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    First, allow me to introduce myself... I'm Teucer, a long time fan of RTW and especially EB. I've lurked around these fora for some time now (although not nearly as long as my extremely old join-date would suggest). I'm not usually one to go in for online conversation so I haven't posted very often, but I've followed the various AARs and other interesting threads at the org for a goodly space of time.

    I break my customary silence now, because over the last few months I've been working on a (not so)mini mod for EB. Its almost done to the point where I will consider releasing a beta. Here are a couple of maps to whet your collective appetite....

    The year is 320 BCE. Alexandros has been dead for a few years now, and his successors have already waged one war over his patrimony. The first war was brought to an end when Perdiccas, one of the key players, was murdered by his subordinates (Seleukos, Peithon, and Antigenes). With Perdiccas dead, a treaty was concluded at Triparadisos which divided the empire among Alexandros' generals. Peace was not to last, however. Now war is being waged against Eumenes of Kardia (a follower of Perdiccas) and Antigonos Monophthalmos (the main power in Anatolia who has gotten a little too big for his britches). To the east, anarchy rules. Each Satrap rules his own little kingdom, while noone holds the reins of imperial power. An enterprising general could bring unity to the region once more, but the task will not be easy...



    Here are the major players:
    -The Basileion Antipatra (dark purple and black)
    -The Basileion of Lysimachos (dark green and black)
    -The Basileion of Eumenes (light purple and dark purple)
    -The Arche of Antigonos (dark blue and black)
    -The Arche of Seleukos (grey and dark red)
    -The Basileion of Ptolemaios (I think you can figure this one out)
    -The Satrapies of Phrataphernes (green and dark green)
    -The Satrapies of Oxyartes and the Paktyans (maroon and yellow)
    -The Massagetai (red and gold)
    -The Hegemonia of Syrakousai (light blue)
    -The rest of the factions are largely unchanged (except for some shifts in borders)

    After 10 years of doing nothing as the Casse we end up with this....



    I'm not sure I like what the Massagetai are doing up in the corner, but I'm quite happy with everyone else. In reality, Antigonos expanded east very quickly after 320 (but subsequently lost most of his holdings), so I may have to make the Antigonids a bit more powerful to recreate this pattern.

    Although its not historical, I have to say I'm enjoying Syrakousai's expansion in the west.

    Let me know what you think. I'll be posting later maps as I continue to test the campaign.

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    I like the additional factions but I wish you'd dropped the Casse and kept the Hai, just personal preference, but yeah I'd love to see further developments of this
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    I love it! Seems very interesting, but have you got a name for this mod?


    Italians do it better! Chi dice donna dice guai. Abbi donna di te minore, se vuoi essere signore. Donne e buoi dei paesi tuoi. Fiume, grondaia e donna parlatora mandano l'uomo di casa fuora.
    And my personal favorite: "Non rimuovere il confine antico fissato dai tuoi padri". In english: "Do not remove the anchent border placed by your fathers". It looses something in the translation......

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    @Teucer - looks interesting and I have a couple of comments, but please can you put this in its own thread in the EB modding sub-forum, rather than in this thread.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teucer View Post
    Although its not historical, I have to say I'm enjoying Syrakousai's expansion in the west.

    Let me know what you think. I'll be posting later maps as I continue to test the campaign.
    Really nice minomod, I suggest that you make your own tread in the unofficial modding section!

    And on Syracuse, it wouldn't be fun if you had to lose and win all the time at set dates would it? After the start of the game anything should be possible.

    And of all the Greek poleis in Magna Greacia Syracuse probably had the biggest chance of becoming a super power, or well it even was for a while.
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    Oh oh, I wanna play as Eumenes!
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    Romani 200BC

    Bactria expansion has slowed down somewhat from my last update, warfare mostly been confined to the Steppes fighting the Saka, and the Saba in Arabia. Oh yeah, Pahlava is dead if you didn't notice.

    Bloody Makedons nearly conquered my Pontos :(

    Been fighting a bloody war with makedon, given Makedon devastating defeats but each major battle forced my Consular army to retreat back to Roma for retraining. The legions in the area are forced to bring large contingents of Mercenary and Allied Troops to hold the line.
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    Baktria the year is 229BCE


    the nation grows wealthy off the mines captured from those mighty warriors from beyond the Indus after over a decade of fighting. This was one decade ago now and the Basileus has now trusts them enough to let one of his nephews lead an army of these fearsome warriors, accompanied by the finest Hellenic Pezhetairoi and Hetairoi Kataphraktoi to subdue more of these rich indian lands.

    The Hetairoi Kataphraktoi have already proven themselves many times against those foolish weaklings of Seleukeia who seek to have our rich lands as their own and they now wish to test themselves against those worthy foes of the Indus.

    The Iron Lions of Baktria will have a difficult fight ahead of them but if they succeed they will bring untold honour upon themselves and their ancesestors and much wealth to the empire. Be brave mighty warriors, the hopes of the nation rest upon your strong shoulders

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    Wow, your taking it veeeeeeeeeeeeery slowly.......


    Italians do it better! Chi dice donna dice guai. Abbi donna di te minore, se vuoi essere signore. Donne e buoi dei paesi tuoi. Fiume, grondaia e donna parlatora mandano l'uomo di casa fuora.
    And my personal favorite: "Non rimuovere il confine antico fissato dai tuoi padri". In english: "Do not remove the anchent border placed by your fathers". It looses something in the translation......

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cyrus View Post
    Wow, your taking it veeeeeeeeeeeeery slowly.......
    This makes it funner, especially when you get Established AI Factions that are actually able to fight you.

    On that note I'l probably have to pull out of Greece in my Romani campaign, I have a vicious fight with Kart-Hadast coming up, which may be a bit of a pain. They have three stacks (known) available to fight, one on Korsim fighting my garrison legion, (full of elite African pikemen.)

    The Consular legion just deployed and is heading into battle.
    Last edited by Rilder; 04-04-2009 at 01:33.

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