Reuniting the Tribes: A Getai AAR

welcome to my newest AAR..... with the Getai....
enjoy! :2thumbsup:

Chapter 1- The Fledgling Tribe

We are laughed at, but not for long. We are divided, but not for long as well. We are the Getai tribe, dwelling in the town of Buridava, our capitol city.
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Our glorious leader of our tribe, Zalmodegikos per Buridava, hails from the Ordes sub-tribe, which used to dwell within our lands before they joined the Getai tribe.
They had a great tradition of war-like people, as well as traders with others, and Zalmodegikos per Buridava will, by the spirit of our gods, will prove to be a very good leader.
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And not only is he from the Ordes tribe, so are his sons, the two other leaders in our tribe.

His eldest son, Oroles per Drobeta.
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And his youngest son, Dizo per Rekidava.
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Many wondered if it was wise to put a father in charge, and then put his two sons in charge as well, as it may bring bad things to happen, but our people wanted it, for those three are wise warriors, as well as good leaders, and that was how it should be.

Oh, forgive me, I forgot to introduce myself. I am Dizion per Drobeta, a member of our leaders bodyguard cavalry unit.
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I hope to serve with my leader with honor and courage. To serve him better, I am recording the history of our tribe from the spring of 272, the year according to the Makedonians, our enemy to be.

Forgive me once more! I have forgotten to tell you of our leaders’ mission in life! We are to unite the tribes of Dacia, where we dwell now, and Thraikia, where we will soon dwell. We will be also uniting with our brothers to the south, the Makedonians, but they have no honor for heritage! They parted from their Getai and Thraikioi origins and adopted more Hellenic ones! In our eyes, they are traitors, ones to be cut down with the swiftest of knives! But that isn’t the worst part: they have become numerous, and one of their ancestors is rumored to have conquered the world! They are a force to be reckoned with, and that is why we hate them and they hate us. They spread lies about us to the surrounding tribes, about how weak and how few in numbers we are. And the tribes laugh at us. But that will change. We will subdue the neighboring tribes, especially the Thraikioi, who retain their heritage and yet can fight in a terrifying way, unlike those Makedonians, who must retort to dirty Hellenic ways to fight. So we will conquer them, and make them, the Makedonians, pay for what they have done! And when we are through, the tribes will realize that, we, the Getai tribe, are the masters of all who we face.

EDIT: sorry if from now on the screens look a bit squished- s/t is still wrong with the screen.... sorry

Yes Finally A Getai AAR!!! Thank you Hooahguy! Heres a whole bunch of Balloons for you!:balloon: :balloon2: :balloon3: :balloon: :balloon2: :balloon3:

Man,i'll miss yah Baktria AAR.Oh well.But this sounds promising,since i never read tribal-faction AAR.

Chapter 2- The Semi-Reforms

As we geared up for war, our leader, Zalmodegikos per Buridava, realized to have any chance of fighting the Makedonians and their armies with long, sharp sticks that, when used properly, could defeat an enemy thrice their number, was to adopt their style of fighting. But he wanted to retain our heritage, unlike those Makedonians who completely abandoned their old ways.
So he developed a unit based on the Hellenic phalanx, called the Getikoi Stratiotai, or Dacian Light Phalanx. These soldiers would fight in the phalanx formation, but still was equipped in the traditional Getai manner.
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He also helped develop a heavier version of this phalanx, with more armor, called the Komatai Thorakitai Stratiotai, or the Dacian Heavy Phalanx.
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But they would just be a tool in the shed for our many victories to come. The real power in our forces lies in our ability of our skirmishers and their ability to maintain themselves as capable infantry of the line. First comes our first line of infantry- the Komatai- both capable skirmishers and decent warriors in hand-to-hand combat.
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They would be the unit that would fill the ranks for our early days of conquest, for they are cheap and very usable.

The next evolution is the elite of the Dacian skirmishers, armed with a deadly sword over two meters long, which could strike down almost any enemy, and is just as handy with the javelin as he is the sword. He is more armored than the regular skirmishers, as he has a bronze studded vest for more protection, and his sword is longer than the normal skirmishers.
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Then would come the elite of the elite. The much-dreaded Thraikioi Peltastai, or the Thraikian Skirmishers. These skirmishers are the descendants of the original skirmishers, and are very deadly. In addition, they, as well as the Komatai, are armed with the deadly rhompaia, a weapon that can cut through almost any kind of armor. This makes them even more vicious.
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You may ask, “Why is this so important? Why are heavily armed skirmishers so important in your armies, and not the phalanxes?”
Someone asked Zalmodegikos this exact question.
He replied, “The answer is simple. The type of wood which the Makedonians use to build their long pikes with are made from very strong wood that is exclusive to their areas, areas that we do not have access to, obviously. The wood we use is inferior quality, and if our pikes are the length of theirs, ours snaps very easily, like a twig. Therefore, we have to stick to shorter pikes. Because of this we cannot rely on our phalanxes to beat the enemy at their own game. We must use the phalanxes to hold the enemy in place, and as they throw themselves against our spears, our skirmishers, being as agile as they are, will circle around and devastate the enemy from the back with their javelins, and then charge in to engage them in hand-to-hand combat, as they have been trained to do. Thus, we will dominate our foes, even if they do have armies with longer pikes.”
So you see, we of the Getai tribe are famed for our ability to adapt, but not assimilate, as those treacherous Makedonians have done.

