1.x AI Faction Progression Thread

[JRG]

Makedonian Campaign 200 BC :
(H/M) RTW.exe
https://img18.imageshack.us/img18/413/makcampaign200.jpg (https://img18.imageshack.us/my.php?image=makcampaign200.jpg)
https://img18.imageshack.us/img18/makcampaign200.jpg/1/w821.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img18/makcampaign200.jpg/1/)

Makedonia (Me): Since my last update in 255 BC, I kicked Epeiros out of Italy, began a long and bloody war with the AS over Asia Minor and Syria, and pushed the Northern border up to the Danube. I think I might soon invade Italy now that Rome is so weakened.

Lusotannan: They seemed to be going into the brown-death mode until they started a war with Carthage and lost some of their Iberian holdings.

Aedui/Arverni: Aedui seemed to have the upper hand in Gaul, but then the Arverni came back. Now it seems like Gaul is about equally divided between Rome, Carthage, Luso's and them.

Casse: Standard expansion

Sweboz: Standard expansion, though I was surprised they managed to take those two heavily gaurded Alpine towns.

Carthage: This is the strongest AI Carthage I have ever seen. Despite being kicked out of Sicily, the conquered all of their side of Africa, half of Spain, the French coastline and are now in the process of conquering Italy.

Rome: At one point they controlled all of Italy plus most of Gaul, but have since declined due to a combination of Luso's, Aedui, Arverni, Carthage, and Epeiros. They seem to be doomed now.

Getai: I just recently concluded a war with them, taking their territories south of the Danube. They must have tried to take that Sauromatae coastal town at least 20 times by now, but they keep constantly failing.

KH: I have been really impressed by the KH. After Trapezous rebelled to them, they launched an invasion on the Crimea and took it! They did not take it with rebellions at all.

Epeiros: After being kicked out of Greece, they set up a new kingdom in Sicily (with no help from me) and have been involved in an on-again, off-again war with Rome, at one point holding all of Magna Graecia plus Capua and Arpi.

Ptolemaioi: First time I have seen them NOT go into yellow death mode.

AS: First time I have seen them go into gray-death mode, until I took Asia Minor and Syria from them. Then they launched a semi-successful campaign against Hayasdan. They are still doing quite well in the East though.

Saba: Standard expansion.

Hayasdan: They seem to be interested in nothing more than conquering the Steppes, even leaving that Seleukid settlement right in the middle of their territory undisturbed.

Sauromatae: I was surprised to see them expand all the way down the Black Sea coast. Other than that, standard expansion

Pahlava: After being kicked out of their homeland, they went north and became a Steppe faction, switching places to some degree with the Saka. But now that India has rebelled to them and they lost one of their steppe territories, they are divided into 3 mini-kingdoms.

Saka: They went south and conquered Pahlava and Baktria, lost their northern territories to Pahlava and recently lost their southeastern territories to a resurgent Baktria.

Baktria: Once on the verge of annihilation, they have come back to become the most powerful kingdom in the east.

[bobbin]

Due to a recurring CTD I've had to start my SPQR campaign again, so here it is
222bc
https://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g177/0404625/Image2-5.jpg

Currently at war with the Lusotana and holding the line of the river Erbo in defence, not sure if I'm going to invade them now or wait to see if Carthage will move against them as well.

In gaul it seems my allies the Arverni are losing but they are not out of the fight yet and still have a lot of full stacks milling around.

The Sweboz and Casse don't seem to be up to much.:no:

The Getai have carved out a nice kingdom for themselves and are currently fighting the Sauromatae for the northern Black sea coast whilst maintaining peace with Epiros who have been busy fighting Makedon and Pontos (another of my allies).

The KH were kicked out of hellas pretty early on but have now managed to grab a foothold in asia minor at the expense for the Ptolemaioi who have nearly the whole eastern med basin as their own.

The AS has collapsed fairly spectaculary and now only hold their core cities and a couple of distant outposts, it remains to be seen if they can survive.

The Pahlava and Baktrains after forming their formidable empires are now feeling the heat from the Saka expansion and have formed an alliance against them, but are still losing ground.

Saba has been quietly taking over the arabian peninsula and apart from the occasional spat with the Ptolemaioi have been peacable.

[Elcmar]

Pontos 240bc

https://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk51/subliminal-funk/Pontos240bc.jpg?t=1241553341

[anubis88]

Here's my Pontos campaign (with BI.exe)when i stopped playing it at 157BC. I stopped playing it becouse although i gave rome a lot of land they still played retarted. They had all of their armies at the north doing nothing while macedonia slowly attacked them, and they've even left some home provinces rebel to rebels like Mediolanum. They also got the augustan reform a long time ago, making my Mithridatic wars just a dream. Lusotanna and the Ptolemies became monsters, while macedon was a medium power. The game just wasn't fun anymore.


https://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt48/Raoh88/RomeTW-BI2009-05-0611-59-57-46.jpg?t=1241608377

[anubis88]

And here's my new campaign with my old love the Seleucids. I love the fact that rome is doing so awesome without any of my help. The KH really annoys me since it attacks my cities in micra asia all the time, while in the East Parthia besieges my frontier cities every turn. I keep holding them off, but i don't know for how long i will manage to do that:embarassed:

I was absolutly delighted when saba took from me jerusalem. Now i have a buffer between me and the ptolies, however, they still don't want peace.

Fine by me:laugh4:
https://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt48/Raoh88/RomeTW-BI2009-05-0612-02-12-39.jpg?t=1241608829

[athanaric]

:laugh4:

Got yourself a pretty nice looking empire btw!

Thank you :2thumbsup:. Here's an update:

219 BC
https://img245.imageshack.us/img245/1573/map219bc.jpg (https://img245.imageshack.us/my.php?image=map219bc.jpg)


213 BC
https://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7167/map213bc.jpg (https://img205.imageshack.us/my.php?image=map213bc.jpg)


210 BC
https://img220.imageshack.us/img220/1619/map210bc.jpg (https://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=map210bc.jpg)



I've lost patience with several factions, including the insolent Getai and of course the Romaioi. Qarthadast attacked me so I seized the opportunity to take all their provinces in Sikelia plus Sardin and Korsim. ATM I'm besieging Barbaropolis (for the third time, in order to upgrade the Governor's palace and the city walls; then I'll perhaps leave it again so that the Romaioi can build their highways in Latium...) and moving in to take Bocchoris (on Mallorca).

The Lusotannan, Aedui and Swêboz are the dominating "Barbarian" powers now and have forced Rome and Carthage out of their respective zones of influence. The Arverni meanwhile refuse to die and occasionally even take a settlement from the Swêboz (and lose it again afterwards).
The Casse are apparently hibernating, as they are wont to.

The East is divided between the two other-than-me superpowers: Pahlava and Ptolemaioi. The pathetic rest of the AS struggles in Mikra Asia against an alliance of Pontos and KH. I've recently attacked Pontos by lifting their siege on the last AS settlement.

I've also sent my best army on a rescue mission to prevent the destruction of the Indo-Hellenic Kingdom of Sattagydia, formerly Baktria. On the way to India I pillaged Memphis (because my fleet wouldn't have been able to pass by otherwise).

The siege of Patala:

https://img219.imageshack.us/img219/1931/heutegibtsarmeritter.jpg (https://img219.imageshack.us/my.php?image=heutegibtsarmeritter.jpg)

[Maion Maroneios]

Bârmân ê Zandig
One Absolut on the rocks please:laugh4:

Maion

[DaciaJC]

https://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p311/Frontline1944/VHGetai210.jpg

Getai; VH campaign, M battle; 210 B.C.

Just a few comments:

Qarthadastim - wow. They blitzed their way through the Italic Peninsula in a matter of a few years. Currently they have quite a few full-stacks sitting in the Po Valley.

Romani - where are they, you might ask.

https://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p311/Frontline1944/RomaniDestroyed.jpg

The first faction to suffer this fate, I might add. Pushed out of their homelands by the Qarthadastim, then mauled by the Lusotannan (who took their three last settlements in Gaul).

Epeiros - strange place to find them, you would think. Indeed, another AI blitz, this time by KH, who appeared to be hellbent on destroying Epeiros. I and the KH were at peace for more than 10 years (while sharing a border of 4 provinces) with nary a word between us as KH poured all of its troops north.

AS - they appeared to be winning decisively in the war against the Ptollies, but then the Ptollies somehow made a comeback and beat back the AS to a small foothold.

Overall, a rather bizarre (and enjoyable) campaign.

[anubis88]

Here's my Seleucid update, playing VH/M, BI.exe, year 227 BC
https://img33.imageshack.us/img33/1681/rometwbi200905171744466.png

The major differences in my empire were the conquering of Mytilene, Pergamon, Zadrakata, Asaak and Baktra. I Installed client rulers in the first two for roleplaying reasons... Also, when i allied with pontos again a few years back, i got a ceasfire with Parthia and Baktria, so i stopped my conquest of those two kingdoms, and they haven't attacked me yet.

Western Mediteranean
Romani: They are figting the punic wars by land and see, and are currently suffering against the Swebo-Arverni alliance.
Carthage: Is trying to regain and controll sicily, corsica and sardinia all the time.
Aedui have become a bretnian tribe
Lusotana are doing nothing special either.

Eastern Mediteranean.
Macedonia: they were pushed to have only 4 settlements by the Epirotes, but practically destroyed them once they conquered Sparta. Now they started to invade Asia Minor, and have taken Byzantion and Nicomedia from Pontos. They are also allied with rome
Epirus. They only live becouse Taras rebelled to them
Ptolemaics: keep having a war with them for the Levant and Cyprus.
Saba. Same as ptolemaics
Pontos: They became quite a strong kingdom, but now are getting they're asses kicked, even though they have 2 full stacks in Amaseia. So i guess Macedonia will have a really hard time conquering it.
Armenia is at war with the sarmatians with mixed fortunes.

I haven't really payed attention with what other factions are doing:clown:

[retep219]

Hayasdan 265 B.C.

I know this is very early in the game, but I still posted the picture because I've never seen such rapid Lusotannan expansion! They have most of Iberia, and the game is only on turn 28!

https://img509.imageshack.us/img509/2392/hayasdan265bc.png

Oh, and Arche Seleukia made peace with the Ptolemaioi on turn four. I suppose they really want to kill me...

[Mediolanicus]

SPQR 130BC

https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/SPQR130.jpg



Senatus Populusque Romanus

Consulares:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0006-1.jpg
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0007-2.jpg
Military not the strongest consuls in the history of Rome, but they are good planners. Currently planning invasion in Aegyptos and the quelling of loyalist uprisings in former Pontic territory.
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Mauri and Berber tribes

They just roam freely in their dry and outstreched territories, not much to tell about.
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Garamantine Kingdom

King:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0008-1.jpg
A smart King, as he knows to leave the Romans alone. Expansion is not on his mind.
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Kingdom of Aegyptos

Basileus - Pharao:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0025-1.jpg
The Ptolemaic linage has long lost power over Aegyptos. Losing the war against Pontos and the sacking of Lower Aegyptos and the Levant by Roman armies made the army try a coup. It succeeded. Two Pharaos of the Peleusias family followed, but military succes did not come again. Thus the army decided to pick another Pharao.
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Kingdom of Saba

King:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0028-1.jpg
A strong King: has been able to gain a foothold in the levant and is trying to keep the Arabian peninsular for himself.
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Kingdom of Palmyra-Assyria

Basileus:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0024.jpg
Part of the defeated Pontic Empire. Currently to busy with internal struggles to have any military significance.
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Kingdom of Kappadokia

Placeholder - missing screenshot
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City-State of Seleukeia

Strategos:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0027-1.jpg
Has been able to survive constant Parthian and Pontic attacks. Is the creator of the best and most professional city militia in the world.
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Parthian Empire

Shahanshah:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0023.jpg
The most powerful man on the earth according to the Easterners. Inspiring dread and awe into Roman soldiers. And a source of laughter for the Hellenes.

One Absolut on the rocks please:laugh4:
9b. Semi-Autonomous Saptrapy of Baktra

Satrap:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0029.jpg
Heavily influenced by the Hellenes in Baktra. Is beginning to his Shah a source of laughter too. Knows that he is young and Barman is old.
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Indo-Greek Kingdom

Basileus:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0026-1.jpg
Great king in his day, but he is getting old and senile. Married a young steppe princess and went conquering lands for her. He succeeded in doing that, but lost Baktria while doing so (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menander_I).
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Autonomous Satrapy of Uspe

Satrap:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0022-1.jpg
Resisting the Parthian Empire, but severly weakened after almost a decade of fighting.
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Sarmatian Confederacy

Chieftain:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0020-1.jpg
Surrounded by enemies, future is not looking bright for his people.
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Bosporan Kingdom

Basileus:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0019-1.jpg
Started as strategos of Olbia, created an alliance with Pantikapaion, conquered and usurped all power.
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Proto-Slavic Tribal Confederacy

Chieftain:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0017-1.jpg
Trying to keep the Germanic hordes away.
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Sweboz Horde

Chieftain:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0016.jpg
On the move.
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Kingdom of the Getai

King:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0018.jpg
Loyal Ally of Rome since 260BC.
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Kingdom of the Boii

King:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0013-1.jpg
The sixth! Very traditional people. Indepence and the name of rulers are only two of the things that should never change according to them.
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Kingdom of the Treverii

King:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0011-3.jpg
A strong but small nation surrounded by a sea of war.
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Confederacy of the Remi, Menapii and Nervii

Chieftain:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0012.jpg
Formed against the Lusotann and Brito-Germanic expansions.
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Lusotanian Horde

Chieftain:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0009-2.jpg
Seeking a new homeland.
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Confederacy of Armoriae

Chieftain:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0010.jpg
Clinging on to independence.
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Brito-Germanic Empire

Bren:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0015-1.jpg
Who needs gold when you have tin. The richest and third most powerful of Empires.

[anubis88]

City-State of Seleukeia
Has been able to survive constant Parthian and Pontic attacks. Is the creator of the best and most professional city militia in the world.



Haha... Lol... This made my day:laugh4::2thumbsup:

[Ghaust the Moor]

What faction is the Garmatine kingdom?

[johnhughthom]

What faction is the Garmatine kingdom?

A recoloured Carthage?

[Owen Glyndwr]

Man, what a really cool Casse expansion in that game!! :dizzy2::dizzy2:

Did that happen independently, or was that influenced by you?

[Olaf Blackeyes]

Good map overall but i still have to say it.
/rant/
NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!1111one My poor Sweboz!!!!!!!!
ILL KILL YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
/rant over/

[Mediolanicus]

City-State of Seleukeia
Has been able to survive constant Parthian and Pontic attacks. Is the creator of the best and most professional city militia in the world.

Haha... Lol... This made my day:laugh4::2thumbsup:

https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/seleuarmy.jpg
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/seleuarmy2.jpg
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/seleuarmy3.jpg

Those small armies are beating fullstack after fullstack.


What faction is the Garmatine kingdom?


A recoloured Carthage?

No, it's Saba actually. The "Faction Leader" is a rebel general - ex-Carthage.


Man, what a really cool Casse expansion in that game!! :dizzy2::dizzy2:

Did that happen independently, or was that influenced by you?


Good map overall but i still have to say it.
/rant/
NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!1111one My poor Sweboz!!!!!!!!
ILL KILL YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
/rant over/

I gave the Casse 1 province in Belgica in ~220BC. Apparently they developed a slightly negative disposition towards the Sweboz after that...



updated:



SPQR 130BC

https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/SPQR130.jpg



Senatus Populusque Romanus

Consulares:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0006-1.jpg
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0007-2.jpg
Military not the strongest consuls in the history of Rome, but they are good planners. Currently planning invasion in Aegyptos and the quelling of loyalist uprisings in former Pontic territory.
.
Mauri and Berber tribes

They just roam freely in their dry and outstreched territories, not much to tell about.
.
Garamantine Kingdom

King:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0008-1.jpg
A smart King, as he knows to leave the Romans alone. Expansion is not on his mind.
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Kingdom of Aegyptos

Basileus - Pharao:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0025-1.jpg
The Ptolemaic linage has long lost power over Aegyptos. Losing the war against Pontos and the sacking of Lower Aegyptos and the Levant by Roman armies made the army try a coup. It succeeded. Two Pharaos of the Peleusias family followed, but military succes did not come again. Thus the army decided to pick another Pharao.
.
Kingdom of Saba

King:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0028-1.jpg
A strong King: has been able to gain a foothold in the levant and is trying to keep the Arabian peninsular for himself.
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Kingdom of Palmyra-Assyria

Basileus:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0024.jpg
Part of the defeated Pontic Empire. Currently to busy with internal struggles to have any military significance.
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Kingdom of Kappadokia

Basileus:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0000-3.jpg
King of Pontos and Kappadokia, though only of Pontus by name. Is aspiring to kick the Romans out of HIS land for good.

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City-State of Seleukeia

Strategos:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0027-1.jpg
Has been able to survive constant Parthian and Pontic attacks. Is the creator of the best and most professional city militia in the world.
.
Parthian Empire

Shahanshah:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0023.jpg
The most powerful man on the earth according to the Easterners. Inspiring dread and awe into Roman soldiers. And a source of laughter for the Hellenes.

One Absolut on the rocks please:laugh4:
9b. Semi-Autonomous Saptrapy of Baktra

Satrap:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0029.jpg
Heavily influenced by the Hellenes in Baktra. Is beginning to his Shah a source of laughter too. Knows that he is young and Barman is old.
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Indo-Greek Kingdom

Basileus:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0026-1.jpg
Great king in his day, but he is getting old and senile. Married a young steppe princess and went conquering lands for her. He succeeded in doing that, but lost Baktria while doing so (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menander_I).
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Autonomous Satrapy of Uspe

Satrap:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0022-1.jpg
Resisting the Parthian Empire, but severly weakened after almost a decade of fighting.
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Sarmatian Confederacy

Chieftain:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0020-1.jpg
Surrounded by enemies, future is not looking bright for his people.
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Bosporan Kingdom

Basileus:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0019-1.jpg
Started as strategos of Olbia, created an alliance with Pantikapaion, conquered and usurped all power.
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Proto-Slavic Tribal Confederacy

Chieftain:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/slavs.jpg
Trying to keep the Germanic hordes away.
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Sweboz Horde

Chieftain:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0016.jpg
On the move.
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Kingdom of the Getai

King:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0018.jpg
Loyal Ally of Rome since 260BC.
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Kingdom of the Boii

King:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0013-1.jpg
The sixth! Very traditional people. Indepence and the name of rulers are only two of the things that should never change according to them.
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Kingdom of the Treverii

King:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0011-3.jpg
A strong but small nation surrounded by a sea of war.
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Confederacy of the Remi, Menapii and Nervii

Chieftain:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0012.jpg
Formed against the Lusotann and Brito-Germanic expansions.
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Lusotanian Horde

Chieftain:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0009-2.jpg
Seeking a new homeland.
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Confederacy of Armoriae

Chieftain:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0010.jpg
Clinging on to independence.
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Brito-Germanic Empire

Bren:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0015-1.jpg
Who needs gold when you have tin. The richest and third most powerful of Empires.

[Horatius Flaccus]

Great overview! I hope your invasion of Egypt is going well?

[Mediolanicus]

Great overview! I hope your invasion of Egypt is going well?

The Levant, Lower Egypt and Kyrene are now secured. I'm now building up the infrastructure there and then I'll have to decide between conquering further into Egypt, starting to conquer Gallia or taking the last Pontic settlements and risking a massive war with the Parthian Empire.

[Ghaust the Moor]

What are the rgb values for the garamantine kingdom?

[Mediolanicus]

What are the rgb values for the garamantine kingdom?

Since it is Saba, the same as Saba.

[Marcus Ulpius]

246bc - SPQR campaign

https://img36.imageshack.us/img36/7379/246spqr.jpg

Arverni are gone - mercilessly slaughtered by Aedui.

Lusos and Carthaginians are fighting in Iberia.

Aedui and Sweboz are fighting over the hegemony in Central Europe.

Getai - surprisingly nice expansion

Epiros - being killed by me (for now I have no intention of killing them totally).

Macedonia - my ally, but I think I'll demand "become a protectorate or be destroyed by my mighty legions". I want to have full control over Greece to concentrate on my next big invasion - either Iberia or Africa.

KH - were pushed to Asia Minor by me and Macedonians. They have only Sparta in Greece.

Pontos - fighting a successful (so far) war against the AS. Lots of Pontos forces are spreading around the region.

Ptolemaioi - fighting against the AS. Suffered some heavy defeats and lost Alexandria for several years, but slowly rebounding.

Pahlava - slow but steady advance on the AS. AS were starting to get into the Grey Death mode. I already imagined fighting endless waves of phalanxes till the end of my campaign, so I've started to send mnai to Pahlava. 2000-8000 each turn, depending on my income. I think it helped them to survive and go to offensive now.

Bactria and Saka - canceling each other out.

And the most surprising faction - SABA. They've got 2 cities by rebellion and somehow managed not only to take Antioch, but also to defend it against AS assault. Interesting where will they go from there.

[Mediolanicus]

@ Marcus Ulpius
Very interesting campaign, I wonder what Saba and the Getai will do. Usually they stop moving after that. And either Aedui or Sweboz is going to give you a hard time in the near future.


SPQR 120BC

https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/SPQR120.jpg



Senatus Populusque Romanus

Consulares:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0003-3.jpg
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0004-4.jpg

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Maurisi and Berber tribes
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Garamantine Kingdom

King:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0005-2.jpg
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Lybian Tribes
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Tetrachy of Kings of the Lower Nile, Meroe, Eritrea and Axum

Tetrachs:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0006-2.jpg
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0007-3.jpg
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0008-2.jpg
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0009-3.jpg

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Kingdom of Saba

King:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0010-1.jpg

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Kingdom of Palmyra-Assyria

Basileus:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0011-4.jpg

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Hillmen

Chieftain:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0012-1.jpg
Pontic and Kappadokian refugies. They use raiding and guerilla techniques against the Roman and Parthian Empires.

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City-State of Seleukeia

Strategos:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0020-2.jpg

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Parthian Empire

Shahanshah:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0013-2.jpg

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Indo-Greek Kingdom and Steppe Allies

Basileus:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0015-2.jpg

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Proto-Slavic Tribal Confederacy

Chieftain:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0016-1.jpg
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Sarmatian Confederacy

Chieftain:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0018-1.jpg

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Bosporan Kingdom

Basileus:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0019-2.jpg
Started as strategos of Olbia, created an alliance with Pantikapaion, conquered and usurped all power.
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Kingdom of the Getai

King:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0021-1.jpg
Loyal Ally of Rome since 260BC.
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Sweboz Horde

I knew I forgot one
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Kingdom of the Boii

King:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0022-2.jpg

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Kingdom of the Treverii

King:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0023-1.jpg
Client Kingdom of the Luso-Celtics.
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Luso-Celtic Kingdom

King:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0024-1.jpg
A Lusotanian Elite and a Celtic people. It's a pity their recruitement options are so limited.
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Brito-Germanic Empire

Bren:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0025-2.jpg
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0001-2.jpg
Enough said.



A century of war:

224 BC https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/SPQR226.jpg
218 BC https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/SPQR218.jpg
212 BC https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/SPQR212.jpg
190 BC https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/SPQR202.jpg
180 BC https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/SPQR180.jpg
170 BC https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/SPQR170.jpg
162 BC https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/SPQR162.jpg
155 BC https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/SPQR155.jpg
150 BC https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/SPQR150c.jpg
140 BC https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/SPQR140.jpg
130 BC https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/SPQR130.jpg
120 BC https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/SPQR120.jpg


P.s.: Does anyone know how I can mod in swimming units? I modified EB to play with BI and everything works except adding can_swim in the EDU, which has no effect besides that it shows up in the unit desciption. I tried Ferromancer's mod to see if it was something I forgot, but that doesn't work either.

