Here it's back:
http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1105-3.rar
Moved Savvas a bit northeast.
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Here it's back:
http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1105-3.rar
Moved Savvas a bit northeast.
Taking the save.
Aleksios and company went back northeast to the ford south of Bucharest.
http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1105-4.zip
Taking the save.
Report for 1105
1105 was a year of mind-numbingly little activity. Everybody was maneuvering.
In the west, there are some who wish to block the German crusade. I would like to remind them that since we are now at war, merely standing at a mountain pass with just your own bodyguard will do little to stop them. Diplomatic contact will be established with the Germans next year.
In the east, more maneuvering. Trebizond still under siege.
The Order can't get passed some Templar guy, but that'll probably get sorted soon enough.
The Franks have also declared war on the Fatimids and we may be dealing with a second crusade.
The only truly interesting news are that Ioannis Komnenos has had a son, and Kosmas Mavorozmis has had a daughter.
The only major construction was a shipwright in Constantinople, which will allow use to deploy the shooting fire to the fleet.
The treasury actually ended up gaining about 100 florins.
http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1107-0.zip
taking the save.
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=3996
Moved army one space to attempt to get around pokey-mc-pokey-pants the lost Templar. Armatos was fully supplied so I moved him to take over the army and bring an archer regiment.
Iakovos and Vissa have pagan magicians.
Taking the Save!
Conquered Trebizond and occupied it!
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
I advise the Megas Logothetes to start building of a Chapel to reassert our sway over the significant Orthodox populace in this region. A watchtower near the Turkish frontier would also serve to further secure the Eastern frontier. Pavlos Chrysovergos may be moved by the Megas for this purpose.
Here's the save:
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=3997
Taking the Save:
Moved Ioannis back towards Nicaea to resupply.
http://rapidshare.com/files/129600530/LOTR-1107-3.zip
Taking save
New save :
http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/LOTR-1107-4.rar
Moved Methodios further east to the bridge just north of the Basileos to deny the Crusaders access to the sea as Savvas has cut off their southern route for good.
Taking the save.
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
New save:
http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1107-5.zip
Moved Savvas ek Militou and his cavalry units towards the east, as a fast strike force to scout on the German crusaders and, if necessary (i.e. in case they become aggressive), to harass them and weaken them before the Basileus attacks them with his army. Ordered the infantry to garrison Belgrade, to strengthen the Northern frontier.
Taking the save to kill off TheFlax at his request. He will apparently be sticking to playing the Princess instead of an RBG.
Done. Woe be to he who drinks from the Bosphorus.
http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1107-6.zip
Note: In order to move Areovindos ek Samou, I had to reset the movement for the stack he was in. As a result, Armatos ek Naksou and his army now have movement points, when they were previously unable to move. They are not to be moved for the rest of this turn.
Taking the save (24 hours, 2 minutes after it was posted, if anyone's counting :beam:)
Report for 1107
More exciting adventures in maneuvering, with few spots of action.
Military
Pointic Frontier
Pavlos Chrysovergos has regained Trebizond for the Empire! He assaulted the fort in the first battle agaist the Turks since peace broke out a few years ago.
Eastern Frontier / Anatolian Offensive
Ioannis Kalameteros and I are a year away from Iconium, where the Turkish Sultan currently is, and which has been garrisoned more heavily
Danubian Frontier
Basileus Alexios has returned to Bucharest. Savvas ek Militou and Tagaris still attempt to stop the German crusade. Since they have no troops with them, they will be happy to know that I have negotiated a ceasefire with the Germans. There were happy to accept.
However, the Germans have made it through. They have come through a pass in the Carpathians, and will be able to reach a bridge on the Danube before any of our troops.
Sea
A German fleet has been sighted off the Peloponnesus. It is small, and was heading north. The Imperial fleet was launched to intercept and monitor. They may have initially been trying to find a sea route for their crusade, but once the crusade found its way, they turned around and headed back west.
Civilian
The ceasefire with the Germans has already been mentioned.
I decided to give the treasury a break, and the only construction was a chapel in Trebizond. Accordingly, the treasury grew by 2500 florins.
