View Full Version : Dreams of Empire: An Arverni AAR
Rules:
-VH/M difficulty
-No refighting battles
-No more than half of each army can consist of mercenaries(not sure how I'll treat regional troops yet).
-Relatively slow expansion, no attacking allies, no exterminating cities unless the general's traits suggest it's something he would do.
-After playing a very long Aedui campaign that ended shortly after the first reform, I moved the reforms up quite a bit. Maybe too much. I'd forgotten that in the beginning a few years of game time doesn't take five hours as it does later.:laugh4: . I'm hoping to use the advanced troops to eventually take on the major powers in Greek and Anatolia, and my goal is to conquer All the way from the western-most Celtic city(Numantia) to the eastern-most(Ankyra)
In 249 B.C. the Averni empire was flourishing. Under the previous king, Aneirin, the civil war was won and the Aedui pushed back across the Alps. However, this was done at the cost of the lives of his two sons. His third son, Belenos ascended the throne upon his death around 250 B.C.
Belenos was not a great warrior like his brothers and father, but he was an able administrator. Under his rule the Arverni prospered. All of transalpine Gaul was slowly brought under their control, and king Belenos embarked on an ambitious building program, with roads and economic buildings constructed throughout Gaul.
He had the first professional Gallic army raised, containing few to no farmers or parttime soldiers. This army, in the capable hands of the Arverni generals conquered all of Gaul from the independent tribes.
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The Sweboz hadn't stirred in years and the Aedui formed a convenient buffer between Arverni territory and expansionist Rome. The Averni faced no serious threat to their livelihood. Yet, Belenos wasn't satisfied.
Despite his skill as king, people still harkened back to the days of his father, when young Arverni could find glory in war against an equal opponent. Defeating independent tribes, even the fearsome Belgae, did not stir them the same way as the great civil war of his father's day. So, the king decided that if they wanted war, they would get it.
He had heard tales of the wealth of the rich Carthaginian cities of southern Spain. This would make a valued addition to the Arverni empire, and remove a rival from the Arverni's backyard. He had a new army raised of Gallic soldiers and Iberian allies, and sent it by sea to Mastia, bypassing the independent between it and his city of Emporion. Mastia was quickly sieged by the Celts.
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There was a large Carthaginian army camped outside the city, composed mostly of levy troops. It attacked the Celtic army, and the garrison of Mastia joined them. Altogether the two sides were about equal in strength, but the Carthaginian armies came to the battlefield separately.
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The Celtic general Tancogeistla, lined his men up for the battle. The Gaeliche spearmen formed the core of the army, and swordmen and allied forced covered the flanks. He was forced to fight on a slight incline, with the height advantage given to his opponent, but he trusted Gallic courage to carry the day.
The larger Carthaginian army, led by a lowly captain, charged enmass at the celts, into the waiting arms of Celtic javelins. Their ranks thinned, they still came on, hoping to overtake us in a rush. As soon as the lines classed, general Tancogeistla ordered his swordmen on the right flank to get behind the enemy and charge their rear.
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The enemy, fearful of the stout swords and might war cries of the Gauls, deceived themselves into thinking the flanking force much larger than it actually was, and as panic spread throughout their army, a mass route occurred.
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The smaller army came at us, but when their general was isolated and killed, they fled as well.
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Both armies melted into the surrounding area, and general Tancogeistla marched his army into Mastia unchallenged. King Belenos was so elated by the easy victory, that he signed a peace treaty with the fearful Carthaginians, and turned his attention to taking Numantia and the city north of Mastia. Aneirin had defeated the Arverni, but Belenos had made a mighty empire cower before the name "Arverni"!
However, this peace was shortlived. The Carthaginians ammased another army and sent it into Arverni territory. It was small and led by a captain, and Tancogeistla easily slaughtered it, despite many of his best units having been shuffled to a colleagues army to take the Celtic city of Numantia. It seemed the Carthaginians had only signed the treaty to have time to build up an army. This act of deceit and cowardice enraged Tancogeistla so much, he marched his army on Gader in southwestern Iberia. Carthage and the Averni were again at war!