[Maion Maroneios]

@ Mediolanicus: The swimming ability doesn't seem to work for me either, so I wouldn't know. Btw, I once played a custom battle at the Kolossos, and I had a couple of Indian Longbowmen which I ordered to go for a little swim. Suprisingly, they did. So it does actually work.

Maion

[Maximilian I.]

Hello,
I am reading in this forum for quite a long time and now I want to show you my current campain.

EB 1.1 - Seleukeia

http://www.civforum.de/attachment.php?attachmentid=309033

http://www.civforum.de/attachment.php?attachmentid=309034

Arche Seleukeia under Basilios Myiskos Syriakos 210 BC

Ia: Satrapie Mesopotania: (Städte: Seleukeia, Babylon, Charax, Arbela)

Ib: Satrapie Syria: (Städte: Antiochia, Edessa, Palmyra, Sidon, Damaskos, Sidon, Tarsos)

Ic: Semi-autonom kingdoms of Nabataia (Bostra, Petra) and Ioudaia (Hierosolyma)

Id: Arch Aigyptos: (Alexandria, Paraitonion, Memphis, Diospolis-Megale, Pselkis)

Ie: hellenic Polis: (Pergamon, Sardis, Nikaia, Ipsos; Halikarnasos, Side)

I f: Galatia: (Ankyra)

I g: Satrapie Pontos:

I h: Satrapie Armenia:

I i: Satrapie Persia:

I j: Satrapie Parthyaias:

I k: Satrapie Baktria:

I l: Satrapie Aria:

Im: Satrapie Maurya:


II: Kingdom of Armenia: (Armvira, Mtskheta, Kotais, Kabalaka, Ani-Kamah)

III: Kingdom Bosporion: (Pantikapaion,Chersonesos)

IV: Sauomate tribes:

V: Free Polis of Tanais:

VI: Daker:

VII: Danube Celts: two hostile Tribes

VIII: Kionon Hellenion:

IX: Kingdom of Kreta:

X. Kingdom of Lesbos:

XI. Parner Tribes:

XII. Saka Tribes:

XIII. Indo-hellenic Kingdom of Gandhara:

XIV. Kingdom of Sabea:

XV. Kingdom of Kush: (with rebell forces in the south)

XVI. Kingdom Kyrene:

XVII. Imperium Karthage:

XVIII. SPOR

XIX. Imperium-Epirotos: (Vasall of SPOR)

XX. Gaul-Tribes: (Averni is allied with Rome)

XXI. Iberian tribes

XXII. Germanic tribes

XXIII. Britania:

XXIV. Free Boii:

XXV. Proto-Slavic tribes

[IrishHitman]

How did you make that map?

[Mediolanicus]

Nice, I recognise the way you role play :-p
But you make the numbers a but more contrasting, because right now it really is very hard see to see the numbers.

I guess the map was made by using the map from the EB website and colouring it in with a photo edit program. (I have GIMP, but I don't know how to do that :-()


@ Mediolanicus: The swimming ability doesn't seem to work for me either, so I wouldn't know. Btw, I once played a custom battle at the Kolossos, and I had a couple of Indian Longbowmen which I ordered to go for a little swim. Suprisingly, they did. So it does actually work.

Maion

Yes, strangely it does work with custom battles...

https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/Miros_G/0004-5.jpg

Why doesn't it work in my campaign..?? Perhaps it is not save game compatible, but I thought all EDU changes were save game compatible.

[Maximilian I.]

@ Mediolanicus:
You are right, i used those maps and GIMP.
It's not that difficult:
1. open the plain map and fill in the provinces in the coulors you like.
2. paste the antique map on an other level. You can make it a littel bit transparent.

The numbers have so low contrast, because I had to reduce the map size to uploade the map.

[IrishHitman]

@ Mediolanicus:
You are right, i used those maps and GIMP.
It's not that difficult:
1. open the plain map and fill in the provinces in the coulors you like.
2. paste the antique map on an other level. You can make it a littel bit transparent.

The numbers have so low contrast, because I had to reduce the map size to uploade the map.

I thought you might have some program for it >.>

[Tellos Athenaios]

Why doesn't it work in my campaign..?? Perhaps it is not save game compatible, but I thought all EDU changes were save game compatible.

Options bi still disabled?

[Mediolanicus]

From descr_strat


campaign imperial_campaign
options bi
playable
seleucid
pontus
scythia
parthia
numidia
romans_julii
egypt
gauls
germans
britons
greek_cities
macedon
carthage
romans_scipii
dacia
armenia
spain
thrace
romans_brutii
saba
slave
end
unlockable
end
nonplayable

end



Besides, shield wall does work.

*sigh*

And starting a new campaign doesn't help either.

[Mediolanicus]

EUREKA

in descr_strat I changed

campaign barbarian_invasion
options bi
playable


And now it works! I just have to fix the faction descriptions when selecting a new campaign, because it can't find them now.

Thank you Tellos for putting me on the right track!

[STuNTz2023]

My Romani Campaign

https://img132.imageshack.us/img132/3339/roman002.jpg

[Maion Maroneios]

OK Stuntz, we know Hellas is the most beautiful country all right :beam:

Anyway, here is a shot of my ongoing Makedonian campaign. The year is 239BC:
https://img199.imageshack.us/img199/9567/map239bc.jpg (https://img199.imageshack.us/my.php?image=map239bc.jpg)

Makedones: The mighty Basileion has risen from her ashes, and has unified Hellas under leadership of Antigonos Gonatas. Long dead now, the Crown belongs to his son Alkyoneus "Philopator". With the Epeirotai unable to properly defend Megale Hellas against the Romaioi Barbaroi, the Makedones established a foothold on Kalabria. This would ultimately lead to a war of attrition against the Romaioi, and the expansion of the Basileion. The Karchedoi have also joined the party, getting a nice beating from Demetrios (Antigonos' youngest son) who recently killed about 36,000 of those sea-loving barbaroi. A campaign in Illyria has brought the region under Makedonian control as well, as has the naval invasion of the Crimean to protect the Hellenes against the Skythai. Currently at war with the Pontioi (who repeatedly attack Byzantion), Romaioi, Karchedoi and Ptolemaioi (who attampted to sieze Rhodos several times). With the coffers bleeding badly, something has to be done quickly to avoid a future crisis.

Iberioi (aka Lusotani): Standard expansion by these barbaroi here. One of their proxenoi visited Hellas some years ago, I believe his name was Audaxos. It seems they might have some problems with the Karchedoi, once the latter realise they should simply abandon their plans in Sikalia and Megale Hellas due to Makedonian intervention.

Brettanikai Phylai (aka Casse): WTH? Where did they go? Fear not, Strategos Maroneios decided to kick them out and replace them with a shadow faction of the mighty Makedones. Ah, the thought of Civil War is always pleasant.

Aidouoi (aka Aedui): Pah, smelly barbaroi. We'll get them one day, though. And, Zeus' willing, we'll take revenge of them for sacking Hellas. Anyway, they just do what they should do. Fighting with the Arbernoi, those other barbaroi. As if we give a dime about those damn, god-forsaken forests of theirs.

Arbernoi (aka Arverni): More or less the same with the Aidouoi. They do seem to constantly have a slightly upper hand, though. Not that we care, but even our fearless Basileus might have to consider establishing some solid relationships if one of the two manages to unify Gallia.

Germanikai Phylai (aka German Tribes): Not much is known of the phylai of the Hyperborioi, though from what we've heard there seems to be one phyle stronger than the others that tries to unify the dark forested lands of those primitive barbaroi. Not that we care. Not at all, that is. I bet a square mile of their dark beforested land is worth less than a Triereres. Indeed, it is.

Romaioi (aka Romans): Only the all-knowing gods know hom much I enjoyed hearing that our great Strategos, Demetrios "Romaioktonos", killed 4 of the most influental men of that polis, Rome. Or better Barbaropolis, seing they are no better than the rest of the barbaroi that surround our beautiful Basileion. When they realised they won't have a bright future trying to expand south, they instead shifted their attention to the north by warring with the local phylai of the Keltoi. Pah, I'd like to see their faces when our great Demetrios knocks upon the gates of their beloved capital one of these days!

Italiotai Apeirotai: See that little patch of Tirqoise there on the map? There, on Megale Hellas? You don't know where that is? *Sigh* *points to the map* There. Well, they are basically remnants of the Epeirotai who fled from Hellas after loosing the war against Antigonos "Gonatas", our former Basileus. Quite manipulative and persuasive as well. I'm quite interested to see howlong they're going to last. I'd pay to see them get a good old beating ala-Demetrios. Oh yes, I wouldn't miss that for the world.

Karchedoi: What to say of those people? First of all, they start poking their noses with the affairs of Hellenes by attacking Syrakousai. And the Hellenes didn't even ask for help! They did deserve being captured and punished by the Karchedoi, if you ask me. But then they did the unthinkable: Just as Demetrios readied his push up the spine of Megale Hellas, they attacked Brettia! They got butchered by our noble Strategos though, as the dogs they are. They will soon loose their holdings in Sikelia, as everything shows. Anyway, let them do what they please. They did regain control of Sardinia and Korsike from the Romaioi dogs some years prior, that much I admit.

Thrakike Symmachia (aka Thracian Alliance): Yes, you heard it right. A Symmachia of Thrakes, of all people! Truth is, it isn't much of an alliance if you ask me. Just a couple of phylai that bully the rest into paying them taxes and providing them with troops. Pah, barbaroi all of them. I did hear something about military activity near the borders of Dardanoia though...

Skythai (aka Scythians): Well, i don't really have to say much about them. Only that they invaded the Crimean just as we launched a naval expedition there. Oh yes, they did. They even captured Pantikapaion! Good thing the leading Strategos, noble Perseus and son of our beloved Basileus, was there to take the polis back and kick the barbaroi out of the region. I did hear that he did so with substantial casualties, though. Not wanting to insult the man's abilities, of course. But one shouldn't underestimate them.

Pontioi (aka Pontics): Filthy animals all of them! Sacriligeous beasts, filth of the earth, unwashed barbaroi, Hellenes-wannabees, sons of who... Sorry, I got carried away. But those animals have set an eye upon the great polis of Byzantion! Time after time, our loyal Strategos and Dioiketes of the polis and surrounding region has repelled their attacks, but recently he died against an army led by one of the finest Strategoi of the Pontioi. Not before he took him to Hades with him, though. The men of the polis also managed to drive away the army, so things are OK for now. As for those barbaroi themselves, they took a clear advantage of the situation in Asia to take a good chunk of Anatolia under their control. Only Pergamon stays defiant, though if she falls too we'll have even more problems...

Arche Ptolemaion (aka Ptolemaic Empire): One word: Wow. I may not like them, but an applause is due. Against all odds and facing their own inside problems, they managed to deliver a crippling blow to the Seleukeis by grabbing Mesopotamia from them. There are words of a Sivil War though, as the Startegos who took control of Mesopotamia and pushed as far as Asia has dreams of carving his own Empire in expense of Pharao Ptolemaios. He is just one step away from declaring himself the new Basileus ton Basileon...

Seleukeis (aka Seleucids): One word; Dissapointment. But what would one expect from these Diadochoi wannabees? Truth is, they did remain loyal allies. But I'm pretty sure that'd change if they were in the position of the Ptolemaioi. They still hold on firm, transfering their capital in Sousa. Let's see if they manage to spring back. Rumours speak of secret meetings between our Basileus and representatives of the Seleukid Basileus. What that could mean I don't really know, though I really hope our Basileus doesn't decide to join the chaos in Asia.

Armenioi (aka Armenians): Nothing interesting here, philoi. Busy repelling the Skythai from the north, while they always keep an eye to the south. Especially now that the Ptolemaioi have gone on a rampage.

Arabikai Phylai (aka Arabian Tribes): Not much is known about those people as well. Better let things stay so. You bet I don't give a dime about the eremos in which those dehydrated barbaroi live.

Parthoi (aka Parthians): A very interesting expansion by the nomadic barbaroi here. Managed to blitz straight into the heart of the Seleukeis. I just hope they give the Ptolemaioi a mighty headache.

Sakaioi (aka Sakae): You sure want to know a lot, don't you? All right, all right I'll tell you. Well, according to information coming straight from the far-away Basileion of Baktria (oh yes, I spoke to an old merchant who used to be a soldier fighting there) the Sakaioi are quiet. Not causing too much trouble to the ruling Hellenes, that is. What? That is not reliable information? Like I give a dime about some barbaroi living in the ends of the Earth.

Baktrioi (aka Bactrians): After officially breaking apart form the rule of the Seleukeis, they carved a nice little Basileion of their own. Bet they're making tons and tons of money there. *Sigh*

What are you looking at? That's all I had to say. Sheesh, people nowdays are very rude. Never happy with what they have...

Maion

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

Nice overview and very interesting parallel universe you got there...

I see you called the Epeirotes Italiotai Aperotai, just as I did. They lived on the exact spot in my universe for some 50 years approximately.

Concerning the "god-forsaken forests" "not worth a Triereris": Romaioi dogs are not the only ones that might end up with their skin nailed to the trees and their innards sacrifized to Wodanaz. Breast-shaved Hellenes might share that fate if they are too foolish to avoid molesting the mighty Germanikoi. Humpf.

[Maion Maroneios]

Pah, I don't care about Geramoi. Fearsome stories of the dark forests are for the common people. I am a man of war, practical and educated by fine scholars. With my trusy dory I will defend the honour of my Basileus, even to the ends of the world if he asks me!

Btw, I just killed of some 20,000 Romaioi and capt... erhm freed the mighty polis of Syrakousai from the Karchedoi.

Maion

[satalexton]

All-Hail-Makedonia!!!! Hail the Basileus to the ends of all Gaia!

[Conradus]

http://screenshot.xfire.com/screenshot/large/ec97c9185574a2cdc0176138dcf05588b11f1f0e.jpg

EB 1.0
Makedonia 226 BC

I first kicked the Koinon out of Athens and Sparta (that last one was a lucky shot) with my starting armies. Thanks to those cities my economy was saved and when Pyrrhus came back (he didn't besiege me in 272 but Epeiros attacked Pella with a small army some years later) I could kick him back and later field an army large enough to destroy the Epeirote field army and take their capital. I didn't want to destroy them so waited a number of years before I kicked them out of Greece. Since then they've taken over most of the Italian peninsula -without any help.
My diplomats made contact with most nations and I've supported most of them with 500-1000 mnai a turn. I think it helped Pontos and Pahlava a fair bit.
Untill 5 years ago, I hadn't attacked a single faction safe the ones at the start. But then the Seleucids attacked me so I took Issos. Now I'm at war with the Koinon and the Ptolemaioi.
Allright: the surprises of the AI:
Casse had a very slow start but now they have a fullstack waiting to conquer more of the British Isles.
Sweboz never got of the ground and never accepted my mnaigifts. They have a fullstack but don't do anything with it.
The biggest suprise: Aedui. Not only did they hold Mediolanum for decades (the romans only captured it 10-15 years ago) they also conquered the towns under and below it (prolly the romans got the town in the first place)
Since then the Aedui have conquered most of Gaul and now they've started a war with the Lusotanna.
Next suprise: Epeiros. I've kicked them out of Greece but they managed to conquer most of Italy from Taras. Impressive rebound.
The Koinon finally managed the same. They were confined to Rhodos but then entered a war with the Ptolemaioi where they captured Hallicarnassos, Ephese and Sidon.
Lusotanna conquered most of Spain but are now facing the fiercesome gauls.
Carthage captured Africa and Sicily (despite epirote attempts to capture it) but don't seem to do anything more)
Ptolemaioi and AS kept each other at bay, but now I'm entering the fray and will disrupt the balance.
Pontos is a pretty decent nation, and Hayasdan has the Caucasus firmly under control.
Pahlava was going nicely untill Baktria decided to attack. They're a client kingdom now, as is Saka Rauka.
And Rome? Well they lost their homelands and are now stuck betwee Gauls, invincible rebels, me and Epeiros. Things are not going good for them.

[option]

My Pontos VH/M campaign (ALEX 1.2 with LZ3's minimod pack), 248 BC:

https://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c189/metallica_fan32/ebpontos248.jpg

Seleukids were getting really dangerous near the start. They eventually took Alexandreia (still have it) and Chighu (lost it after about two turns). They also destroyed Pahlava... in 267 BC. Luckily for me, after smashing their full stack that attacked me when I had northern and western Anatolia under control in a bridge battle, I was able to expand quickly into their homelands, where they had only a unit or two garrisoned in each city. I had initially planned just to sack Antiocheia (where I destroyed all the building and gifted it to the Ptolemies), but it quickly became apparent that I could afford to hold their cities while the tattered AS armies streamed back one at a time from central Asia. I'm hoping they'll actually accept a ceasefire after I take the rest of their holdings up to the Caspian, so that I can consolidate power and build up infrastructure for a while before destroying Egypt.

AI is better than with RTW.exe, but still stupid at times, notably the KH stack which has sat on Krete since the game's start without moving.

[Hotseat_User]

gah, that's why I don't play at vh. You have to rush/blitz everything to be not destroyed by the neighbouring factions. Pontos is so nice to play it slow on hard or medium and with those mines in Asia Minor you can easily affort to keep ptolly/AS at bay while sending a plundering-stack every now and then. But the unit roster is just lovely. <3 :-)

[Maximilian I.]

http://www.civforum.de/attachment.php?attachmentid=314732

My famous warmogger king died during the caucasian winter. But he nearly concoured the whole kingdom of armenia.
In futer his son will become troubel keeping the empire together...

Five years ago: AS 210 BC (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showpost.php?p=2250392&postcount=1025)

[Ravenfeeder]

Baktria EB1.2 BI.exe

260bc
https://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t31/ravenfeeder21/baktria260-12.jpg

250bc
https://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t31/ravenfeeder21/baktria250-12.jpg

240bc
https://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t31/ravenfeeder21/baktria240-12.jpg

230bc
https://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t31/ravenfeeder21/baktria230-12.jpg

220bc
https://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t31/ravenfeeder21/baktria220-12.jpg

210bc
Oops, forgot to take that one

200bc
https://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t31/ravenfeeder21/baktria200-12.jpg

The interesting stuff has mostly happened in the west

Roma became powerful, attacked the Aedui and was winning handily, attacked the Averni as well and the Gallic fightback started in earnest. Then Taras rebelled and took Rhegion and Messana, the 3 Kart Hadast fullstacks outside Lilibeo decided it was their time to move and overwhelmed everything, including Taras and Roma itself. Back in Gaul-the war ravaged Gauls were easily overrun by hordes of Lusotannen who had been waiting and building up for 20 years until the last Kart Hadast outpost fell.

In other news Haysadan made the Sauromatae their clients early on, which gave them the resources to fight a running war against AS.

[Ravenfeeder]

Update
190bc
https://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t31/ravenfeeder21/baktria190-12.jpg

[Tux]

Sweboz
240BC:
https://img3.imageshack.us/img3/9492/71753531.png

By this time sacked Rome, just one along with other cities, and gave it to the Aedui as present.
220BC:
https://img3.imageshack.us/img3/3403/97822046.pnghttps://img3.imageshack.us/img3/7595/65242541.png

Two invasions in progress at the British Isles and Greece, also fighting on other 3 fronts with Rome, Iberians and at the steppe.

[Tartaros]

Very nice!!
Sweboz empire rules!

edit: when did you capture eburonum??

[Maion Maroneios]

Wow, just watching that Empire makes me shiver...

Maion

[Tux]

Very nice!!
Sweboz empire rules!

edit: when did you capture eburonum??
Yeah they do.:rulez:

Well during 251BC-247BC with quite big battles: one in the summer of 251BC with 3815(Sweboz) vs 3351 on the march towards the city, one in winter of 251BC to conquer the city with 3007 men of mine against 2619 of theirs and the last one in 247BC with the Diazenis spawn of 3405(Sweboz) against 3351.

Wow, just watching that Empire makes me shiver...

Maion
Yeah, that's it's purpose.~:) But I did slow things down since where would be the fun in conquering everything.

Anyway pretty big and very chaotic battle against the Casse with 4919 men at their side and 3600 of mine and this after a couple of seasons of siege, pictures:


https://img26.imageshack.us/img26/269/rometwalx20090623185255.jpg
https://img189.imageshack.us/img189/824/rometwalx20090623185301.jpg
https://img189.imageshack.us/img189/671/rometwalx20090623185343.jpg
https://img189.imageshack.us/img189/2619/rometwalx20090623185708.jpg
https://img189.imageshack.us/img189/2120/rometwalx20090623185713.jpg


Yeah I know I should be working on EB2 but hey I can do both at the same time.:tongue2:

[Zim]

Carthage VH/M, started on rtw.exe, played last couple of decades on BI.exe

271

Carthage lost almost all of its starting settlements to rebellion. Even Corsica and Sardinia would end up being given up to the Romans a few short years later.

https://img530.imageshack.us/img530/5864/271v.jpg (https://img530.imageshack.us/i/271v.jpg/)

265

The slow work of conquering Africa begins.

https://img141.imageshack.us/img141/3053/265c.jpg (https://img141.imageshack.us/i/265c.jpg/)

240

WIth Africa reconquered Carthage can turn its attention east to the Ptolemies who have been invading Carthage's home territories. Raiding parties are sent to weaken first them, and then the Seleucids when it appears they are getting too strong.

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The reconquest of Iberia's coastal settlements. While Carthage had been forced to abandon them a tribe of Iberians calling themselves the Lusatanni had taken the coast. The war against them would be Carthage's most difficult conflict to date.

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Iberia's mines would become a great source of wealth for Carthage, while the peninsula's people would supply many of Carthage's soldiers in the upcoming war with Rome.

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With Rome having apparently decided to compose their armies almost entirely of poorly armed troops called "vigiles" backed by one or two units of real soldiers, the conquest of Italy went much faster than anticipated.

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Finally Greece would be made to pay for sinking every fleet Carthage had tried to raise during the war with Rome.

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[Maion Maroneios]

Here is another shot of my campaign. The year is 231BC, and Basileus Alkyoneus still sits on the throne of the Basileion at the age of 61.
https://img32.imageshack.us/img32/1464/map231bc.jpg (https://img32.imageshack.us/i/map231bc.jpg/)

Basileion Makedonias (Makedonia): As you can see, the Makedones have made some progress here. After banishing the Karchedoi from Sikelia and establishing puppet rulers all over, Demetrios "Romaioktonos" shifted his attention towards the Romaioi. After beating them several times, he managed to captured Barbaropolis (aka Roma). Enslaved half the population and sent them to the corners of the Basileion. Now he's planning what to do next. In the East, Perseus kicked some Pontic arse and is besieging the Pontic capital (after their former one was sacked and burned by a Makedonian-driven Skythian army) of Ankyra. With a budget close to 30,000 mnai per turn, things are looking good for the Basileion.

Lusotana: Those barbaroi have managed to unite even more tribes under their banner. Seems like they are going to deliver the Karchedoi a serious headache. And good they will do too.

Casse: Let's not get through this again :tongue:

Vergalla (Aedui): Renamed to Vergalla, or Megale Gallia if you prefer in proper Hellenic, the various tribes united under the Aidouoi have declared themsleves an "Empire". Hah! An Empire, of all people! Anyway, I've heard Basileus Alkyoneus is thinking of sending an ebassy with a gift to them, probably to make sure the remnants of the Romaioi remain occupied at least to the north and don't suddenly decide to take back their precious former capital en masse.

Belgae (Arverni): Renamed them to Belgae (or Belgai of you prefer), after the main regions of the Aidouoi got swallowed up by Vergalla. The Belgae, once part of the Arbernoi, declared their independence and are now fighting a fierce war agains the rest of the unified Gallic tribes in defiance after refusing to join the "Alliance" and become part of Vergalla. I got to admit though, those guys have spirit.

Sweboz: Nothing too impressive there. Slow, steady expansion. They are currently looming over the lands of the Belgae, sandwitching the latter along with the armies of Vergalla. After the Belgae are wiped off the map, I believe a fierce war is going to break out between the two barbaroi powers. Not that we care, though. Let them beat the shit out of each other. We might even take up sides if we get in a good position and watch!

