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Mannahnin wrote:Toadying = being invited to the club of someone of higher social standing, yes?

Everyone is welcome to my club (even you social level 2 commoners )

This invitation is based on the assumption that I don't have to buy drinks or entrance fees to the club for the party goers.

The Frog and Peach is hopping (with toadies ) on the First Week of January

ChaplainSeverus wrote:So say I borrowed 100 pistoles in December due on June

If I borrow 200 more in February is 300 total due in June? or is that second amount due in August?

The first 110 (10% interest) would be due in June.

The second 220 would be due in August.

If you are on campaign you can't be dunned for your debts, so it is always an option to stay on campaign for months in the hope of winning enough loot to come back rich.

(The penalty for not paying your debts on time is to be disgraced and sent on campaign with a frontier regiment.)

The disadvantage of going on campaign is that you could get killed.

While you can't go up SLs you also can't drop, and you don't have any expenses but you will draw pay and allowances.

On campaign you have the chance of getting Mentions in Dispatches which are basically free SPs when you return.


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Mannahnin wrote:I was curious about duties too. Glad to hear being a Captain gives me such free time.

Toadying = being invited to the club of someone of higher social standing, yes?

Toadying = being invited to visit the club of a social superior in his company and sucking up to him.

Which of you fine gentlemen are now Picardy Musketeers? I'd be happy to share a round of drinks with you in Week 4, and invite any of you who are not already members (*cough* Manchu *cough*) to attend as my guests.

-Cpt. Jean-Michel Bael, of the Picardy Musketeers

Sir,

While I am honored by your gregarious invitation, I will not be able to join you because I will be busy performing my required regimental duties.

--Manfred Guderian, Subaltern of the Picardy Musketeers

does a captain need a horse?

and is there a deadline for January orders?

Yeah, any captain needs a horse. It's in the material above.

Jan orders are due tomorrow, right?

Manchu, any other Picardy Musketeers- any interest in coming 'round Red Philips to toady in week 3 or 4? LMK.

Merci beaucoup mais I have already been invited by the gracious M. Guderian. I would accept your invitation as well, but a pauper private such as myself can neither afford the expense on its face or the time away from his duties.

We have quite a generous group in the Musketeers! Vive la Picardy!

~Luc-Vincent Thore

D'accord! Vraiment!

KK, can we toady (or be toadyed to) more than one week during the month? Or is it a 1x/month limit?

You can toady every week.

Don't forget the need for feminine companionship.

Kilkrazy wrote:You can toady every week.

Don't forget the need for feminine companionship.

j'ai ri

Kilkrazy wrote:You can toady every week.

Don't forget the need for feminine companionship.

But you can suffer a -2 SP on one turn by staying clear of the bawdy houses as long as you have SP= to you SL for that turn.


Next turn will be a -4 SP if you don't visit the ladies but you can visit the bawdy house then and be fine, correct?

Exactly right.

Anxiously awaiting the updates....come on SL4!!

Yes, the need for feminine companionship. Love this game! I feel like killing someone.

*brushes dirt of newly acquired epaulets* Better to be the junior captain than the senior subaltern. After all the carousing and toadying, I look forward to the next edition of the Parisien. Should be very interesting.

It's up on the website now.

Will copy here.


Le Poireau Parisien de Janvier 1621

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Court and Social
His Majesty the King entertained orphans of the charitable foundation “L’école Militaire Saint Suplice” this month and gave them a peroration on the military art. So wise and instructive was this speech that we take the liberty to reproduce it in full here:

“Our late father established the organisation of regiments in accordance with the best principles of Vegetius and the other classical writers of the Military Art and Science.

“Each regiment is commanded by a Colonel. His support is the Lieutenant Colonel, directly commanding the First Battalion (or Squadron, if it be a cavalry regiment.) The second and third battalions are commanded by Majors.

“Each battalion comprises of two Companies (or troops); these are designated in order of seniority A though to F. They are all commanded by Captains.

“This structure of the regiment clearly delineates to the gentleman officer his proper place in the military hierarchy and offers structured progression to the higher ranks. Thus social order is maintained and the gentlemen privates can be properly instructed in their duties.

“We are pleased to maintain this system which has served us so well.”

His Excellency the Cardinal Richelieu thanked His Majesty on behalf of the pupils and expressed his hope that they would all grow up to become loyal subjects, and doughty warriors in the Cardinal’s Guards.


Around Town
Captain Jean-Michel Bael of the 13th Fusiliers was invited to the Frog and Peach by Mr. Roland LeBlanc of the Royal Marines. The Captain showed his strategic skills by carousing broadly. Fortified with drink the bold Captain occupied a seat at the gambling tables where he soundly thrashed the House for play after play, until new dice were called for. The Captain’s servant was overheard complaining about the weight of the purse he was made to carry home that evening!

