Post your EB empires!

[Mulceber]

Right now he's gearing up to liberate Gaul from the, er, Gauls.

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It's for their own good, to protect them. From the Sweboz.

Yeah, that sounds good. Let's go with that.

Hey, what do expect from someone who made one of the Romani's "mobilize" musics the Imperial March.

[Berg-i-dum]

Roman Empire 176 B.C.



War in two fronts:

-Iberia almost subjugated, the last cartaginian city was conquered, only remains Celtiberia under Lusitani controll, as the last region to be liberated

-Long Campaing against Carthago, some punitive attacks in the coast, the capital was completly destroyed -and after that rebelled-. Delenda est Cartago

Germani assaults in the Limes.

Swap wars in Asia Minor between Makedonia and Pontos, but in Peace both with Rome, they send tributes.

Pahalava and Hayasdan have their own Empires in the East, and currently are allies.

I hope to have the Marian Reforms soon.

[Atraphoenix]

Yeah, I know what you mean, that is probably caused by the Realist Movement Mod, I'm prety sure this is aroun 268 and 260

It was 260 if you had not changed it.
I build lots of forts to counter side effects other than I have no complaint on it.

And this is my last campaign.
Hai wants their capital back. Shahanshah had already appointed a satrap for it.
A bloody war still goes on.
I have gave some cities back to makedonia before getai wipe them out.
I stopped blitzing and I am consolidating my power on mesopotamia and iran and I was quite busy to build reformed goverments which will give me my lovely catas

[anubis88]

God i became nostalgic for my Pahlava campaign... I played it till 80 BC or so, when i launceh a huge expedition (well one stack, but with 1 FM, 1 Grinpavar, many HA's and an elephant unit) on conquering Arabia, and poor Saba got their ass kicked so badly i felt pity for them. I must just as well give them another shot if i have the time :)

[kwibbels]

my epeirote empire
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[NoHelmet]

AS is on it's deathbed. Sauromatae are being conquered at the moment, and yes, Ptolemaioi have betrayed me, and Pontos is about to, despite annual voluntary tribute of 200... But, i have no worries, i have a stabile heartland, good armies and good generals.

And for the Casse, good old Barae, the best faction leader ever!!! Sweboz ousted, now to Spain!!! And quite a decent war with Romaioi is ongoing...

[The_Blacksmith]

@NoHelmet Woaw! how do you hold all those regions with out riots and revolts?!

Im having probs with my Pahlava campaign, too many riots...

[NoHelmet]

Well, i am quite a ruthless despot, i exterminate most of the cities i conquer, so that usually solves the problem. It had to be done if i was to blitz eastern part of the AS... However, there were problems, in Seleukeia and Chighu (!), to be precise. I had to abandon them and sack them again. And there was a fullstack garrison that was needed elsewhere, so i had to do what i had to do. Build sewers & temples, those are the most effective peacekeepers in this situation, after that use the town garrison (building).

[The_Blacksmith]

Well, i am quite a ruthless despot, i exterminate most of the cities i conquer, so that usually solves the problem. It had to be done if i was to blitz eastern part of the AS... However, there were problems, in Seleukeia and Chighu (!), to be precise. I had to abandon them and sack them again. And there was a fullstack garrison that was needed elsewhere, so i had to do what i had to do. Build sewers & temples, those are the most effective peacekeepers in this situation, after that use the town garrison (building).

Hah, minds me of me, Capturing Persepolis for the first time i tought, im gonna be nice and Expel the higher classes, buuut.... when i saw it made -4000 Mnai and was Angry no matter what... i fail... xD

But, thanks Sanitation is my savoir at the moment... as is Millitary Occupation

[Arthur, king of the Britons]

Amazing empire(s) and amazing Faction Leader. Here have a balloon;

[Duguntz]

congratulation NoHelmet! it's a nice empire you got there! No wonder whwen we see the hero you got as a leader!

[NoHelmet]

Amazing empire(s) and amazing Faction Leader" Here have a balloon;

My first balloon, thanks!!! I have more fun campaigns, but not the time to upload them, or play at the moment, but more are on the way! Just to finish the exams, then back to EB!

[Valion]

Is that normal EB your playing NoHelmet? i'm impressed by how many command starts your faction leader has :)

[NoHelmet]

That's the faction leader you start with, playing with Casse, he is a teenager on the beggining of campaign, so he had quite a military history, and since he "wants to see Rome before he die", i plan on granting him that wish. And yup, it's "vanilla" EB. Although i've seen some saka monsters that had 10 stars and their traits didn't add up, but this guy is 100% natural.

[Ludens]

my epeirote empire
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Hello kwibbels, welcome to the .Org and to EB .

I am afraid you cannot display photos directly from your harddrive. You need to upload them to a hosting service (e.g. Photobucket or Imageshack) first.

[kwibbels]

here it is again hope it works now

[Duguntz]

already 256 BC? and you're not still in bactria??? tsss... slow... (Just jokin'! nice empire kwibbels)

[Drunk Clown]

already 256 BC? and you're not still in bactria??? tsss... slow... (Just jokin'! nice empire kwibbels)

As you formulate it here, you say he started in Bactria and that he moved somewhere else.

