Here Languish Stands game thread

[Tamas]

fortunately Tamas is about as decisively viscious as a care bare on valium.

Sad, but true.  He'd rather pick on NPCs than go after the Ottomans when they're weak.

He'll reap the whirlwind on that matter when the Turks encamp in Vienna, I've no doubt.

Well, forgive me for not taking my less than 50% chance of taking a fully garrisoned Buda in a single impulse, after I spent half of my turn dodging he Protestant and losing cards to him left and right. Funnily enough he still hasn't converted shit, but made sure I must look for his home turf for VPs.

[Tamas]

This wasn't the original plan, but France felt like throwing a card away on a DoW, so I am playing my HC as OPS:

1/5: naval move, squadron in Naples to Tyrrhenian Sea, squadron in Cartagena to Gulf of Lyon, 3 squadrons in Gibraltar to Barbary Coast
3/5: Charles, Duke of Alva, 5 regulars naval transport to Nice
5/5: Charles, Duke of Alva, and 5 regulars move to besiege Genoa

[szmik]

Tamas can't land in genoa, there are fleets there. He has to land in nice. So, he can get to genoa if he expends a 5 cp card.

1/5 move fleets including cartagena to GoL
3/5 move army from barca via GoL to nice
5/5 move army across pass from nice to genoa putting genoa under siege.

he isn't allied to the pope, so the much easier method of teleporting to naples, building two mercs and marching with 2R2M to genoa is easy peasy.

Ulmont has it much easier, he only needs 3 cp to get to genoa and can use cards to build a fleet in marseille (2cp) and sail both fleets to GoL (1cp) to be able to siege it (1cp) in the next turn.

You basically told Tamas what to do... I have some doubts if he'd made it on his own   

[Tamas]

veeery funny 

[Viking]

You basically told Tamas what to do... I have some doubts if he'd made it on his own   

Never underestimate the power of the diplomacy of the Sublime Porte.

[Maximus]

A healthy son is born to Henry.

[Maximus]

Do the VPs get added now or when he inherits?

[ulmont]

Now.

[Tamas]

A healthy son is born to Henry.

[ulmont]

A healthy son is born to Henry.

Yup.  And Antwerp looks eminently sackable, too.

On another note, France builds another chateau.  Over to sbr.

[sbr]

Play Home Card Leipzig Debate to call debate. Debate is in English and the Pope will use Eck. Only available opponent is Tyndale.

Pope wins 3-2. I will convert Kassal and Erfurt.

[ulmont]

Play Home Card Leipzig Debate to call debate. Debate is in English and the Pope will use Eck. Only available opponent is Tyndale.

Pope wins 3-2. I will convert Kassal and Erfurt.

A 3-2 win only lets you convert one space (unless Aleander and his bonus were in play, which they weren't) so pick one of those 2.

Also, as an FYI, you probably should have sent a random opponent first to commit Tyndale, then sent in Eck to try and burn him.

[sbr]

Weird, I wonder why I had the idea that the winner always just flipped 2 spaces.  Even my aborted debate last turn, which I won 3-0, I only tried to flip 2 spaces before Sol mentioned his Wartburg.

EDIT:  Sol can have Erfurt back.

[ulmont]

Weird, I wonder why I had the idea that the winner always just flipped 2 spaces.

Dunno.

One side has more hits: The difference in the hit total is the number of spaces that the winning side may flip to their religious influence. All spaces flipped must be in the language zone in which the debate was held if possible. Once all spaces in the chosen language zone are flipped to the winning denomination, additional hits are then used to flip spaces in any other language zone. Spaces flipped to Protestant influence must be eligible for a Reformation attempt as specified in Step 1 of the Reformation Procedure. Spaces flipped to Catholic influence must be eligible for a Counter Reformation attempt as specified in Step 1 of the Counter Reformation Procedure. The result of the debate may be modified if Aleander or Campeggio was the final Papal debater, as specified by their debater bonus text, assuming they were not committed prior to this round of the debate.

[sbr]

Weird, I wonder why I had the idea that the winner always just flipped 2 spaces.

Dunno.

Yeah, I went back and re-read that rule after I saw your message I just have no idea why I thought it was 2 spaces no matter what.