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The Carthaginians quickly ammassed another army, composed largely of mercanaries, and the few punic soldiers left in Iberia. This army was put in the capable hands of general Hadrusbal and sent to stop the Celts.
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After some initial skirmishing, both armies lined up and met with a clash of steel.
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Hadrusbal led his bodyguard to chase down several Averni allied skirmishers, and Tancogeistla was forced to persue him, bringing both generals far from the heart of the battle.
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While they dueled, the battle ground on. The Carthaginians fought fiercely, knowing that if the Celts marched on Gader, they'd have nowhere to flee. However, the battle slowly turned against them. Many fought to the death, and some attempted to flee. Few made it off the battlefield alive.
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Hadrusbal took advantage of Tancogeistla's need to turn back to rally some of his troops, and fled the battlefield, fleeing the taunts and javelins of the skirmishers he had tried to kill so recently.
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General Tancogeistla was dismayed to learn that over the last few battles the Celtic core of his army had been slowly whittled down. Not willing to trust a siege, he awaited reinforcements from Gaul proper. They arrived a few months later, and he sieged the city. King Belenos died the same year, satisified with the knowledge that in less than a decade, the Arverni had become the major power in Iberia.
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Finally, an Arverni AAR. I would recommend taking off the green arrow markers. Especially for an AAR, they can be quite nasty. Other than that though, good job establishing power in Iberia. It's only a matter of time now until the whole peninsula is under Arverni rule. ~;)
Finally, an Arverni AAR. I would recommend taking off the green arrow markers. Especially for an AAR, they can be quite nasty. Other than that though, good job establishing power in Iberia. It's only a matter of time now until the whole peninsula is under Arverni rule. ~;)
Sooner than I planned, actually. I would have been happy to share the peninsula with the Lusotannan, but they decided to ignore the fact that with the large armies I'd brought to garrison my new town and fight Carthage, I outnumbered them militarily in Iberia. :wall:
What file do you turn the arrows off in? I recall that you have to change a line saying Green Arrow=TRUE to FALSE, but not the file the line is in.
I figured the Arverni deserved an AAR. The faction description made them sound like the type to build an empire. I just hope I can do them justice. ~:)
State of the world, 232 B.C.
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It's been kind of an odd game. When I played the Aedui before, everyone came knocking on my door. Rome, the Sweboz, an out of control Epiros, even Carthage at the very end. This time nobody's really bothered me since kicking the Aedui back across the Alps. Epirus and KH defeated Macedonia together, forcing them into Asia Minor, only to turn on eachother(and Epirus, the resurgent maks, and the Getai have formed an alliance against KH). The Seleucids and Ptolomies just finally started fighting, and Rome has been sieging Patavium for a few decades now. It's down to the general(with triple gold chevrons, and most likely an insane amount of stars) and they still keep failing. I can't wait to see what happens next. After this Iberian adventure I think it'll be time to do a few more decades of hunkering down, and let the AI factions develop some more. :2thumbsup:
Another strange thing that happened is Ankyra rebeling to me several times. After 5 or 6 the Seleucids gave up on getting it back, only for the Maks to siege and take it. :laugh4: I think I now have a flimsy excuse for the Arverni's eventual invasion of Asia Minor.
Edit. Sorry :oops: 232 B.C., not 262.
You need to change the 'preferences' text file, which is in C:\You EB installation\EB\preferences.
Drat! Wonderland beat me to the post. Good AAR anyway zim45.
P.S.I must also thank wonderland for his new AAR I am enjoying it very much.
Thanks guys. ~:)
I have now turned DISABLE_ARROW_MARKERS:FALSE to TRUE and turned on the minimal UI. There should only be one major battle(fought late last night) with green arrows and normal UI.
Does anyone know if the radar has to be turned off separately from using the minimal UI, like in MTW2?
Edit: Turned the banners off as well.
The Iberian War, part two.