Meanwhile, we decided on the first tribe that we would bring under our control: the Crobyzi tribe, a Dacian tribe who also assimilated to more Hellenic ways, just as the Makedonians did. Their town, Kallatis, was lightly defended, so it would be good practice for our leader for upcoming battles.
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Their garrison composed of mostly Greek units, but there were some of our brothers in there, showing that that tribe still has some hope of keeping their heritage. But they will fall, whether they want to or not.
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Kallatis was governed a pure Hellen, named Sinis, who was able to convince the entire Crobyzi that the Hellen way was the better way. And for that, he will die- we will make sure of it.
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But we had some unfinished business to take care of.
We sent out diplomat, Tarsa per Kallatis, to deal with it.
First, we had to make an alliance with Epeiros, the Makedonians sworn enemy. It looks like we found a friend, for the time being.
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Then we had to declare a cease-fire with the Makedonians, to ensure that while we were uniting the tribes, they wouldn’t show up suddenly and make a mess of our hard work. Tarsa per Kallatis was able to achieve this, miraculously.
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So now, we only had to worry about any roving rebel armies, but no standing armies of either Epeiros or the armies of the Makedonians. And for a short while, there was peace in our land.

EDIT: btw, has anyone seen a noticeable improvements in the graphics?

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Yes Finally A Getai AAR!!! Thank you Hooahguy! Heres a whole bunch of Balloons for you!:balloon: :balloon2: :balloon3: :balloon: :balloon2: :balloon3:

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this is going to be an interesting AR for both the readers and me, since im going to be describing the campaign like a historian, but describe the battles like i (the bodyguard cavalry member) was there, which i was.... you will see soon what i mean.....

This looks to be challenging but fun...Thracian warriors are some of the finest in the world! Phillip and Alexander used them extensively. Wear them down with javelins and charge in screaming...may the best win.

Chapter 3- the battle for Kallatis

In the winter of 271, all our forces to take Kallatis were ready. In the following spring, Zalmodegikos per Buridava was to march out and start uniting the tribes. But he never got the chance. Two months before he was to march out, he became very ill, and died at the age of 62.
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His son, Oroles per Drobeta took over the throne, and he promised to finish his fathers mission of uniting the tribes.
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Selected members of the bodyguard unit of Zalmodegikos was transferred over to the bodyguard unit of Oroles. I was one of them.

So Oroles per Drobeta took his fathers army in the spring of 270 and went to besiege Kallatis.
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In the summer of 270, he reached Kallatis and promptly put it under siege.
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And in the early autumn of 270, he assaulted Kallatis.
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Our leader waited anxiously for his troops to get organized, for this was his first real battle. I was in my leaders row, second from his right.
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Two units of Komatai Epilektoi pushed the two rams to the walls.
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And while that was being done, our archers and slingers opened fire, in volleys so devastating, the enemy’s entire unit of archers were completely annihilated!
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Our rams started to ram the walls, and the enemy waited nervously behind their walls.
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Finally, when the walls were breached, and our Komatai charged in, came our brothers, heavily depleted from the devastating volleys of arrows and stones.
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And with heavy hearts, we engaged them, brother versus brother.
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Meanwhile, the enemy general charged his cavalry into our right flank, and a fierce battle started.
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Finally, the enemy general surfaced and started to attempt to hack our men down.
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On the other flank, our brothers were the first to flee.
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And were soon cut down, much to our sadness. Brothers died unnecessarily for a greedy and evil Hellen king.
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But replacing our dead brothers were Hellenic levies, and they tied our men up for a long time.
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On the right flank, the last few cavalry still fought on, with the help of the Hellenic skirmishers.
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And the battle raged on the left flank, but the enemy levies were wavering.
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On the right flank, the enemy already routed. Only the enemy general and a few cavalry were left.
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And soon the enemy general was dead, among the dead of his own men.
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We chased the enemy to their town square, where the last three cavalry units made a pathetic charge, along with their Hellenic skirmishers.
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Our Drapanai soon arrived and began to slaughter the enemy.
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As they were doing that, some Galatikoi Kluddolon came and began to deal with their last unit, a unit of Hellenic levies.
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We soon pushed hem back, and methodically killed them.
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While this was going on, Oroles per Drobeta rode into the town.
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As I rode along with him (I'm fourth from left), I surveyed the carnage. There were bodies everywhere, mostly Greek ones. Then we passed the bodies of our brothers. Oroles paused, said a prayer, and then rode on. We did the same.

At the plaza, the enemy only had a few men left.
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But soon they fell, and the town was ours! We have united our first tribe!
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When the body count was in, we were very surprised at how few men we lost. This is surly a sign of the gods!
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When the town was secured, we learned two things:
One, there was a port for this town,
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And two, that this tribe was a tribe that was skilled at making very long, curved swords. Thus, we could now train the dreaded Thraikioi Rhomphaiaphoroi!
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With these, our armies will become almost unstoppable!
Our Vasil, as we now call Oroles per Drobeta, will be commissioning several units of these to help us unite our next tribe, which is yet to be decided.


btw, any noticeable improvements in the graphics?

I didn't know that the EB team had made changes to the Getai Capital. I thought it was still a little rinky dink town. Good update by the way:2thumbsup:

Chapter 4- A Request and a Rebuff

In the spring of 269, our Vasil made the journey to the next tribe, along with a handful of picked bodyguards (including me), that he would try to unite: the Triballi tribe, who resides in the town of Naissos.
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This settlement was ruled by a Dacian chieftain, Diales, who was a stern ruler as well as pig-headed.
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In addition, the tribe was inhabited by brothers, so we were very reluctant to kill any of them.
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They also had a couple units of the adept Taxeis Triballoi, which were very good at melee, and were exclusive to the Triballi tribe. Obtaining these soldiers will be very useful when it comes to assaulting walls.
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Not only that, the town was a major trading port for the Amber Route, which would bring us more trade and huge financial benefits.
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So as you can see, taking this town was of utmost importance. But because they were brothers, we didn't want to take the town by force. When our Vasil, along with us, his faithful bodyguards, came into the town, we could sense that were weren’t welcomed here, judging by the sneers and insults thrown our way. When we arrived at the throne room of Diales, we became very alert, for we had no idea what would happen.
Our Vasil invited him to join us and help unite the tribes- a very simple request.

