Sengoku Rance

[Excellen Browning]

1. Day job.

2. I can think of a lot of other things I'd rather look at besides naked chicks.

1. Maybe I'm just stupid but I know what your day job is and I still don't see how that would matter. Unless you play games at work. Or your day job is also your night job or w/e

2. Fair point. I want to point out though that the sex scenes are actually driven by the writing, not the pictures. (And breast sizes tend to stay in the realm of the physically possible)

Edited January 23, 2013 by Daigoji Excellen

[Parrhesia]

2. Fair point. I want to point out though that the sex scenes are actually driven by the writing, not the pictures. (And breast sizes tend to stay in the realm of the physically possible)

yes, there would be no other way to tell the story of daemonic feudal japan except with cgs of rance fucking people every five battles or so

[nano]

The ogre bones are good to have in a farming game where you spend many turns visiting all the dungeons and raising commanders. It's useless for any fast game though. There is captain's guard which makes for a good platform for 9999 troops, also the warrior squad which is decent on charge warriors. The textbooks are always good to have too.

I'll refrain from more tips for now. I read these strategies from a Chinese forum so they are all in Chinese, but maybe I'll translate some over when I get free time. I thought about puting the 21 turn 4 fan strat on the wiki, but it was too difficult to excute imo by casual gamers.

[Excellen Browning]

Chinese sure love their japanese porn games, rawbut gaems, animes and comics.

[Balcerzak]

The Northern Campaign.

[spoiler=Update 6a]Day 20:

Action Fan 1:

"Nobody messes with Texas" is such a lie.

Action Fan 2:

Action Fan 3:

Freeing up room in the roster for Magic. Or NP. Or both.

Battle Permits:

Their provinces are named Sado and Mazo. They're ruled by a warrior goddess who crushes men under her heels.

Tell me I'm not the only one making this connection.

Enemy Phase:

I don't care about you dropping my available flags, I can still assassinate.

Well, goodbye Teru. Commander charge will plow through that guard shikigami.

...good enough.

Day 21:

Hello Forehead-chan... I mean Magic.

Action Fan 1:

I will never not enjoy this scene.

Action Fan 2:

Action Fan 3:

Administration:

We finally have a full complement. It's actually a good idea to unequip them currently though, as Kenshin will plot repulse them and force you to retreat from Sado until the coup.

Goodbye Ran. Just so you know, in your route I always let you get with Souun.

Goodbye Rizna, if you weren't required for Magic's arrival, you wouldn't have lasted this long.

Goodbye random non-EGP lady.

NB: I am dismissing all these people in order to hire all of my captured cavalry. Even the man. I need to be able to hit 3000 troops, and I don't want to spend a lot of money.

Enemy Phase:

Day 22:

Start of turn event

Just a scripted Rance Affection +1, but since he was sitting at 7 that translates into free levels.

Action Fan 1:

Action Fan 2:

I don't remember all the possible Hot Spring locations. It could be here, it could be in Edo, maybe a handful of other provinces. It's determined randomly at the start of the game.

Action Fan 3:

Battle Permits: Still no.

Enemy Phase:

Day 23:

Action Fan 1:

Action Fan 2:

This unlocks Suzume's clone technique. I get Ogre bones, and don't care. The event will go in the start of turn chain, and activate for free next turn.

Action Fan 3:

Battle Permits:

Still no.

Enemy Phase:

Yukihime induced, I believe. Thanks, Yuki.

Simple fight.

Not complicated here either.

To be continued when I have more image space. Or in Japanese, 続く。 (anime viewers may be more familiar with it as つづく.)

Edited March 2, 2015 by Balcerzak

[Balcerzak]

[spoiler=Update 6b]Day 24:

Action Fan 1:

Action Fan 2:

Action Fan 3:

Maeda needs to be dismissed otherwise his Kabuki takes precedence. Also, your roster needs to be full, or it will try to entice you to hire amazing old men. Also, if you didn't dismiss Katsuie, it will try to get you to heal his old wound. etc. etc. Needless to say, it's kind of a bitch to make sure the Action Fan bonus shows up on the list.

Administration:

Requip your BPs.

Goodbye unfortunate passive skill possessor.

Battle Permits:

Hell no, Kensei.

This is enough for the required 3 on Tanegashima and 2 on Sado.

Tanegashima Phase:

Ordinarily I would have scummed out of this, but that monk's usefulness was about at an end anyway.

Uesugi Phase:

Day 25:

Start of turn event is a Kiku purple. We're scraping bottom of the barrel for them here, I guess.

Action Fan 1:

Action Fan 2:

If you have 6 open commander slots and 10 spare NP you get these easy to clear shitty troops thanks to 56.

Action Fan 3:

I send for the other line of Reinforcements, because why not, I need commanders and I can clear them and point them.