The Kalameteros family has had a son. Methodios Tagaris has gotten married.
http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1108-0.zip
Taking save
New save :
http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/LOTR-1108-1.rar
Moved Tagaris north
Taking the save.
http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1108-2.zip
Queued up 3 RBGs each for woad&fangs and Knights_of_Palma. Due to limited recruitment restrictions in their cities of choice (Belgrade and Antioch), both of those cities are only recruiting 2 RBGs each. The other two are being recruited at Scopia and Aleppo and will be teleported to the proper spot if they are chosen. If those cities are needed for recruitment this year, simply move the RBG recruitment to another spot and inform me of it.
taking the save.
LOTR-1108-3
Moved Mak, Bart, and Iakovos from Antioch to Adana by boat. Moved army to siege Adana and build siege equipment. Before I did this, I moved Armatos out of the army and into the ship. Moved Mak, Bart, and Iakovos into army. Moved Armatos by ship to Antioch but he did not have the MP to make it all the way to the city. He is in the province by the dock.
Moved 2 priests from Antioch to Adana. FD had given Mak control over priests in the Order's area in a previous Megas report. Adana is only at 22% Orthodox and needs some converting.
taking the save
http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1108-4.rar
Ioannis + Private Army sieged Iconium.
Taking the save.
Moved southwest again to keep an eye on the Germans. Also there is a area of FOW between Sofia and Thessalonica, I could build a watchtower there in a turn or two.
Taking the save:
Moved Ioannis back towards Sinop:
http://rapidshare.com/files/130050542/LOTR-1108-6.zip
Taking the save.
Report for 1108 and End-of-Term Report
1108 was the last year of my term as Megas Logothetes.
There were only a few events this year. Ioannis Kalameteros has besieged Iconium, while I have proceeded onward into their territory, the way now being clear after the Turks withdrew one of their armies and sent it to help at the siege of Adana. The Saracens have sent four ships into the Aegean. The German crusade is near Sofia. Caesar Ioannis has had a son.
My term has been characterized by the expansion of the army and the navy, both of which have doubled in size. At the start of my term in 1095, the army comprised approximately 2400 troops, if garrisons are not included. In 1110, that number is 5000. The navy underwent a serious expansion as well, with the fleet growing from 5 dromons in 1095 to 11 in 1110.
The military infrastructure has also been improved. Roads now connect all the cities of the contiguous part of the Empire, except the recently (re)conquered Pontic coastline. During the term, we have gained the ability to recruit dismounted lancers in Corinth, byzantine cavalry in Sofia, and ballistae in Nicaea. There was also significant civilian construction, especially with ports and churches.
Of course, the drawback to all these wonderful improvements is that they were very expensive. The treasury reserves reduced from 20600 to 10000, and the yearly income from 9200 to 2900.
However, I did claim during the last Senate session that I would pursue a policy of preparation for expansion, and I believe that that policy has been successfully pursued. Even I am surprised at the rate at which our military power has grown, especially with the setback posed by the Revolts of 1095.
Some of you will be glad to hear that I will not be running for the Office of the Megas Logothetes again in 1110. Despite all the fear-mongering by certain parties, the westerners have remained peaceful neighbors. I, for one, will welcome the help of our German friends against the Muslim heathens, who are our true enemies. It has been near 500 years now that we have been at almost constant war with them, and we have lost much. By comparison, it has only been 50 years since the churches split. I dare say it's a minor and temporary rift. It is impossible for any moral man to justify aggression against them, and I do hope the Senate will decide on a policy of vigilant defense in the west.
It has been my very difficult and irritating pleasure to serve as the Megas Logothetes for these past 15 years.
Μαρκιανος Αμπελας
http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1110-0.zip
Opening Report for 1110
The only significant changes at the start of my term, is that the Eastern Mediterranean Fleet is no longer under the control of the Order of St. John.
(OOC: We'll have to wait until TC puts the Crusade-save up.)
$&%#$@!
Yeah, I just realized that I forgot to upload the save game that I created that had all of the edited traits and whatnot for the end of the term. That save game is located on my home computer, which is about 500 miles east of me at the moment, and not likely to get closer for some time to come. I am going to try and get my wife to upload it for me later tonight when she gets home, so hopefully that will solve the problem.
