Post your EB empires!

[Arthur, king of the Britons]

war, war never changes

Fallout reference!

Uhm anyway, that's a great Family member if ever I saw one.

[jirisys]

Fallout reference!

Uhm anyway, that's a great Family member if ever I saw one.

The cake is a lie too... So is the Pip-boy

Great, the king is back

Well, that I would have never expected... only 8? If I had fought that it would have CTDd after

~Jirisys (Not even last night's storm could wake you up)

[Celtic_Punk]

lol i'd have hit the checkmark as soon as the screen came up, i wouldnt reload, but itd allow for maximum ctd'ing >:P its not cheating its forgetting game engine flaws

[Ibrahim]

Nah, I don't reload. House rule number 1.

Here are some tactical considerations the Arverni recently learned in my game:

1 - Do not raise an entire army consisting only of levy spearmen.
2 - Do not accept battle with said army against a battle-hardened legion of Carthaginian veterans, no matter if you do outnumber them by a thousand men.
3 - Do not allow the enemy to take the high ground in said battle.
4 - Do not break formation, turning the battle-line into a battle-blob when assaulting the enemy on said highground.
5 - Do not run in panic when javelins start raining down on said battle-blob.

Result; 3200 Arverni dead, 8 Carthaginians dead.

you know guys, I understand mass-murder and apocalyptic endings for enemy factions ithe key to EB, but it is time we all got beyond thunderdome....

[Lazy O]

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[Arthur, king of the Britons]

Great, the king is back

I think I'll post an update on my Empire when I'm done with my little huge Civil War (Ca 6 years in-game, hopefully not as long IRL)

[Folgore]

Earlier:

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The Republic of Qart Hadasht, Autumn 207 BCE

ROME BURNS!

After the dispicable death of Bodmelqart, Milkherem Oea took control of the first army, then stationed north of Rhegion. Being in bad shape, it was decided that the army should retire to Qart Hadasht for a second time in order to receive reinforcements. The troops supplied by our loyal tyrant in Syracuse would then move into Rhegion to protect it from the Romans for the following year.

Meanwhile, in southern Gaul, the Arverni have become a major nuisance. Dispite the Second army being stationed here [under command of Gisgo, Sophet since 205BCE], they continue to wander into our territory, laying waste to our countryside and besieging our cities. Worse yet, when confronted by our army in battle, they throw their javelins at us and run away, never facing us directly in battle. The cowards. Being so far away from our glorious capital, Gisgo has had to replace his Africans by Illergetian soldiers and Gauls, in order that reinforcements can be found immediately. These local soldiers are adequate against the untrained masses the Arverni send at us, but we should find ourselves lucky the Romans are too busy in Italy.

Having returned to Italy with fresh troops, Milkherem Oea quickly captures Capua and Arpi, defeating two large Roman legions with minimal losses to our army. At the same time, we land a fresh light army [half stack] in Northern Italy, which succeeds in taking Arretium. The Romans are not yet defeated however, and Milkherem turns his attention to the city of Rome itself, besieging it. This infuriates the northern allies of Rome and they attack our besieging army a total of three times, causing heavy losses to our ranks. Finally [in 203BCE] we are forced to retreat, going back to Qart Hadasht in order to reinforce the army yet again.

In Gaul, Gisgo defeats two large Arverni armies. The first, consisting entirely of novice troops without any missile or cavalry support, charges our army up a hill, resulting in a magnificent slaughter in which scarsely a dozen of our troops are fallen. The second army attacks us at a river ford. While our Illergetian soldiers defend the river back against the enemy horde, our Gallic swordsmen cross the river downstream, outflanking the enemy. Miraculously, the enemy king manages to escape, running through our ranks as if his horse was the legendary Pegasus. His men are not so lucky.

While at sea, the transports carrying the First Army run into the Egyptian fleet, which has been terrorising our African coast for more than 10 years. Its movements are erratic and the money lost from overseas trade is easily repaid from our vast treasury, so the senate decided against forming our own battlefleet. What a mistake! The 300 ships strong Egyptian fleet utterly scatters our transports and it takes the better part of a year for our entire army to return to Qart Hadast. [There are actually two fleets, one consisting of 5 units of Triereis and Pentereis, the other consisting of one unit of Nees Megistai. After this incident, I decided to raise my own battlefleet, however, I am hesistant to spend a lot of money on it and as a result it has been defeated twice by the Egyptian fleet. Although victorious, the Egyptian fleet has suffered serious losses and I am confident I will win the next engagement.]