I also use this other textbook I found awhile back.

Action Fan 4:

Castle assault time.

Enemy Phase:

Next time, the westward push.

Edited March 2, 2015 by Balcerzak

[Integrity]

Goodbye Ran. Just so you know, in your route I always let you get with Souun.

i accidentally took ran away from sooun the one time i did ran route

it scarred me

[Balcerzak]

The complete Mouri and Iga saga.

[spoiler=Update 7]Day 26:

Start of turn event.

Action Fan 1:

Action Fan 2:

Necessary for Increase Rance's actions.

Action Fan 3:

Necessary for the Inukai duel to get past the doggies.

Action Fan 4:

Necessary to be at war for a few turns for the Duel option to appear.

Battle Permits:

Should be able to completely invade Izumo and Iga.

Mouri Phase:

Iga Phase:

Ignore them if you don't have the troops.

Day 27:

Start of turn event informs us Akashi plans to declare war on us. We're given a timer if I hover over his country, but honestly I couldn't care les.

Action Fan 1:

Action Fan 2:

If only I had captured Ikkyu...

Action Fan 3:

Action Fan 4:

I do a Kiku purple event here, it probably would have come through in start-of-turn eventually, so maybe I wasted a move here, but I was running out of things to think of doing.

Battle Permits:

Make sure you have enough focus on either Senkan Nagato or Akaheru to capture it.

Mouri Phase:

I guess they didn't attack.

Iga Phase:

I didn't defend because I couldn't remember if Mouri was before or after. Also, I don't care.

Day 28:

Start of Turn.

Important, before acting with Rance

Action Fan 1:

Action Fan 2:

Action Fan 3:

This provides +5 troops to all of your footsoldier units every turn. This is probably actually a waste of an action fan, now that I think of it.

Action Fan 4:

I don't need you anymore.

Shimazu Phase:

Well, they're wasting no time.

Iga Phase:

Ignore

Mouri Phase:

Apparently didn't act?

Day 29:

Start of turn event is receiving Good Medicine. Worthless.

Action Fan 1:

You will have to try this a few times in order to not fail. It depends how many Strong Shuriken Inukai uses, vs normal Shuriken.

Continuing to weed down my list and replace with people I can use from my prisons.

Action Fan 2:

Senkan Nagato

Action Fan 3:

See my note on the footman training camp.

Action Fan 4:

Start the path toward Inukai's clear/Gumo Danjo great treasure event.

Battle Permits:

Blitz into Cairo

Shimazu Phase:

Kazuhisa hits RIDICULOUSLY HARD. But you can still win. Of course, for other reasons I had to redo the fight. (Don't remember exactly why.)

Yoshihisa is much easier.

Oh yeah, this was the reason. I don't have the troops for two assaults, I needed them to attack Nagato if they were doing it again. Also, if you're observant, you'll notice in addition to my putting the BP users at the bottom, I organized everybody into "clear and EGP" vs "will release when the time is right".

Edited March 2, 2015 by Balcerzak

[Balcerzak]

Shimazu Campaign

[spoiler=Update 8a]Day 30:

Action Fan 1:

I am using the Underworld Clock. Apparently I miscount and this means Chinu is worthless, her Tea is too slow with this many commanders, and Elina on Strange Quick Bug.

Action Fan 2:

Action Fan 3:

I probably should have spaced these out for separate turns and not left all my commanders exhausted.

Action Fan 4:

Kiku purple

Battle Permits:

I reloaded until they went to Morocco.

Shimazu Phase:

Didn't act.

Day 31:

Start of Turn

Action Fan 1:

Still using Underworld Clock.

Kenshin blows it all on Commander charge to try to save flags for Chinu.

It works.

Action Fan 2:

I won't be needing you any longer. Thank you for your services.

Action Fan 3:

Action Fan 4:

Battle Permits:

Into Amazon

Enemy Phase:

Nothing Notable

Day 32:

Action Fan 1:

Action Fan 2:

Action Fan 3:

Action Fan 4:

Battle Permits:

Unequip all

Shimazu Phase:

Reload until they conquer two Amazon provinces.

Day 33:

Action Fan 1:

Action Fan 2:

Turning her into a replacement for Baba. Sort of.

I decided against investing in the Sex Change Temple, and had forgotten you were a man. Sorry for leading you on.

Action Fan 3:

Action Fan 4:

Enemy Phase:

The timer has run out.

Second half of Shimazu to come.

Edited March 2, 2015 by Balcerzak

[Balcerzak]

[spoiler=Update 8b]Day 34:

Action Fan 1 & 2:

Action Fan 3:

Action Fan 4:

Battle Permits:

Re-equip them all

Enemy Phase:

Apparently nothing.

Day 35:

Action Fan 1:

Amazon is no harder to capture the second time around.