However, Diales got enraged and yelled at us, “How could you ask such a thing?! We have been independent for many years! Do you think we would join a confederation and simply give up our sovereignty?! I think not! Now leave before I kill you all, you Getai dogs, unworthy of honor! We Triballi are free, and will always be free!”
Seeing as there wasn’t much we could do anymore, we quickly left the town, and our Vasil quickly decided that we would take the town by force. There was no doubt about that.

I've never tried a barbarian campaign but ypu've just inspired me to do so :balloon2:

Great AAR.

Strange that you could go and conquer the coastal settlements without problems. When I play as Getai, if I don't quite immediately go north to fight back a roaming Eleutheroi army in the mountain province (which btw has a nice mine), then they'll conquer the starting Getai settlement while the army is away, and I'll be dead!:damnmate:

actually, i did see that rebel army in the north, but it disappeared and just made a reappearance.... i think before i conquer Naissos, im going to deal with that army. :smg:

I sugest you could take Sarmiszegethusa it has a good mine, and is a good defensive position for your capital, in my campaign is the most developed land.

By th way Good AAR.:balloon2:

very good m8 congrats :)

Chapter 5- The Battle for Naissos
In the spring of 268 Oroles per Drobeta’s army was completed.
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Oroles entered Thraikioi Hypertera, the name of the province which Naissos was in.
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While he was doing this, his son, Koson, came of age.
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And in the summer of 267, Oroles besieged Naissos.
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In the autumn of 267, he attacked.
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The battle started on a bright, sunny day, perfect for the battle. I was privileged to be right next to my Vasil.
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We soon started with another barrage of missiles, as we banged away at their wall.
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Because of our missiles, all but 36 men of one enemy unit was wiped out.
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We first made contact with their heavily depleted unit of Triballoi Infantry.
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We soon met brothers, and with heavy hearts again, we began to kill them.
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The enemy general,Diales, watched as his men were slaughtered.
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And soon the enemy Drapanai joined them, and a fierce battle began on the right flank.
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In the center, our Galatians charged the enemy general while under fire.
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And soon a brutal fight erupted, especially when our elite Thracian infantry arrived.
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And soon their general entered the fray
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On the right flank, our brothers, as they did in the last battle, began to flee, but the enemy Drapanai held fast.
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In the center battle, our Elite Thracian Infantry were able to go around the enemy and charge into their behind.
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In the end, the enemy general didn't even have the honor of dieing with his men- he fled with his remaining men like a coward.
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We encountered no resistance until we reached the enemy square, where the enemy Elite Thracian Infantry was.
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They caused major problems for us.
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But just until our own Thracians were able to flank them.
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And as usual, that coward, Diales, watched from the sidelines as his men were slowly getting killed, giving directions that were for naught.
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And finally, when there were just a few men under his command left, Diales charged alone into our Thracians, hoping to kill a few of them before he went down.
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But he didn't kill any- he died quickly by our Thracians blades.
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Just as he died, our forces took control of the plaza, and the town was ours, uniting yet another tribe!
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But there was much carnage, mostly on the square.
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With the Triballi tribe entering our nation, Oroles per Drobeta decided to take a bit of a rest before moving to the next tribe.

Chapter 6- An Application and Some Unrest

Right after we took over Naissos, the leader of another tribe, Tauronos, of the Carduci tribe, who dwells in the town of Singidunum, asked Oroles per Drobeta if he could join us. We graciously accepted, without any doubt. He had but one request.
“We want a limited amount of autonomy. Other than that, we will serve the confederation well.” We agreed.
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But soon, he was killed in battle with some dissenters who didn't agree with what he had done.
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Soon Oroles per Drobeta calmed the region down and allowed the people to elect their own client ruler, with our approval. So they chose a man named Duda, who, after we looked into his background, was found to be a trustworthy and honorable man. So we accepted him, and he became the client ruler of Singidunum.
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After all of this, we constructed barracks that would allow us to train the Cordinau Orca, or the Scordisci Elite Infantry.
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These soldiers were the epitome of the idea of good infantry. They could handle anything that came their way, even Elite Thracians, which is very hard to do. Our Vasil was sure to utilize them well.

Nice AAR, Hooahguy, keep it up! :2thumbsup:
How did you get Singidunum to "join" your confederation, di you bribe them?

Absolutely great AAR.

Best of luck with it.
I hope it won't perish like the Baktrian did. Don't upgrade your PC until you finish it. :2thumbsup:

ya- i bribed them- it seemed like a good time to bribe something..... :2thumbsup:

It is awesome.

Never seen a Getic AAR before, and I like the way you write. Short and sweet. Awesome stuff.

Lot's of good AAR's around.

Great updates.
You've got some nice battle pictures in there.

Very nice one!

but I'm not sure about macedonians :grin: they will definitely not want to join "getic unity" and rather prefer theyre own king.

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can i incorporate your idea of making characters speak during battles and such in my AAR? you know, to kind of keep the tradition alive?
much appreciated.

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there's no copyright man, you can continue the tradition!:beam:

good luck with the Getai!

ok everyone... im trying out Oblics ideas...... look in chapter 5 for new stuff.....
enjoy! (this will be normal, btw- i will be making people speak for the rest of the AAR)

Itchy Dwarves!

Hahahahahhaha!

Balloon for Geoffrey! :balloon2:

i dont get it.....

Read the AAR:

"The World According to the Koinon", you'll understand then :P

The AAR is great, and the newly added text is hilarious! :laugh4:

Great job man. I liked the added text. Comic relief is always a nice break from death and destruction. I can just imagine what it is like facing those elite troops of yours...I fear pity for your enemies. The two handed sword bearers look particulary brutal.

Doesn't all the cheating ruin the gameplay?

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Great job man. I liked the added text. Comic relief is always a nice break from death and destruction. I can just imagine what it is like facing those elite troops of yours...I fear pity for your enemies. The two handed sword bearers look particulary brutal.

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i was going to do a make the elite Thracian's the descendants of the Borgs, but then i decided to keep it somewhat real......
ah well.....

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Doesn't all the cheating ruin the gameplay?