With the army being retrained, the Romans besiege Capua, Arpi and Arretium and, although their assaults are defeated, our garrison forces [consisting mostly of mercenaries] take heavy losses.

Having finally returned to Italy in 201 BCE, Milkherem Oea engages the army besieging Capua and causes them to flee to Rome. After a lengthy pursuit he catches up to the fleeing forces and engages them outside of the city. Seeing their brothers in trouble, the garrison of Rome joins the battle and is utterly crushed. With no forces left to defend the city, Milkherem and his army walk in unopposed. The people who waged war against us so relentlessly for the past thirty years are massacred, the survivors sold into slavery, their temples looted and burned to the ground. Death to the Romans!

[And, because this is a special occasion, you get a deluxe map.]

The Republic of Qart Hadasht, Summer 201 BCE

[Notice that hardly anything has happened in the past six years, apart from the conquest of southern Italy. Amazingly, the Seleucids are still hanging on, as are the Bactrians. They even outlasted Pontos, which was destroyed easily by Makedonia. Makedonia is pretty much the only faction that is moving. They subdued the Getai about 10 years into the game, making them their protectorate, then they did the same to the Sweboz 30 years later. They made the Hay a protectorate too, but they decided that didn't like that and declared war a year later. Meanwhile, Pahlava is messing around with what's left of Arche Seleuceia and Bactria, while the Ptolemaioi have dumped 5 full stacks in Cyrenaica, but they refuse to actually attack me. The Romani and Arverni are a huge pain, attacking me every single turn. Without Rome though, I hope that will stop.]

[Africanus]

133 B.C.

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Still taking advantage of AI passiveness to go at a slow pace. The QH have been reduced to only Tuat. I took Garama and used FD to gift it to the Saba.

My plan of taking Lepki to provoke the Ptolamaoi worked, and I've decided to go after the soft underbelly of their mighty empire. After taking Kyrene they sent one stack after another to try and recover it to no avail. I then brought my African legion over to take Augila and then next Ammonion, which I also gave to the Saba. Leaving Ammonion I was attacked by a full stack and narrowly escaped with a win. Easily the toughest battle of my campaign. I'm currently beseiging Paraitonion, and here come the stacks.

I still haven't bothered with the Luso's yet. Just when I was going to start war with them, I got lucky and Arse went rebel, so I quickly grabbed it up while avoiding opening another front. They still haven't made any moves, anywhere, since becoming a protectorate so I'll just let them be for awhile.

Things have also been quiet to the north. I'm currently only at war with the Averni and they'll occasionally send a stack my way, but I've had little trouble defeating them. Taking QS's advice, I gifted a couple of Gallic settlements to the Casse, but they haven't done much of anything either. They took one pitiful run at the Sweboz, beseiging a settlement with one unit and were easily repelled.

The Aedui are still hanging on. They did eventually lose back the settlements I gifted them earlier to the Sweboz, but they've been successful at defending Vindobona and Patavium. After 140+ years of peace, they currently have two pitiful stacks menacing Bononia. I hope they don't go suicidal now and decide to attack me.

The KH have been on the move, wiping out Epiros rather quickly after they dropped their protectorate status. However, the Ptoly's have just started to encroach on their holdings, taking Byzantimum and Pella.

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

Yuck, ugly yellow death

[Folgore]

Earlier:

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The Republic of Qart Hadasht, Summer 201 BCE

The Republic of Qart Hadasht, Spring 192 BCE

NEWS OF THE WORLD 201-192 BCE

201: Pacification of Northern Italy. With Rome out of the way, the mighty armies of Carthage meet no further organised resistance and the remaining cities loyal to the Roman remnant are being besieged. Retraining the old army. The scattered units of the old army, which conquered Iberia are collected and shipped to Carthage for retraining.

200: Makedonian conquest of Hayasdan. Having rejected the Makedonian offer of becoming a protectorate, Hayasdan is facing increasingly tough Macedonian attacks. At the height of their advance, the Makedonians hold Hayasdan's Black Sea coast and most of the Caucasus. Training of the African Army. The Carthaginian Senate aproves the raising of an African army, armed in Greek style with a mighty phalanx and heavy cavalry. With the pacification of Italy, Carthage turns its attention to Egypt.

