So my epic campaign continues with yet another grinder:
On day 320, took a contract to take out whatever terrorizes some backwoods village. Noticed the contract was 3 skulls and a ton of money, so I was like I probably shouldn't, but I mean come on...
24 Nachenburgers. Ok, I was hoping they would all be the junior type. No such luck, 5-6 top level fuckers, and another 6-7 mid-levels, and the rest are juniors.
I fucked up and instead of taking all footmen, which is my usual strategy against plethora of Nachos (works great to prevent them from encircling your backline if there is no backline
), took a backline of crossbowmen. This of course is not ideal against that many Nachos, as you can't let them encircle you, but if you attack them too fast, they just use that shit to feast on their own corpses. Which is what happened.
Next thing I know, the fat fuckers swallowed half my company (the fucking AI is pretty good at figuring out to swallow the best dudes too, swallowed my sergeant, and 2 knight like dudes, among others), and are constantly feasting themselves while I kill them. So by mid-battle, I am 110% sure I am getting wiped. Shit is getting desperate, crossbowmen are fighting with spears and shield (I realized I forgot to give one a shield as a backup,
, he blocked with his ribs), bannerman is poking well fed Nachos with banner while 2 junior Nachos are sitting on his face, best dudes are digesting in Nacho stomachs, and I am already making plans to start next campaign.
But somehow, my little bros stuck with it, and slowly, Nacho by Nacho, they managed to claw their way back. It got funny toward the end, as they popped the fat Nachos, and dudes started coming back half-digested.
So, the final tally: the poor bannerman Guntbert died (even though I have a surgeon retinue, he already had 2 permanent injuries before, so this one did him in), but he was the only fatality. Another footman got the Traumatized permanent trait, so I had to retire him from company, and one of the crossbowmen got messed up lungs (-40% fatigue). I will keep him around while I train his replacement, but long term he's gotta go with 30 fatigue. Other than that, one dude got a missing nose (minor thing) and one dude got brain damage, so all in all, an epic victory.
The religious war started between North and South, but I am not getting involved until most of the settlements become non-hostile.