Retech

Lords and Ladies of the land, a message has been sent from the far reaches of the East by silk traders and merchants, eager to bring you the latest news. The words were ominous. Genghis Khan had united the steppe tribes, and begun his reign of terror on the civilized world. He has swiftly sacked China and established his rule, meaning that the silk road is under his jurisdiction. His next target seems to be the various states of India. Prepare your defences, for a scourge of Europe greater than the mightiest plague will be coming. -Suspense- On that note, I present some new options: Castle - 5 million Fortress - 10 million Citadel - 20 million I've been thinking about it, and it might be nice to stick it on a map. Not sure how to do it with colors though. Perhaps using red squares of varying size.

If you get to Asia, you may be able to access some basic gunpowder. It'll be mostly a scare weapon, and won't deal much damage in most instances. Also, it may be possible to go to America later, but expect 90% casualty rates on the way there. :P

After the end of the crusade against Spain, I was planning that. There are two ways that you can expand into the Middle East and the Far east, and any other ways that I haven't thought of. That's assuming the nations of Europe survive... 1. Rumblings in the East have been heard. Wonder what that could be. :rolleyes: 2. A crusade into Jerusalem, or otherwise someone taking the initiative and starting a holy war

Gotcha Mather. Also, the best way to gain Egypt would be to try to get in line for their succession. Btw, if anyone is interested in anything that I haven't implemented, then just give me a PM and I'll figure out a way to add it. I was thinking of Family trees, but it might be hard to make it both roleplayish and game playish at the same time.

Oh quick thing Doom. To make your thing even simpler. GDP x (1 + Growth Rate as a decimal) For example if the growth rate was 14 percent, it would be GDP x (1+0.14) GDP x (1.14) Distributive property!

I might be able to do it tonight, but I can't right now. Sorry. :)

Okay, please read my edits to the post above Trol's. Also, if someone is going to do a crusade thingy for the Catholics, plan it out with your allies and send me a big post with everything in it. You can make generalizations about the Pope, like "deploying Pope's forces here..." or something. Same thing for Mather with the muslims. You can assume that you're moving Egyptian forces here and there, or so on. Paul might have to coordinate his own defence. Also, player vs player will generally make the wars last longer. So blitzes will be less effective, but it may prove winning over the long run. The more tactical player will probaly win, but I will have to figure out a system. Infact, for player vs player, I'll require a geographical map of the fields involved, because it'll be much more detailed.

Keep in mind the barons are still pretty strong in their own right. You could probaly say that they would each be worthy of being called a small kingdom. ---- Please keep track of your army numbers. For each battle plan that you send me, please include the following things to make it easier for me. Additional troops purchased for plan Total Troops participating in plan Number of troops in reserve for defence, or for whatever else (optional, but if you don't include it, I don't know how many troops are defending your country, and they'll come and raid you like they did to Grim) ---- Okay, leaving until the evening. Arbalesteers are 700 each.

Scottish Invasion of England The Scottish army found its first taste of true battle in the grasslands of England. It composed of two thousand knights, as well as two thousand Skirmisher bows, fifteen hundred peasants, and a thousand axemen. They had marched into the northern part of England, sacking several villages and murdered a few prominent citizens, such as Archi, the barrel maker for one of the isolated villages. The English army immediately left the Welsh front to stop the Scots, though Leon shadowed close behind. The King of England himself joined the force with an additional five hundred knights. In the open field, the English army was no matched for the two armies and was easily crushed, pincered into defeat. As Leon shipped its soldiers back to Leon, England fell apart into civil war due to the death of their king. Several powerful barons have taken up the reign of leadership. Casualties Entire English Army Scottish 1500 Skirmisher Bows 700 Knights 1500 Peasants 800 Axemen Leon 3000 Peasants

Sure. Keep in mind that they are not definitive numbers, so they are only there to help guide me and you in making some budgetary decisions. EDIT: Yes, thanks Dusty

Earth, I still need your numbers for the raiding. I don't know the size of your army. Mather, here are some estimated troop costs. Of course you can invent your own troops, but just compared to the chart: Peasants: 100-150 Spearmen: 250 Pikemen: 400 Archers: 400 Elite Pikemen: 700 Heavy Horse Archers: 700-800 Men at Arms: 500 ---- Yep, I saw it. There haven't been any map changing events except that though, so I feel sorta lazy to update the map unless something big happened.

The military schools just basically mean I will try to make your generals make slightly smarter situations, or perhaps have insights into a position of a battle, so they may have tactical advantages. It's actually a decently large advantage, especially when you otherwise might be out manuevered.

