UpdateOnce again, Lord
Culs De Sac of Tyrol managed to defend his inner sanctuary from the invading troops led by Lord
danryan of Styria. This moves their battle on to the next stage, returning back to the castle forts of Tyrol, where Lord
Culs De Sac will be looking to push Lord
danryan back to the borders.
In lieu of this extremely long string of games, a new rule has been implemented into the tournament, which states:
!!! NEW RULE !!!
If the lord launching the attack is unable to soundly defeat his opponent after 13 stages of battle, the lord will be forced to retreat from the invasion due to lack of resources to continue the battle. This will force a mutual cease fire agreement between the fiefs to be drawn for the rest of the round, allowing the lords to restore their power and resources in their fiefs, and prepare for the next round of attacks.
More importantly, the lords are highly superstitious people, and if their attempts at conquering another fief are futile after 13 rounds, it would be deemed as bad luck, due to their aversion to the number 13. This arrival of bad luck on their heads would deter them from continuing in battle for the rest of the round, in fear of having inconsolable losses should they continue in battle.
Effectively, this means that the lord defending his castle will retain possession of his fief, while the attacking lord leaves empty-handed.
This means that after 13 games, if the attacker is still unable to claim a victory in Draknor, the battle will end and the defender will keep his land. This does NOT mean that the attacker must continue the attack in the next round, but does NOT deter the same battle plan from being made in the next round either.
This also means that if the 13th game does not take place on the Draknor map, the game will not be played.
I'm trying not to meddle with the original tournament gameplay as set by ralph, but I don't think I'm introducing something entirely new here. If you look at Round 2's battle at Hungary with Austria invading, you'll find that the series of battles ended after 9 attacks, with no final conclusion. And even though Austria won 5 of the 9 battles, Hungary was still considered to be defended. Thus, I'm following this example, but extending the games limit to 13, instead of giving the fief to the Lord with more victories that round.
Hopefully this will speed things up, but still retain the tournament experience that ralph intended (:
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