236 B.C.
General Tancogeistla smiled when he heard the message. Just months before, thinking us weak after the death of our King Belenos, the treacherous Lusotannan had attacked our Iberian settlement of Vellita. Tancogeistla had sent word requesting a course of action to the new king, Cunobelin, an old drunk but a veteran who trusted his generals. The kings messenger came back with just four words "Do whatever you must". No more worries about diplomacy or trade, as under King Belenos. This time Tancogeistla would be completely free to fight this war however he sought fit.
Lusotannan on the march
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The new king
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General Tancogeistla moved his army into the heart of Lusotannan territory, hoping to take several of their cities while the bulk of the Lusotannan army was busy sieging Vellita. Young general Cotos entrusted the relief of the besieged city moc Morbo, who had shown his bravery in the first Iberian War with Carthage, was entrusted with relieving Vellita.
The battle for Vellita [not sure why the garrison didn't show up as reinforcements. I suppose it was my fault for attacking the army next to the besieging army, rather than the besieging army itself]
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Things looked grim for the relieving army. The opposing armies had about as many infantry as the Celts, and their's were better trained. Worse yet, they outnumbered the Arverni army by several hundred skirmishers. Cotos' only advantage was by taking the initiative and attacking them he had caught them while their armies were separated in two. Perhaps the larger force could be dealt with before the smaller made it to the fray.
General Cotos was displeased to discover he had to march his army uphill to reach the enemy. However, since the enemy seemed little inclined to be aggressive, perhaps he could march his men into a better position before the two sides met.
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[Sorry for my craptacular mspaint job. It's the only graphics editting program I have. :shame: On a more positive note, this should be the very last battle with green arrows! :beam: ]
After marching his men to a more favorable position, they were ordered to attack the opposing army. The Lusotannan skirmishers proved reluctant to engage in melee combat, and without their help, their supporting infantry was easily outnumbered and taken out. Afterwards, it was an easy task to kill off the skirmishers. The last of them were sent packing just as the smaller army, composed mostly of tough infantry, approached the Celts.
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By now Cotos' army outnumbered the remaining Lusotannan, and while his men were tired from fighting, the Lusotannan were weary from force marching to make it to the battle. Cotos ordered his men to encircle the Lusotannan and slaughter them, while a small force was sent out to take out an enemy unit trying to flank us.
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The battle was so onesided, and Cotos' force so far outnumbered at the outset, that it would become famous throughout the known world!
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With their only decent field army destroyed, the completion of the conquest of Iberia was guaranteed. General Tancogeistla conquered the south of Iberia, while Cotos conquered the north. The Lusotannan would field many troops, but seemed to suffer from petty conflicts between their chieftans, as they would not be able to combine them into another large field army, prefering to guard their respective tribes instead.
While most of the settlements were enslaved as a punishment for the Lusotannan's unprovoked attack, Tancogeistla decided that a further demonstraion was needed, if they were to be dissuaded from any thought of rebellion against the Arverni. He had their capital of Oxtraca sacked and exterminated. This atrocity was to prove to be to much even for drunken, old king Cunobelin, and from this point on Cotos would be the rising star of the Arverni military, while Tancogeistla was doomed to a permanant station in backwater Iberia.
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In fall of 235 B.C. those foul dogs the Aedui offered a ceasefire. Curious after decaded of the Aedui's refusing peace, spies were sent out to find out what caused the change of heart.
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The Arverni spies reported back with shocking news. After decades of failure to subdue their neighbors in the Po valley, the Romani had not only managed to take Patavium, but had formed several large armies and sieged Mediolanum. This is what scared the Aedui, and with good cause. The Romans would not be content with hegemony in Italy, it was only a matter of time before they attacked us. Meanwhile our only armies were depleted and in Iberia. A new army under General Celtillos was quickly raised for the defense of Gaul.
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As expected, although they had recently offered words of friendship, the Romans betrayed us by blockading the port of Tolosa. Spies also reported that a large Roman army was traveling through the Alps, pillaging the small villages as they went. They were obviously on their way to attack us.
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General Celtillos was pleased to hear that the army approaching our territory had several hundred men fewer than his own. Confident in the numerical and personal superiority of his Gallic warriors over the small Romans, he attacked them.
