Middle Ages

[Ignoramus]

The year is 1066. In England, William the Bastard has become William the Conqueror, and England is now under Norman rule. In Spain, the Reconquista has suffered greatly with the split of the Christian kingdoms in the north. France is greatly divided, with independent counts and dukes defying the authority of the French King. Trouble brews in Germany and Italy, where the German Emperor is having difficulty keeping his large empire together. The Byzantines must encounter a new threat in the east, with the Seljuks pouring into the Levant.


https://img242.imageshack.us/img242/7458/middleagesmapgn0.png (https://imageshack.us)

This is a game based on Medieval: Total War and 12th Century Glory. It is not intended to be strictly historical, but as historical as is practical.

There are 55 factions to choose from:

1.England - Warmaster Horus
2.Gwynedd
3.Powys
4.Deheubarth
5.Scotland - Destroyer of Hope
6.Orkney - Jubal Barca
7.Ulster
8.Connaught
9.Munster
10.Leinster
11.Meath
12.Norway
13.Denmark - CountArach
14.Sweden
15.France - Sarathos
16.Brittany
17.Anjou
18.Maine
19.Flanders
20.Aquitaine - Tiberius of the Drake
21.Toulouse
22.Zeeland
23.Holy Roman Empire - shlin28
24.Barcelona
25.Aragon
26.Navarre
27.Leon
28.Castile
29.Galicia
30.Moors
31.Almoravids - Conqueror
32.Hammadids
33.Zirids
34.Beni Hilal
35.Beni Sulaym
36.Fatimids
37.Seljuks - greaterkhaan
38.Georgia
39.Byzantines - Kal 'Motep
40.Alans
41.Serbia
42.Croatia
43.Venice - Warluster
44.Pisa
45.Lapps
46.Cumans - Cronos Impera
47.Hungary - The Stranger
48.Patzinaks
49.Poland
50.Wends
51.Lithuanians- gibbonsonsg91921
52.Russian Principalities - Garcilaso de la Vega el Inca
53.Volga-Bulgars
54.Bohemia - woad&fangs
55.Normans - Innocentius

Each turn will represent a year and will last a week. Your generals will receive vices and virtues and ancillaries which effect 5 main characteristics of theirs: Loyalty, Acumen, Piety, Chivalry/Dread, and Command.

The Vices and Virtues list is almost formulated, and the rules are almost compiled. If you want to enjoy a deeply interesting and engaging medieval game, then I urge you to join.

[Motep]

Give me the Byzantines!

[seireikhaan]

Seems interesting. What are you going to do with the spare factions? Run them yourself? I'm assuming we won't get 55 people to play.

Oh, and I'll be the Seljuks.

[Warmaster Horus]

Good luck on getting the amount of people you'll need/you want.

I'm England! For the Commonwealth!

[shlin28]

Go HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE!

[Warluster]

I'll be in for Venice!

[Sarathos]

Which colour is which?
But throw us Normandy please

[shlin28]

Isnt Normandy part of William the Conquer of England's possesion???:dizzy2:

[Conqueror]

I'll play the Almoravids!

[The Stranger]

Hungary - Arpads FTW!!!

btw why dont the almoravids possess morrocco?

[Lord Winter]

Scotland!

[Conqueror]

Hungary - Arpads FTW!!!

btw why dont the almoravids possess morrocco?

House of Árpád is good :2thumbsup:

And the Almos do have Morocco. It's the southern Iberia that they don't possess - it's still under Moorish control in 1066.

[Caius]

I'm as England!

[Warmaster Horus]

Too late, Garci. I'm England.

[Caius]

Too late, Garci. I'm England.
Im very sorry, I did not see your reply.
I'm Scotland, then,.

[shlin28]

Destroy of Hope is Scotland...

[Caius]

Grrr!

I will be Russian Principalities then.

[woad&fangs]

I'll play as Bohemia.

[Ignoramus]

I'm hoping to get all 55 faction slots filled before I start. The Pope will be controlled by me as the unbiased moderator of the game.

Combat is still being finalised, but it probably will be a similar style to RoC, without the element of chance.

[Motep]

I'm hoping to get all 55 faction slots filled before I start. The Pope will be controlled by me as the unbiased moderator of the game.

Combat is still being finalised, but it probably will be a similar style to RoC, without the element of chance.

But chance helps to make it more realistic. There can be little bonuses and that to different factions to make the units more different, and thus take some of the burden off of chances shoulders.

[Ignoramus]

There will be some element of chance, but often it won't determine the outcome of a battle.

[Motep]

There will be some element of chance, but often it won't determine the outcome of a battle.

Yay!

[seireikhaan]

Yay!

Now why are you celebating so over the inclusion of chance, Motep? Is it because you know you stand no chance of winning otherwise?

[Motep]

Now why are you celebating so over the inclusion of chance, Motep? Is it because you know you stand no chance of winning otherwise?

Chance makes things more fun!

[Ignoramus]

This is an example of the King/General information scrolls:

https://img253.imageshack.us/img253/7534/informationscroll4xa8.png (https://imageshack.us)

[Caius]

The Pope will be controlled by me as the unbiased moderator of the game.

Sorry, I have never played MTW. What the pope does?

[Sarathos]

Wtf Ignoramas ?, can you please add me

[seireikhaan]

Sorry, I have never played MTW. What the pope does?

Well, in MTW, it depended. If you were Catholic, he made your life miserable by threatening you with excommunication if you tried attacking other catholics. If you were Muslim, he made your life miserable by ordering his cronies(all the Catholic kingdoms who were capable) to crusade against you. If you were Orthodox, he mostly left you alone, unless you took direct military action against him. THEN he would try to make your life miseable by telling the cronies to crusade against you.