199: End of the Arabian War. Ptolemy defeats the Saba in several large-scale engagements, effectively putting an end to the war that has been raging on Egypt's right flank for the past 5 years. Meanwhile, Saba turns its attention to the other side of Arabia and captures Gerrha. March of the Armies. The Carthaginians send their armies away, the African army to Kyrenaica to defeat the armies of Ptolemy stationed there, the retrained old army to Northern Iberia to subdue the remaining independent tribes.

198: Revolt in Makedonia. Several of Makedonia's northern settlements revolt simultaneously and its Alpine territory joins the Aedui, forcing a war between these two factions. Parthia goes north. In the same year, both the Seleucid and Bactrian 'empires' fall to the Parthians. Not too keen on peace, they declare war on the Saka immediately and begin their advance north.

197: The armies arrive. The Carthaginian old army travels to Iberia, crushing a few minor revolts and renewing old alliances. The African Army arrives in Ptolemaic Africa, marking the start of the Desert Campaign, a tiresome war of attrition in which neither side are able to claim victory. Parthia goes south. Not content with war on just one front, the Parthians declare war on Saba and invade Arabia.

196: Makedonia joins the war. Makedonia declares war on Ptolemaic Egypt, easily crushing the weak garrisons of southern Asia Minor. Having to devide their forces here, they lose the Caucasian territory they conquered here earlier, but manage to keep on advancing to the east. The siege of Mediolanium. Now in complete control of Italy, Milkherem Oea, Carthaginian General declares war on the Aedui after failing to aquire Alpine Gaul through diplomatic means. A lenghty siege begins.

195: Height of the Desert Campaign. As many as 5 Egyptian armies wander the desert between the Nile and Kyrenaica. Whenever engaged by the African Army of Carthage, the Egyptian armies take position on top of a sand dune and turn it into a fortress. Heavy losses are incurred as various inconclusive battles are fought. The Aedui attack. A Massive barbarian army appears out of nowhere, apparently having crossed the Alps and attacks Milkherem Oea's army at Mediolanium. The battle is won, but victory relied entirely upon the African Elephants, accounting for over 30% of the enemy casualties. Sufficient men escape back to the city to dissuade the general from attempting an assault.

194: Iberia Conquered. The old army succeeds in taking the capital city of the last independent Iberian tribe. Carthage now controls the whole of Iberia. Mediolanium Conquered. Their armies defeated, the Aedui give up their city after food stores ran out.

193: Sacking of Gergovia. Sophet Gisgo attempts to put an end to Arverni attacks by sacking their captial. The burnt remains are left to the enemy without contest in order to keep the weak Arverni between Carthaginian Gaul and the Aedui as a buffer-zone.

192: Success in Africa. With Egypts Armies now rushing into Syria to halt the Makedonian advance, now at the gates of Antioch, the African Army succeeds in taking Augila. Raising of the Second African Army. Too many Egyptian armies still wander the desert to leave Augila for more than a year, as such, a second African Army is being raised to relieve the first and to carry on the attack into the Egyptian heartland.

Commentaries

As the weak nations are conquered, the world begins to be devided among the two great alliances. In the west, the Carthaginian-Makedonian alliance (including the Makedonian protectorates the Sweboz and the Getai) and in the east the Ptolemaioi-Parthian alliance (including Parthian protectorate Hayasdan). As the Makedonians hammer away at Parthia's allies and the Makedonian-Parthian border becomes longer and longer, so increases the chances of war between the greatest powers of the world. For the time being though, Parthia has its hands full with Saka and Saba, while Makedonia and Carthage are busy with Egypt. To prevent hostilities between Carthage and Makedonia, both sides have agreed to leave the minor Celto-Roman alliance in one piece as buffer states. Although nominally part of the Celto-Roman alliance, the Casse seem quite content staying on their islands.

A quick, objective and honest overview of the political powers in Europe:

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[Ibn-Khaldun]

Folgore - You have an amazing campaign. I have enjoyed every post about it so far.