New in town! Mr. Patrick le Tacomanne, second son of the very wealthy Marquis of Quimper, has taken rooms in the Rue Frambois. He is said to be seeking high office in the military.

Mr. Manfred Guderain, rumoured to be a German, newly made Captain in the Picardy Musketeers attended Mr. Roland LeBlanc at his club the Frog and Peach.

A young subaltern of the 13th Fusiliers, Mr. Gabriel Adlam, was seen buying expensive perfume. What lady might be the happy recipient of such a present? Mr. Adlam was later seen walking near the apartemente of Miss Ninon Girard.


Sport
The draw for the International Cup of Ball Foot in 1622 was made. France has been drawn in the same group as Spanish Flanders (rightfully French!) Spanish Morocco and Spanish Savoie (rightfully French!!)


Paris
The Constable of Paris closed L’isle de la Cité to carriages while debris was removed from the roads. The obstructions were due to several gargoyles having fallen from Notre Dame. Clearly Spanish workmanship was to blame for this disaster. This is a lesson to us all!


La France
Invention of a new cheese!!
Mr. Amblon, fromageur of Burgundy announced the creation of Baratte. This delicious, mild cheese of pure goat’s milk is made in small balls and sold with a straw thrust into it, by which it can be conveniently eaten without a knife.

Snow fell in Toulon for the first time in several years.


International
The Papal States -- Great sadness.
His Holiness Pope Paul V died suddenly on 28th January. Among the great works of his life were the completion of the Vatican, and the refutation of the clearly stupid astronomical theories of Copernicus and Galileo.



Des Autres

Un annuaire discret des femmes jolies, riches, influentes, et sans attaches*

SL --- Nom --- --- --- --- --- Jolie? --- Riche? --- Influente?
15 --- La Comtesse ... ... ... .. N ... ... .. N ... ... ... ... N
14 --- Camille Dupont ... ... ... Y ... ... .. N ... ... ... ... N
13 --- Delphine Artois ... ... ... N ... ... .. Y ... ... ... ... Y
13 --- Manon Bouvier ... ... ... Y ... ... .. N ... ... ... ... N
12 --- Roxane Lambert ... ... ..N ... ... .. N ... ... ... ... N
12 --- Yasmine Moreau ... ... ..N ... ... .. N ... ... ... ... N
10 --- Olympe Prideau ... ... ...Y ... ... .. Y ... ... ... ... Y
9 ---- Ninon Girard ... ... ... ... N ... ... .. N ... ... ... ... Y
6 ----- Bibi Roux ... ... ... ... ... N ... ... .. N ... ... ... ... N

*Information may not be entirely correct. The publisher takes no responsibility for problems arising from an error.


Business
Reservations are now offered for the Christmas Market of 1621. Apply as usual to the Constable of Paris.

The East India Company is fitting out a fleet to sail in the Spring. Shares are still available on the usual terms.


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The Leaderboard -- Jan 1621



SL Character Player Email

8 Patrick Le Tacommane Tacobake

7 Mauvoisin Mauvoisin

6 Roland LeBlanc ChaplainSeverus

4 Jean-Michel Bael Mannahnin

4 Mannfred Guderian Panzerleader

3 Gabriel Adlam holidayhalflife

3 Alain Fortesque Arctik_Firangi

2 Agramant Yves L’Angley GoFenris

2 Luc-Vincent Thore Manchu

Women are such fickle creatures.

A fortune spent to have the door slammed in one's face! Sacre Bleu!



Questions

1. Are we using the physical conditioning rule (2 consecutive weeks of training allows a .25 bump to str or con)

2. When are next turn's orders due?


Roland/Matt

Answers

I will think about the conditioning rule. There is a danger in a long campaign that it would allow everyone to turn into Charles Atlas. I suppose it could be limited some way, such as not being able to increase a stat more than 20% of original.

The next orders are due on Friday night. I will send a reminder email to everyone on Thursday morning.


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There is a lot of luck involved in the game, of course. If you persist with a woman she will eventually succumb.

Anyone who got a bad result this turn can blame Captain Bael. His run at the gaming table used up all the luck available.

Kilkrazy can you issue orders while on campaign?

also the PC rules have a monetary cost involved.

Here are the rules I saw (from vive le Roi pbem)

Physical Conditioning

13.5 A character may increase his strength or constitution by spending time at the regimental training
yard working out.

13.6 For every two (2) consecutive weeks spent training, a character will have +0.25 added to his
strength or constitution. A character my never increase his strength or constitution beyond fifteen (15) in
this manner.