I am very sorry about this. :wall:
Saved! All hail my wife. Here's the file:
http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1110-1.zip
The game is now open for play, with the following provisions:
The Crusaders are:
Vartholomaios Ksiros (Rowan)
Methodios Tagaris (Tristan de Castelreng)
Stavros ek Amarinthou (Knights_of_Palma)
Annios Solomon (woad&fangs)
Kosmas Mavrozomis (Zim)
Vissarionas ek Lesvou (Ramses II CP)
Efstathios Laskaris (Ibn-Khaldun)
(If I missed someone, please let me know ASAP.)
None of these avatars may be moved by anyone. When all other turns are completed, I (or, more properly, my proxy OverKnight) will take the save and make the necessary changes for the Crusade. Once that is completed, the game can advance. The game may never move onto the next turn until I have made the necessary changes. As I mentioned before, my temporary absense from home complicates this process a bit, and turns will probably be a bit slower until this coming Sunday. I apologize for this once again.
taking the save.
(and I believe Ibn-Khaldun is going on Crusade.)
LOTR-1110-2
Sorry for taking so long. Had 2 battles to fight. (Ah the joys of releasing your prisoners...)
I'm sorry but I had to move Vartholomaios. He was in my army stack and it was besieging Adana. I had 2 choices. I could move him one space out of the stack, or I could leave him in and fight battles. I didn't want to get him traits (or killed) so I moved him out of the stack before I assaulted. Hopefully OK can just reset his movement.
Adana was occupied and Mak released prisoners in both battles. Iakovos was left in Adana with a garrison. Mak and army are now headed back to Antioch where they are blocked, yet again, by the Templar general.
Moving Varth is not a problem, PK. The 'dont move' order was just to keep the Crusaders from doing anything I didn't want them to do, not to preserve their movement points. I don't want anyone fighting or doing anything else with the avatars, but it doesn't matter at all whether they keep their full movement points. The actual in-game movement points will have no impact on their movement for Crusade purposes.
I'm taking the save to set up the Crusade. Might take a bit.
http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1110-3.zip
The Magnificent Seven have been moved to the outskirts of Constantinople's port. Each has their own armies.
One of the Crusaders was governing Antioch, moving him out of the city caused happiness to go from yellow to blue.
I also moved Aleksios and company south past Sofia towards Thessalonica to keep an eye on the Germans. Also there is a bit of fog of war between Sofia and Thessalonica, next turn, with Igno's permission, I could move and build a watchtower to dispel it.
taking the save
Iconium has been taken, a short battle report will tell the story of its fate.
http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1110-4.rar
Taking the save.
Here is the new save: http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1110-5.rar
It seems i might be too late. Seems fitting for this damn character.:laugh4:
Taking the save.
http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1110-6.zip
Moved towards Caesarea.
My temporarily reduced internet access has just gotten even worse. The broadband at the place I am staying just died and will not be fixed until Friday at the earliest. I've managed to jump on another computer with a 56k dialup, to post this, but it is ungodly slow and I'm not even going to bother trying to open any of the other threads to see what is going on.
OK has already made the necessary edits for this turn, so 1110 can end whenever Igno decides he wants to end it. The next step for the Crusaders is to determine if they want to ally with anyone else prior to setting sail. Everyone who wishes to do so must have ALL players who are joining together send me a PM saying that they are doing so. Those people will be merged into a single stack and will set sail together. Anyone who does NOT ally before they set sail will have to wait until they arrive in Egypt to form an alliance. This could mean that your armies get scattered due to different movement rates. Allying now guarantees that you will arrive together, but risks everyone arriving slower (though you could also get lucky and arrive faster). Allying later increases the odds that at least 1 person will get there faster, but is likely to result in people arriving at different times. Whatever you decide to do is up to you.
I must receive the PMs indicating alliances by the end of the turn after 1110. I don't know exactly when that will be, since it depends on my ability to access the internet and give OK the next set of instructions, but I am hoping for Friday afternoon at this point. Please decide what you're going to do sooner rather than later. For clarity, it would even be good if you would send me a PM saying that you're not allying with anyone, just so that I know you're paying attention.
I will also begin accepting sabotage attempts from this point until the end of the Crusade. Please PM them to me. Keep in mind that the Crusade moves for 1110 are already over, so any sabotage attempts submitted now will be for the next turn's 'boarding the ships' phase.
Taking the save.
Savvas keeps following the German Crusaders with two units of horse archers.
http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1110-7.rar
Taking the save:
Edit: Darn you Ig.
Report for 1110
There are a few notable events which I will note in my first report.