Romani (SPQR): Renamed those lads to plain "Romani" after their lost Barbaropolis. OK, OK Roma. Sheesh. Oh, nobody knows how happy I was when I heard that Barbaropolis was finally captured! The jewel of the Romaioi, in Makedonian hands at last! Though I was very surprised by the action of Demetrios; instead of butchering them like the filthy swines they are, he instead just enslaved half the population and left their "wonders" intact. Oh well, you know what they say: "The human's soul is an abyss..." What? You've never heard of that? Goddamn barbaroi...

Italiotai Apeirotai (Epeiros): After sending envoys to Demetrios promising help, the Italiotai decided to just sit around and watch the Romaioi getting killed. If that is not enough, they even attacked Apoulia recently and went as far as besieging the capital of the region, Kapoua! Bah, I'm sure Demetrios won't let them get away with this so easily.

Safot Softim biQarthadast: The baby-killers have managed to actually open a war-front against the Arche Ptolemaion lately by capturing Kyrene. I mean, how stupid can you be? Abandoning your holdings in Sikelia to open a front against the biggest and most powerful (in theory, at least) Empire in the world? Oh well, they did try to take back Lylibaion once. Failed miserably too.

Thrakike Symmachia (Getai): :tumbleweed: This pretty much sums everything up.

Skythai (aka Sauromatae): Those damn filthy barbaroi sent some "Chosen Horse Archers" or something and ravaged out holdings in the Crimean! Petty little only-once-every-8-frikin'-months-washing got a nice beating a-la Hoplitai in the end though.

Basileion Pontou (Pontos): Guess what? Those animals got what they deserved. Punishment, and harsh once too. Perseus made sure of that. Even persuaded his father, Basileus Alkyoneus to give him a 4,800 men strong Argyraspides unit. Hehe, someone has knows who he is going to give his throne to... Anyway, as I said the Pontioi are slowly loosing the war against the Makdones under Perseus. They even shifted their capital to Ankyra of all people, after a Skythian army under the services of Perseus sacked their former capital.

Arche Ptolemaion (Ptolemaioi): Not much progress here. Attempted to push further into Seleukid territory, but they got beaten badly. And the Seleukeis are stupid enough not to take advantage of the confusion within the Arche as well, seeing that there is much talk about a major Civil War amongst the Ptolemaioi. Oh, and did I mention they actually lost Kyrenaike to the Karchedoi? I did? OK, take it easy. Sheesh...

Seleukeis (Arche Seleukeia): Not much change here either. Those guys, after getting a huge smack to the face by loosing Mesopotamia, managed to fiercely hold on to their present holdings by stoping the advancing Ptolemaioi armies cold in their tracks.

Hayasdan: The Armenioi actually managed to grab some lands and become masters of the lands under the Kaukasos.

Saba: Guess what? Not interesting. What? You want to hear more? OK, now you're making fun of me? *points fist in the air and rotates it*

Askanian (Pahlava): Renamed them after being inspired by Atraphoenix. Those dudes actually lost some of their conquered lands from the Seleukeis. Sheesh, can nobody do something right nowdays?

Saka Rauka: Just mentioning their names pains me. Well, not really but still. They actually captured the mighty polis of far-away Baktra. Many Hellenes fled from the wrath of those damn barbaroi of the unruly steppes, but the Basileion Baktries still lives on. They are just confined further south now, and more vulrenable than ever before.

Basileion Baktries (Baktria): The "mighty" Baktrioi managed to actually loose their capital polis to some bow-wielding, horse-loving nomad barbaroi. I mean, how much of an idion can you be? Even if they just sat behind their massive walls and waited for the barbaroi to leave peacefully would they have managed to hold out. But nooo, go play hero and gace them head-on. Anyway, I don't really care to be honest. Brothers or not, they got what they desreved for being so cocky.

So, this is another description by your philos Strategos Maroneios. And for those of you that know Petroula Kostidou (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuqJMdThQcM) and some Greek: Ειμαι ο Μαιον και μολις τελειωσα :tongue:

Maion

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

Nice overview Maion. I slaughtered a dove just now and from its innards, I can tell you that your Basileus Alkyoneus will die in 230 BC. :book:

In my experience the Germanoi don't even want to harm a fly that isn't Eleutheroi... but perhaps you can pay them to attack the smelly, filthy, incompetent you-know-who? It is painful to see their smelly arses in my homeland. :skull:


So, this is another description by your philos Strategos Maroneios. And for those of you that know Petroula Kostidou and some Greek: Ειμαι ο Μαιον και μολις τελειωσα
I guess it has something to do with yourself and the boobish blonde in the video? Anyway, why did she say "democracia" (that's how it sounded) like five times?

[Constantius III]

Baktria 1.2, H/M

272 BC
https://img32.imageshack.us/img32/9667/baktria272.jpg

262 BC
https://img34.imageshack.us/img34/4998/baktria262.jpg

252 BC
https://img32.imageshack.us/img32/5134/baktria252.jpg

242 BC
https://img34.imageshack.us/img34/6619/baktria242.jpg

Casse: Unimpressive so far. They've been besieging Caern-Brigantae on and off for about the past decade with a miniscule stack, while a halfstack and a fullstack sit around Ratae and twiddle their thumbs.

Sweboz: Apparently it's quite idyllic out in the forests. They haven't moved at all. Probably drinking themselves into a stupor and choking on pretzels. Seriously, I've never seen them do absolutely nothing before.

Lusotannan: Respectable performance. They're a little weak but last time I checked up closely they were contending with both the Qarthadastim and some sick Eleutheroi fullstacks.

Aedui: Not terrible. At least they're doing better than the Arverni, and they haven't lost any ground. Constantly failing at besieging Bratosporios, and some pretty large engagements in the Padus Eridanos Po Valley against the Romani.

Arverni: I hate this shade of green. Ankyra revolted to them early because AS took it ridiculously early, and they've been spending most of their mnai on that ever since. Galatia is home to more Arverni troops than their two other remaining possessions combined. It's a wonder they haven't rolled over Pontos yet.

Senatvs Popvlvsqve Romanvs: 'Path of Least Resistance', hmm? They suck at holding onto southern Italy, and even their Gallic possessions revolt periodically. The Aedui are mauling them in the perennial Mediolanum battles too. Even now that their Iberian peninsula possessions abut Qarthadast (so you'd think they'd go to war more often and maybe contest Sicily), zip. Disappointing.

Safot Softim biQarthadast: Slow, but not as slow as Casse at least. Color me underwhelmed.

Getai: Periodic clashes against the Maks around the Haemus mountains are leading nowhere, despite the presence of large stacks on both sides. Feh.

Epeiros: Choked, hard. They had Pella and at one point Byzantion and were driving on Demetrias with three stacks, two of them fullstacks, led by some dude named Hymenos, which in retrospect was a bad omen. Somehow, the Maks pulled off a huge upset and got Pella back, probably having to do with the simultaneous revolt of Byzantion over to the eviscerated KH. Now they're just sitting with only one fullstack in Ambrakia, fighting a short war with the Romani whenever Taras revolts and then returning to oblivion just as fast.

Makedonia: Lost Pella early and looked to be taking the first bus home, but then decided they would give better clutch performances than Ray Allen. Grabbed the Fetters, then kicked the KH out of Sparte, and so were good and ready to beat Hymenos when he marched into Thessalia. Then they went on to delay the scary-as-crap Ptolemaioi from expanding in Asia Mikra for about five years.

Koinon Hellenon: Has been surviving off of revolting poleis for the past twenty years. Apparently they haven't even moved their Kretan army, and they have a fullstack sitting on Rhodos going nowhere - the wonders of rtw.exe, bringing you naval AI that's almost as good as ETW's! Anyway, they had Byzantion, lost it, had Emporion, lost that too, had Sinope, and - surprise surprise - lost it. At least they kept Pantikapaion, which is now home to a terrifying assortment of soldiers that have not made so much as a move towards Chersonesos, just across the peninsula. Yeah, great job, ephebophiliac failures. Take a page out of the Mak book or something.

Pontos: Also unimpressive. Took Sinope, got their starting stacks mauled by the Galatian Arverni and by Trapezous, then did absolutely nothing for the rest of the game.

Arche Seleukeia: Was doing a decent job of holding it together for a long time. Held it together against the Ptolemaioi for about a decade and a half while simultaneously fighting a retarded war with Hayasdan for Phraaspa (they won, but both of them lost), grabbing about half of Asia Mikra and promptly losing it again, and fighting repetitive wars with Saba over Palmyra. Then they decided that it'd be a grand idea to send two fullstacks over to kill me, their loyal ally, who had saved Alexandreia-Eschate from the evil Saka and who was even sending them periodic monies. [/whine] That was what screwed them over, because once they lost a substantial portion of their army against me, the door was open wide for the Ptolemaioi to charge in. Finally decided it'd be grand to get peace with me while they could in 249 or so, surprisingly, because usually they fight like hell once they do something dumb. Are now in the process of expanding into dumb places like Trapezous and Bithynia, recently lost a decently armed fullstack charging into the teeth of the Ptolemaioi at Edessa.

Ptolemaioi: Ohmygodwhatisthisidonteven.

Saurometai: Boring. Got Pantikapaion, lost it to KH. Got Olbia, kept it, but didn't go any further and aren't even fighting the Getai apart from four-unit stack raids. Recently got done fighting Hayasdan over Kabalaka, lost, haven't shown any inclination to do anything else.

Saba: Spent most of the first three decades wasting resources on territories that revolted from the Ptolies and AS that they couldn't hold. Now that they don't have to worry about that janx anymore, they've been expanding respectably in Arabia.

Hayasdan: Has wasted its energy on a series of practically useless wars: against the AS over Phraaspa (they lost) and against the Saurometai over Kabalaka (they "won"). Managed to get Mtskheta, but AS beat them to the punch over Ani-Kamah and it looks like they aren't shuffling off to Kotais anytime soon either.

Pahlava: Not a particularly good performance. Took Marakanda off the rebels at the same time I was bleeding out against the Saka in Dayuan. Failed to assault Asaak at all, instead concentrating on building sick early cataphracts for me to impale myself on when I finally got enough money to kill something that didn't have an anchor on it. Then they finally grabbed Hyrkania while I was busy in their homeland. Currently on my hitlist for being so annoying.

Baktria: Ohaiguiz. I don't attack India before about 185 BC because I'm an RPer idiot. After about 260 BC, the real reason was that I didn't have enough money because the AS were going to kill me. Currently am fighting a losing battle against CTDs.

Saka Rauka: Not enough of :smash: and too much of :wall: and :skull:. Am sick and tired of losing large quantities of semiexpendable peons that still cost way too much money against ysaninu aysiramja. At least I can console myself with their lack of Indo-Saka units.

[Maion Maroneios]

Nice overview Maion. I slaughtered a dove just now and from its innards, I can tell you that your Basileus Alkyoneus will die in 230 BC. :book:
Hehehe, I'm thinking he's going to kick the bucket soon as well. The thing is, there are 2 individuals who have great power and might even settle this out with a fight for the throne. And I'm talking about none others than Perseus and Demetrios, of course.


In my experience the Germanoi don't even want to harm a fly that isn't Eleutheroi... but perhaps you can pay them to attack the smelly, filthy, incompetent you-know-who? It is painful to see their smelly arses in my homeland. :skull:
Yeah, the Romaioi Barbaroi seem to be focusing to the north. I might send some embassies in the vicinity to keep things in check.


I guess it has something to do with yourself and the boobish blonde in the video? Anyway, why did she say "democracia" (that's how it sounded) like five times?
Indeed. She has become famous here in Greece, for saying her name followed by the phrase "Molis teleiosa", which can be translated as "I just came" though really meaning "I just finished". So everyone kind of says "My name is X and I just came/finished" imitating Petroula's voice :tongue:

And that would be Thermokrasia (θερμοκρασια), which means "temperature". She is saying the weather, after all.

Maion

[Reality=Chaos]

@ Constantius III: Some nice expansion there... You noted you were a RPer.... Does that mean that you have some decent sources on Baktria? I really like the facyion and it's roster (though tough starting position:worried2:) but I know virtually nothing of it's background..... If you have some decent sources could you PM me with the titles (or better yet links:2thumbsup:) ? Thank you:yes:

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

Hehehe, I'm thinking he's going to kick the bucket soon as well. The thing is, there are 2 individuals who have great power and might even settle this out with a fight for the throne. And I'm talking about none others than Perseus and Demetrios, of course.
In that stage, when you do have real enemies left, a civil war could brake your neck. Perseus must be around 44 years old if I'm not mistaken, and Demetrios? A bit older, right? Whom of the two has a son?


Yeah, the Romaioi Barbaroi seem to be focusing to the north. I might send some embassies in the vicinity to keep things in check.
Please. :shame:


Indeed. She has become famous here in Greece, for saying her name followed by the phrase "Molis teleiosa", which can be translated as "I just came" though really meaning "I just finished". So everyone kind of says "My name is X and I just came/finished" imitating Petroula's voice :tongue:

And that would be Thermokrasia (θερμοκρασια), which means "temperature". She is saying the weather, after all.

Maion
I guess "I just came" in the sense of coming home, no? :p:

[Constantius III]

Baktria 1.2, H/M

272 BC
https://img32.imageshack.us/img32/9667/baktria272.jpg

262 BC
https://img34.imageshack.us/img34/4998/baktria262.jpg

252 BC
https://img32.imageshack.us/img32/5134/baktria252.jpg

242 BC
https://img34.imageshack.us/img34/6619/baktria242.jpg

232 BC
https://img355.imageshack.us/img355/5503/baktria232.jpg

219 BC - forgot to turn on Fraps for a few turns, sorry
https://img523.imageshack.us/img523/2862/baktria219.jpg

212 BC
https://img205.imageshack.us/img205/8635/baktria212.jpg

Casse: Almost done with the British Isles so far, underwent a bit of an explosion in the 220s. Not absolutely terrible, but they coulda at least used that fullstack they've got sitting at Ratae.

Swêbōz: Still did absolutely nothing - didn't move an inch - until Gáwjám-Hêruskōz revolted to them from Roman control and kicked off their war. It just started, no major developments there yet. Still kinda unhappy about them freezing for six decades of game time.

Lusotannan: Control basically all of Iberia now, as usual. Briefly wrested Burdigala from the Aedui, but lost it in a revolt. Lost Mastia to a revolt too. Currently they're besieging Tolosa, probably going to take it.

Aedui: Clear hegemons of Gaul France. The Arverni are irrelevant now, they've been staying put around their two cities for decades while the Aedui adeptly beat the Romani off from repeated sieges of Viennos. They also managed to halt the Lusotannan, which is respectable all on its own, because from what I see the Lusos tend to be scary in mid- to late-game, assuming they survive. Plus, Dalminion revolted to them, which is pretty neat. I thought they only got Scorcouw and Thraikia Hypertera in that part of the world, guess I was wrong.

Arverni: They still suck. Turtling up, big time. Have fought off Roman armies a few times, nothing major outside of that.

Senatvs Popvlvsqve Romanvs: Hit a brick wall in Iberia after capturing Numantia and the Hellenic northeastern coast, now are pushed out. Got Messana and are keeping it against Qarthadastim onslaughts. Territories are repeatedly revolting from their control, Dalminion and Massilia being the ones that have managed to get it to stick so far. Went in a retarded northerly direction as usual, revolting cities forced them to enter a war with the Swêbōz and Aedui. All in all, fail, but slightly qualified fail.

Safot Softim biQarthadast: It's actually been exciting for these guys, at least as exciting as it ever tends to get. Outside of their long, bloody war with the Lusos for south Iberia - a war that was renewed when Mastia revolted in about 221 - they decided to capture Syrakousai and, for good measure, to declare war on the Ptolemaioi during the Ptolies' "Time of Troubles" in the 220s. Had Paraitonion, Kyrene, and Augila for awhile before they failed to reinforce and were pushed out.

Getai: Slight expansion beyond what they've already done. Currently a Mak protectorate, like Epeiros below. Are currently hemorrhaging against the Boii and Lugii. Underwhelming. They looked like they'd take Dalminion for awhile in the 230s, too...:shame:

Epeiros: Boring. Protectorate of the Maks, and the only time they've so much as moved since they lost the war was when Taras revolted in 213. Otherwise, nothin'.

Makedonia: Fighting a looooong war with the Ptolies for Asia Minor over the last few decades. Looked to be winning for awhile during the Ptolies' "Time of Troubles", they got Pergamon, Sardis, and Halikarnassos, but tyche screwed them over and they've been totally driven out, though two fullstacks are in the vicinity still and will probably cause more havoc.

Koinon Hellenon: Created a Bosporan kingdom when they finally stirred from Pantikapaion. Massilia also revolted to them, but it was less exciting than their only successful offensive in this game, which captured Chersonesos.

Pontos: Just died actually, after holding onto Trapezous for awhile. During the 230s and 220s they grabbed about half of Asia Minor all of a sudden and started that "Time of Troubles" for the Ptolemaioi that I mentioned - they lost territory on all fronts, and for awhile looked screwed. The Ptolies fought their way back from the brink, though, and Pontos steadily lost ground during the late 220s.

Arche Seleukeia: Has been slowly ground down by yours truly, until they practically cease to exist. During the 220s they had a brief resurgence, got back Mesopotamia, but I kept pushing from the east and by 219 they'd lost it again and were in full retreat. Now they've only got Bithynia and Adurbadagan, which I'm roleplaying as the allied Seleukid eparchies of Bithynia and Atropatene.

Ptolemaioi: Their brief back-footed time has already been explained, and I'm not entirely sure of the cause - though if I had to lay money to it, it probably was losing Meroe and Aksum to a revolt at the same time, right after two fullstacks evaporated fighting the Maks and Pontos in Asia Minor. Saba have been a nuisance, Qarthadast has been a major threat, Maks have been semidangerous, and Pontos looked pretty bad for awhile. Now they're back to expanding, and are in a cold war with me that looks about ready to end.

Saurometai: After getting mauled by KH and Hayasdan when those two went north, they've slowly started to take back all the stuff they lost, though the Hai still are "allied" to the Roxolani (and have two fullstacks and a multitude of crummier units floating around the steppes, rather annoyingly). Also were quick to take Gava-Alanna after I made it spy-rebel from the dying Saka.

Saba: Series of loooong indecisive wars around Meroe, Aksum, and Bostra with the Ptolies, which they've been managing to fight pretty well. Other than that, nothing too special.

Hayasdan: Got powerful after uniting most of the Caucasus and then became that annoying steppe-Hayasdan empire that's always so weird. At least they're losing now. I'm trying to keep Seleukid "Atropatene" between the two of us so I can actually ally with the Hai against the Ptolies.

Pahlava: Killed them in 238 BC. One faction of scary cataphract warriors down, one to go...

Baktria: :toff:

Saka Rauka: Starting with the conquest of Chach in 224 I've been slowly, over the course of a decade, grinding these extremely annoying dudes into dust. Slightly hampered at the end by the MoT, which hit around 216 and gave both of us late bodyguards. Still, Atlanta Chighu is ours, and fairly won. Now I can justify an invasion of India. :2thumbsup:

[Zim]

VH/M 248

A Sauromatae migration campaign I've been working on. Ransacked my way to western Africa, then started after a few more settlements after my generals started getting the "restless warmonger" trait.

It's been pretty interesting. I've been replacing my starting horse archers with Numidian cavalry (only other cav I can recruit right now) to form the base of my army, with a couple elites from my pastoral settlements added in. I'm getting used to the Numidian Cavalry, but man are they expensive compared to nomad standard horse archers. :dizzy2:

Not quite sure where I'll take this campaign. I was expecting a hard war with Carthage but after the settlements I took from them rebelled back (my having abandoned them) they haven't built any government buildings, and so haven't been able to rebuild their barracks.

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[Tartaros]

very interesting!

[Tyrfingr]

You have left the steppes in a complete mess there, very interesting!

[option]

Epeiros, VH/M, 232 BC, ALEX.exe

https://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c189/metallica_fan32/ebepeiros232.jpg

Epeiros: After taking Hellas and developing my infrastructure for a while, I built two massive fullstacks to invade Egypt to counter the growing power of the Ptolemies. After taking most of the area, one of them is on its way back to Ambrakia, Kydonia and Pella for retraining and the other is garrisoning various settlements while one of my generals pushes for the last two Ptolemaic Egyptian holdings with mercs.

Macedon: Unwittingly eliminated by me during the siege of Corinth in 270 - I killed three FMs in the battle and saw their other two settlements (Chalkis and Mytilene) turn Eleutheroi immediately afterwards. Oh well.

KH: Wouldn't stop landing stacks of 3-4 men in the Peloponnesus and attacking me, so I got fed up and took Rhodes, their last settlement some time ago.

AS: Were starting to get out of control early on, so I gave some money to the Parthians, Baktrians and Pontics to help fight them. Now they're little more than a number of disjointed states, although I have a feeling they'll hold on in Anatolia.

Baktria: Declared war on the AS about twenty-five years ago and proceeded to steamroll them. Pressed right ahead and took Babylon and Seleukia from the north before taking Karmana, Persepolis, and Charax. Currently eliminating Seleucid holdouts in Susa and starting a war with the Hayasdan.

Parthia: Were invading AS but were cut off by the fast expansion of Baktria, so they decided to go for the steps instead. Have several fullstacks marching around Chighu and Gava-Haomavarga, so it looks like the Saka's days are numbered.

Saka: Getting owned by the Parthians.

Ptolemaioi: Fought a number of back-and-forth wars with the Seleucids in the Levant, and despite my financial aid to the ailing AS were just starting to make progress when I invaded them. They're about to be kicked out of Egypt entirely.

Hayasdan: Somehow got a ceasefire with the Sauromatae and invaded the AS, signing the Seleucid death warrant. Were just attacked by Baktria, though.

Saba: Completely boring, have sat in idleness for many years now.

Arverni: Destroyed by the Aedui as always, sitting pretty with one settlement.

Aedui: Were doing fine until inexplicably they became a Roman protectorate (why does this always happen?), and now they're fighting standstill wars with the Sweboz.

Romaioi: Have made Aedui a protectorate and decided to expand along the coast. Currently engaging in a number of on-off wars with the Lusotanna and Carthaginians.

Carthage: Almost done subjugating Africa, occasionally fighting Rome along the way.

Lusotanna: Can't even conquer Iberia.

Sweboz: Fighting the Aedui and the central European superheros with no real results.

Casse: Idle as always.

Sauromatae: Fighting the Getai and occasionally taking Kallatis and attacking me.

Getai: Thankfully expanding north and west instead of south and attacking me.

Pontos: Fighting Seleucids and seemed to be carving a decent kingdom for themselves in Anatolia until Amaseia was taken, now trying to retake it for the past ten years.

[johnhughthom]

That's some interesting stuff going on in the east, I guess getting involved in neutralising the Ptolies early can lead to an unusual campaign.

[Maion Maroneios]

Interesting indeed. I might decide launching a campaign in Aigyptos as well, seeing that the Arche Ptolemaion has grown too powerful for my (and their neighbours') liking.

Maion

[athanaric]

Sab'yn, H/M, RTW.exe

227 BC
https://img44.imageshack.us/img44/9813/saba227bc.jpg (https://img44.imageshack.us/i/saba227bc.jpg/)


225 BC
https://img339.imageshack.us/img339/2339/saba225bc.jpg (https://img339.imageshack.us/i/saba225bc.jpg/)


224 BC
https://img22.imageshack.us/img22/7430/saba224bc.jpg (https://img22.imageshack.us/i/saba224bc.jpg/)


219 BC
https://img194.imageshack.us/img194/3648/saba219bc.jpg (https://img194.imageshack.us/i/saba219bc.jpg/)
https://img13.imageshack.us/img13/6875/saba219bc2.jpg (https://img13.imageshack.us/i/saba219bc2.jpg/)


218 BC
https://img248.imageshack.us/img248/6485/saba218bc.jpg (https://img248.imageshack.us/i/saba218bc.jpg/)


215 BC
https://img17.imageshack.us/img17/8816/saba215bc.jpg (https://img17.imageshack.us/i/saba215bc.jpg/)


Been busy with the Ptolies, and now the AS, who has learned to conduct naval invasions! Fortunately only against the Eleutheroi.


