Basedstein: Turn 10

          And... we're done! After ten weeks (twelve, if you count the earlier turns that weren't part of the official wargame) the game has come to an end. We lost a lot of players half-way through the game, few people stuck around, and in the end, it was a disaster. But a fun disaster. In the future, I am going to run a proper Braunstein (heavily influenced by the work of Dave Wesley, rather than whatever this wargame was, titled after Enraged Eggplant's Eggstein and not Wesley's Braunstein).

        Here are the final turns. I might post a retrospective, or I might not. Players can talk freely now if they'd like about whatever they'd like to. Your characters are now cemented in the history of Anglica, and even if this setting doesn't survive, I usually re-use characters and concepts, meaning your characters truly are part of the world(s).

Razing of the Southwoods

        The dwarves arrived with flaming arrows, torches, and blastpowder. They began to raze the forest, while under fire by archers. Eventually, it began to rain. It seemed, due to a perceived omen from the Gods, the King under the Mountain called for a cease fire. He asked the Elves to send word to the Elven Leader, Lothas, that he wished to have a formal negotiation for the terms of peace, whatever that might entail. Overall, little dwarves were lost and the forest was mostly intact.

Battle of Oxton

        Defended by a militia, less than 60 men, and a noble Knight who stood at the head of a skein formation, Oxton was assaulted by the forces of Baron Johann. The town was quickly captured, the Knight imprisoned, and the men routed. Rather than hanging the militia, Johann spared them under the pretense that they were now with their ancestral people. Baron Johann then sent a messenger to the Baron Black to negotiate a cease of hostilities. 

Undead Amassing at Mt. Balaim

        Hordes of undead assaulted the Colony at Mt. Balaim. There were at least 2,000 of the beasts. The fate of the colony is unknown, but it isn't advised that anyone should attempt to enter the mountain or make a pilgrimage to the Volcano at Mt. Balaim, due to the worry that they might grow the horde. The cause of this is unknown.

Peace Summit at Castle Dirk

        The warring dwarves and both Baronies of Men all sent letters to Count Zach of Dirk, interested in having a grand peace talks at Castle Dirk, accompanied by a feast and a demonstration of new dwarven weaponry, the blueprints of which were delivered from the great Mountainhome, which makes use of dwarven blastpowder. The response of the Count is unknown, but it is probable that he would host it, as he is quite generous.

National Hero Returns!

        Kaden of Nevasa (now Sir Kaden of Nevasa), a national hero, somehow returned to Nevasa this week! When Nevasa was first founded, Kaden propped up the mercantile Sir Dirk I, forefather of the Dirk family, during hard times with funds he retrieved while adventuring. Without Sir Kaden, the Dirk family would not exist today. He credited his return to the Giantslayers, the Vassals of Baron Fleck.