T124:
Looks like reinforcements of...one warrior?
Yep, we're going in
First step is to send in a Moroi to do some scouting. He finds a couple priests of leaves busy doing...something. Blooming, maybe?
Can you see my first mistake?
Well, I guess I'll do this the hard way, then. Started with the bloodpets to wound down his warriors, then Moroi one by one...
And there's my second mistake. Forgot that Treants aren't just for the Ljo. If I'd sent in a Moroi to just stand on the tile, only the first roll would have happened. .
This guy gave the cats something to attack, but neither managed to do anything, and one died. He ate something like five Moroi before I finally managed to kill him
Despite my tactical missteps, I did bring enough forces to get the job done. If I'd been a little smarter, I could have had units left over to kill Kragroth's random workers and second Priest of Leaves. And maybe enough left over to try to hold Brakkah...but as the situation stands, the place burned. Maybe I could have held it, but I didn't want to take that risk. Besides, no infrastructure survived (or none was originally built).
That said, I finally recognized the symmetry. If Kragroth built his capital on the same tile we did, it's 2N of the wheat. Which is a tile all of my Moroi survivors can reach, if they aren't killed IBT and don't go barb. So there's still a chance of his cap burning, too.
I did keep the Moroi from HK-side moving west. They're still only 2 turns away from going back, if I decide I need them...or they could come onward for another hit. It depends mostly on what happens next turn, I think.
All in all, that could have gone much better. I'm especially annoyed with my lapse of treant memory - I could maybe have guaranteed a vulnerable capital next turn, but instead he might be able to save it.
Still, we did kill three Priests of Leaves, five warriors, scorpion, tiger, and Fawn - 360h worth. Plus a city. Our cost so far is three bloodpets, a catapult, and eleven Moroi: ~550h. Counting the settler and scorpion, that's about even. If I'd not made the mistake of spawning a Treant, I'd have done even better. So strategically, I'm happy with the action, even if my tactics leave me
. Kragroth may be able to make the ratio swing worse IBT, if he's got units nearby he's willing to risk. And maybe we'll burn another city next turn...fingers crossed.
Looks like reinforcements of...one warrior?
Yep, we're going in
First step is to send in a Moroi to do some scouting. He finds a couple priests of leaves busy doing...something. Blooming, maybe?
Can you see my first mistake?
Well, I guess I'll do this the hard way, then. Started with the bloodpets to wound down his warriors, then Moroi one by one...
And there's my second mistake. Forgot that Treants aren't just for the Ljo. If I'd sent in a Moroi to just stand on the tile, only the first roll would have happened. .
This guy gave the cats something to attack, but neither managed to do anything, and one died. He ate something like five Moroi before I finally managed to kill him
Despite my tactical missteps, I did bring enough forces to get the job done. If I'd been a little smarter, I could have had units left over to kill Kragroth's random workers and second Priest of Leaves. And maybe enough left over to try to hold Brakkah...but as the situation stands, the place burned. Maybe I could have held it, but I didn't want to take that risk. Besides, no infrastructure survived (or none was originally built).
That said, I finally recognized the symmetry. If Kragroth built his capital on the same tile we did, it's 2N of the wheat. Which is a tile all of my Moroi survivors can reach, if they aren't killed IBT and don't go barb. So there's still a chance of his cap burning, too.
I did keep the Moroi from HK-side moving west. They're still only 2 turns away from going back, if I decide I need them...or they could come onward for another hit. It depends mostly on what happens next turn, I think.
All in all, that could have gone much better. I'm especially annoyed with my lapse of treant memory - I could maybe have guaranteed a vulnerable capital next turn, but instead he might be able to save it.
Still, we did kill three Priests of Leaves, five warriors, scorpion, tiger, and Fawn - 360h worth. Plus a city. Our cost so far is three bloodpets, a catapult, and eleven Moroi: ~550h. Counting the settler and scorpion, that's about even. If I'd not made the mistake of spawning a Treant, I'd have done even better. So strategically, I'm happy with the action, even if my tactics leave me
. Kragroth may be able to make the ratio swing worse IBT, if he's got units nearby he's willing to risk. And maybe we'll burn another city next turn...fingers crossed.
EitB 25 - Perpentach
Occasional mapmaker
Occasional mapmaker
, so I'm definitely enjoying these.