Prepping folks for affection levels on my BP users, who can't really get that 1 point from battle.

Action Fan 2:

Takuga needs to go. Mostly because idle battle permits are kind of bad. (Yes, I know they idled earlier, but I need that coke bottle.)

Action Fan 3:

Action Fan 4:

Battle Permits:

Invade Takuga

Takuga Phase:

Shimazu Phase:

I dunno, they're on holiday.

Day 36:

Start of Turn

Action Fan 1:

Action Fan 2:

Action Fan 3:

Action Fan 4:

Battle Permits:

Retake any Akashi territory losses we've been ignoring

Takuga Phase:

Obviously Worker Bee on Yuzumi. It's like a Prf weapon to her, really though, is this a surprise? Oh, also, I haven't been logging all SenriQ etc. finds, but this just made that battle that much sweeter.

Next update, Takuga. Doubtfully One-Eye.

Edited March 2, 2015 by Balcerzak

[eclipse]

1. Maybe I'm just stupid but I know what your day job is and I still don't see how that would matter. Unless you play games at work. Or your day job is also your night job or w/e

2. Fair point. I want to point out though that the sex scenes are actually driven by the writing, not the pictures. (And breast sizes tend to stay in the realm of the physically possible)

1. Politics and all. There's some other issues that have nothing to do with me, BUT they affect how I conduct myself outside of school. Playing stuff like this isn't advisable.

2. Some of them look like they're possible with plastic surgery.

[Solanum Tuberosum]

wait what you're already almost done

this is sacrilege i need more rance

[Balcerzak]

Takuga goes by too quick, so we'll do them and One-Eye after all.

[spoiler=Update 9a]Day 37:

Start of turn:

Action Fan 1:

Battle Rating Up is almost not fair.

Action Fan 2:

Action Fan 3:

Action Fan 4:

Battle Permits:

Oushu many

Akashi Phase:

Takuga Phase:

Day 38:

Start of turn:

Action Fan 1:

Don't let that troop count intimidate you. Actually, do, at least a little. That's nearly 50k man, well more than double my entire army.

After that is a commander battle vs ogres. No problem.

Action Fan 2:

x 3

Action Fan 3:

Action Fan 4:

Required for Kanami. And probably for Maria too.

Battle Permits:

More Oushuu. I think I failed to defend Saitama, or a previous Izumo Akashi, and will be one territory shy of take-over. That's fine, I have other business that can be attended to.

Akashi Phase:

I kind of love Yuzumi. It's like Assassinate, but still does damage when it fails. And you can do it three times.

Day 39:

Start of turn:

Action Fan 1:

Action Fan 2:

Action Fan 3:

Action Fan 4:

Battle Permits:

Still Oushuu

Akashi Phase:

Sending Rance and Yuzumi into battle together.

Shittiest secret technique ever.

Youkai Phase:

Edited March 2, 2015 by Balcerzak

[Balcerzak]

I'll throw in a bunch of Commander clearing here too, because I had like hundreds of images to upload, and I got to get through them sometime. It's not really a thematic "campaign" like most of my other updates have been, but, eh, what can you do.

[spoiler=Update 9b]Day 40:

Action Fan 1:

Action Fan 2:

Action Fan 3:

Action Fan 4:

Battle Permits:

Into Ezo

Akashi Phase:

Youkai Phase:

Day 41:

Start of turn:

How fortuitous, just the right timing.

I top off, because better safe than sorry.

Action Fan 1:

Inukai holds the clock, Chinu holds the bug. Chinu happens, the enemy diviners do not. GG.

You need to have Rance/Sill pass until they line up for the one-two.

Action Fan 2:

This has to happen in Izumo

Action Fan 3:

Action Fan 4:

It was probably a mistake she got so many battle affections up and clears so early. Just FYI.

Battle Permits:

Invades all of Tenshi

Tenshi Phase:

Now is a good time to heavily focus on scumming for affection points on needy commanders.

Nobody else needs affection, I scoop.

More clearing to come.

Edited March 2, 2015 by Balcerzak

[Balcerzak]

Yet more clearing and stalling.

[spoiler=Update 9c]Day 42:

Start of Turn:

Why you gotta waste turns on the queue, Masamune.

Action Fan 1:

Action Fan 2:

Action Fan 3:

Naniwa down.

Action Fan 4:

Battle Permits:

Idle mostly

Tenshi Phase:

Akashi Phase:

Day 43:

Start of Turn:

Action Fan 1:

Action Fan 2:

Action Fan 3:

Action Fan 4:

I do this so that I can try to recruit Kasumi from Maria, but I fucked something up somewhere and she never shows.

Akashi Phase:

Tenshi Phase:

Day 44:

Action Fan 1:

Action Fan 2:

Action Fan 3:

Action Fan 4:

Activates the Gumo Danjo hunt.

