: one.

Spoiler: Marquess Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven (click to show/hide)

March with three armies to D11: Your armies attack (5, 3 and 7), defeating one of the enemies (bog cat).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county, and 1 stone is taken.
From the hill:
NW: you see a mountain in the way
N: you see forest
NE: you see hills
E: you see a lair
SE: you see a village
S: you see hill
SW: you see unusual site: a particularly large gorge?
W: you see village

Two armies sail to B11 by boat, with the Rhuddy Cape
 => the first army marches on B11, with the Rhuddy Cape equipped: Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (8, 9 and 5), defeating two of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county. x1 wood is discovered.

 => the second army scouts B11-B10-B9: The first land is the forest, newly conquered. The scout passes into the second land, discovering a village. The hamlet is defended by three Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.


Sail with one army to A8 by ship, then scout A8-A7-A6: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the towering trees they find one wisp.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Send one scout to E12: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The dwellings is defended by three Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Send one scout to E13: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The hamlet is defended by three Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Countess Andice Gloronisits, of Point Swearing (click to show/hide)

March on S15 with 3 armies: Your armies attack (4, 3 and 6), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county. You find 6 gold.

March on R14 with 2 armies: Your armies attack (9 and 9), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

March O14 with 4 Armies with Last Femur+Skeleton: Your armies attack (with one skeleton) (6, 7, 6, 8 and 9), defeating three of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian). The last femur raises one skeleton warrior!
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

March P11 with 4 Armies+Siege Equipment+Skeleton Archer: You discover the fort is in a forest. Your armies attack (with one skeleton archer) (6, 2, 8, 9 and 6), damaging the walls (2) defeating two of the enemies (Thornish holdout and Thornish holdout).
All enemies are defeated and the fort is absorbed into your county.
 From the Thornish holdouts you take one gold.

March Q13 With 5 Armies: Your armies attack (5, 2, 3, 6 and , defeating three of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

Spoiler: Gerald Wright (click to show/hide)

Scout J14:  You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the stinking mire they find a bog cat.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout L15: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the steep down they find a group of three thornish defectors who join your cause and they also find two wisps. Your scout withdraws to safety with the defectors.

March L14 with 2 Armies: Two armies march into a village beyond the border. The townlet is inhabited by a wolf! Your armies attack (8 and , defeating the wolf. All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

March K15 with 4 Armies: Your armies attack (3, 6, 7 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (5 and 1), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (7, 6, 3 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (6), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (8, 2 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: one.

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

March 3 on O13: Your armies attack (8, 4 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.

March 5 on O11: Your armies attack (2, 7, 4, 5 and 5), defeating one of the enemies (cat).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county. You find five wood.
From the hill:
NW: you see village
N: you see village
NE: you see marshland
E: you can see the Fecund Copse
SE: you see a lair
S: you see a forest
SW: you see village
W: you see marshland

Scout N11-N10-O10: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The townlet is defended by three Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

After all the players' turns have been processed, each of the following happens:
- The Moot: Barbarian-occupied tiles 4, 5, 6, 8, send someone to the moot (now 8 in the moot).
- Reprisals:
--[Vulk 11%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Wright 2%] The Squelsh launch a reprisal attack! Four squelsh barbarians attack, joined by the eight from the moot! They attack the woods in K15, currently defended by three armies who had just finished off some wisps. The barbarians attack first (2, 6, 4, 9, 8, 4, 2 and 3), killing three of your armies. Your armies have been defeated!
 Your total losses: three.
--[Bockhoven 2%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[FitzHarbort 1%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Gloronisits 1%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.

- Fort Ivy at I11 and Fort Birch at T13 bring another bannerman to their cause.

--Fort Ivy march in force on the fort (6/6 defence) at K13. The Thornish attack first (7, 7, 8 and , damaging the walls for 2, and killing two ordinary defenders. The archers attack back (7), killing one attacker. A siege begins.

--Fort Birch march in force on the village at Q13 where they meet 5 armies from Castle Mysterious!
The Thornish attack first (6, 8, 8 and 2), killing three of your armies.
Your armies attack (3 and 2), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (3, 1, 5 and 3), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (8 and 6), defeating two of the enemies (Thornish holdout and Thornish holdout).
The attackers take too many casualties and withdraw.
Your total losses: three. 1 gold is found.

TURN 5

Research

Countess Andice Gloronisits learns that in R15 is the Speculator's Rod (a scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

Prince Mackial FitzHarbort learns that in G10 is Bitter Brew  (The set of armies this is equipped to never retreats from losses.)

(https://i.imgur.com/Q4DCamC.png)

- As ever, check things against the map and let me know if any mistake is spotted.
- Note we have our first seige!
- It's not a bug, just weird fluke + double rolling for closeness, but the RNG loves to put stuff on the R row.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 5 - SEIGE
Post by: Criptfeind on May 21, 2023, 09:37:40 am

Suspiciously perfect outcomes for me this turn.

I have noticed a small issue with the map. It's fixed :P

You're welcome for the dead Thorns Egan_BW, plz save me.

Also if anyone wants to buy armies, I'm interested in selling a few this turn. Was thinking probably 3 for 4 gold?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 5 - SEIGE
Post by: Quarque on May 21, 2023, 10:24:38 am

updoot, hype!

B11 still needs to be marked as mine.
D11: Scouting revealed the bog cat had a treasure of 1 stone. Perhaps it was forgotten because it is invisible on the hill background?
E13 shows two barbarians on the map, but the report says three.

Quote from: notquitethere on May 21, 2023, 09:32:30 am

[Marquess Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven]
Two armies sail to B11 by boat, with the Rhuddy Cape
 => the first army marches on B11, with the Rhuddy Cape equipped: Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (8, 9 and 5), defeating two of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county. x1 wood is discovered.

 => the second army scouts B11-B10-B9
[ no result ]

My intention with this order was to transport two armies on the same boat, with the first army marching and the second army scouting. Is this allowed? Or do all armies on a boat / ship need to perform the same action? The roll indicates that only the one army wearing the cape was attacking, so "your armies attack" also seems like a minor inconsistency.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 5 - SEIGE
Post by: notquitethere on May 21, 2023, 11:11:55 am

That second scout action should have gone through. I'll process it when I get home in an hour or so, and fix the other little bits. Thanks!

Edit: I've now updated the map and the scout report. The only thing I didn't change was E13: there were 3 as reported, but 1 of them went to the moot, and then subsequently took part in the invasion (it was #4 barbarian tile).

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 5 - SEIGE
Post by: Quarque on May 21, 2023, 12:46:26 pm

thank you

B11 and B10 still need to be a little bit updated on the map though, technically :P
(or maybe you accidentally reposted the wrong image)

Just to be sure: is it possible for the sort-of-half-revealed-lair on E10 to spawn additional monsters yet?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 5 - SEIGE
Post by: notquitethere on May 21, 2023, 12:51:09 pm

Quote from: Quarque on May 21, 2023, 12:46:26 pm

B11 and B10 still need to be a little bit updated on the map though, technically :P
(or maybe you accidentally reposted the wrong image)

It would help if I actually uploaded the image I'd just amended, yes. Now done.

Quote from: Quarque on May 21, 2023, 12:46:26 pm

Just to be sure: is it possible for the sort-of-half-revealed-lair on E10 to spawn additional monsters yet?

It won't do anything until anyone knows a bit more about it by properly scouting it or marching on it.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 5 - SEIGE
Post by: Quarque on May 21, 2023, 01:11:02 pm

Spoiler: orders (click to show/hide)

March with one army wearing the Rhuddy Cape to E13
One army sails to B9 by Boat, scouting B9-C8
Four armies sail to A8 by Ship
 => the first three armies march on A8
 => the fourth army scouts A8-A7-A6
Send one scout to E11
Send one scout to D10-C9
Send one scout to C10-C9

Spoiler: Marquess Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow

C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defence: 10/10
Army Cap: 10
Features:
* Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
* Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
* Shipyard (coast only): -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.

Resources:
Army: 9 (+1/turn) = 8(curr) + 1(inc)
Gold: 3 (+1/turn) = 2(curr) + 1(inc)
Stone: 1 (+0/turn)
Wood: 3 (+2/turn) = 0+1(curr) + 2(inc)

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape
Equipment: 1 Boat and 1 Ship
Special Units: None

edit: after 3 comes 4, not 2

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 4 - SWIFT REPRISAL
Post by: a1s on May 21, 2023, 02:46:06 pm

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 21, 2023, 09:37:40 am

Also if anyone wants to buy armies, I'm interested in selling a few this turn. Was thinking probably 3 for 4 gold?

May I instead (of gold) interest you in some wood?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 5 - SEIGE
Post by: Criptfeind on May 21, 2023, 03:03:28 pm

Maybe? I'm not sure what I'd do with wood right at this moment, but it's probably more valuable then armies to me right now as well.

Although also maybe we can do some sorta swap here? I think Egan_BW was gagging for some wood to make a ship right? And I know that Countess Andice Gloronisits has a bunch of gold. If I want gold, you want armies, and Egan wants wood, maybe we can do a little trade merry go round?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 5 - SEIGE
Post by: a1s on May 21, 2023, 03:38:24 pm

Triangular trade, you say?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 5 - SEIGE
Post by: Criptfeind on May 21, 2023, 03:43:47 pm

Yes :P

Although if Egans not up for it then yeah I'll still trade them for wood if no ones offering gold.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 5 - SEIGE
Post by: Kashyyk on May 21, 2023, 04:05:09 pm

A few very minor nitpicks:
1) Fort Heather's icon hasn't been updated to reflect repairs
2) My "scout I15->I14->J14" report says "you scout through the second land" when referring to the third tile scouted
3) You said Fort Ivy is at P11 in the enemy turn report, instead of I11

If y'all are trading I'll happily receive Stone for most anything.

Actions:
2x Infantry garrisons Shandston's Folly
1x Infantry marches on Village I14
1x Infantry marches on Marsh I12
3x Infantry marches on Hill G12
2x Infantry marches on Marsh H12
1x Infantry scouts F15->E15->D15
1x Infantry scouts F13->F14->E14

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 8/8
Garrison: 3/3 (2x Archers, 1x Infantry)

Resources:
Army : 11/11 (+2/turn) = 11(curr) - 1(casualties) + 2(inc) 1(inc capped)
Gold: 12 (+2/turn) = 10(curr) +2(inc)
Stone: 1 (+0/turn)  = 1(curr)
Wood : 2 (+1/turn) = 0(curr) + 2(inc)
Debt: 20

Territory: G15 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), I15 (Forest)
Artefacts: None
Equipment: None
Units: 11x Infantry

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 5 - SEIGE
Post by: Egan_BW on May 21, 2023, 05:01:02 pm

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 21, 2023, 09:37:40 am

You're welcome for the dead Thorns Egan_BW, plz save me.

What do you need saving from? I think you can clear one holdout. :p

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 5 - SEIGE
Post by: Egan_BW on May 21, 2023, 05:05:14 pm

Is there an equal chance that the extra Moot barbarians attack any player who gets a reprisal, NQT, or are those higher on the list at greater risk?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 5 - SEIGE
Post by: Criptfeind on May 21, 2023, 05:29:56 pm

Quote from: Egan_BW on May 21, 2023, 05:01:02 pm

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 21, 2023, 09:37:40 am

You're welcome for the dead Thorns Egan_BW, plz save me.

What do you need saving from? I think you can clear one holdout. :p

I just mean that I'm hoping you can take down the thornish fort within the next two turns.

Anyway, I forget, did you want wood to make ships? I have some memory telling me that you might have been interested in buying a1s, but maybe not.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 5 - SEIGE
Post by: Egan_BW on May 21, 2023, 06:23:58 pm

Let's see, I'll calculate what I've got now.
I have enough wood for a ship now, but will probably want to spend wood on taking down that fort. Each of my 6 armies has a 0% chance to take out one of the two defenders, which raises to 1/8 each if I spend 2 wood or 2/8 if I spend 4 wood. That seems relatively safe.

I don't want to immediately go broke again, but 4 gold for 4 wood would serve me well here.

Also, that rod next to my land seems valuable, but it's not immediately useful for me.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Turn FOO
Post by: Egan_BW on May 21, 2023, 06:28:50 pm

Gained 6 gold and 1 recruitment from conquest.
1 Wood cut. 1 Army recruited. 1 Gold taxed.
4 Wood spent to build 2 engines.

Sending 4 gold to Castle Mysterious and receiving 4 wood from the Oak and Ash.

Land 2 boats at T13 and assault Fort Birch with 6 armies and 2 engines.

Spoiler: Countess Andice Gloronisits, of Point Swearing (click to show/hide)

Background: Noble
Castle Name: Point Swearing
Castle Location: S14
Border Color: Hot Pink
Defense: 10/10
Cutting: 1
 Wood: 6
Quarrying: 0
 Stone: 0
Recruitment: 1
 Army: 6/10
Income: 1
 Gold: 3
Debt: 0
Features: Shipyard, Coppicing Grove, Library
Forts: None
Artefacts: None
Equipment: 2 Boats, 2 Engines
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 5 - SEIGE
Post by: Criptfeind on May 21, 2023, 06:37:36 pm

Quote from: Egan_BW on May 21, 2023, 06:23:58 pm

I don't want to immediately go broke again, but 4 gold for 4 wood would serve me well here.

Well, a1s, it seems like we have our triangle trade? I send 3 armies to A1s, A1s sends 4 wood to Egan, Egan sends 4 gold to me. Bing bang bosh jobs a donen?

Quote from: Egan_BW on May 21, 2023, 06:23:58 pm

Also, that rod next to my land seems valuable, but it's not immediately useful for me.

Feels like it'd take quite a bit of trust but I wonder if people would want to rent it out. I would pay some amount of resources to use it if I had a hill.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 5 - SEIGE
Post by: notquitethere on May 21, 2023, 06:39:09 pm

Quote from: Kashyyk on May 21, 2023, 04:05:09 pm

A few very minor nitpicks

Thanks for spotting. Now fixed.

Quote from: Egan_BW on May 21, 2023, 05:05:14 pm

Is there an equal chance that the extra Moot barbarians attack any player who gets a reprisal, NQT, or are those higher on the list at greater risk?

The person they hate the most out of those receiving reprisals gets the Moot barbarians, as the reprisals happen in order of highest to lowest chance.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 5 - SEIGE
Post by: Criptfeind on May 21, 2023, 06:46:44 pm

*Bonks Squelsh with leg bone, turning them into a undead horror*

It's for their own good.

Question about the "fully mountain" provinces like Q10 and P5, are they immune to being scouted/conquered, I think I can't move into them because mountains block movement and they have a mountain province on all sides? And if left unconquered would they count as "unclaimed land" for bordering provinces for Squelshman retaliation?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 5 - SEIGE
Post by: notquitethere on May 21, 2023, 06:49:36 pm

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 21, 2023, 06:46:44 pm

Question about the "fully mountain" provinces like Q10 and P5, are they immune to being scouted/conquered, I think I can't move into them because mountains block movement and they have a mountain province on all sides? And if left unconquered would they count as "unclaimed land" for bordering provinces for Squelshman retaliation?

Unless you have an artefact that says otherwise, these tiles (and full ocean tiles) can't be conquered, and the mountain tiles can't be scouted. Squelshman can't retaliate through them. Until something says otherwise, treat them like map edges.

(Naturally, they also don't count for the end-of-game map completion trigger.)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 5 - SEIGE
Post by: Criptfeind on May 21, 2023, 07:04:43 pm

Anyway, Assuming you two are copacetic with that trade deal, I added it to my turn a. So then Egan can send the gold to me and A1s can send the wood to Egan.

Spoiler: Turn 4 gains/losses (click to show/hide)

Gold -8
Army +4
Wood -2
O14: Village +1 Recruitment
Skeleton
P11: Forest Fort 6/8 +1 Wood Production
Gold +1
Q13: Village +1 Recruitment
Army- 3
Gold +1

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

 
Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Colour: Blue

Castle: P14
Army: 9+4-3+3=13/13
Defence: 10/10
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove

Wood Production: 2
Recruitment: 3
Income: 1

Gold: 8-8+1+1+1=3
Debt: 0
Wood: 3-2+2=3
Stone: 0

Artifacts: Last Femur
Equipment: None
Special Units: 2 Skeleton 1 Skeleton Archer

Holdings list:
P12: Lair
O14: Village +1 Recruitment
P11: Forest Fort 6/8 +1 Wood Production
Q13: Village +1 Recruitment

Spoiler: Turn 5 (click to show/hide)

Trade 3 armies to Marchioness Aywen Ayes for 4 wood, trade the 4 wood to Countess Andice Gloronisits for 4 gold
March P13 with 3 armies
March P10 with 4 armies with last femur and 2 skeletons
Scout P10-P9-Q9
Scout Q14-Q15-P15
Scout O15-P15-Q15

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 5 - SEIGE
Post by: Egan_BW on May 21, 2023, 07:10:42 pm

done

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 5 - SEIGE
Post by: a1s on May 22, 2023, 03:18:02 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 21, 2023, 06:37:36 pm

Quote from: Egan_BW on May 21, 2023, 06:23:58 pm

I don't want to immediately go broke again, but 4 gold for 4 wood would serve me well here.

Well, a1s, it seems like we have our triangle trade? I send 3 armies to A1s, A1s sends 4 wood to Egan, Egan sends 4 gold to me. Bing bang bosh jobs a donen?

Agreed.
(Although 1:1 wood for gold trades are already in my wheelhouse, so there might not have been a need for any triangles. )

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
Castle Location N-13
Border Colour: Red
Army: 10/13
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 5
Recruitment: 1
Income: 1
Wood: 11
Gold: 2
Debt: 0
Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks
Forts : None
Artefacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: None

Spoiler: orders (click to show/hide)

Send 4 wood to Countess Andice Gloronisits
receive 3 armies from Marquess Ambrosio Vulk
March 5 on N11
March 4 on M12
Scout O10
Scout N10
Scout M12-M11-M10
Produce 1 Bow
Train 1 army as an archer (they are garrisoned in the castle for now).

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 5 - SEIGE
Post by: a1s on May 22, 2023, 04:49:21 am

Question: since archers are vulnerable to 5s, but regular armies are not, does that mean that an archer is guaranteed to die to a 5, or do you later roll to see who the 5 was directed at?
Also: boars are insane. Each is more than half as bad as a giant, comes in packs of 1d4 and drops no loot.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 5 - SEIGE
Post by: Quarque on May 22, 2023, 05:07:53 am

Boars are nasty, but I think it's ok compared to other nasty things. Barbarians are scary in their own way and we've not seen any bog hags or dragons yet.. I like the element of challenge. The army of 5 wisps I fought in turn one was worse than 4 boars - they had treasure, but man.

I wouldn't count boars as half a giant, btw. A giant on his own is not too bad, but paired with additional armies it is pretty badass since it can soak hits.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 5 - SEIGE
Post by: notquitethere on May 22, 2023, 05:32:20 am

Quote from: a1s on May 22, 2023, 04:49:21 am

Question: since archers are vulnerable to 5s, but regular armies are not, does that mean that an archer is guaranteed to die to a 5, or do you later roll to see who the 5 was directed at?

I think they're guaranteed to die to a 5. The way the engine works at the moment is it tries to assign the dice to whomever is valid, with it rolling randomly if there are giants or skeletons that it might hit or not hit.

Quote from: a1s on May 22, 2023, 04:49:21 am

Also: boars are insane. Each is more than half as bad as a giant, comes in packs of 1d4 and drops no loot.

Giving them both attacks-twice and haste is pretty nasty. Funny that I thought that would be easier than the Bone Reckoners, who just have a lot of guys. I'm glad though, as it means players can't just steamroll with big armies every challenge.

If you think boars are bad, wait until you meet the dragon that's coming...

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 5 - SEIGE
Post by: VermilionSkies on May 22, 2023, 08:24:37 pm

Spoiler: Gerald Wright (click to show/hide)

Marquess Gerald Wright
Background: Master Builder
Castle Name: Castle Wright
Castle Location K14
Border Colour: Maroon
Army: 10/10
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 3
Stone Production: 1
Recruitment: 3
Gold: 2
Income: 2
Debt: 0
Wood: 4
Stone: 0
Features: Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace, Keep
Production Sites: K13 (1 Wood), K12 (1 Army), J13 (1 Stone), L13 (1 Wood), L14 (1 Army)
Forts (location, defense 5/5, armies assigned): Fort Bowyer (K13, 4/6 Defense, 1/3 Armies (1 Archer))
Artefacts: None
Equipment:
Special Units: 1 Archer

Looted 3 Armies.
Produced 3 Wood, 3 Armies, 1 Stone, 2 Gold.
Purchase 1 Stone.
Create a Keep in Castle Wright.
March K15 with 6 Armies.
March K13 with 3 Armies
Create 1 Archer.
Archer defends Castle Wright.
(God this turn hurts. 12 Squelsh will do that.
Apologies for the late turn, I've been unable to access my computer- and it's spreadsheets -for a while.)

Title: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - Marrowfat
Post by: notquitethere on May 23, 2023, 04:53:13 am

TURN 5

Spoiler: Marquess Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven (click to show/hide)

March with one army wearing the Rhuddy Cape to E13: Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (4, 7 and 5), defeating two of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian). All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

One army sails to B9 by Boat, scouting B9-C8: You scout through the first land, discovering a lair. This dingy hovel is inhabited by a giant and also two Bone Reckoners, with one skeletal warriors and two skeletal archers. The monsters defend nine gold.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Four armies sail to A8 by Ship:
 => the first three armies march on A8: Your armies attack (2, 1 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp). All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.

 => the fourth army scouts A8-A7-A6: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the dense woods they find a few signs of habitation long ago.

You scout through the second land, discovering a lair.
This damp tomb is inhabited by a dragon and a Bloodsinger with the Pellucid Orb (+1 to scout travel distance) and also a Bloodsinger sitting upon the Marrowfat Throne (when owned by someone of Squelsh heritage, one Squelsh defector will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production) and adjacent Squelsh armies will join your attacks on non-Squelsh; when owned by an Alkabrian or other, +30 reprisal chance, +100 reprisal chance if destroyed.) and three wolves. The monsters defend four gold. They also have the Wolf Crystal (wolves encountered will join the army instead (they still all run away when injured).
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Send one scout to E11: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the hard scrabble bluffs they find a quarry and they also find a bog cat.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Send one scout to D10-C9: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The dwellings is defended by two Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Send one scout to C10-C9: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The hamlet is undefended and easily cowed.
You scout through the second land, discovering a village.
The townlet is undefended and easily cowed.
The scout has no orders to go onto a third land and so returns home.

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

1x Infantry marches on Village I14: The village is easily cowed and is absorbed into your county.

1x Infantry marches on Marsh I12: The marshland is undefended and is absorbed into your county.

3x Infantry marches on Hill G12: Your armies attack (7, 8 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (bog cat).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county. Two wood is discovered.
From the hill:
NW: you see unusual site: a body of impassible water (this must be Lake Sorrow!)
N: you see an unusual site: a forest with bone towers
NE: you see forest
W: you see lair
SW: you see a village
S: you see marshland
SE: you see a marsh with a fort
E: you see marshland

2x Infantry marches on Marsh H12: Your armies attack (8 and 1), defeating one of the enemies (wolf).
All enemies are defeated and the marsh is absorbed into your county.

1x Infantry scouts F15->E15->D15: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The settlement is defended by two Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

1x Infantry scouts F13->F14->E14: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the dark woods they find nothing but bones. You scout through the second land, discovering a marshland. In the stinking bog they find four Squelsh barbarians. Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Countess Andice Gloronisits, of Point Swearing (click to show/hide)

Land 2 boats at T13 and assault Fort Birch with 6 armies and 2 engines: Your armies attack (8, 6, 3, 8, 9 and 5), damaging the walls (3) defeating two of the enemies (Thornish holdout and Thornish holdout). You get 1 gold. All enemies defeated, you take Fort Birch!

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

March P13 with 3 armies: Your armies attack (6, 8 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (Thornish holdout).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.
From the Thornish holdouts you take one gold.

March P10 with 4 armies with last femur and 2 skeletons: Four armies march into a village beyond the border. The townlet is defended by three Squelsh barbarians.
Your armies attack (with two skeletons) (8, 3, 5, 4, 7 and 3), defeating three of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).
The last femur raises two skeleton warriors!
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

Scout P10-P9-Q9: You scout through the first land, a village newly conquered. You scout through the second land, discovering a hill. On the hard scrabble fell they find a bog cat. Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout Q14-Q15-P15: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the rugged bluffs they find a Thornish Fort with one Thornish holdouts defending, and walls at 5/5 strength. Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout O15-P15-Q15: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the thick trees they find a few signs of habitation long ago.
You scout through the second land, discovering a hill.
On the tumbling headland they find a giant.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

March 5 on N11: Your armies attack (2, 5, 4, 8 and 4), defeating two of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).
The enemy attacks back (3), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (5, 3, 8, 3 and 5), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

March 3 on M12: Your armies attack (7, 6 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (bog cat).
All enemies are defeated and the marsh is absorbed into your county.

Scout O10: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the muddy fen they find a bog hag with two bog cats.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout N10: The hamlet is undefended and easily cowed.
You scout through the second land, discovering a unusual site. With no more orders, the scout heads home.

Scout M12-M11-M10: First you scout goes through the newly conquered marsh. You scout through the second land, discovering a village. The settlement is defended by two Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Gerald Wright - Castle Wright (click to show/hide)

March K15 with 6 Armies - Your armies attack (8, 6, 6, 3, 7 and 5), defeating five of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).

The enemy attacks back (9, 5, 9, 7, 5, 4 and 4), killing three of your armies. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
 Your total losses: three.

March K13 with 3 Armies - Your armies attack (8, 7 and 4), defeating two of the enemies (Thornish holdout and Thornish holdout).

The enemy attacks back (3), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (1, 5 and 6), defeating one of the enemies (Thornish holdout).
All enemies are defeated and the fort is saved.
 From the Thornish holdouts you take one gold.

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

- [A7] A Squelsh barbarian joins the Marrowfat Host
- [A7] The dragon doesn't wander.

- The Moot: Barbarian-occupied tiles 1(A7), 3(C12), 4(D10), 11(M11) send someone to the moot.
- Reprisals:
--[Vulk 14%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Wright 7%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Bockhoven 4%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Ayes 3%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[FitzHarbort 1%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Gloronisits 1%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.

- Fort Hawthorn at Q14 gains another member.
- Fort Ivy, undefeated despite recently losing all armies, at I11 gains another member.

- [A7] The Marrowfat Host: No new monsters come.
- [B9] Headless Heights: No new monsters come.

Research

Countess Andice Gloronisits learns that in Q8 is the Crimson Drum (attack first when defending)

Prince Mackial FitzHarbort learns that in E5 is the Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)

(https://i.imgur.com/m4h7O7q.png)

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- I actually took a close second pass before posting and picked up a bunch of missed map things, so this round the map should be accurate. As ever, let me know any mistakes!
- If it seems like there's a Squelsh Barbarian missing on the map, check that it hasn't gone to the host
- Bloodsingers (magical practitioners who have gained artefacts of power through sacrifice) are considered Squelsh for the purposes of the Marrowfat Throne. Squelsh barbarians and Thornish holdouts are not normally considered monsters for the purpose of 10-monsters-on-a-tile based invasion, but I'm ruling that minions of a monster unit also count as monsters. All to say, unless the moot keeps the numbers down, eventually the Host will pop with 10+ units including barbarians.

Spoiler: KNOWN UNIT TYPES (click to show/hide)

ALKABARIAN
- Soldier
- Archer (dies on 5, +1 in sieges)
- Skeletal - Archer (dies on 5, +1 in sieges, cannot go alone on missions)
      - Warrior (cannot go alone on missions)
- Rhuddy Giant (counts as 3 armies)

MONSTER
Anathema (also considered Squelsh)
   - Bone Reckoners
      - Skeletal - Archer (dies on 5, +1 in sieges, crumbles without Reckoner)
         - Warrior/Fighter (crumbles without Reckoner)
   - Bloodsingers (has an artefact)
   - Bog Hag (has 2-4 cats)
Animals
   - Boar (attacks first, twice!)
   - Bog Cat (turns places into marsh on defeat, -1 attackers, +1 when in a swamp)
   - Wolf (flees when hurt)
Mythic
  - Giants (counts as 3 armies)
  - Dragons (counts as 5 armies, attacks first)


THORNISH
- Holdout

SQUELSH
- Squelsh Barbarian (+1 to rolls for both sides)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: Quarque on May 23, 2023, 06:02:16 am

Quote from: Original post, Monster Table

Bloodsinger (has an artefact, if undefended, will flee if fails to win counterattack and if unoccupied zone adjacent)

Does this mean that the Bloodsinger on A7 owns an additional artifact that can be gained from defeating him, in addition to the two artifacts that are already revealed on this tile?

Quote from: scouting report

a Bloodsinger sitting upon the Marrowfat Throne (when owned by someone of Squelsh heritage, one Squelsh defector will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production) and adjacent Squelsh armies will join your attacks on non-Squelsh; when owned by an Alkabrian or other, +30 reprisal chance, +100 reprisal chance if destroyed.)

When / how would the throne be destroyed, rather than owned? Does a gold sacrifice on the F12 pit reset this reprisal chance?

Could I pay another player to aid me in a fight for A7?

I see two capital B on A7 on the map and no barbarian.. from the report I would expect one B and one S? Maybe I misread something.

edit: one more question. A dragon attacks first, does that mean that other monsters in the same fight would attack first as well? I guess not, but better double check.

edit: another question. If you fight barbarians your armies get +1 attack because the barbarians have weak defense. What happens when you fight a mixed army that includes a barbarian? Do all of your units get the +1 on their attack roll?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: Kashyyk on May 23, 2023, 06:04:05 am

Well, the North Coast is horrifying. Let's hope the central lands are slightly nicer!

@NQT: The Hill report at G12 seems to be mixing up East and West directions, except to the North. Also, it looks like Lake Sorrow spills over into the neighbouring tiles, does that mean you can't step around it diagonally? Also also, as it is impassable, is it pointless sending a Scout to it, or is there more to learn?

Sheet updated, but no actions yet.

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 8/8
Garrison: 3/3 (2x Archers, 1x Infantry)

Resources:
Army : 11/11 (+3/turn) = 11(curr) - 1(casualties) + 3(inc)
Gold: 14 (+2/turn) = 12(curr) +2(inc)
Stone: 1 (+0/turn)  = 1(curr)
Wood : 6 (+2/turn) = 2(curr) + 2(inc) + 2(loot)
Debt: 20

Territory: G15 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I12 (Marsh)
Artefacts: None
Equipment: None
Units: 11x Infantry

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: notquitethere on May 23, 2023, 06:20:23 am

Quarque

Quote

edit: another question. If you fight barbarians your armies get +1 attack because the barbarians have weak defense. What happens when you fight a mixed army that includes a barbarian? Do all of your units get the +1 on their attack roll?

Currently in the engine the barbarians make both sides reckless, granting +1 to both sides. I guess I need to make a ruling on this. To make it simpler for me, I think I'll keep it as it is: the precence of barbarians in a host makes everything more chaotic and all their defence worse (+1 Lord attack) but also makes them more brutal and quick (+1 enemy attack). So, while barbarians are still on the field, all of their allies are also honoury barbarians.

Quote from: Quarque on May 23, 2023, 06:02:16 am

Could I pay another player to aid me in a fight for A7?

Other players can send you armies or whatever, but currently only you have access to A7. If you bordered an ally, they could send troops through your lands as if they were their own, but you don't border anyone.

Quote from: Quarque on May 23, 2023, 06:02:16 am

Does this mean that the Bloodsinger on A7 owns an additional artifact that can be gained from defeating him, in addition to the two artifacts that are already revealed on this tile?

No, the artefacts revealed are explicitly held by the two Bloodsingers, and will go with them wherever they go.

Quote from: Quarque on May 23, 2023, 06:02:16 am

1. When / how would the throne be destroyed, rather than owned? 2. Does a gold sacrifice on the F12 pit reset this reprisal chance?

1. Currently there aren't any rules for destroying artefacts, but if a site or artefact allowed for artefact destruction then this would happen. 2. Yes.

Quote from: Quarque on May 23, 2023, 06:02:16 am

I see two capital B on A7 on the map and no barbarian.. from the report I would expect one B and one S? Maybe I misread something.

Those capital Bs are the two Bloodsingers. There was one barbarian from the throne, but it immediately left for the moot! (See enemy phase.)

Quote from: Quarque on May 23, 2023, 06:02:16 am

edit: one more question. A dragon attacks first, does that mean that other monsters in the same fight would attack first as well? I guess not, but better double check.

No, just the dragon. Same as if boar accompany other units. If someone attacked that lair, it would go:
- Dragon attack
- Lord attack
- Dragon + other monster units attack

Kashyyk

Quote from: Kashyyk on May 23, 2023, 06:04:05 am

@NQT: The Hill report at G12 seems to be mixing up East and West directions, except to the North. Also, it looks like Lake Sorrow spills over into the neighbouring tiles, does that mean you can't step around it diagonally? Also also, as it is impassable, is it pointless sending a Scout to it, or is there more to learn?

Thanks, I've amended the description. Lake Sorrow spills out and prevents diagonal movement. Good question. There's nothing more to learn from sending a scout into water.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: Quarque on May 23, 2023, 06:32:16 am

The description of Bog Cats doesn't mention yet that they give -1 attack, can turn areas into swamp and get a bonus there.

(By the way how does this bonus / penalty work in a mixed army with Bog Cats? Same as with Barbarians?)

Does an army wearing the Rhuddy Cape also count as three units for the purpose of deciding whether you retreat from a fight?

edit: How likely is a dragon or giant to absorb hits? If you fight one dragon and one wolf and you score one hit on them, is the chance to hit the dragon 1/2 or 1/6?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: Criptfeind on May 23, 2023, 06:35:35 am

A question: I have 13 army max, I also have 10 armies and am recruiting 5 this turn, giving me 2 more then max. Can I send the extra 2 to a fort, or do they dissolve before that is possible? I noticed that in a previous turn another player sent to a fort before overflow dissolved, but I'm a bit unsure if that's how one is suppose to treat the order of operations. Other order of operations questions, can I sell/trade the extra armies before they dissolve?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: notquitethere on May 23, 2023, 06:52:02 am

Quote from: Quarque on May 23, 2023, 06:32:16 am

The description of Bog Cats doesn't mention yet that they give -1 attack, can turn areas into swamp and get a bonus there.

That is because I had completely forgotten about the cat rules. I'll update it.

Quote from: Quarque on May 23, 2023, 06:32:16 am

(By the way how does this bonus / penalty work in a mixed army with Bog Cats? Same as with Barbarians?)

Mixed armies are normal for the cats, so I should probably just make it apply to the cats as that's what the wording in the OP implies.

Quote from: Quarque on May 23, 2023, 06:32:16 am

Does an army wearing the Rhuddy Cape also count as three units for the purpose of deciding whether you retreat from a fight?

Not currently. Should it? Hmm...

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 23, 2023, 06:35:35 am

A question: I have 13 army max, I also have 10 armies and am recruiting 5 this turn, giving me 2 more then max. Can I send the extra 2 to a fort, or do they dissolve before that is possible? I noticed that in a previous turn another player sent to a fort before overflow dissolved, but I'm a bit unsure if that's how one is suppose to treat the order of operations. Other order of operations questions, can I sell/trade the extra armies before they dissolve?

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR ALL PLAYERS
Your army cap is absolute, and production happens before actions. If you have 13/13 armies at the beginning of your turn, and +3 armies generated, you can't get rid of three armies to make room that turn. If you want to make room for incoming army production, put people in forts the turn before.

To reiterate: you can't sell off or trade away armies if you don't have room for them. If you want more room for armies, seize another castle, or build more towers. If people have done it wrong in previous turns, I won't retcon anything, but just do it correctly moving forward.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: Criptfeind on May 23, 2023, 07:05:22 am

Wait, killing another player gives us more army cap?

*side eyes neighbors*

:P

More seriously, for two players who want to attack a province together, how would that work?

Also a small thing, but if you want, you can turn on "don't use smileys" which will stop eights followed by parentheses turning into the "cool" emote. it's an option under attachments and other options below the typing box.

Spoiler: No smileys (click to show/hide)

(https://i.imgur.com/uQkK3EY.png)

To Quarque, depending on the specifics and payment, I would be interested in helping you kill The Marrowfat Host if you're looking for killing partners. I'm fairly confident I could kill that many, abet maybe with some losses to the dragon. I don't have any pressing targets in my own land this turn. If we can finagle it properly I'm also about to (assuming I can get access) pay off my reprisal chance, so if I end up with the throne after an attack it's probably not a big downside for me (although of course an artifact, no matter if it's negative, I'm sure still has some value of course.)

Edit: This is assuming that giving people pass though access to your lands works how I assumed, which is that then your lands would act as if they were their lands for matching and scouting, allowing me to march from A8 to B9, if it doesn't work like that then we're up a creek without a paddle on getting my boys that far up north.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: notquitethere on May 23, 2023, 07:19:28 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 23, 2023, 07:05:22 am

Also a small thing, but if you want, you can turn on "don't use smileys" which will stop eights followed by parentheses turning into the "cool" emote. it's an option under attachments and other options below the typing box.

I've checked the box each turn, it just isn't working (maybe because it's text in a spoiler??).

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 23, 2023, 07:05:22 am

Edit: This is assuming that giving people pass though access to your lands works how I assumed, which is that then your lands would act as if they were their lands for matching and scouting, allowing me to march from A8 to B9, if it doesn't work like that then we're up a creek without a paddle on getting my boys that far up north.

If another player gives you permission to march or through their lands, then their lands count as yours for that turn for movement purposes... but you have to actually be next to one another for that to work. So for you to assist you would need permission to pass through the conjoined lands of the three Lords in between and the Prince would have to next to the lands of Bockelstein. So it couldn't happen this turn, but perhaps next turn.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: Quarque on May 23, 2023, 07:22:58 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 23, 2023, 07:05:22 am

To Quarque, depending on the specifics and payment, I would be interested in helping you kill The Marrowfat Host if you're looking for killing partners. I'm fairly confident I could kill that many, abet maybe with some losses to the dragon. I don't have any pressing targets in my own land this turn. If we can finagle it properly I'm also about to (assuming I can get access) pay off my reprisal chance, so if I end up with the throne after an attack it's probably not a big downside for me (although of course an artifact, no matter if it's negative, I'm sure still has some value of course.)

I appreciate the interest, but unfortunately no one can directly aid me in a fight right now, because no one borders my terrain.

My current inclination is to leave that mess be for this turn. If Kash conquers F13 this turn I would connect to all other players and be absolutely willing to negotiate. Please do keep in mind that any players between you and me would need to consent to let your armies pass. Perhaps they would agree in return for a small fee. But let's talk about this again next turn. A lot could change in the meantime. Does the dragon move, does the lair spawn more monsters?

Quote from: notquitethere on May 23, 2023, 06:52:02 am

Quote from: Quarque on May 23, 2023, 06:32:16 am

Does an army wearing the Rhuddy Cape also count as three units for the purpose of deciding whether you retreat from a fight?

Not currently. Should it? Hmm...

imho a giant along your side would inspire courage, but maybe it should depend on wound status. ie, perhaps a giant at 1/3 health could count as 1 unit and a healthy giant as 3, for the purpose of the retreat count?

also, nqt: How likely is a dragon or giant to absorb hits? If you fight one dragon and one wolf and you score one hit on them, is the chance to hit the dragon 1/2 or 5/6?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: Criptfeind on May 23, 2023, 07:26:47 am

Quote from: notquitethere on May 23, 2023, 07:19:28 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 23, 2023, 07:05:22 am

Also a small thing, but if you want, you can turn on "don't use smileys" which will stop eights followed by parentheses turning into the "cool" emote. it's an option under attachments and other options below the typing box.

I've checked the box each turn, it just isn't working (maybe because it's text in a spoiler??).

Huh, weird.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Guess it's the spoiler.

Quote from: notquitethere on May 23, 2023, 07:19:28 am

If another player gives you permission to march or through their lands, then their lands count as yours for that turn for movement purposes... but you have to actually be next to one another for that to work. So for you to assist you would need permission to pass through the conjoined lands of the three Lords in between and the Prince would have to next to the lands of Bockelstein. So it couldn't happen this turn, but perhaps next turn.

Ah. Alright, shame about that lack of connection.

Gunna make it harder to make my way to the "please forgive my genocide" shrine as well.

If two players attack the same province, and they are trying to do it co-cooperatively, would their armies be able to merge, or would they have to do two subsequent battles? And would there be a risk of them attacking each other?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: notquitethere on May 23, 2023, 07:35:38 am

Quote from: Quarque on May 23, 2023, 07:22:58 am

imho a giant along your side would inspire courage, but maybe it should depend on wound status. ie, perhaps a giant at 1/3 health could count as 1 unit and a healthy giant as 3, for the purpose of the retreat count?

I'll have a think. It probably makes sense for them and dragons to count in this way. That way attacking dragons will flee properly when injured.

Quote from: Quarque on May 23, 2023, 07:22:58 am

also, nqt: How likely is a dragon or giant to absorb hits? If you fight one dragon and one wolf and you score one hit on them, is the chance to hit the dragon 1/2 or 5/6?

5/6. Each dragon or giant part is counted separately for hits. I should note, that they count for armies in a negative way as well: they roll less dice the more hits they take.

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 23, 2023, 07:26:47 am

If two players attack the same province, and they are trying to do it co-cooperatively, would their armies be able to merge, or would they have to do two subsequent battles? And would there be a risk of them attacking each other?

No risk of them attacking each other unless one of the players told me that that was their intention. I'll count it as one big force attacking as one if players tell me that that is their intention. The prime attacker will get the loot and take the county if they succeed (and may decide to share if they want).

In other circumstances, players can come to blows if they both try to seize the same tile at the same time without co-ordinating.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: a1s on May 23, 2023, 07:49:18 am

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
Castle Location N-13
Border Colour: Red
Army: 13/13
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 5
Recruitment: 2
Income: 1
Wood: 12
Gold: 3
Debt: 0
Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks
Forts : None
Artefacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: 1 Archer

Spoiler: orders (click to show/hide)

Build fort "Thorn" out of 5 wood on N11, assign 2 armies and 1 archer.
March 1 on N10
March 3 on M11
March 4 on M10
Scout N10-N9-N8
Scout L12-L11-L10

Questions: can I build a second barracks? Or only towers work like that? What is that ! on M10? I seem to have missed it's description.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: notquitethere on May 23, 2023, 08:12:16 am

Quote from: a1s on May 23, 2023, 07:49:18 am

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
Castle Location N-13
Border Colour: Red
Army: 13/13
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 5
Recruitment: 2
Income: 1
Wood: 12
Gold: 3
Debt: 0
Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks
Forts : None
Artefacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: 1 Archer

Spoiler: orders (click to show/hide)

Build fort "Thorn" out of 5 wood on N11, assign 2 armies and 1 archer.
March 1 on N10
March 3 on M11
March 4 on M10
Scout N10-N9-N8
Scout L12-L11-L10

Questions: can I build a second barracks? Or only towers work like that? What is that ! on M10? I seem to have missed it's description.

Not sure about M10. I think I got a research result and put it on but had to reroll due to the item appearing elsewhere in the same round. I'll remove it from the map.

Only one barracks. Only duplicate feature is the tower

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: Criptfeind on May 23, 2023, 08:25:12 am

Spoiler: Turn 5 gains/losses (click to show/hide)

Army -3
Gold +4
P13 Village +1 Recruitment
+1 Gold
P10 Village +1 Recruitment
+2 Skeletons

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

 
Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Colour: Blue

Castle: P14
Army: 13-3+5=15!-2=13/13
Defence: 10/10
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove

Wood Production: 2
Recruitment: 5
Income: 1

Gold: 3+4+1+1=9
Debt: 0
Wood: 3+2=5
Stone: 0

Artifacts: Last Femur
Equipment: None
Special Units: 4 Skeleton warriors 1 Skeleton Archer

Holdings list:
P12: Lair
O14: Village +1 Recruitment
P11: Forest Fort Ivy 6/8 +1 Wood Production
Q13: Village +1 Recruitment
P13 Village +1 Recruitment
P10 Village +1 Recruitment

Spoiler: Turn 6 (click to show/hide)

Create Siege Engine -2 wood +1 siege weapon
Send 2 armies to garrison P11 Fort Ivy
March O15 with 1 Army
March P9 with 2 armies +2 skeleton warriors
March P15 with 3 armies
March Q14 with 2 armies and 1 siege weapon and last femur +2 skeleton warriors +1 skeleton archer
Scout P9-Q9-Q8
Scout Q15-R15
Scout O9-P8-P7

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: Quarque on May 23, 2023, 08:26:36 am

Spoiler: Orders (click to show/hide)

March 1 army to C10
March 1 army with the Rhuddy Cape to E11
March 8 armies to B9

Spoiler: Marquess Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow
C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defence: 10/10
Army Cap: 10
Features:
* Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
* Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
* Shipyard (coast only): -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.

Resources:
Army: 10 (+2/turn) = 9(curr) + 2(inc) -1(cap)
Gold: 4 (+1/turn) = 3(curr) + 1(inc)
Stone: 1 (+0/turn)
Wood: 6 (+3/turn) = 3(curr) + 3(inc)

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape
Equipment: 1 Boat and 1 Ship
Special Units: None

Minor error in the scout report for A8, it reports that the Wolf Crystal is found there instead of A7.

Quote from: notquitethere on May 23, 2023, 06:52:02 am

Quote from: Quarque on May 23, 2023, 06:32:16 am

(By the way how does this bonus / penalty work in a mixed army with Bog Cats? Same as with Barbarians?)

Mixed armies are normal for the cats, so I should probably just make it apply to the cats as that's what the wording in the OP implies.

That would work for the attack bonus in marshes, but I guess the -1 attack penalty vs Cats would apply to all rolls of the attacking Lord?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: notquitethere on May 23, 2023, 08:38:58 am

Quote from: Quarque on May 23, 2023, 08:26:36 am

Spoiler: Orders (click to show/hide)

March 1 army to C10
March 1 army with the Rhuddy Cape to E11
March 8 armies to B9

Spoiler: Marquess Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow
C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defence: 10/10
Army Cap: 10
Features:
* Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
* Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
* Shipyard (coast only): -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.

Resources:
Army: 10 (+2/turn) = 9(curr) + 2(inc) -1(cap)
Gold: 4 (+1/turn) = 3(curr) + 1(inc)
Stone: 1 (+0/turn)
Wood: 6 (+3/turn) = 3(curr) + 3(inc)

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape
Equipment: 1 Boat and 1 Ship
Special Units: None

Minor error in the scout report for A8, it reports that the Wolf Crystal is found there instead of A7.

Oh! Well then there are three artefacts in A7 I guess.

Quote from: Quarque on May 23, 2023, 08:26:36 am

Quote from: notquitethere on May 23, 2023, 06:52:02 am

Quote from: Quarque on May 23, 2023, 06:32:16 am

(By the way how does this bonus / penalty work in a mixed army with Bog Cats? Same as with Barbarians?)

Mixed armies are normal for the cats, so I should probably just make it apply to the cats as that's what the wording in the OP implies.

That would work for the attack bonus in marshes, but I guess the -1 attack penalty vs Cats would apply to all rolls of the attacking Lord?

That's right, as long as there are cats and it's a marsh.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: Criptfeind on May 23, 2023, 08:43:20 am

The Speculator's Rod specifies that it only works on "empty" hills, to clarify empty means no mine, quarry or fort on it already?

Also Egan_BW, I may want to rent your rod in the near future, since it looks like I'll be taking some hills soon. Would you be willing to rent it for such ventures? And if so, do you have any idea what price you'd accept for renting it? I'm really not sure how much that should be at all. It might have to be a fairly long term rental though with only 25% chance per turn.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: notquitethere on May 23, 2023, 08:50:12 am

If only because the tiles are quite cluttered as it is, I'm going to rule that a hill fort tile isn't empty and that you can't build forts on quarries and mines. I'll update the OP.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: Criptfeind on May 23, 2023, 08:53:01 am

Yeah, that makes sense. A bit of a shame since I think I'd rather have a quarry than a fort in that location.

Can one deconstruct a fort? I don't see any rules for it, so I'd assume no, but I figure I should ask.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: notquitethere on May 23, 2023, 10:34:16 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 23, 2023, 08:53:01 am

Yeah, that makes sense. A bit of a shame since I think I'd rather have a quarry than a fort in that location.

Can one deconstruct a fort? I don't see any rules for it, so I'd assume no, but I figure I should ask.

RULE UPDATE

I have added rules in the OP for dismantling forts and castles, burning forests and villages, filling mines and flooding quarries. Also, considering their rarity (none have appeared so far), I've upped the gold income for gold mines to +2.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: Egan_BW on May 23, 2023, 09:11:27 pm

Hm, so does not every empty tile with barbarians in it count as an ambush? I noticed that Vermillion was able to attack first against the swarm on K15. Or is the ambush negated if you scout first / have knowledge of the tile?

Just asking because currently the two situations look identical.

Cryptfiend, I'll probably keep the rod on me until I'm not getting any value, then maybe sell it for gold or such. Fort Birch isn't giving me a huge amount of value anyways.
I mean, it's surrounded by barbarians who I'd assume would rush me if I tore down the walls, but mechanically that tile is at no greater risk than any other!

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Turn FOO
Post by: Egan_BW on May 23, 2023, 09:39:12 pm

1 Gold looted, 2 Engines expended.
1 Wood cut. 1 Army recruited. 1 Gold taxed.
Ship built!

Land at S8 with 6 armies.
Go go go! I want that loot! :D
March on R15 with 1 army. If they should meet someone's scouts trying to yoink the Rod, shoo them away.
Hey, if it's empty I get the loot quick. If my army dies, they can be replaced~

Spoiler: Countess Andice Gloronisits, of Point Swearing (click to show/hide)

Background: Noble
Castle Name: Point Swearing
Castle Location: S14
Border Color: Hot Pink
Defense: 10/10
Cutting: 1
 Wood: 1
Quarrying: 0
 Stone: 0
Recruitment: 1
 Army: 7/10
Income: 1
 Gold: 5
Debt: 0
Features: Shipyard, Coppicing Grove, Library
Forts: Fort Birch (T13, 3/4, 0/3)
Artefacts: None
Equipment: 2 Boats, 1 Ship
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: Horizon on May 23, 2023, 10:00:11 pm

((PtW or waitlist this looks cool.))

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: VermilionSkies on May 23, 2023, 10:57:02 pm

Spoiler: Gerald Wright (click to show/hide)

Marquess Gerald Wright
Background: Master Builder
Castle Name: Castle Wright
Castle Location K14
Border Colour: Maroon
Army: 8/10
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 3
Stone Production: 1
Recruitment: 3
Gold: 5
Income: 2
Debt: 0
Wood: 4
Stone: 0
Features: Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace, Keep
Production Sites: K13 (1 Wood), K12 (1 Army), J13 (1 Stone), L13 (1 Wood), L14 (1 Army)
Forts (location, defense 5/5, armies assigned): Fort Bowyer (K13, 6/6 Defense, 3/3 Armies (3 Archer))
Artefacts: None
Equipment:
Special Units:

Lose 3 Armies.
Gain 1 Gold
Produce 3 Armies, 3 Wood, 1 Stone, 2 Gold.
Repair Fort Bowyer with 1 Wood and 1 Stone.
Craft 1 Bow.
Equip 1 Bows.
Assign 2 Archers to Fort Bowyer.
March 4 to J14.
March 2 to L15.
Scout L12-L11-L10.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: notquitethere on May 24, 2023, 01:43:18 am

I made a ruling some time back that the ambush was only an ambush if you didn't see it coming. So the barbarians have the +1 damage on both sides, but they don't attack first if they don't get the drop on you. Sorry that wasn't clearer earlier! Boar etc will still rush you.

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Quote from: Horizon on May 23, 2023, 10:00:11 pm

((PtW or waitlist this looks cool.))

If someone ever drops out or is eliminated and there's enough space on the map, I'll let you join. Probably 6 players is the maximum number I should run with.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: Kashyyk on May 24, 2023, 09:57:01 am

Quote from: Kashyyk on May 23, 2023, 06:04:05 am

Sheet updated, but no actions yet.

Action!

Spend 2 Wood to build a Siege Engine

1x Infantry garrisons Shandston's Folly
1x Infantry scouts F12->G12->G11
1x Infantry marches on Forest F13
3x Infantry and 1 Siege Engine marches on Fort Holly/Ivy I11
1x Infantry marches on Village H11
1x Infantry scouts H11->G10->F10
1x Infantry scouts J11->J10->J9
2x Infantry March on Villahe F15

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 8/8
Garrison: 3/3 (2x Archers, 1x Infantry)

Resources:
Army : 11/11 (+3/turn) = 11(curr) - 1(casualties) + 3(inc)
Gold: 14 (+2/turn) = 12(curr) +2(inc)
Stone: 1 (+0/turn)  = 1(curr)
Wood : 6 (+2/turn) = 2(curr) + 2(inc) + 2(loot) - 2(Siege engine)
Debt: 20

Territory: G15 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I12 (Marsh)
Artefacts: None
Equipment: Siege Engine -> Fort Ivy
Units: 11x Infantry

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: Criptfeind on May 24, 2023, 10:05:53 am

Fort names are a bit weird with there being two of them called "Fort Ivy" right now, the one at P11 and the one at I11. Dug back though the thread to figure out how that happened, sorta a mildly amusing series of events during turn 4 seems to have caused it. From what I can tell originally P11 was called fort Ivy and I11 was called fort Holly, turn 4 when I took fort Ivy you said that fort Ivy at P11 recruited a bannerman when it was suppose to be fort Holly at I11, Kashyyk corrected you about it being at I11 but not about the name (presumably not noticing the names since they are somewhat hard to keep track of) and since then Fort Holly has been renamed to fort Ivy in both the GM and player turns.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: notquitethere on May 24, 2023, 10:10:21 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 24, 2023, 10:05:53 am

Fort names are a bit weird with there being two of them called "Fort Ivy" right now, the one at P11 and the one at I11. Dug back though the thread to figure out how that happened, sorta a mildly amusing series of events during turn 4 seems to have caused it. From what I can tell originally P11 was called fort Ivy and I11 was called fort Holly, turn 4 when I took fort Ivy you said that fort Ivy at P11 recruited a bannerman when it was suppose to be fort Holly at I11, Kashyyk corrected you about it being at I11 but not about the name (presumably not noticing the names since they are somewhat hard to keep track of) and since then Fort Holly has been renamed to fort Ivy in both the GM and player turns.

Haha oh dear, well I guess it's not just me who's confused here. At least we have the co-ordinates. It would have been a better idea to name fort names after the letter co-ordinate they appear on. (Holly on H, Ivy on I etc.)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: Horizon on May 24, 2023, 10:18:29 am

Quote from: notquitethere on May 24, 2023, 01:43:18 am

Quote from: Horizon on May 23, 2023, 10:00:11 pm

((PtW or waitlist this looks cool.))

If someone ever drops out or is eliminated and there's enough space on the map, I'll let you join. Probably 6 players is the maximum number I should run with.

((Preciate it))

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: notquitethere on May 24, 2023, 04:07:48 pm

TURN 6 REPORT

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Build fort "Thorn" out of 5 wood on N11, assign 2 armies and 1 archer.
March 1 on N10: The village is undefended and easily absorbed into your county.
March 3 on M11: Your armies attack (3, 2 and 4), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (3), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (2, 3 and , defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.

March 4 on M10: Four armies march into a village beyond the border. The townlet is defended by three Squelsh barbarians.

Your armies attack (3, 2, 8 and 5), defeating two of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).

The enemy attacks back (6), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (4, 3 and 9), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: one.

Scout N10-N9-N8: You scout through the first land, passing through a newly taken village. You scout through the second land, discovering a hill. On the hard scrabble fell they find a bog cat. Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout L12-L11-L10: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the craggy headland they find two wisps.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

March O15 with 1 Army: The forest is undefended and easily absorbed into your county.

March P9 with 2 armies +2 skeleton warriors: Your armies attack (with two skeletons) (3, 5, 3 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (bog cat).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.
From the hill:
NW: you see unusual site
N: you see marshland
NE: you see marshland
E: you see a village
SE: you see mountain
S: you see an unusual site: a small hut in a bog
SW: you see mountain
W: you see a forest

March P15 with 3 armies: Your armies attack (8, 7 and 6), defeating three of the enemies (giant (part), giant (part) and giant (part)).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.
 From giant clubs, you gain one wood.
From the hill:
NW: you see a village
N: you see a forest
S: you see a marsh
SW: you see a village
W: you see a hill

March Q14 with 2 armies and 1 siege weapon and last femur +2 skeleton warriors +1 skeleton archer: Your armies attack (with three skeletons, one an archer) (7, 2, 7, 7 and 7), damaging the walls (4) with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (4 and 4), with none of your units defeated. A siege begins with your forces camped outside the walls!

Scout P9-Q9-Q8: You scout through the first land, a hill which you now own. You scout through the second land, discovering a unusual site. Granny Longtooth's Hut - Marshland. 4/4 defence while Granny Longtooth lives here. Granny Longtooth is a Bog Hag protected by 15 Bog Cats. Monsters won't normally march from this location, but Granny Longtooth will curse anyone who has sacrificed cats or who has let a friendly cat come to harm. (While she lives: -1 income, -1 recruitment, -1 wood production, -1 stone production, to a minimum of 0 each.) Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout Q15-R15: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The settlement is defended by two Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout O9-P8-P7: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the murky bog they find three gold and they also find two stone and they also find a dragon.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Marquess Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven (click to show/hide)

March 1 army to C10: A village is taken without resistance.

March 1 army with the Rhuddy Cape to E11: Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (2, 0 and 2), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (4), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (0, 4 and 2), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (1), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (0, 4 and 4), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (1), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (-1, -1 and 2), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (7), your giant takes one hit, and the foe end up killing zero of your armies.
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (1 and 3), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (1), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (5 and 3), defeating one of the enemies (bog cat).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county, along with the quarry.

March 8 armies to B9: Your armies attack (1, 1, 4, 7, 8, 1, 7 and 2), defeating three of the enemies (giant (part), bone reckoner and skeletal warrior).

The enemy attacks back (3, 5, 2, 6 and , killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (6, 4, 4, 6, 8 and 5), defeating four of the enemies (giant (part), bone reckoner and giant (part), skeletal archer). All skeletal companions of the enemy bone reckoners crumble.
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county.
 From giant clubs, you gain one wood. You also find nine gold.
 Your total losses: two.

Spoiler: Countess Andice Gloronisits, of Point Swearing (click to show/hide)

Land at S8 with 6 armies: Six armies march into a marshland beyond the border. In the stinking bog they find two wisps.
Your armies attack (8, 8, 6, 4, 4 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (3), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (6, 3, 3, 8, 7 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.


March on R15 with 1 army: One armies march into a marshland beyond the border. In the foul mire they find a bog cat, curled around the Speculator's Rod.
Your armies attack (3), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (6), killing one of your armies. Your armies have been defeated.
 Your total losses: one.

Spoiler: Gerald Wright (click to show/hide)

March 4 to J14: Your armies attack (2, 1, 5 and 5), defeating one of the enemies (bog cat).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.

March 2 to L15: Your armies attack (5 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (3), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (8 and 7), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.
From the hill:
NW: you see Castle Wright
N: you see a forest
S: you see a hill
SW: you see a hill
W: you see a village


Scout L12-L11-L10: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the craggy headland they find two wisps.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

1x Infantry scouts F12->G12->G11: You scout through the first land, discovering The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh (see below). The forest is undefended, for who would desecrate so holy a place? You scout through the first land, onto the hill you already own. You scout through the third land, discovering discovering a lair. This dingy cave is inhabited by three wolves and also four wolves. The monsters defend ten gold.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

1x Infantry marches on Forest F13. It is undefended and soon absorbed.

3x Infantry and 1 Siege Engine marches on Fort Holly/Ivy I11: Your armies attack (5, 8 and 6), damaging the walls (2) defeating one of the enemies (thornish holdout).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.

1x Infantry marches on Village H11. It is undefended and soon absorbed.

1x Infantry scouts H11->G10->F10 You scout through the first land, through a village newly taken. You scout through the second land discovering a unusual site. Wolfhaven Woods - Forest. Spiritual home of wolf kind. Inhabited by 10d4 wolves (25). These wolves will only flee if less than 10 remain. Any wolves that would otherwise be loyal to a non-wolf, are loyal to the wolves in these woods. Wolves in this forest will never march on anywhere. In the center of the wolves, lie the flask of the Bitter Brew.

1x Infantry scouts J11->J10->J9: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The townlet is defended by three Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

2x Infantry March on Village F15: Your armies attack (8 and 5), defeating two of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

- [A7] A Squelsh barbarian joins the Marrowfat Host
- [A7] The dragon doesn't wander.
- [O8] The dragon doesn't wander.

- The Moot: Barbarian-occupied tile 11 (Q15) sends someone to the moot.
- Reprisals:
--[Vulk 14%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Wright 9%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Ayes 6%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Bockhoven 4%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[FitzHarbort 3%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Gloronisits 1%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.

- [A7] The Marrowfat Host: No new monsters come.
- [G11] Wolf Hall: Joining the lair are three rampaging boar!
-- The seven wolves and three boar march on Fort Heather [H13]! 7, 7, 2, 3, 7, 8, 6, 2, 3, 7, 6, 2 and 2, damaging the walls for 6, and killing one archer.
Your armies attack (1 and 3), with no enemy units defeated.
Your total losses: one (archer).
A siege begins!

TURN 7

Research

Countess Andice Gloronisits learns that in M8 is The Hirsute Sage's Hut (while independent, scouts that pass through the hut will ignore the first set of enemies they come across while scouting after visiting the hut. The sage leaves if his home becomes occupied.)

Prince Mackial FitzHarbort learns that in H4 is the Black Lance (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding the Black Lance will gain the Black Lance.) (You never attack first in combats, but on your first attack all your attackers will attack three times. The turn after slaying someone with the lance, Dragons will preferentially fly one square in your direction when flying to a new home. When this first discovered, place the Dawn Dragon on M6 (the Dawn Dragon counts for 15 armies)).

(https://i.imgur.com/S3AV70t.png)

Spoiler: Known Artefact List (click to show/hide)

In the world
A7 is the Wolf Crystal (wolves encountered will join the army instead (they still all run away when injured)
A7 is Marrowfat Throne (when owned by someone of Squelsh heritage, one Squelsh defector will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production) and adjacent Squelsh armies will join your attacks on non-Squelsh; when owned by an Alkabrian or other, +30 reprisal chance, +100 reprisal chance if destroyed.)
A7 is Pellucid Orb (+1 to scout travel distance)
E5 is Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)
G10 is Bitter Brew  (The set of armies this is equipped to never retreats from losses.)
 H4 is the Black Lance (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding the Black Lance will gain the Black Lance.) (You never attack first in combats, but on your first attack all your attackers will attack three times. The turn after slaying someone with the lance, Dragons will preferentially fly one square in your direction when flying to a new home. When this first discovered, place the Dawn Dragon on M6 (the Dawn Dragon counts for 15 armies)).
I5 is the Shimmering Coin (+2 on rolls that determine gold amounts)
Q8 is the Crimson Drum (attack first when defending)
R4 is the Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)
R6 are the Saint's Knuckles (take -1 when rolling on the monster table (usually less dangerous results))
R15 is the Speculator's Rod (a scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

Held by Lords
Bockhoven: the Rhuddy Cape (the unit this is assigned to is now considered a giant)

Vulk: the Last Femur! (1/4 chance of each dead unit being resurrected to your side as a skeleton warrior when they die)

Spoiler: Known Unique Sites (click to show/hide)

C8 is the Crimson Tower (Keep/Tower/Bloodforge) Defence 17/17,  - Dai the Bloodsinger has a Bloodforge in which 3 armies may be sacrificed to create a new artefact (and become anathema to all).

F12 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance for reprisals against the Hedge Lord to 0.

E10 is an unknown lair.

F11 is Lake Sorrow

F13 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance to reprisals to 0. This only works for people who don't own the Grove.

G10 is Wolfhaven Woods - Forest. Spiritual home of wolf kind. Inhabited by 10d4 wolves (25). These wolves will only flee if less than 10 remain. Any wolves that would otherwise be loyal to a non-wolf, are loyal to the wolves in these woods. Wolves in this forest will never march on anywhere.

M8 is The Hirsute Sage's Hut (while independent, scouts that pass through the hut will ignore the first set of enemies they come across while scouting after visiting the hut. The sage leaves if his home becomes occupied.)

Q5 is The Moot - Village with 2d2 (2+1=3) Squelsh Barbarians and a moat (6/6 defense). It is the neutral meeting place of rival Squelsh bands. At the start of each enemy turn, each tile with a Squelsh Barbarian has a 25% chance of sending someone to the Moot. The first Squelsh reprisal each turn will be joined by whomever is in the Moot. If the Moot is conquered, a new Moot (with a new moat) will appear in the most populous Squelsh-held village at the start of the next player turn, or if there are no such villages, it may appear in future tile generation (from scouting, research etc.).

Q9 is Granny Longtooth's Hut - Marshland. 4/4 defence while Granny Longtooth lives here. Granny Longtooth is a Bog Hag protected by 15 Bog Cats. Monsters won't normally march from this location, but Granny Longtooth will curse anyone who has sacrificed cats or who has let a friendly cat come to harm. (While she lives: -1 income, -1 recruitment, -1 wood production, -1 stone production, to a minimum of 0 each.)

R3 is The Castle of Bryn the Brawn (Keep/Tower/Tower) Defence 21/21, occupied by Bryn, a giant, and his family, three more giants. The adjacent squares are also within his domain. Bryn will wage war to retake any squares adjacent to his castle, always accompanied in battle by 1d6 wolves.

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Notes
- We've seen some more dragons, our first monster march, and now a few special late-game sites where monsters remain stationary in unreasonably large numbers.
- Note the existence of a cursed item! These can be powerful but come with a big drawback and cannot be easily got rid of.
- This is different to bog hag curses. Which, I should note before it becomes relevant: each hag can only curse each Lord once but a Hedge Lord can have curses from multiple hags at once.
- Some sites and artefacts can introduce new unit types. In this case, a unique dragon, the Dawn Dragon who counts as 15 armies!

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: Egan_BW on May 24, 2023, 04:32:55 pm

If we wanted to get rid of a cursed item could we not just send a single army wielding it to attack someone's castle? :p

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: a1s on May 24, 2023, 04:35:44 pm

I would be willing to sell some armies to the highest bidder. I'm looking for gold or stone.
Also, hags suck. They are a danger to lords, but offer no benefit and live in useless swamps. Other than by blindly invading why would anyone ever fight one?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: notquitethere on May 24, 2023, 04:41:00 pm

Quote from: Egan_BW on May 24, 2023, 04:32:55 pm

If we wanted to get rid of a cursed item could we not just send a single army wielding it to attack someone's castle? :p

Certainly! And that's probably a good approach for some of the items. If you do it to another player, I suspect they might not be very pleased.

Quote from: a1s on May 24, 2023, 04:35:44 pm

I would be willing to sell some armies to the highest bidder. I'm looking for gold or stone.
Also, hags suck. They are a danger to lords, but offer no benefit and live in useless swamps. Other than by blindly invading why would anyone ever fight one?

Victory points at the end and access to adjoining lands... but that's about it.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: Egan_BW on May 24, 2023, 04:41:13 pm

Well, any land is worth 10 victory points in the end, even otherwise useless march. If you care about such things. :p

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: Quarque on May 24, 2023, 04:52:52 pm

I like hags. Scouting costs time, so it is good that there is a risk involved in blindly attacking squares.

Thanks for adding the artifact list.
Will think about actions later, just update for now.

Spoiler: Marquess Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow
C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defence: 10/10
Army Cap: 10
Features:
* Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
* Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
* Shipyard (coast only): -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.

Resources:
Army: 10 (+3/turn) = 10-2(curr) + 3(inc) -1(cap)
Gold: 14 (+1/turn) = 4(curr) + 9(lair) + 1(inc)
Stone: 2 (+1/turn) = 1(curr) + 1(inc)
Wood: 10 (+3/turn) = 6(curr) + 3(inc) + 1(giant club)

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape
Equipment: 1 Boat and 1 Ship
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: Kashyyk on May 24, 2023, 04:59:32 pm

The wild animals here are pretty frickin' wild.

A question regarding beseiging boars. Have they had their one turn of double-hit first strike, or do they get to do that every turn of a Siege?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: Quarque on May 24, 2023, 05:09:31 pm

Quote from: a1s on May 24, 2023, 04:35:44 pm

I would be willing to sell some armies to the highest bidder. I'm looking for gold or stone.

How many armies do you have available?

I'm looking for assistance in the fight against the lair with the dragon. Maybe we can work something out? I'd be willing to pay a fee of 1 gold to any lord in between for letting the armies pass, if that is acceptable.

edit: I would feel good about this fight with a three-army assist. Would offer 2 stone.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Turn FOO
Post by: Egan_BW on May 24, 2023, 05:14:39 pm

1 Army killed.
1 Wood cut. 1 Army recruited. 1 Gold taxed.

Scout R8 Q8.
Scout R7 Q6 P6.
Scout (with a ship) T3 T2 T1.
Scout (with a bote) R13 S12 R11.

March with 3 on R15!

Spoiler: Countess Andice Gloronisits, of Point Swearing (click to show/hide)

Background: Noble
Castle Name: Point Swearing
Castle Location: S14
Border Color: Hot Pink
Defense: 10/10
Cutting: 1
 Wood: 2
Quarrying: 0
 Stone: 0
Recruitment: 1
 Army: 7/10
Income: 1
 Gold: 6
Debt: 0
Features: Shipyard, Coppicing Grove, Library
Forts: Fort Birch (T13, 4/7, 0/3)
Artefacts: None
Equipment: 2 Boats, 1 Ship
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: notquitethere on May 24, 2023, 05:15:50 pm

Quote from: Kashyyk on May 24, 2023, 04:59:32 pm

The wild animals here are pretty frickin' wild.

(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/88/a0/ce/88a0cea1d9beb5bddabc3e512f0b7ecf--princess-mononoke-hayao-miyazaki.jpg)

Quote from: Kashyyk on May 24, 2023, 04:59:32 pm

A question regarding beseiging boars. Have they had their one turn of double-hit first strike, or do they get to do that every turn of a Siege?

Well... it depends. If left to their devices, they'll attack the fort again and won't get a double strike. But if someone attacks them, then it'll be a different combat and they'll be back to their old tricks straight away.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: a1s on May 24, 2023, 05:16:30 pm

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
Castle Location N-13
Border Colour: Red
Army: 13/13
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 5
Recruitment: 5
Income: 1
Wood: 12
Gold: 4
Debt: 0
Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks
Forts : Thorn (N11) defense 4/4, garrison 2 armies, 1 archer
Artifacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: None

orders:
March 3 on N9
March 9 on O9
Scout N9-O8-P7

Questions: Are fully wooden forts 4/4 defense?

Quote from: Quarque on May 24, 2023, 05:09:31 pm

Quote from: a1s on May 24, 2023, 04:35:44 pm

I would be willing to sell some armies to the highest bidder. I'm looking for gold or stone.

How many armies do you have available?

Let's say up to 5 armies are for sale.
And 12 wood.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: Egan_BW on May 24, 2023, 05:21:11 pm

Goodness, you're quite rich. The only thing I have going for me is my ability to sprint out to uncharted territory by water. :p

Also, I corrected a mistake, the fort I captured was at 4/7, not 3/4. I assumed they came unupgraded, actually, and then the battle report just said "damaged (3)".
Bit of a shame, if I'd dealt less defense damage then I'd be able to get stone from dismantling it. ;p

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: Quarque on May 24, 2023, 05:24:13 pm

Quote from: a1s on May 24, 2023, 05:16:30 pm

Quote from: Quarque on May 24, 2023, 05:09:31 pm

How many armies do you have available?

Let's say up to 5 armies are for sale.
And 12 wood.

Ok. With a 5 army assist this fight is much safer. I would offer 2 stone and 2 gold.
Not for buying them, because my army cap would delete them. Instead I'd pay you to march those armies to A7 this turn and aid me in my fight there. Any surviving armies would return, of course.

@Vermilionskies, Kashyyk: do you agree to this if I pay you both one gold as well?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: notquitethere on May 24, 2023, 05:26:30 pm

Quote from: a1s on May 24, 2023, 05:16:30 pm

Questions: Are fully wooden forts 4/4 defense?

Yes, this is what the OP says:

Quote

Forts give +4 defence at base. You can repace wood for stone in the construction of your fort, giving +1 defence for each stone spent this way.

It's confusing because they cost 5 wood, not 4. A fully stone fort is 9/9 I suppose.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: a1s on May 24, 2023, 05:36:54 pm

Quote from: Quarque on May 24, 2023, 05:24:13 pm

Ok. With a 5 army assist this fight is much safer. I would offer 2 stone and 2 gold.
Not for buying them, because my army cap would delete them. Instead I'd pay you to march those armies to A7 this turn and aid me in my fight there. Any surviving armies would return, of course.

That's a bit lower than I expected. How about instead of the gold, a futures contract on 3 stone deliverable 3 turns from now? (basically your quarry production, but insured against you losing the site)
Note: I know this isn't risky ventures, I'm trusting you to keep faith with the contract. Because I belive in your high moral character and because I would be violently angry, if you don't keep it.

BTW, since I'm getting these back, 5 armies are still for sale, if anyone else needs them.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: Quarque on May 24, 2023, 05:50:19 pm

Quote from: a1s on May 24, 2023, 05:36:54 pm

Quote from: Quarque on May 24, 2023, 05:24:13 pm

Ok. With a 5 army assist this fight is much safer. I would offer 2 stone and 2 gold.
Not for buying them, because my army cap would delete them. Instead I'd pay you to march those armies to A7 this turn and aid me in my fight there. Any surviving armies would return, of course.

That's a bit lower than I expected. How about instead of the gold, a futures contract on 3 stone deliverable 3 turns from now? (basically your quarry production, but insured against you losing the site)

That is on the expensive side, but if the other parties involved agree (and do not make a cheaper offer ;) ) I will take it. Please wait for them to weigh in before committing the action.

Quote from: a1s on May 24, 2023, 05:36:54 pm

Note: I know this isn't risky ventures, I'm trusting you to keep faith with the contract. Because I belive in your high moral character and because I would be violently angry, if you don't keep it.

Trust appreciated - though instead of my dubious moral character, I'd say you can trust me because no one would ever deal with me again in online games if I broke my word. ;)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: Egan_BW on May 24, 2023, 06:06:40 pm

Quote from: a1s on May 24, 2023, 05:36:54 pm

BTW, since I'm getting these back, 5 armies are still for sale, if anyone else needs them.

I'll start the bid with 1 gold. :D

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: a1s on May 24, 2023, 06:08:53 pm

Quote from: Egan_BW on May 24, 2023, 06:06:40 pm

Quote from: a1s on May 24, 2023, 05:36:54 pm

BTW, since I'm getting these back, 5 armies are still for sale, if anyone else needs them.

I'll start the bid with 1 gold. :D

I can get 2 gold for them on the market, so obviously the lowest bid I will accept is 3 gold.  :P

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: Egan_BW on May 24, 2023, 06:31:40 pm

Hah, I can't actually accept five armies at the moment anyways, unless I garrison some and THEN accept the armies. Which... is probably legal, since trade between players happens any time during the turn, rather than right at the start?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: Criptfeind on May 24, 2023, 06:43:28 pm

You win this race Egan lol rip that mountain pass.

My scouting is a bit weird, when I absorbed the hill I see "From the hill: NW: you see unusual site" However, NW was already scouted last turn and is as far as I can tell, just a normal marsh? Am I misunderstanding something there or bug? Criptifeind can't tell east from west.

Also I scouted O9 and found a dragon with stone+gold but the dragon was placed on O8, displacing whatever the unusual site is I think?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: Criptfeind on May 24, 2023, 07:11:06 pm

Quote from: Quarque on May 24, 2023, 05:09:31 pm

I'm looking for assistance in the fight against the lair with the dragon.

If you're paying the way up north (assuming A1s would even accept the offer since I'm directly competing against them) I'd do it for 1 stone with 6 armies with the additional condition that I'd be sending the last femur to pick up skeletons in the fight, and if it's somehow lost and it ends up in there, when it's recovered it comes back to me.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: Quarque on May 24, 2023, 07:25:33 pm

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 24, 2023, 07:11:06 pm

If you're paying the way up north (assuming A1s would even accept the offer since I'm directly competing against them) I'd do it for 1 stone with 6 armies with the additional condition that I'd be sending the last femur to pick up skeletons in the fight, and if it's somehow lost and it ends up in there, when it's recovered it comes back to me.

Yes, I pay the Lords in between. This is a good offer, I would agree to those terms.

a1s, would you agree to let the skeltons pass if I pay you 1 gold?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: a1s on May 24, 2023, 07:36:00 pm

Quote from: Quarque on May 24, 2023, 07:25:33 pm

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 24, 2023, 07:11:06 pm

If you're paying the way up north (assuming A1s would even accept the offer since I'm directly competing against them) I'd do it for 1 stone with 6 armies with the additional condition that I'd be sending the last femur to pick up skeletons in the fight, and if it's somehow lost and it ends up in there, when it's recovered it comes back to me.

Yes, I pay the Lords in between. This is a good offer, I would agree to those terms.

a1s, would you agree to let the skeltons pass if I pay you 1 gold?

I will do it for 1 stone.
Also, this is a magnificent offer, I'm not going to even try and compete with it. My hat is off to you, Criptfeind

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: Criptfeind on May 24, 2023, 07:36:22 pm

If permission for me to move though peoples lands this turn is obtained, I'd also be using it as an opportunity to utilize the The Grove of Tusks.

As a question to the notquitethere: If me and Quarque attacked the marrowthrone and I ended up holding the throne, and then paid the grove of tusks in that same turn, would that end up as I wish it too, with me holding the marrowthrone and 0 retaliation percentage? If that is indeed how that works. I'd offer that to Quarque, so you don't have to also use the grove of tusks. Of course, this comes at the cost of me obtaining the throne, so you'd have to decide if you value having it more then you value not having those bonus anger points. I'm okay either way, just an offer in case you actively don't want the throne.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: Quarque on May 24, 2023, 07:45:51 pm

Quote from: a1s on May 24, 2023, 07:36:00 pm

I will do it for 1 stone.

Deal. In fact, I offer Vermilionskies and Kashyyk the choice of being paid in the resource of their choice as well (1 gold, 1 stone or 1 wood)

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 24, 2023, 07:36:22 pm

I'd offer that to Quarque, so you don't have to also use the grove of tusks. Of course, this comes at the cost of me obtaining the throne, so you'd have to decide if you value having it more then you value not having those bonus anger points. I'm okay either way, just an offer in case you actively don't want the throne.

That is generous, you can certainly have the throne. I feel that you deserve a bonus for keeping it, so will also give you the Pellucid Orb then (as soon as I have it - with bad luck a bloodsinger could escape).

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: Egan_BW on May 24, 2023, 07:52:41 pm

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 24, 2023, 06:43:28 pm

You win this race Egan lol rip that mountain pass.

Yeah, 15 bog cats right on the pass is unfortunate luck for you.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: Criptfeind on May 24, 2023, 08:00:27 pm

The fact that they get 4 defense is really the topping on the cake really, I think that means without siege gear or archers they can't even be killed on the turn that I attack? Since I'd roll 1d8-1 and need to roll a 8 to kill one?

Although it does mean I could stack like 8 siege gear and kill them all super safely I guess?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: Egan_BW on May 24, 2023, 08:10:26 pm

8 Siege gear would do it, but you'd need the equivalent of 16 armies to take out all the enemies in the one turn your 8 engines last for, which probably requires you to work with someone else, and there's no reward for defeating them.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: VermilionSkies on May 24, 2023, 08:18:33 pm

Updated sheet:

Spoiler: Gerald Wright (click to show/hide)

Marquess Gerald Wright
Background: Master Builder
Castle Name: Castle Wright
Castle Location K14
Border Colour: Maroon
Army: 10/10
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 3
Stone Production: 1
Recruitment: 3
Gold: 7
Income: 2
Debt: 0
Wood: 7
Stone: 1
Features: Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace, Keep
Production Sites: K13 (1 Wood), K12 (1 Army), J13 (1 Stone), L13 (1 Wood), L14 (1 Army)
Forts (location, defense 5/5, armies assigned): Fort Bowyer (K13, 6/6 Defense, 3/3 Armies (3 Archer))
Artefacts: None
Equipment:
Special Units:

I'll also take one stone for passage.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: Criptfeind on May 24, 2023, 08:23:16 pm

Quote from: Egan_BW on May 24, 2023, 08:10:26 pm

there's no reward for defeating them.

Fuck bog hags thou, all my homies hate bog hags.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: a1s on May 24, 2023, 08:30:57 pm

If a player's fort/castle runs out of defenders it falls to the enemy, right?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: Kashyyk on May 25, 2023, 02:10:44 am

Good thing they got stalled out at the Fort rather than making it to my Castle.

@NQT: My reprisal odds didn't increase after taking the Village at F15.

@Quarque/Cript: I will permit passage this turn for 1 Stone or 2 Gold

1x Infantry get trained as Archers (-2 wood) and are garrisoned in Fort Hollivy
1x Infantry garrisons Shandston's Folly
1x Infantry marches on the empty lair at G11
1x Infantry scouts H10->H9->G9
7x Infantry breaks the Siege at Fort Heather (H13). The Garrison sallies forth to join the battle

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 2/8
Garrison: 2/3 (1x Archers, 1x Infantry)

I11 - Forest: Fort Hollivy
Defence: 6/8
Garrison: 0/3

Resources:
Army : 10/11 (+4/turn) = 11(curr) + 4(inc) - 1 (Fort Hollivy)
Gold: 16 (+2/turn) = 14(curr) +2(inc)
Stone: 1 (+0/turn)  = 1(curr)
Wood : 8 (+4/turn) = 6(curr) + 4(inc) - 2(bows)
Debt: 20

Territory: F13 (Forest), F15 (Village), G15 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I12 (Marsh), I11 (Forest, Fort Hollivy)
Artefacts: None
Equipment: None
Units: 10x Infantry

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: Quarque on May 25, 2023, 02:41:35 am

So it will be, then.

Orders:

Buy 2 stone for 4 gold
Pay 1 stone to Prince Mackial FitzHarbort
Pay 1 stone to Gerald Wright
Pay 1 stone to Marquess Ambrosio Vulk
Pay 1 stone to Marchioness Aywen Ayes
March 9 armies (1 equipped with the Rhuddy Cape) to A7
Build a Fort ("Neubockelstein") on D11 for 5 wood
Scout B14-B15-A15

Spoiler: Marquess Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow
C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defense: 10/10
Army Cap: 10
Features:
* Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
* Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
* Shipyard (coast only): -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.

Resources:
Army: 10 (+3/turn) = 10-2(curr) + 3(inc) -1(cap)
Gold: 10 (+1/turn) = 4(curr) + 9(lair) + 1(inc) -4(buying stone)
Stone: 0 (+1/turn) = 1(curr) + 1(inc) - 2(payments)
Wood: 5 (+3/turn) = 6(curr) + 3(inc) + 1(giant club) - 5(build fort)

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape
Equipment: 1 Boat and 1 Ship
Special Units: None

as discussed, I will cooperate with the forces of Marquess Ambrosio Vulk in the Battle for A7.
The Marrowfat Throne and the Pellucid Orb will go to him

Rest assured I will guarantee you the Spiked Femur back in case you would lose it - although I think this is extremely unlikely to happen with the overkill we're sending.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: Criptfeind on May 25, 2023, 03:06:45 am

If you want to pay me the stone on a later turn to save yourself from having to purchase it now, I don't mind.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: Quarque on May 25, 2023, 03:14:01 am

no worries, you're getting it today

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: notquitethere on May 25, 2023, 03:37:19 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 24, 2023, 06:43:28 pm

My scouting is a bit weird, when I absorbed the hill I see "From the hill: NW: you see unusual site" However, NW was already scouted last turn and is as far as I can tell, just a normal marsh? Am I misunderstanding something there or bug? Criptifeind can't tell east from west.

I switch them round in my head too.

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 24, 2023, 06:43:28 pm

Also I scouted O9 and found a dragon with stone+gold but the dragon was placed on O8, displacing whatever the unusual site is I think?

It displaced another marshland. I've swapped it back round. Good spot.

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 24, 2023, 07:36:22 pm

As a question to the notquitethere: If me and Quarque attacked the marrowthrone and I ended up holding the throne, and then paid the grove of tusks in that same turn, would that end up as I wish it too, with me holding the marrowthrone and 0 retaliation percentage?

Sure, if the payment is made before the next enemy phase, and you don't kill any more barbarians after that, it would be zero for the enemy phase.

Quote from: a1s on May 24, 2023, 08:30:57 pm

If a player's fort/castle runs out of defenders it falls to the enemy, right?

Correct, even if it has defence left. This is why Keeps are good.

Quote from: Kashyyk on May 25, 2023, 02:10:44 am

@NQT: My reprisal odds didn't increase after taking the Village at F15.

Fixed.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: a1s on May 25, 2023, 03:45:46 am

Giants in sieges, how do they work vis-a-vis being 3 armies? Do they regenerate every turn?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: notquitethere on May 25, 2023, 03:49:40 am

Quote from: a1s on May 25, 2023, 03:45:46 am

Giants in sieges, how do they work vis-a-vis being 3 armies? Do they regenerate every turn?

Good question... I suppose they should do because:
1. New combats can occur mid-seige
2. I don't want to have to track health levels
3. They can go behind the walls and have a little rest between assaults.

Does this make dragons/giants more scary? Maybe.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: Criptfeind on May 25, 2023, 03:54:45 am

That's very scary for fighting castle Bryn, or at least it would be if their rules didn't suggest that you'll pretty much always end up killing at least half of them via field battles (patrol or against their reclamation is a bit unclear though) before you get to the castle.

If you break a fort/castles defenses down to 0 during a round, it turns into just a normal combat next round right? If so, does it still only do the siege battle that turn, and the normal battle rounds would have to take place next turn, or would the normal battle immediately commence at the end of the siege round?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: Criptfeind on May 25, 2023, 03:58:44 am

Also I think when you fixed the swamp swap you accidentally left in the partially processed turn. Spoiler alert!

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: a1s on May 25, 2023, 04:03:40 am

it's interesting to me that siege engines don't actually break walls (they kill people but the chance to destory a wall is still 3/8).

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: Criptfeind on May 25, 2023, 04:10:41 am

Okay, I belive that this turn order, assuming we win A7, ends with me having neutered the marrowfat throne before it can fuck anyone up.

Spoiler: Turn 6 gains/losses (click to show/hide)

Wood -2
Seige +1
Army -2
Fort Ivy +2 army
Seige -1
O15: Forest +1 Wood production
P9: Hill
P15: Hill
+1 Wood
2 armies 2 skeletons 1 skeleton archer currently sieging fort

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Colour: Blue

Castle: P14
Army: 13-2+5=16!-3=13/13
Defence: 10/10
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove

Wood Production: 3
Recruitment: 5
Income: 1

Gold: 9+1=10
Debt: 0
Wood: 5-2+1+3=7
Stone: 0

Artifacts: Last Femur
Equipment: None
Special Units: 4 Skeleton warriors 1 Skeleton Archer

Holdings list:
P12: Lair
O14: Village +1 Recruitment
P11: Forest Fort Ivy 6/8 +1 Wood Production 2 Armies
Q13: Village +1 Recruitment
P13 Village +1 Recruitment
P10 Village +1 Recruitment
O15: Forest +1 Wood production
P9: Hill
P15: Hill

Spoiler: Turn 7 (click to show/hide)

Permission for moving though lands of Aywen Ayes, Fritz Ferdinand, Gerald Wright, and Mackial FitzHarbort gained for this turn
3 armies 2 skeletons 1 skeleton archer continue sieging fort Hawthorn 1/5 at Q14
6 armies with last femur join Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhovens march on A7
1 Army with 2 skeleton warriors marches on Q15
Scout takes 10 gold to F13 The Grove of Tusks and makes sacrifical offering
Scout O8-O7-O6
Scout P8-P7-P6
Scout N15-M15-M14

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: notquitethere on May 25, 2023, 04:28:26 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 25, 2023, 03:58:44 am

Also I think when you fixed the swamp swap you accidentally left in the partially processed turn. Spoiler alert!

Oops. Uh... should be fixed now!

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 25, 2023, 03:54:45 am

If you break a fort/castles defenses down to 0 during a round, it turns into just a normal combat next round right? If so, does it still only do the siege battle that turn, and the normal battle rounds would have to take place next turn, or would the normal battle immediately commence at the end of the siege round?

A normal battle commences as soon as the walls are completely destroyed.

Quote from: a1s on May 25, 2023, 04:03:40 am

it's interesting to me that siege engines don't actually break walls (they kill people but the chance to destory a wall is still 3/8).

This would be a better way of implementing the siege engines:

- for one roll, walls breaks on a lower dice result, with each additional engine lowering it further, so on a 4+, then a 3+ etc. instead.

This means it would actually just give better targeting to walls, and also you couldn't stockpile siege engines indefinitely to ultrakill on any siege.

I'd be quite tempted to move over to this, but it's not good form to chop-and-change the mechanics mid-game.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: a1s on May 25, 2023, 04:35:48 am

Quote from: notquitethere on May 25, 2023, 04:28:26 am

I'd be quite tempted to move over to this, but it's not good form to chop-and-change the mechanics mid-game.

We could take a vote on this: if no one minds (i.e. unanimous approval) we will switch.
I vote switch.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: notquitethere on May 25, 2023, 04:40:47 am

I've put up a poll!

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: Quarque on May 25, 2023, 04:49:52 am

If this rule is going to be changed, we should be careful to reconsider the cost and durability of siege engines. These currently last only one combat round. As it stands they are expensive and good. Let's not make them expensive and bad.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: notquitethere on May 25, 2023, 04:56:36 am

Quote from: Quarque on May 25, 2023, 04:49:52 am

If this rule is going to be changed, we should be careful to reconsider the cost and durability of siege engines. These currently last only one combat round. As it stands they are expensive and good. Let's not make them expensive and bad.

It's a good point. Destroying walls on long seiges is useful (essential vs. anywhere with a Keep), but killing defenders is strictly better. Maybe they don't get exhausted?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: Kashyyk on May 25, 2023, 05:04:52 am

Not all Siege engines were designed to break fortifications. Towers and ladders let you get over the walls, whilst galleries and mantlets protect you from the defenders whilst you move about.

You can very easily spend the same number of resources on engines to take a Fort as the actual Fort cost to build, but the odds of that actually goes down with higher defence (on a Fort at least). I'm going to vote no change, but if we did change it, I would want high Defence to to be worth more than low Defence beyond merely being more ablative hits. Perhaps the more defence you have, the more likely the defence takes the hit instead of the Garrison? (With the Keep being the ultimate form of that). The maths could complex though.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: Criptfeind on May 25, 2023, 05:06:18 am

Ironically, I'd probably be better off if we don't swap because someday I want to kill that dang old witch and the easiest way to do it would be stacking 8 siege engines. The change might be better overall (hard to tell really the long term ramifications of it since we've not really gotten into the late game pvp where siege engines would see the most use I think) but I'm gunna have difficulty looking past my own selfish short term self interest :P

Quote from: Quarque on May 25, 2023, 04:49:52 am

If this rule is going to be changed, we should be careful to reconsider the cost and durability of siege engines. These currently last only one combat round. As it stands they are expensive and good. Let's not make them expensive and bad.

I totally agree that we should be careful of changes, but also I sorta think that as we move out of the early game and into the more mid game the economy of the game is changing a lot. In the first few turns they were expensive as there were some forts that needed to be sieged and most people were on 0-1 wood income, but I'm not really sure if they really are expensive anymore? I'm making 3 wood a turn, Wright is making 3 a turn, FitzHarbort is making 4, Ayes is making 5! considering that it's not every turn that we are besieging down a place (at least for the moment) woods really stacking up quite quickly. And we've not even conquered half the map yet. Similarly armies are now sorta lowish value, whereas in the first turns everyone was buying them for 2 gold each, but as everyone hits their army cap and gathers more villages we are reaching a point where loosing armies doesn't really matter that much, and army cap becomes a much more valuable stat. So long as our actions are limited by our army cap our resource incomes will keep going up but our ability to spend that income won't really go up with it, which I think will make things like siege gear better but also cheaper.

Right now I think the only really valuable material is stone, since it can raise army cap, and gold, since it can buy stone.

Quote from: notquitethere on May 25, 2023, 04:56:36 am

Quote from: Quarque on May 25, 2023, 04:49:52 am

If this rule is going to be changed, we should be careful to reconsider the cost and durability of siege engines. These currently last only one combat round. As it stands they are expensive and good. Let's not make them expensive and bad.

It's a good point. Destroying walls on long seiges is useful (essential vs. anywhere with a Keep), but killing defenders is strictly better. Maybe they don't get exhausted?

I think that if they don't get used up that'll mean pretty much everyone just buys 5 (or however many to make 1 kill a wall) and then never buy any more ever again? I'm not sure if that's what we should aim for, but then again maybe then people might eventually buy bows.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: Quarque on May 25, 2023, 05:08:21 am

hmm

A decent siege army consists typically of like 6 units, so in an "average" use case a single siege engine demolishes one layer of wall on average. So you're spending 2 wood to destroy something that costs 1 stone to repair. Given that wood is much more abundant than stone, this is actually surprisingly fair.

Ok, I'm voting for the rule change.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: notquitethere on May 25, 2023, 05:31:49 am

All good points raised. As we're not unanimous here, what I think I'll do is introduce the possibility of creating wall-damaging seige engines as an additional extra from one of the unique sites that is upcoming.

As it currently stands, if someone wants to spend 14 wood to create the ultimate anti-personnel trebuchet for one round, that's fine- for tiles with lots of units on, or a keep, they'll probably still face some counter-attack.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: Egan_BW on May 25, 2023, 02:35:31 pm

The current way it works makes sense to me. A properly prepared siege can bypass the walls and kill the defenders, while a less prepared one has to settle down and hope to wear them out. Though maybe it should be harder or more expensive to do.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: a1s on May 25, 2023, 02:52:37 pm

If no one will trade with me, I shall make my own gold.
New orders:

Quote from: a1s on May 24, 2023, 05:16:30 pm

orders:
March 3 on N9
March 9 on O9
Scout N9-O8-P7

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: notquitethere on May 25, 2023, 10:54:22 pm

Just a heads up I'm going away for a long weekend, so unless I get a move from Vermillion in the next hour or so there probably won't be an update before Monday.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: VermilionSkies on May 25, 2023, 11:04:11 pm

Spoiler: Gerald Wright (click to show/hide)

Marquess Gerald Wright
Background: Master Builder
Castle Name: Castle Wright
Castle Location K14
Border Colour: Maroon
Army: 4/10
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 3
Stone Production: 1
Recruitment: 3
Gold: 0
Income: 2
Debt: 0
Wood: 0
Stone: 0
Features: Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace, Keep
Production Sites: K13 (1 Wood), K12 (1 Army), J13 (1 Stone), L13 (1 Wood), L14 (1 Army)
Forts (location, defense 5/5, armies assigned): Fort Bowyer (K13, 6/6 Defense, 3/3 Armies (3 Archer)), Fort Mason (L15, 9/9 Defense, 3/3 Armies), Fort Tailor (J14, 4/4 Defense, 3/3 Armies)
Artefacts: None
Equipment:
Special Units:

3 Wood, 2 Gold, 3 Armies (1 lost due to overflow), 1 Stone.
Sell 2 Wood for 1 Gold.
Purchase 4 Stone for 8 Gold.
Build Fort Mason at L15 using 5 Stone, assigning three Armies.
Build Fort Tailor at J14 using 5 Wood, assigning three Armies.
Scout L11-L10-L9.
1 Army defends Castle Wright.

About time I finally got around to my true goal this game.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: notquitethere on May 26, 2023, 12:54:45 am

TURN 7 REPORT

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

orders:
March 3 on N9: Your armies attack (1, 4 and 0), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (5), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (6, 0 and 6), defeating one of the enemies (bog cat).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.
NW: you see a small hut
N: you see forest
NE: you see a village
E: you see a village
SE: you see marshland
S: you see marshland
SW: you see marshland
W: you see forest

March 9 on O9: The dragon attacks first! (7, 5, 1, 7 and 3), killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (2, 5, 1, 3, 6, 2 and 6), with three hits on the dragon.

The enemy attacks back (4 and 2), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (4, 1, 4, 4, 1, 1 and 6), with one hit.

The enemy attacks back (7), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (8, 2, 1, 7, 2 and 1), defeating one of the enemies (dragon).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.
 From the dragon horde, you gain twelve gold. From the land, you find three gold and two stone.
 Your total losses: three.

Scout N9-O8-P7: You scout through the first land, a hill just taken.

You scout through the second land, discovering The Hag Market. Marshland. Protected by 9 bog hags and 27 bog cats. Scouts can be sent to the market to buy bog cats (4 gold each) and otherwise may pass through without being attacked. Half the money spent here remains as possible loot. Friendly bog cats have +1 attack in marshland, and while you have a cat, they give -1 (non-cumulative) to enemy attack rolls. Cats cannot be sent to scout, and they cannot be send to attack or patrol by themselves. Monsters won't march from this location."

You scout through the third land,  discovering a marshland. In the murky mire they find a bog hag with three bog cats.

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

3 armies 2 skeletons 1 skeleton archer continue sieging fort Hawthorn 1/5 at Q14: Your armies attack (with two skeletons) (7, 7, 7, 4 and 4), damaging the walls (1) and breaking through into the fort, defeating two of the enemies (Thornish holdout and Thornish holdout).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.
 From the Thornish holdouts you take one gold.

6 armies with last femur join Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhovens march on A7: (See Fritz attack below)

1 Army with 2 skeleton warriors marches on Q15: Your armies attack (with two skeletons) (4, 1 and 2), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (3), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with two skeletons) (5, 5 and 5), defeating one of the enemies (barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.

Scout takes 10 gold to F13 The Grove of Tusks and makes sacrifical offering: A sacrifice is made to appease the Squelsh and their gods.

Scout O8-O7-O6: You scout through the first land, discovering the The Hag Market (see Vulk's turn). You scout through the second land, discovering a village. The hamlet is defended by one Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.


Scout P8-P7-P6: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the towering woods they find two wisps.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout N15-M15-M14: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the murky mire they find a bog hag with three bog cats.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Marquess Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven (click to show/hide)

March 9 armies (1 equipped with the Rhuddy Cape) to A7: The dragon attacks first (7, 6, 8, 6 and 5), your giant takes one hit, and the foe end up killing four of your armies.
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (2, 7, 2, 2, 4, 3, 9, 8, 2, 4, 2 and 9), defeating four of the enemies (dragon (part), wolf, Bloodsinger and dragon (part)).
The last femur raises two skeleton warriors!
The other two wolves flee southeast.
The enemy attacks back (6, 6, 5, 8 and 3), killing three of your armies (including one skeleton).
The remaining Bloodsinger slinks away, taking the forest in A8.
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (with one skeleton) (7, 8, 6, 2, 7, 4, 4, 2, 2 and 9), defeating the dragon and Squelsh barbarian).
The last femur raises one skeleton warrior.
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county.
 From the dragon horde, you gain twelve gold. From the lair you find four more gold. You also find a Wolf Crystal (wolves encountered will join the army instead (they still all run away when injured) and a Pellucid Orb (+1 to scout travel distance). As agreed, Vulk get the orb.
In sum: two skeletons gained. Total army losses: six: two of Bockhovens, four of Vulk's.

Build a Fort ("Neubockelstein") on D11 for 5 wood

Scout B14-B15-A15: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The dwellings is defended by one Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Countess Andice Gloronisits, of Point Swearing (click to show/hide)

Scout R8 Q8: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The townlet is defended by two Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout R7 Q6 P6: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the craggy headland they find a gold mine and they also find three wisps.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout (with a ship) T3 T2 T1: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The dwellings is defended by two Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout (with a bote) R13 S12 R11: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the muddy mire they find nothing but bones.
You scout through the second land, discovering a forest. In the dark trees they find seven Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

March with 3 on R15! Your armies attack (3, 6 and 3), defeating one of the enemies (bog cat).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county. You take the Speculator's Rod.

Spoiler: Gerald Wright (click to show/hide)

Scout L11-L10-L9: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the foul bog they find four wisps.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

1x Infantry marches on the empty lair at G11: 10 gold is looted from the lair before any other monsters come.

1x Infantry scouts H10->H9->G9: You scout through the first land, discovering a unusual site. Owl Woods - Forest. Guarded by the Dusk Dragon (the Dusk Dragon counts for 10 armies) and seven wisps. The dragon holds Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants). Your scout withdraws to safety.

7x Infantry break the Siege at Fort Heather (H13). The Garrison sallies forth to join the battle: The boar, boar and boar attack first (6, 5, 2, 7, 3 and 1), killing three of your armies (including 1 archer).
Your armies attack (2, 5, 4, 1, 2 and 5), defeating two of the enemies (wolf and wolf).
The other five wolves flee, taking the marshland in H12.
The enemy attacks back (6, 8 and 3), killing two of your armies. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
 Your total losses: five, including the garrison of Fort Heather.

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

- [H10] The dragon flies north-east. There it finds one army of Prince FitzHarbort:
The dragon attacks first (1, 7, 7, 8, 5, 4, 1, 8, 8 and 2), killing one of your armies. Your armies have been defeated.
 Your total losses: one. The 10 gold that would have been looted remains.
- [M6] The dragon doesn't wander.

- [A8] A barbarian joins the Marrowfat Throne.

- The Moot: Barbarian-occupied tiles 3 (B14), 5 (E12), 7 (G14), 9 (J15), 10 (K11), 11 (K15), 13 (R8), send someone to the moot.
- Reprisals:
--[Wright 9%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Ayes 6%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Bockhoven 4%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[FitzHarbort 2%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Gloronisits 1%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Vulk 0%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.

- [G11 (newly recaptured)] Wolf Hall: No new monsters come.
--[H13] After seeing off the counter-attack, the three boar march take the now unoccupied Fort Heather, taking command of the area! No new monsters join them.

TURN 8

Research

Countess Andice Gloronisits learns that in N7 is Taghairn Cave - Owned by Cuthbert Catsbane, a Bloodsinger who wields the Cat Sack if it hasn't appeared elsewhere. Has a limited kind of Bloodforge in which three cats may be sacrificed to create a new artefact. You would first have to find a way of gaining the cats.

Prince Mackial FitzHarbort learns that in G6 is Black Claw (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Claw will gain the Black Claw.) (+4 dice rolled when attacking, every time someone is killed by a force wielding the claw, the nearest square with a bog cat gains another cat. If there are none, a bog cat will appear in the nearest empty square.)

(https://i.imgur.com/xyLir7C.png)

Spoiler: Known Artefact List (click to show/hide)

In the world
A8 is Marrowfat Throne (when owned by someone of Squelsh heritage, one Squelsh defector will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production) and adjacent Squelsh armies will join your attacks on non-Squelsh; when owned by an Alkabrian or other, +30 reprisal chance, +100 reprisal chance if destroyed.)
E5 is Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)
G6 is Black Claw (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Claw will gain the Black Claw.) (+4 dice rolled when attacking, every time someone is killed by a force wielding the claw, the nearest square with a bog cat gains another cat. If there are none, a bog cat will appear in the nearest empty square.)
G10 is Bitter Brew  (The set of armies this is equipped to never retreats from losses.)
H4 is the Black Lance (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding the Black Lance will gain the Black Lance.) (You never attack first in combats, but on your first attack all your attackers will attack three times. The turn after slaying someone with the lance, Dragons will preferentially fly one square in your direction when flying to a new home. When this first discovered, place the Dawn Dragon on M6 (the Dawn Dragon counts for 15 armies)).
I5 is the Shimmering Coin (+2 on rolls that determine gold amounts)
N7 is the Cat Sack (defeated Bog Cats are put in the Cat Sack instead of being killed if the Cat Sack is held by the winning force. These cats are owned but unfriendly, and any number can be released by an army in any combat, or let loose by a scout in any tile.)
Q8 is the Crimson Drum (attack first when defending)
R4 is the Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)
R6 are the Saint's Knuckles (take -1 when rolling on the monster table (usually less dangerous results))

Held by Lords
Bockhoven: the Rhuddy Cape (the unit this is assigned to is now considered a giant)

The Wolf Crystal (wolves encountered will join the army instead (they still all run away when injured)

Vulk: the Last Femur! (1/4 chance of each dead unit being resurrected to your side as a skeleton warrior when they die)

Pellucid Orb (+1 to scout travel distance)

Gloronisits: the Speculator's Rod (a scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

Spoiler: Known Unique Sites (click to show/hide)

C8 is the Crimson Tower (Keep/Tower/Bloodforge) Defence 17/17,  - Dai the Bloodsinger has a Bloodforge in which 3 armies may be sacrificed to create a new artefact (and become anathema to all).

F12 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance for reprisals against the Hedge Lord to 0.

E10 is an unknown lair.

F11 is Lake Sorrow

F13 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance to reprisals to 0. This only works for people who don't own the Grove.

G10 is Wolfhaven Woods - Forest. Spiritual home of wolf kind. Inhabited by 10d4 wolves (25). These wolves will only flee if less than 10 remain. Any wolves that would otherwise be loyal to a non-wolf, are loyal to the wolves in these woods. Wolves in this forest will never march on anywhere.

M8 is The Hirsute Sage's Hut (while independent, scouts that pass through the hut will ignore the first set of enemies they come across while scouting after visiting the hut. The sage leaves if his home becomes occupied.)

N7 is Taghairn Cave - Owned by Cuthbert Catsbane, a Bloodsinger who wields the Cat Sack if it hasn't appeared elsewhere. Has a limited kind of Bloodforge in which three cats may be sacrificed to create a new artefact. You would first have to find a way of gaining the cats.

O8 is The Hag Market. Marshland. Protected by 9 bog hags and 27 bog cats. Scouts can be sent to the market to buy bog cats (4 gold each) and otherwise may pass through without being attacked. Half the money spent here remains as possible loot. Friendly bog cats have +1 attack in marshland, and while you have a cat, they give -1 (non-cumulative) to enemy attack rolls. Cats cannot be sent to scout, and they cannot be send to attack or patrol by themselves. Monsters won't march from this location."

Q5 is The Moot - Village with 2d2 (2+1=3) Squelsh Barbarians and a moat (6/6 defense). It is the neutral meeting place of rival Squelsh bands. At the start of each enemy turn, each tile with a Squelsh Barbarian has a 25% chance of sending someone to the Moot. The first Squelsh reprisal each turn will be joined by whomever is in the Moot. If the Moot is conquered, a new Moot (with a new moat) will appear in the most populous Squelsh-held village at the start of the next player turn, or if there are no such villages, it may appear in future tile generation (from scouting, research etc.).

Q9 is Granny Longtooth's Hut - Marshland. 4/4 defence while Granny Longtooth lives here. Granny Longtooth is a Bog Hag protected by 15 Bog Cats. Monsters won't normally march from this location, but Granny Longtooth will curse anyone who has sacrificed cats or who has let a friendly cat come to harm. (While she lives: -1 income, -1 recruitment, -1 wood production, -1 stone production, to a minimum of 0 each.)

R3 is The Castle of Bryn the Brawn (Keep/Tower/Tower) Defence 21/21, occupied by Bryn, a giant, and his family, three more giants. The adjacent squares are also within his domain. Bryn will wage war to retake any squares adjacent to his castle, always accompanied in battle by 1d6 wolves.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: Kashyyk on May 26, 2023, 02:16:49 am

Quote

Your total losses: one. The 10 gold that would have been looted remains.

Gosh darnit! The one good thing I was hoping to get out of this debacle  :'(

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: Criptfeind on May 26, 2023, 05:45:39 am

Well rip. I'll send the orb back to you Quarque since our plan for the marrowfat failed. I guess "undefended" means "not behind a wall" not " notdefended by other monsters". At least you have tons of gold to pay it off later.

Also it looks like you might have missed rolling for the fight in Q15 notquitethere. NBD. Although, also, should there be a unique site at O8? I saw one from the hill when I took it, but now that I properly scouted it it's just a hag and her bog.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: Criptfeind on May 26, 2023, 05:58:35 am

Turn complete

Spoiler: Turn 6 gains/losses (click to show/hide)

Stone +1
Gold -10
Gold +1
Q14: Hill Fort Hawthorn 0/5
Army -4
Skeleton warriors +2

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Colour: Blue

Castle: P14
Army: 13-4+5=14!-1=13/13
Defence: 10/10
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove

Wood Production: 3
Recruitment: 5
Income: 1

Gold: 10-10+1+1=2
Debt: 0
Wood: 7+3=10
Stone: 1

Artifacts: Last Femur, Pellucid Orb
Equipment: None
Special Units: 6 Skeleton warriors 1 Skeleton Archer

Holdings list:
P12: Lair
O14: Village +1 Recruitment
P11: Forest Fort Ivy 6/8 +1 Wood Production 2 Armies
Q13: Village +1 Recruitment
P13 Village +1 Recruitment
P10 Village +1 Recruitment
O15: Forest +1 Wood production
P9: Hill
P15: Hill
Q14: Hill Fort Hawthorn 0/5

Spoiler: Turn 7 (click to show/hide)

Put 1 army in Fort Ivy
March 7 Armies and 6 skeleton warriors with last Femur to Q12
March 4 Armies to P8
Scout Q11 R11 R10

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: Quarque on May 26, 2023, 06:32:09 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 26, 2023, 05:45:39 am

Well rip. I'll send the orb back to you Quarque since our plan for the marrowfat failed. I guess "undefended" means "not behind a wall" not " notdefended by other monsters". At least you have tons of gold to pay it off later.

That's kind, but you can keep it if you like, you earned it. Not your fault that the bugger escaped.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: notquitethere on May 26, 2023, 06:44:12 am

Ppe

Not sure how that unusual site turned into a marsh, but I'll sort it out on Monday. For now, assume that there are still cats and hags there and it'll be clarified later. I'll also process the missed fight and whatever else.

But first... I have to put up a tent!

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: Egan_BW on May 26, 2023, 07:42:59 am

gooooooold! :D :D :D

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: Criptfeind on May 26, 2023, 10:35:09 am

(A question for ya when you get back next week)

Quote from: notquitethere on May 26, 2023, 12:54:45 am

3 armies 2 skeletons 1 skeleton archer continue sieging fort Hawthorn 1/5 at Q14: Your armies attack (with two skeletons) (7, 7, 7, 4 and 4), damaging the walls (1) and breaking through into the fort, defeating two of the enemies (Thornish holdout and Thornish holdout).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.

Digging into this more, am I understanding correctly that what happened here is that the first 7 caused the wall to break and then it immediately went into "normal" combat mid rolls with the subsequent sevens killing the enemies under normal combat rules? If so, how do archers and their +1 fit into the instantly swapping combat rules? Siege weapons as well?

Also doesn't matter but I guess the skeleton archer didn't attack, probably just a minor error in the input that didn't include it. Maybe I need a better way to notate the forces being sent, especially if things get more complicated.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: a1s on May 27, 2023, 02:36:43 pm

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
Castle Location N-13
Border Colour: Red
Army: 13/13
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 5
Recruitment: 5
Income: 1
Wood: 17
Gold: 20
Stone:3
Debt: 0
Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks
Forts : Thorn (N11) defense 4/4, garrison 2 armies, 1 archer
Artifacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: None

orders:
Buy 7 stone
Sell 12 wood
Build Tower
March 5 on M14
Scout M14-M15
Scout N8-N7-O7
Scout M9-L10-K10
Scout M8-M7-N6
Scout M8-L8-K8
Socut M8-L7-K7
Scout M8-L9-K9
Scout O8-O7-O6 buy 3 cats.

Will pay 3:2 gold for stone! or 2:1 wood for stone.
Still willing to sell off some armies/do mercenary work.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: Criptfeind on May 27, 2023, 02:50:30 pm

Quote from: Quarque on May 26, 2023, 06:32:09 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 26, 2023, 05:45:39 am

Well rip. I'll send the orb back to you Quarque since our plan for the marrowfat failed. I guess "undefended" means "not behind a wall" not " notdefended by other monsters". At least you have tons of gold to pay it off later.

That's kind, but you can keep it if you like, you earned it. Not your fault that the bugger escaped.

Sorry for the late reply, wanted to say though thanks, that's mighty generous of you. I'll cherish this orb as a souvenir of my adventures in the north. Maybe I can attach it to the last femur to make some sorta wizards staff, they gota have an orb on top, right?

Another question for notquitethere when he gets back from camping. How do blood forges work? Specifically, are they one use or multi use?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: Quarque on May 27, 2023, 11:19:28 pm

no worries

@Kashyyk: I see you have a wolf problem. I'll let you use my wolf crystal for a turn if I can have half of the wolves.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: Kashyyk on May 28, 2023, 03:36:31 am

Quote from: Quarque on May 27, 2023, 11:19:28 pm

@Kashyyk: I see you have a wolf problem. I'll let you use my wolf crystal for a turn if I can have half of the wolves.

Yeah,  I'll take that deal.

16 Gold is spent to buy 8 Stone
A Barracks is built for 10 Stone
3 Siege Engines are built for 6 Wood
1x Infantry garrisons Shandston's Folly
1x Infantry with Bockhaven's Wolf Crystal, marches on H12
9x Infantry and 3x Siege Engines march on Fort Heather H13

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 14
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 2/8
Garrison: 3/3 - 3 Hostile Boars

I11 - Forest: Fort Hollivy
Defence: 6/8
Garrison: 1/3 (1x Archers)

Resources:
Army : 11/14 (+5/turn) = 10(curr) + 5(inc) - 4(casualties)
Gold: 2 (+2/turn) = 16(curr) +2(inc) - 16(buy Stone)
Stone: 0 (+0/turn)  = 1(curr) +1(passage tax) + 8(buy Stone) - 10(construction)
Wood : 6 (+4/turn) = 8(curr) + 4(inc) - 6wood(Siege Engines)
Debt: 20

Territory: F13 (Forest), F15 (Village), G15 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), H11 (Village), I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I12 (Marsh), I11 (Forest, Fort Hollivy)
Artefacts: Wolf Gem (borrowed from Bockhaven)
Equipment: 3x Siege Engines -> Fort Heather
Units: 11x Infantry

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: Quarque on May 28, 2023, 06:30:53 am

ok!

Orders:
edit: orders changed, see below
Lend the Wolf Crystal to Prince Mackial FitzHarbort
Sell 2 wood for 1 gold
Buy 9 stone for 18 gold
Build a barracks
March 3 with Rhuddy Cape at A8
March 5 at C12
March 1 at D10
Send a scout to F12 to sacrifice 10 gold, then continue scouting* - E13 - E14
*: if that is allowed, otherwise just sac the gold

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow
C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defense: 10/10
Army Cap: 10
Features:
* Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
* Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
* Shipyard (coast only): -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
* Barracks: +3 army cap

Resources:
Army: 10 (+3/turn) = 10 - 2(curr) + 3(inc) -1(cap)
Gold: 0 (+1/turn) = 10(curr) + 12(dragon) + 4(lair) + 1(inc) +1(wood sale) -18(buying stone) -10(sacrifice)
Stone: 0 (+1/turn) = 0(curr) + 1(inc) +9(bought) - 10(build barracks)
Wood: 5 (+2/turn) = 5(curr) + 2(inc) -2(sold)

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape
Equipment: 1 Boat and 1 Ship
Special Units: None

[/s]

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: notquitethere on May 29, 2023, 09:40:05 am

I am back!

I have updated the previous post with the missing unique site. It's a hag-related one which incidentally allowed an extra tile to be scouted. I've also put in the missing battle in the southeast corner. I'll be updating the turn in a few hours probably, so feel free to make any last minute changes accordingly.

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 27, 2023, 02:50:30 pm

Another question for notquitethere when he gets back from camping. How do blood forges work? Specifically, are they one use or multi use?

Multiuse, but only once set of sacrifices per turn.

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 26, 2023, 10:35:09 am

Digging into this more, am I understanding correctly that what happened here is that the first 7 caused the wall to break and then it immediately went into "normal" combat mid rolls with the subsequent sevens killing the enemies under normal combat rules? If so, how do archers and their +1 fit into the instantly swapping combat rules? Siege weapons as well?

Currently, the engine gives the archers and seige engines the bonus when the roll is made, and each dice is assigned one-by-one to the walls or, if no more walls, to normal combat.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: a1s on May 29, 2023, 09:56:15 am

Question: what does releasing an unfriendly cat from a bag do? or is that a surprise?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: notquitethere on May 29, 2023, 10:04:23 am

Quote from: a1s on May 29, 2023, 09:56:15 am

Question: what does releasing an unfriendly cat from a bag do? or is that a surprise?

It would act as a unit hostile to Alkabarian (and Thornish etc. forces), and friendly to monster-aligned forces. If let loose by a scout, the scout would flee as if they had encountered it in the wild naturally.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: Criptfeind on May 29, 2023, 10:06:21 am

Okay... naturally I'm going to have redo my turn so I'm not sending an army in against 30 cats. Might not have time to do that right now.

Edit: Since scouts can go though the hag market, I think my scout last turn should also have scouted O7, if I understand correctly. (Both me and a1s scouted the hag market this turn and you only edited their scouting results.)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: notquitethere on May 29, 2023, 10:25:46 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 29, 2023, 10:06:21 am

Edit: Since scouts can go though the hag market, I think my scout last turn should also have scouted O7, if I understand correctly. (Both me and a1s scouted the hag market this turn and you only edited their scouting results.)

Right you are. I've updated accordingly with the O7 result

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: Quarque on May 29, 2023, 10:45:50 am

Quote from: notquitethere on May 23, 2023, 07:35:38 am

Quote from: Quarque on May 23, 2023, 07:22:58 am

imho a giant along your side would inspire courage, but maybe it should depend on wound status. ie, perhaps a giant at 1/3 health could count as 1 unit and a healthy giant as 3, for the purpose of the retreat count?

I'll have a think. It probably makes sense for them and dragons to count in this way. That way attacking dragons will flee properly when injured.

Did you decide yet?

A few questions about player-aligned wolves.
Are they allowed to perform actions on their own, such as marching or scouting?
What happens if they flee during a fight, do they remain under your ownership?
I think they only flee when a fellow wolf dies (or half army strength), not when a regular army dies. Correct?
Does the bitter brew prevent them from fleeing, if you have it?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 6 - MARROWFAT
Post by: notquitethere on May 29, 2023, 10:57:32 am

Quote from: Quarque on May 29, 2023, 10:45:50 am

Quote from: notquitethere on May 23, 2023, 07:35:38 am

Quote from: Quarque on May 23, 2023, 07:22:58 am

imho a giant along your side would inspire courage, but maybe it should depend on wound status. ie, perhaps a giant at 1/3 health could count as 1 unit and a healthy giant as 3, for the purpose of the retreat count?

I'll have a think. It probably makes sense for them and dragons to count in this way. That way attacking dragons will flee properly when injured.

Did you decide yet?

