Changer + Lanky v DA + Hobbezak
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Regicide
Lanky: Britons
Changer: Byzantines
v
DA: Byzantines
Hobbezak: Spanish.
Early Game
Game started with Hobbezak messing around. He first built a mining camp instead of lumber camp, then built the lumber camp on that spot, then found out that the forest he was lumberjacking, was about as small as the Keira Knightley's boobs.
So he ended up building a new lumber camp at a much larger forest.
Changer seemed to be doing just fine, going into Feudal Age first, easily followed by Lanky and DA. Hobbezak was a bit behind here.
Hostile borders were Changer-Hobbezak and Lanky-DA, which made it virtually impossible for Changer to play his beloved "Lets rush DA"-game.
So Changer changed his game to "Lets rush to Castle Age", where he arrived first. Hobbezak saw a major danger in that, and as he was only a little behind on Changer, he started building an army to counter any rush coming from Changer.
Lanky hit Castle third, DA fourth, but they were pretty close.
Hostilities commence
Hobbezak hit Imperial first, but Changer was damn close. Not only on Age, but also on territory. His walls were so close to Hobbezaks camp, that the Spanish King was "forced" to build a few trebuchets to make a few holes in that wall. Obviously Changer was not amused, and sent out a cataphract-swordsmen army.
Hobbezaks army was almost too late to save the trebuchets, but the conquistador-knight/cavalier-pikemen-swordsmen army prevailed. The Spanish smelt blood, and went in for the kill through the small hole in the wall. The Byzantines from Changer almost managed to push the Spanish back, and in a rush of fright, the Green Spanish called upon their allies to come to aid, as Hobbezak was afraid of losing initiative and perhaps having to go defensive.
Run Forest Run!
With the combined forces of Cataphracts and Elite Conquistadores/Cavaliers/Halberdier, Changer was losing terrain fast. The trebuchets dustified many buildings, and no help of Lanky could push the invading coalition back.
But big was the surprise of the invading generals, as they just took over a ghost village.
There was no hostile king, no hostile farmers, and only a select few hostile lumberjacks.
It then dawned upon the allies that the town was evacuated, quite probably to the walled city of Lanky.
Hobbezaks king also ran, to a newly built fortification as fair away from his enemies as possible, walled in.
Tactics?
Now the concept of the task ahead was simple: Strike fast and hard, to make sure that Changer has no chance of rebuilding. But this caused a little difference of opinion between the two allies: The Spanish wanted DA to attack Lanky's camp from their common border, so Lanky had to defend on 2 fronts and had to divide his forces.
The Spanish also wanted to strike fast, as they themselves were already quite strong. They also had a few barracks and stables close to the front, as to replenish their troops asap.
DA on the other hand had his troops close to the Hobbezak-Changer border, as this was the earlier plan from when Changer was still a force to be reckoned with. He also had his stables/barracks/archery range close to Hobbezaks camp, to build his army there.
But soon, DA sent his army to the Lanky-DA border.
Final battle
Hobbezak came from one side, with about 10 trebuchets and mass paladin with a fair few halberdier.
DA came from the other side, and wanted to lure Lanky into retaliating an attack of him, getting them into range of a newly built castle. His plan failed miserably though, as Lanky massed his castle with trebuchets.
But Hobbezaks attack was quickly picking up speed, and soon he was faced only by new recruits of Lanky & Changer, who were obviously no match to the experienced Spanish veterans. And at the moment when Hobbezak opened trebuchetfire on Changers castle, DA's attack broke through Lanky's fortifications.
Soon, Changer and Lanky had only one option: Run and hide. It took the allied some time to find both kings, but soon they were decapitated for their crimes against hygiene, and after a thorough washing, their bodies were given to the hungry wolves, who once again killed about 5 villagers of Señor Hobbezak. I suggest we take a moment to commemorate their heroic death for our noble cause...
