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Medieval Siege · Owen's result

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Survival score

83/ 100

You probably make it. Sir Baker Of Thornwick.

Decisions
10
Time taken
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Of players
Top 2%
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Your ending

Sir Baker Of Thornwick

You held a castle against four hundred men with mattresses, porridge and an unshakeable belief in bread. You are now a knight. Your coat of arms is a rolling pin, rampant.

  • Out-thought a professional army
  • Kept the whole castle singing

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 · #2

Refuse, loudly and magnificently

'THORNWICK DOES NOT SURRENDER!' The walls cheer. The herald looks you up and down, writes something, and rides back. It is going to be a siege.

Final condition

Health65
Supplies55
Nerve70
Group trust65
Know-how80
Caution45

What everyone chose

  1. Decision 1 The horns

    Ring the bell and get every villager inside the walls30%
    Shut the gates immediately23%
    Hide the grain stores down in the cryptPicked24%
    Climb the tower and count the enemy23%

    Only 28% of survivors made the same choice here.

  2. Decision 2 The herald

    Refuse, loudly and magnificentlyPicked30%
    Ask politely for three days to consider24%
    Offer him fresh bread and try to negotiate23%
    Throw a loaf at his head23%

    31% 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 poles29%
    Pour cauldrons of boiling porridge on them30%
    Run the length of the walls rallying the defendersPicked23%
    Hide in the bakery until it's over18%

    Only 25% 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 knighthoodPicked24%
    Land and a mill of your own25%
    A pardon for everyone, even Aldous the miller23%
    Just your bakery back, and a new oven28%

    Only 19% of survivors made the same choice here.

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