Yes I think I will amend the engine to take into account giant and dragon health when weighing up whether to flee. It's more consistent that way too.

Quote from: Quarque on May 29, 2023, 10:45:50 am

A few questions about player-aligned wolves.
Are they allowed to perform actions on their own, such as marching or scouting?

No, monster units cannot perform actions unaccompanied. (This helps keep the action economy pegged to your max army count even though there's no limit on monster units.)

Quote from: Quarque on May 29, 2023, 10:45:50 am

What happens if they flee during a fight, do they remain under your ownership?

I had in mind that they would revert back to being wild wolves, but the artefact description doesn't say that, and units, once joined to your army, usually remain. So they will remain under ownership. I could have had weilding the artefact necessary for continued monster unit control, but I didn't go down that route, so I guess it's fine.

Quote from: Quarque on May 29, 2023, 10:45:50 am

I think they only flee when a fellow wolf dies (or half army strength), not when a regular army dies. Correct?

Correct, they only care about wolf deaths.

Quote from: Quarque on May 29, 2023, 10:45:50 am

Does the bitter brew prevent them from fleeing, if you have it?

Sure, that makes sense to me.

Quote from: Quarque on May 28, 2023, 06:30:53 am

Send a scout to F12 to sacrifice 10 gold, then continue scouting* - E13 - E14
[/b]*: if that is allowed, otherwise just sac the gold

Yes, units who scout to a special site can continue scouting if they have tiles remaining to play with.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: Quarque on May 29, 2023, 11:07:01 am

So, if I have no good mission for my wolves for a turn and just want to prevent losing them, am I allowed to keep them playing in front of my castle or something?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: notquitethere on May 29, 2023, 11:13:19 am

Quote from: Quarque on May 29, 2023, 11:07:01 am

So, if I have no good mission for my wolves for a turn and just want to prevent losing them, am I allowed to keep them playing in front of my castle or something?

Unassigned units will always just defend your castle, this is true for wolves, cats, skeletons etc.

---

I was planning on doing an update now I'm back, but apparently I'm still waiting on orders from Vermillion and Egan, and I think Criptfeind wants to send in some updated orders. So, the ball is your court.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: VermilionSkies on May 29, 2023, 01:01:20 pm

Spoiler: Gerald Wright (click to show/hide)

Marquess Gerald Wright
Background: Master Builder
Castle Name: Castle Wright
Castle Location K14
Border Colour: Maroon
Army: 10/10
Defence: 13/13
Wood Production: 3
Stone Production: 1
Recruitment: 3
Gold: 2
Income: 2
Debt: 0
Wood: 3
Stone: 1
Features: Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace, Keep
Production Sites: K13 (1 Wood), K12 (1 Army), J13 (1 Stone), L13 (1 Wood), L14 (1 Army)
Forts (location, defense 5/5, armies assigned): Fort Bowyer (K13, 6/6 Defense, 3/3 Armies (3 Archer)), Fort Mason (L15, 9/9 Defense, 3/3 Armies), Fort Tailor (J14, 4/4 Defense, 3/3 Armies)
Artefacts: None
Equipment:
Special Units:

Produced: 1 Stone, 3 Wood, 3 Armies (3 Overflow), 2 Gold.
March K11 with 1 Army.
Scout K10-K9-K8.
Scout J10-K9-K8.
Scout L10-L9-L8.
March L12 with 4 Armies.
2 Armies defend Castle Wright.
(edited)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: a1s on May 29, 2023, 01:48:57 pm

updated my orders to buy more cats.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: Criptfeind on May 29, 2023, 10:10:06 pm

Welp, the hag market really fucked me up a bit, so my current turn is probably a bad idea. But I don't have any other idea, so I'll just go for a blind expand. My turn post is fixed and runnable

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: Quarque on May 29, 2023, 11:34:22 pm

The hag market might need some tuning if you run this game again. That's a unit that ignores army cap, is available in unlimited amount, lowers pvm damage by 33% and pvp damage by 25% and gives a bonus in swamps. With no drawbacks. Given how much income we have already, they're worth closer to 12 gold a piece than 4 gold.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: a1s on May 30, 2023, 01:01:01 am

Quote from: Quarque on May 29, 2023, 11:34:22 pm

The hag market might need some tuning if you run this game again. That's a unit that ignores army cap, is available in unlimited amount, lowers pvm damage by 33% and pvp damage by 25% and gives a bonus in swamps. With no drawbacks. Given how much income we have already, they're worth closer to 12 gold a piece than 4 gold.

I wouldn't go as far as saying they are worth 12 gold, but they are certainly a steal at 4. Also the amount is limited to 27.

If anyone wants to throw money at me, I will resell my cats for 6 gold each.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: notquitethere on May 30, 2023, 02:28:21 am

Hag market may be a steal with those cats, and could've more expensive... but it isn't all upsides in the context of other sites and artefacts, so we shall see...

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: a1s on May 30, 2023, 02:51:58 am

I'm sure I don't know what you mean.  :P
Come on guys, just 6 gold for a super-useful cat! while supplies last! Operators are standing by!

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: Quarque on May 30, 2023, 03:38:11 am

You can only start selling next turn, I think? Would you accept an offer of 4 gold + 1 stone?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: Criptfeind on May 30, 2023, 04:17:50 am

I think most of the things that allow going past the unit cap are going to ultimately be pretty op. Last femur, wolf thing (depending on how many wolves spawn, but, hey, lucky you and Kashyyk, shit tons of them spawned in the north) and cats. But I mean, artifacts in general are very unbalanced so hard to say if it's too much of a bad thing that there is a particularly unbalanced class of them. I think the the blood forges sound super op as well right now if they just let you get an artifact per turn.

Also I guess I could buy cats, and probably should. But I'm poor.

Also blackclaw+catmarket=effectively infinite cats for sale?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: a1s on May 30, 2023, 04:26:42 am

Not exactly. I am willing to simultaneously give you 3 gold for 2 of your stone, or 2 wood for 1 of your stone. And then you can pay me the 6 gold.
Taking a peek at your finances, I can see that this is not for you. I can also sell you a cat on credit, if you promise to pay me 2 gold for the next 4 turns. 1 creditCat per customer.

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 30, 2023, 04:17:50 am

Also blackclaw+catmarket=effectively infinite cats for sale?

Only if battles near the cat-market are infinite, but yes that can add a few cats to the stockpile.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: notquitethere on May 30, 2023, 04:38:04 am

I think it'll all even out more or less, but I'm prepared to be wrong. The generator on its own has a flat difficulty curve, where you can mostly avoid harder encounters until later. The sites and artefacts then are designed to ramp up the power and difficulty as it goes on, with harder encounters but more tools for solving those encounters. Whether it works out as intended, we shall see. The main thing I have for balancing the use of monster units hasn't appeared yet but will probably appear in the next few turns.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: Quarque on May 30, 2023, 04:47:32 am

Quote from: a1s on May 30, 2023, 04:26:42 am

Not exactly. I am willing to simultaneously give you 3 gold for 2 of your stone, or 2 wood for 1 of your stone. And then you can pay me the 6 gold.
Taking a peek at your finances, I can see that this is not for you. I can also sell you a cat on credit, if you promise to pay me 2 gold for the next 4 turns. 1 creditCat per customer.

I'll just change my orders to be able to pay directly.. next turn, that is. Since your scout first needs to pick up the cats, I don't think you can instantly sell them this turn yet?

New orders:
Lend the Wolf Crystal to Prince Mackial FitzHarbort
Buy 9 stone for 18 gold
Build a barracks
March with 1 army on B14
March with 9 armies and the Rhuddy cape on D14

Spoiler: Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow
C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defense: 10/10
Army Cap: 10 => 13
Features:
* Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
* Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
* Shipyard (coast only): -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
* Barracks: +3 army cap

Resources:
Army: 10 (+3/turn) = 10 - 2(curr) + 3(inc) -1(current cap)
Gold: 9 (+1/turn) = 10(curr) + 12(dragon) + 4(lair) + 1(inc) -18(buying stone)
Stone: 0 (+1/turn) = 0(curr) + 1(inc) +9(bought) - 10(build barracks)
Wood: 7 (+2/turn) = 5(curr) + 2(inc)

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape
Equipment: 1 Boat and 1 Ship
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: notquitethere on May 30, 2023, 05:25:35 am

Quote from: Quarque on May 30, 2023, 04:47:32 am

Since your scout first needs to pick up the cats, I don't think you can instantly sell them this turn yet?

This is correct. It's unlikely, but in theory something could happen to the scout on the way due to some other event.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: Criptfeind on May 30, 2023, 06:25:11 am

Do player owned cats turn the terrain into marshes on victory like normal cats, presumably destroying forests/villages/unique terrain? And, if so, what would that do to quarries and mines, which as terrain features I guess there's no rules that they can't exist in marshes, but will never generate in a marsh naturally outside of some sort of unique terrain/artifact?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: notquitethere on May 30, 2023, 06:39:23 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 30, 2023, 06:25:11 am

Do player owned cats turn the terrain into marshes on victory like normal cats, presumably destroying forests/villages/unique terrain? And, if so, what would that do to quarries and mines, which as terrain features I guess there's no rules that they can't exist in marshes, but will never generate in a marsh naturally outside of some sort of unique terrain/artifact?

Yep. You're asking the right kind of question.

"Failure to defeat the Bog Cat turns the terrain into Marshland" but wouldn't get rid of terrain features... so it wouldn't destroy forts, castles*, quarries, mines, free-standing moats etc. It can get rid of lairs, villages, forests, hills, and (if ever fight anything there) water and mountains. Unique sites are probably mostly fine (with a notable exception being the destruction of the unique forests).

*Castles are mostly terrain types as they're all unique, but for this purpose I'm treating them as terrain features as it makes more sense.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: a1s on May 30, 2023, 07:03:18 am

Which happens first then, the scouting from a hill or the turning the terrain into marsh?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: notquitethere on May 30, 2023, 07:05:53 am

Quote from: a1s on May 30, 2023, 07:03:18 am

Which happens first then, the scouting from a hill or the turning the terrain into marsh?

Turning into marshland, because it's an effect that triggers at the end of combat , and the scouting happens when combat is over and the terrain is seized.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: Kashyyk on May 30, 2023, 07:12:44 am

So that's one way to permanently destroy the Grove... Gonna have to save up for some cats!

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: notquitethere on May 30, 2023, 07:23:40 am

Quote from: Kashyyk on May 30, 2023, 07:12:44 am

So that's one way to permanently destroy the Grove... Gonna have to save up for some cats!

The Grove is undefended so I'm not sure how you'd orchestrate that but I suppose it might be possible with some co-ordination.

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I'll give Egan until abut 5pm BST (3.5 hours time) then I'll roll on the next turn.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: notquitethere on May 30, 2023, 11:34:15 am

Turn 8 Reports

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

March 5 on M14: Your armies attack (8, 1, 1, 2 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (1 and 1), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (4, 5, 5, 5 and 8 ), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (3), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (7, 4, 7, 3 and 7), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

Scout M14-M15: Your scout travels through the newly captured hill. (Hill report is as the map suggests.) You scout through the second land, discovering a hill. On the craggy highland they find three wisps.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout N8-N7-O7: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the towering trees they find one wisp.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout M9-L10-K10: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the dense woods they find two wolves.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout M8-M7-N6: You scout to the Hirsute Sage's Hut who gives advice of the land to come.

You scout through the second land, discovering a hill. On the hard scrabble highland they find a Thornish Fort with two Thornish holdouts defending, and walls at 7/7 strength.

Your scout follows advice and avoids notice. Your scout can't find a way through the mountain to N6.

Scout M8-L8-K8: You scout to the Hirsute Sage's Hut who gives advice of the land to come. You scout through the second land, discovering a village. The settlement is defended by three Squelsh barbarians. Your scouts avoid the threat and travel on. You scout through the third land, discovering an unusual site. Blasted Oak - Forest. If any non-skeleton dies here on in an adjacent tile, a new hostile skeleton will spawn here. 8 skeletal warriors are wandering around here.

Scout M8-L7-K7: You scout to the Hirsute Sage's Hut who gives advice of the land to come. You scout through the second land, discovering a hill. On the windswept down they find a quarry and they also find six Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout avoids the threat and travels on. You scout through the third land, discovering a forest. In the dense trees they find four wolves

Scout M8-L9-K9: You scout to the Hirsute Sage's Hut who gives advice of the land to come. You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the thick copse they find three wisps. They avoid the enemy and travel on. You scout through the third land, discovering a lair. This mouldering barrow is inhabited by four rampaging boar and also a bog cat. The monsters defend seven gold.

Scout O8-O7-O6 buy cats: A scout travels to the Hag Market to buy cats. They scout travels to a second land, where they find a village with one barbarian. They withdraw to safety.

Spoiler: Marquess Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven  - Castle Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

March with 1 army on B14. The village is undefended and absorbed into the county.

March with 9 armies and the Rhuddy cape on D14 - The boar, boar, boar and boar attack first (6, 3, 2, 7, 2, 5, 6 and 5), your giant takes one hit, and the foe end up killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (8, 4, 4, 7, 3, 8, 5 and 3), defeating four of the enemies (boar, boar, boar and boar).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: two.
From the hill:
NW: you see castle Bockelstein
N: you see a marsh
NE: you see forest
E: you see forest
SE: you see a village
S: you see a swamp
SW: you see a village
W: you see a hill

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

1x Infantry with Bockhaven's Wolf Crystal, marches on H12: The six wolves join the army of FitzHarbort! The land is absorbed.

9x Infantry and 3x Siege Engines march on Fort Heather H13: The boar, boar and boar attack first (2, 8, 6, 4, 7 and 7), killing four of your armies. A siege begins with your five camped outside the walls!

Your armies attack (6, 8, 7, 5, 4, 10, 4, 9 and 6), damaging the walls (2) and breaking through into the fort, defeating three of the enemies (boar, boar and boar).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: four.

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

March 7 Armies and 6 skeleton warriors with last Femur to Q12: Seven armies march into a village beyond the border. The settlement is defended by two Squelsh barbarians. Your armies attack (with six skeletons) (5, 5, 2, 5, 5, 5, 9, 6, 2, 6, 2, 6 and 3), defeating two of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).
The Last Femur fails to raise anyone.
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

March 4 Armies to P8: Your armies attack (2, 4, 5 and 1), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (1), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (1, 5, 2 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.

Scout Q11 R11 R10: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the stinking mire they find a bog cat.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Marquess Gerald Wright - Castle Wright (click to show/hide)

March K11 with 1 Army: The mashland is undefended and absorbed into the county.

Scout K10-K9-K8: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The hamlet is defended by one Squelsh barbarian.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout J10-K9-K8: You scout through the first land, discovering a unusual site. Sundered Spire (Castle with Tower, and Watchtower - defenders get first attack and owner gets a hill report) 1/13 defence - A ruin of a previous Thornish attempt at holding the Hedge, now occupied by 4d6 Squelsh barbarians [16], holding a random artefact [the Golden Net (A scout carrying this across water has a 25% chance of rolling on the treasure table)]. At the end of the enemy phase, one barbarian appears here each for each adjacent unconquered village. Barbarians from the spire will attempt to liberate adjacent villages, with survivors returning to their castle. Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout L10-L9-L8. You scout through the first land, discovering a lair. This unforgiving ruin is inhabited by a dragon and also a bog cat. The monsters defend eight gold.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

March L12 with 4 Armies. Your armies attack (4, 4, 8 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (2), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (5, 5, 5 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.

Spoiler: Countess Andice Gloronisits, of Point Swearing (click to show/hide)

No turn submitted. Everyone is defending. You can still get all your resources from the missed turn. Next turn, to make up for lost time, each scout may go on two separate scouting missions.

If two consecutive turns are missed, the castle will fall into disrepair and the county abandoned.

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

- [G11] The Dusk Dragon flies north!
- [M6] The Dawn Dragon doesn't wander.
- [L10] The dragon doesn't wander.
- Another Barbarian joins the Marrowfat Throne (A8)

- The Moot: Barbarian-occupied tiles 5 (E12), 7 (G14), 10 (J15), 13 (L7), 14 (L8), 19 (T3), 20 (T12), send someone to the moot.
- Reprisals:
--[Wright 9%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Ayes 6%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Bockhoven 4%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Vulk 2%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[FitzHarbort 2%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Gloronisits 1%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.

The Thornish fort at M11 gains another recruit.

- [G11] Wolf Hall: Joining the lair is a bog cat.
- [K9] Hogs Landing: No new monsters come.
- [L10] Wyrmhole: Joining the lair is a bog cat.

- [J10] Sundered Spire: From the nearby villages, two new Squelsh Barbarians are recruited to the Sundered Spire.

Turn 9

Research
Countess Andice Gloronisits learns that in L2 is the Puzzle Dungeon of Mad Lord Frost (Castle with keep, Seige Workshop) 13/13 defence - Lord Frost, a paranoid and inventive Thornish holdout, has retreated deep into his keep to tinker on his creations and allowed monsters to live in the outer areas. While he holds the Puzzle Dungeon, this castle counts as a lair: roll three on the monster table [2 giant, 2 wisps] for initial population. Any monsters marching from this location gain a randomly typed seige engine. He has stockpiled 2d6 wood [5] and 1d6 stone [2].


Prince Mackial FitzHarbort learns that in B1 is the Black Trotter (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Trotter will gain the Black Trotter.) (One unit attacks first, twice in every combat, but each time they kill a unit somewhere a boar will turn into a grand tusk- a giant pig that counts as 2 boar. If no boar are currently on the map, the next X boar to appear will all be grand tusks, where X is the number of units killed by the Trotter.)

(https://i.imgur.com/B7lpcfy.png)

Spoiler: Known Artefact List (click to show/hide)

In the world
A8 is Marrowfat Throne (when owned by someone of Squelsh heritage, one Squelsh defector will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production) and adjacent Squelsh armies will join your attacks on non-Squelsh; when owned by an Alkabrian or other, +30 reprisal chance, +100 reprisal chance if destroyed.)
B1 is the Black Trotter (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Trotter will gain the Black Trotter.) (One unit attacks first twice at the start of each combat, but each time they kill a unit somewhere a boar will turn into a grand tusk- a giant pig that counts as 2 boar. If no boar are currently on the map, the next X boar to appear will all be grand tusks, where X is the number of units killed by the Trotter.)
E5 is Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)
F11 is Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).
G6 is Black Claw (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Claw will gain the Black Claw.) (+4 dice rolled when attacking, every time someone is killed by a force wielding the claw, the nearest square with a bog cat gains another cat. If there are none, a bog cat will appear in the nearest empty square.)
G10 is Bitter Brew  (The set of armies this is equipped to never retreats from losses.)
H4 is the Black Lance (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding the Black Lance will gain the Black Lance.) (You never attack first in combats, but on your first attack all your attackers will attack three times. The turn after slaying someone with the lance, Dragons will preferentially fly one square in your direction when flying to a new home. When this first discovered, place the Dawn Dragon on M6 (the Dawn Dragon counts for 15 armies)).
I5 is the Shimmering Coin (+2 on rolls that determine gold amounts)
J10 is the Golden Net (A scout carrying this across water has a 25% chance of rolling on the treasure table)
N7 is the Cat Sack (defeated Bog Cats are put in the Cat Sack instead of being killed if the Cat Sack is held by the winning force. These cats are owned but unfriendly, and any number can be released by an army in any combat, or let loose by a scout in any tile.)
Q8 is the Crimson Drum (attack first when defending)
R4 is the Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)
R6 are the Saint's Knuckles (take -1 when rolling on the monster table (usually less dangerous results))

Held by Lords
Bockhoven: the Rhuddy Cape (the unit this is assigned to is now considered a giant)

The Wolf Crystal (wolves encountered will join the army instead (they still all run away when injured)

Vulk: the Last Femur! (1/4 chance of each dead unit being resurrected to your side as a skeleton warrior when they die)

Pellucid Orb (+1 to scout travel distance)

Gloronisits: the Speculator's Rod (a scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

Spoiler: Known Unique Sites (click to show/hide)

C8 is the Crimson Tower (Keep/Tower/Bloodforge) Defence 17/17,  - Dai the Bloodsinger has a Bloodforge in which 3 armies may be sacrificed to create a new artefact (and become anathema to all).

F12 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance for reprisals against the Hedge Lord to 0.

E10 is an unknown lair.

F11 is Lake Sorrow.

F13 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance to reprisals to 0. This only works for people who don't own the Grove.

G10 is Wolfhaven Woods - Forest. Spiritual home of wolf kind. Inhabited by 10d4 wolves (25). These wolves will only flee if less than 10 remain. Any wolves that would otherwise be loyal to a non-wolf, are loyal to the wolves in these woods. Wolves in this forest will never march on anywhere.

H10 is Owl Woods - Forest. Originally guarded by the Dusk Dragon (the Dusk Dragon counts for 10 armies) and seven wisps. The dragon holds Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).

J10 is Sundered Spire (Castle with Tower, and Watchtower - defenders get first attack and owner gets a hill report) 1/13 defence - A ruin of a previous Thornish attempt at holding the Hedge, now occupied by 4d6 Squelsh barbarians [16], holding a random artefact [the Golden Net (A scout carrying this across water has a 25% chance of rolling on the treasure table)]. At the end of the enemy phase, one barbarian appears here each for each adjacent unconquered village. Barbarians from the spire will attempt to liberate adjacent villages, with survivors returning to their castle.

K8 is Blasted Oak - Forest. If any non-skeleton dies here on in an adjacent tile, a new hostile skeleton will spawn here. 8 skeletal warriors are wandering around here.

M8 is The Hirsute Sage's Hut (while independent, scouts that pass through the hut will ignore the first set of enemies they come across while scouting after visiting the hut. The sage leaves if his home becomes occupied.)

N7 is Taghairn Cave - Owned by Cuthbert Catsbane, a Bloodsinger who wields the Cat Sack if it hasn't appeared elsewhere. Has a limited kind of Bloodforge in which three cats may be sacrificed to create a new artefact. You would first have to find a way of gaining the cats.

O8 is The Hag Market. Marshland. Protected by 9 bog hags and 27 bog cats. Scouts can be sent to the market to buy bog cats (4 gold each) and otherwise may pass through without being attacked. Half the money spent here remains as possible loot. Friendly bog cats have +1 attack in marshland, and while you have a cat, they give -1 (non-cumulative) to enemy attack rolls. Cats cannot be sent to scout, and they cannot be send to attack or patrol by themselves. Monsters won't march from this location."

Q5 is The Moot - Village with 2d2 (2+1=3) Squelsh Barbarians and a moat (6/6 defense). It is the neutral meeting place of rival Squelsh bands. At the start of each enemy turn, each tile with a Squelsh Barbarian has a 25% chance of sending someone to the Moot. The first Squelsh reprisal each turn will be joined by whomever is in the Moot. If the Moot is conquered, a new Moot (with a new moat) will appear in the most populous Squelsh-held village at the start of the next player turn, or if there are no such villages, it may appear in future tile generation (from scouting, research etc.).

Q9 is Granny Longtooth's Hut - Marshland. 4/4 defence while Granny Longtooth lives here. Granny Longtooth is a Bog Hag protected by 15 Bog Cats. Monsters won't normally march from this location, but Granny Longtooth will curse anyone who has sacrificed cats or who has let a friendly cat come to harm. (While she lives: -1 income, -1 recruitment, -1 wood production, -1 stone production, to a minimum of 0 each.)

R3 is The Castle of Bryn the Brawn (Keep/Tower/Tower) Defence 21/21, occupied by Bryn, a giant, and his family, three more giants. The adjacent squares are also within his domain. Bryn will wage war to retake any squares adjacent to his castle, always accompanied in battle by 1d6 wolves.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: Criptfeind on May 30, 2023, 11:48:03 am

It never stops, at this point I don't even want to kill more Squelsh, but I just can't stop myself.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: Quarque on May 30, 2023, 11:56:12 am

Minor error, I should gain vision on C15 to E15 because of the hill.
Is it possible to attack the dragon on F11 by boat? If a cat is included in the fight, can it turn the water into swamp?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: notquitethere on May 30, 2023, 12:02:19 pm

Quote from: Quarque on May 30, 2023, 11:56:12 am

Minor error, I should gain vision on C15 to E15 because of the hill.

Good spot. Now included.

Quote from: Quarque on May 30, 2023, 11:56:12 am

Is it possible to attack the dragon on F11 by boat? If a cat is included in the fight, can it turn the water into swamp?

Yes and yes.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: Quarque on May 30, 2023, 01:25:20 pm

Another minor correction, the border between C11 and C12 should be black, since I do not own C11.

@a1s wtb 2 cats for 12 gold this turn

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: Kashyyk on May 30, 2023, 02:24:48 pm

Tally ho!

Edit: see a later post for my actions this turn.

First, buy 3 wood from Bockhoven for 2 Gold, and 2 armies for 2 Gold from Ayes. I also send the Wolf Gem and five wolves to Bockhoven.
Then build 6 siege engines for 12 wood, and march 14 Infantry, 1 Wolf and 6 Siege engines on the Sundered Spire (J10)

@Quarque: Would you be willing to sell me 2 wood? What's your price?

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 14
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 0/8
Garrison: 0/3

I11 - Forest: Fort Hollivy
Defence: 6/8
Garrison: 1/3 (1x Archers)

Resources:
Army : 14/14 (+5/turn) = 11(curr) + 5(inc) - 4(casualties) + 2(Ayes)
Gold: 4 (+2/turn) = 2(curr) +2(inc) - 2(Bockhoven) - 2(Ayes)
Stone: 0 (+0/turn)  = 0(curr)
Wood : 1 (+4/turn) = 6(curr) + 4(inc) - 12(build engines) + 3(Bockhoven)
Debt: 20

Territory: F13 (Forest), F15 (Village), G15 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), H11 (Village), I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I12 (Marsh), I11 (Forest, Fort Hollivy)
Artefacts: None
Equipment: 6x Siege Engines
Units: 14x Infantry, 1x Archers, 1x Wolf

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: Quarque on May 30, 2023, 02:32:53 pm

@Kashyyk: I think the going rate is 3 wood for 2 gold, so that would be a deal. Also, if I can have your dragon, you can have a new marsh next turn..

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: a1s on May 30, 2023, 02:40:12 pm

Quote from: Quarque on May 30, 2023, 01:25:20 pm

@a1s wtb 2 cats for 12 gold this turn

Sending you two cats. Not sure where you got 12 gold, but that's your business I guess.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game
Post by: a1s on May 30, 2023, 03:07:59 pm

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
Castle Location N-13
Border Colour: Red
Army: 14/14
Defence: 14/14
Wood Production: 5
Recruitment: 5
Income: 1
Wood: 10
Gold: 1
Stone:0
Debt: 0
Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks, Tower
Forts : Thorn (N11) defense 4/4, garrison 2 armies, 1 archer
Artifacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: 3 bog cats

orders:
send 2 bog cats and 1 army to Marquess Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven
Receive 12 gold, 1 stone from same
receive 4 gold from Prince Mackial FitzHarbort
Send 2 armies to Prince Mackial FitzHarbort
march 5 armies on L9.
March 3 army on M9
March 3 armies to N8

Will pay 3:2 gold for stone! or 2:1 wood for stone. or 3 wood for 2 gold, for that matter.
Still willing to sell off some armies/do mercenary work.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: Kashyyk on May 30, 2023, 03:29:46 pm

Quote from: Quarque on May 30, 2023, 02:32:53 pm

@Kashyyk: I think the going rate is 3 wood for 2 gold, so that would be a deal. Also, if I can have your dragon, you can have a new marsh next turn..

Deal.

@a1s, how many armies can I get for 2 Gold? Can I get more if I promise to pay more next turn?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: Criptfeind on May 30, 2023, 03:40:29 pm

I notice that there's only 5 people in the reprisals section, looks like maybe Bockhoven wasn't put into it.

Quote from: a1s on May 30, 2023, 02:40:12 pm

Quote from: Quarque on May 30, 2023, 01:25:20 pm

@a1s wtb 2 cats for 12 gold this turn

Sending you two cats. Not sure where you got 12 gold, but that's your business I guess.

If I had to guess where this tiny confusion comes from my best guess would be you probably looked at an old turn of his last turn where he spent 10 gold paying off reprisals at the Grove of Tusks when you were thinking about cat selling, but he changed his turn to one where he didn't do that, thus he was up 10 gold from what you thought?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: Quarque on May 30, 2023, 03:50:49 pm

Quote from: a1s on May 30, 2023, 02:40:12 pm

Quote from: Quarque on May 30, 2023, 01:25:20 pm

@a1s wtb 2 cats for 12 gold this turn

Sending you two cats. Not sure where you got 12 gold, but that's your business I guess.

Thanks. I changed my orders last turn to be able to afford this (delaying the sacrifice to the barbarians).

Orders:
Sell 3 wood to Prince Mackial FitzHarbort for 2 gold and receive 5 wolves plus the Wolf Crystal from them
Buy 2 cats and 1 army from Marchioness Aywen Ayes for 12 gold and 1 stone
March with 11 armies, the Rhuddy Cape and 1 cat on J10 to support the attack of the Prince.
March with 1 army and the Wolf Crystal on C11
Scout E10

Spoiler: Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow
C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defense: 10/10
Army Cap: 13
Features:
* Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
* Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
* Shipyard (coast only): -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
* Barracks: +3 army cap

Resources:
Army: 13 (+4/turn) = 10 - 2(curr) + 4(inc) +1(bought from Aywen Ayes)
Gold: 0 (+1/turn) = 9(curr) + 1(inc) +2(wood sale) -12(buying cats)
Stone: 1 (+2/turn) = 0(curr) + 2(inc) -1 (sold to Aywen Ayes)
Wood: 6 (+2/turn) = 7(curr) + 2(inc) - 3(sold)

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape, the Wolf Crystal
Equipment: 1 Boat and 1 Ship
Special Units: 5 wolves and 2 cats

[/s]

Outdated orders see below

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: notquitethere on May 30, 2023, 03:52:53 pm

Quote from: Criptfeind on May 30, 2023, 03:40:29 pm

I notice that there's only 5 people in the reprisals section, looks like maybe Bockhoven wasn't put into it.

Originally he was paying off the Squelsh that turn. But it's now in and freshly rolled and nothing has to change.

Quote from: Quarque on May 30, 2023, 03:50:49 pm

The ancient Dusk Dragon trembles in fear before the might of the two terrible monsters that are coming to kill him.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

(https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.m-PWuM1TzGmGY_hzoDb3fwHaJd?pid=ImgDet&rs=1)

:D

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: Egan_BW on May 30, 2023, 07:48:19 pm

So can I submit an action for the previous turn?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: notquitethere on May 30, 2023, 08:48:57 pm

Quote from: Egan_BW on May 30, 2023, 07:48:19 pm

So can I submit an action for the previous turn?

This is what I said:

Quote

No turn submitted. Everyone is defending. You can still get all your resources from the missed turn. Next turn, to make up for lost time, each scout may go on two separate scouting missions.

So, you can still get all of last turn's resource gain, and this turn each scout can act twice. So it's a lot like having two turns (especially if you want to do some scouting) but I don't have to retcon anything from the previous turn.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: Criptfeind on May 30, 2023, 09:52:42 pm

Spoiler: Turn 8 gains/losses (click to show/hide)

Army -1
Fort Ivy +1 Army
Q12: Village +1 Recruitment
P8: Forest +1 Wood Production

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Colour: Blue

Castle: P14
Army: 13-1+6=13/13
Defence: 10/10
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove

Wood Production: 4
Recruitment: 6
Income: 1

Gold: 2+1=3
Debt: 0
Wood: 10+4=14
Stone: 1

Artifacts: Last Femur, Pellucid Orb
Equipment: None
Special Units: 6 Skeleton warriors 1 Skeleton Archer

Holdings list:
P12: Lair
O14: Village +1 Recruitment
P11: Forest Fort Ivy 6/8 +1 Wood Production 3 Armies
Q13: Village +1 Recruitment
P13 Village +1 Recruitment
P10 Village +1 Recruitment
O15: Forest +1 Wood production
P9: Hill
P15: Hill
Q14: Hill Fort Hawthorn 0/5
Q12: Village +1 Recruitment
P8: Forest +1 Wood Production

Spoiler: Turn 9 (click to show/hide)

Sell 10 wood
March 3 armies to O7
Scout O8, purchase 2 Cats, then continue to N7 then to N6
March 3 Armies and 2 skeletons to Q11
March 5 Armies with last femur and 4 skeletons to P7
Scout P7-P6-Q6
Scout R11-R10-R9
Scout O7-O6-N6

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: Quarque on May 31, 2023, 12:08:40 am

Quote from: Kashyyk on May 30, 2023, 03:29:46 pm

how many armies can I get for 2 Gold? Can I get more if I promise to pay more next turn?

I could borrow you two wolves for a turn. As payment I'd take an extra wolf next turn.

@a1s (or anyone else): Willing to buy 1 army this turn for 1 stone.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: a1s on May 31, 2023, 02:34:46 am

Quote from: Quarque on May 31, 2023, 12:08:40 am

@a1s (or anyone else): Willing to buy 1 army this turn for 1 stone.

Agreed.

Quote from: Kashyyk on May 30, 2023, 03:29:46 pm

@a1s, how many armies can I get for 2 Gold? Can I get more if I promise to pay more next turn?

2 armies. And not really. I expect to take some casualties clearing out that lair.


BTW, there's a mistake in the map- I bought 3 cats, not 1 from the market and so the population should be 24, not 26.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: Kashyyk on May 31, 2023, 03:05:24 am

Quarque and a1s, I'll take both deals.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: Quarque on May 31, 2023, 03:16:40 am

Changed my orders to take the deals into account.

Quote from: Kashyyk on May 31, 2023, 03:05:24 am

Quarque and a1s, I'll take both deals.

For sake of clarity, this means I receive 1 wolf from you this turn. (That's easier bookkeeping than receiving 3 and sending 2 back.)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: notquitethere on May 31, 2023, 03:36:01 pm

Time reminder for Vermillion and Egan. I would like to update tomorrow midday (BST) within about 15 hours.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: Egan_BW on May 31, 2023, 07:58:57 pm

Yeah, probably won't make that. Will have to read two turns and actually figure out what I should be prioritizing, so...

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: VermilionSkies on May 31, 2023, 09:15:47 pm

Spoiler: Gerald Wright (click to show/hide)

Marquess Gerald Wright
Background: Master Builder
Castle Name: Castle Wright
Castle Location K14
Border Colour: Maroon
Army: 10/10
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 3
Stone Production: 1
Recruitment: 3
Gold: 2
Income: 2
Debt: 0
Wood: 4
Stone: 2
Features: Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace, Keep
Production Sites: K13 (1 Wood), K12 (1 Army), J13 (1 Stone), L13 (1 Wood), L14 (1 Army)
Forts (location, defense 5/5, armies assigned): Fort Bowyer (K13, 6/6 Defense, 3/3 Armies (3 Archer)), Fort Mason (L15, 9/9 Defense, 3/3 Armies), Fort Tailor (J14, 4/4 Defense, 3/3 Armies)
Artefacts: None
Equipment:
Special Units:

3 Wood, 2 Gold, 3 Armies (3 Overflow), 1 Stone.
Pay 2 Gold and 2 Wood to Marchioness Aywen Ayes.
March L10 with 9 Armies.
1 Army defends Castle Wright

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: a1s on June 01, 2023, 02:29:06 am

Hey, VermilionSkies, I can offer you 1 gold to not attack that lair. Otherwise you might learn first-hand the might of [checks notes] a cat.
Seriously though, this is a bad idea for both of us.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: notquitethere on June 01, 2023, 03:24:25 am

Quote from: Egan_BW on May 31, 2023, 07:58:57 pm

Yeah, probably won't make that. Will have to read two turns and actually figure out what I should be prioritizing, so...

I'm happy to give a little longer, but not too much longer. I'll give you another day if you think that would help, but otherwise I'll have to time you out and let your castle fall into ruin to keep this moving.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: Kashyyk on June 01, 2023, 04:48:57 am

Having reread the Spire, I realise I need a little more help in guaranteeing victory. Anyone else interested in lending/selling units? I'm happy to offer future support/payment, the Golden Net, things like that.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: Quarque on June 01, 2023, 04:54:19 am

What is the problem with the spire?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: a1s on June 01, 2023, 04:57:18 am

16 defenders for one. I'm not willing to commit to a siege at this time, can we just break those walls and have a good old battle instead?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: Kashyyk on June 01, 2023, 04:59:59 am

Turns out the Defenders get first strike, which is not ideal. You've bought a cat, right? Would you be interested in trading it away for some Wolves?

I could sweeten the deal by offering to recruit more for you on later turns. Perhaps even work together to get that Bitter Brew, which will make those Wolves super scary. Also happy to receive some direct army support, if NQT is okay with late action changes.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: a1s on June 01, 2023, 05:03:33 am

Quote from: a1s on June 01, 2023, 02:29:06 am

Hey, VermilionSkies, I can offer you 1 gold to not attack that lair. Otherwise you might learn first-hand the might of [checks notes] a cat.
Seriously though, this is a bad idea for both of us.

or, bear with me, you can pay me 1 gold to f-off, so I can go help Kashyyk.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: a1s on June 01, 2023, 05:08:59 am

Assuming VermilionSkies goes for it (I would) I can send an additional detachment of 5 (negotiable) troops to your siege- they will soak up some damage, deal a few hits of their own and will withdraw (possibly to return next turn for an additional fee) plus I can rent you the cat (you owe me 6 gold if it dies)

Early apologies to NQT: this will completely change my turn.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: Kashyyk on June 01, 2023, 05:10:39 am

I have 4 Gold right now, I'm willing to pay 2 Gold and some promises in exchange for both of you helping me?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: a1s on June 01, 2023, 05:22:09 am

Quote from: Kashyyk on June 01, 2023, 05:10:39 am

I have 4 Gold right now, I'm willing to pay 2 Gold and some promises in exchange for both of you helping me?

In exchange for 5 troops and the cat (cat is a safety issue, my men will not march without it giving the enemies -1 to hit) I would expect 6 gold paid out over the next 3 turns (2gp/turn.)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: Quarque on June 01, 2023, 05:25:52 am

Quote from: Kashyyk on June 01, 2023, 04:59:59 am

Turns out the Defenders get first strike, which is not ideal.

Ouch. Missed that detail. So that is what a watchtower does.

Quote from: Kashyyk on June 01, 2023, 04:59:59 am

You've bought a cat, right? Would you be interested in trading it away for some Wolves?

Yes.

Ok, this messes up my planning a bit but we can work something out if NQT allows the last minute change.

How about:
- you send me 5 wolves back. Including more than one wolf in this fight is a negative anyway, because they would flee in the first round.
- I send over 11 armies, one cat and the Rhuddy cape. This amounts to a net 14 units and would almost guarantee an instant victory.
- You help me get the Bitter Brew later.
- If the unit wearing the cape dies, I do expect the cape back and the one piece of wood is mine.
- If the cat survives, the cat is yours and you give it a name. It would be the hero of the fight. :P

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: notquitethere on June 01, 2023, 05:51:04 am

I was looking forward to seeing the watchtower play out, but I suppose I can allow the late changes if we're waiting on a possible Egan action anyway

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: Kashyyk on June 01, 2023, 06:08:49 am

@a1s: That's quite a lot for rental, considering you sold me armies for the same price earlier.

@Quarque: It's a deal. These wolves must be getting confused!

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: Quarque on June 01, 2023, 06:12:24 am

Excellent.

Final Orders submitted

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: Kashyyk on June 01, 2023, 06:21:36 am

My turn post should now have the latest version of my shenanigans for this turn.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: a1s on June 01, 2023, 06:25:36 am

Quote from: Kashyyk on June 01, 2023, 06:08:49 am

@a1s: That's quite a lot for rental, considering you sold me armies for the same price earlier.

You drive a hard bargain. 2 gold up front and you agree to rent my cat?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: Kashyyk on June 01, 2023, 07:00:19 am

2 Gold to rent 5 armies and a Cat for one turn? I'll agree to those terms.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: a1s on June 01, 2023, 07:08:51 am

Great! Turn updated, 1 cat sent.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: Criptfeind on June 01, 2023, 07:20:37 am

Oh, hey A1, this is a bit embarrassing, but with the forums being so fucky and me being so busy yesterday I only quickly scanned though the stuff yesterday before making my turn, so it wasn't until just now I realized exactly what's going on here

Quote from: a1s on May 30, 2023, 03:07:59 pm

send 2 gold to Marquess Ambrosio Vulk

But I don't think that this deal should kick in until next turn, given that I don't HAVE any cats to compete with you this turn, so I can't take part in/break the monopoly this turn if that makes sense? So go ahead and take that money back and I'll edit my turn accordingly.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: a1s on June 01, 2023, 07:27:58 am

That's very generous of you.  :D

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game
Post by: Quarque on June 01, 2023, 08:29:14 am

Quote from: a1s on May 30, 2023, 03:07:59 pm

march 5 armies to the Broken Spire, under Prince Mackial FitzHarbort's command.

Note that this is only possible if Wright gives you explicit permission first.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: Kashyyk on June 01, 2023, 09:02:49 am

Quarque has expressed concern about an immediate reprisal after defeating so many Squelsh. That, combined with Wright not having given access for Ayes' reinforcements yet means I'll have to call off the attack for this turn. I'll be posting a new set of actions shortly. I won't renege on any purchases, cos that's not fair on others, but I won't be renting Ayes' troops.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: Quarque on June 01, 2023, 09:11:05 am

Much appreciated. If the barbarians land on my castle I'm pretty much dead. Sorry for not mentioning that sooner, it was a lot last minute panic.

You're still getting a cat for the two dogs.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game
Post by: a1s on June 01, 2023, 09:15:12 am

Quote from: Quarque on June 01, 2023, 08:29:14 am

Quote from: a1s on May 30, 2023, 03:07:59 pm

march 5 armies to the Broken Spire, under Prince Mackial FitzHarbort's command.

Note that this is only possible if Wright gives you explicit permission first.

Right.

Quote from: a1s on June 01, 2023, 05:03:33 am

Quote from: a1s on June 01, 2023, 02:29:06 am

Hey, VermilionSkies, I can offer you 1 gold to not attack that lair. Otherwise you might learn first-hand the might of [checks notes] a cat.
Seriously though, this is a bad idea for both of us.

or, bear with me, you can pay me 1 gold and the permission, good only for this turn to cross your lands to f-off, so I can go help Kashyyk.

There.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 8 - CATS
Post by: Kashyyk on June 01, 2023, 09:16:34 am

Here are my new orders. I'm sorry NQT! I was excited for the ultimate showdown.

First, buy 3 wood from Bockhoven for 2 Gold, and 2 armies for 2 Gold from Ayes. I also send the Wolf Gem and five wolves to Bockhoven, and receive 1 Bog Cat.

1x Infantryand 1x Bog Cat garrisons Shandston's Folly
4x Infantry and 1x Wolf marches on Wolf Hall (G11)
3x Infantry garrison Fort Heather (H13), and 4 Wood is spent on repairs
2x Infantry garrison Fort Hollivy (I11)
1x Infantry scouts I10->H9->G9
1x Infantry scouts I10->I9->J9
2x Infantry march on I13

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 14
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 4/8
Garrison: 3/3 (3x Infantry)

I11 - Forest: Fort Hollivy
Defence: 6/8
Garrison: 3/3 (1x Archers, 2x Infantry)

Resources:
Army : 9/14 (+5/turn) = 11(curr) + 5(inc) - 4(casualties) + 2(Ayes) - 3(Fort Heather) - 2(Fort Hollivy)
Gold: 0 (+2/turn) = 2(curr) +2(inc) - 2(Bockhoven) - 2(Ayes)
Stone: 0 (+0/turn)  = 0(curr)
Wood : 9 (+4/turn) = 6(curr) + 4(inc) + 3(Bockhoven) - 4(repair Fort Heather)
Debt: 20

Territory: F13 (Forest), F15 (Village), G15 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), H11 (Village), I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I12 (Marsh), I11 (Forest, Fort Hollivy)
Artefacts: None
Equipment: None
Units: 9x Infantry, 1x Wolf, 1x Bog Cat

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: Quarque on June 01, 2023, 09:33:02 am

Apologies to nqt and prince Fitzharbort for the panic and such. Final final orders, then.

Orders:
Sell 3 wood to Prince Mackial FitzHarbort for 2 gold and receive 5 wolves plus the Wolf Crystal from them
Buy 2 cats and 1 army from Marchioness Aywen Ayes for 12 gold and 1 stone
Send 1 cat to FitzHarbort
Sail a ship with 8 armies, the Rhuddy Cape, 1 dog and 1 cat to F11 to attack
Sail a boat with 3 armies to F11 to support the attack
March with 1 army and the Wolf Crystal on C11
Scout C14 - C15 - D15

Spoiler: Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow
C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defense: 10/10
Army Cap: 13
Features:
* Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
* Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
* Shipyard (coast only): -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
* Barracks: +3 army cap

Resources:
Army: 13 (+4/turn) = 10 - 2(curr) + 4(inc) +1(bought from Aywen Ayes)
Gold: 0 (+1/turn) = 9(curr) + 1(inc) +2(wood sale) -12(buying cats)
Stone: 1 (+2/turn) = 0(curr) + 2(inc) -1 (sold to Aywen Ayes)
Wood: 6 (+2/turn) = 7(curr) + 2(inc) - 3(sold)

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape, the Wolf Crystal
Equipment: 1 Boat and 1 Ship
Special Units: 5 wolves and 1 cat

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: VermilionSkies on June 01, 2023, 11:28:50 am

Quote from: a1s on June 01, 2023, 09:15:12 am

Quote from: Quarque on June 01, 2023, 08:29:14 am

Quote from: a1s on May 30, 2023, 03:07:59 pm

march 5 armies to the Broken Spire, under Prince Mackial FitzHarbort's command.

Note that this is only possible if Wright gives you explicit permission first.

Right.

Quote from: a1s on June 01, 2023, 05:03:33 am

Quote from: a1s on June 01, 2023, 02:29:06 am

Hey, VermilionSkies, I can offer you 1 gold to not attack that lair. Otherwise you might learn first-hand the might of [checks notes] a cat.
Seriously though, this is a bad idea for both of us.

or, bear with me, you can pay me 1 gold and the permission, good only for this turn to cross your lands to f-off, so I can go help Kashyyk.

There.

Woke up and this has been revised without me ever seeing it. As apologies for a lack of communication, have 2 Gold and 2 Wood instead of 1 Gold.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: notquitethere on June 01, 2023, 11:33:42 am

OK, everyone's orders are good and I'm ready to put the update through. Other than trades which I don't have to track, any other edits from now will be ignored! I'll give Egan a bit longer to decide whether to submit a turn, otherwise I'll have to implement the (newly codified) time out rules:

Spoiler: Taking Turns and Timing Out (click to show/hide)

Taking Turns
Turns usually last 36 hours, but can be longer at the discretion of the GM. Players are encouraged not to edit their turns too much as it creates more work and makes it more likely that mistakes will be made in the update. The GM reserves the right not to notice that an edit has been made and work with an earlier version.

Catching Up
If a player misses a turn, on their next turn they may collect all the resources for their missed turn. The each of their scouts may have two scouting runs, to somewhat make up for lost time. Library research happens as normal even if a player doesnt' submit a turn.

Timing Out
If a player misses two consecutive turns then they may be timed out. Their castle falls into ruin (it takes 3d6 damage), and is taken up as a lair (roll twice on the monster table). Any forts they owned are reverted to the Thornish, taken over by Squelsh, or become lairs (equal random chance). All other lands revert to their former use, with ? placed on the map as new inhabitants may move in. Any artefacts and resources they stockpiled are left in the castle, along with any monster units they owned (which revert to the wild).

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: a1s on June 01, 2023, 12:16:12 pm

Wait! No! S-t!
I'm trading the rights to L10 to VermilionSkies. Don't kick him out!

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: notquitethere on June 01, 2023, 12:31:39 pm

Ok, if that's the only change, I'll double check your order before I post and take it into account. Otherwise, unless I hear from Egan, I'm rolling on the turn within the next four hours when I get back from dinner.

As there's been a lot of chopping and changing, apologies in advance for any errors.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 9 - REMNANTS
Post by: a1s on June 01, 2023, 12:37:13 pm

Basically, yes. If you already processed my orders, this is one less battle to roll for.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Turn FOO
Post by: Egan_BW on June 01, 2023, 02:30:33 pm

Dismantle Fort Birch.

March 2 to R8.
March 2 to T3.
March 3 to R7.

Scout to Q8.
Also Scout to R4.

Scout with the Speculator's Rod to T13.
Also scout to R11

Spoiler: Countess Andice Gloronisits, of Point Swearing (click to show/hide)

Background: Noble
Castle Name: Point Swearing
Castle Location: S14
Border Color: Hot Pink
Defense: 10/10
Cutting: 1
 Wood: 5
Quarrying: 0
 Stone: 0
Recruitment: 1
 Army: 9/10
Income: 1
 Gold: 8
Debt: 0
Features: Shipyard, Coppicing Grove, Library
Forts:
Artefacts: Speculator's Rod (A scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)
Equipment: 2 Boats, 1 Ship
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: notquitethere on June 01, 2023, 05:18:09 pm

Turn 9 Reports

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

4x Infantry and 1x Wolf marches on Wolf Hall (G11): Your armies attack (with one wolf) (3, 6, 1, 5 and 5), defeating one of the enemies (bog cat).
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county. 10 gold is looted.

1x Infantry scouts I10->H9->G9: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the foul fen they find  an artefact! They pick up Hunter's Stand (Archers in the army this is attached to only die on 5s if no other units remain). You scout through the second land, discovering a village.
The hamlet is undefended and would be easily cowed. You scout through the third land, discovering a village. The dwellings is defended by one Squelsh barbarians.

1x Infantry scouts I10->I9->J9 You scout through the first land, and empty bog. You scout through the second land, discovering a village. The settlement is defended by two Squelsh barbarians. Your scout withdraws to safety.

2x Infantry march on I13: Your armies attack (5 and 2), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (7), killing one of your armies. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
 Your total losses: one.

Spoiler: Marquess Gerald Wright - Castle Wright (click to show/hide)

March L10 with 9 Armies: The dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part) attack first (1, 3, 8, 3 and , killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (2, 6, 1, 2, 6, 4 and 0), defeating two of the enemies (bog cat and dragon (part)).

The enemy attacks back (4, 4, 3 and 7), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (7, 5, 5, 4, 6 and , defeating three of the enemies (dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part)).

The enemy attacks back (1), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (6, 6, 4, 2, 1 and 5), defeating one of the enemies (dragon (part)).
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county.
From the dragon horde, you gain ten gold. You get 8 gold from the lair.
Your total losses: three.

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

march 5 armies on L9: Your armies attack (8, 8, 6, 1 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (8 and 1), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (4, 4, 6 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (, killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (1, 5 and 1), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (3), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (1, 3 and 2), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (7), killing one of your armies. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
 Your total losses: three.

march 3 army to M9: Your armies attack (2), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (3 and 4), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (8, 1, 4), defeating one of the enemies (wolf).
The other wolf flees to N10. All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.

March 3 armies to N8: Your armies attack (1, 4 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.

Spoiler: Marquess Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven  - Castle Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Sail with 1 ship to F11 to attack with 8 armies, the Rhuddy cape, 1 dog and 1 cat
Sail with 1 boat to F11 to support this attack with 3 additional armies:

With Ascupart's Bane, the Dusk Dragon attacks first (1, 7, 7, 1, 4, 7, 4, 4, 6, 6, 6 and 1), your giant takes one hit, and the foe end up killing five of your armies.
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (with one bog cat) (with one wolf) (1, 1, 7, 6, 5, 2, 3, 3, and 5), inflicting four wounds.

With Ascupart's Bane the enemy attacks back (6, 0, 5, 6, 4, 6, 3 and 5), killing one of your armies, inflicting a hit on the giant, and a bog cat is killed. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
Your total losses: six regular and a bog cat.

March with 1 army and the Wolf Crystal on C11: Two wolves are recruited with the wolf crystal and the forest absorbed into the county.

Scout with 1 army C14 - C15 - D15: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the stinking mire they find three gold and they also find a bog cat.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

March 3 armies to O7: Your armies attack (4, 9 and 6), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

Scout O8, purchase 2 Cats, then continue to N7 then to N6: The scout buys cats, heads into the newly conquered village and then into a third land, discovering a hill. On the hard scrabble bluffs they find a quarry and they also find a group of three thornish defectors who join your cause and they also find three gold, and one wood, and one stone and they also find a Bloodsinger with the Juniper Cape (a scout isn't stopped by monsters), and two wisps.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

March 3 Armies and 2 skeletons to Q11: Your armies attack (with one skeleton): Your armies attack (with two skeletons) (0, 3, 6, 7 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (bog cat).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.

March 5 Armies with last femur and 4 skeletons to P7: Your armies attack (with four skeletons) (4, 3, 6, 6, 0, 4, 2, 2 and 0), defeating two of the enemies (bog cat and bog cat).
The Last Femur fails to raise anyone.
The enemy attacks back (5 and 4), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with four skeletons) (3, 6, 7, 6, 0, 1, 0, 7 and 3), defeating two of the enemies (bog cat and bog hag).
The Last Femur fails to raise anyone.
All enemies are defeated and the marsh is absorbed into your county.

Scout P7-P6-Q6: The scout first travels through the newly conquered marshland. You scout through the second land, discovering a forest. In the dense woods they find two Bone Reckoners, with one skeletal warriors and one skeletal archers.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout R11-R10-R9: You scout through the first land, discovering a lair. This dingy hovel is inhabited by one Bone Reckoners, with four skeletal warriors and one skeletal archers and also three wisps. The monsters defend eleven gold.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout O7-O6-N6: The scout first travels through the newly conqered village. The scout travels in the second land, discovering a village. The townlet is defended by three Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Countess Andice Gloronisits, of Point Swearing (click to show/hide)

March 2 to R8: Your armies attack (6 and 6), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

March 2 to T3: Your armies attack (4 and 9), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

March 3 to R7: Your armies attack (1, 3 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (4 and 7), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (1 and 5), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (8 and 7), killing two of your armies. Your armies have been defeated.
 Your total losses: three.

Scout to Q8: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill.
On the steep down they find a gold mine and they also find two Bone Reckoners, with four skeletal warriors and two skeletal archers. The monsters wield the Crimson Drum.

Also Scout to S3-R4: You scout through the first land, discovering a lair. This damp cave is inhabited by one Bone Reckoners, with four skeletal warriors and two skeletal archers and also three rampaging boar. The monsters defend nine gold.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout with the Speculator's Rod to T13: The scout discovers a quarry!

Also scout to R11 (taking a boat R13-R12-R11): The scout first passes through an empty swamp. You scout through a second land, discovering a hill. On the craggy fell they find a quarry. You scout through a third land discovering a lair. This dingy hovel is inhabited by one Bone Reckoners, with four skeletal warriors and one skeletal archers and also three wisps. The monsters defend eleven gold.

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

- For each letting a friendly cat come to harm, Granny Longtooth curses Marquess Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven. While she lives he gets -1 income, -1 recruitment, -1 wood production, -1 stone production, to a minimum of 0 each.

- [F11] The Dusk Dragon doesn't wander.
- [M6] The Dawn Dragon flies south.
- Another Barbarian joins the Marrowfat Throne (A8)

- The Moot: Barbarian-occupied tiles 5 (E12), 8 (G14), 9 (I9), 12 (J15), 17 (O6), 19 (S13), send someone to the moot.
- Reprisals:
--[Wright 9%] The Squelsh launch a reprisal attack! Eight squelsh barbarians attack with the 24 barbarians from the moot. They attack L32, taking the undefended hill.
--[Ayes 6%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Bockhoven 4%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Vulk 3%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Gloronisits 3%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[FitzHarbort 2%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.

The Thornish fort at M11 gains another recruit. The four of them march on Fort Ivy [P11]:
Your forces are behind defences (6 wall strength).
The Thornish holdout, Thornish holdout, Thornish holdout and Thornish holdout attack first (4, 5, 5 and 2), damaging the walls (2) with none of your units defeated. A siege begins with four of the enemy forces camped outside the walls!
Your armies attack (7, 6 and 7), defeating two of the enemies (Thornish holdout and Thornish holdout).
The attackers take too many casualties and withdraw.
From the Thornish holdouts you take two gold.

- [K9] Hogs Landing: No new monsters come.
- [L2] Puzzle Dungeon: Joining the lair is a giant.
- [R11] Skull Canyon: No new monsters come.
- [S3] Giant's Toe: Joining the lair is a giant. More than ten monsters are in one place so they march on the nearest player fort or castle. P11 and N11 are equidistant, and they pick N11. On the way they pick up the two reckoners, skeletal archer, one skeletal fighter (P6), and a wolf (N10).
Your forces are behind defences (4 wall strength).
The boar, boar, boar, wolf, giant (part), giant (part), giant (part), skeletal archer, boar, boar, boar, skeletal archer, skeletal archer, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, bone reckoner, bone reckoner and bone reckoner attack first (6, 5, 4, 6, 3, 4, 2, 7, 7, 3, 6, 5, 3, 7, 8, 8, 1, 3, 5 and , damaging the walls (4) and breaking through into the fort, killing three of your armies. (Including one archer.)
Your armies have been defeated.
 Your total losses: three.

- [J10] Sundered Spire: From the nearby villages, three new Squelsh Barbarians are recruited to the Sundered Spire.

Turn 10
Research
Countess Andice Gloronisits learns that in I6 is Sundering Claw (assign a scout to crack open a permanent path through any adjacent mountain. 25% chance to call a hostile dragon to the location)

Prince Mackial FitzHarbort learns that in A11 is the Selkie Court (Castle with Keep, Moat x 3!) 31/31 defence - The Selkie Queen lives in the Selkie Court. She is a hag protected by 8 royal seals (who act identically to bog cats but with water instead of marshes). In her vault, she has a treasure of 20 gold and two random artefacts (which may be used in defence). The court only appears on coast or water tiles.)

(https://i.imgur.com/4q7RwxC.png)

Spoiler: Known Artefact List (click to show/hide)

In the world
A8 is Marrowfat Throne (when owned by someone of Squelsh heritage, one Squelsh defector will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production) and adjacent Squelsh armies will join your attacks on non-Squelsh; when owned by an Alkabrian or other, +30 reprisal chance, +100 reprisal chance if destroyed.)
B1 is the Black Trotter (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Trotter will gain the Black Trotter.) (One unit attacks first twice at the start of each combat, but each time they kill a unit somewhere a boar will turn into a grand tusk- a giant pig that counts as 2 boar. If no boar are currently on the map, the next X boar to appear will all be grand tusks, where X is the number of units killed by the Trotter.)
E5 is Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)
F11 is Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).
G6 is Black Claw (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Claw will gain the Black Claw.) (+4 dice rolled when attacking, every time someone is killed by a force wielding the claw, the nearest square with a bog cat gains another cat. If there are none, a bog cat will appear in the nearest empty square.)
G10 is Bitter Brew  (The set of armies this is equipped to never retreats from losses.)
H4 is the Black Lance (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding the Black Lance will gain the Black Lance.) (You never attack first in combats, but on your first attack all your attackers will attack three times. The turn after slaying someone with the lance, Dragons will preferentially fly one square in your direction when flying to a new home. When this first discovered, place the Dawn Dragon on M6 (the Dawn Dragon counts for 15 armies)).
I5 is the Shimmering Coin (+2 on rolls that determine gold amounts)
I6 is Sundering Claw (assign a scout to crack open a permanent path through any adjacent mountain. 25% chance to call a hostile dragon to the location)
J10 is the Golden Net (A scout carrying this across water has a 25% chance of rolling on the treasure table)
N7 is the Cat Sack (defeated Bog Cats are put in the Cat Sack instead of being killed if the Cat Sack is held by the winning force. These cats are owned but unfriendly, and any number can be released by an army in any combat, or let loose by a scout in any tile.)
Q8 is the Crimson Drum (attack first when defending)
R4 is the Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)
R6 are the Saint's Knuckles (take -1 when rolling on the monster table (usually less dangerous results))

Held by Lords
Bockhoven: the Rhuddy Cape (the unit this is assigned to is now considered a giant)

The Wolf Crystal (wolves encountered will join the army instead (they still all run away when injured)

Vulk: the Last Femur! (1/4 chance of each dead unit being resurrected to your side as a skeleton warrior when they die)

Pellucid Orb (+1 to scout travel distance)

Gloronisits: the Speculator's Rod (a scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

Prince FitzHarborrt: Hunter's Stand (Archers in the army this is attached to only die on 5s if no other units remain)

Spoiler: Known Unique Sites (click to show/hide)

A11 is the Selkie Court (Castle with Keep, Moat x 3!) 31/31 defence - The Selkie Queen lives in the Selkie Court. She is a hag protected by 8 royal seals (who act identically to bog cats but with water instead of marshes). In her vault, she has a treasure of 20 gold and two random artefacts (which may be used in defence). The court only appears on coast or water tiles.)

C8 is the Crimson Tower (Keep/Tower/Bloodforge) Defence 17/17,  - Dai the Bloodsinger has a Bloodforge in which 3 armies may be sacrificed to create a new artefact (and become anathema to all).

F12 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance for reprisals against the Hedge Lord to 0.

E10 is an unknown lair.

F11 is Lake Sorrow.

F13 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance to reprisals to 0. This only works for people who don't own the Grove.

G10 is Wolfhaven Woods - Forest. Spiritual home of wolf kind. Inhabited by 10d4 wolves (25). These wolves will only flee if less than 10 remain. Any wolves that would otherwise be loyal to a non-wolf, are loyal to the wolves in these woods. Wolves in this forest will never march on anywhere.

H10 is Owl Woods - Forest. Originally guarded by the Dusk Dragon (the Dusk Dragon counts for 10 armies) and seven wisps. The dragon holds Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).

J10 is Sundered Spire (Castle with Tower, and Watchtower - defenders get first attack and owner gets a hill report) 1/13 defence - A ruin of a previous Thornish attempt at holding the Hedge, now occupied by 4d6 Squelsh barbarians [16], holding a random artefact [the Golden Net (A scout carrying this across water has a 25% chance of rolling on the treasure table)]. At the end of the enemy phase, one barbarian appears here each for each adjacent unconquered village. Barbarians from the spire will attempt to liberate adjacent villages, with survivors returning to their castle.

K8 is Blasted Oak - Forest. If any non-skeleton dies here on in an adjacent tile, a new hostile skeleton will spawn here. 8 skeletal warriors are wandering around here.

M8 is The Hirsute Sage's Hut (while independent, scouts that pass through the hut will ignore the first set of enemies they come across while scouting after visiting the hut. The sage leaves if his home becomes occupied.)

N7 is Taghairn Cave - Owned by Cuthbert Catsbane, a Bloodsinger who wields the Cat Sack if it hasn't appeared elsewhere. Has a limited kind of Bloodforge in which three cats may be sacrificed to create a new artefact. You would first have to find a way of gaining the cats.

O8 is The Hag Market. Marshland. Protected by 9 bog hags and 27 bog cats. Scouts can be sent to the market to buy bog cats (4 gold each) and otherwise may pass through without being attacked. Half the money spent here remains as possible loot. Friendly bog cats have +1 attack in marshland, and while you have a cat, they give -1 (non-cumulative) to enemy attack rolls. Cats cannot be sent to scout, and they cannot be send to attack or patrol by themselves. Monsters won't march from this location."

Q5 is The Moot - Village with 2d2 (2+1=3) Squelsh Barbarians and a moat (6/6 defense). It is the neutral meeting place of rival Squelsh bands. At the start of each enemy turn, each tile with a Squelsh Barbarian has a 25% chance of sending someone to the Moot. The first Squelsh reprisal each turn will be joined by whomever is in the Moot. If the Moot is conquered, a new Moot (with a new moat) will appear in the most populous Squelsh-held village at the start of the next player turn, or if there are no such villages, it may appear in future tile generation (from scouting, research etc.).

Q9 is Granny Longtooth's Hut - Marshland. 4/4 defence while Granny Longtooth lives here. Granny Longtooth is a Bog Hag protected by 15 Bog Cats. Monsters won't normally march from this location, but Granny Longtooth will curse anyone who has sacrificed cats or who has let a friendly cat come to harm. (While she lives: -1 income, -1 recruitment, -1 wood production, -1 stone production, to a minimum of 0 each.)

R3 is The Castle of Bryn the Brawn (Keep/Tower/Tower) Defence 21/21, occupied by Bryn, a giant, and his family, three more giants. The adjacent squares are also within his domain. Bryn will wage war to retake any squares adjacent to his castle, always accompanied in battle by 1d6 wolves.

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- Trust me, things turned out even worse with some of your original orders.
- We have seen our first curse and first monster march this turn!

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: Criptfeind on June 01, 2023, 05:51:44 pm

Hmm, I assume that P11 should have black outlines on the map and a fuck ton of monsters in it? Also, how did they pick up the wolf from N10? Also I didn't have an archer to loose in P11.

Heck, what happened to N10, why doesn't Aywen Ayes own it, was it taken over by the wolf? And what happened to N11?

Also this is a strictly good error for me I think, but I think thornish forts are suppose to attack the nearest tile, not nearest fort? So M11... which doesn't exist and I think it should have been M7 should have attacked N8, not P11?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: Kashyyk on June 01, 2023, 05:53:30 pm

Was the curse that my march on I13 got devoured by Eldritch time beasts?

I'm curious how badly the previous orders went considering the results of this one went. Obviously my assault on the Spire would've gone splendidly.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: Egan_BW on June 01, 2023, 05:55:50 pm

Woah the dusk dragon is awake? and there's a dawn dragon now? I may have skipped over other player actions a bit because they're hard to decipher...

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: Criptfeind on June 01, 2023, 06:04:30 pm

Whoops, looks like my scout skipped over N7, where cats bane is and he should have turned around and went right into N6.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: Criptfeind on June 01, 2023, 06:10:35 pm

Also Egan managing to accidentally launch a 18 monster attack on me seems on brand. Welcome back Egan. :P

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: Egan_BW on June 01, 2023, 06:12:50 pm

You're welcoooooome.

So long as I don't build any forts I can awaken monsters as much as I want. Until it's an all dragon and wisps force and just flies over to my island.

May we build forts in the same turn we march to take that tile? Before the enemy phase that is? I don't think so because combat happens after spending resources, hmm.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: Egan_BW on June 01, 2023, 06:28:49 pm

No wait, I think that monsterball actually attacked A1s and it's just the narration that's wrong. N11 is colored black for monsters and has an asterisk on it indicating that there's a heckton of monsters on it.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Turn FOO
Post by: Egan_BW on June 01, 2023, 06:32:41 pm

Scout the far shore at S1 (by ship, not exploring tiles in the way.)
Scout through giant territory to R4 again, plundering the 9 gold at Giant's Toe along the way. Wow, all the monsters went somewhere!

March 3 to the gold mine at R7 again. For gold!
March 4 into the barbarian-infested woods of S14. Hey, if I don't get some of my troops killed, those villages I took won't be doing anything!

Spoiler: Countess Andice Gloronisits, of Point Swearing (click to show/hide)

Background: Noble
Castle Name: Point Swearing
Castle Location: S14
Border Color: Hot Pink
Defense: 10/10
Cutting: 1
 Wood: 6
Quarrying: 1
 Stone: 1
Recruitment: 3
 Army: 9/10
Income: 1
 Gold: 9
Debt: 0
Features: Shipyard, Coppicing Grove, Library
Forts:
Artefacts: Speculator's Rod (A scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)
Equipment: 2 Boats, 1 Ship
Special Units:

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: Criptfeind on June 01, 2023, 06:37:01 pm

Oh shit I misread the monster turn, they didn't march on me, they marched on N11. Whoops, that explains... most of my questions.

Edit: right, Egan said that two posts ago lol :P

Welp that's a problem.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: notquitethere on June 01, 2023, 06:38:31 pm

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 01, 2023, 05:51:44 pm

Hmm, I assume that P11 should have black outlines on the map and a fuck ton of monsters in it? Also, how did they pick up the wolf from N10? Also I didn't have an archer to loose in P11.

Heck, what happened to N10, why doesn't Aywen Ayes own it, was it taken over by the wolf? And what happened to N11?

No I wrote it down wrong, they picked N11 instead. And yes N10 was taken over by a wolf which then joined the march.

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 01, 2023, 05:51:44 pm

Also this is a strictly good error for me I think, but I think thornish forts are suppose to attack the nearest tile, not nearest fort? So M11... which doesn't exist and I think it should have been M7 should have attacked N8, not P11?

Oops. I'm not retconning it now, but that was a genuine mistake. Oh well. Next time...

Quote from: Kashyyk on June 01, 2023, 05:53:30 pm

Was the curse that my march on I13 got devoured by Eldritch time beasts?

Got lost in the wash maybe. I'll have a look... OK and it's done. I didn't even have to edit the map.

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 01, 2023, 06:04:30 pm

Whoops, looks like my scout skipped over N7, where cats bane is and he should have turned around and went right into N6.

Quite.

Quote from: Egan_BW on June 01, 2023, 06:12:50 pm

May we build forts in the same turn we march to take that tile? Before the enemy phase that is? I don't think so because combat happens after spending resources, hmm.

No.

Quote from: Egan_BW on June 01, 2023, 06:28:49 pm

No wait, I think that monsterball actually attacked A1s and it's just the narration that's wrong. N11 is colored black for monsters and has an asterisk on it indicating that there's a heckton of monsters on it.

Yes, I mixed up the numbers. The random number generator said the first of two, and that was N11.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: Criptfeind on June 01, 2023, 06:50:47 pm

Big F for A1s then. Pretty dangerous position to be in with such a horde one 50/50 away from your castle. We'll have to see if we can come up with a suitable death for them.

Are we going to keep the scouting mishap "as is" or change it? I'd be okay keeping it as is if you want, just for less work.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: notquitethere on June 01, 2023, 06:53:22 pm

Yes it's fine. We can imagine the Bloodsinger was deep in his cave and didn't see the scout go past. I don't think it particularly benefits the players knowing that the dragon has a bunch of friends.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: Criptfeind on June 01, 2023, 06:54:37 pm

Should I take that as implying that the bloodsinger is solo? Or would that be the bloodsinger+his unknown but presumably high number of allies were deep in their cave :P

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: Quarque on June 01, 2023, 08:50:04 pm

I don't understand what happened in the fight with the dusk dragon. I had a bog cat, so I thought it would only hit on a 7+. But it scored hits on 6+?

Edit: perhaps the shown results are the final rolls, after deducting the penalty?

In any case, the tile of G11 was taken by Fitzharbort and should be colored orange rather than yellow.

And a question. If two players cooperate to kill 10 barbarians, do they both gain 10% reprisal? Or only proportional to the number killed by each player?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: notquitethere on June 02, 2023, 02:53:27 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 01, 2023, 06:54:37 pm

Should I take that as implying that the bloodsinger is solo? Or would that be the bloodsinger+his unknown but presumably high number of allies were deep in their cave :P

No, he's alone. He's very unpopular.

Quote from: Quarque on June 01, 2023, 08:50:04 pm

I don't understand what happened in the fight with the dusk dragon. I had a bog cat, so I thought it would only hit on a 7+. But it scored hits on 6+?

Edit: perhaps the shown results are the final rolls, after deducting the penalty?

That's right, you'll see the dragon didn't roll any 8s. Sometimes when people face cats they're shown as rolling 0s. This is why. A similar thing happens against barbarians, where both sides are sometimes shown as rolling 9s.

Quote from: Quarque on June 01, 2023, 08:50:04 pm

In any case, the tile of G11 was taken by Fitzharbort and should be colored orange rather than yellow.

Thanks, now fixed.

Quote from: Quarque on June 01, 2023, 08:50:04 pm

And a question. If two players cooperate to kill 10 barbarians, do they both gain 10% reprisal? Or only proportional to the number killed by each player?

If they're acting as a single army, they both get the blame for each Squelsh kill, so it would be 10%.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: Quarque on June 02, 2023, 03:20:56 am

Ok. What does a moat do, exactly?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: notquitethere on June 02, 2023, 03:28:38 am

Quote from: Quarque on June 02, 2023, 03:20:56 am

Ok. What does a moat do, exactly?

Nothing special, just extra defence.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: Quarque on June 02, 2023, 04:07:48 am

Thank you nqt.

So, I thought about it more carefully this time. @Kashyyk: I am willing to commit completely to helping you getting the Spire this time, if you help me get the Selkie Court later. That would be an even trade - both are fights with nasty drawbacks (high reprisal chance for the Spire, potential curses for the Selkie Court).
The biggest reason I'm willing to do it this turn is that the Moot is empty now. If a reprisal hits my castle it's still bad, but I'd survive.

What I am offering is to send over all my forces: 11 armies, the Rhuddy Cape and a wolf (sending more than one wolf would only hurt our winchances because they would all flee before attacking, increasing the risk of a total retreat).
I can send two more armies if you could send them to me. I'm currently two below the unit cap, whereas you could refill your forces from your fort.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: Kashyyk on June 02, 2023, 04:16:31 am

That sounds like a good plan to me :)

@Criptfeind: Would I be able to borrow the Last Femur for the assault? There's gonna be lots of casualties to rezz, and I'll give you half the surviving skeletons in payment.

@a1s: Are you still interested in renting out 5 Armies and a Cat for this turn?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: Criptfeind on June 02, 2023, 04:54:41 am

I'm going to have to see exactly what's going on with A1s and the monster stack this turn. It's a pretty serious issue right now given that if it's not taken care of it it will march again and if I understand has basically a 50/50 of killing A1s, and, from the last femur perspective, also very useful to have the femur to help against (and although it's less dudes I bet I could end up with all skeletons under my ownership :P... Although maybe not, could depend on how skeletons and dragons work with the last femur...) Given that I also soooorta suspect that A1s won't be renting out armies this turn :P

A1s, I'm sorta thinking about that stack, it's got... Well, a lot of dudes, and a fair number of boar. I think you can send 14 armies and a cat? I know I can send at least some armies and the last femur, even if I also have to attempt to take out the lair in my own lands. I'm wondering how many we need to be reasonably assured that we'll beat the giant monster stack. I think the cat will help some, although as we saw with the dusk dragon it's not a sure fire thing...

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: Criptfeind on June 02, 2023, 06:43:46 am

@A1: If I consider the other things I want to do this turn, I can freely send 4 armies and the last femur to help you fight off your monster invasion. Do you think that'll be enough? Helping you out here is a higher priority then... anything else I'd be doing I think, but those 4 wouldn't be doing much of anything else anyway, so that's how many I want to send, but if I need to send more I could :P.

If you're not at full army cap (if I did the math right, you're down 3 from your max? I think?) I can also sell you up to 3 armies cheaply to refill in preparation for the fight as well by emptying out my forts.

Here's sorta what I was thinking for my turn

Spoiler: Turn 9 gains/losses (click to show/hide)

Wood -10
Gold +5
O7: Village +1 Recruitment
Gold -8
Cats +2
Q11: Marsh
P7: Marsh
P11 -2 defense
Gold +2

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Colour: Blue

Castle: P14
Army: 13+7-7=13/13
Defence: 10/10
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove

Wood Production: 4
Recruitment: 7
Income: 1

Gold: 3+5-8+2+1=3
Debt: 0
Wood: 14-10+4=8
Stone: 1

Artifacts: Last Femur, Pellucid Orb
Equipment: None
Special Units: 6 Skeleton warriors 1 Skeleton Archer 2 Cats

Holdings list:
O7: Village +1 Recruitment
O14: Village +1 Recruitment
O15: Forest +1 Wood production
P7: Marsh
P8: Forest +1 Wood Production
P9: Hill
P10 Village +1 Recruitment
P11: Forest Fort Ivy 4/8 +1 Wood Production 3 Armies
P12: Lair
P13 Village +1 Recruitment
P15: Hill
Q11: Marsh
Q12: Village +1 Recruitment
Q13: Village +1 Recruitment
Q14: Hill Fort Hawthorn 0/5

Spoiler: Turn 10 (click to show/hide)

March R12 with 1 army
March P6 with 1 army
March R11 with 3 Armies 6 skeleton warriors and 2 cats
March N7 with 2 armies and 1 skeleton archer
Scout Q6-R5-R4
Join Aywen Ayes in attacking N11 with 5 armies and last femur

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: Horizon on June 02, 2023, 10:15:34 am

((Oiii >_< i was waiting to join. Oh well.))

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: Quarque on June 02, 2023, 12:32:05 pm

Orders:
Receive 2 armies and a cat from Prince FitzHarbort
March with 13 armies, the Rhuddy Cape, 1 cat and 1 wolf to J10 to support the attack of Prince FitzHarbort
Garrison the castle with 6 wolves

Spoiler: Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow
C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defense: 10/10
Army Cap: 13
Features:
* Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
* Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
* Shipyard (coast only): -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
* Barracks: +3 army cap

Resources:
Army: 13 (+4/turn) = 13 - 6(curr) + 4(inc) +2(from FitzHarbort)
Gold: 0 (+1/turn) = 0(curr) + 1(inc) -1(curse)
Stone: 2 (+2/turn) = 1(curr) + 2(inc) -1(curse)
Wood: 8 (+3/turn) = 6(curr) +3(inc) -1(curse)

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape, the Wolf Crystal
Equipment: 1 Boat and 1 Ship
Special Units: 7 wolves and 1 cat (borrowed)

Von Bockelstein paces up and down the living room as his servant Garry knocks on the door.
"Any news from our forces?"
Before Garry can answer, a chorus of wolf howles rises from the barracks.
Von Bockelstein smashes his wine into the fireplace. "I swear, if they don't cut it I will have them all for dinner!"

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: a1s on June 02, 2023, 12:59:08 pm

Quote from: Kashyyk on June 02, 2023, 04:16:31 am

@a1s: Are you still interested in renting out 5 Armies and a Cat for this turn?

You are, surely, joking?

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 02, 2023, 06:43:46 am

@A1: If I consider the other things I want to do this turn, I can freely send 4 armies and the last femur to help you fight off your monster invasion. Do you think that'll be enough? Helping you out here is a higher priority then... anything else I'd be doing I think, but those 4 wouldn't be doing much of anything else anyway, so that's how many I want to send, but if I need to send more I could :P.

If you're not at full army cap (if I did the math right, you're down 3 from your max? I think?) I can also sell you up to 3 armies cheaply to refill in preparation for the fight as well by emptying out my forts.

I am not 3 down from max, the extra casualties came from a fort. I will advise you upfront that a good chunk of our enemies are undead and will not leave a ghost for you to harvest with the last femur. It would also be nice if you could commit 5 armies to the fight so as to raise the retreat threshold by 1.

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
Castle Location N-13
Border Colour: Red
Army: 14/14
Defence: 14/14
Wood Production: 7
Recruitment: 3
Income: 1
Wood: 19
Gold: 20
Stone:1
Debt: 0
Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks, Tower
Forts : None
Artifacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: 1 bog cat

orders:
March 1 on N10
march 13 and a bog cat on N11

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: Criptfeind on June 02, 2023, 01:12:05 pm

Do skeletons not get raised by the last femur? That sounds like something I would have asked about before, but I can't recall or find it in a quick search (could just be missing it)

Also yeah, changed to 5, is a good enough point. Maybe I should consider not taking some stuff like the quarry or catman cave to add more.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: notquitethere on June 02, 2023, 01:36:23 pm

I don't think I ever specified about the Femur and re-raising undead. The Femur only raises units when they die, and skeletons are already dead. (So when your own skeletons are killed they're not re-raised either.)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: Criptfeind on June 02, 2023, 01:49:21 pm

Fair enough. And giant counts as just 1 right, not each part?

In that case there would be 7 dudes here vs 21 in the barbarian fort. Which, well... If I get half the skeletons there and all the skeletons here, that'd mean 7 kills (potentially) vs 10.5 in the barbarian fort. Which, is a difference for sure. But not as huge a one as it looks like at first blush. And too be honest I'm a bit more worried about this combat then the barbarian fort one, as far as I can tell, the barbarian fort isn't going to start trying to kill players, so it's a bit more important to put down the one that's actually attacking us right now? Also, it's a siege, Kashyyk can just spend wood to win it basically, so there's no risk of him needing the femur to win. That's sorta my train of thought right now at least.

As a total aside:

Quote from: Quarque on June 02, 2023, 12:32:05 pm

Resources:
Army: 13 (+4/turn) = 13 - 6(curr) + 4(inc) +2(from FitzHarbort)
Gold: 1 (+1/turn) = 0(curr) + 1(inc)
Stone: 3 (+2/turn) = 1(curr) + 2(inc)
Wood: 9 (+3/turn) = 6(curr) +3(inc)

Is this taking into account the curse placed on you? I'm not really keeping track of other peoples incomes, but a quick glance makes me think you have 2 quarries so should have 2-1=1 income?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: Quarque on June 02, 2023, 02:03:43 pm

No, I completely overlooked that, sorry. What a hateful bitch.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: Criptfeind on June 02, 2023, 02:06:07 pm

Yes. Once I get that cat bag to put all her pets into for me or A1s to eventually sacrifice, I'm for sure going to squish her like the witch she is.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: Quarque on June 02, 2023, 02:22:02 pm

Can you be cursed multiple times by the same witch? Does it stack?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 7 - MONSTERS
Post by: notquitethere on June 02, 2023, 02:33:20 pm

Quote from: notquitethere on May 24, 2023, 04:07:48 pm

I should note before it becomes relevant: each hag can only curse each Lord once but a Hedge Lord can have curses from multiple hags at once.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: Quarque on June 02, 2023, 02:48:43 pm

Ok, thanks, thought I'd read that somewhere but good to be sure. Well Kashyyk, you might want to give the cat to me and let me take it to battle. I'm cursed already. You can have it back after the battle but I'm not sure you'd want it.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: Kashyyk on June 02, 2023, 03:21:05 pm

Right, let's see if we can't crack this Spire for real this time.

I would like the Cat back, if it survives, but yes I'll send it your way for now.

2 Infantry and 1 Bog Cat are sent to join Lord Bockhoven
2 Infantry are recalled from Fort Heather
1 Infantry is recalled from Fort Hollivy
1 Wolf garrisons Shandston's Folly
12 wood is spent to build six Siege engines
14 Infantry and 6 Siege engines march on the Sundered Spire (J10)

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 14
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 4/8
Garrison: 1/3 (1x Infantry)

I11 - Forest: Fort Hollivy
Defence: 6/8
Garrison: 2/3 (1x Archers, 1x Infantry)

Resources:
Army : 14/14 (+5/turn) = 9(curr) + 5(inc) - 1(casualties) - 2 (Bockhoven) + 2(Fort Heather) + 1(Fort Hollivy)
Gold: 12 (+2/turn) = 0(curr) +2(inc) + 10(loot)
Stone: 0 (+0/turn)  = 0(curr)
Wood : 13 (+4/turn) = 9(curr) + 4(inc) - 12(Siege engines)
Debt: 20

Territory: F13 (Forest), F15 (Village), G15 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), G11 (Lair), H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), H11 (Village), I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I12 (Marsh), I11 (Forest, Fort Hollivy)
Artefacts: Hunter's Stand (Archers in the army this is attached to only die on 5s if no other units remain)
Equipment: 6 Siege engines -> Sundered Spire (J10)
Units: 14x Infantry, 1x Wolf

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: VermilionSkies on June 03, 2023, 02:25:12 am

Spoiler: Gerald Wright (click to show/hide)

Marquess Gerald Wright
Background: Master Builder
Castle Name: Castle Wright
Castle Location K14
Border Colour: Maroon
Army: 13/13
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 3
Stone Production: 1
Recruitment: 3
Gold: 2
Income: 2
Debt: 0
Wood: 7
Stone: 0
Features: Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace, Keep, Barracks
Production Sites: K13 (1 Wood), K12 (1 Army), J13 (1 Stone), L13 (1 Wood), L14 (1 Army)
Forts (location, defense 5/5, armies assigned): Fort Bowyer (K13, 6/6 Defense, 3/3 Armies (3 Archer)), Fort Mason (L15, 9/9 Defense, 3/3 Armies), Fort Tailor (J14, 4/4 Defense, 3/3 Armies)
Artefacts: None
Equipment:
Special Units:

3 Wood, 3 Armies, 2 Gold, 1 Stone.
Looted 18 Gold.
Spend 14 Gold for 7 Stone.
Construct a Barracks in Castle Wright.
Spend 6 Gold for 3 Armies.
Assuming a1 has no issue with me marching through their lands:
12 Armies march to N11, to assist Aywen Ayes in their battle.
1 Army defends Castle Wright.
Fort Tailor patrols J13.
Fort Bowyer patrols K12 and L13.
Fort Mason patrols L14.
I won't ask for any materials, but I would enjoy assistance with the Squelsh situation sometime in the following turns.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: a1s on June 03, 2023, 02:55:49 am

I'm assuming the squelsh are not monsters and will not march just because there's more than 10 of them?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: notquitethere on June 03, 2023, 02:59:50 am

Quote from: a1s on June 03, 2023, 02:55:49 am

I'm assuming the squelsh are not monsters and will not march just because there's more than 10 of them?

Yes, I had a note on this a few updates back. Squelsh and Thornish don't monster-march, unless they're aligned units of a monster (as in the Marrowfat throne case). Other artefacts and sites may cause them to move but on their own the stack isn't going anywhere.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: a1s on June 03, 2023, 05:43:00 am

Quote from: VermilionSkies on June 03, 2023, 02:25:12 am

Assuming a1 has no issue with me marching through their lands:

No issue, no.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - PEACE
Post by: notquitethere on June 03, 2023, 07:25:58 am

TURN 10 REPORT

Spoiler: Countess Andice Gloronisits, of Point Swearing (click to show/hide)

Scout the far shore at S1 (by ship, not exploring tiles in the way.): You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the dense copse they find nothing. They weren't given any further orders and so return home.

Scout through giant territory to R4 again, plundering the 9 gold at Giant's Toe along the way: First the scout enters the lair and takes the 9 gold. Then they scout through the second land, discovering a marshland. In the murky bog they find a few signs of habitation long ago, and deep in the ground, they find the fabled Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)!

March 3 to the gold mine at R7 again:
Your armies attack (7, 5 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (, killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (6 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the mine is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: one.


March 4 into the barbarian-infested woods of S13: Your armies attack (3, 9, 7 and 7), defeating three of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).

The enemy attacks back (9 and , killing two of your armies. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
 Your total losses: two.

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

March R12 with 1 army: You absorb the undefended quarry into your county.

March P6 with 1 army: You absorb the undefended forest into your county.

March R11 with 3 Armies 6 skeleton warriors and 2 cats: Your armies attack (with two bog cats) (with six skeletons) (7, 7, 5, 7, 5, 2, 7, 3, 2, 1 and 7), defeating four of the enemies (skeletal warrior, wisp, skeletal archer and skeletal warrior).
The enemy attacks back (0, 6, 5, 7 and 4), killing one of your regular armies and a bog cat.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with six skeletons) (2, 8, 7, 7, 7, 2, 4, 3 and 3), defeating two of the enemies (bone reckoner and wisp).
All skeletal companions of the enemy bone reckoners crumble.
The enemy attacks back (5, 5 and 1), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with six skeletons) (1, 5, 7, 2, 7, 5, 1, 8 and 1), defeating the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county. A cat was victorious and the lair is converted into marshland. 11 gold is looted.
 Your total losses: 1 unit, 1 bog cat.

March N7 with 2 armies and 1 skeleton archer: Cuthbert, in a panic, releases the hidden contents of the Cat Sack: 4d4 bog cats (! A three-way battle begins!
Your armies attack (with one skeletal archer) (7, 1 and 0), defeating one of the enemies (bog cat).
The last femur raises one skeleton warrior!

Cuthbert The Bloodsinger attacks a bog cat (7), capturing it in his sack. Failing to win from the counterattack, he slinks away south.

The enemy attacks back (8, 7, 5, 7, 7, and 2), killing two of your armies, your skeletal warrior and your skeletal archer.

Scout Q6-R5-R4: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the towering trees they find a group of two thornish defectors who join your cause and they also find three wood.
You scout through the second land, discovering a marshland.
In the murky mire they find four wolves.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Join Aywen Ayes in attacking N11 with 5 armies and last femur: See Ayes below.

Spoiler: Marquess Fritz Ferdinand von Bockhoven  - Castle Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

March with 13 armies, the Rhuddy Cape, 1 cat and 1 wolf to J10 to support the attack of Prince FitzHarbort: See FitzHarbort below.

Spoiler: Gerald Wright (click to show/hide)

12 Armies march to N11, to assist Aywen Ayes in their battle: See Ayes below.

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

14 Infantry and 6 Siege engines march on the Sundered Spire, joined by Bockelstein's 13 armies, a rhuddy cape, 1 cat, and 1 wolf (J10):

From behind their walls (1), the Squelsh barbarian x 21 attack first (8, 2, 5, 2, 8, 2, 8, 4, 7, 3, 5, 3, 4, 5, 4, 8, 4, 4, 3, 6 and 5), killing five of your armies (3 FitzHarbort, 2 Bockelstein

Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (with one bog cat) (with one wolf) (11, 9, 8, 7, 10, 8, 9, 12, 7, 12, 6, 6, 6, 12, 10, 7, 8, 6, 11, 13, 13, 6, 10, 11, 8 and 13), damaging the walls (1) and breaking through into the fort, defeating twenty-one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the Sundered Spire is absorbed into your county. The Golden Net is recovered (a scout carrying this across water has a 25% chance of rolling on the treasure table). Prince FitzHarbort now has two castles! A bog cat is victorious but the castle can't be turned into marshland. 11 gold is looted.

Sundered Spire (Castle with Tower and Watchtower - defenders get first attack and owner gets a hill report) 0/11 defence. 11 Army capacity (10 for castle + 1 tower).

From the spire's watchtower:
NW: you see a village
N: you see marshland
NE: you see a forest
E: you see a village
SE: you see marshland
S: you see a village
SW: you see a lair
W: you see forest

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

March 1 on N10: The village is undefended and soon re-absorbed back into the county.

march 13 and a bog cat on N11. (Joined by 12 armies from Marquess Wright, 5 armies from Marquess Vulk, with the Last Femur):

The boar, boar and boar attack first (1, 7, 7, 2, 2 and 7), killing three of your armies. The last femur raises one skeleton warrior!

Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with one skeleton) (4, 4, 3, 7, 4, 2, 8, 4, 8, 5, 1, 4, 4, 7, 1, 8, 8, 1, 8, 3, 3, 4, 4, 2, 6, 1, 6, 4 and , All skeletal companions of the enemy bone reckoners crumble.
defeating ten of the enemies (skeletal warrior, bone reckoner, skeletal warrior, giant (part), bone reckoner, giant (part), skeletal warrior, bone reckoner, boar and boar).
The Last Femur fails to raise anyone.

The enemy attacks back (7, 5, 3, 3, 6, 5, 5 and 5), killing two of your armies. The Last Femur fails to raise anyone.

Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with one skeleton) (4, 2, 7, 8, 8, 6, 4, 6, 6, 8, 1, 8, 1, 1, 5, 3, 1, 3, 5, 3, 8, 8, 2, 2, 7, 7 and , defeating eight of the enemies (boar, wolf and giant (part)).
The last femur raises one skeleton warrior!
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.
 From giant clubs, you gain one wood.
 Your total losses: five (3 from Ayes, 1 from Wright, 1 from Vulk)

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

- For letting a friendly cat come to harm, Granny Longtooth curses Marquess Ambrosio Vulk. While she lives he gets -1 income, -1 recruitment, -1 wood production, -1 stone production, to a minimum of 0 each.

- [F11] The dragon doesn't wander.
- [M6] The dragon doesn't wander.
- Another Barbarian joins the Marrowfat Throne (A8)
- The Moot: Barbarian-occupied tiles 1 (A8), 5 (F14), 10 (K10), 12 (L7), 15 (O6) send someone to the moot.
- Reprisals:
--[Bockhoven 25%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[FitzHarbort 23%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Wright 9%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Gloronisits 6%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Ayes 6%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Vulk 3%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.

The Thornish fort at M11 gains another recruit.

- [K9] Hogs Landing: No new monsters come.
- [L2] Puzzle Dungeon: No new monsters come.
- [S3] Giant's Toe: No new monsters come.

(https://i.imgur.com/gABcFCy.png)

Turn 11
Research
Countess Andice Gloronisits learns that in R10 is the Scout Hut - Initially abandoned and inhabited by a family of 6 boar. Up to three armies can be assigned to the Hut as if it were a fort and they don't count towards your army cap. These armies can scout so long at they begin scouting from a tile adjacent to the hut. Spend 3 wood to dismantle and reassemble the hut on an empty tile you own.

Prince Mackial FitzHarbort gains a new feature: Alkabrian Outpost. (Special! If this would appear, it appears in the revealing player's primary castle instead, possibly rerolling a tile if discovered while scouting or marching). Players can send a scout to the Outpost in friendly castles to send a special envoy to King Alkabar. The scout doesn't return. Choose one of the following actions for the envoy:
 - Spend 10 gold and declare one unconquered tile uncontestable: King Alkabar will give dispensation and allow it to remain independent. This is only checked when triggering the end of game. If someone conquers an uncontestable tile anyway, they will owe +20 debt for inconveniencing the King.
 - Ask for a loan: gain 20 gold and 20 debt.
 - Send a gift (-1 artefact of your choice, +20 score at the end of the game, cursed items cannot be sent. -2 less score for each successive artefact anyone sends.)
 - Wipe out any amount of debt by spending 2 gold for every 1 debt.
The effects are immediate. Outposts can appear for any player without one.

Spoiler: Known Artefact List (click to show/hide)

In the world
A8 is Marrowfat Throne (when owned by someone of Squelsh heritage, one Squelsh defector will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production) and adjacent Squelsh armies will join your attacks on non-Squelsh; when owned by an Alkabrian or other, +30 reprisal chance, +100 reprisal chance if destroyed.)
B1 is the Black Trotter (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Trotter will gain the Black Trotter.) (One unit attacks first twice at the start of each combat, but each time they kill a unit somewhere a boar will turn into a grand tusk- a giant pig that counts as 2 boar. If no boar are currently on the map, the next X boar to appear will all be grand tusks, where X is the number of units killed by the Trotter.)
E5 is Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)
F11 is Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).
G6 is Black Claw (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Claw will gain the Black Claw.) (+4 dice rolled when attacking, every time someone is killed by a force wielding the claw, the nearest square with a bog cat gains another cat. If there are none, a bog cat will appear in the nearest empty square.)
G10 is Bitter Brew  (The set of armies this is equipped to never retreats from losses.)
H4 is the Black Lance (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding the Black Lance will gain the Black Lance.) (You never attack first in combats, but on your first attack all your attackers will attack three times. The turn after slaying someone with the lance, Dragons will preferentially fly one square in your direction when flying to a new home. When this first discovered, place the Dawn Dragon on M6 (the Dawn Dragon counts for 15 armies)).
I5 is the Shimmering Coin (+2 on rolls that determine gold amounts)
I6 is Sundering Claw (assign a scout to crack open a permanent path through any adjacent mountain. 25% chance to call a hostile dragon to the location)
N6 is the Juniper Cape (a scout isn't stopped by monsters)
O7 is the Cat Sack (defeated Bog Cats are put in the Cat Sack instead of being killed if the Cat Sack is held by the winning force. These cats are owned but unfriendly, and any number can be released by an army in any combat, or let loose by a scout in any tile.)
Q8 is the Crimson Drum (attack first when defending)
R6 are the Saint's Knuckles (take -1 when rolling on the monster table (usually less dangerous results))

Held by Lords
Bockhoven: the Rhuddy Cape (the unit this is assigned to is now considered a giant)

The Wolf Crystal (wolves encountered will join the army instead (they still all run away when injured)

Vulk: the Last Femur! (1/4 chance of each dead unit being resurrected to your side as a skeleton warrior when they die)

Pellucid Orb (+1 to scout travel distance)

Gloronisits: the Speculator's Rod (a scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

The Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)

Prince FitzHarborrt: Hunter's Stand (Archers in the army this is attached to only die on 5s if no other units remain)

Golden Net (A scout carrying this across water has a 25% chance of rolling on the treasure table)

Spoiler: Known Unique Sites (click to show/hide)

A11 is the Selkie Court (Castle with Keep, Moat x 3!) 31/31 defence - The Selkie Queen lives in the Selkie Court. She is a hag protected by 8 royal seals (who act identically to bog cats but with water instead of marshes). In her vault, she has a treasure of 20 gold and two random artefacts (which may be used in defence). The court only appears on coast or water tiles.)

C8 is the Crimson Tower (Keep/Tower/Bloodforge) Defence 17/17,  - Dai the Bloodsinger has a Bloodforge in which 3 armies may be sacrificed to create a new artefact (and become anathema to all).

F12 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance for reprisals against the Hedge Lord to 0.

E10 is an unknown lair.

F11 is Lake Sorrow.

F13 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance to reprisals to 0. This only works for people who don't own the Grove.

G10 is Wolfhaven Woods - Forest. Spiritual home of wolf kind. Inhabited by 10d4 wolves (25). These wolves will only flee if less than 10 remain. Any wolves that would otherwise be loyal to a non-wolf, are loyal to the wolves in these woods. Wolves in this forest will never march on anywhere.

H10 is Owl Woods - Forest. Originally guarded by the Dusk Dragon (the Dusk Dragon counts for 10 armies) and seven wisps. The dragon holds Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).

K8 is Blasted Oak - Forest. If any non-skeleton dies here on in an adjacent tile, a new hostile skeleton will spawn here. 8 skeletal warriors are wandering around here.

M8 is The Hirsute Sage's Hut (while independent, scouts that pass through the hut will ignore the first set of enemies they come across while scouting after visiting the hut. The sage leaves if his home becomes occupied.)

N7 is Taghairn Cave - Owned by Cuthbert Catsbane, a Bloodsinger who wields the Cat Sack if it hasn't appeared elsewhere. Has a limited kind of Bloodforge in which three cats may be sacrificed to create a new artefact. You would first have to find a way of gaining the cats.

O8 is The Hag Market. Marshland. Protected by 9 bog hags and 27 bog cats. Scouts can be sent to the market to buy bog cats (4 gold each) and otherwise may pass through without being attacked. Half the money spent here remains as possible loot. Friendly bog cats have +1 attack in marshland, and while you have a cat, they give -1 (non-cumulative) to enemy attack rolls. Cats cannot be sent to scout, and they cannot be send to attack or patrol by themselves. Monsters won't march from this location."

Q5 is The Moot - Village with 2d2 (2+1=3) Squelsh Barbarians and a moat (6/6 defense). It is the neutral meeting place of rival Squelsh bands. At the start of each enemy turn, each tile with a Squelsh Barbarian has a 25% chance of sending someone to the Moot. The first Squelsh reprisal each turn will be joined by whomever is in the Moot. If the Moot is conquered, a new Moot (with a new moat) will appear in the most populous Squelsh-held village at the start of the next player turn, or if there are no such villages, it may appear in future tile generation (from scouting, research etc.).

Q9 is Granny Longtooth's Hut - Marshland. 4/4 defence while Granny Longtooth lives here. Granny Longtooth is a Bog Hag protected by 15 Bog Cats. Monsters won't normally march from this location, but Granny Longtooth will curse anyone who has sacrificed cats or who has let a friendly cat come to harm. (While she lives: -1 income, -1 recruitment, -1 wood production, -1 stone production, to a minimum of 0 each.)

R3 is The Castle of Bryn the Brawn (Keep/Tower/Tower) Defence 21/21, occupied by Bryn, a giant, and his family, three more giants. The adjacent squares are also within his domain. Bryn will wage war to retake any squares adjacent to his castle, always accompanied in battle by 1d6 wolves.

R10 is the Scout Hut - Initially abandoned and inhabited by a family of 6 boar. Up to three armies can be assigned to the Hut as if it were a fort and they don't count towards your army cap. These armies can scout so long at they begin scouting from a tile adjacent to the hut. Spend 3 wood to dismantle and reassemble the hut on an empty tile you own.

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- The outpost is a possible outcome on the table of sites, and functions more as an event making the castle a unique site, than discovering one in the wild.
- There's not normally hidden stuff (other than the contents of the artefact and site tables) but I thought having the cat sack already be full would be funnier.
- The fight against the monster horde was a good idea, but 30 armies including cats and the femur was probably overkill.
- I've not reread the lot, so there might be some map mistakes. Let me know as usual!
- Paying a bunch of wood and massing a huge army to beat the Spire has paid off, as getting more castles is the biggest way to expand the army cap. There will be enough castles for everyone to get at least one more (assuming they can get to them).
- Free bit of info: there are a few more difficult sites which can only appear in WW.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: a1s on June 03, 2023, 07:52:46 am

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
Castle Location N-13
Border Colour: Red
Army: 14/14
Defence: 14/14
Wood Production: 7
Recruitment: 4
Income: 1
Wood: 26
Gold: 21
Stone:1
Debt: 0
Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks, Tower
Forts : None
Artifacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: 1 bog cat

orders:
Buy 9 stone
build another tower.
March 3 on L8
March 5 on M7
March 6 + bog cat on N12

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: Criptfeind on June 03, 2023, 08:03:22 am

Curse you catburt. I wasn't expecting a bunch of cats for sure, rip skeleton archer :P. I think that was the first time I've lost a skeleton, I've been attempting to be pretty good at keeping them alive so a bit sad, but I guess I couldn't keep them alive forever (the lair was a heck of a risk, I expected some to die there this turn, but I guess I got lucky there)

In the fight vs Cuthbert I think the last femur was activated for some reason, doesn't matter since the cats killed everything.

Also are the crumbled enemy skeletons suppose to strike back on the turn they are crumbled? Makes sense either way but they seem to be doing so in my fight vs the lair, so I thought I'd check. Doesn't matter since they didn't kill anything though. Also the lair doesn't mention that I get the 11 gold from it, I assume I do, but most of the time it says so explicitly in the turn so I figured I'd check.

Also yeah, it was mega overkill but I was already asleep by the time VermilionSkies came in with the giant army :P

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: Criptfeind on June 03, 2023, 08:17:14 am

Oh, also, in situations like that with a 3 way battle, how is it determined who each army strikes? And if they overkill, are the rest of the rolls on their attack wasted or do they spread to the other enemies?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: Quarque on June 03, 2023, 08:21:42 am

I see that a total of 5 armies died in the fight for the spire. How many of those were mine?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: Quarque on June 03, 2023, 08:26:30 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 03, 2023, 08:03:22 am

Curse you catburt.

Catburt now produces -1 gold, -1 wood and -1 stone

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: Kashyyk on June 03, 2023, 09:11:50 am

Just a quick statsheet update, positive some comments/questions:

Were all five casualties of the Spire mine?
Fort Heather (H13)'s icon needs updating to show 4 Defence
Do other players beed access permission to reach the Alkabrian Outpost?

@Quarque: I know you're concerned about Reprisals atm, would you like a loan? Can pay it back from that Dragon's hoard perhaps?

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 14
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)
 - Alkabrian Outpost (see here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181666.msg8481075#msg8481075))

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 4/8
Garrison: 1/3 (1x Infantry)

I11 - Forest: Fort Hollivy
Defence: 6/8
Garrison: 2/3 (1x Archers, 1x Infantry)

J10 - Castle: Sundered Spire
Defence: 0/11
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Tower (+4/+4 Defence, +1 Army Cap)
 - Watchtower (Defender's get first strike, gives Hill report)

Resources:
Army : 19/25 (+5/turn) = 14(curr) + 5(inc)
Gold: 25 (+2/turn) = 12(curr) +2(inc) + 11(loot)
Stone: 0 (+0/turn)  = 0(curr)
Wood : 5 (+4/turn) = 1(curr) + 4(inc)
Debt: 20

Territory: F13 (Forest), F15 (Village), G15 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), G11 (Lair), H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), H11 (Village), I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I12 (Marsh), I11 (Forest, Fort Hollivy), J10 (Sundered Spire)
Artefacts: Hunter's Stand (Archers in the army this is attached to only die on 5s if no other units remain)
Equipment: None
Units: 14x Infantry, 1x Wolf

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: Quarque on June 03, 2023, 09:23:30 am

Quote from: Kashyyk on June 03, 2023, 09:11:50 am

@Quarque: I know you're concerned about Reprisals atm, would you like a loan? Can pay it back from that Dragon's hoard perhaps?

Much appreciated, yes I would like to borrow 10 gold. Will repay as soon as possible. And yes we can work out a way to repay from dragon hoard. Killing that thing this turn would make a lot of sense in any case. I can build you a ship for you for 6 wood, or perhaps build it for myself and borrow it to you?

Not committing other orders yet, but of course I'm sending the cat back so you can add it to your sheet.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: Criptfeind on June 03, 2023, 09:35:54 am

Also, wait getting a castle increases your army capacity by 10? Can you send those armies out to do things or are they stuck defending the castle like a fort?

If you can send them out that seems like a really huge deal when actions are, in theory, somewhat gated by army size, basically doubles the amount of stuff you can do in a turn.

Edit: Also, yes, Kashyyk, how much would you charge to send a scout though your outpost?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 10 - RECKONING
Post by: notquitethere on June 03, 2023, 12:01:26 pm

Quote from: Kashyyk on June 03, 2023, 09:11:50 am

Were all five casualties of the Spire mine?

No, I've updated it for Bockhoven and FitzHarbort

Quote from: Kashyyk on June 03, 2023, 09:11:50 am

Fort Heather (H13)'s icon needs updating to show 4 Defence
Do other players beed access permission to reach the Alkabrian Outpost?

I'll fix that shortly.  And it's up to the players involved who has access.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: notquitethere on June 03, 2023, 12:33:41 pm

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 03, 2023, 08:17:14 am

Oh, also, in situations like that with a 3 way battle, how is it determined who each army strikes? And if they overkill, are the rest of the rolls on their attack wasted or do they spread to the other enemies?

In a three way fight, each side's attack treats the other two sides as if they were the same, so hits are randomly apportioned and all used up as usual. So in that last fight, if Cuthbert hadn't already ran away, the cats would have killed him at the same time as you.

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 03, 2023, 09:35:54 am

Also, wait getting a castle increases your army capacity by 10? Can you send those armies out to do things or are they stuck defending the castle like a fort?

If you can send them out that seems like a really huge deal when actions are, in theory, somewhat gated by army size, basically doubles the amount of stuff you can do in a turn.

Yep, it's a mid-game power boost... and if I've built the end-game threats, you'll need it... They work just the same as your first castle, so you can send armies out from them.

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 03, 2023, 08:03:22 am

Cn the fight vs Cuthbert I think the last femur was activated for some reason, doesn't matter since the cats killed everything.

That was me forgetting to untoggle the option, oops. No harm done.

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 03, 2023, 08:03:22 am

Also are the crumbled enemy skeletons suppose to strike back on the turn they are crumbled? Makes sense either way but they seem to be doing so in my fight vs the lair, so I thought I'd check. Doesn't matter since they didn't kill anything though. Also the lair doesn't mention that I get the 11 gold from it, I assume I do, but most of the time it says so explicitly in the turn so I figured I'd check.

Yep, you got the treasure, the omission wasn't deliberate. And when they're dead (through crumbling etc.) they shouldn't fight back so that sounds like a bug to me. The code gets pretty fiddly with that bit. I'll have to check.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: Egan_BW on June 03, 2023, 12:53:41 pm

Looks like you missed scouting S1 and didn't mark R4 as a bog.
Also move the Shield of Earth on the known artifacts list.

Also, uhh, if I'm defending a tile with the shield of earth and the 1 defense isn't broken, does it turn into a siege? Does the shield of earth give enemies -1 attack when fighting on hills?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: notquitethere on June 03, 2023, 01:01:43 pm

Quote from: Egan_BW on June 03, 2023, 12:53:41 pm

Looks like you missed scouting S1 and didn't mark R4 as a bog.

Now fixed.

Quote from: Egan_BW on June 03, 2023, 12:53:41 pm

Also move the Shield of Earth on the known artifacts list.

OK.

Quote from: Egan_BW on June 03, 2023, 12:53:41 pm

Also, uhh, if I'm defending a tile with the shield of earth and the 1 defense isn't broken, does it turn into a siege? Does the shield of earth give enemies -1 attack when fighting on hills?

The description was a bit terse for this one. It doesn't turn into a siege, but while the shield is up, rolls are made as if it was a siege (killing attackers on 7+, defenders on 8+) , but without it being a siege. It has no interaction with hills.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: Elephant Parade on June 03, 2023, 01:40:35 pm

PTW

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: Egan_BW on June 03, 2023, 01:50:44 pm

Quote from: notquitethere on June 03, 2023, 01:01:43 pm

rolls are made as if it was a siege (killing attackers on 7+, defenders on 8+)

To be clear, the owner of the shield is always counting as the "defender", even if it's being brought on a march? What happens if it's brought to a siege? Both sides defend as if siege defenders?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: notquitethere on June 03, 2023, 01:56:58 pm

Quote from: Egan_BW on June 03, 2023, 01:50:44 pm

Quote from: notquitethere on June 03, 2023, 01:01:43 pm

rolls are made as if it was a siege (killing attackers on 7+, defenders on 8+)

To be clear, the owner of the shield is always counting as the "defender", even if it's being brought on a march? What happens if it's brought to a siege? Both sides defend as if siege defenders?

Yes to both, you get the benefit from it even if you're marching. And in a siege, both would count as siege defenders while it lasts.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: a1s on June 03, 2023, 02:04:04 pm

Do archers then get +1 against the shield of earth?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: Egan_BW on June 03, 2023, 02:05:34 pm

I'd think not, since it's not a real siege.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: notquitethere on June 03, 2023, 02:09:14 pm

I think it should probably cancel out both parts of the archer, as its not a siege but its not open combat. So they don't get +1 vs,  but they also don't die on 5s vs the shield. Makes sense to me that way.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: Egan_BW on June 03, 2023, 02:10:54 pm

No downsides for making the shieldcarrier an archer then. They act as normal armies in open combat and get a +1 when attacking forts.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: notquitethere on June 03, 2023, 02:13:55 pm

Good use. And yes, normal until the shield breaks, yeah.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: a1s on June 03, 2023, 02:28:19 pm

Way to bury the lead! Artifacts can break? :o

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: Egan_BW on June 03, 2023, 02:33:47 pm

I think that just means the +1 defense. Since it's a shield of EARTH, I imagine it doing some earthbending shit erupting basic fortifications out of the ground.

But, we have heard that artifacts can be destroyed. Just haven't found out how yet. And they can be shipped to the king of course. :p

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: notquitethere on June 03, 2023, 02:44:53 pm

Haha I meant the temporary earth wall effect. Yes I imagined it a bit like earth bending too. The effect is cast new each combat and the artefact doesn't break through normal use.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: Devastator on June 03, 2023, 03:30:53 pm

Quote from: Egan_BW on June 03, 2023, 02:33:47 pm

I think that just means the +1 defense. Since it's a shield of EARTH, I imagine it doing some earthbending shit erupting basic fortifications out of the ground.

But, we have heard that artifacts can be destroyed. Just haven't found out how yet. And they can be shipped to the king of course. :p

Anyone found Mount Doom yet?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: Kashyyk on June 03, 2023, 05:39:57 pm

If you have a ship to lend me Quarque, I can send some units to fight that Dusk Dragon. Shall we split the loot 50/50? The Golden Net isn't particularly useful to me, so would you want to trade it for Ascupart's Bane?

I can spare you a Bog Cat and 6 Infantry.

10 Gold and the Golden Net is sent to Lord Bockhoven, and a Ship and my Bog Cat is received.
4 Gold is spent to buy 2 Stone, which are used to repair the Sundered Spire.

6 Armies and the Bog Cat sail by Ship (somehow) to attack F10 supported by the attack of Bockhoven
   (treasure division: they receive half the gold, rounded down; I get the territory + artifact, and other half of the Gold)
1 Infantry garrisons the Sundered Spire
1 Infantry garrisons Shandston's Folly
1 Infantry scouts J9->J8->J7
1 Infantry marches on Village K10
1 Infantry marches on Marsh I10
1 Infantry marches on Hill J15
2 Infantry and 1 Wolf marches on Hill I13
2 Infantry march on Village I9

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 14
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)
 - Alkabrian Outpost (see here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181666.msg8481075#msg8481075))

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 4/8
Garrison: 1/3 (1x Infantry)

I11 - Forest: Fort Hollivy
Defence: 6/8
Garrison: 2/3 (1x Archers, 1x Infantry)

J10 - Castle: Sundered Spire
Defence: 2/11
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Tower (+4/+4 Defence, +1 Army Cap)
 - Watchtower (Defender's get first strike, gives Hill report)

Resources:
Army : 16/25 (+5/turn) = 14(curr) + 5(inc) - 3(casualties)
Gold: 15 (+2/turn) = 12(curr) +2(inc) + 11(loot) - 10(Bockhoven) - 4(Buy Stone)
Stone: 0 (+0/turn)  = 0(curr) + 2(buy) - 2(Sundered Spire)
Wood : 5 (+4/turn) = 1(curr) + 4(inc)
Debt: 20

Territory: F13 (Forest), F15 (Village), G15 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), G11 (Lair), H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), H11 (Village), I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I12 (Marsh), I11 (Forest, Fort Hollivy), J10 (Sundered Spire)
Artefacts: Hunter's Stand (Archers in the army this is attached to only die on 5s if no other units remain)
Equipment: Ship
Units: 16x Infantry, 1x Wolf, 1x Bog Cat

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: Quarque on June 03, 2023, 06:27:51 pm

Quote from: Devastator on June 03, 2023, 03:30:53 pm

Anyone found Mount Doom yet?

We found some pretty nasty places but I feel the worst is yet to come.

@Kashyyk: That's a deal. I will join the attack with 9 armies for a total of 16, should be enough with the cat.

Orders:
Build 1 ship
Receive 10 gold and the Golden Net from prince Fitzharbort and send them one ship plus one cat
Sail by ship with 9 armies on F10 to support the attack of Fitzharbort
   (treasure division: I receive half the gold, rounded down; they get the territory + artifact)
March with 1 army, the Rhuddy Cape and 7 wolves on A8
Scout C15 - B15 - A15
Scout D15 - E15
Send a scout to sacrifice 10 gold at F12, then continue - E13 - E14

Spoiler: Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow
C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defense: 10/10
Army Cap: 13
Features:
* Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
* Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
* Shipyard (coast only): -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
* Barracks: +3 army cap

Resources:
Army: 13 (+4/turn) = 13 - 2(curr) + 4(inc) -2(cap)
Gold: 0 (+0*/turn) = 0(curr) + 0(inc) +10(loan) -10*(sacrifice)
debt: 10 to prince Fitzharbort
Stone: 2 (+1*/turn) = 1(curr) + 1(inc)
Wood: 4 (+2*/turn) = 8(curr) +2(inc) -6(build ship)
*: including curse penalty

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape, the Wolf Crystal, the golden net
Equipment: 1 Boat and 2 Ship
Special Units: 7 wolves

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: Criptfeind on June 03, 2023, 10:19:30 pm

Spoiler: Turn 10 gains/losses (click to show/hide)

R12: Quarry +1 Stone production
P6: Forest +1 Wood production
R11: Marsh
Gold +11
-1 Army
-1 Cat
-2 Army
-1 Skeleton archer
Army +2
Wood +3
-1 army
+2 Skeleton warriors
-O7: Village +1 recruitment
+1 Witches curse

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Colour: Blue

Castle: P14
Army: 13-1-2-1++2+5=16!-3=13/13
Defence: 10/10
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove

Wood Production: 5 (4)
Recruitment: 6 (5)
Income: 1 (0)
Stone Production: 1 (0)

Gold: 3+11=14
Debt: 0
Wood: 8+3+4=15
Stone: 1

Artifacts: Last Femur, Pellucid Orb
Equipment: None
Special Units: 8 Skeleton warriors 0 Skeleton Archers 1 Cats
Curses: Granny Longtooth Q9

Holdings list:
O14: Village +1 Recruitment
O15: Forest +1 Wood production
P6: Forest +1 Wood production
P7: Marsh
P8: Forest +1 Wood Production
P9: Hill
P10 Village +1 Recruitment
P11: Forest Fort Ivy 4/8 +1 Wood Production 3 Armies
P12: Lair
P13 Village +1 Recruitment
P15: Hill
Q11: Marsh
Q12: Village +1 Recruitment
Q13: Village +1 Recruitment
Q14: Hill Fort Hawthorn 0/5
R11: Marsh
R12: Quarry +1 Stone production

Spoiler: Turn 11 (click to show/hide)

March 1 Q6
March 1 army 2 skeletons to O6
March 3 armies 4 skeletons to O7
Send 3 armies to Q14 fort Hawthorn
Scout Q6-R6-S5
Scout  O6-O5-O4
Scout O6-N5-N4
Scout S11-S10
Scout S10

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: notquitethere on June 04, 2023, 08:16:58 am

OK, no more edits, as I have the turn ready to go (sans Egan). Nice to have a relatively calm expansion turn in between panicking over mega-stacks. But worse threats are incoming...

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: Criptfeind on June 04, 2023, 08:23:35 am

Starting to regret scouting 5 tile when you say stuff like that.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: VermilionSkies on June 04, 2023, 11:50:15 pm

oh god uh

Spoiler: Gerald Wright (click to show/hide)

Marquess Gerald Wright
Background: Master Builder
Castle Name: Castle Wright
Castle Location K14
Border Colour: Maroon
Army: 7/13
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 3
Stone Production: 1
Recruitment: 3
Gold: 4
Income: 2
Debt: 0
Wood: 1
Stone: 0
Features: Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace, Keep, Barracks
Production Sites: K13 (1 Wood), K12 (1 Army), J13 (1 Stone), L13 (1 Wood), L14 (1 Army)
Forts (location, defense 5/5, armies assigned): Fort Bowyer (K13, 6/6 Defense, 3/3 Armies (3 Archer)), Fort Mason (L15, 9/9 Defense, 3/3 Armies), Fort Tailor (J14, 4/4 Defense, 3/3 Armies), Fort Shepard (K11, 4/4 Defense, 3/3 Armies), Fort Butcher (L10, 5/5 Defense, 3/3 Armies)
Artefacts: None
Equipment:
Special Units:

3 Wood 3 Armies(2 Overflow) 2 Gold 1 Stone
March L9 with 4 Armies (we hate this one specific wisp).
Build Fort Shepard on K11 with 5 Wood. Provide 3 Armies.
Build Fort Butcher on L10 with 4 Wood and 1 Stone. Provide 3 Armies.
1 Army marches J15.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: Quarque on June 05, 2023, 02:49:32 am

Questions about the Selkie court:

It has 31 defense, but what part of that defense score is added by moats?
Can moats be destroyed, like walls?
Do the moats have to be destroyed before the final defending unit can be killed (since it has a keep)?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: a1s on June 05, 2023, 03:43:11 am

Quote from: Quarque on June 05, 2023, 02:49:32 am

Questions about the Selkie court:

It has 31 defense, but what part of that defense score is added by moats?
Can moats be destroyed, like walls?
Do the moats have to be destroyed before the final defending unit can be killed (since it has a keep)?

6 points.

