gamerdude873
11-10-2008, 02:48
(Of course, the title doesn't apply to RL)
It is pleasant, when the wind and the waves are dashing about, to watch from the shore the stuggles of another.
Whoever said this took the words right out of my mouth. (even though he was born a couple thousand years b4 me). In my campaign, (Me=SPQR), when relations between me and carthage eventually began breaking down, I hired on the Lusotanan to help me out. A good bit of Carthage's bank comes out of its spanish holdings, so I started paying the Lusotanan 5000 minae in advance for for every city they captured. They were dirt poor, and therefore accepted readily. A few years later, Carthage had lost all its holdings in Spain (by which time we were no longer allies), and they were now dirt poor, and Lusotana was rolling in cash. Unfortunately for me, Carthage somehow got the same idea and allied with Epeiros. Unfortunately for Epeiros, Carthage doesn't pay as well as good old SPQR, and their war machine quickly broke down. In the end Carthage was easy pickings.:skull:
Never underestimate the power of (and fun of just sitting and watching your rivals empire fall apart) of Diplomacy:devilish::laugh4:!!!
I should really do that more often. Anyone else wanna share?
It is pleasant, when the wind and the waves are dashing about, to watch from the shore the stuggles of another.
Whoever said this took the words right out of my mouth. (even though he was born a couple thousand years b4 me). In my campaign, (Me=SPQR), when relations between me and carthage eventually began breaking down, I hired on the Lusotanan to help me out. A good bit of Carthage's bank comes out of its spanish holdings, so I started paying the Lusotanan 5000 minae in advance for for every city they captured. They were dirt poor, and therefore accepted readily. A few years later, Carthage had lost all its holdings in Spain (by which time we were no longer allies), and they were now dirt poor, and Lusotana was rolling in cash. Unfortunately for me, Carthage somehow got the same idea and allied with Epeiros. Unfortunately for Epeiros, Carthage doesn't pay as well as good old SPQR, and their war machine quickly broke down. In the end Carthage was easy pickings.:skull:
Never underestimate the power of (and fun of just sitting and watching your rivals empire fall apart) of Diplomacy:devilish::laugh4:!!!
I should really do that more often. Anyone else wanna share?