What faction should WE play as?

[Beckitz]

I'm obviously going to be biased towards my favorite faction, but I think the Sweboz would be a fun choice.

[vollorix]

I´d say Sweboz are best for this. No civilized trash, not too much of politics, but strong warrior culture. Their bodyguards fight in old style, on foot, and have to prove their courage on the field. You got plenty enthnicities who would need apropriate army compositions, which you can only achieve when you take particular settlements. There is no immidiate threat, and they can terrorize the whole Europe in all directions.

[antisocialmunky]

Hayasdan.

[Valion]

I'd say the Romani, The KH do have some sort of Monarchy don't they? i mean you do start-off Playing with the 2 kings of Sparta and one of them being Hegemon.

[Molinaargh]

My initial idea would fit better for the Romani, but I thought of something that can work really well for KH: .org EB forums control one city and TWCenter EB forums control another (example: TWC as Sparta and .org as Athens). By "control" I mean vote for what should be done.

So there are yearly internal sessions held to decide what the city will do, and every 4 years the cities submit their candidates for the roles of Strategos (can control the main army) and Hegemon (can build and recruit more) of the Koinon Hellenon.

I think this could be really fun and unique, what do you guys think?

[Ibn-Khaldun]

This is quite interesting idea you have here! I'll keep my eye on this thread.

Looks like the faction is already chosen (KH?) but I would recommend Karthadastim as a faction.

[Drag0nUL]

I too think Karthadastim would be an interesting option given the way frictions between different factions in the Carthaginain senate affected the war against Rome. Would be interested to see if we can do better, and put quarrels aside for the greater good of the state....or not;)

[Ludens]

My initial idea would fit better for the Romani, but I thought of something that can work really well for KH: .org EB forums control one city and TWCenter EB forums control another (example: TWC as Sparta and .org as Athens). By "control" I mean vote for what should be done.

That sounds like a great idea, but if you've never organized one of these before I recommend against it. Team-based PBM campaigns take more time to organize than you think, so do a try-out game first to get the basic rights before you add more teams.

Also, there should be only one or two players that need to play the game per turn. If the save-game needs to go through four players to advance one turn (Spartan Hegemon, Athenian Hegemon, Spartan Strategos, Athenian Strategos) you will be lucky to do three turns per week.

[Titus Marcellus Scato]

Also, there should be only one or two players that need to play the game per turn. If the save-game needs to go through four players to advance one turn (Spartan Hegemon, Athenian Hegemon, Spartan Strategos, Athenian Strategos) you will be lucky to do three turns per week.

Agreed - although in this case, Molinaargh suggests that only he actually plays the campaign, and the rest of us simply tell him what we want him to do with our generals, troops and cities. Also, if we go for one player per city, instead of one player per family member, that will cut down the number of players needed.

[Molinaargh]

That sounds like a great idea, but if you've never organized one of these before I recommend against it. Team-based PBM campaigns take more time to organize than you think, so do a try-out game first to get the basic rights before you add more teams.

Also, there should be only one or two players that need to play the game per turn. If the save-game needs to go through four players to advance one turn (Spartan Hegemon, Athenian Hegemon, Spartan Strategos, Athenian Strategos) you will be lucky to do three turns per week.

I wouldn't try a PBM, but thanks for the warning. My idea is that forum members will only act as advisors (a council), I will be the only one playing the game, as Titus Marcellus Scato cleared up.

I appreciate all of your input, guys. I'm pretty much set on the Koinon Hellenon idea where the .org advises Athens and TWC advises Sparta, but only one controls the main army.

Cool comeback by Karthadastim, but I think it's been decided!