Vandal PBM - out of character thread

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.

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Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief

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.

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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:

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. ~:)

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Originally Posted by econ21

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?

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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.

~;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:

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Originally Posted by Zimfan40

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:

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OK, thanks, Zimfan, :bow:

I'll pass, as I am just getting started on the Julii. GeneralHankerchief - it's all yours.

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Originally Posted by econ21

OK, thanks, Zimfan, :bow:

I'll pass, as I am just getting started on the Julii. GeneralHankerchief - it's all yours.

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Gotcha.

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:

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Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief

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:

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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:

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?