Still mine, sorry. It's been a busy week. The battle has been fought and won, but I haven't had much time to play. It'll be finished on the weekend.
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Still mine, sorry. It's been a busy week. The battle has been fought and won, but I haven't had much time to play. It'll be finished on the weekend.
All yours, Ignoramus.
The last few years were pretty sleepy, not really building much and not conquering at all. It was rather boring, but our financial situation is in the right direction.
And ignore the red face in Carthage, it hasn't rioted even though the signs are there. If you need anything else just PM me.
Savegame: http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pbm/Vandals-Sum-403.zip
It's been more than 2 weeks - I think this PBM should go back to Zimfan or it is going to fall by the wayside.
Yeah. The next few days will be kind of hectic for me, but if he hasn't replied by then, I can easily play my turn over the weekend.Quote:
Originally Posted by econ21
Ok, after about eighty years I've started the writeup. Hopefully it'll give Zimfan a little taste of what I've been up against.
The rest of it will be up tomorrow.
Ok, write-up's done.
How goes your reign, Zim?
An excellent write-up, GeneralHankerchief - chrystal clear and characterful. :2thumbsup:
Zimfan - are you interested in picking this up again?
Sorry about the lack of a headsup. I misplaced my password and figured it wouldn't take long at all to get it reset. I was wrong. Been trying all week. Most of the time I was told my email address was "invalid". Finally got through once, got the mail asking me to hit the link to reset the password, no new password ever came :wall: . Then I tried to start a new account with a different hotmail address, never got the registration email. Finally started this one with my yahoo account. Seconds later, here I am.Quote:
Originally Posted by econ21
School hit me kind of hard this last week, with two tests, but I can complete my reign within a day. :2thumbsup:
Ok. Sadly I'm over halfway through my turn and money troubles have kept me from conquering more than one province.(Caralis). Then when I was all set to invade Rome pirate attacks destroyed my fleet. Rebuilt it and wreaked some revenge but by the time I made it to Rome a horde was hanging around outside its walls! And it had to be full of horse archers. :p I hate fighting horse archers, even when I have my own. Doesn't look like I'll be finishing the game my turn, even if I do take out this horde I have the Huns to deal with!Quote:
Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief
Looks like it'll be up to econ to finish things. :)
By the way, I don't suppose anyone would be interested in playing another pbem with me using Goth's All Factions mod? I gave it a try recently and you guys are right, it's fantastic!
I'm partial to the Romano british, or one of the other factions that's had a major unit roster revamp. :2thumbsup:
Ok, my reign is over. We've captured Caralis, Tarentum, and Salona but sadly not Rome. The Huns, the Sarmatian horde, and the Lombardi have all been fighting over it, amusingly enough. End of reign fow toggle shows that the three have fought eachother's armies to near extinction. Huns last city is in Ravenns so if they get attacked another horde could come a'knocking. The treacherous Sarmatians have sieged Tarentum with the last of their horde, but I think we can beat them off. Salona is a major cash cow, and both Salona and Tarentum have the infrastructure needed to make our best troops. Good luck to the next player, who will most likely be our last. :)
Sorry, forgot to mention that the save is uploaded as VandalsSum413.
I've just picked up the Julii PBM. Typical - you wait for one bus and then two show up. :laugh4:
Zimfa40: this is your PBM, if you think the next player can end it, why not just carry on playing and bring it to a fitting conclusion?
How much is there to be done, Zim? I'm interested in finishing up, but not if X, Y, and Z need to be taken care of.
Well, we have a horde sieging Tarentum. If the AI commands them in a half intelligent way they could probably take it, so I'd say we're fairly safe. Never know, though, our garrison is low on melee infantry because of those darned double silver chevroned hunnin swordsmen! :furious3:Quote:
Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief
Salona is safe, and capable of producing our better troops(and making boatloads of money).
Rome is defended by a half stack of rebels (Sarmatians sacked it. first time I recall seeing a horde sack Rome, actually). Those rebels have repelled both the Huns and the Lombards! :laugh4:
Barring a tough fight over Tarentum, and a possible rehording of the Huns if they lose poorly defended Ravenna, taking Rome might be rather anticlimactic.
Navy went back down the crapper, after being rebuilt for something like the
3rd time. I've come to hate rebels on Very Hard. ~:)
Finishing it would myself would be satisfying in way, especially after the pirate and double silver chevroned hun troubles I faced. However, I think with your vastly superior write-up skills, one of you two would write a far more dramatic and interesting end to the campaign.Quote:
Originally Posted by econ21
~;p I'd also have to unistall Goth's All Factions mod again to play it.
I'll leave the decision up to you two. If General Hankerchief still wants to finish it, or if yuo'd like to, that's fine by me. :bow:
OK, thanks, Zimfan, :bow:Quote:
Originally Posted by Zimfan40
I'll pass, as I am just getting started on the Julii. GeneralHankerchief - it's all yours.
Gotcha.Quote:
Originally Posted by econ21
As you probably may have figured out by now, I'm on Throne Room overload so I'll take a day or two before looking at it.
:2thumbsup: Works for me, General Hankerchief.
I need to do penance anyway. First time I assaulted Tarentum I lost(despite two to one odds in my favor) after one of my weaker units routed, causing a chain route. Without even thinking(and very angry) I reloaded from the autosave ad did it again. Didn't even occur to me until hours later that, for a multiplayer game, I pretty much just cheated. Too late to fix it, but I wanted to apologize. :oops:
Ok, I've just loaded up the savegame.
Basically, I have ten years to take one city. Glad to see Gondegusulus still alive.
I'm game. :2thumbsup:
Don't You just love that kind of goal where if you succeed noone will be impressed but if you fail incessant mocking will ensue? :sweatdrop:Quote:
Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief
General Hankerchief,
How are things going?
School is kicking me in the butt, with the graduate exam, multiple midterms, and papers coming up in the next two weeks. If everyone's ok with it I may have to take a little extra time with my campaign report. I can put in a placeholder post if you'd like. :bow:
School's been kicking my butt too; most of my gaming time has been relegated to the weekend.
I'm making a big push to finish it this weekend, so we'll see how it goes.
Sorry guys, but real life's just hit me pretty hard with a family emergency, and as a result I can't finish my turn or do a write-up.
I want this campaign finished as much as anyone else but real life takes precedence. Sorry.
No problem: all the best with the family emergency and when it's over, we can sort out how to end this PBM.
while waiting for my pbm to launch, i would be happy to join
I have BI 1.6 though
sorry didnt decide to read all of it :p. i guess its too late huh?