Infrastructure has been returned to normal.

Icu, sorry about that. I only read one of your posts which had the part about the adding of additional troops. Just pretend it didn't happen, and you can go ahead and attack next year. Basically you keep the army you had before, and Sardinia doesn't know a thing. Also, I'm trying to work on a relative scale for the cost of ships, so I'll try to have that up tonight. Does anyone know the kinds of ships that existed back in the High middle ages?

You could, but nobles don't like being taxed even more than Alaskans. Just sayin'. Oh, I'm having trouble finding the plans for the attack on England. Dusty, could you please send me the plans by PM? Sometimes they get lost somewhere on the thread. For Earth, I just need the numbers please.

No, the siege weapons had started to rot a bit. Basically like the holes and joints were becoming a bit malformed. And the RNG contributed, but actually the main factor was that the general was a doofus. ---- EDIT: Thanks Ross EDIT2: What do you mean you invaded with 12000 men? I looked at the...oh wait. My bad. <_<

Right, I still have to do the England battle. One seeeeec.

Okay, I have France's part of the battle up now. Also, Sweden wasn't at war with you unless you marched into Denmark. :P

Danish-Norwegian Invasion of HRE Following the devestating defeat of the HRE army in the Battle of the Baltic coast, Denmark appealed to Norway for some help against the Holy Roman Empire, which was regarded as one of the most powerful empires at the time. Norway saw its chance to explode onto the world stage, and sent a large army to aid the Danish. The combined forces marched at a fast pace to capitalise on HRE weakness, but the HRE had already set up their defence position. The HRE under the command of the new general, Johnson, had hastily formed a defensive position atop a crest near the Danish border, flanked by two imposing hills. A thousand longpikes formed the front, followed by three thousand peasants and four thousand crossbowmen. Five hundred longpikes were kept near the flanks, and a thousand knights stood ready to join the battle. General Johnson had devised a cunning plan, and constructed several trebuchets. These were placed several hundred meters ahead of the main army, and were defended by several stakes to deter enemies. The forces of Norway and Denmark arrayed themselves in battle order a few miles ahead of the ridge. The army was one of the largest assembled in Scandanavian history, and was amongst the proudest. An additional twelve hundred Norse War Clerics came from Norway, bringing the total to two thousand, riding proudly on large war horses. Denmark had called a levy and brought in an additional 2500 Scandanavian Axemen, bringing the total to three thousand. However, the Norwegians had landed with a massive fleet to reinforce them with five thousand more axemen, bringing the total to eight thousand axemen. In addition to this huge force, the Norwegians brought two thousand Calvaliers (basically knights with more armor), four thousand lightly armed Norse Archers, two thousand Hobilars, and three thousand spearmen to deal with enemy calvary. The entire army was led by the princes of Norway and Denmark. Total enemy force: 2000 Norse War Clerics 8000 Scandanavian Axemen 2000 Calvaliers 4000 Norse Archers 3000 Spearmen 2000 Hobilars 19000 Total Soldiers The battle began with a large volley of boulders by the HRE trebuchets. Despite dealing little damage, the attack provoked the Danes into beginning their assualt. Two thousand Hobilars under the direction of the Norwegian Prince's right hand man charged headlong into the trebuchets, losing many horses to the stakes. The unarmed foot soldiers, only armed with long spears, managed to destroy the trebuchets, while being slaughtered by the hail of four thousand crossbow arrows in flight. The majority of the army charged forward up the crest, aside from two thousand axemen which remained behind as reserve. The volleys of the crossbowmen were devestating, killing six hundred Norse War clerics and nine hundred Calvaliers, which were riding in front. Soon the clerics and calvaliers had reached the battle line. While the clerics were only wearing ornate bishop robes with light plating and suffered heavy casualties, the calvaliers had a layer of mail AND plate, as well as extra overlapping plates to cover their weak points. The longpikes only managed to dent the armor of two hundred calvaliers, of which only one hundred were killed. The remaining calvaliers dismounted and swung their great broadswords to great effect, slashing through the weakness of the longpikes' armor. Meanwhile the clerics were doing poorly in comparison, as their maces were more effective against heavily armored foes. Soon the fight was joined by the Scandanavian axemen, which begin to overrun the longpikes, which had only started with a thousand and quickly dwindled in number. General Johnson sent in his three thousand peasant reserves, but it was unlikely to last long. However, the crossbowmen were having a devestating effect against the calvaliers by piercing their eyeholes, as the average pikemen usually laid low during their fighting. The HRE battle line was breaking, and the soldiers began to feel frightened. The nobles were nowhere to be spotted, and it looked like the army was to fall. Fortunately, the