The German crusaders under Athawolf von Prag have advanced towards the Dardanelles. It would be best to allow them to pass through unmolested, lest they be forced to fight their way through.
The treasury has been exhausted, as extensive construction programs have commenced throughout the empire.
Recruitment has started on forming the new private armies, although this will be a hard task with a bare treasury.
A Venetian army is near the border of Epirus. I know not of its intentions, but I will monitor its actions.
Kosmas Mavrozomis has had a general offer himself to be adopted. I have left it to Comes Mavrozomis' discretion, whether he be accepted.
The Fatimid army near Antiokheia has moved south towards the port of Latakia. It appears that the Fatimids do not wish for open war just yet.
The Seljuk Sultan has died. Let us hope that his heir is not as capable as him.
http://rapidshare.com/files/132008100/LOTR-1110-9.zip
Taking the save.
Adopted Nicephoros.
http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1111-0.zip
taking the save
Taking the save
(OMFG FIRST TIME EVEEEER)
EDIT: *swears violently*
new save
moved Lisas + mercs from Sinop east
Taking it. See previous post for excitement.
(Note to all: if i do not post new save within the next 30 minutes, the save is open, i've lost my chance to reupload it)
EDIT: http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1111-2.rar
Moved Michail out of Durazzo, renamed it to Durazzo. had a look around for the first time.
Taking the save.
Here is the new save: http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1111-3.rar
Large Hungarian Army has besieged Iasi and it should fall in two turns. I guess so much for that then also.:shame:
Taking the you-know-what.
Gah!
http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1111-4.zip
Sorry, Andres, there was a battle this time. Quick skirmish against a moderate Turkish force blocking the way. Seljuk family member killed. Caesarea not reached this turn.
MotH for Ampelas with Mavrozomis as benefactor. Zim was online and accepted.
no problem FlyDude :bow:
Taking the save.
New safe:
http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1111-5.zip
Savvas is marching back to Arta.
Taking the save.
Moved Armatos to Antiokheia
http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1111-6.zip
taking the save.
LOTR-1111-7
Moved Mak one spot past the Templar general. (can't we just call down asteroids on him or somthing?) :clown:
Moved Nathanail towards Antioch at his request to get him resupplied.
Taking save to do Crusade stuff.
http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1111-8.zip
The Crusaders now have their fleets.
Efstathios Laskaris's (Ibn-Khaldun) flotilla has been sabotaged. An unknown agent appeared to foul the drinking water of his ships. Laskaris and his men wait in port while his fleet is replenished.
Stavros ek Amarinthou's (Knight_of_Palma) sentries spotted a shadowy figure on the docks by his ships, but the sabotuer was scared off before he could be identified.
All Crusaders but Efstathios are now aboard their ships.
Taking the save:
Report for 1111
The German crusaders have crossed into Anatolia. They are currently encamped in Mysia, and should be in Syria before my term expires.
The treasury has sunk further into debt. We now are facing a serious monetary crisis. I have cut back on spending, but due to our charter, there is little I can do to cut costs.
Another noble has put himself forward to be adopted by myself. I rejected the arrogant man.
Strator Tagaris now has a daughter, Hypatia.
http://rapidshare.com/files/132285766/LOTR-1113.zip
Please replay the end turn phase so that Savvas ek Militou does not rebel. He had standing orders to remove the Unwatched by the King trait line and I seem to have dropped the ball on that (I had removed it initially, but it had come back and I had not removed it again). His rebellion is unintentional, unwanted, and exclusively due to my error. Please reload the last save game and enter the following console command:
remove_trait "Savvas ek_Militou" "Far_Loyalty"
Check to make sure that removed the Unwatched line of traits. If it did, redo the end of the turn phase.
Many thanks and apologies for the inconvenience. I think I will give permission and specific instructions to allow every player to do this themselves to their own avatars. That way they can always monitor their own situation and do not have to rely on me.
To save time, I have made the changes myself. This save has the Unwatched trait removed from Savvas and it also has the Title Stripped! trait removed from Methodios.
http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1111-9.zip
excellent. to wait for the next turns one :grin2:
New save for 1113:
http://rapidshare.com/files/132500977/LOTR-1113.zip
Savvas did not rebel.
taking the save.
Disregard that.
In this save, Savvas did rebel.