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Celtillos lined his men up in the usual Arverni fashion, skirmishers out front, spearmen holding the line, and swordmen and cavalry on the flanks. He told his men not to worry. Far away Gallic armies had crushed a Lusotannan army much larger than this, and these small, dark men were obviously unsuited to war. They even needed armor to give them the courage to fight us!
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As the battle ensued and the skirmishers retreated, the two lines met with a crash.
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Then something shocking happened. The Romans had brought elite cavalry, iuncluding that of their Italic allies. These quickly slaughtered our own cavalry, and Celtillos had to rush his bodyguard back and forth across the battlefield to keep his men from being flanked. While he was busy, the battle degenerated into several smaller battle lines. In the confusion, the superior numbers of Arverni troops failed to allow them their usual ability to flank and destroy the enemy.
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The Roman troops better armor and training slowly began to tell, and the numbers of the Arverni were slowly whittled down. Even after killing the Roman captain, the battle was still lost.
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Celtillos himself fled cowardly, even while some of his own troops stood their ground, deciding to die nobly and buy time for the escape of their comrades. The rest of the Arverni fled, but how can they be expected to show courage when their leader doesn't?
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And thus the first battle between the Arverni and Romans ended in a shameful defeat.
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AAAAGHHH! Send those backstabbing cowardly Romans crying back to their beloved Roma & womenfolk. Teach them that true warriors don't need armor for victory.
AAAAGHHH! Send those backstabbing cowardly Romans crying back to their beloved Roma & womenfolk. Teach them that true warriors don't need armor for victory.
yup, victory needs slingers, not armors
RabbitDynamite
04-01-2007, 22:40
B....bu...but Romans with cavalry is cheating! Damn their oily hides!
Nice AAR you got going here, keep it up! The question, I suppose, is if the Gauls can build up their infrastructure quickly enough to reinforce the depleted iberian veterans and march to southern Gaul before the Romans inflict too much damage.
Wow, that's tough. The ol' Arverni Yin & Yang. Glorious victory in Iberia, crushing defeat across the channel. I wonder if this leaves the way wide open for the Romans to head north, if you main army in the area was destroyed. Bah, the Arverni can muster warriors at a moments notice! Nothing to worry about!
And the powerful servants of Teutatis. Gaesatae!!!! BWAHHHHAAAAA!!!!!!:hmg:
Thanks everyone. It's nice to know someone other than my fiance is reading this. :yes:
That battle came as a bit of a shock to me. In addition to that captain's unit(eqvites, I presume?) they had a few of those Italic cav units that come from a level 5 MIC. Completely slaughtered my own horsemen, then I spent the rest of the battle rushing my general around trying to keep them from flanking. After getting down to 3 men I don't blame him much for running away, although the Arverni leadership may never forgive him. Meanwhile the multiple chevroned Triarii and Pedites Extraordinarii just ate away at my infantry. :skull:
@Poulp' I have a bad habit of forgetting about slingers while focusing on my heavy infantry, but it may indeed time for some slinger micromanagement, especially as cost is becoming a factor(something that'll show up in my next installment).
@RabbitDynamite Luckily for me the Romans seemed to have regained their dislike for cavalry, judging from the armies they've been sending my way since.
I should have taken a pic of where the battle was on the campaign map. The Aedui still had Massalia, so the Romans marched their army up through the Alps, rather than along the coast of the Med to southern Gaul.
@Wonderland And to think that when I was finishing up in Iberia I was starting to think the game was becoming too easy. :dizzy2: Ah, well. In a perverse kind of way, I was glad I lost a battle, and one in which I outnumbered the enemy. It's nice to see the AI use cavalry superiority semi-intelligently.
@Wolfman25 Since I moved the reforms up so much, I've kind of been punishing myself by avoiding Gesaetae. I may hire a few of the much more fragile Pictone Neitos instead. Although if I get in too tight a bind, they'll learn the embarassment of being defeated by naked guys.
