Languishing Yet Again (VQ game)

[Habbaku]

If your goal was to get to Antilles and pirate the Spanish, why did you start Hawkins in North Atlantic and not Guinea Coast?

[Habbaku]

I think Viking is starting to crack up.

I was like this in the last game as well...

ffs 17 attack dice get 2 hits and 11 defence dice get 4. The defense is scoring par here, I'm just hitting approx 1/3 of what I should.

QQ moar.  12 piracy dice so far with 2 hits.

QQmoar yourself. You've won two critical naval battles, both of which should have been losses, and hit on 3 out of 4 dice in your assault on Malta.

You have nothing to complain about when it comes to dice.

Wait, this isn't the thread where we whine about every bad thing that happens?

[Berkut]

I'll leave it up to you - what would you have done had you known the rule (I don't mean that in a smart ass way - I screw up stuuff like this all the time, and I should know the rules by now)?

If you would have just went with the nav roll, then roll the nav, if you get a hit, then I am ok with assuming you would not have tried the piracy. If you make the nav roll, then the piracy rolls can stand.

If knowing that you had to make a nav roll would have meant you would have just spent the CP to go around, then let that stand, and just spend the extra CP.

I am ok with either of those. Not very ok with a resolution that involves re-rolling the anti-piracy dice though...its the first decent roll I've had all game!

[Habbaku]

I am ok with either of those. Not very ok with a resolution that involves re-rolling the anti-piracy dice though...its the first decent roll I've had all game!

 

Request: 6-sided die x 5

1
4
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5

Message from Spain:
Preaching in the Netherlands

[Maximus]

I'll leave it up to you - what would you have done had you known the rule (I don't mean that in a smart ass way - I screw up stuuff like this all the time, and I should know the rules by now)?

If you would have just went with the nav roll, then roll the nav, if you get a hit, then I am ok with assuming you would not have tried the piracy. If you make the nav roll, then the piracy rolls can stand.

If knowing that you had to make a nav roll would have meant you would have just spent the CP to go around, then let that stand, and just spend the extra CP.

I am ok with either of those. Not very ok with a resolution that involves re-rolling the anti-piracy dice though...its the first decent roll I've had all game!

I would have gone around. I had planned to do so, then changed plans without remembering all the ramifications. This is essentially what I ended up doing.

You'll be pleased to know that in a hypothetical redo your anti-piracy effort would have been just as effective.

[ulmont]

Built 1+1 in Paris. File sent.  Barring something amazing, I'm done for the turn and will be wintering 2+2 in Strassburg with everyone else back to Paris.

[Viking]

Holy Roman Empire: Play Card as Operations
#38: 2 / Treasure Fleet [MANDATORY]
The Spanish treasure fleet appears in a random location. Resolve according to the procedure found in Section 23.2. Card remains in deck each turn.

Message from Holy Roman Empire:
1/2 another mercenary for poland
2/2 another doomed attempt at resolution

Holy Roman Empire: Die roll request
Request: 6-sided die x 1

4


Message from Holy Roman Empire:
Treasure fleet roll

Antillies

[Maximus]

And that's why Hawkins was waiting in the North Atlantic. Ah well, he was in the wrong place anyway

[Habbaku]

Is it wrong to laugh at Viking's dice at this point?  Would that make me a bad person?

[Viking]

Attack on Poland

Request: 6-sided die x 8

5
1
4
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1


Message from Holy Roman Empire:
Polish defense

Polish Defense

Request: 6-sided die x 3

3
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3


Message from Holy Roman Empire:
HRE attack on poland

HRE, 1 hit, Poles 0 hits

[Solmyr]

Is it wrong to laugh at Viking's dice at this point?  Would that make me a bad person?

No and yes.

[Viking]

Is it wrong to laugh at Viking's dice at this point?  Would that make me a bad person?

What do you mean? These dice are abnormally good for me. Usually the opposition is hitting 2 our of 3 dice.

[Solmyr]

With two more cards you should just about get this done this turn.

Converted La Rochelle and Amboise with unrest in the latter.

Btw, this game is moving at the speed of light. Habs up.

[Habbaku]

Ottoman: Play Card as Operations
#64: 2 / Philosopher's Stone

For CPs :

1-2/2 - Naval Transport Sokollu and 5 regulars from Malta to Tunis.

Spain's up.  Berkut needs to resolve the Treasure Fleet while he's at it.

[Berkut]

4/5: 2 Galleys in Palma
5/5: Fleet to Barbary Coast

You ahve options for intercepting/evading.