Sengoku Jidai Divine Wind Campaign

[ahuyton]

I think Alex is having pc difficulties, according to Andre, certainly he has not submitted a turn this week. I leave it to you, Gavin, to decide if we wait or if we decide both our armies gracefully retire to their previous positions. The game had not really got going, though I think Alex should have won it.

[GDod]

I think Alex is having pc difficulties, according to Andre, certainly he has not submitted a turn this week. I leave it to you, Gavin, to decide if we wait or if we decide both our armies gracefully retire to their previous positions. The game had not really got going, though I think Alex should have won it.

Posted 11/06/23

It is sad news that Alex has been imprisoned in a dark, smelly cellar with a broken lapdog (ie laptop) on Komoda. He cannot continue his support of the Hojo clan, and his followers on Komoda have dispersed, or fled to Katsumoto.

On the bright side, the treacherous, slimy and monstrous Ludendorf's father has demanded he declare for the Hojo and stop messing about expanding his property investments at the expense of the Hojo. Henceforth,

Alan, you are free to move whenever you decide as Alex has reluctantly discontinued the campaign due to pc issues. Ludendorf has declared for Hojo as his replacement

[ahuyton]

My Yuan army will take to the seas again, sailing to Izuhara-Katsumoto-Hirado, if that is within the rules.

[GDod]

My Yuan army will take to the seas again, sailing to Izuhara-Katsumoto-Hirado, if that is within the rules.

Sorry Alan, you can't get past Katsumoto as it's owned by the Hojo!

[ahuyton]

Ah, OK Gavin, can I stop and have a look round Katsumoto then please? I am sure the inhabitants will be happy to see us.

[GDod]

Ah, OK Gavin, can I stop and have a look round Katsumoto then please? I am sure the inhabitants will be happy to see us.

Alan's Yuan begin sightseeing tour of Katsumoto via Izuhara - adverse weather effect yet to be revealed

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[GDod]

• Ludendorf the Slimy and Monstrous moves overland to Imari

Ludendorf the Slimy and Monstrous takes Imari without opposition.

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[GDod]

Ah, OK Gavin, can I stop and have a look round Katsumoto then please? I am sure the inhabitants will be happy to see us.

• Ludendorf takes Katsumoto unopposed after taking a package tour of the Shomo Shrine...

"This guardian shrine of Katsumoto Town was built over 1,300 years ago.
Empress Jingū from Japanese mythology is enshrined here, and historical sites associated with her are located nearby.
Empress Jingū is known familiarly in Japan as the goddess of victory and safe birth. One legend describes how, in the latter half of 332, the empress led an invasion to conquer the Kingdom of Silla on the Korean peninsula. On the way to and from this expedition, she stopped by Iki and built a temporary palace here, and this was abandoned after her final departure. But a mysterious phenomenon occurred in which something shining kept emerging from the ocean, so the villagers dedicated a mirror at the site of the palace and venerated the empress as a deity, which is how this shrine came to be.
According to another story, Empress Jingū brought back 101,500 enemy heads and buried them in a hole in the beach, over which she built a shrine repository, which then became Shōmogū Shrine."
............................................ Practical Information for Traveling to Japan（Japan National Tourism Organization）

• Postscript; Ludendorf's forces spent most of their time trying to dig up the enemy heads to give them a decent burial back home!

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[ahuyton]

Ah, OK Gavin, can I stop and have a look round Katsumoto then please? I am sure the inhabitants will be happy to see us.

• Ludendorf takes Katsumoto unopposed after taking a package tour of the Shomo Shrine...

This must be Hojo propaganda. The Yuan visitors have burnt the temples of the false gods to the ground, to the delight of the local peasantry.

I imagine you mean ahuyton takes Katsumoto, Gavin?

[GDod]

... This must be Hojo propaganda. The Yuan visitors have burnt the temples of the false gods to the ground, to the delight of the local peasantry.

I imagine you mean ahuyton takes Katsumoto, Gavin?

Indeed I do mean you Alan, in my defense Ludendorf changes sides so often, it's even confusing me

[KiwiWarlord]

KiwiWarlord has brought Kashii back into Nihon after 4 days of occupation and is now, on June 5th, moving from Kashii to Defend the Munakata Shrine 2 days after the dreaded Yuan horde of BGanoush began chasing the Monks out.

Challenge posted for Bob ( pw Monks ) June 5th.
Note all available Warrior Monks will be joining the Hojo Defenders.

Note Bob that you must include 2 units of Raw Troops due to weather conditions. ( see Gavin's note )

Challenge uplifted June 6th

June 27th Munakata Shrine cleared of the dreaded Yuan horde of BobGanoush
KiwiWarlord's Hojo 55%, Bob's Yuan 66 %
Close and hard fought battle that went close to nightfall, with good luck & disasters for both sides throughout.

[GDod]

June 27th Munakata Shrine cleared of the dreaded Yuan horde of BobGanoush
KiwiWarlord's Hojo 55%, Bob's Yuan 66 %
Close and hard fought battle that went close to nightfall, with good luck & disasters for both sides throughout.

• KiwiWarlord's Hojo secures Munakata Shrine for the monks to practise their quiet peaceful meditations once again

• BobGanoush's heroic but ultimately unsuccessful Yuan retreat to Saka

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[GDod]

• Lascar engages GDod at Shikanoshima

After a tumultuous tussle of two titans, Dave earned the respect of the mainly cavalry Yuan force who tried in vain to rush and break the Hojo left flank. Although, the Yuan achieved this objective, the casualties sustained, and the central anchor of mixed infantry and cavalry in the open could not hold off the determined pressure from the Hojo centre and quickly redeployed right.

• lascar's Hojo takes Shikanoshima back from GDod

• GDod's unsuccessful Yuan retreat to their stronghold at Izuhara

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[GDod]

CHANGE TO VICTORY CONDITIONS
It seems that the victory conditions will take a very long time to achieve. Hence, they have been amended: To win a faction must control five more provinces than the opposing faction to control Japan

• GDod sails to take Kashii via Komoda and Saka - adverse weather effect x3 yet to be revealed

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[KiwiWarlord]

July 3rd, KiwiWarlord moves overland from the Munakata Shrine to Defend Kashi from the dreaded GDod.

[BobGanoush]

BobGanoush will go to Munakata Shrine from Saka

[GDod]

BobGanoush will go to Munakata Shrine from Saka

(KiwWarlord) July 3rd, KiwiWarlord moves overland from the Munakata Shrine to Defend Kashi from the dreaded GDod.

• BobGanoush moves to Munakata Shrine

• KiwiWarlord moves overland to Kashii

• GDod accepts KiwiWarlord's challenge and awaits the post and password (NB 22.5.23 GDod post Clarification - The last person to move to a province is the challenger.)

• GDod's - adverse weather effects (x3) revealed (9%, 94%, 85%) GDod must include 2 units of Raw Troops due to weather conditions.

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[lascar]

Lascar moves to Munakata Shrine

[GDod]

Lascar moves to Munakata Shrine

• Lascar sails to Munakata Shrine via Nokonoshima- Meinohama then overland - adverse weather effects ( No adverse effect for shrines . However, Japanese players attacking or defending a shrine must use all warrior monks available.

• Lascar to set up challenge. Bob to post acceptance.

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[lascar]

Lascar intercepts Bob at Munakata Shrine