Arche Seleukeia - at the beginning, it looked as if they were going to lose against the Ptolies, but then, the Yellowbellies ran into some serious trouble (me), and the AS concentrated on their Iranian holdings, almost killing off the Pahlavân. Second most powerful faction, fields reformed tank units.

Ptolemaioi - still aggressive and troublesome, although down to only a few provinces.

Baktria - fighting with mixed success against the Saka.

Pontos - oh dear. Barely alive due to the fact that both they and Makedonia are allied to me, and thus at peace now.

Makedonia - doing reasonably well, having Epeiros as protectorate. Even managed to conquer Kotais (lost it to Hayasdan afterwards). Has six fullstacks standing idly around Korinthos.

Bosphoran Kingdom (formerly KH) - their strong position in Skythia is partly my fault, because, fearing that the inevitable Makedonian conquest of Sparte would destroy the faction, I made their last field general (Eugenios Rhodios) take a magical trip to Chersonesos (which was held by loyalists).

Qart Hadast - strongest faction on the map. Quite scary. Even took Latium at some point during their historically almost correct war with SPQR.

Romani - second Punic War!!! :elephant: They are mostly on the defensive, fighting for their possessions in Italia and Iberia. Luckily they managed to trigger the March of Time. Managed to get both Gallic factions as protectorates. An invasion force is now heading for Karali.

Lusotannan - dead :skull:. Got crushed by two enemies at once, a bit like the Bushmen in South Africa :no:.

Aedui - nothing happenig over here. Astonishingly, they are at peace with all their neighbours.

Arverni - same as Aedui, only weaker.

Swêboz - one of my most steadfast allies; standard expansion. Managed to take Noricum and now their single focus is Mrogbonna. Very powerful as usual.

Getai - strong, but not overly aggressive. Currently they are cooperating with the Swêboz in harrassing Eburonum.

Sauromatae - nothing unusual. Threatened by Saka, Swêboz, Getai, Hayasdan and KH, but still alive.

Saka - fighting Baktria.

Pahlava - trying to not get killed by the vicious AS monster.

Casse - yawn.

Epeiros - strong. Intelligence reports that their Illyrian forces are preparing an attack on the Aedui.

[Moosemanmoo]

pretty crazy campaign you got yourself there, makes me wish I had the patience for the Saba

[Skullheadhq]

Makedonia, 241 BC
https://img4.imageshack.us/img4/6789/rometwbi200907071128178.jpg

Arche Seleukeia: They lost Persepolis in a revolt, took it back, and then backstabbed me while I was campaigning in Megale Hellas. Had to get the first ship back home. Nikaia rebelled to Getai, I bought it for them for a small $30000. they took Mytilene en Rhodos. Oh, and they took Alexandria :inquisitive:

Getai:My loyal allies, luckely they didn't get too mighty.They are in some kind of a cold war with the Sauromatae, briefly held the Ukrains, lost it and now there are 2 stacks of Getai and Sauros facing eachother and do nothing.

Sauromatae:Captured the Crimea, Lost it to my mighty Makedonian armies. And since then there is a status quo.

Romaioi dogs:Lost southern Italy to Epeiros (except Rhegion). Barbaropolis itself was beseiged by the Epeirotes. Bononia was lost to the Aedui. But the Barbaroi took a huge chunk out of Gallia.

Saba: Filthy rich, Have an army near Memphis. Allies to the AS.

Casse::hanged:

Koinon Hellenon:Died in 270 B.C

Those guys that ƒ*€K their own sister:Surrounded by enemies but doesn't know where to quit. Holding out pretty well against Kart-Hadast, Arche Seleukeia and Saba.

Arveni:almost dead in Gaul but a mighty force in Galatia

Pahlava:Split into 2 halfs.

Baktria:Seized Taksahilla early on. Now beating the crap out of Saka.

Saka: Beaten to death by the Baktrioi. Very few armies left of them. Well armies...raid party like armies

Aedui: Getting their vengeance in Italy, Seized Bononia and marching toward Arretium.

Carthage: A bit lazy

SwebozIdem

Hayasdan:Happy to be alive. Expanding a little.

[Maion Maroneios]

Good overview, philos. Ever thought of interventing in Megale Hellas?

Maion

[Skullheadhq]

Yeah, I did. I had an army besieging Taras. Then the Seleucid bastards backstabbed me. And now I'm on a full time war in the east.

Really, could you PM me some hints and such.

The AS holds Memphis and Alexandria now /sigh

and an update:
https://img44.imageshack.us/img44/9318/rometwbi200907072012232.jpg

[Olimpian]

Old Romani campaign I revived, M/M RomeTW.exe Minimod pack + some tweaks here and there, 227 BC

https://img229.imageshack.us/img229/1424/21309289.jpg

Romani: Conquered Italy, went fot Carthaginian possesions in Iberia, invaded Illyria after Epeiros attacked through there, continued on to Greece, now consolidating my position there. Invaded Ptoleis (they were growing too powerful). Border armies on the Alps and in Illyria in case Aedui or Getai attack (both are my allies, but that hardly means anything)

Pahlava, Baktria, Pergamon (former Maks), Hayasdan, Getai: nice Kingdoms there

Sels: split in half - Anatolia and Persia - hanging on in the east, somewhat better in the west

Cimmerian Bosporus: just moved Pontos there after they were pwned in Anatolia by Seles

Saba: idle

Sauros: losing to Hayasdan

Luso: brain dead since I invaded Iberia, probably waiting for me to take Arse (not gonna happen just yet)

Saka: damn good

Casse: almost there

Sweboz: blitzed Belgae lands, almost took Aedui capital, now fighting super-stacks to their south

Aedui and Arverni: the former doing better than the latter

Epeiros: relics (me to blaim). Think I'll put them in Atropatene to spice things up there

KH: starting provinces + Olbia

Carthies: grabbed Cyrene and fought for it with the Ptoleis. I hoped they would help keep 'the fever' busy, but as soon as I set foot in Egypt, made peace. They will be :smash:ed for that soon enough

Ptoleis: made me put the campaign on hold after blitzing AS in a couple of years and becoming 'the fever'. But now they're getting their arses kicked by me. Just a couple more elite stacks to go..

[athanaric]

Yeah, I did. I had an army besieging Taras. Then the Seleucid bastards backstabbed me. And now I'm on a full time war in the east.

Really, could you PM me some hints and such.

The AS holds Memphis and Alexandria now /sigh

and an update:
https://img44.imageshack.us/img44/9318/rometwbi200907072012232.jpg

Did you get the Pikemen reforms? I'm asking because the Romaioi look a bit weak in your campaign.

[option]

Epeiros, VH/M, 232 BC, ALEX.exe

https://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c189/metallica_fan32/ebepeiros232.jpg

Updated, 222 BC:

https://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c189/metallica_fan32/ebepeiros222.jpg

Epeiros: Have been consolidating my hold on Egypt while fighting off Rome and raiding Carthage. I just finished a raid by sea of Adrumeto, Atiqa and Carthage itself, burning them to the ground. That's what they get for starting a war with me.

Pontos: Pushing AS out of Anatolia, currently sieging Sardis.

Hayasdan: doing a surprisingly good job of stymieing Baktrian aggression, despite losing Armavir to them briefly

Ptolemaioi: still fighting an endless Syrian war with the AS, but starting to lose badly.

Saba: have since grabbed up all the land around them and seem to be heading for Gerrha.

Baktria: sent me an offer of alliance (which I took) and are currently fighting the Parthians and Hayasdan.

Parthia: went to war when Arachosia rebelled to them ten years ago, but are holding off the Baktrians well so far, only losing Hyrkania.

Saka: would be dead by now if the Parthians hadn't gotten distracted, currently clinging to life.

Sauromatae: I guess a ceasefire with the Hayasdan does wonders for these guys. Have pushed the Getai out of their homeland and are currently blooding them while subjugating the north.

Romani: aside from losing Segestica to me, have been doing well in their war with Carthage and the Lusotannan.

Carthage: were doing well until their three chief settlements were razed and their faction leader and heir killed in the process.

Arverni/Aedui: both Roman protectorates and doing nothing.

Sweboz: making little progress against the central European guys.

Getai: slowly losing ground to the Sauromatae.

Lusotanna: fighting the Romans to a standstill.

Casse: have kicked into gear in the last ten years, taking four other settlements in the Isles and currently sieging the last one with two fullstacks.

[Maion Maroneios]

Sorry for the OT remark, but I just love the fact that the everyone uses the word Romaioi instead Romans. Keep it up people :2thumbsup:

Maion

[Spotted Pig]

Imperivm Romanvm M/M
87 BC
The invasion of Dacia.

https://img7.imageshack.us/img7/9665/83290958.jpg (https://img7.imageshack.us/i/83290958.jpg/)

I altered the script to let me have the unconditional Augustan reforms in 169BC.

The Emperors and their campaigns:
Ivnivs I Avgvstvs, 169-161
Ivnivs II Avgvstvs, 161-144, Greece and Germania (Arctaunon renamed Ivnivm in His honour)
Ivnivs III Avgvstvs, 144-129, Germania and Kyrene
Ivnivs IV Avgvstvs, 129-109, Egypt and Ethiopia (Ptolemais-Theron renamed Bvbvlcia in His honour)
Papirivs I Avgvstvs, 104-95, Germania (Gáwjám Silengoz renamed Papirivm in His honour)
Papirivs II Avgvstvs, 95-, Dacia

The Ptollies was crushed by the gray death (that became the green death, don't ask) and only had Rhodos and Salamis for many years, but finally managed to take Halicarnassos from the KH by naval invasion. Since then they've set their eyes on Kydonia, one invasion there so far.

The Baktrians crushed the sakae a long time ago, but lost Chigu (or what it's name...) to the Yuezhi, who have stayed there since. They held the whole Caspian Seas eastern shore for a while (Phalava had a settlement in Sauromatae country) but has been losing those provinces since. Never have they gone to war with the green death, which makes me rather disappointed really, another distraction away from me would've been nice.

The Saba have had their up and downs, now being in the middle. I believed them to be lost when the AS had a few successfull campaigns against them, they even took the Saba capital, but they've returned since. My allies since the dawn of time.

The Getai became a large faction early on but stayed there. After a few skirmishes in Illyria they amazingly accepted peace which held for more than a hundred years, but the Empire never forgets...
Only recently have they taken the two most northern settlements.

I can't even recall a time when Pontus were still alive, but apparantly they were quite "large". There's a historic battle mark just outside of Serdike that marks a battle between Epeiros and Pontus.

The Green Death... They're truly crazy. Before my invasion of eastern Africa they almost managed to create a green corridor across the map. A long time they have been fighting rebels and the Sauromatae up there. They also lost a few cities to revolts in the east, resulting in a Baktrian "peaceful" expansion.

The KH held their ground but was defeated by Emperor Ivnivs II Avgvstvs and have been dormant since.

The Augustan reforms is such a relief compared to the Marians meager supply of different units, and it makes for better RP.

[penguinking]

Imperivm Romanvm M/M
I altered the script to let me have the unconditional Augustan reforms in 169BC.


How do you do this?

Also, that's an awesome empire.

[Spotted Pig]

How do you do this?

Also, that's an awesome empire.

Thank you!

I copied the unconditional from the marians, put them in the right place in the imperial trigger section and edited them to my liking.

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; Imperial trigger

declare_counter Romani
declare_counter AugustanReformatorCounter

monitor_event SettlementTurnStart BuildingExists = gov2
and FactionType seleucid
and I_CompareCounter Romanii_Reform = 2

inc_counter Romani 1

end_monitor

monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionType seleucid
and I_CompareCounter Romani > 54
and I_TurnNumber > 499
and I_NumberOfSettlements seleucid > 89
;and BattlesFought > 399
and I_CompareCounter Romanii_Reform = 2
and I_CompareCounter AugustanReformatorCounter = 1

set_counter Romanii_Reform 3

end_monitor

;Unconditional Reforms
monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionType seleucid
and I_CompareCounter Romanii_Reform = 2
and I_TurnNumber > 399

set_counter Romanii_Reform 3
terminate_monitor

end_monitor


monitor_event CharacterTurnStart Trait Augustus > 1

set_counter AugustanReformatorCounter 1

end_monitor

monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionType seleucid
set_counter Romani 0
end_monitor

But, be aware that I don't know what actual year that turnnumber is, a miscalculation... I loaded the game, realized I really had the reforms and lived with it:beam:

[penguinking]

Thanks! :balloon2:
Now that I can get the Imperial forms when I want, I can start a Romani campaign.

[Maion Maroneios]

Bah, filthy cheaters...

Maion

[Skullheadhq]

:yes:
You guys don't deserve reforms if you don't work for it!:whip:

[Rilder]

Indeed, the imperial reforms are an reward for hard work. :P

Proud to say I have never cheated the reforms.

[A Very Super Market]

And a good deal of luck, for there are annoying traits to get.

Luckily, I don't play as the Romans. Hayasdan and Baktria all the way!

[Maion Maroneios]

Plus, if you want to have Imperials so bad, just go download another mod that focuses on the Imperial period. Same goes for the LS-lovers. Or simply apply the changes for yourself, but that doesn't count as fair in my book. On the contrary, I call that grand cheating. Especially when there is no RP-based rationale behind it.

Maion

[penguinking]

Plus, if you want to have Imperials so bad, just go download another mod that focuses on the Imperial period. Same goes for the LS-lovers. Or simply apply the changes for yourself, but that doesn't count as fair in my book. On the contrary, I call that grand cheating. Especially when there is no RP-based rationale behind it.

Maion

Um, no, there is a RP rationale. I have a character who should be Imperator, but he'll die before 125 BC. I got bored of my Romani campaign a while ago (no challenge, and my Imperator would have died too early) but with Imperial units I think I'll be able to muster enough interest to finish it. I'll dock myself around 2 million mnai for it (in addition to the ~1.5 million mnai I have given from my own pocket to help Pahlava, Pontos, and Hayasdan).

Also, are there any mods that focus on the imperial period? I can't think of any that start earlier than IB.

[Maion Maroneios]

RP rationale my-arse. Sorry, but that's a :thumbsdown:

Maion

[johnhughthom]

People play games for differing reasons, and get enjoyment from differing things. If somebody wants to get reforms quickly, or cheat to get extra money who are we to criticize them here?

[Reality=Chaos]

RP rationale my-arse. Sorry, but that's a :thumbsdown:

Maion

That's a bit silly Maion.... I mean the guy has a RP rationale for it... you may not agree with the rationale but it is there... and anyway who cares how you think about the styles in which other people play:inquisitive:

[Hax]

Yeah, you could argue adding units for Makedonia or wiping the Casse to make a Makedonian counter-faction is cheating.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

100 people = 100 ways of playing...

[Maion Maroneios]

I said I believe it's cheating, folks. And what makes creating a counter faction (that's better than the Eleutheroi when a city of mine rebels) cheating, if I may ask?

Maion

[Conradus]

I said I believe it's cheating, folks. And what makes creating a counter faction (that's better than the Eleutheroi when a city of mine rebels) cheating, if I may ask?

Maion

You could ask the same question about him speeding up the revolts.

[Reality=Chaos]

I said I believe it's cheating, folks. And what makes creating a counter faction (that's better than the Eleutheroi when a city of mine rebels) cheating, if I may ask?

Maion

You might have meant that, but you certainly did not say that... your post came across as very judgmental, which is why so many people reacted in an annoyed fashion....

[Skullheadhq]

Ειμαι ο Μαιον και μολις τελειωσα :tongue:
Ik ben Maion en nét klaar.
I am Maion and just finished?


With that whore of a weather forecast?

[Maion Maroneios]

Ik ben Maion en nét klaar.
I am Maion and just finished?


With that whore of a weather forecast?
Yes. A more accurate translation would be "I just came" though.

Maion

[Skullheadhq]

That's what the dutch translation says, the english one is wrong.\ :sweatdrop:

[Reality=Chaos]

That's what the dutch translation says, the english one is wrong.\ :sweatdrop:

looking at the dutch translation compared to the english one (I don't know greek) it could just as easily be

ik ben net gekomen:laugh4::laugh4:

[Horatius Flaccus]

Ja dat vond ik ook al *apart*.

Anyhow, back on topic!

[XSamatan]

BTT:

my Mak-campaign:

255BC
https://img24.imageshack.us/img24/9971/mak255.th.jpg (https://img24.imageshack.us/i/mak255.jpg/)

250 BC
https://img16.imageshack.us/img16/7606/mak250.th.jpg (https://img16.imageshack.us/i/mak250.jpg/)

and thats what you are missing without alexEB:
https://img36.imageshack.us/img36/8639/maknaval.th.jpg (https://img36.imageshack.us/i/maknaval.jpg/)
they gave me a hard fight.....had no more than 20 Akonthisai left...:sweatdrop:

XSamatan


EDIT: as I'm now at war with ANY of my neighbours it is starting to become a little annoying...

[Turrus Julius]

((I like EB. The skirmishers are better for some odd reason, or I use them more properly. :juggle2:))

I started as the Romaioi, natural choice for a first campaign, but this is actually my second one. Updated, forgot it wasn't backwards-compatible. :D

Well, I took the units given to me in Arretium and walked to Segesta, sieged it and hoped the enemy would stick inside instead of sallying. Riiight...
Epic fight at the gate, Eqvites Consvlares had to be thrown in to keep the cavalry at bay. If it wasn't for my skirmishers as a last desperate reserve I would've lost. Felt rather awesome after defeating the remnants and taking the town. Naturally I expelled the people to lessen the pressure on law-enforcement. Never, ever forget that the celts throw javelins.
I installed a puppet king there for future barbarian-mercenary purposes. Later on I will change the governance to the fully romanized one, but for now I can use the barbarian shock-troops to augment my northern legion.

Tara was nicer to my souther legion, as it waited until I got an unit of Principes there. Unit of Hoplitai Haploi was easily taken out with backstab from skirmishers, and the rest could be wiped away in close combat, when they couldn't form phalanx. Cavalry was an issue, and I'm starting to understand why you have to have an unit of two of them. I still can't use them for the hammer-and-anvil, but at least flanks are secure. ^^
After taking Tara I sent a diplomat to establish peace and trade with the Epeiros. They accepted, if grudgingly. This might have been a mistake, as the Epeiros now concentrates on kicking the macedonians, and will be a problem in the future unless I make a heroic backstab and take the coastal cities.
Tara is now a puppet kingdom to augment my legions with hoplites and expendable Akontistai.

This is about as far as I have gone now, and I have made peace with the Galli to concentrate on attack against the Epeirotes and Karthadastim. If I get Carthago, I have a good base to launch assault on northern Africa and I have crippled my future enemy's military and economical strength. I hope. :beam:

[Maion Maroneios]

Chairete loyal philoi. Strategos Maroneios decided to give you another report of the situation of the Basileion. The year is 227BC, and it has been already a year since the first Emphylios (Civil War) broke out between Demetrios and Perseus of the Argeadai. Here is a map of the Oikoumene:
https://img10.imageshack.us/img10/6956/227bc.jpg (https://img10.imageshack.us/i/227bc.jpg/)

Sweboz: Nothing of great interest, they have been hammering the Belgai a bit and threatening the border of the Rhenos with their armies. Pah, let them do whatever they want. As long as they don't bother us.

Vereberom: The mighty alliance of the Iberioi have allied themselves against the Karchedoi. They are gathering their forces as we speak, ready for one great push against the damn brephoktonoi (infant-killers).

Vergalla: Hammering the Belgai and Romaioi, without much success against either of the two. So much for proclaiming themsleves "Megale Gallia". Ha!

Belgae: I got to admit those guys have wit. They have managed to fiercely remain independent of both the Gallioi as well as the Germanoi who occasionally raid their lands. They are currently trying to liberate another part of their homelands from the Gallioi, without much success. I guess they are better at defending that attacking.

Romani: What is more to say that they are the worse barbaroi that walk the world? To even think they are foolish enough to intermingle with the Keltoi and that many of the latter even welcome them, is beyond my understanding. Perhaps they shall learn from their mistakes one day and stop trying to take their "homelands" back. Rome herself is secured too, as Demetrios has pushed further north, as you can see on the map.

Safot Softim biQarthadast: The Karchedoi have been quite docile, apart from trying to desperately hold on their possessions in Iberia. They occasionally try to take back Lilybaion as well, but time after time the army of the Syrakosioi give them a nice beating. Bless them fellow Hellenes.

Thrakike Symmachia: Be weeevy veeewy quiet. We hunting wabbits.

Mega Basileion Makedonias: Hey, you got a problem with that name? I sure hope not. As I said before, the Basileion in undergoing an Emphylios. The two main counterparts are self-proclaimed Basileus Perseus Argeades, son of the departed Alkyoneus, and his very own uncle Demetrios Argeades. Persues has assembled a massive army Royal Army, funded one of Thrakes and payed one formed out of Hellenes from the southern poleis in exchange of full autonomy when the Empylios is over, and is now marching through Illyria to Italia to meet Demetrios. The latter has managed to drive most of the Romaioi Barbaroi out of Italia, but refused to aknowledge Demetrios as his Basileus and abandon his campaign. As such, he has formally been declared an enemy of the Basileion by Perseus and the Synedrion in Pella and is now facing the wrath of Perseus. I'm as curious as you as to how this will unfold...

Basileion Pontou: Not that you can call that a Basileion anymore, but OK. But that's what happens when you provoke the might of the sons of Megas Alexandros. Their capital, shifted yet again to Sinope, has been sacked by the allied army of the Hellenes of the Bosporos. Only a petty Satrapeis of theirs remains in Kappadokia. Hehehe...

Basileion Seleukeidon: I can't help myself but to feel sad of the fate that has befallen the descendants of Seleukos. The majority of their holdings are now confined to only a few Satrapeiai in the far East, with scattered areas still remaining "loyal" to them. And I put it that way because in truth they are just against the Ptolemaioi and Parthoi, so the Basileus of the Seleukeis calls them his allies.

Arche Ptolemaion: The rumours of an Emphylios between the Pharao and the Strategos leading the campaign against the Seleukeis have died out after the latter died in a recent battle. Steps of stabilizing their newly conquered areas have been taken, and the expansionistic policy of the Ptolemaioi has come to a halt. They are, however, still trying to get their hands on Rhodos by patroling the seas around with massive warships and landing troops on the island itself from time to time. The local Satrapes, Aiakes, has always managed to drive them away though.

Sauromatae: Not anything new here, I'm afraid. Apart from pressing a bit into the lands of the Bastarnai, they have remained mostly passive.

Sabae: Those desert-dwellers are currently establishing themselves in the distant lands of Axon, in the very south of the holdings of the Ptolemaioi. Let's hope they can keep them a bit occupied.

Hayasdan: Interesting expansion here. And I was wondering when they would get some brains and decide to take advantage of the disintegration of the "Arche" of the Seleukeis and grab some of their territory. But they were foolish enough to help the Pontioi, who are their allies, in the recent sack of Sinope. Guess what? Their Basileus, who had led a very unsuccessful campaign in Kappadokia, decided to help the Pontioi agains tthe wrath of the Skythai under service of Basileus Perseus. And he died a very miserable death. Oh yes, he did.

Pahlava: Those Parthoi nomads have managed to do the unthinkable. That is, to bring the might of the Seleukeis to their knees and carve themselves a nice little "Arche" of themselves.

Basileion Baktries: The fate that has befallen our fellow Hellenes there truly saddens me. The Sakaioi barbaroi managed to drive them out of their homelands, and even sacked and pillaged the great polis of Baktra.

