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Offline miltiades

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Storming the Castle !
« on: July 10, 2020, 08:49:30 AM »
Once upon a time there was a beautiful Castle. The evil Lords Sir George the Mean and Sir John of Snowden decided to take it by storm... So they gathered their forces and one day they attacked. Sir George with the Trebuchet and the siege engine would attack from the East and Sir John would attack from the North with the battering ram

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Re: Storming the Castle !
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2020, 08:54:20 AM »
As you see the attackers had a formidable force ...

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Re: Storming the Castle !
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2020, 09:00:02 AM »
A general layout. The Castle and the Attackers. However reinforcements are on the way...

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Re: Storming the Castle !
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2020, 09:09:18 AM »
After a few lucky shots, the trebuchet managed to break a part of the wall ... The siege engine  reached the wall  ... it was easier than it seemed.

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Re: Storming the Castle !
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2020, 09:16:16 AM »
A terrible fighting ensues
« Last Edit: July 10, 2020, 10:50:32 AM by miltiades »

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Re: Storming the Castle !
« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2020, 09:18:57 AM »
Fab looking game- one that by the very look of it, I would have loved to have joined in!  :-*  :-* :-*

Is the trebuchet facing in the wrong direction because it is being moved into position?

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Re: Storming the Castle !
« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2020, 09:26:05 AM »
Sir Din, (in the grey T-shirt) is the defender of the Castle. He looks desperate:"Where are my reinforcements?" he exclaims! Harry (the other guy wearing blue and Game Master, doesn't reply.

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Re: Storming the Castle !
« Reply #7 on: July 10, 2020, 09:27:06 AM »
Fab looking game- one that by the very look of it, I would have loved to have joined in!  :-*  :-* :-*

Is the trebuchet facing in the wrong direction because it is being moved into position?

You are right!  lol

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Re: Storming the Castle !
« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2020, 09:31:47 AM »
Oh! By the way ... our (Game) Master Harry has made all these wonderful siege engines, including trebuchet and battering ram... More pics from the epic fighting on the walls...
« Last Edit: July 10, 2020, 10:18:21 AM by miltiades »

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Re: Storming the Castle !
« Reply #9 on: July 10, 2020, 09:34:28 AM »
A breach in the wall ! Everything is lost !

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Re: Storming the Castle !
« Reply #10 on: July 10, 2020, 09:37:14 AM »
You are right!  lol

Had me worried for a second  lol

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Re: Storming the Castle !
« Reply #11 on: July 10, 2020, 09:38:10 AM »
REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVED! [it was about time...]
This is Anty and his son Alexander (...yes ... the great!)

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Re: Storming the Castle !
« Reply #12 on: July 10, 2020, 09:43:00 AM »
dramatic phases of the battle in the open between the reinforcements and the attackers from the North. Clearly the defenders of the Castle need to buy TIME!
« Last Edit: July 10, 2020, 10:19:52 AM by miltiades »

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Re: Storming the Castle !
« Reply #13 on: July 10, 2020, 09:59:31 AM »
sir Din decides to challenge his opponent, sir George, to a personal duel (a special rule of the rule-set we used - Osprey's "lion rampant" ).
According to the rules, the army of the loser in the duel takes an immediate morale check. Din had an advantage here, since he was better qualified ... If his opponent refused  the duel challenge, his army would become demoralized. It was the right decision at the right moment ... the two opponents started to fight !
« Last Edit: July 10, 2020, 10:42:17 AM by miltiades »

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Re: Storming the Castle !
« Reply #14 on: July 10, 2020, 10:05:21 AM »
Helas! The dice favoured the attacker! The duel was a draw... the battle continued in the castle and out in the opeen between Anty and the evil Sir John of Snowden. The attackers used all the means now: ladders, ropes, everything !

 

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