[FKoC AAR] With Pike and Musket, English Civilwar

[Temuzu]

This AAR will be done with the wonderful mod For King or Country, and it will be pretty much straight forward AAR in its literal meaning.

This AAR Will be played as the ROYALISTS, as you have voted!

[TMK]

Nice! It will be good to see a english civil war AAR! + rep
I will follow.
My vote: Parliment coz of new model army.

[Temuzu]

Thanks for the rep my good man!

[King Of Scotland]

Parlamentalists of course, thei're Scots!!!
Oh, and + rep do you, (don't you dare playing as Royalists...).

[TMK]

By the way can you post a map and the names of the provinces coz I don't know the provinces very well?

[Temuzu]

Thanks for the kind words and rep!

I will try and see if I can take a picture of the entire map at turn 0. I just need to get fog off.

[Temuzu]

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Here you go, some of the key points of the map.

[TMK]

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Here you go, some of the key points of the map.

Key points! Thats literally the whole map!

[Temuzu]

Well, thats the key points, right? Theres some citys missing from there, but theyre not important.

Also, I think Ill let the vote go on for 3 more hours, then we will see the results!

[Temuzu]

Royalists it is!

So... How do I switch poll off?

[King Of Scotland]

Royalists it is!

So... How do I switch poll off?

You must edit your post and... and do something then...
Sorry, I have never done a poll.

[gummz]

This looks intersting. I'll be following.

[Temuzu]

I played until the declaration of war, and Im now working on the first part!

[LuckyLewis]

English Civil War, eh? I recently watched a documentary on the battle of Naseby so this will interest me.

I look forward to the first part Temuzu.

[Temuzu]

Update One
Setting the stage for war.

So, let us begin this AAR. My first action was to organize my scattered armies, all of which are well equipped and sizeable, but are positioned in weird places. I sent my King (King Charles, that is) to Oxford, my current capital, along with some of his elite Guard units. The army to the West would soon betray me, and I lose all those good men. An army of cavarly and dragoons establish an small fort blocking the access to the river.

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Next I sent the largest army in North to move southwards, to counter the enemy presence in the area. They have positioned themselves on the riverside, and have an army about the same size as mine.

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My 4 southernmost citys are in a dangerous place, and I begin to recruit more men to defend them. In case of attack, Im not intending to win the battle, but kill as many men as possible. And possible, if I KNOW that Im going to lose the battle, I will destroy all buildings prior to enemy assault.

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Meanwhile, in West, I send the army close to Plymouth, ready to conquer it once the war begins. The enemy garrison is weak here, and should not be a problem.

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Meanwhile, another one of my armys move towards Warmick, a heavily fortified castle, in order to take it. Defense is expected to be brutally effective, and men will be lost even though the enemy garrison is small.

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I sent one my my Princes towards Wales to take the Parliament stronghold there, and on the way they spot an huge army of rebels, with their intentions uknown. Even so, the garrisons of Worcester and Hereford are increased.

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And amongst these, I also ordered all citys/castles to be automanaged, and all of them will be on Financial policy. People may go a bit RABBLERABBLERABBLE about it, but I couldnt care less

I also received an order at the second turn in game to take the only rebel settlement in the map. Wasnt very hard. For reward, I receive 4 Carrack ships (Im not sure, but I think Oxford doesnt have a port D: ) to my capital. The village itself makes very little money, people are grumpy, population is decreasing, I cant build/recruit anything...

Theyre clearly Scots.

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Soon after, an message pops up, telling that the war has finally started! I immidiatetly attack the army in North, and epic battle ensues!

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Now, Im not sure, but I MAY have effed the battle. My intentions were to save the replay, but I did not. Ill have to check if the autosave is before that battle. But anyway, that stuff will be in the next update!

Hope you enjoyed!

On a small sidenote, I made an entry to the Screenshot of the Month thing, its taken from this mod, please do go and vote for me once that time comes

[Emperor of The Great Unknown]

Do you think you can focus on one character, and prehaps bring less pictures, that are really not nessary. Just a little feedback, looking decent so far.

[Temuzu]

I dont think I want to focus entirely on one character, but perhaps I can focus only on one dude per update.

Oh, and I didnt find a battle replay, and Im too lazy to replay it. Update coming today, hopefully

[TMK]

Great Update! Long too!

[Temuzu]

Long? Wicked Thanks. Starting to play now.

[Temuzu]

Update 2
Battle of Plymouth.

After the Battle of Leeds Bridge, Earl of Newcastle sieges Leeds, and intends on waiting it out if no further orders will come.

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Meanwhile, Ralph Hopton sieges Plymouth in the South, and assaults it. The enemy forces consists trained militia, both pikemen and musketeers. Hoptons army is superior in both numerical and in experience to the Parliament forces.

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The battle begins with Sakers opening fire towards Plymouths defensive brickwalls, crushing the walls and towers.

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When the first sections of walls fall, a group of Parliamental pikemen rush trough the gap and start running towards Hoptons army. Brave, certainly, wise...

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As the cannonballs crush their way into the deep formation of Parliamentals, many are killed, and the rest are left scattered and confused. Using this chaos, Hopton orders his musketeers to advance to finish the job.

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The musketeers release an deadly volley towards the enemy, and many are slain before they fall back to the city.

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With the walls and gates undefended, Hoptons army start to advance, with musketeers in the front, and pikemen and cavarly right behind them. When the musketeers halted, the cannons were moved forward aswell.

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On order, the artillery now starts to bombard the towers, crushing them with ease. Its time to advance into the city. This time the pikemen take the lead, followed by the musketeers, and cavarly stays behind as reserve.

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As Hoptons regiments enter the city, Parliamental musketeers run to the streets, and a fire exchange begins between the Parliamentals and Royalists.

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During this firefight, a very unlucky Royalist Cavarlyman gets shot by a stray bullet of a musket. Son of a gun.

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After softening the musketeers up, Hoptons pikemen advance through the streets to rout or kill the remaining enemy.

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The fighting is brutal, but only a few Royalists get killed, as the musketeers have to rely on their muskets to use as clubs. During the fierce fight, a group of Parliamentalists are forced to face the wall, and all of them are stabbed with pikes repeatedly, even though the men know theyre already dead or dying.

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After a few minutes of fighting in the streets, all of the musketeers are killed. The pikemen now advance towards the center plaza, where the remaining force is defending.

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The lines of pikes face eachother, and both sides lose men, but after a few minutes, the Royalists gain the upper hand. An epic duel between the sergeants of both armies ensues, and the Royalists sergeant prevails. He would later receive an promotion, but will get killed in a battle later the same year.

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The Royalists regroup, and lower their sea of pikes upon the enemy. Parliamentalists fight bravely, but they are utterly slaughtered.

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THE DAY IS OUR! Royalists gain an crushing victory, and Plymouth is secured! Parlamentarists lose all of their men, but the population is saved from slaughter.

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As seen here, its still a long way to unite the fronts. But nothing can stop us now! Right..?

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Oh my.

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