F5 will get rid of the minimap mate and F3 will get rid of the unit cards I think??
good story so far, I think the treacherous Romani might be going to make things hard for you, Ive hear rumors of a new Consol Gaius Julii will be taking charge of the campaign in Gaul
The Celtic 300(well, 240)
232 B.C. General Celtillos knew his career as a general had ended when he retreated from the Romans. The best he could hope for was to be sent to manage some backwater in Iberia. It wasn't retreating itself that had shamed him. Celtic culture was pragmatic enough to accept that sometimes battles cannot be won. If he had executed a fighting retreat to save his army from annihalation, there would have been no honor lost.
However, instead he retreated alone, leaving his men still fighting. Most of them were slain, or scattered into the countryside, where the Roman horsemen hunted them down like animals. A few hundred had escaped and found him. He wasn't sure why they followed after him instead of fleeing in all directions. Their whispers indicated that they no longer respected him, but they still obeyed his orders for some reason. Perhaps the intensive drilling of Arverni soldiers started in the time of King Belenos was responsible. Despite his cowardice he was still their commander and some sort of instinct to defer to him seemed to be imbedded in his men.
He had originally aimed to head to Bibracte, where his men could be folded into new units, and get a new commander. However, the Romans had been right on their heels these past few weeks. He had lost his supply train during the battle, and his men were weary and starving. They could not run forever. Celtillos resolved to turn and face the Romans, rather than have them chase him around the Alps until they caught and slaughtered him and his men. Perhaps foolish bravery now could make up for the shameful past retreat.
He told his men that few would be likely to survive, but if they took enough Romans down with them, their attack on Gaul could be delayed. This was the only Roman army on this side of the Alps, and they lost many men in the last battle. None of his men argued with his plan, and they prepared resolutely to fight to the last man.
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General Celtillos lined his men up on a small hill to wait for the Roman soldiers.
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He charged the enemy cavalry with his bodguard, killing the new enemy captain. after this, the Romans became disorganized, and one full unit of their soldiers allowed themselves to be tied up chasing slingers while the rest of them clashed with the Celtic troops.
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Celtillos, determined to prove his bravery, charged the rear of the enemy again and again. Even after all his bodyguards had died, he continued to fight singlehandedly, yelling encouragement to his troops.
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In the end it wasn't enough, and the Romans cut him and his men down. Still, they had damaged the Roman army greatly, and delayed a Roman invasion of Gaul. The few surviving soldiers would be welcomed as heros in Bibracte, and agreed not to tell anyone of their general's earlier retreat. Celtillos was buried with full honors, and bards sung tales of the brave deed of him and his men.
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F5 will get rid of the minimap mate and F3 will get rid of the unit cards I think??
good story so far, I think the treacherous Romani might be going to make things hard for you, Ive hear rumors of a new Consol Gaius Julii will be taking charge of the campaign in Gaul
Thanks. I may keep the unit cards, since they're easier to crop out, but I'll be glad to be rid of the minimap. Gets in the way of pics, and not having it will make battles in the woods rather more suspenseful.
:idea2: I just killed a consul Flavvs. Perhaps I opened up the way to consulship for Mr. Gaius.
232 B.C., cont.
The near destruction of their army seemed to worry the Romans. Or perhaps they merely wished to establish a base on our side of the Alps before starting the war in earnest. For whatever reason, in Summer of 232 B.C. they chose to send their second army to take the free Gallic town of Aventicos rather than invade Arverni territory. Most of the city's dreaded Mori Gaesum mercenaries must have been fighting in far off lands, for the Romans seem to have encountered little resistance.
We could not let this threat to our authority in Gaul continue. While our Iberian armies had met and were making their way back to Gaul, yet another army was raised to meet the Romans. Spies had reported that this new Roman army had fewer heavy infantry than the last, and our own was even larger than before, and included elite Arverni Arjos and a few units of the dreaded swordsmen of the Belgae tribe. We would not be defeated again so easily. Our army, under general Vellocatos, marched to meet the Romans in the field.
