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Lol, sapi. Want to make sure you get your 1/5 of the world all to yourself? ~;p
Anyways, for all your viewing pleasure, and because I had a lot of free time this evening, I present to you,
Fresh from the greatest scholars at the glorious Library of Cairo,
The History of the World, Part 1:
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The quality's a bit down, but you can make out enough detail - the red X's are battles. (for fun, check out England in the third frame)
Crazed Rabbit
Fear not, they mean your citizens no harm. They are moving through to the other ocean. This is just a more direct route.Quote:
Originally Posted by HughTower
Yes that's right, I may enter the British Isles fighting :wink:
Well then, the lovely womenfolk of France are running out of their homes to offer you fine cheese & delectable cured meats in a fine French welcome.Quote:
Originally Posted by CountArach
The men, however, are less trusting & are at home sharpening their scythes & waxing their moustaches, whilst moodily looking out of their windows at your passing army & hoping that they won't have them to use on Corsican necks.
Use your scythes on Norman necks instead.
I cannot promise that I won't expand east or north, after all, there is simply no way I can pass up that much land. Also, what kind of ruler would I be if I just submitted to all of the slightest whims of my neighbors.Quote:
Originally Posted by sapi
The Mongols would welcome an alliance with the Ottamans and Romans and a NAP with the Egyptians.
I wish you no ill will, but what are your intentions in our now somewhat peaceful Isles?Quote:
Originally Posted by CountArach
Peaceful? :inquisitive:
For the last three turns you've had three battles or more in Britain (as can be seen from my handy History of the World Part 1).
Crazed Rabbit
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Originally Posted by Crazed Rabbit
It's starting to calm down a little once Ign. gives up York. Well then there's Faroe Island, but they never should have expanded into Scotland.:sweatdrop:Quote:
somewhat
It was answered somewhere a while ago and probably just got lost. Yes, territory can be further filled with cities even if it already constitutes a province.Quote:
i also see another thing going on i hadnt thought of. folks are purposely putting cities further away from their first one that i thought they would. this is securing them vast amounts of territory into very large provinces. tricky :) but, can they now go back and build new cities within those provinces? some of these questions are unaswered as of yet.
Crazed Rabbit - I really like that History of the World you put together. :2thumbsup: Great idea that reminds me of the Civ games. :yes:
Kraellin - Actually, you bring up a good point in regards to hundreds of cities. My concern isn't the workload on me, but players having to keep track of them all. Any suggestions on somehow implementing a distance based settlement limit? Or some other idea?
EDIT - I don't see the Brit Isles calming down any time soon. What with the Scots jumping into a second war before the first was even over and the islands losing their focus on a common enemy when York falls, who is going to remain loyal to their allies and who is going to jump on them? It's a tough call.
My intentions are hidden.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ichigo
Devon.Quote:
Originally Posted by CountArach
Eh?
It's a county in south west England, I think, currently uninhabited in our game.
Lucjan - Thanks, I'm glad someone noticed. *glares at others and pouts*
CR
Hehe, that would be cool. But no, not a colonisation mission.
If you won't reveal your intentions then any attempt at gaining entrance into the isles shall be met with resistance. I would like to avoid violence, but if you endanger me or my allies then I shall have no other choice.Quote:
Originally Posted by CountArach
I understand that. It doesn't bother me at all.
Just letting you know.Quote:
Originally Posted by CountArach
You have no right to stop people marching in England, or the means to support it.
How do I have no right to defend my people and my allies? I've taken more than one of your cities. I think I'm entirely capable of defending my own.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ignoramus
Ah, but you have been weakened by the continual defiance of York. Though it shall fall, your reputation has been sullied.
Yes, because those electronic dice can be absolutely devastating to one's reputation. :laugh4:
You don't know how many troops I have. There's only a small percentage at York.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ignoramus
The noted scholars at the library of Cairo might point out that it is not any electronic dice that weakens the reputation of the allied Irish, Scottish, and English nations.
Rather it is the fact that three allied nations cannot defeat completely one enemy nation after three seasons of war on that small island.
Our scholars, poring over historical records, note that the Scottish army has a zero for three record of victories in battle - losing when assaulting York, losing again assaulting York, and losing to invading Islanders. The Irish have an even record - victory in assaulting a Saxon castle with the English, and defeat when assaulting York with the English. Only the English have a winning record of two victories and one defeat.
With this in mind, and the recent records of Scotsmen running in retreat from York, and some of the survivors deserting, our military scholars feel it might not be solely because of 'electronic dice' that the military reputation of the nations of Britain are tarnished.
That's been your 'History of the World Part 1: Expansion and War' update for today.
Curious scholars want to know; who's going to get to keep York?
:egypt:
Crazed Rabbit
It shall be fun to watch the various Brits bash each other inwards to keep it.
They'll have to wait to find out.Quote:
Curious scholars want to know; who's going to get to keep York?
I have a winning record! Wooooooo. If the Corsican's try anything fishy it'll be 3-1
~:(Quote:
They'll have to wait to find out.
Well, a thorough series of Histories will probably have to wait until after the game, or at least after each war.
Personally, I'm surprised York hasn't fallen already - are they just tenacious defenders, or are the attackers not putting their full force behind it? GH split up his troops to attack the Faroe Islanders before he finished off York, and you claim that most of your troops were not behind the assault at York.Quote:
I have a winning record! Wooooooo. If the Corsican's try anything fishy it'll be 3-1
Meanwhile, the busy beavers at the Library of Cairo will keep on researching, because there's nothing much else for them to do. :whip:
Crazed Rabbit
Well considering it's the capitol it's pretty hard to take.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crazed Rabbit
Those Greeks and Ottomans are looking pretty menacing.:shocked:
I'm quite glad the York's held out as long as it has; it prevents the British from fighting elsewhere.
Btw, Crazed Rabbit, lovely map/graphic thing. Your scholars are the envy of the world.
@ Kraellin / Lucjan - re: gameplay tweaks, the only alteration I'd like to see is a point of difference on the trade aspect of the game. Inland cities should only trade with their neighbours, imo. Players should be forced to make harder choices between building armies & making money. Not sure at the mo how you do that, but I'll have a think. Fun game though - thanks again.
Yes, you have a very nice little history thing going on now. Make thoseslavesscholors in Cairo delve deeper into the situation.