[Folgore]

Cool thanks, glad to hear that! :)

[Ibrahim]

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you evidently missed my joke

[Earl of Memory]

Who am I? ... it's 228 BC, and I'm using ALEX.exe

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I bet it won't be hard to know

[The_Blacksmith]

Arche Seleukia, yep... pretty easy...

Why does Makedonia allways die ?

[QuintusSertorius]

Arche Seleukia, yep... pretty easy...

Why does Makedonia allways die ?

Because Epeiros should be Pergamon. Remove them from the equation and it's a much more even contest between Makedonia and Koinon Hellenon.

[Arjos]

Should be XD
Let Pyrrhos have his moment of glory, at the time he was king of Macedon :P

[Earl of Memory]

Arche Seleukeia, 228 BC, I like to go slow, very slow.

The previous events:
The makedones were faring quite well, they managed to kick out the KH from Greece, and then they took the province north of Pella, and besieged Byzantium.
Yet they got too ambitious and attacked me with their armies of Mytiline my province of Pergamon (filthy traitors!!!!).
Then, Epeiros invaded and managed to take Pella (since the makedonian armies suffered great losses in Byzantium), and then easily took the settlement up north Pella.
Then KH did something amazing and took their remaining armies @ Rhodos and actually took back Sparte! Never saw that!
With the mines, Epeiros got too powerfull and soon took also Thessaly (but not for long since they lost it), debilitating the makedones further, and the KH took the opportunity to take Korinth and then Athens.
Then I had to deal with invasions from the Parthians, Ptolemies, and Baktrians, which were dealt successfully although many brave persian archer spearmen died, so I completely forgot about the war between the makedones, epeiros and kh, last I saw, the KH were besieging the province next to Athens, last settlement of the once proud Makedonian empire.

On other fronts...
I managed to get an alliance with the Saka, who went to war with Parthia but it's been a stalemate ever since.
The Sauromatae managed to take a few provinces but have stalled and even got their cities besieged by Hayasdan and the Getai.
The baktrians tried to take India but failed miserably, and have attempted to take my eastern cities ever since.
The aedui and arverni went to war early and the romani took this opportunity to eat their territories, and now they're on the brink of destruction.
The sweboz remained a bit passive but have expanded nicely.
The casse have expanded too slowly ( I plan to launch an invasion and surprise them eventually!)
The karthadast remained passive for most of the time but now they launched a surprise attack on the romans and are now besieging their southern cities with the aid of Epeiros.

[Lazy O]

@Folgore; Epic posts man keep it up. Wont mind an AAR :D

[QuintusSertorius]

It's 255BC, who am I (it's not that hard)?

[Unintended BM]

You're Eperios. You should actually play a game as regular Eperios to see how fun they are in their original position.

[QuintusSertorius]

You're Eperios. You should actually play a game as regular Eperios to see how fun they are in their original position.

Obviously I'm Epeiros, but not actually Epeiros. Who am I playing them as?

There's nothing about unaltered Epeiros that appeals to me, to be honest. It's a historical "what if" that just doesn't do anything for me.

[Tanit]

Syracuse I think

[QuintusSertorius]

Syracuse I think

Indeed I am, not as easy to spot as it could be with that blocky image. How's your Epeiros-as-Syracuse game going?

[Tanit]

going nowhere right now, but final exams are on friday, then I can game!

[Epimetheus]

There's nothing about unaltered Epeiros that appeals to me, to be honest. It's a historical "what if" that just doesn't do anything for me.

I've see a lot of posters who seem to think that Epeiros became irrelevant after Pyrrhos death, but I think they don't realize the Pyrrhos' son, Alexandros II of Epeiros, also conquered Makedonia a decade after EB's starting period. Granted, he was eventually beaten back, but it shows that Epeiros was still a force to be reckoned with, at least until Alexandros' death.

[Unintended BM]

The whole game is a histroical what-if.

[Blxz]

The whole game is a histroical what-if.

Heh, too true. 'What if there was no diplomacy in the world and there were 0 survivors on the losing side after a major battle.'

[Cute Wolf]

no diplomacy = let's disslove the UN! XD

BTW, nice Kart-Hadast Empire

[Jebivjetar]

no diplomacy = let's disslove the UN! XD

BTW, nice Kart-Hadast Empire

Ditto, Jeb!

Now, stop quoting laws, we carry weapons!