Quote from: notquitethere on May 16, 2023, 07:09:40 am

Moat: +6/6 defence

moats are effectively walls.
Yes

Quote from: notquitethere on May 16, 2023, 07:09:40 am

Keep: +3/+3 defence, your last defender cannot be killed during a siege until your defence is less than 3.

Note also, since seals will scarfiice themselves for The Selkie Queen the unit is the keep is guaranteed to be the hag. Good news: no -1 penalty, bad news you'll be cursed the entire time.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: Quarque on June 05, 2023, 03:52:55 am

Thank you. So I guess that the three moats count for a total of 18 points, but either way they act like regular points of wall.

Since I am going to need tons of wood for this fight, I would be interested in selling wolves for wood next turn (still thinking about the price, but we have some time left before the new turn starts).

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: a1s on June 05, 2023, 04:58:42 am

I'm guessing we already know this, but I don't want to dig through the thread: Do friendly wolves remain friendly after they retreat?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: notquitethere on June 05, 2023, 05:06:20 am

Quote from: a1s on June 05, 2023, 04:58:42 am

I'm guessing we already know this, but I don't want to dig through the thread: Do friendly wolves remain friendly after they retreat?

Yeah, I clarified that in an earlier post. They retreat in the same way as your normal armies retreat (i.e. leave the fight, and not being present for any secondary battles in the same tile). You can use them again the following turn.

Quote from: Quarque on June 05, 2023, 02:49:32 am

Questions about the Selkie court:

A1s's explanations were all correct.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: Egan_BW on June 05, 2023, 07:59:58 am

Forgot to post yesterday. A forum game demanding my attention every day is a strange aberration.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: notquitethere on June 05, 2023, 08:42:36 am

I'm maybe too hard-line with the update schedule, but most forum games give out mid-way and I'm quite keen on seeing them through.

I'm going on another holiday on Wednesday, for a week this time. I'll have a laptop but I'll probably have better things to be doing with my time, so you'll all have a little break then. I'm hoping to get a turn or two done before though. It's been 48+ hours now, so I'm going to be rolling on the next turn in a few hours time (so not too late to spam out a few quick orders, Egan).

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: Criptfeind on June 05, 2023, 08:46:55 am

Quote from: notquitethere on June 05, 2023, 08:42:36 am

I'm maybe too hard-line with the update schedule, but most forum games give out mid-way and I'm quite keen on seeing them through.

I think it's a refreshing change of pace tbh. Not just the update schedule (although that too is something I quite enjoy) but most forum games are pretty half baked (if even that), whereas this seems like a much more fully realized game.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - Turn FOO
Post by: Egan_BW on June 05, 2023, 09:08:09 am

March 4 to the forest valley in Q6.
Sail 1 to the shore of S1.
Sail 1 to claim the useless bog at R13.

Scout R6.
Scout Q7.
Scout R9.

Spoiler: Countess Andice Gloronisits, of Point Swearing (click to show/hide)

Background: Noble
Castle Name: Point Swearing
Castle Location: S14
Border Color: Hot Pink
Defense: 10/10
Cutting: 1
 Wood: 7
Quarrying: 1
 Stone: 2
Recruitment: 3
 Army: 9/10
Income: 3
 Gold: 21
Debt: 0
Features: Shipyard, Coppicing Grove, Library
Forts:
Artefacts:
Speculator's Rod (A scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)
Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)
Equipment: 2 Boats, 1 Ship
Special Units:

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: Criptfeind on June 05, 2023, 09:15:36 am

Going to kill my dude with that, but, given that you're sending 4, I assume you already know that.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: Egan_BW on June 05, 2023, 09:16:43 am

If God gave me a nice natural chokepoint to fence off a segment of the map for myself, then I'm gonna take it, dammit.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: Criptfeind on June 05, 2023, 09:20:26 am

That does immediately expose a flaw with the way the game works. Egans going to get a significant advantage to this clash because they sent in their turn way after me, both easily killing my armies because they can see what I'm doing and the scouts I sent into that area are now basically working for Egan. I can't even pull back my dudes to avoid dead armies or wasted scouts now. There's a pretty hefty perverse incentive if you think you might have clashing expansion to wait for as long as possible before inputting your turn.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: Quarque on June 05, 2023, 09:32:21 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 05, 2023, 09:20:26 am

That does immediately expose a flaw with the way the game works. [snip]

Sorry, but I do think you could have avoided this clash by communicating with Egan before sending units. But if we are getting into pvp, we'll probably have to send our orders by pm instead of publicly.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: Criptfeind on June 05, 2023, 09:35:53 am

Yeah, we could have avoided this specific problem, but you're right that I mean in the broader sense of any sort of conflict between players.

I'm not sure if turns via PM are allowed. That could get pretty messy with editing depending on how that's handled. But yeah if they are allowed then that's at least a solution.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: notquitethere on June 05, 2023, 10:24:47 am

TURN 11

Spoiler: Countess Andice Gloronisits, of Point Swearing (click to show/hide)

March 4 to the forest valley in Q6:
Your armies attack (4, 4, 3 and 4), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (6), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (8, 7 and 3), defeating one of the enemies (Vulk Unit).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: one.

Sail 1 to the shore of S1: You take the undefended forest.

Sail 1 to claim the useless bog at R13: You take the undefended marshland

Scout R6: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the muddy mire they find a bog hag with three bog cats. The Hag weilds the Saint's Knuckles (take -1 when rolling on the monster table (usually less dangerous results))
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout Q7: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the dense woods they find three wisps.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout R9: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the murky fen they find two rampaging boar.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Marquess Gerald Wright - Castle Wright (click to show/hide)

March L9 with 4 Armies (we hate this one specific wisp): Your armies attack (3, 5, 2 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county. Another skeleton appears in Blasted Oak.

1 Army marches J15: Your armies attack (, defeating one of the enemies (FitzHarbort unit).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county. Nothing new learned from the hill report.

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

6 Armies and the Bog Cat sail by Ship (somehow) to attack F10 supported by 9 armies from Bockhoven
   (treasure division: they receive half the gold, rounded down; I get the territory + artifact, and other half of the Gold): The dragon attacks first: (6, 3, 6, 1, 6, 7, 7, 2, 5 and 6), killing six of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (4, 1, 4, 6, 5, 3, 5, 4, 2 and 3), defeating three hits.

The enemy attacks back (4, 2, 1, 6, 2, 5 and 7), killing two of your armies.
You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
 Your total losses: eight (three Fitzharbort, five Bockhoven)

1 Infantry scouts J9->J8->J7: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the towering woods they find a Thornish Fort with one Thornish holdout defending, and walls at 5/5 strength. Your scout withdraws to safety.

1 Infantry marches on Village K10: You sieze the undefended village.

1 Infantry marches on Marsh I10: You sieze the undefended marsh.

1 Infantry marches on Hill J15: You sieze the undefended hill. (Nothing new learned in the hill report.)
Later an army from Castle Wright comes (see Wright above), kills your unit and takes the land themselves.

2 Infantry and 1 Wolf marches on Hill I13: Your armies attack (with one wolf) (7, 6 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county. (Nothing new learned in the hill report.)

2 Infantry march on Village I9: Your armies attack (8 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

March 3 on L8: Your armies attack (4, 9 and 3), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
The enemy attacks back (, killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (9 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county. Three new skeleton warriors emerge beneath the Blasted Oak
 Your total losses: one.

March 5 on M7: The enemy hides behind their walls (7 wall strength).
Your armies attack (6, 6, 6, 6 and , damaging the walls (4) defeating one of the enemies (Thornish holdout).
The enemy attacks back (1 and 7), from behind their walls, killing one of your armies. A siege begins with your four camped outside the walls!
 Your total losses: one.

March 6 + bog cat on N12: The boar, boar and boar attack first (1, 0, 3, 7, 2 and 0), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (4, 2, 3, 1, 8 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (boar).
The enemy attacks back (4 and 2), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (3, 8, 2, 4, 4 and 7), defeating two of the enemies (boar and boar).
All enemies are defeated and the marsh is absorbed into your county. You get 5 gold, three wood and one stone from the territory.
Your total losses: one.

Spoiler: Bockhoven - Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Sail by ship with 9 armies on F10 to support the attack of Fitzharbort
   (treasure division: I receive half the gold, rounded down; they get the territory + artifact): See Fitzharbort above.

March with 1 army, the Rhuddy Cape and 7 wolves on A8: Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy  Cape) (with seven wolves) (3, 5, 2, 3, 9, 7, 2, 7, 2 and 3), defeating four of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian, Bloodsinger, Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county. You now own the Marrowfat Throne.

Scout C15 - B15 - A15: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the thick woods they find nothing.
You scout through the second land, discovering a forest.
In the towering copse they find a Thornish Fort with two Thornish holdouts defending, and walls at 8/8 strength.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout D15 - E15: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the dark woods they find a bog cat.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Send a scout to sacrifice 10 gold at F12, then continue - E13 - E14. Making a sacrifice, then heading through a village, then into marshland. In the muddy fen they find a few signs of habitation long ago.

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

March 1 Q6: The undefended forest is conquered for your county. Then you're attacked by four Alkabrian soldiers from Point Swearing! (See Countess Gloronisits above.) You lose the county, your total losses: one.

March 1 army 2 skeletons to O6: Your armies attack (with two skeletons) (5, 2 and 3), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

March 3 armies 4 skeletons to O7: In a panic, Cuthbert releases a cat from the sack for a three-way battle!

Your armies attack (with four skeletons) (7, 4, 4, 4, 1, 3 and 1), defeating one of the enemies (bog cat).

Cuthbert attacks back (5), with none of your units defeated. Unsuccessful, he slinks away southeast!
You conquer the village!

Scout Q6-R6-S5: The first land is newly conquered forest. You scout through the second land, discovering a marshland. In the muddy mire they find a bog hag with three bog cats. The Hag weilds the Saint's Knuckles (take -1 when rolling on the monster table (usually less dangerous results))
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout  O6-O5-O4: First travelling through a newly conquered village, then you scout through the second land, discovering a village. The settlement is undefended and would be easily cowed.
You scout through the third land, discovering a hill. On the rugged slopes they find three wisps.

Scout O6-N5-N4: First travelling through a newly conquered village, then to the second land, discovering a marshland. In the foul bog they find two wolves. Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout S11-S10: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the craggy down they find one gold.
From the hill:
NW: you see the scout hut
N: you see a marsh
NE: you see a hill
E: you see a forest
SE: you see forest
S: you see an unusual site: Some kind of Hill fort?
SW: you see hill
W: you see a forest
You scout through the second land, discovering a forest.
In the thick copse they find a Thornish Fort with two Thornish holdouts defending, and walls at 5/5 strength.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout S10: The scout sees the same fort as before.

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

- [F11] The dragon flies south-east.
- [M6] The dragon doesn't wander.

- The Moot: Barbarian-occupied tiles 1 (B10), 3 (D10), 13 (T12) send someone to the moot.
- Reprisals:
 --[FitzHarbort 24%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Wright 9%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Gloronisits 6%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Ayes 8%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Vulk 4%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Bockhoven 0%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.

The Thornish Juniper Fort at J9 gains another recruit. The Thornish Bracken Fort B15 gains another recruit. The Thornish Sycamore Fort S10 gains another recruit.

- [K9] Hogs Landing: No new monsters come.
- [L2] Puzzle Dungeon: Joining the lair is a bog cat.
- [S3] Giant's Toe: Joining the lair is one wisp.

There are now twelve Skeletal Warriors in Blasted Oak (K8) and so they march! They travel to the new Fort Butcher at L10, picking up four boar and a bog cat from K9. The power of the Oak keeps these skeletons from crumbling!
Marquess Wright's forces are behind defences (5 wall strength).
The skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, bog cat, boar, boar, boar and boar attack first, with the boar attacking twice (2, 2, 7, 4, 5, 3, 3, 4, 3, 1, 3, 8, 3, 1, 1, 8, 8, 3, 5 and 7), damaging the walls (3) killing three of Marquess Wright's armies. Marquess Wright's armies have been defeated.
Total losses: three. The cat converts the land to marshes.

Turn 12
Research
In A11 (in the Selkie Court) is Cragman's Spike (a scout may pass through mountains)

In K4 is the Host of Prince Owain - Village - Prince Owain is a Squelshman who intends to take back the Hedge for the natives. Starting in his home village (in a WW sector), the Host will march on a random occupied village square each turn (so long as it's reachable by land), and leave a troop behind to guard. If there are no villages left to liberate, the Host will march on a castle belonging to the Lord with the highest reprisal level. The Host has a chance of attacking the owner of a Marrowfat artefact instead of a village if any are present on the map. When attacking, all Squelsh in tiles adjacent to the tile being attacked will join the Host. Liberated villages pledge to Prince Owain. Each turn the Host gains one Squelsh Barbarian for each village pledged. The host begins with 1 unit (Owain, a Squelsh Champion who counts as two armies, personally has +1 to combat rolls) + 1 Squelsh barbarian for each village currently conquered when the Host is discovered. Players may voluntarily give villages to the Host, which also reduces their reprisal chance by 5 for each village. While Owain lives, conquering Squelsh villages generates +5 reprisal chance. Prince Owain carries the Marrowfat Shield. While Owain lives the ferocity of the Squelsh is at its height: all Squelsh units attack first, even if they've been scouted or appear in villages. The Host can retreat in battle if they have any territory left.

(https://i.imgur.com/ifcfOQW.png)

Spoiler: Known Artefact List (click to show/hide)

In the world
A11 is Cragman's Spike (a scout may pass through mountains)
B1 is the Black Trotter (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Trotter will gain the Black Trotter.) (One unit attacks first twice at the start of each combat, but each time they kill a unit somewhere a boar will turn into a grand tusk- a giant pig that counts as 2 boar. If no boar are currently on the map, the next X boar to appear will all be grand tusks, where X is the number of units killed by the Trotter.)
E5 is Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)
F11 is Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).
G6 is Black Claw (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Claw will gain the Black Claw.) (+4 dice rolled when attacking, every time someone is killed by a force wielding the claw, the nearest square with a bog cat gains another cat. If there are none, a bog cat will appear in the nearest empty square.)
G10 is Bitter Brew  (The set of armies this is equipped to never retreats from losses.)
H4 is the Black Lance (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding the Black Lance will gain the Black Lance.) (You never attack first in combats, but on your first attack all your attackers will attack three times. The turn after slaying someone with the lance, Dragons will preferentially fly one square in your direction when flying to a new home. When this first discovered, place the Dawn Dragon on M6 (the Dawn Dragon counts for 15 armies)).
I5 is the Shimmering Coin (+2 on rolls that determine gold amounts)
I6 is Sundering Claw (assign a scout to crack open a permanent path through any adjacent mountain. 25% chance to call a hostile dragon to the location)
In K4 is the Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)
N6 is the Juniper Cape (a scout isn't stopped by monsters)
O7 is the Cat Sack (defeated Bog Cats are put in the Cat Sack instead of being killed if the Cat Sack is held by the winning force. These cats are owned but unfriendly, and any number can be released by an army in any combat, or let loose by a scout in any tile.)
Q8 is the Crimson Drum (attack first when defending)
R6 are the Saint's Knuckles (take -1 when rolling on the monster table (usually less dangerous results))

Held by Lords
Bockhoven: the Rhuddy Cape (the unit this is assigned to is now considered a giant)

The Wolf Crystal (wolves encountered will join the army instead (they still all run away when injured)

Marrowfat Throne (when owned by someone of Squelsh heritage, one Squelsh defector will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production) and adjacent Squelsh armies will join your attacks on non-Squelsh; when owned by an Alkabrian or other, +30 reprisal chance, +100 reprisal chance if destroyed.)

Vulk: the Last Femur! (1/4 chance of each dead unit being resurrected to your side as a skeleton warrior when they die)

Pellucid Orb (+1 to scout travel distance)

Gloronisits: the Speculator's Rod (a scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

The Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)

Prince FitzHarborrt: Hunter's Stand (Archers in the army this is attached to only die on 5s if no other units remain)

Golden Net (A scout carrying this across water has a 25% chance of rolling on the treasure table)

Spoiler: Known Unique Sites (click to show/hide)

A11 is the Selkie Court (Castle with Keep, Moat x 3!) 31/31 defence - The Selkie Queen lives in the Selkie Court. She is a hag protected by 8 royal seals (who act identically to bog cats but with water instead of marshes). In her vault, she has a treasure of 20 gold and two random artefacts (which may be used in defence). The court only appears on coast or water tiles.)

C8 is the Crimson Tower (Keep/Tower/Bloodforge) Defence 17/17,  - Dai the Bloodsinger has a Bloodforge in which 3 armies may be sacrificed to create a new artefact (and become anathema to all).

F12 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance for reprisals against the Hedge Lord to 0.

E10 is an unknown lair.

F11 is Lake Sorrow.

F13 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance to reprisals to 0. This only works for people who don't own the Grove.

G10 is Wolfhaven Woods - Forest. Spiritual home of wolf kind. Inhabited by 10d4 wolves (25). These wolves will only flee if less than 10 remain. Any wolves that would otherwise be loyal to a non-wolf, are loyal to the wolves in these woods. Wolves in this forest will never march on anywhere.

H10 is Owl Woods - Forest. Originally guarded by the Dusk Dragon (the Dusk Dragon counts for 10 armies) and seven wisps. The dragon holds Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).

K4 is the Host of Prince Owain - Village - Prince Owain is a Squelshman who intends to take back the Hedge for the natives. Starting in his home village (in a WW sector), the Host will march on a random occupied village square each turn (so long as it's reachable by land), and leave a troop behind to guard. If there are no villages left to liberate, the Host will march on a castle belonging to the Lord with the highest reprisal level. The Host has a chance of attacking the owner of a Marrowfat artefact instead of a village if any are present on the map. When attacking, all Squelsh in tiles adjacent to the tile being attacked will join the Host. Liberated villages pledge to Prince Owain. Each turn the Host gains one Squelsh Barbarian for each village pledged. The host begins with 1 unit (Owain, a Squelsh Champion who counts as two armies, personally has +1 to combat rolls) + 1 Squelsh barbarian for each village currently conquered when the Host is discovered. Players may voluntarily give villages to the Host, which also reduces their reprisal chance by 5 for each village. While Owain lives, conquering Squelsh villages generates +5 reprisal chance. Prince Owain carries the Marrowfat Shield. While Owain lives the ferocity of the Squelsh is at its height: all Squelsh units attack first, even if they've been scouted or appear in villages. The Host can retreat in battle if they have any territory left.

K8 is Blasted Oak - Forest. If any non-skeleton dies here on in an adjacent tile, a new hostile skeleton will spawn here. 8 skeletal warriors are wandering around here.

M8 is The Hirsute Sage's Hut (while independent, scouts that pass through the hut will ignore the first set of enemies they come across while scouting after visiting the hut. The sage leaves if his home becomes occupied.)

N7 is Taghairn Cave - Owned by Cuthbert Catsbane, a Bloodsinger who wields the Cat Sack if it hasn't appeared elsewhere. Has a limited kind of Bloodforge in which three cats may be sacrificed to create a new artefact. You would first have to find a way of gaining the cats.

O8 is The Hag Market. Marshland. Protected by 9 bog hags and 27 bog cats. Scouts can be sent to the market to buy bog cats (4 gold each) and otherwise may pass through without being attacked. Half the money spent here remains as possible loot. Friendly bog cats have +1 attack in marshland, and while you have a cat, they give -1 (non-cumulative) to enemy attack rolls. Cats cannot be sent to scout, and they cannot be send to attack or patrol by themselves. Monsters won't march from this location."

Q5 is The Moot - Village with 2d2 (2+1=3) Squelsh Barbarians and a moat (6/6 defense). It is the neutral meeting place of rival Squelsh bands. At the start of each enemy turn, each tile with a Squelsh Barbarian has a 25% chance of sending someone to the Moot. The first Squelsh reprisal each turn will be joined by whomever is in the Moot. If the Moot is conquered, a new Moot (with a new moat) will appear in the most populous Squelsh-held village at the start of the next player turn, or if there are no such villages, it may appear in future tile generation (from scouting, research etc.).

Q9 is Granny Longtooth's Hut - Marshland. 4/4 defence while Granny Longtooth lives here. Granny Longtooth is a Bog Hag protected by 15 Bog Cats. Monsters won't normally march from this location, but Granny Longtooth will curse anyone who has sacrificed cats or who has let a friendly cat come to harm. (While she lives: -1 income, -1 recruitment, -1 wood production, -1 stone production, to a minimum of 0 each.)

R3 is The Castle of Bryn the Brawn (Keep/Tower/Tower) Defence 21/21, occupied by Bryn, a giant, and his family, three more giants. The adjacent squares are also within his domain. Bryn will wage war to retake any squares adjacent to his castle, always accompanied in battle by 1d6 wolves.

R10 is the Scout Hut - Initially abandoned and inhabited by a family of 6 boar. Up to three armies can be assigned to the Hut as if it were a fort and they don't count towards your army cap. These armies can scout so long at they begin scouting from a tile adjacent to the hut. Spend 3 wood to dismantle and reassemble the hut on an empty tile you own.

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Notes
- PVP! We've had two player-driven fights. As I said at the beginning, this game can be played co-operatively or competitively... If you feel you're moving into a competive area then you may send your orders by PM. But if you do: update your sheet publically (at least with the your state at the start of each player turn). Don't play mindgames with public posts: if you post things publically and send things privately, I will take the public-facing order. The correct way to do it is place a spoiler of your current game-state and write a note that the orders were sent privately. Please continue to do trades publically. As an optional nice touch for the thread-history, you're encouraged to edit in your previous orders after a turn update so players can see what you said you did.
- Edits are a pain with PMs, so be sure of your order before you send via this method as I'm much more likely to take the wrong post if you spam me with four different versions of your turn.
- Regarding PVP, I randomise who turns up at a location first, so bear that in mind. Often coming last has the most benefits but there's not currently a way to guarantee that.
- Skeletal fighters can't normally do things on their own, but I've ruled that the Blasted Oak ones can as they can apparently spawn without assistance: it's the tree itself that continues to empower them.
- Owain has globally made all the Squelsh more dangerous: they all get first strike regardless while he lives. So bear that in mind.
- Owain himself is a Squelsh Champion, a new unit type which you'll see a bit more of. They count as two armies and get +1 to their own attack rolls.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: Criptfeind on June 05, 2023, 10:36:02 am

That dragon is rolling hot!

If an archer has the marrowfat shield, does that protect him from 5s until everyone else is dead?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: notquitethere on June 05, 2023, 10:38:04 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 05, 2023, 10:36:02 am

That dragon is rolling hot!

His luck is going to run out eventually but he's had a good run so far! He needs to join up with some friends like the Dawn Dragon.

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 05, 2023, 10:36:02 am

If an archer has the marrowfat shield, does that protect him from 5s until everyone else is dead?

Sure, it makes a unit untargetable while allies on the field live.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: Criptfeind on June 05, 2023, 10:41:11 am

Does anything stop us from taking back villages we give to the host to farm Reprisal reduction? Even if the host leaves behind a warrior to protect it that's still 4% reduction overall? Abet at the cost of a couple of army turns. That seems like it shouldn't work but am unsure if there'd be something else to stop it?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: notquitethere on June 05, 2023, 10:46:47 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 05, 2023, 10:41:11 am

Does anything stop us from taking back villages we give to the host to farm Reprisal reduction? Even if the host leaves behind a warrior to protect it that's still 4% reduction overall? Abet at the cost of a couple of army turns. That seems like it shouldn't work but am unsure if there'd be something else to stop it?

Good point. I remembered something I'd meant to add (which probably should have always been there from the beginning).

Quote

While Owain lives, conquering Squelsh villages generates +5 reprisal chance.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: Criptfeind on June 05, 2023, 10:48:45 am

Yeah, now that's a proper incentive to kill Owain.

Gunna take a lot of working together to put him down though, since it'll be very difficult to kill that many barbarians attacking first at the same time.

If he happens to attack K12 on his first roll that might be the end of us. Which would be pretty funny.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: Kashyyk on June 05, 2023, 10:54:08 am

There are a few different "first strike" effects now, (Owain, the Watchtower, Boars, Crimson Drum...) what takes precedence if opposing armies both claim first strike?

Edit to add: Also, does the "march to random village" equate to a teleport or do they interact with each territory they pass through on the way?

Edit2: Will destroying the Blasted Oak force its Skeletons to crumble?

Edit3: Is it conquering "any" Squelsh Village that nets reprisal, or just ones that owe fealty to Owain? Also is he at all concerned with unaligned villages?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: Quarque on June 05, 2023, 11:03:43 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 05, 2023, 10:36:02 am

That dragon is rolling hot!

No kidding.

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The Host has a chance of attacking the owner of a Marrowfat artefact instead of a village if any are present on the map.

What is the probability that he attacks the owner of a Marrowfat artefact? Which square does he attack in such a case, is this random? Does Owain join in these attacks in person?

The Host of Prince Owain is not in the list of unique locations yet btw.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: Criptfeind on June 05, 2023, 11:08:34 am

I somewhat wonder if having the libraries are more of a danger then they are worth, they make the game a lot more interesting for sure, but they do seem to be popping out hard to deal with threats at a high rate. In this case, if I understand correctly, owain is going to be picking off a random village every turn, and making it a very dicey proposition to take them back, until basically we go conquer K4, which is, minimum, 4 turns away (and that'd be with A1 bombing for it as fast as possible and assuming no other threats popped up in the way)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: notquitethere on June 05, 2023, 11:11:52 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 05, 2023, 10:48:45 am

If he happens to attack K12 on his first roll that might be the end of us. Which would be pretty funny.

Might be a bit tricky, but even then I think you'd have some clever ways to beat him.

Quote from: Kashyyk on June 05, 2023, 10:54:08 am

There are a few different "first strike" effects now, (Owain, the Watchtower, Boars, Crimson Drum...) what takes precedence if opposing armies both claim first strike?

The general principle is the more specific rules supersede general rules. So in this case, the order should go, from first to last:

Crimson Drum (specific, artefact-based) -> The Watchtower (specific) -> Boars (unit effect) -> Owain (global effect)

Does that match with people's intuitions here? I'm prevaricating a bit on the last two, but my thinking is that boars are inherently more prone to charging than the barbarians.

Quote from: Quarque on June 05, 2023, 11:03:43 am

What is the probability that he attacks the owner of a Marrowfat artefact? Which square does he attack in such a case, is this random? Does Owain join in these attacks in person?

It's an even probability (if there are 26 player-owned villages, and one Marrowfat artefact, he has a 1 in 27 chance of attacking it). Artefacts are held in the main castle unless explicitly assigned to a scout or marching army or set of defenders in another castle or fort. Owain marches with the army and will move from place to place each turn.

Quote from: Quarque on June 05, 2023, 11:03:43 am

The Host of Prince Owain is not in the list of unique locations yet btw.

One moment...

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 05, 2023, 11:08:34 am

I somewhat wonder if having the libraries are more of a danger then they are worth, they make the game a lot more interesting for sure, but they do seem to be popping out hard to deal with threats at a high rate. In this case, if I understand correctly, owain is going to be picking off a random village every turn, and making it a very dicey proposition to take them back, until basically we go conquer K4, which is, minimum, 4 turns away (and that'd be with A1 bombing for it as fast as possible and assuming no other threats popped up in the way)

Well, they raise both the power and danger level, as they seed many more artefacts into the world than would appear with normal tile generation. Most of the sites offer some sort of reward for beating them (even Owain does), but whether that balances out the danger they present is debatable.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: Kashyyk on June 05, 2023, 11:14:56 am

Understandably, you missed some questions I edited in.

The Specific beats General rule is intuitive, and what I assumed. I'm sure we can always ask for clarification in weird edge cases.

Quote from: Kashyyk on June 05, 2023, 10:54:08 am

Edit to add: Also, does the "march to random village" equate to a teleport or do they interact with each territory they pass through on the way?

Edit2: Will destroying the Blasted Oak force its Skeletons to crumble?

Edit3: Is it conquering "any" Squelsh Village that nets reprisal, or just ones that owe fealty to Owain? Also is he at all concerned with unaligned villages?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: notquitethere on June 05, 2023, 11:18:28 am

Quote from: Kashyyk on June 05, 2023, 10:54:08 am

Edit to add: Also, does the "march to random village" equate to a teleport or do they interact with each territory they pass through on the way?

They sneak their way into the villages, bypassing other tiles. They still can't travel on water or mountain tiles, which might be more relevant if you pick up the right artefacts.

Quote from: Kashyyk on June 05, 2023, 10:54:08 am

Edit2: Will destroying the Blasted Oak force its Skeletons to crumble?

That's a reasonable assumption to make. There are rules in the OP about destroying terrain.

Quote from: Kashyyk on June 05, 2023, 10:54:08 am

Edit3: Is it conquering "any" Squelsh Village that nets reprisal, or just ones that owe fealty to Owain? Also is he at all concerned with unaligned villages?

They care about all Squelsh villages (I should have made it give reprisal from the beginning). I'll rule that they won't give reprisal for taking a monster or Thornish aligned villages (as it's not making things worse) but they will still try and retake any Lord-owned village.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: a1s on June 05, 2023, 11:21:10 am

I came here to ask the same question. I'm assuming if I sent a cat in to turn that forest into a marsh it would kill the evil oak?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: Criptfeind on June 05, 2023, 11:21:41 am

Quote from: notquitethere on June 05, 2023, 11:11:52 am

Does that match with people's intuitions here? I'm prevaricating a bit on the last two, but my thinking is that boars are inherently more prone to charging than the barbarians.

I'm okay with whatever rule is decided so long as it's clear.

I think it'd be simpler to just have all strikes first effects work, and things that are striking first would then go in the standard order of attacker defender. So if you have say an army of boars+skeletons attack an army of with the drum it'd go
Attacking boars attack
Defenders attack
Attacking skeletons attack
Normal combat rounds from then on and such.

But really whatever so long as we know the rules is okay with me :P

Quote from: notquitethere on June 05, 2023, 11:11:52 am

Owain marches with the army and will move from place to place each turn.

Ah, does that mean he'll effectively spends a turn "defending" every village he takes? And thus would be open to a reprisal attack? If so, that makes him much less of a threat, abet still one that will require player co-operation to take down.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: notquitethere on June 05, 2023, 11:30:23 am

Quote from: a1s on June 05, 2023, 11:21:10 am

I came here to ask the same question. I'm assuming if I sent a cat in to turn that forest into a marsh it would kill the evil oak?

I think I said before that unique site forests specifically can be destroyed by bog cats, yes.

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 05, 2023, 11:21:41 am

I think it'd be simpler to just have all strikes first effects work, and things that are striking first would then go in the standard order of attacker defender. So if you have say an army of boars+skeletons attack an army of with the drum it'd go
Attacking boars attack
Defenders attack
Attacking skeletons attack
Normal combat rounds from then on and such.

Oh that's more simple and I don't have remember what I ruled on to be consistent. Let's go with this.

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 05, 2023, 11:21:41 am

Ah, does that mean he'll effectively spends a turn "defending" every village he takes? And thus would be open to a reprisal attack? If so, that makes him much less of a threat, abet still one that will require player co-operation to take down.

Yes that's right.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: a1s on June 05, 2023, 12:14:52 pm

If two battles happen near the oak, and it's occupied, will there be two battles against skeletons or one?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: notquitethere on June 05, 2023, 12:22:12 pm

Quote from: a1s on June 05, 2023, 12:14:52 pm

If two battles happen near the oak, and it's occupied, will there be two battles against skeletons or one?

Two, as the summons happen at the end of each individual combat.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: Quarque on June 05, 2023, 12:29:20 pm

Can a ship reach B2 from A3?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: Kashyyk on June 05, 2023, 12:34:27 pm

Quote from: notquitethere on June 05, 2023, 12:22:12 pm

Quote from: a1s on June 05, 2023, 12:14:52 pm

If two battles happen near the oak, and it's occupied, will there be two battles against skeletons or one?

Two, as the summons happen at the end of each individual combat.

Does the skeletons appearing via Summon count as "attacking" the territory?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: notquitethere on June 05, 2023, 12:37:35 pm

Quote from: Quarque on June 05, 2023, 12:29:20 pm

Can a ship reach B2 from A3?

It can land there but not sail along the water that way to B1 etc

Quote from: Kashyyk on June 05, 2023, 12:34:27 pm

Quote from: notquitethere on June 05, 2023, 12:22:12 pm

Quote from: a1s on June 05, 2023, 12:14:52 pm

If two battles happen near the oak, and it's occupied, will there be two battles against skeletons or one?

Two, as the summons happen at the end of each individual combat.

Does the skeletons appearing via Summon count as "attacking" the territory?

If a player conquers it and a new enemy unit spawns in a player-owned tile, that enemy unit counts as attacking.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: Quarque on June 05, 2023, 02:31:27 pm

@Kashyyk: I can spare 7 units to aid with the dragon this turn. Do you want to take it on? It can't be insanely lucky like this forever.
If I can keep the Golden Net, I would propose for you to get the Bane and to split the gold proportional to unit count. However, to save the GM some work you can take the gold and we can do the calculation next turn.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: a1s on June 05, 2023, 04:10:44 pm

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
Castle Location N-13
Border Colour: Red
Army: 15/15
Defence: 18/18
Wood Production: 7
Recruitment: 4
Income: 1
Wood: 36
Gold: 9
Stone:1
Debt: 0
Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks, Tower
Forts : None
Artifacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: 1 bog cat

orders:
receive The Wolf Crystal from Bockhoven
Send 6 wood to Bockhoven
Send 6 wood to Ambrosio Vulk
March 5 on L7
March 3 on M7
March 1 on K7 with the Wolf Crystal.
March 5 + bog cat on K8
Scout K7-K6-L6

I would also like to sell some wood. 3:2 gold, 2:1 stone!

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: Kashyyk on June 05, 2023, 04:11:13 pm

That all sounds good to me. I'll send you back that Ship too, I doubt I'll have much use for it.

Give 1 Ship to Lord Bockhoven
Spend 8 Wood to build four Siege engines
Receive 3 stonefrom Lord Bockhoven and use them to repair Sundered Spire
Receive 4 armies from Lord Wright
2 armies Garrison Sundered Spire
2 armies Garrison Shandston's Folly
10 armies, 1 wolf and 1 Bog Cat (assisted by Lord Bockhoven) March on Hill G12
1 army marches on Hogs Landing K9
1 army marches Village H9
5 armies and 4 Siege engines march on Fort Juniper J9
1 army gifts the Hunter's Stand to the King
1 army garrisons Fort Heatehr

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 14
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)
 - Alkabrian Outpost (see here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181666.msg8481075#msg8481075))

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 4/8
Garrison: 2/3 (2x Infantry)

I11 - Forest: Fort Hollivy
Defence: 6/8
Garrison: 2/3 (1x Archers, 1x Infantry)

J10 - Castle: Sundered Spire
Defence: 5/11
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Tower (+4/+4 Defence, +1 Army Cap)
 - Watchtower (Defender's get first strike, gives Hill report)

Resources:
Army : 21/25 (+7/turn) = 16(curr) + 7(inc) - 4(casualties) - 1(envoy) + 4(Wright) - 1(Fort Heather)
Gold: 17 (+2/turn) = 15(curr) +2(inc)
Stone: 0 (+0/turn)  = 0(curr) + 3(Bockhoven) - 3(Sundered Spire)
Wood : 9 (+4/turn) = 5(curr) + 4(inc)
Debt: 20
Score: +20(Hunter's Stand)

Territory: F13 (Forest), F15 (Village), G15 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), G11 (Lair), H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), H11 (Village), I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I13 (Hill), I12 (Marsh), I11 (Forest, Fort Hollivy), I10 (Marsh), I9 (Village), J10 (Sundered Spire), K10 (Village)
Artefacts: Hunter's Stand (Archers in the army this is attached to only die on 5s if no other units remain) -> Gift to the King
Equipment: Ship -> Bockhoven
Units: 19x Infantry, 1x Wolf, 1x Bog Cat

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: Quarque on June 05, 2023, 05:13:05 pm

Orders:
Send the Wolf Crystal to marchioness Aywen Ayes and receive 6 wood from them.
Receive 1 ship from prince Fitzharbort and send them 3 stone, discounting debt by 6.
Build 3 siege engines
March 1 army to C15
1 scout scouts the Selkie Court at A11 by boat
1 army garrisons D11, carrying the Marrow Throne to fort Neubockelstein
1 army with 3 siege engines, the Rhuddy Cape and 7 wolves lay siege to the Thorns at B15
1 army sails by ship to B2 with the Golden Net and scouts B2 - B1
Send 7 armies to support the attack on the dragon at G12

Spoiler: Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow
C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defense: 10/10
Army Cap: 13
Features:
* Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
* Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
* Shipyard (coast only): -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
* Barracks: +3 army cap

Resources:
Army: 12 (+4/turn) = 13 - 5(curr) + 4(inc)
Gold: 0 (+0*/turn) = 0(curr) + 0(inc)
debt: 4 gold to prince Fitzharbort
Stone: 0 (+1*/turn) = 2(curr) + 1(inc) -3(repayment)
Wood: 7 (+3*/turn) = 4(curr) +3(inc) -6(siege engines) +6(trade with Aywen Ayes)
*: including curse penalty

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape, the Golden Net, the Marrow Throne
Equipment: 1 Boat and 2 Ships
Special Units: 7 wolves

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: Criptfeind on June 05, 2023, 06:22:48 pm

Spoiler: Turn 11 gains/losses (click to show/hide)

-1 Army
-3 armies +3 armies in fort hawthorn
O6: Village +1 recruitment
O7: Village +1 recruitment
Gold +1
- P8: Forest +1 Wood Production

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Colour: Blue

Castle: P14
Army: 13-1-3+7=16!-3=13/13
Defence: 10/10
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove

Wood Production: 4 (3)
Recruitment: 8 (7)
Income: 1 (0)
Stone Production: 1 (0)

Gold: 14+1=15
Debt: 0
Wood: 15+3=18
Stone: 1

Artifacts: Last Femur, Pellucid Orb
Equipment: None
Special Units: 8 Skeleton warriors 0 Skeleton Archers 1 Cats
Curses: Granny Longtooth Q9

Holdings list:
O6: Village +1 recruitment
O7: Village +1 recruitment
O14: Village +1 Recruitment
O15: Forest +1 Wood production
P6: Forest +1 Wood production
P7: Marsh
P9: Hill
P10 Village +1 Recruitment
P11: Forest Fort Ivy 4/8 +1 Wood Production 3 Armies
P12: Lair
P13 Village +1 Recruitment
P15: Hill
Q11: Marsh
Q12: Village +1 Recruitment
Q13: Village +1 Recruitment
Q14: Hill Fort Hawthorn 0/5 3 armies
R11: Marsh
R12: Quarry +1 Stone production

Spoiler: Turn 12 (click to show/hide)

Spend 8 wood to make 1 ship
Spend 8 wood to make 4 siege weapons
Purchase 6 wood from Aywen Ayes for 4 gold
March 1 army Q6
March 1 army 2 skeletons P8
March 1 army S11
March 1 army R13
March 1 army R14
March 1 army R15
Sail 4 armies with last femur and 5 skeletons and 1 cat with 4 siege weapons from Q13 to S14 to siege Point Swearing
March 3 armies 1 skeleton to S10

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: Quarque on June 06, 2023, 01:13:16 am

Editing my orders to add in a trade deal with marchioness Aywen Ayes. I shall lend them the Wolf Crystal for one turn in return for 6 wood now and 1 wolf next turn.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: Kashyyk on June 06, 2023, 02:08:14 am

Quote from: Quarque

Since I have no gold, I'm willing to repay my debt in the form of stone, if you'd accept them as discounting two gold of debt each. I have up to 3 stones available this turn.

I accept all three Stone

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: Quarque on June 06, 2023, 02:17:10 am

done

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: a1s on June 06, 2023, 09:32:46 am

Can a loan from the king be taken multiple times?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: notquitethere on June 06, 2023, 09:33:37 am

Yeah on separate trips (or multiple scouts on the same turn).

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: a1s on June 06, 2023, 09:49:06 am

Scouts, right. I can't spare any ATM.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: VermilionSkies on June 06, 2023, 03:51:09 pm

Spoiler: Gerald Wright (click to show/hide)

Marquess Gerald Wright
Background: Master Builder
Castle Name: Castle Wright
Castle Location K14
Border Colour: Maroon
Army: 9/13
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 3
Stone Production: 1
Recruitment: 3
Gold: 0
Income: 2
Debt: 0
Wood: 4
Stone: 1
Features: Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace, Keep, Barracks
Production Sites: K13 (1 Wood), K12 (1 Army), J13 (1 Stone), L13 (1 Wood), L14 (1 Army)
Forts (location, defense 5/5, armies assigned): Fort Bowyer (K13, 6/6 Defense, 3/3 Armies (3 Archer)), Fort Mason (L15, 9/9 Defense, 3/3 Armies), Fort Tailor (J14, 4/4 Defense, 3/3 Armies), Fort Shepard (K11, 4/4 Defense, 3/3 Armies), Fort Butcher (L10, 2/5 Defense, 0/3 Armies, Occupied)
Artefacts: None
Equipment:
Special Units:

3 Armies 3 Wood 2 Gold 1 Stone
Trade 4 Armies to the Prince as an apology for accidentally murdering the J15 group.
Purchase 3 Armies.
Fort Tailor patrols J13.
Fort Bowyer patrols L13 and L14.
Fort Shepard patrols K12
March J12 with 8 Armies.
1 Army defends Castle Wright.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: Kashyyk on June 06, 2023, 04:04:07 pm

Quote

Trade 4 Armies to the Prince as an apology for accidentally murdering the J15 group.

Thank you. I've updated my action post to deploy them

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: Egan_BW on June 07, 2023, 06:18:19 pm

This is too much for me, I give everything I own to Horizon for the glory of the sun.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: Criptfeind on June 07, 2023, 06:35:09 pm

Give it to me, for the glory of me. It's pretty cramped down here anyway :P

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: notquitethere on June 08, 2023, 04:40:46 am

Quote from: Egan_BW on June 07, 2023, 06:18:19 pm

This is too much for me, I give everything I own to Horizon for the glory of the sun.

Thanks for playing! I've messaged Horizon with the offer.

For inheritance, Horizon would take over from Egan with the castle, land and resources but would gain a new name and background to represent a new Lord taking over. OR, a fresh castle on the new frontier in a part-explored sector.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: notquitethere on June 08, 2023, 10:52:05 am

TURN 12

Spoiler: Countess Andice Gloronisits, of Point Swearing (click to show/hide)

The Countess renounces her claims and returns east. She sends her resources and lands to her inheritor (played by Horizon) but not her castle as that's being beseiged. Due to the chaotic transfer, her lands fall into disarray.

Spoiler: Resources sent to Horizon (click to show/hide)

Armies: 10
Wood: 7
Stone: 2
Gold: 21
2 Boats, 1 Ship
Artefacts:
Speculator's Rod (A scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

March 1 army Q6: Forest taken.

March 1 army 2 skeletons P8: Your armies attack (with two skeletons) (6, 2 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (Bloodsinger).
Cuthbert is defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county. The Cat Sack is yours.

March 1 army S11: You take the hill. (Hill report as before.)

March 1 army R13: You take the marsh.

March 1 army R14: You take the village.

March 1 army R15: You take the marsh.

Sail 4 armies with last femur and 5 skeletons and 1 cat with 4 siege weapons from Q13 to S14 to siege Point Swearing:
When they arrive, they find the castle abandoned! No weapons are used. Point Swearing is siezed!

The Countess revokes her position, and the remaining soldiers have been sent with the treasure to join a new Lord.

March 3 armies 1 skeleton to S10: The enemy hides behind their walls (3 wall strength).

Your armies attack (with one skeleton) (4, 2, 7 and 7), damaging the walls (2) with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (6 and 4), from behind their walls, with none of your units defeated. The siege continues.

Spoiler: Marquess Gerald Wright - Castle Wright (click to show/hide)

March J12 with 8 Armies: The boar, boar, boar and boar attack first (1, 4, 2, 2, 4, 4, 8 and 7), killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (4, 5, 1, 8, 6 and 7), defeating three of the enemies (boar, boar and wisp).

The enemy attacks back (7, 4 and , killing two of your armies. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
 Your total losses: four.

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

10 armies, 1 wolf and 1 Bog Cat (assisted by Lord Bockhoven's 7) March on Hill G12:
The dragon attacks first (4, 4, 0, 3, 1, 1, 5, 3, 3 and 7), killing one of your armies.

Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with one wolf) (1, 1, 4, 5, 8, 8, 2, 6, 4, 2, 7, 1, 1, 2, 3, 8, 5 and 5), inflicting 5 hits.

The enemy attacks back (0, 4, 4, 0 and 7), killing one of your armies.

Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with one wolf) (6, 4, 4, 6, 8, 8, 1, 5, 8, 7, 2, 3, 6, 6, 7, 1 and 5), defeating the dragon.
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county (nothing new learned from hill report).
 From the dragon horde, you gain twelve gold and Ascupart's Bane.
 Your total losses: three (one Fitzharbort, two Bockhoven).

1 army marches on Hogs Landing K9: Seven gold and a lair is seized.

1 army marches Village H9: The undefended village is siezed (+5 reprisal).

5 armies and 4 Siege engines march on Fort Juniper J9:
The enemy hides behind their walls (5 wall strength).
Your armies attack (11, 12, 7, 5 and 7), damaging the walls (3) defeating two of the enemies (Thornish holdout and Thornish holdout).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.
 From the Thornish holdouts you take one gold. Two skeletons join the Blasted Oak.

1 army gifts the Hunter's Stand to the King: + 20 victory points. The scout doesn't return.

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

March 5 on L7: The Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian attack first (7, 9, 3 and 4), killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (9, 8 and 4), defeating two of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).

The enemy attacks back (8 and , killing two of your armies. The attackers take too many casualties and withdraw.
 Your total losses: four. Six skeletons join the Blasted Oak.

March 3 on M7: The enemy hides behind their walls (3 wall strength).

Your armies attack (6, 6 and 3), damaging the walls (2) with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (4 and 2), from behind their walls, with none of your units defeated. The siege continues with your three camped outside the walls!


March 1 on K7 with the Wolf Crystal: All wolves are caught and the forest is conquered.

March 5 + bog cat on K8: Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (6, 6, 1, 2, 8 and 7), defeating four of the enemies (skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior and skeletal warrior).

The enemy attacks back (5, 2, 5 and 0), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (2, 2, 8, 4, 8 and , defeating three of the enemies (skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior and skeletal warrior).

The enemy attacks back (5), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (7, 4, 4, 1, 8 and 6), defeating one of the enemies (skeletal warrior).
All enemies are defeated and the Blasted Oak is absorbed into your county. The Bog Cat converts all the forest in marshland! The Skeletal Warriors of the Oak crumble elsewhere.

Scout K7-K6-L6-  First passing through newly conquered forest. You scout through the second land, discovering a marshland. In the muddy bog they find a bog hag with three bog cats.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Bockhoven - Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

March 1 army to C15: The undefended forest is seized.

1 scout scouts the Selkie Court at A11 by boat: The scout discovers further information about the Selkie Court. Other than the hag Selkie Queen, and the 8 royal seals (who act identically to bog cats but with water instead of marshes), in her vault, she has a treasure of 20 gold and the Cragman's Spike (a scout may pass through mountains), and the Thornish Lodestone (while this remains in the Hedge, whenever no Thornish fort is on the map, another fort is revealed in a sector usually far from the owner of this artefact (most distant of two rolls). Doesn't count towards Anathema count.

1 army with 3 siege engines, the Rhuddy Cape and 7 wolves lay siege to the Thorns at B15: Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (with seven wolves) (8, 7, 7, 9, 10, 9, 4, 4, 6 and 7), damaging the walls (4) defeating the enemies and taking the fort.

1 army sails by ship to B2 with the Golden Net and scouts B2 - B1: You discover three stone with the Golden Net. You scout through the first land, discovering a lair. This dank barrow is inhabited by a giant and also five wolves. The monsters defend eight gold.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Send 7 armies to support the attack on the dragon at G12: See above

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

- [M6] The dragon flies south-west.

- Barbarian-occupied tiles 6  (J11), 10 (S12), 12 (T12) send someone to the moot.
- Reprisals:
--[FitzHarbort 29%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Ayes 10%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Wright 9%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Vulk 4%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Bockhoven 0%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.

One unit joins Prince Owain's Host and the Host goes on the march! They pick the village in K10. They liberate the village, joined by the two barbarians in J11!

There are Thornish forts so the Lodestone doesn't trigger. All are besieged so none of them grow in size.

- [B2] Howling Point: No new monsters come.
- [L2] Puzzle Dungeon: Joining the lair is a giant.
- [L10] Fort: Joining the lair is four wolves.
- [S3] Giant's Toe: No new monsters come.

Turn 13
Research

Prince Mackial FitzHarbort learns in E7 and K1 are the Walking Stone Circles - A pair of sites. They are considered adjacent: units can walk from one to the other across the map. Each is initially defended by three giants. They will let anyone pass through both tiles unharmed in a turn as if they were owned by the traveller, for 1 gold per unit passing. Gold accumulates on the first stone circle passed through. Enemies always find the gold for it.

Marquess Ambrosio Vulk learns in J4 is Wellspring Staff (the Wellspring Staff may be cast into marshland by a unit to turn it into a lake (spilling out into all adjacent tiles - units can drown this way without proper precautions). If the staff is recovered (by boat etc) in subsequent turns, the lake remains.)


(https://i.imgur.com/ZjpudOj.png)

Spoiler: Known Artefact List (click to show/hide)

In the world
A11 is Cragman's Spike (a scout may pass through mountains)
A11 is Thornish Lodestone (while this remains in the Hedge, whenever no Thornish fort is on the map, another fort is revealed in a sector usually far from the owner of this artefact (most distant of two rolls)
B1 is the Black Trotter (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Trotter will gain the Black Trotter.) (One unit attacks first twice at the start of each combat, but each time they kill a unit somewhere a boar will turn into a grand tusk- a giant pig that counts as 2 boar. If no boar are currently on the map, the next X boar to appear will all be grand tusks, where X is the number of units killed by the Trotter.)
E5 is Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)
F11 is Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).
G6 is Black Claw (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Claw will gain the Black Claw.) (+4 dice rolled when attacking, every time someone is killed by a force wielding the claw, the nearest square with a bog cat gains another cat. If there are none, a bog cat will appear in the nearest empty square.)
G10 is Bitter Brew  (The set of armies this is equipped to never retreats from losses.)
H4 is the Black Lance (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding the Black Lance will gain the Black Lance.) (You never attack first in combats, but on your first attack all your attackers will attack three times. The turn after slaying someone with the lance, Dragons will preferentially fly one square in your direction when flying to a new home. When this first discovered, place the Dawn Dragon on M6 (the Dawn Dragon counts for 15 armies)).
I5 is the Shimmering Coin (+2 on rolls that determine gold amounts)
I6 is Sundering Claw (assign a scout to crack open a permanent path through any adjacent mountain. 25% chance to call a hostile dragon to the location)
J4 is Wellspring Staff (the Wellspring Staff may be cast into marshland by a unit to turn it into a lake (spilling out into all adjacent tiles - units can drown this way without proper precautions). If the staff is recovered (by boat etc) in subsequent turns, the lake remains.)
In K4 is the Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)
N6 is the Juniper Cape (a scout isn't stopped by monsters)
Q8 is the Crimson Drum (attack first when defending)
R6 are the Saint's Knuckles (take -1 when rolling on the monster table (usually less dangerous results))

Held by Lords
Bockhoven: the Rhuddy Cape (the unit this is assigned to is now considered a giant)

The Wolf Crystal (wolves encountered will join the army instead (they still all run away when injured)

Marrowfat Throne (when owned by someone of Squelsh heritage, one Squelsh defector will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production) and adjacent Squelsh armies will join your attacks on non-Squelsh; when owned by an Alkabrian or other, +30 reprisal chance, +100 reprisal chance if destroyed.)

Vulk: the Last Femur! (1/4 chance of each dead unit being resurrected to your side as a skeleton warrior when they die)

Pellucid Orb (+1 to scout travel distance)

Cat Sack (defeated Bog Cats are put in the Cat Sack instead of being killed if the Cat Sack is held by the winning force. These cats are owned but unfriendly, and any number can be released by an army in any combat, or let loose by a scout in any tile.)

[New Lord]: the Speculator's Rod (a scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

The Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)

Prince FitzHarborrt: Hunter's Stand (Archers in the army this is attached to only die on 5s if no other units remain)

Golden Net (A scout carrying this across water has a 25% chance of rolling on the treasure table)

Spoiler: Known Unique Sites (click to show/hide)

A11 is the Selkie Court (Castle with Keep, Moat x 3!) 31/31 defence - The Selkie Queen lives in the Selkie Court. She is a hag protected by 8 royal seals (who act identically to bog cats but with water instead of marshes). In her vault, she has a treasure of 20 gold and two random artefacts (which may be used in defence). The court only appears on coast or water tiles.)

C8 is the Crimson Tower (Keep/Tower/Bloodforge) Defence 17/17,  - Dai the Bloodsinger has a Bloodforge in which 3 armies may be sacrificed to create a new artefact (and become anathema to all).

F12 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance for reprisals against the Hedge Lord to 0.

E7 and K1 are the Walking Stone Circles - A pair of sites. They are considered adjacent: units can walk from one to the other across the map. Each is initially defended by three giants. They will let anyone pass through both tiles unharmed in a turn as if they were owned by the traveller, for 1 gold per unit passing. Gold accumulates on the first stone circle passed through. Enemies always find the gold for it.


E10 is an unknown lair.

F11 is Lake Sorrow.

F13 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance to reprisals to 0. This only works for people who don't own the Grove.

G10 is Wolfhaven Woods - Forest. Spiritual home of wolf kind. Inhabited by 10d4 wolves (25). These wolves will only flee if less than 10 remain. Any wolves that would otherwise be loyal to a non-wolf, are loyal to the wolves in these woods. Wolves in this forest will never march on anywhere.

H10 is Owl Woods - Forest. Originally guarded by the Dusk Dragon (the Dusk Dragon counts for 10 armies) and seven wisps. The dragon holds Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).

K8 is Blasted Oak - Forest. If any non-skeleton dies here on in an adjacent tile, a new hostile skeleton will spawn here. 8 skeletal warriors are wandering around here.

M8 is The Hirsute Sage's Hut (while independent, scouts that pass through the hut will ignore the first set of enemies they come across while scouting after visiting the hut. The sage leaves if his home becomes occupied.)

N7 is Taghairn Cave - Owned by Cuthbert Catsbane, a Bloodsinger who wields the Cat Sack if it hasn't appeared elsewhere. Has a limited kind of Bloodforge in which three cats may be sacrificed to create a new artefact. You would first have to find a way of gaining the cats.

O8 is The Hag Market. Marshland. Protected by 9 bog hags and 27 bog cats. Scouts can be sent to the market to buy bog cats (4 gold each) and otherwise may pass through without being attacked. Half the money spent here remains as possible loot. Friendly bog cats have +1 attack in marshland, and while you have a cat, they give -1 (non-cumulative) to enemy attack rolls. Cats cannot be sent to scout, and they cannot be send to attack or patrol by themselves. Monsters won't march from this location."

Q5 is The Moot - Village with 2d2 (2+1=3) Squelsh Barbarians and a moat (6/6 defense). It is the neutral meeting place of rival Squelsh bands. At the start of each enemy turn, each tile with a Squelsh Barbarian has a 25% chance of sending someone to the Moot. The first Squelsh reprisal each turn will be joined by whomever is in the Moot. If the Moot is conquered, a new Moot (with a new moat) will appear in the most populous Squelsh-held village at the start of the next player turn, or if there are no such villages, it may appear in future tile generation (from scouting, research etc.).

Q9 is Granny Longtooth's Hut - Marshland. 4/4 defence while Granny Longtooth lives here. Granny Longtooth is a Bog Hag protected by 15 Bog Cats. Monsters won't normally march from this location, but Granny Longtooth will curse anyone who has sacrificed cats or who has let a friendly cat come to harm. (While she lives: -1 income, -1 recruitment, -1 wood production, -1 stone production, to a minimum of 0 each.)

R3 is The Castle of Bryn the Brawn (Keep/Tower/Tower) Defence 21/21, occupied by Bryn, a giant, and his family, three more giants. The adjacent squares are also within his domain. Bryn will wage war to retake any squares adjacent to his castle, always accompanied in battle by 1d6 wolves.

R10 is the Scout Hut - Initially abandoned and inhabited by a family of 6 boar. Up to three armies can be assigned to the Hut as if it were a fort and they don't count towards your army cap. These armies can scout so long at they begin scouting from a tile adjacent to the hut. Spend 3 wood to dismantle and reassemble the hut on an empty tile you own.

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Notes

- Anathema has been mentioned. That'll be relevant later, don't worry about it now.
- Horizon has PM'd to accept a place. The Countess has left but rather than forcing the inheritor player to take on a besieged castle, I've let Horizon build anywhere in a partially explored sector, with the Countess's resources/equipment/artefacts (but not land) as a nice catchup boost.
- I've not looked over the report with a fine comb, so there may be some errors on the map etc. As usual, let me know!
- The stone circles are a way to travel across the map more easily... but be warned that any enemies can also use this route and will calculate the shortcut when marching on the closest fort etc.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Criptfeind on June 08, 2023, 11:00:43 am

My attack on the thornish fort is on the map itself (looks like a killed a thorn and the siege is ongoing) but isn't included in my turn report.

Do I loose the siege equipment I sent, or get to keep them as there wasn't apparently a battle?

I'm going to choose to be worried about Anathema anyway.

Edit: Also small error on map, I killed cuthburt and own P8 now (apparently)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: notquitethere on June 08, 2023, 11:06:11 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 08, 2023, 11:00:43 am

My attack on the thornish fort is on the map itself (looks like a killed a thorn and the siege is ongoing) but isn't included in my turn report.

Do I loose the siege equipment I sent, or get to keep them as there wasn't apparently a battle?

I'm going to choose to be worried about Anathema anyway.

Edit: Also small error on map, I killed cuthburt and own P8 now (apparently)

1. Fixed. 2. You keep it. 3. A fair choice. 4. Fixed.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Quarque on June 08, 2023, 11:10:32 am

I think you forgot to edit the tile of P8.

edit - ninja

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Criptfeind on June 08, 2023, 11:15:27 am

I propose a mega alliance vs Prince Owain btw. If everyone sent, say, 10 dudes at him, we'd have 50 to his 29, which... I think we'd win, even with them striking first?

Abet, this would mean that we all eat the reprisal chance, which sucks. But not much way around that I think?

Edit: Also might as well mention. This was a prettttty awkward turn for me when I learned Egan was being replaced. Thanks to notquitethere for figuring out a compromise of sorts. Sorry for any last minute confusion there.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: Quarque on June 08, 2023, 11:59:21 am

Quote from: notquitethere on June 05, 2023, 10:24:47 am

The Host can retreat in battle if they have any territory left.

This here is a relevant detail. Even with 50 units we're highly unlikely to defeat Owain immediately. We'd likely cut his forces in half and force him to flee instead.

I have to admit your casual backstab of Egan makes me feel a little bit uncomfortable, Crypt. If you'd hypothetically stab a1s next, you'd be unstoppable. Three castles, a cat monopoly, about to fill a cat sack with godawfully many cats and and a ton of skeletons.. hmm. Granted, it would require another order by pm, which would warn us in advance.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Elephant Parade on June 08, 2023, 12:10:33 pm

I'll /in as a replacement if another one ends up being needed (though the game looks to be closing out). Even as a nonplayer, it's really satisfying to watch the map fill in.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Criptfeind on June 08, 2023, 12:25:23 pm

Well, ah, that's an understandable discomfort. I guess if the issue is that you don't trust me, there's probably not much I can say about it, since anything I say would be distrusted. Saying that, I'm probably going to go ahead and say a whole lot here:

I really do not intend to fight A1s, they have been a lot more friendly to me then Egan was, although I didn't talk to Egan much, but I have talked to A1 a fair bit and think of them as an ally. Admittedly this is more on A1s being actively communicative in PMs with me, it's not like I'm any better at initiating conversations then Egan was, but thus far me and A1 have managed to deal with any of our territorial issues and come to agreements, coming away friendlier then before. Sorta stark contrast to Egan who was mostly just a source of attacks on me and A1 (including removing a fort to make sure that monsters continue to be someone elses problem) along with blocking my expansion (understandable, it's not like I'm entitled to expand, but still annoying)

Over all, I can and do attack and kill people in competitive games, even relatively friendly ones like this, that's for sure. But I feel like I don't tend to betray people who I make friendly relationships with, like A1s. Your millage my vary and my perspective might be flawed on this, c'est la vie. I'm not sure if I've played enough of these games lately to have any sort of built up reputation, maybe A1s can consider the dominions game we semi recently played together where I was friends with them, even after they attacked me.

Of course, I understand that talk can be cheap and not comforting. :P If it makes you feel any better I think from a mechanical perspective it's basically impossible to actually kill a player without the permission of the others, excepting the players on the edge (Egan and you, now me and Egan ), the only reason Egon instantly died out is because they left and the GM didn't want to push their replacement into a inherited war. If Egan didn't leave the war would have had to continue and the only reason why the other players couldn't have teamed up to make sure Egan won decisively is because I controlled army movement permission down to help Egan. In a theoretical situation where I attack A1s, that's not a problem, even if I was to snipe the Oak and Ash turn one of the war, it'd do little to stop you all from being able to just kill me because in this situation A1s would of course grant permission to everyone to go though their lands to attack me. In this situation only A1 can kill me or Kashyyk can kill you without interference.

I would have been sending orders via PM this whole game if I knew that was an option, and I would have continued to do so by default. If it'd a condition of trusting me though perhaps I could stop? Or maybe I could give A1s O14, at least until they get a second castle, thus making it physically impossible for me to snipe them?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: notquitethere on June 08, 2023, 12:34:37 pm

Quote from: Elephant Parade on June 08, 2023, 12:10:33 pm

I'll /in as a replacement if another one ends up being needed (though the game looks to be closing out). Even as a nonplayer, it's really satisfying to watch the map fill in.

Consider yourself waitlisted.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Criptfeind on June 08, 2023, 12:46:23 pm

Where is Horizon going to appear btw? Or is that yet to be determined? I assume they'll get their own castle and such?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: notquitethere on June 08, 2023, 12:52:30 pm

Horizon is still deciding, but anywhere on the borderlands: any empty unexplored tile in a sector which has been partially conquered or scouted. There'll be a new castle.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Horizon on June 08, 2023, 01:34:36 pm

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 08, 2023, 12:46:23 pm

Where is Horizon going to appear btw? Or is that yet to be determined? I assume they'll get their own castle and such?

Wouldn't you like to know? Hahaha.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Criptfeind on June 08, 2023, 01:37:48 pm

Hah, well, I'm sorta hoping you start far away from everyone else so that there's plenty of room for everyone, but I don't wanta start working on my turn just in case you start real nearby and I need to take that into account.

Of course though, take your time. Don't feel like I'm rushing you or anything like that :P

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Quarque on June 08, 2023, 01:57:55 pm

I didn't notice Egan removing a fort on purpose. Well anyway, I guess it's something between the two of you.

Could Royal Seals be captured in a cat sack?
How would a siege on the Selkie Court work, do attackers sail home automatically after a round of combat?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Horizon on June 08, 2023, 02:05:44 pm

Spoiler: Sol, Inheritor of Swearing (click to show/hide)

Sol, Son of Gloronisits and Hero of Swearing
Background: Hero
Castle Name: Castle Aubade
Castle Location: A5
Border Colour: Gold
Army: 10/10
Defence: 14/14
Wood Production/Inv: +1 (7)
Stone Production/Inv: +0 (2)
Recruitment: 0
Gold: 26
Income: 1
Debt: 0
2 Boats, 1 Ship

Features:
- Defenses:
   • Tower: +4/4 defence, increase maximum army size by +1 (can be bought up to four times)
- Resources:
   • Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production.
- Knowledge:
   • Shipyard: -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
Forts:

Artefacts:
  - Speculator's Rod (A scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

  - Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)

  - Whiptide Sail (one boat or ship can travel twice as far.)

Equipment: None
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: notquitethere on June 08, 2023, 02:19:43 pm

Quote from: Quarque on June 08, 2023, 01:57:55 pm

Could Royal Seals be captured in a cat sack?

It's more fun if I say yes here I think.

Quote from: Quarque on June 08, 2023, 01:57:55 pm

How would a siege on the Selkie Court work, do attackers sail home automatically after a round of combat?

Sort of but not actually. It works the same as a regular siege: the units remain on the tile (with the boats) during the whole enemy phase and then on the player's next turn, they can continue whether to continue the siege or redeploy the units and boats elsewhere. What you can't do is sail in with 10 units on a ship and then try to continue the siege in the next round while using the ship somewhere else.

Quote from: Horizon on June 08, 2023, 02:05:44 pm

Spoiler: Sol, Inheritor of Swearing (click to show/hide)

Sol, Son of Gloronisits and Hero of Swearing
Background: Hero
Castle Name: Castle Aubade
Castle Location: A5
Border Colour: Gold
Army: 10/10
Defence: 9/9
Wood Production/Inv: +1 (7)
Stone Production/Inv: +0 (2)
Recruitment: 0
Gold: 21
Income: 1
Debt: 0
2 Boats, 1 Ship
Features:
- Defenses:
   • Tower: +4/4 defence, increase maximum army size by +1 (can be bought up to four times)
- Resources:
   • Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production.
- Knowledge:
   • Shipyard: -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
Forts
  - Castle Aubade A5, defense 9/9, armies assigned (10/10)
Artefacts:
  - Speculator's Rod (A scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

  - Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)
Equipment: None
Special Units: None

This looks good! One thing: Castle Aubade isn't a fort, it's a castle, which is even better. Fort are like mini-castles which can only hold three guys and ususually no features. As such it has 10 defence, +4 for the tower, so 14/14 defence. Also, you can have your starting 5 gold as well as the stuff the Countess gave you, so that puts you at 26!

As a hero you get to start with an artefact from previous adventures, you get: the Whiptide Sail (one boat or ship can travel twice as far).

(https://i.imgur.com/ucTyDLV.png)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Horizon on June 08, 2023, 02:22:34 pm

A naval force of reckoning I am indeed. Also good to know! Will adjust sheet accordingly.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Criptfeind on June 08, 2023, 02:24:44 pm

Quote from: Quarque on June 08, 2023, 11:59:21 am

Quote from: notquitethere on June 05, 2023, 10:24:47 am

The Host can retreat in battle if they have any territory left.

This here is a relevant detail. Even with 50 units we're highly unlikely to defeat Owain immediately. We'd likely cut his forces in half and force him to flee instead.

Also I sorta got sidetracked there ranting on about whatever I was talking about. Sorry, you're right here, assuming he CAN retreat when fleeing? I guess I assumed it was normal retreat rules (where defenders can't retreat) but the way you put it makes a lot of sense.

How many people do we realistically need to take him out? Assuming we use a cat he'll strike out with 31 6+s, probably kill 12 dudes, then we strike back needing 31 5+s, which is about 62 dudes. So 74 dudes should give us even odds on taking him down? 80-90 to "make sure" (so long as we don't have as bad luck as you did vs the dragon) That is, I'll admit, a lot. But not past what we're capable of. But yeah, it's a lot.

It's a big commitment but I'm not sure I see an alternative.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Kashyyk on June 08, 2023, 02:28:24 pm

Owain only leaves a single army behind to defend captured villages, so if we're quick about it, and mop up the random Squelsh squads, we'll grow faster than him. Unfortunately we have a troop cap but we could keep throwing bodies at him and trust that we reinforce faster.

Edit: updating my sheet.

Bockhoven gets a 4 Gold share from the Dragon Hoard, and then immediately gives it to me to pay off the last of the loan

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 14
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)
 - Alkabrian Outpost (see here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181666.msg8481075#msg8481075))

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 4/8
Garrison: 2/3 (2x Infantry)

I11 - Forest: Fort Hollivy
Defence: 6/8
Garrison: 2/3 (1x Archers, 1x Infantry)

J10 - Castle: Sundered Spire
Defence: 5/11
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Tower (+4/+4 Defence, +1 Army Cap)
 - Watchtower (Defender's get first strike, gives Hill report)

J9 - Forest: Fort Juniper
Defence: 2/5
Garrison: 0/3

Resources:
Army : 25/25 (+7/turn) = 21(curr) + 7(inc) + 5(army cap) - 1(casualties)
Gold: 39 (+2/turn) = 17(curr) +2(inc) + 16(loot) + 4(Bockhoven)
Stone: 0 (+0/turn)  = 0(curr)
Wood : 14 (+5/turn) = 9(curr) + 5(inc)
Debt: 20
Victory Points: 20

Territory: F13 (Forest), F15 (Village), G15 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), G11 (Lair: Wolf Den), H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), H11 (Village), H9 (Village), I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I13 (Hill), I12 (Marsh), I11 (Forest, Fort Hollivy), I10 (Marsh), I9 (Village), J10 (Sundered Spire), J9 (Forest, Fort Juniper), K9 (Lair: Hog's Landing)
Artefacts: Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants)
Equipment: 
Units: 21x Infantry, 1x Wolf, 1x Bog Cat

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Criptfeind on June 08, 2023, 02:43:53 pm

Hmm, that is a good point, although we do have to keep in mind that every village we take back from him is going to give us +6% reprisal chance, which might start to stack up somewhat unpleasantly. I do think we need to kill him sooner rather then later, but if people want to wait to capture another castle or two and until we can kill him and take all his villages in the same turn to prevent retreats I think that's reasonable enough.

Edit: Unless someone else has a better use for it this turn can I hire out your wolf Crystal to hit R5 Quarque?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Quarque on June 08, 2023, 03:23:30 pm

Quote from: Kashyyk on June 08, 2023, 02:28:24 pm

Bockhoven gets a 4 Gold share from the Dragon Hoard, and then immediately gives it to me to pay off the last of the loan

ok, updating sheet

I would prefer to capture the Selkie Court first and take on Owain next, if possible.

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 08, 2023, 02:43:53 pm

Edit: Unless someone else has a better use for it this turn can I hire out your wolf Crystal to hit R5 Quarque?

I already worked out a deal with Horizon, can it wait a turn? In any case, before we talk about this I technically need a confirmation from a1s that I'm getting it back.

Spoiler: Bockhoven (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow
C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defense: 10/10
Army Cap: 13
Features:
* Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
* Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
* Shipyard (coast only): -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
* Barracks: +3 army cap

Resources:
Army: 13 (+4/turn) = 12 - 2(curr) + 4(inc) -1(cap)
Gold: 0 (+0*/turn) = 0(curr) + 0(inc)
Stone: 4 (+1*/turn) = 0(curr) + 1(inc) +3(fishing)
Wood: 12 (+5*/turn) = 7(curr) +5(inc)
*: including curse penalty

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape, the Golden Net, the Marrow Throne
Equipment: 1 Boat and 2 Ships
Special Units: 7 wolves

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Quarque on June 08, 2023, 03:29:17 pm

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 08, 2023, 02:24:44 pm

How many people do we realistically need to take him out? Assuming we use a cat he'll strike out with 31 6+s, probably kill 12 dudes, then we strike back needing 31 5+s, which is about 62 dudes. So 74 dudes should give us even odds on taking him down? 80-90 to "make sure" (so long as we don't have as bad luck as you did vs the dragon) That is, I'll admit, a lot. But not past what we're capable of. But yeah, it's a lot.

With 74 dudes (including a cat) we would are like 95% likely to wipe them out in one go. They would need crazy luck to kill more than 16 in the first round. I can show the math, the binomial distribution tells you the odds of killing a certain number of units in a combat round, given the number of attacking units and the odds per unit.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Criptfeind on June 08, 2023, 04:32:07 pm

I don't need to see the math, I'll believe you, I'm not particularly good at math anyway :P Although I wasn't counting on a cat! (which would reduce our casualties by 1/3, so the back of the napkin math I was doing would have 74 be more like the 80 I proposed?... maybe lol idk I'm not good at math)

Quote from: Quarque on June 08, 2023, 03:23:30 pm

I already worked out a deal with Horizon, can it wait a turn? In any case, before we talk about this I technically need a confirmation from a1s that I'm getting it back.

Absolutely go ahead with your other deal. Like I said, "Unless someone else has a better use for it this turn". I might end up killing those wolves but I'm sure there will always be wolves around somewhere.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: a1s on June 08, 2023, 04:42:16 pm

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
Castle Location N-13
Border Colour: Red
Army: 15/15
Defence: 18/18
Wood Production: 7
Recruitment: 4
Income: 1
Wood: 31
Gold: 14
Stone:1
Debt: 0
Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks, Tower(x2)
Forts : None
Artifacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: 1 bog cat, 3 wolves

orders:
Send The Wolf Crystal to Bockhoven with a complimentary wolf.
Send 10 armies to K10
Send 3 armies a wolf and a cat to L7
Send 1 army and a wolf to M7
Scout J7-I6-J6
Repair N11 with 1 wood (to 1/4)

I would also like to sell some wood. 3:2 gold, 2:1 stone!

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Criptfeind on June 08, 2023, 05:02:23 pm

This might be a weird one, but Horizon, would you be amenable to renting out the speculators rods? I have no idea how one would price such a random thing thing, per turn or per discovery or whatever. But I have some hills that need speculating. I got wood, I got armies, I got gold, so if you are open to the idea of renting it out I'd be glad to negotiate a price.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Horizon on June 08, 2023, 05:19:37 pm

I will consider it but as of this moment no.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Horizon on June 08, 2023, 05:22:24 pm

Also this might sound silly but it occurred to me that communication might be much easier if this game had a discord to get diplomatic relations, trades or just talking things out a bit more quicker? Dunno just a thought.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Criptfeind on June 08, 2023, 05:33:07 pm

Probably would be easier/faster, however I don't think the way it's currently done is much of a strain and I find a certain satisfaction to having it all in one thread that can be read back though. Which is something I sometimes do to old interesting games although I could be totally alone in that. Hosting it on discord would lead to it being lost in the ether once the game finishes and probably wouldn't be great for any watchers who are interested in reading the byplay, if there is any of those.

It's the sorta thing I'd be okay doing if everyone wants, but wouldn't vote for myself.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: Quarque on June 08, 2023, 05:48:48 pm

Quote from: a1s on June 08, 2023, 04:42:16 pm

Send The Wolf Crystal to Bockhoven with a complimentary wolf.

Thank you.

So, Horizon, as discussed, I will lend you the wolf crystal for one turn to deal with the lair at B2, for the price of 1 gold now and three of the wolves next turn.

@Kashyyk: as discussed, I would like your support in a siege on the Selkie Court this turn with 10 units, if possible. I would provide the ship.

edit: tentative orders replaced, see further down

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Criptfeind on June 08, 2023, 07:36:39 pm

Can we give territories to other players in trade or does the other play have to spend a march on them?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Horizon on June 08, 2023, 08:30:18 pm

Nul

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Quarque on June 09, 2023, 12:27:46 am

Thanks.

Tip, you need to mention in the order that you bring the wolf crystal to B2.
I'd send more than two armies; at least 4, maybe more. That big G is a giant and it counts for three armies. The wolves will join you, but if the giant survives the first round and kills one wolf, the other wolves flee and that would trigger the rest of your units to retreat.

Also don't forget to send some scouts.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: a1s on June 09, 2023, 02:44:14 am

So are we taking Owain down or what? I feel like people with 2x castles should be expected to provide 2x forces.
(It is worth noting that a cat will destroy the village, but compared to the destruction of Owain this is a small loss)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Criptfeind on June 09, 2023, 03:09:31 am

Quote from: a1s on June 09, 2023, 02:44:14 am

I feel like people with 2x castles should be expected to provide 2x forces.

I agree.

Quote from: a1s on June 09, 2023, 02:44:14 am

So are we taking Owain down or what?

Seems like not this turn. My understanding is that Quarque and Kashyyk want to capture another castle/expand more first. Which is fair enough, it'll be a nice boost of power to deal with him. It's a bit of a gamble, because once he rolls k12 it becomes tremendously more expensive to take him down. But until that happens, it's not too bad of a situation and an extra castle would help.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Quarque on June 09, 2023, 04:53:19 am

It is lucky that we have a week to figure this mess out.

Quote from: a1s on June 09, 2023, 02:44:14 am

(It is worth noting that a cat will destroy the village, but compared to the destruction of Owain this is a small loss)

I think I read somewhere that a cat only transforms the terrain type, but does not destroy features like villages / mines.

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 09, 2023, 03:09:31 am

Seems like not this turn. My understanding is that Quarque and Kashyyk want to capture another castle/expand more first. Which is fair enough, it'll be a nice boost of power to deal with him. It's a bit of a gamble, because once he rolls k12 it becomes tremendously more expensive to take him down. But until that happens, it's not too bad of a situation and an extra castle would help.

The K12 risk is a good point. If he attacks the village at M11, same problem. And then there is the possibility that he might attack a village that is next to a new reprisal.

It is a bit frustrating for me to have to delay the Selkie Court after preparing for multiple turns, but I'm willing to give Owain priority, under one condition. I want us to take him out in one go. All of us will gain +29% reprisal. That is bad enough, but if we have to attack him again next turn and face a high reprisal rate for multiple turns, that would be awful.

By my calculations we need about 70 units, including a cat, to have a very high certainty (roughly around the 95% range) to do that.

Quote from: a1s on June 09, 2023, 02:44:14 am

I feel like people with 2x castles should be expected to provide 2x forces.

Reasonable. If the people with 1 castle send 10 units each and the people with 2 castles send 20, we're at 70 total. (Horizon can't send units yet because he doesn't border the rest of us.)

I would be down.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: notquitethere on June 09, 2023, 05:08:06 am

Quote from: Quarque on June 09, 2023, 04:53:19 am

Quote from: a1s on June 09, 2023, 02:44:14 am

(It is worth noting that a cat will destroy the village, but compared to the destruction of Owain this is a small loss)

I think I read somewhere that a cat only transforms the terrain type, but does not destroy features like villages / mines.

You're right, but a village is a terrain type not a feature. That's why players can stick a fort on their village.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: a1s on June 09, 2023, 05:13:51 am

Quote from: Quarque on June 09, 2023, 04:53:19 am

It is lucky that we have a week to figure this mess out.

Wait, what? Did NQT mention this in another thread, or did I finally lose the ability to read?

Quote from: Quarque on June 09, 2023, 04:53:19 am

I think I read somewhere that a cat only transforms the terrain type, but does not destroy features like villages / mines.

Mines and forts, but not villages or forests:

Quote from: notquitethere on June 03, 2023, 07:25:58 am

TURN 10 REPORT

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

March 1 on N10: The village is undefended and soon re-absorbed back into the county.

march 13 and a bog cat on N11. (Joined by 12 armies from Marquess Wright, 5 armies from Marquess Vulk, with the Last Femur):

The boar, boar and boar attack first (1, 7, 7, 2, 2 and 7), killing three of your armies. The last femur raises one skeleton warrior!

Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with one skeleton) (4, 4, 3, 7, 4, 2, 8, 4, 8, 5, 1, 4, 4, 7, 1, 8, 8, 1, 8, 3, 3, 4, 4, 2, 6, 1, 6, 4 and , All skeletal companions of the enemy bone reckoners crumble.
defeating ten of the enemies (skeletal warrior, bone reckoner, skeletal warrior, giant (part), bone reckoner, giant (part), skeletal warrior, bone reckoner, boar and boar).
The Last Femur fails to raise anyone.

The enemy attacks back (7, 5, 3, 3, 6, 5, 5 and 5), killing two of your armies. The Last Femur fails to raise anyone.

Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with one skeleton) (4, 2, 7, 8, 8, 6, 4, 6, 6, 8, 1, 8, 1, 1, 5, 3, 1, 3, 5, 3, 8, 8, 2, 2, 7, 7 and , defeating eight of the enemies (boar, wolf and giant (part)).
The last femur raises one skeleton warrior!
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.
 From giant clubs, you gain one wood.
 Your total losses: five (3 from Ayes, 1 from Wright, 1 from Vulk)

(https://i.imgur.com/gABcFCy.png)

as you can see my village became a swamp, but my fort did not.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 11 - PEACE
Post by: Quarque on June 09, 2023, 05:17:04 am

It was easy to miss, but see here:

Quote from: notquitethere on June 05, 2023, 08:42:36 am

I'm going on another holiday on Wednesday, for a week this time. I'll have a laptop but I'll probably have better things to be doing with my time, so you'll all have a little break then. [snip]

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Criptfeind on June 09, 2023, 07:45:20 am

Quote from: Quarque on June 09, 2023, 04:53:19 am

It is a bit frustrating for me to have to delay the Selkie Court after preparing for multiple turns

This is totally understandable, and I am willing to wait, I do think it's riskier to wait, but not unduly so.

Quote from: Quarque on June 09, 2023, 04:53:19 am

If the people with 1 castle send 10 units each and the people with 2 castles send 20, we're at 70 total. (Horizon can't send units yet because he doesn't border the rest of us.)

I would be down.

I'm totally down for sending 20 dudes. I'll throw in my cat as well, if people are up for it.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Horizon on June 09, 2023, 08:54:08 am

Orders amended. Sending more armies.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Horizon on June 09, 2023, 09:58:36 am

Operation exterminate giant hopefully will be a success

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Horizon on June 09, 2023, 10:51:08 am

Nul

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: notquitethere on June 09, 2023, 11:18:03 am

I've got major jet lag and am waking at 5am every day, so if players do get their act together and post their turns I will almost certainly have time to process it. Half of you have got tentative orders down. Let's make the other half happen.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Kashyyk on June 09, 2023, 11:29:00 am

I'm happy to smack Owain about, but I've also promised to help with the Selkie Court.

 Unless we do 31 hits in the first round (after biting the First Strike with +1 from the Squelsh), then Owain and his army will retreat. I don't mind that, as we'll have crippled his forces, but worth noting.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Criptfeind on June 09, 2023, 11:36:29 am

Yeah, sorry, I'm still a bit confused about if we're fighting Owain, it seemed like a no at first, but then now seems like it might be a yes? And I'm afraid of hammering in a incorrect order on that front, I was planning on waiting until the 36 hour mark then just inputting an alternative turn, but I can start working on an alternative turn now

Quote from: Kashyyk on June 09, 2023, 11:29:00 am

I'm happy to smack Owain about, but I've also promised to help with the Selkie Court.

 Unless we do 31 hits in the first round (after biting the First Strike with +1 from the Squelsh), then Owain and his army will retreat. I don't mind that, as we'll have crippled his forces, but worth noting.

Yeah, that's why we're trying to pull in 70+ units, to one shot him. If I put in 20, and you put in 20, then we get ten each from Quarque, a1s, and VermilionSkies, we'll be at that 70 number, and should crunch him up good. Certainly if Quarque is okay putting off the Selkies for a turn that'd be okay with you?

It seems like everyone is close to the same page here, especially if we can get a confirmation if vermilionskies would be interested in this.

Although vermilionskies might not be 100% necessary, if, for instance, I put in 26, and then Kashyyk did 22, and Quarque and a1s put in 12, that'd pretty much get us there, so we don't need skies confirmation.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: a1s on June 09, 2023, 12:07:40 pm

vermilionskies is not needed, but appreciated- it would be nice to do something as a team.

Am I correct in understanding that there is no path from K7 to L6, nor from M7 to N6?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 12 - REBELLION
Post by: a1s on June 09, 2023, 12:14:33 pm

New orders:

Quote from: a1s on June 08, 2023, 04:42:16 pm

orders:
Send The Wolf Crystal to Bockhoven with a complimentary wolf.
Send 10 armies to K10
Send 3 armies a wolf and a cat to L7
Send 1 army and a wolf to M7
Scout J7-I6-J6
Repair N11 with 1 wood (to 1/4)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: notquitethere on June 09, 2023, 12:22:35 pm

Quote from: a1s on June 09, 2023, 12:07:40 pm

Am I correct in understanding that there is no path from K7 to L6, nor from M7 to N6?

Correct.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Criptfeind on June 09, 2023, 12:24:43 pm

Yeah. Lets do this, hopefully Quarque and Kashyyk and vermilionskies can join in here...

Spoiler: Turn 11 gains/losses (click to show/hide)

-16 Wood
+6 Wood
-4 Gold
+4 siege weapons
+1 Ship
Q6: Forest +1 Wood production
P8: Forest +1 Wood production
Cat Sack
S11: Hill
R13: Marsh
R14: Village +1 recruitment
R15: Marsh
S14: Point Swearing

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Colour: Blue

Castle Mysterious: P14
Defence: 10/10
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove

Point Swearing: S14
Defense: 10/10
Features: Shipyard, Coppicing Grove, Library

Wood Production: 7 (6)
Recruitment: 9 (
Income: 1 (0)
Stone Production: 1 (0)

Army: 13+8=21/23
Gold: 15-4=11
Debt: 0
Wood: 18-16+7+5=14
Stone: 1

Artifacts: Last Femur, Pellucid Orb, Cat Sack
Equipment: 4 siege weapons 1 ship
Special Units: 8 Skeleton warriors 0 Skeleton Archers 1 Cats
Curses: Granny Longtooth Q9

Holdings list:
O6: Village +1 recruitment
O7: Village +1 recruitment
O14: Village +1 Recruitment
O15: Forest +1 Wood production
P6: Forest +1 Wood production
P7: Marsh
P8: Forest +1 Wood production
P9: Hill
P10 Village +1 Recruitment
P11: Forest Fort Ivy 4/8 +1 Wood Production 3 Armies
P12: Lair
P13 Village +1 Recruitment
P15: Hill
Q6: Forest +1 Wood production
Q11: Marsh
Q12: Village +1 Recruitment
Q13: Village +1 Recruitment
Q14: Hill Fort Hawthorn 0/5 3 armies
R11: Marsh
R12: Quarry +1 Stone production
R13: Marsh
R14: Village +1 recruitment
R15: Marsh
S11: Hill

Spoiler: Turn 12 (click to show/hide)

Take 2 armies out of fort hawthorn
Send 20 armies with last femur and 5 skeletons and 1 cat to join in the attack on the host in K10
Continue to siege S10 with 1 army and 3 skeletons with 2 siege weapons
March R5 with 1 army
Scout R5-R4-R3

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Quarque on June 09, 2023, 02:40:56 pm

Quote from: Kashyyk on June 09, 2023, 11:29:00 am

I'm happy to smack Owain about, but I've also promised to help with the Selkie Court.

The idea would be to delay the Selkie Court until next turn. Sorry for not communicating that more clearly. Would you be on board?

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 09, 2023, 11:36:29 am

Although vermilionskies might not be 100% necessary, if, for instance, I put in 26, and then Kashyyk did 22, and Quarque and a1s put in 12, that'd pretty much get us there, so we don't need skies confirmation.

Sure, we can all send a little extra for good measure. I will bring the cape to deliver 12 effective units, in any case.

But as a1s said:

Quote

vermilionskies is not needed, but appreciated- it would be nice to do something as a team.

totally agree. Vermilion, what do you say?

Once everyone has responded I will finalize my orders.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Criptfeind on June 09, 2023, 02:47:09 pm

Oh yeah, sure, he'd be a welcome addition, I'm just happy to bring a bit more to make up for any shortfalls that anyone might experience, after all, with the last femur, I do stand to significantly gain from killing all the barbarians, so it's only fair that contribute a bit more. I probably communicated that a bit poorly, using Vermilion as an example.

I put in 26 dudes because that's the number that lets me continue to siege my thorns and potentially kill them wolves. Realistically I could do a little bit more if people need.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Kashyyk on June 09, 2023, 03:32:38 pm

This all sounds good.

Bockhoven gets a 4 Gold share from the Dragon Hoard, and then immediately gives it to me to pay off the last of the loan
I receive 1 Stone from Bockhoven in exchange for access to the Alkabrian Outpost
1 Stone is spent repairing Sundered Spire
Access permission is given to Bockhoven and Wright so they can oin the assault on Owain

22 armies march on Owain's host at K10, assisted by Vulk's forces (plus hopefully Ayes, Bockhoven, and Wright)
1 Bog Cat garrisons Shandston's Folly
1 Wolf garrisons Sundered Spire
1 army garrisons Fort Juniper
2 Wood is spent repairing Fort Juniper
1 army scouts J8->J7->J6
1 army marches on J11

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 14
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)
 - Alkabrian Outpost (see here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181666.msg8481075#msg8481075))

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 4/8
Garrison: 2/3 (2x Infantry)

I11 - Forest: Fort Hollivy
Defence: 6/8
Garrison: 2/3 (1x Archers, 1x Infantry)

J10 - Castle: Sundered Spire
Defence: 6/11
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Tower (+4/+4 Defence, +1 Army Cap)
 - Watchtower (Defender's get first strike, gives Hill report)

J9 - Forest: Fort Juniper
Defence: 4/5
Garrison: 1/3 (1x Infantry)

Resources:
Army : 24/25 (+7/turn) = 21(curr) + 7(inc) + 5(army cap) - 1(casualties) - 1(Fort Juniper)
Gold: 39 (+2/turn) = 17(curr) +2(inc) + 16(loot) + 4(Bockhoven)
Stone: 0 (+0/turn)  = 0(curr) + 1(Bockhoven) - 1(Sundered Spire)
Wood : 14 (+5/turn) = 9(curr) + 5(inc)
Debt: 20
Victory Points: 20

Territory: F13 (Forest), F15 (Village), G15 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), G11 (Lair: Wolf Den), H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), H11 (Village), H9 (Village), I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I13 (Hill), I12 (Marsh), I11 (Forest, Fort Hollivy), I10 (Marsh), I9 (Village), J10 (Sundered Spire), J9 (Forest, Fort Juniper), K9 (Lair: Hog's Landing)
Artefacts: Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants)
Equipment: 
Units: 21x Infantry, 1x Wolf, 1x Bog Cat

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: VermilionSkies on June 09, 2023, 03:33:33 pm

I'd be happy to participate.
Additionally, I'm planning on sacrificing K12 to Owain so that he never marches there to recruit the 32x Squelsh sitting right next to it.
Turn will be up today.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Horizon on June 09, 2023, 04:42:10 pm

Amending order again

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Quarque on June 09, 2023, 05:16:26 pm

before I write my orders: Horizon, could I please borrow 8 gold from you this turn? I'm paying it back as soon as I can.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Horizon on June 09, 2023, 05:22:57 pm

Yes I'll add it to my new orders as follows:

(Updated) Tentative Orders:
- Receive the Wolf Crystal, paying back the favor with 2 gold.
- Send back another 8 gold to Blockhoven.
- [Army: 8] Send a ship to March to B4, taking the Whiptide Sail and Wolf Crystal.
- [Army: 1] Send a  Scout to A4.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Quarque on June 09, 2023, 05:46:09 pm

Trade:
Receive the wolf crystal and 1 wolf from Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Send the wolf crystal to Lord Sol, receive 10 gold total
Send 1 stone to prince Fitzharbort as a fee for using their Alkabarian Outpost
Actions:
Send 9 armies, 1 wolf and the Rhuddy Cape to K10 to support the attack on Owain
March 1 army and 7 wolves at C12
March 1 army at C9
Send 1 scout to donate the Marrowfat Throne to the King with permission from prince fitzHarbort
Send 1 scout to F12 to sacrifice 10 gold to the barbarians

Spoiler: Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow
C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defense: 10/10
Army Cap: 13
Features:
* Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
* Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
* Shipyard (coast only): -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
* Barracks: +3 army cap
F11 - Fort Neubockelstein
Defense: 4/4
Armies: 1/3

Resources:
Army: 13 (+4/turn) = 12 - 2(curr) + 4(inc) -1(cap)
Gold: 0 (+0*/turn) = 0(curr) + 0(inc) + 10(Lord Sol) -10(Sacrifice)
Debt: 8 gold to Lord Sol
Stone: 3 (+1*/turn) = 0(curr) + 1(inc) +3(fishing) -1(fitzHarbort)
Wood: 12 (+5*/turn) = 7(curr) +5(inc)
*: including curse penalty

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape, the Golden Net, the Marrow Throne
Equipment: 1 Boat and 2 Ships
Special Units: 8 wolves

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Criptfeind on June 09, 2023, 06:42:01 pm

Actually that's a pretty good point, gunna to need to sacrifice gold to the barbarians to get rid of retaliation percentages.

I guess I technically don't need access though Kashyyks lands to get to Owain, so it's probably not assumed I have it. What would you charge to let me dispose of retaliation percentage Kashyyk? Might make sense to wait until next turn so that I can take down their moot first and stop their big attacks and then reduce it too.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: VermilionSkies on June 09, 2023, 10:42:10 pm

Spoiler: Gerald Wright (click to show/hide)

Marquess Gerald Wright
Background: Master Builder
Castle Name: Castle Wright
Castle Location K14
Border Colour: Maroon
Army: 12/13
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 3
Stone Production: 1
Recruitment: 2
Income: 2
Gold: 2
Debt: 0
Wood: 7
Stone: 2
Features: Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace, Keep, Barracks
Production Sites: K13 (1 Wood), J13 (1 Stone), L13 (1 Wood), L14 (1 Army)
Forts (location, defense 5/5, armies assigned): Fort Bowyer (K13, 6/6 Defense, 3/3 Armies (3 Archer)), Fort Mason (L15, 9/9 Defense, 1/3 Armies), Fort Tailor (J14, 4/4 Defense, 1/3 Armies), Fort Shepard (K11, 4/4 Defense, 3/3 Armies), Fort Butcher (L10, 2/5 Defense, 0/3 Armies, Occupied)
Artefacts: None
Equipment:
Special Units:

3 Wood 3 Armies 2 Gold 1 Stone
Return K12 to Owain, reducing my retaliation by 5%.
Pull 2 Armies from both Fort Tailor and Fort Mason.
Retain 3 Armies to guard Castle Wright in preparation for the inevitable Squelsh retaliation.
Pending border permission from either Kashyyk or A1:
March 8 Armies to K10 to assist with the repelling of Owain.
March 1 Army to L9 to acquire more production after the crippling of everything.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Kashyyk on June 10, 2023, 02:04:36 am

Access permission to join the anti-Owain force is granted for anyone who needs it.

Access to the Alkabrian Outpost or the Grove seems to be averaging at 1 Stone/2 Gold

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: notquitethere on June 10, 2023, 07:44:37 am

TURN 13

Spoiler: Count Sol (click to show/hide)

[Army: 8] Send a ship to March to B42, taking the Whiptide Sail and Wolf Crystal: The Wolf Crystal captures the wolves. Your armies attack (with five wolves) (7, 8, 3, 6, 7, 6, 7, 1, 8, 1, 6, 8 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (Giant). The giant drops 1 wood. You loot 8 gold.
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county.

[Army: 1] Send a Scout to A4: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the windswept bluffs they find six Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Send 10 armies to K10: (See Fitzharbort below)

Send 3 armies a wolf and a cat to L7: Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with one wolf) (7, 9, 2, 7 and 6), defeating two of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county. The bog cat converts the hill into marshland.

Send 1 army and a wolf to M7: The enemy hides behind their walls (1 wall strength).

Your armies attack (with one wolf) (3 and 2), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (5 and 2), from behind their walls, with none of your units defeated. The siege contines!

Scout J7-I6-J6: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the towering trees they find nothing by eerie silence.
You scout through the second land, discovering a forest.
In the dark woods they find a few signs of habitation long ago. Buried half in the earth, they find and take the Sundering Claw (assign a scout to crack open a permanent path through any adjacent mountain. 25% chance to call a hostile dragon to the location).
You scout through the third land, discovering a marshland.
In the foul fen they see an artefact! It is  Perfidy's Horn (Monster units controlled by a human unit in the vicinity will become hostile third parties, turning on everyone.)
The Horn is kept in a Thornish Fort with three Thornish holdouts defending, and walls at 6/6 strength.

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

Send 20 armies with last femur and 5 skeletons and 1 cat to join in the attack on the host in K10 (see below)

Continue to siege S10 with 1 army and 3 skeletons with 2 siege weapons: The enemy hides behind their walls (1 wall strength).
Your armies attack (with three skeletons) (4, 6, 10 and 9), damaging the walls (1) and breaking through into the fort, defeating two of the enemies (Thornish holdout and Thornish holdout).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.
No gold was found on the Thornish holdouts.

March R5 with 1 army: Your armies attack (4), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (8, 7, 5 and 6), killing one of your armies. Your armies have been defeated.
 Your total losses: one.

Scout R5-R4-R3: Your scout turns back on seeing the wolves.

Spoiler: Marquess Gerald Wright - Castle Wright (click to show/hide)

March 8 Armies to K10 to assist with the repelling of Owain (See below).

March 1 Army to L9 to acquire more production after the crippling of everything: L9 is already owned by Wright so marching on it doesn't do anything. Move understood as "patrolling" instead.

Spoiler: Bockhoven - Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Send 9 armies, 1 wolf and the Rhuddy Cape to K10 to support the attack on Owain (see below)

March 1 army and 7 wolves at C12: Your armies attack (with seven wolves) (2, 5, 3, 6, 2, 3, 9 and 2), defeating three of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).

The enemy attacks back (, killing none of your armies, and a wolf is killed. Then the rest run away. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
 Your total losses: one wolf

March 1 army at C9: THe undefended village is taken.

Send 1 scout to donate the Marrowfat Throne to the King with permission from prince fitzHarbort: + 18 victory points

Send 1 scout to F12 to sacrifice 10 gold to the barbarians: Reprisal set to 0.

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

22 armies march on Owain's host at K10, assisted by Vulk's forces (20 armies with last femur and 5 skeletons and 1 cat), plus Ayes (10), Bockhoven (9 armies, 1 wolf and the Rhuddy Cape), and Wright (.

The Owain (2), Owain (1), Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian attack first (7, 1, 7, 1, 4, 5, 5, 5, 3, 2, 3, 8, 1, 5, 6, 1, 2, 4, 6, 6, 2, 8, 6, 4, 6, 8, 8, 8, 4, 7 and 6), killing eight of your armies and two skeletons. The last femur raises one skeleton warrior!

Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (with one bog cat) (with one wolf) (with four skeletons) (3, 6, 8, 4, 9, 7, 5, 2, 7, 9, 7, 3, 7, 5, 5, 5, 8, 9, 7, 4, 2, 2, 8, 5, 6, 8, 8, 5, 4, 6, 8, 3, 2, 3, 6, 9, 3, 3, 2, 9, 6, 9, 2, 5, 7, 9, 3, 7, 3, 9, 8, 3, 8, 9, 7, 2, 2, 4, 9, 9, 5, 5 and 9), defeating all of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Owain (2) and Owain (1)).
The last femur raises ten skeleton warriors!
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county. The bog cat converts the land to marshland. The Marrowfat Shield is taken off Prince Owain's corpse (+30 reprisal chance)
Total losses 8: (4 Fitzharbort, 1 Wright, 2 Ayes, 1 Bockhoven)

1 army scouts J8->J7->J6: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the windswept bluffs they find two rampaging boar.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

1 army marches on J11: You conquer the undefended village.

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

- [M6] The dawn Dragon doesn't wander

- Barbarian-occupied tiles 7 (K15) send someone to the moot.
- Reprisals:
--[FitzHarbort 89%] The Squelsh launch a reprisal attack!
Five squelsh barbarians attack with the 12 from the moot! They take K9 without resistance.
--[Ayes 40%] The Squelsh launch a reprisal attack!
Five squelsh barbarians attack! They take the forest of O13 unopposed.
--[Wright 34%] The Squelsh launch a reprisal attack!
Three squelsh barbarians attack! They take the undefended hill at J15.
--[Vulk 34%] The Squelsh launch a reprisal attack!
Seven squelsh barbarians attack! They take the undefended swamp at R11.

--[Bockhoven 0%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Sol 0%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.

There are Thornish forts so the Lodestone doesn't trigger. [J6] Grows in size and the soldiers march on

- [K9] Hog's Landing: No new monsters come.
- [L2] Puzzle Dungeon: No new monsters come.
- [L10] Fort: Joining the lair is four wolves.
- [S3] Giant's Toe: Joining the lair is a bog cat.

Turn 14
Research

Prince Mackial FitzHarbort learns in M3 is the Rock Ring (With a scout, raise up a mountain wall between any two tiles. You must own at least one of the tiles to do this.)

Marquess Ambrosio Vulk learns in H5 is Siege Workshop Plans (The owner of this can build a Siege Workshop as a feature (spending 10 stone as normal). Siege Workshop: You can build these two alternative types of seige engine: 1. Battering Ram: destroy walls on a 4+ for one round (or 3+ or 2+ if you spend 2 or 4 more wood). 2. Giant Trebuchet: destroy 1d4 defence before the attack begins. You may spend 1-3 stone in ammunition to add 1-3 d4s to this.) Doesn't count towards anathema count.

(https://i.imgur.com/b4DknXm.png)

Spoiler: Known Artefact List (click to show/hide)

In the world
A11 is Cragman's Spike (a scout may pass through mountains)
A11 is Thornish Lodestone (while this remains in the Hedge, whenever no Thornish fort is on the map, another fort is revealed in a sector usually far from the owner of this artefact (most distant of two rolls)
B1 is the Black Trotter (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Trotter will gain the Black Trotter.) (One unit attacks first twice at the start of each combat, but each time they kill a unit somewhere a boar will turn into a grand tusk- a giant pig that counts as 2 boar. If no boar are currently on the map, the next X boar to appear will all be grand tusks, where X is the number of units killed by the Trotter.)
E5 is Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)
F11 is Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).
G6 is Black Claw (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Claw will gain the Black Claw.) (+4 dice rolled when attacking, every time someone is killed by a force wielding the claw, the nearest square with a bog cat gains another cat. If there are none, a bog cat will appear in the nearest empty square.)
G10 is Bitter Brew  (The set of armies this is equipped to never retreats from losses.)
H4 is the Black Lance (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding the Black Lance will gain the Black Lance.) (You never attack first in combats, but on your first attack all your attackers will attack three times. The turn after slaying someone with the lance, Dragons will preferentially fly one square in your direction when flying to a new home. When this first discovered, place the Dawn Dragon on M6 (the Dawn Dragon counts for 15 armies)).
H5 is Siege Workshop Plans (The owner of this can build a Siege Workshop as a feature (spending 10 stone as normal). Siege Workshop: You can build these two alternative types of seige engine: 1. Battering Ram: destroy walls on a 4+ for one round (or 3+ or 2+ if you spend 2 or 4 more wood). 2. Giant Trebuchet: destroy 1d4 defence before the attack begins. You may spend 1-3 stone in ammunition to add 1-3 d4s to this.) Doesn't count towards anathema count.
I5 is the Shimmering Coin (+2 on rolls that determine gold amounts)
J4 is Wellspring Staff (the Wellspring Staff may be cast into marshland by a unit to turn it into a lake (spilling out into all adjacent tiles - units can drown this way without proper precautions). If the staff is recovered (by boat etc) in subsequent turns, the lake remains.)
In K4 is the Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)
J6 - Perfidy's Horn (Monster units controlled by a human unit in the vicinity will become hostile third parties, turning on everyone.)
M3 is the Rock Ring (With a scout, raise up a mountain wall between any two tiles. You must own at least one of the tiles to do this.)
N6 is the Juniper Cape (a scout isn't stopped by monsters)
Q8 is the Crimson Drum (attack first when defending)
R6 are the Saint's Knuckles (take -1 when rolling on the monster table (usually less dangerous results))

Held by Lords
Ayes: Sundering Claw (assign a scout to crack open a permanent path through any adjacent mountain. 25% chance to call a hostile dragon to the location)

Bockhoven: the Rhuddy Cape (the unit this is assigned to is now considered a giant)

The Wolf Crystal (wolves encountered will join the army instead (they still all run away when injured)

Vulk: the Last Femur! (1/4 chance of each dead unit being resurrected to your side as a skeleton warrior when they die)

Cat Sack (defeated Bog Cats are put in the Cat Sack instead of being killed if the Cat Sack is held by the winning force. These cats are owned but unfriendly, and any number can be released by an army in any combat, or let loose by a scout in any tile.)

Count Sol: the Speculator's Rod (a scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

The Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)

Prince FitzHarborrt: Hunter's Stand (Archers in the army this is attached to only die on 5s if no other units remain)

Golden Net (A scout carrying this across water has a 25% chance of rolling on the treasure table)

Sent to the King: Marrowfat Throne (when owned by someone of Squelsh heritage, one Squelsh defector will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production) and adjacent Squelsh armies will join your attacks on non-Squelsh; when owned by an Alkabrian or other, +30 reprisal chance, +100 reprisal chance if destroyed.)

Pellucid Orb (+1 to scout travel distance)

Spoiler: Known Unique Sites (click to show/hide)

A11 is the Selkie Court (Castle with Keep, Moat x 3!) 31/31 defence - The Selkie Queen lives in the Selkie Court. She is a hag protected by 8 royal seals (who act identically to bog cats but with water instead of marshes). In her vault, she has a treasure of 20 gold and two random artefacts (which may be used in defence). The court only appears on coast or water tiles.)

C8 is the Crimson Tower (Keep/Tower/Bloodforge) Defence 17/17,  - Dai the Bloodsinger has a Bloodforge in which 3 armies may be sacrificed to create a new artefact (and become anathema to all).

F12 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance for reprisals against the Hedge Lord to 0.

E7 and K1 are the Walking Stone Circles - A pair of sites. They are considered adjacent: units can walk from one to the other across the map. Each is initially defended by three giants. They will let anyone pass through both tiles unharmed in a turn as if they were owned by the traveller, for 1 gold per unit passing (if they do so, they won't join a monster march). Gold accumulates on the first stone circle passed through. Enemies always find the gold for it.


E10 is an unknown lair.

F11 is Lake Sorrow.

F13 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance to reprisals to 0. This only works for people who don't own the Grove.

G10 is Wolfhaven Woods - Forest. Spiritual home of wolf kind. Inhabited by 10d4 wolves (25). These wolves will only flee if less than 10 remain. Any wolves that would otherwise be loyal to a non-wolf, are loyal to the wolves in these woods. Wolves in this forest will never march on anywhere.

H10 is Owl Woods - Forest. Originally guarded by the Dusk Dragon (the Dusk Dragon counts for 10 armies) and seven wisps. The dragon holds Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).

K8 is Blasted Oak - Forest. If any non-skeleton dies here on in an adjacent tile, a new hostile skeleton will spawn here. 8 skeletal warriors are wandering around here.

M8 is The Hirsute Sage's Hut (while independent, scouts that pass through the hut will ignore the first set of enemies they come across while scouting after visiting the hut. The sage leaves if his home becomes occupied.)

N7 is Taghairn Cave - Owned by Cuthbert Catsbane, a Bloodsinger who wields the Cat Sack if it hasn't appeared elsewhere. Has a limited kind of Bloodforge in which three cats may be sacrificed to create a new artefact. You would first have to find a way of gaining the cats.

O8 is The Hag Market. Marshland. Protected by 9 bog hags and 27 bog cats. Scouts can be sent to the market to buy bog cats (4 gold each) and otherwise may pass through without being attacked. Half the money spent here remains as possible loot. Friendly bog cats have +1 attack in marshland, and while you have a cat, they give -1 (non-cumulative) to enemy attack rolls. Cats cannot be sent to scout, and they cannot be send to attack or patrol by themselves. Monsters won't march from this location."

Q5 is The Moot - Village with 2d2 (2+1=3) Squelsh Barbarians and a moat (6/6 defense). It is the neutral meeting place of rival Squelsh bands. At the start of each enemy turn, each tile with a Squelsh Barbarian has a 25% chance of sending someone to the Moot. The first Squelsh reprisal each turn will be joined by whomever is in the Moot. If the Moot is conquered, a new Moot (with a new moat) will appear in the most populous Squelsh-held village at the start of the next player turn, or if there are no such villages, it may appear in future tile generation (from scouting, research etc.).

Q9 is Granny Longtooth's Hut - Marshland. 4/4 defence while Granny Longtooth lives here. Granny Longtooth is a Bog Hag protected by 15 Bog Cats. Monsters won't normally march from this location, but Granny Longtooth will curse anyone who has sacrificed cats or who has let a friendly cat come to harm. (While she lives: -1 income, -1 recruitment, -1 wood production, -1 stone production, to a minimum of 0 each.)

R3 is The Castle of Bryn the Brawn (Keep/Tower/Tower) Defence 21/21, occupied by Bryn, a giant, and his family, three more giants. The adjacent squares are also within his domain. Bryn will wage war to retake any squares adjacent to his castle, always accompanied in battle by 1d6 wolves.

R10 is the Scout Hut - Initially abandoned and inhabited by a family of 6 boar. Up to three armies can be assigned to the Hut as if it were a fort and they don't count towards your army cap. These armies can scout so long at they begin scouting from a tile adjacent to the hut. Spend 3 wood to dismantle and reassemble the hut on an empty tile you own.

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Notes

- I haven't updated artefact list yet, will do later. Just getting the turn out before starting out this morning.
- Let me know any mistakes as usual...
- Horizon seems to have deleted his sheet. You'll want to fix that before the next turn.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: Quarque on June 10, 2023, 08:00:48 am

A question, does capturing a village still increase reprisal by +5% now that Owain is dead?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: Criptfeind on June 10, 2023, 08:01:22 am

Should the moot be currently depopulated, since it sent it's dude out on a raid? Or is the map right and it has 11 dudes in it still somehow?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: Criptfeind on June 10, 2023, 08:22:41 am

Quote from: Kashyyk on June 10, 2023, 02:04:36 am

Access to the Alkabrian Outpost or the Grove seems to be averaging at 1 Stone/2 Gold

I am interested in both, and would pay 4 gold if you're amenable?

I'll also need access though your lands A1s, is 2 gold good for you as well?

Edit: Quarue, is the wolf crystal unrented for this turn? If so, still wish to use it to capture wolves in R5, shockingly, the single unarmed man I sent there was ripped to pieces.

Edit2: Of course, selling wood, if anyone still has need of such a common resource.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: Horizon on June 10, 2023, 10:26:44 am

Heckin yeah, the lair is gone! Epic, awesome for the Hero of Swearing! Alrighty, Quarque maybe now we can talk of the recompense of providing you a hefty sum of gold? And haha yeah sheet whoops!

Spoiler: Sol, Inheritor of Swearing (click to show/hide)

Sol, Son of Gloronisits and Hero of Swearing
Background: Hero
Castle Name: Castle Aubade
Castle Location: A5
Border Colour: Gold
Army: 10/10
Defence: 14/14
Wood Production/Inv: +1 (9)
Stone Production/Inv: +0 (2)
Recruitment: 0
Gold: 24
Income: 1
Debt: 0
2 Boats, 1 Ship

Features:
- Defenses:
   • Tower: +4/4 defence, increase maximum army size by +1
(can be bought up to four times)
- Resources:
   • Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production.
- Knowledge:
   • Shipyard: -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
Forts:

Artefacts:
  - Speculator's Rod (A scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

  - Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)

  - Whiptide Sail (one boat or ship can travel twice as far.)

Equipment: None
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: Kashyyk on June 10, 2023, 11:40:24 am

Awesome! That went well :)

When you get a chance NQT, could you also update the battle to say whom took the casualties?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: Criptfeind on June 10, 2023, 11:44:17 am

Quote from: notquitethere on June 10, 2023, 07:44:37 am

Total losses 8: (4 Fitzharbort, 1 Wright, 2 Ayes, 1 Bockhoven)

Is that not this bit? Although it doesn't mention the 2 dead skeletons (which is fine, since we knew who lost those)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: a1s on June 10, 2023, 11:58:06 am

Quote from: Kashyyk on June 10, 2023, 02:04:36 am

Access to the Alkabrian Outpost or the Grove seems to be averaging at 1 Stone/2 Gold

Since we all need access to the grove after we defeated the Squelsh together, could you maybe lower the price for this one time? You'll still get more gold than usual.

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 10, 2023, 08:22:41 am

I'll also need access though your lands A1s, is 2 gold good for you as well?

No, for the same reason. Access to the grove is free from me this turn, and I will take 1 gold for access to the Outpost.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: Kashyyk on June 10, 2023, 12:05:59 pm

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 10, 2023, 11:44:17 am

Quote from: notquitethere on June 10, 2023, 07:44:37 am

Total losses 8: (4 Fitzharbort, 1 Wright, 2 Ayes, 1 Bockhoven)

Is that not this bit? Although it doesn't mention the 2 dead skeletons (which is fine, since we knew who lost those)

Ah yeah, I was looking for it further up, when the casualties first happened.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: Quarque on June 10, 2023, 06:23:29 pm

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 10, 2023, 08:22:41 am

Quarue, is the wolf crystal unrented for this turn? If so, still wish to use it to capture wolves in R5, shockingly, the single unarmed man I sent there was ripped to pieces.

Yes. I'll lend it for a turn in return for three of the wolves.

Quote from: Horizon on June 10, 2023, 10:26:44 am

Heckin yeah, the lair is gone! Epic, awesome for the Hero of Swearing! Alrighty, Quarque maybe now we can talk of the recompense of providing you a hefty sum of gold? And haha yeah sheet whoops!

Sure. I'll repay the full 8 gold after conquering the Selkie Court, or if you prefer I could repay in the form of 4 stones now.

@Kashyyk: Could you please help me with the Selkie Court? I'm borrowing you the ship again, so you can send 10 units. This fight doesn't need a cat.

Spoiler: Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow
C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defense: 10/10
Army Cap: 13
Features:
* Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
* Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
* Shipyard (coast only): -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
* Barracks: +3 army cap
F11 - Fort Neubockelstein
Defense: 4/4
Armies: 1/3

Resources:
Army: 13 (+4/turn) = 13 - 2(curr) + 2(inc, capped)
Gold: 0 (+0*/turn) = 0(curr) + 0(inc)
Debt: 8 gold to Lord Sol
Stone: 4 (+1*/turn) = 3(curr) + 1(inc)
Wood: 7 (+5*/turn) = 12(curr) +5(inc) -10(siege engines)
*: including curse penalty

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape, the Golden Net, the Wolf Crystal
Equipment: 1 Boat and 1 Ship
Special Units: 10 wolves (8 - 1 lost +3 from Lord Sol)

Trade:
Receive the Wolf Crystal and three wolves from Lord Sol
Send 1 ship to prince Fitzharbort
Actions:
Build 5 siege engines
Attack the Selkie Court at A11 with:
* 1 ship with 1 army, the rhuddy cape, 5 siege engines and 9 wolves
* 1 boat with 2 armies and 1 wolf
March at C14 with 3 armies
March at D15 with 3 armies
March at D10 with 1 army
Scout B8 with 1 army
Scout A15 with 1 army
Scout E15 with 1 army

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: Criptfeind on June 10, 2023, 07:18:45 pm

Quote from: Quarque on June 10, 2023, 06:23:29 pm

Yes. I'll lend it for a turn in return for three of the wolves.

Hmm, can I talk you into an even split? 2 to 2?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: notquitethere on June 10, 2023, 10:44:52 pm

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 10, 2023, 08:01:22 am

Should the moot be currently depopulated, since it sent it's dude out on a raid? Or is the map right and it has 11 dudes in it still somehow?

Fixed.

And yes, the battle losses are there. I think it's just the artefacts I still need to do. Maybe tomorrow.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: Quarque on June 11, 2023, 12:07:30 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 10, 2023, 07:18:45 pm

Hmm, can I talk you into an even split? 2 to 2?

Sorry, I stopped offering even wolf splits for free, the deals with a1s and Sol weren't even either (a1s payed a lot of wood when I needed it). My reasoning is that you're not only getting wolves but also a trivial battle. I will split even for 3 gold.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: Kashyyk on June 11, 2023, 04:31:11 am

Quote from: a1s on June 10, 2023, 11:58:06 am

Quote from: Kashyyk on June 10, 2023, 02:04:36 am

Since we all need access to the grove after we defeated the Squelsh together, could you maybe lower the price for this one time? You'll still get more gold than usual.

Sorry a1s, I missed this. Yeah, for post-Owain recovery I'll take 1 Gold.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: Criptfeind on June 11, 2023, 07:08:52 am

Quote from: Quarque on June 11, 2023, 12:07:30 am

My reasoning is that you're not only getting wolves but also a trivial battle.

Fair enough reasoning. I think I'll pass in this instance.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: notquitethere on June 11, 2023, 07:27:07 am

Quote from: Quarque on June 10, 2023, 08:00:48 am

A question, does capturing a village still increase reprisal by +5% now that Owain is dead?

I missed that before. No that was an effect from Owain.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: Criptfeind on June 11, 2023, 08:06:16 am

Thinking about it, shouldn't there be only one thorn in k7? They normally just go back to their fort, don't they?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: notquitethere on June 11, 2023, 05:05:20 pm

Good spot. Now fixed.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: Criptfeind on June 11, 2023, 10:30:40 pm

Feels like this turn is probably going to take a bit because there's a lot of back and forth between players and each other and the gm spread over a few days, just the nature of forum games sometimes, but in the interests of not missing some unknown deadline (because the game often updates when I'm asleep) I'll input this turn now. It should be mostly good.

Spoiler: Turn 12 gains/losses (click to show/hide)

-2 armies fort hawthorn
+2 armies
-2 siege weapons
S10: Forest Fort Sycamore 0/3 defenses +1 wood production
Army -1
Skeleton -2
Skeleton +11
-R11: Marsh

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Colour: Blue

Castle Mysterious: P14
Defence: 10/10
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove

Point Swearing: S14
Defense: 10/10
Features: Shipyard, Coppicing Grove, Library

Wood Production: 8 (7)
Recruitment: 9 (
Income: 1 (0)
Stone Production: 1 (0)

Army: 21+2-1+8=30!-7=23/23
Gold: 11
Debt: 0
Wood: 14+7=21
Stone: 1

Artifacts: Last Femur, Pellucid Orb, Cat Sack
Equipment: 2 siege weapons 1 ship
Special Units: 17 Skeleton warriors 0 Skeleton Archers 1 Cats
Curses: Granny Longtooth Q9

Holdings list:
O6: Village +1 recruitment
O7: Village +1 recruitment
O14: Village +1 Recruitment
O15: Forest +1 Wood production
P6: Forest +1 Wood production
P7: Marsh
P8: Forest +1 Wood production
P9: Hill
P10 Village +1 Recruitment
P11: Forest Fort Ivy 4/8 +1 Wood Production 3 Armies
P12: Lair
P13 Village +1 Recruitment
P15: Hill
Q6: Forest +1 Wood production
Q11: Marsh
Q12: Village +1 Recruitment
Q13: Village +1 Recruitment
Q14: Hill Fort Hawthorn 0/5 1 armies
R12: Quarry +1 Stone production
R13: Marsh
R14: Village +1 recruitment
R15: Marsh
S10: Forest Fort Sycamore 0/3 defenses +1 wood production
S11: Hill

Spoiler: Turn 13 (click to show/hide)

Sell 6 wood for 3 gold
Send 1 gold to Aywen Ayes for access
Send 3 gold to Mackial FitzHarbort for access
Scout R7-S7-T7
Send scout on ship to T13
Scout T11-T10-TT9
March 1 army on Q5
March 5 armies and 4 skeletons with last femur to R11
March 4 armies and 3 skeletons with to S12
March 1 armies and 2 skeletons to S13
March 1 armies and 3 skeletons to T12
March 6 armies and 5 skeletons and 1 cat with cat sack to N7
Send scout to F12 and sacrifice 10 gold
Send scout to Alkabrian Outpost and gift the Pellucid Orb to king Alkabar

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: notquitethere on June 12, 2023, 12:32:13 am

I appreciate it. I'll update next when everyone's submitted a turn but probably no hard deadline while I'm holidaying. But the sooner people submit, the sooner the next turn will roll on.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: a1s on June 12, 2023, 06:19:16 am

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
Castle Location N-13
Border Colour: Red
Army: 15/15
Defence: 18/18
Wood Production: 6
Stone production: 1
Recruitment: 4
Income: 1
Wood: 36
Gold: 15
Stone:2
Debt: 0
Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks, Tower(x2)
Forts : None
Artifacts: None
Equipment: None
Special Units: 1 bog cat, 3 wolves

orders:
Receive 1 gold  from Ambrosio Vulk
Send 1 gold to Mackial FitzHarbort
Sell 22 wood for 11 gold
buy 8 stone for 16 gold
Build a tower.
March 2 armies and a cat to M7
March 6 armies and a wolf on O13
March 2 armies and a wolf to K7
March 2 armies and a wolf on M15
March 1 army on J7

Send scout with Sundering claw to make a tunnel between L6 and L7. If possible scout L6-L5-K5
Send a scout with 10 gold to the sacred grove.