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Since we outnumbered them by so much, Vellocatos decided to put his elite men, the Arjos and all of the armies swordsmen, in one line in the front, with the spearmen behind to support. While the front lines clashed, the spearmen would throw their javelins at the enemy, and join in to support in the melee if needed.
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As usual, their Samnite allies proved to be the toughest fighters, but our Arjos were able to hold them long enough for our other units to flank them.
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With them gone, the less experienced hastati troops started to flee, to be followed by the rest of the army. Rome signed Aventicos to us in a treaty the next season, only to besiege it another season later in the winter! What Roman trickery could this be?
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THe besieging army was pathetically small, and after we sent them packing back to Rome, it was decided that a punitive expedition should be mounted. We would take the Cisalpine city of Mediolanum. It may have been an Aedui city once, but Celts should not have to live under Roman domination anyway, and taking it would be a suitible punishment for the Romans' unprovoked attack.
Our new main army had its losses replenished, and since Vellocatos was needed to govern our new city Aventicos, it was placed under the command of a talented young general named Pallando.
After making his way through the Alps, and clearing out several small Roman armies, only one Roman army stood between Pallando and the city of Mediolanum, but it was a large one.
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After initial skirmishing, the two lines charged eachother.
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This time the swords of the Belgae would prove equal to the Samnite warriors.
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Our line buckled somewhat, but never broke.
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Our horsemen, along with the fierce Pictone Neitos of western Gaul, were able to flank and route the enemy. The way to Mediolanum was now clear and perhaps the Romans have finally learned respect for us.
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Pelopidas
04-03-2007, 17:47
Though challenge you have here...you're going for a long war with the Romans !
And of course, the Germans abandoned our alliance, and allied with the Romans, while the Romans decided to sign a ceasefire and ally with the Aedui, so I may be up against one big block of nations soon. :dizzy2:
RabbitDynamite
04-03-2007, 18:50
Alliances?! Pah! They are like treacherous rats, banding together in the vain hope they might slay a boar!* The God-King of the Averni shall have his dominion all over the land! The men of Gaul, many centuries before, did travel down the Tiber and send the upstart young city-state to it's knees! And they shall do so again, but this time on a bloodier and more glorious scale! Gallia over all!
*Lions would be usual here, but the Celts would not have been familiar with them, no?
BWAAAAHHHHAAAAAHHAAAAA!!!! Vengence has been taken. They were no match for the Belgae Milnaht, Arjos, and Pictone Neitos. But my sword thirst for more roman blood! Send those dogs and their Germanic allies Screaming to their ancestors. teach them there is only one true king of gaul! SACK ROMA!!!! SACK ROMA!!!!(licks blood from sword and screams to Teutius)
P.S. I completly Forgot about those Three units. they absolutley pwned romans in my gallic campaigns.
The Celt
04-05-2007, 22:46
Alliances?! Pah! They are like treacherous rats, banding together in the vain hope they might slay a boar!* The God-King of the Averni shall have his dominion all over the land! The men of Gaul, many centuries before, did travel down the Tiber and send the upstart young city-state to it's knees! And they shall do so again, but this time on a bloodier and more glorious scale! Gallia over all!
*Lions would be usual here, but the Celts would not have been familiar with them, no?
Actually didn't the Gundestrup cauldron have a few Lions on it? And a couple of Wolves as a recall.:yes:
See here: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Gundestrup_A.jpg
(From Wiki. Notice the two creatures facing each other to right of Curennos.)
Lovin this AAR Zim! You should try sailing around the Alps Via the Tyrhenian(sp?)Sea and cut the Romans off from their homeland!:laugh4: :laugh4: Viva La Gallia!!:charge:
Sorry, everyone. I think my AAR might be dead. Every time I start EB now I get an "unspecified error". Even though I played it just last night. :inquisitive:
I'll keep the save somewhere safe and reinstall everything. Maybe that'll work. At least now I can make some backup copies of the game(just rewrote EB over my old copy before). Maybe I'll even keep an extra copy to try that Rise of Persia mod.
Lets hope you can fix it. I was really enjoying this AAR. It just makes me so happy to see gauls kick the crap out of romans.
