Testing blog

[Jubal]

Because testing this game's so funny, I felt I should share the best bits.

Today, I've been testing a Kislev campaign...

Kislev itself got attacked by the Middenheimers, curse them. They had a much bigger army and I and my best troops were up north fighting the Chaos Hordes.  I did my best to wreak havoc outside the walls but their spearmen managed to pin most of my cavalry; I had a unit of Gospodar axemen too, but they got shot to pieces. At last they broke the gate; I raced my tiny remaining band of cavalrymen inside, and the two remaining Gospodars were left to face the enemy hordes alone. Despite dispatching two huntsmen and one of the elite teutogen guard, one of my brave Gospodars was killed and the other fled. Nevertheless, they had done their job and my cavalry reached the plaza safely. That was that for the Gospodars - or so I thought. The enemy still had 2 units of archers, 2 of spears and the Teutogen guard left against about fifteen elite cavalrymen (in about 4 units) and my fleeing Gospodar. I used my cav to run rings around them even inside the walls, managing to hunt down one archery unit. I then spied a chance, and raced my cavalry around both sides fo a building to catch the enemy general in a pincer movement; he fell to my brave lancers, as did an accompanying archer unit (who fled as I charged).

That left all the spearmen. Against cavalry. One unit ran in and I positioned 5 men (the largest remaining unit) against their front and rushed the remainder into the back - which dealt with them, but I had had heavy losses. The other unit, surely, was going to finish me.

But not so.

For I noticed that I had one Gospodar axeman left, the one man who had fled from the gate. So I selected him, and charged him in. He raced in, roaring the warcry of the Kislevites, hacked a first foe down with hhis axe... and then the rest fled. Out of the blue. They'd taken maybe ten or eleven losses outside the gates, there were about fifteen left, and they fled from a single footman.

All hail the Gospodar. He was (and is, he's still with my armies) THE MAN.


EDIT; The game informs me that the Gospodar's name is Vibius. I've put him as captain of a relief force heading for Praag. The story of Vibius the Gospodar is not over yet...

[Marcus]

That is actually awesome.

[Silver Wolf]

Gospodar axeman? Gospodar means Lord in Croatian...

Nice story too...

[Jubal]

In the Warhammer background, the Gospodars are the ruling tribe of Kislev. No idea if the etymology is there, but I suspect it is.

[Silver Wolf]

It's probably the same in Russian...

[Colonel_Ryan]

Aivsom!

[comrade_general]

Quite cool!

[Hopit]

that was so funny I can't believe it, oh and I've done all chaos sprites I can do, next bretonnia

[Marcus]

Good stuff Hopit, nice to see you on board.

[Hopit]

I've been doing them for some time (left it for summor in some time) but I'm going now

[Jubal]

Yays!