Megas Logothetes' and Senators' Reports

[TinCow]

LOTR-1155-2:
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4103

Vissarionas ek Lesvou (Ramses II CP) awakens to a bloodbath. During the night, skilled assassins snuck past his army's sentries and struck at the sleeping men. Somehow the villains were able to slit the throats of all 110 Sudanese Tribesmen without anyone raising an alarm. No sign of the attackers can be found, they have escaped into the desert. An attack of this ferocity and skill can only be the work of the Hashshashin.

After a reasonably successful Senate session, Basileus Ioannis Komnenos (Ignoramus) retires to his palace for the evening. On the way, he decides to pay a visit to the man who has been his Mentor since he was a boy. Instead of friendly conversation with a loyal servant, he finds a cold, lifeless corpse. His Mentor has been strangled to death by an unknown assailant. Given the large number of guards at the Basileus' palace, this was act was committed by a man of incredible skill. Only a fool would suspect anyone other than the notorious Hashshashin.

[Rodrico Stak]

Taking the save. Wait... nevermind. I remembered that one of the CAs was that a new version of the LotR mod was to be released, and I can't find it.

[TinCow]

New version of LotRmod has not been created yet (thanks for reminding me) but it isn't needed until the end turn button is pressed anyway. However, I shall repost my previous post, since it has been pushed back a page...

Please wait until Ituralde opens the game for play before begining your 1155 moves. Also, no one is permitted to accept or refuse the current marriage offer that is up for Princess Hypatia Tagaris, nor is anyone permitted to move her. There is an issue regarding the Princess which is being resolved. This lock on the marriage offer and movement will be lifted before the current turn ends, but I need her current situation to remain unaltered for about another 24 hours.

[Ituralde]

I declare the savegame open! The save can be found here:

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4103

I will take it back tomorrow the 24th of October around 0900 GMT.

Enjoy and keep in mind the restrictions placed by TinCow. Also update your SoT if you haven't done so yet I will be working off them tomorrow morning.

[Smowz]

Taking the save and returned here:

http://rapidshare.com/files/15670110...155-3.rar.html

had to use rapidshare.

The main fleet of Nevoulas ek Philadelphius has joined up Prince Isaakios Komnenus just south of Greece.

Zigavinos moves south towards Markinople.

[TinCow]

Taking the save to resolve the Princess situation.

[TinCow]

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4104

Caesar Methodios Tagaris is irate at the Basileus' decision to marry off his daughter Hypatia without his permission. The time of decision is upon him. At the moment, the Princess remains completely under his power. She is living with him in a city controlled by his vassal, and she is surrounded and protected by the Caesar's personal army. However, the moment she leaves the city and begins the journey towards her new suitor, this control will be lost, likely never to be recovered.

Caesar Methodios Tagaris has decided to take the monumental decision of ignoring the Basileus' decree. Instead, he has chosen to exercise his own control over his daughter and has married her off to a man of his choosing.





As a result of this blatant and intentional disregard of the Basileus' right to exercise sole authority over all marriages of royal Princesses, a state of war now exists between Caesar Methodios Tagaris (Tristan de Castelreng) and Basileus Ioannis Komnenos (Ignoramus). For the purposes of the Game Rules, Caesar Methodios Tagaris will be considered the person who has declared war. As Basileus Ioannis Komnenos has no vassals, he is currently in this war by himself. As Efthymios ek Herakliou (Dafuge) is a vassal of Methodios Tagaris, he is currently involved in the war on the Caesar's side.

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Please note that Tristan de Castelreng is temporarily unable to access the game. I am going to extend the mandatory waiting period for each turn to 48 hours until he can access the game again on October 31st. Until that time, I will be taking screenshots of the in-game situation and supplying them to Tristan so that he can make decisions about how and where to move. I will be implementing his moves according to his instructions.

LotRMod 1.3 will be completed later tonight and uploaded. It is not necessary to install it before the end turn button is hit, so its lack of availability does not need to impact anyone else just yet.

[Ituralde]

The extension of the mandatory waiting period means that I will pick up the save on Saturday the 25th of October at 0800 GMT at the earliest. Weekends are always a bad time for me, which is why I would have preferred to complete my first turn tomorrow.

So prepare for a long weekend. Not that there aren't enough things to keep us busy!

[Dafuge]

Taking the save.

[Dafuge]

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4105

Moved into a forest in the Jerusulam region.

[AussieGiant]

Taking the save

[AussieGiant]

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4106

Bloody bloody moved bloody Ap to Sofia, bloody incredible bloody system.

[TinCow]

LotRMod 1.3 is now available for download.

As with before, extract this zip file into your base M2TW folder and let it overwrite anything that it asks about. In reality, the mod only changes one character in one line in one file, but we need a new full version of the mod anyway for new players.

In accordance with CA 6.3, the only change is to return the wage cost to its original value of 200 (it was previously modded down to 100). This has resulted in an increase in wages (and a corresponding decrease in income) of about 3000 florins per turn.

It is recommended that everyone install the new version of the mod before continuing to play. However, it is only strictly necessary for the person who is pressing the end turn button. Anyone pressing the end turn button for official game purposes absolutely must have the new version installed.

[Ignoramus]

Taking the save.

[Ignoramus]

Ach, I accidently replaced the SS folder with the the LOTR Mod SS folder. Guess I'll be reinstalling.

[TinCow]

Ach, I accidently replaced the SS folder with the the LOTR Mod SS folder. Guess I'll be reinstalling.

Overwriting is the proper thing to do. As long as you didn't delete everything in the old version folder you should be fine. It just needs to overwrite a few files in the SS folder and subfolders.

[Rowan]

LotRMod1.3.exe

I had to use my uni server because .org doesn't accept .exe files. Anyway, here you are!

[Andres]

Taking the save.

[Andres]

Both uploaders are down, so I used rapidshare:

http://rapidshare.com/files/15718446...155-7.zip.html

Moved Savvas to Arta, in preparation of the war against Venice.

[Northnovas]

Taking the save.

[Northnovas]

Here is the save back:

http://www.totalwar.org/Downloads/M2...OTR-1155-8.zip

The Rebels were beaten it took longer then I thought. I have been a little rusty playing a battle.
A new retinue for Aleksios, Swordbearer

Highlites

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

For all the hard work I was MoH but had to decline like the first time it was offered.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

I am not here to be Caeser!

Returned to Bucharest to resupply.

[Rodrico Stak]

Taking the save.

[Rodrico Stak]

Done.

LOTR-1155-9.rar

Began move towards Constantinople, to begin the education trait.

[Ramses II CP]

Taking the save (FYI Pavlos gave me permission to use the spy near Mecca though I've got a feeling he may regret it later).

[Ramses II CP]

Save is back:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/ytme25...TR-1155-10.zip

Deposited my infantry at Solom-whatever with Tagaris. I then took (siezed) the fleet northwest of Mecca and the spy from near Mecca as well. I was already limited to just this turn with him but I presume he goes whither the fleet goes anyway next season, for whatever little good it will do me.

[OverKnight]

Taking the save.

[OverKnight]

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/LOTR-1155-11.zip

[Rowan]

Taking save.

[Rowan]

LOTR-1155-12.zip

Moved Bart to Tortosa. Damascus' public order is 70% (barely red).

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Taking the save!