I would also like to sell some wood. 3:2 gold, 2:1 stone!

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Kashyyk on June 12, 2023, 07:09:09 am

I suppose I should actually do a turn, huh?

Two GM questions:
1. Do the Squelsh at the K9 Lair cause monsters to spawn/monster marches/etc? I might need to change my orders if so
2. I'm building a Marketplace this turn, do I start getting the Gold this turn or next?

@VermilionSkies: I'm happy to assist you with that monsterFort on L10, it's likely to pop next turn. Just let me know and I'll rejig my orders.

Borrowing a Ship from Bockhoven for the turn
Receive 1 Gold from Ayes and 3 Gold from Vulk

Spend 10 Wood to make 5 bows
Spend 20 Gold to buy 10 Stone, and build a Marketplace at Sundered Spire
1 Army and 2 Bows garrison Fort Heather
1 Army and 1 Bow garrisons Fort Hollivy
2 Armies and 2 Bows garrison Fort Juniper
1 Army sacrifices 10 Gold at the Grove
10 armies in Bockhoven's Ship sail in support of Bockhoven's assault on the Selkie Court
3 armies march on G9
5 armies march on J8
1 Army garrisons Shandston's Folly
1 Army garrisons Sundered Spire

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 14
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)
 - Alkabrian Outpost (see here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181666.msg8481075#msg8481075))

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 4/8
Garrison: 3/3 (2x Archers, 1x Infantry)

I11 - Forest: Fort Hollivy
Defence: 6/8
Garrison: 3/3 (2x Archers, 1x Infantry)

J10 - Castle: Sundered Spire
Defence: 6/11
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Tower (+4/+4 Defence, +1 Army Cap)
 - Watchtower (Defender's get first strike, gives Hill report)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)

J9 - Forest: Fort Juniper
Defence: 4/5
Garrison: 3/3 (2x Archers, 1x Infantry)

Resources:
Army : 21/25 (+8/turn) = 24(curr) + 8(inc) + 5(capped inc) - 4(casualties) - 4(Fort garrisons)
Gold: 15 (+3/turn) = 39(curr) +2(inc) + 1(Ayes) + 3(Vulk) - 10(Grove) - 20(buy Stone)
Stone: 0 (+0/turn)  = 0(curr) + 10(buy) - 10(build Marketplace)
Wood : 19 (+5/turn) = 14(curr) + 5(inc)
Debt: 20
Victory Points: 20

Territory: F13 (Forest), F15 (Village), G15 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), G11 (Lair: Wolf Den), H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), H11 (Village), H9 (Village), I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I13 (Hill), I12 (Marsh), I11 (Forest, Fort Hollivy), I10 (Marsh), I9 (Village), J11 (Village), J10 (Sundered Spire), J9 (Forest, Fort Juniper), K10 (Swamp)
Artefacts:
 - Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants)
 - Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)
Equipment: Bockhoven's Ship
Units: 25x Infantry, 1x Wolf, 1x Bog Cat

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: notquitethere on June 12, 2023, 07:15:34 am

Quote from: Kashyyk on June 12, 2023, 07:09:09 am

I suppose I should actually do a turn, huh?

Two GM questions:
1. Do the Squelsh at the K9 Lair cause monsters to spawn/monster marches/etc? I might need to change my orders if so

It's a bit of an edge case, but no I think the lair counts as having been defeated by the Squelsh while they occupy it and so no monsters will spawn (and I shouldn't have listed it in the last enemy phase).

Quote

2. I'm building a Marketplace this turn, do I start getting the Gold this turn or next?

Next turn. Same goes for building coppicing etc.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: a1s on June 13, 2023, 03:54:29 am

Question: the sundering claw is not marked on the map, but it is marked in Known Artifacts as still being on I6. Did my scout pick it up or is that just visual glitch?
Also, does the Dragon of Dawn carry the normal amount of gold in his hoard? I expect it does, but I wanted to be sure.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: notquitethere on June 13, 2023, 04:06:51 am

As I didn't specify otherwise, I guess Dawn Dragon drops normal amount of dragon gold. And yes you picked up the Claw, I've now updated the artefact list accordingly.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: a1s on June 13, 2023, 04:25:29 am

New orders:

Quote from: a1s on June 12, 2023, 06:19:16 am

orders:
Receive 1 gold  from Ambrosio Vulk
Send 1 gold to Mackial FitzHarbort
Sell 22 wood for 11 gold
buy 8 stone for 16 gold
Build a tower.
March 2 armies and a cat to M7
March 6 armies and a wolf on O13
March 2 armies and a wolf to K7
March 2 armies and a wolf on M15
March 1 army on J7

Send scout with Sundering claw to make a tunnel between L6 and L7. If possible scout L6-L5-K5
Send a scout with 10 gold to the sacred grove.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: notquitethere on June 13, 2023, 07:12:07 pm

I think that's just two more players left to enter (Horizon and Route Horizon VermilionSkies).

Update: the other four player turns are processed and I won't be checking for edits.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: VermilionSkies on June 14, 2023, 03:04:32 am

Spoiler: Gerald Wright (sheet updated to account for Turn 13) (click to show/hide)

Marquess Gerald Wright
Background: Master Builder
Castle Name: Castle Wright
Castle Location K14
Border Colour: Maroon
Army: 11/13
Defence: 10/10
Wood Production: 4
Stone Production: 1
Recruitment: 2
Income: 2
Gold: 4
Debt: 0
Wood: 11
Stone: 3
Features: Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace, Keep, Barracks
Production Sites: K13 (1 Wood), J13 (1 Stone), L13 (1 Wood), L14 (1 Army), L8 (1 Wood)
Forts (location, defense 5/5, armies assigned): Fort Bowyer (K13, 6/6 Defense, 3/3 Armies (3 Archer)), Fort Mason (L15, 9/9 Defense, 1/3 Armies), Fort Tailor (J14, 4/4 Defense, 1/3 Armies), Fort Shepard (K11, 4/4 Defense, 3/3 Armies), Fort Butcher (L10, 2/5 Defense, 0/3 Armies, Occupied)
Artefacts: None
Equipment:
Special Units:

Unfortunately, I'm going to be fairly busy soon and I'm not certain I'll be able to keep up with this. I leave my belongings to the next waitlister, or, if one is lacking, the 32-stack of Squelsh outside my home.
Thank you for hosting.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: a1s on June 14, 2023, 03:22:15 am

If no one steps forth, I would like to call dibs on their castle (monsters and all) as one of only 2 players without a second castle. I consider myself to have seniority (and with it a higher chance of governing well) I am willing to send Sol (Horizon) some complimentary wood to make this happen.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: notquitethere on June 14, 2023, 07:58:47 am

Thank you kindly for playing and thank you for the considerate handover.

I've offered Elephant Parade the same deal as I did Horizon (fully replacement or new castle on the frontier). If Elephant Parade declines or doesn't get back to me, the land will fall into ruin as per the OP, to be picked over by neighbours.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: Horizon on June 14, 2023, 10:00:25 am

Just been a bit busy haha, I'll get my orders through today.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: Horizon on June 14, 2023, 10:09:56 am

Tentative Orders (TURN: 14)
- Send the Wolf Crystal back to Blockhoven.
- (3 armies) Build a Fort at B2 (-5 wood), henceforth named Fort Howling.
- (5 armies) take the ship with Whiptide Sail back to Castle Aubade.
- Pending some agreements to be made between the neighboring lord's and ladies.

Spoiler: Sol, Inheritor of Swearing (click to show/hide)

Sol, Son of Gloronisits and Hero of Swearing
Background: Hero
Castle Name: Castle Aubade
Castle Location: A5
Border Colour: Gold
Army: 10/10
Defence: 14/14
Wood Production/Inv: +1 (4)
Stone Production/Inv: +0 (2)
Recruitment: 0
Gold: 24
Income: 1
Debt: 0
2 Boats, 1 Ship

Features:
- Defenses:
   • Tower: +4/4 defence, increase maximum army size by +1
(can be bought up to four times)
- Resources:
   • Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production.
- Knowledge:
   • Shipyard: -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
Forts:

Artefacts:
  - Speculator's Rod (A scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

  - Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)

  - Whiptide Sail (one boat or ship can travel twice as far.)

Equipment: None
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: Criptfeind on June 14, 2023, 10:26:05 am

You do not need to send your armies or your ship back as an explicit action.

Armies don't really exist on the map, outside of certain specific situations involving sieges (and even then, not really).

Armies can simply take actions anywhere that you have access, with access being defined by borders, with ships being able to give access across water.

At this point though, owning B2, you no longer need a boat to draw access to and from it, the boat is now simply a resource you can use elsewhere if you wish, and your armies can be expanding from B2 or A5 without the use of a boat.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: Elephant Parade on June 14, 2023, 11:08:47 am

Dolton the Drunk is a late arrival to the contest. An incorrigible alcoholic, he was out on one of his drunken voyages when he ran the ship aground on the north coast of Thornland. Heading inland with his men, he found a castle staffed by the runaway servants of an ex-competitor. What fortune! Surely God intended for him to join—and win!

Spoiler: Character Creation (click to show/hide)

Marquess Dolton
Background: Armorer
Castle Name:
Castle Location: F5
Initial Features: Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment), Marketplace (+1 gold/turn), Tower (+3/+3 DEF, +1 army cap)
Border Color: Nausea Green

Spoiler: Dolton the Drunk (Post-Inheritance) (click to show/hide)

Marquess Dolton
Castle: Castle Bacchus [F5: Mustering Yard (+1 recruit)/Marketplace (+1 g./tn.), Tower (+3 def., +1 army cap)]
Border Colour: Nausea Green or Wine Pink
Army: 11/11
Defence: 13/13
Wood Production: 0
Recruitment: 1
Gold: 4
Wood: 11
Stone: 3
Income: 2
Debt: 0
Forts: n/a
Artefacts: None
Equipment: Siege Engine x2
Special Units: None

Income
+1 soldier (already capped)
+2 Gold (-> 6)

Orders:
- March G6 (7 soldiers)
- Scout E5 -> D5 -> D4
- Scout G5 -> H5 -> I5
- Scout F4 -> G4 -> H4

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: notquitethere on June 14, 2023, 07:14:46 pm

TURN 14 REPORT

Spoiler: Count Sol (click to show/hide)

Fort Howling was built.

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

March 2 armies and a cat to M7:
The enemy hides behind their walls (1 wall strength).
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (5, 7 and 3), damaging the walls (1) and breaking through into the fort, defeating one of the enemies (Thornish holdout).
The enemy attacks back (7), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (3 and 4), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (5), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (5 and , defeating one of the enemies (Thornish holdout).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county. The cat transforms the hill into marshland.
From the Thornish holdouts you take one gold.
Your total losses: one.

March 6 armies and a wolf on O13: Your armies attack (with one wolf) (7, 3, 4, 5, 6, 2 and , defeating four of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).

The enemy attacks back (5), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (9, 6, 5, 9, 8, 9 and 5), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.

March 2 armies and a wolf to K7: Your armies attack (with one wolf) (7, 8 and 7), defeating one of the enemies (Thornish holdout).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.
No gold was found on the Thornish holdouts.

March 2 armies and a wolf on M15:
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (5, 4 and 6), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (4 and 5), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (4, 4 and 4), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (1 and 6), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (2 and 7), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (7), killing a wolf. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
 Your total losses: one army, one wolf.

March 1 army on J7: The undefended forest is absorbed into the county.

Send scout with Sundering claw to make a tunnel between L6 and L7. If possible scout L6-L5-K5: A mountain path is sundered, but no dragon comes. You scout through the first land, discovering an unusual site. Hogland Hollow - Forest. Inhabited by 3d6 Boar (12). While it is unconquered, at the end of any turn when there is less than 10 boars in this forest, 1d4 more boar will appear. Your scout withdraws to safety.

Send a scout with 10 gold to the sacred grove: The Squelsh are appeased.

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

Scout R7-S7-T7: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the hard scrabble bluffs they find a gold mine and they also find three wisps.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Send scout on ship to T13: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the rugged down they find a quarry and they also find two wisps.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout T11-T10-TT9: Your scout discovers Hero's Tor - Hill Fort (Steep Path: Siege Engines cannot assail this hill) (9/9). An ageing Squelsh Champion (counts as two units, +1 to its attacks) with the Bloody Standard (+1 all attack rolls) sits in retirement in this fort, with his retinue of 6 Squelsh Barbarians, and two pet wisps. Your scout withdraws to safety.

March 1 army on Q5: You take the undefended village, despite the moat. The current moot is thwarted... for now.

March 5 armies and 4 skeletons with last femur to R11: Your armies attack (with four skeletons) (2, 4, 6, 3, 8, 2, 6, 9 and 4), defeating four of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).
The last femur raises two skeleton warriors!

The enemy attacks back (2, 5 and 6), killing one of your armies. The Last Femur fails to raise anyone.

Your armies attack (with six skeletons) (9, 4, 2, 6, 4, 9, 9, 5, 2 and 7), defeating three of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).
The last femur raises one skeleton warrior!
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.
Total losses: 1.

March 4 armies and 3 skeletons with to S12: Your armies attack (with three skeletons) (5, 4, 3, 6, 4, 9 and 2), defeating three of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).
The enemy attacks back (6, 5 and 9), killing one of your armies, and killing one skeleton.
Your armies attack (with two skeletons) (8, 5, 9, 3 and 6), defeating three of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.
Your total losses: One army, one skeleton.

March 1 armies and 2 skeletons to S13: Your armies attack (with two skeletons) (8, 5 and 2), defeating two of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.

March 1 armies and 3 skeletons to T12: Your armies attack (with three skeletons) (4, 3, 2 and 5), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).

The enemy attacks back (8 and 7), killing two skeletons.
You take too many losses and withdraw.
Your total losses: two skeletons.

March 6 armies and 5 skeletons and 1 cat with cat sack to N7: Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with five skeletons) (1, 2, 2, 2, 0, 3, 1, 2, 4, 3, 5 and 0), defeating one of the enemies (bog cat).

The enemy attacks back (7, 2, 0, 5 and 1), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with five skeletons) (2, 0, 6, 2, 7, 7, 2, 0, 3, 6 and 6), defeating five of the enemies (bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat and bog cat).

All enemies are defeated and Taghairn cave is absorbed into your county. The area doesn't turn into marshland. All bog cats defeated are captured into the cat sack...
Your total losses: one.

Send scout to F12 and sacrifice 10 gold: Squelsh appeased.

Send scout to Alkabrian Outpost and gift the Pellucid Orb to king Alkabar: +18 Victory points, -1 unit and Pellucid Orb

Spoiler: Marquess Gerald Wright - Castle Wright (click to show/hide)

Marquess Wright chokes on a particularly tough scrap of boar meat and dies. His treasury and staff join his successor at Castle Bacchus.

Castle Wright falls into ruin: 3d6 damage [5], and a bog cat and a dragon take up residence in the empty halls.

Fort Tailor (J14) is taken over by monsters. A dragon, three wisps and five wolves move in.

Fort Shepard (K11) is taken over by Thornish holdouts (1).

Fort Bowyer (K13) is taken over by Thornish holdouts (2).

Fort Mason (L15) is taken over by the Squelsh (3)

The rest of the lands fall to uncertainty.

Spoiler: Bockhoven - Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Attack the Selkie Court at A11 with:
* 1 ship with 1 army, the rhuddy cape, 5 siege engines and 9 wolves
* 1 boat with 2 armies and 1 wolf
* 10 armies and a ship from FitzHarbort
The enemy hides behind their walls (31 wall strength).
The enemy hides behind their walls (31 wall strength).

Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (with ten wolves) (7, 12, 6, 8, 9, 9, 6, 11, 8, 11, 12, 8, 6, 7, 5, 6, 10, 6, 11, 11, 5, 8, 11, 11 and 7), damaging the walls (10) defeating all eight Seals.
The Selkie Queen (protected by her keep) attacks (4), with none of your units defeated. The Selkie Queen curses Fitzharbort and Bockhoven. While she lives they both get -1 income, -1 recruitment, -1 wood production, -1 stone production, to a minimum of 0 each. A siege begins.

March at C14 with 3 armies: Your armies attack (3, 0 and 4), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (9), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (5 and 3), defeating one of the enemies (bog cat).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county. You pick up 3 gold.
Your total losses: one.

March at D15 with 3 armies: >p 3
Your armies attack (6, 4 and 0), defeating one of the enemies (bog cat).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.
March at D10 with 1 army

Scout B8 with 1 army: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the murky mire they find four rampaging boar, and the two wolves.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout A15 with 1 army: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the steep down they find a Thornish Fort with two Thornish holdouts defending, and walls at 7/7 strength.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout E15 with 1 army: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The townlet is defended by three Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

10 armies in Bockhoven's Ship sail in support of Bockhoven's assault on the Selkie Court (see Bockhoven)

3 armies march on G9: Your armies attack (8, 3 and , defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

5 armies march on J8: The boar and boar attack first (7, 7, 5 and 2), killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (8, 7 and 4), defeating two of the enemies (boar and boar).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county. Nothing new loearned from hill report.
 Your total losses: two.

1 Army sacrifices 10 Gold at the Grove - The Squelsh are appeased.

Spoiler: Marquess Dolton of Castle Bacchus (click to show/hide)

Castle founded in F5.

- March G6 (7 soldiers): Seven armies march into a unusual site beyond the border. Cave of the Night Scream - Lair with two tanglebats (if there are any tanglebats at the start of combat, and no side has defence, a new tanglebat will spawn for each living opposing unit). - When the Cave is first discovered (by research, scout, hill report, marching etc) it screams, unsettling the whole Hedge. Every fully revealed lair (including player owned and the Cave itself) generates one tanglebat. Thereafter, there's a 1/3 chance at the start of each enemy phase that the cave will scream again. It can be stopped by walling up the cave (10 stone) or sacrificing 20 units to appease the bats within. One of the Tanglebats here wields the Black Claw (+3 dice rolled). The lair has a hoard of 2d6 gold [2].
Your armies attack (8, 2, 1, 6, 7, 8 and 7), defeating five of the enemies (tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat and tanglebat).
The enemy attacks back (3, 1, 6, 2, 1, 7, 4, 4, 7), killing three of your armies.
Your armies attack (6, 1, 6, and , defeating three of the enemies (tanglebat, tanglebat and tanglebat).
The enemy attacks back (6, 6, 8, 4, 5), killing three of your armies.
You take too many losses and withdraw.
Total losses: six. Six cats join the hag at K6.

- Scout E5 -> D5 -> D4: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the thick copse they find a Thornish Fort currently empty, with the walls at 4/7 strength. In the ruins the scout finds and takes the Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.). You scout through the second land, discovering an unusual site. Puffin Prongs - Hill. High up on each of the twin spires 2 random artefacts can be found (though what each one is unknown before making the steps). Making ladders and steps to get them will cost 4 wood each. Guarding Puffin Prongs is the Fullflood Dragon and the Neapflood Dragon, who will always try to be together and won't stray while the other lives. (Site only appears on a coast or water tile.) Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout G5 -> H5 -> I5: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the muddy mire they find two wolves.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout F4 -> G4 -> H4: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The dwellings is defended by one Squelsh barbarian.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: The Night Scream (click to show/hide)

The Cave of the Night Scream screams. (See Dolton above.) One Tanglebat appears in every fully revealed lair.

Undefended lairs are retaken by the bats. Free standing lairs gain a bat.

B2: Your forces are behind defences (4 wall strength).
A tanglebat attacks first ( killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (7 and 3), defeating the tanglebat!
Your total losses: one.

K9, Hog's Landing:
17 more tanglebats spawn to match the Squelsh barbarians, and all 18 attack (4, 7, 7, 5, 4, 8, 6, 9, 4, 7, 9, 4, 5, 9, 6, 6, 2 and 4), defeating ten of the Squelsh barbarians.
The Squelsh barbarians attacks back (2, 6, 9, 8, 8, 2 and 7), killing five tanglebats.
The tanglebats attack (8, 3, 4, 8, 2, 3, 8, 3, 5, 2, 5, 4 and 5), defeating three Squelsh barbarians.
The Squelsh barbarians attacks back (3, 4, 8, and 4) killing one tanglebat.
The tanglebats attack (3, 7, 9, 2, 2, 4, 4, 3, 6, 5, 5 and 2), defeating three of the Squelsh barbarians, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).
The Squelsh barbarian attacks back (, killing one of the tanglebats.
The tanglebats attack (2, 3, 6, 7, 6, 6, 5, 8, 6, 7 and 9), defeating the last Squelsh barbarian.

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

For letting a friendly cat come to harm, Granny Longtooth curses Marchioness Aywen Ayes. While she lives Ayes gets -1 income, -1 recruitment, -1 wood production, -1 stone production, to a minimum of 0 each.

- [M6] The dawn Dragon doesn't wander

- Reprisals:
--[Vulk 0%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[FitzHarbort 0%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Ayes 0%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Bockhoven 0%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Sol 0%]
--[Dolton 0%]

There are Thornish forts so the Lodestone doesn't trigger. [A15], [K11], [K13] grow in size. [J6] Grows in size and the soldiers march on K7, with Perfidy's Horn! The wolf turns hostile!
The Thornish holdout, Thornish holdout, Thornish holdout and Thornish holdout attack first (6, 4, 2 and , killing one of your armies, and the wolf.
Your armies attack (5), defeating one of the enemies (Thornish holdout).
The enemy attacks back (3, 7 and , killing one of your armies. Your armies have been defeated.
Your total losses: two armies and wolf. The Thornish all withdraw to their fort.

The Cave of the Night Scream is quiet.
- [A7] No new monsters come.
- [B9] No new monsters come.
- [D12] No new monsters come.
- [G6] Cave of the Night Scream: No new monsters come.
- [G11] No new monsters come.
- [J14] No new monsters come.
- [K9] Joining the lair is a dragon.
- [L2] Puzzle Dungeon: No new monsters come.
- [L10] Fort: No new monsters come.
- [P12] Joining the lair is a bog cat.
- [S3] Giant's Toe: No new monsters come.

The boar of Hoglands Hollow stream through the new cleft in the mountain, and attack the newly taken fort of M7 (guarded by 1 unit and 1 cat). The boar x12 attack first, twice (2, 3, 5, 5, 1, 6, 4, 4, 1, 7, 7 and 4, 7, 2, 0, 1, 2, 1, 6, 7, 1, 6, 4 and 6), killing a cat and one army. The fort is lost!
Total losses: one cat, one army.

The Hag and nine cats (see Dolton) from K6 attack Fort Juniper at J9:
Your forces are behind defences (4 wall strength).
The bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat and bog hag attack first (8, 3, 5, 4, 2, 1, 1, 1, 6 and 3), damaging the walls (2) killing one regular unit.
Your armies attack (2 and 4), with no enemy units defeated.  Your total losses: one. A siege begins with ten of the enemy forces camped outside the walls! The hag curses Prince FitzHarbort! While she lives the Prince gets -1 income, -1 recruitment, -1 wood production, -1 stone production, to a minimum of 0 each.

The 11 tanglebats and one dragon from K9 march on the Sundered Spire!
The dragon attacks first: (7, 9, 7, 6 and 5), damaging the walls (4), killing the sole defender and taking the castle.

1d4 [4] boar settle in Hoglands Hollow.

A new moot is founded in T3 by 2d2 [2] Squelsh barbarians, plus the three Squelsh barbarians already there.

TURN 15
Research

Prince Mackial FitzHarbort learns in E2 is the Boarskin Coat (when you attack boars, they don't get first attack, they get two attacks on their first counterattack)

Marquess Ambrosio Vulk learns in M5 is White-Tusk's Hollow - Forest. Inhabited by White-Tusk (counts as 4 boar), 6 boar and 2 grand tusks (counts as 2 boar). White Tusk wields the Black Trotter if it hasn't been found elsewhere, otherwise he wields a random artefact.

(https://i.imgur.com/F8Ph2c5.png)

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Spoiler: Known Artefact List (click to show/hide)

In the world
A11 is Cragman's Spike (a scout may pass through mountains)
A11 is Thornish Lodestone (while this remains in the Hedge, whenever no Thornish fort is on the map, another fort is revealed in a sector usually far from the owner of this artefact (most distant of two rolls)
B1 is the Black Trotter (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Trotter will gain the Black Trotter.) (One unit attacks first twice at the start of each combat, but each time they kill a unit somewhere a boar will turn into a grand tusk- a giant pig that counts as 2 boar. If no boar are currently on the map, the next X boar to appear will all be grand tusks, where X is the number of units killed by the Trotter.)
G6 is Black Claw (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Claw will gain the Black Claw.) (+4 dice rolled when attacking, every time someone is killed by a force wielding the claw, the nearest square with a bog cat gains another cat. If there are none, a bog cat will appear in the nearest empty square.)
G10 is Bitter Brew  (The set of armies this is equipped to never retreats from losses.)
H4 is the Black Lance (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding the Black Lance will gain the Black Lance.) (You never attack first in combats, but on your first attack all your attackers will attack three times. The turn after slaying someone with the lance, Dragons will preferentially fly one square in your direction when flying to a new home. When this first discovered, place the Dawn Dragon on M6 (the Dawn Dragon counts for 15 armies)).
H5 is Siege Workshop Plans (The owner of this can build a Siege Workshop as a feature (spending 10 stone as normal). Siege Workshop: You can build these two alternative types of seige engine: 1. Battering Ram: destroy walls on a 4+ for one round (or 3+ or 2+ if you spend 2 or 4 more wood). 2. Giant Trebuchet: destroy 1d4 defence before the attack begins. You may spend 1-3 stone in ammunition to add 1-3 d4s to this.) Doesn't count towards anathema count.
I5 is the Shimmering Coin (+2 on rolls that determine gold amounts)
J4 is Wellspring Staff (the Wellspring Staff may be cast into marshland by a unit to turn it into a lake (spilling out into all adjacent tiles - units can drown this way without proper precautions). If the staff is recovered (by boat etc) in subsequent turns, the lake remains.)
J6 - Perfidy's Horn (Monster units controlled by a human unit in the vicinity will become hostile third parties, turning on everyone.)
M3 is the Rock Ring (With a scout, raise up a mountain wall between any two tiles. You must own at least one of the tiles to do this.)
N6 is the Juniper Cape (a scout isn't stopped by monsters)
Q8 is the Crimson Drum (attack first when defending)
R6 are the Saint's Knuckles (take -1 when rolling on the monster table (usually less dangerous results))

Held by Lords

Dolton: Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)

Ayes: Sundering Claw (assign a scout to crack open a permanent path through any adjacent mountain. 25% chance to call a hostile dragon to the location)

Bockhoven: Golden Net (A scout carrying this across water has a 25% chance of rolling on the treasure table)

the Rhuddy Cape (the unit this is assigned to is now considered a giant)

The Wolf Crystal (wolves encountered will join the army instead (they still all run away when injured)

Vulk: the Last Femur! (1/4 chance of each dead unit being resurrected to your side as a skeleton warrior when they die)

Cat Sack (defeated Bog Cats are put in the Cat Sack instead of being killed if the Cat Sack is held by the winning force. These cats are owned but unfriendly, and any number can be released by an army in any combat, or let loose by a scout in any tile.)

Sol: the Speculator's Rod (a scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

The Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)

Whiptide Sail (one boat or ship can travel twice as far.)

Prince FitzHarbort: Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).

Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)

Sent to the King:
Hunter's Stand (Archers in the army this is attached to only die on 5s if no other units remain)

Marrowfat Throne (when owned by someone of Squelsh heritage, one Squelsh defector will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production) and adjacent Squelsh armies will join your attacks on non-Squelsh; when owned by an Alkabrian or other, +30 reprisal chance, +100 reprisal chance if destroyed.)

Pellucid Orb (+1 to scout travel distance)

Spoiler: Known Unique Sites (click to show/hide)

A11 is the Selkie Court (Castle with Keep, Moat x 3!) 21/31 defence - The Selkie Queen lives in the Selkie Court. She is a hag protected by 8 royal seals (who act identically to bog cats but with water instead of marshes). In her vault, she has a treasure of 20 gold and two random artefacts (which may be used in defence). The court only appears on coast or water tiles.)

C8 is the Crimson Tower (Keep/Tower/Bloodforge) Defence 17/17,  - Dai the Bloodsinger has a Bloodforge in which 3 armies may be sacrificed to create a new artefact (and become anathema to all).

D5 is the Puffin Prongs - Hill. High up on each of the twin spires 2 random artefacts can be found (though what each one is unknown before making the steps). Making ladders and steps to get them will cost 4 wood each. Guarding Puffin Prongs is the Fullflood Dragon and the Neapflood Dragon, who will always try to be together and won't stray while the other lives. (Site only appears on a coast or water tile.)

E7 and K1 are the Walking Stone Circles - A pair of sites. They are considered adjacent: units can walk from one to the other across the map. Each is initially defended by three giants. They will let anyone pass through both tiles unharmed in a turn as if they were owned by the traveller, for 1 gold per unit passing (if they do so, they won't join a monster march). Gold accumulates on the first stone circle passed through. Enemies always find the gold for it.

E10 is an unknown lair.

F11 is Lake Sorrow.

F12 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance to reprisals to 0. This only works for people who don't own the Grove.

G6 is the Cave of the Night Scream - Lair with two tanglebats (if there are any tanglebats at the start of combat, a new tanglebat will spawn for each opposing living unit, before any summoning artefacts are used) - When the Cave is first discovered (by research, scout, hill report, marching etc) it screams, unsettling the whole Hedge. Every fully revealed lair (including player owned and the Cave itself) generates one tanglebat. Thereafter, there's a 1/3 chance at the start of each enemy phase that the cave will scream again. It can be stopped by walling up the cave (10 stone) or sacrificing 20 units to appease the bats within.

G10 is Wolfhaven Woods - Forest. Spiritual home of wolf kind. Inhabited by 10d4 wolves (25). These wolves will only flee if less than 10 remain. Any wolves that would otherwise be loyal to a non-wolf, are loyal to the wolves in these woods. Wolves in this forest will never march on anywhere.

H10 is Owl Woods - Forest. Originally guarded by the Dusk Dragon (the Dusk Dragon counts for 10 armies) and seven wisps. The dragon holds Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).

K14 is Castle Wright (Features: Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace, Keep, Barracks) 8/13 defence.

L6 is Hogland Hollow - Forest. Inhabited by 3d6 Boar. While it is unconquered, at the end of any turn when there is less than 10 boars in this forest, 1d4 more boar will appear. Your scout withdraws to safety.

M8 is The Hirsute Sage's Hut (while independent, scouts that pass through the hut will ignore the first set of enemies they come across while scouting after visiting the hut. The sage leaves if his home becomes occupied.)

N7 is Taghairn Cave - Owned by Cuthbert Catsbane, a Bloodsinger who wields the Cat Sack if it hasn't appeared elsewhere. Has a limited kind of Bloodforge in which three cats may be sacrificed to create a new artefact. You would first have to find a way of gaining the cats.

O8 is The Hag Market. Marshland. Protected by 9 bog hags and 27 bog cats. Scouts can be sent to the market to buy bog cats (4 gold each) and otherwise may pass through without being attacked. Half the money spent here remains as possible loot. Friendly bog cats have +1 attack in marshland, and while you have a cat, they give -1 (non-cumulative) to enemy attack rolls. Cats cannot be sent to scout, and they cannot be send to attack or patrol by themselves. Monsters won't march from this location."

Q9 is Granny Longtooth's Hut - Marshland. 4/4 defence while Granny Longtooth lives here. Granny Longtooth is a Bog Hag protected by 15 Bog Cats. Monsters won't normally march from this location, but Granny Longtooth will curse anyone who has sacrificed cats or who has let a friendly cat come to harm. (While she lives: -1 income, -1 recruitment, -1 wood production, -1 stone production, to a minimum of 0 each.)

R3 is The Castle of Bryn the Brawn (Keep/Tower/Tower) Defence 21/21, occupied by Bryn, a giant, and his family, three more giants. The adjacent squares are also within his domain. Bryn will wage war to retake any squares adjacent to his castle, always accompanied in battle by 1d6 wolves.

R10 is the Scout Hut - Initially abandoned and inhabited by a family of 6 boar. Up to three armies can be assigned to the Hut as if it were a fort and they don't count towards your army cap. These armies can scout so long at they begin scouting from a tile adjacent to the hut. Spend 3 wood to dismantle and reassemble the hut on an empty tile you own.

T3 is The Moot - Village with 2d2 (2+1=3) Squelsh Barbarians and a moat (6/6 defense). It is the neutral meeting place of rival Squelsh bands. At the start of each enemy turn, each tile with a Squelsh Barbarian has a 25% chance of sending someone to the Moot. The first Squelsh reprisal each turn will be joined by whomever is in the Moot. If the Moot is conquered, a new Moot (with a new moat) will appear in the most populous Squelsh-held village at the start of the next player turn, or if there are no such villages, it may appear in future tile generation (from scouting, research etc.).

T11 is Hero's Tor - Hill Fort (Steep Path: Siege Engines cannot assail this hill) (9/9). An ageing Squelsh Champion (counts as two units, +1 to its attacks) with the Bloody Standard (+1 all attack rolls) sits in retirement in this fort, with his retinue of 6 Squelsh Barbarians, and two pet wisps.

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Notes

- What a hell of a turn! Everything was relatively normal until the new player accidentally triggered one of the big end-game threats.
- This turn was complicated, check the enemy phase carefully to see if you lost troops outside of your main turn.
- Tanglebats are nasty, multiplying in number in combat. But they have at least three weaknesses that can be exploited.
- The Night Scream can happen again, so you might want to block it off if you can.
- Otherwise, any lair can be sealed off with ten stone. But first you have to capture it and hold it a turn.
- There are a lot of places that will spawn enemies, so make sure to whack-a-mole as many of them as you can. The difficulty just ramped up massively, but I'm sure you're all up to the challenge!

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: Criptfeind on June 14, 2023, 08:00:30 pm

Wow.

I understand why the thorns were unable to fully conquer the hedge.

Also, 4 curses applied this turn I think? Hot digity damn, witches stepping up, although most of the curses won't survive for long.

Doing a quick once though the turn. Don't see anything wrong with my stuff I think.

But should the tanglebat that attacked B2 have summoned 3 more tanglebats to help it siege, or is that a defensive only ability?

Also, when you loose max army size, what happens to the units you have above that size?

Edit: Does the moot moat count as a fort as far as me garrisoning units, and shouldn't it have relocated? (I think to B10) I see it relocated to t3, nvm.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: notquitethere on June 14, 2023, 08:05:48 pm

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 14, 2023, 08:00:30 pm

But should the tanglebat that attacked B2 have summoned 3 more tanglebats to help it siege, or is that a defensive only ability?

Tanglebats don't get more bats if there are any defensive walls in the way, as in sieges. That is one of their weaknesses.

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 14, 2023, 08:00:30 pm

Also, when you loose max army size, what happens to the units you have above that size?

I'll be nice and say Lords still have the excess units, they just can't generate replacements while at cap. (This is how it works when you lose your last castle, after all.)

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 14, 2023, 08:00:30 pm

Edit: Does the moot moat count as a fort as far as me garrisoning units, and shouldn't it have relocated? (I think to B10)

It did relocate, to T3, but the old moat is still there. It doesn't count as a fort, but any units patrolling there get the benefit of the moat, as would any fort built there.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: Criptfeind on June 14, 2023, 08:12:43 pm

Lets see... Three weaknesses huh? Sorta wanta play the guessing game of finding them out, if that's one of them, is the second that cats can destroy lairs to permanently keep them from spawning without us having to pay 10 stone?

Can't think of a third off the top of my head. Is it something we can figure out from the game text for sure? Or something hidden like their inability to multiple during sieges?

Edit: Whoops, found probably a mistake, I think I should have only gotten 16 vp for the orb, it's the third sacrificed artifact thus far.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: notquitethere on June 14, 2023, 08:18:41 pm

It's not hidden. The siege thing shouldn't have been hidden, I'd just missed that bit of info in their description (I've updated it now).

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 14, 2023, 08:12:43 pm

Edit: Whoops, found probably a mistake, I think I should have only gotten 16 vp for the orb, it's the third sacrificed artifact thus far.

My mistake! Yeah, the stand, the throne then the orb. You're right that should be 16vp.

And the cat thing is potentially a good idea, but it wasn't one of the things I was thinking of.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: Criptfeind on June 14, 2023, 08:28:51 pm

Skeletons don't spawn bats?

Edit: and in battle summoned units.

Ignore how dumb I am for taking this long to notice those two things.  :P

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: notquitethere on June 14, 2023, 08:34:43 pm

That's it! Now with those puzzle pieces in place, I'm sure it'll be a doddle.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: Criptfeind on June 14, 2023, 08:40:56 pm

Indeed, I guess not even that hard if I send my skeletons around to help take out out the caves, assuming I can trade them like any other commodity.

The sleeper terrifying end game boss though I think is hoglands hallow. Boars are fucking scary, constantly spewing out boar attacks is terrifying.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: notquitethere on June 14, 2023, 08:53:33 pm

Also, I now have a channel on the forum games discord (https://discord.gg/AYBb7evz) if anyone wants to discuss things more rapidly. I'll still be using the forum for anything important.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: Quarque on June 14, 2023, 11:31:55 pm

The Selkie Court still has 31/31 hits in the unique site list.

Also, according to the battle report we only dealt 10 damage to the walls, but I think it should be 17? We went in with a total of 23 units +2 from the cape and every hit was a 5+, so after killing 8 seals there was 17 damage left to be absorbed by walls.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: Elephant Parade on June 15, 2023, 12:04:31 am

Oh god why

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: notquitethere on June 15, 2023, 04:10:52 am

Quote from: Quarque on June 14, 2023, 11:31:55 pm

The Selkie Court still has 31/31 hits in the unique site list.

Also, according to the battle report we only dealt 10 damage to the walls, but I think it should be 17? We went in with a total of 23 units +2 from the cape and every hit was a 5+, so after killing 8 seals there was 17 damage left to be absorbed by walls.

I can see why you would think that but walls aren't damaged on an 8+. We had a whole poll about this.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: Quarque on June 15, 2023, 05:00:39 am

I hope we can reconsider the way this works in the next game *grumble*. The current rules make no sense at all. For monsters, defending a castle makes them far more vulnerable than being out in the open. And if you attack a castle with a keep, bringing lots of siege weapons means you deal no damage at all.

Anyway, there is a special location at D5 missing in the unique location list.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: Criptfeind on June 15, 2023, 05:37:29 am

Sorta a special case scenario so I figure it's worth asking: Is it guaranteed that territory containing a village from dissolved players (IE: L14) will have the normal village roll of 1d4-1 Squelsh barbarian units defending? Or is it possible that something else moved into the power vacuum?

Also I'm not sure if this is a hidden mechanic or not so I figured I'd ask. Bryn the Brawn is described as "will wage war to retake any squares adjacent to his castle" does that mean that if I take a square next to his castle, in the following enemy phase him and his family will come to take it back? What happens if I take multiple squares adjacent to his castle at once?

Does the Cave of the Night Scream not get the traditional 2d6 gold that lairs gets by the way? It's not included in the turn or map, but it is called a "Lair" in it's description so I thought that there's at least a chance it was an oversight during the excitement of the bats, but seems like it'd be reasonable either way.

(Sorry if any of these questions seem like they have obvious answers by the way, especially the Bryn one :P. I've learned not to trust my instincts on what the obvious answer to questions in games are :P)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: a1s on June 15, 2023, 05:48:59 am

Questions:
Should I own the forest at K7 or did something horrible happen to it too?
Does the Black Trotter's grand tusk making abilities only come from the one unit, or the whole army?
We already discussed this, but I can't find where: how do boars interact with sieges? do they attack twice? do they attack first?
How does Shield of the Earth  interact with tanglebats? Does the side with the shield count as "protected"?
Cn a scout be used to release cats out of the cat bag near your enemies? Are cats and bats on the same team?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: Criptfeind on June 15, 2023, 05:54:30 am

Quote from: a1s on June 15, 2023, 05:48:59 am

Should I own the forest at K7 or did something horrible happen to it too?

The J6 thornish fort attack there and killed your armies and wolf that you sent there last turn during the enemy phase.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: a1s on June 15, 2023, 06:19:12 am

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
Castle Location N-13
Border Colour: Red
Army: 14/16
Defence: 18/18
Wood Production: 7
Stone production: 0
Recruitment: 4
Income: 0
Curses: 1
Wood: 21
Gold: 0
Stone:0
Debt: 0
Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks, Tower(x3)
Forts : N11 (1/4 defense, 0/3 garission)
Artifacts: Sundering Claw
Equipment: None
Special Units: 1 wolf

orders:
March 10 + wolf on L6
March 3 on L14
Scout L14-K14-L13

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: notquitethere on June 15, 2023, 07:45:02 am

Quote from: Quarque on June 15, 2023, 05:00:39 am

I hope we can reconsider the way this works in the next game *grumble*. The current rules make no sense at all. For monsters, defending a castle makes them far more vulnerable than being out in the open. And if you attack a castle with a keep, bringing lots of siege weapons means you deal no damage at all.

I agree, and that's why I suggested a change earlier in the game but the it wasn't unanimous among players so I kept it as-is for this game. There are wall-damaging siege engines available if you get a siege workshop (there are two ways of doing so, I think one has yet to be revealed). Think of the basic siege engines as ladders: they're not increasing the chance of damaging the walls at all, and enough of them may even bypass it. Some places you just have to siege, and you'll be pleased that that's the case if you yourself are ever beseiged.

Quote from: Quarque on June 15, 2023, 05:00:39 am

Anyway, there is a special location at D5 missing in the unique location list.

Fixed.

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 15, 2023, 05:37:29 am

Sorta a special case scenario so I figure it's worth asking: Is it guaranteed that territory containing a village from dissolved players (IE: L14) will have the normal village roll of 1d4-1 Squelsh barbarian units defending? Or is it possible that something else moved into the power vacuum?

All mystery rolls are within normal parameters. There'll be 0-3 barbarians.

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 15, 2023, 05:37:29 am

Also I'm not sure if this is a hidden mechanic or not so I figured I'd ask. Bryn the Brawn is described as "will wage war to retake any squares adjacent to his castle" does that mean that if I take a square next to his castle, in the following enemy phase him and his family will come to take it back? What happens if I take multiple squares adjacent to his castle at once?

Not meant to be hidden, so the question is fine: he'll try to retake it in the enemy phase, attacking the troops that just took the land, but if you take more than one, he'll pick one to retake at random, and try attacking one tile per turn until he has his land back.

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 15, 2023, 05:37:29 am

Does the Cave of the Night Scream not get the traditional 2d6 gold that lairs gets by the way? It's not included in the turn or map, but it is called a "Lair" in it's description so I thought that there's at least a chance it was an oversight during the excitement of the bats, but seems like it'd be reasonable either way.

Sure, why not. I'll stick some gold in there when I get a moment. Least I can do given the horror it causes.

Quote from: a1s on June 15, 2023, 05:48:59 am

Questions:
Should I own the forest at K7 or did something horrible happen to it too?

The Thornish attacked and took it back in the enemy phase. You lost troops and a wolf, so make a note of that:

Quote from: notquitethere on June 14, 2023, 07:14:46 pm

[J6] Grows in size and the soldiers march on K7, with Perfidy's Horn! The wolf turns hostile!
The Thornish holdout, Thornish holdout, Thornish holdout and Thornish holdout attack first (6, 4, 2 and 8), killing one of your armies, and the wolf.
Your armies attack (5), defeating one of the enemies (Thornish holdout).
The enemy attacks back (3, 7 and 8), killing one of your armies. Your armies have been defeated.
Your total losses: two armies and wolf. The Thornish all withdraw to their fort.

Quote from: a1s on June 15, 2023, 05:48:59 am

Does the Black Trotter's grand tusk making abilities only come from the one unit, or the whole army?

One unit. Specifically, the one with the Trotter.

Quote from: a1s on June 15, 2023, 05:48:59 am

We already discussed this, but I can't find where: how do boars interact with sieges? do they attack twice? do they attack first?
How does Shield of the Earth  interact with tanglebats? Does the side with the shield count as "protected"?
Cn a scout be used to release cats out of the cat bag near your enemies? Are cats and bats on the same team?

Boars attack first twice in all situation. Shield of Earth puts up a wall and would prevent new tanglebats from spawning. Scouts can release cats on enemies and then run away, though keep in mind that hostile cats will ally with monster units so they would be on the same team as the bats.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: Criptfeind on June 15, 2023, 08:11:38 am

Quote from: notquitethere on June 15, 2023, 07:45:02 am

Not meant to be hidden, so the question is fine: he'll try to retake it in the enemy phase, attacking the troops that just took the land, but if you take more than one, he'll pick one to retake at random, and try attacking one tile per turn until he has his land back.

Sorry for wording my first question probably pretty badly :P. I was wondering about the split, but also if his family will come with him on the attacks, or if they stay behind in his castle as a defensive force.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: Quarque on June 15, 2023, 08:23:42 am

Quote from: notquitethere on June 14, 2023, 07:14:46 pm

[Known Unique Sites]
A11 is the Selkie Court (Castle with Keep, Moat x 3!) 31/31 defence

This still needs to be adjusted (we did deal 10 damage to the walls).

The Golden Net is listed under artifacts as owned by prince fitzHarbort, but they traded it to me.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: notquitethere on June 15, 2023, 09:37:00 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 15, 2023, 08:11:38 am

Sorry for wording my first question probably pretty badly :P. I was wondering about the split, but also if his family will come with him on the attacks, or if they stay behind in his castle as a defensive force.

Oh his family will attack as well, yes. Also, they won't attack out if their castle is under siege.

Quote from: Quarque on June 15, 2023, 08:23:42 am

This still needs to be adjusted (we did deal 10 damage to the walls).

The Golden Net is listed under artifacts as owned by prince fitzHarbort, but they traded it to me.

Sure, now fixed.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: Elephant Parade on June 15, 2023, 12:23:15 pm

Alright, here's my rough plan: This turn, I'll march on the Nest with one soldier and the skeletons Criptfiend has pledged to send me. Next turn, if people send me stone, I'll wall it up.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: Criptfeind on June 15, 2023, 01:13:20 pm

I'm sending skeletons around to Elephant and a bit around my own lands this turn, so they'll be busy, but if people still need them next turn they'll be up for mercenary work, although of course, hopefully Horizon will rent out the archers stand for some bat clearing as well.

Spoiler: Turn 12 gains/losses (click to show/hide)

-6 Wood
+3 gold
-1 gold
-3 gold
Q5: Village Moat 6/6 +1 Recruitment
R11: Marsh
+3 skeletons
-1 army
S12: Forest +1 wood production
-1 skeleton
-1 army
S13: Forest +1 wood production
-2 skeleton
N7: Taghairn cave: Sacrifice 3 cats to make an artifact
Cat sack cats+6
-10 gold
-Pellucid Orb
+16 VP

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Colour: Blue

Castle Mysterious: P14
Defence: 10/10
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove

Point Swearing: S14
Defense: 10/10
Features: Shipyard, Coppicing Grove, Library

Wood Production: 10 (9)
Recruitment: 11 (10)
Income: 1 (0)
Stone Production: 1 (0)

Army: 23-1-1+9=30!-7=23/23
Gold: 11+3-1-3-10=0
Debt: 0
Wood: 21+9=30
Stone: 1

Artifacts: Last Femur, Cat Sack (6)
Equipment: 2 siege weapons 1 ship
Special Units: 17 Skeleton warriors 0 Skeleton Archers 1 Cats
Curses: Granny Longtooth Q9

Holdings list:
N7: Taghairn cave: Sacrifice 3 cats to make an artifact
O6: Village +1 recruitment
O7: Village +1 recruitment
O14: Village +1 Recruitment
O15: Forest +1 Wood production
P6: Forest +1 Wood production
P7: Marsh
P8: Forest +1 Wood production
P9: Hill
P10 Village +1 Recruitment
P11: Forest Fort Ivy 4/8 +1 Wood Production 3 Armies
P12: Lair
P13 Village +1 Recruitment
P15: Hill
Q5: Village Moat 6/6 +1 Recruitment
Q6: Forest +1 Wood production
Q11: Marsh
Q12: Village +1 Recruitment
Q13: Village +1 Recruitment
Q14: Hill Fort Hawthorn 0/5 1 armies
R11: Marsh
R12: Quarry +1 Stone production
R13: Marsh
R14: Village +1 recruitment
R15: Marsh
S10: Forest Fort Sycamore 0/3 defenses +1 wood production
S11: Hill
S12: Forest +1 wood production
S13: Forest +1 wood production

Spoiler: Turn 13 (click to show/hide)

Sacrifice 3 cats from the cat sack to Taghairn cave
Trade 8 Skeletons to Marquess Dolton
Trade 5 armies to Marquess Dolton (for 3 gold)
Spend 12 wood to make 6 siege weapons
March 10 armies and 5 skeletons and 1 cat with 8 siege weapons and cat sack to Q9
March 3 armies to T13
March 4 armies to R7
March 1 army with 6 skeleton warriors and last femur to P12

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: Quarque on June 15, 2023, 02:44:58 pm

Criptfiend, still interested in borrowing the Wolf Crystal for a turn? For two skeletons (this turn) I will let you keep all four of the wolves.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: Criptfeind on June 15, 2023, 03:07:23 pm

No, not that I don't think that's a fine deal. Just that... well. I like skeletons more then wolves. Sorta dumb, I know. But yeah. Also I wasn't really planning on attacking wolves this turn, I could change my plans but yeah, wolves are not critical and I do have a lot of guys tied up in attacking Q9 and the bat cave this turn.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: Quarque on June 15, 2023, 04:17:03 pm

Fair enough. Kashyyk, are you able to send any further aid this turn? If not I understand, but in that case I would like the ship back, please.

How long do we have until the deadline?

in case the deadline hits, a few Orders:
Build 5 siege engines
Continue the siege of the Selkie Court with:
 - 1 ship carrying 5 armies and 5 wolves
 - 1 boat carrying 3 armies
March on D12 with 1 army and the Rhuddy Cape
March on A15 with 1 army, 5 siege engines and 5 wolves
March on D10 with 1  with 1 army
Garrison castle Bockelstein with 1 army.

Spoiler: Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow
C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defense: 10/10
Army Cap: 13
Features:
* Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
* Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
* Shipyard (coast only): -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
* Barracks: +3 army cap
F11 - Fort Neubockelstein
Defense: 4/4
Armies: 1/3

Resources:
Army: 13 (+2*/turn) = 13(curr) + 0(inc, capped)
Gold: 0 (+0*/turn) = 0(curr) + 0(inc)
Debt: 8 gold to Lord Sol
Stone: 4 (+0*/turn) = (curr) + 0(inc)
Wood: 2 (+5*/turn) = 7(curr) +5(inc) -10(siege engines)
*: including -2 from curses

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape, the Golden Net, the Wolf Crystal
Equipment: 1 Boat and 1 Ship
Special Units: 10 wolves

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: Kashyyk on June 15, 2023, 05:56:34 pm

Wow. This has taken a substantial turn for the worse.

I'm not gonna be able to help you right now Quarque, I've got 5 problems of varying severity to deal with. I'm so glad that Monster Fort didn't spawn anything, I could've been wiped in a single turn.

A few quwstions/fixes, for now. Plus am updated sheet.

@NQT: Are the two powers of bats that they always multiply themselves to equal the force their attacking (unless behind fortifications), and armies they kill coming back as monsters? Cos that is horrific. Also yhe Artifacts list needs updating. I own Ascupart's Bane and the Marrowfat Shield.

@a1s: Any particular reason you're blocking me off at J7?

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 14
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)
 - Alkabrian Outpost (see here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181666.msg8481075#msg8481075))

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 4/8
Garrison: 3/3 (2x Archers, 1x Infantry)

I11 - Forest: Fort Hollivy
Defence: 6/8
Garrison: 3/3 (2x Archers, 1x Infantry)

J10 - Castle: Sundered Spire
Defence: 2/11
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Tower (+4/+4 Defence, +1 Army Cap)
 - Watchtower (Defender's get first strike, gives Hill report)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)

J9 - Forest: Fort Juniper
Defence: 2/5
Garrison: 2/3 (2x Archers)

Resources:
Army : 19/14 (+7/turn) = 21(curr) + 9(inc) - 2(casualties) - 2(curse)
Gold: 15 (+0/turn) = 15(curr) +2(inc) - 2(curse)
Stone: 0 (+0/turn)  = 0(curr) - 2(curse)
Wood : 21 (+/2turn) = 19(curr) + 4(inc) - 2(curse)
Debt: 20
Victory Points: 20

Territory: F13 (Forest), F15 (Village), G15 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), G11 (Lair: Wolf Den), G9 (Village), H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), H11 (Village), H9 (Village), I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I13 (Hill), I12 (Marsh), I11 (Forest, Fort Hollivy), I10 (Marsh), I9 (Village), J11 (Village), J10 (Sundered Spire), J9 (Forest, Fort Juniper), J8 (Hill), K10 (Swamp)
Artefacts:
 - Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants)
 - Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)
Equipment: Bockhoven's Ship
Units: 19x Infantry, 1x Wolf, 1x Bog Cat

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: notquitethere on June 15, 2023, 06:27:35 pm

Quote from: Kashyyk on June 15, 2023, 05:56:34 pm

@NQT: 1. Are the two powers of bats that they always multiply themselves to equal the force their attacking (unless behind fortifications), and 2. armies they kill coming back as monsters?

1. Yes, they do that. 2. That's just the ones at the scream because of the artefact they're carrying, the Black Claw.

Quote from: Kashyyk on June 15, 2023, 05:56:34 pm

Also yhe Artifacts list needs updating. I own Ascupart's Bane and the Marrowfat Shield.

Thanks, now updated.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 13 - WAR
Post by: a1s on June 15, 2023, 06:40:48 pm

Quote from: Kashyyk on June 15, 2023, 05:56:34 pm

@a1s: Any particular reason you're blocking me off at J7?

No. It was a free forest and I took it so it wouldn't go to waste, feel free to march right through. Preferably on the fort in J6

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: Elephant Parade on June 16, 2023, 01:40:33 am

Spoiler: Gains/Losses (click to show/hide)

-6 Soldiers (combat losses)
+1 Soldier (recruitment)
+2 Gold (income)

Spoiler: Dolton the Drunk (click to show/hide)

Marquess Dolton
Castle: Castle Bacchus [F5: Mustering Yard (+1 recruit)/Marketplace (+1 g./tn.), Tower (+3 def., +1 army cap)]
Border Colour: Nausea Green or Wine Pink
Army: 6/11
Defence: 13/13
Wood Production: 0
Recruitment: 1
Gold: 6
Wood: 11
Stone: 3
Income: 2
Debt: 0
Forts: n/a
Artefacts: None
Equipment: Siege Engine x2
Special Units: None

Spoiler: Turn 15 (click to show/hide)

Trading:
- Receive 5 soldiers from Criptfiend (6 -> 11)
- Receive 8 skeletons from Criptfiend (0 -> 6)
- Send 3 gold to Criptfiend (6 -> 3)

Actions:
- March on G6 with 1 soldier, 8 skeletons
- March on E5 with 1 soldier
- March on F4 with 2 soldiers, Verbian Tusk
- March on G5 with 3 soldiers
- Scout F6 -> E6 -> D6
- Scout G4 -> H4 -> H5
- Scout E4 -> D4 -> E3

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: Criptfeind on June 16, 2023, 06:03:29 am

I sent you 8 skeletons, not 6!

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: Elephant Parade on June 16, 2023, 10:16:35 am

Fixed.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: notquitethere on June 16, 2023, 10:23:09 am

I am back from my travels and so normal update schedules will resume (until I go on holiday again, early next week).

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 SCREAM
Post by: Kashyyk on June 17, 2023, 03:42:03 am

Send the Ship back to Bockhoven

2 Armies and a Wolf march on the Wolf Den G11
9 Armies and a Bog Cat march on Forest I15
5 Armies march on J15
3 Armies garrison Shandston's Folly
Send thoughts and prayers to the Garrison of Fort Juniper

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 14
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)
 - Alkabrian Outpost (see here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181666.msg8481075#msg8481075))

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 4/8
Garrison: 3/3 (2x Archers, 1x Infantry)

I11 - Forest: Fort Hollivy
Defence: 6/8
Garrison: 3/3 (2x Archers, 1x Infantry)

J10 - Castle: Sundered Spire
Defence: 2/11
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Tower (+4/+4 Defence, +1 Army Cap)
 - Watchtower (Defender's get first strike, gives Hill report)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)

J9 - Forest: Fort Juniper
Defence: 2/5
Garrison: 2/3 (2x Archers)

Resources:
Army : 19/14 (+7/turn) = 21(curr) + 9(inc) - 2(casualties) - 2(curse)
Gold: 15 (+0/turn) = 15(curr) +2(inc) - 2(curse)
Stone: 0 (+0/turn)  = 0(curr) - 2(curse)
Wood : 21 (+/2turn) = 19(curr) + 4(inc) - 2(curse)
Debt: 20
Victory Points: 20

Territory: F13 (Forest), F15 (Village), G15 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), G11 (Lair: Wolf Den), G9 (Village), H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), H11 (Village), H9 (Village), I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I13 (Hill), I12 (Marsh), I11 (Forest, Fort Hollivy), I10 (Marsh), I9 (Village), J11 (Village), J10 (Sundered Spire), J9 (Forest, Fort Juniper), J8 (Hill), K10 (Swamp)
Artefacts:
 - Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants)
 - Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)
Equipment: None
Units: 19x Infantry, 1x Wolf, 1x Bog Cat

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 16 - RAMPAGE
Post by: notquitethere on June 17, 2023, 12:23:37 pm

TURN 15 REPORT

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

March 10 + wolf on L6: The boar, boar, boar and boar attack first (5, 4, 1, 2, 8, 3, 4 and , killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (6, 4, 7, 1, 2, 7, 8, 5 and , defeating four of the enemies (boar, boar, boar and boar).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: two.

March 3 on L14: Three armies march into a village beyond the border. The settlement is defended by two Squelsh barbarians.

Your armies attack (5, 3 and 5), defeating two of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

Scout L14-K14-L13: You scout moves through the newly taken village, and then into the land of Castle Wright. Castle Wright (Features: Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace, Keep, Barracks) 8/13 defence. Defended by one bog cat (safe within the keep). You scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

Sacrifice 3 cats from the cat sack to Taghairn cave: Desecration and horror occurs within the Taghairn Cave. After three bog cats are sacrificed, Vulk is left with The Black Cloud. Black Cloud (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Cloud will gain the Black Cloud.) (-2 to all attacks for the holder's side. Scouts with Black Cloud will be attacked by any enemy they come across, the enemies attack first but if the scout wins they may continue to scout. If Black Cloud is left in a castle: -2 to next turn's castle resource production and income. If it is left in a fort, it will effect any fort soldiers defending or patrolling from that fort.)

March 10 armies and 5 skeletons and 1 cat with 8 siege weapons and cat sack to Q9: The enemy hides behind their walls (4 wall strength).
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with five skeletons) (15, 12, 13, 9, 12, 14, 10, 9, 11, 10, 11, 14, 11, 8, 14 and 11), defeating sixteen of the enemies (bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat and bog hag).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county. The cats are captured in the sack and Granny Longtooth's curses are over. Without her presence, the hut crumbles.

March 3 armies to T13: Your armies attack (6, 5 and 1), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (7), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (3 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: one.

March 4 armies to R7: Your armies attack (7, 4, 1 and 7), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (1 and 1), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (3, 5, 8 and 5), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (, killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (2, 7 and 7), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: one.

March 1 army with 6 skeleton warriors and last femur to P12: A tanglebat is spawned. Your armies attack (with six skeletons) (5, 5, 0, 3, 2, 5 and 5), defeating three of the enemies (tanglebat, tanglebat and bog cat).
The last femur raises one skeleton warrior!
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county.

Spoiler: Count Sol (click to show/hide)

No turn submitted. Everyone is defending. You can still get all your resources from the missed turn. Next turn, to make up for lost time, each scout may go on two separate scouting missions.

If two consecutive turns are missed, the castle will fall into disrepair and the county abandoned.

Spoiler: Marquess Bockhoven - Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Continue the siege of the Selkie Court with:
 - 1 ship carrying 5 armies and 5 wolves
 - 1 boat carrying 3 armies
Your armies attack (with five wolves) (6, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 4, 4, 3, 4, 1, 1 and 1), damaging the walls (2) with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (, from behind their walls, killing one of your armies. The siege continues with your seven camped outside the walls!
 Your total losses: one.

March on D12 with 1 army and the Rhuddy Cape: A tanglebat is spawned. Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (6, 7 and 1), defeating two of the enemies (tanglebat and tanglebat).
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county.

March on A15 with 1 army, 5 siege engines and 5 wolves:
The enemy hides behind their walls  (7 wall strength).

Your armies attack (with five wolves) (9, 11, 6, 9, 7 and 10), damaging the walls (2) defeating three of the enemies (Thornish holdout, Thornish holdout and Thornish holdout).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.
From the Thornish holdouts you take two gold.

March on D10 with 1 army: The village is taken without resistance.

Spoiler: Marquess Dolton of Castle Bacchus (click to show/hide)

- March on G6 with 1 soldier, 8 skeletons: A tanglebat appears. Your armies attack (with eight skeletons) (2, 1, 7, 5, 6, 4, 5, 4 and 7), defeating three of the enemies (tanglebat, tanglebat and tanglebat).
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county. You get 2 gold and the Black Claw.

- March on E5 with 1 soldier: You take the empty fort in the forest without resistance.

- March on F4 with 2 soldiers, Verbian Tusk: The tusk fails to call a boar. Your armies attack (9 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

- March on G5 with 3 soldiers: Your armies attack (4, 6 and , defeating two of the enemies (wolf and wolf).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county

- Scout F6 -> E6 -> D6: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the stinking bog they find a bog hag with four bog cats.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

- Scout G4 -> H4 -> H5: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The hamlet is defended by one Squelsh barbarian.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

- Scout E4 -> D4 -> E3: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The townlet is defended by two Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

2 Armies and a Wolf march on the Wolf Den G11. Three more tanglebats appear.
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (6, 2 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (tanglebat).

The enemy attacks back (3, 5 and 1), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (1, 3 and , defeating one of the enemies (tanglebat).

The enemy attacks back (5 and 6), killing zero of your armies. A wolf is killed.
Your armies attack (8 and 3), defeating one of the enemies (tanglebat).

The enemy attacks back (, killing one of your armies. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
 Your total losses: one army, one wolf
 
9 Armies and a Bog Cat march on Forest I15: The dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part) attack first (7, 2, 5, 0 and 6), killing one of your armies. A bog cat is killed.
Your armies attack (7, 7, 2, 1, 8, 4, 1 and 4), defeating three of the enemies (dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part)).

The enemy attacks back (4 and 2), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (1, 3, 7, 8, 7, 3, 5 and 2), defeating two of the enemies (dragon (part) and dragon (part)).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.
 From the dragon horde, you gain eight gold.
 Your total losses: one army and one bog cat.

5 Armies march on J15: Your armies attack (6, 7, 7, 3 and , defeating three of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

- [J10] The dragon flies north-west, taking the village.
- [K13] The dragon doesn't wander.
It continues its siege:
The Thornish forces are behind defences (4 wall strength).
The dragon attacks first (3, 2, 6, 7 and 7), damaging the walls (3) with none of the units defeated. The siege continues.
- [O5] The Dawn Dragon flies east.

Barbarian-occupied tiles 1 (A4), 8 (G14) send someone to the moot.
- Reprisals:
--[FitzHarbort 3%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Ayes 2%] The Squelsh launch a reprisal attack! Five squelsh barbarians attack! They are joined by 7 already in the moot. They pick the village of L14, fighting the three armies already there. They attack first (4, 7, 8, 3, 9, 6, 7, 9, 5, 7, 6 and , killing three of Ayes armies. Ayes armies have been defeated.
 Your total losses: three.
--[Dolton 1%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Vulk 0%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Bockhoven 0%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Sol 0%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.

There are Thornish forts so the Lodestone doesn't trigger. [K11] grows in size. [J6] Grows in size and the soldiers march on J7, taking the undefended forest. Three Thornish holdouts return to the fort.

The Cave of the Night Scream is quiet.
- [A7] No new monsters come.
- [B9] No new monsters come.
- [G11] No new monsters come.
- [J10] Joining the Sundering Spire is two rampaging boar.
- [J14] Joining the lair is a bog cat.
- [K9] No new monsters come.
- [K14] Joining Castle Wright is a Bloodsinger with the Black Horn (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Horn will gain the Black Horn .) (Adjacent allied enemies will join in attacks and defences against you. If this is held in a castle or fort, adjacent enemies will attack the position. The horn rallies locals to your side: when defending a village, castle or fort you own, permanently gain an extra 1d4 units at the start of combat.) and two rampaging boar.

Spoiler: Castle Wright Black Horn Chaos (click to show/hide)

Lured by the Black Horn, 21 nearby Squelsh attack Castle Wright. The Horn calls up 4 local militia behind Castle Wright's Walls, joining the Bog Cat, Bloodsinger and two boar.

The enemy hides behind their walls and keep  (8 wall strength).
The boar and boar attack first (2, 3, 4 and , from behind their walls, killing one of the Squelsh. A siege begins with the twenty barbarians outside the walls!

The barbarians armies attack (6, 7, 7, 6, 7, 7, 3, 8, 3, 3, 6, 5, 6, 4, 6, 1, 3, 8, 2, 4 and 1), damaging the walls ( and breaking through the keepand breaking through into the fort, defeating four of the enemies (local militia, local militia, bog cat and local militia). Open combat begins.

The Bloodsinger, rampaging boar and rampaging boar attack first (1, 2 and , killing one of the barbarians. Failing to win the counterattack, the Bloodsinger sneaks away east.
The Barbarians attack (4, 2, 8, 4, 2, 6, 4, 8, 1, 1, 2, 5, 5, 6, 1, 1, 2, 5 and 6), defeating all the enemies and taking the ruined castle.

Spoiler: Enemy Phase Continued (click to show/hide)

- [L2] Puzzle Dungeon: Joining the lair is a giant.
- [L10] Fort: No new monsters come.
- [M7] Fort: No new monsters come.
- [S3] Giant's Toe: Joining the lair is two rampaging boar.

The 11 tanglebats and two boars from the Sundered Spire march on I11. Your forces are behind defences (6 wall strength).
The boar, boar, boar, boar, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat and tanglebat attack first (4, 3, 6, 7, 3, 8, 8, 4, 3, 2, 3, 2, 1, 7 and 5), damaging the walls (4) killing two of your armies (one an archer).

Your armies attack (9), defeating one of the enemies (tanglebat).
Your total losses: two.
A siege begins with twelve of the enemy forces camped outside the walls!

The 12 boar from M7 join the siege and the Hag and nine cats continue, at Fort Juniper at J9:
Your forces are behind defences (2 wall strength).
12 boar, The bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat and bog hag attack first (6, 2, 6, 7, 2, 7, 6, 7, 5 and 5), damaging the walls (2) and breaking through into the fort, killing two of your armies. Your armies have been defeated Your total losses: two. The land is converted to marsh.

TURN 16

Research

Prince Mackial FitzHarbort learns in E10 is The Wicked Gorge - Deep lair: roll on the monster table four times...

Spoiler: Wicked Gorge Rolls (click to show/hide)

(two wolves and five wolves; two Bone Reckoners, with three skeletal warriors and two skeletal archers and five wolves; three wolves and a Bloodsinger carrying the Torrential Torc (If the Torc is deployed by a scout or marching army, it will unleash an unholy storm, destroying everything on the tile, including itself and any treasure, leaving only water behind. Use of the Torc incurs +20 anathema score. Cursed items appear safely on an adjacent tile. Castles (but not forts) are partially immune, the torrent instead deals 20 wall damage.); four rampaging boar.)
For treasure, it has 2d6 gold [5] + roll on the hoard table three times (rerolling defectors):
An artefact! It is the Watchtower plans (Can build Watchtowers for 10 stone. Watchtowers allow defenders to attack first during the first round of a seige, and owner gets a hill report. Doesn't count towards anathema count); one wood; three gold, and two wood, and one stone.

At the end of the enemy phase, if the Wicked Gorge is empty and not conquered, roll on the monster table three times to repopulate. Monsters will leave the hoard treasure when marching.

Marquess Ambrosio Vulk learns in F9 is Murkblade (a scout will kill any lone undefended human enemy that they come across while scouting.)

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Spoiler: Known Artefact List (click to show/hide)

In the world
A11 is Cragman's Spike (a scout may pass through mountains)
A11 is Thornish Lodestone (while this remains in the Hedge, whenever no Thornish fort is on the map, another fort is revealed in a sector usually far from the owner of this artefact (most distant of two rolls)
B1 is the Black Trotter (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Trotter will gain the Black Trotter.) (One unit attacks first twice at the start of each combat, but each time they kill a unit somewhere a boar will turn into a grand tusk- a giant pig that counts as 2 boar. If no boar are currently on the map, the next X boar to appear will all be grand tusks, where X is the number of units killed by the Trotter.)
E10 is Watchtower plans (Can build Watchtowers for 10 stone. Watchtowers allow defenders to attack first during the first round of a seige, and owner gets a hill report. Doesn't count towards anathema count)
E10 is the Torrential Torc (If the Torc is deployed by a scout or marching army, it will unleash an unholy storm, destroying everything on the tile, including itself and any treasure, leaving only water behind. Use of the Torc incurs +20 anathema score. Cursed items appear safely on an adjacent tile. Castles (but not forts) are partially immune, the torrent instead deals 20 wall damage.)
F9 is Murkblade (a scout will kill any lone human enemy they discover while scouting.)
G10 is Bitter Brew  (The set of armies this is equipped to never retreats from losses.)
H4 is the Black Lance (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding the Black Lance will gain the Black Lance.) (You never attack first in combats, but on your first attack all your attackers will attack three times. The turn after slaying someone with the lance, Dragons will preferentially fly one square in your direction when flying to a new home. When this first discovered, place the Dawn Dragon on M6 (the Dawn Dragon counts for 15 armies)).
H5 is Siege Workshop Plans (The owner of this can build a Siege Workshop as a feature (spending 10 stone as normal). Siege Workshop: You can build these two alternative types of seige engine: 1. Battering Ram: destroy walls on a 4+ for one round (or 3+ or 2+ if you spend 2 or 4 more wood). 2. Giant Trebuchet: destroy 1d4 defence before the attack begins. You may spend 1-3 stone in ammunition to add 1-3 d4s to this.) Doesn't count towards anathema count.
I5 is the Shimmering Coin (+2 on rolls that determine gold amounts)
J4 is Wellspring Staff (the Wellspring Staff may be cast into marshland by a unit to turn it into a lake (spilling out into all adjacent tiles - units can drown this way without proper precautions). If the staff is recovered (by boat etc) in subsequent turns, the lake remains.)
J6 - Perfidy's Horn (Monster units controlled by a human unit in the vicinity will become hostile third parties, turning on everyone.)
M3 is the Rock Ring (With a scout, raise up a mountain wall between any two tiles. You must own at least one of the tiles to do this.)
N6 is the Juniper Cape (a scout isn't stopped by monsters)
Q8 is the Crimson Drum (attack first when defending)
R6 are the Saint's Knuckles (take -1 when rolling on the monster table (usually less dangerous results))

Held by Lords

Dolton: Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)

Black Claw (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Claw will gain the Black Claw.) (+4 dice rolled when attacking, every time someone is killed by a force wielding the claw, the nearest square with a bog cat gains another cat. If there are none, a bog cat will appear in the nearest empty square.)


Ayes: Sundering Claw (assign a scout to crack open a permanent path through any adjacent mountain. 25% chance to call a hostile dragon to the location)

Bockhoven: Golden Net (A scout carrying this across water has a 25% chance of rolling on the treasure table)

the Rhuddy Cape (the unit this is assigned to is now considered a giant)

The Wolf Crystal (wolves encountered will join the army instead (they still all run away when injured)

Vulk: the Last Femur! (1/4 chance of each dead unit being resurrected to your side as a skeleton warrior when they die)

Cat Sack (defeated Bog Cats are put in the Cat Sack instead of being killed if the Cat Sack is held by the winning force. These cats are owned but unfriendly, and any number can be released by an army in any combat, or let loose by a scout in any tile.)

Sol: the Speculator's Rod (a scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

The Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)

Whiptide Sail (one boat or ship can travel twice as far.)

Prince FitzHarbort: Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).

Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)

Sent to the King:
Hunter's Stand (Archers in the army this is attached to only die on 5s if no other units remain)

Marrowfat Throne (when owned by someone of Squelsh heritage, one Squelsh defector will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production) and adjacent Squelsh armies will join your attacks on non-Squelsh; when owned by an Alkabrian or other, +30 reprisal chance, +100 reprisal chance if destroyed.)

Pellucid Orb (+1 to scout travel distance)

Spoiler: Known Unique Sites (click to show/hide)

A11 is the Selkie Court (Castle with Keep, Moat x 3!) 19/31 defence - The Selkie Queen lives in the Selkie Court. She is a hag protected by 8 royal seals (who act identically to bog cats but with water instead of marshes). In her vault, she has a treasure of 20 gold and two random artefacts (which may be used in defence). The court only appears on coast or water tiles.)

C8 is the Crimson Tower (Keep/Tower/Bloodforge) Defence 17/17,  - Dai the Bloodsinger has a Bloodforge in which 3 armies may be sacrificed to create a new artefact (and become anathema to all).

D5 is the Puffin Prongs - Hill. High up on each of the twin spires 2 random artefacts can be found (though what each one is unknown before making the steps). Making ladders and steps to get them will cost 4 wood each. Guarding Puffin Prongs is the Fullflood Dragon and the Neapflood Dragon, who will always try to be together and won't stray while the other lives. (Site only appears on a coast or water tile.)

E7 and K1 are the Walking Stone Circles - A pair of sites. They are considered adjacent: units can walk from one to the other across the map. Each is initially defended by three giants. They will let anyone pass through both tiles unharmed in a turn as if they were owned by the traveller, for 1 gold per unit passing (if they do so, they won't join a monster march). Gold accumulates on the first stone circle passed through. Enemies always find the gold for it.

E10 is an unknown lair.

F11 is Lake Sorrow.

F12 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance to reprisals to 0. This only works for people who don't own the Grove.

G6 is the Cave of the Night Scream - Lair with two tanglebats (if there are any tanglebats at the start of combat, a new tanglebat will spawn for each opposing living unit, before any summoning artefacts are used) - When the Cave is first discovered (by research, scout, hill report, marching etc) it screams, unsettling the whole Hedge. Every fully revealed lair (including player owned and the Cave itself) generates one tanglebat. Thereafter, there's a 1/3 chance at the start of each enemy phase that the cave will scream again. It can be stopped by walling up the cave (10 stone) or sacrificing 20 units to appease the bats within.

G10 is Wolfhaven Woods - Forest. Spiritual home of wolf kind. Inhabited by 10d4 wolves (25). These wolves will only flee if less than 10 remain. Any wolves that would otherwise be loyal to a non-wolf, are loyal to the wolves in these woods. Wolves in this forest will never march on anywhere.

H10 is Owl Woods - Forest. Originally guarded by the Dusk Dragon (the Dusk Dragon counts for 10 armies) and seven wisps. The dragon holds Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).

K14 is Castle Wright (Features: Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace, Keep, Barracks) 0/13 defence.

K15 is the Black Horn (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Horn will gain the Black Horn .)

L6 is Hogland Hollow - Forest. Inhabited by 3d6 Boar. While it is unconquered, at the end of any turn when there is less than 10 boars in this forest, 1d4 more boar will appear. Your scout withdraws to safety.

M8 is The Hirsute Sage's Hut (while independent, scouts that pass through the hut will ignore the first set of enemies they come across while scouting after visiting the hut. The sage leaves if his home becomes occupied.)

N7 is Taghairn Cave - Owned by Cuthbert Catsbane, a Bloodsinger who wields the Cat Sack if it hasn't appeared elsewhere. Has a limited kind of Bloodforge in which three cats may be sacrificed to create a new artefact. You would first have to find a way of gaining the cats.

O8 is The Hag Market. Marshland. Protected by 9 bog hags and 27 bog cats. Scouts can be sent to the market to buy bog cats (4 gold each) and otherwise may pass through without being attacked. Half the money spent here remains as possible loot. Friendly bog cats have +1 attack in marshland, and while you have a cat, they give -1 (non-cumulative) to enemy attack rolls. Cats cannot be sent to scout, and they cannot be send to attack or patrol by themselves. Monsters won't march from this location."

R3 is The Castle of Bryn the Brawn (Keep/Tower/Tower) Defence 21/21, occupied by Bryn, a giant, and his family, three more giants. The adjacent squares are also within his domain. Bryn will wage war to retake any squares adjacent to his castle, always accompanied in battle by 1d6 wolves.

R10 is the Scout Hut - Initially abandoned and inhabited by a family of 6 boar. Up to three armies can be assigned to the Hut as if it were a fort and they don't count towards your army cap. These armies can scout so long at they begin scouting from a tile adjacent to the hut. Spend 3 wood to dismantle and reassemble the hut on an empty tile you own.

T3 is The Moot - Village with 2d2 (2+1=3) Squelsh Barbarians and a moat (6/6 defense). It is the neutral meeting place of rival Squelsh bands. At the start of each enemy turn, each tile with a Squelsh Barbarian has a 25% chance of sending someone to the Moot. The first Squelsh reprisal each turn will be joined by whomever is in the Moot. If the Moot is conquered, a new Moot (with a new moat) will appear in the most populous Squelsh-held village at the start of the next player turn, or if there are no such villages, it may appear in future tile generation (from scouting, research etc.).

T11 is Hero's Tor - Hill Fort (Steep Path: Siege Engines cannot assail this hill) (9/9). An ageing Squelsh Champion (counts as two units, +1 to its attacks) with the Bloody Standard (+1 all attack rolls) sits in retirement in this fort, with his retinue of 6 Squelsh Barbarians, and two pet wisps.

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Notes:

- The action around Castle Wright was a convoluted and quite unlikely sequence of events. Ayes took a village adjacent to it, but a 1-in-50 reprisal chance triggered, and a 1/20 chance the Squelsh picked that exact village, puttting a huge stack next to the castle. In the lair generation, a Bloodsinger arrived and with a new artefact, the Black Horn, lured all the nearby Squelsh into attacking. They destroyed the castle walls but not before the Bloodsinger was able to flee to the nearby forest with the horn, preventing further counterattacks.
- The generator seems to love putting Giants in the Puzzle Dungeon, it's done this five times now.
- Speaking of... those rampaging boar are getting closer to the player castles...
- Before you ask, the Murkblade just murks lone humans, there's no attack rolls involved.
- Quarque proves wholly justified in not scouting that huge lair. It'll be funny if you let them march next turn.
- I think I've checked things but let me know mistakes as usual...

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 SCREAM
Post by: Kashyyk on June 17, 2023, 01:14:48 pm

Updating my sheet.

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 14
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)
 - Alkabrian Outpost (see here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181666.msg8481075#msg8481075))

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 4/8
Garrison: 3/3 (2x Archers, 1x Infantry)

I11 - Forest: Fort Hollivy
Defence: 6/8
Garrison: 3/3 (2x Archers, 1x Infantry)

J10 - Castle: Sundered Spire
Defence: 2/11
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Tower (+4/+4 Defence, +1 Army Cap)
 - Watchtower (Defender's get first strike, gives Hill report)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)

J9 - Forest: Fort Juniper
Defence: 0/5
Garrison: 0/3

Resources:
Army : 17/14 (+7/turn) = 19(curr) + 9(inc) - 2(casualties) - 2(curse)
Gold: 23 (+0/turn) = 15(curr) +2(inc) + 8(loot) - 2(curse)
Stone: 0 (+0/turn)  = 0(curr) - 2(curse)
Wood : 23 (+2/turn) = 21(curr) + 4(inc) - 2(curse)
Debt: 20
Victory Points: 20

Territory: F13 (Forest), F15 (Village), G15 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), G11 (Lair: Wolf Den), G9 (Village), H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), H11 (Village), H9 (Village), I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I13 (Hill), I12 (Marsh), I11 (Forest, Fort Hollivy), I10 (Marsh), I9 (Village), J15 (Hill) J11 (Village), J10 (Sundered Spire), J9 (Marsh, Fort Juniper), J8 (Hill), K10 (Swamp)
Artefacts:
 - Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants)
 - Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)
Equipment: None
Units: 17x Infantry

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 16 - RAMPAGE
Post by: Quarque on June 17, 2023, 02:03:25 pm

@notquitethere: Could you please remind me what happens when a monster group with boars have conquered a fort and you attack them? It came up earlier but I forgot, do the boars still charge?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 16 - RAMPAGE
Post by: Kashyyk on June 17, 2023, 02:26:08 pm

They get to charge every turn Iirc.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 16 - RAMPAGE
Post by: notquitethere on June 17, 2023, 02:40:22 pm

Quote from: Quarque on June 17, 2023, 02:03:25 pm

@notquitethere: Could you please remind me what happens when a monster group with boars have conquered a fort and you attack them? It came up earlier but I forgot, do the boars still charge?

Yes, they do.

Speaking of boars, I realise the boars should have marched before the bog cat siege was processed, so I've done that now.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 16 - RAMPAGE
Post by: Quarque on June 17, 2023, 02:44:27 pm

@Elephant Parade: Since you need stone to plug the bat cave, I can send you 5 stone in return for 3 skeletons.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 16 - RAMPAGE
Post by: Elephant Parade on June 17, 2023, 03:10:05 pm

The skeletons aren't mine to give, and everyone wants that hole plugged as much as I do. Why not just give me the stone so we don't all suffer?

e: How much stone does everyone have? We should split the burden equally, insofar as it's possible to split a 10-stone cost between 6 people.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 16 - RAMPAGE
Post by: Quarque on June 17, 2023, 03:26:28 pm

I'm not sure we're still with 6 people. Horizon, you still playing?

Anyway, 5 stones is what I have. Willing to contribute more than my share for a compensation, but equal shares is fine too.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 16 - RAMPAGE
Post by: Criptfeind on June 17, 2023, 03:36:00 pm

My proposal is the four oldest lords provide the stone. Unfair to expect someone who just joined to do it.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 16 - RAMPAGE
Post by: Quarque on June 17, 2023, 03:45:53 pm

Would you be willing to provide four stone, then? Since you're the only one with two castles.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: a1s on June 17, 2023, 05:31:35 pm

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
Castle Location N-13
Border Colour: Red
Army: 14/16
Defence: 18/18
Wood Production: 8
Stone production: 1
Recruitment: 5
Income: 1
Curses: 0
Wood: 29
Gold: 1
Stone:1
Debt: 0
Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks, Tower(x3)
Forts : N11 (1/4 defense, 0/3 garission)
Artifacts: Sundering Claw
Equipment: None
Special Units: 1 wolf

orders:
sell 18 wood for 9 gold
buy 1 stone for 2 gold
send 2 stone to Marques Dolton
march 1 army on L14
march 1 army on L15
march 1 army on K7
march 1 army on K6
march 1 army to K9
march 1 army to M7
march 1 army to M8

send scout with 8 gold to buy 2 cats from O8
Scout M7 - use Sundering claw to cut the corner between M7 and N6
Scout L5 - K5 - J4

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: Quarque on June 18, 2023, 12:04:29 am

Orders:
Send 2 stone to Marques Dolton
Lend 1 stone to Marques Vulk
March on E12 with 1 army
March on C12 with 1 army
March on E10 with 1 army and the Wolf Crystal
March on B9 with 1 army and the Rhuddy Cape
Scout A7 by boat with 1 army and the Golden Net
Continue the siege of the Selkie court with:
 * 1 ship carrying 4 armies and 5 wolves
 * 1 ship carrying 3 armies and 4 wolves
Garrison Bockelstein with 1 wolf

Spoiler: Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow
C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defense: 10/10
Army Cap: 13
Curses: 1 (Selkie Court)
Features:
* Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
* Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
* Shipyard (coast only): -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
* Barracks: +3 army cap
F11 - Fort Neubockelstein
Defense: 4/4
Armies: 1/3

Resources:
Army: 13 (+5*/turn) = 12(curr) + 1(inc, capped)
Gold: 0 (+0*/turn) = 0(curr) + 0(inc)
Debt: 8 gold to Lord Sol
Stone: 2 (+1*/turn) = (curr) + 0(inc) -2(gift) -1(lending)
Wood: 8 (+6*/turn) = 7(curr) +5(inc) -10(siege engines)
*: including -1 from curses

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape, the Golden Net, the Wolf Crystal
Equipment: 1 Boat and 2 Ships
Special Units: 10 wolves

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 16 - RAMPAGE
Post by: Criptfeind on June 18, 2023, 04:18:09 am

Quote from: Quarque on June 17, 2023, 03:45:53 pm

Would you be willing to provide four stone, then? Since you're the only one with two castles.

Maybe you should give 4 since you have the most stone, the most lairs, and are soonish to take your second castle with a giant pile of treasure (and frankly it looks like an easy third if horizon doesn't show...)? Or kashyyk since he's had two castles the longest? I already contributed the forces to kill the lair. Not feeling much of a sense of civic responsibility from the other players on this one. I understand the irony in me saying that after I attacked egan. But still:p

How about I give 3 and someone between the three of you can somehow painfully reach deep too provide 1 extra stone somehow?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 16 - RAMPAGE
Post by: Quarque on June 18, 2023, 05:02:50 am

As I said, I am willing to contribute above my share in return for a compensation.

As for your position, you are far ahead of anyone else. Thanks to the weird ruling about how sieges vs walls work, the ruling that only you voted for, for admittedly selfish reasons, it will take me forever to take the Selkie Court and not "soonish". Meaning I will be cursed for a very long time, too.

You are also far ahead in points, about to gain a third castle, you have two quarries and two gold mines, are the only one without major problems and without any curses and have far more room to expand than anyone else. If we are going to divide the burden fairly, as you suggest, I think four stones would really be a very small gesture of goodwill here.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 16 - RAMPAGE
Post by: Criptfeind on June 18, 2023, 05:43:01 am

Quote from: Quarque on June 18, 2023, 05:02:50 am

As for your position, you are far ahead of anyone else. Thanks to the weird ruling about how sieges vs walls work, the ruling that only you voted for, for admittedly selfish reasons, it will take me forever to take the Selkie Court and not "soonish". Meaning I will be cursed for a very long time, too.

You know the saying about assumptions. I didn't vote for the siege rules to stay the same. Good point on the time and curse to a point.

Quoting in my phone is torture so I'll skip to the point. You not wrong with your points, I have had the same thoughts as well. It's just been annoying me recently how you and kashyyk have been a bit more mercenary than I would have liked recently about game wide issues. Kashyyk charging for Grove access after the prince and your first thought on the cave to ask to be paid for helping.

Your not wrong that I should contribute the most, but I already have and have offered to do more still. Even if your right in how much I should contribute, and you likely are right, 4 stone would be reasonable and honestly I don't think I would have blinked if a1 had been the one to ask it of me, I donno. I just feel like... It bothered me that your the one that asked me. I think it's because lately I have been thinking that if the shoes was on the other foot, you wouldn't be giving 4 stone.

Edit: oh. Yeah.and because your not wrong. Yes I will do 4. I need to buy an extra if I recall. Would you loan me a stone? I'll pay back next turn.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 16 - RAMPAGE
Post by: Quarque on June 18, 2023, 06:41:51 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 18, 2023, 05:43:01 am

Would you loan me a stone? I'll pay back next turn.

Yes, sure. Thanks for understanding my point of view. Will edit my orders.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 16 - RAMPAGE
Post by: a1s on June 18, 2023, 12:57:44 pm

I think someone is about to have 3 castles, while most people haven't had a 2nd one. I am of course talking about Prince Mackial FitzHarbort.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: Elephant Parade on June 18, 2023, 03:27:36 pm

Income:
+2 soldiers (already capped)
+1 wood
+2 gold

Trading:
- Send *8 skeletons to Vulk
- Receive 4 stone from Vulk
- Receive 2 stone from Bockelstein
- Receive 2 stone from Aywen

Spoiler: Dolton the Drunk (click to show/hide)

Marquess Dolton
Castle: Castle Bacchus [F5: Mustering Yard (+1 recruit)/Marketplace (+1 g./tn.), Tower (+3 def., +1 army cap)]
Border Colour: Nausea Green
Army: 11/11
Defence: 13/13
Wood Production: 0
Recruitment: 2
Gold: 5
Wood: 12
Stone: 11
Income: 2G, 1W
Debt: 0
Forts: n/a
Artefacts: Verbian Tusk, Black Claw
Equipment: Siege Engine x2
Special Units: None

Actions:
- Wall up awful hellbat lair (-10 stone)
- March F6 (5, Verbian Tusk)
- March G4 (1, Black Claw)
- March E4 (3)
- March H4 (1)
- March H5 (1)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 16 - RAMPAGE
Post by: Kashyyk on June 18, 2023, 04:41:27 pm

Quote from: a1s on June 18, 2023, 12:57:44 pm

I think someone is about to have 3 castles, while most people haven't had a 2nd one. I am of course talking about Prince Mackial FitzHarbort.

Your vote of confidence is lovely, but that isn't happening any time soon

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 16 - RAMPAGE
Post by: Criptfeind on June 18, 2023, 05:50:43 pm

Spoiler: Turn 13 gains/losses (click to show/hide)

-3 Cat sack
+Black Cloud
-8 Skeletons
-5 armies
+3 gold
-12 wood
+6 siege weapons
-8 siege weapons
+15 cat sack
Q9: Marsh
-1 curse (Granny Longtooth)
T13: Quarry +1 Stone production
-1 Army
R7: Mine +1 Gold
-1 Army
P12: Lair
+1 Skeleton
-O6: village +1 recruitment

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Colour: Blue
Extra VP? +16

Castle Mysterious: P14
Defence: 10/10
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove

Point Swearing: S14
Defense: 10/10
Features: Shipyard, Coppicing Grove, Library

Wood Production: 10
Recruitment: 10
Income: 2
Stone Production: 2

Army: 23-5-1-1+10=26!-3=23/23
Gold: 0+3+2=5
Debt: 0
Wood: 30-12+10=28
Stone: 1+2=3

Artifacts: Last Femur, Pellucid Orb, Cat Sack (18), Black Cloud
Equipment: 2 siege weapons 1 ship
Special Units: 18 Skeleton warriors 0 Skeleton Archers 1 Cats
Curses: Granny Longtooth Q9

Holdings list:
N7: Taghairn cave: Sacrifice 3 cats to make an artifact
O7: Village +1 recruitment
O14: Village +1 Recruitment
O15: Forest +1 Wood production
P6: Forest +1 Wood production
P7: Marsh
P8: Forest +1 Wood production
P9: Hill
P10 Village +1 Recruitment
P11: Forest Fort Ivy 4/8 +1 Wood Production 3 Armies
P12: Lair
P13 Village +1 Recruitment
P15: Hill
Q5: Village Moat 6/6 +1 Recruitment
Q9: Marsh
Q6: Forest +1 Wood production
Q11: Marsh
Q12: Village +1 Recruitment
Q13: Village +1 Recruitment
Q14: Hill Fort Hawthorn 0/5 1 armies
R7: Mine +1 Gold
R11: Marsh
R12: Quarry +1 Stone production
R13: Marsh
R14: Village +1 recruitment
R15: Marsh
S10: Forest Fort Sycamore 0/3 defenses +1 wood production
S11: Hill
S12: Forest +1 wood production
S13: Forest +1 wood production
T13: Quarry +1 Stone production

Spoiler: Turn 14 (click to show/hide)

Sacrifice 3 cats from the cat bag to the Taghairn Cave
Receive 8 Skeletons from Marquess Dalton
Receive 1 Stone from Marquess Bockelstein
Sell 14 wood for 7 gold
Send 4 stone to Marquess Dalton
March R4 with 1 army holding Black cloud
Send 1 scout to O8 and purchase 3 Cats
March Q8 with 16 armies
March R6 with 1 armies and 8 skeletons and 1 cat holding the cat bag
March R8 with 1 army and 5 skeletons
March R5 with 1 army and 3 skeletons
March N6 1 army and 3 skeletons
Scout S5-S4-R3

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 SCREAM
Post by: Kashyyk on June 19, 2023, 04:29:24 am

Spend 4 Gold to buy 2 Stone
Send 2 Stone to Dolton

3 armies Garrison Shandston's Folly
11 armies marches on J10 Sundered Spire
3 armies attack Forest K15

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 14
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)
 - Alkabrian Outpost (see here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181666.msg8481075#msg8481075))

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 4/8
Garrison: 3/3 (2x Archers, 1x Infantry)

I11 - Forest: Fort Hollivy
Defence: 6/8
Garrison: 3/3 (2x Archers, 1x Infantry)

J10 - Castle: Sundered Spire
Defence: 2/11
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Tower (+4/+4 Defence, +1 Army Cap)
 - Watchtower (Defender's get first strike, gives Hill report)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)

J9 - Forest: Fort Juniper
Defence: 0/5
Garrison: 0/3

Resources:
Army : 17/14 (+7/turn) = 19(curr) + 9(inc) - 2(casualties) - 2(curse)
Gold: 23 (+0/turn) = 15(curr) +2(inc) + 8(loot) - 4(buy Stone) - 2(curse)
Stone: 0 (+0/turn)  = 0(curr) + 2(buy Stone) - 2(Dolton)- 2(curse)
Wood : 23 (+2/turn) = 21(curr) + 4(inc) - 2(curse)
Debt: 20
Victory Points: 20

Territory: F13 (Forest), F15 (Village), G15 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), G11 (Lair: Wolf Den), G9 (Village), H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), H11 (Village), H9 (Village), I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I13 (Hill), I12 (Marsh), I11 (Forest, Fort Hollivy), I10 (Marsh), I9 (Village), J15 (Hill) J11 (Village), J10 (Sundered Spire), J9 (Marsh, Fort Juniper), J8 (Hill), K10 (Swamp)
Artefacts:
 - Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants)
 - Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)
Equipment: None
Units: 17x Infantry

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 16 - RAMPAGE
Post by: Horizon on June 19, 2023, 04:58:53 pm

- (2 armies) Send a scout from Fort Howling to C3 then C2, and a scout from Castle Aubade to A6 and A7 on a boat.
- (2 armies) patrol the vicinity of Fort Howling.
- (3 armies) are stationed in Fort Howling with the Shield of Earth.
- (3 armies) are stationed at Castle Aubade.

Spoiler: Sol, Inheritor of Swearing (click to show/hide)

Sol, Son of Gloronisits and Hero of Swearing
Background: Hero
Castle Name: Castle Aubade
Castle Location: A5
Border Colour: Gold
Army: 10/10
Defence: 14/14
Wood Production/Inv: +1 (10)
Stone Production/Inv: +0 (2)
Recruitment: 0
Gold: 24
Income: 1
Debt: 0
2 Boats, 1 Ship

Features:
- Defenses:
   • Tower: +4/4 defence, increase maximum army size by +1
(can be bought up to four times)
- Resources:
   • Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production.
- Knowledge:
   • Shipyard: -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
Forts:

Artefacts:
  - Speculator's Rod (A scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

  - Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)

  - Whiptide Sail (one boat or ship can travel twice as far.)

Equipment: None
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 17 - ANATHEMA
Post by: notquitethere on June 19, 2023, 06:32:17 pm

TURN 16 REPORT

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

march 1 army on L14: The undefended village is retaken.

march 1 army on L15: The unmanned fort is taken without resistance.

march 1 army on K7: The empty forest is taken back.

march 1 army on K6: The empty marsh is taken.

march 1 army to K9: The empty lair is taken.

march 1 army to M7: The unmanned fort is taken without resistance.

send scout with 8 gold to buy 2 cats: cats are purchased.

Scout M7 - use Sundering claw to cut the corner between M7 and N6: a path is cut through the mountain. No dragon comes. The scout sees two Wisps, a Bloodsinger in the Juniper Cape (a scout isn't stopped by monsters) at the quarry and withdraws to safety.

Scout L5 - K5 - J4: The scout discovers Lake Longing - (Water makes this tile impassible except by boat or ship. Spills over onto adjacent tiles. Won't spawn on a coast.) They turn back.

Spoiler: Marquess Bockhoven - Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

March on E12 with 1 army: The undefended village is absorbed into the county.

March on C12 with 1 army: Your armies attack (4), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (6), killing one of your armies. Your armies have been defeated.
 Your total losses: one.

March on E10 with 1 army and the Wolf Crystal: The 15 wolves go over to your side! The boar, boar, boar and boar attack first (1, 3, 8, 1, 5, 2, 4 and 6), killing zero of your armies. A wolf is killed.  Then the rest run away. You take too many casualties and your force retreats. A bog cat side wins but the unique site is immune to marsh conversion.
Your total losses: one wolf.

March on B9 with 1 army and the Rhuddy Cape: Another tanglebat appears. Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (6, 6 and 7), defeating two of the enemies (tanglebat and tanglebat).
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county.

Scout A7 by boat with 1 army and the Golden Net: No treasure found. The scout sees the lair with the tanglebat.

Continue the siege of the Selkie court with:
 * 1 ship carrying 4 armies and 5 wolves
 * 1 ship carrying 3 armies and 4 wolves
The enemy hides behind their walls and keep  (19 wall strength).

Your armies attack (with nine wolves) (4, 7, 6, 8, 2, 6, 7, 4, 3, 3, 6, 8, 2, 6, 4 and 6), damaging the walls (7) with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (2), from behind their walls, with none of your units defeated. A siege continues!

Spoiler: Dolton the Drunk (click to show/hide)

Wall up awful hellbat lair (-10 stone): The Cave of the Night Scream is closed!

- March F6 (5, Verbian Tusk): x1 Boar joins your side. It attacks first twice (0,7), killing one bog cat. Then the rest of your force attacks.
Your armies attack (4, 2, 7, 4 and 7), defeating two of the enemies (bog cat and bog cat).

The enemy attacks back (9 and 6), killing two of your armies (an army and a boar)
Your armies attack (1, 2, 0 and 5), defeating one of the enemies (bog cat).

The enemy attacks back (2), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (3, 7, 8 and 1), defeating one of the enemies (bog hag).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.
Your total losses: one army, one boar.

- March G4 (1, Black Claw). Your army attacks with the Black Claw (5, 2, 7, 6 and 5), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county. A bog cat appears at the fort in J9.

- March E4 (3): Your armies attack (3, 4 and 6), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
The enemy attacks back (9), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (2 and 2), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (5), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (8 and 9), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: one.

- March H4 (1): One armies march into a hill beyond the border. On the tumbling bluffs they find and take a quarry. Abandoned in the quarry is the Black Lance which is taken. (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding the Black Lance will gain the Black Lance.) (You never attack first in combats, but on your first attack all your attackers will attack three times. The turn after slaying someone with the lance, Dragons will preferentially fly one square in your direction when flying to a new home. When this first discovered, place the Dawn Dragon on M6 (the Dawn Dragon counts for 15 armies)).

From the hill:
NW: you see an unusual site: a yawning crevice!
N: you see a village
NE: you see marshland
E: you see an unusual site: A forest with something moving in it.
SE: you see marshland
S: you see marshland
SW: you see marshland
W: you see hill

- March H5 (1): One army marches into the Swarm: Forest containing 3d4 [6] tanglebats (if there are any tanglebats at the start of combat, and no side has defence, a new tanglebat will spawn for each living opposing unit). Littered on the corpses of unwary travellers, is 8 gold, two bows, and a random artefact [the Shimmering Coin (+2 on rolls that determine gold amounts)]. This can only appear once 20 sites have been revealed.

Another tanglebat appears. Your armies attack (, defeating one of the enemies (tanglebat).
The enemy attacks back (4, 8, 5, 3, 3 and , killing one of your armies. Your armies have been defeated.
Your total losses: one.

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

Sacrifice 3 cats from the cat bag to the Taghairn Cave: Three cats are cruelly fed into the furnace. Out of which Vulk pulls the Marrowfat Sceptre (if the sceptre isn't owned by the Squelsh, at the end of each enemy phase, every Squelsh in the sector will move one tile towards the sceptre (fighting anything enroute). Each time a non-Squelshman takes the scepter, they gain +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove it from the county. A scout can drop the sceptre on any tile they pass through. If owned by the Squelsh, the Sceptre causes 1d6 enemies to flee at the start of combat.)

March R4 with 1 army holding Black Cloud: You take the Marshland without issue.

Send 1 scout to O8 and purchase 3 Cats: Cats purchased.

March Q8 with 16 armies:
The skeletal warrior, skeletal archer, skeletal archer, bone reckoner, bone reckoner, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior and skeletal warrior attack first with the Crimson Drum (5, 3, 7, 1, 4, 5, 5 and 6), killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (3, 4, 8, 4, 6, 2, 1, 6, 1, 8, 4, 6, 8 and 3), defeating six of the enemies (skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal archer, bone reckoner and skeletal archer).
The bone reckoner and skeletal warrior attack (2 and 6), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (1, 8, 4, 3, 1, 1, 6, 8, 2, 4, 4, 2 and 6), defeating two of the enemies (skeletal warrior and bone reckoner).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county. You take the Crimson Drum.
Your total losses: three. Nothing new learned from hill report.

March R6 with 1 armies and 8 skeletons holding the cat bag: Your armies attack (with eight skeletons) (4, 5, 2, 4, 5, 1, 3, 7 and 1), defeating three of the enemies (bog cat, bog cat and bog cat).

The enemy attacks back (, killing zero of your armies. (Killing one skeleton.)
Your armies attack (with seven skeletons) (1, 2, 5, 7, 3, 3, 1 and , defeating one of the enemies (bog hag).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county. You take the Saint's Knuckles.
 Your total losses: one skeleton.

March R8 with 1 army and 5 skeletons: Your armies attack (with five skeletons) (4, 4, 2, 3, 6 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
The enemy attacks back (7), killing zero of your armies. (Killing one skeleton.)
Your armies attack (with four skeletons) (3, 2, 6, 8 and 6), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: one skeleton.

March R5 with 1 army and 3 skeletons: Your armies attack (with three skeletons) (2, 6, 7 and 4), defeating two of the enemies (wolf and wolf).
The other two wolves flee north where they take the village with the moat. All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.

March N6 1 army and 3 skeletons: Your armies attack (with three skeletons) (3, 3, 8 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (2 and 1), with none of your units defeated. The Bloodsinger slinks away with the Juniper Cape, east, where he takes over Taghairn cave and takes the new artefact, the Marrowfat Sceptre!
Your armies attack (with three skeletons) (4, 4, 6 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county. You take three gold, one stone, and one wood. Nothing new is learned from the hill report.

Scout S5-S4-R3: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the dark copse they find a Thornish Fort with three Thornish holdouts defending, and walls at 6/6 strength.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

11 armies marches on J10 Sundered Spire: The empty castle is recovered.

3 armies attack Forest K15: Your armies attack (6, 3 and 7), defeating one of the enemies (bloodsinger).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county. You take the Black Horn!

Spoiler: Count Sol (click to show/hide)

Send a scout from Fort Howling to C3:  You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the foul bog they find two Bone Reckoners, with one skeletal warrior.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout to A6: You scout through the first land, discovering a unusual site.

SPECIAL EVENT!
The Alkabrian Outpost joins Castle Aubade (Special! If this would appear, it appears in the revealing player's primary castle instead (possibly rerolling a tile if discovered while scouting or marching). Players can send a scout to the Outpost in friendly castles to send a special envoy to King Alkabar. The scout doesn't return. Choose one of the following actions for the envoy:
 - Spend 10 gold and declare one unconquered tile uncontestable: King Alkabar will give dispensation and allow it to remain independent. This is only checked when triggering the end of game. If someone conquers an uncontestable tile anyway, they will owe +20 debt for inconveniencing the King.
 - Ask for a loan: gain 20 gold and 20 debt.
 - Send a gift (-1 artefact of your choice, +20 score at the end of the game, cursed items cannot be sent. -2 less score for each successive artefact anyone sends.)
 - Wipe out any amount of debt by spending 2 gold for every 1 debt.
 The effects are immediate. Outposts can appear for any player without one.You scout through the second land, discovering a unusual site.

In A6 is The Knuckle Yard - Ritual death ring of the Squelsh natives. Owner may choose at any time to close down the yard (+20 reprisal chance). While operational: +2 income, if possible, two Barbarians from two different random squares will leave their post to fight at the start of each enemy phase, one one will return a Squelsh Champion (counts as two units, +1 to its attacks).

Scout C2: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the dark trees they find nothing by eerie silence.

Scout A7: A7 is still a lair with a Tanglebat, as expected.

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

- [I9] The dragon flies north-west.
- [K13] The dragon flies south-east.
The dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part) attack first (8, 4, 4, 2 and 3), killing one of Ayes' armies. Ayes' have been defeated.
Total losses: one
- [O6] The Dawn Dragon flies west.

Barbarians from A4 and T12 fight in the Knuckle Yard. T12 wins and returns a Champion.
Barbarian-occupied tiles 6 (G14), 7 (K4) send someone to the moot.
- Reprisals:
--[Vulk 32%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Dolton 4%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[FitzHarbort 3%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Ayes 2%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Sol 0%]  The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Bockhoven 0%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.

There are Thornish forts so the Lodestone doesn't trigger. [K13] grows in size.

[J6] Grows in size and the soldiers march on the marsh at K6:
The Thornish holdout, Thornish holdout, Thornish holdout and Thornish holdout attack first (2, 1, 5 and 3), with none of Ayes units defeated.
Your armies attack (7), defeating one of the enemies (Thornish holdout).
The enemy attacks back (5, 1 and 1), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (1), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (2, 4 and 3), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (3), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (6, 5 and 1), killing one of your armies. Your armies have been defeated.
 Your total losses: one.
[K11] grows in size and the four Thornish holdouts march on the undefended marshland of K10. Three Holdouts return to their fort.
[S5] grows in size and the four Thornish holdouts march on R5, attacking the one army and three skeletons!
The Thornish holdout, Thornish holdout, Thornish holdout and Thornish holdout attack first (2, 1, 4 and 6), killing one skeleton.
Your armies attack (with two skeletons) (3, 1 and 7), defeating one of the enemies (Thornish holdout).
The enemy attacks back (2, 8 and 3), killing one skeleton.
Your armies attack (with one skeleton) (5 and 3), defeating one of the enemies (Thornish holdout).
The enemy withdraw to safety.
 Your total losses: two skeletons.

- [A7] No new monsters come.
- [E10] No new monsters come.
- [G11] No new monsters come.
- [J9] Joining the fort is three wisps.
- [J14] Joining the lair is five wolves and a bog cat.
- [L2] Puzzle Dungeon: Joining the lair is four rampaging boar.
- [L10] Fort: Joining the lair is four wolves.
- [S3] Giant's Toe: No new monsters come.

The four boar, Bloodsinger with the Torrential Torc, two skeletal archers, three skeletal warriors, and bog cat march on D11. The Bloodsinger ill-advisedly activates the Torc, drowning the entire area in water, destroying everything there, including the occupants of the fort at D11, and themselves.

The three wisps, 12 boar, hag and ten bog cats march on the Sundered Spire. First the Boar attack twice: (8, 2, 4, 7, 1, 1, 7, 5, 7, 8, 6, 6, 5, 3, 5, 1, 7, 5, 4, 1, 8, 7 and 5), damaging the walls (2), breaking into the castle, and killing eight of your armies.
Your three armies attack back with the Watchtower (1, 6, 5), killing two boar.
The enemies attack back (1, 7, 5, 8, 5, 2, 2, 2, 8, 2, 8, 3, 4, 2, 1, 1, 6, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4 and 4), killing three of your armies. Your armies have been defeated.
Your total losses: eleven

The three wisps, ten wolves and two bog cats in J14 join the siege of the fort at I11.

The five giants, one tanglebat, four boar, and two wisps march from the Puzzle Dungeon! They head through the Stone Circle, paying the giants, and attack the Fort at E5! It's unoccupied so they take it without resistance. They have with them a siege engine but they don't have to use it.

The eight wolves, four boar and one bog cat in L10 march on N11. It's unoccupied and they take it without resistance.

The siege continues at I11. Your forces are behind defences (2 wall strength).
The boar, boar, bog cat, bog cat, wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, wisp, wisp, boar, boar, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat and wisp attack first (3, 1, 6, 8, 6, 5, 2, 8, 5, 6, 3, 4, 8, 8, 1, 2, 1, 1, 7, 6, 7, 5, 8, 4, 4, 3 and 2), damaging the walls (2) and breaking through into the fort, killing three of your armies. (Including two archers.)
Your armies have been defeated.
 Your total losses: three.

Bryn the Brawn wielding Bryn's Club (A giant wielding this rolls each attack dice twice when attacking, picking the highest result) and three more giants: (8, 5, 2, 3, 3, 4, 7, 2, 1, 1, 8 and 3), killing one of your armies. Your armies have been defeated. They take the Black Cloud back to their castle.
Your total losses: one.

Repopulating the Wicked Gorge: five wolves, four wisps, three rampaging boar

TURN 17

Research

In D2 is The Order of Obeisance (Castle with Keep/Moat/Mustering Yard/Barracks/Garrison) Defence 19/19, Recruitment 1 - Remote Thornish knightly order, made up of 13/13 Thornish Knights.

Spoiler: Order of The Order of Obeisance (click to show/hide)

- Thornish Knights: (Knights are heavily armoured and die on a 7+ in open combat, they preferentially kill monsters and artefact-holding units).
- Garrison: (For each recruitment over cap, 1 guard appears in the Garrison. Guards can never march or be redeployed, but will defend; if you have multiple Garrisons, the new Guards are split between them evenly, with excess going to the main castle)
 - When not beseiging or being beseiged, Knights and allies will march, each leaving one unit behind. They will (separately) seek to take or beseige either the nearest fort, nearest village or nearest castle belonging to the Anathema. (Which kind of tile is randomly selected).
 - The Anathema is whichever Lord has the most monster units on their side + sacrifices made + artefacts held + Bloodforges owned + Knights killed (minimum 5). If there's a draw, both Lords are the Anathema. Anathema is checked between the player and enemy turn.
 - Recruitment and army limit works the same way as players, except that forts also generate one Holdout per turn.
 - At the start of each enemy turn, one random Thornish fort or castle will pledge allegiance to the Order. At the end of each enemy turn the Order will try to fully defend any newly owned castle or fort before returning the remainder to existing forts and castles.
 - The castle is only found in W or WW sectors. Knights will store all artefacts seized at their main castle if possible, and they start with one artefact in the vault (if it hasn't been revealed yet, the Thornish Lodestone, otherwise random.).
 - Non-Anathema Lords may join the Order: from the turn of their joining, excess recruitment (i.e. armies gained over their army cap) is converted directly into 1 gold/army, as the Order take likely candidates for training and pay well in return. Attacking the Order permanently ends membership.

In L1 is Black Cauldron  (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed or sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Cauldron will gain the Black Cauldron.) (If a bog hag owns the Black Cauldron, all hags on their side will attack twice each round and always have the first attack; if anyone else owns the cauldron, 3 bog hags and 6d2 bog cats will spawn and then attack the current holder of the cauldron each turn until all three hags are defeated. Spawning occurs anew each time the cauldron gets a new non-hag owner)

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Spoiler: Anathema (click to show/hide)

Anathema is something the Knights of the Order of Obeisance care about. Each Lord has an anathema count of the most monster units on their side + sacrifices made + artefacts held + Bloodforges owned + Knights killed. Some artefacts increase this number. Whoever has the heighest score is deemed the current Anathema (there can be multiple Anathemas if there's a draw).

If you think your anathema score is incorrect (because you've traded away monster units etc.) let me know. Anathema is calculated fresh at the end of the player phase, before the enemy phase.

Current Anathema Score
--[Vulk] 4 artefacts (Last Femur, Cat Sack, Crimson Drum, Saint's Knuckles), 15 monster units (14 skeletons, 4 friendly cats), 1 bloodforge, 6 units sacrificed = 29
--[Bockhoven] 3 artefacts (the Rhuddy Cape, the Golden Net, the Wolf Crystal), 24 monster units (24 wolves) = 27
---> 5
--[Ayes] 1 artefact (sundering claw), 3 monster unit (bog cat x2, wolf x1) = 4
--[Dolton] 3 artefacts (Verbian Tusk, Black Claw, Black Lance) = 3
--[Sol] 3 artefacts (Speculator's Rod, Shield of Earth, Cragman's Spike) = 3
--[FitzHarbort] 3 artefacts (Ascupart's Bane, Marrowfat Shield, Black Horn) = 2

Spoiler: Known Artefact List (click to show/hide)

In the world
A11 is Cragman's Spike (a scout may pass through mountains)
A11 is Thornish Lodestone (while this remains in the Hedge, whenever no Thornish fort is on the map, another fort is revealed in a sector usually far from the owner of this artefact (most distant of two rolls)
B1 is the Black Trotter (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Trotter will gain the Black Trotter.) (One unit attacks first twice at the start of each combat, but each time they kill a unit somewhere a boar will turn into a grand tusk- a giant pig that counts as 2 boar. If no boar are currently on the map, the next X boar to appear will all be grand tusks, where X is the number of units killed by the Trotter.)
E10 is Watchtower plans (Can build Watchtowers for 10 stone. Watchtowers allow defenders to attack first during the first round of a seige, and owner gets a hill report. Doesn't count towards anathema count)
E10 is the Torrential Torc (If the Torc is deployed by a scout or marching army, it will unleash an unholy storm, destroying everything on the tile, including itself and any treasure, leaving only water behind. Use of the Torc incurs +20 anathema score. Cursed items appear safely on an adjacent tile. Castles (but not forts) are partially immune, the torrent instead deals 20 wall damage.)
F9 is Murkblade (a scout will kill any lone human enemy they discover while scouting.)
G10 is Bitter Brew  (The set of armies this is equipped to never retreats from losses.)
H4 is the Black Lance (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding the Black Lance will gain the Black Lance.) (You never attack first in combats, but on your first attack all your attackers will attack three times. The turn after slaying someone with the lance, Dragons will preferentially fly one square in your direction when flying to a new home. When this first discovered, place the Dawn Dragon on M6 (the Dawn Dragon counts for 15 armies)).
H5 is the Shimmering Coin (+2 on rolls that determine gold amounts)
I5 is Siege Workshop Plans (The owner of this can build a Siege Workshop as a feature (spending 10 stone as normal). Siege Workshop: You can build these two alternative types of seige engine: 1. Battering Ram: destroy walls on a 4+ for one round (or 3+ or 2+ if you spend 2 or 4 more wood). 2. Giant Trebuchet: destroy 1d4 defence before the attack begins. You may spend 1-3 stone in ammunition to add 1-3 d4s to this.) Doesn't count towards anathema count.
J4 is Wellspring Staff (the Wellspring Staff may be cast into marshland by a unit to turn it into a lake (spilling out into all adjacent tiles - units can drown this way without proper precautions). If the staff is recovered (by boat etc) in subsequent turns, the lake remains.)
J6 - Perfidy's Horn (Monster units controlled by a human unit in the vicinity will become hostile third parties, turning on everyone.)
L1 is Black Cauldron  (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed or sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Cauldron will gain the Black Cauldron.) (If a bog hag owns the Black Cauldron, all hags on their side will attack twice each round and always have the first attack; if anyone else owns the cauldron, 3 bog hags and 6d2 bog cats will spawn and then attack the current holder of the cauldron each turn until all three hags are defeated. Spawning occurs anew each time the cauldron gets a new non-hag owner)
M3 is the Rock Ring (With a scout, raise up a mountain wall between any two tiles. You must own at least one of the tiles to do this.)
N7 is the Juniper Cape (a scout isn't stopped by monsters)
N7 is Marrowfat Sceptre (if the sceptre isn't owned by the Squelsh, at the end of each enemy phase, every Squelsh in the sector will move one tile towards the sceptre (fighting anything enroute). Each time a non-Squelshman takes the scepter, they gain +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove it from the county. A scout can drop the sceptre on any tile they pass through. If owned by the Squelsh, the Sceptre causes 1d6 enemies to flee at the start of combat.)
Q8 is the Crimson Drum (attack first when defending)
R6 are the Saint's Knuckles (take -1 when rolling on the monster table (usually less dangerous results))

Held by Lords

Sol: the Speculator's Rod (a scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)
The Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)
Whiptide Sail (one boat or ship can travel twice as far.)


Dolton: Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)

Black Claw (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Claw will gain the Black Claw.) (+4 dice rolled when attacking, every time someone is killed by a force wielding the claw, the nearest square with a bog cat gains another cat. If there are none, a bog cat will appear in the nearest empty square.)


Ayes: Sundering Claw (assign a scout to crack open a permanent path through any adjacent mountain. 25% chance to call a hostile dragon to the location)

Bockhoven: Golden Net (A scout carrying this across water has a 25% chance of rolling on the treasure table)

the Rhuddy Cape (the unit this is assigned to is now considered a giant)

The Wolf Crystal (wolves encountered will join the army instead (they still all run away when injured)

Vulk: the Last Femur! (1/4 chance of each dead unit being resurrected to your side as a skeleton warrior when they die)

Cat Sack (defeated Bog Cats are put in the Cat Sack instead of being killed if the Cat Sack is held by the winning force. These cats are owned but unfriendly, and any number can be released by an army in any combat, or let loose by a scout in any tile.)

Prince FitzHarbort: Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).

Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)

Black Horn (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Horn will gain the Black Horn) (Adjacent allied enemies will join in attacks and defences against you. If this is held in a castle or fort, adjacent enemies will attack the position. The horn rallies locals to your side: when defending a village, castle or fort you own, permanently gain an extra 1d4 units at the start of combat.)

Sent to the King:
Hunter's Stand (Archers in the army this is attached to only die on 5s if no other units remain)

Marrowfat Throne (when owned by someone of Squelsh heritage, one Squelsh defector will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production) and adjacent Squelsh armies will join your attacks on non-Squelsh; when owned by an Alkabrian or other, +30 reprisal chance, +100 reprisal chance if destroyed.)

