Your house rules for EB

[Ibrahim]

Ooppss! Sorry for that, Ibrahim, little too celf-centered I was. Nice house-rule of yours, though...

Nah! its ok. no one is perfect I guess

[athanaric]

Some good rules out there.

My main rules are:

- Never assassinate FMs or Generals unless in a very desperate situation (e.g. when playing Saka and having to deal with marauding AS generals who hire millions of mercenaries)

- If any faction manages to assassinate one of your FMs, destroy that faction ASAP. This is the only occasion on which I attack allied factions.

[Rilder]

I don't really have many house rules, just some I just "follow" since I don't know how not to.

1.) No Blitzing (I'm a turtler anyways)
2.) No Creating full armies of elites or other really strong infantry (No Full armies of like Triarii for example.)
3.) As Romans keep a mostly uniform army.
4.) No "Very High Taxes" While at peace (not really enforced just trying it in my Aedui campaign.)
5.) Only resort to war as a last resort, spend a few turns trying to work out a peaceful solution (LOL RTW AI)

[Βελισάριος]

I haven't tried this yet but it might be interesting to see how it works. For role-playing purposes, pick one family member and "play" him throughout the campaign (until he dies, of course).

This means: only fight the battles that he commands, only manage the settlements that he manages. Diplomatic, spying and assassination mission should not be restricted but always carry a diplomat and a spy (and an assassin too if that's how you like it) as the "Basileus' own".

If you want to go hard-core, give him an army and stick to that one for the duration of play.

It would be my version of a "Megas Alexandros" campaign.

Damn... now that I think about it, I'm going to try it and write an AAR from that.

Edit: Additionally, he doesn't have to be faction leader and if he isn't, you can limit his resources, decision-making authority, etc.
I know, now I'm just blabbering.

[Olaf Blackeyes]

I haven't tried this yet but it might be interesting to see how it works. For role-playing purposes, pick one family member and "play" him throughout the campaign (until he dies, of course).

This means: only fight the battles that he commands, only manage the settlements that he manages. Diplomatic, spying and assassination mission should not be restricted but always carry a diplomat and a spy (and an assassin too if that's how you like it) as the "Basileus' own".

If you want to go hard-core, give him an army and stick to that one for the duration of play.

It would be my version of a "Megas Alexandros" campaign.

Damn... now that I think about it, I'm going to try it and write an AAR from that.

Edit: Additionally, he doesn't have to be faction leader and if he isn't, you can limit his resources, decision-making authority, etc.
I know, now I'm just blabbering.

Actually this is a GREAT idea.

[Βελισάριος]

Thanks very much, glad you like it.
I just started with Epeiros and I'm playing the firstborn son, Ptolemaios. It's proving quite a challenge.