Here Languish Stands game thread

[Viking]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5P7QkHCfaI&feature=related

at 4:23 luther stands here - the cardinal in the film is aleander and the effeminate guy on the throne is chucky. (yes this is a lutheran propaganda piece and despite my atheism I still side with the lutheran here)

I prefer Chuck as portrayed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge_Brc7-JqU
He kinda looks like Antonio Banderas.

if Antonio Banderas had a prostetic chin and prostetic nose....

[Maximus]

England declares war on Scotland, builds, and maneuvers.

[ulmont]

France intervenes and then pulls the troops out.  I just realized I forgot to adjust the VP, but I'll get it next round.

[Solmyr]

Ah, the Scottish gambit.

[Viking]

Ah, the Scottish gambit.

Is this the force england to spend cards to take the scottish army or have border raider get played and and invade while putting the scottish fleet permanently in the french arsenal?

[sbr]

The power that makes the attempt wins ties in the target language zone(s), the other power wins ties elsewhere.  What is the target language zone in this context?

The language zone being targeted.  At the start of each set of Publish Treatise, Burn Books or Bible/New Testament series of conversion attempts, you must target a language zone--either French, German, English, Italian or Spanish.  Anything outside of those zones is always considered a "lose-ties" proposition (such as Prague and the like).

Some debaters (such as Caraffa) and cards allow you to target all zones simultaneously, though.

Why would anyone attempt an action in a different language zone than the one they targeted?

Do I need to download all of the move files sent today or just the latest one?

[Viking]

The power that makes the attempt wins ties in the target language zone(s), the other power wins ties elsewhere.  What is the target language zone in this context?

The language zone being targeted.  At the start of each set of Publish Treatise, Burn Books or Bible/New Testament series of conversion attempts, you must target a language zone--either French, German, English, Italian or Spanish.  Anything outside of those zones is always considered a "lose-ties" proposition (such as Prague and the like).

Some debaters (such as Caraffa) and cards allow you to target all zones simultaneously, though.

Why would anyone attempt an action in a different language zone than the one they targeted?

Do I need to download all of the move files sent today or just the latest one?

the latest one will get you up to date, but it is good practice to play them one by one, so you can see what happened. You might want to target another language zone if you for example already converted the last area in your language zone with your first attempt of two. 

[Solmyr]

Ah, the Scottish gambit.

Is this the force england to spend cards to take the scottish army or have border raider get played and and invade while putting the scottish fleet permanently in the french arsenal?

I'm pretty sure the Scots are getting wintered in Paris.

[ulmont]

I'm pretty sure the Scots are getting wintered in Paris.

Yeah, if I'd been interested in fighting that war Swiss mercs would have come out pretty much immediately into Edinburgh.

On the other hand, if the English and Hapsburgs really aren't interested in prosecuting their wars, Italy starts to look a lot more interesting.

[sbr]

So what the hell do I have in Ravenna, just one regular?  And one regular in Rome?

I thought I had seen first impulses by the Pope where they bought 2 mercs in Ravenna and then moved a reg and 3 mercs.

[Habbaku]

Looks like you thought wrong.

[sbr]

Played Papal Bull

Raised 2 mercs in Ravenna
moved 1+2 to Modena
Control Modena

Hopefully I did everything right.

[sbr]

Looks like you thought wrong.

Apparently.  I was reading the last (I think) game you all played here and Berkut, as the Pope first turn:

no SD
In his first impulse, first turn raised 2 mercs then moved 1+3 to Modena.

http://languish.org/forums/index.php/topic,419.msg19320.html#msg19320

Has something changed in the setup since then?

[Viking]

Looks like you thought wrong.

Apparently.  I was reading the last (I think) game you all played here and Berkut, as the Pope first turn:

no SD
In his first impulse, first turn raised 2 mercs then moved 1+3 to Modena.

http://languish.org/forums/index.php/topic,419.msg19320.html#msg19320

Has something changed in the setup since then?

Nope, Berkut still either cheated or made a typo. You did your move correctly and legally. Berkut seems to have made 5 cp of action with a 4 cp card.

[sbr]

Looks like you thought wrong.

Apparently.  I was reading the last (I think) game you all played here and Berkut, as the Pope first turn:

no SD
In his first impulse, first turn raised 2 mercs then moved 1+3 to Modena.

http://languish.org/forums/index.php/topic,419.msg19320.html#msg19320

Has something changed in the setup since then?

Nope, Berkut still either cheated or made a typo.

OK.  I had read that then when I click on the counter in Ravenna and Rome I saw a regular and a merc in each.  It took me a while to realize that I was seeing both sides of one counter. 

This CB may get easy to use and understand eventually but it is kicking my ass at the moment.