Saka Rauka: Those filthy barbaroi drove the Baktrioi Hellenes out of their homelands and established themselves lords of the Indohellenes.

I hope you found my report interesting and intriguing, sympatriotai. I salute you.

Maion

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

Nice overview, Maion. Can't you fund the Germanoi a bit?

[Maion Maroneios]

Thank you, philos :bow:

Well, to be honest the Emphylios is draining my incomes at a very fast rate. So I'm not in a very convenient position to make any further expenditure, I'm afraid. But fear not, when the Emphylios ends the Basileion will start to turn its eyes outwards. Maybe then I will decide to interfere with the affairs in Europe.

On the other side, I've always feared the Germanoi. They armies seem to be able to eat the Gallioi if they are given a certain direction. The Belgae are currently a nice balance of power between the two monsters, and I might even decide to fund them first.

Maion

[Tartaros]

What happend to casse??
did they get stomped by jonny reb??

[Maion Maroneios]

What happend to casse??
did they get stomped by jonny reb??
Nope, I simply switched the Casse with a shadowing faction of mine.

Maion

[Andy1984]

@Spotted Pig:
even with all these legions, you have such an amount of cash.

Congrats to have brought the campaign to 87BC. I don't think too many get there.

[Spotted Pig]

@Spotted Pig:
even with all these legions, you have such an amount of cash.

Congrats to have brought the campaign to 87BC. I don't think too many get there.

Thank you. I have a standing army of 5 Legions, wich costs a total of ~60000 mnai each turn, the others are supporting/garrison armies. It fits quite well with my income. (Imagine if I wouldn't profit, I would be bankrupt in a few years:rolleyes:)

I was rather bored with the camp, but then I figured out how to fix the reforms and suddenly everything was so very interesting again, I even started writing down everything that happened (thus, the RP value), calling it "The Imperial Annals". From the birth of a child (It's a pain going through a family tree of 160 members to figure out what the whole name of a child is) to rebellions to the movements of the Legions. But I honestly believe it would be quite a boring AAR, it's mostly to keep me going.

[bobbin]

From my Ptolemaioi campaign

https://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g177/0404625/238bcsummer.jpg
After years of attacks on my levant cities my patience for the Saba has finally run out. Fresh from conquering Axum my Aethiopian expidetionary army sets sail from Ptolemais Theron subdue the Saba. The victories are swift and their main port city is taken.
https://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g177/0404625/238bc.jpg
Now the centre of their realm Maryab is taken.
https://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g177/0404625/232bc.jpg
A few years later the operation is complete, the Saba are reduced to a buffer state in Palmyra and the Ptolemaic Kingdom is stronger than ever!

[Whatever Scortamareva]

https://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g177/0404625/232bc.jpg

Interesting expansion in the Northeast. Did one faction have a larger empire which was cut up by the others? I'd hazard a guess at Saka having expanded to the Caspian, then being split by Baktria, Pahlava and the Arche? Never seen Pahlava that far north without having wiped out any others before. Keep an eye on it :2thumbsup:
Nice to see Hai so big as well

[bobbin]

Nope it was the Parthians who had the large empire, the Saka just nabbed a city from them and they've been unable to take it back due to pressure from the AS, can't remember but i think Baktria is also involved too.

The interesting expansion for me is the Sauromatae's drive into central europe, there's every chance of them clashing with rome or the celts if the rebel superstacks are defeated.

[athanaric]

Nope it was the Parthians who had the large empire, the Saka just nabbed a city from them and they've been unable to take it back due to pressure from the AS, can't remember but i think Baktria is also involved too.

The interesting expansion for me is the Sauromatae's drive into central europe, there's every chance of them clashing with rome or the celts if the rebel superstacks are defeated.

I wouldn't count on it. I've had this situation in several campaigns (in one campaign the Getai and Swêboz even cooperated (!!!) in harassing Eburonum, with the Sauromatae "watching" close by), and nothing has come of it so far.
I think it is more likely that Noricum will fall to the Romani in your campaign, who will then proceed to attack any faction north and east of it.

[Atraphoenix]

I have not see getai as aggressive as in that campaign. They are better blitzers than me.
They are sweeping Balkans and middle of Europe.
259 BC

https://img16.imageshack.us/img16/2294/rometwalx20090510110849.jpg

[Companion Cavalry]

Baktria Campaign 183 B.C VH/M

https://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f70/Arqueboosia/Overview.jpg

This has been one continuous slugfest with me on one side, and every other faction within reach (at one point even including the Sauromatae) on the other. This particular campaign has been chock-full of surprises, where to begin?

First off in 239, the Pahlavas, after taking only four Seleukid cities, managed to make the AS their protectorate :dizzy2:
Second off, despite taking Alexandreia-Eschate, the Saka Rauka managed to not only get a ceasefire from the Seleukids, but are now their allies.

https://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f70/Arqueboosia/CoreRegions.jpg

These are my core cities, I've had all of them except Antiocheia-Margiane since 250. The Seleukids lost Prophthasia,
but were still holding out in Alexandreia-Ariana before I sent in a spy, accidently triggering the revolt :laugh4:

https://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f70/Arqueboosia/SakaFrontier.jpg

My northern border has seen as much bloodbath in ninety years as has Judaea in two millenia. Before I captured Marakanda and Alexandreia-Eschate, the Saka were sending stack after stack to beseige my capital. And not crappy armies like you'd except from bankrupt nomads, but plenty of Saka nobles and FMs with seven command stars or more. After something like the twentieth attempt to take Baktra, I decided to teach those nomad bastards a lesson.

First, I auto-resolved all Saka armies to death in the vicinity of the capital using the elite troops from previous campaigns in India. Then I built up a large army of my own horse-archers, using both Dahae riders and Baktrian hippotoxotai. Finally, after subjugating all nomad cities south of the Oxus, I sent my HA army to terrorise the Saka homeland. I eventually managed to capture, enslave, and dismantle every last city of theirs before turning back for home. With almost all of their buildings destroyed, and most of their troops dead, they quickly fell deep into dept and haven't bothered me since, except with occasional "armies" of Saka FMs wandering into Baktrian lands.

https://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f70/Arqueboosia/MikraAsia.jpg

Mikra Asia is without a doubt the most chaotic region in EB. In this one screenshot alone, you can count 7 factions :laugh4:

https://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f70/Arqueboosia/Gaul.jpg

Gaul has had an interesting history. From 272-240 the two native factions combined ruled most of Gaul. Then the Romans came flooding in with massive stacks, quickly conquering most of Gaul, almost driving the Arverni to extinction (they survived with Ankyra). Then the Aedui did the impossible, they slowly pushed the Romani first out of Gaul altogether, and then out of northern Italy, briefly reclaiming Mediolanum. Unfortunately the Romans were just wrapping up their conquest of Sicilia, and moved their freed up armies to the north, and soon they once more controlled most of Gaul, with the Aedui clinging onto Bratosporios in the north. At this point, the Romans made their fatal mistake: they attacked Numantia. This provoked a war with the Lusotann who, with their vast resources from conquering Spain, thrashed the Romani so thoroughly in the following battles that they would never recover. A decade after defeating the Roman expedition in Spain, they flooded into Gaul and conquered all of it by 208. They are now invading Italy and are about to sack Rome for the first time an AI faction has done so in any of my campaigns.

https://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f70/Arqueboosia/SoutheastMediterranean.jpg

After being reduced to their African holdings, Kart-Hadast decided to expand east and attacked the Ptolemaioi frontier towns. Encountering no resistance, due to the Ptolemaioi being busy fighting the AS, they managed to conquer most of Egypt, excluding Alexandriea and Hibis. Unfortunately for them, the Ptolemaioi wisely signed a ceasefire with the Seleukids and sent all of their armies down to push the Karchedoi back. So far, they've only been half successful thanks to good Kart-Hadast generals.

https://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f70/Arqueboosia/Carpathians.jpg

The Balkans region has also been very lively in the past century. The Epeirotes (recoloured as yellow) completely ignored the Makedonians and headed north. By 230 they ruled much of the northern Balkans, and had subjugated all Getai cities except Lucarottea. At this point the Koinon Hellenon, fresh from conquering all of Hellas from Byzantion to Korinthos, attacked the Epeirote homeland, severly weakening the position of the former superpower, and prompting several pro-Getai revolts in frontier towns.

Meanwhile, the Makedonians surprised everyone by subjugating Pergamon, Nikaia, and Byzantion, all in under five years. In 193, the resurgent Antigonids started pushing deeper into Europe, taking Tylis and Serdike. Right now it is a three-way stalemate between the Epeirote empire-in-exile, the Antigonids, and KH.

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

Oh the beautiful!

[Horatius Flaccus]

Amazing expansion!

[Skullheadhq]

Amazing luso expansion.

[johnhughthom]

It's like an Autumn day, with all those browns and golds.

[Whatever Scortamareva]

Casse, 246 BCE

I thought I'd try something different in my Casse campaign and see how it turned out for the rest of the factions too.

https://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d90/burntleaf/map.jpg

This is the first time in the campaign that i've turned FOW off, it's kind of interesting but so early in the game nothing huge has happened.

After uniting the isles I set my sights on the Iberian peninsula, and coast skipped my way down raiding and pillaging. I wiped out the Lusos and made them my protectorates, and forced out the Qarthadastim.

The Lusos keep their stack and a half waiting around by their capital, If only I could be bothered to find the name for that particular FM, i'd console teleport him, but alas.

https://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d90/burntleaf/spain.jpg

After uniting the peninsula I set about securing my northern borders, which to be honest were fine until I shipped in an army and cut up some Aedui ass. I captured Darioritum and gave it to the struggling Arverni, and did this with Gergovia too. Now I'm making my way through with my measly half stack, hopefully I'll be able to ship in some more guys soon.

https://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d90/burntleaf/gaul.jpg

In Northern Africa I fought to beat the Qarthadastim to the most western settlements, but after I conquered <the one with a 'z' or an 'x' in it's name?> and gifted it to the Lusos, those baby killers took it back and foreseeing a defeat out there.

The Maks are in a sticky situation with Pella on the crossroads between their enemies the Epeirotes and KH, and the Getai preparing stacks to send down. This was one of the more interesting AI expansions, since the Makedonians usually manage to at least expand north in Eastern Europe. They have a hold on Asia Minor though, and look to be staying there.

https://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d90/burntleaf/maks.jpg

Rome have been stopped by a strong Aedui, unfortunately I'm wearing them down so the Romani might be looking to expand north again soon.

EDIT: are the pics showing up? i don't normally have to wait for imageshack...?

[Apraxiteles]

Nope, can't see any pics.

[Whatever Scortamareva]

Ah balls, imageshacks not working.

EDIT: alright theyre good to go now

[Olaf Blackeyes]

@ Whateverman
Are you sure that you arent playing as the Sauros? Cuz otherwise how the heck did the AI Sauros that out a Central European Super army?

[Whatever Scortamareva]

@ Whateverman
Are you sure that you arent playing as the Sauros? Cuz otherwise how the heck did the AI Sauros that out a Central European Super army?

Haha yeah Ive no idea how they managed that, especially with the pretty sizeable Saka and Hayasdan empires at the flank.
They were helped along by the Sweboz who expanded west a little bit then gave up and just watched the Gauls fight each other.

If they do reach me i'll just have to set up a lusitani super buffer on the eastern front and hope they can soak up the horse archers :clown:

[IrishHitman]

Typical Casse, having to rely on console cheats to expand :laugh4::laugh4:

[bobbin]

@ Whateverman
Are you sure that you arent playing as the Sauros? Cuz otherwise how the heck did the AI Sauros that out a Central European Super army?

If you look closer you'll see that the sauromatae were actually stopped by the superstacks, their most western city is Cotiune (sp?) which doesn't have a scripted stack, they've captured it a few times in my games but its quite rare.

[Mr Polska]

I thought they stopped at Carrodunum.

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

If you look closer you'll see that the sauromatae were actually stopped by the superstacks, their most western city is Cotiune (sp?) which doesn't have a scripted stack, they've captured it a few times in my games but its quite rare.
I dare to disagree, since they clearly own the Lugii province which, at least in v1.1, is guarded by a scripted über-stack.

[Dewirix]

This is my 1.1 Aedui campaign in 208 BC.

https://img38.imageshack.us/img38/1651/aedui208bc.jpg

I've made an effort not to destroy any of the other factions, with the exception of the Averni, who were standing in the way of Celtic unity.

The Maks and the Seleukids have been wiped out, but everyone else is hanging on. Baktria's down to one territory and there are Pahlava stacks in the area, so it might be curtains for them soon.

I've been at war with the Romani from 260s without any let-up. Just sacked Rome and Arminium, but abandoned them as I don't want to end up sharing the Italian peninsular with the Karthadastim.

The Sweboz attacked around the 230s, and I've spent the last 20 years or so pushing them out of northern Europe. They're now bottled up in Skándzá and I've got a full-stack garrison to hold them at bay.

The Getai have done fairly well expanding west and north and attacked me as soon as we shared a border (the 210s). I've taken Pannonia off them and garrisoned it, but I don't want to send my troops towards Greece for fear of losing trading partners and having to fight off Epirote phalanxes.

Just taken Tolosa and Burdigala in southern France and the Lusotannan have already sent a couple of half-stacks my way. We're not at war yet, but will be soon, which will give me the chance to pick up the Iberian cities I need for my victory conditions.

I've only been fighting defensive wars (even if they end up extending the borders of the empire), and as such the Casse are likely to prove problematic. I'll let them unite the isles (only Wales to go) and see if the invasion script gives me a valid retaliation pretext. If not, I guess I can fabricate some sort of trade dispute, or find a disgruntled and disinherited noble to 'restore', or send military aid to an oppressed minority, or something...

[IrishHitman]

send military aid to an oppressed minority, or something
Yeah, make sure you liberate Hibernia there...

[Dewirix]

Yeah, make sure you liberate Hibernia there...

I was thinking that if it came to it that's where I'd bottle the Casse up.

It's just occurred to me that if I'm quick I could take Wales from the Eleutheroi and then we'd share a land border without me having to break the peace. That should be enough to produce my pretext for war, and I can claim I was protecting the druids from Casse aggression.

[Molinaargh]

https://img193.imageshack.us/img193/289/ebscreenshot1.jpg
217 BC

I'm KH!

And I don't mean Kart-Hadast, I mean Koinon Hellenon!

[Dewirix]

217 BC

I'm KH!

And I don't mean Kart-Hadast, I mean Koinon Hellenon!

Wow, talk about slow and steady! I imagine the Maks must be making regular visits to southern Greece, or have you somehow managed to keep them sweet?

Have you been tempted to pick up any of the western Greek cities, like Massalia?

The Casse are making pretty good progress, as are Baktria, both of which are good to see.

Looks like the Romani took out Satres too.

[IrishHitman]

https://img193.imageshack.us/img193/289/ebscreenshot1.jpg
217 BC

I'm KH!

And I don't mean Kart-Hadast, I mean Koinon Hellenon!

I can't see whether you control Rhodes or not...

[Molinaargh]

Wow, talk about slow and steady! I imagine the Maks must be making regular visits to southern Greece, or have you somehow managed to keep them sweet?

Have you been tempted to pick up any of the western Greek cities, like Massalia?

The Casse are making pretty good progress, as are Baktria, both of which are good to see.

Looks like the Romani took out Satres too.
I place my army in a way so the Makes can't siege my cities, unless they defeat me of course. That happened once and I had to reform my army in order to survive, as you can see here with the 18 units of Phalangitai:

https://img266.imageshack.us/img266/3016/ebscreenshot2.jpg

I think defending western cities would take too much money and effort, but I did keep the easterns Pantikapaion and Trapezous when they rebelled to me.


I can't see whether you control Rhodes or not...
I do.

This is VH/VH by the way, before anyone complains about the historical innacuracy of my Phalangitai army :sweatdrop:

[IrishHitman]

I do.

This is VH/VH by the way, before anyone complains about the historical innacuracy of my Phalangitai army :sweatdrop:

What's your relationship with the Ptollies like?

[Molinaargh]

What's your relationship with the Ptollies like?
Neutral. I lost the alliance by not declaring war on Baktria when they asked me. I still have Trade Rights and they never blockaded my ports for no reason as one would expect.

[IrishHitman]

Neutral. I lost the alliance by not declaring war on Baktria when they asked me. I still have Trade Rights and they never blockaded my ports for no reason as one would expect.

If Pontus take Cilicia, you should seize Karia/Lycia.

[Whatever Scortamareva]

I like your presence by Pontos, you've picked yourself a hard fight though with the Sauromatae and that monster Parthia.

[the man with no name]

I place my army in a way so the Makes can't siege my cities, unless they defeat me of course. That happened once and I had to reform my army in order to survive, as you can see here with the 18 units of Phalangitai:

https://img266.imageshack.us/img266/3016/ebscreenshot2.jpg

Look on the left side, there 7 halfstacks. Good luck dealing with them:2thumbsup:

[schlappi]

Romani 210 BC (VH/H), using Alex.exe for the first time. I am totally happy about the improved campaign and battlemap AI. Loads of fun, in the Camillan era i lost quite a few battles against the celts in the river po basin.

The Getai launched a series of raids at Segestica and Dalminion, forcing me to abandon my Aedui campaign about 20 years prior to this screenshot.

Carthage does pretty well, shipping loads of pikemen and elephants to iberia after having trouble to keep control of the former Lusotannan settlements. They are massing their armies around Emporoion now, i expect a full-scale invasion anytime soon.

The last ten years i was busy to reinstall free poleis in Greece, after the Macedonians controlled all Hellas plus the Epirote territories.

[athanaric]

Swêboz H/M, EB 1.2 (of course), RTW exe.

This is perhaps the most unusual AI behaviour I’ve seen yet. I had almost given up this campaign, because the Ptolies became just too powerful and I didn’t see much hope there. They killed off two of my dearest allies, Pontos and Hayasdan, and it seemed that they were going to conquer the steppes and go after me.
The troops I sent to Hayasdan’s relief arrived too late; yet I was able to send them on a rampage of madness across the Ptolemaioi territories, pillaging and burning as they went. This way, I raided Kotais, Trapezous, Sinope, Amaseia, Mazaka, Side, Tarsos, and Antiocheia, leaving death and smouldering ruins in my wake.
Trapezous then rebelled to the KH, which was as I intended. Later, the loyalists also took Amaseia from me, and soon afterwards accepted a proposal to reinstall peace and trade rights.
From Antiocheia, my mercenary army (headed by a Celtic general) set sail for Kypros, installing a client kingdom there. After that, some of them took Kydonia, which has an enormous strategic importance for my gameplay (apart from my passion for island-hopping in the Mesogeios). Namely, to control any faction of the region lest they become too powerful, and to aid as a base for sea raids against my enemies.
Currently I am fighting/at war with Aedui, Qarthadastim, Ptolemaioi and Romani. And I’m winning, btw.



Now for the AI factions:


Makedonia: My most powerful ally, they hold Soutern Hellas in their sway. Following in my wake across Anatolia, they effectively drove the Ptolemaioi from the peninsula, thus surpassing even my wildest hopes.
Now they have become the new superpower and, having driven away the KH and Saba, are closing in on Egypt. Those black fullstacks give me the creeps... :skull:

Koinon Hellenon: For a long time, they were reduced to one province (Rhodos). As usual, they profit most from loyalist uprisings. Initially they were allied with their former nemesis, Makedonia, and fighting the Ptolies. Now they are again limited to Rhodos. Very obliging.

Epeiros: My allies too; they haven’t really done anything for a long time.

Getai: Dormant. A while ago, they thought it wise too attack me, only to discover that their most promising young general had switched sides and now serves me. Haha. (Update: he passed away peacefully a short while ago).
After some futile attempts to avenge this betrayal and conquer Bastarnolándám, they apparently gave up and accepted peace.

Casse: Nothing unusual. They are the richest faction and barely do anything. They have managed to fully upgrade Camulosadae though.

Arverni: Having suffered from a lot of Romani and Aedui aggression, they are relatively safe now. I’m unwilling to destroy them so I keep them as a pet. The pet still has teeth though, and I have to be cautious.

Aedui: Minions of the Romaioi and almost as treacherous as the latter. I could have destroyed them some time ago but it’s much more fun to have them build up their cities with stuff the Swêboz can’t build (paved roads, universities, level 2 farms etc.), only for me to take over.

Romani: Upon realizing they couldn’t destroy the Arverni, they went for me instead. After an uneasy peace period, they attacked me again in Gaul and have paid dearly for this insolence. A Swêboz-Alpine mixed army headed by a young and eager general (who had to escape a blood feud anyway) ventured south and took mighty Roma itself, raiding Arretium on the way. To add insult to injury, I’m now training Hastati in Roma itself, in order to attack other regions.
I used Roma as a base to raid and take the Carthaginian possessions in the Mediterranean.

Ptolemaioi: As a result of their behaviour, the incestuous dogs have lost their role as the dominant power on the map to me. My allies Makedonia, Pahlava, and Saba are now carving up the former Ptolemaic Empire. Revenge can be so sweet…

Saba: The single biggest surprise in the campaign and the main reason why I post all this. Contrary to their usual behaviour, they went rabid all of a sudden and went as far as sieging Susa! Before that, they took Ptolemais-Theron, Charax, Babylon, and Seleukeia. I swear I had no part in this.

Pahlava: Have been fighting bravely for their continued existence. A while ago, they were attacked by the insolent Ptolemaioi and repelled them, taking important parts of Persia in the process. Now they are trying to re-establish the Persian Empire.

Baktria: The fools have allied themselves with the Yellow fever. Thank god though they haven’t been able to do significant mischief.

Saka Rauka: Another powerful ally. Doing well.

Qarthadastim: Another obstacle in my way and that of my allies, they had to be punished. My chief raiding target ATM.

Sauromatae: Quite strong and capable of self-defense against “civilized” incursions. Although they initially suffered from Hai aggression, they managed to recover after their foes were destroyed by the Yellow Fever.

Arche Seleukeia: Another ally, they are fighting Baktria for dominance in India. Recovered thanks to loyalist uprisings.

Lusotannan: Nothing unusual. I need to be wary of these guys, since they, too, have set their sights on Gaul.


Here's the progress on the map:

236 BC
https://img168.imageshack.us/img168/9774/suebi236bc.jpg (https://img168.imageshack.us/i/suebi236bc.jpg/)

213 BC
https://img30.imageshack.us/img30/2203/suebi213bc.jpg (https://img30.imageshack.us/i/suebi213bc.jpg/)

212 BC
https://img193.imageshack.us/img193/2964/suebi212bc.jpg (https://img193.imageshack.us/i/suebi212bc.jpg/)

202 BC
https://img186.imageshack.us/img186/452/suebi202bc.jpg (https://img186.imageshack.us/i/suebi202bc.jpg/)

199 BC
https://img215.imageshack.us/img215/1422/suebi199bc.jpg (https://img215.imageshack.us/i/suebi199bc.jpg/)

194 BC
https://img143.imageshack.us/img143/7755/suebi194bc.jpg (https://img143.imageshack.us/i/suebi194bc.jpg/)

187 BC
https://img134.imageshack.us/img134/6061/suebi187bc.jpg (https://img134.imageshack.us/i/suebi187bc.jpg/)

186 BC
https://img98.imageshack.us/img98/6022/suebi186bc.jpg (https://img98.imageshack.us/i/suebi186bc.jpg/)

Taking Antiocheia
https://img245.imageshack.us/img245/3373/suebiadportas.jpg (https://img245.imageshack.us/i/suebiadportas.jpg/)

182 BC
https://img142.imageshack.us/img142/741/suebi182bc.jpg (https://img142.imageshack.us/i/suebi182bc.jpg/)


Oh yeah, and I sacked Rome three or four times...