Tenshi Phase:

Edited March 2, 2015 by Balcerzak

[Balcerzak]

I finish off the 6 great treasures and continue to clear.

[spoiler=Update 9d]Day 45:

Start of Turn

Action Fan 1:

Action Fan 2:

Action Fan 3:

Action Fan 4:

This is a mistake, I should have given her Rance's Love when she first arrived and saved items for the generics.

I'm still waiting for Kasumi, so I'm assuming beni is the last generic I need to be using. I was wrong.

Akashi Phase:

Day 46:

Action Fan 1:

Action Fan 2:

Action Fan 3:

Action Fan 4:

Akashi Phase:

Day 47:

Start of Turn:

Action Fan 1:

Action Fan 2:

Action Fan 3:

Action Fan 4:

Tenshi Phase:

Finally! Gumo Danjo

NB: You can't hope to get him on the last turn, because the Six Great Treasures only gives you points after being activated in a Start of Turn event the following turn, despite you already owning all six of them. Since the Start of Turn event after you conquering JAPAN is... well, conquering JAPAN, I don't think it would work out well for you.

Deployed Rance and Yuzumi

Akashi Phase:

I scoop, I don't want someone accidentally dying when annihilated.

Also, I have to send Morita Ai to put down Riots or lose NP. Would image, but it's riots, also, image limit.

Edited March 2, 2015 by Balcerzak

[Balcerzak]

The first of the last.

[spoiler=Update 10a]Day 48:

Action Fan 1:

Action Fan 2:

Action Fan 3:

Action Fan 4:

Tenshi Phase:

Day 49:

Start of Turn:

Action Fan 1:

Action Fan 2:

I can't help but feel this could have been handled better.

Action Fan 3:

Action Fan 4:

Tenshi Phase:

Akashi Phase:

Riots:

lol

Day 50:

Start of turn

Action Fan 1:

Action Fan 2:

Action Fan 3:

Action Fan 4:

You were only filling my roster so I could affection SAT bonus. Sorry to lead you on. Also, wtf, where is Kasumi. :<

Tenshi Phase:

Deploy Rance with Uruza

Riots:

lol

Edited March 2, 2015 by Balcerzak

[Balcerzak]

The middle of the end.

[spoiler=Update 10b]Day 51:

Action Fan 1:

Action Fan 2:

Action Fan 3:

Action Fan 4:

clogging my tubes. :(

Akashi Phase:

I gave up on earning affection via battle, because I couldn't get enough of that + enough items to clear the Elina bottleneck and clear my new Hate female because I gave up on Kasumi

Day 52:

Start of Turn:

Action Fan 1:

Action Fan 2:

Action Fan 3:

Action Fan 4:

Day 53:

Start of turn:

Action Fan 1:

Action Fan 2:

Action Fan 3:

Action Fan 4:

Edited March 2, 2015 by Balcerzak

[Balcerzak]

The end of an era.

[spoiler=Update 10c]Day 54:

Start of Turn:

Action Fan 1:

Action Fan 2:

Action Fan 3:

Action Fan 4:

Current women:

Day 55:

Start of Turn

Current Women:

Action Fan 1:

Action Fan 2:

Action Fan 3:

Action Fan 4:

Day 56:

Start of Turn:

Ero Diary:

Action Fan 1:

Action Fan 2:

Action Fan 3:

Action Fan 4:

Akashi Phase:

They can have Naniwa

They can't have Himeji

Day 57:

Start of Turn event:

Shitty Inukai training instead of free character clears, oh well.

Ero Diary:

When Rance conquers that last castle we'll be good to go!

Action Fan 1:

Rance's Love clogged the pipes

Action Fan 2:

Action Fan 3:

Action Fan 4:

Always Mustache! Always.

The 300 women doesn't update immediately, and because the game ends immediately next turn, I can't get a shot of it when it's complete.

The math checks out though. Current Score 231 + 58 (from EGP) = 289.

Score next turn (when victory is applied) 288 without the women, 298 with them.

I missed out on my nice round number goal, but only just barely, and I did screw up in a number of places where I easily could have shaved wasted fans. It's still a 16 point improvement on my previous best, which is something to be proud of.

I may or may not make a few final discussion posts.

Edited March 2, 2015 by Balcerzak

[nano]

Wow, impressive.

[HakureiIllusion]

Mustache!

[quickpostlpol]

Two things:

1. Sorry for the grave-bump, but someone ought to do something about the fact that all the awesome images are gone...

2. Maybe someone here can help me - does anyone know where I can find the record number of points scored for Sengoku Race? In this thread it has been said that there's a log of a 322 point game somewhere, but I've been unable to find it. Help?

EDIT: Nano showed me, it's here - in Chinese, http://tieba.baidu.com/p/1274885739?see_lz=1

Edited March 1, 2015 by quickpostlpol