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not really- i only cheat a bit to help with the AAR- ex, enabling the perfect_spy command

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not really- i only cheat a bit to help with the AAR- ex, enabling the perfect_spy command

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Ah well, I just thought it was kind of funny to have access to Elite Thracians in 271.

well, i kinda admit, it is a bit funny, but Kallatis, where you can recruit them, was supposedly already built up, so i did that to represen that.

ok, ill be updating soon. i played a lot, so there will be 3 updates. there was supposed to be a large battle in the next update, but i forgot to turn fraps on and i fought the battle- and saved- and didnt even realize that i had no pictures. :wall:

Chapter 7- The Rivals

For as long as anyone can remember, the Agathyrsi tribe, who resided in Sarmiszegethusa, were our biggest rivals. We competed in sports, trade, and in war. We have already had numerous wars, but both ended without result. Oroles per Drobeta was determined to end that, with victory and complete integration of the Agathyrsi tribe.
We decided to ask them once- just once- if they would join our confederation.
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But, as we expected, they said no and drove our diplomat away with force. Thus, Oroles per Drobeta had no choice but to bring his army and attack Sarmiszegethusa.
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Chapter 8- The battle for Sarmiszegethusa

In the spring of 262, our Vasil assaulted Sarmiszegethusa.
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Our two units of Scordisci Infantry pushed the rams to the walls.
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And started the bang away at the walls.
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During this time, our archers opened fire.
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The enemies fist line of defense, the Drapanai, were almost completely annihilated and driven away.
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Unlike before, the enemy put their phalanx to guard the plaza.
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So the enemies light skirmishers came in.
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But were under fire all the way there.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...msrunnning.jpg

That’s when our Scordisci Infantry stormed in.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...assaulting.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ssaulting2.jpg

During this time, the enemy general decided to turn his back on the carnage, seeing that the situation was hopeless, as of now.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...lbackwards.jpg

On our left flank, another unit of Drapanai engaged our men, but was soon routed.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...naifalling.jpg

When that was happening, our men were very vulnerable, as they were milling about, killing fleeing Drapanai, and Skorillo, the enemy general, decided to turn around to see what was happening, but still didn't do anything. I personally think if he charged right then, we would have been in serious danger.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ralwaiting.jpg

Our Vasil ordered the Scordisci Infantry to assault the plaza- alone. I think he wanted to see how well they could perform.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...rgingalone.jpg

At first, they just encountered six archers, who were cut down, kind of as practice for their blades.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...odpractice.jpg

And finally the enemy general charged our Scordisci Infantry.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...eralcoming.jpg

To assist our men, Oroles sent in the Thraikians.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ianscoming.jpg

Skorillo finally gathered the courage to fight our men himself- and then went crazy.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...alslashing.jpg

But he regained his senses and retreated.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ralfleeing.jpg

Meanwhile, our heavy horse archers were sent in to flank the enemy, seeing that they finished up their arrows.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...4/flanking.jpg

And we charged into the plaza, killing Skorillo.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...neralslain.jpg

Just then, the horse archers slammed into the right side of the phalanx.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...otherescue.jpg

And the surrounding was complete.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...rrounded-1.jpg

Soon, everyone was dead, and there was much celebration.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...elebrating.jpg

I, for one, was shocked at how few men we lost for this town. It seems as if all the fight went out of them after decades of fighting.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/.../results-1.jpg

And with that, another tribe was united!
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...conquering.jpg

Chapter 9- The agreement and the Rebel Problem

After we took Sarmiszegethusa, the Makedonians wanted to make an agreement with us. So we sent our diplomat over, and we decided on one thing.
The towns of Serdike and Tylis will serve as buffer towns. The nation who invades one of those territories will be seen as an act of aggression, and the other nation will declare war on that nation.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...uffertowns.jpg

We agreed, and it was done. No one was to set foot into those provinces. But we did not know if those Makedonians were going to honor it……

Our Vasil also decided on our next target: Ak-Ink, a large trading town north of Singidunum.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...nexttarget.jpg

Meanwhile, Brasos per Rekidava brought his army to deal with some rebels in the northern area of the province Scorcouw. Now, we are having many troubles with rebels, and they keep popping up everywhere. Our Vasil was recently heard in his room cursing them because he just received word a trade convoy was robbed by them. So he sent Brasos per Rekidava with an army to deal with them accordingly. It was to be the first battle of many with rebels.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...starting-1.jpg

As usual, we chose a nice, sunny day to battle on.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ethebattle.jpg

Our horse archers went forward and began to target the enemy archers in devastating volleys of arrows.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...4/HAvolley.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...yunderfire.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...underfire2.jpg

We soon made contact with the remaining enemy forces, which were two units of Thraikian skirmishers.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...tcontact-1.jpg

And soon, the rebel leader was killed.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ptaindeath.jpg

That was followed by the enemy routing, and our cavalry pursuing.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...retreating.jpg

And we soon won, only letting three escape, who were soon hunted down and put in jail.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/.../results-2.jpg

Then we spotted the main culprit of the rebel operations in our country, the one who has disrupted trade routes and was a dangerous presence in our lands.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/.../rebelarmy.jpg

So Oroles per Drobeta sent Brasos per Rekidava, now known as the Rebel Killer, turned his army east to take on these rebels.

:laugh4: this is one funny AAR! BTW what is your financial situation?

PS the Getai were actually tall, not dwarfs like the damned Koinon claim

its decent, i guess, some turns i make, some i lose. as for height, ya, i know they were taller, but to make it funnier i kept the dwarf thing.

