OOC: It takes a Village...Strategy Game Thread

[Wolk]

Jagged, I don't think I have anything to add at the moment. There would be a lot of things to develop in those characters, but I would like to know first what environment they are all in.

And killing the pirates? Goodness, what a silly idea! It'd be such a waste of good British blood on both sides. I'm sure we would rather guide them towards the enemies of England, so that they may do what they do best and be honored and hailed for it as well.

 

[Lyandria]

If you swear your loyality to Queen Elizabeth and she excepts you will be saved from the wrath of my flames Wolk. I extend you this offer this once for our blood lines stretch from the same pool.
But for any others who put your ships at seas. I suggest you scuttling the boats now and save your crews their lives.

Sign
The Red Dragon

 

[Wolk]

I'll get back to you on that when I see that queen...

 

[Jagged]

Lovely just freaking lovely.......



Well as far as updates........Got the Visigoths done.....next.......The Pirate Queen......the Samurai.....back to the Russians and then our new English players setup. She be all up to speed this week. Crazy fun weekend here......you need those from time to time. Have a good week everybody.

 

[Wolk]

Jagged, I decided to withdraw my application for leading a tribe. It looks like you are pretty loaded up with work to keep everybody's tribes running as it is. I don't think it is a good idea to load you with even more. It will only slow everything down further.

I still like this game, though, and want to stay. If you don't mind, I'd like to play as a general (start off as a mercenary, then hopefully merge with one of the tribes' armies), a possibility you mentioned earlier in this thread. This way I can still be involved, while you don't have to handle yet another whole tribe with all the detailed things that come with it.

It would also have the potential of putting my character into physical proximity with another player's character, which would be generally hard to do if both were leaders of a tribe. This way we can hopefully have richer character-to-character roleplay interaction.

Yes, I think I would really prefer it this way. Since the English tribe hasn't really started yet, if it's possible to make a switch in the setup, I'd appreciate it. Naturally, I will make a new character, if I am to be a general.

Either way, please let me know.

 

[Jagged]

That could work.......Dogs of War. Perhaps an English mercanary company. Elite longbow men for example. Could be hired by other players and Npcs. Also when my workload cuts down.....and it will you can upgrade to a town....(take over asked to lead...etc)

 

[Wolk]

Please disregard this post.

Sounds great. I'd love to play with an elite company of longbows! I thought you wouldn't allow it, because they were such powerful weapons and didn't really make a big appearance until the middle ages. But since you offered it yourself...

Watch out, ladies and gentlemen! 10-12 shots per minute, range of 200 meters, and 170 lb of power - enough to have a good chance of punching through the best armor. Knights don't stand a chance. Especially French knights.

Really, I think this can work well, and can be a good balancing weight for the forces in the game. Bowmen are great on defence. Longbowmen would be even better. Elite longbowmen would be better yet. If one player is in a lot of trouble and beseiged, 100 elite longbowmen on the walls of his fortress will give his forces a pretty good fighting chance against all but the most determined enemy.

So, the new intro:

CAPTAIN William Hawk

A tall 24 year old man, William posesses a very muscular, although somewhat unevenly developed body. His left arm is slightly more muscular than the right, and while his back is rolling with knots of strong muscle, his chest is less developed. These peculiar features are not so distinctive as to be ugly. On the contrary, the light-haired and green-eyed man is quite handsome. This particular way of bodily development is the result of his trade, and nearly every good archer in the mercenary company William leads has it.

Born in a Welsh settlement, rather than English lands, William's clan was one of those who favored joining with the English. They traveled to England and settled down in the border region, where the clanspeople took up the only trade they knew of - archery. They learned the language and customs of the English, mixing it with some of their own traditions.

Soon the local English authority prohibited hunting, leaving the archers without any source of food or income. Desperate, they eventually turned to crime, stopping passing travelers and robbing them. Elusive and deadly with their bows in the local forests, they were an impossible target for the English army. So, the English commander made the damage where he could. In the settlement, he turned his swords and torches on innocent women and children, and their very livelyhoods, thus destroying in one night everything the men of the clan had to live for.

That commander paid dearly for his actions, and even though a lot of clan's bowmen died in the vengeful onslaught that followed, they took a lot more English soldiers with them, and the ruthless commander was left hanging from the gates to his own fortress, looted and burnt.

In a way of black irony, this horrible unfolding of events did help stop the highwayman problem in the forests. The clan had nothing to stay in the area for. After burying their perished comrades in arms and families, they moved away. Hiring ships they sailed to unknown lands and made a living there, selling their warrior skills as a mercenary company.