[Jebivjetar]

Pahlava M/M, Alex.exe

https://img214.imageshack.us/img214/3690/0001en.jpg

https://img246.imageshack.us/img246/7461/0001bk.jpg

[Lovejoy]

Pahlava M/M, Alex.exe
https://img246.imageshack.us/img246/7461/0001bk.jpg
lol. its like that Michelangelo painting but even more epic!:2thumbsup:

nice progress btw. have you been successful triggering the reforms?

[Jebivjetar]

lol. its like that Michelangelo painting but even more epic!:2thumbsup:

nice progress btw. have you been successful triggering the reforms?

Thanks :-)

Well, i'm too low in money so i didn't build reformed pastoralism yet. Anyway i spare every penny to build some in Susa and i hope i'll have that done in near future. MOT didn't happen yet and i like that because i just love my bodyguard catas with arrows.

This is my third try with Pahlava btw, and finally i'm doing good.

Beautiful faction, indeed :2thumbsup:

[Knight of Ne]

Heres my current campaign as the Koinon Hellenen-236bc

The AS are really dominating the game at the moment.

https://i618.photobucket.com/albums/tt263/ThundertheTortoise/RomeTW2009-09-0816-44-46-29.jpg

Knight of Ne

[Companion Cavalry]

Heres my current campaign as the Koinon Hellenen-236bc

The AS are really dominating the game at the moment.

https://i618.photobucket.com/albums/tt263/ThundertheTortoise/RomeTW2009-09-0816-44-46-29.jpg

Knight of Ne

I'm liking that beast of a KH.

[Ca Putt]

did the AS conquer that arabian province and lost it to rebellion?(hope that that makes for a more aressive Saba :) )

[Knight of Ne]

As far as i know they never conquered it. However later on the Sabean? captured more of lower Egypt and starting winning a war against the AS.

Ne

[bobbin]

Looks like it revolted to the Saba as its unlikley they would send a stack all the way round arabia to conquer it without capturing the other cities on the way. the Seleukids usually take that settlement and lose it within a turn or two so its easy to miss.

from my Aedui campaign 193bc
https://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g177/0404625/193bc.jpg
Not looking forward to facing the Ptolemaioi:no:

[Mediolanicus]

Wow, well, at least the Ptolies exapnded somewhat realistically like an empire would do. They didn't go awol all over the place like I've seen them do sometimes.

I see you like to play your games slow too? Role playing, keeping factions alive (Arverni) and not blitzing makes the game that much more fun, doesn't it?

That Roman patch there is a bit odd though.

[bobbin]

Yeah definatley! its way more fun that way. I've had to intervene on three seperate occasions to prevent the Arverni from falling to the Romani now though they are actually capturing roman cities (Bononia in this case). I also sent an army to the north of england to help the casse capture the city there but the seem to have stalled again so I decided to take Ireland for myself so I can have those lovely human tanks and hammer infantry (which i reenabled of course).

The patch was because they poured into Illyria after they lost their spanish and gallic holdings to me and carthage, its essentailly the western half of the now shattered Getai empire, after that the Arveri took Bononia and so hence the patch, I doubt they will be able to hold it for long though.

The Potelmaioi have been pretty good in this game, no desert wars with Karthadast, longterm peace with the Pahlava dispite a long border and expanding how you would imagine them to do. Also note Makedonia clinging on with Mytilene and Rhodes, I am secretly hoping they will launch some kind of comeback but i think the Ptolies are too strong for that now.

[Molinaargh]

https://img182.imageshack.us/img182/8931/ebscreenshot3.jpg

Fun campaign so far.

[Mediolanicus]

https://img182.imageshack.us/img182/8931/ebscreenshot3.jpg

Fun campaign so far.

Oh my... Sweboz, Makedonia and the Ptolemies... :help:

Edit: or is that still the Aedui in Gaul there? Sorry, I'm a bit colorblind.

If it is the Aedui, then only Pontos has died yet. Amazing for a campaign with such juggernaunts.

[Molinaargh]

Oh my... Sweboz, Makedonia and the Ptolemies... :help:

Edit: or is that still the Aedui in Gaul there? Sorry, I'm a bit colorblind.

If it is the Aedui, then only Pontos has died yet. Amazing for a campaign with such juggernaunts.

No, Aedui got destroyed. There's a couple of Lusotannan cities in Gaul.

One problem is that both the Sweboz and Epeirotes are Makedonian protectorates. :skull:

[Mr Polska]

https://img182.imageshack.us/img182/8931/ebscreenshot3.jpg



I just have to do it:

https://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r85/Greatdane576/daaaammmnnn.jpg

[Lovejoy]

At first it looked like the mac and sweboz was the same faction. THAT would be shit crazy. :dizzy2:

[Molinaargh]

https://img182.imageshack.us/img182/8931/ebscreenshot3.jpg

Fun campaign so far.
15 years later:

https://img171.imageshack.us/img171/1074/ebscreenshot4.jpg

https://img223.imageshack.us/img223/4545/ebscreenshot5.jpg

I'm not sure how the KH managed to do this.

[Beefy187]

I'm guessing the settlement rebelled to the KH.
But they won't last for long :shame:

[Teucer]

Here's a series from my current Epeiros campaign. I've done a little bit of force-diplomacy work and moved a few AI armies to places they really ought to have been already, but most of the progression is natural.

https://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a148/Tarchon/Epeiros263.png

https://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a148/Tarchon/Epeiros260.png

https://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a148/Tarchon/Epeiros256.png

https://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a148/Tarchon/Epeiros249.png

https://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a148/Tarchon/Epeiros248.png

https://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a148/Tarchon/Epeiros242.png

https://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a148/Tarchon/Epeiros240.png

https://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a148/Tarchon/Epeiros238.png

I'm particularly proud of Pontos. It looked like they were just going to be the usual do-nothing crowd, but once I moved one of their stationary armies (that one that starts off to the west and usually never moves for years until it gets attacked :no: ) next to Ankyra, they seemed to get the picture. I haven't touched them since...

Here's a bigger map of the known world in 238. I'm currently in the process of sieging Sparta. I plan on taking Rhodes next, but after that I'm not sure. I may go north and finish off Makedon, but I'll probably give them Cyrene - which rebelled to AS, by the way - first, though since I don't like killing off factions.

https://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a148/Tarchon/Kownworldin238.png

If you noticed the lone blue province in northern Italy, no it didn't happen by accident :shame:. I took Mediolanum from the Aedui after they attacked me for no reason (of course). I needed to set up a buffer state since I have no ambitions in Gaul (at the moment), and didn't want to deal with hordes upon hordes of screaming barbaroi.

[Hotseat_User]

hey, kool progression! and 2nd, could you upload your descr.sm.fct. ? the recollouring is quite nice.

[Teucer]

Well I didn't want to go through the hassle of uploading the file, but here's the text. I know a lot of you don't like seeing province borders, but I've always found them helpful in differentiating between territory size and actual strength at a glance.

faction romans_julii
culture egyptian
symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_julii.CAS
rebel_symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_julii_rebel.CAS
primary_colour red 210, green 210, blue 210
secondary_colour red 92, green 92, blue 92
loading_logo loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_julii.tga
standard_index 0
logo_index 23
small_logo_index 248
triumph_value 5
intro_movie ../eb/data/fmv/intros/eb_logo.wmv
victory_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/julii_eliminated.wmv
defeat_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/julii_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_julii_grass_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability yes
can_sap yes
prefers_naval_invasions yes
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

faction romans_brutii
culture egyptian
symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_brutii.CAS
rebel_symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_brutii_rebel.CAS
primary_colour red 63, green 148, blue 109
secondary_colour red 53, green 90, blue 44
loading_logo ../eb/data/loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_brutii.tga
standard_index 1
logo_index 24
small_logo_index 249
triumph_value 5
intro_movie ../eb/data/fmv/intros/eb_logo.wmv
victory_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/brutii_eliminated.wmv
defeat_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/brutii_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_brutii_grass_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability yes
can_sap yes
prefers_naval_invasions no
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

faction romans_scipii
culture eastern
symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_scipii.CAS
rebel_symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_scipii_rebel.CAS
primary_colour red 80, green 115, blue 210
secondary_colour red 46, green 66, blue 121
loading_logo ../eb/data/loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_scipii.tga
standard_index 2
logo_index 22
small_logo_index 246
triumph_value 5
intro_movie ../eb/data/fmv/intros/eb_logo.wmv
victory_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/scipii_eliminated.wmv
defeat_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/scipii_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_scipii_grass_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability yes
can_sap yes
prefers_naval_invasions no
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

faction saba
culture carthaginian
symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_saba.CAS
rebel_symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_saba_rebel.CAS
primary_colour red 190, green 135, blue 70
secondary_colour red 142, green 82, blue 11
loading_logo ../eb/data/loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_saba.tga
standard_index 3
logo_index 232
small_logo_index 244
triumph_value 5
intro_movie ../eb/data/fmv/intros/eb_logo.wmv
victory_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/saba_eliminated.wmv
defeat_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/saba_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_SPQR_grass_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability yes
can_sap yes
prefers_naval_invasions yes
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

faction macedon
culture greek
symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_macedon.CAS
rebel_symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_macedon_rebel.CAS
primary_colour red 40, green 0, blue 0
secondary_colour red 67, green 6, blue 96
loading_logo ../eb/data/loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_macedon.tga
standard_index 4
logo_index 239
small_logo_index 253
triumph_value 5
intro_movie ../eb/data/fmv/intros/eb_logo.wmv
victory_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/macedon_eliminated.wmv
defeat_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/macedon_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_macedon_grass_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability yes
can_sap yes
prefers_naval_invasions yes
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

faction egypt
culture carthaginian
symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_egypt.CAS
rebel_symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_egypt_rebel.CAS
primary_colour red 255, green 255, blue 255
secondary_colour red 35, green 30, blue 103
loading_logo ../eb/data/loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_egypt.tga
standard_index 5
logo_index 245
small_logo_index 257
triumph_value 5
intro_movie ../eb/data/fmv/intros/eb_logo.wmv
victory_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/egyptians_eliminated.wmv
defeat_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/egyptians_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_egypt_sand_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability yes
can_sap yes
prefers_naval_invasions yes
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

faction seleucid
culture roman
symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_seleucid.CAS
rebel_symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_seleucid_rebel.CAS
primary_colour red 180, green 30, blue 30
secondary_colour red 212, green 188, blue 28
loading_logo ../eb/data/loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_seleucid.tga
standard_index 6
logo_index 242
small_logo_index 259
triumph_value 5
intro_movie ../eb/data/fmv/intros/eb_logo.wmv
victory_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/seleucid_eliminated.wmv
defeat_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/seleucid_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_seleucid_sand_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability yes
can_sap yes
prefers_naval_invasions yes
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

faction carthage
culture egyptian
symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_carthage.CAS
rebel_symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_carthage_rebel.CAS
primary_colour red 150, green 110, blue 230
secondary_colour red 58, green 39, blue 95
loading_logo ../eb/data/loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_carthage.tga
standard_index 7
logo_index 236
small_logo_index 250
triumph_value 5
intro_movie ../eb/data/fmv/intros/eb_logo.wmv
victory_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/carthage_eliminated.wmv
defeat_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/carthage_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_carthage_sand_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability yes
can_sap yes
prefers_naval_invasions yes
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

faction parthia
culture eastern
symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_parthia.CAS
rebel_symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_parthia_rebel.CAS
primary_colour red 128, green 42, blue 60
secondary_colour red 128, green 111, blue 42
loading_logo ../eb/data/loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_parthia.tga
standard_index 8
logo_index 243
small_logo_index 255
triumph_value 5
intro_movie ../eb/data/fmv/intros/pahlava_intro_low_quality_by_kampfkrebs.wmv
victory_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/parthia_eliminated.wmv
defeat_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/parthia_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_parthia_sand_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability yes
can_sap yes
prefers_naval_invasions no
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

faction pontus
culture nomad
symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_pontus.CAS
rebel_symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_pontus_rebel.CAS
primary_colour red 175, green 55, blue 36
secondary_colour red 96, green 24, blue 12
loading_logo ../eb/data/loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_pontus.tga
standard_index 9
logo_index 246
small_logo_index 260
triumph_value 5
intro_movie ../eb/data/fmv/intros/saka_intro_by_kampfkrebs.wmv
victory_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/pontus_eliminated.wmv
defeat_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/pontus_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_pontus_sand_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability yes
can_sap no
prefers_naval_invasions no
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

faction gauls
culture barbarian
symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_gauls.CAS
rebel_symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_gauls_rebel.CAS
primary_colour red 40, green 55, blue 20
secondary_colour red 70, green 7, blue 7
loading_logo ../eb/data/loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_gauls.tga
standard_index 10
logo_index 238
small_logo_index 252
triumph_value 5
intro_movie ../eb/data/fmv/intros/eb_logo.wmv
victory_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/gauls_eliminated.wmv
defeat_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/gauls_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_gaul_snow_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability yes
can_sap yes
prefers_naval_invasions no
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

faction germans
culture barbarian
symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_germans.CAS
rebel_symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_germans_rebel.CAS
primary_colour red 88, green 21, blue 38
secondary_colour red 29, green 21, blue 88
loading_logo ../eb/data/loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_germania.tga
standard_index 11
logo_index 244
small_logo_index 256
triumph_value 5
intro_movie ../eb/data/fmv/intros/eb_logo.wmv
victory_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/germania_eliminated.wmv
defeat_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/germania_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_german_snow_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability yes
can_sap no
prefers_naval_invasions no
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
faction britons
culture barbarian
symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_britons.CAS
rebel_symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_britons_rebel.CAS
primary_colour red 70, green 75, blue 100
secondary_colour red 5, green 11, blue 38
loading_logo ../eb/data/loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_britons.tga
standard_index 12
logo_index 234
small_logo_index 243
triumph_value 5
intro_movie ../eb/data/fmv/intros/eb_logo.wmv
victory_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/britons_eliminated.wmv
defeat_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/britons_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_britons_grass_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability yes
can_sap yes
prefers_naval_invasions yes
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

faction armenia
culture nomad
symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_armenia.CAS
rebel_symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_armenia_rebel.CAS
primary_colour red 200, green 160, blue 85
secondary_colour red 91, green 66, blue 19
loading_logo ../eb/data/loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_armenia.tga
standard_index 13
logo_index 235
small_logo_index 245
triumph_value 5
intro_movie ../eb/data/fmv/intros/eb_logo.wmv
victory_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/armenia_eliminated.wmv
defeat_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/armenia_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_armenia_sand_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability yes
can_sap no
prefers_naval_invasions no
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

faction dacia
culture barbarian
symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_dacia.CAS
rebel_symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_dacia_rebel.CAS
primary_colour red 143, green 89, blue 27
secondary_colour red 239, green 192, blue 28
loading_logo ../eb/data/loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_dacia.tga
standard_index 14
logo_index 250
small_logo_index 263
triumph_value 5
intro_movie ../eb/data/fmv/intros/eb_logo.wmv
victory_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/dacia_eliminated.wmv
defeat_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/dacia_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_dacia_sand_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability yes
can_sap yes
prefers_naval_invasions no
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

faction greek_cities
culture greek
symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_greek_cities.CAS
rebel_symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_greek_cities_rebel.CAS
;artificially made darker to show up on sm banner
;actual colour is:
;primary_colour red 237, green 234, blue 179
primary_colour red 210, green 125, blue 70
secondary_colour red 210, green 175, blue 30
loading_logo ../eb/data/loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_greek_cities.tga
standard_index 15
logo_index 233
small_logo_index 247
triumph_value 5
intro_movie ../eb/data/fmv/intros/eb_logo.wmv
victory_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/greeks_eliminated.wmv
defeat_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/greeks_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_greek_grass_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability yes
can_sap yes
prefers_naval_invasions yes
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

faction numidia
culture egyptian
symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_numidia.CAS
rebel_symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_numidia_rebel.CAS
primary_colour red 225, green 215, blue 135
secondary_colour red 191, green 157, blue 1
loading_logo ../eb/data/loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_numidia.tga
standard_index 16
logo_index 241
small_logo_index 258
triumph_value 5
intro_movie ../eb/data/fmv/intros/eb_logo.wmv
victory_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/numidian_eliminated.wmv
defeat_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/numidian_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_numidia_sand_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability yes
can_sap yes
prefers_naval_invasions yes
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

faction scythia
culture barbarian
symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_scythia.CAS
rebel_symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_scythia_rebel.CAS
primary_colour red 165, green 195, blue 45
secondary_colour red 8, green 102, blue 17
loading_logo ../eb/data/loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_scythia.tga
standard_index 17
logo_index 240
small_logo_index 254
triumph_value 5
intro_movie ../eb/data/fmv/intros/eb_logo.wmv
victory_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/scythia_eliminated.wmv
defeat_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/scythia_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_scythia_sand_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability yes
can_sap yes
prefers_naval_invasions no
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

faction spain
culture barbarian
symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_spain.CAS
rebel_symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_spain_rebel.CAS
primary_colour red 135, green 110, blue 60
secondary_colour red 66, green 48, blue 13
loading_logo ../eb/data/loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_spain.tga
standard_index 18
logo_index 248
small_logo_index 261
triumph_value 5
intro_movie ../eb/data/fmv/intros/eb_logo.wmv
victory_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/spain_eliminated.wmv
defeat_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/spain_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_spain_grass_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability yes
can_sap yes
prefers_naval_invasions no
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

faction thrace
culture greek
symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_thrace.CAS
rebel_symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_thrace_rebel.CAS
primary_colour red 115, green 130, blue 90
secondary_colour red 42, green 61, blue 11
loading_logo ../eb/data/loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_thrace.tga
standard_index 19
logo_index 249
small_logo_index 262
triumph_value 5
intro_movie ../eb/data/fmv/intros/eb_logo.wmv
victory_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/thrace_eliminated.wmv
defeat_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/thrace_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_thrace_sand_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability yes
can_sap yes
prefers_naval_invasions yes
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

faction slave
culture greek
symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_slaves.CAS
rebel_symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_slaves.CAS
primary_colour red 213, green 204, blue 157
secondary_colour red 90, green 75, blue 40
loading_logo ../eb/data/loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_slaves.tga
standard_index 20
logo_index 237
small_logo_index 251
triumph_value 5
intro_movie ../eb/data/fmv/intros/eb_logo.wmv
victory_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/rebels_eliminated.wmv
defeat_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/rebels_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_rebels_grass_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability no
can_sap yes
prefers_naval_invasions no
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

[IrishHitman]

from my Aedui campaign 193bc
https://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g177/0404625/193bc.jpg
Not looking forward to facing the Ptolemaioi:no:

You're going to get raped....

[Hax]

Even though that's exactly how the Ptolemaioi should expand.

[IrishHitman]

By the way, how did the Aedui capture Southern Ireland?

[athanaric]

By the way, how did the Aedui capture Southern Ireland?

Because they are controlled by the human player.

If you look carefully though, you can see that the southern Irish province has Aedui as "founder" faction. This is highlighted by the fact that the Eleutheroi AI (if given time) will build an Aedui governmental system as well as paved roads there! Nice exploit if you play the Casse slowly (or if you play expansionist Swêboz/Lusotannan), because of all Barbarian faction, only the Gauls can build paved roads.

[IrishHitman]

Because they are controlled by the human player.

If you look carefully though, you can see that the southern Irish province has Aedui as "founder" faction. This is highlighted by the fact that the Eleutheroi AI (if given time) will build an Aedui governmental system as well as paved roads there! Nice exploit if you play the Casse slowly (or if you play expansionist Swêboz/Lusotannan), because of all Barbarian faction, only the Gauls can build paved roads.

That's strange, I thought they'd be based off the Lusotannii, as Ireland is entirely within the Luso expansion regions....

[bobbin]

You're going to get raped....
Shouldn't be too bad, once I get into the Balkans i'll have access to all those lovely falx units which should make pretty short work of any Ptolemaio army.


Even though that's exactly how the Ptolemaioi should expand.
Pretty nice isn't it.

A year later 192bc
https://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g177/0404625/192bc.jpg

I finished my conquest of Ireland and am now training a small army to make sure the Casse don't try anything.
A Sweboz attack was fought off and I now intend to capture their cities west of the Elbe to use as a bargining chip for peace. Captured Numantia to further my ambitions in Iberia, I plan to build up the MIC's to get the amazing Dunaminaca for the backbone of my new Iberian army.

Elsewhere the Ptolemaioi continue their push into greek lands but are having problems in some areas. Baktria seems to be on its last legs and is down to its last city which is surrounded by enemies. Rome faces danger from the Qarthadasti but might get some respite due to revolts on Sicily.

[IrishHitman]

Shouldn't be too bad, once I get into the Balkans i'll have access to all those lovely falx units which should make pretty short work of any Ptolemaio army.
Except falxmen are crap against both archers and phalanx units, which the Ptollies will have abundances of...

[Ludens]

Except falxmen are crap against both archers and phalanx units, which the Ptollies will have abundances of...

Falxes are excellent for flanking phalanxes. They don't fare well against archers, or phalanxes frontally, but I doubt bobbin is going to recruit armies consisting of falxes alone.

[IrishHitman]

Falxes are excellent for flanking phalanxes. They don't fare well against archers, or phalanxes frontally, but I doubt bobbin is going to recruit armies consisting of falxes alone.

The problem is, the AI has no second thoughts about turning the phalanxes...

[Lovejoy]

http://pici.se/pictures/xnhVuaZvU.jpg
250BC, Sauro

I am getting real tired fighting the Pavhlan and their stupid cata-HA. :skull: I am mounting a final push both from the north and south, but I don't have much men to spare. Lets hope the best. At least the western front is calm, but I guess that wont last long. The AS is pretty weak though, which is nice.

[Mr Polska]

Amazing sauro expanison there, lovejoy.

[Tellos Athenaios]

The problem is, the AI has no second thoughts about turning the phalanxes...

A few hoplites to pin them at the front, a few axemen at the flanks... Falxes are merely added bonus. :juggle2:

[Mr Polska]

A few hoplites to pin them at the front, a few axemen at the flanks... Falxes are merely added bonus. :juggle2:

He doesn't have hoplites, so I'd recommend Gaeroas/Gaelaiche to pin the phalanx.

[Tellos Athenaios]

The last time I looked, the Aedui could recruit Classical Hoplites... :inquisitive:

[Mr Polska]

But not where he is right now. Maybe a bit later...

[Molinaargh]

I'm guessing the settlement rebelled to the KH.
But they won't last for long :shame:
You're right they won't. I have plans for them!

https://img84.imageshack.us/img84/7702/ebscreenshot8.jpg
Roma, 154 BC. I don't really like the Marian units :embarassed:

I also went pretty crazy with my spreadsheets this game:

https://img43.imageshack.us/img43/6074/ebsheet1.png
https://img36.imageshack.us/img36/7891/ebsheet2.png

At the beginning I killed all starting family members and played with only Titus Aemilius Lepidus. Adopted some Plebeians to get Marian Reforms. The Reformator ended up becoming Augustus without meeting all conditions (bug). I didn't mind because I liked him, being 10/10/10 and all.

[Jebivjetar]

alex m/m

https://img147.imageshack.us/img147/9361/pahlava.jpg


i guess you all know why i put the whole line in there :2thumbsup:

[DaciaJC]

https://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p311/Frontline1944/6072-1.jpg

Getai, 186 BC, VH/M

Pretty insane Qarthadastim expansion... they finished conquering the Romani in 213. I've spent more than a decade hurling 1-2 full-stacks (often comprised of their numerous elites) back every turn on the bridge just west of Patavium.

In 191 I launched a blitz campaign in Asia Minor, taking four settlements within three seasons. Of course, this brought me to war with the Yellow Fever and its 11 idle fullstacks (as well as Pontus), but with so many border settlements, I have been able to wipe out several fullstacks at a time.