Well, I reinstalled RTW and the 1.5 patch, and still had the same problem. Then I tried restarting my computer, and the game worked fine, so I probably didn't need to do all of that. :wall: I have a test coming up on Monday, and a big research paper to do, but assuming the save I kept works, I should be able to start posting up dates again by the middle of next week. If I can't get it to work, I have enough pics for one more update, in which much kicking of crap out of Romans is done. :yes:
deadmeat36
04-14-2007, 05:16
Well, I reinstalled RTW and the 1.5 patch, and still had the same problem. Then I tried restarting my computer, and the game worked fine, so I probably didn't need to do all of that. :wall: I have a test coming up on Monday, and a big research paper to do, but assuming the save I kept works, I should be able to start posting up dates again by the middle of next week. If I can't get it to work, I have enough pics for one more update, in which much kicking of crap out of Romans is done. :yes:
Good luck on your test and research paper. I have an essay to do this weekend so I can feel a hint of your pain. Good luck
Well, I reinstalled EB, plus the ctd fix and first cohort minimod mod I had on my old installation. It works fine, as does the save. The only problem is that I kept the wrong save. :wall:
I'm sorry, that's it for the AAR. I'll add one more update later this week from the pics I have left.
On a related note, this means it's time for another faction to have a chance to kick the crap out of the Romans. I'll be starting a new AAR. Does anyone have any preference for which faction I play? I'll probably try to avoid picking one that already has a current aar, but other than that I'm not sure who to play next.
RabbitDynamite
04-15-2007, 18:35
Gah! I decide to whip up a sig a week ago declaring my liking for three EB AARs. One is now kaput, and the other is probably kaput. Never mind, it was an enjoyable ride. You have a good knack for writing the epic empire-building style, with battles and heroes aplenty.
I'd suggest Epeiros for your next project - very different style of army, you get to whup those Romans you hate so much, and nobody is doing them at the moment. Or if the showdown with the Romans is too imminent, the Casse or a westward-looking Macedon could be good. I'm playing (an eastward expanding) Macedon in my current game, and I'd suggest going from the start with them or Epeiros - vicious and close fought those campaigns are from the very beginning.
Gah! I decide to whip up a sig a week ago declaring my liking for three EB AARs. One is now kaput, and the other is probably kaput. Never mind, it was an enjoyable ride. You have a good knack for writing the epic empire-building style, with battles and heroes aplenty.
I'd suggest Epeiros for your next project - very different style of army, you get to whup those Romans you hate so much, and nobody is doing them at the moment. Or if the showdown with the Romans is too imminent, the Casse or a westward-looking Macedon could be good. I'm playing (an eastward expanding) Macedon in my current game, and I'd suggest going from the start with them or Epeiros - vicious and close fought those campaigns are from the very beginning.
Thanks. I don't consider myself on a par with many of the other AAR writers here, but I enjoyed putting my campaign down in story form. And with EB roleplaying is incredibly easy. :2thumbsup:
Unfortunately, not very many EB AARs have been completed. In past versions of EB ctds ended most of them. Hopefully now with a much more stable version some of the newest crop of AARs will be finished.
I don't really hate the Romans. In Vanilla, and in BI to a lesser extent(and one or two mods) they were the only faction I'd play. But EB amkes every faction look so appealing I've been trying all of the others first. And I found Wolfman25's comment about watching the Gauls kick the crap out of the Romans funny enough that I decided not to disappoint him in the next game.
I like the idea of playing Epirus and Macedon. I really like their unit rosters (and my fiance likes to see pics of the elephants throwing people into the air :laugh4: ). Casse are also a good option, if everyone wants to see another Celtic campaign. I'd round out those choices with the Sweboz, who also don't have a current AAR to call their own, and are in a good position for fighting the Romans.
:furious3:~:( Well good luck on your next AAR wwhich ever faction u choose.
deadmeat36
04-16-2007, 02:07
:furious3:~:( Well good luck on your next AAR wwhich ever faction u choose.
I have to agree with him
Good Luck on which ever faction you choose
Noone has any preference as to which faction I play next then?