13.6.1 The weekly cost is 3 X Current Attribute in crowns.

I think the campaign tables are confusing me. What are some of the advantages of being a major versus being a captain? And is there any way to improve military ability?

ChaplainSeverus wrote:Kilkrazy can you issue orders while on campaign?

No. While on campaign you do nothing but collect pay, loot and Mentions in Dispatches. Sometimes there is a little light skirmishing.

ChaplainSeverus wrote:
also the PC rules have a monetary cost involved.

Here are the rules I saw (from vive le Roi pbem)

Physical Conditioning

13.5 A character may increase his strength or constitution by spending time at the regimental training
yard working out.

13.6 For every two (2) consecutive weeks spent training, a character will have +0.25 added to his
strength or constitution. A character my never increase his strength or constitution beyond fifteen (15) in
this manner.

13.6.1 The weekly cost is 3 X Current Attribute in crowns.

I'll consider it.


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PanzerLeader wrote:I think the campaign tables are confusing me. What are some of the advantages of being a major versus being a captain? And is there any way to improve military ability?

A major gets the following advantages compared to a captain;

1. More pay.
2. More status.
3. Can volunteer his battalion/squadron for an off-season campaign.
4. While on campaign can roll for battle results using his Military Ability. Obviously this is better if you have high MA.
5. Can excuse subalterns and privates in his battalion/squadron from duties.
6. During summer campaign, may be appointed Brigade Major or Aide de Camp to the General. See Military Appointments table for details.

Sometimes a captain may be acting Major if the regiment does not have enough live majors. In this case he gets advantages 3,4 and 5 but not 1, 2 or 6.

Improving Military Ability
While on summer campaign, if a Commander (of battalion/squadron or above) gets a battle result at least one level higher than his immediate superior, he will receive a permanent +1 to his MA.

If I have practiced 4 times with the same weapon does that mean my Expertise in that weapon is my base EXP +1

And it will continue to rise through the course of the game?

Yes.

Your expertise with each individual weapon is tracked separately.

Your system looks cleaner and more user friendly

I was looking at the original dueling rules (from the game)
it looks like using a cutlass is pretty predictable and slow weapon. is the cutlass a big disadvantage under the old rules?

If any of you pussies are Captains or higher with the Queen's Own (or even the Archduke's) let me know where we can settle some things.

Otherwise if anyone of SL 4+ wants to come along to the The Horse Guards we can probably work something out. Heck I can even be persuaded if you want to join the company. We will probably be campaigning in the Summer unless something comes up. Or maybe put in a word for you with the Grand Duke's.

Speaking of needing money, keep your hands off Olympe. She has no interest in riff-raff besides. Actually, just do not even look at her.

ChaplainSeverus wrote:Your system looks cleaner and more user friendly

I was looking at the original dueling rules (from the game)
it looks like using a cutlass is pretty predictable and slow weapon. is the cutlass a big disadvantage under the old rules?

It is about 20 years since I played with the proper fencing rules. I remember they are good fun but take a long time to resolve fights.

Realistically the cutlass ought to be a slow moving weapon compared to a rapier. The sabre should probably be in between. However, when you start making differences between weapons it opens up the chance for power gaming which I think is detrimental to this sort of game.

I ripped the rules in our campaign from "Briney En Garde". I thought a system that had been in use for years would probably be more balanced than something I invented on Thursday night.

If duels become common, we will be able to see how the system works and make adjustments if necessary.

KK, can I get an answer on the 13th Fusiliers v. Picardy Musketeers confusion? In my month 1 results you state I joined the Musketeers, and deducted Pistoles matching their cost (as a column 7 regiment), but every reference since (in the papers and in my month 2 results) you're saying the Fusiliers, and I got 2 status, matching the Fusiliers . I'm happy enough with either, but I need to know which one is right in order to properly plan my next set of orders. Please let me know.

Thanks!

I will look at it tonight.

Merci beaucoup!


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In trying to evaluate the attractiveness of Tacomanne's offer, I note that it seems tricky to calculate the SP gained by Toadying at the Horse Guards. Normally the points gained are equal to the difference between your own SL and that needed to join the club in question. But The Horse Guards doesn’t have an SL requirement, per se. Its entry requirement is to be an officer of the Horse Guard Brigade.

The Horse Guards Brigade appears to be comprised of the Dragoon Guard and the Queen’s Own Carabiniers (this is interesting; that these two enemy regiments share the same club!). You need to be at least SL4 to join the Queen’s Own, and at least SL5 to be a Subaltern therein. So does that mean that it counts as SL5 to join?

I dig the idiosyncracies of this game. Sorry to pester you, KK. It's fun to talk about, though.

SL4.

The attraction of the Horse Guards is the number of fights that happen and the high gambling limit for relatively low level characters.