Nice update, and funny.
What's your overall plan? Conquer Hellas, or are you heading more north and keeping those buffer towns?

i think im going to let the hellenes tear themselves apart first: all of "the big 3" used to have 1 large stack per, but the makedonian one was just torn up by the KH one(only 2-3 units remaining, and they have only a few men in each left!), and i think they are going to head into epirote territory soon. so for now, im uniting the northern tribes...... makes no sense to get myself torn up by sarissas right now- im going to boost my economy so i can churn out Scordiscis and thraikains so i can deal with the sarrissas accordingly. but its going to be hard. now i know why they said "easy beginning but gets harder"

A word to the wise, hooahguy. Don't be tempted by Nikaia(the city right across the Golden Horn from Byzantion). Two reasons: Grey Death and Yellow Fever.
In my Getai campaign I took it around 250 so that my Vasil could get the "Pavel-Ter" trait. Three turns later the Seleucids laid siege. Then no sooner did I beat them off than the Ptolemies showed up with a bone to pick. Then the entire Pontic army arrived on my doorstep with four family members leading the charge. And this is with the difficulty set to M/M. (Curiosity: what is your difficulty set to? I started wondering after you said Kallatis was built up to those high-level MICs.)
So, Nikaia is a magnet for the Successors and unless you want to take them all on at once, be warned.
By the way, it was your AAR which inspired me to start a Getai campaign in the first place, so keep up the good work.:beam:

This is great...I needed a laugh. Keep it up man!

im playing on M/H.
thanks for the advice, Theodotos I.
i plan on taking 3 armies with me to take Nikaia- one of cheap units to garrison it with, and the other 3 to protect it, and i will continually send in reinforcement armies, before moving on. i also plan on sending an insignificant general to recruit a mercenary unit of galatian cavalry, sort of to RP the commander of the galatian wing of my army. i will definitely go on with this, no doubt. wrestling season ends on Feb 18. and we have 2 early dismissals in the next 2 weeks! (in all, we only have another 12 days of practice IF we do have practice on those days which we have early dismissal on- 10 if we dont) we also have 4 more matches, one of them tomorrow, and we leave for the tournament on the 14 of Feb, which is a month from today.
so, thanks for your comments and stay tuned for updates!

EDIT: about the MIC levels, it makes more sense for a town with any sensible leadership to go straight to the highest MIC level immediately, so i looked up the second highest MIC level in the building tree, and used process_cq to get to it, then began to build it (i do this with every campaign- i did it with Baktria too- ya, i know, shameful- but better for RP)

Yeah, just thought you might want a warning. I've lost count of the stacks I've beaten off my porch. And it's getting harder to hold by the turn because the AI sometimes starts another seige before I can even retrain my units. Don't worry about the Macedonian sarissas, Drapanai combined with Gaeroas can handle them easily---sure you'll lose men but you can replace those units for far cheaper than the Macedon Argyraspides and Pezhetairoi. I now own all the way down to Corinth and am starting to think about taking on the KH. They've gotten really depleted in the wars. BTW, I noticed in another thread that you figured the Getai would be able to train Hellenistic troops once you entered southern Hellas. Well, that's only partly true. From what I can see you'll never be able to train any phalanx units other than your two native ones. Thureophoroi, the Hoplites(Haploi and Classical) and the light skirmisher units are the only units I've seen so far.
(And after taking a look at the Recruitment Viewer, I think those are the only one's I'm going to see either).
Thanks for telling me about the barracks. I noticed the same thing in your Baktria AAR and was starting to wonder about both your cash flow and your tech. Figured either I was doing something terribly wrong or else you were fooling around with the files. And I was right!
Hail, Vasil!:2thumbsup:

Lurker comes back again.Anyways,great AAR,you actually manage to combine the um......humour and more serious RP.I will be awaiting new chapter.

Thought I'd come back around and see if your Nikaia strategy had worked out. Saw you hadn't posted anymore updates. In case you've not gone to war with Makedon yet, here's a tip I thought might be useful. The biggest problem I've had with them thus far(and they only have Mytilene left in 219 BC), is their bodyguard cavalry. Those phalanxes are expensive and slow and I find my armies are often just composed of Drapanai, which scatter to the wind under a cavalry charge. So I string Komatai out in front of my line and the Makedonians charge them. When the Komatai retreat, the bodyguards seem to slow down to follow them and they've lost most of their momentum by the time they hit the Drapanai and Rhomphiaphoroi behind. It seems to work pretty well, so I thought you might be interested. Good luck and keep writing.

Chapter 10: Fighting more rebels (or, Oh Joy! More rebels!)

In the Spring of 260, Brasos Per Rekidava attacked the rebels that were causing so much trouble to out trade convoys.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...starting-2.jpg

It was yet another bright, sunny day. Brasos sent all the horse archers to defeat the enemy archers and Drapanai in a hail of death.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ieceofcake.jpg

https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...sunderfire.jpg

https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...iunderfire.jpg

After all the arrows were used up, Brasos began to send in troops
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/.../attacking.jpg

Our men were at first afraid because of the spears, but were soon surprised.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...firstmenin.jpg

The slaughter began……
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...yfaltering.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ondphalanx.jpg

They took heavy casualties, so the Scordiscis were entrusted to hold the line.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...iholdingup.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...y14/bridge.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...protecting.jpg

Meanwhile, an enemy phalanx tried to flee, and was chased by a unit of cavalry.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...14/toofast.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...eeprunning.jpg

When they couldn’t catch them, they turned back and charged.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ginghorses.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...rgingagain.jpg

https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...14/resting.jpg

In a short while, most of the enemy forces were killed.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/.../walkalone.jpg

But soon he was dead.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...eraldead-1.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...alonground.jpg

And the day was won!
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/.../results-3.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...14/victory.jpg

EDIT: oops- i just realized i accidentally names Kyros "Kylos", and then "Karlos", its supposed to by Kyros.....:embarassed:

This is SOOOOOOO good. I love the humor its perfect. Im sitting here laughing at my computer and my room mate thinks I am crazy. Keep it up don't stop!

thanks for the comments everyone!:2thumbsup:
next chapter, coming very soon.....

