SR Review Year 01

Northern Invasion

AKA "The War of Northern Aggression".

The South need not rise again. We kicked their ass the first time.

Details

On August 16th, Westmarch invaded itself. The core lands stuffed upwards of thirty people into whatever vans, cars, and unicycles they could lay hands on. They headed south, with blood on their minds. There was some talk of fighting for voting rights for the non-core lands, but it was never clear who would be fighting on which side of the issue.

I believe every Westmarch land was represented to some extent, though the numbers haven't yet been posted.

It was a cloudless day... quite hot, and a bit dusty.

Day's Events

The day started off with the usual ditching one can expect from such gatherings. Swinging foam with & at people you don't get to fight every week is always a pleasure. Till they stomp your guts out.

After a goodly amount of ditch time, a short court was held. Tremere was elevated to Baronet for his service in Siar Geata, and Deimos of Seven Sleeping Dragons was promoted from MaA to Squire by Sir Keluric of Wavehaven.

Castle Battle

Then we got on to the business at hand, showin' them yankee sons a bitches what for.

Crimson Sanctum and Siar Geata defended their castle against the combined Westmarch Core Lands. Quite a bit of armor was in evidence on both sides. The defenders were heavy on magic and archery, while the attackers fielded three siege engines, and a stronger mix of melee classes.

In the initial castle layout, there was a single opening. This confined space allowed the few southern melee classes to effectively hold a line while the projectiles and magic did their job. The northern siege engines were quickly destroyed, having almost zero impact on the battle.

In the second round, the reeves evened things out a bit by adding two small openings in the castle wall. Didn't help.

The game was called after the northerners were killed almost to a man, for a second time.

Insurrection Battle

< I really don't know much about the start of the battle here... I was off trying to find a Sonic Drive In that didn't exist. whee>

Peasants vs Nobles.

The insurrection battle, while numerically similar, was badly lopsided towards the nobles. The commoners were repeatedly wiped out with minimal losses to the gentry. Things evened out considerably after the reeves encouraged a number of people to defect to the commoners' side.

Goodbyes

Fond fare-wells and all that. The kind of day you don't want to end.