trade roads being built throughout Europe had greatly increased the speed of travel, and the armies of the nobles reached the battlefield by nightfall. The battle was still intense and despite the overwhelming numerical advantage of the Scandanavians, the thousand knights of the HRE managed to hold their position. The noble army composed of two thousand knights, as well as five thousand men at arms, and a thousand macemen. A thousand knights looped around the enemy position and ambushed the two thousand axemen in reserve, killing them with only the loss of two hundred knights. Meanwhile the remaining portion of the noble army reinforced the HRE forces, and began to push the Scandanavians back. The men at arms were solid against the Danes, and their swords were effective against the Axemen's leather padding, even though their armor was not effective against the Danes' axes. The macemen performed spectacularly and felled the calvaliers in great numbers. Despite their armor plating, the Calvaliers were overconfident in their protection and battle prowess, and were massacred. Soon the Danish army broke and fled back over the border, with heavy casualties on both sides. The Holy Roman Empire was saved for now. General Johnson began to march his weary men towards the border to press the advantage, but he received ominous news from a messenger. The Swedish had prepared for an invading fleet, ready to set sail at a moment's notice if the HRE pressed the offensive back into Denmark. The nobles demand much greater power in the government for their assistance. Result: Heroic Victory Casualties HRE 1500 Longpikes 3000 Peasants 2800 Knights 4300 Men at arms 400 Macemen Scandanavian Coalition 1600 War Clerics 1900 Calvaliers 2000 Hobilars 1300 Norse Archers 6500 Scandanavian Axemen Bulgarian Invasion of Hungary Bulgarian forces were reinforced from the homeland, and the attack continued. The army reached the outskirts of Budapest, the capital city of Hungary. They began besieging a large citadel, which was the main defence for the thriving metropolis. It was extremely powerful, and had three concentric rings of walls surrounding an imposing keep. The Bulgarian general quickly realizes that only a prolonged siege or a bloody battle with many more men than he had, could be used to take it. He ordered his trebuchet to launch plague infested corpses into the citadel. The occasional corpse missed and landed in the city, while several fell into the river dividing the city in two, making it smell of rotting flesh. Meaaaanwhile, the Hungarian army had ridden hard into Bulgaria. Led by the Hungarian King, a thousand knights and two thousand Heavy Horse archers raided towns in Bulgaria in quick succession, before moving to the capital city. Though the Bulgarian King was well defended, the rest of the city was not prepared for the onslaught. The raiding party rode in before the city gates had closed, and the city was essentially sacked for around an hour. The party fled as Bulgarian nobles sent their soldiers in pursuit, but the Hungarian force had fled to another part of Bulgaria, probaly preparing another attack. Casualties Several thousand Bulgarian civilians Random people getting the plague Bulgarian infrastructure reduced by 0.2 French Invasion of Sardinia On a peaceful Mediterranean afternoon, the peace was broken by an amphibious assualt by French forces. Two thousand Flemish pikemen, fifteen hundred archers, a thousand peasants, and assorted siege weaponry landed on the shoreline. The landing went smoothly, but problems began to show from that point on. The siege equipment had begun to rot, and several key components were missing, after one of the transport boats had sunk. The engineers quickly repaired them and got them into working order, but not before the Sardinians had been alerted. A small force of five hundred knights, two thousand Italian militia spearmen, and a thousand Italian militia archers came into view, blocking the French army's access to the rest of Sardinia. Meanwhile, five galleys came up and rammed the defenceless transport ships, leaving the French no way of escape. Soon the Sardinians had brought up their siege weaponary, and a shooting war began. Unfortunately, a Sardinian ship equipped witha catapult fired close range against the entrapped French forces, which took heavy casualties. In the end, the French took the most casualties, while the remainder of their army surrendered to the Sardinian forces. Sardinia requests aid from a foreign power to help against the French. Casualties: France Entire army Sardinia 100 Knights 1300 Italian Militia Spearmen 500 Italian Militia Archers

Okay, think about this carefully. You're taxing people...then giving money to those same people, and your GDP rises. Huh?

They are thrilled, and gladly commit troops to the defence of Cordoba. (And Nobility gains power in your country)

I still don't quite understand what you wanted, because generally I don't reply to things directly on the thread. If you can PM me a short summary of the things and what youre intention was with them, I can count it as if you had done it last year.

Yes, I can do that automatically if you'd like. I'm thinking 5000 peasants for every tenth of a point of economy you spend + 1000 peasants for every tenth of a point of infrastructure you have.

Yeppers.

Minor kingdoms. 2 million approximately.