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[Kashyyk]

Besiege

Karguk's Horde thread
Craentich Fortress thread

In a small mountain pass stands Craentich Fortress, the northernmost outpost in the Kingdom of Britannica. Beyond lies the Expanse, home to barbarians, exiles and the Greenskins. Once a generation, an Orcish warlord rises up amongst the clans, beating them into submission and uniting them under his banner. Warlord Karguk has just subjugated the last remote tribe, and has now turned his gaze upon the South, and Britannica. To keep his rule he must provide combat and pillage to his forces, and the Kingdom is always a good source of both.

The only way is barred by Craentich Fortress, and so it must fall if the horde is to prevail. The kingdom cannot allow this, and has already dispatched messengers to bring reinforcements. Karguk has seven days to take the fortress or he will be forced to fight both the garrison and the relieving army. The fortress must stand for seven days to ensure the Greenskins do not strike at the heart of the Kingdom. The next seven days will make or break this war.

Spoiler: What is this? (click to show/hide)

This is the first live playthrough of an asymmetrical wargame. One side plays as the besiegers, deploying forces without number to drown the defenders in bodies and seize the castle. The other plays as the defenders, managing very limited resources to maximise the strength of their fortifications and repel the assault.

If the attackers can get inside the castle it will quickly fall, but doing so will require them to weather archery and siege fire, cross moats, climb walls and fight the defenders hand-to-hand. Many will be lost, but there are always more members of the horde.

Spoiler: How does it work? (click to show/hide)

There will be two threads, one per side. If you wish to take part, please pick one and do not read the other. For this first run, I would the players to go in blind on the abilities of the other side. The teams will then decide how to allocate their forces, manoeuvring them into position, building siege engines, and assaulting/defending the walls.

Play will be in “Real Time”, as much as that is possible on a forum. Thus every action will have a cost in minutes and hours. Once both teams have provided orders, the clock will advance and actions will be performed. At certain triggers the game will again pause, allowing both sides to adjust their plans as needed.

Each side will have unique abilities, but in general it will cost time to move soldiers from one location to another, construct siege equipment and to fight on the walls. Thus extra-large assaults may go on long enough for reinforcements to arrive from the other side of the castle.

Spoiler: Some totally gorgeous maps (click to show/hide)

[Khang36]

Hey your links to the other threads are reversed and going to the other team.

[Basil ii]

I’m joining the fortress

[Kashyyk]

Hey your links to the other threads are reversed and going to the other team.

So they are, thanks for catching that.

[TopHat]

This looks fun. I'll join the horde.

[Rockeater]

What side I can join?

[Kashyyk]

The Fortress could do with more players.

[Madman198237]

Joined the Fortress.