[Lossmar]

My small Baktrian Empire :)
And im just getting started :)

[stratigos vasilios]

Hi Lossmar, welcome to the forums!

You've made a good start there, keep us updated on how you go.

[Blxz]

Baktria is a fun faction to play. They were my first so I amways remember them. Only downside is the difficulty in using high end factional units against cultures too far west. All those beautiful indian units have to spend a lifetime walking over to the mediteranian.

[panten]

Warning: Big Pictures Ahead!

My current Seleucid campaign. I wanted to get away from the usual underdogs I play and really have a go at Empire. Needless to say it's been a load of fun. While I am playing a defensive campaign in the East, it is full throttle in the west. First thing I did was to repel the Ptolies from the Levant and Asia Minor then chased them back to the land of the Pyramids. When the Saba decided to get a piece of the cake to and stole a region from them I stopped the campaign and built a defensive position. So far Egypt is the most secure region in my empire, partly because of the massive military presence.

While my war with the Ptolies was going well and I could afford a second army, I decided to launch a preventive strike and rid the world of Pontos. It was a great surprise attack that wiped out over 80% of their military and made Sarpedon Syriakos the general of my choice - in the following years he annihalted Pontos, went around to fight the massive rebel armies that spawned while I was too poor to afford additional units to kill them, captured Cyprus, then killed his way through Anatolia and basically really has "Seen the Elephant", or due to lack of real elephant, the Coloss of Rhodos. Since he became a warmonger (fighting the endless rebel stacks) earlier, I decided to keep him fighting and gave him something special for his upcoming 60th birthday (just 8 more turns :D ) - Hayasdan!

Here is the initial attack, made by three armies. Sarpedon with his veteran army in the West,, my freshly recruited royal army and a small army that I usually use for rebel hunting in the East.

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Since I can't hope for a longer campaign against the Hay and don't want to ship that army off to the Baktra-Saka-Fun-Land even (although they'd be really needed over there), I might start an invasion against Macedon, though since they killed off one of my family members when they invaded Rhodos. I had an army on the way to support the small garrison but it was too late. However, it was a satisfying death as he managed to defeat the enemy in a "last man standing" hit and run defense right in the town center and only died when just 7 of his bodyguards were left - 5 made it out alive in the end. Still, I want my revenge. From a playing point of view I am a bit reluctant though since no super power has yet emerged and I'm interested if one power can prevail. In any way, I'll find some use for that army. So far I haven't played a lot with elites so it will be interesting how they will do in battle, I might even add an elephant unit if I'm feeling rich. Maybe I'll go and trample a bit on the Saba...

Here's the army:

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The southern border in Egypt:

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That was the army that came all the way down from Antiochia and conquered every singly city on the way. I've reinforced them with another unit of Prodromoi and some more Thureophoroi, because Ptoly was throwing insane amounts of Machimoi cavalry at me and I needed more flexibility. In general this is my army composition in the west - works perfectly for me, especially since they amassed chevrons.

As you can see from the map (toggle_fow ftw), I got rid of Pahlava in the East and reduced Baktria to the bunch of cavemen they really are, but it is still a win-lose-draw on that front. With Pahlava I got besieged every turn, Baktria came every second turn until I hacked my way into their capital and burned it down, burned it down again and decided to stay and now Saka is knocking on the door. Initially they weren't as bad as Pahlava but I got basically raped in my last battle with them. Their cataphracts and archers decimated my army faster than I could say Antiocheia-Margiane. But it's part of the fun. I'm just fighting with lightly armored HA, axemen, basic phalangitai and persian archers (heavy if available - but logistics are a b!tch). It's the classic battle of the underdog and even if I'm thinking about venturing into the steppe I'm afraid there's nothing to gain financially and I might overextend my borders against a fast and hard to subjugate enemy. Maybe I'll kill off Baktria and regain India (even though keeping control of India would be hard)

However the campaign is one of the most fun I've had so far with some great battles and even thrill thanks to the hordes from the steppe.

[NoHelmet]

Back to Pahlava... Ptolemaioi fullstacks have perished into the syrian sands, just to find my single panzer brigade untouched, and poised to visit Megas' tomb. And, to my eternal surprise, pontic betrayal did not happen, yet. And this monster? God damn beast, in total +9 morale, +110% income from sacking, couple of healers, what can you ask more of an army leader?

[Lazy O]

Now thats an army

[Skuda]

Dominions of Aedui, 212 BC

[XSamatan]

You picture isn't showing for me :(

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

Yeah I'm not seeing it either

[stratigos vasilios]

Ditto.

[The_Blacksmith]

Well... i dont know how to upload pictures but im trying....

however, this is my 3rd try on the Pahlava Campaign...

i would had expanded faster, if i had more FM's with the trait "Wants to Settle" so i didnt have to pay unkeep for all the garrison units...

[Skuda]

Dominions of Aedui, 212 BC (second try)