Pellucid Orb (+1 to scout travel distance)

Spoiler: Known Unique Sites (click to show/hide)

A5 is Castle Aubade (Tower, Coppicing Grove, Shipyard), with the Speculator's Rod, Shield of Earth, Whiptide Sail. Two boats and a ship are also here.

A6 is The Knuckle Yard - Ritual death ring of the Squelsh natives. Owner may choose at any time to close down the yard (+20 reprisal chance). While operational: +2 income, if possible, two Barbarians from two different random squares will leave their post to fight at the start of each enemy phase, one one will return a Squelsh Champion (counts as two units, +1 to its attacks).

A11 is the Selkie Court (Castle with Keep, Moat x 3!) 12/31 defence - The Selkie Queen lives in the Selkie Court. She is a hag protected by 8 royal seals (who act identically to bog cats but with water instead of marshes). In her vault, she has a treasure of 20 gold and two random artefacts (which may be used in defence). The court only appears on coast or water tiles.)

C8 is the Crimson Tower (Keep/Tower/Bloodforge) Defence 17/17,  - Dai the Bloodsinger has a Bloodforge in which 3 armies may be sacrificed to create a new artefact (and become anathema to all).

D2 is The Order of Obeisance (Castle with Keep/Moat/Mustering Yard/Barracks/Garrison) Defence 19/19, Recruitment 1 - Remote Thornish knightly order, made up of 13/13 Thornish Knights.
- Thornish Knights: (Knights are heavily armoured and die on a 7+ in open combat, they preferentially kill monsters and artefact-holding units).
- Garrison: (For each recruitment over cap, 1 guard appears in the Garrison. Guards can never march or be redeployed, but will defend; if you have multiple Garrisons, the new Guards are split between them evenly, with excess going to the main castle)
 - When not beseiging or being beseiged, Knights and allies will march, each leaving one unit behind. They will (separately) seek to take or beseige either the nearest fort, nearest village or nearest castle belonging to the Anathema. (Which kind of tile is randomly selected).
 - The Anathema is whichever Lord has the most monster units on their side + sacrifices made + artefacts held + Bloodforges owned + Knights killed (minimum 5). If there's a draw, both Lords are the Anathema. Anathema is checked between the player and enemy turn.
 - Recruitment and army limit works the same way as players, except that forts also generate one Holdout per turn.
 - At the start of each enemy turn, one random Thornish fort or castle will pledge allegiance to the Order. At the end of each enemy turn the Order will try to fully defend any newly owned castle or fort before returning the remainder to existing forts and castles.
 - The castle is only found in W or WW sectors. Knights will store all artefacts seized at their main castle if possible, and they start with one artefact in the vault (if it hasn't been revealed yet, the Thornish Lodestone, otherwise random.).
 - Non-Anathema Lords may join the Order: from the turn of their joining, excess recruitment (i.e. armies gained over their army cap) is converted directly into 2 gold/army, as the Order take likely candidates for training and pay well in return. Attacking the Order ends membership.

D5 is the Puffin Prongs - Hill. High up on each of the twin spires 2 random artefacts can be found (though what each one is unknown before making the steps). Making ladders and steps to get them will cost 4 wood each. Guarding Puffin Prongs is the Fullflood Dragon and the Neapflood Dragon, who will always try to be together and won't stray while the other lives. (Site only appears on a coast or water tile.)

E7 and K1 are the Walking Stone Circles - A pair of sites. They are considered adjacent: units can walk from one to the other across the map. Each is initially defended by three giants. They will let anyone pass through both tiles unharmed in a turn as if they were owned by the traveller, for 1 gold per unit passing (if they do so, they won't join a monster march). Gold accumulates on the first stone circle passed through. Enemies always find the gold for it.

F11 is Lake Sorrow.

F12 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance to reprisals to 0. This only works for people who don't own the Grove.

G4 is some kind of crevice?

G10 is Wolfhaven Woods - Forest. Spiritual home of wolf kind. Inhabited by 10d4 wolves (25). These wolves will only flee if less than 10 remain. Any wolves that would otherwise be loyal to a non-wolf, are loyal to the wolves in these woods. Wolves in this forest will never march on anywhere.

H10 is Owl Woods - Forest. Originally guarded by the Dusk Dragon (the Dusk Dragon counts for 10 armies) and seven wisps. The dragon holds Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).

K14 is Castle Wright (Features: Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace, Keep, Barracks) 0/13 defence.

L2 is is the Puzzle Dungeon of Mad Lord Frost (Castle with keep, Seige Workshop) 13/13 defence - Lord Frost, a paranoid and inventive Thornish holdout, has retreated deep into his keep to tinker on his creations and allowed monsters to live in the outer areas. While he holds the Puzzle Dungeon, this castle counts as a lair: roll three on the monster table [2 giant, 2 wisps] for initial population. Any monsters marching from this location gain a randomly typed seige engine. He has stockpiled 2d6 wood [5] and 1d6 stone [2].

L5 is Lake Longing - (Water makes this tile impassible except by boat or ship. Spills over onto adjacent tiles. Won't spawn on a coast.)

L6 is Hogland Hollow - Forest. Inhabited by 3d6 Boar. While it is unconquered, at the end of any turn when there is less than 10 boars in this forest, 1d4 more boar will appear. Your scout withdraws to safety.

M8 is The Hirsute Sage's Hut (while independent, scouts that pass through the hut will ignore the first set of enemies they come across while scouting after visiting the hut. The sage leaves if his home becomes occupied.)

N7 is Taghairn Cave - Owned by Cuthbert Catsbane, a Bloodsinger who wields the Cat Sack if it hasn't appeared elsewhere. Has a limited kind of Bloodforge in which three cats may be sacrificed to create a new artefact. You would first have to find a way of gaining the cats.

O8 is The Hag Market. Marshland. Protected by 9 bog hags and 27 bog cats. Scouts can be sent to the market to buy bog cats (4 gold each) and otherwise may pass through without being attacked. Half the money spent here remains as possible loot. Friendly bog cats have +1 attack in marshland, and while you have a cat, they give -1 (non-cumulative) to enemy attack rolls. Cats cannot be sent to scout, and they cannot be send to attack or patrol by themselves. Monsters won't march from this location."

R3 is The Castle of Bryn the Brawn (Keep/Tower/Tower) Defence 21/21, occupied by Bryn, a giant, and his family, three more giants. The adjacent squares are also within his domain. Bryn will wage war to retake any squares adjacent to his castle, always accompanied in battle by 1d6 wolves.

R10 is the Scout Hut - Initially abandoned and inhabited by a family of 6 boar. Up to three armies can be assigned to the Hut as if it were a fort and they don't count towards your army cap. These armies can scout so long at they begin scouting from a tile adjacent to the hut. Spend 3 wood to dismantle and reassemble the hut on an empty tile you own.

T3 is The Moot - Village with 2d2 (2+1=3) Squelsh Barbarians and a moat (6/6 defense). It is the neutral meeting place of rival Squelsh bands. At the start of each enemy turn, each tile with a Squelsh Barbarian has a 25% chance of sending someone to the Moot. The first Squelsh reprisal each turn will be joined by whomever is in the Moot. If the Moot is conquered, a new Moot (with a new moat) will appear in the most populous Squelsh-held village at the start of the next player turn, or if there are no such villages, it may appear in future tile generation (from scouting, research etc.).

T11 is Hero's Tor - Hill Fort (Steep Path: Siege Engines cannot assail this hill) (9/9). An ageing Squelsh Champion (counts as two units, +1 to its attacks) with the Bloody Standard (+1 all attack rolls) sits in retirement in this fort, with his retinue of 6 Squelsh Barbarians, and two pet wisps.

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Notes

- 4 players face serious monster invasions, but you all have the power to avoid being defeated here. Remember, being beseiged isn't the worst thing so long as they don't kill all your defenders.
- Anathema! You all knew it was coming and here it is. A quick summary: the knights are only interested in defeating one player, whoever's been doing the most forbidden things. Currently only two players are in the running. Other players can sign up with the order, to convert their excess recruitment into gold. Over time, other Thornish forts will join the Order, leaving the other players alone.
- Definitely some missing artefacts in the list. Let me know what else...

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 17 - ANATHEMA
Post by: Quarque on June 19, 2023, 07:02:19 pm

G6 can be removed from the list of unique locations.

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While operational: +2 income, if possible, two Barbarians from two different random squares will leave their post to fight at the start of each enemy phase, one one will return a Squelsh Champion (counts as two units, +1 to its attacks).

Could you please explain this? On which side (and against whom) do those barbarians fight?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 17 - ANATHEMA
Post by: Elephant Parade on June 19, 2023, 07:05:35 pm

Will I never be free from tanglebats? How much to borrow those skeletons again, Criptfiend? I can shoot you a boar next time I spawn one.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 17 - ANATHEMA
Post by: notquitethere on June 19, 2023, 07:08:47 pm

Quote from: Quarque on June 19, 2023, 07:02:19 pm

G6 can be removed from the list of unique locations.

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While operational: +2 income, if possible, two Barbarians from two different random squares will leave their post to fight at the start of each enemy phase, one one will return a Squelsh Champion (counts as two units, +1 to its attacks).

Could you please explain this? On which side (and against whom) do those barbarians fight?

They fight each other to the death in the death ring. The winner upgrades to a Champion and returns to its prior location. It converts two barbarians into one champion once per turn.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 17 - ANATHEMA
Post by: Horizon on June 19, 2023, 07:28:09 pm

- (4 armies) March by boat to A6 from Castle Aubade.
- (2 armies) March from Fort Howling to C2.
- (1 army) sails forth by boat to C4 to scout.
- Spend 6 wood to make three bows.
- Spend 6 gold buying three armies.

Spoiler: Sol, Inheritor of Swearing (click to show/hide)

Sol, Son of Gloronisits and Hero of Swearing
Background: Hero
Castle Name: Castle Aubade
Castle Location: A5
Border Colour: Gold
Army: 7/11
Defence: 14/14
Wood Production/Inv: +1 (11)
Stone Production/Inv: +0 (2)
Recruitment: 0
Gold: 24
Income: 1
Debt: 0
2 Boats, 1 Ship

Features:
- Defenses:
   • Tower: +4/4 defence, increase maximum army size by +1
(can be bought up to four times)
- Resources:
   • Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production.
- Knowledge:
   • Shipyard: -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
Forts:
- Howling ()
Artefacts:
  - Speculator's Rod (A scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

  - Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)

  - Whiptide Sail (one boat or ship can travel twice as far.)

Equipment:
- (3) Bows
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 17 - ANATHEMA
Post by: Horizon on June 19, 2023, 07:28:44 pm

Don't mind if I do.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 17 - ANATHEMA
Post by: Criptfeind on June 19, 2023, 07:47:25 pm

Quote from: Elephant Parade on June 19, 2023, 07:05:35 pm

Will I never be free from tanglebats? How much to borrow those skeletons again, Criptfiend? I can shoot you a boar next time I spawn one.

Luckily since they are in a fort, tanglebats are turned off. If I send you a cat when you siege they'll only kill on a 8. With 7 siege weapons every attack is a kill and with the black lance you get 3 times the attacks. They'll still kill like... 4 of your dudes if you are loosing the first strike advantage via the lance (on average, with bad luck, more!) so you'll need around 12 dudes (with the cat, that'd be 11) to take it out. More for safety is always appreciated... but that'd be not too bad.

Order of Obeisance is very bad. Considering my reaction, but I'd say right now that people who help fight against them will certainly get my friendship, people who join them, less so.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 17 - ANATHEMA
Post by: Quarque on June 19, 2023, 07:51:37 pm

Quote

Order of Obeisance is very bad. Considering my reaction, but I'd say right now that people who help fight against them will certainly get my friendship, people who join them, less so.

It might not suprise you that I don't like the Order very much, either.

By the way, I see there is a new poll up? But the closing date is still May 27th. Tanglebat has my vote for scariest monster, without any doubt.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 17 - ANATHEMA
Post by: notquitethere on June 19, 2023, 07:53:34 pm

Polls are borked on the forum, I can't seem to reset it properly.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 17 - ANATHEMA
Post by: Criptfeind on June 19, 2023, 07:57:58 pm

I wasn't allowed to vote but I'd vote Boar on the whole. Dragons are worse but there's a lot more and more aggressive boars then there are dragons.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 17 - ANATHEMA
Post by: Elephant Parade on June 19, 2023, 08:21:33 pm

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 19, 2023, 07:47:25 pm

Quote from: Elephant Parade on June 19, 2023, 07:05:35 pm

Will I never be free from tanglebats? How much to borrow those skeletons again, Criptfiend? I can shoot you a boar next time I spawn one.

Luckily since they are in a fort, tanglebats are turned off. If I send you a cat when you siege they'll only kill on a 8. With 7 siege weapons every attack is a kill and with the black lance you get 3 times the attacks. They'll still kill like... 4 of your dudes if you are loosing the first strike advantage via the lance (on average, with bad luck, more!) so you'll need around 12 dudes (with the cat, that'd be 11) to take it out. More for safety is always appreciated... but that'd be not too bad.

Order of Obeisance is very bad. Considering my reaction, but I'd say right now that people who help fight against them will certainly get my friendship, people who join them, less so.

Aha, didn't catch that they were in a fort. Thanks.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 17 - ANATHEMA
Post by: Criptfeind on June 19, 2023, 08:23:14 pm

For trading this turn.

Obviously sending a stone to Quarque no matter what, so write that one down.
I'll also send a cat to Elephant Parade to kill his monsters for free, or sell it to him permanently for 6 gold.

To A1s and Kashyyk, I'd like to purchase access to the outpost this turn.

Edit: Oh, I didn't actually read your turn. You are talking about the tanglebats in the swarm forest? In that case yeah that's not great and not a fort. I thought you were talking about the monster mash to your north that is about to kill you. I'll send skeletons to help clean that up, let me give that a think about how much/if I would charge for that.

Edit2: L1 is missing a !

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 17 - ANATHEMA
Post by: Elephant Parade on June 20, 2023, 01:17:23 am

Oops  I didn't notice that E5 had been occupied. That complicates things.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 17 - ANATHEMA
Post by: Kashyyk on June 20, 2023, 10:37:29 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 19, 2023, 08:23:14 pm

To A1s and Kashyyk, I'd like to purchase access to the outpost this turn.

I would very much like some Skeletons, to help clear out some Tanglebats. Would you be willing to trade/rent any in exchange for access?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 17 - ANATHEMA
Post by: Elephant Parade on June 20, 2023, 07:16:04 pm

Thanks for offering the cat, Criptfiend, but I'm going to pass—I don't want to wreck my only forest.

Gains
-2 soldiers (RIP)
-10 stone (lair)
+2 stone (received from FitzHarbort last turn, but not recorded in my post)
+4 soldiers
+1 stone
+2 gold

Trading
+1 cat (received from Vulk)

Spoiler: Dolton the Drunk (click to show/hide)

Marquess Dolton
Castle: Castle Bacchus [F5: Mustering Yard (+1 recruit)/Marketplace (+1 g./tn.), Tower (+3 def., +1 army cap)]
Border Colour: Nausea Green
Army: 11/11
Defence: 13/13
Recruitment: 4
Gold: 7
Wood: 12
Stone: 4
Income: 2G, 0W, 1S
Debt: 0
Forts: n/a
Artefacts: Verbian Tusk, Black Claw, Black Lance
Equipment: Siege Engine x2
Special Units: None

Orders
- Build 2 siege engines (-4 wood)
- March on E5 with 10 soldiers, 4 siege engines, Verbian Tusk
- March on H3 with 1 soldier

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 17 - ANATHEMA
Post by: Criptfeind on June 20, 2023, 07:25:21 pm

Quote from: Elephant Parade on June 20, 2023, 07:16:04 pm

Thanks for offering the cat, Criptfiend, but I'm going to pass—I don't want to wreck my only forest.

Yeah, actually, that makes sense, in that case, I guess I won't send it if you don't have need of it?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 17 - ANATHEMA
Post by: Elephant Parade on June 20, 2023, 07:29:34 pm

Sure, sounds good.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 17 - ANATHEMA
Post by: Criptfeind on June 20, 2023, 10:04:55 pm

Spoiler: Turn 16 gains/losses (click to show/hide)

-3 Cat sack
+1 stone
-14 wood
+7 gold
-4 stone
-1 army
-black cloud
-12 gold
+3 cats
-3 armies
+crimson drum
Q8: Gold mine +1 income
-skeleton
R6: Marsh
Saints Knuckles
-skeleton
R8: Village +1 recruitment
R5: Marsh
N6: Quarry +1 stone production
+3 gold
+1 stone
+1 wood
- N7: Taghairn cave: Sacrifice 3 cats to make an artifact
-2 skeletons

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Colour: Blue
Extra VP? +16

Castle Mysterious: P14
Defence: 10/10
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove

Point Swearing: S14
Defense: 10/10
Features: Shipyard, Coppicing Grove, Library

Wood Production: 10
Recruitment: 10
Income: 3
Stone Production: 3

Army: 23-1-3+10=30!-6=23/23
Gold: 5+7-12+3+3=6
Debt: 0
Wood: 28-14+10+1=25
Stone: 3+1-4+1+3=4

Artifacts: Last Femur, Cat Sack (15), Saints Knuckles, Crimson Drum
Equipment: 1 ship
Special Units: 14 Skeleton warriors 0 Skeleton Archers 4 Cats
Curses:

Holdings list:
N6: Quarry +1 stone production
N7: Taghairn cave: Sacrifice 3 cats to make an artifact
O7: Village +1 recruitment
O14: Village +1 Recruitment
O15: Forest +1 Wood production
P6: Forest +1 Wood production
P7: Marsh
P8: Forest +1 Wood production
P9: Hill
P10 Village +1 Recruitment
P11: Forest Fort Ivy 4/8 +1 Wood Production 3 Armies
P12: Lair
P13 Village +1 Recruitment
P15: Hill
Q5: Village Moat 6/6 +1 Recruitment
Q8: Gold mine +1 income
Q9: Marsh
Q6: Forest +1 Wood production
Q11: Marsh
Q12: Village +1 Recruitment
Q13: Village +1 Recruitment
Q14: Hill Fort Hawthorn 0/5 1 armies
R5: Marsh
R6: Marsh
R7: Mine +1 Gold
R8: Village +1 recruitment
R11: Marsh
R12: Quarry +1 Stone production
R13: Marsh
R14: Village +1 recruitment
R15: Marsh
S10: Forest Fort Sycamore 0/3 defenses +1 wood production
S11: Hill
S12: Forest +1 wood production
S13: Forest +1 wood production
T13: Quarry +1 Stone production

Spoiler: Turn 17 (click to show/hide)

Movement permission gained from Aywen Ayes and Mackial FitzHarbort
Accept 3 wolves from Bockhoven
Send 1 stone to Bockhoven
Put 3 armies in Fort Sycamore
Take 3 armies from Fort Ivy

Sell 8 wood for 4 gold
Make 4 siege weapons for 8 wood
March G11 with 1 army and 5 skeletons
March K14 with 14 armies 3 cats and 5 skeletons holding the last femur and the Crimson Drum
March N7 with 1 army 2 skeletons 1 cat
March T12 with 1 armies 2 skeleton and 3 wolves
March 1 army O6
March 4 armies with 4 siege weapons to S5
Send scout to Grove of Tusks F12 and appease Squelsh with 10 gold

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 17 - ANATHEMA
Post by: notquitethere on June 21, 2023, 12:56:55 am

Thanks for turns so far. I won't be around until Monday as I am on holiday again (on an island!) and only have my phone. Obviously please do submit a turn before Monday if you haven't already.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 SCREAM
Post by: Kashyyk on June 21, 2023, 01:53:39 am

For some reason the combat results at the Spire says I only lost three units total, which we know is silly. Also, the Black Horn is missing from my section of the Artifacts list.

There's no cost to breaking membership AFAIK, and I could really do with the Gold...

I join the Order of Obeisance (no recruits sent this turn)
Permission is given to Vulk to attack the Lair at G11 and visit the Outpost at Shandston's Folly Grove of Tusks
1 Stone received from Bockhoven
3 armies and the Black Horn Garrison Shandston's Folly
1 Army marches on Fort Juniper (J9)
2 Armies march on Fort Tailor (J14)
1 Army marches on Village I9
1 Army scouts F9->F10
1 Army scouts G8->G7->H7
1 Army scouts J13->K12->L13
1 Army spends 5 wood to build and then occupy Fort Capricorn at Marsh I10
2 armies march of Forest J8

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 14
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)
 - Alkabrian Outpost (see here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181666.msg8481075#msg8481075))

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 4/8
Garrison: 3/3 (2x Archers, 1x Infantry)

I11 - Forest: Fort Hollivy
Defence: 0/8
Garrison: 0/3

I10 - Marsh: Fort Capricorn
Defence: 5/5
Garrison: 1/3 (1x Infantry)

J10 - Castle: Sundered Spire
Defence: 0/11
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Tower (+4/+4 Defence, +1 Army Cap)
 - Watchtower (Defender's get first strike, gives Hill report)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)

J9 - Forest: Fort Juniper
Defence: 0/5
Garrison: 0/3

Resources:
Army : 12/14 (+7/turn) = 17(curr) + 9(inc) - 11(casualties) - 1(Fort Capricorn) - 2(curse)
Gold: 19 (+0/turn) = 19(curr) +2(inc) - 2(curse)
Stone: 1 (+0/turn) = 0(curr) + 1(Bockhoven) - 2(curse)
Wood : 20 (+2/turn) = 23(curr) + 4(inc) - 5(Fort Capricorn)- 2(curse)
Debt: 20
Victory Points: 20

Territory: F13 (Forest), F15 (Village), G15 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), G11 (Lair: Wolf Den), G9 (Village), H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), H11 (Village), H9 (Village), I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I13 (Hill), I12 (Marsh), I11 (Forest, Fort Hollivy), I10 (Marsh), I9 (Village), J15 (Hill) J11 (Village), J10 (Sundered Spire), J9 (Marsh, Fort Juniper), J8 (Hill), K15 (Forest), K10 (Swamp)
Artefacts:
 - Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants)
 - Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)
Equipment: None
Units: 17x Infantry

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 SCREAM
Post by: notquitethere on June 21, 2023, 02:03:12 am

Quote from: Kashyyk on June 21, 2023, 01:53:39 am

For some reason the combat results at the Spire says I only lost three units total, which we know is silly.

 Also, the Black Horn is missing from my section of the Artifacts list.

I'll update the artefact list when I get a moment. The combat result correctly records the 8 previous deaths which, added to the 3, makes all 11, it just diplayed the total wrong. I can fix that.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 17 - ANATHEMA
Post by: Criptfeind on June 21, 2023, 04:40:37 am

Quote from: Kashyyk on June 21, 2023, 01:53:39 am

There's no cost to breaking membership AFAIK, and I could really do with the Gold...

Yeah, I understand the gold is really nice, but I am not going to help you if you join the order. It is basically explicitly sending dudes to attack me and Quarque.

Especially since it's on the other side of the map and no one near there is willing to work with me in taking them out, I have no remedy for this. If it was just like "hah hah I need to kill a few more dudes in two turns" that'd be more understandable. But it's "hah hah I have a constant stream of extra strong dudes coming at me and their base is becoming more and more difficult to attack to make it stop"

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 17 - ANATHEMA
Post by: Quarque on June 21, 2023, 11:35:46 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 21, 2023, 04:40:37 am

Yeah, I understand the gold is really nice, but I am not going to help you if you join the order. It is basically explicitly sending dudes to attack me and Quarque.

Well I understand that the eradication of the order is something that mostly benefits the two of us, while you're just missing income. As such, I am willing to pay you for it Kashyyk. A stone per turn.

Mind, this is on the condition that you can convince the other players to cooperate and refrain from joining the order, Crypt. This is pretty expensive and I can't afford to pay everyone else for it as well.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: a1s on June 22, 2023, 10:09:57 am

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
Castle Location N-13
Border Colour: Red
Army: 16/16
Defence: 18/18
Wood Production: 9
Stone production: 1
Recruitment: 5
Income: 1
Curses: 0
Wood: 20
Gold: 1
Stone:1
Debt: 0
Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks, Tower(x3)
Forts :
- L5 defense ?/? garrison 0/3.
Artifacts: Sundering Claw
Equipment: None
Special Units: 1 wolf, 2 cats

Question: how much defense does the fort at L15 have?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 17 - ANATHEMA
Post by: Kashyyk on June 22, 2023, 10:11:04 am

Quote from: Quarque on June 21, 2023, 11:35:46 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on June 21, 2023, 04:40:37 am

Yeah, I understand the gold is really nice, but I am not going to help you if you join the order. It is basically explicitly sending dudes to attack me and Quarque.

Well I understand that the eradication of the order is something that mostly benefits the two of us, while you're just missing income. As such, I am willing to pay you for it Kashyyk. A stone per turn.

I'll mainly be spending that Gold on Stone anyway, so that works for me. I'll update my orders

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 14 - REVENGE
Post by: notquitethere on June 22, 2023, 11:12:29 am

Quote from: a1s on June 22, 2023, 10:09:57 am

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
Castle Location N-13
Border Colour: Red
Army: 16/16
Defence: 18/18
Wood Production: 9
Stone production: 1
Recruitment: 5
Income: 1
Curses: 0
Wood: 20
Gold: 1
Stone:1
Debt: 0
Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks, Tower(x3)
Forts :
- L5 defense ?/? garrison 0/3.
Artifacts: Sundering Claw
Equipment: None
Special Units: 1 wolf, 2 cats

Question: how much defense does the fort at L15 have?

It has nine defence. You can tell the health of a fort by the stones on top.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 17 - ANATHEMA
Post by: Quarque on June 22, 2023, 02:11:44 pm

Still puzzling over actions, but trade wise:

Receive 1 stone from Vulk
Sending 1 stone to Fitzharbort
Sending 3 wolves to Vulk

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 17 - ANATHEMA
Post by: Elephant Parade on June 22, 2023, 02:43:27 pm

So I hear people are being paid not to join the Order...

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 17 - ANATHEMA
Post by: notquitethere on June 25, 2023, 09:02:44 am

I come back from my holiday tomorrow, when I will most likely process the next round. I think the two players who haven't submitted their full turn will be kicking themselves if they time out after been given a week to do so.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 17 - ANATHEMA
Post by: a1s on June 25, 2023, 11:39:04 am

Orders:
Permit Ambrosio Vulk access through my territories.
March 1 army on K6
March 3 armies on L10, and immediately garrison.
March 1 army on M8
create 3 siege weapons
March 5 armies, with 3 siege weapons on J6
Garrison L15 with 3 armies
Scout L9
Scout L13
Scout K5-K4-J5

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: Quarque on June 25, 2023, 04:04:40 pm

Trade:
Receive 1 stone from Vulk
Sending 1 stone to Fitzharbort
Sending 3 wolves to Vulk
Actions:
Sent by pm

Spoiler: Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow
C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defense: 10/10
Army Cap: 13
Curses: 1 (Selkie Court)
Features:
* Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
* Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
* Shipyard (coast only): -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
* Barracks: +3 army cap

Resources:
Army: 13 (+5*/turn) = 12(curr) + 1(inc, capped)
Gold: 0 (+0*/turn) = 0(curr) + 0(inc)
Debt: 8 gold to Lord Sol
Stone: 3 (+1*/turn) = 2(curr) + 1(inc) +1(from Vulk) -1(pay Fitzharbort)
Wood: 0 (+6*/turn) = 8(curr) +6(inc) -14(siege engines)
*: including -1 from curse

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape, the Golden Net, the Wolf Crystal
Equipment: 1 Boat and 2 Ships
Special Units: 21 wolves = 24(curr) -3(Vulk Wolf Care service)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 18 - CAPTURE
Post by: notquitethere on June 27, 2023, 10:01:39 am

TURN 17 REPORT

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

March 1 army on K6: The empty marshland is taken.

March 3 armies on L10, and immediately garrison: The empty fort is retaken.

March 1 army on M8: The sage's advice wasn't enough to prevent him from being cruelly ousted from his home. The land is taken.

March 5 armies, with 3 siege weapons on J6: The enemy hides behind their walls  (6 wall strength).

Your armies attack (9, 8, 6, 5 and 5), damaging the walls (3) defeating two of the enemies (Thornish holdout and Thornish holdout).

The enemy attacks back (1), from behind their walls, with none of your units defeated. A siege begins with your five camped outside the walls!

Scout L9: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the towering copse they find three wisps.
Your scout withdraws to safety.


Scout L13: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the thick copse they find a Thornish Fort with two Thornish holdouts defending, and walls at 7/7 strength.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout K5-K4-J5: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The dwellings is defended by two Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Marquess Bockhoven - Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

(From PM)
build 7 siege engines: built

1 army + 3 wolves + 7 siege engines march on A5 by ship: The Castle has one soldier defending (quite by accident, as he couldn't fit on the boat). Count Sol's forces hide behind their walls  (14 wall strength, +1 from Shield of Earth): Your armies attack (with three wolves) (14, 14, 13 and 10), defeating all of the enemies (Sol unit).
Castle Aubade is taken! Loyal Aubadian servants smuggle out the resources and equipment. In the battle, the Shield of Earth, Whiptide Sail and Speculator's Rod were taken by Marquess Bockhoven's forces!

1 army with the Rhuddy cloak marches on A7: A tanglebat spawns. Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (8, 1 and 7), defeating two of the enemies (tanglebat and tanglebat).
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county.

1 army with the Wolf Crystal marches on E10: The five wolves join to your side and join the attack! The boar, boar and boar attack first (2, 5, 5, 1, 7 and 4), killing zero of your armies. A wolf is killed.  Then the rest run away. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
 Your total losses: one wolf.

1 army marches on C12: Your armies attack (, defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.

6 armies and 1 wolf march on A6 with Ship (fighting off lord Sol): The Knuckleyard is taken without resistance. (See Sol for second part.)

3 armies and 19 wolves defend castle Bockelstein: defending.

Spoiler: Dolton the Drunk (click to show/hide)

March on E5 with 10 soldiers, 4 siege engines, Verbian Tusk: No boar comes.
The enemy hides behind their walls  (4 wall strength).
The boar, boar, boar and boar attack first (6, 6, 8, 2, 3, 4, 1 and 1), from behind their walls, killing one of your armies.

Your armies attack (9, 7, 8, 8, 7, 9, 10, 12, 10 and , damaging the walls (2) defeating two of the enemies (boar, wisp, and inflicting six hits on giants. No giants killed outright.

The armies attack back, 6, 3, 1, 7, 8, 5, 7, 8, 6, 3 and 6
Defeating four of your armies.
Total losses: five  A siege begins with your five camped outside the walls!

- March on H3 with 1 soldier: One armies march into a hill beyond the border. On the steep down they find seven Squelsh barbarians.
The Squelsh barbarian attack first (8, 5, 5, 2, 3, 5 and 9), killing one of your armies. Your armies have been defeated.
 Your total losses: one.

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

March G11 with 1 army and 5 skeletons: a tanglebat spawns.
Your armies attack (with five skeletons) (4, 7, 4, 3, 5 and 2), defeating two of the enemies (tanglebat and tanglebat).
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county.

March K14 with 14 armies 3 cats and 5 skeletons holding the last femur and the Crimson Drum: Your armies attack (with three bog cats) (with five skeletons) (7, 7, 8, 9, 3, 5, 4, 4, 6, 6, 7, 8, 3, 5, 5, 3, 6, 8, 3, 6, 3 and 5), defeating fifteen of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).
The last femur raises six skeleton warriors!

The enemy attacks back (6, 5, 1 and 5), killing one of your armies. The Last Femur fails to raise anyone.

Your armies attack (with three bog cats) (with eleven skeletons) (2, 9, 8, 6, 2, 8, 8, 4, 3, 5, 2, 7, 8, 9, 5, 8, 2, 4, 3, 7, 3, 4, 2, 7, 6, 9 and 4), defeating four of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).
The last femur raises two skeleton warriors!
All enemies are defeated and the Castle Wright is absorbed into your county.
Total losses: 1 army. Gains: eight skeletal warriors

March N7 with 1 army 2 skeletons 1 cat: The Marrowfat Sceptre causes three units to flee at the start of combat, leaving a lone skeleton who cannot attack without guidance.

March T12 with 1 armies 2 skeleton and 3 wolves: Your armies attack (with three wolves) (with two skeletons) (5, 3, 4, 5, 3 and 9), defeating all the enemies (Squelsh Champion (part), Squelsh Champion (part) and Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.

March 1 army O6: Village captured.

March 4 armies with 4 siege weapons to S5: The enemy hides behind their walls  (6 wall strength).

Your armies attack (9, 7, 7 and 12), damaging the walls (2) defeating two of the enemies (Thornish holdout and Thornish holdout).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.
 From the Thornish holdouts you take one gold.

Send scout to Grove of Tusks F12 and appease Squelsh with 10 gold: Squelsh appeased.

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

1 Army marches on Fort Juniper (J9): The empty fort is retaken.

2 Armies march on Fort Tailor (J14): The empty fort is retaken.

1 Army marches on Village I9: The empty village is retaken.

1 Army scouts F9->F10: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the stinking mire they find a dragon. The dragon holds Murkblade (a scout will kill any lone human enemy they discover while scouting.)
Your scout withdraws to safety.

1 Army scouts G8->G7->H7: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the dark woods they find a Thornish Fort with two Thornish holdouts defending, and walls at 5/5 strength.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

1 Army scouts J13->K12->L13: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill.
On the rugged bluffs they find a giant. Your scout withdraws to safety.

1 Army spends 5 wood to build and then occupy Fort Capricorn at Marsh I10

2 armies march of Forest J7: Your armies attack (2 and 2), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (5), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (1 and 6), defeating one of the enemies (Thornish holdout).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.
 From the Thornish holdouts you take one gold.

Spoiler: Count Sol (click to show/hide)

- (3 armies) March by boat to A6 from Castle Aubade: They find six armies and one wolf from Castle Bockelstein! A fight commences between the two Lords' forces over the fate of the Knuckleyard.
Your armies attack (3, 6 and , defeating two of the enemies (Bockhoven unit and Bockhoven unit).

The enemy attacks back (2, 8, 7, 8 and 2), killing three of your armies. Your armies have been defeated.
 Your total losses: three. Bockhoven losses: two. Marquess Bockhoven gains your boat.

- (2 armies) March from Fort Howling to C2: Forest captured.

- (1 army) sails forth by boat to C4 to scout: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The townlet is defended by three Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Current Anathema (click to show/hide)

Anathema is something the Knights of the Order of Obeisance care about. Each Lord has an anathema count of the most monster units on their side + sacrifices made + artefacts held + Bloodforges owned + Knights killed. Some artefacts increase this number. Whoever has the heighest score is deemed the current Anathema (there can be multiple Anathemas if there's a draw).

Current Anathema Score
--[Vulk] 4 artefacts (Last Femur, Cat Sack, Crimson Drum, Saint's Knuckles), 28 monster units (22 skeletons, 4 friendly cats, 3 wolves), 1 bloodforge, 6 units sacrificed = 39
--[Bockhoven] 6 artefacts (the Rhuddy Cape, the Golden Net, the Wolf Crystal, Speculator's Rod, Shield of Earth, Whiptide Sail), 25 monster units (25 wolves) = 31
---> 5
--[Ayes] 1 artefact (sundering claw), 3 monster unit (bog cat x2, wolf x1) = 4
--[Dolton] 3 artefacts (Verbian Tusk, Black Claw, Black Lance) = 3
--[Sol] 3 artefacts  = 0
--[FitzHarbort] 3 artefacts (Ascupart's Bane, Marrowfat Shield, Black Horn) = 2

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

The Fort at G8 pledges allegiance to the Order of Obeisance.

- [F9] The Murkdragon doesn't wander.
- [H8] The dragon doesn't wander
- [K14] The dragon flies north.
The dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part) attack first (4, 4, 0, 6 and 6), killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (with three bog cats) (with thirteen skeletons) ([numbers], 6, 8, 6, 4, 4, 2, 7, 8, 1, 5, 3, 7, 5, 4, 8, 1, 2, 6 and 6), inflicting five hits (dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part)).
All enemies are defeated.
From the dragon horde, you gain six gold.
Your total losses: two.
- [O6] The Dawn Dragon flies south.

Barbarians from L12 and T11 fight in the Knuckle Yard. T11 wins and returns a Champion.
Barbarian-occupied tiles 3 (C4) send someone to the moot.
- Reprisals:
--[Dolton 4%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[FitzHarbort 3%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Ayes 2%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Bockhoven 1%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Vulk 0%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Sol 0%]  The Squelsh are quiet... for now.

There are Thornish forts so the Lodestone doesn't trigger.

Fort G8 gains one unit. The Order garrison one guard. The Order of Obeisance go on the march. They decide to attack the nearest Anathema castle.
With the Crimson drum, Vulk's thirteen armies attack first (with three bog cats) (with thirteen skeletons) (with two bog cats) (with thirteen skeletons) (7, 1, 5, 6, 2, 6, 5, 4, 3, 5, 5, 1, 2, 3, 6, 3, 2, 2, 5, 1, 6, 6, 4, 6, 7, 7, 8 and 4), defeating four of the enemies (Knight, Knight, Knight and Knight).
The last femur raises two skeleton warriors!
The enemy attacks back (7, 3, 1, 2, 2, 5, 5 and 7), killing one of your skeletons. A bog cat is killed. The Last Femur fails to raise anyone.
Your armies attack (with two bog cats) (with fourteen skeletons) (1, 3, 5, 2, 4, 8, 7, 7, 6, 7, 8, 3, 5, 3, 5, 6, 4, 1, 5, 3, 6, 4, 6, 3, 3, 1, 8 and 3), defeating six of the enemies (Knight, Knight, Knight, Knight, Knight and Knight).
The last femur raises one skeleton warrior!
The Knights take too many losses and withdraw.
Total losses: One bog cat. Net gain: two skeleton warriors.

The fort at G8 takes the village [P13] for the Order, then they return to their fort.

The Thornish Forts [K11], [K13], [L13] grow in size. K11 march on the village [J11] taking it. They leave one troop and return to the fort. K13 march on K14. Your armies attack (with three bog cats) (with fifteen skeletons) (1, 6, 4, 2, 6, 7, 3, 7, 5, 4, 6, 7, 1, 4, 3, 1, 3, 1, 3, 6, 4, 8, 6, 1, 1, 1, 4, 6, 7, 7 and 7), defeating four of the enemies (Thornish holdout, Thornish holdout, Thornish holdout and Thornish holdout).
The last femur raises one skeleton warrior!
All enemies are defeated and the castle is absorbed into your county.
 From the Thornish holdouts you take two gold.


- [E5] No new monsters come.
- [E10] No new monsters come.
- [G11] No new monsters come.
- [I11] No new monsters come.
- [J10] Sundered Spire: No new monsters come.
- [L2] Puzzle Dungeon: No new monsters come.
- [N11] No new monsters come.
- [S3] Giant's Toe: No new monsters come.

The monsters in the fort at E5 would march but they're under siege. I'm going to be nice and rule they can't march (and break the siege) if they're under-siege, but they can still gain units.

The huge horde at I11 march on the newly built fort Capricorn. The boar, boar, wisp, wisp, wisp, bog cat, bog cat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, boar and boar attack first (3, 4, 3, 3, 1, 7, 1, 2, 8, 1, 5, 2, 3, 2, 5, 3, 1, 2, 5, 8, 8, 7, 1, 2, 4, 7 and 7), damaging the walls (1) killing one of your armies. Your armies have been defeated.
Your total losses: one.

The other huge hoard at the Sundered Spire march on the fort at J9. They easily kill the lone army and take the fort.

The eight wolves, four boar and one bog cat in fort N11 march. Of the three possible targets, they decide to march on The Oak and Ash at N13.
Marchioness Ayes had left the castle defended by two cats and a wolf.

Your forces are behind defences (18 wall strength). The bog cat, wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, boar, boar, boar and boar attack first (1, 2, 7, 4, 5, 2, 1, 4, 0, 1, 3, 1, 2, 3, 6, 2 and 7), damaging the walls (4) with none of your units defeated. A siege begins with thirteen of the enemy forces camped outside the walls!

Your armies attack (with two bog cats) (with one wolf) (3, 6, 4 and 6), with no enemy units defeated.

The Black Horn calls forth the nearby Squelsh to attack Shandston's Folly. Your forces are behind defences (14 wall strength). The Horn calls one more defender.
The Squelsh barbarian attack first (7), damaging the walls (1) with none of your units defeated. A siege begins with one of the enemy forces camped outside the walls!

Your armies attack (8, 3, 2 and , defeating the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).

TURN 18

Research

Prince Mackial learns that G3 is the Yawing Crevice (A desolate crack in the earth. Artefacts may be destroyed by a scout or army throwing it into the crevice. Doing so releases a tanglebat, which will attack anyone present at the time, including scouts. Doing so also grants a permanent -2 anathema score. Only appears in WW.)

Marquess Vulk learns that in C1 is the Blood Forge Plans (The owner of this can build a Bloodforge as a feature (spending 10 stone as normal). Blood Forge: 3 armies may be sacrificed to create a new artefact (and become anathema to all.)

(https://i.imgur.com/5CxgfqE.png)

Spoiler: Known Artefact List (click to show/hide)

In the world
A11 is Cragman's Spike (a scout may pass through mountains)
A11 is Thornish Lodestone (while this remains in the Hedge, whenever no Thornish fort is on the map, another fort is revealed in a sector usually far from the owner of this artefact (most distant of two rolls)
B1 is the Black Trotter (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Trotter will gain the Black Trotter.) (One unit attacks first twice at the start of each combat, but each time they kill a unit somewhere a boar will turn into a grand tusk- a giant pig that counts as 2 boar. If no boar are currently on the map, the next X boar to appear will all be grand tusks, where X is the number of units killed by the Trotter.)
C1 is the Blood Forge Plans (The owner of this can build a Bloodforge as a feature (spending 10 stone as normal). Blood Forge: 3 armies may be sacrificed to create a new artefact (and become anathema to all.)
E10 is Watchtower plans (Can build Watchtowers for 10 stone. Watchtowers allow defenders to attack first during the first round of a seige, and owner gets a hill report. Doesn't count towards anathema count)
E10 is the Torrential Torc (If the Torc is deployed by a scout or marching army, it will unleash an unholy storm, destroying everything on the tile, including itself and any treasure, leaving only water behind. Use of the Torc incurs +20 anathema score. Cursed items appear safely on an adjacent tile. Castles (but not forts) are partially immune, the torrent instead deals 20 wall damage.)
F9 is Murkblade (a scout will kill any lone human enemy they discover while scouting.)
G10 is Bitter Brew  (The set of armies this is equipped to never retreats from losses.)
H4 is the Black Lance (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding the Black Lance will gain the Black Lance.) (You never attack first in combats, but on your first attack all your attackers will attack three times. The turn after slaying someone with the lance, Dragons will preferentially fly one square in your direction when flying to a new home. When this first discovered, place the Dawn Dragon on M6 (the Dawn Dragon counts for 15 armies)).
H5 is the Shimmering Coin (+2 on rolls that determine gold amounts)
I5 is Siege Workshop Plans (The owner of this can build a Siege Workshop as a feature (spending 10 stone as normal). Siege Workshop: You can build these two alternative types of seige engine: 1. Battering Ram: destroy walls on a 4+ for one round (or 3+ or 2+ if you spend 2 or 4 more wood). 2. Giant Trebuchet: destroy 1d4 defence before the attack begins. You may spend 1-3 stone in ammunition to add 1-3 d4s to this.) Doesn't count towards anathema count.
J4 is Wellspring Staff (the Wellspring Staff may be cast into marshland by a unit to turn it into a lake (spilling out into all adjacent tiles - units can drown this way without proper precautions). If the staff is recovered (by boat etc) in subsequent turns, the lake remains.)
J6 - Perfidy's Horn (Monster units controlled by a human unit in the vicinity will become hostile third parties, turning on everyone.)
M3 is the Rock Ring (With a scout, raise up a mountain wall between any two tiles. You must own at least one of the tiles to do this.)
N7 is the Juniper Cape (a scout isn't stopped by monsters)
N7 is Marrowfat Sceptre (if the sceptre isn't owned by the Squelsh, at the end of each enemy phase, every Squelsh in the sector will move one tile towards the sceptre (fighting anything enroute). Each time a non-Squelshman takes the scepter, they gain +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove it from the county. A scout can drop the sceptre on any tile they pass through. If owned by the Squelsh, the Sceptre causes 1d6 enemies to flee at the start of combat.)
Q8 is the Crimson Drum (attack first when defending)

Held by Lords

Sol: nothing

Dolton: Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)

Black Claw (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Claw will gain the Black Claw.) (+4 dice rolled when attacking, every time someone is killed by a force wielding the claw, the nearest square with a bog cat gains another cat. If there are none, a bog cat will appear in the nearest empty square.)

Ayes: Sundering Claw (assign a scout to crack open a permanent path through any adjacent mountain. 25% chance to call a hostile dragon to the location)

Bockhoven: Golden Net (A scout carrying this across water has a 25% chance of rolling on the treasure table)

the Rhuddy Cape (the unit this is assigned to is now considered a giant)

The Wolf Crystal (wolves encountered will join the army instead (they still all run away when injured)

the Speculator's Rod (a scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

The Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)

Whiptide Sail (one boat or ship can travel twice as far.)

Vulk: the Last Femur! (1/4 chance of each dead unit being resurrected to your side as a skeleton warrior when they die)

Cat Sack (defeated Bog Cats are put in the Cat Sack instead of being killed if the Cat Sack is held by the winning force. These cats are owned but unfriendly, and any number can be released by an army in any combat, or let loose by a scout in any tile.)

Saint's Knuckles (take -1 when rolling on the monster table (usually less dangerous results))

Prince FitzHarbort: Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).

Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)

Sent to the King:
Hunter's Stand (Archers in the army this is attached to only die on 5s if no other units remain)

Marrowfat Throne (when owned by someone of Squelsh heritage, one Squelsh defector will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production) and adjacent Squelsh armies will join your attacks on non-Squelsh; when owned by an Alkabrian or other, +30 reprisal chance, +100 reprisal chance if destroyed.)

Pellucid Orb (+1 to scout travel distance)

Spoiler: Known Unique Sites (click to show/hide)

A5 is Castle Aubade (Tower, Coppicing Grove, Shipyard), with the Speculator's Rod, Shield of Earth, Whiptide Sail. Two boats and a ship are also here.

A6 is The Knuckle Yard - Ritual death ring of the Squelsh natives. Owner may choose at any time to close down the yard (+20 reprisal chance). While operational: +2 income, if possible, two Barbarians from two different random squares will leave their post to fight at the start of each enemy phase, one one will return a Squelsh Champion (counts as two units, +1 to its attacks).

A11 is the Selkie Court (Castle with Keep, Moat x 3!) 12/31 defence - The Selkie Queen lives in the Selkie Court. She is a hag protected by 8 royal seals (who act identically to bog cats but with water instead of marshes). In her vault, she has a treasure of 20 gold and two random artefacts (which may be used in defence). The court only appears on coast or water tiles.)

C8 is the Crimson Tower (Keep/Tower/Bloodforge) Defence 17/17,  - Dai the Bloodsinger has a Bloodforge in which 3 armies may be sacrificed to create a new artefact (and become anathema to all).

D5 is the Puffin Prongs - Hill. High up on each of the twin spires 2 random artefacts can be found (though what each one is unknown before making the steps). Making ladders and steps to get them will cost 4 wood each. Guarding Puffin Prongs is the Fullflood Dragon and the Neapflood Dragon, who will always try to be together and won't stray while the other lives. (Site only appears on a coast or water tile.)

E7 and K1 are the Walking Stone Circles - A pair of sites. They are considered adjacent: units can walk from one to the other across the map. Each is initially defended by three giants. They will let anyone pass through both tiles unharmed in a turn as if they were owned by the traveller, for 1 gold per unit passing (if they do so, they won't join a monster march). Gold accumulates on the first stone circle passed through. Enemies always find the gold for it.

F11 is Lake Sorrow.

F12 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance to reprisals to 0. This only works for people who don't own the Grove.

G3 is Yawing Crevice (A desolate crack in the earth. Artefacts may be destroyed by a scout or army throwing it into the crevice. Doing so releases a tanglebat, which will attack anyone present at the time, including scouts. Doing so also grants a permanent -2 anathema score. Only appears in WW.)

G6 is the Cave of the Night Scream - Lair with two tanglebats (if there are any tanglebats at the start of combat, a new tanglebat will spawn for each opposing living unit, before any summoning artefacts are used) - When the Cave is first discovered (by research, scout, hill report, marching etc) it screams, unsettling the whole Hedge. Every fully revealed lair (including player owned and the Cave itself) generates one tanglebat. Thereafter, there's a 1/3 chance at the start of each enemy phase that the cave will scream again. It can be stopped by walling up the cave (10 stone) or sacrificing 20 units to appease the bats within.

G10 is Wolfhaven Woods - Forest. Spiritual home of wolf kind. Inhabited by 10d4 wolves (25). These wolves will only flee if less than 10 remain. Any wolves that would otherwise be loyal to a non-wolf, are loyal to the wolves in these woods. Wolves in this forest will never march on anywhere.

H10 is Owl Woods - Forest. Originally guarded by the Dusk Dragon (the Dusk Dragon counts for 10 armies) and seven wisps. The dragon holds Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).

K14 is Castle Wright (Features: Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace, Keep, Barracks) 0/13 defence.

K15 is the Black Horn (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Horn will gain the Black Horn .) (Adjacent allied enemies will join in attacks and defences against you. If this is held in a castle or fort, adjacent enemies will attack the position. The horn rallies locals to your side: when defending a village, castle or fort you own, permanently gain an extra 1d4 units at the start of combat.)

L2 is is the Puzzle Dungeon of Mad Lord Frost (Castle with keep, Seige Workshop) 13/13 defence - Lord Frost, a paranoid and inventive Thornish holdout, has retreated deep into his keep to tinker on his creations and allowed monsters to live in the outer areas. While he holds the Puzzle Dungeon, this castle counts as a lair: roll three on the monster table [2 giant, 2 wisps] for initial population. Any monsters marching from this location gain a randomly typed seige engine. He has stockpiled 2d6 wood [5] and 1d6 stone [2].

L5 is Lake Longing - (Water makes this tile impassible except by boat or ship. Spills over onto adjacent tiles. Won't spawn on a coast.)

L6 is Hogland Hollow - Forest. Inhabited by 3d6 Boar. While it is unconquered, at the end of any turn when there is less than 10 boars in this forest, 1d4 more boar will appear. Your scout withdraws to safety.

M8 is The Hirsute Sage's Hut (while independent, scouts that pass through the hut will ignore the first set of enemies they come across while scouting after visiting the hut. The sage leaves if his home becomes occupied.)

N7 is Taghairn Cave - Owned by Cuthbert Catsbane, a Bloodsinger who wields the Cat Sack if it hasn't appeared elsewhere. Has a limited kind of Bloodforge in which three cats may be sacrificed to create a new artefact. You would first have to find a way of gaining the cats.

O8 is The Hag Market. Marshland. Protected by 9 bog hags and 27 bog cats. Scouts can be sent to the market to buy bog cats (4 gold each) and otherwise may pass through without being attacked. Half the money spent here remains as possible loot. Friendly bog cats have +1 attack in marshland, and while you have a cat, they give -1 (non-cumulative) to enemy attack rolls. Cats cannot be sent to scout, and they cannot be send to attack or patrol by themselves. Monsters won't march from this location."

R3 is The Castle of Bryn the Brawn (Keep/Tower/Tower) Defence 21/21, occupied by Bryn, a giant, and his family, three more giants. The adjacent squares are also within his domain. Bryn will wage war to retake any squares adjacent to his castle, always accompanied in battle by 1d6 wolves.

R10 is the Scout Hut - Initially abandoned and inhabited by a family of 6 boar. Up to three armies can be assigned to the Hut as if it were a fort and they don't count towards your army cap. These armies can scout so long at they begin scouting from a tile adjacent to the hut. Spend 3 wood to dismantle and reassemble the hut on an empty tile you own.

T3 is The Moot - Village with 2d2 (2+1=3) Squelsh Barbarians and a moat (6/6 defense). It is the neutral meeting place of rival Squelsh bands. At the start of each enemy turn, each tile with a Squelsh Barbarian has a 25% chance of sending someone to the Moot. The first Squelsh reprisal each turn will be joined by whomever is in the Moot. If the Moot is conquered, a new Moot (with a new moat) will appear in the most populous Squelsh-held village at the start of the next player turn, or if there are no such villages, it may appear in future tile generation (from scouting, research etc.).

T11 is Hero's Tor - Hill Fort (Steep Path: Siege Engines cannot assail this hill) (9/9). An ageing Squelsh Champion (counts as two units, +1 to its attacks) with the Bloody Standard (+1 all attack rolls) sits in retirement in this fort, with his retinue of 6 Squelsh Barbarians, and two pet wisps.

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Notes:

- Sol is now a Roving Force. See the text from the OP:

Quote

While a player has no castle, they are considered a roving force: they take no resources from features, but they still have access to any resources or equipment they owned (assumed to be smuggled out by loyal servants). Once the last army dies, any remaining resources and equipment are left at the final battlefield. Roving forces can still take resources from terrain they own, and may still buy and sell in order to maintain an army. The roving force can only increase their number of armies through villages and purchases if their force is below 10 armies. All units should be assigned an action that puts them somewhere on the map, as any unassigned units will be lost to desertion.

- Ayes is under siege: remember you can't collect resources from any castle features or re-deploy troops in the castle.
- Check the enemy phase and other player's phases to see if you've lost troops.
- Lots of enemy stuff, so let me know if I missed anything as usual

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 18 - CAPTURE
Post by: Horizon on June 27, 2023, 10:49:36 am

Nvm, just jumping to conclusions.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 18 - CAPTURE
Post by: Criptfeind on June 27, 2023, 11:20:09 am

Wanting to buy armies this turn, if anyone is willing to sell excess (unlikely). Can't offer rates that the order does, but it's probably a lot safer to sell to me then it is to them.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 18 - CAPTURE
Post by: Horizon on June 27, 2023, 11:21:34 am

Pulling all remaining forces back to the Fort, and I dunno what I'm gonna do tbh, just buy armies and resources. Whatever it takes to live I guess.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 18 - CAPTURE
Post by: Horizon on June 27, 2023, 12:22:47 pm

Trades & Purchases:
Receive 9 armies, 9 gold, 6 wood, 4 stone, and the Verbian Tusk from Dolton.
Receive the Shield of Earth and 4 wood from Blockhoven. Pending further trade.
Sell 5 armies to Vulk for one gold each.
Receive 20 wolves from Blockhoven.
Orders for Turn 18:
- 10 armies march to D2 carrying with them the Verbian Tusk, and Shield of Earth.
- 20 wolves march to D2.
- The troops and lord empty abandon Fort Howling (4/4 defence).

Spoiler: Sol, Inheritor of Swearing (click to show/hide)

Sol, Son of Gloronisits and Hero of Swearing
Background: Hero
Castle Name: n / a
Castle Location: n / a
Border Colour: Gold
Army: 10/10
Defence:  n / a
Wood Production/Inv: +0 (21)
Stone Production/Inv: +0 (6)
Recruitment: 0
Gold: 31
Income: 0
Debt: 0
1 Boats, 1 Ship

Features:
- Defenses:
   •  n / a
- Resources:
   •  n / a
- Knowledge:
   •  n / a
Forts:
   •  n / a
Artefacts:
  - Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)
  - Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)

Equipment:
- (3) Bows
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 18 - CAPTURE
Post by: Elephant Parade on June 27, 2023, 01:56:18 pm

"First tanglebats, now giants... What's next, giant tanglebats? Fie, it's enough to drive a man to drink! Fetch me some ale, you!"

Income
-6 soldiers (combat losses)
+4 soldiers (recruitment)
+2 gold (income)
+1 stone (income)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Marquess Dolton
Castle: Castle Bacchus [F5: Mustering Yard (+1 recruit)/Marketplace (+1 g./tn.), Tower (+3 def., +1 army cap)]
Border Colour: Nausea Green
Army: 9/11
Defence: 13/13
Recruitment: 4
Gold: 9
Wood: 8
Stone: 4
Income: 2G, 0W, 1S
Debt: 0
Forts: n/a
Artefacts: Verbian Tusk, Black Claw, Black Lance
Equipment: Siege Engine x2
Special Units: None
Ale: 0!

"...We're out? We're OUT? Curse this puritan continent! I'm going home!"

Trading
- Send 9 soldiers to Sol
- Send 9 gold to Sol
- Send 6 wood to Sol
- Send 4 stone to Sol
- Send Verbian Tusk to Sol

Orders
- Build a boat
- Smuggle it to the coast, get aboard with my retinue, and leave this blighted land behind!

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 18 - CAPTURE
Post by: Criptfeind on June 28, 2023, 12:47:53 pm

Spoiler: Turn 17 gains/losses (click to show/hide)

+3 Wolves
-1 Stone
-3 Armies
+3 armies fort Sycamore
+3 Armies
-3 Armies fort Ivy
-8 wood
+4 gold
-8 wood
+4 siege engines
+ G11: Lair
+8 Skeletons
-1 Army
+Castle Wright
T12: Forest +1 Wood production
06: Village +1 Recruitment
-4 siege weapons
+S5: Forest Fort 4/6 +1 Wood production
+1 Gold
-10 Gold
-2 armies
+6 gold
+2 Skeletons
-1 Cat
-P13: Village +1 recruitment
+1 skeleton
+2 gold

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Colour: Blue
Extra VP? +16
Anathema: 4 (artifacts) 31 (monster units) 6 (sacrifices) 10 (knight kills) = 51

Castle Mysterious: P14
Defence: 10/10
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove (+3 Army cap, +1 recuitment +1 wood)

Point Swearing: S14
Defense: 10/10
Features: Shipyard, Coppicing Grove, Library (+1 wood)

Castle Wright: K14
Defense: 0/13
Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace, Keep, Barracks (+1 wood, +1 recruitment, +3 army cap, +1 gold)

Wood Production: 13
Recruitment: 10
Income: 4
Stone Production: 3

Army: 23-3+3-1-2+10=30/36
Gold: 6+4+1-10+6+2+4=13
Debt: 0
Wood: 25-8-8+13=22
Stone: 4-1+3=6

Artifacts: Last Femur, Cat Sack (15), Saints Knuckles, Crimson Drum
Equipment: 1 ship
Special Units: 25 Skeleton warriors 0 Skeleton Archers 3 Cats 3 Wolves
Curses:

Holdings list:
G11: Lair
N6: Quarry +1 stone production
N7: Taghairn cave: Sacrifice 3 cats to make an artifact
O6: Village +1 Recruitment
O7: Village +1 recruitment
O14: Village +1 Recruitment
O15: Forest +1 Wood production
P6: Forest +1 Wood production
P7: Marsh
P8: Forest +1 Wood production
P9: Hill
P10 Village +1 Recruitment
P11: Forest Fort Ivy 4/8 +1 Wood Production
P12: Lair
P13 Village +1 Recruitment
P15: Hill
Q5: Village Moat 6/6 +1 Recruitment
Q8: Gold mine +1 income
Q9: Marsh
Q6: Forest +1 Wood production
Q11: Marsh
Q12: Village +1 Recruitment
Q13: Village +1 Recruitment
Q14: Hill Fort Hawthorn 0/5 1 armies
R5: Marsh
R6: Marsh
R7: Mine +1 Gold
R8: Village +1 recruitment
R11: Marsh
R12: Quarry +1 Stone production
R13: Marsh
R14: Village +1 recruitment
R15: Marsh
S5: Forest Fort Hemlock 4/6 +1 Wood production
S10: Forest Fort Sycamore 0/5 defenses +1 wood production 3 Armies
S11: Hill
S12: Forest +1 wood production
S13: Forest +1 wood production
T12: Forest +1 Wood production
T13: Quarry +1 Stone production

Spoiler: Turn 18 (click to show/hide)

Send 3 wolves to Bockhoven
Accept 5 armies from Sol
Send 5 gold to Sol
Name Fort in S5 to Fort Hemlock
Buy 4 stone with 8 gold
Create Barracks in Point Swearing with 10 stone
Sell 4 wood for 2 gold
Buy 1 army for 2 gold

March 1 army to P13
March 13 armies and 25 skeletons and 1 cat to R4 with crimson drum and last femur
March 1 army to O5
March 4 armies to N5
March 7 armies and 1 cat to N7
March 1 army to K13
Scout S4
Scout T5
Scout S6-T6-T7
Scout S7-T7-T6
Scout S8
Scout S9
Scout T9
Scout T10
Scout with saints knuckles R4-Q3-P2
Spend 4 wood repairing Fort Sycamore to 4/5 defense

Defend Castle Mysterious with 1 Cat
Post trading Anathema 48 (Post action expectation: Small increase via taking of bloodforge and small number of new skeletons)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 - SCREAM
Post by: Quarque on June 28, 2023, 06:12:44 pm

Trade:
Receive 3 wolves from Vulk
Sending 1 stone to Fitzharbort
Send 4 wood to Sol
Send the Shield of the Earth to Lord Sol
Send 20 wolves to Lord Sol
Send the Wolf Crystal to Ayes
Actions:
Scout with 1 army C12 -> D13 with the Pellucid Orb
March on E10 with 12 armies, the Rhuddy Cape and 1 wolf
March on A11 with 3 armies and 7 wolf by ship
March on E14 with 1 army
Scout A11 with 1 army by boat with the golden net

Spoiler: Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow
C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defense: 10/10
Features:
   • Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
   • Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
   • Shipyard: -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
   • Barracks: +3 army cap
A5 - Castle Aubade
Defence: 14/14
   • Tower: +4/4 defence, increase maximum army size by +1
   • Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production.
   • Shipyard: -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.


Total Army Cap: 24

Resources:
Army: 18 (+5*/turn) = 13(curr) + 5(inc, capped)
Gold: 2 (+2*/turn) = 0(curr) + 2(inc)
Debt: 8 gold to Lord Sol
Stone: 3 (+1*/turn) = 3(curr) + 1(inc) -1(pay Fitzharbort)
Wood: 3 (+7*/turn) = 0(curr) +7(inc) -4(Sol)
*: including -1 from curse (Selkie Court)

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape, the Golden Net, the Wolf Crystal, Speculator's Rod, Whiptide Sail
Equipment: 1 Boat and 2 Ships
Special Units: 8 wolves = 21 + 3 (returned from Vulk) + 4 - 20 (lending to Lord Sol)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 SCREAM
Post by: Kashyyk on June 29, 2023, 01:33:24 am

Receive 1 Stone from Bockhoven, and repair Shandston's Folly with it

1 Army marches on I6
1 Army scouts I6->J5->J4
1 Army Marches on I11 (Fort Hollivy)
1 Army marches on J10 (Sundered Spire)
1 Army marches on Village L14
1 Army scouts F10
1 Army marches on G11
1 Army marches on G14
3 armies march on J11
3 armies Garrison Shandston's Folly  :-*

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 14
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)
 - Alkabrian Outpost (see here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181666.msg8481075#msg8481075))

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 4/8
Garrison: 3/3 (2x Archers, 1x Infantry)

I11 - Forest: Fort Hollivy
Defence: 0/8
Garrison: 0/3

I10 - Marsh: Fort Capricorn
Defence: 4/5
Garrison: 0/3

J14 - Marsh: Fort Tailor
Defence: 4/4
Garrison: 2/3 (2x Infantry)

J10 - Castle: Sundered Spire
Defence: 0/11
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Tower (+4/+4 Defence, +1 Army Cap)
 - Watchtower (Defender's get first strike, gives Hill report)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)

J9 - Forest: Fort Juniper
Defence: 0/5
Garrison: 0/3

Resources:
Army : 15/14 (+8/turn) = 12(curr) + 10(inc) - 1(casualties) + 1(Black Horn) - 2(Fort Tailor) - 2(curse)
Gold: 20 (+0/turn) = 19(curr) +2(inc) + 1(Loot) - 2(curse)
Stone: 1 (+0/turn) = 1(curr) + 1(Bockhoven) - 1 (Repair Shandston's Folly) - 2(curse)
Wood : 23 (+3/turn) = 20(curr) + 5(inc) - 2(curse)
Debt: 20
Victory Points: 20

Territory: F13 (Forest), F15 (Village), G15 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), G11 (Lair: Wolf Den), G9 (Village), H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), H11 (Village), H9 (Village), I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I13 (Hill), I12 (Marsh), I11 (Forest, Fort Hollivy), I10 (Marsh), I9 (Village), J15 (Hill) J11 (Village), J10 (Sundered Spire), J9 (Marsh, Fort Juniper), J8 (Hill), J7 (Forest), K15 (Forest), K10 (Swamp)
Artefacts:
 - Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants)
 - Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)
 - Black Horn (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Horn will gain the Black Horn)
Equipment: None
Units: 17x Infantry

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 18 - CAPTURE
Post by: notquitethere on June 29, 2023, 05:15:15 am

Just A1s now, I think. I'm on track to update this evening (in about 10 hours time).

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 18 - CAPTURE
Post by: a1s on June 29, 2023, 11:30:23 am

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
Castle Location N-13
Border Colour: Red
Army: 14/16
Defence: 18/18
Wood Production: 8
Stone production: 1
Recruitment: 4
Income: 0
Curses: 0
Wood: 22
Gold: 1
Stone:2
Debt: 0
Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks, Tower(x3)
Forts :
- L15 defense 9/9 garrison 3/3.
- L10 defense 2/3 garrison 3/3
Artifacts: Sundering Claw
Equipment: None
Special Units: 1 wolf, 2 cats

Orders:
Pull 2 armies out of fort at L10
March 1 army to K14
March 1 army to L14
March 12 armies with wolf crystal to N13 (Oak and Ash) 1 cat breaks siege with them.
March 1 army on N11
Maintain siege of J6 with 1 army

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 19 - PUNISHMENT
Post by: notquitethere on June 29, 2023, 05:14:35 pm

TURN 18 REPORT

Spoiler: Marquess Vulk (click to show/hide)

March 1 army to P13: The village is undefended and easily absorbed into the county.

March 13 armies and 25 skeletons and 1 cat to R4 with crimson drum and last femur: The marsh is undefended and easily absorbed.

March 1 army to O5: The village is undefended and easily absorbed into the county.

March 4 armies to N5: Your armies attack (4, 3, 3 and 6), defeating one of the enemies (wolf).
The other wolf flees east. All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.

March 7 armies and 1 cat to N7: 4 units and a cat flee from the sceptre. Your armies attack (8, 6 and 3), defeating one of the enemies (Bloodsinger).
All enemies are defeated and the Taghairn cave is absorbed into your county. You take the Sceptre and Juniper Cape. +30 reprisal chance.

March 1 army to K13: Your army takes the undefended fort.

Scout S4: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the towering trees they find two wisps.
Your scout withdraws to safety.
One of the Wisps holds the King's Writ (Cash in to get 20 gold and 20 debt, or remove 20 debt. Doesn't count towards Anathema count.)

Scout T5: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The townlet is defended by three Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout S6-T6-T7: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The settlement is undefended and would be easily cowed.
You scout through the second land, discovering a marshland.
In the foul mire they find two Bone Reckoners, with eight skeletal warriors and three skeletal archers.
Your scout withdraws to safety.


Scout S7-T7-T6: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the windswept highland they find a Thornish Fort currently empty, with the walls at 5/7 strength.
You scout through the second land, discovering a marshland.
In the murky fen they find two gold and they also find one stone and they also find three wisps.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout S8: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the muddy mire they find nothing.

Scout S9: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The townlet is defended by three Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout T9: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the towering woods they find a group of two thornish defectors who join your cause and they also find three gold, and two wood, and two stone and they also find four rampaging boar (who guard the resources).
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout T10: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill.
On the hard scrabble headland they find four wolves. Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout with saints knuckles R4-Q3-P2: You scout through the first land, a marsh just taken. You scout through the second land, discovering a unusual site. The Cave of the Crepuscular Dragon (Lair containing an ancient dragon, equivalent to 20 armies. He is said to hoard in his belly four times the normal treasure of a regular dragon, and on his person he carries two random artefacts [Wisp Wand, Garrison Plans]. The appearance of the Crepuscular Dragon is a bad omen for the world: while he lives, the chance of a lair spawning a monster doubles (usually from 1/3 to 2/3 chance), and when dragons move, they bring any monster with them if possible. Only appears in WW, and only after at least 20 other sites have been discovered. Crepuscular Dragon will ally with any monster factions it encounters but is hostile to Alkabrian, Thornish and Squelsh forces.

Spend 4 wood repairing Fort Sycamore to 4/5 defense: Repaired.

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

March 1 army to K14: The undefended castle is taken.

March 1 army to L14: The undefended village is taken. See Fitzharbort.

March 12 armies with wolf crystal to N13 (Oak and Ash) 1 cat breaks siege with them: The wolves join your side. The boar, boar, boar and boar attack first (3, 2, 1, 6, 4, 2, 1 and 3), killing zero of your armies. A wolf is killed.  Then the rest run away.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (3, 2, 5, 6, 3, 6, 7, 2, 0, 7, 1, 5 and 6), defeating two of the enemies (boar and bog cat).

The enemy attacks back (7, 5 and 6), killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (5, 8, 8, 2, 4, 6, 3, 5, 1, 4 and , defeating three of the enemies (boar, boar and boar).
All enemies are defeated and the siege is broken.
Your total losses: two armies. Gain 7 wolves.

March 1 army on N11: The undefended fort is conquered.

Maintain siege of J6 with 1 army: Your armies attack (, defeating one of the enemies (Thornish holdout).
All enemies are defeated and the fort is absorbed into your county.
 From the Thornish holdouts you take one gold. You recover Perfidy's Horn. (Monster units controlled by a human unit in the vicinity will become hostile third parties, turning on everyone.)

Spoiler: Marquess Bockhoven - Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Scout with 1 army C12 -> D13 with the Speculator's Rod: No quarries found.

March on E10 with 12 armies, the Rhuddy Cape and 1 wolf: The boar, boar and boar attack first (2, 8, 4, 1, 7 and 6), killing three of your armies.
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (with one wolf) (5, 8, 2, 8, 5, 7, 2, 1, 1, 4, 3 and 4), defeating two of the enemies (boar and wisp).

The enemy attacks back (7, 1, 3, 8 and 4), your giant takes one hit, and the foe end up killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (with one wolf) (4, 6, 1, 7, 4, 3, 3, 6, 3 and 6), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (2, 2, 2 and 7), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (with one wolf) (7, 3, 7, 3, 4, 6, 3, 3 and 4), defeating three of the enemies (wisp, boar and boar).

The enemy attacks back (1), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (with one wolf) (5, 7, 7, 7, 7, 3, 3, 3 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county. You take the treasure: nine gold, 1 stone, three wood, and the Watchtower Plans.
Your total losses: five.

March on A11 with 3 armies and 7 wolf by ship: The enemy hides behind their walls and keep  (12 wall strength).

Your armies attack (with seven wolves) (7, 2, 7, 1, 2, 8, 7, 3, 6 and 7), damaging the walls (5) with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (5), from behind their walls, with none of your units defeated. A siege continues!

March on E14 with 1 army: the undefended marshland is siezed.

Scout A11 with 1 army by boat with the golden net: (Nothing new is learned, no treasure is found.)

Spoiler: Dolton the Drunk (click to show/hide)

Leaves the Hedge. Castle Bacchus falls into ruin (10 damage). Three wisps, five wolves and a giant take up residence.

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

1 Army marches on I6: The empty forest is taken.

1 Army scouts I6->J5->J4: The scout travels through the first land, a newly taken forest. You scout through the second land, discovering a village.
The townlet is undefended and would be easily cowed.
You scout through the third land, discovering a marshland.
In the murky fen they find three wisps. One of the wisps carries the Wellspring Staff (the Wellspring Staff may be cast into marshland by a unit to turn it into a lake (spilling out into all adjacent tiles - units can drown this way without proper precautions). If the staff is recovered (by boat etc) in subsequent turns, the lake remains.).

1 Army Marches on I11 (Fort Hollivy): The undefended fort is taken.

1 Army marches on J10 (Sundered Spire): The undefened castle is again taken.

1 Army marches on Village L14: A soldier from the Oak and Ash is already in the village and a fight breaks out. Your armies attack (5), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (, killing one of your armies. Your armies have been defeated.
 Your total losses: one.

1 Army scouts F10: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the thick trees they find nothing but bones.

1 Army marches on G11: The undefended lair is taken from Marquess Vulk.

1 Army marches on G14: The empty forest is taken.

3 armies march on J11: Your armies attack (1, 6 and 7), defeating one of the enemies (Thornish holdout).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.
No gold was found on the Thornish holdouts.

Spoiler: Roving Count Sol (click to show/hide)

- 10 and 20 wolves armies march to D2 carrying with them the Verbian Tusk. The Tusk fails to call a boar.

The enemy hides behind their walls  (19 wall strength).

Your armies attack (with twenty wolves) (7, 1, 5, 4, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1, 4, 1, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6, 3, 5, 5, 5, 3, 2, 5, 2, 6, 5, 6, 7, 4 and 7), damaging the walls (13) and defeating one of the enemies (Knight)

The enemy attacks back (8, 6 and 5), from behind their walls, killing zero of your armies. A wolf is killed.  Then the rest run away.
You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
Your total losses: one wolf

Spoiler: Current Anathema (click to show/hide)

Vulk is clearly Anathema.

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

The Fort at K11 pledges allegiance to the Order of Obeisance.

- [F9] The Murkdragon doesn't wander.
- [H8] The dragon flies east.
- [O6] The Dawn Dragon flies north-west.
- [Q3] The Crepuscular Dragon flies south (joining Bryn the Brawn).

Barbarians from A4 and B10 fight in the Knuckle Yard. B10 wins and returns a Champion.
Barbarian-occupied tiles 5 (L12), 6 (S9), send someone to the moot.
- Reprisals:
--[Vulk 30%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[FitzHarbort 3%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Ayes 2%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Bockhoven 1%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Sol 0%]  The Squelsh are quiet... for now.

There are Thornish forts so the Lodestone doesn't trigger.

The Order gain one troop, up to 4, then 3 go on the march. The Order decide to target the village, traveling the shortest route through the Stone Circle to take O5 before returning. The knight, knight and knight attack first (6, 8 and 5), killing one of your armies. Your armies have been defeated.
 Your total losses: one.

[G8] grow to four and decide to attack a castle. They travel to Castle Mysterious.
Your forces are behind defences (10 wall strength).
The Thornish holdout, Thornish holdout, Thornish holdout and Thornish holdout attack first (0, 0, 3 and 5), damaging the walls (1) with none of your units defeated. A siege begins with four of the enemy forces camped outside the walls!
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (5), with no enemy units defeated.

[K11] grow to four and decide to attack a village. They target O7.
[L13] grows in size. They march on the marsh [M13], leaving one unit behind.

The Crepuscular Dragon is in effect:
- [E5] Joining the fort is a bog cat and a bog cat.
- [F5] Castle Bacchus: Joining the lair is one Bone Reckoner, with one skeletal warriors and two skeletal archers.
- [I10] Joining the lair is a giant.
- [J9] Joining the lair is one Bone Reckoners, with one skeletal warriors and two skeletal archers.
- [L2] Puzzle Dungeon: Joining the lair is two Bone Reckoners, with six skeletal warriors and one skeletal archers.
- [Q3] Crepuscular Lair: Joining the lair is a dragon.
- [S3] Giant's Toe: Joining the lair is a dragon.

The monsters in fort E5 march on B2, with the siege engine. They pick up the two bone reckoners and their lone skeletal fighter in C3. It's undefended so they take it without a fight.

The five wolves, one giant, and three wisps in Castle Bacchus (F5) and the six tanglebats in H5 along the way. They have with them the Black Claw, the Black Lance and the Shimmering Coin. They attack the fort at J6.
Ayes forces are behind defences (6 wall strength).
The Black Lance gives Ayes forces the first strike. (7). They kill one tanglebat. Perfidy's Horn turns the Bone Reckoner's skeletal warrior and two skeletal archers hostile. They don't manage to kill anyone. Then the monsters attack three times. One the first attack: (3, 2, 2, 8, 8, 2, 4, 8, 8, 5, 2, 4, 6, 1, 1 and
The rogue skeletons and your armies have been defeated. Black Claw gives the stack another cat. They take Perfidy's Horn!
 Your total losses for Ayes: one.

The monsters in I10 march and take the fort in I11, generating another tanglebat and killing the one unit there (30 dice v 1). The monsters in J9 take the Spire, killing the one unit there (28 dice v 1).

The two bone reckoners, eight skeletal warriors and three skeletal archers in T6 march and take the unoccupied fort at S5.

Bryn and his family of three giants, joined by four wolves, and the Crepuscular Dragon, war to take back the marsh in the R4. The Wisp Wand brings forth a Wisp, who decides to side with the Dragon.
The Crepuscular Dragon attacks first (5, 6, 7, 2, 6, 6, 3, 5, 1, 4, 0, 2, 4, 5, 6, 0, 3, 6, 5 and 6), killing three of your armies and four skeletons. The Last Femur fails to raise anyone.

Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (3, 5, 5, 3, 6, 5, 3, 4, 2, 7, 7, 8, 5, 5, 3, 7, 8, 1, 3, 6, 8, 4, 7, 6, 2, 7, 3, 8, 5, 1, 8 and 1), defeating nineteen of the enemies (giant (part), giant (part), dragon (part), giant (part), wisp, giant (part), giant (part), dragon (part), giant (part), giant (part), dragon (part), giant (part), dragon (part), giant (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part)).
The Last Femur fails to raise anyone.

The enemy takes too many casualties and withdraws.
Total losses: three armies, four skeletons. One giant is killed, and you gain one wood.

The Marrowfat Sceptre draws the Squelsh from their village in K5 towards where it's held in N7. They take the marsh in K6.

TURN 19

Research

Prince Mackial learns that in C8 is Hedgeblade - (One unit gains +7 attack, but there's a 75% chance the unit will be targeted by any given enemy attack until the unit dies.)

Marquess Vulk's learns that in L3 is The Prison of the Anathalord - Hill -  Defence (20/20) - The Anathalord, a powerful Bone Reckoner, is stuck within a near-impregnable prison (only attack rolls of 8+ may damage the cage (and not him), and he cannot attack from within it). If the Anathalord ever gets loose, all existing skeletal units would crumble and reconstitute by his side (as a one-time effect). The Anathalord can gain Anathema. The Anathalord carries the Last Femur [Doghorn], the Bonemeal Shield, the Rip Cage, the Dreadskull and Fleshbane (or random artefacts for any already discovered). Only found in WW or full-mountain tiles. Nearby monster marches can seek to free the Anathalord if the prison is as close or closer than a normal target. The prison can be repaired, one stone per wall strength.

(https://i.imgur.com/FMVEYqu.png)

Spoiler: Known Artefact List (click to show/hide)

Held By Dragons
Crepuscular Dragon: Wisp Wand (at the start of every combat a wisp appears; there's a 2/3 chance it joins your side.)
Garrison Plans (For each recruitment over cap, 1 guard appears in the Garrison. Guards can never march or be redeployed, but will defend; if you have multiple Garrisons, the new Guards are split between them evenly, with excess going to the main castle). Doesn't count towards anathema count.


In the world
A11 is Cragman's Spike (a scout may pass through mountains)
A11 is Thornish Lodestone (while this remains in the Hedge, whenever no Thornish fort is on the map, another fort is revealed in a sector usually far from the owner of this artefact (most distant of two rolls)
B1 is the Black Trotter (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Trotter will gain the Black Trotter.) (One unit attacks first twice at the start of each combat, but each time they kill a unit somewhere a boar will turn into a grand tusk- a giant pig that counts as 2 boar. If no boar are currently on the map, the next X boar to appear will all be grand tusks, where X is the number of units killed by the Trotter.)
C8 is Hedgeblade (One unit gains +7 attack, but there's a 75% chance the unit will be targeted by any given enemy attack until the unit dies.
D2 is Bridge Plans (Can build bridges between any two adjacent tiles separated by water, if you own at least one side. Costs 10 stone. You can replace 2 wood for any 1 stone in construction (e.g. 5 stone and 10 wood. Doesn't count towards anathema count)
F9 is Murkblade (a scout will kill any lone human enemy they discover while scouting.)
G10 is Bitter Brew  (The set of armies this is equipped to never retreats from losses.)
I5 is Siege Workshop Plans (The owner of this can build a Siege Workshop as a feature (spending 10 stone as normal). Siege Workshop: You can build these two alternative types of seige engine: 1. Battering Ram: destroy walls on a 4+ for one round (or 3+ or 2+ if you spend 2 or 4 more wood). 2. Giant Trebuchet: destroy 1d4 defence before the attack begins. You may spend 1-3 stone in ammunition to add 1-3 d4s to this.) Doesn't count towards anathema count.
J4 is Wellspring Staff (the Wellspring Staff may be cast into marshland by a unit to turn it into a lake (spilling out into all adjacent tiles - units can drown this way without proper precautions). If the staff is recovered (by boat etc) in subsequent turns, the lake remains.)
J6 is the Black Lance (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding the Black Lance will gain the Black Lance.) (You never attack first in combats, but on your first attack all your attackers will attack three times. The turn after slaying someone with the lance, Dragons will preferentially fly one square in your direction when flying to a new home. When this first discovered, place the Dawn Dragon on M6 (the Dawn Dragon counts for 15 armies)).
J6 is the Black Claw (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Claw will gain the Black Claw.) (+4 dice rolled when attacking, every time someone is killed by a force wielding the claw, the nearest square with a bog cat gains another cat. If there are none, a bog cat will appear in the nearest empty square.)
J6 is the Shimmering Coin (+2 on rolls that determine gold amounts)
J6 - Perfidy's Horn (Monster units controlled by a human unit in the vicinity will become hostile third parties, turning on everyone.)
L3 is Bonemeal Shield (The first time the unit this is attached to dies each combat, a random opposing unit dies instead, and the Lord gains +1 Anathema.)
L3 is Doghorn (Bog Cats will attempt to flee in the opposite direction of the army or scout holding this. Declare the direction of approach is multiple are possible, otherwise it's random.)
L3 is Rip Cage (Unit this is attached to can only die on an 8+, but makes -1 dice rolls in combat.)
L3 is Fleshbane (Gain +1 dice vs living humans.)
L3 is Dreadskull (any unit fleeing from an army with the Dreadskull will instead desert.)
M3 is the Rock Ring (With a scout, raise up a mountain wall between any two tiles. You must own at least one of the tiles to do this.)
N7 is the Juniper Cape (a scout isn't stopped by monsters)
N7 is Marrowfat Sceptre (if the sceptre isn't owned by the Squelsh, at the end of each enemy phase, every Squelsh in the sector will move one tile towards the sceptre (fighting anything enroute). Each time a non-Squelshman takes the scepter, they gain +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove it from the county. A scout can drop the sceptre on any tile they pass through. If owned by the Squelsh, the Sceptre causes 1d6 enemies to flee at the start of combat.)
Q8 is the Crimson Drum (attack first when defending)
R6 are the Saint's Knuckles (take -1 when rolling on the monster table (usually less dangerous results))
S4 is King's Writ (Cash in to get 20 gold and 20 debt, or remove 20 debt. Doesn't count towards Anathema count.)

Held by Lords

Sol: Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)

The Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)

Ayes: Sundering Claw (assign a scout to crack open a permanent path through any adjacent mountain. 25% chance to call a hostile dragon to the location)

Bockhoven: Golden Net (A scout carrying this across water has a 25% chance of rolling on the treasure table)

the Rhuddy Cape (the unit this is assigned to is now considered a giant)

The Wolf Crystal (wolves encountered will join the army instead (they still all run away when injured)

Watchtower plans (Can build Watchtowers for 10 stone. Watchtowers allow defenders to attack first during the first round of a seige, and owner gets a hill report. Doesn't count towards anathema count)


the Speculator's Rod (a scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

Whiptide Sail (one boat or ship can travel twice as far.)

Vulk: the Last Femur! (1/4 chance of each dead unit being resurrected to your side as a skeleton warrior when they die)

Cat Sack (defeated Bog Cats are put in the Cat Sack instead of being killed if the Cat Sack is held by the winning force. These cats are owned but unfriendly, and any number can be released by an army in any combat, or let loose by a scout in any tile.)

Prince FitzHarbort: Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).

Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)

Sent to the King:
Hunter's Stand (Archers in the army this is attached to only die on 5s if no other units remain)

Marrowfat Throne (when owned by someone of Squelsh heritage, one Squelsh defector will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production) and adjacent Squelsh armies will join your attacks on non-Squelsh; when owned by an Alkabrian or other, +30 reprisal chance, +100 reprisal chance if destroyed.)

Pellucid Orb (+1 to scout travel distance)

Spoiler: Known Unique Sites (click to show/hide)

A5 is Castle Aubade (Tower, Coppicing Grove, Shipyard), with the Speculator's Rod, Shield of Earth, Whiptide Sail. Two boats and a ship are also here.

A6 is The Knuckle Yard - Ritual death ring of the Squelsh natives. Owner may choose at any time to close down the yard (+20 reprisal chance). While operational: +2 income, if possible, two Barbarians from two different random squares will leave their post to fight at the start of each enemy phase, one one will return a Squelsh Champion (counts as two units, +1 to its attacks).

A11 is the Selkie Court (Castle with Keep, Moat x 3!) 7/31 defence - The Selkie Queen lives in the Selkie Court. She is a hag protected by 8 royal seals (who act identically to bog cats but with water instead of marshes). In her vault, she has a treasure of 20 gold and two random artefacts (which may be used in defence). The court only appears on coast or water tiles.)

C8 is the Crimson Tower (Keep/Tower/Bloodforge) Defence 17/17,  - Dai the Bloodsinger has a Bloodforge in which 3 armies may be sacrificed to create a new artefact (and become anathema to all).

D2 is The Order of Obeisance (Castle with Keep/Moat/Mustering Yard/Barracks/Garrison) Defence 19/19, Recruitment 1 - Remote Thornish knightly order, made up of 13/13 Thornish Knights.

D5 is the Puffin Prongs - Hill. High up on each of the twin spires 2 random artefacts can be found (though what each one is unknown before making the steps). Making ladders and steps to get them will cost 4 wood each. Guarding Puffin Prongs is the Fullflood Dragon and the Neapflood Dragon, who will always try to be together and won't stray while the other lives. (Site only appears on a coast or water tile.)

E7 and K1 are the Walking Stone Circles - A pair of sites. They are considered adjacent: units can walk from one to the other across the map. Each is initially defended by three giants. They will let anyone pass through both tiles unharmed in a turn as if they were owned by the traveller, for 1 gold per unit passing (if they do so, they won't join a monster march). Gold accumulates on the first stone circle passed through. Enemies always find the gold for it.

F11 is Lake Sorrow.

F12 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance to reprisals to 0. This only works for people who don't own the Grove.

G3 is Yawing Crevice (A desolate crack in the earth. Artefacts may be destroyed by a scout or army throwing it into the crevice. Doing so releases a tanglebat, which will attack anyone present at the time, including scouts. Doing so also grants a permanent -2 anathema score. Only appears in WW.)

G10 is Wolfhaven Woods - Forest. Spiritual home of wolf kind. Inhabited by 10d4 wolves (25). These wolves will only flee if less than 10 remain. Any wolves that would otherwise be loyal to a non-wolf, are loyal to the wolves in these woods. Wolves in this forest will never march on anywhere.

H10 is Owl Woods - Forest. Originally guarded by the Dusk Dragon (the Dusk Dragon counts for 10 armies) and seven wisps. The dragon holds Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).

K14 is Castle Wright (Features: Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace, Keep, Barracks) 0/13 defence.

K15 is the Black Horn (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Horn will gain the Black Horn .)

L2 is is the Puzzle Dungeon of Mad Lord Frost (Castle with keep, Seige Workshop) 13/13 defence - Lord Frost, a paranoid and inventive Thornish holdout, has retreated deep into his keep to tinker on his creations and allowed monsters to live in the outer areas. While he holds the Puzzle Dungeon, this castle counts as a lair: roll three on the monster table [2 giant, 2 wisps] for initial population. Any monsters marching from this location gain a randomly typed seige engine. He has stockpiled 2d6 wood [5] and 1d6 stone [2].

L3 is The Prison of the Anathalord - Hill -  Defence (20/20) - The Anathalord, a powerful Bone Reckoner, is stuck within a near-impregnable prison (only attack rolls of 8+ may damage the cage (and not him), and he cannot attack from within it). If the Anathalord ever gets loose, all existing skeletal units would crumble and reconstitute by his side (as a one-time effect). The Anathalord can gain Anathema. The Anathalord carries the Last Femur [Doghorn], the Bonemeal Shield, the Rip Cage, the Dreadskull and Fleshbane (or random artefacts for any already discovered). Only found in WW, full-mountain or ocean tiles. Nearby monster marches can seek to free the Anathalord if the prison is as close or closer than a normal target.

L5 is Lake Longing - (Water makes this tile impassible except by boat or ship. Spills over onto adjacent tiles. Won't spawn on a coast.)

L6 is Hogland Hollow - Forest. Inhabited by 3d6 Boar. While it is unconquered, at the end of any turn when there is less than 10 boars in this forest, 1d4 more boar will appear. Your scout withdraws to safety.

M8 is The Hirsute Sage's Hut (while independent, scouts that pass through the hut will ignore the first set of enemies they come across while scouting after visiting the hut. The sage leaves if his home becomes occupied.)

N7 is Taghairn Cave - Owned by Cuthbert Catsbane, a Bloodsinger who wields the Cat Sack if it hasn't appeared elsewhere. Has a limited kind of Bloodforge in which three cats may be sacrificed to create a new artefact. You would first have to find a way of gaining the cats.

O8 is The Hag Market. Marshland. Protected by 9 bog hags and 27 bog cats. Scouts can be sent to the market to buy bog cats (4 gold each) and otherwise may pass through without being attacked. Half the money spent here remains as possible loot. Friendly bog cats have +1 attack in marshland, and while you have a cat, they give -1 (non-cumulative) to enemy attack rolls. Cats cannot be sent to scout, and they cannot be send to attack or patrol by themselves. Monsters won't march from this location."

R3 is The Castle of Bryn the Brawn (Keep/Tower/Tower) Defence 21/21, occupied by Bryn, a giant, and his family, three more giants. The adjacent squares are also within his domain. Bryn will wage war to retake any squares adjacent to his castle, always accompanied in battle by 1d6 wolves.

R10 is the Scout Hut - Initially abandoned and inhabited by a family of 6 boar. Up to three armies can be assigned to the Hut as if it were a fort and they don't count towards your army cap. These armies can scout so long at they begin scouting from a tile adjacent to the hut. Spend 3 wood to dismantle and reassemble the hut on an empty tile you own.

T3 is The Moot - Village with 2d2 (2+1=3) Squelsh Barbarians and a moat (6/6 defense). It is the neutral meeting place of rival Squelsh bands. At the start of each enemy turn, each tile with a Squelsh Barbarian has a 25% chance of sending someone to the Moot. The first Squelsh reprisal each turn will be joined by whomever is in the Moot. If the Moot is conquered, a new Moot (with a new moat) will appear in the most populous Squelsh-held village at the start of the next player turn, or if there are no such villages, it may appear in future tile generation (from scouting, research etc.).

T11 is Hero's Tor - Hill Fort (Steep Path: Siege Engines cannot assail this hill) (9/9). An ageing Squelsh Champion (counts as two units, +1 to its attacks) with the Bloody Standard (+1 all attack rolls) sits in retirement in this fort, with his retinue of 6 Squelsh Barbarians, and two pet wisps.

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Notes
- These monster stacks are getting too big, I've had to put more of them in little side blocks.
- The Downfall Stack in J6 is particularly nasty.
- Note the new rules for monsters while the Crepuscular Dragon lives: increased chance of monster spawning in lairs/occupied forts, and other monsters will move with dragons.
- Remember your castle's features won't work while under siege.
- Check the artefact list for the Anathalord's five artefacts.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 18 - CAPTURE
Post by: a1s on June 29, 2023, 05:41:50 pm

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Army: 20/29
Border Colour: Red
Castles:
 Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
 Castle Location N-13
 Defence: 18/18
 Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks, Tower(x3)

 Castle Name: Castle Wright
 Castle Location: K14
 Defense: 0/13
 Features: Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace, Keep, Barracks (+1 wood, +1 recruitment, +3 army cap, +1 gold)

Wood Production: 10
Stone production: 1
Recruitment: 7
Income: 2
Curses: 0
Wood: 32
Gold: 3
Stone:3
Debt: 0

Forts :
- L15 defense 9/9 garrison 3/3.
- L10 defense 2/3 garrison 1/3
Artifacts: Sundering Claw
Equipment: None
Special Units: 8 wolves, 2 cats

Orders:
send 4 wolves and wolf crystal to Bockelstein
Allow Vulk access through my lands
Build 7 siege engines
March 15 armies on J6 with 7 siege engines
March 1 army and 1 wolf on M13
March 2 armies and 1 wolf on L13
March 1 army, a wolf and a cat on K6
manufacture 1 bow
Build a fort on L6 and garrison it with 1 archer

Question: do castles generate one gold (without a marketplace?)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 18 - CAPTURE
Post by: notquitethere on June 29, 2023, 05:49:57 pm

Quote from: a1s on June 29, 2023, 05:41:50 pm

Question: do castles generate one gold (without a marketplace?)

No, the base 1 income is from being a Lord. It's not tied to the castle. And so you also don't get extra gold just for having more castles.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 19 - PUNISHMENT
Post by: Criptfeind on June 29, 2023, 06:00:35 pm

Well, this is a rough one, in particular the part that that mega dragon has come up and that I can't kill it because of the keep, so everyone is going to suffer more attacks for a while. That said, if we work together and start stomping monsters, we should be able to hold out.

At least until the puzzle dungeon frees the Anathalord and takes half my army. Then I am probably fucked.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 19 - PUNISHMENT
Post by: Criptfeind on June 29, 2023, 07:16:10 pm

Here are my current stats as I think about my upcoming turn.

Spoiler: Turn 18 gains/losses (click to show/hide)

-3 Wolves
+5 Armies
-5 Gold
+4 Stone
-8 gold
-10 stone
Point Swearing Barracks
-4 wood
+2 gold
+1 army
-2 gold
P13: Village +1 Recruitment
R4: Marsh
O5: Village +1 Recruitment
N5: Marsh
-N6: Quarry +1 stone production
N7:Taghairn cave
+Marrowfat Scepter
+Juniper Cape
K13: Forest Fort +1 Wood production
+2 armies

-Castle Wright K14
-G11: Lair

-O5: Village +1 Recruitment
-1 Army
-1 defense castle mysterious
-O7: Village +1 Recruitment
-S5: Forest Fort Hemlock 4/6 +1 Wood production
-3 Armies
-4 skeltons
+1 Wood

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Colour: Blue
Extra VP? +16
Anathema: 6 (artifacts) 24 (monster units) 6 (sacrifices) 10 (knight kills) 1 (Bloodforge) = 47

Castle Mysterious: P14 !! Besieged!!
Defence: 9/10
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove (+3 Army cap, +1 recuitment +1 wood)

Point Swearing: S14
Defense: 10/10
Features: Shipyard, Coppicing Grove, Library, Barracks (+1 wood +3 army cap)

Wood Production: 12 (11)
Recruitment: 10 (9)
Income: 3
Stone Production: 2

Army: 30+5+1=36+2!-2=36-3=33+9!-9=33/26
Gold: 13-5-8+2-2+3=3
Debt: 0
Wood: 25-8-8+13=22-4+1+11=30
Stone: 6+4-10+2=2

Artifacts: Last Femur, Cat Sack (15), Saints Knuckles, Crimson Drum, Marrowfat Scepter, Juniper Cape
Equipment: 1 ship
Special Units: 21 Skeleton warriors 0 Skeleton Archers 3 Cats
Curses:

Holdings list:
K13: Forest Fort +1 Wood production
N5: Marsh
N6: Quarry +1 stone production
N7: Taghairn cave: Sacrifice 3 cats to make an artifact
O5: Village +1 Recruitment
O6: Village +1 Recruitment
O7: Village +1 recruitment
O14: Village +1 Recruitment
O15: Forest +1 Wood production
P6: Forest +1 Wood production
P7: Marsh
P8: Forest +1 Wood production
P9: Hill
P10 Village +1 Recruitment
P11: Forest Fort Ivy 4/8 +1 Wood Production
P12: Lair
P13 Village +1 Recruitment
P15: Hill
Q5: Village Moat 6/6 +1 Recruitment
Q8: Gold mine +1 income
Q9: Marsh
Q6: Forest +1 Wood production
Q11: Marsh
Q12: Village +1 Recruitment
Q13: Village +1 Recruitment
Q14: Hill Fort Hawthorn 0/5 1 armies
R4: Marsh
R5: Marsh
R6: Marsh
R7: Mine +1 Gold
R8: Village +1 recruitment
R11: Marsh
R12: Quarry +1 Stone production
R13: Marsh
R14: Village +1 recruitment
R15: Marsh
S5: Forest Fort Hemlock 4/6 +1 Wood production
S10: Forest Fort Sycamore 0/3 defenses +1 wood production 3 Armies
S11: Hill
S12: Forest +1 wood production
S13: Forest +1 wood production
T12: Forest +1 Wood production
T13: Quarry +1 Stone production

Spoiler: Turn 18 (click to show/hide)

Movement permissions gained from Marquess Aywen Ayes, Prince Mackial FitzHarbort and Marquess Bockhoven
Sacrifice 3 cats from cat sack to Taghairn cave
Make 9 siege weapons with 18 wood

March 1 army and 2 skeletons to N6
March 1 Army to O5
March 1 Army and 2 skeletons to O7
March 3 armies to S4
March 6 Armies and 7 skeletons with 7 siege weapons to S5
March 1 army to S7
March 1 army and 2 skeletons to S9
March 10 Armies to M4 Holding the Saints knuckles
March 4 Armies and 1 skeleton and 1 cat attack thorns on P14
Using a ship from A6 March B2 with 2 armies and 7 skeletons and 1 cat and 2 siege engines holding the last femur to assist in lord Sols siege of the fortress
1 Army builds Fort Cryptic in R4 with 5 wood
1 Army builds Fort Ominous in R5 with 5 wood
1 cat (continues) defending castle Mysterious with the crimson drum

Edit: I checked out the math some, I might be able to kill the dragon in a single turn if I had some help. Issue is everyone is probably too busy too do so this turn. given how many monster stacks are starting to pop up. I'm not sure really what a good answer is.

Edit 2: If I could borrow the wolf crystal, the earth shield, and maybe 10 more guys (technically, I don't need that many more guys, but it would be very nice to clear the thorns from my land at least so it'd be nice to free up the dudes) I think I could be fairly comfortable in taking down the dragon.

Is anyone willing/able to mercenary up? And to Quarque and Horizon, is anyone else using those artifacts this turn? Although I don't have a lot of gold now (although some) the dragon should drop a lot, so maybe I can rent some assistance here?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 19 - PUNISHMENT
Post by: Quarque on July 01, 2023, 03:30:48 am

Quote from: a1s on June 29, 2023, 05:41:50 pm

Orders:
send 4 wolves to Bockelstein

And the wolf crystal, I assume? It is still unclear what is happening with the crystal this turn, but I can post the actions now.

Trade:
Receive 4 wolves from Ayes
Repay the dept of 8 gold to lord Sol
Pay 1 stone to Fitzharbort to refrain from joining the order

Actions:
disband the two forts at A15 and B15
Build two siege engines
Build a ship
March with a ship, 7 armies and 2 siege engines on B2 to support the attack of Lord Sol
Send a scout to D8
March on the Selkie court with
* 1 ship with 1 army and 9 wolves
* 1 ship with 7 armies, 3 wolves and the Rhuddy Cape
Scout with 1 army and the Speculators Rod C12 => D13
Defend castle Bockelstein with 1 army

Spoiler: Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow
C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defense: 10/10
Features:
   • Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
   • Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
   • Shipyard: -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
   • Barracks: +3 army cap
A5 - Castle Aubade
Defence: 14/14
   • Tower: +4/4 defence, increase maximum army size by +1
   • Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production.
   • Shipyard: -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.

Total Army Cap: 24

Resources:
Army: 18 (+5*/turn) = 18(curr) -5(losses) + 5(inc, capped)
Gold: 5 (+2*/turn) = 2(curr) + 2(inc) + 9(treasure) - 8
Stone: 4 (+1*/turn) = 3(curr) + 1(inc) +1(treasure) -1(pay Fitzharbort)
Wood: 2 (+7*/turn) = 3(curr) +7(inc) +2(disbanded forts) -6(build ship) -4(build siege engines)
*: including -1 from curse (Selkie Court)

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape, the Golden Net, the Wolf Crystal, Speculator's Rod, Whiptide Sail
Equipment: 1 Boat and 3 Ships
Special Units: 12 wolves = 8 + 4 (from Ayes) [20 wolves lended to Lord Sol]

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 19 - PUNISHMENT
Post by: Horizon on July 01, 2023, 12:22:03 pm

Trades & Purchases:
Build 7 siege weapons (14 wood).
Receive payment of 8 gold from Blockhoven.
Orders for Turn 18:
- 1 army with the Shield of Earth and 20 wolves march on D2 again, sending 3 siege weapons to aid in the fight as well.
- With the support of Bockhoven and Vulk, 9 armies march to B2 with the Verbian Tusk and 4 siege weapons.

Spoiler: Sol, Inheritor of Swearing (click to show/hide)

Sol, Son of Gloronisits and Hero of Swearing
Background: Hero
Castle Name: n / a
Castle Location: n / a
Border Colour: Gold
Army: 10/10
Defence:  n / a
Wood Production/Inv: +0 (7)
Stone Production/Inv: +0 (6)
Recruitment: 0
Gold: 31
Income: 0
Debt: 0
1 Boats, 1 Ship

Features:
- Defenses:
   •  n / a
- Resources:
   •  n / a
- Knowledge:
   •  n / a
Forts:
   •  n / a
Artefacts:
  - Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)
  - Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)

Equipment:
- (3) Bows.
- (7) Siege Weapons.
Special Units: None

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 SCREAM
Post by: Kashyyk on July 01, 2023, 12:48:31 pm

Updating my numbers whilst I think.

Receive 1 Stone from Bockhoven

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 14
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)
 - Alkabrian Outpost (see here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181666.msg8481075#msg8481075))

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 4/8
Garrison: 3/3 (2x Archers, 1x Infantry)

I11 - Forest: Fort Hollivy
Defence: 0/8
Garrison: 0/3

I10 - Marsh: Fort Capricorn
Defence: 4/5
Garrison: 0/3

J14 - Marsh: Fort Tailor
Defence: 4/4
Garrison: 2/3 (2x Infantry)

J10 - Castle: Sundered Spire
Defence: 0/11
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Tower (+4/+4 Defence, +1 Army Cap)
 - Watchtower (Defender's get first strike, gives Hill report)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)

J9 - Forest: Fort Juniper
Defence: 0/5
Garrison: 0/3

Resources:
Army : 14/14 (+6/turn) = 15(curr) + 8(inc) - 3(casualties) - 2(curse)
Gold: 22 (+0/turn) = 20(curr) +2(inc) - 2(curse)
Stone: 1 (+0/turn) = 1(curr) - 2(curse)
Wood : 28 (+5/turn) = 23(curr) + 7(inc) - 2(curse)
Debt: 20
Victory Points: 20

Territory: F13 (Forest), F15 (Village), G15 (Forest), G14 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), G11 (Lair: Wolf Den), G9 (Village), H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), H11 (Village), I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I13 (Hill), I12 (Marsh), I11 (Forest, Fort Hollivy), I10 (Marsh), I9 (Village), I6 (Forest), J15 (Hill), J11 (Village), J10 (Sundered Spire), J9 (Marsh, Fort Juniper), J8 (Hill), J7 (Forest), K15 (Forest), K10 (Swamp)
Artefacts:
 - Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants)
 - Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)
 - Black Horn (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Horn will gain the Black Horn)
Equipment: None
Units: 14x Infantry

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 19 - PUNISHMENT
Post by: notquitethere on July 02, 2023, 01:43:06 pm

I would like to update Tuesday evening (GMT) latest, but I will update on Monday if everyone gets their actions in.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 18 - CAPTURE
Post by: a1s on July 02, 2023, 04:47:57 pm

New orders

Quote from: a1s on June 29, 2023, 05:41:50 pm

send 4 wolves and wolf crystal to Bockelstein
Allow Vulk access through my lands
Build 7 siege engines
March 15 armies on J6 with 7 siege engines
March 1 army and 1 wolf on M13
March 2 armies and 1 wolf on L13
March 1 army, a wolf and a cat on K6
manufacture 1 bow
Build a fort on L6 and garrison it with 1 archer

questions: Do I understand correctly that bats won't spawn reinforcements when besieged? Can I reach K5? (from L6)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 19 - PUNISHMENT
Post by: notquitethere on July 02, 2023, 05:16:19 pm

Yes, if a wall is in the way, no new bats come.

No, if you look carefully, the lake spills over the corner (as do all lakes).

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 18 - CAPTURE
Post by: Quarque on July 02, 2023, 10:36:10 pm

Quote from: a1s on June 29, 2023, 05:41:50 pm

questions: Do I understand correctly that bats won't spawn reinforcements when besieged?

As nqt said, yes, but be careful. Only works if the fort has at least 1 point of wall / defense left.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 20 - SCALES
Post by: notquitethere on July 03, 2023, 10:13:21 am

TURN 19 REPORT

Spoiler: Marquess Vulk (click to show/hide)

Sacrifice 3 cats from cat sack to Taghairn cave: Black Baldric (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Baldric will gain the Black Baldric.) (Wearer gets two extra attack dice rolls for every cursed item currently wielded, including Black Baldric. Cursed items count double for Anathema for the owner of Black Baldric.)

March 1 army and 2 skeletons to N6: Your armies attack (with two skeletons) (6, 4 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (wolf).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.

March 1 Army to O5: Village retaken.

March 1 Army and 2 skeletons to O7: Your armies attack (with two skeletons) (4, 4 and 2), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (4), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with two skeletons) (8, 8 and 5), defeating one of the enemies (Thornish holdout).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.
 From the Thornish holdouts you take one gold.

March 3 armies to S4: Your armies attack (6, 5 and 7), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (5), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (2, 1 and 7), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county. You take the King's Writ.

March 6 Armies and 7 skeletons with 7 siege weapons to S5: The enemy hides behind their walls  (7 wall strength).

Your armies attack (with seven skeletons) (14, 8, 9, 8, 10, 9, 8, 15, 8, 12, 9, 14 and 10), defeating thirteen of the enemies (skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, bone reckoner, skeletal archer, skeletal archer, skeletal archer, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior and bone reckoner).
All enemies are defeated and the fort is absorbed into your county.

March 1 army to S7: The empty fort is taken.

March 1 army and 2 skeletons to S9: Your armies attack (with two skeletons) (8, 6 and 3), defeating two of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.

March 10 Armies to M4 Holding the Saints knuckles: Ten armies march into a hill beyond the border. On the steep fell they find (with the Saint's Knuckles) a bog cat.
Your armies attack (7, 4, 0, 3, 7, 1, 3, 6, 4 and 7), defeating one of the enemies (bog cat).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.
From the hill:
NW: you see an unusual site, the Prison of the Anathalord.
N: you see unusual site, some kind of large building half submerged in the earth?
NE: you see a lake.
E: you see unusual site, a forest full of giant boar
SE: you see marshland
S: you see a hill
SW: you see an unusual site, a forest with a clearing
W: you see marshland

March 4 Armies and 1 skeleton and 1 cat attack thorns on P14: Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with one skeleton) (1, 4, 3, 7, 6 and 1), defeating two of the enemies (Thornish holdout, Thornish holdout and Thornish holdout).
The enemy attacks back (4, 6), with one of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with one skeleton) (7, 2, 8, 5 and 4).
All enemies are defeated and the Castle Wright is absorbed into your county.
 From the Thornish holdouts you take three gold.
Total losses: one

Using a ship from A6 March B2 with 2 armies and 7 skeletons and 1 cat and 2 siege engines holding the last femur to assist in lord Sols siege of the fortress: See Lord Sol

1 Army builds Fort Cryptic in R4 with 5 wood: Built.

1 Army builds Fort Ominous in R5 with 5 wood: Built.

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

March 15 armies on J6 with 7 siege engines: The enemy hides behind their walls  (4 wall strength).
Your armies attack (11, 12, 10, 15, 10, 12, 11, 15, 9, 12, 9, 14, 15, 13, 15, 10 and 15), inflicting fourteen hits (tanglebat, tanglebat, wolf, tanglebat, tanglebat, giant (part), giant (part), giant (part), tanglebat, wolf, wolf, bone reckoner, wolf and wisp).
The other wolf flees to an adjacent empty or unexplored zone (north).
The enemy attacks back with the Black Lance and the Black Claw (5, 6, 8, 7, 1, 8, 3, 6, 4, 7, 4, 3, 7, 3, 7, 5, 3 and 2), from behind their walls, killing six of your armies.
A siege begins. The Black Lance glows as a beacon, drawing dragons from around the Hedge. Six bog cats join the Sundered Spire due to the Black Claw. Gain 1 wood from the dead giant.

March 1 army and 1 wolf on M13: Your armies attack (with one wolf) (5 and 5), defeating one of the enemies (Thornish holdout).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.
 From the Thornish holdouts you take one gold.

March 2 armies and 1 wolf on L13: The enemy hides behind their walls  (7 wall strength).

Your armies attack (with one wolf) (8, 1 and 5), damaging the walls (1) defeating one of the enemies (Thornish holdout).
The enemy attacks back (3 and 5), from behind their walls, with none of your units defeated. A siege begins with your two camped outside the walls!


March 1 army, a wolf and a cat on K6: Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with one wolf) (9, 2 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
The enemy attacks back (5), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with one wolf) (5, 3 and 3), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.

Build a fort on L6 and garrison it with 1 archer: built.

Spoiler: Marquess Bockhoven - Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

disband the two forts at A15 and B15: disbanded.

March with a ship, 7 armies and 2 siege engines on B2 to support the attack of Lord Sol (See Sol)

Send a scout to D8: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the stinking fen they find nothing but bones.

March on the Selkie court with
* 1 ship with 1 army and 9 wolves
* 1 ship with 7 armies, 3 wolves and the Rhuddy Cape: The enemy hides behind their walls and keep  (7 wall strength).
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (with twelve wolves) (8, 1, 2, 6, 6, 7, 8, 2, 6, 5, 4, 4, 3, 7, 5, 4, 2, 8, 1, 6, 4 and 2), damaging the walls (7) and breaking through the keep and breaking through into the fort, defeating one of the enemies (Selkie Queen).
All enemies are defeated and the Selkie Court is absorbed into your county. Cragman's Spike (a scout may pass through mountains), Thornish Lodestone (while this remains in the Hedge, whenever no Thornish fort is on the map, another fort is revealed in a sector). And you gain 20 gold.

Scout with 1 army and the Speculators Rod C12 => D13: No quarry or mine is discovered.

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

1 army marches on Fort G8: The empty fort is taken.

1 army with the Black Horn marches on Fort K11: The enemy hides behind their walls  (4 wall strength).

Your armies attack (2), with no enemy units defeated. The Horn draws in the Thornish unit at K10 to help in the defence
The enemy attacks back (4, 1, 8, 2 and 1), from behind their walls, killing one of your armies. Your armies have been defeated.
 Your total losses: one. You lose the Black Horn.

The Horn draws in more attackers! First the nearby monsters attack! Eight wisps, 12 boar, one bone reckoner, eighteen bog cats, one bog hag, one skeletal archer, two skeletal warriors attack! The Black Horn calls in 1 reinforcement. The monsters attack first (5, 2, 8, 7, 7, 3, 8, 7, 6, 3, 3, 6, 6, 3, 6, 2, 1, 6, 5, 3, 7, 5, 5, 2, 8, 3, 5, 1, 7, 6, 7, 2, 7, 7, 4, 4, 2, 2, 7, 3, 7 and 1), damaging the walls (4) and breaking through into the fort, killing five of Thornish armies.
The last of the Order Obeisance is defeated!

Next the thirty Squelsh barbarians attack! Two local militia come to the monster's aid.
The boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar and boar attack first (1, 2, 7, 3, 5, 3, 1, 5, 6, 2, 4, 8, 6, 2, 2, 3, 8, 3, 7, 4, 7, 5, 3 and 3), killing seven Squelsh barbarians.
The barbarians attack (3, 5, 6, 3, 5, 1, 6, 8, 1, 4, 8, 2, 2, 5, 4, 2, 5, 1, 2, 2, 4, 2 and 6), defeating five of the enemies (bog cat, bog cat, boar, bog cat and bog cat).

The monsters attacks back (7, 7, 6, 4, 8, 9, 3, 6, 8, 5, 8, 3, 4, 6, 9, 5, 6, 5, 9, 5, 4, 7, 9, 3, 7, 7, 6, 7, 2, 5, 6, 6, 9, 3, 4, 9, 3, 9 and , killing all the barbarians.


1 army marches on Forest H5: Forest taken, along with eight gold!

1 army marches on Village J5: Village taken without resistance.

1 army marches on Fort I10: Unoccupied fort taken.

1 army marches on Village K12: Village taken.

3 armies (one with Ascupart's Bane) marches on Hill J13: Your armies attack (2, 1, 5, 2 and 3), defeating one of the enemies (giant (part)).
The enemy attacks back (7 and , killing two of your armies.
You take too many casualties and retreat. Your total losses: two.

3 armies march on Swamp K10: The swamp is empty (due to Black Horn effects above) and easily absorbed.

Spoiler: Roving Count Sol (click to show/hide)

1 army with the Shield of Earth and 20 wolves march on D2 again, sending 3 siege weapons to aid in the fight as well:
The enemy hides behind their walls and keep  (6 wall strength).
Your armies attack (with nineteen wolves) (7, 4, 4, 5, 8, 8, 10, 11, 6, 4, 8, 9, 8, 9, 9, 7, 5, 7, 10 and , damaging the walls (6) and breaking through the keep and breaking through into the fort, defeating all of the enemies (Knight, Knight, Knight and Knight). The Castle of Obeisance is yours! (Castle with Keep/Moat/Mustering Yard/Barracks/Garrison) Defence 0/19). From the vault you take Bridge Plans (Can build bridges between any two adjacent tiles separated by water, if you own at least one side. Costs 10 stone. You can replace 2 wood for any 1 stone in construction (e.g. 5 stone and 10 wood. Doesn't count towards anathema count).

- With the support of Bockhoven and Vulk, 9 armies march to B2 with the Verbian Tusk and 4 siege weapons. (Marquess Vulk: 2 armies and 7 skeletons and 1 cat and 2 siege engines holding the last femur, Bockhoven's 7 armies and 2 siege engines on B2): The Verbian Tusk fails to call a boar. The enemy hides behind their walls  (4 wall strength).
The boar, boar and boar attack first (0, 3, 4, 7, 4 and 0), from behind their walls, killing zero of your armies. (Killing one skeleton.) A siege begins!
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with six skeletons) (9, 15, 10, 14, 12, 8, 15, 13, 14, 10, 8, 10, 8, 9, 10, 14, 10, 12, 11, 15, 11, 8, 15, 10 and , defeating twenty-five of the enemies (bog cat, giant (part), giant (part), giant (part), boar, giant (part), giant (part), giant (part), skeletal warrior, tanglebat, giant (part), boar, giant (part), giant (part), giant (part), boar, bone reckoner, giant (part), bog cat, giant (part), giant (part), bone reckoner, wisp, giant (part) and giant (part)).
The last femur raises two skeleton warriors!
All enemies are defeated and the fort is absorbed into your county.
From giant clubs, you gain five wood.
Total losses: net +1 skeleton gain (Vulk)

Spoiler: Current Anathema (click to show/hide)

Vulk is still clearly Anathema.

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

The Order of Obeisance has been defeated.

The Black Lance exerts a pull on those Dragons that wander.
- [F9] The Murkdragon doesn't wander.
- [H8] The dragon flies southwest towards the Black Lance.
- [O4] The Dawn Dragon doesn't wander.
- [Q3] The dragon flies north, towards the Black Lance.
- [R3] The Crepuscular Dragon doesn't wander.
- [S3] Giant's Toe - The Dragon flies north-east. it takes with it two boards, a tanglebat and a bog cat. They take up residence in Vulk's empty Fort Cryptic.

Barbarians from H3 and E15 fight in the Knuckle Yard. H3 wins and returns a Champion.
No Squelsh barbarians go to the moot.
- Reprisals:
--[Vulk 32%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Ayes 5%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[FitzHarbort 3%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Bockhoven 1%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Sol 0%]  The Squelsh are quiet... for now.

There is one Thornish fort still, so the Lodestone doesn't trigger.

The Crepuscular Dragon is in effect:
- [E5] Fort - Joining the fort is a dragon.
- [F5] Castle Bacchus -  Joining the castle is three wolves.
- [I11] No new monsters come.
- [J6] No new monsters come.
- [J9] Joining the lair is a dragon.
- [J10] Sundered Spire: Joining the lair is a bog cat.
- [L2] Puzzle Dungeon: Joining the lair is a dragon.
- [Q3] Crepuscular Lair: No new monsters come.
- [R4] Cryptic Fort: Joining the lair is four rampaging boar.
- [S3] Giant's Toe: Joining the lair is four wisps.

Bryn and his family of three giants, joined by seven wolves, and the Crepuscular Dragon, war to take back the forest in S4. The Wisp Wand brings forth a Wisp, which joins their side.
The Crepuscular Dragon attacks first
The dragon attacks first (6, 2, 2, 8, 5, 7, 8, 4, 1, 6, 1, 7, 8, 7, 5, 1, 4, 3, 6 and 1), killing three of your armies. Your armies have been defeated. They take the King's Writ.
 Your total losses: three.

Black Star Horde [I11]: The 29 monsters march west on I10: The boar, boar, bog cat, bog cat, wisp, wisp, wisp, wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, boar, boar, giant (part), giant (part), giant (part), tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat and tanglebat attack first (1, 8, 6, 8, 4, 1, 4, 1, 3, 1, 3, 5, 5, 1, 6, 3, 7, 4, 3, 3, 3, 5, 1, 8, 5, 7, 8, 6, 7, 5 and , killing one of your armies. Your armies have been defeated.
 Your total losses: one.

The Upswing Horde [K11] attack Ayes' fort at L10:
Ayes forces are behind defences (2 wall strength).
The boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar and boar attack first (4, 2, 4, 6, 3, 8, 6, 5, 8, 7 and , damaging the walls (1) killing one of your armies. Your armies have been defeated.
 Your total losses: one.

Puzzle Dungeon: Two reckoners, six skeletal warriors, a skeletal archer and a Dragon march on the Prison of the Anathalord, using a normal siege engine:
(2, 8, 8, 7, 9, 2, 8, 7, 5, 8, 5, 4, 4 and , damaging the walls (6).
A siege begins.

There's no nearby Squelsh for The Marrowfat Sceptre to draw closer.

