Player Chatroom (Off-Character Discussion)

[johnhughthom]

How difficult was it to fully cut off a city in these days? It would be ok for Krateros to be able to get the odd messenger out wouldn't it?

[JbG]

I'm assuming there were many gates in a city, and in the night it would be quite easy to slip out a couple of people, not very often mine you.

[Maion Maroneios]

Hotseat User, could you please specify what this "merchant" is to do? And possibly how I could implement that in-game?

Maion

[Hotseat_User]

ehhh ... just thought, that, in the state of emergency, Antipatros could pay some merchants in byzantion, maybe round 200mnai (from his founds) to get taken to athenai in time [ and that you move_char him to Piräus ]

[Maion Maroneios]

OK, consider that done. Gotten approval by the Basileus for that? Not that you need to go from Byzantion to Peiraieus, mind you. It would be much faster from Thessalonike.

Maion

[Iskander 3.1]

Sorry, I'll keep OC comments here.

@Bean, you have the best signature ever.

[/Bean\]

Does it beat your name?

[Iskander 3.1]

Of course. Bartix beats everything!

[Hotseat_User]

OK, consider that done. Gotten approval by the Basileus for that? Not that you need to go from Byzantion to Peiraieus, mind you. It would be much faster from Thessalonike.

Nah - a little roleplaying is fine here. Antipatros needs to take a ship. He wants to get to the Epirote coast fast - but currently stays around Byzantion. And I think merchants from Byzantion would go for Piräus over the Agais ( sp?)

Btw. from there, he can just take a second look at the KH-siege-army and then travel further north.

Ohhh, and I don't think the basileus wants to know, how his investigation service work. so I think Antipatros just need your help, in case it's, well not breaking some rules.

[Maion Maroneios]

Hmmm, so what exactly do you want me to do? Teleport Antipatros, collect intelligence and teleport back? I little bit of cheating for roleplaying reasons is fine, but I', afraid this goes a little too far.

Maion

[Hotseat_User]

no. Just thought we could roleplay a merchant, who takes him along to attica from Byz. [for some mnai of his founds ofc. ] then, in the next round, he could first spy the KH-army and then "walk" further north to keep an eye on Phyrros movements. That's at least, what I would do. And well, I thought the personal income is for roleplay-sessions ingame.
I don't know, maybe some others could comment my thoughts, but if we roleplay some inernal conflicts later, why can't we roleplay some hidden missions from our spys/diplomats??? And some 200 mnai for the sailturn are quite much (at least for me) because someone could use them to get one unit of marksman/akonstati paid for one round.
but dunno.

[Maion Maroneios]

OK, I'll teleport him shortly to Peiraieus. As for the sum, even 1 mnai should be ok I believe. This was quite a hefty sum, those days.

Maion

[Hotseat_User]

1 mnai should be ok I believe. This was quite a hefty some, those days.

hehe, thanks for the advice, althrough I'm another history student, I don't focus on the classical period. EB is enough.

[Il_Duce]

Hello everybody! I was in one of these not too long ago... ended up moving, losing internet access for a while, and since I was in transition with characters I soon lost interest.

Would love to join up again. Are there any family members available or close to coming of age?

[Hotseat_User]

ehhh actually no. we're just leaving the year 272bc in time, so we have to make some progress to get new chars in. but for the start, you can 'create' a member of the synedron and help our young kingdom to survive. But wait for our TVS' master Maion, to roger this (but I'm pretty shure you can join us)

anyway, hello!

[Il_Duce]

I've always loved Makadonia...

Can I ask a quick question? I haven't really read into this much, but how is one chief spy?

[johnhughthom]

He is in control of the spies in the game. I think it's a good idea, the other EB PBMs don't seem to let you do it, as it gives more people a shot at having a character. We also have someone in charge of the ambassador and a naval commander (just don't touch his boats, he's a bit paranoid ).

[Il_Duce]

That's actually a cool idea. Very unique, adds a whole new element to both the game and RPing.

It'd be cool to model this after WotB but have some unique features as well (and it seems you guys are doing a great job of that so far!).

If you control a player who does not fight battles, can you take control of a general as well?

Regardless, I'm going to install all my crap onto my new laptop (R:TW on all high baby!), then install EB and then I'll scout everything out

[Hotseat_User]

(just don't touch his boats, he's a bit paranoid )

and neither my spys!!! just kiddin'

well, actually I hope that some can get in control of 'some' generals later ... but we will see how things work out

[Il_Duce]

Cool, cool. Also Hotseat, Antipatros looks a bit weathered for a 20 year old :p

[Hotseat_User]

hehe, yes he should get some new hairstyle and this beard.... but he is just searching for his ways through history as you may notice if you keep an eye on his adventures. later, he can do serious things like going for a new cut. :-D

[/Bean\]

Il_Duce returns!

[Maion Maroneios]

Howdy, Il Duce! You can check the Subscription Thread for the Rules, there you can see the game mechanics. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.

Also, and this is for everyone to hear, I'm back to my home after Easter vacations, and I don't have any connection at home yet. So don't expect me to be frequenting the forums as much as I did during the holidays At least until I get Internet connection at home, that is.

Maion

[/Bean\]

When are we ending the session/turn TCV?

[The Celtic Viking]

We must first vote on the edicts, and I don't think anyone else than Maion can create that thread (he hasn't told me anything about it anyway), so we'll have to wait for him.

[/Bean\]

But I thought he was away for a week or more...I highly doubt he would mind

[Il_Duce]

We must first vote on the edicts, and I don't think anyone else than Maion can create that thread (he hasn't told me anything about it anyway), so we'll have to wait for him.

If that's the case then there won't even be another family member for over a month.

The problem with Macedonia? It's so small. There's no way to get more than a handful of players into the game for a while and everybody else simply looses interest.

[/Bean\]

But being a member of the Synedrion is just the same as being a character, just the former cant make moves, of which are basically small are unimportant anyway. Its a roleplay game. If people lose interest because they don't have a moveable character their in the wrong game.

[Il_Duce]

So we should play as 4 year olds then?

[/Bean\]

What are you on about?