On a side note, here's a map from the save I stupidly kept instead of my Arverni save. If you'd like I could do an aar for the Aedui from this point, although the Romans have already been crushed, KH certainly seems like they would be a tough challenge to beat.
https://img401.imageshack.us/img401/7619/image001rg9.jpg (https://imageshack.us)
Go liberate Galatia. Your brothers need you. :pirate2:
deadmeat36
04-16-2007, 05:50
Oh barbarians vs Hoplites
Sounds intresting
PSYCHO V
04-16-2007, 06:40
Well, I...I'm sorry, that's it for the AAR.
~:shock: ~:mecry:
Since there seems to be some interest, I'll start a new campaign from this Aedui save, and push west to Numantia and east to Galatia, to save my Gallic brothers! :charge:
Time to see what Neitos and Soldurii can do to Thorikitai and Spartans.
At least it won't be a total loss. With powerful KH, Carthaginian, Ptolemy, and Baktrian empires, this is probably the most interesting late game campaign map I've had since I started playing EB.
~:shock: ~:mecry:
:shame: Tis a sad day for the Averni. But their dreams of a massive Celtic empire will live on, for in an alternate universe the Aedui have taken up the Celtic cause.
Now that I know that someone who put so much work into the EB Celtic factions has been reading my AAR, I suddenly feel self-conscious about any mistakes I may have made. :sweatdrop:
NeoSpartan
04-16-2007, 18:56
GO my fellow Gaul go!!!!!
Liberate our long isolated Galatian brothers from the Greek yolk, and show the world that they must FEAR GAUL!!!
I will be doing the same once I get to 220BC and mass at least 3 full stacks (preferably 5) for the Gaellic Invasion!
:shame: Tis a sad day for the Averni. But their dreams of a massive Celtic empire will live on, for in an alternate universe the Aedui have taken up the Celtic cause.
Maybe the Arvernii allied with the Aedui. Remember that the Aedui were a coalition of tribes with senates and all, while the Arvernii were ruled by a king. Just recruit a force from former Arvernii lands and when conquering new provinces build the most subjucating government types (I don't remember which it was with Aedui). Thus you have a rampaging Arvernii horde, and the Aedui can stay at home if they so choose.
Hmmm...I'm not sure I'm a good enough writers to merge my old story with my new save, but building an all Arverni army(or armies) and representing the faction as an Arverni/Aedui alliance sounds pretty cool. :beam: I can divide the faction's territories into Aedui and Arverni spheres, and treat them as if they had separate faction leaders, and keep separate militaries. Then the spirit of my Arverni can live on in this game.
I used to get Aedui generals all the time in my Arverni game, I'll have a look around and see if I have any Arverni generals in the Aedui game to lead those armies.
Time to show those arrogant perfumed greeks who the true warriors & heroes are. I guess I can deal with a united Celtic R.epublic instead of an Empire. It would be interesting if after you conquered Galatia you conquered Athens with it's famous schools. That way your generals can be educated even further.
deadmeat36
04-17-2007, 05:57
Burn Athens to the ground! Raze Sparta and prove they have become weak. Take out the egyptians (dont know how to spell the real name) and destroy the phalanxes!
Be sure to visit Delphi. I heard it's pretty nice. Also burn the place if you can.
The Celt
04-17-2007, 15:29
Noone has any preference as to which faction I play next then?
On a side note, here's a map from the save I stupidly kept instead of my Arverni save. If you'd like I could do an aar for the Aedui from this point, although the Romans have already been crushed, KH certainly seems like they would be a tough challenge to beat.
https://img401.imageshack.us/img401/7619/image001rg9.jpg (https://imageshack.us)
Whoa thats big. Kinda looks like Charlemagne's Empire.:juggle2: I'd say go for it if you can think of some interesting campaigns, otherwise just start over!
deadmeat36
04-17-2007, 22:00
Be sure to visit Delphi. I heard it's pretty nice. Also burn the place if you can.
Also the hanging gardens are nice and ripe for the picking P
Stop at the pyramids and the pharoas 2.
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