Chapter 11- A Change in Direction

In the spring of 260, our Vasil decided that we wouldn’t head northwest, and take Ak-Ink. We would head northeast, into Skythia, to take the Greco- Skythian town of Olbia.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...uy14/olbia.jpg

There was a profitable port there, and in addition, we would be able to recruit many Skythians, who were rumored to be the best horse archers in the world. Our best generals decided that it would be better to go into Skythia than to attack Ak-Ink. The Skythian horse archers would help us against future foes!

After we took Olbia, we would take the rest of the Bosporus.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...4/bosporus.jpg

But before we could take Olbia, we had to find out more about it.
The garrison was medium sized, but could be deadly if not countered by the correct combination of forces. We also found out a few things about the governor. He was of Skythian origins, but became Hellenized. He was an oppressive ruler, so we decided that there was to be no negotiation- just aggression. We would free the Skythians of Olbia and bring them under the roof of our great Confederation. But we knew he wouldn’t go down without a fight, and not all Skythians hated him. Indeed, the rich ones loved him, so they made up his bodyguard. Anyone else would be fatal for him.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...iagovernor.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...bodyguards.jpg

So as we were gathering information, we were also gathering our forces…….

I like how this AAR is written: explaination (sp?) of future plans, mixed with a good amount of battles (and not only sieges), contextualization of in-game details (like the "background" and the personality of the various generals), and a nice dose of humor that keeps the interest up in the battle screens... many would go unnoticed otherwise :P

Keep up the good work! :2thumbsup:

You know, this is what I love about EB. I took one route in my Getai campaign, you're taking another. And God only knows how many other paths there are. This game has great reply value, though I doubt I'll have the time :no:

Good AAR Hooah :2thumbsup:

Humor, Drama, and Action all put into a good story keep it up Hooah! I hate that infernal song with a passion. Although it used to be my favourite.
P.S.the singing enemy general didn't look anything like this did he? http://www.greenday.net/bjbio.jpg

Great humour, definitely the most funny AAR I ever read!

Keep going

Chapter 12- The Bosporus Campaign, Part 1- Olbia

In preparation for taking Olbia, we made peace with the Sauromatae, who were neighbors with the Olbians.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ewalliance.jpg

After that was set in stone, Brasos per Rekidava besieged Olbia.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ieingolbia.jpg

In the summer of 258, we assaulted.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/.../assulting.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...starting-3.jpg

Our horse archers opened fire, causing horrendous casualties.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ingvolleys.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...olleydead1.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...olleydead2.jpg

As our Scordisci Infantry moved to the walls, the enemy levy hoplites moved in to resist, but were mercilessly slaughtered.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...unningaway.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...y14/matrix.jpg

After the levy hoplites came some medium cavalry. They too were butchered.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...alrycoming.jpg

Our Scordiscis entered the town, and was promptly charged by the enemy heavy cavalry, and their general. Unfortunately, they could not receive any archer support, since we ran out of arrows.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...nderattack.jpg

Soon they were spread out, and in grave danger of being overran.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/.../spreadout.jpg

But the Thraikians came and the enemy general retreated, but when we came to the top of the hill, the enemy general attacked again.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ttacking-1.jpg

Soon, Photogenes was killed.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...eraldead-2.jpg

Soon after he died, so did the last of his bodyguard of nobles.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/.../lastnoble.jpg

There was but one unit of levy skirmishers to defend the plaza. Our Thraikians made short work of them.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/.../laststand.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...guy14/jaws.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...mscharging.jpg

Until there ware just two left…..
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...alkingaway.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ylaststand.jpg

The town was ours!
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/.../results-4.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/.../victory-1.jpg

It was the first, and definitely not the last, town taken during the Bosporus Campaign.

Ha nice..."Maybe if I walk slowly they won't notice..." Great line there. Once again a nice touch. Love the humor

Chapter 13: The Bosporus Campaign- Part 2- The Battle for Taurike Chersonesos

After we took Olbia, Oroles per Drobeta brought his horse archer-heavy army to defeat the rebel armies defending the two Hellenic towns of Chersonesos and Pantikapaion.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ydefending.jpg

His army consisted of many horse archers and many mercenaries, even a few Hellenic ones, for even though Oroles hated Hellenes, he realized they had great tactical advantage. Anyhow, these weren’t true Hellenes- they were trained in Skythia, so they still retained some heritage, even though they were outfitted in a Hellenic fashion.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...14/thearmy.jpg

He went to battle against the first force, guarding Chersonesos.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...starting-4.jpg

There was a giant rock on our left flank, so we positioned the left flank of our phalanxes up against it, and a unit of mercenary hoplites to guard it from any flanking enemies.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...esguarding.jpg

On the far left of the battlefield was a large group of trees. Half of our horse archers hid there, lying in wait for the enemy.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...yinginwait.jpg

As the enemy approached, our archers in the forests let loose in great volleys, smiting many of them.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...derattack1.jpg

Our horse archers on the right flank did the same thing.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...derattack2.jpg

Soon the enemy general came under fire as well.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...lunderfire.jpg

Seeing that the enemy general and his Skythian nobles were making a beeline towards our horse archers, Oroles sent our own Skythian nobles to counter them, using our archers as covering fire. Leading the enemy cavalry formation was the enemy general himself, and he was one of the first to die.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...4/charging.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...aptaindead.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ptaindead2.jpg

As we were engaging their cavalry, and driving the last few off, the enemy spearmen came.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...enengaging.jpg

Soon, the entire enemy army was routing, and we began to chase them down.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...hasingdown.jpg

And the day was won.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/.../results-5.jpg