Despite his youth, William excelled in battle and peace alike and was much loved and respected by everyone in the company. So, when the old head of the clan, and now Captain of the company passed away, almost all, old clansmen and newer recruits alike, agreed there was no better man to lead than William. And so Captain Hawk came to lead.

 

[Tonofnoise]

Welcome Wolk Again I Think

 

[Jagged]

I like it I think we can make it work......now two players on my scaled down roleplay. I think we can develop this....

 

[Wolk]

Heh.

Thank you, Tonofnoise.

 

[Jagged]

For those I have yet to respond to I will get to you soon.....My final is in the middle of the week and then the coarse is done...I will be back on track then. Thanks for your understanding these pasted months.

 

[Jagged]

Well my summer class is complete and I am free to begin working on your posts this week. This weekend has been filled with emergencies and other necessary task. But now I am back!! Have the turns written out and ready to respond.

Also I have plans to launch a science fiction/fantasy strategy/roleplay thread.......please share ideas for the new thread and things you would like to see this one. New options in the turn.....points of clarification? Happy with the tech levels....and plots?

Wolk haven't forgotten you and I do think I have a starting plot you will enjoy. Take care all...

 

[Tonofnoise]

Sorry For The Random Bitch

BUT I WANT SNOW ITS TOO FREAKIN HOT

 

[Elayne]

Bite your tongue!

I've had enough damn snow and cold this year. Let me bask in the beach weather while it lasts.

 

[Tonofnoise]

Bite your tongue!

I've had enough damn snow and cold this year. Let me bask in the beach weather while it lasts.

FINE, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR SUN AS LONG AS I CAN HAVE A ROOM WITH THE AC ON ARTIC DEATH AND A TELOSCOPIC LENS CAMERA. SO I CAN TAKE PICS OF YOUR HOT BOD.

BUT BESIDES THAT NO I WANT MY 58 DEGREES BACK. WHEN YOU SIT AT WORK DRIPPING IN SWEAT IT SUCKS.

 

[RoneLith]

Jagged in case you are growing alarmed at my lack of replying to my turn please know that I shall do so soon. Although I like my last turn I am in a very odd position character wise. I am not quite sure where to go with him so I need someting to think. Hopefully I would have come up with something by tommorow but if not than next week.

 

[Jagged]

I knew you were out there and busy...and I understand your position. If you have any plot ideas you would like to see please let me know through pm. I can still throw things at you and of coarse there is Katherine to help in her family civil war after the winter. But glad your still around bud......

 

[LadyRozes]

hey Jagged and fellow posters,

sorry I have been away for so long.. wondered if I could continue my part in this thread.. wasnt sure.. if I could seeing as how you guys have gotten so far in your stories... anyway .. still interested in continuing .. I have two months before I bring life into this world .. so I guess that might help explain my extended absense...

miss all of you guys ... hope to hear from you soon ..

Rozes

 

[Tonofnoise]

Welcome back

The Queen has returned to reclaim her throne. Haza, let me be the first to welcome you back. I hope marriage and motherhood is going well.

 

[Jagged]

Yes the Queen of the Nile is welcomed back.....we will have to engineer something for the lost time but glafd you back and over joyed to hear that you will have your little one soon. Pm me and we will discuss things further.

 

[LadyRozes]

Aww thanks Tonofnoise and of course jagged.. Yes I would never willingly abandon such a great thread that I have written close to thirty pages on ... so I will give it a go ... impending motherhood is still a good two months away so I should be able to get a few posts in before then and a course marriage for lucky me has been bliss .. I have reached heaven on Earth with a few months of morning sickness in the middle lol

anyway .. I will have to pm jagged before posting on the thread... so it will be a few before actually posting

thanks again for such a warm welcome ..
Rozes

 

[Jagged]

Next few days I plan to do updates so shoot me an email and let me know what is up......and another mercenary player is set to join.

 

[Jagged]

Sorry no updates this past weekend a friend of the family passed on and all spare time was taken up quickly. The end of the week looks clear so then I can finally get back to our lovely story.........



Lady Roze let me know what is on your mind.


Wolk......have yours written up just need to make some finishing touches.

Sorry people been real stressed lately. You deserve better then a third rate rush job.

 

[RoneLith]

Don't worry about it Jag, I haven't even replied yet. I think however I have devolped the idea I want so look for my reply tommorow

 

[Tonofnoise]

3rd Rate

Yea Please Don't Give Us A 3rd Rate Reply. But Don't Stress Out. I Have The Mighty Cure. Go To The Bar And Just Do 4 Strong Shots. Than Grab Some Friends And Hit Perkins Or Denny's For A Chicken Tender Melt. Than Watch Patton. By Morning Everything Everything Will Be All Better.