I also raised a 3/4 stack of elites (Ischyroi Agema, Komatai Epilektoi, Ktistai, Tarabostes and a promising young general) as well as a fleet of Lemboi (commanded by a four-star admiral) to attack the heartlands of the Ptolemaioi and Qarthadastim and raze their major cities (troop production centers).

[athanaric]

I also raised a 3/4 stack of elites (Ischyroi Agema, Komatai Epilektoi, Ktistai, Tarabostes and a promising young general) as well as a fleet of Lemboi (commanded by a four-star admiral) to attack the heartlands of the Ptolemaioi and Qarthadastim and raze their major cities (troop production centers).

Excellent. You should also take all their islands. At least Sicily, because they can train Elite Pikemen in Lilybaeum.

[Zim]

VH/M BI.exe (for the latter half, first half was RTW.exe) Carthage game.

https://img338.imageshack.us/img338/7635/carthage150.jpg (https://img338.imageshack.us/i/carthage150.jpg/)

I started out the game very slowly, letting most of my starting settlements rebel and slowly reconquering them. I was hoping for an epic confrontation with Rome to end the game, but after they received the Marian reforms they started recruiting armies of mostly vigiles', so I decided to conquer Greece (then held by the KH) to get to fight some elite armies and get revenge for their sinking so many of my ships through the game. It was so much fun I just kept marching east... I know many players conquer far bigger empires, but it's rare for me to take a faction that far. It's been fun. Right now I'm trying to regain some lost ground from the Arverni while conquering the rest of Egypt.

I may be hitting a natural limit to my expansion, though. My new settlements generally aren't making enough money to make up for for garrisons thanks to high corruption and large garrison forces to combat distance to capital penalties (haven't been able to bring myself to move the capital from Carthage itself). I also hit that magical size where even with large garrisons on all borders every AI faction attacks me if able. Until recently I could recruit whatever armies I liked and ship them around to different fronts, but now things are fraying on the edges of the Empire a bit and I have to make due with what I can get, especially troublesome in the east where I lack good regionals.

[Mr Polska]

Holy schmoly. That's one hell of an AS.

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

OK it's been a long time since my last update... so here the world history, 272 - 152 BC.


https://img8.imageshack.us/img8/8509/makedoniendieweltimjahrw.jpg

272 - Makedonia is a kingdom on whose survival nobody would place a bet


https://img242.imageshack.us/img242/9941/makedoniendieweltimjahra.jpg

262 - Epeirotes and KH destructed, the former become a Roman protectorate as Italiotai


https://img121.imageshack.us/img121/9941/makedoniendieweltimjahra.jpg

252 - Makedonian Hegemony on the Balkan peninsula, Romans and Carthaginians quarrel a bit about Sicily


https://img4.imageshack.us/img4/4577/makedoniendieweltimjahr.jpg

242 - The Romans start their conquest of Gaul, the Makedonians the war against the Ptolemies


https://img524.imageshack.us/img524/2519/makedoniendieweltimjahrg.jpg

232 - The Carthaginians on the advance


https://img230.imageshack.us/img230/3319/makedoniendieweltimjahro.jpg

222 - Roman betrayal and the rise of the Arverni Kingdom with Makedonian help (Celtic Crusade)


https://img524.imageshack.us/img524/6049/makedoniendieweltimjahrx.jpg

212 - Carthaginians withdrawing in Iberia and advancing finally in Italia, attempt to snatch Kyrene leads to war with Makedonia, incessant Sabaean attacks on Nabataian allies


https://img85.imageshack.us/img85/9340/makedoniendieweltimjahrt.jpg

202 - Lusitanians in Iberia and Romans in Gaul gain the upper hand, an expedition corps ravages Sabaean domains


https://img223.imageshack.us/img223/2519/makedoniendieweltimjahrg.jpg

192 - Romans become the Galloromans, Carthaginians continue the war as Phoinikes, Armenian betrayal, peace with the Sabaeans (FDed)


https://img248.imageshack.us/img248/4577/makedoniendieweltimjahr.jpg

182 - Lusitanian betrayal, Makedonia betrays the Getai, Carthage becomes Axum and the AS the Indohellenes


https://img85.imageshack.us/img85/56/makedoniendieweltimjahrn.jpg

172 - New invasions of the Arabian peninsula, Qataban gifted to Axum, Civil War ravages the Arche


https://img223.imageshack.us/img223/4577/makedoniendieweltimjahr.jpg

162 - the Baktrians take the position of the Makedonian Nobles in Iran, Saba profits from the Civil War


https://img85.imageshack.us/img85/4577/makedoniendieweltimjahr.jpg

152 - Conquest of Lugia and gifting to Sweboz allies. Sosipatros Philippeus finishes his great mission (the destruction or Rome) at the age of 75. Goidils switch sides to a Lusitanian expedition corps, Albionoi (Casse) invade Belgica (both FDed)

[XSamatan]

simply WOW

must have been a pleasure to get all the ideas for that and to get it to reality...

The Maks are THE perfect faction for a civil war.

XSamatan

[athanaric]

The 172 map looks like you've given two thirds of your empire to the Suebi...

[Lovejoy]

Sorry for the big picture but there is a surprise in it.

http://pici.se/pictures/EKHTdHKTl.jpg
PS: They have walked all the way from Spain. :) How sad when they finally arrives in Africa only to find Carthage enslaved and conquered. ;) I really like the AI-expansion in this campagin. There is lots of action everywhere, still all factions remains. No one is too powerful, except maybe the Ptolemoi(sp). But they are being attacked from several directions. Saba in the North, Cartage(or the desert dwellers) from the west - and a war between them and the Pavhlan seems inescapable. Asia minor, turkey, is just a complete mess. Gaul is reallyyyy strong, I like how they conquered parts of Spain. The war between Aedui and me will be epic! ;)


Centurio Nixalsverdrus: EPIC overview!

[IrishHitman]

Conquest of Lugia and gifting to Sweboz allies

Consorting with barbarians is only ever a temporary measure, crush them or you are not a true Hellene.

[Hax]

PS: They have walked all the way from Spain. :) How sad when they finally arrives in Africa only to find Carthage enslaved and conquered. ;) I really like the AI-expansion in this campagin. There is lots of action everywhere, still all factions remains. No one is too powerful, except maybe the Ptolemoi(sp). But they are being attacked from several directions. Saba in the North, Cartage(or the desert dwellers) from the west - and a war between them and the Pavhlan seems inescapable. Asia minor, turkey, is just a complete mess. Gaul is reallyyyy strong, I like how they conquered parts of Spain. The war between Aedui and me will be epic! ;)

Have you checked their name? It could be a bribed army.

[Lovejoy]

Have you checked their name? It could be a bribed army.

I know they are not bribed, its full of iberian units and I first spotted them in the alps. Back then a faction leader, Gisgo, was leading the army. Since then I have followed them all the way. Pretty fun to watch actually.

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

Thank you all for your comments.


must have been a pleasure to get all the ideas for that and to get it to reality...
Yes, the best part of the game if you ask me. This is what keeps you interested in the campaign.


Consorting with barbarians is only ever a temporary measure, crush them or you are not a true Hellene.
I have crushed the Lugians and my army and Faction heir barely survived. Many did not survive. But I don't want Lugia, really. Would not have been realistic, and realism is all the campaign is about.

Next to be conquered: Noricum, Albion, Hibernia, Persia, Baktria. More or less.

[IrishHitman]

I have crushed the Lugians and my army and Faction heir barely survived. Many did not survive. But I don't want Lugia, really. Would not have been realistic, and realism is all the campaign is about.

Next to be conquered: Noricum, Albion, Hibernia, Persia, Baktria. More or less.

By the way, do I see the Lusotannioi in Ireland?

[Zim]

Yeah. For a lot of the game they and the Ptolemies switched places as the number one faction, and I would send raiding forcs to weaken whoever was on top. Then My armies were stretched too thin as I really started to expand, and next time I checked back the AS had become huge. :sweatdrop:


Holy schmoly. That's one hell of an AS.

[DaciaJC]

By the way, do I see the Lusotannioi in Ireland?


Goidils switch sides to a Lusitanian expedition corps, Albionoi (Casse) invade Belgica (both FDed)

3 characters, blah blah blah...

[IrishHitman]

3 characters, blah blah blah...

Also, why is Ireland on the Lusotannioi expansion zone?

https://img38.imageshack.us/img38/8486/lusoexpansion.jpg

[gamegeek2]

I see more than a little inspiration from MAA ;)

[Ludens]

Also, why is Ireland on the Lusotannioi expansion zone?

There is a theory that, shortly before or during EB's time-frame, an Iberian warlord with a large number of followers migrated to Ireland. IIRC this theory is very much disputed, though.

[Jebivjetar]

Pahlava, 222BC, M/M, Alex.exe

https://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3893/pahlav222.jpg


AS- moved to the west as i took their eastern provinces. they feed my armies with fresh new fullstacks. I fill Hades with their souls.
Baktria- i helped those buddhists to reach nirvana somewhere around 260BC; feeling good there, i guess. pure utopia.
Romans- doing good, but now brave Carthaginian and Epirote allies will eat them alive: if not, i'll erase them personally via sea (yeah, it's personal).
Ptolies- surprisingly inactive, yellow as the sun.
Aedui and Arverni- eating each other from the start. Arverni finally destroyed by the Romans
Makedonia- destroyed by Epeirotes
KH- have only Rhodos left, now they are making some naval invasions into Asia Minor: trying to conquer Asia Minor with akontistai
Saka Rauka- declared war on me, were pushed back: extremely inactive.
Getai- became Epeirotes protectorate, fighting Sarmaritians for some villages
Casse- feeling lazy on their island, sleeping naked in the forests.
Carthage- inactive until now: since 230bc conquering Italy
Saba- only revolt expands their empire, they just eat some sand in their desert and walking around
Lusos- live in ambush and fighting Carthies
Sweboz: loosing every fullstack trying to beat respawning rebel armies
Pontos- AS would destroyed them but i gave them ALOT of money (my own, without console command) so they could defend them selves. I've personally re-took some cities form AS for them. My allies.
Hayasdan: few fullstacks sleeping in the mainland. Fighting Sauros pointlessly. My allies
Pahlava- FTW !! :-))

[Zim]

Wow, that's the best I've seen Epeiros do as an ai faction.

[Marcus Ulpius]

Seleucid campaign - 233bc:

https://img231.imageshack.us/img231/3189/233nn.jpg

Lusitanians - took control over the whole Iberia, the conflict with Rome seems inevitable.
Aedui - fighting for their lives against the Romans
Arverni - pretty much gone
Sweboz - as usual building Central European Empire
Epirotes - stuck deep in the Balkan swamp (fighting Macedonians and the Getae)
Macedonian - were thrown out of Micra Asia by me after their treacherous attack. I thought they'll dominate mainland Greece, but Epirotes seem to be able to fight both the Getae and the Macs.
KH - somehow managed to take Corinth. Most of the time only Sparta was holding ground against Macedonian assault.
Getae - fighting against Epirotes, hard to tell who's winning.
Pontos - betrayed me at a very difficult moment and paid the price.
Hai - as usual stuck with the Suros
Saba - for many years they are trying to push me out of Nabatea. When my Ptolie war is over, they are going to be wiped out for being such a nuisance.
Pahlava - they had more land at one point, but I decided to minimize the threat and now they are in a "domesticated" condition.
Bactria - same as Pontos, treason will not be tolerated. Now they are at peace with me, but without Bactra. They are fighting Saka and will most likely have trouble holding ground.
Ptolies - after 40 years of constant war they are in a miserable condition. I won't destroy them completely in the near future as I need them on my western border as a buffer between me and expanding Qart-Hadasht, but they'll lose their Upper Egypt lands very soon.

[Jebivjetar]

Ok, here's update:

Pahlava 112BC:

https://img407.imageshack.us/img407/9854/212bc.jpg

-Romans kicked from Italy; Epeiros and Karthage now fighting for peninsula.
-Pahlavan victorious army reached Mediterranean sea. Meanwhile fighting Saka on the easterns borders. My faction leader is still alive (over 110 years old :inquisitive: )
- Pontos- finally achieved to start taking control over the Asia Minor

[XSamatan]

My faction leader is still alive (over 110 years old :inquisitive: )

Do you eventually play on Alex.exe and forgot to delete the "immortal-trait"??

XSamatan

[Jebivjetar]

Do you eventually play on Alex.exe and forgot to delete the "immortal-trait"??

XSamatan

I guess so... anyway i like it because he is a great governor in Alexandreia Ariana :idea2:

[Lovejoy]

When you play with alex.exe you need to make some small changes in the files. Otherwise all your generals become immortals. I don't remember what changes tough. :/ Do a search.

[IrishHitman]

Romani Campaign (Got bored kicking ass as Makedonia for once)

249 BCE
https://img230.imageshack.us/img230/3084/map1r.jpg

The map of the year just before Makedonia, seeking glory as Greeks will, stabbed me in the back.
As you can see, I had already secured Sicily and Italy. I struck against Epirus on the first turn, and captured Taras by the skin of my teeth on the second. After that, I retrained the southern consular army, then bypassed both Rhegion and Messena to attack the Carthaginians in Sicily.

I won, after a siege and battles with a marine landing by Carthage's ships.
I then went on to capture Corsica and Sardinia, which earned a triumph.

After that, it was boring fights against independent city states in the North, which went well except for a pretty bad defeat at Massalia. The same turn, Makedonia attacked Segestica unsuccessfully, prompting invasion by myself.

240 BCE
https://img4.imageshack.us/img4/5718/map2pj.jpg

As you can see, the invasion of Greece is pretty well advanced.
I've made peace with Carthage for the moment, so I can concentrate on the Greek front.
I also wish to see if Carthage holds up in Iberia before I start my expeditions there.

The Macedonians send mostly levy and skirmisher armies against me, which I defeat utterly with only 5-10% casualty rates each time. The problem is that they send them at an incredibly quick rate, meaning that I have to send armies back to Italy every year or so to retrain back up.

I apologise for the fog of war, but I can't use the console commands due to Vista...

[Mediolanicus]

I apologise for the fog of war, but I can't use the console commands due to Vista...

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=103681

[Jebivjetar]

Pahlava, 213BC

https://img190.imageshack.us/img190/9532/213pahlava.jpg

[SwissBarbar]

I have started playing EB again, and to get the feeling, I started a Makedonian campaign. I expand quite slowly, I don't want to blitz anyone and I role play a lot. It's 240 BC.



https://img2.imageshack.us/img2/7653/unbenanntrk.png


Makedonia (me)
Only ally is AS, which is allied to Makedonia since the game started. I conquered all of Greece and left the KH on Rhodos and Halikarnassos alone. And I wiped out Epeiros from their Homeland. When the KH started to attack Athenai from time to time, I decided to conquer Rhodos, so they cannot build great ships, and thereby cannot send armies to Athenai anymore. Krete, Mytilene and Pergamon are allied Kingdoms, at the moment there is a war going on against the Ptolemaioi, who attacked first. The Getai were allies, but they broke the alliance when the Ptolies attacked me (they are also their allies). But they have never attacked me, and I won't attack them as long as this stays as it is.


Epeiros
I LOVE Epeiros in this game. They had nothing left, except Taras, and it was besieged by Rome. Every turn I waited for the signal, that this faction has been destroyed, but it didn't appear. So I've sent spies and found out, that Epeiros managed to conquer Rhegion. Short after that, they took Capua and Roma as well. At the moment they are as strong as the Romans, and they besiege each other all the time. Let's see who can gain the upper hand at the end.

Romani
The thought it would be easy to defeat Epeiros. The Romani were in possesion of:
Roma, Capua, Arpi, Arminium, Arretium, Bononia, Segesta, Massalia and Tolosa when the war against Epeiros started. Now they have lost many settlements to the Celts and Epeiros.

Ptolemaioi
Most advanced faction, mighty empire and enemy of Makedonia

Seleukids
Have been crushed by the Ptolemies and Pontos first, then by Pahlava.

Pontos
Conquered a great part of Anatolia and even Byzantion, but then attacked Makedonia and lost Byzantion in the war against them. Now they have peace with Makedonia but are still at war with AS and also the Ptolies.

Pahlava, Baktria, Saka, Sauro
I used toggle_fow for the first time, to show you the cool Epeiros-Story, and was extremely surprised by the eastern factions :dizzy2: What a great AI-Expansion! The Makedonians will be very much surprised, when the Pahlava appear in Anatolia (I think they could manage the Ptolies, because they will suffer from many casualties against Makedonia. This will be very expensive for them, so it will be easier for Pahlava.



Notice: I've never given money to any faction.

[IrishHitman]

Wow, you can conquer the Parthian Empire now...

[SwissBarbar]

Yeah, how cool is that :2thumbsup:

[IrishHitman]

Yeah, how cool is that :2thumbsup:

Are the Parthians and the Ptollies at war yet?

[SwissBarbar]

Nope...not yet ;-)

But they alternate in attacking Seleukeia and Babylon. (I have a Spy there). It's a matter of time..

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

Simply amazing AI expansion! :2thumbsup: Onward, father Makedonia! Onward, brother Epeiros!

[Lovejoy]

Another big pic, sorry! ;P Its too bothersome to crop, besides; some pretty cool developments can be seen:
http://pici.se/pictures/hPBoDuAAz.jpg
Amaze at the awesome army of Makedonia! They are moving all their forces into Asia-minor to confront the Pontic-devils. Lets hope they don't get any patriotic ideas moving throw their old home lands. :sweatdrop: They have left all of southern Greece undefended, luckily for them I am too deep into the iberian conflict to siege the opportunity. Besides; we are allies. I am the loyal type. :yes:

ALX.exe/CityMod/212BC/Roma/I yet haven't done anything to control the AI-expansion. If Ptolemoi gets too big, I probably will.

[Lysandros]

https://img405.imageshack.us/img405/5315/eb237200ii.jpg (https://img405.imageshack.us/i/eb237200ii.jpg/)

I know it's a bit hard to follow, but here are mini-maps from 237 BC to 200 BC of my game as quite a passive player (Arche Seleukeia). I made some minor changes to the game, but mainly I just removed the Central European Defense script and the government damage part of the script - which now causes the AI to be no longer blockaded by damaged government buildings which it tries to repair, resulting in a continuous use of the cities by the conquering faction. The government placement part of the script is still intact, of course.
I was surprised how factions now rise and fall - anyway, the first faction that failed were the Aedui around 205 BC.

[retep219]

I'm Getai in this campaign...265 B.C.
https://img29.imageshack.us/img29/5327/rometw2009100311542570.png
Yes, I know I blitzed. Increased movement a bit, I admit, I just can't handle slow games. So my own expansion is a bit cheap...

Anyways...AI expansion has been very interesting...as you can see, the Sauromatae have expanded across the entire steppe, I expect them to be fighting the Sweboz within ten turns! The Aedui are also massive; in addition to the fact that they control all of Gaul, northern Italy, and Vellika, they are also sieging a couple of Alpine cities with forgettable names and Emporion, and have the Arveni vassalized. Carthage also looks like it is going through decent expansion in North Africa, but the Romans have started up the Punic Wars in Sicily by laying siege to Messana.

On the rest of the world: Hayasdan and Sweboz have decent expansion, but are of course dwarfed by the Sauromatae. The Konion Hellion are confined to Rhodes, my attempts to teleport their armies from Rhodes/Crete to Lydia all failed miserably (they insisted on trying to walk back to Athens...) so I gave them up as a lost cause. Makedon is destroyed. No other factions seem to be doing especially well....

On my own campaigns: I started out by defeating all the rebels in the surrounding area, which wasn't that hard. Makedon declared war on me, I quickly defeated their field armies and won a few heroic victories while waiting for reinforcements to arrive from the Crimea. With a reinforced army and a consistent stream of units from Buridava and Sarmiszgethusa, I pounded Makedon into the dust. KH backstabbed me, I defeated them too, they did not have much of an army. Epeiros was even easier, their forces were very scattered. However, I noted that the AI behaved in a smarter manner than usual--when it became obvious that the war in Greece was lost, it loaded Phyrros and a good half-stack into a ship and sailed for Taras, where Phyrros won several auto-resolved siege assualts against various Roman captains thanks to his ten stars, ensuring the survival of the faction...as a Roman vassal. After Hellas fell, I invaded Anatolia, kicked Selekeia out of the peninsula, was backstabbed by my Ptolemaioi allies, took Side, and then captured Antioch/Damaskos, burned everything to the ground, and traded them with Seleukeia for peace and Mazaka. Arche Seleukeia is now severely weakened, leaving the Ptolemaioi with an opportunity...

As long as they have a nice war, I'll be happy...

[Jebivjetar]

Pahlava, 201BC

https://img525.imageshack.us/img525/4631/pahlava201bc.jpg

[the man with no name]

I'm Getai in this campaign...265 B.C.
https://img29.imageshack.us/img29/5327/rometw2009100311542570.png
Yes, I know I blitzed.Is even that possible? All that in 7 years? 25 ******* seasons?


Pahlava, 201BC

https://img525.imageshack.us/img525/4631/pahlava201bc.jpg

Nice carthage expansion, white death? Getai look like a mini iberia and the romans are over 9000...
miles apart :clown:

[retep219]

Is even that possible? All that in 7 years? 25 ******* seasons?


Oops, I forgot to mention the modded increased movement. Edited the orginal post. Talk about a dumb mistake, lol. But other than that, no cheating at all.

Even the increased movement isn't THAT bad, it does make the AI build empires faster...look at the Aedui or Sauromatae.


Pahlava, 201BC


Nice game! I like Carthage...and especially the Romani, lol. Where the Aedui ever powerful? Judging by the spread of their remaining provinces, they once occupied a considerable area. Epeiros and Sweboz expansions, although large, are more regular, if I recall correctly?

[Jebivjetar]

Nice game! I like Carthage...and especially the Romani, lol. Where the Aedui ever powerful? Judging by the spread of their remaining provinces, they once occupied a considerable area. Epeiros and Sweboz expansions, although large, are more regular, if I recall correctly?

Yeah, Carthage rocks! They were extremely passive for the first 20years or so; i play with toggle_fow and i haven't see their armies at all (only the little ones)...and then, in one turn, fullstacks came out of nowhere (then i realised they were in ambush untill then) and in few years Italy was occupied with Carthaginian fullstacks, taking city after city, and now they ead Aedui.

Aedui were going pretty well: they beat Arverni and made them protectorate. Then the Romans came and almost destoyed them (they destroyed Arverni), but Carthies did their job in Italy so Aedui recaptured some cities.


Nice carthage expansion, white death? Getai look like a mini iberia and the romans are over 9000...
miles apart

Yeah, they remind me of 2 blood drops :clown:

[the man with no name]

Oops, I forgot to mention the modded increased movement. Edited the orginal post. Talk about a dumb mistake, lol. But other than that, no cheating at all.

Even the increased movement isn't THAT bad, it does make the AI build empires faster...look at the Aedui or Sauromatae. Thhat makes more sense.




Yeah, they remind me of 2 blood drops :clown:

lol But still it's pretty amazing they got that far apart. I guess the carthies went :smash: really bad.

[Olaf The Great]

lol But still it's pretty amazing they got that far apart. I guess the carthies went :smash: really bad.
I could be wrong but it looks like the Romans conquered big pieces of gaul and Boii lands but were drained from war, so Carthage, which was allied with Aedui swept in and smashed them.

[Jebivjetar]

Pahlava, 192BC

https://img207.imageshack.us/img207/6878/paglava192bc.jpg

My empire expanding even further. My allies, Hayasdan and Pontos, are attacking the remains of collapsed Seleucid empire in Asia Minor (Hayasdan is sending fullstacks through Pontos lands trying to take Nikaia. I was surprised because Hayasdan is not attacking me although we share borders, but instead they (Hayasdan) try to capture cities from AS which are far away from their homeland. I appreciate that so i give them tons of money.