TURN 20

Research

Prince Mackial learns that in G7 is is Toad Pond - Marshland - (5 toads live here (toads don't march and don't have special abilities).)

Spoiler: Toad Pond (click to show/hide)

 Artefacts may be sacrificed into the pond by scouts in exchange for one of the five Toad Artefacts, which don't appear outside of sacrifices.

When all Toad Artefacts have appeared the Golden Toad will bless the Pond and grant each visiting Lord who sends a scout a one-time unique boon: (Pick one of the following. Doesn't work if another Lord has picked the same boon, or you've already had a boon: 1. -40 debt; 2. transform all your toads back into their original forms; 3. return to you one sacrificed, destroyed or removed-from-county artefact of your choice; 4. conquer any unoccupied known tile on the map; 5. transform one unit anywhere on the map into a toad; 6. fix a castle or fort to full wall health; 7. remove a curse from any one artefact; 8. Gain 5 gold, 5 stone, 5 wood, 5 bows, 5 siege engines, 5 toads)

Marquess Vulk learns that in N3 is Serene Glade - Forest. Units in the Glade won't march, fly, or be lured by artefacts, and no monsters will spawn here. A fort may be built in the Glade.


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Spoiler: Known Artefact List (click to show/hide)

Held By Dragons
Crepuscular Dragon: Wisp Wand (at the start of every combat a wisp appears; there's a 2/3 chance it joins your side.)
Garrison Plans (For each recruitment over cap, 1 guard appears in the Garrison. Guards can never march or be redeployed, but will defend; if you have multiple Garrisons, the new Guards are split between them evenly, with excess going to the main castle). Doesn't count towards anathema count.


In the world
B1 is the Black Trotter (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Trotter will gain the Black Trotter.) (One unit attacks first twice at the start of each combat, but each time they kill a unit somewhere a boar will turn into a grand tusk- a giant pig that counts as 2 boar. If no boar are currently on the map, the next X boar to appear will all be grand tusks, where X is the number of units killed by the Trotter.)
C1 is the Blood Forge Plans
C8 is Hedgeblade (One unit gains +7 attack, but there's a 75% chance the unit will be targeted by any given enemy attack until the unit dies.
E2 is the Boarskin Coat (when you attack boars, they don't get first attack, they get two attacks on their first counterattack)
F9 is Murkblade (a scout will kill any lone human enemy they discover while scouting.)
G10 is Bitter Brew  (The set of armies this is equipped to never retreats from losses.)
I5 is Siege Workshop Plans (The owner of this can build a Siege Workshop as a feature (spending 10 stone as normal). Siege Workshop: You can build these two alternative types of seige engine: 1. Battering Ram: destroy walls on a 4+ for one round (or 3+ or 2+ if you spend 2 or 4 more wood). 2. Giant Trebuchet: destroy 1d4 defence before the attack begins. You may spend 1-3 stone in ammunition to add 1-3 d4s to this.) Doesn't count towards anathema count.
J4 is Wellspring Staff (the Wellspring Staff may be cast into marshland by a unit to turn it into a lake (spilling out into all adjacent tiles - units can drown this way without proper precautions). If the staff is recovered (by boat etc) in subsequent turns, the lake remains.)
J6 is the Black Lance (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding the Black Lance will gain the Black Lance.) (You never attack first in combats, but on your first attack all your attackers will attack three times. The turn after slaying someone with the lance, Dragons will preferentially fly one square in your direction when flying to a new home. When this first discovered, place the Dawn Dragon on M6 (the Dawn Dragon counts for 15 armies)).
J6 is the Black Claw (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Claw will gain the Black Claw.) (+4 dice rolled when attacking, every time someone is killed by a force wielding the claw, the nearest square with a bog cat gains another cat. If there are none, a bog cat will appear in the nearest empty square.)
J6 is the Shimmering Coin (+2 on rolls that determine gold amounts)
J6 - Perfidy's Horn (Monster units controlled by a human unit in the vicinity will become hostile third parties, turning on everyone.)
L3 is Bonemeal Shield (The first time the unit this is attached to dies each combat, a random opposing unit dies instead, and the Lord gains +1 Anathema.)
L3 is Doghorn (Bog Cats will attempt to flee in the opposite direction of the army or scout holding this. Declare the direction of approach is multiple are possible, otherwise it's random.)
L3 is Rip Cage (Unit this is attached to can only die on an 8+, but makes -1 dice rolls in combat.)
L3 is Fleshbane (Gain +1 dice vs living humans.)
L3 is Dreadskull (any unit fleeing from an army with the Dreadskull will instead desert.)
M3 is the Rock Ring (With a scout, raise up a mountain wall between any two tiles. You must own at least one of the tiles to do this.)
R3 is Black Cloud, Bryn's Club, King's Writ.

Held by Lords

Sol: Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)

Bridge Plans (Can build bridges between any two adjacent tiles separated by water, if you own at least one side. Costs 10 stone. You can replace 2 wood for any 1 stone in construction (e.g. 5 stone and 10 wood. Doesn't count towards anathema count)

The Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)

Ayes: Sundering Claw (assign a scout to crack open a permanent path through any adjacent mountain. 25% chance to call a hostile dragon to the location)

Bockhoven: Golden Net (A scout carrying this across water has a 25% chance of rolling on the treasure table)

the Rhuddy Cape (the unit this is assigned to is now considered a giant)

The Wolf Crystal (wolves encountered will join the army instead (they still all run away when injured)

Watchtower plans (Can build Watchtowers for 10 stone. Watchtowers allow defenders to attack first during the first round of a seige, and owner gets a hill report. Doesn't count towards anathema count)

Cragman's Spike (a scout may pass through mountains)

Thornish Lodestone (while this remains in the Hedge, whenever no Thornish fort is on the map, another fort is revealed in a sector usually far from the owner of this artefact (most distant of two rolls)


the Speculator's Rod (a scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

Whiptide Sail (one boat or ship can travel twice as far.)

Vulk: the Last Femur! (1/4 chance of each dead unit being resurrected to your side as a skeleton warrior when they die)

Cat Sack (defeated Bog Cats are put in the Cat Sack instead of being killed if the Cat Sack is held by the winning force. These cats are owned but unfriendly, and any number can be released by an army in any combat, or let loose by a scout in any tile.)

Prince FitzHarbort: Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).

Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)

Sent to the King:
Hunter's Stand (Archers in the army this is attached to only die on 5s if no other units remain)

Marrowfat Throne (when owned by someone of Squelsh heritage, one Squelsh defector will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production) and adjacent Squelsh armies will join your attacks on non-Squelsh; when owned by an Alkabrian or other, +30 reprisal chance, +100 reprisal chance if destroyed.)

Pellucid Orb (+1 to scout travel distance)

Spoiler: Known Unique Sites (click to show/hide)

A5 is Castle Aubade (Tower, Coppicing Grove, Shipyard), with the Speculator's Rod, Shield of Earth, Whiptide Sail. Two boats and a ship are also here.

A6 is The Knuckle Yard - Ritual death ring of the Squelsh natives. Owner may choose at any time to close down the yard (+20 reprisal chance). While operational: +2 income, if possible, two Barbarians from two different random squares will leave their post to fight at the start of each enemy phase, one one will return a Squelsh Champion (counts as two units, +1 to its attacks).


C8 is the Crimson Tower (Keep/Tower/Bloodforge) Defence 17/17,  - Dai the Bloodsinger has a Bloodforge in which 3 armies may be sacrificed to create a new artefact (and become anathema to all).

D5 is the Puffin Prongs - Hill. High up on each of the twin spires 2 random artefacts can be found (though what each one is unknown before making the steps). Making ladders and steps to get them will cost 4 wood each. Guarding Puffin Prongs is the Fullflood Dragon and the Neapflood Dragon, who will always try to be together and won't stray while the other lives. (Site only appears on a coast or water tile.)

E7 and K1 are the Walking Stone Circles - A pair of sites. They are considered adjacent: units can walk from one to the other across the map. Each is initially defended by three giants. They will let anyone pass through both tiles unharmed in a turn as if they were owned by the traveller, for 1 gold per unit passing (if they do so, they won't join a monster march). Gold accumulates on the first stone circle passed through. Enemies always find the gold for it.

F11 is Lake Sorrow.

F12 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance to reprisals to 0. This only works for people who don't own the Grove.

G3 is Yawing Crevice (A desolate crack in the earth. Artefacts may be destroyed by a scout or army throwing it into the crevice. Doing so releases a tanglebat, which will attack anyone present at the time, including scouts. Doing so also grants a permanent -2 anathema score. Only appears in WW.)

G10 is Wolfhaven Woods - Forest. Spiritual home of wolf kind. Inhabited by 10d4 wolves (25). These wolves will only flee if less than 10 remain. Any wolves that would otherwise be loyal to a non-wolf, are loyal to the wolves in these woods. Wolves in this forest will never march on anywhere.

H10 is Owl Woods - Forest. Originally guarded by the Dusk Dragon (the Dusk Dragon counts for 10 armies) and seven wisps. The dragon holds Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).

L2 is is the Puzzle Dungeon of Mad Lord Frost (Castle with keep, Seige Workshop) 13/13 defence - Lord Frost, a paranoid and inventive Thornish holdout, has retreated deep into his keep to tinker on his creations and allowed monsters to live in the outer areas. While he holds the Puzzle Dungeon, this castle counts as a lair: roll three on the monster table [2 giant, 2 wisps] for initial population. Any monsters marching from this location gain a randomly typed seige engine. He has stockpiled 2d6 wood [5] and 1d6 stone [2].

L3 is The Prison of the Anathalord - Hill -  Defence (14/20) - The Anathalord, a powerful Bone Reckoner, is stuck within a near-impregnable prison (only attack rolls of 8+ may damage the cage (and not him), and he cannot attack from within it). If the Anathalord ever gets loose, all existing skeletal units would crumble and reconstitute by his side (as a one-time effect). The Anathalord can gain Anathema. The Anathalord carries the Last Femur [Doghorn], the Bonemeal Shield, the Rip Cage, the Dreadskull and Fleshbane (or random artefacts for any already discovered). Only found in WW, full-mountain or ocean tiles. Nearby monster marches can seek to free the Anathalord if the prison is as close or closer than a normal target.

L4 unscouted unique site. A building sinking into the ground.

L5 is Lake Longing - (Water makes this tile impassible except by boat or ship. Spills over onto adjacent tiles. Won't spawn on a coast.)

L6 is Hogland Hollow - Forest. Inhabited by 3d6 Boar. While it is unconquered, at the end of any turn when there is less than 10 boars in this forest, 1d4 more boar will appear. Your scout withdraws to safety.

N3 is some kind of unscouted forest glade?

O8 is The Hag Market. Marshland. Protected by 9 bog hags and 27 bog cats. Scouts can be sent to the market to buy bog cats (4 gold each) and otherwise may pass through without being attacked. Half the money spent here remains as possible loot. Friendly bog cats have +1 attack in marshland, and while you have a cat, they give -1 (non-cumulative) to enemy attack rolls. Cats cannot be sent to scout, and they cannot be send to attack or patrol by themselves. Monsters won't march from this location."

R3 is The Castle of Bryn the Brawn (Keep/Tower/Tower) Defence 21/21, occupied by Bryn, a giant, and his family, three more giants. The adjacent squares are also within his domain. Bryn will wage war to retake any squares adjacent to his castle, always accompanied in battle by 1d6 wolves.

R10 is the Scout Hut - Initially abandoned and inhabited by a family of 6 boar. Up to three armies can be assigned to the Hut as if it were a fort and they don't count towards your army cap. These armies can scout so long at they begin scouting from a tile adjacent to the hut. Spend 3 wood to dismantle and reassemble the hut on an empty tile you own.

T3 is The Moot - Village with 2d2 (2+1=3) Squelsh Barbarians and a moat (6/6 defense). It is the neutral meeting place of rival Squelsh bands. At the start of each enemy turn, each tile with a Squelsh Barbarian has a 25% chance of sending someone to the Moot. The first Squelsh reprisal each turn will be joined by whomever is in the Moot. If the Moot is conquered, a new Moot (with a new moat) will appear in the most populous Squelsh-held village at the start of the next player turn, or if there are no such villages, it may appear in future tile generation (from scouting, research etc.).

T11 is Hero's Tor - Hill Fort (Steep Path: Siege Engines cannot assail this hill) (9/9). An ageing Squelsh Champion (counts as two units, +1 to its attacks) with the Bloody Standard (+1 all attack rolls) sits in retirement in this fort, with his retinue of 6 Squelsh Barbarians, and two pet wisps.

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Notes
- Through a lot of teamwork, the Order has been defeated. Now you just have to deal with the rampaging monsters and the Hedge will be almost safe to live in...

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 20 - SCALES
Post by: a1s on July 03, 2023, 11:26:40 am

Why did my 15 armies inflict only 13 hits, when they all rolled 9 and above?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 20 - SCALES
Post by: Horizon on July 03, 2023, 11:34:23 am

Trades & Purchases:
- Spend 26 gold to gain 13 stone.
- Spend 4 gold to buy 2 armies
- Use 6 wood, to build 3 Siege Weapons.
- Send 12 wolves back to Bockhoven, and at the Marquess' behest keep 7 wolves as sign of our formal alliance.
- (+1) army, gained via Mustering Yard
- (+1) wood gained via forest (C2)
Orders for Turn 18:
- Repair the Castle of Obeisance, with 19 stone and rename the Order to that of the Coalition of Freedom of which Bockhoven and Sol shall form. From this point forward the Castle of Obeisance will be known as the Castle of Freedom.
- Have 5 armies carrying the Verbian Tusk march to B1, to claim the Black Trotter with 4 wolves and 3 siege weapons to back them.
- 5 armies march to E2, to where the Boarskin Coat is located, with 3 wolves to back them.
- The Shield of Earth is left in the Castle of Freedom with one army with bows (1)
- Two armies patrol the Fort at B2 with bows (2)

Spoiler: Sol, Inheritor of Swearing (click to show/hide)

Sol, Son of Gloronisits and Hero of Swearing
Background: Hero
Castle Name: Castle of Freedom
Castle Location: D2
Border Colour: Gold
Army: 11/13
Defence: 19/19
Wood Production/Inv: +1 (13)
Stone Production/Inv: +0 (0)
Recruitment: 0
Gold: 5
Income: 0
Debt: 0

Features:
- Defenses:
   •  Moat: +6/6 defence
   •  Keep: +3/+3 defence, your last defender cannot be killed during a siege until your defence is less than 3.
- Resources:
   •  Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
   •  Barracks:  Increase maximum army size by +3
- Knowledge:
   •  Garrison: For each recruitment over cap, 1 guard appears in the Garrison. Guards can never march or be redeployed, but will defend; if you have multiple Garrisons, the new Guards are split between them evenly, with excess going to the main castle.

Artefacts:
  - Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)
  - Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)
Equipment:
- (3) Bows
- (3) Siege Weapons
Special Units:
- (7) Wolves

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 18 - CAPTURE
Post by: a1s on July 04, 2023, 06:52:58 am

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Army: 21/29
Border Colour: Red
Castles:
 Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
 Castle Location N-13
 Defence: 14/18
 Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks, Tower(x3)

 Castle Name: Castle Wright
 Castle Location: K14
 Defense: 0/13
 Features: Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace, Keep, Barracks (+1 wood, +1 recruitment, +3 army cap, +1 gold)

Wood Production: 10
Stone production: 1
Recruitment: 7
Income: 2
Curses: 0
Wood: 27
Gold: 6
Stone:4
Debt: 0

Forts :
- L15 defense 9/9 garrison 3/3.
- N11 defense 1/3 garrison 0/3
- L6 defense 4/4 garrison 1 archer
- M7 defense 0/3 garrison 0/3
Artifacts: Sundering Claw
Equipment: None
Special Units: 4 wolves, 2 cats

Orders:
March 1 on K5
March 1 on L11
March 1 on L12
March 2 on J6
March 2 armies and a wolf on L13
Garrison 2 armies in L6
March 12 armies and a cat on J9

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 20 - SCALES
Post by: Criptfeind on July 04, 2023, 08:44:50 am

Spoiler: Turn 19 gains/losses (click to show/hide)

-3 Cat Sack charges
+Black Baldric
+9 siege engines
-18 wood

N6: Quarry +1 stone production
O5: Village +1 Recruitment
O7: Village +1 recruitment
+1 gold
-3 armies
S5: Forest Fort Hemlock 4/6 +1 Wood production
S7: Hill Fort Willow 5/7
S9: Village +1 Recruitment
M4: Hill
Castle Mysterious unsieged
-1 army
+3 gold
+1 Skeleton
R4 gains fort Cryptic 4/4
-5 wood
R5 gains fort Ominous 4/4
-5 wood

-R4: Marsh Fort Cryptic 4/4

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Colour: Blue
Extra VP? +16
Anathema: 7 (artifacts) 25 (monster units) 9 (sacrifices) 10 (knight kills) 1 (Bloodforge) = 52

Castle Mysterious: P14
Defence: 9/10
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove (+3 Army cap, +1 recuitment +1 wood)

Point Swearing: S14
Defense: 10/10
Features: Shipyard, Coppicing Grove, Library, Barracks (+1 wood +3 army cap)

Wood Production: 13
Recruitment: 12
Income: 3
Stone Production: 3

Army: 32-3-1=28+12!-12=28/26
Gold: 3+1+3+3=10
Debt: 0
Wood: 31-18-5-5+13=16
Stone: 2+3=5

Artifacts: Last Femur, Cat Sack (12), Saints Knuckles, Crimson Drum, Marrowfat Scepter, Juniper Cape, Black Baldric
Equipment: 1 ship
Special Units: 22 Skeleton warriors 0 Skeleton Archers 3 Cats
Curses:

Holdings list:
K13: Forest Fort +1 Wood production
M4: Hill
N5: Marsh
N6: Quarry +1 stone production
N7: Taghairn cave: Sacrifice 3 cats to make an artifact
O5: Village +1 Recruitment
O6: Village +1 Recruitment
O7: Village +1 recruitment
O14: Village +1 Recruitment
O15: Forest +1 Wood production
P6: Forest +1 Wood production
P7: Marsh
P8: Forest +1 Wood production
P9: Hill
P10 Village +1 Recruitment
P11: Forest Fort Ivy 4/8 +1 Wood Production
P12: Lair
P13 Village +1 Recruitment
P15: Hill
Q5: Village Moat 6/6 +1 Recruitment
Q8: Gold mine +1 income
Q9: Marsh
Q6: Forest +1 Wood production
Q11: Marsh
Q12: Village +1 Recruitment
Q13: Village +1 Recruitment
Q14: Hill Fort Hawthorn 0/5 1 armies
R4: Marsh Fort Cryptic 4/4
R5: Marsh Fort Ominous 4/4
R6: Marsh
R7: Mine +1 Gold
R8: Village +1 recruitment
R11: Marsh
R12: Quarry +1 Stone production
R13: Marsh
R14: Village +1 recruitment
R15: Marsh
S5: Forest Fort Hemlock 4/6 +1 Wood production
S7: Hill Fort Willow 5/7
S9: Village +1 Recruitment
S10: Forest Fort Sycamore 0/3 defenses +1 wood production 3 Armies
S11: Hill
S12: Forest +1 wood production
S13: Forest +1 wood production
T12: Forest +1 Wood production
T13: Quarry +1 Stone production

Spoiler: Turn 20 (click to show/hide)

Make 8 seige engines with 16 wood

SAcrifice 3 cats from the cat sack to Taghairn cave

March 8 Armies and 10 skeletons and 1 cat to L3
March 17 Armies and 12 skeletons and 2 cats with 8 siege weapons to R4 holding the last femur, the crimson drum, and Black Baldric
March 1 army to S6
March 1 army to S8
March 1 army to N3

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 18 - CAPTURE
Post by: notquitethere on July 04, 2023, 09:56:46 am

Quote from: a1s on July 04, 2023, 06:52:58 am

I seem to have the wrong defense for Oak and Ash. What is it really?

When it was under siege, the enemy did 4 damage to the walls. I don't think its been damaged at other times.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 19 - PUNISHMENT
Post by: Quarque on July 05, 2023, 03:00:16 am

Trade:
Receive 12 wolves from lord Sol and declare an official alliance with them
(support attack of Fitzharbort in return for keeping the wolves, see below)

Actions:
buy 4 stone
buy 9 armies
build 2 siege engines
build Keep in castle Bockelstein
12 army with 2 siege engines and the Wolf Crystal march on I10 to support the attack of prince Fitzharbort
1 wolf garrisons castle Bockelstein
Scout with 1 army and the Speculators Rod C12 => D13
March with 1 army to D8
Two ships carry 14 armies, the Rhuddy Cape and 1 wolf to march on D5
One army brings the Thornish Lodestone to the king, using the outpost
One army brings the Cragman's Spike to the king, using the outpost
One scout sails to D6 by boat with the Golden Net and the Whiptide Sail
One army scouts D9 -> E9
Three armies and 22 wolves march on C8

Spoiler: Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow
C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defense: 10/10
Features:
   • Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
   • Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
   • Shipyard: -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
   • Barracks: +3 army cap
A5 - Castle Aubade
Defence: 14/14
   • Tower: +4/4 defence, increase maximum army size by +1
   • Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production.
   • Shipyard: -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
   • Alkabarian Outpost
A11 - Selkie Court: 0/31 defense
   • Keep, Moat x 3

Total Army Cap: 34

Resources:
Army: 34 (+7/turn) = 18(curr) +7(inc) + 9(buy)
Gold: 2 (+3/turn) = 5(curr) + 3(inc) + 20(treasure) -18(buy armies) -8(buy stone)
Stone: 0 (+2/turn) = 4(curr) + 2(inc) +4(buy) -10(build Keep)
Wood: 6 (+8/turn) = 2(curr) +8(inc) -4(siege engines)

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape, the Golden Net, the Wolf Crystal, Speculator's Rod, Whiptide Sail, Cragman's Spike, Thornish Lodestone
Equipment: 1 Boat and 3 Ships
Special Units: 24 wolves (12 current + 12 from lord Sol)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 SCREAM
Post by: Kashyyk on July 05, 2023, 09:17:07 am

Spend 10 Wood to build 5 Siege engines

5 armies march on J4
9 armies, 5 Siege engines and Ascupart's Bane march on I10, supported by Bockhoven's forces

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

G8 - Forest: Fort Aquarius
Defence 5/5
Garrison: 1/3 (1x Infantry)

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 14
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)
 - Alkabrian Outpost (see here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181666.msg8481075#msg8481075))

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 4/8
Garrison: 3/3 (2x Archers, 1x Infantry)

I11 - Forest: Fort Hollivy
Defence: 0/8
Garrison: 0/3

I10 - Marsh: Fort Capricorn
Defence: 4/5
Garrison: 0/3

J14 - Marsh: Fort Tailor
Defence: 4/4
Garrison: 2/3 (2x Infantry)

J10 - Castle: Sundered Spire
Defence: 0/11
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Tower (+4/+4 Defence, +1 Army Cap)
 - Watchtower (Defender's get first strike, gives Hill report)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)

J9 - Forest: Fort Juniper
Defence: 0/5
Garrison: 0/3

Resources:
Army : 14/14 (+8/turn) = 14(curr) + 9(inc) - 4(casualties) - 1(curse)
Gold: 31 (+1/turn) = 22(curr) +2(inc) + 8(loot) - 1(curse)
Stone: 1 (+0/turn) = 1(curr) - 1(curse)
Wood : 24 (+6/turn) = 28(curr) + 7(inc) - 10(build siege engines)- 1(curse)
Debt: 20
Victory Points: 20

Territory: F13 (Forest), F15 (Village), G15 (Forest), G14 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), G11 (Lair: Wolf Den), G9 (Village), G8 (Forest, Fort Aquarius), H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), H11 (Village), H5 (Forest), I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I13 (Hill), I12 (Marsh), I11 (Forest, Fort Hollivy), I10 (Marsh), I9 (Village), I6 (Forest), J15 (Hill), J11 (Village), J10 (Sundered Spire), J9 (Marsh, Fort Juniper), J8 (Hill), J7 (Forest), K15 (Forest), K12 (Village), K10 (Swamp)
Artefacts:
 - Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants)
 - Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)
Equipment: None
Units: 14x Infantry

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 21 - REGRET
Post by: notquitethere on July 05, 2023, 06:19:41 pm

TURN 20 REPORT

Spoiler: Marquess Vulk (click to show/hide)

Sacrifice 3 cats from the cat sack to Taghairn cave: Three cats are fed into the bloodforge and in return Vulk pulls out the Thornish Crown! (When owned by someone of Thornish heritage, one Thornish Holdout will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production); when owned by an Alkabrian or other, becomes the preferential target for all Thornish attacks until the crown is reclaimed. Doesn't count towards Anathema count.)

March 8 Armies and 10 skeletons and 1 cat to L3: The dragon killing one of your armies. (Killing one skeleton.) A bog cat is killed.
Your armies attack (with nine skeletons) (7, 5, 3, 2, 4, 8, 7, 1, 4, 1, 1, 4, 1, 3, 6 and 7), defeating six of the enemies (dragon (part), bone reckoner, skeletal warrior, dragon (part), skeletal archer and dragon (part)).

The enemy attacks back (4, 8, 6, 4, 8, 1, 7 and 1), killing two of your armies. (Killing one skeleton.)
Your armies attack (with eight skeletons) (1, 7, 8, 6, 8, 2, 7, 5, 6, 1, 3, 4 and 1), defeating seven of the enemies (skeletal warrior, dragon (part), skeletal warrior, dragon (part), skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior and skeletal warrior).

The enemy attacks back (4), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with eight skeletons) (2, 8, 7, 4, 4, 5, 3, 4, 5, 3, 1, 5 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (bone reckoner).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.
 From the dragon horde, you gain ten gold.
 Your total losses: three armies, two skeletons, one bog cat

March 17 Armies and 12 skeletons and 2 cats with 8 siege weapons to R4 holding the last femur, the crimson drum, and Black Baldric:
The enemy hides behind their walls  (4 wall strength).
The boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part) attack first (6, 0, 0, 0, 7, 4, 7, 5, 7, 2, 5, 3, 2, 6, 1, 3 and 2), from behind their walls, killing two of your armies. The Last Femur fails to raise anyone.
(Killing one skeleton.) A siege begins with your fifteen camped outside the walls!

Your armies attack (with two bog cats and the Black Baldric) (with eleven skeletons) (11, 11, 14, 15, 11, 15, 14, 10, 8, 10, 13, 8, 8, 8, 14, 14, 11, 10, 12, 14, 13, 8, 13, 14, 11, 10, 12, 12, 14, 12, 14 and 15), defeating all of the enemies (dragon (part), dragon (part), tanglebat, boar, boar, boar, boar, bog cat, dragon (part), boar, dragon (part), dragon (part) and boar).
The last femur raises three skeleton warriors!  From the dragon horde, you gain thirteen gold.
The fort is taken. Net skeleton +2. Total losses: two.

March 1 army to S6: Village conquered.

March 1 army to S8: Marsh conquered.

March 1 army to N3: Serene Glade conquered. (Forest. Units in the Glade won't march, fly, or be lured by artefacts, and no monsters will spawn here. A fort may be built in the Glade.)

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

March 1 on K5: Village conquered.

March 1 on L11: Marsh conquered.

March 1 on L12: Hill conquered. Nothing new learned from hill report.

March 2 on J6: The enemy hides behind their walls  The enemy hides behind their walls  (4 wall strength).
Your armies attack (7 and 4), damaging the walls (1) with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back with the Black Claw and Black Lance (2, 3, 1, 5, 8, 7, 6, 5, 5, 8, 7, 3, 4, 4, 7, 8, 2 and 5), from behind their walls, killing both of your armies. Two more bog cats appear at the Sundered Spire (J10)
Your total losses: two.

March 2 armies and a wolf on L13: The enemy hides behind their walls  (7 wall strength).

Your armies attack (with one wolf) (7, 2 and 6), damaging the walls (2) with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (1 and 7), from behind their walls, killing one of your armies. A siege continues with your men camped outside the walls!
 Your total losses: one.

March 12 armies and a cat on J9: The dragon attacks first (6, 1, 2, 6 and 1), killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (7, 8, 4, 1, 6, 3, 3, 4, 6, 5 and 6), defeating five of the enemies (dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part)).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.
 From the dragon horde, you gain six gold.
 Your total losses: two.

Spoiler: Marquess Bockhoven - Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

build Keep in castle Bockelstein: Built.

12 army with 2 siege engines and the Wolf Crystal march on I10 to support the attack of prince Fitzharbort (See Fitzharbort)

Scout with 1 army and the Speculators Rod C12 => D13: In D13 a quarry is discovered!

March with 1 army to D8: Empty marshland conquered.

Two ships carry 14 armies, the Rhuddy Cape and 1 wolf to march on D5: The dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part) attack first (6, 7, 6, 7, 2, 7, 4, 8, 3 and 6), your giant takes two hits, and the foe end up killing four of your armies.
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (with one wolf) (2, 7, 2, 1, 1, 1, 5, 6, 3, 7 and 3), defeating four of the enemies (dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part)).

The enemy attacks back (5, 2, 7, 4, 5 and 4), killing zero of your armies. A wolf is killed.
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (3, 4, 7, 3, 2, 8, 8, 2, 5 and 1), defeating four of the enemies (dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part)).

The enemy attacks back (2 and 2), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (4, 8, 8, 4, 6, 4, 6, 3, 5 and 4), defeating two of the enemies (dragon (part) and dragon (part)).
All enemies are defeated and Puffin Prongs is absorbed into your county. (High up on each of the twin spires 2 random artefacts can be found (though what each one is unknown before making the steps). Making ladders and steps to get them will cost 4 wood each. )
From the dragon hordes, you gain twenty gold.
Your total losses: five.
From the hill:
NW: you see a village
N: you see ocean
NE: you see hill
E: you see a forest
SE: you see hill
S: you see a forest
SW: you see village
W: you see marshland

One army brings the Thornish Lodestone to the king, using the outpost: +14 victory points.

One army brings the Cragman's Spike to the king, using the outpost: +12 victory points.

One scout sails to D6 by boat with the Golden Net and the Whiptide Sail: No treasure found. You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the dense trees they find six Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

One army scouts D9 -> E9: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the windswept bluffs they find one wisp.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Three armies and 22 wolves march on C8: Your armies attack (with twenty-two wolves) Dai the Bloodsinger wields the Hedgeblade and the Soul Nexus (Once per turn, if someone attacks a castle containing the Soul Nexus and a Bloodforge, three human attackers will be sacrificed at the start of each combat to the Bloodforge, if possible. Worth five anathema. Found in the Crimson Tower.) Three armies are sacrificed in the forge to create Moonlight's Edge (Roll extra attack dice equal to the anathema value of the opponent's artefacts (ordinarily 1 each) in the tile before combat begins). There is no one to lead the wolves so they go home.

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

5 armies march on J4: The wisps use the Wellspring Staff to turn the marshland into a lake Wisp Lake, drowning the 5 armies. The wisps serenely float on the water.

9 armies, 5 Siege engines and Ascupart's Bane march on I10, supported by Bockhoven's 12 army with 2 siege engines and the Wolf Crystal march on I10: The ten wolves turn to your side (leaving the fort) The enemy hides behind their walls  (3 wall strength).
The enemy hides behind their walls  (3 wall strength).
The boar and grand tusk attack first (6, 7, 4, 6, 5 and 5), from behind their walls, killing zero of your armies. A wolf is killed.  Then the rest run away. A siege begins with your twenty-one camped outside the walls!

Your armies attack (11, 8, 9, 11, 10, 7, 13, 7, 7, 14, 11, 8, 12, 14, 10, 13, 12, 12, 7, 9, 12, 8 and 9), damaging the walls (3) and breaking through into the fort, defeating seventeen of the enemies (everyone except two wisps).

The enemy attacks back (6, 7), killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (8, 1, 1, 5, 5, 6, 3, 4, 2, 2, 1, 4, 1, 6, 6, 7, 4, 3, 1, 5 and 3), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (, killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (5, 4, 6, 5, 4, 7, 8, 1, 7, 1, 2, 7, 7, 1, 6, 4, 2, 1, 8 and 5), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: three (two FitzHarbort, one BockHoven). Gain nine wolves. Gain +1 wood from the slain giant. Tanglebats appear to be eradicated from the Hedge!

Spoiler: Count Sol (click to show/hide)

Repair the Castle of Obeisance, with 19 stone and rename the Order to that of the Coalition of Freedom of which Bockhoven and Sol shall form. From this point forward the Castle of Obeisance will be known as the Castle of Freedom.: Castle of Freedom is repaired.

- Have 5 armies carrying the Verbian Tusk march to B1, to claim the Black Trotter with 4 wolves and 3 siege weapons to back them. A boar joins the party!
Six armies march into a forest beyond the border. In the towering trees they find four wolves. One wolf has the Black Trotter.
Your boar attacks first (2, 2).
The Black Trotter Wolf attacks twice (7, 3), killing one army. A boar becomes a Grand Tusk in I10.
Your five armies attack (with four wolves) (1, 2, 5, 5, 6, 1, 3, 8 and 5), defeating four of the enemies (wolf, wolf, wolf and wolf).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county. You take the Black Trotter.

- 5 armies march to E2, to where the Boarskin Coat is located, with 3 wolves to back them: Five armies march into a marshland beyond the border. In the murky bog they find two wolves, one wearing the Boarskin Coat.

Your armies attack (with three wolves) (5, 2, 6, 3, 5, 8, 5 and 1), defeating two of the enemies (wolf and wolf).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county. You gain the Boarskin Coat.

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

The Black Lance exerts a pull on those Dragons that wander.
- [E5] The dragon doesn't wander.
- [F9] The Murkdragon doesn't wander.
- [I8] The dragon flies southwest towards the Black Lance.
- [O4] The Dawn Dragon doesn't wander.
- [P3] The dragon flies north, towards the Black Lance.
- [R3] The Crepuscular Dragon doesn't wander.

Barbarians from A4 and F14 fight in the Knuckle Yard. F14 wins and returns a Champion.
Barbarian-occupied tiles C4, E15, F14, T5 send someone to the moot.
- Reprisals:
--[Vulk 32%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Ayes 5%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[FitzHarbort 3%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Bockhoven 1%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Sol 0%]  The Squelsh are quiet... for now.

The Crepuscular Dragon is in effect:
- [E5] Fort - Joining the lair is two wolves.
- [F5] Castle Bacchus -  Joining the lair is one rampaging boar and a Bloodsinger with the Charnel Knife (Equipped unit gains +1 to attacks for every unit you have sacrificed since owning the Charnel Knife- Bloodsingers with this get +3.).
- [I11] Joining the lair is one wisp.
- [J6] No new monsters come.
- [J10] Sundered Spire: No new monsters come.
- [K11] Joining the lair is two wisps.
- [L2] Puzzle Dungeon: Joining the lair is a dragon.
- [L10] No new monsters come.
- [Q3] Crepuscular Lair: Joining the lair is a dragon.
- [S3] Giant's Toe: No new monsters come.

Bryn and his family of two giants, joined by ten wolves, a wisp, and the Crepuscular Dragon war to take back the marsh in R4. In R4 Vulk's 15 armies, 14 skeletons, and 2 cats, with the last Femur, Crimson Drum and Black Baldric wait behind the  walls. A wisp joins the Crimson Dragon. The Crimson Dragon attacks first (7, 6, 7, 7, 4, 2, 4, 0, 5, 5, 4, 0, 2, 3, 7, 0 and 7), damaging the walls (4) and breaking through into the fort, killing one of your armies and one skeleton. The last femur raises one skeleton warrior!
Your armies attack (with two bog cats and the Black Baldric) (with fourteen skeletons) (7, 3, 4, 6, 3, 6, 3, 7, 1, 4, 8, 3, 3, 6, 6, 5, 5, 6, 2, 2, 4, 3, 1, 4, 4, 1, 3, 6, 1, 3, 2 and 2), inflicting eleven hits (giant (part), giant (part), giant (part), dragon (part), giant (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), wolf, wolf and dragon (part)).
The Last Femur fails to raise anyone.
The other eight wolves retreat.
The wisp, wisp, giant (part), giant (part), giant (part), giant (part) and giant (part) attack next, with Bryn's Club (1, 7, 1, 5, 3, 7 and 7), killing two of your armies, and killing one skeleton.
The Last Femur fails to raise anyone.
Your armies attack (with two bog cats) (with thirteen skeletons) (3, 2, 2, 5, 4, 6, 3, 1, 7, 3, 6, 2, 2, 1, 5, 5, 6, 1, 3, 8, 5, 3, 4, 3, 8, 1, 8 and , inflicting twelve hits (dragon x7, giant x4, wisp x1).
The Last Femur fails to raise anyone.
The attackers take too many casualties and withdraw.
You take two wood from the slain giants.
Total losses: three armies, one skeleton

The Upswing Horde [K11] decide to attack the fort at J9.
The boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, militia, militia, bone reckoner, wisp, wisp, wisp, wisp, wisp, wisp, wisp, wisp, skeletal archer, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, boar, bog hag, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat and bog cat attack first (0, 5, 6, 6, 5, 1, 3, 0, 6, 3, 5, 4, 1, 6, 6, 1, 7, 7, 2, 6, 2, 7, 3, 2, 6, 3, 5, 6, 3, 2, 4, 6, 2, 6, 2, 5, 6 and 5), killing six of Ayes armies. A bog cat is killed.
Ayes armies attack (6, 6, 0 and 7), defeating three of the enemies (boar, bog cat and bog cat).

The enemy attacks back (9, 4, 5, 4, 6, 3, 3, 9, 3, 5, 4, 7, 5, 6, 8, 4, 5, 7, 8, 2, 5, 8, 9, 9, 5, 7, 4, 9, 2, 8, 4, 2, 8, 5 and 9), killing four of Ayes armies. Ayes  armies have been defeated.
Ayes total losses: ten units and a bog cat. The enemies take the six gold that would have been taken from the dragon horde.
The hag curses Marchioness Ayes (which should have been done before) while she lives: -1 income, -1 recruitment, -1 wood production, -1 stone production, to a minimum of 0 each).

There's no nearby Squelsh for The Marrowfat Sceptre to draw closer.

TURN 21

Research

Prince FitzHarbort learns that in F2 is Horn of Fool's Retort (at the start of combat, summons the Thunderstorm Dragon as a third-party participant in a fight, hostile to all sides. The Horn will always summon the same Thunderstorm dragon and is destroyed if the dragon perishes. The Thunderstorm Dragon is always hostile to everyone, can only be damaged by archers and flying units, flies above forts and castles and so cannot be harmed by siege weaponry and ignores walls and keeps, and always flies in the enemy phase. She will flee in a random direction if she takes three hits. She doesn't willingly pick up artefacts.)

Marquess Vulk learns that in L4 is the Sunken Library - Lair containing a library (that works the same as a normal library) and a Scriptorium (Once per turn, you may duplicate a Plan artefact). A place for students of the forbidden rites, only Bloodsingers and Bone Reckoners will appear here. It starts with 1d4 [1] Bloodsingers with artefacts [Black Dog], 1d4 Bone Reckoners [4], 1d4+3 [5] Skeletal Warriors and 1d4 [3] Skeletal Archers. Once this is revealed, Bloodsingers who flee combat will go here, including any still alive on the map having fled a previous combat. Bloodsingers and Bone Reckoners and their minions won't march from here. Only in WW.

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Spoiler: Known Artefact List (click to show/hide)

Held By Dragons
Crepuscular Dragon: Wisp Wand (at the start of every combat a wisp appears; there's a 2/3 chance it joins your side.)
Garrison Plans (For each recruitment over cap, 1 guard appears in the Garrison. Guards can never march or be redeployed, but will defend; if you have multiple Garrisons, the new Guards are split between them evenly, with excess going to the main castle). Doesn't count towards anathema count.

In the world
C1 is the Blood Forge Plans
C8 is Hedgeblade (One unit gains +7 attack, but there's a 75% chance the unit will be targeted by any given enemy attack until the unit dies.
C8 is Moonlight's Edge (Roll extra attack dice equal to the anathema value of the opponent's artefacts (ordinarily 1 each) in the tile before combat begins).
C8 is
D2 is Bridge Plans (Can build bridges between any two adjacent tiles separated by water, if you own at least one side. Costs 10 stone. You can replace 2 wood for any 1 stone in construction (e.g. 5 stone and 10 wood. Doesn't count towards anathema count)
F2 is Horn of Fool's Retort (at the start of combat, summons the Thunderstorm Dragon as a third-party participant in a fight, hostile to all sides. The Horn will always summon the same Thunderstorm dragon and is destroyed if the dragon perishes. The Thunderstorm Dragon is always hostile to everyone, can only be damaged by archers and flying units, flies above forts and castles and so cannot be harmed by siege weaponry and ignores walls and keeps, and always flies in the enemy phase. She will flee in a random direction if she takes three hits. She doesn't willingly pick up artefacts.)
F9 is Murkblade (a scout will kill any lone human enemy they discover while scouting.)
G10 is Bitter Brew  (The set of armies this is equipped to never retreats from losses.)
I5 is Siege Workshop Plans (The owner of this can build a Siege Workshop as a feature (spending 10 stone as normal). Siege Workshop: You can build these two alternative types of seige engine: 1. Battering Ram: destroy walls on a 4+ for one round (or 3+ or 2+ if you spend 2 or 4 more wood). 2. Giant Trebuchet: destroy 1d4 defence before the attack begins. You may spend 1-3 stone in ammunition to add 1-3 d4s to this.) Doesn't count towards anathema count.
J4 is Wellspring Staff (the Wellspring Staff may be cast into marshland by a unit to turn it into a lake (spilling out into all adjacent tiles - units can drown this way without proper precautions). If the staff is recovered (by boat etc) in subsequent turns, the lake remains.)
J6 is the Black Lance (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding the Black Lance will gain the Black Lance.) (You never attack first in combats, but on your first attack all your attackers will attack three times. The turn after slaying someone with the lance, Dragons will preferentially fly one square in your direction when flying to a new home. When this first discovered, place the Dawn Dragon on M6 (the Dawn Dragon counts for 15 armies)).
J6 is the Black Claw (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Claw will gain the Black Claw.) (+4 dice rolled when attacking, every time someone is killed by a force wielding the claw, the nearest square with a bog cat gains another cat. If there are none, a bog cat will appear in the nearest empty square.)
J6 is the Shimmering Coin (+2 on rolls that determine gold amounts)
J6 - Perfidy's Horn (Monster units controlled by a human unit in the vicinity will become hostile third parties, turning on everyone.)
L3 is Bonemeal Shield (The first time the unit this is attached to dies each combat, a random opposing unit dies instead, and the Lord gains +1 Anathema.)
L3 is Doghorn (Bog Cats will attempt to flee in the opposite direction of the army or scout holding this. Declare the direction of approach is multiple are possible, otherwise it's random.)
L3 is Rip Cage (Unit this is attached to can only die on an 8+, but makes -1 dice rolls in combat.)
L3 is Fleshbane (Gain +1 dice vs living humans.)
L3 is Dreadskull (any unit fleeing from an army with the Dreadskull will instead desert.)
L4 is Black Dog  (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Dog will gain the Black Dog.) (Black Dog adds 1d4 wolves to the enemy side during combat. If Black Dog is assigned to a scout, it will add 1d4 wolves to each tile scouted (after leaving). If it is assigned to a fort or left in the castle, 1d4 wolves will attack that location. Any wolves in the presence of the Black Dog that flee, desert, or are lured or commanded will instead try to return to their spiritual home, if possible.)
M3 is the Rock Ring (With a scout, raise up a mountain wall between any two tiles. You must own at least one of the tiles to do this.)
R3 is Black Cloud, Bryn's Club, King's Writ.

Held by Lords

Sol: Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)

the Black Trotter (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Trotter will gain the Black Trotter.) (One unit attacks first twice at the start of each combat, but each time they kill a unit somewhere a boar will turn into a grand tusk- a giant pig that counts as 2 boar. If no boar are currently on the map, the next X boar to appear will all be grand tusks, where X is the number of units killed by the Trotter.)

the Boarskin Coat (when you attack boars, they don't get first attack, they get two attacks on their first counterattack)

The Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)

Ayes: Sundering Claw (assign a scout to crack open a permanent path through any adjacent mountain. 25% chance to call a hostile dragon to the location)

Bockhoven: Golden Net (A scout carrying this across water has a 25% chance of rolling on the treasure table)

the Rhuddy Cape (the unit this is assigned to is now considered a giant)

The Wolf Crystal (wolves encountered will join the army instead (they still all run away when injured)

Watchtower plans (Can build Watchtowers for 10 stone. Watchtowers allow defenders to attack first during the first round of a seige, and owner gets a hill report. Doesn't count towards anathema count)

the Speculator's Rod (a scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

Whiptide Sail (one boat or ship can travel twice as far.)

Vulk: the Last Femur! (1/4 chance of each dead unit being resurrected to your side as a skeleton warrior when they die)

Thornish Crown (when owned by someone of Thornish heritage, one Thornish Holdout will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production); when owned by an Alkabrian or other, becomes the preferential target for all Thornish attacks until the crown is reclaimed. Doesn't count towards Anathema count.)

Cat Sack (defeated Bog Cats are put in the Cat Sack instead of being killed if the Cat Sack is held by the winning force. These cats are owned but unfriendly, and any number can be released by an army in any combat, or let loose by a scout in any tile.)

Prince FitzHarbort: Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).

Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)

Sent to the King:
Hunter's Stand (Archers in the army this is attached to only die on 5s if no other units remain)

Marrowfat Throne (when owned by someone of Squelsh heritage, one Squelsh defector will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production) and adjacent Squelsh armies will join your attacks on non-Squelsh; when owned by an Alkabrian or other, +30 reprisal chance, +100 reprisal chance if destroyed.)

Pellucid Orb (+1 to scout travel distance)

Cragman's Spike (a scout may pass through mountains)

Thornish Lodestone (while this remains in the Hedge, whenever no Thornish fort is on the map, another fort is revealed in a sector usually far from the owner of this artefact (most distant of two rolls)

Spoiler: Known Unique Sites (click to show/hide)

A5 is Castle Aubade (Tower, Coppicing Grove, Shipyard), with the Speculator's Rod, Shield of Earth, Whiptide Sail. Two boats and a ship are also here.

A6 is The Knuckle Yard - Ritual death ring of the Squelsh natives. Owner may choose at any time to close down the yard (+20 reprisal chance). While operational: +2 income, if possible, two Barbarians from two different random squares will leave their post to fight at the start of each enemy phase, one one will return a Squelsh Champion (counts as two units, +1 to its attacks).

C8 is the Crimson Tower (Keep/Tower/Bloodforge) Defence 10/17,  - Dai the Bloodsinger has a Bloodforge in which 3 armies may be sacrificed to create a new artefact (and become anathema to all).

D5 is the Puffin Prongs - Hill. High up on each of the twin spires 2 random artefacts can be found (though what each one is unknown before making the steps). Making ladders and steps to get them will cost 4 wood each. Guarding Puffin Prongs is the Fullflood Dragon and the Neapflood Dragon, who will always try to be together and won't stray while the other lives. (Site only appears on a coast or water tile.)

E7 and K1 are the Walking Stone Circles - A pair of sites. They are considered adjacent: units can walk from one to the other across the map. Each is initially defended by three giants. They will let anyone pass through both tiles unharmed in a turn as if they were owned by the traveller, for 1 gold per unit passing (if they do so, they won't join a monster march). Gold accumulates on the first stone circle passed through. Enemies always find the gold for it.

F11 is Lake Sorrow.

F12 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance to reprisals to 0. This only works for people who don't own the Grove.

G3 is Yawing Crevice (A desolate crack in the earth. Artefacts may be destroyed by a scout or army throwing it into the crevice. Doing so releases a tanglebat, which will attack anyone present at the time, including scouts. Doing so also grants a permanent -2 anathema score. Only appears in WW.)

G7 is is Toad Pond - Marshland - (5 toads live here (toads don't march and don't have special abilities).)
Spoiler: Toad Pond (click to show/hide)
 Artefacts may be sacrificed into the pond by scouts in exchange for one of the five Toad Artefacts, which don't appear outside of sacrifices.
When all Toad Artefacts have appeared the Golden Toad will bless the Pond and grant each visiting Lord who sends a scout a one-time unique boon: (Pick one of the following. Doesn't work if another Lord has picked the same boon, or you've already had a boon: 1. -40 debt; 2. transform all your toads back into their original forms; 3. return to you one sacrificed, destroyed or removed-from-county artefact of your choice; 4. conquer any unoccupied known tile on the map; 5. transform one unit anywhere on the map into a toad; 6. fix a castle or fort to full wall health; 7. remove a curse from any one artefact; 8. Gain 5 gold, 5 stone, 5 wood, 5 bows, 5 siege engines, 5 toads)

G10 is Wolfhaven Woods - Forest. Spiritual home of wolf kind. Inhabited by 10d4 wolves (25). These wolves will only flee if less than 10 remain. Any wolves that would otherwise be loyal to a non-wolf, are loyal to the wolves in these woods. Wolves in this forest will never march on anywhere.

H10 is Owl Woods - Forest. Originally guarded by the Dusk Dragon (the Dusk Dragon counts for 10 armies) and seven wisps. The dragon holds Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).

J4 is Wisp Lake, containing the Wellspring Staff.

L2 is is the Puzzle Dungeon of Mad Lord Frost (Castle with keep, Seige Workshop) 13/13 defence - Lord Frost, a paranoid and inventive Thornish holdout, has retreated deep into his keep to tinker on his creations and allowed monsters to live in the outer areas. While he holds the Puzzle Dungeon, this castle counts as a lair: roll three on the monster table [2 giant, 2 wisps] for initial population. Any monsters marching from this location gain a randomly typed seige engine. He has stockpiled 2d6 wood [5] and 1d6 stone [2].

L3 is The Prison of the Anathalord - Hill -  Defence (14/20) - The Anathalord, a powerful Bone Reckoner, is stuck within a near-impregnable prison (only attack rolls of 8+ may damage the cage (and not him), and he cannot attack from within it). If the Anathalord ever gets loose, all existing skeletal units would crumble and reconstitute by his side (as a one-time effect). The Anathalord can gain Anathema. The Anathalord carries the Last Femur [Doghorn], the Bonemeal Shield, the Rip Cage, the Dreadskull and Fleshbane (or random artefacts for any already discovered). Only found in WW, full-mountain or ocean tiles. Nearby monster marches can seek to free the Anathalord if the prison is as close or closer than a normal target.

L4 is the Sunken Library - Lair containing a library (that works the same as a normal library) and a Scriptorium (Once per turn, you may duplicate a Plan artefact). A place for students of the forbidden rites, only Bloodsingers and Bone Reckoners will appear here. It starts with 1d4 [1] Bloodsingers with artefacts [Black Dog], 1d4 Bone Reckoners [4], 1d4+3 [5] Skeletal Warriors and 1d4 [3] Skeletal Archers. Once this is revealed, Bloodsingers who flee combat will go here, including any still alive on the map having fled a previous combat. Bloodsingers and Bone Reckoners and their minions won't march from here. Only in WW.

L5 is Lake Longing - (Water makes this tile impassible except by boat or ship. Spills over onto adjacent tiles. Won't spawn on a coast.)

L6 is Hogland Hollow - Forest. Inhabited by 3d6 Boar. While it is unconquered, at the end of any turn when there is less than 10 boars in this forest, 1d4 more boar will appear. Your scout withdraws to safety.

O8 is The Hag Market. Marshland. Protected by 9 bog hags and 27 bog cats. Scouts can be sent to the market to buy bog cats (4 gold each) and otherwise may pass through without being attacked. Half the money spent here remains as possible loot. Friendly bog cats have +1 attack in marshland, and while you have a cat, they give -1 (non-cumulative) to enemy attack rolls. Cats cannot be sent to scout, and they cannot be send to attack or patrol by themselves. Monsters won't march from this location."

R3 is The Castle of Bryn the Brawn (Keep/Tower/Tower) Defence 21/21, occupied by Bryn, a giant, and his family, three more giants. The adjacent squares are also within his domain. Bryn will wage war to retake any squares adjacent to his castle, always accompanied in battle by 1d6 wolves.

R10 is the Scout Hut - Initially abandoned and inhabited by a family of 6 boar. Up to three armies can be assigned to the Hut as if it were a fort and they don't count towards your army cap. These armies can scout so long at they begin scouting from a tile adjacent to the hut. Spend 3 wood to dismantle and reassemble the hut on an empty tile you own.

T3 is The Moot - Village with 2d2 (2+1=3) Squelsh Barbarians and a moat (6/6 defense). It is the neutral meeting place of rival Squelsh bands. At the start of each enemy turn, each tile with a Squelsh Barbarian has a 25% chance of sending someone to the Moot. The first Squelsh reprisal each turn will be joined by whomever is in the Moot. If the Moot is conquered, a new Moot (with a new moat) will appear in the most populous Squelsh-held village at the start of the next player turn, or if there are no such villages, it may appear in future tile generation (from scouting, research etc.).

T11 is Hero's Tor - Hill Fort (Steep Path: Siege Engines cannot assail this hill) (9/9). An ageing Squelsh Champion (counts as two units, +1 to its attacks) with the Bloody Standard (+1 all attack rolls) sits in retirement in this fort, with his retinue of 6 Squelsh Barbarians, and two pet wisps.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 18 - CAPTURE
Post by: a1s on July 06, 2023, 01:11:45 am

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Army: 12/29
Border Colour: Red
Castles:
 Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
 Castle Location N-13
 Defence: 14/18
 Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks, Tower(x3)

 Castle Name: Castle Wright
 Castle Location: K14
 Defense: 0/13
 Features: Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace, Keep, Barracks (+1 wood, +1 recruitment, +3 army cap, +1 gold)

Wood Production: 9
Stone production: 0
Recruitment: 7
Income: 1
Curses: 1
Wood: 36
Gold: 7
Stone:4
Debt: 0

Forts :
- L15 defense 9/9 garrison 3/3.
- N11 defense 1/3 garrison 0/3
- L6 defense 4/4 garrison 1 archer, 2 armies
- M7 defense 0/3 garrison 0/3
Artifacts: Sundering Claw
Equipment: None
Special Units: 4 wolves, 1 cat

Send 4 stone to Vulk, receive 6 armies.
Pull 3 troops from L15

March 1 army on K4
March 8 armies and a wolf on J
March 3 armies on L13
March 4 armies and a wolf on J13
March 5 amries 1 cat and 1 wolf on J6

I'm in the market for armies, willing to pay in stone.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 21 - REGRET
Post by: Criptfeind on July 06, 2023, 05:51:20 am

I have some armies I think I wouldn't mind selling, what rate did you want to trade for the stone?

I have... I guess 9 armies I could sell, I think. Not sure if I would want to sell all of them, but if the price was right maybe?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 21 - REGRET
Post by: a1s on July 06, 2023, 06:21:12 am

3 armies for 2 stone. 6 for 4. I only have the 4. But you mentioned you needed wood. I can supply 2 wood per army. nearly unlimited amounts.
Finally, I have some gold set aside for cat purrchases, but I can use it for armies too. 1-1.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 21 - REGRET
Post by: Criptfeind on July 06, 2023, 06:48:08 am

I'll send you 6 armies for 4 stone, sounds great to me.

Also I was planning on sending a person to purchase cats as well this turn, if you wanted, I'd be willing to take your gold and purchase your cats for you. Save a scout turn between the two of us.

Edit: Ah! I just remembered!  Aywen Ayes is Thornish! So the crown is actually useful. Nice.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 21 - REGRET
Post by: Criptfeind on July 06, 2023, 06:51:50 am

Spoiler: Turn 20 gains/losses (click to show/hide)

-16 wood
+8 siege engines
-3 Cat Sack charges
Thornish Crown

-3 Armies
-2 Skeltons
-1 Cat
+10 Gold
L3: The Prison of the Anathalord
Armies -2
Skeletons +2
-8 siege engines
R4: Marsh Fort Cryptic 0/4
+13 Gold
S6: Village +1 Recruitment
S8: Marsh
N3: Serene Glade Forest +1 Wood production
-3 Armies
-1 Skeleton
+2 Wood

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Colour: Blue
Extra VP? +16
Anathema: 8 (artifacts) 23 (monster units) 12 (sacrifices) 10 (knight kills) 1 (Bloodforge) = 54

Castle Mysterious: P14
Defence: 9/10
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove (+3 Army cap, +1 recuitment +1 wood)

Point Swearing: S14
Defense: 10/10
Features: Shipyard, Coppicing Grove, Library, Barracks (+1 wood +3 army cap)

Wood Production: 14
Recruitment: 13
Income: 3
Stone Production: 3

Army: 28-3-2-3+13=33!-7=26/26
Gold: 10+10+13+3=36
Debt: 0
Wood: 16-16+2+14=16
Stone: 5+3=8

Artifacts: Last Femur, Cat Sack (9), Saints Knuckles, Crimson Drum, Marrowfat Scepter, Juniper Cape, Black Baldric, Thornish Crown
Equipment: 1 ship
Special Units: 21 Skeleton warriors 0 Skeleton Archers 2 Cats
Curses:

Holdings list:
L3: The Prison of the Anathalord 14/20
K13: Forest Fort +1 Wood production
M4: Hill
N3: Serene Glade Forest +1 Wood production
N5: Marsh
N6: Quarry +1 stone production
N7: Taghairn cave: Sacrifice 3 cats to make an artifact
O5: Village +1 Recruitment
O6: Village +1 Recruitment
O7: Village +1 recruitment
O14: Village +1 Recruitment
O15: Forest +1 Wood production
P6: Forest +1 Wood production
P7: Marsh
P8: Forest +1 Wood production
P9: Hill
P10 Village +1 Recruitment
P11: Forest Fort Ivy 4/8 +1 Wood Production
P12: Lair
P13 Village +1 Recruitment
P15: Hill
Q5: Village Moat 6/6 +1 Recruitment
Q8: Gold mine +1 income
Q9: Marsh
Q6: Forest +1 Wood production
Q11: Marsh
Q12: Village +1 Recruitment
Q13: Village +1 Recruitment
Q14: Hill Fort Hawthorn 0/5 1 armies
R4: Marsh Fort Cryptic 4/4
R5: Marsh Fort Ominous 4/4
R6: Marsh
R7: Mine +1 Gold
R8: Village +1 recruitment
R11: Marsh
R12: Quarry +1 Stone production
R13: Marsh
R14: Village +1 recruitment
R15: Marsh
S5: Forest Fort Hemlock 4/6 +1 Wood production
S6: Village +1 Recruitment
S7: Hill Fort Willow 5/7
S8: Marsh
S9: Village +1 Recruitment
S10: Forest Fort Sycamore 0/3 defenses +1 wood production 3 Armies
S11: Hill
S12: Forest +1 wood production
S13: Forest +1 wood production
T12: Forest +1 Wood production
T13: Quarry +1 Stone production

Spoiler: Turn 21 (click to show/hide)

Sell 8 wood for 4 gold
Make 2 siege engines with 4 wood
Trade 6 armies to Aywen Ayes
Send the Thornish Crown to Aywen Ayes
Retreive 1 army from Q14: Hill Fort Hawthorn

Sacrifice 3 cats from the sack to the Taghairn cave
Repair R4: Marsh Fort Cryptic with 1 wood

March 15 armies 20 skeletons and 2 cats with 2 siege weapons to L2: Puzzle Dungeon with the last femur and crimson drum and Black Baldric
March 1 army to S3
March 1 Army to S4
March 2 armies and 1 skeleton to T5

Send Scout to O8 and purchase 10 cats for 40 gold
Send scout to M3 with saints knuckles

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 19 - PUNISHMENT
Post by: Quarque on July 07, 2023, 08:06:45 am

Trade:
Rent a ship to prince Fitzharbort for 2 wood
Rent Ascupart's Bane from prince Fitzharbort for 1 wolf

Actions:
Buy 1 army
Build 2 ladders
Build 3 siege engines
March on C8 with 31 wolves and 8 armies
March on E7 with 11 armies, Ascupart's Bane and the Rhuddy Cape (cape and bane on same unit)
Sail to A15 by boat with 1 army to scout, with the Speculator's Rod and the Golden Net
March on E15 with 1 army
Scout D5 with 1 army and 2 ladders to retrieve artifacts
Scout with 1 army E6 => D7
March with 11 armies on E5, with 3 siege engines and the Wolf Crystal

Spoiler: Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow
C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defense: 10/10
Features:
   • Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
   • Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
   • Shipyard: -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
   • Barracks: +3 army cap
A5 - Castle Aubade
Defence: 14/14
   • Tower: +4/4 defence, increase maximum army size by +1
   • Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production.
   • Shipyard: -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
   • Alkabarian Outpost
A11 - Selkie Court: 0/31 defense
   • Keep, Moat x 3

Total Army Cap: 34

Resources:
Army: 34 (+7/turn) = 34-8(curr) +7(inc) +1(buy)
Wolf: 31 = 24(curr) - 1(lost) + 9(net gain from battle) -1(Fitzharbort)
Gold: 3 (+3/turn) = 2(curr) + 3(inc) -2(buy army)
Stone: 3 (+3/turn) = 0(curr) + 3(inc)
Wood: 2 (+8/turn) = 6(curr) +8(inc) -8(ladders) -6(engines) +2(Fitzharbort)

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape, the Golden Net, the Wolf Crystal, Speculator's Rod, Whiptide Sail
Equipment: 1 Boat and 3 Ships (1 rented to Fitzharbort)
Special Units: 31 wolves (see above)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 SCREAM
Post by: Kashyyk on July 07, 2023, 08:46:26 am

Doing turn math, and confirming trades. Full turn!

Lend Ascupart's Bane to Bockhoven for a Wolf
Borrow a Ship from Bockhoven for 2 Wood

5 Armies march on J4 with Bockhoven's ship
2 Armies and 1 Wolf march on I11 Fort Hollivy
1 Army scouts Marsh G5
1 Army marches on Forest F10
5 Armies march on Frog Pond G7

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

G8 - Forest: Fort Aquarius
Defence 5/5
Garrison: 1/3 (1x Infantry)

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 14
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)
 - Alkabrian Outpost (see here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181666.msg8481075#msg8481075))

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 4/8
Garrison: 3/3 (2x Archers, 1x Infantry)

I11 - Forest: Fort Hollivy
Defence: 0/8
Garrison: 0/3

I10 - Marsh: Fort Capricorn
Defence: 0/5
Garrison: 0/3

J14 - Marsh: Fort Tailor
Defence: 4/4
Garrison: 2/3 (2x Infantry)

J10 - Castle: Sundered Spire
Defence: 0/11
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Tower (+4/+4 Defence, +1 Army Cap)
 - Watchtower (Defender's get first strike, gives Hill report)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)

J9 - Forest: Fort Juniper
Defence: 0/5
Garrison: 0/3

Resources:
Army : 14/14 (+8/turn) = 14(curr) + 9(inc) - 7(casualties) - 1(curse)
Gold: 32 (+1/turn) = 31(curr) +2(inc) - 1(curse)
Stone: 1 (+0/turn) = 1(curr) - 1(curse)
Wood : 28 (+6/turn) = 24(curr) + 7(inc) +1(loot) -2(Bockhoven)- 1(curse)
Debt: 20
Victory Points: 20

Territory:
F13 (Forest), F15 (Village),
G15 (Forest), G14 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), G11 (Lair: Wolf Den), G9 (Village), G8 (Forest, Fort Aquarius),
H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), H11 (Village), H5 (Forest),
I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I13 (Hill), I12 (Marsh), I11 (Forest, Fort Hollivy), I10 (Marsh, Fort Capricorn), I9 (Village), I6 (Forest),
J15 (Hill), J11 (Village), J10 (Sundered Spire), J9 (Marsh, Fort Juniper), J8 (Hill), J7 (Forest),
K15 (Forest), K12 (Village), K10 (Swamp)
Artefacts:
 - Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants) -> Lent to Bockhoven
 - Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)
Equipment: 1x Bockhoven Ship
Units: 14x Infantry, 1x Wolf

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 18 - CAPTURE
Post by: a1s on July 08, 2023, 11:44:15 am

newer orders:

Quote from: a1s on July 06, 2023, 01:11:45 am

Send 4 stone to Vulk, receive 6 armies.
Pull 3 troops from L15

March 1 army on K4
March 8 armies and a wolf on J7
March 3 armies on L13
March 4 armies and a wolf and a cat on J13
March 5 armies on J6

I'm still in the market for armies.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 22 - CROAK
Post by: notquitethere on July 09, 2023, 08:59:13 am

TURN 21 REPORT

Spoiler: Marquess Vulk (click to show/hide)

Sacrifice 3 cats from the cat sack to Taghairn cave: Three cats are sacrificed to bring forth... the Marrowfat Cape! (Grants one unit immunity to attacks made alongside siege weapons. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Cape gain +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Cape from the county.)

Repair R4: Marsh Fort Cryptic with 1 wood: repaired 1.

March 15 armies 20 skeletons and 2 cats with 2 siege weapons to L2: Puzzle Dungeon with the last femur and crimson drum and Black Baldric.
The enemy hides behind their walls and keep  (13 wall strength).
The dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part) attack first (7, 3, 6, 2 and 4), from behind their walls, killing one of your armies. The Last Femur fails to raise anyone.
(Killing one skeleton.) A siege begins with your fifteen camped outside the walls!

Your armies attack (with two bog cats) (with nineteen skeletons) (3, 5, 8, 3, 10, 3, 3, 7, 10, 3, 3, 10, 10, 6, 5, 7, 4, 8, 5, 6, 9, 6, 7, 9, 9, 7, 10, 9, 7, 8, 6, 3, 3, 4, 9, 9, 7 and 3), damaging the walls (13) and breaking through the keep and breaking through into the castle, defeating the dragon and Lord Frost. You take the Puzzle Dungeon (0/13 defence. Castle with keep, Siege Workshop). From the dragon horde, you gain eight gold.
From the Thornish holdouts you take one gold. From the stocks you take three wood and two stone.
The Last Femur fails to raise anyone.

March 1 army to S3: Giant's Toe Lair taken.

March 1 Army to S4: Empty forest taken.

March 2 armies and 1 skeleton to T5:
Your armies attack (with one skeleton) (1, 8 and 6), defeating two of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

Send Scout to O8 and purchase 10 cats for 40 gold: cats purchased.

Send scout to M3 with saints knuckles: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the stinking mire they find three stone and they also find a Thornish Fort currently empty, with the walls at 2/6 strength, and an artefact: the Rock Ring.

Belated hill report for the Prison of the Anathalord:
Belated hill report for the Prison of the Anathalord:
NW: you see forest
N: you see hill
NE: you see a village
E: you see the Sunken Library
SE: you see a hill
S: you see marshland
SW: you see lair
W: you see the Puzzle Dungeon

Spoiler: Prince FitzHarbort - Shandston's Folly (click to show/hide)

5 Armies march on J4 with Bockhoven's ship:
Your armies attack (6, 5 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (7 and 4), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (3 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (2), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (1 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the lake is absorbed into your county.
Your total losses: one. You take the Wellspring Staff.

2 Armies and 1 Wolf march on I11 Fort Hollivy: Your armies attack (with one wolf) (4, 6 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.


1 Army scouts Marsh G5: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the muddy fen they find two wolves.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

1 Army marches on Forest F10: The empty forest is conquered.

5 Armies march on Frog Pond G7: Your armies attack (7, 7, 2, 1 and 6), defeating three of the enemies (toad, toad and toad).

The enemy attacks back (4 and 1), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (1, 4, 6, 1 and 7), defeating two of the enemies (toad and toad).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

March 1 army on K4: Village taken.

March 8 armies and a wolf on J7: The dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part) attack first (6, 4, 1, 2 and 1), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (7, 1, 8, 5, 8, 8, 3 and 2), defeating five of the enemies (dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part)).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.
 From the dragon horde, you gain eleven gold.
 Your total losses: one.

March 3 armies on L13: The enemy hides behind their walls  (5 wall strength).
Your armies attack (2, 3 and , defeating one of the enemies (Thornish holdout).
The enemy attacks back (7), from behind their walls, killing one of your armies. A siege begins with your two camped outside the walls!
 Your total losses: one.

March 4 armies, a wolf and a cat on J13: Your armies attack (with one wolf and one cat) (8, 7, 5, 5, 8 and 6), defeating three of the enemies (giant (part), giant (part) and giant (part)).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county. The hill melts into marshland.
 From giant clubs, you gain one wood.

March 5 armies on J6: Your armies attack (4, 3, 8, 3 and 7), damaging the walls (1) defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back with the Black Lance and the Black Claw (7, 7, 4, 4, 6, 2, 8, 2, 4, 4, 3, 2, 6, 6 and 7), from behind their walls, killing four armies. You take too many casualties and withdraw.
Total losses: four.

Spoiler: Marquess Bockhoven - Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

March on C8 with 31 wolves and 8 armies: Three armies are sucked into the Soul Nexus and sacrificed to the Bloodforge (In R8 is Black Toad (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Toad will gain the Black Toad.) (The Black Toad afixes itself to one unit. It will permanently turn all other units in the same tile on the same side as the Black Toad into toads. Only appears through sacrifice.) One fewer item is available from the Toad Pond.
The enemy hides behind their walls and keep  (10 wall strength).
Your armies attack (with thirty-one wolves) (1, 6, 8, 1, 8, 8, 3, 4, 5, 3, 2, 7, 5, 7, 1, 2, 8, 7, 4, 3, 5, 8, 4, 3, 6, 1, 3, 7, 5, 2, 2, 2, 6, 8, 7 and , damaging the walls (10) and breaking through the keep and breaking through into the fort, defeating one of the enemies (Dai).
All enemies are defeated and the Crimson Tower is absorbed into your county. (Keep/Tower/Bloodforge) Defence 0/17. Bockhoven gains the Hedgeblade, the Soul Nexus, and the Black Toad. The Black Toad affixes itself to one wolf. Five units and thirty wolves turn into toads (Toads have no special abilities and cannot march).

March on E7 with 11 armies, Ascupart's Bane and the Rhuddy Cape (cape and bane on same unit): Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (8, 4, 3, 6, 1, 6, 4, 7, 8, 5, 5, 7, 7, 4 and 6), inflicting nine hits (giant (part), giant (part), giant (part), giant (part), giant (part), giant (part), giant (part), giant (part) and giant (part)).
All enemies are defeated and the Stone Circle is absorbed into your county.
From giant clubs, you gain three wood. From collected tolls, you take three gold.

Sail to A15 by boat with 1 army to scout, with the Speculator's Rod and the Golden Net: No treasure found in the water. No quarry found.

March on E15 with 1 army: Your armies attack (, defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

Scout D5 with 1 army and 2 ladders to retrieve artifacts: Artefacts discovered:
Scriptorium Plans  (The owner of this can build a Scriptorium as a feature (spending 10 stone as normal). Scriptorium: Once per turn, you may duplicate a Plan artefact.).
Avalance Maul (The wielder of the maul always does two wall damage in sieges in addition to their attack. Forts and castles that are taken over by an invading army holding the Maul are immediately dismantled, returning twice the normal wood and stone.)

Scout with 1 army E6 => D7: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the windswept down they find a bog cat.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

March with 11 armies on E5, with 3 siege engines and the Wolf Crystal. The wolf crystal converts a wolf which leaves the walls for your side.
The enemy hides behind their walls  (2 wall strength).
The dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part) attack first (4, 3, 3, 2 and , from behind their walls, killing one of your armies. A siege begins with your ten camped outside the walls!

Your armies attack (with two wolves) (4, 11, 8, 8, 11, 10, 5, 11, 8, 10, 5, 9 and 4), damaging the walls (2) and breaking through into the fort, defeating all of the enemies.
Total losses: 1. Two wolves gained.
From the dragon horde, you gain six gold.

Spoiler: Count Sol (click to show/hide)

Count Sol idles, missing his turn. Next turn he may scout twice to make up for it.

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

The Black Lance exerts a pull on those Dragons that wander.
- [F9] The Murkdragon  flies south towards the Black Lance, taking the village.
- [O3] The dragon doesn't wander.
- [O4] The Dawn Dragon  flies north-east towards the Black Lance, bringing friends.
- [P3] The dragon flies north, towards the Black Lance.
- [R3] The Crepuscular Dragon doesn't wander.
- [Q3] The dragon doesn't wander.

Barbarians from A4 and H3 fight in the Knuckle Yard. H3 wins and returns a Champion.
Barbarian-occupied tiles A4, F14 (Champion), T11 send someone to the moot.
- Reprisals:
--[Vulk 64%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Ayes 5%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[FitzHarbort 3%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Bockhoven 2%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Sol 0%]  The Squelsh are quiet... for now.

The Crepuscular Dragon is in effect:
- [F5] Castle Bacchus -  Joining the castle is one Bone Reckoners, with two skeletal warriors.
- [J6] No new monsters come.
- [J9] No new monsters come.
- [J10] Sundered Spire: No new monsters come.
- [K11] Joining the lair is four rampaging boar.
- [L10] Joining the lair is one rampaging boar.
- [Q3] Crepuscular Lair: Joining the lair is a giant.

Bryn a wisp, fourteen wolves, and the Crepuscular Dragon war to take back the fort at R4. It's undefended so they take it and then return to the castle.

The Upswing Horde [J9] decide to attack I10. The fort is empty and they take it without a fight.

There's no nearby Squelsh for The Marrowfat Sceptre to draw closer.

TURN 22

Research

Prince FitzHarbort learns that in H6 is Lustre Mine - Hill. Grants +5 gold income. Protected by nine wisps (only found adjacent to mountains)

Marquess Vulk, in his main castle, gains an Alkabrian Outpost

Spoiler: Alkabrian Outpost (click to show/hide)

(Special! If this would appear, it appears in the revealing player's primary castle instead (possibly rerolling a tile if discovered while scouting or marching). Players can send a scout to the Outpost in friendly castles to send a special envoy to King Alkabar. The scout doesn't return. Choose one of the following actions for the envoy:
 - Spend 10 gold and declare one unconquered tile uncontestable: King Alkabar will give dispensation and allow it to remain independent. This is only checked when triggering the end of game. If someone conquers an uncontestable tile anyway, they will owe +20 debt for inconveniencing the King.
 - Ask for a loan: gain 20 gold and 20 debt.
 - Send a gift (-1 artefact of your choice, +20 score at the end of the game, cursed items cannot be sent. -2 less score for each successive artefact anyone sends.)
 - Wipe out any amount of debt by spending 2 gold for every 1 debt.
 The effects are immediate. Outposts can appear for any player without one.

(https://i.imgur.com/Dklvata.png)

Spoiler: Known Artefact List (click to show/hide)

Held By Dragons
Crepuscular Dragon: Wisp Wand (at the start of every combat a wisp appears; there's a 2/3 chance it joins your side.)
Garrison Plans (For each recruitment over cap, 1 guard appears in the Garrison. Guards can never march or be redeployed, but will defend; if you have multiple Garrisons, the new Guards are split between them evenly, with excess going to the main castle). Doesn't count towards anathema count.

In the world
C1 is the Blood Forge Plans
D2 is Bridge Plans (Can build bridges between any two adjacent tiles separated by water, if you own at least one side. Costs 10 stone. You can replace 2 wood for any 1 stone in construction (e.g. 5 stone and 10 wood. Doesn't count towards anathema count)
F2 is Horn of Fool's Retort (at the start of combat, summons the Thunderstorm Dragon as a third-party participant in a fight, hostile to all sides. The Horn will always summon the same Thunderstorm dragon and is destroyed if the dragon perishes. The Thunderstorm Dragon is always hostile to everyone, can only be damaged by archers and flying units, flies above forts and castles and so cannot be harmed by siege weaponry and ignores walls and keeps, and always flies in the enemy phase. She will flee in a random direction if she takes three hits. She doesn't willingly pick up artefacts.)
F5 is Charnel Knife (Equipped unit gains +1 to attacks for every unit you have sacrificed since owning the Charnel Knife- Bloodsingers with this get +3.)
F9 is Murkblade (a scout will kill any lone human enemy they discover while scouting.)
G10 is Bitter Brew  (The set of armies this is equipped to never retreats from losses.)
I5 is Siege Workshop Plans (The owner of this can build a Siege Workshop as a feature (spending 10 stone as normal). Siege Workshop: You can build these two alternative types of seige engine: 1. Battering Ram: destroy walls on a 4+ for one round (or 3+ or 2+ if you spend 2 or 4 more wood). 2. Giant Trebuchet: destroy 1d4 defence before the attack begins. You may spend 1-3 stone in ammunition to add 1-3 d4s to this.) Doesn't count towards anathema count.
J4 is Wellspring Staff (the Wellspring Staff may be cast into marshland by a unit to turn it into a lake (spilling out into all adjacent tiles - units can drown this way without proper precautions). If the staff is recovered (by boat etc) in subsequent turns, the lake remains.)
J6 is the Black Lance (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding the Black Lance will gain the Black Lance.) (You never attack first in combats, but on your first attack all your attackers will attack three times. The turn after slaying someone with the lance, Dragons will preferentially fly one square in your direction when flying to a new home. When this first discovered, place the Dawn Dragon on M6 (the Dawn Dragon counts for 15 armies)).
J6 is the Black Claw (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Claw will gain the Black Claw.) (+4 dice rolled when attacking, every time someone is killed by a force wielding the claw, the nearest square with a bog cat gains another cat. If there are none, a bog cat will appear in the nearest empty square.)
J6 is the Shimmering Coin (+2 on rolls that determine gold amounts)
J6 - Perfidy's Horn (Monster units controlled by a human unit in the vicinity will become hostile third parties, turning on everyone.)
L3 is Bonemeal Shield (The first time the unit this is attached to dies each combat, a random opposing unit dies instead, and the Lord gains +1 Anathema.)
L3 is Doghorn (Bog Cats will attempt to flee in the opposite direction of the army or scout holding this. Declare the direction of approach is multiple are possible, otherwise it's random.)
L3 is Rip Cage (Unit this is attached to can only die on an 8+, but makes -1 dice rolls in combat.)
L3 is Fleshbane (Gain +1 dice vs living humans.)
L3 is Dreadskull (any unit fleeing from an army with the Dreadskull will instead desert.)
L4 is Black Dog  (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Dog will gain the Black Dog.) (Black Dog adds 1d4 wolves to the enemy side during combat. If Black Dog is assigned to a scout, it will add 1d4 wolves to each tile scouted (after leaving). If it is assigned to a fort or left in the castle, 1d4 wolves will attack that location. Any wolves in the presence of the Black Dog that flee, desert, or are lured or commanded will instead try to return to their spiritual home, if possible.)
M3 is the Rock Ring (With a scout, raise up a mountain wall between any two tiles. You must own at least one of the tiles to do this.)
R3 is Black Cloud, Bryn's Club, King's Writ.

Held by Lords

Sol: Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)

the Black Trotter (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Trotter will gain the Black Trotter.) (One unit attacks first twice at the start of each combat, but each time they kill a unit somewhere a boar will turn into a grand tusk- a giant pig that counts as 2 boar. If no boar are currently on the map, the next X boar to appear will all be grand tusks, where X is the number of units killed by the Trotter.)

the Boarskin Coat (when you attack boars, they don't get first attack, they get two attacks on their first counterattack)

The Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)

Ayes: Sundering Claw (assign a scout to crack open a permanent path through any adjacent mountain. 25% chance to call a hostile dragon to the location)

Thornish Crown (when owned by someone of Thornish heritage, one Thornish Holdout will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production); when owned by an Alkabrian or other, becomes the preferential target for all Thornish attacks until the crown is reclaimed. Doesn't count towards Anathema count.)


Bockhoven: Golden Net (A scout carrying this across water has a 25% chance of rolling on the treasure table)

Moonlight's Edge (Roll extra attack dice equal to the anathema value of the opponent's artefacts (ordinarily 1 each) in the tile before combat begins)

Hedgeblade (One unit gains +7 attack, but there's a 75% chance the unit will be targeted by any given enemy attack until the unit dies.

Soul Nexus (Once per turn, if someone attacks a castle containing the Soul Nexus and a Bloodforge, three human attackers will be sacrificed at the start of each combat to the Bloodforge, if possible. Worth five anathema. Found in the Crimson Tower.)

Black Toad (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Toad will gain the Black Toad.) (The Black Toad afixes itself to one unit, and will permanently turn all other units in the same tile on the same side as the Black Toad into toads. Only appears through sacrifice.)

Rhuddy Cape (the unit this is assigned to is now considered a giant)

The Wolf Crystal (wolves encountered will join the army instead (they still all run away when injured)

Watchtower plans (Can build Watchtowers for 10 stone. Watchtowers allow defenders to attack first during the first round of a seige, and owner gets a hill report. Doesn't count towards anathema count)

the Speculator's Rod (a scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

Whiptide Sail (one boat or ship can travel twice as far.)

Vulk: the Last Femur! (1/4 chance of each dead unit being resurrected to your side as a skeleton warrior when they die)

Marrowfat Cape! (Grants one unit immunity to attacks made alongside siege weapons. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Cape gain +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Cape from the county.)

Cat Sack (defeated Bog Cats are put in the Cat Sack instead of being killed if the Cat Sack is held by the winning force. These cats are owned but unfriendly, and any number can be released by an army in any combat, or let loose by a scout in any tile.)

Prince FitzHarbort: Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).

Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)

Sent to the King:
Hunter's Stand (Archers in the army this is attached to only die on 5s if no other units remain)

Marrowfat Throne (when owned by someone of Squelsh heritage, one Squelsh defector will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production) and adjacent Squelsh armies will join your attacks on non-Squelsh; when owned by an Alkabrian or other, +30 reprisal chance, +100 reprisal chance if destroyed.)

Pellucid Orb (+1 to scout travel distance)

Cragman's Spike (a scout may pass through mountains)

Thornish Lodestone (while this remains in the Hedge, whenever no Thornish fort is on the map, another fort is revealed in a sector usually far from the owner of this artefact (most distant of two rolls)

Spoiler: Known Unique Sites (click to show/hide)

A6 is The Knuckle Yard - Ritual death ring of the Squelsh natives. Owner may choose at any time to close down the yard (+20 reprisal chance). While operational: +2 income, if possible, two Barbarians from two different random squares will leave their post to fight at the start of each enemy phase, one one will return a Squelsh Champion (counts as two units, +1 to its attacks).

E7 and K1 are the Walking Stone Circles - A pair of sites. They are considered adjacent: units can walk from one to the other across the map. Each is initially defended by three giants. They will let anyone pass through both tiles unharmed in a turn as if they were owned by the traveller, for 1 gold per unit passing (if they do so, they won't join a monster march). Gold accumulates on the first stone circle passed through. Enemies always find the gold for it.

F11 is Lake Sorrow.

F12 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance to reprisals to 0. This only works for people who don't own the Grove.

G3 is Yawing Crevice (A desolate crack in the earth. Artefacts may be destroyed by a scout or army throwing it into the crevice. Doing so releases a tanglebat, which will attack anyone present at the time, including scouts. Doing so also grants a permanent -2 anathema score. Only appears in WW.)

G7 is is Toad Pond - Marshland - (5 toads live here (toads don't march and don't have special abilities).)
Spoiler: Toad Pond (click to show/hide)
 Artefacts may be sacrificed into the pond by scouts in exchange for one of the five Toad Artefacts, which don't appear outside of sacrifices.
When all Toad Artefacts have appeared the Golden Toad will bless the Pond and grant each visiting Lord who sends a scout a one-time unique boon: (Pick one of the following. Doesn't work if another Lord has picked the same boon, or you've already had a boon: 1. -40 debt; 2. transform all your toads back into their original forms; 3. return to you one sacrificed, destroyed or removed-from-county artefact of your choice; 4. conquer any unoccupied known tile on the map; 5. transform one unit anywhere on the map into a toad; 6. fix a castle or fort to full wall health; 7. remove a curse from any one artefact; 8. Gain 5 gold, 5 stone, 5 wood, 5 bows, 5 siege engines, 5 toads)

G10 is Wolfhaven Woods - Forest. Spiritual home of wolf kind. Inhabited by 10d4 wolves (25). These wolves will only flee if less than 10 remain. Any wolves that would otherwise be loyal to a non-wolf, are loyal to the wolves in these woods. Wolves in this forest will never march on anywhere.

H6 is Lustre Mine - Hill. Grants +5 gold income. Protected by nine wisps (only found adjacent to mountains)

J4 is Wisp Lake, containing the Wellspring Staff.

L3 is The Prison of the Anathalord - Hill -  Defence (14/20) - The Anathalord, a powerful Bone Reckoner, is stuck within a near-impregnable prison (only attack rolls of 8+ may damage the cage (and not him), and he cannot attack from within it). If the Anathalord ever gets loose, all existing skeletal units would crumble and reconstitute by his side (as a one-time effect). The Anathalord can gain Anathema. The Anathalord carries the Last Femur [Doghorn], the Bonemeal Shield, the Rip Cage, the Dreadskull and Fleshbane (or random artefacts for any already discovered). Only found in WW, full-mountain or ocean tiles. Nearby monster marches can seek to free the Anathalord if the prison is as close or closer than a normal target.

L4 is the Sunken Library - Lair containing a library (that works the same as a normal library) and a Scriptorium (Once per turn, you may duplicate a Plan artefact). A place for students of the forbidden rites, only Bloodsingers and Bone Reckoners will appear here. It starts with 1d4 [1] Bloodsingers with artefacts [Black Dog], 1d4 Bone Reckoners [4], 1d4+3 [5] Skeletal Warriors and 1d4 [3] Skeletal Archers. Once this is revealed, Bloodsingers who flee combat will go here, including any still alive on the map having fled a previous combat. Bloodsingers and Bone Reckoners and their minions won't march from here. Only in WW.

L5 is Lake Longing - (Water makes this tile impassible except by boat or ship. Spills over onto adjacent tiles. Won't spawn on a coast.)

L6 is Hogland Hollow - Forest. Inhabited by 3d6 Boar. While it is unconquered, at the end of any turn when there is less than 10 boars in this forest, 1d4 more boar will appear. Your scout withdraws to safety.

O8 is The Hag Market. Marshland. Protected by 9 bog hags and 27 bog cats. Scouts can be sent to the market to buy bog cats (4 gold each) and otherwise may pass through without being attacked. Half the money spent here remains as possible loot. Friendly bog cats have +1 attack in marshland, and while you have a cat, they give -1 (non-cumulative) to enemy attack rolls. Cats cannot be sent to scout, and they cannot be send to attack or patrol by themselves. Monsters won't march from this location."

R3 is The Castle of Bryn the Brawn (Keep/Tower/Tower) Defence 21/21, occupied by Bryn, a giant, and his family, three more giants. The adjacent squares are also within his domain. Bryn will wage war to retake any squares adjacent to his castle, always accompanied in battle by 1d6 wolves.

R10 is the Scout Hut - Initially abandoned and inhabited by a family of 6 boar. Up to three armies can be assigned to the Hut as if it were a fort and they don't count towards your army cap. These armies can scout so long at they begin scouting from a tile adjacent to the hut. Spend 3 wood to dismantle and reassemble the hut on an empty tile you own.

T3 is The Moot - Village with 2d2 (2+1=3) Squelsh Barbarians and a moat (6/6 defense). It is the neutral meeting place of rival Squelsh bands. At the start of each enemy turn, each tile with a Squelsh Barbarian has a 25% chance of sending someone to the Moot. The first Squelsh reprisal each turn will be joined by whomever is in the Moot. If the Moot is conquered, a new Moot (with a new moat) will appear in the most populous Squelsh-held village at the start of the next player turn, or if there are no such villages, it may appear in future tile generation (from scouting, research etc.).

T11 is Hero's Tor - Hill Fort (Steep Path: Siege Engines cannot assail this hill) (9/9). An ageing Squelsh Champion (counts as two units, +1 to its attacks) with the Bloody Standard (+1 all attack rolls) sits in retirement in this fort, with his retinue of 6 Squelsh Barbarians, and two pet wisps.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 22 - CROAK
Post by: Criptfeind on July 09, 2023, 10:28:21 am

Gunna be away from my home mostly the next 2 days so posting a partially done turn here, will be easier to edit on my phone.

Spoiler: Turn 21 gains/losses (click to show/hide)

-8 wood
+4 gold
-4 wood
+2 siege engines
-6 armies
-Thornish Crown
+1 Army
-1 Army in Q14: Hill Fort Hawthorn
-3 cat sack charge
+ Marrowfat Cape
-1 wood
+1 repair in R4: Marhs Fort Cryptic
-1 army
-2 siege engines
+L2: Puzzle Dungeon
+9 gold
+3 wood
+2 Stone
S3: Lair
S4: Forest +1 Wood production
T5: Village +1 recruitment
-40 gold
+10 cats
+Rock Ring
-N5: Marsh
-R4: Marsh Fort Cryptic

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Colour: Blue
Extra VP? +16
Anathema: 10 (artifacts) 33 (monster units) 15 (sacrifices) 10 (knight kills) 1 (Bloodforge) = 69

Castle Mysterious: P14
Defence: 9/10
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove, Alkabrian Outpost (+3 Army cap, +1 recuitment +1 wood)

Point Swearing: S14
Defense: 10/10
Features: Shipyard, Coppicing Grove, Library, Barracks (+1 wood +3 army cap)

Puzzle Dungeon: L2
Defense: 0/13
Features: Keep, Siege workshop

Wood Production: 15
Recruitment: 14
Income: 3
Stone Production: 3

Army: 26-6+1-1+14=34/36
Gold: 36+4+9-40+3=12
Debt: 0
Wood: 16-8-4-1+3+15=21
Stone: 8+2+3=13

Artifacts: Last Femur, Cat Sack (6), Saints Knuckles, Crimson Drum, Marrowfat Scepter, Juniper Cape, Black Baldric, Marrowfat Cape, Rock Ring
Equipment: 1 ship
Special Units: 21 Skeleton warriors 0 Skeleton Archers 12 Cats
Curses:

Holdings list:
L3: The Prison of the Anathalord 14/20
K13: Forest Fort +1 Wood production
M4: Hill
N3: Serene Glade Forest +1 Wood production
N5: Marsh
N6: Quarry +1 stone production
N7: Taghairn cave: Sacrifice 3 cats to make an artifact
O5: Village +1 Recruitment
O6: Village +1 Recruitment
O7: Village +1 recruitment
O14: Village +1 Recruitment
O15: Forest +1 Wood production
P6: Forest +1 Wood production
P7: Marsh
P8: Forest +1 Wood production
P9: Hill
P10 Village +1 Recruitment
P11: Forest Fort Ivy 4/8 +1 Wood Production
P12: Lair
P13 Village +1 Recruitment
P15: Hill
Q5: Village Moat 6/6 +1 Recruitment
Q8: Gold mine +1 income
Q9: Marsh
Q6: Forest +1 Wood production
Q11: Marsh
Q12: Village +1 Recruitment
Q13: Village +1 Recruitment
Q14: Hill Fort Hawthorn 0/5
R4: Marsh Fort Cryptic 1/4
R5: Marsh Fort Ominous 4/4
R6: Marsh
R7: Mine +1 Gold
R8: Village +1 recruitment
R11: Marsh
R12: Quarry +1 Stone production
R13: Marsh
R14: Village +1 recruitment
R15: Marsh
S3: Lair
S4: Forest +1 Wood production
S5: Forest Fort Hemlock 4/6 +1 Wood production
S6: Village +1 Recruitment
S7: Hill Fort Willow 5/7
S8: Marsh
S9: Village +1 Recruitment
S10: Forest Fort Sycamore 0/3 defenses +1 wood production 3 Armies
S11: Hill
S12: Forest +1 wood production
S13: Forest +1 wood production
T5: Village +1 recruitment
T12: Forest +1 Wood production
T13: Quarry +1 Stone production

Spoiler: Turn 22 (click to show/hide)

Sacrifice 3 cats from cat sack to Taghairn cave
Create Tower in Point Swearing for 10 stone
Recived movement permission from Prince Fitzharbort to use the sacred grove and the frog pond
Send 2 gold to Prince Fitzharbort
Take 2 armies out of fort Sycamore

Send scout to Frog pond and throw in Marrowfat Cape
Send scout to Frog pond and throw in Juniper Cape
Send scout to Frog pond and throw in Saints Knuckles
Send scout to Frog pond (hopefully after the other players have made their sacrifices >.>) To ask for frog boon of toadification to toad the Anathalord in L3
Send scout to sacred grove and sacrifice 10 gold

March 2 armies and 8 skeletons and 1 cat to K1
March 1 army to M3
March 1 army to R4
March 16 armies and 11 cats to N5
March 2 armies and 13 skeletons to T10 holding Crimson Drum, last femur, and Marrowfat Scepter
March 1 army to O4
March 1 army to T6
March 4 armies to T7

Scout P4
Scout S15
Send scout with rock ring to make wall between P13 and O13

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 18 - CAPTURE
Post by: a1s on July 09, 2023, 11:09:21 pm

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Army: 24/29
Border Colour: Red
Castles:
 Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
 Castle Location N-13
 Defence: 14/18
 Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks, Tower(x3)

 Castle Name: Castle Wright
 Castle Location: K14
 Defense: 0/13
 Features: Coppicing Grove, Mustering Yard, Marketplace, Keep, Barracks (+1 wood, +1 recruitment, +3 army cap, +1 gold)

Wood Production: 10
Stone production: 1
Recruitment: 9
Income: 1
Curses: 1
Wood: 46
Gold: 15
Stone:1
Debt: 0

Forts :
- L15 defense 9/9 garrison 0/3.
- N11 defense 1/3 garrison 0/3
- L6 defense 4/4 garrison 1 archer, 2 armies
- M7 defense 0/3 garrison 0/3
Artifacts: Sundering Claw, Thornish Crown
Equipment: None
Special Units: 4 wolves, 1 cat

March 3 units to J9 and garrison there.
March 7 armies to J6
March 3 armies on L10
March 3 armies on L13
Scout K3
Scout L3

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 SCREAM
Post by: Kashyyk on July 11, 2023, 08:33:13 am

Math time.

Return Ship to Bockhoven, and receive Ascupart's Bane

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

G8 - Forest: Fort Aquarius
Defence 5/5
Garrison: 1/3 (1x Infantry)

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 14
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)
 - Alkabrian Outpost (see here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181666.msg8481075#msg8481075))

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 4/8
Garrison: 3/3 (2x Archers, 1x Infantry)

I11 - Forest: Fort Hollivy
Defence: 0/8
Garrison: 0/3

I10 - Marsh: Fort Capricorn
Defence: 0/5
Garrison: 0/3

J14 - Marsh: Fort Tailor
Defence: 4/4
Garrison: 2/3 (2x Infantry)

J10 - Castle: Sundered Spire
Defence: 0/11
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Tower (+4/+4 Defence, +1 Army Cap)
 - Watchtower (Defender's get first strike, gives Hill report)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)

J9 - Forest: Fort Juniper
Defence: 0/5
Garrison: 0/3

Resources:
Army : 14/14 (+8/turn) = 14(curr) + 9(inc) - 1(casualties) - 1(curse)
Gold: 33 (+1/turn) = 32(curr) +2(inc) - 1(curse)
Stone: 1 (+0/turn) = 1(curr) - 1(curse)
Wood : 35 (+7/turn) = 28(curr) + 8(inc) - 1(curse)
Debt: 20
Victory Points: 20

Territory:
F10 (Forest), F13 (Forest), F15 (Village),
G15 (Forest), G14 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), G11 (Lair: Wolf Den), G9 (Village), G8 (Forest, Fort Aquarius), G7 (Swamp, Frog Pond),
H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), H11 (Village), H5 (Forest),
I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I13 (Hill), I12 (Marsh), I11 (Forest, Fort Hollivy), I10 (Marsh, Fort Capricorn), I9 (Village), I6 (Forest),
J15 (Hill), J11 (Village), J10 (Sundered Spire), J9 (Marsh, Fort Juniper), J8 (Hill), J7 (Forest), J4 (Wisp Lake)
K15 (Forest), K12 (Village), K10 (Swamp)
Artefacts:
 - Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants)
 - Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)
 - Wellspring Staff (the Wellspring Staff may be cast into marshland by a unit to turn it into a lake (spilling out into all adjacent tiles - units can drown this way without proper precautions). If the staff is recovered (by boat etc) in subsequent turns, the lake remains.)
Equipment: None
Units: 14x Infantry, 1x Wolf

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 22 - CROAK
Post by: Horizon on July 11, 2023, 11:19:44 am

Trades & Purchases:
- (+1) army, gained via Mustering Yard which goes into the Garrison of Castle Freedom (total: 1 guards)
- (+2) wood gained via forest (C2)
- Send a ship, and boat to Bockhoven as a gift.
Orders for Turn 18:
-  Send (1) a Scout to C1.
-  Send (1) a Scout to F2
-  (3) armies march to C3 to absorb more territory.

Spoiler: Sol, Inheritor of Swearing (click to show/hide)

Sol, Son of Gloronisits and Hero of Swearing
Background: Hero
Castle Name: Castle of Freedom
Castle Location: D2
Border Colour: Gold
Army: 13/13
Defence: 19/19
Wood Production/Inv: +2 (15)
Stone Production/Inv: +0 (0)
Recruitment: +1 (Mustering Yard)
Gold: 5
Income: 0
Debt: 0

Features:
- Defenses:
   •  Moat: +6/6 defence
   •  Keep: +3/+3 defence, your last defender cannot be killed during a siege until your defence is less than 3.
- Resources:
   •  Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
   •  Barracks:  Increase maximum army size by +3
- Knowledge:
   •  Garrison: For each recruitment over cap, 1 guard appears in the Garrison. Guards can never march or be redeployed, but will defend; if you have multiple Garrisons, the new Guards are split between them evenly, with excess going to the main castle.

Forts:
- Fort Howling (4/4 defense)

Artefacts:
  - Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)
  - Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)
  - Black Trotter  (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Trotter will gain the Black Trotter.) (One unit attacks first twice at the start of each combat, but each time they kill a unit somewhere a boar will turn into a grand tusk- a giant pig that counts as 2 boar. If no boar are currently on the map, the next X boar to appear will all be grand tusks, where X is the number of units killed by the Trotter.)
  - Boarskin Coat  (when you attack boars, they don't get first attack, they get two attacks on their first counterattack)
Equipment:
- (3) Bows
Special Units:
- (7) Wolves

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 19 - PUNISHMENT
Post by: Quarque on July 12, 2023, 09:45:01 am

Trade:
Return Ascupart's Bane to prince Fitzharbort
Receive the rented ship from prince Fitzharbort
Receive a loan of 6 gold from prince Fitzharbort
Send 3 stone to Lord Sol as thanks for their gift

Actions:
Buy 10 armies
Repair the Crimson Tower (C8) using 3 stones
March 8 armies with the Wolf Crystal to F5 in support of the attack from Fitzharbort
March 8 armies (one carrying the Hedgeblade and the Rhuddy Cape) on J6 in support of the attack from Fitzharbort
March 12 armies to J10 in support of Fitzharbort
Sail to A15 by boat with 1 army to scout, with the Speculator's Rod and the Golden Net
Garrison the Selkie Court with the 5 toads that used to be armies and the Black Toad, plus the wolf that has the Black Toad attached
Garrison Castle Aubade with 10 former wolf toads
Garrison Castle Crimson Tower with 11 former wolf toads
Garrison Castle Bockelstein with 10 former wolf toads and 2 wolves
Send 1 army to the pond (G7) to sacrifice the Scriptorium Plans to the Toad Pond
Send 1 army to the pond (G7) as a scout, to ask for a boon (to turn toads back into their old form)
March with 3 armies on E6
March with 1 army on E9
Scout D9 with 1 army
Scout E8 with 1 army
Scout D4 with 1 army
Scout E4 with 1 army
Scout C6 with 1 army
March on A4 with 1 army
Garrison 3 armies in E5

Spoiler: Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow
C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defense: 10/10
Features:
   • Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
   • Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
   • Shipyard: -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
   • Barracks: +3 army cap
A5 - Castle Aubade
Defence: 14/14
   • Tower: +4/4 defence, increase maximum army size by +1
   • Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production.
   • Shipyard: -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
   • Alkabarian Outpost
A11 - Selkie Court: 0/31 defense
   • Keep, Moat x 3
C8 - Crimson Tower: 3/17 defense
   • Keep, Tower, Bloodforge

Total Army Cap: 45

Resources:
Army: 43 (+8/turn) = 34-9(curr) +8(inc) +10(buy)
Wolf: 3 (one has the Black Toad attached)
Toad: 35 (5 former armies and 30 former wolves)
Gold: 1 (+3/turn) = 3(curr) + 3(inc) + 6(dragon) + 3(giants) + 6(loan from Fitzharbort) - 20 (buy armies)
Stone: 0 (+3/turn) = 3(curr) + 3(inc) -3(Sol) -3(repair Crimson Tower)
Wood: 13 (+8/turn) = 2(curr) +8(inc) + 3(giant clubs)

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape, the Golden Net, the Wolf Crystal, Speculator's Rod, Whiptide Sail, the Hedgeblade, the Soul Nexus, the Black Toad, Scriptorium Plans, Watchtower plans, the Avalance Maul
Equipment: 2 Boats and 4 Ships
Special Units: 35 toads, 3 wolves

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 18 - CAPTURE
Post by: a1s on July 12, 2023, 11:01:24 am

new orders

Quote from: a1s on July 09, 2023, 11:09:21 pm

March 3 units to J9 and garrison there.
March 7 armies to J6
March 3 armies on L10
March 3 armies on L13
Scout K3
Scout L3

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 22 - IRRIDENTISM
Post by: notquitethere on July 13, 2023, 01:17:37 am

TURN 22 REPORT

Spoiler: Marquess Vulk (click to show/hide)

Sacrifice 3 cats from cat sack to Taghairn cave: The cats are cruelly transmuted into Alchymical Flux (You may permanently transform the flux into another artefact you own or encounter in a tile through battle or scouting.)

Create Tower in Point Swearing for 10 stone: tower raised.

Send scout to Frog pond and throw in Marrowfat Cape: You lose the Marrowfat Cape, gain +60 reprisal. You gain the Toad Crown (Toads won't attack a unit wearing the Toad Crown. Toads in the same tile will follow a scout wearing the Crown into new locations. Only appears through sacrifice.)

Send scout to Frog pond and throw in Juniper Cape: You lose the Juniper Cape and gain the Toad Staff (Deployed to an army or scout, the Toad Staff permanently transforms one random undefended enemy unit they encounter into a toad. Toads have no special abilities and cannot march. Only appears through sacrifice.)

Send scout to Frog pond and throw in Saints Knuckles: you lose the Saints Knuckles and gain: Toad Standard (Toads may march under the Toad Standard. If the owner of the Toad Standard is attacked 1d2 Toads will come to their side.)

Send scout to Frog pond (hopefully after the other players have made their sacrifices >.>) To ask for frog boon of toadification to toad the Anathalord in L3: The Anathalord becomes the Anathatoad, sapping his power.

Send scout to sacred grove and sacrifice 10 gold: Reprisal set to 0.

March 2 armies and 8 skeletons and 1 cat to K1: Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with eight skeletons) (6, 6, 5, 5, 3, 5, 3, 6, 7, 5 and 1), defeating eight of the enemies (giant (part), giant (part), giant (part), giant (part), giant (part), giant (part), giant (part) and giant (part)).

The enemy attacks back (7), killing zero of your armies. (Killing one skeleton.)
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with seven skeletons) (6, 2, 6, 8, 7, 5, 4, 8, 1 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (giant (part)).
All enemies are defeated and the castle is absorbed into your county.
 From giant clubs, you gain three wood. From tolls, you take 12 gold.
 Your total losses: one skeleton.

March 1 army to M3: Empty fort taken.

March 1 army to R4: Empty fort taken.

March 16 armies and 11 cats to N5: The dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part) attack first (3, 3, 3, 1, 4, 2, 7, 4, 5, 0, 7, 0, 5, 0 and 6), killing two of your armies. A bog cat is killed.
Your armies attack (with ten bog cats) (1, 6, 3, 1, 3, 5, 2, 7, 8, 6, 7, 2, 6, 6, 5, 4, 4, 7, 3, 7, 4, 4, 5 and 6), defeating thirteen of the enemies (dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and wisp).

The enemy attacks back (5, 6, 4 and 6), killing one of your armies and one bog cat.
Your armies attack (with nine bog cats) (1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 1, 1, 6, 3, 1, 2, 7, 4, 4, 3, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3 and 2), defeating all of the enemies.
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.
From the dragon horde, you gain fourteen gold.
Your total losses: three armies, two cats.

March 2 armies and 13 skeletons to T10 holding
Crimson Drum, last femur, and Marrowfat Scepter: Your armies attack (with thirteen skeletons) (6, 8, 8, 5, 7, 7, 2, 3, 7, 8, 6, 2, 3, 2 and 1), defeating four of the enemies (wolf, wolf, wolf and wolf).
The Last Femur fails to raise anyone.
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.

March 1 army to O4: Empty hill conquered. Hill report:
NW: you see a forest glade
N: you see hill
NE: you see marshland
E: you see village
SE: you see a mountain
S: you see village
SW: you see village
W: you see marshland

March 1 army to T6: Empty marsh conquered.

March 4 armies to T7:
Your armies attack (8, 8, 1 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (6 and 5), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (5, 8 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (7), killing one of your armies. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
Your total losses: two.

Scout P4: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The townlet is defended by three Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout S15: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the stinking mire they find a bog cat.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Send scout with rock ring to make wall between P13 and O13: Mountain raised.

Spoiler: Prince FitzHarbort - Shandston's Folly (click to show/hide)

1 army, assisted by Quarque and Criptfiend, march on Castle Bacchus F5 via Quarque's lands: One army plus 8 of FitzHarbort's armies with the Wolf Crystal march. Three Wolves join your side. The enemy hides behind their walls  (3 wall strength).
The boar attack first (5 and 3), from behind their walls, with none of your units defeated. A siege begins with your nine camped outside the walls!
Your armies attack (with three wolves) (5, 4, 8, 1, 2, 4, 1, 7, 5, 4, 1 and 4), damaging the walls (3) and breaking through into the fort, defeating one of the enemies (bone reckoner).
All skeletal companions of the enemy bone reckoners crumble.
The enemy attacks back (6 and , killing two of your armies. A wolf is killed.  Then the rest run away. The Bloodsinger flees with the Charnel knife to the Sunken Library.
Your armies attack (2, 4, 8, 3, 7, 5 and 6), defeating the remainign enemies.
All enemies are defeated and the castle is absorbed into your county. Bastle Bacchus (Mustering Yard, Marketplace, Tower. Defence 0/11, Army cap + 11)]
Your total losses: One Bockhoven. Net wolf gain: 2.

1 army marches on Castle Wright K14: The Castle is unoccupied and conquered.

1 army matches on L15: The unoccupied fort is taken.

1 army marches on L14: The unpatrolled village is taken.

1 army marches on J13: The unpatrolled quarry is taken.

1 army marches on J6, assisted by Quarque (8 armies (one carrying the Hedgeblade and the Rhuddy Cape)) and Criptfiend, they find seven armies from Ayes there! Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (5, 14, 2, 15, 14, 7, 4, 1, 8, 3 and 4), defeating five of the enemies (Ayes unit, Ayes unit, Ayes unit, Ayes unit and Ayes unit).
The enemy attacks back with the Black Lance and Black Claw! (8, 8, 3, 8, 4, 1, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1, 4, 6, 5, 8, 8, 6 and 3), your giant takes three hits and dies, and four more armies are killed. You take too many casualties and withdraw! The Black Claw creates five cats in J10.
Total losses: 5 (four Bockhoven, one FitzHarbort)
(Five Ayes units killed)

1 army marches on the Sundered Spire J10, assisted by Quarque (12 armies) and Criptfiend: The eight cats see them coming from the Watchtower and attack first. The bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat and bog cat attack first (2, 7, 8, 3, 5, 7, 1 and 1), killing three of your armies.
Your armies attack (2, 7, 1, 7, 3, 5, 2, 6, 7 and 4), defeating five of the enemies (bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat and bog cat).
The enemy attacks back (2, 8 and 6), killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (1, 1, 6, 1, 6, 6, 7 and 3), defeating three of the enemies (bog cat, bog cat and bog cat).
All enemies are defeated and the Sundered Spire is absorbed into your county.
Total losses: five (Bockhoven)

1 army with a Boat and the Wellspring Staff scouts: The scout casts the Wellspring Staff into the marsh, flooding the area and drowning everyone except the wisps (the skeletons crumble when their masters drown). The scout withdraws on a boat. The Wellspring Staff is in the new lake and may be recovered in future.

5 armies and 1 Wolf march on J9: They find three of Ayes units there: Your armies attack (with one wolf) (5, 5, 4, 4, 8 and 7), defeating two of the enemies (Ayes unit and Ayes unit).

The enemy attacks back (7), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (4, 4, 3, 4 and 3), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (4), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (8, 4, 7, 1 and 3), defeating one of the enemies (Ayes unit).
All enemies are defeated and the fort is absorbed into your county. You take six gold.
 Your total losses: one.

1 army marches on K9: The army takes the unpatrolled lair.

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

March 3 units to J9 and garrison there: You get there first. See Prince FitzHarbort above.

March 7 armies to J6: You get there first. The enemy hides behind their walls  (2 wall strength).
Your armies attack (5, 8, 5, 7, 5, 6 and 5), damaging the walls (2) and breaking through into the fort, defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county. You take the four artefacts (Perfidy's Horn, Black Lance, Black Claw, Shimmering Coin).
See FitzHarbort above for what happens next.

March 3 armies on L10: The enemy hides behind their walls  (1 wall strength).
The boar attack first (5 and 6), from behind their walls, with none of your units defeated. A siege begins with your three camped outside the walls!

Your armies attack (3, 1 and 4), with no enemy units defeated.
A siege begins with your three camped outside the walls!

March 3 armies on L13: The enemy hides behind their walls  (5 wall strength).
Your armies attack (5, 6 and 2), damaging the walls (2) with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (1), from behind their walls, with none of your units defeated. A siege begins with your three camped outside the walls!

Scout K3: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill.
On the steep fell they find one rampaging boar.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout L3: You scout Lord Vulk's land. This is the Prison of the Anathatoad. Hill -  Defence (14/20) - The Anathatoad, was a powerful Bone Reckoner, now a toad, is stuck within a near-impregnable prison (only attack rolls of 8+ may damage the cage (and not him), and he cannot attack from within it). The Anathalord carries the Doghorn, the Bonemeal Shield, the Rip Cage, the Dreadskull and Fleshbane. Nearby monster marches can seek to free the Anathatoad if the prison is as close or closer than a normal target.

Spoiler: Marquess Bockhoven - Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Repair the Crimson Tower (C8) using 3 stones: Repaired.

March 8 armies with the Wolf Crystal to F5 in support of the attack from Fitzharbort: See Fitzharbort

March 8 armies (one carrying the Hedgeblade and the Rhuddy Cape) on J6 in support of the attack from Fitzharbort: See Fitzharbort

March 12 armies to J10 in support of Fitzharbort: See Fitzharbort

Sail to A15 by boat with 1 army to scout, with the Speculator's Rod and the Golden Net: You discover two gold and no quarry.

Send 1 army to the pond (G7) to sacrifice the Scriptorium Plans to the Toad Pond: You lose the Scriptorium Plans and gain the Toad Tent Toad Tent (The Toad Tent will temporarily transform all units on all sides into toads while they remain in the Tent. The Tent effect is always active wherever the Tent is. Toads have no special abilities and cannot march. If there are walls, it only effects the side holding it. Only appears through sacrifice.)

Send 1 army to the pond (G7) as a scout, to ask for a boon (to turn toads back into their old form): All toads are returned to their original form. Four human units immediately turn back into toads in the presence of the Black Toad.

March with 3 armies on E6: Your armies attack (4, 0 and 5), defeating one of the enemies (bog cat).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.
From the hill:
NW: you see a marshland
N: you see Puffin Prongs
NE: you see lair
E: you see a Stone Circle
SE: you see lair
S: you see marshland
SW: you see a castle
W: you see forest

March with 1 army on E9: Your armies attack (, defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.
From the hill:
NW: you see marshland
N: you see hill
NE: you see village
E: you see a lair
SE: you see a forest
S: you see forest
SW: you see mountain
W: you see forest

Scout D9 with 1 army: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the hard scrabble bluffs they find a giant.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout E8 with 1 army: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the dark copse they find two wisps.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout D4 with 1 army: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the muddy fen they find a giant.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout E4 with 1 army: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The settlement is defended by one Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout C6 with 1 army: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the hard scrabble down they find a group of one thornish defectors who join your cause and they also find a Thornish Fort with three Thornish holdouts defending, and walls at 8/8 strength.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

March on A4 with 1 army: empty hill taken.
E: you see Castle Aubade
SE: you see ocean
S: you see ocean
SW: you see forest
W: you see ocean

Spoiler: Count Sol (click to show/hide)

Send (1) a Scout to C1: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the stinking mire they find nothing but ruins in which the scout finds and takes the Blood Forge Plans.

Send (1) a Scout to F2: You scout through the first land, discovering a unusual site. The Boneboat Yard (guarded by 3d6 [16] skeletal warriors, two bone-reckoners. Boats and ships belonging to the owner can travel one square further. While not owned by a Lord, at the start of each enemy phase, one other set of enemies adjacent to water gain a boat.) One of the Bone Reckoners carries the Horn of Fool's Retort. The original inhabitants of the yard won't march from this location.

(3) armies march to C3 to absorb more territory: The empty marsh is taken.

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

The Boneboat Yard gives a boat to Hero's Tor.

The Black Lance exerts a pull on those Dragons that wander.
- [F9] The Murkdragon  flies south-west towards the Black Lance.
- [O3] The dragon doesn't wander.
- [Q3] The dragon flies north, towards the Black Lance, bringing the Giant.
- [R3] The Crepuscular Dragon doesn't wander.

Barbarians from C4 and D6 fight in the Knuckle Yard. D6 wins and returns a Champion.
No one goes to the moot.
- Reprisals:
--[Ayes 5%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[FitzHarbort 3%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Bockhoven 2%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Vulk 0%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Sol 0%]  The Squelsh are quiet... for now.

The Crepuscular Dragon is in effect:
- [K11] Joining the lair is one Bone Reckoner, with one skeletal warriors and two skeletal archers.
- [L10] Joining the lair is five wolves.
- [Q3] Crepuscular Lair: Joining the lair is a giant.

The horde at K11 march on the Sundered Spire [J10]. The eight armies there see them with the Watchtower and attack first:
The boar, boar, boar and boar attack first (8, 2, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 and , killing four of your armies.
Your armies attack (5, 6, 3 and 2), defeating two of the enemies (skeletal warrior and skeletal archer).
The enemy attacks back (7, 6, 1 and 1), killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (4 and 3), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (6, 8, 7, 8, 4, 8, 3 and 1), killing two of your armies. Your armies have been defeated.
 Your total losses: eight (seven Bockhoven, one FitzHarbort)

Bryn a wisp, nineteen wolves, and the Crepuscular Dragon war to take back the lair at S3. It's undefended so they take it and then return to the castle.

The Marrowfat Sceptre lures the Hero and his entourage out of Hero's Tor to T10 where a trap awaits. He carries the Bloody Standard!
Vulk's two armies attack (with thirteen skeletons) (4, 7, 5, 9, 6, 5, 6, 9, 5, 5, 8, 8, 3, 9 and 5), defeating all the the enemies except a wisp. The enemy take too many losses, and the final wisp returns to the fort with the Bloody Standard. The Last Femur raises four skeleton!

The Golden Toad is in G7, and will offer one boon to each player who visits him (see unique sites).

TURN 23

Research

Prince FitzHarbort writes a History of the Hedge (Special! Can only appear with the library, and only if no other site can appear. Gain +1 victory point. Can happen multiple times.)

Marquess Vulk learns in M1 is the Tanglecomb (Only appears on Bloodsingers. Only appears after 30 artefacts have appeared. Summons a third-party hostile tanglebat at the start of combat. The wearer of the tanglecomb won't be targeted by tanglebats.)



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Spoiler: Known Artefact List (click to show/hide)

Held By Dragons
Crepuscular Dragon: Wisp Wand (at the start of every combat a wisp appears; there's a 2/3 chance it joins your side.)
Garrison Plans (For each recruitment over cap, 1 guard appears in the Garrison. Guards can never march or be redeployed, but will defend; if you have multiple Garrisons, the new Guards are split between them evenly, with excess going to the main castle). Doesn't count towards anathema count.

In the world
D2 is Bridge Plans (Can build bridges between any two adjacent tiles separated by water, if you own at least one side. Costs 10 stone. You can replace 2 wood for any 1 stone in construction (e.g. 5 stone and 10 wood. Doesn't count towards anathema count)
F2 is Horn of Fool's Retort (at the start of combat, summons the Thunderstorm Dragon as a third-party participant in a fight, hostile to all sides. The Horn will always summon the same Thunderstorm dragon and is destroyed if the dragon perishes. The Thunderstorm Dragon is always hostile to everyone, can only be damaged by archers and flying units, flies above forts and castles and so cannot be harmed by siege weaponry and ignores walls and keeps, and always flies in the enemy phase. She will flee in a random direction if she takes three hits. She doesn't willingly pick up artefacts.)
F9 is Murkblade (a scout will kill any lone human enemy they discover while scouting.)
G10 is Bitter Brew  (The set of armies this is equipped to never retreats from losses.)
I5 is Siege Workshop Plans (The owner of this can build a Siege Workshop as a feature (spending 10 stone as normal). Siege Workshop: You can build these two alternative types of seige engine: 1. Battering Ram: destroy walls on a 4+ for one round (or 3+ or 2+ if you spend 2 or 4 more wood). 2. Giant Trebuchet: destroy 1d4 defence before the attack begins. You may spend 1-3 stone in ammunition to add 1-3 d4s to this.) Doesn't count towards anathema count.
I10 is the Black Horn
L3 is Bonemeal Shield (The first time the unit this is attached to dies each combat, a random opposing unit dies instead, and the Lord gains +1 Anathema.)
L3 is Doghorn (Bog Cats will attempt to flee in the opposite direction of the army or scout holding this. Declare the direction of approach is multiple are possible, otherwise it's random.)
L3 is Rip Cage (Unit this is attached to can only die on an 8+, but makes -1 dice rolls in combat.)
L3 is Fleshbane (Gain +1 dice vs living humans.)
L3 is Dreadskull (any unit fleeing from an army with the Dreadskull will instead desert.)
L4 is Charnel Knife (Equipped unit gains +1 to attacks for every unit you have sacrificed since owning the Charnel Knife- Bloodsingers with this get +3.)
L4 is Black Dog  (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Dog will gain the Black Dog.) (Black Dog adds 1d4 wolves to the enemy side during combat. If Black Dog is assigned to a scout, it will add 1d4 wolves to each tile scouted (after leaving). If it is assigned to a fort or left in the castle, 1d4 wolves will attack that location. Any wolves in the presence of the Black Dog that flee, desert, or are lured or commanded will instead try to return to their spiritual home, if possible.)
M3 is the Rock Ring (With a scout, raise up a mountain wall between any two tiles. You must own at least one of the tiles to do this.)
R3 is Black Cloud, Bryn's Club, King's Writ.

