Have been quite busy for the past few days, should get round to posts (on all games) shortly.

Me too, I am acting as Guardian for my brother who is now in hospice care ... which requires my wife and I to be care givers at his apartment 8 miles from here ... and I still manage a post or so a day. You can do it and it gets your mind off of more serious stuff for a bit.

In reply to Finger of Fate (msg # 537):

Really, what sort of troops did I hire if a couple of guys in a rowboat can overpower them, even with me shooting at them?I thought they would have learn't last time...do they LIKE getting shot?

LoL... There are multiple row boats each with a crossbowman in the bow.
Hitting anything is hard, but a good roll will do it ... Your guy failed any sort of defensive roll and got hit ... it could be much worse.
 Had you not hung back, you likely have beaten all these twinkies and been out of the harbor by now ...
Your sailors are rowing hard ...  your soldiers are fighting as best they can ... The small boats have two men rowing, one steering and one up front shooting. You had 4 soldiers IIRC, two shooting and two loading crossbows to maintain rate of fire ... Now there is only one guy up front. The new Passenger is attending to the wounded man and seems reasonably competent.

In reply to Finger of Fate (msg # 539):

Ok. We will make sure we get someone assisting in reloading the crossbow then, and keep 2 operating. If we have that number, we should be firing every third round then (1 round to aim, 1 to change and 1 to fire). Are they? Women and kids can take the place of fast draw (ammo) in that case...

I hung back because others were not equipped to deal with this as well as we are. Being in a bigger boat also has advantages...we should also have some cover they would not have.

How many crossbowmen threaten us in total?
This message was last edited by the player at 20:30, Wed 22 July 2020.

Well with the one you fouled up, only 5 remain in the chase and only three are anywhere close enough to be a threat.

The women and children are hunkered down as you told them to do... the man is assisting as he can, now that he has bandaged the soldiers leg.

Sorry for slow posting today, had to put a Cat down after 13 years with us, not a great Day.
Just got back home.
Will try and post later or tomorrow.

In reply to Finger of Fate (msg # 542):

Sorry for your loss. We had a tough funeral yesterday. Friends only daughter, an 8 to girl, was killed when a truck lost control... right in front of her parents. Really nasty. At least your cat had a good life.

That's Horrible...  and Heartbreaking.  My condolences to them... I can only imagine the pain.

Sorry to hear the bad news folks.

In reply to Padraig MacTire (msg # 545):

Yes. i kept thinking how it could have been my little girl.

Yup... crossed my brain too... it must be hellish for them...

Deepest sympathy for everyone.

In reply to Runt (msg # 548):

Back, still waiting on reply...

In reply to Mustafa Zephyr (msg # 549):

5000 posts! Well done...

Thanks, it just keeps hanging on...

OK, Chris1234 is putting a character together for this game.
You can continue with Mustafa or choose to play someone new.
Only issue with Mustafa is how we handle Lileth.

In reply to Finger of Fate (msg # 552):

Kind of like Mustafa. Chris does not have to be a partner...

OK, can do... figure out if she is staying home or if I have to play her...

In reply to Finger of Fate (msg # 554):

I can play her as an Ally. I do not think cp were handed out at the end of the last mission, so taking her as an Ally would be appropriate.

Possibly, let me think on it.

In reply to Finger of Fate (msg # 556):

Good to post there yet?

Yes, I thinnk so...

Have I missed something?

In reply to Finger of Fate (msg # 559):

Not sure...was that meant to happen?