The Peasants Are Coming!

THE PEASANTS ARE COMING

You are the nobility and tens of thousands of peasants march on your lands.

So grab and toss 'em!

• Fling them back up the road.

• Upgrades let you grab more at once.

Place towers along the road

• Ballista: fires bolts down the road.

• Trebuchet: throws casks of milk into the crowd.

• Boiling Oil: pours on whoever passes.

• Bombard: rolls iron balls that glance off the rocks.

• Bread and Circuses: the show pulls the crowd off the road and inside.

Or use your lordly powers

• The King’s Hand: grab a fistful and throw them.

• Call the Cavalry: riders charge down the road.

• Bribe: a rain of purses.

• Royal Decree: they stop to listen.

Choose what to defend

• Lose the treasury: half your takings walk off.

• Lose the chapel: your gate loses a quarter of its strength.

• Lose the gate: the battle is over.

Break their leaders

Each mob has ringleaders with their own plan. Kill one and its band loses its way.

• The Preacher goes for your weakest spot.

• The Baker marches for the grain.

Between waves pick one of the Lord's Favors: stronger pieces, a bigger purse, a tougher gate.