Held by Lords

Sol: Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)

Blood Forge Plans

the Black Trotter (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Trotter will gain the Black Trotter.) (One unit attacks first twice at the start of each combat, but each time they kill a unit somewhere a boar will turn into a grand tusk- a giant pig that counts as 2 boar. If no boar are currently on the map, the next X boar to appear will all be grand tusks, where X is the number of units killed by the Trotter.)

the Boarskin Coat (when you attack boars, they don't get first attack, they get two attacks on their first counterattack)

The Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)

Ayes: Sundering Claw (assign a scout to crack open a permanent path through any adjacent mountain. 25% chance to call a hostile dragon to the location)

Black Lance (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding the Black Lance will gain the Black Lance.) (You never attack first in combats, but on your first attack all your attackers will attack three times. The turn after slaying someone with the lance, Dragons will preferentially fly one square in your direction when flying to a new home. When this first discovered, place the Dawn Dragon on M6 (the Dawn Dragon counts for 15 armies)).

Black Claw (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Claw will gain the Black Claw.) (+4 dice rolled when attacking, every time someone is killed by a force wielding the claw, the nearest square with a bog cat gains another cat. If there are none, a bog cat will appear in the nearest empty square.)

Shimmering Coin (+2 on rolls that determine gold amounts)

Perfidy's Horn (Monster units controlled by a human unit in the vicinity will become hostile third parties, turning on everyone.)

Thornish Crown (when owned by someone of Thornish heritage, one Thornish Holdout will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production); when owned by an Alkabrian or other, becomes the preferential target for all Thornish attacks until the crown is reclaimed. Doesn't count towards Anathema count.)

Bockhoven: Golden Net (A scout carrying this across water has a 25% chance of rolling on the treasure table)

Moonlight's Edge (Roll extra attack dice equal to the anathema value of the opponent's artefacts (ordinarily 1 each) in the tile before combat begins)

Hedgeblade (One unit gains +7 attack, but there's a 75% chance the unit will be targeted by any given enemy attack until the unit dies.

Soul Nexus (Once per turn, if someone attacks a castle containing the Soul Nexus and a Bloodforge, three human attackers will be sacrificed at the start of each combat to the Bloodforge, if possible. Worth five anathema. Found in the Crimson Tower.)

Black Toad (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Toad will gain the Black Toad.) (The Black Toad afixes itself to one unit, and will permanently turn all other units in the same tile on the same side as the Black Toad into toads. Only appears through sacrifice.)

Rhuddy Cape (the unit this is assigned to is now considered a giant)

The Wolf Crystal (wolves encountered will join the army instead (they still all run away when injured)

Watchtower plans (Can build Watchtowers for 10 stone. Watchtowers allow defenders to attack first during the first round of a seige, and owner gets a hill report. Doesn't count towards anathema count)

the Speculator's Rod (a scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

Whiptide Sail (one boat or ship can travel twice as far.)

Vulk: the Last Femur! (1/4 chance of each dead unit being resurrected to your side as a skeleton warrior when they die)

Cat Sack (defeated Bog Cats are put in the Cat Sack instead of being killed if the Cat Sack is held by the winning force. These cats are owned but unfriendly, and any number can be released by an army in any combat, or let loose by a scout in any tile.)

Prince FitzHarbort: Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).

Wellspring Staff (the Wellspring Staff may be cast into marshland by a unit to turn it into a lake (spilling out into all adjacent tiles - units can drown this way without proper precautions). If the staff is recovered (by boat etc) in subsequent turns, the lake remains.)

Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)

Sent to the King:
Hunter's Stand (Archers in the army this is attached to only die on 5s if no other units remain)

Marrowfat Throne (when owned by someone of Squelsh heritage, one Squelsh defector will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production) and adjacent Squelsh armies will join your attacks on non-Squelsh; when owned by an Alkabrian or other, +30 reprisal chance, +100 reprisal chance if destroyed.)

Pellucid Orb (+1 to scout travel distance)

Cragman's Spike (a scout may pass through mountains)

Thornish Lodestone (while this remains in the Hedge, whenever no Thornish fort is on the map, another fort is revealed in a sector usually far from the owner of this artefact (most distant of two rolls)

Spoiler: Known Unique Sites (click to show/hide)

A6 is The Knuckle Yard - Ritual death ring of the Squelsh natives. Owner may choose at any time to close down the yard (+20 reprisal chance). While operational: +2 income, if possible, two Barbarians from two different random squares will leave their post to fight at the start of each enemy phase, one one will return a Squelsh Champion (counts as two units, +1 to its attacks).

E7 and K1 are the Walking Stone Circles - A pair of sites. They are considered adjacent: units can walk from one to the other across the map. Each is initially defended by three giants. They will let anyone pass through both tiles unharmed in a turn as if they were owned by the traveller, for 1 gold per unit passing (if they do so, they won't join a monster march). Gold accumulates on the first stone circle passed through. Enemies always find the gold for it.

F11 is Lake Sorrow.

F12 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance to reprisals to 0. This only works for people who don't own the Grove.

G3 is Yawing Crevice (A desolate crack in the earth. Artefacts may be destroyed by a scout or army throwing it into the crevice. Doing so releases a tanglebat, which will attack anyone present at the time, including scouts. Doing so also grants a permanent -2 anathema score. Only appears in WW.)

G7 is is Toad Pond - Marshland - (5 toads live here (toads don't march and don't have special abilities).)
Spoiler: Toad Pond (click to show/hide)
 Artefacts may be sacrificed into the pond by scouts in exchange for one of the five Toad Artefacts, which don't appear outside of sacrifices.
When all Toad Artefacts have appeared the Golden Toad will bless the Pond and grant each visiting Lord who sends a scout a one-time unique boon: (Pick one of the following. Doesn't work if another Lord has picked the same boon, or you've already had a boon: 1. -40 debt; 2. transform all your toads back into their original forms; 3. return to you one sacrificed, destroyed or removed-from-county artefact of your choice; 4. conquer any unoccupied known tile on the map; 5. transform one unit anywhere on the map into a toad; 6. fix a castle or fort to full wall health; 7. remove a curse from any one artefact; 8. Gain 5 gold, 5 stone, 5 wood, 5 bows, 5 siege engines, 5 toads)

G10 is Wolfhaven Woods - Forest. Spiritual home of wolf kind. Inhabited by 10d4 wolves (25). These wolves will only flee if less than 10 remain. Any wolves that would otherwise be loyal to a non-wolf, are loyal to the wolves in these woods. Wolves in this forest will never march on anywhere.

H6 is Lustre Mine - Hill. Grants +5 gold income. Protected by nine wisps (only found adjacent to mountains)

J4 is Wisp Lake, containing the Wellspring Staff.

L3 is Prison of the Anathatoad. Hill -  Defence (14/20) - The Anathatoad, was a powerful Bone Reckoner, now a toad, is stuck within a near-impregnable prison (only attack rolls of 8+ may damage the cage (and not him), and he cannot attack from within it). The Anathalord carries the Doghorn, the Bonemeal Shield, the Rip Cage, the Dreadskull and Fleshbane. Nearby monster marches can seek to free the Anathatoad if the prison is as close or closer than a normal target.

L4 is the Sunken Library - Lair containing a library (that works the same as a normal library) and a Scriptorium (Once per turn, you may duplicate a Plan artefact). A place for students of the forbidden rites, only Bloodsingers and Bone Reckoners will appear here. It starts with 1d4 [1] Bloodsingers with artefacts [Black Dog], 1d4 Bone Reckoners [4], 1d4+3 [5] Skeletal Warriors and 1d4 [3] Skeletal Archers. Once this is revealed, Bloodsingers who flee combat will go here, including any still alive on the map having fled a previous combat. Bloodsingers and Bone Reckoners and their minions won't march from here. Only in WW.

L5 is Lake Longing - (Water makes this tile impassible except by boat or ship. Spills over onto adjacent tiles. Won't spawn on a coast.)

L6 is Hogland Hollow - Forest. Inhabited by 3d6 Boar. While it is unconquered, at the end of any turn when there is less than 10 boars in this forest, 1d4 more boar will appear. Your scout withdraws to safety.

O8 is The Hag Market. Marshland. Protected by 9 bog hags and 27 bog cats. Scouts can be sent to the market to buy bog cats (4 gold each) and otherwise may pass through without being attacked. Half the money spent here remains as possible loot. Friendly bog cats have +1 attack in marshland, and while you have a cat, they give -1 (non-cumulative) to enemy attack rolls. Cats cannot be sent to scout, and they cannot be send to attack or patrol by themselves. Monsters won't march from this location."

R3 is The Castle of Bryn the Brawn (Keep/Tower/Tower) Defence 21/21, occupied by Bryn, a giant, and his family, three more giants. The adjacent squares are also within his domain. Bryn will wage war to retake any squares adjacent to his castle, always accompanied in battle by 1d6 wolves.

R10 is the Scout Hut - Initially abandoned and inhabited by a family of 6 boar. Up to three armies can be assigned to the Hut as if it were a fort and they don't count towards your army cap. These armies can scout so long at they begin scouting from a tile adjacent to the hut. Spend 3 wood to dismantle and reassemble the hut on an empty tile you own.

T3 is The Moot - Village with 2d2 (2+1=3) Squelsh Barbarians and a moat (6/6 defense). It is the neutral meeting place of rival Squelsh bands. At the start of each enemy turn, each tile with a Squelsh Barbarian has a 25% chance of sending someone to the Moot. The first Squelsh reprisal each turn will be joined by whomever is in the Moot. If the Moot is conquered, a new Moot (with a new moat) will appear in the most populous Squelsh-held village at the start of the next player turn, or if there are no such villages, it may appear in future tile generation (from scouting, research etc.).

T11 is Hero's Tor - Hill Fort (Steep Path: Siege Engines cannot assail this hill) (9/9). An ageing Squelsh Champion (counts as two units, +1 to its attacks) with the Bloody Standard (+1 all attack rolls) sits in retirement in this fort, with his retinue of 6 Squelsh Barbarians, and two pet wisps.

Spoiler: Known Unit Types (click to show/hide)

ALKABARIAN
- Soldier
- Archer (dies on 5, +1 in sieges)
- Skeletal - Archer (dies on 5, +1 in sieges, cannot go alone on missions)
      - Warrior (cannot go alone on missions)
- Rhuddy Giant (counts as 3 armies)

MONSTER
Anathema (also considered Squelsh)
   - Bone Reckoners
      - Skeletal - Archer (dies on 5, +1 in sieges, crumbles without Reckoner)
         - Warrior/Fighter (crumbles without Reckoner)
   - Bloodsingers (has an artefact, will flee if first attack fails to defeat enemy and is not behind a wall)
   - Bog Hag (has 2-4 cats who tank hits for her, curses anyone she is in combat with)
Animals
   - Boar (attacks first, twice!)
        - Grand Tusk (Counts as two boars)
   - Bog Cat (turns places into marsh on defeat, -1 attackers rolls, +1 when in a swamp)
   - Wolf (flees when hurt)
        - Tanglebat (when not behind a wall, another tanglebat will appear for every living combatant)
        - Toad (Cannot march)

Mythic
  - Giant (counts as 3 armies, drops 1 wood)
  - Dragon (counts as 5 armies, attacks first, drops 3d6 gold)
  - Wisp (Only one wisp can be killed per round)

THORNISH
- Holdout (drops 0-1 gold)
- Knight (dies on a 7+)

SQUELSH
- Squelsh Barbarian (+1 to rolls for both sides)
- Squelsh Champion (+1 to rolls, counts as two armies)

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Special Movement:

Most units cannot pass through water or mountain. The exceptions:

WATER: Toads, Skeletons cannot ordinarily drown. Wisps, Dragons, Tanglebats can fly over water.
MOUNTAIN: Only Dragons can fly over mountains

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 23 - IRRIDENTISM
Post by: Criptfeind on July 14, 2023, 05:29:47 am

Sometimes I feel like including discord can lead a lessening of the experience in the thread itself. It's so convenient for talking that, of course, I'll still be using it. But as a historical note to anyone who might ever read this thread.

That turn was a cluster fuck.

Anyway, here are my stats, I've not finished my turn, so I'll put that up later.

Spoiler: Turn 22 gains/losses (click to show/hide)

-3 Cat sack Charges
+Alchymical Flux
-2 gold
+2 armies
-2 armies in fort Sycamore
+Tower in point swearing
-10 stone
-Marrowfat Cape
+Toad Crown
-Juniper Cape
+Toad Staff
-Saints Knuckles
+Toad Standard
-10 gold
+3 wood
+12 gold
-1 skeleton
K1: Walking Stone Circle
M3: Marsh fort Willow 2/6
+3 Stone
R4: Marsh fort Cryptic 1/4
-3 armies
-2 cats
+14 gold
N5: Marsh
T10: Hill
O4: Hill
T6: Marsh
-2 armies
-S3: Lair
+4 Skeletons

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Colour: Blue
Extra VP? +16
Anathema: 10 (artifacts) 33 (monster units) 18 (sacrifices) 10 (knight kills) 1 (Bloodforge) = 72

Castle Mysterious: P14
Defence: 9/10
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove (+3 Army cap, +1 recuitment +1 wood)

Point Swearing: S14
Defense: 14/14
Features: Shipyard, Coppicing Grove, Library, Barracks, Tower (+1 wood +4 army cap)

Puzzle Dungeon: L2
Defense: 0/13
Features: Keep, Siege workshop

Wood Production: 15
Recruitment: 14
Income: 3
Stone Production: 3

Army: 34+2-3-2+14=47!-10=37/37
Gold: 12-2-10+12+14+3=29
Debt: 0
Wood: 21+3+15=39
Stone: 13-10+3+3=9

Artifacts: Last Femur, Cat Sack (3), Toad Standard, Crimson Drum, Marrowfat Scepter, Toad Staff, Black Baldric, Toad Crown, Rock Ring, Alchymical Flux
Equipment: 1 ship
Special Units: 24 Skeleton warriors 0 Skeleton Archers 10 Cats
Curses:

Holdings list:
K1: Walking Stone Circle
L3: The Prison of the Anathalord 14/20
K13: Forest Fort +1 Wood production
M3: Marsh fort Willow 2/6
M4: Hill
N3: Serene Glade Forest +1 Wood production
N5: Marsh
N6: Quarry +1 stone production
N7: Taghairn cave: Sacrifice 3 cats to make an artifact
O4: Hill
O5: Village +1 Recruitment
O6: Village +1 Recruitment
O7: Village +1 recruitment
O14: Village +1 Recruitment
O15: Forest +1 Wood production
P6: Forest +1 Wood production
P7: Marsh
P8: Forest +1 Wood production
P9: Hill
P10 Village +1 Recruitment
P11: Forest Fort Ivy 4/8 +1 Wood Production
P12: Lair
P13 Village +1 Recruitment
P15: Hill
Q5: Village Moat 6/6 +1 Recruitment
Q8: Gold mine +1 income
Q9: Marsh
Q6: Forest +1 Wood production
Q11: Marsh
Q12: Village +1 Recruitment
Q13: Village +1 Recruitment
Q14: Hill Fort Hawthorn 0/5
R4: Marsh Fort Cryptic 1/4
R5: Marsh Fort Ominous 4/4
R6: Marsh
R7: Mine +1 Gold
R8: Village +1 recruitment
R11: Marsh
R12: Quarry +1 Stone production
R13: Marsh
R14: Village +1 recruitment
R15: Marsh
S3: Lair
S4: Forest +1 Wood production
S5: Forest Fort Hemlock 4/6 +1 Wood production
S6: Village +1 Recruitment
S7: Hill Fort Willow 5/7
S8: Marsh
S9: Village +1 Recruitment
S10: Forest Fort Sycamore 0/3 defenses +1 wood production 1 Armies
S11: Hill
S12: Forest +1 wood production
S13: Forest +1 wood production
T5: Village +1 recruitment
T6: Marsh
T10: Hill
T12: Forest +1 Wood production
T13: Quarry +1 Stone production

Spoiler: Turn 23 (click to show/hide)

 permission granted to aywen ayes to move though land to march on k14
Send 6 gold to FitzHarbort
Accept 16 gold from Aywen Ayes
Send 6 gold to Count Sol
Accept Bloodforge plans from

Make 7 siege weapons with 14 wood
Purchase 1 stone for 2 gold

Sacrifice 3 cats from the cat sack to the Taghairn cave
Create Bloodforge at Point Swearing with 10 stone

March 1 army to S3
March 1 armies and 13 skeletons to the Prison of the Anathatoad using 7 siege weapons
March 1 armies and 4 skeletons to P4
March 1 army and 5 cats to T7
March 1 army and 3 cats carrying the cat bag to S15
Scout l12 l11 l10 with flux to watch fight and copy artifact
March 6 armies to Q7
March 16 armies and 1 skeleton to P3 carrying last femur
March 3 armies to Q3
March 1 armies and 6 skeletons on T11

Send scout to O8 cat market and purchase 7 cats for 28 gold.
Scout P3-P2-Q2
Sacrifice 3 armies to the bloodforge in Point Swearing

1 army and 1 cat unassigned/defending

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 SCREAM
Post by: Kashyyk on July 16, 2023, 05:04:36 pm

Produce three units of bows, and send them to Fort L14 (now named Tinker) alongside a garrison
Buy 4 Stone for 8 Gold, and spend 6 Gold to repair Castle Wright to 6 Defence

1 army garrisons Castle Wright
3 armies march on Swamp F14
1 army marches on Forest J12
1 army marches on Fort K11
14 armies and 1 wolf march on Sundered Spire

I'm willing to talk about our border a1s, let's figure something out.

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

F5 - Castle Bacchus
Defence 0/11
Army Cap: 11
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)

G8 - Forest: Fort Aquarius
Defence 5/5
Garrison: 1/3 (1x Infantry)

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 14
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)
 - Alkabrian Outpost (see here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181666.msg8481075#msg8481075))

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 4/8
Garrison: 3/3 (2x Archers, 1x Infantry)

I11 - Forest: Fort Hollivy
Defence: 0/8
Garrison: 0/3

J14 - Marsh: Fort Tailor
Defence: 4/4
Garrison: 2/3 (2x Infantry)

J10 - Castle: Sundered Spire
Defence: 0/11
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Tower (+4/+4 Defence, +1 Army Cap)
 - Watchtower (Defender's get first strike, gives Hill report)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)

J9 - Forest: Fort Juniper
Defence: 0/5
Garrison: 0/3

K14 - Castle Wright
Defence: 6/13
Army Cap: 13
Features:
 - Coppicing Grove (+1 Wood)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 Recruitment)
 - Marketplace (+1 Gold)
 - Keep (+3/+3 Defence, last defender untouchable at 3+ defence)
 - Barracks (+3 army cap)

L15 - Hill: Fort Tinker
Defence 9/9
Garrison 3/3 (3x Archers)

Resources:
Army : 20/35 (+12/turn) = 14(curr) + 12(inc) - 3(Garrison Fort L15) - 3(casualties)
Gold: 35 (+4/turn) = 33(curr) +4(inc) + 6(loot) - 8(buy stone)
Stone: 6 (+1/turn) = 1(curr) + 1(inc) + 4(buy stone)
Wood : 36 (+9/turn) = 33(curr) + 9(inc) - 6(create 3 bows)
Debt: 20
Victory Points: 21 (Gifted Hunter's Stand, Written History of the Hedge x1)

Territory:
F5 (Castle Bacchus), F10 (Forest), F13 (Forest), F15 (Village),
G15 (Forest), G14 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), G11 (Lair: Wolf Den), G9 (Village), G8 (Forest, Fort Aquarius), G7 (Swamp, Frog Pond),
H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), H11 (Village), H5 (Forest),
I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I13 (Hill), I12 (Marsh), I11 (Forest, Fort Hollivy), I9 (Village), I6 (Forest),
J15 (Hill), J14 ( Marsh, Fort Tailor), J13 (Swamp, Quarry), J11 (Village), J10 (Sundered Spire), J9 (Marsh, Fort Juniper), J8 (Hill), J7 (Forest), J4 (Wisp Lake)
K15 (Forest), K14 (Castle Wright), K12 (Village), K10 (Swamp), K9 (Lair)
L15 (Hill, Fort Tinker), L14 (Village)
Artefacts:
 - Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants)
 - Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)
Equipment: 1x Boat
Units: 20x Infantry, 1x Wolf

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 23 - IRRIDENTISM
Post by: a1s on July 17, 2023, 02:36:44 am

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Army: 16/16
Border Colour: Red
Castles:
 Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
 Castle Location N-13
 Defence: 14/18
 Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks, Tower(x3)

Wood Production: 10
Stone production: 1
Recruitment: 8
Income: 1
Curses: 0
Wood: 56
Gold: 16
Stone:2
Debt: 0

Forts :
- L15 defense 9/9 garrison 0/3.
- N11 defense 1/3 garrison 0/3
- L6 defense 4/4 garrison 1 archer, 2 armies
- M7 defense 0/3 garrison 0/3
Artifacts: Sundering Claw, Thornish Crown, Perfidy's Horn, Black Lance, Black Claw, Shimmering Coin.
Equipment: None
Special Units: 4 wolves, 1 cat

orders:

Send 16 gold to  Marquess Ambrosio Vulk
Receive wolf crystal from Bockhoven
Sell 10 wood
send 5 gold to FitzHarbort in exchange for access.

March 1 army on K14
March 1 army on L14
March 1 army on L15
March 1 army on L2
March 1 on K1
March 3 armies and Perfidy's Horn on K3
March 3 on K11 and immediately garrison
March 1 army and wolf crystal on L10
March 1 army, 1 wolf, 1 cat and black claw on O10
Scout visits the golden toad to request the resource boon (5 gold, etc.)
Scout K3-K2-J2
Scout K3-J3-I3

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 23 - IRRIDENTISM
Post by: Criptfeind on July 17, 2023, 11:04:59 am

I'm going to post this here as well just in case that would mean Kashyyk sees it faster. In order to cut down the conversation time between you two: As far as I'm concerned A1s more or less last minute stuck to their end of the deal last turn by pulling back their attack on the spire, I told Kashyyk that a1s deserved the stuff in J6, I understand why Kashyyk went for it but since Kashyyk failed to get those artifacts I think we should just call it water under the bridge. Let A1s have L14 and L15 and castle Wright back, Kashyyk can take the spire back now that they have a reasonable army cap. A1 obviously keeps J6 and then I stick to my end of the deal and A1s gets to pick up the puzzle dungeon and K1. A1s agreed to this deal, are you okay with that Kashyyk?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 23 - IRRIDENTISM
Post by: Quarque on July 17, 2023, 11:25:00 am

Confirming a deal with Marchioness Aywen Ayes, where they will borrow the Wolf Crystal in return for 2 wolves and 2 gold.

Will be able to post a turn in about 4 hours.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 23 - IRRIDENTISM
Post by: a1s on July 17, 2023, 04:25:21 pm

New orders:

Quote from: a1s on July 17, 2023, 02:36:44 am

Send 16 gold to  Marquess Ambrosio Vulk
Receive wolf crystal from Bockhoven
Sell 10 wood
send 5 gold to FitzHarbort in exchange for access.

March 1 army on K14
March 1 army on L14
March 1 army on L15
March 1 army on L2
March 1 on K1
March 3 armies and Perfidy's Horn on K3
March 3 on K11 and immediately garrison
March 1 army and wolf crystal on L10
March 1 army, 1 wolf, 1 cat and black claw on O10
Scout visits the golden toad to request the resource boon (5 gold, etc.)
Scout K3-K2-J2
Scout K3-J3-I3

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 23 - IRRIDENTISM
Post by: Horizon on July 17, 2023, 05:48:15 pm

Trades & Purchases:
- (+1) army, gained via Mustering Yard which goes into the Garrison of Castle Freedom (total: 2 guards)
- (+2) wood gained via forest (C2)
- Lend the Bloodforge plans to Vulk in trade for 6 gold for a turn.
Orders for Turn 18:
-  Send (1) a Scout to D4.

Spoiler: Sol, Inheritor of Swearing (click to show/hide)

Sol, Son of Gloronisits and Hero of Swearing
Background: Hero
Castle Name: Castle of Freedom
Castle Location: D2
Border Colour: Gold
Army: 13/13
Defence: 19/19
Wood Production/Inv: +2 (17)
Stone Production/Inv: +0 (0)
Recruitment: +1 (Mustering Yard)
Gold: 5
Income: 0
Debt: 0

Features:
- Defenses:
   •  Moat: +6/6 defence
   •  Keep: +3/+3 defence, your last defender cannot be killed during a siege until your defence is less than 3.
- Resources:
   •  Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
   •  Barracks:  Increase maximum army size by +3
- Knowledge:
   •  Garrison: For each recruitment over cap, 1 guard appears in the Garrison. Guards can never march or be redeployed, but will defend; if you have multiple Garrisons, the new Guards are split between them evenly, with excess going to the main castle.

Forts:
- Fort Howling (4/4 defense)

Artefacts:
  - Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)
  - Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)
  - Black Trotter  (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Trotter will gain the Black Trotter.) (One unit attacks first twice at the start of each combat, but each time they kill a unit somewhere a boar will turn into a grand tusk- a giant pig that counts as 2 boar. If no boar are currently on the map, the next X boar to appear will all be grand tusks, where X is the number of units killed by the Trotter.)
  - Boarskin Coat  (when you attack boars, they don't get first attack, they get two attacks on their first counterattack)
Equipment:
- (3) Bows
Special Units:
- (7) Wolves

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 19 - PUNISHMENT
Post by: Quarque on July 18, 2023, 03:56:24 am

Trade:
Send the Wolf Crystal to Marchioness Aywen Ayes

Actions:
Build 8 siege engines
Garrison A5 with the 5 toads that used to be armies and the Black Toad, plus the wolf that has the Black Toad attached
Sail to B3 by boat with 1 army to scout, with the Golden Net
March 1 army to C3 by boat
March 1 army and 10 wolves on D9
March 1 army and 11 wolves and 3 siege engines on C6
March 1 army and 11 wolves on D4
Scout 1 army E9 => D9 with Speculator's Rod
March 1 army on C4
March 2 army and 1 wolf on E4
March 3 army on E8
March 3 army and Rhuddy Cape on B10
March 7 army and 1 wolf and 5 siege engine on B2 by ship
March 1 army on B1 by ship
March 1 army on C3 by boat
March 1 army on C1 by ship
Scout with 1 army B6
Scout with 1 army C7
Scout with 1 army B7
Garrison C8 with 1 army
Garrison C13 with 1 army
Scout E1 with 1 army, the whiptide sail and a ship
March on D7 with 10 army and 1 wolf

Spoiler: Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow
C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defense: 10/10
Features:
   • Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
   • Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
   • Shipyard: -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
   • Barracks: +3 army cap
A5 - Castle Aubade
Defence: 14/14
   • Tower: +4/4 defence, increase maximum army size by +1
   • Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production.
   • Shipyard: -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
   • Alkabarian Outpost
A11 - Selkie Court: 0/31 defense
   • Keep, Moat x 3
C8 - Crimson Tower: 3/17 defense
   • Keep, Tower, Bloodforge
E5 - fort: garrison 3 / 3

Total Army Cap: 45

Resources:
Army: 41 (+8/turn) = 43-10(curr) +8(inc)
Gold: 4 (+3/turn) = 1(curr) + 3(inc)
Stone: 3 (+3/turn) = 0(curr) + 3(inc)
Wood: 5 (+8/turn) = 13(curr) +8(inc) -16 (siege engines)

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape, the Golden Net, the Wolf Crystal, Speculator's Rod, Whiptide Sail, the Hedgeblade, the Soul Nexus, the Black Toad, Watchtower plans, the Avalance Maul
Equipment: 2 Boats and 4 Ships
Special Units: 5 toads, 36 wolves (1 cursed with Black Toad)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 24 - DECAY
Post by: notquitethere on July 18, 2023, 07:25:38 am

TURN 23 REPORT

Spoiler: Marquess Vulk (click to show/hide)

Sacrifice 3 cats from the cat sack to the Taghairn cave: You draw out the Black Orb. (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Orb will gain the Black Orb.)(Only appears when no other artefacts can appear. The appearance of the Black Orb heralds the loss of magic in the Hedge. One random uncursed artefact in the Hedge will crumble into dust when this is revealed, and while the Orb exists, again at the start of each turn and again whenever there is no artefact to reveal. Libraries do not reveal the Black Orb.)

Create Bloodforge at Point Swearing with 10 stone: Bloodforge forged.

March 1 army to S3: Lair retaken.

March 1 armies and 13 skeletons to the Prison of the Anathatoad using 7 siege weapons. The first attack necessarily breaks through the 14 wall defence remaining. The Anathatoad attacks (3), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with thirteen skeletons) (2, 3, 7, 7, 7, 8, 7, 1, 5, 3, 6, 1, 7, and 2). The Bonemeal Shield kills a skeleton.
The Anathatoad attacks (6), killing a skeleton.
Your armies attack (with eleven skeletons) (3, 8, 7, 4, 6, 7, 8, 8, 4, 3, 2 and , defeating one of the enemies (Anathatoad).
All enemies are defeated and you gain the Ripcage, Fleshbane, Dreadskull, Doghorn and Bonemeal Shield.

March 1 armies and 4 skeletons to P4: The enemy attacks back (, killing zero of your armies. (Killing one skeleton.)
Your armies attack (with three skeletons) (4, 5, 8 and 6), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: one skelton.

March 1 army and 5 cats to T7: Your armies attack (with five bog cats) (5, 1, 5, 8, 5 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county. You pick up two gold and one wood.

March 1 army and 3 cats carrying the cat bag to S15: Your armies attack (with three bog cats) (5, 5, 4 and 6), defeating one of the enemies (bog cat).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.

Scout l12 l11 l10 with flux to watch fight and copy artifact: Alychmical Flux is transformed into the Wolf Crystal.

March 6 armies to Q7: Your armies attack (3, 1, 8, 7, 5, 2 and 3), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (5 and 7), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (8, 3, 1, 1, 8 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (5), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (5, 2, 7, 7, 1 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: one.

March 16 armies and 1 skeleton to P3 carrying last femur: They march on the village. The dwellings are defended by three Squelsh barbarians. A giant and a dragon are also here. The two parties are hostile to one another.
The dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part) attack first (6, 3, 9, 9 and 4), killing three of your armies. The last femur raises one skeleton
Your armies attack (with two skeleton) (2, 2, 5, 4, 5, 2, 4, 4, 9, 6, 7, 5, 9, 5 and 7), defeating nine of the enemies (dragon (part), Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, giant (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and giant (part)).
The last femur doesn't raise any skeletons.
The enemy attacks back (1 and 3), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with one skeleton) (7, 1, 4, 7, 7, 6, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 8, 8 and 7), defeating two of the enemies (dragon (part) and giant (part)).
The last femur raises one skeleton
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.
 From the dragon horde, you gain fifteen gold.
 From giant clubs, you gain one wood.
 Your total losses: three.

March 3 armies to Q3: Your armies attack (7, 3 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (giant (part)).
The enemy attacks back (8 and 7), killing two of your armies. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
 Your total losses: two.

March 1 armies and 6 skeletons on T11: The enemy hides behind their walls  (9 wall strength).

Your armies attack (with six skeletons) (3, 5, 7, 5, 8, 3 and 2), damaging the walls (3) defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county. You obtain a boat from the lair.

Send scout to O8 cat market and purchase 7 cats for 28 gold: Cats purchased. There are no more cats available.

Scout P3-P2-Q2: You pass through the first village, newly taken. You scout through the second land, discovering a forest. In the dense woods they find a Bloodsinger. He carries an artefact! It is the Crimson Cowl (Only appears on Bloodsingers. Only appears after 30 artefacts have appeared. The unit this is attached to will flee at the start of combat if its force is outnumbered and it has no walls defending it, taking any minions with it.) and they also find two Bone Reckoners, with five skeletal warriors and two skeletal archers.
Your scout withdraws to safety

Sacrifice 3 armies to the bloodforge in Point Swearing: Three armies are sacrifice. The Black Orb destroys the Marrowfat Shield! Marqess Vulk gains +60 reprisal for detroying a Squelsh relic.

Spoiler: Prince FitzHarbort - Shandston's Folly (click to show/hide)

3 armies march on Swamp F14: Your armies attack (8, 7 and 9), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.

1 army marches on Forest J12: You take the empty forest.

1 army marches on Fort K11: You take the empty fort.

14 armies and 1 wolf march on Sundered Spire: The boar, boar, boar, boar, wisp, wisp, skeletal archer and bone reckoner attack first with the Watchtower (5, 1, 4, 1, 4, 3, 4, 2, 1, 7, 6 and 6), killing four of your armies.

Your armies attack (with one wolf) (1, 2, 2, 2, 5, 5, 8, 7, 7, 1 and 2), defeating five of the enemies (boar, bone reckoner, boar, boar and boar).
All skeletal companions of the enemy bone reckoners crumble.

Your armies attack (with one wolf) (6, 2, 8, 4, 7, 8, 7, 5, 6, 3 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (6), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (2, 8, 4, 2, 3, 4, 2, 4, 5 and 1), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the Sundered Spire is captured.
 Your total losses: five.

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

March 1 army on K14: Empty castle taken.

March 1 army on L14: Unpatrolled village taken.

March 1 army on L15: Empty fort taken.

Permission granted for passing through Vulk lands, so...

March 1 army on L2: Empty castle taken. Defense: 0/13. Features: Keep, Siege workshop

March 1 on K1: Unpatrolled stone circle taken

March 3 armies and Perfidy's Horn on K3: The boar attack first (2 and 7), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (6 and , defeating one of the enemies (boar).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.
Your total losses: one.
NW: you see village
N: you see hill
NE: you see a lake
E: you see a village
SE: you see the Sunken Library
S: you see a hill with a prison
SW: you see a castle
W: you see a forest

March 3 on K11 and immediately garrison: Your armies attack (4, 3 and 7), defeating one of the enemies (Fitzharbort unit).
All enemies are defeated and the fort is absorbed into your county.

March 1 army and wolf crystal on L10: The five wolves join your side. The enemy hides behind their walls  (1 wall strength).
The boar attack first (5 and 5), from behind their walls, with none of your units defeated. A siege begins with your one camped outside the walls!
Your armies attack (with five wolves) (8, 1, 1, 7, 3 and 6), damaging the walls (1) and breaking through into the fort, defeating one of the enemies (boar).
All enemies are defeated and the fort is absorbed into your county. An Vulk scout is later pass by here.

March 1 army, 1 wolf, 1 cat and black claw on O10: Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with one wolf) (with the black claw) (1, 1, 7, 4, 4, 7 and 4), defeating two of the enemies (bog cat and bog cat).
The enemy attacks back (7), killing zero of your armies. A bog cat is killed.
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (with the black claw)(5, 4, 1, 6, 6 and 7), defeating one of the enemies (bog hag).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: one cat. The Black Claw spawns three cats in N15.


Scout visits the golden toad to request the resource boon (5 gold, etc.): You gain 5 gold, 5 stone, 5 wood, 5 bows, 5 siege engines, 5 toads)

Scout K3-K2-J2: You pass through the newly taken hill. You scout through the second land, discovering a forest. In the dark copse they find three gold.
You scout through the third land, discovering a village. The townlet is undefended and would be easily cowed.

Scout K3-J3-I3: You pass through the newly taken hill. You scout through the second land, discovering a hill. On the hard scrabble highland they find a Thornish Fort currently empty, with the walls at 7/8 strength.
From the hill:
NW: you see village
N: you see marshland
NE: you see a mountain
E: you see a lake
SE: you see a village across the lake
S: you see a hill
SW: you see forest
W: you see village
You scout through the third land, discovering a marshland.
In the murky mire they find four rampaging boar.

Spoiler: Count Sol (click to show/hide)

One scout confirms that there is a Giant in D4.

Spoiler: Marquess Bockhoven - Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Sail to B3 by boat with 1 army to scout, with the Golden Net: The golden net finds one gold, and one stone. You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the thick copse they find nothing but bones.

March 1 army to C3 by boat: Unpatrolled marsh is taken.

March 1 army and 10 wolves on D9: Your armies attack (with ten wolves) (1, 3, 1, 7, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 4, 3, 6, 1, 2 and 4), defeating two of the enemies (giant (part) and giant (part)).
The enemy attacks back (7), killing zero of your armies. A wolf is killed.  Then the rest run away. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
Your total losses: one wolf

March 1 army and 11 wolves and 3 siege engines on C6: The enemy hides behind their walls  (8 wall strength).
Your armies attack (with eleven wolves) (5, 9, 3, 3, 6, 5, 4, 5, 7, 6, 3, 4, 8, 6, 10 and 3), damaging the walls (7) defeating three of the enemies (Thornish holdout, Thornish holdout and Thornish holdout).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.
 From the Thornish holdouts you take two gold.

March 1 army and 11 wolves on D4: Your armies attack (with eleven wolves) (2, 4, 1, 1, 4, 1, 6, 4, 2, 3, 7 and 1), defeating two of the enemies (giant (part) and giant (part)).

The enemy attacks back (3), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with eleven wolves) (2, 7, 5, 8, 8, 3, 7, 8, 8, 2, 8 and 5), defeating one of the enemies (giant (part)).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.
 From giant clubs, you gain one wood.

Scout 1 army E9 => D9 with Speculator's Rod: You discover a quarry in E9! D9 is occupied by a giant so your scout withdraws to safety.

March 1 army on C4: The unoccupied village is taken.

March 2 army and 1 wolf on E4: Your armies attack (with one wolf) (4, 7 and 3), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.


March 3 army on E8: Your armies attack (2, 8 and 7), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (, killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (4 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: one.

March 3 army and Rhuddy Cape on B10: Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (9, 2, 2, 8 and 7), inflicting three hits on the enemies (Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh champion and Squelsh champion).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

March 7 army and 1 wolf and 5 siege engine on B2 by ship: It's apparently empty so you take it without a fight.

March 1 army on B1 by ship: The unpatrolled forest is taken.

March 1 army on C3 by boat: You already marched here.

March 1 army on C1 by ship: The empty marshland is taken.

Scout with 1 army B6: You scout through the first land, discovering a lair. This dank tomb is inhabited by one Bone Reckoners, with three skeletal warriors and also one Bone Reckoners, with two skeletal warriors and two skeletal archers. The monsters defend nine gold.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout with 1 army C7: You scout through the first land, discovering a lair. This dingy hovel is inhabited by a bog cat and one wisp and also four wolves. The monsters defend seven gold.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout with 1 army B7: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The settlement is defended by three Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout E1 with 1 army, the whiptide sail and a ship: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The hamlet is defended by three Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

March on D7 with 10 army and 1 wolf: Ten armies march into a lair beyond the border. This mouldering ruin is inhabited by a giant and also one rampaging boar and a giant. The monsters defend seven gold.
The boar attack first (8 and 2), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (1, 7, 2, 5, 4, 2, 8, 3, 4 and 1), defeating three of the enemies (giant (part), giant (part) and giant (part)).

The enemy attacks back (1, 4, 1 and , killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (5, 2, 5, 3, 8, 8, 4, 7 and 7), defeating four of the enemies (giant (part), giant (part), boar and giant (part)).
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county. You take the seven gold.
From giant clubs, you gain two wood.
Your total losses: three.

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

The Boneboat Yard gives a boat to [P2]

The Black Lance in [N13] exerts a pull on those Dragons that wander.
- [H8] The Murkdragon doesn't wander.
- [O3] The dragon flies east to O4 and takes the hill.
- [R3] The Crepuscular Dragon flies north-east to [Q4], bringing with him a wisp, 19 wolves and Bryn the Giant, and all artefacts

Barbarians from E1 and T3 fight in the Knuckle Yard. T3 wins and returns a Champion.
Barbarian-occupied tiles E1, E4, F14, H3 send someone to the moot.
- Reprisals:
--[Vulk 66%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[FitzHarbort 6%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Ayes 5%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Bockhoven 3%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Sol 0%]  The Squelsh are quiet... for now.

The Crepuscular Dragon is in effect:
- [B6] Joining the lair is three wolves.
- [C7] No new monsters come.
- [Q3] Crepuscular Lair: Joining the lair is a bog cat.

The horde at P2 march on the fort R4, picking up the giant and bog cat enroute. Fort Cryptic is unoccupied so they take it.

The Crepuscular Dragon and friends march on the fort at R5. Fort Ominous is undefended and so they take it.

The monsters in the lair at B6 mach on the fort C6. Your forces are behind defences (1 wall strength).
The wolf, wolf, wolf, bone reckoner, bone reckoner, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal archer and skeletal archer attack first (4, 4, 6, 7, 2, 5, 8, 4, 8, 2, 5 and 7), damaging the walls (1) and breaking through into the fort, killing four wolves is killed.  Then the rest run away.
Your armies attack (3), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (2, 1, 3, 8, 2, 5, 4, 7, 8, 5, 8 and , killing your army and taking the fort.
Total losses: one unit, fout wolves.

Bryn, despite being out of the castle, is still adjacent to a conquered territory and see he, a wisp, twenty-two wolves, and the Crepuscular Dragon war to take back the empty forest at S4. After which, they return to the adjacent castle.

The Marrowfat Sceptre lures no one.

TURN 24

Black Orb

Hedgeblade is destroyed by the Black Orb.

Research

Prince FitzHarbort writes a History of the Hedge (Special! Can only appear with the library, and only if no other site can appear. Gain +1 victory point. Can happen multiple times.)

Marquess Vulk learns in In Q2 is Bloodstone Mirror (Only appears on Bloodsingers. Only appears after 30 artefacts have appeared. At the start of combat, the Mirror creates shadow units equal to the armies attacking it. Shadow units don't attack, but can absorb hits. They disappear at the end of combat.)

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Spoiler: Known Artefact List (click to show/hide)

Held By Dragons
Crepuscular Dragon: Wisp Wand (at the start of every combat a wisp appears; there's a 2/3 chance it joins your side.)
Garrison Plans (For each recruitment over cap, 1 guard appears in the Garrison. Guards can never march or be redeployed, but will defend; if you have multiple Garrisons, the new Guards are split between them evenly, with excess going to the main castle). Doesn't count towards anathema count.

In the world
D2 is  Black Trotter  (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Trotter will gain the Black Trotter.) (One unit attacks first twice at the start of each combat, but each time they kill a unit somewhere a boar will turn into a grand tusk- a giant pig that counts as 2 boar. If no boar are currently on the map, the next X boar to appear will all be grand tusks, where X is the number of units killed by the Trotter.)
F2 is Horn of Fool's Retort (at the start of combat, summons the Thunderstorm Dragon as a third-party participant in a fight, hostile to all sides. The Horn will always summon the same Thunderstorm dragon and is destroyed if the dragon perishes. The Thunderstorm Dragon is always hostile to everyone, can only be damaged by archers and flying units, flies above forts and castles and so cannot be harmed by siege weaponry and ignores walls and keeps, and always flies in the enemy phase. She will flee in a random direction if she takes three hits. She doesn't willingly pick up artefacts.)
F9 is Murkblade (a scout will kill any lone human enemy they discover while scouting.)
G10 is Bitter Brew  (The set of armies this is equipped to never retreats from losses.)
I5 is Siege Workshop Plans (The owner of this can build a Siege Workshop as a feature (spending 10 stone as normal). Siege Workshop: You can build these two alternative types of seige engine: 1. Battering Ram: destroy walls on a 4+ for one round (or 3+ or 2+ if you spend 2 or 4 more wood). 2. Giant Trebuchet: destroy 1d4 defence before the attack begins. You may spend 1-3 stone in ammunition to add 1-3 d4s to this.) Doesn't count towards anathema count.
I10 is the Black Horn
L4 is Charnel Knife (Equipped unit gains +1 to attacks for every unit you have sacrificed since owning the Charnel Knife- Bloodsingers with this get +3.)
L4 is Black Dog  (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Dog will gain the Black Dog.) (Black Dog adds 1d4 wolves to the enemy side during combat. If Black Dog is assigned to a scout, it will add 1d4 wolves to each tile scouted (after leaving). If it is assigned to a fort or left in the castle, 1d4 wolves will attack that location. Any wolves in the presence of the Black Dog that flee, desert, or are lured or commanded will instead try to return to their spiritual home, if possible.)
M3 is the Rock Ring (With a scout, raise up a mountain wall between any two tiles. You must own at least one of the tiles to do this.)
R3 is Black Cloud, Bryn's Club, King's Writ.

Held by Lords

Sol: Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)

Blood Forge Plans

the Black Trotter (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Trotter will gain the Black Trotter.) (One unit attacks first twice at the start of each combat, but each time they kill a unit somewhere a boar will turn into a grand tusk- a giant pig that counts as 2 boar. If no boar are currently on the map, the next X boar to appear will all be grand tusks, where X is the number of units killed by the Trotter.)

the Boarskin Coat (when you attack boars, they don't get first attack, they get two attacks on their first counterattack)

The Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)

Ayes: Sundering Claw (assign a scout to crack open a permanent path through any adjacent mountain. 25% chance to call a hostile dragon to the location)

Black Lance (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding the Black Lance will gain the Black Lance.) (You never attack first in combats, but on your first attack all your attackers will attack three times. The turn after slaying someone with the lance, Dragons will preferentially fly one square in your direction when flying to a new home. When this first discovered, place the Dawn Dragon on M6 (the Dawn Dragon counts for 15 armies)).

Black Claw (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Claw will gain the Black Claw.) (+4 dice rolled when attacking, every time someone is killed by a force wielding the claw, the nearest square with a bog cat gains another cat. If there are none, a bog cat will appear in the nearest empty square.)

Shimmering Coin (+2 on rolls that determine gold amounts)

Perfidy's Horn (Monster units controlled by a human unit in the vicinity will become hostile third parties, turning on everyone.)

Thornish Crown (when owned by someone of Thornish heritage, one Thornish Holdout will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production); when owned by an Alkabrian or other, becomes the preferential target for all Thornish attacks until the crown is reclaimed. Doesn't count towards Anathema count.)

Bockhoven: Golden Net (A scout carrying this across water has a 25% chance of rolling on the treasure table)

Moonlight's Edge (Roll extra attack dice equal to the anathema value of the opponent's artefacts (ordinarily 1 each) in the tile before combat begins)

Hedgeblade (One unit gains +7 attack, but there's a 75% chance the unit will be targeted by any given enemy attack until the unit dies.

Soul Nexus (Once per turn, if someone attacks a castle containing the Soul Nexus and a Bloodforge, three human attackers will be sacrificed at the start of each combat to the Bloodforge, if possible. Worth five anathema. Found in the Crimson Tower.)

Black Toad (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Toad will gain the Black Toad.) (The Black Toad afixes itself to one unit, and will permanently turn all other units in the same tile on the same side as the Black Toad into toads. Only appears through sacrifice.)

Rhuddy Cape (the unit this is assigned to is now considered a giant)

The Wolf Crystal (wolves encountered will join the army instead (they still all run away when injured)

Watchtower plans (Can build Watchtowers for 10 stone. Watchtowers allow defenders to attack first during the first round of a seige, and owner gets a hill report. Doesn't count towards anathema count)

the Speculator's Rod (a scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

Whiptide Sail (one boat or ship can travel twice as far.)

Vulk: the Last Femur! (1/4 chance of each dead unit being resurrected to your side as a skeleton warrior when they die)

Bonemeal Shield (The first time the unit this is attached to dies each combat, a random opposing unit dies instead, and the Lord gains +1 Anathema.)
Doghorn (Bog Cats will attempt to flee in the opposite direction of the army or scout holding this. Declare the direction of approach is multiple are possible, otherwise it's random.)
Rip Cage (Unit this is attached to can only die on an 8+, but makes -1 dice rolls in combat.)
Fleshbane (Gain +1 dice vs living humans.)
Dreadskull (any unit fleeing from an army with the Dreadskull will instead desert.)


Cat Sack (defeated Bog Cats are put in the Cat Sack instead of being killed if the Cat Sack is held by the winning force. These cats are owned but unfriendly, and any number can be released by an army in any combat, or let loose by a scout in any tile.)

Prince FitzHarbort: Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).

Wellspring Staff (the Wellspring Staff may be cast into marshland by a unit to turn it into a lake (spilling out into all adjacent tiles - units can drown this way without proper precautions). If the staff is recovered (by boat etc) in subsequent turns, the lake remains.)

Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)

Sent to the King:
Hunter's Stand (Archers in the army this is attached to only die on 5s if no other units remain)

Marrowfat Throne (when owned by someone of Squelsh heritage, one Squelsh defector will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production) and adjacent Squelsh armies will join your attacks on non-Squelsh; when owned by an Alkabrian or other, +30 reprisal chance, +100 reprisal chance if destroyed.)

Pellucid Orb (+1 to scout travel distance)

Cragman's Spike (a scout may pass through mountains)

Thornish Lodestone (while this remains in the Hedge, whenever no Thornish fort is on the map, another fort is revealed in a sector usually far from the owner of this artefact (most distant of two rolls)

Spoiler: Known Unique Sites (click to show/hide)

A6 is The Knuckle Yard - Ritual death ring of the Squelsh natives. Owner may choose at any time to close down the yard (+20 reprisal chance). While operational: +2 income, if possible, two Barbarians from two different random squares will leave their post to fight at the start of each enemy phase, one one will return a Squelsh Champion (counts as two units, +1 to its attacks).

E7 and K1 are the Walking Stone Circles - A pair of sites. They are considered adjacent: units can walk from one to the other across the map. Each is initially defended by three giants. They will let anyone pass through both tiles unharmed in a turn as if they were owned by the traveller, for 1 gold per unit passing (if they do so, they won't join a monster march). Gold accumulates on the first stone circle passed through. Enemies always find the gold for it.

F11 is Lake Sorrow.

F12 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance to reprisals to 0. This only works for people who don't own the Grove.

G3 is Yawing Crevice (A desolate crack in the earth. Artefacts may be destroyed by a scout or army throwing it into the crevice. Doing so releases a tanglebat, which will attack anyone present at the time, including scouts. Doing so also grants a permanent -2 anathema score. Only appears in WW.)

G7 is is Toad Pond - Marshland - (5 toads live here (toads don't march and don't have special abilities).)
Spoiler: Toad Pond (click to show/hide)
 Artefacts may be sacrificed into the pond by scouts in exchange for one of the five Toad Artefacts, which don't appear outside of sacrifices.
When all Toad Artefacts have appeared the Golden Toad will bless the Pond and grant each visiting Lord who sends a scout a one-time unique boon: (Pick one of the following. Doesn't work if another Lord has picked the same boon, or you've already had a boon: 1. -40 debt; 2. transform all your toads back into their original forms; 3. return to you one sacrificed, destroyed or removed-from-county artefact of your choice; 4. conquer any unoccupied known tile on the map; 5. transform one unit anywhere on the map into a toad; 6. fix a castle or fort to full wall health; 7. remove a curse from any one artefact; 8. Gain 5 gold, 5 stone, 5 wood, 5 bows, 5 siege engines, 5 toads)

G10 is Wolfhaven Woods - Forest. Spiritual home of wolf kind. Inhabited by 10d4 wolves (25). These wolves will only flee if less than 10 remain. Any wolves that would otherwise be loyal to a non-wolf, are loyal to the wolves in these woods. Wolves in this forest will never march on anywhere.

H6 is Lustre Mine - Hill. Grants +5 gold income. Protected by nine wisps (only found adjacent to mountains)

J4 is Wisp Lake, containing the Wellspring Staff.

L3 is Prison of the Anathatoad. Hill -  Defence (14/20) - The Anathatoad, was a powerful Bone Reckoner, now a toad, is stuck within a near-impregnable prison (only attack rolls of 8+ may damage the cage (and not him), and he cannot attack from within it). The Anathalord carries the Doghorn, the Bonemeal Shield, the Rip Cage, the Dreadskull and Fleshbane. Nearby monster marches can seek to free the Anathatoad if the prison is as close or closer than a normal target.

L4 is the Sunken Library - Lair containing a library (that works the same as a normal library) and a Scriptorium (Once per turn, you may duplicate a Plan artefact). A place for students of the forbidden rites, only Bloodsingers and Bone Reckoners will appear here. It starts with 1d4 [1] Bloodsingers with artefacts [Black Dog], 1d4 Bone Reckoners [4], 1d4+3 [5] Skeletal Warriors and 1d4 [3] Skeletal Archers. Once this is revealed, Bloodsingers who flee combat will go here, including any still alive on the map having fled a previous combat. Bloodsingers and Bone Reckoners and their minions won't march from here. Only in WW.

L5 is Lake Longing - (Water makes this tile impassible except by boat or ship. Spills over onto adjacent tiles. Won't spawn on a coast.)

L6 is Hogland Hollow - Forest. Inhabited by 3d6 Boar. While it is unconquered, at the end of any turn when there is less than 10 boars in this forest, 1d4 more boar will appear. Your scout withdraws to safety.

O8 is The Hag Market. Marshland. Protected by 9 bog hags and 27 bog cats. Scouts can be sent to the market to buy bog cats (4 gold each) and otherwise may pass through without being attacked. Half the money spent here remains as possible loot. Friendly bog cats have +1 attack in marshland, and while you have a cat, they give -1 (non-cumulative) to enemy attack rolls. Cats cannot be sent to scout, and they cannot be send to attack or patrol by themselves. Monsters won't march from this location."

R3 is The Castle of Bryn the Brawn (Keep/Tower/Tower) Defence 21/21, occupied by Bryn, a giant, and his family, three more giants. The adjacent squares are also within his domain. Bryn will wage war to retake any squares adjacent to his castle, always accompanied in battle by 1d6 wolves.

R10 is the Scout Hut - Initially abandoned and inhabited by a family of 6 boar. Up to three armies can be assigned to the Hut as if it were a fort and they don't count towards your army cap. These armies can scout so long at they begin scouting from a tile adjacent to the hut. Spend 3 wood to dismantle and reassemble the hut on an empty tile you own.

T3 is The Moot - Village with 2d2 (2+1=3) Squelsh Barbarians and a moat (6/6 defense). It is the neutral meeting place of rival Squelsh bands. At the start of each enemy turn, each tile with a Squelsh Barbarian has a 25% chance of sending someone to the Moot. The first Squelsh reprisal each turn will be joined by whomever is in the Moot. If the Moot is conquered, a new Moot (with a new moat) will appear in the most populous Squelsh-held village at the start of the next player turn, or if there are no such villages, it may appear in future tile generation (from scouting, research etc.).

T11 is Hero's Tor - Hill Fort (Steep Path: Siege Engines cannot assail this hill) (9/9). An ageing Squelsh Champion (counts as two units, +1 to its attacks) with the Bloody Standard (+1 all attack rolls) sits in retirement in this fort, with his retinue of 6 Squelsh Barbarians, and two pet wisps.

Spoiler: Known Unit Types (click to show/hide)

ALKABARIAN
- Soldier
- Archer (dies on 5, +1 in sieges)
- Skeletal - Archer (dies on 5, +1 in sieges, cannot go alone on missions)
      - Warrior (cannot go alone on missions)
- Rhuddy Giant (counts as 3 armies)

MONSTER
Anathema (also considered Squelsh)
   - Bone Reckoners
      - Skeletal - Archer (dies on 5, +1 in sieges, crumbles without Reckoner)
         - Warrior/Fighter (crumbles without Reckoner)
   - Bloodsingers (has an artefact, will flee if first attack fails to defeat enemy and is not behind a wall)
   - Bog Hag (has 2-4 cats who tank hits for her, curses anyone she is in combat with)
Animals
   - Boar (attacks first, twice!)
        - Grand Tusk (Counts as two boars)
   - Bog Cat (turns places into marsh on defeat, -1 attackers rolls, +1 when in a swamp)
   - Wolf (flees when hurt)
        - Tanglebat (when not behind a wall, another tanglebat will appear for every living combatant)
        - Toad (Cannot march)

Mythic
  - Giant (counts as 3 armies, drops 1 wood)
  - Dragon (counts as 5 armies, attacks first, drops 3d6 gold)
  - Wisp (Only one wisp can be killed per round)

THORNISH
- Holdout (drops 0-1 gold)
- Knight (dies on a 7+)

SQUELSH
- Squelsh Barbarian (+1 to rolls for both sides)
- Squelsh Champion (+1 to rolls, counts as two armies)

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Special Movement:

Most units cannot pass through water or mountain. The exceptions:

WATER: Toads, Skeletons cannot ordinarily drown. Wisps, Dragons, Tanglebats can fly over water.
MOUNTAIN: Only Dragons can fly over mountains

Spoiler: Black Orbed Artefacts (click to show/hide)

The Age of Magic is ending with the appearance of the Black Orb. The following artefacts are gone from the world. Only a Toad Boon can bring one of them back.

Bloody Standard (+1 to attacker's combat rolls)

Marrowfat Shield (Whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)

Hedgeblade - (One unit gains +7 attack, but there's a 75% chance the unit will be targeted by any given enemy attack until the unit dies.)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 24 - DECAY
Post by: Criptfeind on July 18, 2023, 07:59:11 am

Small error on map, I took Q7.

Also P2 should be a empty forest.

Also, did I end up getting my last femur roll in P3? It's very plausible that I rolled 0 skeletons but it didn't include the "last femur raises no one" line that it normally does.

Also not an error but a question: Will the bonemeal shield kill a whole ass dragon/giant, or just part of one?

Also, just to check, if two people collaborate on attacking a tile and one of them brings the black lance, do both players forces benefit/suffer the effect?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 24 - DECAY
Post by: a1s on July 18, 2023, 08:06:11 am

And I took O10

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 24 - DECAY
Post by: Criptfeind on July 18, 2023, 09:03:02 am

I'm sending you 4 cats this turn A1s, so keep that in mind as you make your turn.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 24 - DECAY
Post by: notquitethere on July 18, 2023, 10:00:20 am

Map should be fixed. And femur skeletons added!

Black Lance applies to both players as they're attacking as a unified force.

I suppose the Bonemeal shield should kill a whole giant/dragon/etc! A life for a life.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 24 - DECAY
Post by: Criptfeind on July 18, 2023, 10:09:39 am

Spoiler: Turn 23 gains/losses (click to show/hide)

-6 gold
+16 gold
-6 gold
+Bloodforge plans
-14 wood
+7 siege weapons
-2 gold
+1 stone
-3 cat bag
-10 stone
Bloodforge at point swearing
+S3: Lair
-7 siege weapons
-2 skeletons
+Ripcage
+Fleshbane
+Dreadskull
+Doghorn
+Bonemeal shield
-1 skeleton
P4: Village +1 Recruitment
T7: Marsh
+2 gold
+1 wood
+S15: Marsh
+1 Cat bag
-Alychmical Flux
+Wolf Crystal
Q7: Forest +1 Wood
-1 army
P3: Village +1 Recruitment
+2 skeleton
+15 gold
+1 wood
-3 armies
-2 armies
T11: Hill Hill Fort 6/9
+7 Cats
-28 gold
-3 armies

-K1
-L2 Puzzle dungeon
-R4
-R5
-S4 -1 wood production

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Colour: Blue
Extra VP? +16
Anathema: 17 (artifacts) 40 (monster units) 24 (sacrifices) 10 (knight kills) 2 (Bloodforge) = 93

Castle Mysterious: P14
Defence: 9/10
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove (+3 Army cap, +1 recuitment +1 wood)

Point Swearing: S14
Defense: 14/14
Features: Shipyard, Coppicing Grove, Library, Barracks, Tower, Bloodforge (+1 wood +4 army cap)

Wood Production: 15
Recruitment: 16
Income: 3
Stone Production: 3

Army: 37-7!=30/27
Gold: 29-6+16-6-2+2+15-28+3=23
Debt: 0
Wood: 39-14+1+1+15=42
Stone: 9+1-10+3=3

Artifacts: Last Femur, Cat Sack (1), Toad Standard, Crimson Drum, Marrowfat Scepter, Toad Staff, Black Baldric, Toad Crown, Rock Ring, Wolf Crystal, Bloodforge plans, Ripcage, Fleshbane, Dreadskull, Doghorn, Bonemeal shield, Black Orb
Equipment: 1 ship 1 boat
Special Units: 23 Skeleton warriors 0 Skeleton Archers 17 Cats
Curses:

Holdings list:
L3: The Prison of the Anathalord 0/20
K13: Forest Fort +1 Wood production
M3: Marsh fort Willow 2/6
M4: Hill
N3: Serene Glade Forest +1 Wood production
N5: Marsh
N6: Quarry +1 stone production
N7: Taghairn cave: Sacrifice 3 cats to make an artifact
O4: Hill
O5: Village +1 Recruitment
O6: Village +1 Recruitment
O7: Village +1 recruitment
O14: Village +1 Recruitment
O15: Forest +1 Wood production
P3: Village +1 Recruitment
P4: Village +1 recruitment
P6: Forest +1 Wood production
P7: Marsh
P8: Forest +1 Wood production
P9: Hill
P10 Village +1 Recruitment
P11: Forest Fort Ivy 4/8 +1 Wood Production
P12: Lair
P13 Village +1 Recruitment
P15: Hill
Q5: Village Moat 6/6 +1 Recruitment
Q6: Forest +1 Wood
Q7: Forest +1 Wood
Q8: Gold mine +1 income
Q9: Marsh
Q11: Marsh
Q12: Village +1 Recruitment
Q13: Village +1 Recruitment
Q14: Hill Fort Hawthorn 0/5
R4: Marsh Fort Cryptic 1/4
R5: Marsh Fort Ominous 4/4
R6: Marsh
R7: Mine +1 Gold
R8: Village +1 recruitment
R11: Marsh
R12: Quarry +1 Stone production
R13: Marsh
R14: Village +1 recruitment
R15: Marsh
S3: Lair
S4: Forest +1 Wood production
S5: Forest Fort Hemlock 4/6 +1 Wood production
S6: Village +1 Recruitment
S7: Hill Fort Willow 5/7
S8: Marsh
S9: Village +1 Recruitment
S10: Forest Fort Sycamore 0/3 defenses +1 wood production 1 Armies
S11: Hill
S12: Forest +1 wood production
S13: Forest +1 wood production
T5: Village +1 recruitment
T6: Marsh
T7: Marsh
T10: Hill
T11: Hill Hill Fort 6/9
T12: Forest +1 Wood production
T13: Quarry +1 Stone production

Spoiler: Turn 24 (click to show/hide)

Send 4 cats to Aywen Ayes
Send 1 cat to FitzHarbort
Send 1 stone to FitzHarbort
Send 1 ship to Fitzharbort/accept ship from Bockhoven
Movement permission gained from FitzHarbort
Movement permission granted to Aywen Ayes

Make 12 siege weapons with 24 wood

Send 1 army and 4 skeletons on ship from K1 to G3 holding crimson drum to toss decursed Black Orb into the Yawing Crevice.

March 1 army to R5
March 1 army to Q3
March 1 army holding Bonemeal shield to O4
March 1 army and 11 skeletons to R4 with 8 siege weapons and the last femur and Black Baldric
March 12 armies and 12 cats and 6 skeletons on R3 with wolf crystal, and 4 siege weapons with Aywens assistance (hopefully)
March 5 armies to O8 with Aywen, split gold gained in half.

Send scout to outpost to send cat sack to the king
Send scout to outpost to send Marrowfat Scepter to the king
Send scout to outpost to send toad crown to the king
send scout to outpost to send bloodforge plans to the king
send scout to outpost to send rip cage to the king

Scout to T2
Scout to S2
Scout to R2
Scout to Q2

Send scout to sacred grove to sacrifice 10 gold

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 24 - DECAY
Post by: Criptfeind on July 18, 2023, 10:39:26 am

Quote from: notquitethere on July 18, 2023, 10:00:20 am

I suppose the Bonemeal shield should kill a whole giant/dragon/etc! A life for a life.

Auto win vs single big monsters for the win!

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 SCREAM
Post by: Kashyyk on July 19, 2023, 02:29:56 pm

Just updating numbers and confirming the access permission for Vulk and Sol

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

F5 - Castle Bacchus
Defence 0/11
Army Cap: 11
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)

G8 - Forest: Fort Aquarius
Defence 5/5
Garrison: 1/3 (1x Infantry)

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 14
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)
 - Alkabrian Outpost (see here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181666.msg8481075#msg8481075))

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 4/8
Garrison: 3/3 (2x Archers, 1x Infantry)

I11 - Forest: Fort Hollivy
Defence: 0/8
Garrison: 0/3

J14 - Marsh: Fort Tailor
Defence: 4/4
Garrison: 2/3 (2x Infantry)

J10 - Castle: Sundered Spire
Defence: 0/11
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Tower (+4/+4 Defence, +1 Army Cap)
 - Watchtower (Defender's get first strike, gives Hill report)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)

J9 - Forest: Fort Juniper
Defence: 0/5
Garrison: 0/3

Resources:
Army : 26/33 (+10/turn) = 23(curr) + 10(inc)  - 6(casualties) - 1(King request)
Gold: 67 (+4/turn) = 43(curr) +4(inc) + 20(royal loan) + 5(a1s)
Stone: 4 (+1/turn) = 2(curr) + 1(inc) + 1(Vulk)
Wood : 50 (+8/turn) = 42(curr) + 8(inc)
Debt: 0 (-40 toad boon, +20 Royal loan)
Victory Points: 21 (Gifted Hunter's Stand, Written History of the Hedge x1)

Territory:
F5 (Castle Bacchus), F10 (Forest), F13 (Forest), F14 (Swamp), F15 (Village),
G15 (Forest), G14 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), G11 (Lair: Wolf Den), G9 (Village), G8 (Forest, Fort Aquarius), G7 (Swamp, Frog Pond),
H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), H11 (Village), H5 (Forest),
I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I13 (Hill), I12 (Marsh), I11 (Forest, Fort Hollivy), I9 (Village), I6 (Forest),
J15 (Hill), J14 ( Marsh, Fort Tailor), J13 (Swamp, Quarry), J13 (Forest), J11 (Village), J10 (Sundered Spire), J9 (Marsh, Fort Juniper), J8 (Hill), J7 (Forest), J4 (Wisp Lake)
K15 (Forest), K12 (Village), K10 (Swamp), K9 (Lair)
Artefacts:
 - Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants)
Equipment: 1x Boat
Units: 26x Infantry, 1x Wolf

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 23 - IRRIDENTISM
Post by: a1s on July 20, 2023, 08:22:21 am

can an artifact be kept in a fort?

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Army: 26/39
Border Colour: Red
Castles:
 Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
 Castle Location N-13
 Defence: 14/18
 Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks, Tower(x3)

 Castle Name: Castle Wright
 Castle Location K-14
 Defence: 0/13
 Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks, Keep, Market

 Castle Name: Puzzle Dungeon
 Castle Location L2
 Defence: 0/13
 Features: Keep, Siege Workshop

Wood Production: 11
Stone production: 1
Recruitment: 10
Income: 2
Curses: 0
Wood: 62
Gold: 7
Stone:8
Debt: 0

Forts :
- L15 defense 9/9 garrison 0/3.
- N11 defense 1/3 garrison 0/3
- L6 defense 4/4 garrison 1 archer, 2 armies
- M7 defense 0/3 garrison 0/3
- K11 defense 0/4 garrison 3/3
Artifacts: Sundering Claw, Thornish Crown, Perfidy's Horn, Black Lance, Black Claw, Shimmering Coin.
Equipment: None
Special Units: 9 wolves, 5 toads, no cats

orders:

Send wolf crystal, 2 wolves and 2 gold to Bockhoven
receive 4 cats from Vulk

March 15 armies and the black lance in support of Vulk on R3.
March 4 armies, 1 cat and 1 wolf on O8 (to be supported by Vulk)
March 1 on J3
March 1 on J2

Repair Castle Wright and Puzzle dungeon to 4 each. permanently assign 1 cat (each) to defend them.

Scout J2-I2-H
Scout J1
Scout L1
Scout M1
Scout M2-N2-O2

Permit Vulk to move through my territory.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 23 - IRRIDENTISM
Post by: notquitethere on July 20, 2023, 12:06:04 pm

Quote from: a1s on July 20, 2023, 08:22:21 am

can an artifact be kept in a fort?

Needs to be assigned to a unit, but the unit can be posted in a fort, yes.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 SCREAM
Post by: Kashyyk on July 20, 2023, 03:10:09 pm

Quote from: Kashyyk on July 19, 2023, 02:29:56 pm

Just updating numbers and confirming the access permission for Vulk and Sol

Borrow a Ship each from Vulk and Bockhoven

16 armies and Vulk's loaned cat, plus support from Bockhovem, and two ships, march on Lake I10
5 armies march on K11, and Garrison
1 army marches on G9
1 army marches on H9
1 army and 1 Wolf marches on I6
1 army scouts F4->G4->H4
1 army scouts F6->F7

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

F5 - Castle Bacchus
Defence 0/11
Army Cap: 11
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)

G8 - Forest: Fort Aquarius
Defence 5/5
Garrison: 1/3 (1x Infantry)

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 14
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)
 - Alkabrian Outpost (see here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181666.msg8481075#msg8481075))

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 4/8
Garrison: 3/3 (2x Archers, 1x Infantry)

I11 - Forest: Fort Hollivy
Defence: 0/8
Garrison: 0/3

J14 - Marsh: Fort Tailor
Defence: 4/4
Garrison: 2/3 (2x Infantry)

J10 - Castle: Sundered Spire
Defence: 0/11
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Tower (+4/+4 Defence, +1 Army Cap)
 - Watchtower (Defender's get first strike, gives Hill report)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)

J9 - Forest: Fort Juniper
Defence: 0/5
Garrison: 0/3

Resources:
Army : 26/33 (+10/turn) = 23(curr) + 10(inc)  - 6(casualties) - 1(King request)
Gold: 67 (+4/turn) = 43(curr) +4(inc) + 20(royal loan) + 5(a1s)
Stone: 4 (+1/turn) = 2(curr) + 1(inc) + 1(Vulk)
Wood : 50 (+8/turn) = 42(curr) + 8(inc)
Debt: 0 (-40 toad boon, +20 Royal loan)
Victory Points: 21 (Gifted Hunter's Stand, Written History of the Hedge x1)

Territory:
F5 (Castle Bacchus), F10 (Forest), F13 (Forest), F14 (Swamp), F15 (Village),
G15 (Forest), G14 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), G11 (Lair: Wolf Den), G9 (Village), G8 (Forest, Fort Aquarius), G7 (Swamp, Frog Pond),
H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), H11 (Village), H5 (Forest),
I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I13 (Hill), I12 (Marsh), I11 (Forest, Fort Hollivy), I9 (Village), I6 (Forest),
J15 (Hill), J14 ( Marsh, Fort Tailor), J13 (Swamp, Quarry), J13 (Forest), J11 (Village), J10 (Sundered Spire), J9 (Marsh, Fort Juniper), J8 (Hill), J7 (Forest), J4 (Wisp Lake)
K15 (Forest), K12 (Village), K10 (Swamp), K9 (Lair)
Artefacts:
 - Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants)
Equipment: 1x Boat
Units: 26x Infantry, 1x Wolf

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 24 - DECAY
Post by: Criptfeind on July 20, 2023, 04:57:26 pm

Quote from: Kashyyk on July 20, 2023, 03:10:09 pm

16 armies and Vulk's cat, with two ships, march on Lake I10

To clarify for the GM, this is the cat I sent him in trade this turn, I am not attempting to march a solo cat out to assist without any army leading it.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 19 - PUNISHMENT
Post by: Quarque on July 20, 2023, 06:25:04 pm

Trade:
Receive the Wolf Crystal, 2 gold and 2 wolves from Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Lend one ship to Fitzharbort for a turn.
Lend one ship to Vulk for a turn.
Receive from Sol: 15 wood, 5 gold, 3 bows, 7 wolves, Shield of Earth, Verbian Tusk, Black Trotter, Boarskin Coat

Actions:
March on I10 with one ship and 10 armies to support Fitzharbort.
March 1 army on B6
March 1 army with the wolf crystal on C7
Garrison A5 with the Black Toad, plus the wolf that has the Black Toad attached, plus 8 armies
Garrison C8 with 3 toads
Garrison C13 with 2 toads
Sail to D1 by boat with 1 army to scout, with the Golden Net
march on C6 with 1 army and 32 wolves
march on D6 with 9 armies, the Verbian Tusk and 5 wolves
march on E1 by boat with 3 armies and the Rhuddy Cape
march on B7 with 5 armies
Send 1 scout to F12 to sacrifice 10 gold
march on B3 with 1 army
march on D2 with 1 army
scout D3 with 1 army
scout E3 with 1 army

Spoiler: Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow
C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defense: 10/10
Features:
   • Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
   • Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
   • Shipyard: -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
   • Barracks: +3 army cap
A5 - Castle Aubade
Defence: 14/14
   • Tower: +4/4 defence, increase maximum army size by +1
   • Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production.
   • Shipyard: -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
   • Alkabarian Outpost
A11 - Selkie Court: 0/31 defense
   • Keep, Moat x 3
C8 - Crimson Tower: 3/17 defense
   • Keep, Tower, Bloodforge
E5 - fort: garrison 3 / 3

Total Army Cap: 45

Resources:
Army: 44 (+8/turn) = 41-5(curr) +8(inc)
Gold: 4 (+3/turn) = 4(curr) + 3(inc) + 2(Ayes) +4(Sol) -10(sacrifice)
Stone: 6 (+3/turn) = 3(curr) + 3(inc)
Wood: 28 (+8/turn) = 5(curr) +8(inc) +15(Sol)
Wolves: 38 = 36 - 5(lost) + 2(Ayes) +7(Sol)

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape, the Golden Net, the Wolf Crystal, Speculator's Rod, Whiptide Sail, the Soul Nexus, the Black Toad, Watchtower plans, the Avalance Maul, Shield of Earth, Verbian Tusk, Black Trotter, Boarskin Coat
Equipment: 2 Boats and 4 Ships [1 borrowed to Fitzharbort, 1 borrowed to Vulk]
Special Units: 5 toads, 42 wolves (1 cursed with Black Toad)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 25 - HOPE
Post by: notquitethere on July 21, 2023, 09:30:17 am

TURN 23 REPORT

Spoiler: Count Sol (click to show/hide)

Sol gives the following artefacts to Bockhoven:

Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)

Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)
 
Boarskin Coat (when you attack boars, they don't get first attack, they get two attacks on their first counterattack)

As well as 5 gold and 17 wood.

He then sends a scout to the Toad Pond to request that the Black Orb be uncursed.

He then leaves the Hedge, allowing his lands to fall into disarray.

His castle takes 3d6 [5] damage and is taken over by two giants.

Spoiler: Marquess Vulk (click to show/hide)

Send 1 army and 4 skeletons on ship from K1 to G3 holding crimson drum to toss decursed Black Orb into the Yawing Crevice: The newly uncursed Orb is tossed into the Yawning Crevice. Take -2 Anathema. One Tanglebat flies out and multiplies a second. With the Crimson Drum, Vulk attacks first. Your armies attack (with three skeletons) (5, 4, 3 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (tanglebat).
The enemy attacks back (6). Your armies attack (8, 7, 1 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (tanglebat). All enemies are defeated. Skeletons can't operate ships and so the expedition is lost with the ship and Crimson Drum.
Your total losses: one, and four skeletons

March 1 army to R5: Empty fort retaken.

March 1 army to Q3: Empty lair taken.

March 1 army holding Bonemeal shield to O4: The dragon attacks. The dragon attacks first (2, 4, 3, 8 and . Your unit dies and is reconstituded. +1 anathema gained. You take the hill.
From the dragon horde, you gain seven gold.

March 1 army and 11 skeletons to R4 with 8 siege weapons and the last femur and Black Baldric: The enemy hides behind their walls  (1 wall strength).

Your armies attack (with eleven skeletons) (12, 15, 12, 9, 15, 10, 11, 13, 8, 8, 14, 12, 13 and 9), defeating fourteen of the enemies (Bonesinger, skeletal archer, bone reckoner, bone reckoner, giant (part), giant (part), giant (part) and bog cat).
All skeletal companions of the enemy bone reckoners crumble.
The last femur raises one skeleton warrior!
All enemies are defeated and the fort is absorbed into your county.
 From giant clubs, you gain one wood. From the Bloodsinger corpse you take the Crimson Cowl (Only appears on Bloodsingers. Only appears after 30 artefacts have appeared. The unit this is attached to will flee at the start of combat if its force is outnumbered and it has no walls defending it, taking any minions with it.)

March 12 armies and 12 cats and 6 skeletons on R3 with wolf crystal, and 4 siege weapons with Aywens assistance (15 armies and the black lance): One extra wolf joins Bryn in combat. The 23 wolves join your side. The Wisp Wand grants a Wisp to your side. The Black Cloud hangs heavy over Bryn's forces. The Black Cloud and cats mean the enemy forces cannot get any hits. You attack with 207 dice, damaging the walls (21), breaking into the castle, and killing all occupants. You gain Black Cloud, Bryn's Club, King's Writ, Wisp Wand, and Garrison Plans. From the dragon horde, you gain forty-four gold.

March 5 armies to O8 with Aywen, split gold gained in half: see Ayes.

Send scout to outpost to send cat sack to the king: +10 score.

Send scout to outpost to send Marrowfat Scepter to the king: +8 score. +60 Reprisal.

Send scout to outpost to send toad crown to the king: +6 score.

Send scout to outpost to send bloodforge plans to the king: +4 score.

Send scout to outpost to send rip cage to the king: +2 score.

Scout to T2: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the craggy bluffs they find a group of three thornish defectors who join your cause and they also find one rampaging boar.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout to S2: You scout through the first land, discovering a lair. This dank ruin is inhabited by one wisp and also two wisps and three wolves. The monsters defend six gold.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout to R2: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The hamlet is defended by three Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout to Q2: You scout through the first land, discovering a lair. This bleak cave is inhabited by one wisp and also a dragon and a Bloodsinger with the Bloodstone Mirror (Only appears on Bloodsingers. Only appears after 30 artefacts have appeared. At the start of combat, the Mirror creates shadow units equal to the units attacking it. Shadow units don't attack, but can absorb hits. The disappear at the end of combat.). The monsters defend eight gold.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Send scout to sacred grove to sacrifice 10 gold: Reprisal set to 0.

Spoiler: Marchioness Ayes (click to show/hide)

March 15 armies and the black lance in support of Vulk on R3: See Vulk.

March 4 armies, 1 cat and 1 wolf on O8 (to be supported by five from Vulk): The betrayal of the Bog Hags begins. Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with one wolf) (5, 1, 5, 2, 6, 6, 4, 3, 5, 5 and 6), defeating three of the enemies (bog hag, bog hag and bog hag).
The enemy attacks back (1, 2, 1, 4, 7 and 6), killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with one wolf) (7, 2, 1, 3, 2, 8, 3, 8 and 6), defeating four of the enemies (bog hag, bog hag, bog hag and bog hag).
The enemy attacks back (2 and 0), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with one wolf) (6, 7, 7, 8, 5, 5, 6, 4 and 5), defeating two of the enemies (bog hag and bog hag).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county. Ayes takes 54 gold.
Your total losses: two (1 Vulk, 1 Ayes).

March 1 on J3: Empty fort taken.

March 1 on J2: Empty village taken.

Repair Castle Wright and Puzzle dungeon to 4 each. permanently assign 1 cat (each) to defend them.

Scout J2-I2-H: The first land is a village is newly taken. You scout through the second land, discovering a village. The townlet is defended by one Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout J1: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the dark copse they find one wisp.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout L1: You scout through the first land, discovering a unusual event! The Alkabrian Outpost joins The Oak and Ash (see spoiler below).

L1 is rerolled...
You get a special event! Counterinvasion (Special! Cannot appear with the library. When this appears while scouting or marching, reroll the tile (possibly triggering more invasions). Only appears if no other site can appear, and can happen as many times as this occurs. Roll 1d4 on the table of counterinvasions. Multiple versions of the same counterinvasion can happen at the same time. (See spoilers below). [1] Reconquest! The Thornish return from their redoubt on the Isle of Wisp. 10 Thornish holdouts, a ship, and three siege engines appear on the closest Lord-owned coastal tile to a random castle belonging to whomever triggered the invasion [Q14]. Each enemy phase from now, each set of Thornish holdouts not involved in a siege and not occupying a castle and not a member of the Order will walk or sail to an adjacent Lord-owned land, moving towards the nearest castle. Before marching, they will raze any forest or village they occupy

L1 is rerolled... You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the thick trees they find one wisp. The Wisp carries the Black Cauldron. Your scout watches with interest as 3 bog hags and 10 bog cats emerge from the woods, promptly kill the wisp, take the cauldron and convert the land to marshland.
Your scout withdraws to safety.
 
Scout M1: You scout through the first land, discovering a lair. This unforgiving cave is inhabited by a dragon and two wolves and also a bog cat and a Bloodsinger with the Tanglebat Comb. The monsters defend seven gold.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout M2-N2-O2: You scout through the first land, discovering a lair. This bleak hovel is inhabited by four wolves and also five wolves. The monsters defend seven gold.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Alkabrian Outpost (click to show/hide)

(Special! If this would appear, it appears in the revealing player's primary castle instead (possibly rerolling a tile if discovered while scouting or marching). Players can send a scout to the Outpost in friendly castles to send a special envoy to King Alkabar. The scout doesn't return. Choose one of the following actions for the envoy:[line break]
- Spend 10 gold and declare one unconquered tile uncontestable: King Alkabar will give dispensation and allow it to remain independent. This is only checked when triggering the end of game. If someone conquers an uncontestable tile anyway, they will owe +20 debt for inconveniencing the King.[line break]
- Ask for a loan: gain 20 gold and 20 debt.[line break]
- Send a gift (-1 artefact of your choice, +20 score at the end of the game, cursed items cannot be sent. -2 less score for each successive artefact anyone sends.)[line break]
- Wipe out any amount of debt by spending 2 gold for every 1 debt.[line break]
The effects are immediate. Outposts can appear for any player without one.

Spoiler: Table of Counterinvasions (click to show/hide)

Table of Counterinvasions
1. Reconquest: The Thornish return from their redoubt on the Isle of Wisp. 10 Thornish holdouts, a ship, and three siege engines appear on the closest Lord-owned coastal tile to a random castle belonging to whomever triggered the invasion. Each enemy phase from now, each set of Thornish holdouts not involved in a siege and not occupying a castle and not a member of the Order will walk or sail to an adjacent Lord-owned land, moving towards the nearest castle. Before marching, they will raze any forest or village they occupy.

2. Inquisition: 10 Knights from the Order of Obeisance come on a mission to hunt monsters and capture artefacts. They ambush the tile in which they are revealed. On enemy phases following their arrival, they will march to the nearest place with artefacts or monsters and seek to take the artefacts and destroy the monsters.

3. Revolt: A Squelsh Champion, one of the sons of Prince Owain (Hywel, Madoc, Cynan etc.), will arise in the nearest village along with 8 Squelsh barbarians. At the start of each Revolt, the triggering player gains Reprisal equal to the number of villages they own. Each enemy phase while he lives (immediately after any reprisals) he will march on a village owned by the Lord with the highest Reprisal that owns a village. Adjacent unaligned Squelsh, and Squelsh from the Moot will join the cause. At the end of each enemy phase, each Prince-aligned village gains +2 Squelsh barbarians.

4. Aberration: the retreat of magic has led to more desperate sacrifice. The nearest village is razed to bring forth something foul! A Chimera appears, devouring its summoner and everything else around. Roll three times on the Chimera table and combine abilities, rerolling repeats. Each enemy phase a Chimera marches on a random Lord-owned tile anywhere accessible on the map. Chimeras don't normally flee and are normally hostile to everything in its path. Chimeras, being the magical aberrations are immune to the effects of artefacts.


Table of CHIMERA
(Ordinarily a Chimera counts for four armies)
1. Dragon wings: can fly over water and mountains, gains first strike
2. Wolf mane: each turn, it gains 1d6 wolves + any unaligned wolves in adjacent tiles. It leaves 1 wolf per empty tile in its wake when marching. In battle, wolves on all sides become wild and scatter to random empty tiles if possible.
3. Wyrm belly: size increases +6 armies
4. Wisp form: can only take one hit per round and can float over water
5. Toad gills: can travel through water and will attempt to do so with each march, toads will ignore it, fleeing if it conquers a tile they're on
6. Swarming: when it takes damage, it splits its body off into random valid directions. When they next march, each of the separate parts grow to half the size of their original form and pick separate targets.
7. Giant maw: size increases +2 armies, will try and eat units it kills when combat ends, permanently gaining their size
8. Bog stench: +1 attack in marshland, everyone else takes -1 9. Accursed gaze: Curses any Lord who comes in combat and temporarily nullifies the effects of nearby cursed artefacts 10. Razor Tusks: attacks twice when it attacks 11. Metal scale: can only be damaged on a 7+ 12. Death aura: skeletal units on the tile will side with this chimera, 1d6 non-skeletal units will flee before combat begins

Spoiler: Prince FitzHarbort - Shandston's Folly (click to show/hide)

6 armies and Vulk's loaned cat, plus support from Bockhoven (10 soldiers), and two ships, march on Lake I10:
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (4, 6, 6, 6, 8, 7, 2, 3, 1, 7, 3, 7, 3, 8, 2, 2 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (3, 4, 3, 3, 2, 1 and 0), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (4, 7, 2, 6, 2, 1, 6, 2, 4, 8, 1, 6, 8, 2, 4, 2 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (3, 4, 5, 1, 2 and 7), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (4, 7, 5, 1, 3, 8, 6, 3, 3, 7, 3, 3, 7, 8, 6 and 1), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (1, 2, 4, 0 and 7), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (8, 6, 6, 6, 6, 4, 4, 5, 1, 2, 4, 8, 7, 4 and 1), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (0, 5, 2 and 0), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (7, 4, 4, 8, 2, 6, 1, 6, 6, 3, 2, 5, 4, 4 and 3), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (5, 0 and 1), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (4, 1, 8, 4, 6, 4, 3, 1, 3, 6, 1, 1, 7, 8 and 3), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (1 and 3), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (1, 6, 5, 7, 4, 6, 1, 1, 6, 4, 8, 1, 2, 2 and 3), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (4), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (6, 4, 5, 6, 7, 4, 3, 6, 3, 6, 4, 2, 8, 3 and 3), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the lake is absorbed into your county. The cat converts the land into a bog. You take the Black Horn and the Wellspring Staff.
 Your total losses: two (one FitzHarbort, one Bockhoven).

5 armies march on K11, and Garrison: They march on the three of Ayes units in the fort at K11. Your armies attack (8, 6, 5, 3 and 5), defeating two of the enemies (Ayes and Ayes).

The enemy attacks back (7), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (8, 2, 2 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (Ayes).
All enemies are defeated and the fort is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: one.

1 army marches on G9: The empty village is taken.

1 army marches on H9: The empty village is taken.

1 army and 1 Wolf marches on I6: Your armies attack (with one wolf) (2 and 4), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (5), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (2 and , defeating one of the enemies (wolf).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.

1 army scouts F4->G4->H4: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The dwellings is defended by three Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

1 army scouts F6->F7: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the foul fen they find one Bone Reckoners, with three skeletal warriors and two skeletal archers.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Marquess Bockhoven - Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

March on I10 with one ship and 10 armies to support Fitzharbort: See FitzHarbort

March 1 army on B6: Lair taken, along with 9 gold.

March 1 army with the wolf crystal on C7: Four wolves taken with the crystal. Your armies attack (with four wolves) (1, 4, 1, 3 and 5), defeating one of the enemies (bog cat).
The enemy attacks back (5), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with four wolves) (6, 3, 7, 7 and 5), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county. You take 7 gold.

Sail to D1 by boat with 1 army to scout, with the Golden Net: No treasure found with the net. You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The townlet is undefended and easily cowed.

march on D6 with 9 armies, the Verbian Tusk and 5 wolves. The Verbian Tusk doesn't bring a boar. Your armies attack (with five wolves) (6, 2, 5, 7, 4, 3, 3, 4, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8 and 6), defeating seven of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh champion, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh champion).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.

march on E1 by boat with 3 armies and the Rhuddy Cape: Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (2, 5, 7, 8 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

march on B7 with 5 armies: Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (2, 6, 6, 3, 2, 8 and 9), defeating two of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

Send 1 scout to F12 to sacrifice 10 gold: Sacrificed. Reprisal set to 0.

march on B3 with 1 army: empty forest taken

march on D2 with 1 army: The enemy hides behind their walls and keep  (14 wall strength).

Your armies attack (6), damaging the walls (1) with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (5, 2, 6, 4, 2 and 2), from behind their walls, with none of your units defeated. A siege begins with your one camped outside the walls!

scout D3 with 1 army: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the foul mire they find two wisps.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

scout E3 with 1 army: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the murky bog they find nothing.

Send 1 scout to F12 to sacrifice 10 gold: Gold sacrificed.

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

The Boneboat Yard gives a boat to [Q2].

The Black Lance in [R3] exerts a pull on those Dragons that wander.
- [H8] The dragon doesn't wander.
- [M1] The dragon doesn't wander.
- [Q2] The dragon doesn't wander.

A Thornish holdout joins the forts at L13 and Q14. The Reconquest in Q14 march on Castle Mysterious. The Castle is defended by two skeletons. In the Castle is Toad Standard, Toad Staff, Rock Ring, Fleshbane, Dreadskull, Doghorn. One Toad comes to the skeleton's aid with the Toad Standard. They have an extra dice from Fleshbane.
Your forces are behind defences (9 wall strength). The Toad Staff turns one Thornish into a toad.
The Thornish holdout, Thornish holdout, Thornish holdout, Thornish holdout, Toad, Thornish holdout, Thornish holdout, Thornish holdout, Thornish holdout and Thornish holdout attack first with three siege engines (6, 5, 4, 6, 9, 11, 5, 10, 4 and 10), damaging the walls (4) killing all your armies. The Thornish take Castle Mysterious!

Barbarians from R2 and F4 fight in the Knuckle Yard. F4 wins and returns a Champion.
Barbarian-occupied tiles E1, I2, R2 send someone to the moot.
- Reprisals:
--[FitzHarbort 6%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Ayes 5%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Vulk 0%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Bockhoven 0%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Sol 0%]  The Squelsh are quiet... for now.

- [C6] Joining the fort is one wisp.
- [D2] Castle Freedom: Joining the lair is three wolves.
- [M1] Joining the lair is two Bone Reckoners, with four skeletal warriors and one skeletal archers.
- [M2] Joining the lair is one rampaging boar.

The Hags march with the Black Cauldron on the Puzzle Dungeon. Your forces are behind defences (4 wall strength, and a keep).
The bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog hag, bog hag and bog hag attack first (3, 7, 7, 2, 1, 7, 7, 2, 5, 3, 3, 0 and 4), damaging the walls (4) and breaking through into the fort, with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (6), defeating one of the enemies (bog cat).

The enemy attacks back (7, 0, 3, 0, 3, 2, 3, 5, 6, 4, 1 and 1), killing your armies.
Your total losses: one bog cat. Ayes is cursed x3.

Nine wolves and boar from M2 take the empty fort at M3.

The horde from C6 march on the fort E5. The wisp, wolf, wolf, wolf, bone reckoner, bone reckoner, skeletal archer, skeletal archer, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior and skeletal warrior attack first (8, 7, 6, 3, 4, 2, 4, 4, 7, 6, 2 and 7), killing three of Bockhoven's armies. Your armies have been defeated.
Your total losses: three.

TURN 24

Research

Prince FitzHarbort writes a History of the Hedge (Special! Can only appear with the library, and only if no other site can appear. Gain +1 victory point. Can happen multiple times.)

Marquess Vulk writes a History of the Hedge (Special! Can only appear with the library, and only if no other site can appear. Gain +1 victory point. Can happen multiple times.)

(https://i.imgur.com/5VcQJcA.png)

Spoiler: Known Artefact List (click to show/hide)

In the world
D2 is Black Trotter  (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Trotter will gain the Black Trotter.) (One unit attacks first twice at the start of each combat, but each time they kill a unit somewhere a boar will turn into a grand tusk- a giant pig that counts as 2 boar. If no boar are currently on the map, the next X boar to appear will all be grand tusks, where X is the number of units killed by the Trotter.)
F2 is Horn of Fool's Retort (at the start of combat, summons the Thunderstorm Dragon as a third-party participant in a fight, hostile to all sides. The Horn will always summon the same Thunderstorm dragon and is destroyed if the dragon perishes. The Thunderstorm Dragon is always hostile to everyone, can only be damaged by archers and flying units, flies above forts and castles and so cannot be harmed by siege weaponry and ignores walls and keeps, and always flies in the enemy phase. She will flee in a random direction if she takes three hits. She doesn't willingly pick up artefacts.)
F9 is Murkblade (a scout will kill any lone human enemy they discover while scouting.)
G10 is Bitter Brew  (The set of armies this is equipped to never retreats from losses.)
I5 is Siege Workshop Plans (The owner of this can build a Siege Workshop as a feature (spending 10 stone as normal). Siege Workshop: You can build these two alternative types of seige engine: 1. Battering Ram: destroy walls on a 4+ for one round (or 3+ or 2+ if you spend 2 or 4 more wood). 2. Giant Trebuchet: destroy 1d4 defence before the attack begins. You may spend 1-3 stone in ammunition to add 1-3 d4s to this.) Doesn't count towards anathema count.
I10 is the Black Horn
L4 is Charnel Knife (Equipped unit gains +1 to attacks for every unit you have sacrificed since owning the Charnel Knife- Bloodsingers with this get +3.)
L4 is Black Dog  (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Dog will gain the Black Dog.) (Black Dog adds 1d4 wolves to the enemy side during combat. If Black Dog is assigned to a scout, it will add 1d4 wolves to each tile scouted (after leaving). If it is assigned to a fort or left in the castle, 1d4 wolves will attack that location. Any wolves in the presence of the Black Dog that flee, desert, or are lured or commanded will instead try to return to their spiritual home, if possible.)
P14 is Toad Standard, Toad Staff, Rock Ring, Fleshbane, Dreadskull, Doghorn.

Held by Lords

Sol: Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)

Blood Forge Plans

the Black Trotter (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Trotter will gain the Black Trotter.) (One unit attacks first twice at the start of each combat, but each time they kill a unit somewhere a boar will turn into a grand tusk- a giant pig that counts as 2 boar. If no boar are currently on the map, the next X boar to appear will all be grand tusks, where X is the number of units killed by the Trotter.)

the Boarskin Coat (when you attack boars, they don't get first attack, they get two attacks on their first counterattack)

The Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)

Ayes: Sundering Claw (assign a scout to crack open a permanent path through any adjacent mountain. 25% chance to call a hostile dragon to the location)

Black Lance (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding the Black Lance will gain the Black Lance.) (You never attack first in combats, but on your first attack all your attackers will attack three times. The turn after slaying someone with the lance, Dragons will preferentially fly one square in your direction when flying to a new home. When this first discovered, place the Dawn Dragon on M6 (the Dawn Dragon counts for 15 armies)).

Black Claw (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Claw will gain the Black Claw.) (+4 dice rolled when attacking, every time someone is killed by a force wielding the claw, the nearest square with a bog cat gains another cat. If there are none, a bog cat will appear in the nearest empty square.)

Shimmering Coin (+2 on rolls that determine gold amounts)

Perfidy's Horn (Monster units controlled by a human unit in the vicinity will become hostile third parties, turning on everyone.)

Thornish Crown (when owned by someone of Thornish heritage, one Thornish Holdout will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production); when owned by an Alkabrian or other, becomes the preferential target for all Thornish attacks until the crown is reclaimed. Doesn't count towards Anathema count.)

Bockhoven: Golden Net (A scout carrying this across water has a 25% chance of rolling on the treasure table)

Moonlight's Edge (Roll extra attack dice equal to the anathema value of the opponent's artefacts (ordinarily 1 each) in the tile before combat begins)

Hedgeblade (One unit gains +7 attack, but there's a 75% chance the unit will be targeted by any given enemy attack until the unit dies.

Soul Nexus (Once per turn, if someone attacks a castle containing the Soul Nexus and a Bloodforge, three human attackers will be sacrificed at the start of each combat to the Bloodforge, if possible. Worth five anathema. Found in the Crimson Tower.)

Black Toad (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Toad will gain the Black Toad.) (The Black Toad afixes itself to one unit, and will permanently turn all other units in the same tile on the same side as the Black Toad into toads. Only appears through sacrifice.)

Rhuddy Cape (the unit this is assigned to is now considered a giant)

The Wolf Crystal (wolves encountered will join the army instead (they still all run away when injured)

Watchtower plans (Can build Watchtowers for 10 stone. Watchtowers allow defenders to attack first during the first round of a seige, and owner gets a hill report. Doesn't count towards anathema count)

the Speculator's Rod (a scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

Whiptide Sail (one boat or ship can travel twice as far.)

Vulk: the Last Femur! (1/4 chance of each dead unit being resurrected to your side as a skeleton warrior when they die)

Wisp Wand (at the start of every combat a wisp appears; there's a 2/3 chance it joins your side.)

Garrison Plans (For each recruitment over cap, 1 guard appears in the Garrison. Guards can never march or be redeployed, but will defend; if you have multiple Garrisons, the new Guards are split between them evenly, with excess going to the main castle). Doesn't count towards anathema count.

Bonemeal Shield (The first time the unit this is attached to dies each combat, a random opposing unit dies instead, and the Lord gains +1 Anathema.)

Doghorn (Bog Cats will attempt to flee in the opposite direction of the army or scout holding this. Declare the direction of approach is multiple are possible, otherwise it's random.)

Fleshbane (Gain +1 dice vs living humans.)

Dreadskull (any unit fleeing from an army with the Dreadskull will instead desert.)


Cat Sack (defeated Bog Cats are put in the Cat Sack instead of being killed if the Cat Sack is held by the winning force. These cats are owned but unfriendly, and any number can be released by an army in any combat, or let loose by a scout in any tile.)

Prince FitzHarbort: Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).

Wellspring Staff (the Wellspring Staff may be cast into marshland by a unit to turn it into a lake (spilling out into all adjacent tiles - units can drown this way without proper precautions). If the staff is recovered (by boat etc) in subsequent turns, the lake remains.)

Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)

Sent to the King:
Cat Sack, Marrowfat Sceptre, Toad Crown, Bloodforge Plans, Ripcage

Hunter's Stand (Archers in the army this is attached to only die on 5s if no other units remain)

Marrowfat Throne (when owned by someone of Squelsh heritage, one Squelsh defector will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production) and adjacent Squelsh armies will join your attacks on non-Squelsh; when owned by an Alkabrian or other, +30 reprisal chance, +100 reprisal chance if destroyed.)

Pellucid Orb (+1 to scout travel distance)

Cragman's Spike (a scout may pass through mountains)

Thornish Lodestone (while this remains in the Hedge, whenever no Thornish fort is on the map, another fort is revealed in a sector usually far from the owner of this artefact (most distant of two rolls)

Spoiler: Known Unique Sites (click to show/hide)

A6 is The Knuckle Yard - Ritual death ring of the Squelsh natives. Owner may choose at any time to close down the yard (+20 reprisal chance). While operational: +2 income, if possible, two Barbarians from two different random squares will leave their post to fight at the start of each enemy phase, one one will return a Squelsh Champion (counts as two units, +1 to its attacks).

E7 and K1 are the Walking Stone Circles - A pair of sites. They are considered adjacent: units can walk from one to the other across the map. Each is initially defended by three giants. They will let anyone pass through both tiles unharmed in a turn as if they were owned by the traveller, for 1 gold per unit passing (if they do so, they won't join a monster march). Gold accumulates on the first stone circle passed through. Enemies always find the gold for it.

F11 is Lake Sorrow.

F12 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance to reprisals to 0. This only works for people who don't own the Grove.

G3 is Yawing Crevice (A desolate crack in the earth. Artefacts may be destroyed by a scout or army throwing it into the crevice. Doing so releases a tanglebat, which will attack anyone present at the time, including scouts. Doing so also grants a permanent -2 anathema score. Only appears in WW.)

G10 is Wolfhaven Woods - Forest. Spiritual home of wolf kind. Inhabited by 10d4 wolves (25). These wolves will only flee if less than 10 remain. Any wolves that would otherwise be loyal to a non-wolf, are loyal to the wolves in these woods. Wolves in this forest will never march on anywhere.

H6 is Lustre Mine - Hill. Grants +5 gold income. Protected by nine wisps (only found adjacent to mountains)


L4 is the Sunken Library - Lair containing a library (that works the same as a normal library) and a Scriptorium (Once per turn, you may duplicate a Plan artefact). A place for students of the forbidden rites, only Bloodsingers and Bone Reckoners will appear here. It starts with 1d4 [1] Bloodsingers with artefacts [Black Dog], 1d4 Bone Reckoners [4], 1d4+3 [5] Skeletal Warriors and 1d4 [3] Skeletal Archers. Once this is revealed, Bloodsingers who flee combat will go here, including any still alive on the map having fled a previous combat. Bloodsingers and Bone Reckoners and their minions won't march from here. Only in WW.

L5 is Lake Longing - (Water makes this tile impassible except by boat or ship. Spills over onto adjacent tiles. Won't spawn on a coast.)

L6 is Hogland Hollow - Forest. Inhabited by 3d6 Boar. While it is unconquered, at the end of any turn when there is less than 10 boars in this forest, 1d4 more boar will appear. Your scout withdraws to safety.


R10 is the Scout Hut - Initially abandoned and inhabited by a family of 6 boar. Up to three armies can be assigned to the Hut as if it were a fort and they don't count towards your army cap. These armies can scout so long at they begin scouting from a tile adjacent to the hut. Spend 3 wood to dismantle and reassemble the hut on an empty tile you own.

T3 is The Moot - Village with 2d2 (2+1=3) Squelsh Barbarians and a moat (6/6 defense). It is the neutral meeting place of rival Squelsh bands. At the start of each enemy turn, each tile with a Squelsh Barbarian has a 25% chance of sending someone to the Moot. The first Squelsh reprisal each turn will be joined by whomever is in the Moot. If the Moot is conquered, a new Moot (with a new moat) will appear in the most populous Squelsh-held village at the start of the next player turn, or if there are no such villages, it may appear in future tile generation (from scouting, research etc.).

Spoiler: Known Unit Types (click to show/hide)

ALKABARIAN
- Soldier
- Archer (dies on 5, +1 in sieges)
- Skeletal - Archer (dies on 5, +1 in sieges, cannot go alone on missions)
      - Warrior (cannot go alone on missions)
- Rhuddy Giant (counts as 3 armies)

MONSTER
Anathema (also considered Squelsh)
   - Bone Reckoners
      - Skeletal - Archer (dies on 5, +1 in sieges, crumbles without Reckoner)
         - Warrior/Fighter (crumbles without Reckoner)
   - Bloodsingers (has an artefact, will flee if first attack fails to defeat enemy and is not behind a wall)
   - Bog Hag (has 2-4 cats who tank hits for her, curses anyone she is in combat with)
Animals
   - Boar (attacks first, twice!)
        - Grand Tusk (Counts as two boars)
   - Bog Cat (turns places into marsh on defeat, -1 attackers rolls, +1 when in a swamp)
   - Wolf (flees when hurt)
        - Tanglebat (when not behind a wall, another tanglebat will appear for every living combatant)
        - Toad (Cannot march)

Mythic
  - Giant (counts as 3 armies, drops 1 wood)
  - Dragon (counts as 5 armies, attacks first, drops 3d6 gold)
  - Wisp (Only one wisp can be killed per round)

THORNISH
- Holdout (drops 0-1 gold)
- Knight (dies on a 7+)

SQUELSH
- Squelsh Barbarian (+1 to rolls for both sides)
- Squelsh Champion (+1 to rolls, counts as two armies)

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Special Movement:

Most units cannot pass through water or mountain. The exceptions:

WATER: Toads, Skeletons cannot ordinarily drown. Wisps, Dragons, Tanglebats can fly over water.
MOUNTAIN: Only Dragons can fly over mountains

Spoiler: Black Orbed Artefacts (click to show/hide)

The Age of Magic is ending with the appearance of the Black Orb. The following artefacts are gone from the world. Only a Toad Boon can bring one of them back.

Bloody Standard (+1 to attacker's combat rolls)

Marrowfat Shield (Whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)

Hedgeblade - (One unit gains +7 attack, but there's a 75% chance the unit will be targeted by any given enemy attack until the unit dies.)

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Notes:

- The Age of the Crepuscular Dragon is over and the Black Orb has been cast into the Yawning Crevice. The world may yet not be doomed!
- Counterinvasions may start happening! One has already occured, now beseiging Castle Mysterious. More might happen (there's usually a 1/8 chance when scouting/marching on somewhere unknown). There are different flavours of counterinvasion (see the spoiler above).
- This all means we're firmly in the end game and we might expect the game to end within the next four turns or so, (unless PvP ramps up massively).
- Bryn, the final NPC castle, has been defeated. However, three of the player castles
- If it becomes relevant: I'm going to consider the players 'primary castle' the one that's been in their possession the longest, if their original castle is defeated.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 25 - HOPE
Post by: Criptfeind on July 21, 2023, 11:17:53 am

Spoiler: Turn 24 gains/losses (click to show/hide)

-5 cats
-1 stone
-1 ship

-Black orb
-2 Anathema
-1 army
-4 skeletons
-Cat sack
-Marrowfat Scepter
-Toad Crown
-Bloodforge Plans
-Rip Cage
R5: Marsh Fort
Q3: Lair
04: Hill
+1 Shield Anathema
+7 Gold
R4: Marsh fort
+1 Skeleton
+1 wood
+Crimson Cowl
Castle Bryn: R3
+23 wolves
+Wisp Wand
+Wisp
Black Cloud
Bryn's Club
King's Writ
Garrison Plans
+44 gold
+30 VP
-10 Gold
+3 Armies

-Q14
-Castle Mysterious: P14
-2 skeletons
-M3: Marsh Fort

History of the Hedge vp

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Colour: Blue
Extra VP? +47
Anathema: 10 (artifacts) 54 (monster units) 24 (sacrifices) 10 (knight kills) 2 (Bloodforge) 1 (Shield) -2 (Yawning Crack) = 99

Castle Mysterious: P14
Defence: 9/10
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove (+3 Army cap, +1 recuitment +1 wood)

Point Swearing: S14
Defense: 14/14
Features: Shipyard, Coppicing Grove, Library, Barracks, Tower, Bloodforge (+1 wood +4 army cap)

Castle Bryn: R3
Defense: 0/21
Features: Keep, Tower, Tower (+2 army cap)

Wood Production: 14
Recruitment: 15
Income: 3
Stone Production: 3

Army: 30-1+3=32!+15!-15=32/26
Gold: 23+7+44+3-10=67
Debt: 0
Wood: 43+1+14=58
Stone: 3-1+3=5

Artifacts: Last Femur, Toad Standard, Crimson Drum, Toad Staff, Black Baldric, Rock Ring, Wolf Crystal, Fleshbane, Dreadskull, Doghorn, Bonemeal shield, Black Cloud, Bryn's Club, King's Writ, Garrison Plans, Crimson Cowl, Wisp Wand
Equipment: 0 ship 1 boat
Special Units: 18 Skeleton warriors 0 Skeleton Archers 12 Cats 23 wolves 1 Wisps
Curses:

Holdings list:
L3: The Prison of the Anathalord 0/20
K13: Forest Fort +1 Wood production
M3: Marsh fort Willow 2/6
M4: Hill
N3: Serene Glade Forest +1 Wood production
N5: Marsh
N6: Quarry +1 stone production
N7: Taghairn cave: Sacrifice 3 cats to make an artifact
O4: Hill
O5: Village +1 Recruitment
O6: Village +1 Recruitment
O7: Village +1 recruitment
O14: Village +1 Recruitment
O15: Forest +1 Wood production
P3: Village +1 Recruitment
P4: Village +1 recruitment
P6: Forest +1 Wood production
P7: Marsh
P8: Forest +1 Wood production
P9: Hill
P10 Village +1 Recruitment
P11: Forest Fort Ivy 4/8 +1 Wood Production
P12: Lair
P13 Village +1 Recruitment
P15: Hill
Q3: Lair
Q5: Village Moat 6/6 +1 Recruitment
Q6: Forest +1 Wood
Q7: Forest +1 Wood
Q8: Gold mine +1 income
Q9: Marsh
Q11: Marsh
Q12: Village +1 Recruitment
Q13: Village +1 Recruitment
Q14: Hill Fort Hawthorn 0/5
R4: Marsh Fort Cryptic 1/4
R5: Marsh Fort Ominous 4/4
R6: Marsh
R7: Mine +1 Gold
R8: Village +1 recruitment
R11: Marsh
R12: Quarry +1 Stone production
R13: Marsh
R14: Village +1 recruitment
R15: Marsh
S3: Lair
S4: Forest +1 Wood production
S5: Forest Fort Hemlock 4/6 +1 Wood production
S6: Village +1 Recruitment
S7: Hill Fort Willow 5/7
S8: Marsh
S9: Village +1 Recruitment
S10: Forest Fort Sycamore 0/3 defenses +1 wood production 1 Armies
S11: Hill
S12: Forest +1 wood production
S13: Forest +1 wood production
T5: Village +1 recruitment
T6: Marsh
T7: Marsh
T10: Hill
T11: Hill Hill Fort 6/9
T12: Forest +1 Wood production
T13: Quarry +1 Stone production

Spoiler: Turn 25 (click to show/hide)

Accept ship from FitzHarbort
Accept Cat from FitzHarbort
Access permission gained from Ayes
Accept 27 gold from Ayes
Send 2 wood to Bockhoven
Purchase 5 stone for 10 gold

Make 7 siege weapons with 14 wood
Make a barracks at Castle Bryn.

Send 2 scouts on ship to G3 to pick up artifact and ship
March 1 army on Q14
March 2 army and 16 Wolves on P14 with last femur and 7 siege weapons
March 2 armies and 1 cat with wolf crystal on M3
March 1 army and 2 skeletons and 1 wisp to R2
March 5 armies and 2 skeletons and 4 wolves to S2
March 9 armies and 6 cats and 1 wolf to Q2 with wisp wand
March 1 army S4
March 1 army with Bonemeal shield and black cloud to T2
March 1 army to P2
March 1 army and 5 cats and and 1 wolf to R9
March 2 armies 14 skeletons and 1 cat and 1 wolf to R10

Scout O3
Scout O2
Scout T2-T1
Scout T2-S1

0 armies 0 skeletons 0 cats 0 wolves 0 wisp defending

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 19 - PUNISHMENT
Post by: Quarque on July 24, 2023, 01:29:09 pm

Trade:
Receive one ship from Fitzharbort.
extend the rent of a ship to Vulk for another turn, in return for two wood.
Lend the Wolf Crystal to Fitzharbort in return for getting 13 wolves and the bitter brew later.

Actions:
Buy 12 stone
Build a Barracks in the Selkie Court
Garrison A5 with 3 toads
Repair A5 with 4 stone
Garrison A11 with the wolf that has the Black Toad attached, plus two armies that turn into toads
Repair A11 with 4 stone
Garrison C8 with 5 toads
Repair C8 with 4 stone
Garrison C13 with 5 toads
march on D2 with 1 army and 45 wolves
march on D1 with 1 army
march on E3 with 1 army
march on D3 with 3 armies
march on E5 with 19 armies
march on C6 with 1 army
march on B8 with 11 armies and the Boarskin Coat and the Verbian Tusk
march on D9 with 3 armies and the Rhuddy Cape
Scout C2 with 1 army
Scout E2 with 1 army
Scout A15 with 1 army by boat, carrying the Golden Net and the Pellucid Orb

Spoiler: Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow
C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defense: 10/10
Features:
   • Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
   • Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
   • Shipyard: -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
   • Barracks: +3 army cap
A5 - Castle Aubade
Defence: 14/14
   • Tower: +4/4 defence, increase maximum army size by +1
   • Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production.
   • Shipyard: -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
   • Alkabarian Outpost
A11 - Selkie Court: 0/31 defense
   • Keep, Moat x 3, [building Barracks]
C8 - Crimson Tower: 3/17 defense
   • Keep, Tower, Bloodforge
E5 - fort: garrison 3 / 3

Total Army Cap: 45 (+3 from new barracks next turn)

Resources:
Army: 45 (+13/turn) = 44-9(curr) +10(inc, capped)
Wolves: 46 = 42 + 4(gained with crystal); one cursed with Black Toad
Toads: 13 = 5(curr) + 8(newly cursed)
Gold: 9 (+3/turn) = 4(curr) + 3(inc) + 16(from lairs) +10(wood sale) -24(buy stone)
Stone: 0 (+4/turn) = 6(curr) + 4(inc) -10(build Barracks) +12(buy) -12(repair castles)
Wood: 18 (+8/turn) = 28(curr) +8(inc) +2(Vulk) -20(sold)

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape, the Golden Net, Speculator's Rod, Whiptide Sail, the Soul Nexus, the Black Toad, Watchtower plans, the Avalance Maul, Shield of Earth, Verbian Tusk, Boarskin Coat
Equipment: 2 Boats and 4 Ships [1 ship borrowed to Vulk]

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 SCREAM
Post by: Kashyyk on July 24, 2023, 02:55:04 pm

Give the ships and cat back to their owners, and borrow the Wolf Gem from Bockhoven

Buy 30 Stone for 60 Gold,  and build a Barracks at Sundered Spire, two keeps (at Castle Bacchus and Sundered Spire) and repair Sundered Spire and Castle Bacchus for two each (to a total of five thanks to the Keep)
1 army builds Fort Pisces at F10 with five Wood and Garrison,  equipped with the Black Horn and the Wolf Gem
1 army marches on G10 After the Wolves at G10 have marched to attack the Black Horn at F10
1 army marches on F14
2 armies march on Forest I6
5 armies march on Village F4
8 armies march on Swamp F6
12 armies and 1 Wolf march on Lustre Hills H6

1 army garrisons Castle Bacchus
1 army garrisons Sundered Spire

1 army scouts G4->G3->G2
1 army scouts H8

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

F5 - Castle Bacchus
Defence 5/14
Army Cap: 11
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Keep (+3/+3 Defence, unkillable final defender)

F10 - Forest: Fort Pisces
Defence 4/4
Garrison: 1/3 (1x Infantry), Black Horn, Wolf Gem

G8 - Forest: Fort Aquarius
Defence 5/5
Garrison: 1/3 (1x Infantry)

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 14
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)
 - Alkabrian Outpost (see here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181666.msg8481075#msg8481075))

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 4/8
Garrison: 3/3 (2x Archers, 1x Infantry)

I11 - Forest: Fort Hollivy
Defence: 0/8
Garrison: 0/3

J14 - Marsh: Fort Tailor
Defence: 4/4
Garrison: 2/3 (2x Infantry)

J10 - Castle: Sundered Spire
Defence: 5/14
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Tower (+4/+4 Defence, +1 Army Cap)
 - Watchtower (Defender's get first strike, gives Hill report)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Keep(+3/+3 Defence, unkillable final defender)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)

J9 - Forest: Fort Juniper
Defence: 0/5
Garrison: 0/3

K11 - Swamp: Fort Kelvin
Defence: 0/?
Garrison: 3/3 (3x Infantry)

Resources:
Army : 32/36 (+12/turn) = 26(curr) + 12(inc) - 3(Garrison K11) - 2(casualties)  - 1(Garrison F10)
Gold: 11 (+4/turn) = 67(curr) +4(inc) - 60(buy stone)
Stone: 1 (+1/turn) = 4(curr) + 1(inc) + 30(buy stone) - 20(build keeps) - 10(build barracks) - 2(repair Fort Bacchus) - 2(Repair Sundered Spire)
Wood : 53 (+8/turn) = 50(curr) + 8(inc) - 5(Build Fort)
Debt: 0
Victory Points: 23 (Gifted Hunter's Stand, Written History of the Hedge x3)

Territory:
F5 (Castle Bacchus), F10 (Forest), F13 (Forest), F14 (Swamp), F15 (Village),
G15 (Forest), G14 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), G11 (Lair: Wolf Den), G9 (Village), G8 (Forest, Fort Aquarius), G7 (Swamp, Frog Pond),
H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), H11 (Village), H9 (Village), H5 (Forest),
I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I13 (Hill), I12 (Marsh), I11 (Forest, Fort Hollivy), I10 (Swamp), I9 (Village), I6 (Forest),
J15 (Hill), J14 ( Marsh, Fort Tailor), J13 (Swamp, Quarry), J13 (Forest), J11 (Village), J10 (Sundered Spire), J9 (Marsh, Fort Juniper), J8 (Hill), J7 (Forest), J4 (Wisp Lake)
K15 (Forest), K12 (Village), K10 (Swamp), K9 (Lair)
Artefacts:
 - Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants)
 - Black Horn
 - Wellspring Staff
Equipment: 1x Boat
Units: 26x Infantry, 1x Wolf

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game
Post by: a1s on July 25, 2023, 02:54:03 am

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Army: 29/29
Border Colour: Red
Castles:
 Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
 Castle Location N-13
 Defence: 14/18
 Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks, Tower(x3)

 Castle Name: Castle Wright
 Castle Location K-14
 Defence: 4/13
 Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks, Keep, Market

 Castle Name: Puzzle Dungeon
 Castle Location L2
 Defence: 0/13
 Features: Keep, Siege Workshop

Wood Production: 8
Stone production: 0
Recruitment: 8
Income: 0
Curses: 3
Wood: 70
Gold: 59
Stone:0
Debt: 0

Forts :
- L15 defense 9/9 garrison 0/3.
- N11 defense 1/3 garrison 0/3
- L6 defense 4/4 garrison 1 archer, 2 armies
- M7 defense 0/3 garrison 0/3
- K11 defense 0/4 garrison 3/3
Artifacts: Sundering Claw, Thornish Crown, Perfidy's Horn, Black Lance, Black Claw, Shimmering Coin.
Equipment: None
Special Units: 7 wolves, 5 toads, 3 cats

orders:
Send 27 gold to Vulk

March 3 armies on L13, garrison if able.
March 1 on I2
March 3 on J1
March 1 on L1
March 20 armies, 1 wolf, 1 cat on L2

Scout I2-G2-H2

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 25 - HOPE
Post by: Quarque on July 25, 2023, 02:58:33 am

toads can't march

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 25 - HOPE
Post by: a1s on July 25, 2023, 03:04:16 am

Can they, sort of, hop?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 25 - HOPE
Post by: notquitethere on July 25, 2023, 05:22:36 am

They can garrison castles and forts, and accompany patrols but they can't hop aggressively towards anyone.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 26 - CHIMERA
Post by: notquitethere on July 27, 2023, 08:57:36 am

TURN 25 REPORT

Spoiler: Marquess Vulk (click to show/hide)

Make a barracks at Castle Bryn: built

Send 2 scouts on ship to G3 to pick up artifact and ship: They go to collect their lost belongings but they find nothing there (see FitzHarbort).

March 1 army on Q14: Empty fort taken.

March 2 army and 16 Wolves on P14 with last femur and 7 siege weapons: Two toads come to the aid of the Thornish. The siege weapons auto-kill all Thornish and the castle and artefacts are retaken (Toad Standard, Toad Staff, Rock Ring, Fleshbane, Dreadskull, Doghorn.) The Last Femur raises two skeletons. One of Vulk's wolves is turned into a toad by the toad staff.

March 2 armies and 1 cat with wolf crystal on M3: The 9 wolves are taken on side. The boar attacks twice. The enemy hides behind their walls  (2 wall strength).
The boar attack first (1 and 7), from behind their walls, killing zero of your armies. A wolf is killed.  Then the rest run away.
You take too many casualties and your force retreats.