[Warmaster Horus]

I believe Sarathos, that Ignoramus saw that Normandy was a English Possession, and retired it from the factions list. You can have Brittany, if you want something nearby.

[CountArach]

Denmark!

[Tiberius of the Drake]

Ill take Aquitaine Ig. I wonder if anyone will dominate with Flanders?:D:D:D

[Ignoramus]

Yes, sorry Sarathos, but Normandy's part of England. Brittany, Maine, or Anjou are still strong French fiefs.

[gibsonsg91921]

lithuanians!

[Ignoramus]

I wonder if anyone will dominate with Flanders?:D:D:D

:laugh4: Not if the French King is more sensible than I was.

[Ignoramus]

Here is a preview of part of the map:

https://img444.imageshack.us/img444/3716/previewrj2.png (https://imageshack.us)

[Sarathos]

So i will be French then....?

[Ignoramus]

Certainly, you can be France.

[Sarathos]

Should i just add my own name..........?

[Conqueror]

It's a pretty ambitious goal to try and get 54 players in to the game. Especially if all the players are expected to participate actively.

[Sarathos]

Well i cant....so we you just add me please

[Ignoramus]

Oopps, sorry Sarathos, adding you now.

I'm sorry for the lack of progress of late. The game is not dead, but I need more players before I can work on certain aspects of the game.

Alternatively, I could just have it on a smaller map encompassing Britain, France, Germany, and Northern Italy.

What are everyone's thoughts?

[Caius]

What are everyone's thoughts?
As Conqueror stated before, you wont get all the players.

I agree.

[Warmaster Horus]

I agree with that idea.

[Sarathos]

Sounds awesome, just ready to play

[Cronos Impera]

Cumans for me

[Innocentius]

I see Norman Italians on the map, but not on the faction list. If they're in the game, I'll be them. Otherwise, I'll take Serbia, but the Italo-Normans is my first hand pick.

[gibsonsg91921]

lithuanians for me igg

[Jubal_Barca]

The Orkneys for me please.

[Ignoramus]

Good, we now have 17 players. A few more, and I might be able to manage the non-player factions.

[Sarathos]

Doesnt look like happening......... :no:

[Don Corleone]

Well, if it's still open, I'm in. But I can't read the map versus the faction list. For example, there's 7 factions listed for France (Anjou, Aquitane, etc) but only 5 chunks of land.

Similarly, I can't figure out the Catholic Spanish provinces.

Is there any chance you could go back and list numbers on those provinces? In any case, I would like to sign on as either Castille, Gallicia or Leon, whichever is strongest at the outset.

[UltraWar]

I'll be Ulster!

[The Stranger]

ill be flanders but only if they get very strong footsoldiers and a good rich economy. otherwise ill be the moors, which should be called the Almoravids btw... atleast that is if the map goes smaller.

what is going to happen with this game?

[Byzantine Mercenary]

if their not already taken il be Fatimids

[Sarathos]

Is this still going....??? :inquisitive:

[Ignoramus]

The game is not dead, do not worry. I am extremely busy for another week, and then I will finish the preparations for the game.

If you're patient, the game can start in a couple of weeks.

[Don Corleone]

Based on some late breaking personal news, I have to bow out.

[Warmaster Horus]

Congrats Don Corleone! If I read the Frontroom's thread right, then congrats indeed!

And, Ignoramus, don't forget to PM the players. A few of us have probably forgotten this existed.

[Don Corleone]

Thank you, Warmaster Horus. And yes, you read correctly. I'm getting a new addition to the clan. :2thumbsup: I'm already signed up in a couple of things and I really need to be helping the wife out more now so I need to bow out of things where doing so won't create a hardship. Looks cool, I'll follow along.

[Tratorix]

I will play as Castile if it's not already taken. This seems complicated, but i'm willing to give it a shot.:dizzy2:

[Conqueror]

otherwise ill be the moors, which should be called the Almoravids btw... atleast that is if the map goes smaller.


I am signed up to play the Almoravids. And the Moors are not the same as the Almoravids, who didn't enter the Iberian peninsula until 1086. The Moorish-controlled territories there would be called Al-Andalus. In the start date of this game, they were fragmented into many small Taifa states, after the destruction of the Umayyad caliphate in 1031.

[The Stranger]

i know but this game is playing round 1090 isnt it?

[Conqueror]

The first words of the starting post:


The year is 1066.

[Justiciar]

How come France is divided, yet the Roman Empire isn't?

:wall:

I swear, that drove insane in XIICG.

Meh, anyhoo, good luck.

[Ignoramus]

The German Dukes will cause enough headaches for the Emperor, don't worry.

[shlin28]

:thumbsdown: NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sarathos]

Yo Ig, are we going to be able to play soon??????
The suspence is killing me.... :skull:

[Crazed Rabbit]

I'll be that gray country in southern italy.

CR

[Sarathos]

So Ig but I think you might have to cut the numbers down to 40 or less....

[Caius]

Or do a mini Middle Ages, as we did in RoC 2.

[Murfios]

I'll be galicia.

[Caius]

I will be ally of everyon if wanted.

[UltraWar]

Ignoramus, update the list of player factions please.

[Ayachuco]

It's just about time for another Norse Invasion
Let me have Norway

[shlin28]

Is this dead? :no:

[Ayachuco]

Is this dead? :no:
I was wondering that also..:embarassed:

[Murfios]

yeah it is dead.....