Forum gaming EB style

[Sarkiss]

The Free Factions are...

Casse, Auedi, Macedonia and Eperious.

The Casse have much of Modern day England. The Auedi have done well in the Cival War but Rome looms large. Macedonia sacked Sparta and is doing well. And Eperious has lost Taras and gained nothing.

Also Pergamon is a NPC at the moment but it could be claimed.

wasnt either Seleucia or Bactria available too?

[Jolt]

Bleh, I can consider myself an expert in these types of Forum RPG gaming, but as I had said in the former thread, I think the game lacks many rules and mechanics. Leaving most of the work to the admins leads to complains about bias games, favouring some players in detriment of other players, changing rules to suit preferences, etc. I've seen many sims (Forum Simulations) like that. I defend a game whose bases are founded upon mechanics (That'd require, for example, developing full formulae to battles. How would units attack level affect the opposing side, when would morale sink, etc.) In reality, it would lead to much more real battle scenes than the original RTW (And thus EB), such as the possibility of raiding the supply convoys of the opposing armies, the ability to actually create viable ambushes (ambushes which when sprung up, catch the opponent from all sides), moats, etc. You name it. I might still try it though.

[pezhetairoi]

I don't understand...how does everyone get to play a faction in the same game? What did you do to the programming?

[Jolt]

The players aren't playing the game, per se. They just give out instructions in the forum, the admins run some calculations/do what they think it's the best outcome and the game advances.

[Celtic_Punk]

could i have the casse?

[Sassem]

See the map as a huge check board thousands of squares you can move your army's around and split and merge units as you like only battles are done by the administrators but you can give instructions how you want to setup your army and the behavior of your units etc. (just like a real general)

could i have the casse?

you have to check that and talk to Arakano

[Arakano]

The players aren't playing the game, per se. They just give out instructions in the forum, the admins run some calculations/do what they think it's the best outcome and the game advances.

Well, you are wrong AND right, in a way. The players DO play the game: there is an interactive map on which to move your forces, money can be spent on recruitment once a year or on diplomatic deals... all possible without any admin interference. All battles, however, are run by admins. There are stats for every unit, and a Battleguide with rules for how to run battles, and all is based on these two formulas, so to speak.

As for admins being accused of favourism etc: hasn't really happened yet. Also, every battle, after being run, is shown to all other admins to double-check for mistakes or wrong decisions etc. If players still have concerns about them, they can of course always address the admins and ask for a reconsideration. We are generally trying to make players enjoy the game, obviously, as elsewise no game would exist at all. ;)

Besides battles, players have to consult me only on matters of city expansion, as the engine does not support this independently, I am afraid. And on any idea not covered by the rules - we try to be flexible, but also fair to all.

@Celtic_Punk: I see no reason why not. The Casse are freely available at the moment. :)

And yes, Baktria is also available. It is of yet still firmly allied to Seleukeia, and has a strong army, but is also involved in the war of Seleukeia for domination of Asia.

[Jolt]

I see... I was saying that based on the thought that there was no interactive map, since I never saw such a feature (Actually I did, but never really played the said game) in a Sim.

So what factions are free? I'd try Macedonia if it's free. I never played the Seleucids for being too damn big.

EDIT: ...It's wierd the staff uses the Announcements Thread to chat.