March 1 army and 2 skeletons and 1 wisp to R2: Your armies attack (with one skeleton and one wisp) (5, 7 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

March 5 armies and 2 skeletons and 4 wolves to S2: Your armies attack (with four wolves) (with two skeletons) (2, 4, 2, 6, 8, 6, 5, 5, 5, 8 and 2), defeating four of the enemies (wisp, wolf, wolf, wolf).
The enemy attacks back (7, 4), killing one of your skeletons.
Your armies attack (with four wolves) (with one skeleton) (3, 7, 6, 7, 2, 4, 7, 2, 6 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (4), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with four wolves) (with one skeleton) (8, 2, 3, 4, 7, 2, 5, 3, 8 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county. You gain 6 gold from the treasure.
 Your total losses: one skeleton

March 9 armies and 6 cats and 1 wolf to Q2 with wisp wand. The wisp wand summons a wisp to your side: The bloodstone mirror conjures 17 shadows.  The dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part) attack first (1, 3, 7, 3 and 2), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with six bog cats) (with one wolf) (with one wisp) (3, 7, 6, 7, 3, 7, 8, 6, 6, 7, 6, 2, 8, 3, 1 and 2), defeating ten of the enemies (shadow, shadow, shadow, shadow, dragon (part), shadow, shadow, shadow, dragon (part) and shadow).
The enemy attacks back (5, 5, 0, 1, and 7), killing one of your armies. The Bloodsinger slinks away to the Sunken Library.
Your armies attack (with six bog cats) (with one wolf)(with one wisp)  (5, 3, 5, 2, 6, 1, 3, 6, 1, 6, 5, 8, 5, 2 and 5), defeating nine of the enemies (wisp, shadow, shadow, shadow, shadow, shadow, shadow, dragon (part) and dragon (part)).

The enemy attacks back (7), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with six bog cats) (with one wolf) (with one wisp) (2, 3, 8, 6, 7, 4, 6, 5, 4, 3, 6, 7, 3 and 2), defeating four of the enemies (shadow, shadow, dragon (part), and shadow).
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county.
 From the dragon horde, you gain fourteen gold. From the lair you get 7 gold. You also find a boat.
 Your total losses: three.

March 1 army S4: The empty forest is taken

March 1 army with Bonemeal shield and Black Cloud to T2: The boar attacks first (6 and 1), killing one of your armies. It gains the Black Cloud, then is killed by the Bonemeal shield and your unit resurrects and takes the Black Cloud. +1 anathema
The hill is taken.
Hill report:
NW: you see a forest
N: you see a lair
NE: you see a lair
E: you see the Moot
W: Special event!  Counterinvasion (Special! Cannot appear with the library. When this appears while scouting or marching, reroll the tile (possibly triggering more invasions). Only appears if no other site can appear, and can happen as many times as this occurs. Roll 1d4 on the table of counterinvasions [4]. Aberration!  The nearest village [to close to T1, R2 is picked] is razed to bring forth something foul! +20 retribution to Vulk. A Chimera appears, devouring its summoner and everything else around [1 army and 2 skeletons and 1 wisp]. Roll three times on the Chimera table [3, 4, 8] and combine abilities, rerolling repeats:
- Wyrm belly: size increases +6 armies (10 armies total)
- Wisp form: can only take one hit per round and can float over water.
- Wolf mane: each turn, it gains 1d6 wolves + any unaligned wolves in adjacent tiles. It leaves 1 wolf per empty tile in its wake when marching. In battle, wolves on all sides become wild and scatter to random empty tiles if possible.
It's the COLOSSAL GHOST WOLF!
Each enemy phase a Chimera marches on a random Lord-owned tile anywhere accessible on the map. Chimeras don't normally flee and are normally hostile to everything in its path.
W rerolled: a hill.

March 1 army to P2: The empty forest is taken.

March 1 army and 5 cats and and 1 wolf to R9: The boar and boar attack first (4, 1, 1 and 7), killing zero of your armies. A bog cat is killed.
Your armies attack (with four bog cats) (with one wolf) (4, 8, 5, 2, 5 and 3), defeating two of the enemies (boar and boar).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: one cat.

March 2 armies 14 skeletons and 1 cat and 1 wolf to R10: The boar, boar, boar, boar, boar and boar attack first (3, 6, 1, 2, 6, 5, 6, 4, 4, 7, 3 and 2), killing one of your armies. Killing three skeletons
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with one wolf) (with eleven skeletons) (6, 3, 7, 4, 8, 7, 4, 4, 2, 3, 5, 4 and 7), defeating six of the enemies (boar, boar, boar, boar, boar and boar).
All enemies are defeated and the scout hut is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: one army, three skeletons

Scout O3: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the murky fen they find two gold, and one stone.

Scout O2: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the foul mire they find a few signs of habitation long ago.

Scout T2-T1: You travel through the newly captured hill. You scout through the second land, discovering a hill. On the hard scrabble bluffs they find a Thornish Fort with two Thornish holdouts defending, and walls at 5/5 strength.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout T2-S1: You travel through the newly captured hill. You scout through the second land, discovering a forest. In the dense copse they find a bog cat. Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Table of Counterinvasions (click to show/hide)

Table of Counterinvasions
1. Reconquest: The Thornish return from their redoubt on the Isle of Wisp. 10 Thornish holdouts, a ship, and three siege engines appear on the closest Lord-owned coastal tile to a random castle belonging to whomever triggered the invasion. Each enemy phase from now, each set of Thornish holdouts not involved in a siege and not occupying a castle and not a member of the Order will walk or sail to an adjacent Lord-owned land, moving towards the nearest castle. Before marching, they will raze any forest or village they occupy.

2. Inquisition: 10 Knights from the Order of Obeisance come on a mission to hunt monsters and capture artefacts. They ambush the tile in which they are revealed. On enemy phases following their arrival, they will march to the nearest place with artefacts or monsters and seek to take the artefacts and destroy the monsters.

3. Revolt: A Squelsh Champion, one of the sons of Prince Owain (Hywel, Madoc, Cynan etc.), will arise in the nearest village along with 8 Squelsh barbarians. At the start of each Revolt, the triggering player gains Reprisal equal to the number of villages they own. Each enemy phase while he lives (immediately after any reprisals) he will march on a village owned by the Lord with the highest Reprisal that owns a village. Adjacent unaligned Squelsh, and Squelsh from the Moot will join the cause. At the end of each enemy phase, each Prince-aligned village gains +2 Squelsh barbarians.

4. Aberration: the retreat of magic has led to more desperate sacrifice. The nearest village is razed to bring forth something foul! A Chimera appears, devouring its summoner and everything else around. Roll three times on the Chimera table and combine abilities, rerolling repeats. Each enemy phase a Chimera marches on a random Lord-owned tile anywhere accessible on the map. Chimeras don't normally flee and are normally hostile to everything in its path. Chimeras, being the magical aberrations are immune to the effects of artefacts.


Table of CHIMERA
(Ordinarily a Chimera counts for four armies)
1. Dragon wings: can fly over water and mountains, gains first strike
2. Wolf mane: each turn, it gains 1d6 wolves + any unaligned wolves in adjacent tiles. It leaves 1 wolf per empty tile in its wake when marching. In battle, wolves on all sides become wild and scatter to random empty tiles if possible.
3. Wyrm belly: size increases +6 armies
4. Wisp form: can only take one hit per round and can float over water
5. Toad gills: can travel through water and will attempt to do so with each march, toads will ignore it, fleeing if it conquers a tile they're on
6. Swarming: when it takes damage, it splits its body off into random valid directions. When they next march, each of the separate parts grow to half the size of their original form and pick separate targets.
7. Giant maw: size increases +2 armies, will try and eat units it kills when combat ends, permanently gaining their size
8. Bog stench: +1 attack in marshland, everyone else takes -1 9. Accursed gaze: Curses any Lord who comes in combat and temporarily nullifies the effects of nearby cursed artefacts 10. Razor Tusks: attacks twice when it attacks 11. Metal scale: can only be damaged on a 7+ 12. Death aura: skeletal units on the tile will side with this chimera, 1d6 non-skeletal units will flee before combat begins

Spoiler: Marchioness Ayes (click to show/hide)

March 3 armies on L13: The enemy hides behind their walls  (3 wall strength).
Your armies attack (2, 6 and 4), damaging the walls (1) with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (3 and 5), from behind their walls, with none of your units defeated. A siege begins with your three camped outside the walls!

March 1 on I2: The unoccupied village is taken.

March 3 on J1: Your armies attack (6, 3 and 5), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.

March 1 on L1: The empty marsh is taken.

March 20 armies, 1 wolf, 1 cat on L2. The Black Cauldron gives the three hags first strike and double attack. The hags attack first (0, 2, 1, 5, 7 and 0), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with one wolf) (2, 6, 4, 6, 4, 0, 5, 2, 7, 5, 5, 6, 1, 0, 7, 5, 0, 7, 1, 5 and 0), defeating eleven of the enemies (bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat and bog hag).

The enemy attacks back (4 and 7), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with one wolf) (0, 7, 2, 7, 2, 0, 4, 3, 3, 1, 1, 5, 1, 5, 0, 6, 0, 0, 2 and 3), defeating two of the enemies (bog hag and bog hag).
All enemies are defeated, your curse is over, and the Puzzle Dungeon is absorbed into your county.
Your total losses: two. You take the Black Cauldron (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed or sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Cauldron will gain the Black Cauldron.) (If a bog hag owns the Black Cauldron, they will attack twice each round and always have the first attack; if anyone else owns the cauldron, 3 bog hags and 6d2 bog cats will spawn and then attack the current holder of the cauldron each turn until all three hags are defeated. Spawning occurs anew each time the cauldron gets a new non-hag owner)"
A new owner has the cauldron! Three new hags appear to claim it (spawning happens once per ownership change), with 8 bog cats.
The bog hag, bog hag, bog hag, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat and bog cat attack first (1, 7, 2, 1, 4, 1, 2, 4, 3, 5 and 6), killing one of your armies. A bog cat is killed.
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (3, 0, 0, 3, 2, 1, 7, 3, 3, 7, 5, 0, 1, 4, 1, 0, 0 and 6), defeating four of the enemies (bog cat, bog cat, bog cat and bog cat).
The enemy attacks back (6, 5, 5, 8, 4, 8 and 2), killing three of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (2, 5, 6, 6, 2, 2, 3, 0, 6, 1, 2, 7, 0, 6 and 5), defeating seven of the enemies (bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog cat, bog hag, bog hag and bog hag).
All enemies are defeated and the Puzzle Dungeon is secured.
Your total losses: four armies and a cat.
 
Scout I2-H2-G2: You scout through the newly taken village. You scout through the second land, discovering a village.
The hamlet is undefended and would be easily cowed. You scout through the third land, discovering a lair. This unforgiving tomb is inhabited by a dragon and also two Bone Reckoners, with five skeletal warriors and one skeletal archers. The monsters defend two gold.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Spoiler: Prince FitzHarbort - Shandston's Folly (click to show/hide)

Buy 30 Stone for 60 Gold,  and build a Barracks at Sundered Spire, two keeps (at Castle Bacchus and Sundered Spire) and repair Sundered Spire and Castle Bacchus for two each (to a total of five thanks to the Keep): Features built.

1 army builds Fort Pisces at F10 with five Wood and Garrison,  equipped with the Black Horn and the Wolf Gem: Built. The Black Horn draws the nearby wolves to attack. +1 army musters in defence. The Wolf Crystal converts the 25 wolves as planned! The Bitter Brew is gained from the wolves.

1 army marches on G10 After the Wolves at G10 have marched to attack the Black Horn at F10: The now empty Wolfhaven Woods is taken.

1 army marches on F14: The empty marshland is taken.

2 armies march on Forest I6:
Your armies attack (4 and 3), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (1), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (3 and 6), defeating one of the enemies (wolf).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.

5 armies march on Village F4: Your armies attack (2, 2, 8, 9 and 4), defeating two of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh Champion (part)).
The enemy attacks back (6 and 2), with one of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (7, 6, 8, and 5), defeating two of the enemies (Squelsh Champion and Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.
Total losses: one army

8 armies march on Swamp F6: Your armies attack (1, 6, 4, 8, 1, 2, 2 and 3), defeating two of the enemies (skeletal warrior and skeletal warrior).
The enemy attacks back (6, 7, 4 and 3), killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (6, 4, 2, 8, 3 and 3), defeating two of the enemies (skeletal archer and skeletal warrior).
The enemy attacks back (6 and 5) killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (5, 2, 7, 7 and , defeating two of the enemies (skeletal archer and bone reckoner).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: four.


12 armies and 1 Wolf march on Lustre Hills H6: Your armies attack (with one wolf) (2, 2, 2, 4, 5, 2, 8, 6, 8, 3, 4, 1 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (4, 2, 8, 6, 3, 8, 2 and , killing four of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (2, 5, 2, 2, 3, 7, 7, 7 and 6), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (8, 8, 4, 8, 8, 4 and 6), killing four of your armies. A wolf is killed. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
 Your total losses: eight and a wolf.

1 army scouts G4->G3->G2: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The hamlet is undefended and would be easily cowed.
You scout through the second land, discovering the Yawning Crevice. A ship and the Crimson Drum (defenders attack first) are here. Your scout takes both!
You scout through the third land, discovering a lair. This unforgiving tomb is inhabited by a dragon and also two Bone Reckoners, with five skeletal warriors and one skeletal archers. The monsters defend two gold.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

1 army scouts H8: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the hard scrabble fell they find a quarry. A dragon with the Murkblade is here!

Spoiler: Marquess Bockhoven - Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Build a Barracks in the Selkie Court: Built.

Repair A5 with 4 stone: 4 wall Repaired.

Garrison A11 with the wolf that has the Black Toad attached, plus two armies that turn into toads: Armies toadified.

Repair A11 with 4 stone: 4 wall repaired.

Repair C8 with 4 stone: 4 wall repaired.

march on D1 with 1 army: empty village conquered.

march on E3 with 1 army: empty marshland conquered.

march on D3 with 3 armies: Your armies attack (8, 8, and 5), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (3), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (8, 6, and 6), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.

march on D2 with 1 army and 45 wolves: The enemy hides behind their walls  (14 wall strength). A Giant with the black trotter attacks first (6, 2, 8, 8, 3 and 3) from behind their walls. Two wolves are killed. Then the rest run away. Two boars are turned into Grand Tusks [I3]. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
 Your total losses: two wolves

march on E5 with 19 armies:
Your armies attack (2, 8, 4, 3, 6, 5, 6, 6, 3, 2, 2, 3, 5, 7, 4, 2, 8, 8 and , defeating ten of the enemies (bone reckoner, skeletal warrior, wisp, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, bone reckoner, wolf and wolf).
All skeletal companions of the enemy bone reckoners crumble.
The other wolf flees to an adjacent empty or unexplored zone [E6].
All enemies are defeated and the fort is absorbed into your county.

march on C6 with 1 army: Empty fort taken.

march on B8 with 11 armies and the Boarskin Coat and the Verbian Tusk: A boar arrives at your side. It attacks twice: 6, , killing two boars. The enemy boars don't get first strike. Your armies attack (1, 1, 2, 7, 2, 2, 8, 8, 4, 5 and 4), defeating four of the enemies (wolf, boar, boar and wolf).All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.

march on D9 with 3 army wielding the Rhuddy Cape:
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (1, 4, 7, 2 and 6), defeating two of the enemies (giant (part) and giant (part)).
The enemy attacks back (6), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (4, 8, 1 and 6), defeating one of the enemies (giant (part)).
All enemies are defeated and the hillside is absorbed into your county.
 From giant clubs, you gain one wood.
 Your total losses: one.

Scout C2 with 1 army: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the towering trees they find three wisps. Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout E2 with 1 army: You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the stinking fen they find a dragon.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout A15 with 1 army by boat, carrying the Golden Net and the Pellucid Orb: No treasure or quarry found.

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

The Boneboat Yard gives a boat to [C1].

The Black Lance in [N13] exerts a pull on those Dragons that wander.
- [G2] The dragon flies south-east towards the Black Lance.
- [H8] The murkdragon flies east towards the Black Lance.
- [M1] The dragon flies south-east towards the Black Lance.

A Thornish holdout joins the forts at T1.

Barbarians from H3 and T3 fight in the Knuckle Yard. T3 wins and returns a Champion.
Barbarian-occupied tiles H3 send someone to the moot.
- Reprisals:
--[FitzHarbort 9%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Ayes 5%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Vulk 21%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Bockhoven 0%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Sol 0%]  The Squelsh are quiet... for now.

- [D2] Castle Freedom: No new monsters come.
- [G2] No new monsters come.
- [L4] Sunken Library: No new monsters come.
- [M1] Joining the lair is two Bone Reckoners, with four skeletal warriors and one skeletal archers.
- [M2] Joining the lair is four wisps.
- [M3] No new monsters come.

The GHOST WOLF marches on N10. It leaves 1d6 [4] wolves in its wake! [Q3, P4, O4, O5].

TURN 26

Research

Prince FitzHarbort writes a History of the Hedge (Special! Can only appear with the library, and only if no other site can appear. Gain +1 victory point. Can happen multiple times.)

Marquess Vulk writes a History of the Hedge (Special! Can only appear with the library, and only if no other site can appear. Gain +1 victory point. Can happen multiple times.)

(https://i.imgur.com/Hz5kdrH.png)

Spoiler: Known Artefact List (click to show/hide)

In the world
F2 is Horn of Fool's Retort (at the start of combat, summons the Thunderstorm Dragon as a third-party participant in a fight, hostile to all sides. The Horn will always summon the same Thunderstorm dragon and is destroyed if the dragon perishes. The Thunderstorm Dragon is always hostile to everyone, can only be damaged by archers and flying units, flies above forts and castles and so cannot be harmed by siege weaponry and ignores walls and keeps, and always flies in the enemy phase. She will flee in a random direction if she takes three hits. She doesn't willingly pick up artefacts.)
H8 is Murkblade (a scout will kill any lone human enemy they discover while scouting.)
I5 is Siege Workshop Plans (The owner of this can build a Siege Workshop as a feature (spending 10 stone as normal). Siege Workshop: You can build these two alternative types of seige engine: 1. Battering Ram: destroy walls on a 4+ for one round (or 3+ or 2+ if you spend 2 or 4 more wood). 2. Giant Trebuchet: destroy 1d4 defence before the attack begins. You may spend 1-3 stone in ammunition to add 1-3 d4s to this.) Doesn't count towards anathema count.
I10 is the Black Horn
L4 is Charnel Knife (Equipped unit gains +1 to attacks for every unit you have sacrificed since owning the Charnel Knife- Bloodsingers with this get +3.)
L4 is Black Dog  (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Dog will gain the Black Dog.) (Black Dog adds 1d4 wolves to the enemy side during combat. If Black Dog is assigned to a scout, it will add 1d4 wolves to each tile scouted (after leaving). If it is assigned to a fort or left in the castle, 1d4 wolves will attack that location. Any wolves in the presence of the Black Dog that flee, desert, or are lured or commanded will instead try to return to their spiritual home, if possible.)
P14 is Toad Standard, Toad Staff, Rock Ring, Fleshbane, Dreadskull, Doghorn.

Held by Lords

Sol: Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)

Blood Forge Plans

the Black Trotter (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Trotter will gain the Black Trotter.) (One unit attacks first twice at the start of each combat, but each time they kill a unit somewhere a boar will turn into a grand tusk- a giant pig that counts as 2 boar. If no boar are currently on the map, the next X boar to appear will all be grand tusks, where X is the number of units killed by the Trotter.)

the Boarskin Coat (when you attack boars, they don't get first attack, they get two attacks on their first counterattack)

The Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)

Ayes: Sundering Claw (assign a scout to crack open a permanent path through any adjacent mountain. 25% chance to call a hostile dragon to the location)

Black Lance (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding the Black Lance will gain the Black Lance.) (You never attack first in combats, but on your first attack all your attackers will attack three times. The turn after slaying someone with the lance, Dragons will preferentially fly one square in your direction when flying to a new home. When this first discovered, place the Dawn Dragon on M6 (the Dawn Dragon counts for 15 armies)).

Black Claw (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Claw will gain the Black Claw.) (+4 dice rolled when attacking, every time someone is killed by a force wielding the claw, the nearest square with a bog cat gains another cat. If there are none, a bog cat will appear in the nearest empty square.)

Shimmering Coin (+2 on rolls that determine gold amounts)

Perfidy's Horn (Monster units controlled by a human unit in the vicinity will become hostile third parties, turning on everyone.)

Thornish Crown (when owned by someone of Thornish heritage, one Thornish Holdout will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production); when owned by an Alkabrian or other, becomes the preferential target for all Thornish attacks until the crown is reclaimed. Doesn't count towards Anathema count.)

Bockhoven: Golden Net (A scout carrying this across water has a 25% chance of rolling on the treasure table)

Moonlight's Edge (Roll extra attack dice equal to the anathema value of the opponent's artefacts (ordinarily 1 each) in the tile before combat begins)

Hedgeblade (One unit gains +7 attack, but there's a 75% chance the unit will be targeted by any given enemy attack until the unit dies.

Soul Nexus (Once per turn, if someone attacks a castle containing the Soul Nexus and a Bloodforge, three human attackers will be sacrificed at the start of each combat to the Bloodforge, if possible. Worth five anathema. Found in the Crimson Tower.)

Black Toad (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Toad will gain the Black Toad.) (The Black Toad afixes itself to one unit, and will permanently turn all other units in the same tile on the same side as the Black Toad into toads. Only appears through sacrifice.)

Rhuddy Cape (the unit this is assigned to is now considered a giant)

The Wolf Crystal (wolves encountered will join the army instead (they still all run away when injured)

Watchtower plans (Can build Watchtowers for 10 stone. Watchtowers allow defenders to attack first during the first round of a seige, and owner gets a hill report. Doesn't count towards anathema count)

the Speculator's Rod (a scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

Whiptide Sail (one boat or ship can travel twice as far.)

Vulk: the Last Femur! (1/4 chance of each dead unit being resurrected to your side as a skeleton warrior when they die)

Wisp Wand (at the start of every combat a wisp appears; there's a 2/3 chance it joins your side.)

Garrison Plans (For each recruitment over cap, 1 guard appears in the Garrison. Guards can never march or be redeployed, but will defend; if you have multiple Garrisons, the new Guards are split between them evenly, with excess going to the main castle). Doesn't count towards anathema count.

Bonemeal Shield (The first time the unit this is attached to dies each combat, a random opposing unit dies instead, and the Lord gains +1 Anathema.)

Doghorn (Bog Cats will attempt to flee in the opposite direction of the army or scout holding this. Declare the direction of approach is multiple are possible, otherwise it's random.)

Fleshbane (Gain +1 dice vs living humans.)

Dreadskull (any unit fleeing from an army with the Dreadskull will instead desert.)


Cat Sack (defeated Bog Cats are put in the Cat Sack instead of being killed if the Cat Sack is held by the winning force. These cats are owned but unfriendly, and any number can be released by an army in any combat, or let loose by a scout in any tile.)

Prince FitzHarbort: Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).

Bitter Brew  (The set of armies this is equipped to never retreats from losses.)

Wellspring Staff (the Wellspring Staff may be cast into marshland by a unit to turn it into a lake (spilling out into all adjacent tiles - units can drown this way without proper precautions). If the staff is recovered (by boat etc) in subsequent turns, the lake remains.)

Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)

Sent to the King:
Cat Sack, Marrowfat Sceptre, Toad Crown, Bloodforge Plans, Ripcage

Hunter's Stand (Archers in the army this is attached to only die on 5s if no other units remain)

Marrowfat Throne (when owned by someone of Squelsh heritage, one Squelsh defector will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production) and adjacent Squelsh armies will join your attacks on non-Squelsh; when owned by an Alkabrian or other, +30 reprisal chance, +100 reprisal chance if destroyed.)

Pellucid Orb (+1 to scout travel distance)

Cragman's Spike (a scout may pass through mountains)

Thornish Lodestone (while this remains in the Hedge, whenever no Thornish fort is on the map, another fort is revealed in a sector usually far from the owner of this artefact (most distant of two rolls)

Spoiler: Known Unique Sites (click to show/hide)

A6 is The Knuckle Yard - Ritual death ring of the Squelsh natives. Owner may choose at any time to close down the yard (+20 reprisal chance). While operational: +2 income, if possible, two Barbarians from two different random squares will leave their post to fight at the start of each enemy phase, one one will return a Squelsh Champion (counts as two units, +1 to its attacks).

E7 and K1 are the Walking Stone Circles - A pair of sites. They are considered adjacent: units can walk from one to the other across the map. Each is initially defended by three giants. They will let anyone pass through both tiles unharmed in a turn as if they were owned by the traveller, for 1 gold per unit passing (if they do so, they won't join a monster march). Gold accumulates on the first stone circle passed through. Enemies always find the gold for it.

F11 is Lake Sorrow.

F12 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance to reprisals to 0. This only works for people who don't own the Grove.

G3 is Yawing Crevice (A desolate crack in the earth. Artefacts may be destroyed by a scout or army throwing it into the crevice. Doing so releases a tanglebat, which will attack anyone present at the time, including scouts. Doing so also grants a permanent -2 anathema score. Only appears in WW.)

G10 is Wolfhaven Woods - Forest. Spiritual home of wolf kind. Inhabited by 10d4 wolves (25). These wolves will only flee if less than 10 remain. Any wolves that would otherwise be loyal to a non-wolf, are loyal to the wolves in these woods. Wolves in this forest will never march on anywhere.

H6 is Lustre Mine - Hill. Grants +5 gold income. Protected by nine wisps (only found adjacent to mountains)


L4 is the Sunken Library - Lair containing a library (that works the same as a normal library) and a Scriptorium (Once per turn, you may duplicate a Plan artefact). A place for students of the forbidden rites, only Bloodsingers and Bone Reckoners will appear here. It starts with 1d4 [1] Bloodsingers with artefacts [Black Dog], 1d4 Bone Reckoners [4], 1d4+3 [5] Skeletal Warriors and 1d4 [3] Skeletal Archers. Once this is revealed, Bloodsingers who flee combat will go here, including any still alive on the map having fled a previous combat. Bloodsingers and Bone Reckoners and their minions won't march from here. Only in WW.

L5 is Lake Longing - (Water makes this tile impassible except by boat or ship. Spills over onto adjacent tiles. Won't spawn on a coast.)

L6 is Hogland Hollow - Forest. Inhabited by 3d6 Boar. While it is unconquered, at the end of any turn when there is less than 10 boars in this forest, 1d4 more boar will appear. Your scout withdraws to safety.


R10 is the Scout Hut - Initially abandoned and inhabited by a family of 6 boar. Up to three armies can be assigned to the Hut as if it were a fort and they don't count towards your army cap. These armies can scout so long at they begin scouting from a tile adjacent to the hut. Spend 3 wood to dismantle and reassemble the hut on an empty tile you own.

T3 is The Moot - Village with 2d2 (2+1=3) Squelsh Barbarians and a moat (6/6 defense). It is the neutral meeting place of rival Squelsh bands. At the start of each enemy turn, each tile with a Squelsh Barbarian has a 25% chance of sending someone to the Moot. The first Squelsh reprisal each turn will be joined by whomever is in the Moot. If the Moot is conquered, a new Moot (with a new moat) will appear in the most populous Squelsh-held village at the start of the next player turn, or if there are no such villages, it may appear in future tile generation (from scouting, research etc.).

Spoiler: Known Unit Types (click to show/hide)

ALKABARIAN
- Soldier
- Archer (dies on 5, +1 in sieges)
- Skeletal - Archer (dies on 5, +1 in sieges, cannot go alone on missions)
      - Warrior (cannot go alone on missions)
- Rhuddy Giant (counts as 3 armies)

MONSTER
Anathema (also considered Squelsh)
   - Bone Reckoners
      - Skeletal - Archer (dies on 5, +1 in sieges, crumbles without Reckoner)
         - Warrior/Fighter (crumbles without Reckoner)
   - Bloodsingers (has an artefact, will flee if first attack fails to defeat enemy and is not behind a wall)
   - Bog Hag (has 2-4 cats who tank hits for her, curses anyone she is in combat with)
Animals
   - Boar (attacks first, twice!)
        - Grand Tusk (Counts as two boars)
   - Bog Cat (turns places into marsh on defeat, -1 attackers rolls, +1 when in a swamp)
   - Wolf (flees when hurt)
        - Tanglebat (when not behind a wall, another tanglebat will appear for every living combatant)
        - Toad (Cannot march)

Mythic
  - Giant (counts as 3 armies, drops 1 wood)
  - Dragon (counts as 5 armies, attacks first, drops 3d6 gold)
  - Wisp (Only one wisp can be killed per round)

THORNISH
- Holdout (drops 0-1 gold)
- Knight (dies on a 7+)

SQUELSH
- Squelsh Barbarian (+1 to rolls for both sides)
- Squelsh Champion (+1 to rolls, counts as two armies)

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Special Movement:

Most units cannot pass through water or mountain. The exceptions:

WATER: Toads, Skeletons cannot ordinarily drown. Wisps, Dragons, Tanglebats can fly over water.
MOUNTAIN: Only Dragons can fly over mountains

Spoiler: Black Orbed Artefacts (click to show/hide)

The Age of Magic is ending with the appearance of the Black Orb. The following artefacts are gone from the world. Only a Toad Boon can bring one of them back.

Bloody Standard (+1 to attacker's combat rolls)

Marrowfat Shield (Whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)

Hedgeblade - (One unit gains +7 attack, but there's a 75% chance the unit will be targeted by any given enemy attack until the unit dies.)

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Notes:

- A chimera! The GHOST WOLF can attack literally anywhere not blocked off by mountains. It leaves wolves in its wake.
- Some forces got killed in unconventional ways this turn (black cauldron extra battle, village desecration), so take note if they were yours

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 26 - CHIMERA
Post by: Criptfeind on July 27, 2023, 10:46:24 am

That's 16 squelsh and 3 champions (22 health) in the moot right?

Mayyyybe I should take care of them.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 26 - CHIMERA
Post by: notquitethere on July 27, 2023, 10:58:45 am

Yep

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 26 - CHIMERA
Post by: Criptfeind on July 27, 2023, 11:27:19 am

Wyrm Belly and Wisp form sure is a funny combo.

I am somewhat wondering how much we should focus on combating this monster.

Spoiler: Turn 25 gains/losses (click to show/hide)

+1 Ship
+1 Cat
+27 gold
+7 siege weapons
-14 wood
-2 wood
-10 gold
+5 stone
-10 stone
+Barracks Castle Bryn

Q14: Hill Fort
+6 artifacts
+2 Skeletons
-1 wolf
+1 toad
P14: Castle Mysterious
+8 wolves
R2: Wasteland
S2: Lair
-1 skeleton
+6 gold
Q2: Lair
+1 Wisp
-3 armies
+21 gold
+1 boat
S4: Forest +1 wood production
T2: Hill
+1 Anathema
P2: Forest +1 Wood production
R9: Marsh
-1 cat
R10: Scout Hut
-1 army
-3 skeletons
+2 gold
+1 stone

-1 army
-2 skeletons
-1 wisp
-R2: Wasteland
-Q3: Lair
-P4: Village +1 recruitment
-O4: Hill
-O5: Village +1 recruitment

+1 History VP

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Colour: Blue
Extra VP? +48
Anathema: 16 (artifacts) 58 (monster units) 24 (sacrifices) 10 (knight kills) 2 (Bloodforge) 2 (Shield) -2 (Yawning Crack) = 110

Castle Mysterious: P14
Defence: 5/10
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove (+3 Army cap, +1 recuitment +1 wood)

Point Swearing: S14
Defense: 14/14
Features: Shipyard, Coppicing Grove, Library, Barracks, Tower, Bloodforge (+1 wood +4 army cap)

Castle Bryn: R3
Defense: 0/21
Features: Keep, Barracks, Tower, Tower (+5 army cap)

Wood Production: 16
Recruitment: 13
Income: 3
Stone Production: 3

Army: 32-3-1+13=41/42
Gold: 67+27-10+6+21+2+3=116
Debt: 0
Wood: 58-14-12+16=58
Stone: 5+5-10+1+3=4

Artifacts: Last Femur, Toad Standard, Crimson Drum, Toad Staff, Black Baldric, Rock Ring, Wolf Crystal, Fleshbane, Dreadskull, Doghorn, Bonemeal shield, Black Cloud, Bryn's Club, King's Writ, Garrison Plans, Crimson Cowl, Wisp Wand
Equipment: 1 ship 2 boat
Special Units: 14 Skeleton warriors 0 Skeleton Archers 12 Cats 30 wolves 1 Wisps 1 Toads
Curses:

Holdings list:
L3: The Prison of the Anathalord 0/20
K13: Forest Fort +1 Wood production
M3: Marsh fort Willow 2/6
M4: Hill
N3: Serene Glade Forest +1 Wood production
N5: Marsh
N6: Quarry +1 stone production
N7: Taghairn cave: Sacrifice 3 cats to make an artifact
O4: Hill
O5: Village +1 Recruitment
O6: Village +1 Recruitment
O7: Village +1 recruitment
O14: Village +1 Recruitment
O15: Forest +1 Wood production
P2: Forest +1 Wood production
P3: Village +1 Recruitment
P4: Village +1 recruitment
P6: Forest +1 Wood production
P7: Marsh
P8: Forest +1 Wood production
P9: Hill
P10 Village +1 Recruitment
P11: Forest Fort Ivy 4/8 +1 Wood Production
P12: Lair
P13 Village +1 Recruitment
P15: Hill
Q2: Lair
Q3: Lair
Q5: Village Moat 6/6 +1 Recruitment
Q6: Forest +1 Wood
Q7: Forest +1 Wood
Q8: Gold mine +1 income
Q9: Marsh
Q11: Marsh
Q12: Village +1 Recruitment
Q13: Village +1 Recruitment
Q14: Hill Fort Hawthorn 0/5
R2: Wasteland
R4: Marsh Fort Cryptic 1/4
R5: Marsh Fort Ominous 4/4
R6: Marsh
R7: Mine +1 Gold
R8: Village +1 recruitment
R9: Marsh
R10: Scout Hut
R11: Marsh
R12: Quarry +1 Stone production
R13: Marsh
R14: Village +1 recruitment
R15: Marsh
S2: Lair
S3: Lair
S4: Forest +1 Wood production
S5: Forest Fort Hemlock 4/6 +1 Wood production
S6: Village +1 Recruitment
S7: Hill Fort Willow 5/7
S8: Marsh
S9: Village +1 Recruitment
S10: Forest Fort Sycamore 0/3 defenses +1 wood production 1 Armies
S11: Hill
S12: Forest +1 wood production
S13: Forest +1 wood production
T2: Hill
T5: Village +1 recruitment
T6: Marsh
T7: Marsh
T10: Hill
T11: Hill Hill Fort 6/9
T12: Forest +1 Wood production
T13: Quarry +1 Stone production

Spoiler: Turn 26 (click to show/hide)

Accept Crimson Drum from Fitzhbort
Accept Ship from Fitzharbort
Send ship to Bockelstein

Make 10 siege weapons from 20 wood

Repair Castle Bryn with 4 stone
March 1 army to O2
March 1 army to O3
March 1 army to R2
March 1 army holding Bonemeal shield and to S1
March 2 army 2 wolves to Q3
March 1 army 3 wolves to P4
March 1 army 3 wolves to O5
March 1 army holding wolf crystal to Q5
March 1 army and 10 wolves to T1 with 4 siege weapons
March 12 armies to T9
March 6 armies and 4 cats to M3
March 1 army and 9 skeletons and 12 wolves with last femur to T3 with 6 siege weapons
March 4 armies and 5 cats to N10 to assist with the fight against the giant ghost wolf.
March 4 armies and 5 skeletons and 3 cats and 1 wisp with wisp wand and Black Baldric and Dreadskull to L4
March 1 army with black Cloud to M5

Scout Q4
Scout N4
Scout N2

Burn S6, T5, S9 and R8 in retaliation for the Squelsh blaming the Chimera on me.

1 Toad defending Castle Bryn
0 armies 0 Skeleton warriors 0 Cats 0 wolves 0 Wisps 0 Toads unassigned/defending castle mysterious

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 26 - CHIMERA
Post by: Criptfeind on July 27, 2023, 09:25:48 pm

Id be up for trying to figure out a way to kill the ghost wolf if people are interested in that... It'd probably take like 30 dudes or something? Less if the bitter brew can be used. I'd be willing to contribute, but a full army that size is a lot for anyone.  Or we can just ignore it... The wolf ability is super annoying though. What does everyone else think?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 SCREAM
Post by: Kashyyk on July 31, 2023, 02:31:06 pm

Send 13 wolves, the Bitter Brew and the Wolf Gem to Bockhoven
Send a Ship and the Crimson Drum to Vulk

1 armies and 4 wolves march on Swamp G5
1 armies and 7 Wolves garrison Castle Bacchus with the Black Horn
1 Army marches on Village G4
1 Army marches on Yawning Crevice G3
9 armies join the combined march on the Wisp Wolf at N10
1 Army scouts Forest F9
1 Army marches on Forest J7
1 Army marches of Swamp J6
11 armies and 1 Wolf marches on Village H9
1 Army marches on Hill H8
4 armies march on Lustre Hills H6

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

F5 - Castle Bacchus
Defence 5/14
Army Cap: 11
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Keep (+3/+3 Defence, unkillable final defender)

F10 - Forest: Fort Pisces
Defence 4/4
Garrison: 2/3 (2x Infantry)

G8 - Forest: Fort Aquarius
Defence 5/5
Garrison: 1/3 (1x Infantry)

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 14
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)
 - Alkabrian Outpost (see here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181666.msg8481075#msg8481075))

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 4/8
Garrison: 3/3 (2x Archers, 1x Infantry)

I11 - Forest: Fort Hollivy
Defence: 0/8
Garrison: 0/3

J14 - Marsh: Fort Tailor
Defence: 4/4
Garrison: 2/3 (2x Infantry)

J10 - Castle: Sundered Spire
Defence: 5/14
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Tower (+4/+4 Defence, +1 Army Cap)
 - Watchtower (Defender's get first strike, gives Hill report)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Keep(+3/+3 Defence, unkillable final defender)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)

J9 - Forest: Fort Juniper
Defence: 0/5
Garrison: 0/3

K11 - Swamp: Fort Kelvin
Defence: 0/?
Garrison: 3/3 (3x Infantry)

Resources:
Army : 32/36 (+13/turn) = 32(curr) + 13(inc) - 13(casualties)
Gold: 15 (+4/turn) = 11(curr) +4(inc)
Stone: 2 (+1/turn) = 1(curr) + 1(inc)
Wood : 62 (+9/turn) = 53(curr) + 9(inc)
Debt: 0
Victory Points: 24 (Gifted Hunter's Stand, Written History of the Hedge x4)

Territory:
F4 (Village), F5 (Castle Bacchus), F6 (Swamp), F10 (Forest, Fort Pisces), F13 (Forest), F14 (Swamp), F15 (Village),
G15 (Forest), G14 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), G11 (Lair: Wolf Den),  G10 (Forest, Wolf Woods), G9 (Village), G8 (Forest, Fort Aquarius), G7 (Swamp, Frog Pond),
H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), H11 (Village), H9 (Village), H5 (Forest),
I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I13 (Hill), I12 (Marsh), I11 (Forest, Fort Hollivy), I10 (Swamp), I9 (Village), I6 (Forest),
J15 (Hill), J14 ( Marsh, Fort Tailor), J13 (Swamp, Quarry), J13 (Forest), J11 (Village), J10 (Sundered Spire), J9 (Marsh, Fort Juniper), J8 (Hill), J7 (Forest), J4 (Wisp Lake)
K15 (Forest), K12 (Village), K10 (Swamp), K9 (Lair)
Artefacts:
 - Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants)
 - Black Horn
 - Wellspring Staff
Equipment: 1x Boat
Units: 26x Infantry, 12x Wolf

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 26 - CHIMERA
Post by: a1s on July 31, 2023, 03:12:58 pm

Spoiler: Marchioness Aywen Ayes - The Oak and Ash (click to show/hide)

Marchioness Aywen Ayes
Background: Thornish Defector
Army: 36/39
Border Colour: Red
Castles:
 Castle Name: The Oak and Ash
 Castle Location N-13
 Defence: 14/18
 Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks, Tower(x3)

 Castle Name: Castle Wright
 Castle Location K-14
 Defence: 4/13
 Features: Mustering Yard, Coppicing Grove, Barracks, Keep, Market

 Castle Name: Puzzle Dungeon
 Castle Location L2
 Defence: 0/13
 Features: Keep, Siege Workshop

Wood Production: 11
Stone production: 1
Recruitment: 11
Income: 2
Curses: 0
Wood: 81
Gold: 34
Stone:1
Debt: 0

Forts :
- L15 defense 9/9 garrison 0/3.
- N11 defense 1/3 garrison 0/3
- L6 defense 4/4 garrison 1 archer, 2 armies
- M7 defense 0/3 garrison 0/3
- K11 defense 0/4 garrison 3/3
Artifacts: Sundering Claw, Thornish Crown, Perfidy's Horn, Black Lance, Black Claw, Shimmering Coin.
Equipment: 5 bows, 5 siege engines
Special Units: 7 wolves, 5 toads, 2 cats

orders:
Sell 40 wood
Buy 15 stone
Build a keep in Oak and Ash.
repair Puzzle Dungeon to 5 defense
repair Castle Wright to 5 defense
permit others to march through my territory.

March 9 armies and a wolf to N10, hopefully to be supported by a broad coalition.
March 1 army to H2
March 5 armies on L13
March 10 armies and a wolf on H3
March 6 armies and a wolf on M2
March 4 armies and a wolf on M1

Scout H3-H4-I4
Is there any point in sending artifacts to the king, or has that been tapped out?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 26 - CHIMERA
Post by: notquitethere on July 31, 2023, 03:21:56 pm

Quote from: a1s on July 31, 2023, 03:12:58 pm

Is there any point in sending artifacts to the king, or has that been tapped out?

It's all tapped out now.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 19 - PUNISHMENT
Post by: Quarque on July 31, 2023, 05:35:08 pm

Trade:
Receive bitter brew, wolf crystal and 13 wolves from Fitzharbort.
Receive ship from Vulk

Actions:
Garrison A5 with 5 toads
Garrison A11 with the wolf that has the Black Toad attached, plus 3 armies that turn into toads
Garrison C8 with 5 toads
Garrison C13 with 5 toads
March 9 armies with the Bitter Brew and the Shield of the Earth to N10 to support the attack of Aywen Ayes
Scout A15 with 1 army by boat, carrying the Golden Net and the Pellucid Orb
March 1 army on E6
March 1 army on E2
March 1 army with 57 wolves, the Wolf Crystal and the Boarskin Coat on D2
March 3 armies with the Rhuddy cape on C2
March 3 armies on C1
Scout F1 with 1 army
March 14 armies and 1 boar with the Verbian Tusk on G2, using 2 ships
March 12 armies on F3

Spoiler: Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow
C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defense: 10/10
Features:
   • Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
   • Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
   • Shipyard: -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
   • Barracks: +3 army cap
A5 - Castle Aubade
Defence: 14/14
   • Tower: +4/4 defence, increase maximum army size by +1
   • Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production.
   • Shipyard: -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
   • Alkabarian Outpost
A11 - Selkie Court: 0/31 defense
   • Keep, Moat x 3, Barracks
C8 - Crimson Tower: 3/17 defense
   • Keep, Tower, Bloodforge
E5 - fort: garrison 3 / 3

Total Army Cap: 48

Resources:
Army: 48 (+13/turn) = 45-3(curr) +6(capped inc)
Wolves: 57 = 46 - 2 + 13; one cursed with Black Toad
Boars: 1
Toads: 15 = 13(curr) + 2(newly cursed)
Gold: 12 (+3/turn) = 9(curr) + 3(inc)
Stone: 4 (+4/turn) = 0(curr) + 4(inc)
Wood: 26 (+8/turn) = 18(curr) +8(inc)

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape, the Golden Net, Speculator's Rod, Whiptide Sail, the Soul Nexus, the Black Toad, Watchtower plans, the Avalance Maul, Shield of Earth, Verbian Tusk, Boarskin Coat, Bitter Brew
Equipment: 2 Boats and 4 Ships

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 27 - AFTERMATH
Post by: notquitethere on August 02, 2023, 12:05:53 pm

TURN 26 REPORT

Spoiler: Marquess Vulk (click to show/hide)

Repair Castle Bryn with 4 stone: repairs made
March 1 army to O2: Empty marsh conquered.

March 1 army to O3: Empty marsh conquered.

March 1 army to R2: Empty wasteland conquered.

March 1 army holding Bonemeal shield and to S1: Your armies attack (0), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (5), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (0), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (7), killing one of your armies. The unit dies, resurrects and the Bonemeal shield kills the Bog Cat. +1 Anathema gain.

March 2 army 2 wolves to Q3: Your armies attack (with two wolves) (2, 4, 3 and 4), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (2), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with two wolves) (4, 2, 7 and 1), defeating one of the enemies (wolf).
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county.

March 1 army 3 wolves to P4: Your armies attack (with three wolves) (1, 3, 1 and 2), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (2), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with three wolves) (1, 8, 1 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (wolf).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

March 1 army 3 wolves to O5: Your armies attack (with three wolves) (4, 1, 3 and 3), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (7), killing zero of your armies. A wolf is killed.  Then the rest run away. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
 Your total losses: one wolf

March 1 army holding wolf crystal to Q5: The two wolves convert to your side and the village is taken.

March 1 army and 10 wolves to T1 with 4 siege weapons: The enemy hides behind their walls  (5 wall strength).

Your armies attack (with ten wolves) (7, 10, 4, 8, 5, 8, 11, 5, 6, 9 and , damaging the walls (4) defeating three of the enemies (Thornish holdout, Thornish holdout and Thornish holdout). All enemies defeated, the fort is taken.

March 12 armies to T9: The boar, boar, boar and boar attack first (6, 6, 7, 8, 2, 7, 3 and 5), killing five of your armies.
Your armies attack (1, 7, 1, 4, 7, 3 and 4), defeating two of the enemies (boar and boar).
The enemy attacks back (7 and 4), killing one of your armies. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
 Your total losses: six.

March 6 armies and 4 cats to M3: The enemy hides behind their walls  (2 wall strength).
The boar attack first (7 and 0), from behind their walls, killing zero of your armies. A bog cat is killed. A siege begins with your six camped outside the walls!

Your armies attack (with three bog cats) (1, 6, 7, 0, 1, 6, 7, 3 and 1), damaging the walls (2) and breaking through into the fort, defeating one of the enemies (boar).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: one cat.

March 1 army and 9 skeletons and 12 wolves with last femur to T3 with 6 siege weapons: Auto-kill all units. +19 reprisal.  +6 skeletons raised. This moot has been put down.

March 4 armies and 5 cats to N10 to assist with the fight against the giant ghost wolf: See Ayes.

March 4 armies and 5 skeletons and 3 cats and 1 wisp with wisp wand and Black Baldric and Dreadskull to L4: Boss music swells as your army assaults the library! The Wisp Wand gives you another wisp. The Black Dog gives you three wolves. The Bloodstone Mirror creates 17 shadows.
Your armies attack (with two wisps) (with three bog cats) (with three wolves) (with five skeletons)(and the Black Baldric) (2, 8, 2, 4, 1, 4, 3, 6, 1, 4, 2, 1, 4, 2, 2, 5, 4, 3 and 7), defeating four of the enemies (skeletal archer, skeletal warrior, shadow and shadow).
The enemy attacks back (6, 3, 3, 4, 3, 5, 4, 1, 0, 5, 7, 0, 7, 3 and 3), killing three skeletons. The three Bloodsingers fail to beat you and slink away, the Dreadskull causes them to disband. The Bloodsingers go away and think about what they've done with their lives, taking with them the Bloodstone Mirror, Black Dog, and Charnel Knife. The fight continues, the 15 shadows remaining.
Your armies attack (with two wisps) (with three bog cats) (with three wolves) (with two skeletons) (and the Black Baldric) (4, 8, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 3, 8, 2, 3, 8, 2, 8 and 5), defeating five of the enemies (bone reckoner, bone reckoner, shadow, shadow and shadow).
The enemy attacks back (4, 5, 3, 0, 2, 7, 2, and 6), killing one of your wisps. A wolf is killed. Then the rest run away.
Your armies attack (with one wisp)(with three bog cats) (with two skeletons) (and the Black Baldric) (3, 7, 4, 5, 2, 5, 4, 8, 4, 2, 3 and 2), defeating four of the enemies (shadow, shadow, shadow and shadow).
The enemy attacks back (0, 7, 1, 3, 3, 6, 7, and 0), killing one of your armies and one bog cat.
Your armies attack (with one wisp)(with two bog cat) (with two skeletons)(and the Black Baldric) (7, 6, 2, 5, 1, 4, 4 and 2), defeating three of the enemies (shadow, shadow and bone reckoner)
The enemy attacks back (2, 7, 6, 3, 4, 1, 6) killing one wisp, one bog cat and one army.
You take too many casualties and your force retreats. The remaining shadows dissipate.
Total losses: three skeletons, two armies, one wolf, two wisps, two bog cat, Gain +2 wolves.

March 1 army with Black Cloud to M5: The unit gets lost in a fog and returns prematurely.

Scout Q4: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the windswept fell they find a bog cat.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout N4: You scout through the first land, discovering a hill. On the hard scrabble headland they find two rampaging boar.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Scout N2: You scout through the first land, discovering a lair. This dank cave is inhabited by a dragon, three wolves and also two rampaging boar and three rampaging boar. The monsters defend six gold.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

Burn S6, T5, S9 and R8 in retaliation for the Squelsh blaming the Chimera on me: Four villages are burned down by order of the cruel marcher lord. +80 reprisal chance

Spoiler: Table of Counterinvasions (click to show/hide)

Table of Counterinvasions
1. Reconquest: The Thornish return from their redoubt on the Isle of Wisp. 10 Thornish holdouts, a ship, and three siege engines appear on the closest Lord-owned coastal tile to a random castle belonging to whomever triggered the invasion. Each enemy phase from now, each set of Thornish holdouts not involved in a siege and not occupying a castle and not a member of the Order will walk or sail to an adjacent Lord-owned land, moving towards the nearest castle. Before marching, they will raze any forest or village they occupy.

2. Inquisition: 10 Knights from the Order of Obeisance come on a mission to hunt monsters and capture artefacts. They ambush the tile in which they are revealed. On enemy phases following their arrival, they will march to the nearest place with artefacts or monsters and seek to take the artefacts and destroy the monsters.

3. Revolt: A Squelsh Champion, one of the sons of Prince Owain (Hywel, Madoc, Cynan etc.), will arise in the nearest village along with 8 Squelsh barbarians. At the start of each Revolt, the triggering player gains Reprisal equal to the number of villages they own. Each enemy phase while he lives (immediately after any reprisals) he will march on a village owned by the Lord with the highest Reprisal that owns a village. Adjacent unaligned Squelsh, and Squelsh from the Moot will join the cause. At the end of each enemy phase, each Prince-aligned village gains +2 Squelsh barbarians.

4. Aberration: the retreat of magic has led to more desperate sacrifice. The nearest village is razed to bring forth something foul! A Chimera appears, devouring its summoner and everything else around. Roll three times on the Chimera table and combine abilities, rerolling repeats. Each enemy phase a Chimera marches on a random Lord-owned tile anywhere accessible on the map. Chimeras don't normally flee and are normally hostile to everything in its path. Chimeras, being the magical aberrations are immune to the effects of artefacts.


Table of CHIMERA
(Ordinarily a Chimera counts for four armies)
1. Dragon wings: can fly over water and mountains, gains first strike
2. Wolf mane: each turn, it gains 1d6 wolves + any unaligned wolves in adjacent tiles. It leaves 1 wolf per empty tile in its wake when marching. In battle, wolves on all sides become wild and scatter to random empty tiles if possible.
3. Wyrm belly: size increases +6 armies
4. Wisp form: can only take one hit per round and can float over water
5. Toad gills: can travel through water and will attempt to do so with each march, toads will ignore it, fleeing if it conquers a tile they're on
6. Swarming: when it takes damage, it splits its body off into random valid directions. When they next march, each of the separate parts grow to half the size of their original form and pick separate targets.
7. Giant maw: size increases +2 armies, will try and eat units it kills when combat ends, permanently gaining their size
8. Bog stench: +1 attack in marshland, everyone else takes -1 9. Accursed gaze: Curses any Lord who comes in combat and temporarily nullifies the effects of nearby cursed artefacts 10. Razor Tusks: attacks twice when it attacks 11. Metal scale: can only be damaged on a 7+ 12. Death aura: skeletal units on the tile will side with this chimera, 1d6 non-skeletal units will flee before combat begins

Spoiler: Marchioness Ayes (click to show/hide)

Build a keep in Oak and Ash: Keep Built.
repair Puzzle Dungeon to 5 defense: Repaired.
repair Castle Wright to 5 defense: Repaired.

March 9 armies and a wolf to N10, (with 9 from FitzHarbort, 4 armies and 5 bog cats from Vulk, 9 armies with the Bitter Brew and the Shield of the Earth from Bockhoven):Your armies attack (with five bog cats) (6, 5, 4, 1, 4, 1, 3, 7, 2, 6, 3, 1, 3, 1, 8, 2, 4, 2, 3, 4, 5, 3, 8, 4, 8, 5, 6, 7, 1, 7, 5, 5, 7, 7, 3 and 4), inflicting one hit.

The enemy attacks back (5, 2, 3, 7, 7, 1, 4, 3 and 1), breaking through the shield of Earth and killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with five bog cats) (4, 4, 3, 4, 7, 5, 8, 1, 1, 1, 8, 7, 1, 8, 3, 8, 5, 1, 1, 5, 7, 1, 2, 7, 8, 5, 1, 2, 4, 5, 5, 7, 5, 2 and 2), inflicting one hit.

The enemy attacks back (1, 7, 3, 1, 4, 6, 0 and 0), killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (with five bog cats) (8, 5, 6, 7, 7, 4, 4, 8, 2, 6, 8, 7, 3, 2, 7, 3, 1, 5, 6, 5, 4, 3, 1, 8, 8, 3, 7, 6, 7, 6, 5, 5 and 4), inflicting one hit.

The enemy attacks back (1, 3, 0, 0, 4, 0 and 3), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with five bog cats) (7, 1, 8, 6, 6, 5, 7, 7, 3, 2, 5, 5, 2, 3, 7, 2, 4, 5, 1, 5, 6, 1, 8, 5, 3, 6, 8, 3, 5, 1, 1, 8 and 7), inflicting one hit.

The enemy attacks back (1, 6, 3, 7, 7 and 2), killing three of your armies.
Your armies attack (with five bog cats) (2, 4, 3, 4, 6, 7, 2, 4, 1, 4, 1, 5, 1, 8, 1, 4, 2, 3, 8, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 5, 4, 5, 8, 8 and 6), inflicting one hit.

The enemy attacks back (4, 7, 1, 5 and 3), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with five bog cats) (5, 7, 8, 6, 8, 2, 7, 1, 6, 6, 5, 8, 2, 7, 8, 5, 4, 2, 4, 3, 5, 2, 8, 7, 7, 3, 1, 5 and 1), inflicting one hit.

The enemy attacks back (1, 3, 2 and 2), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with five bog cats) (2, 2, 4, 1, 6, 8, 4, 4, 3, 4, 7, 3, 1, 5, 2, 1, 4, 4, 5, 4, 2, 8, 5, 4, 6, 1, 7, 8 and 3), inflicting one hit.

The enemy attacks back (3, 4 and 2), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with five bog cats) (6, 2, 8, 6, 6, 6, 5, 2, 1, 2, 2, 6, 4, 3, 3, 2, 7, 1, 1, 8, 3, 1, 6, 4, 3, 1, 4, 1 and 6), inflicting one hit.

The enemy attacks back (4 and 3), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with five bog cats) (1, 8, 7, 8, 8, 4, 8, 6, 4, 4, 7, 5, 5, 6, 8, 6, 7, 5, 6, 6, 6, 4, 7, 8, 4, 1, 1, 7 and 7), inflicting one hit.

The enemy attacks back (3), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with five bog cats) (3, 4, 6, 7, 2, 7, 8, 7, 2, 7, 2, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 3, 4, 3, 7, 5, 6, 5, 8, 1, 5, 7, 2 and 2), inflicting one hit.
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county. The atrocity is destroyed!
Your total losses: seven (four Ayes, two Vulk, one Bockhoven)

March 1 army to H2: Empty village conquered.

March 5 armies on L13: The enemy hides behind their walls  (2 wall strength).
Your armies attack (5, 2, 8, 5 and 3), damaging the walls (2) and breaking through into the fort, defeating one of the enemies (Thornish holdout).
The enemy attacks back (6), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (1, 7, 7 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (Thornish holdout).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.
From the Thornish holdouts you take four gold (due to the Shimmering Coin).
Your total losses: one.

March 10 armies and a wolf on H3: Your armies attack (with one wolf) (5, 3, 9, 9, 7, 8, 5, 4, 6, 5 and , defeating four of the enemies (Squelsh champion, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh champion, Squelsh champion, Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh champion).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.


March 6 armies and a wolf on M2:
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (6, 4, 6, 1, 1, 2 and 7), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (3, 7 and 4), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (3, 4, 7, 8, 7 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (3 and 6), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (with one wolf) (6, 6, 6, 3 and 6), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (7), killing zero of your armies. A wolf is killed.
Your armies attack (1, 1, 4 and 6), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county. You find 7 gold.
 Your total losses: two and a wolf.

March 4 armies and a wolf on M1: The Tanglecomb summons a 3rd-party Tanglebat. Nine more tanglebats appear. Your armies attack (with one wolf) (6, 7, 7, 0 and 1), defeating three of the enemies (tanglebat, tanglebat and tanglebat).
The Bloodsinger, bog cat and two wolves attacks back (7, 3, 2, 7), killing one tanglebat and one of your armies. The Bloodsinger slinks away to the library.
The third-party tanglebats attack next (0, 3, 2, 6, 7 and 3), killing one of your armies and a bog cat.
You attack with two armies and a wolf (4, 4 and 7), killing a wolf. The other wolf runs away north [L1].
The tanglebats attack next  (8, 4, 6, 5, 5 and 6) killing two armies and a wolf. You run out of units.
Total losses: 4 armies and a wolf

Spoiler: Prince FitzHarbort - Shandston's Folly (click to show/hide)

1 armies and 7 Wolves garrison Castle Bacchus with the Black Horn: The nearby wolves attack. The wolf and wolf attack first (2 and 5), damaging the walls (1) with none of your units defeated. A siege begins with two of the enemy forces camped outside the walls! Three militia join your side.
Your armies attack (with seven wolves) from behind the walls (8, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 3, 1, 2, 2 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (wolf).
The other wolf flees to an adjacent empty or unexplored zone. [E4]
The fleeing wolf attacks again! Your forces are behind defences (4 wall strength). Three militia come to help defend.
The wolf attack first (, killing zero of your armies. A wolf is killed.  Then the rest run away. A siege begins with one of the enemy forces camped outside the walls!

1 armies and 4 wolves march on Swamp G5: It's empty now and you take it.

1 Army marches on Village G4: Empty village taken.

1 Army marches on Yawning Crevice G3: Empty Crevice taken

9 armies join the combined march on the Wisp Wolf at N10: See Ayes.

1 Army scouts Forest F9: You scout through the first land, discovering a forest. In the dense woods they find a giant.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

1 Army marches on Forest J7: Ayes forest is taken.

1 Army marches of Swamp J6: Ayes empty fort taken.

11 armies and 1 Wolf marches on Village H9:
The dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part) attack first (6, 5, 3, 7 and 6), killing two of your armies. A wolf is killed.
Your armies attack (4, 7, 8, 7, 2, 5, 6, 5 and 4), defeating five of the enemies (dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part)).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.
 From the dragon horde, you gain eight gold.  You find the Murkblade (a scout will kill any lone undefended human enemy that they come across while scouting.)
 Your total losses: two and a wolf

1 Army marches on Hill H8: You take the quarry.

4 armies march on Lustre Hills H6:
Your armies attack (6, 6, 6 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (8, 2, 6, 1, 7 and , killing four of your armies. Your armies have been defeated.
 Your total losses: four.

Spoiler: Marquess Bockhoven - Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Garrison A11 with the wolf that has the Black Toad attached, plus 3 armies that turn into toads: Correct.

March 9 armies with the Bitter Brew and the Shield of the Earth to N10 to support the attack of Aywen Ayes: See Ayes.

Scout A15 with 1 army by boat, carrying the Golden Net and the Pellucid Orb: Nothing new found by the Net or Orb.

March 1 army on E6: Your armies attack (7), defeating one of the enemies (wolf).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.

March 1 army on E2: Empty marsh conquered.

March 1 army with 57 wolves, the Wolf Crystal and the Boarskin Coat on D2: The Black Trotter only makes someone attack like a boar, it doesn't turn them into a boar, so the Boarskin Coat doesn't have an effect. The three wolves swap sides. One Giant attacks first twice. (3, 1, 8, 7, 5 and . Three wolves are killed. Then the rest run away. You take too many casualties and your force retreats. Three boars turn into Grand Tusks elsewhere [M5][N2][N14].
Total losses: 0


March 3 armies with the Rhuddy cape on C2: Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (4, 3, 7, 8 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (8 and 2), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (4, 1, 1 and 5), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
The enemy attacks back (5), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (1, 4, 3 and 1), with no enemy units defeated.
The enemy attacks back (7), your giant takes one hit, and the foe end up killing zero of your armies.
Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (7, 7 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: one.

March 3 armies on C1: Your armies attack (6, 7 and 4), defeating two of the enemies (wolf and wolf).
All enemies are defeated and the marshland is absorbed into your county. You find a boat.

Scout F1 with 1 army: You scout through the first land, discovering a village. The townlet is defended by two Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

March 14 armies and 1 boar with the Verbian Tusk on G2, using 2 ships: A boar joins your side. Your two boars attack first, (8, 3, 6 and 3) killing a skeletal archer and a skeletal warrior. The dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part) attack first (2, 7, 8, 4 and 3), killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (4, 3, 1, 3, 4, 8, 5, 2, 3, 1, 3 and , defeating three of the enemies (dragon (part), dragon (part) and skeletal warrior).

The enemy attacks back (1, 3, 6, 5, 2, 3, 8 and 2), killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (2, 2, 4, 2, 7, 2, 8, 7, 6, 2, 2 and 1), defeating four of the enemies (dragon (part), bone reckoner, bone reckoner and dragon (part)).
All skeletal companions of the enemy bone reckoners crumble.

The enemy attacks back (5), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (6, 4, 4, 6, 1, 1, 5, 7, 3 and 3), defeating the enemy (dragon (part)).
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county.
From the dragon horde, you gain eight gold. You find 2 gold in the lair.
Your total losses: four. Gain +1 boar.

March 12 armies on F3: Twelve armies march into a lair beyond the border. This dingy tomb is inhabited by a dragon, one wisp and also a Bloodsinger with no artefact and two Bone Reckoners, with two skeletal warriors and three skeletal archers. The monsters defend eight gold.
The dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part) attack first (1, 6, 7, 4 and , killing three of your armies.
Your armies attack (1, 1, 4, 1, 6, 8, 3, 8 and 6), defeating four of the enemies (dragon (part), bone reckoner, skeletal archer and skeletal warrior).

The enemy attacks back (5, 1, 7 and , killing two of your armies. The Bloodsinger slinks away to the library.
Your armies attack (2, 3, 2, 8, 4, 4 and , defeating two of the enemies (dragon (part) and skeletal archer).

The enemy attacks back (8, 7, 8, 6, 3, 2 and 6), killing five of your armies. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
Your total losses: ten

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

The Boneboat Yard gives a boat to [F1].

- [N2] The dragon flies east and settles forever in the serene forest.

There aren't enough separate barbarians to fight in the Knuckleyard: no income this round for it.
There isn't currently a moot
- Reprisals:
--[Vulk 120%] The Squelsh launch a reprisal attack! Eight squelsh barbarians attack [O15]!
--[FitzHarbort 9%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Ayes 9%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Bockhoven 0%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.

- [D2] Castle Freedom: Joining the lair is a dragon.
- [F3] Joining the lair is a bog cat.
- [L4] Sunken Library: No new monsters come.
- [M1] The lair is controlled by 3rd party tanglebats, who remain third-party (coloured to make this clear)
- [N2] Joining the lair is four rampaging boar.


Eight boar, one grand tusk, and three wolves march on the ruined fort [M3]. Six army and three cats from Vulk are there.
The grand tusk, and eight boar attack first twice (0, 1, 4, 2, 5, 4, 7, 6, 6, 2, 2, 6, 6, 0, 7, 2, 4, 0, 6 and 1), killing five of your armies. Two bog cats are killed. Then the wolves attack: (5, 3, 6), killing one bog cat.
Your armies attack (7), defeating one of the enemies (boar).
The enemy attacks back (3, 6, 1, 6, 5, 2, 3, 5, 3, 6, 6 and 6) killing one of Vulk's armies. All of Vulk's forces are defeated and the fort is lost.
Vulk's total losses: six armies and three bog cats.

TURN 27

A new moot is founded in [F1].

Research

Prince FitzHarbort writes a History of the Hedge (Special! Can only appear with the library, and only if no other site can appear. Gain +1 victory point. Can happen multiple times.)

Marquess Vulk writes a History of the Hedge (Special! Can only appear with the library, and only if no other site can appear. Gain +1 victory point. Can happen multiple times.)

(https://i.imgur.com/TKAdouW.png)

Spoiler: Known Artefact List (click to show/hide)

In the world
F2 is Horn of Fool's Retort (at the start of combat, summons the Thunderstorm Dragon as a third-party participant in a fight, hostile to all sides. The Horn will always summon the same Thunderstorm dragon and is destroyed if the dragon perishes. The Thunderstorm Dragon is always hostile to everyone, can only be damaged by archers and flying units, flies above forts and castles and so cannot be harmed by siege weaponry and ignores walls and keeps, and always flies in the enemy phase. She will flee in a random direction if she takes three hits. She doesn't willingly pick up artefacts.)
I5 is Siege Workshop Plans (The owner of this can build a Siege Workshop as a feature (spending 10 stone as normal). Siege Workshop: You can build these two alternative types of seige engine: 1. Battering Ram: destroy walls on a 4+ for one round (or 3+ or 2+ if you spend 2 or 4 more wood). 2. Giant Trebuchet: destroy 1d4 defence before the attack begins. You may spend 1-3 stone in ammunition to add 1-3 d4s to this.) Doesn't count towards anathema count.

Held by Lords

Sol: Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)

Blood Forge Plans

the Black Trotter (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Trotter will gain the Black Trotter.) (One unit attacks first twice at the start of each combat, but each time they kill a unit somewhere a boar will turn into a grand tusk- a giant pig that counts as 2 boar. If no boar are currently on the map, the next X boar to appear will all be grand tusks, where X is the number of units killed by the Trotter.)

the Boarskin Coat (when you attack boars, they don't get first attack, they get two attacks on their first counterattack)

The Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)

Ayes: Sundering Claw (assign a scout to crack open a permanent path through any adjacent mountain. 25% chance to call a hostile dragon to the location)

Black Lance (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding the Black Lance will gain the Black Lance.) (You never attack first in combats, but on your first attack all your attackers will attack three times. The turn after slaying someone with the lance, Dragons will preferentially fly one square in your direction when flying to a new home. When this first discovered, place the Dawn Dragon on M6 (the Dawn Dragon counts for 15 armies)).

Black Claw (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Claw will gain the Black Claw.) (+4 dice rolled when attacking, every time someone is killed by a force wielding the claw, the nearest square with a bog cat gains another cat. If there are none, a bog cat will appear in the nearest empty square.)

Shimmering Coin (+2 on rolls that determine gold amounts)

Perfidy's Horn (Monster units controlled by a human unit in the vicinity will become hostile third parties, turning on everyone.)

Thornish Crown (when owned by someone of Thornish heritage, one Thornish Holdout will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production); when owned by an Alkabrian or other, becomes the preferential target for all Thornish attacks until the crown is reclaimed. Doesn't count towards Anathema count.)

Bockhoven: Golden Net (A scout carrying this across water has a 25% chance of rolling on the treasure table)

Moonlight's Edge (Roll extra attack dice equal to the anathema value of the opponent's artefacts (ordinarily 1 each) in the tile before combat begins)

Hedgeblade (One unit gains +7 attack, but there's a 75% chance the unit will be targeted by any given enemy attack until the unit dies.

Soul Nexus (Once per turn, if someone attacks a castle containing the Soul Nexus and a Bloodforge, three human attackers will be sacrificed at the start of each combat to the Bloodforge, if possible. Worth five anathema. Found in the Crimson Tower.)

Black Toad (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Toad will gain the Black Toad.) (The Black Toad afixes itself to one unit, and will permanently turn all other units in the same tile on the same side as the Black Toad into toads. Only appears through sacrifice.)

Rhuddy Cape (the unit this is assigned to is now considered a giant)

The Wolf Crystal (wolves encountered will join the army instead (they still all run away when injured)

Watchtower plans (Can build Watchtowers for 10 stone. Watchtowers allow defenders to attack first during the first round of a seige, and owner gets a hill report. Doesn't count towards anathema count)

the Speculator's Rod (a scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

Whiptide Sail (one boat or ship can travel twice as far.)

Vulk: the Last Femur! (1/4 chance of each dead unit being resurrected to your side as a skeleton warrior when they die)

Wisp Wand (at the start of every combat a wisp appears; there's a 2/3 chance it joins your side.)

Garrison Plans (For each recruitment over cap, 1 guard appears in the Garrison. Guards can never march or be redeployed, but will defend; if you have multiple Garrisons, the new Guards are split between them evenly, with excess going to the main castle). Doesn't count towards anathema count.

Bonemeal Shield (The first time the unit this is attached to dies each combat, a random opposing unit dies instead, and the Lord gains +1 Anathema.)

Doghorn (Bog Cats will attempt to flee in the opposite direction of the army or scout holding this. Declare the direction of approach is multiple are possible, otherwise it's random.)

Fleshbane (Gain +1 dice vs living humans.)

Dreadskull (any unit fleeing from an army with the Dreadskull will instead desert.)


Cat Sack (defeated Bog Cats are put in the Cat Sack instead of being killed if the Cat Sack is held by the winning force. These cats are owned but unfriendly, and any number can be released by an army in any combat, or let loose by a scout in any tile.)

Prince FitzHarbort: Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).

Bitter Brew  (The set of armies this is equipped to never retreats from losses.)

Wellspring Staff (the Wellspring Staff may be cast into marshland by a unit to turn it into a lake (spilling out into all adjacent tiles - units can drown this way without proper precautions). If the staff is recovered (by boat etc) in subsequent turns, the lake remains.)

Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)

Sent to the King:
Cat Sack, Marrowfat Sceptre, Toad Crown, Bloodforge Plans, Ripcage

Hunter's Stand (Archers in the army this is attached to only die on 5s if no other units remain)

Marrowfat Throne (when owned by someone of Squelsh heritage, one Squelsh defector will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production) and adjacent Squelsh armies will join your attacks on non-Squelsh; when owned by an Alkabrian or other, +30 reprisal chance, +100 reprisal chance if destroyed.)

Pellucid Orb (+1 to scout travel distance)

Cragman's Spike (a scout may pass through mountains)

Thornish Lodestone (while this remains in the Hedge, whenever no Thornish fort is on the map, another fort is revealed in a sector usually far from the owner of this artefact (most distant of two rolls)

Spoiler: Known Unique Sites (click to show/hide)

A6 is The Knuckle Yard - Ritual death ring of the Squelsh natives. Owner may choose at any time to close down the yard (+20 reprisal chance). While operational: +2 income, if possible, two Barbarians from two different random squares will leave their post to fight at the start of each enemy phase, one one will return a Squelsh Champion (counts as two units, +1 to its attacks).

E7 and K1 are the Walking Stone Circles - A pair of sites. They are considered adjacent: units can walk from one to the other across the map. Each is initially defended by three giants. They will let anyone pass through both tiles unharmed in a turn as if they were owned by the traveller, for 1 gold per unit passing (if they do so, they won't join a monster march). Gold accumulates on the first stone circle passed through. Enemies always find the gold for it.

F11 is Lake Sorrow.

F12 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance to reprisals to 0. This only works for people who don't own the Grove.

G3 is Yawing Crevice (A desolate crack in the earth. Artefacts may be destroyed by a scout or army throwing it into the crevice. Doing so releases a tanglebat, which will attack anyone present at the time, including scouts. Doing so also grants a permanent -2 anathema score. Only appears in WW.)

G10 is Wolfhaven Woods - Forest. Spiritual home of wolf kind. Inhabited by 10d4 wolves (25). These wolves will only flee if less than 10 remain. Any wolves that would otherwise be loyal to a non-wolf, are loyal to the wolves in these woods. Wolves in this forest will never march on anywhere.

H6 is Lustre Mine - Hill. Grants +5 gold income. Protected by nine wisps (only found adjacent to mountains)


L4 is the Sunken Library - Lair containing a library (that works the same as a normal library) and a Scriptorium (Once per turn, you may duplicate a Plan artefact). A place for students of the forbidden rites, only Bloodsingers and Bone Reckoners will appear here. It starts with 1d4 [1] Bloodsingers with artefacts [Black Dog], 1d4 Bone Reckoners [4], 1d4+3 [5] Skeletal Warriors and 1d4 [3] Skeletal Archers. Once this is revealed, Bloodsingers who flee combat will go here, including any still alive on the map having fled a previous combat. Bloodsingers and Bone Reckoners and their minions won't march from here. Only in WW.

L5 is Lake Longing - (Water makes this tile impassible except by boat or ship. Spills over onto adjacent tiles. Won't spawn on a coast.)

L6 is Hogland Hollow - Forest. Inhabited by 3d6 Boar. While it is unconquered, at the end of any turn when there is less than 10 boars in this forest, 1d4 more boar will appear. Your scout withdraws to safety.


R10 is the Scout Hut - Initially abandoned and inhabited by a family of 6 boar. Up to three armies can be assigned to the Hut as if it were a fort and they don't count towards your army cap. These armies can scout so long at they begin scouting from a tile adjacent to the hut. Spend 3 wood to dismantle and reassemble the hut on an empty tile you own.

T3 is The Moot - Village with 2d2 (2+1=3) Squelsh Barbarians and a moat (6/6 defense). It is the neutral meeting place of rival Squelsh bands. At the start of each enemy turn, each tile with a Squelsh Barbarian has a 25% chance of sending someone to the Moot. The first Squelsh reprisal each turn will be joined by whomever is in the Moot. If the Moot is conquered, a new Moot (with a new moat) will appear in the most populous Squelsh-held village at the start of the next player turn, or if there are no such villages, it may appear in future tile generation (from scouting, research etc.).

Spoiler: Known Unit Types (click to show/hide)

ALKABARIAN
- Soldier
- Archer (dies on 5, +1 in sieges)
- Skeletal - Archer (dies on 5, +1 in sieges, cannot go alone on missions)
      - Warrior (cannot go alone on missions)
- Rhuddy Giant (counts as 3 armies)

MONSTER
Anathema (also considered Squelsh)
   - Bone Reckoners
      - Skeletal - Archer (dies on 5, +1 in sieges, crumbles without Reckoner)
         - Warrior/Fighter (crumbles without Reckoner)
   - Bloodsingers (has an artefact, will flee if first attack fails to defeat enemy and is not behind a wall)
   - Bog Hag (has 2-4 cats who tank hits for her, curses anyone she is in combat with)
Animals
   - Boar (attacks first, twice!)
        - Grand Tusk (Counts as two boars)
   - Bog Cat (turns places into marsh on defeat, -1 attackers rolls, +1 when in a swamp)
   - Wolf (flees when hurt)
        - Tanglebat (when not behind a wall, another tanglebat will appear for every living combatant)
        - Toad (Cannot march)

Mythic
  - Giant (counts as 3 armies, drops 1 wood)
  - Dragon (counts as 5 armies, attacks first, drops 3d6 gold)
  - Wisp (Only one wisp can be killed per round)

THORNISH
- Holdout (drops 0-1 gold)
- Knight (dies on a 7+)

SQUELSH
- Squelsh Barbarian (+1 to rolls for both sides)
- Squelsh Champion (+1 to rolls, counts as two armies)

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Special Movement:

Most units cannot pass through water or mountain. The exceptions:

WATER: Toads, Skeletons cannot ordinarily drown. Wisps, Dragons, Tanglebats can fly over water.
MOUNTAIN: Only Dragons can fly over mountains

Spoiler: Black Orbed Artefacts (click to show/hide)

The Age of Magic is ending with the appearance of the Black Orb. The following artefacts are gone from the world. Only a Toad Boon can bring one of them back.

Bloody Standard (+1 to attacker's combat rolls)

Marrowfat Shield (Whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)

Hedgeblade - (One unit gains +7 attack, but there's a 75% chance the unit will be targeted by any given enemy attack until the unit dies.)

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Notes:
- Some units died in the enemy phase, so do check there
- We're on the home stretch! Probably only a turn or two left.
- The Tanglebats in M1 are third party, so they won't spawn new monsters in the lair or join with other marching monsters. They hate everyone equally.
- RIP the moot. Long live the new moot!
- Congratulations on beating the Chimera with teamwork!
- Weird interaction with the Black Horn and wolves fleeing... but I think that was probably the right interpretation. It was the most amusing one anyway.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 27 - AFTERMATH
Post by: Criptfeind on August 02, 2023, 01:31:47 pm

Well, awkward turn, but we'll recover.

Does using the kings writ take a dude, or can I just do it for free whenever?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 27 - AFTERMATH
Post by: notquitethere on August 02, 2023, 02:09:10 pm

Quote from: Criptfeind on August 02, 2023, 01:31:47 pm

Does using the kings writ take a dude, or can I just do it for free whenever?

You can use it whenever, it doesn't take someone.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 27 - AFTERMATH
Post by: Criptfeind on August 03, 2023, 09:38:26 pm

Here are my stats. Turn will have to come later, probably.

Spoiler: Turn 26 gains/losses (click to show/hide)

+Crimson Drum
+Ship
-Ship

+10 siege weapons
-20 wood
+4 Castle Bryn Defense
-4 Stone
O2: Marsh
O3: Marsh
R2: Wasteland
S1: Forest +1 Wood production
+1 shield Anathema
Q3: Lair
P4: Village +1 recruitment
-1 wolf
Q5: Village +1 Recruitment
+2 wolves
T1: Hill Fort 1/5
-6 Armies
-1 Cat
T3: Village +1 Recruitment
+6 Skeletons
-2 Armies
-3 skeletons
-2 armies
-1 wisp
-2 cats
+2 wolves
S6: Village -> Wasteland -1 recuitment
T5: Village -> Wasteland -1 recuitment
S9: Village -> Wasteland -1 recuitment
R8: Village -> Wasteland -1 recuitment

-6 armies
-3 cats

+1 Library VP

Spoiler: Marquess Ambrosio Vulk (click to show/hide)

Background: Bone Reckoner
Castle Name: Castle Mysterious
Colour: Blue
Extra VP? +49
Anathema: 17 (artifacts) 57 (monster units) 24 (sacrifices) 10 (knight kills) 2 (Bloodforge) 3 (Shield) -2 (Yawning Crack) = 113

Castle Mysterious: P14
Defence: 5/10
Features: Mustering Yard, Barracks, Coppicing Grove (+3 Army cap, +1 recuitment +1 wood)

Point Swearing: S14
Defense: 14/14
Features: Shipyard, Coppicing Grove, Library, Barracks, Tower, Bloodforge (+1 wood +4 army cap)

Castle Bryn: R3
Defense: 4/21
Features: Keep, Barracks, Tower, Tower (+5 army cap)

Wood Production: 17
Recruitment: 13
Income: 3
Stone Production: 3

Army: 41-14+13=40/42
Gold: 116+3=119
Debt: 0
Wood: 58-20+17=55
Stone: 4-4+3=3

Artifacts: Last Femur, Toad Standard, Crimson Drum, Toad Staff, Black Baldric, Rock Ring, Wolf Crystal, Fleshbane, Dreadskull, Doghorn, Bonemeal shield, Black Cloud, Bryn's Club, King's Writ, Garrison Plans, Crimson Cowl, Wisp Wand
Equipment: 1 ship 2 boat
Special Units: 17 Skeleton warriors 0 Skeleton Archers 6 Cats 33 wolves 0 Wisps 1 Toads
Curses:

Holdings list:
L3: The Prison of the Anathalord 0/20
K13: Forest Fort +1 Wood production
M3: Marsh fort Willow 2/6
M4: Hill
N3: Serene Glade Forest +1 Wood production
N5: Marsh
N6: Quarry +1 stone production
N7: Taghairn cave: Sacrifice 3 cats to make an artifact
O4: Hill
O2: Marsh
O3: Marsh
O5: Village +1 Recruitment
O6: Village +1 Recruitment
O7: Village +1 recruitment
O14: Village +1 Recruitment
O15: Forest +1 Wood production
P2: Forest +1 Wood production
P3: Village +1 Recruitment
P4: Village +1 recruitment
P6: Forest +1 Wood production
P7: Marsh
P8: Forest +1 Wood production
P9: Hill
P10 Village +1 Recruitment
P11: Forest Fort Ivy 4/8 +1 Wood Production
P12: Lair
P13 Village +1 Recruitment
P15: Hill
Q2: Lair
Q3: Lair
Q5: Village Moat 6/6 +1 Recruitment
Q6: Forest +1 Wood
Q7: Forest +1 Wood
Q8: Gold mine +1 income
Q9: Marsh
Q11: Marsh
Q12: Village +1 Recruitment
Q13: Village +1 Recruitment
Q14: Hill Fort Hawthorn 0/5
R2: Wasteland
R4: Marsh Fort Cryptic 1/4
R5: Marsh Fort Ominous 4/4
R6: Marsh
R7: Mine +1 Gold
R8: Wasteland
R9: Marsh
R10: Scout Hut
R11: Marsh
R12: Quarry +1 Stone production
R13: Marsh
R14: Village +1 recruitment
R15: Marsh
S1: Forest +1 Wood production
S2: Lair
S3: Lair
S4: Forest +1 Wood production
S5: Forest Fort Hemlock 4/6 +1 Wood production
S6: Wasteland
S7: Hill Fort Willow 5/7
S8: Marsh
S9: Wasteland
S10: Forest Fort Sycamore 0/3 defenses +1 wood production 1 Armies
S11: Hill
S12: Forest +1 wood production
S13: Forest +1 wood production
T1: Hill Fort 1/5
T2: Hill
T3: Village +1 Recruitment
T5: Wasteland
T6: Marsh
T7: Marsh
T10: Hill
T11: Hill Hill Fort 6/9
T12: Forest +1 Wood production
T13: Quarry +1 Stone production

Spoiler: Turn 27 (click to show/hide)

Accept Boarskin coat from Bockhoven
Send Ayes 3 gold
Purchase 2 armies for 4 gold
Buy 17 stone for 34 gold

movement permission gained from FitzHarbort

Create Library in Castle Bryn for 10 stone
Create Library in Castle Mysterious for 10 stone

March 1 army holding bonemeal shield to N3
March 1 army to N2
March 3 armies to O5
March 3 armies and 2 wolves to O4
March 4 armies and 1 wolf to Q4
March 1 army and 17 skeletons with Black Baldric and dreadskull and crimson drum to L4
March 10 armies and to T9
March 1 army and 20 wolves with to O15
March 11 armies and 3 cats and 9 wolves holding the wolf crystal and boarskin coat and last femur to M3
March 6 armies, 1 wolves and 3 cats to H10 to assist FitzHarbort

Scout M5 holding the black cloud

1 Toad defending Castle Bryn
0 armies 0 Skeleton warriors 0 Cats 0 wolves 0 Wisps 0 Toads unassigned/defending castle mysterious

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 27 - AFTERMATH
Post by: Criptfeind on August 04, 2023, 04:11:25 am

If I build multiple libraries, can I write multiple histories of the hedge per turn?

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 27 - AFTERMATH
Post by: notquitethere on August 04, 2023, 04:36:48 am

Quote from: Criptfeind on August 04, 2023, 04:11:25 am

If I build multiple libraries, can I write multiple histories of the hedge per turn?

Sure, but maximum one library per castle.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 27 - AFTERMATH
Post by: Quarque on August 07, 2023, 02:04:44 pm

Trade:
Send Vulk the Boarskin Coat

Actions:
Build 16 bows
Garrison A5 with 6 toads
Garrison A11 with the wolf that has the Black Toad attached
Garrison C8 with 6 toads
Garrison C13 with 6 toads
Scout A15 with 1 army by boat, carrying the Golden Net and the Pellucid Orb
March 1 army on E4
March 10 armies to M1 by ship with the Shield of Earth, the Rhuddy cape and the whiptide sail
March 1 army with 57 Wolves and the Bitter Brew on D2
March 3 armies and the Verbian Tusk on F1
March 16 normal armies and 16 archers on F2

Spoiler: Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Yellow
C13 - Castle: Bockelstein
Defense: 10/10
Features:
   • Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production
   • Mustering Yard: +1 recruitment (+1 army size per turn, up to your max)
   • Shipyard: -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
   • Barracks: +3 army cap
A5 - Castle Aubade
Defence: 14/14
   • Tower: +4/4 defence, increase maximum army size by +1
   • Coppicing Grove: +1 wood production.
   • Shipyard: -2 wood required for making ships. Boats hold +1 army.
   • Alkabarian Outpost
A11 - Selkie Court: 0/31 defense
   • Keep, Moat x 3, Barracks
C8 - Crimson Tower: 3/17 defense
   • Keep, Tower, Bloodforge
E5 - fort: garrison 3 / 3

Total Army Cap: 48

Resources:
Army: 48 (+13/turn) = 48-16(curr) +13(inc) +3(buy)
Wolves: 57 = 57 - 3 + 3; one cursed with Black Toad
Boars: 2
Toads: 18 = 15(curr) + 3(newly cursed)
Gold: 15 (+3/turn) = 12(curr) + 3(inc)
Stone: 8 (+4/turn) = 4(curr) + 4(inc)
Wood: 2 (+8/turn) = 26(curr) +8(inc) -32(bows)

Artefacts: the Rhuddy Cape, the Golden Net, Speculator's Rod, Whiptide Sail, the Soul Nexus, the Black Toad, Watchtower plans, the Avalance Maul, Shield of Earth, Verbian Tusk, Bitter Brew
Equipment: 3 Boats and 4 Ships

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 15 SCREAM
Post by: Kashyyk on August 07, 2023, 04:59:34 pm

Sell 70 Wood for 35 Gold
Buy 20 Stone for 40 Gold
Build a Library at Sundered Spire
Build a Library at Castle Bacchus (after sallying forth)

7 armies at Castle Bacchus sally forth
5 armies, joined by Vulk's troops, march on Forest H10
1 army and 5 wolves, with Ascupart's Bane, march on Forest F9
1 Army marches on Village H2
1 Army marches on Hill H3
1 Army scouts G6
1 Army scouts H7
1 Army scouts I7
1 Army scouts F7
1 Army scouts F8
1 Army scouts H4->I4->I5 with the Murkblade
1 Army scouts I4
1 Army scouts I5
1 Army amd 5 wolves march on Lustre Hills H6
18 armies march on Lair F3

Spoiler: Prince Mackial FitzHarbort (click to show/hide)

Border Colour: Orange

F5 - Castle Bacchus
Defence 4/14
Army Cap: 11 --> 7 Garrisoned
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Keep (+3/+3 Defence, unkillable final defender)

F10 - Forest: Fort Pisces
Defence 4/4
Garrison: 2/3 (2x Infantry)

G8 - Forest: Fort Aquarius
Defence 5/5
Garrison: 1/3 (1x Infantry)

H14 - Castle: Shandston's Folly
Defence: 14/14
Army Cap: 14
Features:
 - Library (+1 rumor /turn)
 - Mustering Yard (+1 recruitment /turn)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Tower (+4/+4 defence, +1 army cap)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)
 - Alkabrian Outpost (see here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=181666.msg8481075#msg8481075))

H13 - Marsh: Fort Heather
Defence: 4/8
Garrison: 3/3 (2x Archers, 1x Infantry)

I11 - Forest: Fort Hollivy
Defence: 0/8
Garrison: 0/3

J14 - Marsh: Fort Tailor
Defence: 4/4
Garrison: 2/3 (2x Infantry)

J10 - Castle: Sundered Spire
Defence: 5/14
Army Cap: 11
Features:
 - Tower (+4/+4 Defence, +1 Army Cap)
 - Watchtower (Defender's get first strike, gives Hill report)
 - Marketplace (+1 income /turn)
 - Keep(+3/+3 Defence, unkillable final defender)
 - Barracks (+3 Army Cap)

J9 - Forest: Fort Juniper
Defence: 0/5
Garrison: 0/3

J6 - Swamp: Fort Taurus
Defence: 0/?
Garrison: 0/3

K11 - Swamp: Fort Kelvin
Defence: 0/?
Garrison: 3/3 (3x Infantry)

Resources:
Army : 42/36 (+14/turn) = 32(curr) + 14(inc) - 2(casualties) + 6(Black Horn) - 1(siege)
Gold: 13 (+4/turn) = 15(curr) +4(inc) + 35(sell wood) - 40(buy stone) - 1(siege)
Stone: 4 (+2/turn) = 2(curr) + 2(inc) + 20(buy stone) - 20(build libraries)
Wood : 01 (+9/turn) = 62(curr) + 9(inc) - 70(sell)
Debt: 0
Victory Points: 25 (Gifted Hunter's Stand, Written History of the Hedge x5)

Territory:
F4 (Village), F5 (Castle Bacchus), F6 (Swamp), F10 (Forest, Fort Pisces), F13 (Forest), F14 (Swamp), F15 (Village),
G15 (Forest), G14 (Forest), G13 (Marsh), G12 (Hill), G11 (Lair: Wolf Den),  G10 (Forest, Wolf Woods), G9 (Village), G8 (Forest, Fort Aquarius), G7 (Swamp, Frog Pond), G5 (Swamp), G4 (Village), G3 (Yawning Crevice)
H15 (Village), H14 (Shandston's Folly), H13 (Marsh, Fort Heather), H12 (Marsh), H11 (Village), H9 (Village), H8 (Hill, Quarry), H5 (Forest),
I15 (Forest), I14 (Village), I13 (Hill), I12 (Marsh), I11 (Forest, Fort Hollivy), I10 (Swamp), I9 (Village), I6 (Forest),
J15 (Hill), J14 ( Marsh, Fort Tailor), J13 (Swamp, Quarry), J13 (Forest), J11 (Village), J10 (Sundered Spire), J9 (Marsh, Fort Juniper), J8 (Hill), J7 (Forest), J6 (Swamp, Fort J4 (Wisp Lake)
K15 (Forest), K12 (Village), K10 (Swamp), K9 (Lair)
Artefacts:
 - Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants)
 - Black Horn
 - Wellspring Staff
 - Murkblade
Equipment: 1x Boat
Units: 26x Infantry, 10x Wolf

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 27 - AFTERMATH
Post by: notquitethere on January 05, 2024, 11:52:07 am

TURN 27 REPORT

Spoiler: Marquess Vulk (click to show/hide)

Create Library in Castle Bryn for 10 stone - Library Created in Castle Byrn
Create Library in Castle Mysterious for 10 stone - Library Created in Castle Mysterious

March 1 army holding bonemeal shield to N3: The unit is sacrificed, the dragon slain through unholy energies, and Vulk gains +1 anathema. The Serene Glade is conquered.

March 1 army to N2 - Empty Lair captured. 6 gold taken.

March 3 armies to O5 - Your armies attack (2, 4 and 6), defeating one of the enemies (wolf).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county.

March 3 armies and 2 wolves to O4 - Your armies attack (with two wolves) (7, 1, 7, 3 and 3), defeating one of the enemies (wolf).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.

March 4 armies and 1 wolf to Q4 - Your armies attack (with one wolf) (5, 2, 6, 0 and 4), defeating one of the enemies (bog cat).
All enemies are defeated and the hill is absorbed into your county.

March 1 army and 17 skeletons with Black Baldric and dreadskull and crimson drum to L4. The Tanglecomb summons 1 tanglebat. The Dreadskull fails to cause the enemies to flee, as they are already home. Your armies attack (with seventeen skeletons) (2, 6, 6, 2, 7, 3, 5, 6, 7, 4, 6, 2, 4, 7, 2, 1, 2, 5, 4 and , defeating ten of the enemies (skeletal archer, skeletal warrior, tanglebat, Bloodsinger, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal archer, Bloodsinger, skeletal warrior and bone reckoner).
All enemies are defeated and the Sunken Library is absorbed into your county. You gain the Tanglecomb.

March 10 armies and to T9 - The boar and boar attack first (8, 6, 4 and 7), killing three of your armies.
Your armies attack (5, 7, 5, 7, 6, 5 and 1), defeating two of the enemies (boar and boar).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.
 Your total losses: three. You take three gold, two stone and two wood in loot.

March 1 army and 20 wolves with to O15 - Your armies attack (with twenty wolves) (3, 7, 8, 9, 5, 6, 2, 3, 9, 2, 7, 2, 3, 3, 4, 6, 6, 5, 8, 5 and 4), defeating eight of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the forest is absorbed into your county.

March 11 armies and 3 cats and 9 wolves holding the wolf crystal and boarskin coat and last femur to M3. The wolves join your side. The boarskin coat allows you to get the drop on them.
Your armies attack (with three bog cats) (with twelve wolves) (7, 1, 5, 8, 6, 7, 8, 2, 6, 5, 6, 8, 4, 4, 3, 3, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 4, 1, 1 and 6), defeating eight of the enemies (Boar, Boar, Boar, Boar, Boar, Grand Tusk, Boar and Boar).
All enemies are defeated and the marsh and broken fort are absorbed into your county. Two skeletal warriors are raised.

March 6 armies, 1 wolves and 3 cats to H10 to assist FitzHarbort: See Fitzharbort

Scout M5 holding the black cloud. The unit gets lost in a fog and returns prematurely.

Spoiler: Marchioness Ayes (click to show/hide)

Retires to her castle and sends forth no troops.

Spoiler: Prince FitzHarbort - Shandston's Folly (click to show/hide)

Library built at Sundered Spire

7 armies at Castle Bacchus sally forth. Your armies attack (5, 6, 2, 5, 3, 2 and 6), defeating one of the enemies (wolf).

Library built at Castle Bacchus

5 armies, joined by Vulk's troops, march on Forest H10. Your armies attack (with three bog cats) (with one wolf) (1, 4, 8, 8, 7, 6, 6, 7, 5, 6, 4, 5, 1, 3 and 3), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (5, 3, 1, 2, 1 and 4), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with three bog cats) (with one wolf) (4, 8, 3, 2, 5, 1, 2, 1, 1, 8, 1, 5, 1, 1 and 1), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (5, 5, 1, 2 and 0), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with three bog cats) (with one wolf) (1, 6, 4, 1, 6, 4, 3, 2, 5, 2, 6, 6, 5, 2 and 6), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (5, 6, 6 and 7), killing two of your armies. A bog cat is killed.
Your armies attack (with two bog cats) (with one wolf) (6, 5, 8, 1, 2, 6, 3, 4, 8, 2, 2 and 7), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (6, 6 and 5), killing one of your armies. A bog cat is killed.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with one wolf) (2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 6, 5, 3, 5 and , defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (4 and 3), with none of your units defeated.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (with one wolf) (8, 1, 2, 1, 5, 5, 5, 8, 5 and 2), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (6), killing zero of your armies. A wolf is killed.
Your armies attack (with one bog cat) (7, 3, 3, 2, 1, 2, 8, 8 and 5), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).
All enemies are defeated, the bog cats convert the land to bog, and the bog is absorbed into your county.
Your total losses: six (2 Vulk units, 2 bog cats, 1 wolf, 1 Fitzharbort unit).

1 army and 5 wolves, with Ascupart's Bane, march on Forest F9: Your armies attack (with five wolves and Ascupart's Bane) (1, 4, 2, 2, 8, 2, 4 and 6), defeating two of the enemies (giant (part) and giant (part)).

The enemy attacks back (7), killing zero of your armies. A wolf is killed.  Then the rest run away. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
 Your total losses: five.

1 Army marches on Village H2. The unprotected village is taken.

1 Army marches on Hill H3. The unprotected hill is taken.

1 Army scouts G6. There's just a blocked up cave here.

1 Army scouts H7. You scout through the first land, triggering a counterinvasion (see below). You discover a marshland. In the muddy mire they find three wolves.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

The Invasion is a Reconquest. The Thornish return from their redoubt on the Isle of Wisp. 10 Thornish holdouts, a ship, and three siege engines appear on the closest Lord-owned coastal tile [G3] to a random castle belonging to whomever triggered the invasion [Castle Bacchus]. Each enemy phase from now, each set of Thornish holdouts not involved in a siege and not occupying a castle and not a member of the Order will walk or sail to an adjacent Lord-owned land, moving towards the nearest castle. Before marching, they will raze any forest or village they occupy.

1 Army scouts I7. You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the stinking fen they find four gold and they also find five Squelsh barbarians.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

1 Army scouts F7. You scout through the first land, discovering a lair. This unforgiving hole is inhabited by a bog cat and also four wisps. The monsters defend nine gold.
Your scout withdraws to safety.


1 Army scouts F8. You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the murky bog they find five wolves.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

1 Army scouts H4->I4->I5 with the Murkblade.
You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the murky fen they find two wood and they also find three wisps.
Your scout withdraws to safety.

1 Army scouts I4. You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland. In the foul fen they find nothing but bones.

1 Army scouts I5. You scout through the first land, discovering a marshland.
In the stinking bog they find a giant, holding siege workshop plans. (The second artefact was a cartography mistake, apparently). Your scout withdraws to safety.

1 Army and 5 wolves march on Lustre Hills H6. Your armies attack (with five wolves) (3, 2, 8, 7, 3, 2, 4 and 1), defeating one of the enemies (wisp).

The enemy attacks back (5, 8, 8, 5 and , killing zero of your armies. A wolf is killed.  Then the rest run away. You take too many casualties and your force retreats.
 Your total losses: one wolf.

18 armies march on Lair F3. The dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part) and dragon (part) attack first (3, 6, 3, 1 and 5), killing one of your armies.
Your armies attack (2, 4, 5, 1, 1, 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 0, 4, 1, 0, 6, 6 and 1), defeating four of the enemies (wisp, dragon (part), skeletal warrior and skeletal archer).

The enemy attacks back (7, 5, 1, 4, 1 and 7), killing two of your armies.
Your armies attack (2, 3, 4, 6, 3, 6, 4, 2, 7, 7, 7, 0, 5, 2 and 1), defeating six of the enemies (bog cat, dragon (part), dragon (part), dragon (part), bone reckoner and dragon (part)).
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county.
 From the dragon horde, you gain twelve gold. From lair you also gain eight gold (20 total).
 Your total losses: three.

Spoiler: Marquess Bockhoven - Bockelstein (click to show/hide)

Build 16 bows: built
Scout A15 with 1 army by boat, carrying the Golden Net and the Pellucid Orb. No treasure found.

March 1 army on E4. Unarmed village conquered.

March 10 armies to M1 by ship with the Shield of Earth, the Rhuddy cape and the whiptide sail. Hiding behind a shield of earth, no new tanglebats spawn. Your armies attack (one wearing the Rhuddy Cape) (2, 1, 5, 1, 5, 5, 5, 1, 7, 1, 3 and 5), defeating six of the enemies (tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat, tanglebat and tanglebat).
All enemies are defeated and the lair is absorbed into your county. You find 7 gold.

March 1 army with 57 Wolves and the Bitter Brew on D2. The enemy hides behind their walls  (14 wall strength). A giant with the black trotter and a dragon attack first (6, 3, 3, 2, 8, 2, 5, 5, 7, 1 and 5), killing three wolves. The rest don't flee! Two boar are turned into Grand Tusk's from the giant's attack (N4).

Your armies attack (7, 8, 6, 5, 5, 7, 5, 7, 3, 5, 4, 8, 1, 2, 8, 3, 4, 4, 3, 8, 7, 6, 2, 5, 4, 4, 8, 6, 2, 3, 4, 3, 8, 4, 6, 8, 1, 1, 8, 2, 8, 3, 3, 8, 7, 2, 7, 7, 2, 5, 8, 2, 1, 3 and 5), damaging the walls (14) and breaking through into the castle, defeating a dragon and two giants.
All enemies are defeated and the castle is absorbed into your county.
 From the dragon horde, you gain ten gold.
 From giant clubs, you gain two wood. You take the Black Trotter.

March 3 armies and the Verbian Tusk on F1. The tusk fails to summon a boar. The enemy hides behind their moat (6 wall strength).

Your armies attack (8, 8 and 2), defeating two of the enemies (Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian).
All enemies are defeated and the village is absorbed into your county. The moot is dismantled. You find a boat.

March 16 normal armies and 16 archers on F2. The bone reckoners of the bone boat yard blow on the Fool's Retort, summoning The Thunderstorm Dragon! She attacks first  (1, 2, 4, 2 and 1), with no units defeated.

Your armies attack (5, 3, 4, 1, 1, 3, 1, 4, 1, 3, 8, 8, 8, 1, 5, 6, 1, 4, 5, 1, 7, 7, 5, 2, 6, 4, 8, 3, 2, 5, 1 and 2), defeating thirteen of the enemies (skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, dragon (part), skeletal warrior, dragon (part), bone reckoner, skeletal warrior, and skeletal warrior).

The enemy attacks back (8, 5, 1, 5, 8, 4, 5, 2, 4 and 6), killing six of your armies (including three archers).

Your armies attack (4, 7, 2, 5, 4, 4, 4, 8, 4, 4, 7, 8, 2, 8, 2, 3, 7, 4, 4, 8, 8, 7, 1, 4, 7 and 6), defeating ten of the enemies (dragon (part)  skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, dragon (part), dragon (part), skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior, skeletal warrior and bone reckoner).
All skeletal companions of the enemy bone reckoners crumble.
All enemies are defeated and the boatyard is absorbed into your county. The Fool's Retort crumbles.
From the dragon horde, you gain nine gold.
Your total losses: six.

Spoiler: Enemy Phase (click to show/hide)

There aren't enough separate barbarians to fight in the Knuckleyard: no income this round for it.
There isn't currently a moot
- Reprisals:
--[Vulk 128%] The Squelsh launch a reprisal attack! Six squelsh barbarians attack N3, the serene glade! The Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian attack first (2, 2, 9, 4, 3 and 4), killing one of your armies. The bonemeal shield sends forth dark energies, killing a barbarian and raising the dragonslayer to life once more.
He attacks back (3). No enemy units are killed.
The Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian, Squelsh barbarian and Squelsh barbarian attack (9, 8, 2, 5 and 2), killing one of your armies. Your armies have been defeated. You lose the serene glade, and the bonemeal shield.
 Your total losses: one.

--[FitzHarbort 9%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Ayes 9%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.
--[Bockhoven 2%] The Squelsh are quiet... for now.

- [F7] No new monsters come.

The Thornish holdouts in G3 march on F4, conquering the village.

Time to Count the Score?

It's been six months. Life got in the way hard and I dropped the ball massively here. I think it might be best to just count up the score here, especially given that A1s never submitted a turn and another turn of going idle could prolong the game by quite a bit with all the new empty land.

Also, leaving some pockets of wilderness and resistance is more romantic than a completely pacified landscape. My back-of-the-envelope calculation is that the Lords collectively have enough gold that the king could declare those last 16 or so tiles uncontestable.

Here's how the land looks:

(https://i.imgur.com/Mdd12Ek.png)

As ever, let me know if I've forgotten anything. It's been long enough there's bound to be something.

Spoiler: Known Artefact List (click to show/hide)

In the world

I5 is Siege Workshop Plans (The owner of this can build a Siege Workshop as a feature (spending 10 stone as normal). Siege Workshop: You can build these two alternative types of seige engine: 1. Battering Ram: destroy walls on a 4+ for one round (or 3+ or 2+ if you spend 2 or 4 more wood). 2. Giant Trebuchet: destroy 1d4 defence before the attack begins. You may spend 1-3 stone in ammunition to add 1-3 d4s to this.) Doesn't count towards anathema count.

N3 is Bonemeal Shield (The first time the unit this is attached to dies each combat, a random opposing unit dies instead, and the Lord gains +1 Anathema.)

Held by Lords

Sol: Verbian Tusk (summons 1d2-1 Rampaging Boars to your side at the start of each combat. Boars don't count towards your maximum army-size.)

Blood Forge Plans

the Black Trotter (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Trotter will gain the Black Trotter.) (One unit attacks first twice at the start of each combat, but each time they kill a unit somewhere a boar will turn into a grand tusk- a giant pig that counts as 2 boar. If no boar are currently on the map, the next X boar to appear will all be grand tusks, where X is the number of units killed by the Trotter.)

the Boarskin Coat (when you attack boars, they don't get first attack, they get two attacks on their first counterattack)

The Shield of Earth (the army wielding this is considered to have +1 defence at the start of every combat, as if they were siege defenders)

Ayes: Sundering Claw (assign a scout to crack open a permanent path through any adjacent mountain. 25% chance to call a hostile dragon to the location)

Black Lance (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding the Black Lance will gain the Black Lance.) (You never attack first in combats, but on your first attack all your attackers will attack three times. The turn after slaying someone with the lance, Dragons will preferentially fly one square in your direction when flying to a new home. When this first discovered, place the Dawn Dragon on M6 (the Dawn Dragon counts for 15 armies)).

Black Claw (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Claw will gain the Black Claw.) (+4 dice rolled when attacking, every time someone is killed by a force wielding the claw, the nearest square with a bog cat gains another cat. If there are none, a bog cat will appear in the nearest empty square.)

Shimmering Coin (+2 on rolls that determine gold amounts)

Perfidy's Horn (Monster units controlled by a human unit in the vicinity will become hostile third parties, turning on everyone.)

Thornish Crown (when owned by someone of Thornish heritage, one Thornish Holdout will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production); when owned by an Alkabrian or other, becomes the preferential target for all Thornish attacks until the crown is reclaimed. Doesn't count towards Anathema count.)

Bockhoven: Golden Net (A scout carrying this across water has a 25% chance of rolling on the treasure table)

Moonlight's Edge (Roll extra attack dice equal to the anathema value of the opponent's artefacts (ordinarily 1 each) in the tile before combat begins)

Hedgeblade (One unit gains +7 attack, but there's a 75% chance the unit will be targeted by any given enemy attack until the unit dies.

Soul Nexus (Once per turn, if someone attacks a castle containing the Soul Nexus and a Bloodforge, three human attackers will be sacrificed at the start of each combat to the Bloodforge, if possible. Worth five anathema. Found in the Crimson Tower.)

Black Toad (Cursed item: cannot be destroyed, sacrificed, gifted or traded. Whoever defeats an army wielding Black Toad will gain the Black Toad.) (The Black Toad afixes itself to one unit, and will permanently turn all other units in the same tile on the same side as the Black Toad into toads. Only appears through sacrifice.)

Rhuddy Cape (the unit this is assigned to is now considered a giant)

The Wolf Crystal (wolves encountered will join the army instead (they still all run away when injured)

Watchtower plans (Can build Watchtowers for 10 stone. Watchtowers allow defenders to attack first during the first round of a seige, and owner gets a hill report. Doesn't count towards anathema count)

the Speculator's Rod (a scout scouting an empty hill that they own, has 25% chance to discover a quarry. They instead find a mine if the hill is adjacent to a mountain. The same tile cannot be scouted in this way more than once per turn.)

Whiptide Sail (one boat or ship can travel twice as far.)

Vulk: the Last Femur! (1/4 chance of each dead unit being resurrected to your side as a skeleton warrior when they die)

Wisp Wand (at the start of every combat a wisp appears; there's a 2/3 chance it joins your side.)

Garrison Plans (For each recruitment over cap, 1 guard appears in the Garrison. Guards can never march or be redeployed, but will defend; if you have multiple Garrisons, the new Guards are split between them evenly, with excess going to the main castle). Doesn't count towards anathema count.

Doghorn (Bog Cats will attempt to flee in the opposite direction of the army or scout holding this. Declare the direction of approach is multiple are possible, otherwise it's random.)

Fleshbane (Gain +1 dice vs living humans.)

Dreadskull (any unit fleeing from an army with the Dreadskull will instead desert.)


Cat Sack (defeated Bog Cats are put in the Cat Sack instead of being killed if the Cat Sack is held by the winning force. These cats are owned but unfriendly, and any number can be released by an army in any combat, or let loose by a scout in any tile.)

Prince FitzHarbort: Ascupart's Bane (unit has +2 dice vs giants).

Bitter Brew  (The set of armies this is equipped to never retreats from losses.)

Wellspring Staff (the Wellspring Staff may be cast into marshland by a unit to turn it into a lake (spilling out into all adjacent tiles - units can drown this way without proper precautions). If the staff is recovered (by boat etc) in subsequent turns, the lake remains.)

Marrowfat Shield (whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)

Sent to the King:
Cat Sack, Marrowfat Sceptre, Toad Crown, Bloodforge Plans, Ripcage

Hunter's Stand (Archers in the army this is attached to only die on 5s if no other units remain)

Marrowfat Throne (when owned by someone of Squelsh heritage, one Squelsh defector will join your cause at the start of each turn (+1 army production) and adjacent Squelsh armies will join your attacks on non-Squelsh; when owned by an Alkabrian or other, +30 reprisal chance, +100 reprisal chance if destroyed.)

Pellucid Orb (+1 to scout travel distance)

Cragman's Spike (a scout may pass through mountains)

Thornish Lodestone (while this remains in the Hedge, whenever no Thornish fort is on the map, another fort is revealed in a sector usually far from the owner of this artefact (most distant of two rolls)

Spoiler: Known Unique Sites (click to show/hide)

A6 is The Knuckle Yard - Ritual death ring of the Squelsh natives. Owner may choose at any time to close down the yard (+20 reprisal chance). While operational: +2 income, if possible, two Barbarians from two different random squares will leave their post to fight at the start of each enemy phase, one one will return a Squelsh Champion (counts as two units, +1 to its attacks).

E7 and K1 are the Walking Stone Circles - A pair of sites. They are considered adjacent: units can walk from one to the other across the map. Each is initially defended by three giants. They will let anyone pass through both tiles unharmed in a turn as if they were owned by the traveller, for 1 gold per unit passing (if they do so, they won't join a monster march). Gold accumulates on the first stone circle passed through. Enemies always find the gold for it.

F11 is Lake Sorrow.

F12 is The Grove of Tusks - Holy place of the Squelsh - This is a forest. Whoever owns this has a +50% chance of being attacked each turn by Squelsh, who will target the Grove. Special Action: a scout can be sent to the grove to make a sacrificial offering (worth 10 gold) to make peace with the Squelsh, setting their chance to reprisals to 0. This only works for people who don't own the Grove.

G3 is Yawing Crevice (A desolate crack in the earth. Artefacts may be destroyed by a scout or army throwing it into the crevice. Doing so releases a tanglebat, which will attack anyone present at the time, including scouts. Doing so also grants a permanent -2 anathema score. Only appears in WW.)

G10 is Wolfhaven Woods - Forest. Spiritual home of wolf kind. Inhabited by 10d4 wolves (25). These wolves will only flee if less than 10 remain. Any wolves that would otherwise be loyal to a non-wolf, are loyal to the wolves in these woods. Wolves in this forest will never march on anywhere.

H6 is Lustre Mine - Hill. Grants +5 gold income. Protected by nine wisps (only found adjacent to mountains)


L4 is the Sunken Library - Lair containing a library (that works the same as a normal library) and a Scriptorium (Once per turn, you may duplicate a Plan artefact). A place for students of the forbidden rites, only Bloodsingers and Bone Reckoners will appear here. It starts with 1d4 [1] Bloodsingers with artefacts [Black Dog], 1d4 Bone Reckoners [4], 1d4+3 [5] Skeletal Warriors and 1d4 [3] Skeletal Archers. Once this is revealed, Bloodsingers who flee combat will go here, including any still alive on the map having fled a previous combat. Bloodsingers and Bone Reckoners and their minions won't march from here. Only in WW.

L5 is Lake Longing - (Water makes this tile impassible except by boat or ship. Spills over onto adjacent tiles. Won't spawn on a coast.)

L6 is Hogland Hollow - Forest. Inhabited by 3d6 Boar. While it is unconquered, at the end of any turn when there is less than 10 boars in this forest, 1d4 more boar will appear. Your scout withdraws to safety.


R10 is the Scout Hut - Initially abandoned and inhabited by a family of 6 boar. Up to three armies can be assigned to the Hut as if it were a fort and they don't count towards your army cap. These armies can scout so long at they begin scouting from a tile adjacent to the hut. Spend 3 wood to dismantle and reassemble the hut on an empty tile you own.

T3 is The Moot - Village with 2d2 (2+1=3) Squelsh Barbarians and a moat (6/6 defense). It is the neutral meeting place of rival Squelsh bands. At the start of each enemy turn, each tile with a Squelsh Barbarian has a 25% chance of sending someone to the Moot. The first Squelsh reprisal each turn will be joined by whomever is in the Moot. If the Moot is conquered, a new Moot (with a new moat) will appear in the most populous Squelsh-held village at the start of the next player turn, or if there are no such villages, it may appear in future tile generation (from scouting, research etc.).

Spoiler: Known Unit Types (click to show/hide)

ALKABARIAN
- Soldier
- Archer (dies on 5, +1 in sieges)
- Skeletal - Archer (dies on 5, +1 in sieges, cannot go alone on missions)
      - Warrior (cannot go alone on missions)
- Rhuddy Giant (counts as 3 armies)

MONSTER
Anathema (also considered Squelsh)
   - Bone Reckoners
      - Skeletal - Archer (dies on 5, +1 in sieges, crumbles without Reckoner)
         - Warrior/Fighter (crumbles without Reckoner)
   - Bloodsingers (has an artefact, will flee if first attack fails to defeat enemy and is not behind a wall)
   - Bog Hag (has 2-4 cats who tank hits for her, curses anyone she is in combat with)
Animals
   - Boar (attacks first, twice!)
        - Grand Tusk (Counts as two boars)
   - Bog Cat (turns places into marsh on defeat, -1 attackers rolls, +1 when in a swamp)
   - Wolf (flees when hurt)
        - Tanglebat (when not behind a wall, another tanglebat will appear for every living combatant)
        - Toad (Cannot march)

Mythic
  - Giant (counts as 3 armies, drops 1 wood)
  - Dragon (counts as 5 armies, attacks first, drops 3d6 gold)
  - Wisp (Only one wisp can be killed per round)

THORNISH
- Holdout (drops 0-1 gold)
- Knight (dies on a 7+)

SQUELSH
- Squelsh Barbarian (+1 to rolls for both sides)
- Squelsh Champion (+1 to rolls, counts as two armies)

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Special Movement:

Most units cannot pass through water or mountain. The exceptions:

WATER: Toads, Skeletons cannot ordinarily drown. Wisps, Dragons, Tanglebats can fly over water.
MOUNTAIN: Only Dragons can fly over mountains

Spoiler: Black Orbed Artefacts (click to show/hide)

The Age of Magic is ending with the appearance of the Black Orb. The following artefacts are gone from the world. Only a Toad Boon can bring one of them back.

Bloody Standard (+1 to attacker's combat rolls)

Marrowfat Shield (Whichever unit is given the shield will be last to be attacked in any combat. Sacred to the Squelsh, any non-Squelsh who takes the Shield gains +30 reprisal chance and +60 if they destroy, sacrifice or otherwise remove the Shield from the county.)

Hedgeblade - (One unit gains +7 attack, but there's a 75% chance the unit will be targeted by any given enemy attack until the unit dies.)

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 28 - AT LONG LAST
Post by: Quarque on January 05, 2024, 11:59:15 am

yeah agree to count the score

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 28 - AT LONG LAST
Post by: Criptfeind on January 05, 2024, 12:14:38 pm

I'm glad to have closure on this game. I think it's probably the best forum game that I've ever seen on bay12. It was a lot of fun and I'm glad to see it finally reaching completion.

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 28 - AT LONG LAST
Post by: notquitethere on January 05, 2024, 12:51:10 pm

GRAND SCORE

Name	Debt	Orphaned Land	County	Renown	Grant Total
Marquess Ambrosio Vulk of Castle Mysterious	0	1	820	49	870
Marquess Bockelstein of Castle Bockelstein	0	1	640	44	685
Prince Mackial Fitzharbort of Castle Bacchus	0	0	520	25	545
Marchioness Aywen Ayes of The Oak and Ash	0	0	440	0	440

(https://i.imgur.com/JvXZyLd.png)

After much violence and many hard years of pacification, castle building, co-operation and a little bit of backstabbing, the Hedge is conquered! The age of dragons is over, though some say that you may still spot the occasional giant or wisp on a lonely hillside. There is still a place where the wild boar roam, wreathed in an impenetrable mist. Some say treasures may be yet found but the remaining dungeons lie closed for now. The terror of chimeras and vast roaming hordes of monsters is long over.

A shaky peace was made with final Squelsh barbarians and Thornish holdouts. They knew their time was over in the Hedge, and so they held on to the final glade and village. The last bog hag and her cats fester in a marsh somewhere, plying their trade to those that need a witch.

The squabbling hedgelords settled in their four counties, passing them on to their descendants. Bockelstein in the north plied the sea trade and split his castles between his sons and daughters. His was the House of Wolf, and howling could always be heard in that part of the land. The houses of Fitzharbort and Ayes carried forth a series of blood feuds and border squabbles in the central valleys. The vast swampland made travel hard, and agriculture harder, and their counties remained something of a backwater in the larger Alkabrian kingdom.

Marquess Vulk was the most successful of the Hedge Lords, carving out a huge county and sending back many treasures to the King. But at such a cost! Years of accruing anathema, learning dread secrets, using cursed artefacts, and consorting with foul monstrosities had taken their toll. He sequestered himself in the library at Point Swearing and sought to prolong his own life. In time, he would become viewed as the new Anathalord and the Order of Obeisance would once more sail to the shore of the Hedge...

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - TURN 28 - AT LONG LAST
Post by: Criptfeind on January 05, 2024, 01:09:36 pm

Huzza! Good game everyone!

The Hedge has certainly been an amazing place, full of terror and mystery. It's surprising how relatively simple mechanics have made such a place of evocative wonder. Thank you for taking us to explore these lands Notquitethere. And to my fellow players for exploring them with me. Congratulations to all of us hedge lords, and congratulations especially to Notquitethere for such a wonderful game.

Our time in the hedge may be over now, but if we ever visit it again I'll look forward to meet you and others there. Perhaps we'll meet in my library!

Title: Re: Hedge Lords - Medieval Fantasy 4X game - COMPLETED
Post by: Quarque on January 05, 2024, 01:16:00 pm

grats on the win Criptfiend

the idea of a followup game is not at all terrifying with the number of walking dead