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Started by Habbaku, May 09, 2012, 12:14:59 PM

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garbon

#1245
June 25, 2012, 05:47:53 PM
Quote#47: 4 / Belgic Confession

Message from Protestants:
4 CP rebellion in La Rochelle.

Rebellion succeeds. La Rochelle and Nantes fall under Huguenot control. 2 regulars and capital in La Rochelle.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Habbaku

#1246
June 25, 2012, 05:51:55 PM
What was that you were saying about your VPs?
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
-J. R. R. Tolkien

garbon

#1247
June 25, 2012, 06:02:50 PM
Still ain't close to 22-23. I believe I have what - 17?
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Habbaku

#1248
June 25, 2012, 07:20:57 PM
Tamas is up.
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
-J. R. R. Tolkien

Habbaku

#1249
June 25, 2012, 07:23:52 PM
Quote from: garbon on June 25, 2012, 06:02:50 PM
Still ain't close to 22-23. I believe I have what - 17?

You have 17 now and I don't think I'll be able to retake anything of yours in France this turn.  I don't see much in the way of you taking Brussels from the Spanish, which will put you at 20.  Presumably, en route, you will patronize someone as well, which should produce a VP.
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
-J. R. R. Tolkien

Habbaku

#1250
June 25, 2012, 09:29:46 PM
Quote from: Berkut on June 25, 2012, 02:30:45 PM
The most he can ever really be the target of is 2 though, unless I concentrate patrols. Which maybe is the right thing to do once he shows up, but it seems like he can just run away from them if you don't spread them out.

Returning to this now that I have more time (and a real keyboard).

I think that stacking patrols is exactly the right strategy--but only in the Antilles and Spanish Main.  Those are going to be the most heavily-targeted areas due to the number of ports available and the ease of arrival.  If you fortify the Canary Islands, your defense starts to look a lot better.  What is Drake going to do if you have a fort and 2 patrols in each of Antilles/SM?  Go to the Chilean Coast?  At least there, he's risking a navigation roll, which could very well kill him off.

I also think that, due to the realization of his power, once he comes out...anyone with Scurvy, Storms or Northwest Passage should think long and hard about whether or not to hit Drake with them ASAP.  The Spanish are almost certainly willing to pay part of the burden in such a situation (a treasure, perhaps?) or even put a bounty on Drake (person to kill him gets 2 cards or a card + treasure or the like).

The board ignores Drake at their peril.
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
-J. R. R. Tolkien

Tamas

#1251
June 26, 2012, 01:36:22 AM
#51: 2 / El Dorado

Message from Ottoman:
Playable if there is a sea captain whose voyage is currently in either the Spanish Main or Antilles. Remove the sea captain to the Turn Track; the expedition is over having spent the rest of the turn pursuing the myths of El Dorado. All Treasure being carried by the expedition is lost

Drake goes for El Dorado

No file as I can't remove the treasure anyways.

katmai

#1252
June 26, 2012, 07:51:36 AM
Quote from: Habbaku on June 25, 2012, 05:28:24 PM
If you don't want rolleyes, don't resort to them yourself, Drakken, else you look like a hypocrite.  If you think I am seriously hammering you over this stuff rather than merely poking fun, you should grow a thicker skin--Tamas takes his badgering in stride, you'll note.

Years of being beaten with beets will do that to ya.
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son

Berkut

#1253
June 26, 2012, 07:54:46 AM
Spain sponsors a catholic rebellion in England, rolls 18 dice against 5 defense, and wins by one (3-2), which means England has to...reveal their hand to us.

Yippee!

There is no substitute for luck.
"If you think this has a happy ending, then you haven't been paying attention."

select * from users where clue > 0
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garbon

#1254
June 26, 2012, 08:07:05 AM
Quote from: Berkut on June 26, 2012, 07:54:46 AM
Spain sponsors a catholic rebellion in England, rolls 18 dice against 5 defense, and wins by one (3-2), which means England has to...reveal their hand to us.

Yippee!

There is no substitute for luck.

Rough.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Tamas

#1255
June 26, 2012, 08:09:38 AM
someone care to give an executive summary about this catholic rebellion thing? I dont have time to read the rulebook right now

garbon

#1256
June 26, 2012, 08:18:24 AM
Quote from: Tamas on June 26, 2012, 08:09:38 AM
someone care to give an executive summary about this catholic rebellion thing? I dont have time to read the rulebook right now

In very shorthand, similar to Protestant rebellions except that Spain has to roll dice first to see what it can do. If it was successfully allowed conversion/rebellions it than has to roll for those as well (like the Protestants typically do).
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

szmik

#1257
June 26, 2012, 08:19:16 AM
Quote from: Tamas on June 26, 2012, 08:09:38 AM
someone care to give an executive summary about this catholic rebellion thing? I dont have time to read the rulebook right now
:rolleyes:
Quote from: Neil on September 23, 2011, 08:41:24 AM
That's why Martinus, for all his spending on the trappings of wealth and taste, will never really have class.  He's just trying too hard to be something he isn't (an intelligent, tasteful gentleman), trying desperately to hide what he is (Polish trash with money and a severe behavioral disorder), and it shows in everything he says and does.  He's not our equal, not by a mile.

garbon

#1258
June 26, 2012, 08:35:56 AM
Quote from: szmik on June 26, 2012, 08:19:16 AM
Quote from: Tamas on June 26, 2012, 08:09:38 AM
someone care to give an executive summary about this catholic rebellion thing? I dont have time to read the rulebook right now
:rolleyes:

Meh, if one is going to roll one's eyes every time that Tamas gives them reason to - one's eyes will roll out of their head. :P
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Tamas

#1259
June 26, 2012, 08:40:38 AM
 :rolleyes:

I am the OTTOMANS. I didnt read the religious stuff properly. Sue me.
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