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Medieval Siege · Rhys's result

They survived

Survival score

85/ 100

You definitely make it. Siege Genius.

Decisions
10
Time taken
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Of players
Top 1%
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Your ending

Siege Genius

False signals, wool on the walls, burned supply wagons. Military historians will study your defence of Thornwick for centuries, and none of them will believe a baker did it.

  • Out-thought a professional army
  • Stayed well back from the boiling porridge

Best decision · #9

Accept a truce and let his army leave with its dignity

Terms are agreed, sealed and toasted. His army trudges away over the hill. Nobody else has to die for a castle, and that matters.

Fatal mistake

None. Not one.

Every call you made helped. Suspicious, frankly.

Final condition

Health70
Supplies40
Nerve35
Group trust50
Know-how95
Caution75

What everyone chose

  1. Decision 1 The horns

    Ring the bell and get every villager inside the walls30%
    Shut the gates immediatelyPicked23%
    Hide the grain stores down in the crypt24%
    Climb the tower and count the enemy23%

    Only 20% of survivors made the same choice here.

  2. Decision 2 The herald

    Refuse, loudly and magnificently30%
    Ask politely for three days to considerPicked24%
    Offer him fresh bread and try to negotiate23%
    Throw a loaf at his head23%

    Only 25% of survivors made the same choice here.

  3. Decision 3 Walls or tunnel

    Stay and hold the wallsPicked55%
    Slip out through the tunnel to find Lord Edmund45%

    72% of survivors made the same choice here.

  4. Decision 4 The trebuchet

    Hang sacks of wool and straw mattresses over the wall to soften the blowsPicked28%
    Build a timber wall behind the stone one25%
    Lead a night raid to burn the trebuchet24%
    Pray in the chapel for a miracle23%

    37% of survivors made the same choice here.

  5. Decision 5 The well

    Boil every drop of water before anyone drinks it26%
    Everyone drinks ale instead30%
    Ration rainwater collected from the roofsPicked25%
    It's probably fine. Wells are deep.19%

    30% of survivors made the same choice here.

  6. Decision 6 The traitor

    Arrest him in front of everyone40%
    Let him carry on, but make him send false signalsPicked33%
    Take the bag of silver he offers you to forget it27%

    34% of survivors made the same choice here.

  7. Decision 7 The assault

    Push the ladders away with long forked polesPicked29%
    Pour cauldrons of boiling porridge on them30%
    Run the length of the walls rallying the defenders23%
    Hide in the bakery until it's over18%

    30% of survivors made the same choice here.

  8. Decision 8 The gate gives

    Pull everyone back to the keep and bar the doorsPicked39%
    Stand and fight in the gateway30%
    Push burning carts into the gateway31%

    47% of survivors made the same choice here.

  9. Decision 9 The parley

    Accept a truce and let his army leave with its dignityPicked40%
    Challenge him to settle it with a bake-off29%
    Demand he pays for every stone he broke31%

    52% of survivors made the same choice here.

  10. Decision 10 The reward

    A knighthood24%
    Land and a mill of your own25%
    A pardon for everyone, even Aldous the miller23%
    Just your bakery back, and a new ovenPicked28%

    32% of survivors made the same choice here.

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