Even as they were doing that, Oroles went to survey the carnage. There were arrows all over the ground, on both sides, but mostly on their side. We saw many young men impaled by arrows, as we passed by, we heard the occasional crunch of our horses hooves crushing some unfortunate enemy soldiers bones, the screams of the wounded, and we saw some of the mercenary Skythians in our service looting the bodies. Oroles dismounted and so did a handful of us, including me. The rest stayed on the horses and followed. He walked over to an enemy archer dead on the ground. He could not have been but 13 years of age, and here he was, dead on the ground. Behold, there were seven arrows in him, three of them were in his face. With a tear, Oroles told us to dig a grave for him. We did, interred the dead archer into the ground and covered him up. We passed more bodies, and about that time, the stench of the corpses of the men and horses began to affect us, so we walked back to the horses, mounted, and left. The scenes from that day would be etched in my mind for years to come.
It was a sobering experience for all of us.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/.../carnage-1.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...4/carnage2.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...4/carnage3.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...4/carnage4.jpg

Historically, the reason why nomads fought at range was due to their emotional detachment from the cold killing. They had no haughty concept of "honor", etc. as their nobles weren't too far above their commoners, as well as that they all lived in the saddle and tent. Their emotional detachment was also why their exterminated many people when they attacked towns, etc.

well, the getai arent nomads, at least in this AAR..... :wink:

Nice update as always. Btw when I charge an enemy general no matter how heavy MY cavalry is, he ALWAYS dies last!:whip:

Keep going

Keep it up, hooahguy, this AAR is great! You always combine the right amount of humor and seriousness into each update.

Normally I prefer more serious AARs. But in this case I have make an exception. It is fun to read, and unique compared to other AARs. Keep it up!:2thumbsup: I'l be waiting for the next update.

[QUOTE=julius_caesar_the_first]Normally I prefer more serious AARs. /QUOTE]
I have to say that was my first reaction as well, but keep going. You've converted me.
BTW, I see you're heading the route of horse-archer-heavy army. Certainly a different strategy than mine, but should be interesting to see how it turns out. I'd say let the best man win, but I finished my Getai campaign last week. On to Karthadast! :whip:

Chapter 14: The Bosporus Campaign- Part 3, Taking Chersonesos

We scouted out Chersonesos. The garrison was medium sized, not too strong. However, it did have something which we have never encountered before: walls made of stone. The governor was also a Hellene, which made us even more eager to kill him.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ongovernor.jpg

After two years of assembling an army, Oroles per Drobeta marches to take Chersonesos and laid siege to it in the winter of 254.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...hersonesos.jpg

In the spring of 253, we assaulted.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...starting-5.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...estarting2.jpg

We assaulted on a decent day.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...4/overlook.jpg

Our Hellenic mercenaries helped us build great siege towers, which we built four. But as we approached the walls, two were burned down.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ttowerdown.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...dtowerdown.jpg

All the while, enemy archers on the walls pelted us with arrows, which cause 45% of our casualties that day. Our archers fired back in return, of course.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...sassisting.jpg

But the other two made it, and soon our men spilled over into the enemy ranks.
Our Thraikians cut the enemy down mercilessly.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...holdingup1.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...holdingup2.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...holdingup3.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...holdingup4.jpg

In the meantime, the enemy general ran around, giving useless orders.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...suselessly.jpg

Finally, on the right flank, there was only on enemy archer left.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...lastarcher.jpg

When he was dead, for some reason only a single Thraikian ran to the other side to assist his brothers. The rest worked on the gate so it would be usable.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/.../armyofone.jpg

During this confusion, an enemy unit of horse skirmishers escaped.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...ningaround.jpg

But for some reason, they came back.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...comingback.jpg

But two of these horsemen decided to stay back and defend the gate.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...14/waiting.jpg

The gate was opened, and our men poured in:
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...rstmenin-1.jpg

As soon as we entered, enemy cavalry attacked.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...assaulting.jpg

The situation on the right flank was critical until some hoplites came and took some pressure off of our skirmishers.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...assistance.jpg

When the enemy was routed, our main force charged down the street and made contact with the enemy.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...eetbattle1.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...eetbattle2.jpg

The enemy general was killed during this fight.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...eraldead-3.jpg

The bodies were piled so high around him that we didn't find his body until a few days after the battle.

Finally, the enemy began to flee.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...emyfleeing.jpg

But on the walls, the right side held up for some time, but eventually they were wiped out. for the enemy, the situation became so desperate, some jumped off the walls instead of facing out Thraikian blades.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...llfighting.jpg
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...wallsended.jpg

In the plaza, the enemy was being pushed back.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...resistance.jpg

We sent our Galatians around the last unit which was left.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...nsrounding.jpg

Soon, the enemy was down to their last few men.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...lastfewmen.jpg

But everything is inevitable, and finally, the last man was killed.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...tmankilled.jpg

Taking the town cost us not nearly as many as we thought we would lose- taking the town of Naissos cost us almost twice as much.
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So there was just one town left in the Bosporus to take, for the town of Tanais, the easternmost Bosporus town, was being besieged by our allies, the Sauromatae, so all that was left was the heavily fortified town of Pantikapaion.
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*Insert HUGE LOL here* Great update
Charge on to Pantikapaion! :charge:

I love the guy complaining about the horse eating his spear...brilliant!

Chapter 15- The Bosporus Campaign- Part 4, Getting ready and a commemoration


As we prepared for taking the last major town in the Bosporus, we did some inquiring, as usual. We found that the garrison of Pantikapaion was immense, over 3,000 strong, and was pretty well led.
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The governor was a Hellenic veteran of fighting in southern Hellas, so he had some fighting experience. But we had more. His army was a mixture of Hellenic and Skythian troops, a dangerous combination. Because the garrison is so large, Oroles per Drobeta decided an assault on the city itself would be suicidal. So we would make the enemy come to us.
We would set up with our phalanxes before them, and they would, hopefully, run into our spears, while our horse archers would pour arrows on them. Thraikians and our elite skirmishers will guard our flanks, while two units of heavy Skythian cavalry would assist by slamming into the enemy flanks, causing much damage among enemy ranks, iff all went well.

But as our Vasil got his things together in preparation of moving out, he was approached by a contingent of large Galatians.
“We, the leaders of our small unit of Tindanotae, have heard of your noble and heroic exploits, especially in the Bosporus against the Hellenes.”

