Armenia Succession PBM

**Zim** · 02-26-2008, 14:28

Figured now that the game is under way we needed a real thread for it.

Faction: Armenia
H/VH
Maintain alliances with Orthodox Brethren
Players each have a 20 turn "reign".

Players:

Zim
Ramses II CP
Elite Ferret

**Zim** · 02-26-2008, 14:30

I've finished the first reign. Not much to report. We are allied with Georgia and the ERE and have trade rights with all neighbors. During my reign Vahka and Famagusta were added to the Kingdom of Armenia, with the latter quickly becoming a major economic center.

http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pbm/Armenia1.zip

**Ramses II CP** · 02-26-2008, 14:42

I'll get started sometime today.

**Ramses II CP** · 02-27-2008, 22:25

EF you're up, I saved it during the AI turn so you could see the start info:

http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pbm/Armenia1194s.zip

Brief summary:

We're allied to the ERE, Georgia, KoJ, Makuria, and the Sindhi. We're at war with the Turks, who are almost done, and the Ayyubids, who are very strong. The Abbasids attacked us, but I gifted them Aleppo in exchange for a ceasefire because they're also very strong and I wanted to clean up our Turkish backfield first. I would suggest after the Turks are gone that you try to help the KoJ with the Ayyubids a little (I've tried to get the ERE in that war by gifting them a little town on the border) but focus on the Abbasids because Georgia is getting hammered by the Kypchaks, Abbasids, and Seljuks... and I mean hammered. If we don't save Georgia any advance into Ayyubid territory just gives the Abbasids a longer border to attack.

We only have one decent merchant, near Aleppo, and a few weak spies. Our Faction Leader is 60, but I already passed on his 'master of horse' badge and titles. Oh, and we have one ship that is holding closed an Ayyubid port down south. There are diplomats positioned near Georgia, the ERE, and in the Ghazni/Ghorid/Rajput region.

Oh, and we're sieging that Ayyubid castle north of Edessa.

Hmm, that about covers it. Our reputation isn't very good, evidently because I had to sack three Turkish towns to keep order and continue the war. Taxes are almost universally set low to allow for growth.

Any questions? I'll be doing a writeup, maybe this weekend, but I've got ~400 screenshots to get through so it'll take some time.

It's a fun situation, lots of possibilities. If Georgia falls, and I don't think we can save her, then I'm betting we and the ERE get a big old stew of Kypchaks and Abbasids with some Seljuks on the side against our north flank. Good luck!