Struggles of the Hai (EB Campaign Chronicles)

**vartan** · 09-29-2010, 04:36

https://www.youtube.com/user/TotalWa...9019C3AC39916B

That is the link to the playlist of the Video AAR, or perhaps the "Let's Play" that I started producing on 2 March 2010. My intention for the chronicles was for it to be a 7-episode series encompassing the Pan-Caucasus reforms of Hayastan. Unfortunately, because of time constraints, I was only able to produce the first 5 episodes of the series. I don't have any more time now than I did back then, so don't expect any continuation. Consider it final. I should have posted this thread in early March, but did not even consider doing so until today, when I was looking through my old videos. Enjoy!

P.S. If you guys like this series and wish to see more of this style, let me know by offering suggestions for other campaigns, and I'll do what I can in any time I have. Also, check out my friend Randomer's YouTube page for his chronicles. As of this writing he only has one 10-episode series chronicling a Pontos campaign, but it is a great one. He is pretty much the only other guy I know who has done this video AAR, with the only additional YouTube user I can think of having done this in English being Knubggas (sorry if I misspelled that).

**gamegeek2** · 10-05-2010, 16:15

AKA Captain Marley (that guy is funny!)

**vartan** · 10-05-2010, 20:14

Originally Posted by gamegeek2

AKA Captain Marley (that guy is funny!)

Indeed. He has a lovely accent! LOL!

**Blxz** · 10-08-2010, 13:41

Vartan....I totally imagined you with a different voice. I'll never be able to read your posts the same way again. =)

EDIT: Wait, I think you asked for feedback too. First thing....I love the fact you don't plan on showing many (any?) battles. Honestly, I know what they look like and far too many aar's and stuff get bogged down in the battles. I love the idea of seeing some campaign development.

As for future campaigns I'd suggest you try smaller factions generally. While it might be fun to see one as the Seleucids I think for anyone who doesn't know the game it would just be a bunch of mess to understand. Whereas a smaller campaign such as Baktria taking india or German invasion of Gaul or even a long, multi-part Roman campaign to establish their traditional borders (victory conditions?) will work better for youtube. Good luck. Watching the vids now.

**vartan** · 10-08-2010, 19:37

Originally Posted by Blxz

Vartan....I totally imagined you with a different voice. I'll never be able to read your posts the same way again. =)

Is that a good thing?

My English pronunciation has not always been the same, even if I've lived in Southern California my whole life. I've learned about some phonetics as well as how others pronounce certain words and over time I've come to question my own pronunciation! hah!

Originally Posted by Blxz

As for future campaigns I'd suggest you try smaller factions generally. While it might be fun to see one as the Seleucids I think for anyone who doesn't know the game it would just be a bunch of mess to understand. Whereas a smaller campaign such as Baktria taking india or German invasion of Gaul or even a long, multi-part Roman campaign to establish their traditional borders (victory conditions?) will work better for youtube. Good luck. Watching the vids now.

I am most knowledgeable in the Ancient Near East, but I'm eager to do exactly that. As you may or may not know, my primary purpose is to encourage Total War game series players to express their creativity by way of film (hence the group Total War Filmmakers, both here at the Org as well as on YouTube). I have many instructional videos. Possibly one of the best ways to teach the game mechanics of Europa Barbarorum to new players (and admittedly there are plenty of newcomers) is to do what you said: start with a small faction and embark on a mini-campaign, focusing on the campaign map as to teach the inner workings of EB (i.e. scripts, governments, and so on). I don't want to do Baktria, but I can't choose between the Sweboz and the Romani. My biggie is that I'm not familiar with their historical constructions of structures as well as their army compositions. Though, that is not a matter because the game is about the player re-writing history, not re-enacting! (though both options are available!)

**Blxz** · 10-14-2010, 16:24

Sweboz seem to be popular for many people although romans are most likely easiest for new people to get into. I've found the romans are similar to the Hellenes in many ways in regards to buildings. More focused on regional units than the greeks though which could prove to be an excellent video AAR in itself. As well as some of the basics to enacting reforms.

Very important though could be using either faction to teach some new players about budget balancing, etc. Although it really comes down to what your target audience is going to be. Long time players will probably not find a tutorial video very interesting but would jump at the opportunity to see a decent video aar.

Only suggestion I have is to make your voice more engaging. The thing I remember about the video's is that you seemed to ramble on at times about things that didn't really seem relevant. if you have trouble staying on topic maybe keep a dot point list of things on hand for you to refer to about what you want to cover in each vid. Otherwise, keep up the good work. hope to see more vids. You also inspired me to start a Hai game and I am doing well. Keep inspiring!

**Blxz** · 10-18-2010, 02:17

Nope, i gotta manually search out each thread I have posted in. So many times I have asked a question, never checked back for the answer and am too embarressed to ask again and unable to find my original thread....

**vartan** · 10-18-2010, 02:46

Originally Posted by Blxz

Nope, i gotta manually search out each thread I have posted in. So many times I have asked a question, never checked back for the answer and am too embarressed to ask again and unable to find my original thread....

Go to settings at the top right hand corner of your page. On the left hand side under "My Account" go to General Settings. Then where it says "Default Subscription Mode", open the drop-down list and choose Through my control panel only. On the very bottom of the page choose Save Changes. Now you're set! From now on, whenever you post a new thread, reply to a current one, you automatically become subscribed to those threads. Then, every time you log into the forum, you may visit your control panel by clicking on the Settings button again on the top right hand corner of the forum page. It will have a section entitled "Subscribed threads with new posts (X)", where X will indicate the number of subbed threads with new posts (how straightforward!) So there you go! How easy was that?!