“Ah yes,” our Vasil commented, “I have heard much of your kind, and of your own exploits in Thraikia and Asia Minor.”

“Maybe we should give you some background of where we come and how we fight. We come from Galatia, where we were oppressed by Hellenes for many years before escaping, where we formed this unit of Tindanotae, where we rove around different lands, killing Hellenes and assisting those who have noble causes in our opinions, which would be you right now. We heard how you planned to assault the largest Hellene town in the Bosporus, so we offer you our services for a small sum.”
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Our Vasil thought for a moment before asking, “And how do you fight? Do you fight on horseback, with spears, swords, what?”

“We fight with two weapons. We each carry two javelins, a long sword, and a large shield. But we also take a secret drug that only we and our like take which make us almost impervious to injuries. One who isn’t use to it would die if they took it, but we have the ability to take large doses of it and fight ferociously even after we have taken wounds that would have killed a normal man.”

“Very well, we accept your services. We leave in a few hours time for the march to Pantikapaion.”

“Thank you, noble Vasil. You will never regret that you employed our services!”

With that, the Galatians left, and Oroles began his long march towards Pantikapaion with his bodyguard and a bit over 2,800 men under his command.
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It may be worthwhile to note that when this discussion was going on, it was the 20th anniversary that our former leader, Zalmodegikos per Buridava, embarked on the journey to reunite the tribes of Dacia and Thraikia. With his death, came our current leader, Oroles per Drobeta, who has been ruling for 18 years. Zalmodegikos per Buridava ruled for just 2 years before illness struck him down, but his vision left a profound impact on all his sons. He left a vision of a united Getic confederation, where he and those who ruled after him would rule with fairness and equality, with law and with strength, and would leave a lasting impression of Getic power in the world for the generations to come, all things that he envisioned would last for centuries to come.
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Over the past 20 years, our confederation has grown immensely! Compare the results yourself- here was our humble beginning, in 272….
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Here is 10 years later, before the Bosporus Campaign, in 262…..
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Finally, here is where we are now, at 252….
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Our borders stretch from Illyria to the Bosporus. Our enemies fear us. Our blades and arrows cut through anything in our path. Our culture leaves great impacts over those we conquer. Indeed, Kallatis used to be a Hellene town of filth, idiocy, and drinking! But we turned it into a Getic town of purity, study and law. The land quakes when we ride, the earth shakes when our soldiers march. Soon, with the help of the gods, we will have united the tribes, destroyed the Makedonians, and conquered the Bosporus and the Hellas!

Man this is great. Keep it up. I love the diversity of troops in the armies!!

Chapter 16- The Bosporus Campaign: Part 5, The Last City and Betrayal

After two years of marching, for Oroles per Drobeta kept getting stalled with minor things, he finally entered the province of Bosporion Tyrranesis.
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And in the year 250, he laid siege to Pantikapaion, the last of the Bosporus cities.
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But two years later, they were still waiting the siege out…..
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Then, after those two years, in 248, the garrison opened our doors to our victorious army. The garrison of over 3,000 men, through disease and starvation, has slowly been reduced to just over 1,000 men.
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The Galatians, furious that they were denied a fight by these cowardly foes, went on a killing spree in the city, and couldn’t be stopped until their anger subsided.
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The leader of the Galatians came to us, furious that they had no chance to fight.
“You promised us blood! And where did it go? We had to get it ourselves from the common person on the streets! We wanted to fight real men, ones who had swords and shields! You lied to us!”

Our Vasil replied calmly, “I know, our men are thirsty for blood as well, and all of us will get our chance to spill Hellenic blood soon- very soon.”

“What do you mean?! There isn’t an enemy around who would dare challenge you!”

“Ah, but there is….. We just got word that those Makedonians have betrayed our agreement by besieging the town of Tylis. By our agreement earlier, (in chapter 9) this is an act of war and we will be leaving very shortly for southern Dacia to get ready, for if they do take the town, we will act with the force necessary, and that will include putting you into some hard combat, which I'm sure all of you are eager for.”
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“Oh yes, we are ready! Shall I tell my men to get ready to leave, O mighty Vasil?”

“Yes, indeed- we need to get there as fast as we can. The clouds of war are approaching, and it would be disastrous if we weren’t ready for it.”

With that, our Vasil left with his army for southern Dacia. Would the Makedonians pursue war? Or would they retreat from Tylis and the agreement would be saved? After all, the general leading the Makedonian army on Tylis was a radical young general. Maybe he acted against orders? We would have to see. But in the meantime, we weren’t taking any chances.
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I can't believe you actually made an "Agreement Betrayed" announcement! Nice little deatil there.

Excellent AAR. I love the way you roleplay the various things you do (i.e. the recruitment of the Tindanotae)

lol, ya, i just got the "cease-fire announced" banner which i took much earlier on, switched the names around (from Getai-Makedonia to Makedonia-Getai) and somehow got the font to look really near to the one in game....

Nice updates.

You can't blame the Makedones for taking what is rightfully theirs, though. :clown:

but we can! those Galatians will bring destruction on your Makedones heads!
you've seen their fury.......

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Originally Posted by hooahguy

And in the year 250, he laid siege to Pantikapaion, the last of the Bosporus cities.
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Keep it up, hoaahguy, that chapter was hilarious! And finally, it's time to smash the Makedonians into tiny pieces.

lol, ya, i got that from my friend who is literally living in a virtual world. he spends days on the computer and spends his lunch periods played a different assortment of video games. i just recently converted him to EB, but hes still trying it out..... btw, when you read the knock-knock joke, imagine him saying it in an evil tone.....

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Originally Posted by MarcusAureliusAntoninus

Nice updates.

You can't blame the Makedones for taking what is rightfully theirs, though. :clown:

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Sympathising with Makedonia are we? :laugh4:

I find your humor refreshing hooahguy, keep up the good work.:2thumbsup:

Haha what a hilarious update:laugh4:
Keep going