Furthermore:

Romans:were almost destroyed, now they are beating Aedui.
Carthage: was holding entire Italy, but Epeirotes are invading from the north, and Italy will soon be Helenic. Carthaginian fullstacks are just standing in Africa, traveling nowhere. I wonder where will they strike next.
KH: Declared war on Ptolies and they took two provinces in Asia Minor. Right now they are attacking Cyprus via sea.
Saka Rauka: i love to fight against them (two catatanks armies clash is hell of a fun)
Saba: i wipe them out while they try to take Damaskos and Gerrha from me. Those poor fellows just ain't have answer for my mighty, victorious and unbeatable parthian-hellenic armies with horse archers reinforcements. :smash:
Lousitanna: doing good: expanding into Gaul.
Casse: they just sleep, man :no:
Sweboz: fighting eleutheroi armies mostly
Ptolies: doing nothing, they sleep too. I plan to invade them in the future.


EDIT: sory for my bad english; but i'm a warroir, not linguist:laugh4::clown::inquisitive:

[IrishHitman]

https://img188.imageshack.us/img188/165/map3l.jpg

Romani Campaign
233 BCE

Military Fronts (Current and Planned):
Greek Front:
My conquest of the Kingdom of Makedonia is now complete, after the war started in 249 BCE.
It was a long struggle. The Maks could do little about it though. My expansion east will end there, for now. Cnaeus Macedonicus has to return to Rome for his triumph, and I want to keep the status quo in Thrace, it'll keep the Getai, Epirotes and Macedonian exiles busy with each other. My occupation army has arrived and is camped outside Pella. An invasion force from Euboea has Athens under siege, but the city's defenders will slaughter them, so I'm not even bothered to send a relief force.
The Epirotes currently hold Byzantium, part of Illyria and part of Thrace. My alliance-of-convenience with them has outlasted its usefulness, and I may send an expedition to crush them as soon as they start fighting the Getai.

Southern Front:
Carthage has been kicked out of Iberia entirely, leaving Carthage to stew, with the only real option being attacking the Ptollies or the AS in Cyrene (Yes, that is the Arche you see between the Ptollies and Carthage). I am debating whether to seize the key cities of Carthage or conquer Gaul instead.

Northern Front:
Central Gaul is a Somme of a battle.
I have a spy directly where the Aedui, Arverni and Sweboz borders meet, and the carnage is immense.
I was allied to the Arverni, but changed to the Aedui when the Arverni put an army too close to Italy.
Those German hordes are likely to win though, as Lusotannii armies march north. Looks like the Arverni and Aedui will be defeated because the Lusos came from the rear, not because of German aggression.

Other stuff:
The East:
As you can see, the development of the AI has been very interesting indeed.
The Ptollies have conquered deep into Seleucid territory, but cannot sustain that for very long (in my opinion). Pontus is cracking serious heads in Asia Minor, they'll take much of the area soon, as the AS weakens. The Maks in Pergamon have basically just sat there. Further east, we have the Hai, who have been pretty passive if you ask me. They seem unwilling to face the steppe hordes or the AS.
Into Persia, and we see revolt. An independent state on the Persian Gulf Coast. My spies haven't reached that far yet, so I can't see if the AS are doing anything about it.

At the edge of the world, we have the Pahlava making devastating progress.
We also have a strong hint of Bactria kicking some ass, if you take notice of the tiny spec of dark blue on the map, east of the eastern most AS provinces along the Indian Ocean.

[Jebivjetar]

Pahlava, 182BC

:knight:https://img26.imageshack.us/img26/3356/pahlava182bc.jpg:knight:

[retep219]

Pahlava, 182BC

:knight:https://img26.imageshack.us/img26/3356/pahlava182bc.jpg:knight:

Massive Epreiros. Carthage is falling apart....

Lusotana is growing. Judging from patterns I've seen in previous games, it will explode across current Romani and Aedui lands soon, then start a massive war with Sweboz and Epeiros. Who knows who will win? Getai look fairly dormant--Sauromatae would swallow them up if Getai stacks weren't favored so much by the autoresolve. Epeiros might attack Getai, I suppose--what is their relation?

Anyways, great game so far! I don't know how you can resist blitzing the world, lol.

[Jebivjetar]

Massive Epreiros. Carthage is falling apart....

Lusotana is growing. Judging from patterns I've seen in previous games, it will explode across current Romani and Aedui lands soon, then start a massive war with Sweboz and Epeiros. Who knows who will win? Getai look fairly dormant--Sauromatae would swallow them up if Getai stacks weren't favored so much by the autoresolve. Epeiros might attack Getai, I suppose--what is their relation?

Anyways, great game so far! I don't know how you can resist blitzing the world, lol.


Well, Carthage conquered entire Italy and was pushed back by Epeirotes. Now they (Carthaginians) are sending their fresh new fullstacks and it's a matter of year when they will regain peninsula. Another wave of 4-5 Carthaginian fullstacks is approaching Kyrene and i think that Ptolies will suffer very soon now.
Epeirotes finally managed to conquer 2 heavy defended eleutheroi settlements (the ones with endless respawning armies: Dianzes, Satres and company) and i think Sweboz will attack them pretty soon. Getai are Epeirotes protectorate about 50 years now, and they are doing absolutely- nothing :no:

Yeah, i was blitzing at the start (i had to do that just to survive for first 20 years or so: i blitzed until i reached Seleukeia and Babylon) and after that conquest when i finally get some money income i started to build my economy and settlements, and fighting only if necessary. Now i'm in defense mostly because i expand slowly. India is my primary object for subjugation. Anyway i plan to destroy ( annihilate, wipe outta of existence) those Sabeans because they are boring and trying to take some of my hardly earned settlements with their crappy armies...

:smash::smash:

[IrishHitman]

Those elite African phalanxes need a change to somewhere between levy and pezhetairoi level...

[Jebivjetar]

Pahlava, 172BC

https://img34.imageshack.us/img34/5176/172bcf.jpg

[Moosemanmoo]

Looks like the Epirotes are set to dominate europe :skull:

[Skullheadhq]

Looks like Sweboz is busy doing a WWII :skull:

[Moosemanmoo]

Operation Barbarossa here we go!

[DaciaJC]

Looks like there are a lot of colors in places where they shouldn't be. :skull:

[Mr Polska]

And the Casse STILL haven't done anything.

[Hax]

Hehe.

Warning - Big picture

Epeiros, 230 BC:

https://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x152/Elphir/EB/AI%20Progression/230BC-Extended.jpg

[IrishHitman]

Hehe.

Warning - Big picture

Epeiros, 230 BC:

https://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x152/Elphir/EB/AI%20Progression/230BC-Extended.jpg

Hurry up and beat someone other than the Maks :laugh4::laugh4:
You seem to have a taste for destroying the independents...

[WarpGhost]

Pontus, 236BC
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v618/WarpGhost/Pontus236BC.jpg
This is probably the most successful I've ever seen Carthage (who had 2 Italian holdings until fairly recently), Greece (who annoyingly managed to swipe the last Seludic holding in Asia Minor to deny me Anatolian hegemony) and Rome.
The Selucids were also at their strongest I've seen, they did a good job of holding up the Ptolemy for a long time and even beginning to nibble away at them. Its taken me a long time to wear them down (they still keep surprising me with full stacks; they also have 2 poised to take India which would really help them but the AI just wont move them in to take those cities, leaving them dithering for many years instead), but through a war of attrition and multiple axes of attack I've finally wrested all the territory I've needed from them (I've forced peace out of sheer boredom of fighting Hellenic warfare styles!). The knock-on effect has been to give the Ptolemy the opening they needed and they've cashed in on the Selucid's preoccupation with me to move in; the map doesnt do Selucid resistance the justice it's required, they've really put up a hell of a fight.
Current plan is (with Ptolemy and Greece my long-term allies, those borders are pretty secure) to sweep round the Black Sea anti-clockwise through Armenia, to Sarmatians, to Getai, to Greece, and then carry on down onto the Ptolemy.

Saba, 244BC
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v618/WarpGhost/Saba244BCprogression.jpg
This is probably the most interesting AI progression I've ever seen! Dont be fooled by the date; the AI moved swiftly early on and we're undergoing a more sedate period now. Firstly, this is the only time I've seen Macedon do more than barely survive, let alone actually prosper! They've just taken back their old capital and one of Epiros' Asia Minor acquisitions, though time will tell if they can handle Epiros and Pontus whilst finishing off the last Greeks. The Epiros were very rapid movers early, though as I've said Macedon have started to push them back.
Sweboz have moved in strongly, taking territory from both Gaullish tribes. Before I've never seen them expand this far west, if they've expanded its mainly been into Euletharoi lands. The Selucids have been at their weakest ever, with Ptolemy moving in with shocking speed and success. Parthia and Pontus have also made far more inroads than I've previously known (usually the latter dies or is bottled up for the entire game, similarly with Armenia).
Sadly Carthage and the Gauls have been a bit of a dissapointment, but I think there's been more back-and-forth between Saka and Bactria than the map shows. Im currently moving up into the underbelly of Ptolemy Africa and also making designs on India, rather than taking anyone on head-on.

@Lysandros: Where and how have you edited the government destruction script? That sounds like quite a useful move.

[Mr Polska]

Why have the Lusos not done anything?

[retep219]

Pontus, 236BC
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v618/WarpGhost/Pontus236BC.jpg
This is probably the most successful I've ever seen Carthage (who had 2 Italian holdings until fairly recently), Greece (who annoyingly managed to swipe the last Seludic holding in Asia Minor to deny me Anatolian hegemony) and Rome.
The Selucids were also at their strongest I've seen, they did a good job of holding up the Ptolemy for a long time and even beginning to nibble away at them. Its taken me a long time to wear them down (they still keep surprising me with full stacks; they also have 2 poised to take India which would really help them but the AI just wont move them in to take those cities, leaving them dithering for many years instead), but through a war of attrition and multiple axes of attack I've finally wrested all the territory I've needed from them (I've forced peace out of sheer boredom of fighting Hellenic warfare styles!). The knock-on effect has been to give the Ptolemy the opening they needed and they've cashed in on the Selucid's preoccupation with me to move in; the map doesnt do Selucid resistance the justice it's required, they've really put up a hell of a fight.
Current plan is (with Ptolemy and Greece my long-term allies, those borders are pretty secure) to sweep round the Black Sea anti-clockwise through Armenia, to Sarmatians, to Getai, to Greece, and then carry on down onto the Ptolemy.

Saba, 244BC
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v618/WarpGhost/Saba244BCprogression.jpg
This is probably the most interesting AI progression I've ever seen! Dont be fooled by the date; the AI moved swiftly early on and we're undergoing a more sedate period now. Firstly, this is the only time I've seen Macedon do more than barely survive, let alone actually prosper! They've just taken back their old capital and one of Epiros' Asia Minor acquisitions, though time will tell if they can handle Epiros and Pontus whilst finishing off the last Greeks. The Epiros were very rapid movers early, though as I've said Macedon have started to push them back.
Sweboz have moved in strongly, taking territory from both Gaullish tribes. Before I've never seen them expand this far west, if they've expanded its mainly been into Euletharoi lands. The Selucids have been at their weakest ever, with Ptolemy moving in with shocking speed and success. Parthia and Pontus have also made far more inroads than I've previously known (usually the latter dies or is bottled up for the entire game, similarly with Armenia).
Sadly Carthage and the Gauls have been a bit of a dissapointment, but I think there's been more back-and-forth between Saka and Bactria than the map shows. Im currently moving up into the underbelly of Ptolemy Africa and also making designs on India, rather than taking anyone on head-on.

@Lysandros: Where and how have you edited the government destruction script? That sounds like quite a useful move.

Very interesting expansion, I like it quite a bit. The lack of Lusotannan expansion is odd, though.

Pontos is nice in your second game, as is Hayasdan, although the obvious Yellow Fever is just bugging me, lol....

I also like the second game's Pahlava, although it IS expanding in the wrong direction. Saka is weaker than normal, which is odd. Baktria in the first game is also funny.

Oh, yes, and could you upload your descr_sm_factions file? I like some of the colors that you are using, so if you don't mind....

[WarpGhost]

I've always found the west end of the map a dissapointment; Carthage and Rome never expand much, and the Lusota act like a manic depressive, either gobbling up Spain or barely touching it. The Gauls are similarly slow, although Averni are usually the weaker (with perhaps one exception). Ive added the victory conditions minimod to my newly started Carthage game though, so we'll see if that has any impact across the map; normally I avoid playing west of Epiros. Then again, I dont tend to play out my games to the 200BC mark (the Pontus game has taken considerably longer real-time than the year count suggests, and most save games end up getting wiped for various reasons)

The speed with which the Yellow Peril has rolled over the Selucids in my Saba game has me midly stunned; unlike many people apparently face, in most of my games I find the Selucids actually tend to stand up to them rather well.

Glad you like the colour alterations ;) . Epiros, Pontus, Hayadsan and Selucids have all been subtly tweaked to increase contrast, in addition to the more obvious changes. Pahlava is consistantly coming out more pale pink than intended, there seem to be some differences between my test pallette and what RTW displays.

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can_sap no
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faction britons
culture barbarian
symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_britons.CAS
rebel_symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_britons_rebel.CAS
primary_colour red 70, green 75, blue 100
secondary_colour red 70, green 75, blue 100
loading_logo ../eb/data/loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_britons.tga
standard_index 12
logo_index 234
small_logo_index 243
triumph_value 5
intro_movie ../eb/data/fmv/intros/eb_logo.wmv
victory_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/britons_eliminated.wmv
defeat_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/britons_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_britons_grass_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability yes
can_sap yes
prefers_naval_invasions yes
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faction armenia
culture nomad
symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_armenia.CAS
rebel_symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_armenia_rebel.CAS
primary_colour red 200, green 160, blue 85
secondary_colour red 200, green 160, blue 85
loading_logo ../eb/data/loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_armenia.tga
standard_index 13
logo_index 235
small_logo_index 245
triumph_value 5
intro_movie ../eb/data/fmv/intros/eb_logo.wmv
victory_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/armenia_eliminated.wmv
defeat_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/armenia_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_armenia_sand_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability yes
can_sap no
prefers_naval_invasions no
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faction dacia
culture barbarian
symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_dacia.CAS
rebel_symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_dacia_rebel.CAS
primary_colour red 143, green 89, blue 27
secondary_colour red 143, green 89, blue 27
loading_logo ../eb/data/loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_dacia.tga
standard_index 14
logo_index 250
small_logo_index 263
triumph_value 5
intro_movie ../eb/data/fmv/intros/eb_logo.wmv
victory_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/dacia_eliminated.wmv
defeat_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/dacia_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_dacia_sand_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability yes
can_sap yes
prefers_naval_invasions no
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faction greek_cities
culture greek
symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_greek_cities.CAS
rebel_symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_greek_cities_rebel.CAS
;artificially made darker to show up on sm banner
;actual colour is:
;primary_colour red 237, green 234, blue 179
primary_colour red 255, green 110, blue 30
secondary_colour red 255, green 110, blue 30
loading_logo ../eb/data/loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_greek_cities.tga
standard_index 15
logo_index 233
small_logo_index 247
triumph_value 5
intro_movie ../eb/data/fmv/intros/eb_logo.wmv
victory_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/greeks_eliminated.wmv
defeat_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/greeks_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_greek_grass_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability yes
can_sap yes
prefers_naval_invasions yes
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faction numidia
culture egyptian
symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_numidia.CAS
rebel_symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_numidia_rebel.CAS
primary_colour red 255, green 216, blue 0
secondary_colour red 255, green 216, blue 0
loading_logo ../eb/data/loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_numidia.tga
standard_index 16
logo_index 241
small_logo_index 258
triumph_value 5
intro_movie ../eb/data/fmv/intros/eb_logo.wmv
victory_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/numidian_eliminated.wmv
defeat_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/numidian_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_numidia_sand_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability yes
can_sap yes
prefers_naval_invasions yes
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faction scythia
culture barbarian
symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_scythia.CAS
rebel_symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_scythia_rebel.CAS
primary_colour red 165, green 195, blue 45
secondary_colour red 165, green 195, blue 45
loading_logo ../eb/data/loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_scythia.tga
standard_index 17
logo_index 240
small_logo_index 254
triumph_value 5
intro_movie ../eb/data/fmv/intros/eb_logo.wmv
victory_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/scythia_eliminated.wmv
defeat_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/scythia_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_scythia_sand_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability yes
can_sap yes
prefers_naval_invasions no
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faction spain
culture barbarian
symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_spain.CAS
rebel_symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_spain_rebel.CAS
primary_colour red 200, green 95, blue 50
secondary_colour red 200, green 95, blue 50
loading_logo ../eb/data/loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_spain.tga
standard_index 18
logo_index 248
small_logo_index 261
triumph_value 5
intro_movie ../eb/data/fmv/intros/eb_logo.wmv
victory_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/spain_eliminated.wmv
defeat_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/spain_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_spain_grass_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability yes
can_sap yes
prefers_naval_invasions no
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faction thrace
culture greek
symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_thrace.CAS
rebel_symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_thrace_rebel.CAS
primary_colour red 93, green 130, blue 51
secondary_colour red 93, green 130, blue 51
loading_logo ../eb/data/loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_thrace.tga
standard_index 19
logo_index 249
small_logo_index 262
triumph_value 5
intro_movie ../eb/data/fmv/intros/epeiros_intro_stupac.wmv
victory_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/thrace_eliminated.wmv
defeat_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/thrace_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_thrace_sand_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability yes
can_sap yes
prefers_naval_invasions yes
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faction slave
culture greek
symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_slaves.CAS
rebel_symbol ../eb/data/models_strat/symbol_slaves.CAS
primary_colour red 213, green 204, blue 157
secondary_colour red 90, green 75, blue 40
loading_logo ../eb/data/loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_slaves.tga
standard_index 20
logo_index 237
small_logo_index 251
triumph_value 5
intro_movie ../eb/data/fmv/intros/eb_logo.wmv
victory_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/rebels_eliminated.wmv
defeat_movie ../eb/data/fmv/lose/rebels_eliminated.wmv
death_movie fmv/death/death_rebels_grass_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability no
can_sap yes
prefers_naval_invasions no
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[Olaf The Great]

I've found in nearly all my long term games, that Lusotana just sits for 70 years, then out of nowhere they take down Iberia, Gaul, and sometimes Germania and Italia.

Wth?!

[Jebivjetar]

Pahlava, 155BC, Alex.exe, m/m

https://img340.imageshack.us/img340/3820/pahlava155.jpg

News: in the same year as i took Tarsos for my beloved empire, my allies, Pontos and Hayasdan declared war on me. I have no more allies, and i'm at war against every faction i share border with (AS, Pontos, Hayasdan, Sauromatae, Saka-Rauka, Saba), except KH.

I still try not to blitz, i expand very slowly.

[Cute Wolf]

hahaha... Romaioi only got A little land on Capua and Gallic lands.....

You really do a good job pressing the Saka down, but where is Baktria? Oh, allready dead?

[Jebivjetar]

hahaha... Romaioi only got A little land on Capua and Gallic lands.....

You really do a good job pressing the Saka down, but where is Baktria? Oh, allready dead?

Yeah, i destroyed Baktria very soon: in about 260BC they were already wiped out by my faction leader army :skull:

Saka was very painful enemy, i've spent many many minai for my catas in order to fight their stacks. But now they have big problem with few Yhuezhi fullstacks around their capital so Saka doesnt attack me anymore.

Lol! Romans are doomed :beam:

[Jerat]

Carthage - 209 BC with Alex.exe

https://img14.imageshack.us/img14/4006/rometwalx20091104232420.png

notice Baktria and Macedonia.

The Seleucids conquered the Palahva with little help from Baktria but had big problems with the Ptolemaioi. I had to help them because I did not want to fight a full stack of eliteptolies at Lepki every round^^. So I destroyed 10-15 cities in egypt and syria.

The biggest surprise is macedonia. They had big problems at the beginning but managed to conquer the whole of greece in the 230s, killed epeiros and are now fighting against the getai.

Rome was good in the first 50 years, conquered much land in gallia and germania, wiped out the averni, but the combined forces of the aedui and sweboz have forced them back to italy and the northern parts of the alps. So they were easy to conqer for me. Unfortunately my long time allies the aedui have declared war on me immediately after conquering italy. Bad idea of the faction leader, I killed him for that.

Sorry, my english is not very good^^

[Jebivjetar]

Carthage - 209 BC with Alex.exe


The Seleucids conquered the Palahva with little help from Baktria but had big problems with the Ptolemaioi. I had to help them because I did not want to fight a full stack of eliteptolies at Lepki every round^^. So I destroyed 10-15 cities in egypt and syria.




i totally agree: when i play Carthage i really hate when Ptolies send their annoying endless fullstacks of elites trying to take Lepki from me. Last time i just transported every Ptolie stack which entered my territory around the world map so they didn't bother me at all. It's cheating but it's the only way to stay normal with that stupid AI around.

Oh, and i really like your mighty Carthage!

[the man with no name]

Rome was good in the first 50 years, conquered much land in gallia and germania, wiped out the averni, but the combined forces of the aedui and sweboz have forced them back to italy and the northern parts of the alps. So they were easy to conqer for me. Unfortunately my long time allies the aedui have declared war on me immediately after conquering italy. Bad idea of the faction leader, I killed him for that.


Plz. try NOT to kill the Aedui:) Go kick some roman arse!

[bobbin]

From my Romani campaign
https://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g177/0404625/romani217bc.jpg
217bc: KH recently overran much of greece but Epieros still hangs on, in the east Baktria is crumbling under the weight of both Saka and Pahlava armies

https://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g177/0404625/romani211bc.jpg
211bc: Baktria in full scale collapse now. The KH after pushing up into the Balkans makes the mistake of attack me, this results in a punitive raid to capture the old Eporite homelands which i then give back to them to weaken the KH further. The Sweboz and Lusotanna start making inroads into gaul while Carthage attacks my base at Massalia. Makedonia suffers defeat from Pontos and a back from the almost dead AS.

https://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g177/0404625/romani209bc.jpg
209bc: More punitive raids against the KH, Sparta is raided and their Illyrian provinces seized. War with Carthage continues Atiqa, Kart-Hadast and Adrumeto are all sacked. Makedon loses another city to the AS

https://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g177/0404625/romani207bc.jpg
207bc: Further action against the KH, I'm intending to capture Niassos and Buridava and give them plus Singidunum back to the Getai and give Epieros the Illyrian provinces to provide strong buffer states, Rhodes captured as a future bargining tool for peace. My next plan is to annex Tolosa and Bocchoris (Baleric islands) to my empire and capture and give Emporion to the Lusotanna to put a end to the stream of stacks Carthage has been sending at me and maybe hopefully to cause a war between the two (who have been steadfast allies so far).

[IrishHitman]

Frankly bobbin, I think giving the Lusos another region is not the way to go, especially considering that region borders both your own territory AND the Lusos prime expansion territory.

They already look like they're on the path to superpowerdom, so I doubt that they would be bothered by Carthage that much anyway. Better to simply repulse the barbarians until you've conquered Greece and Thrace, then seize Iberia in its entirety.

[Cute Wolf]

https://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss184/Cutewolf/FactionGrowth01.jpg

Ehem... in my other campaign, there was "really much rebellion" spanning from 270 BC, 265 BC, and 260 BC...

Guess who am I...

[Skullheadhq]

Casse?

[Cute Wolf]

Of course Sweboz.... :laugh4:
Notice their blitzkrieg path?

[IrishHitman]

Of course Sweboz.... :laugh4:
Notice their blitzkrieg path?

I was thinking more like Epirus.

[bobbin]

I'd guess Pontos.

[Justiciar]

Given the very tidy expansion and the position of the screen, I'd say Sauromatae.

[Tristuskhan]

Pahlava?

[Ringo]

Sabyn? Expansion by spy?