What faction should WE play as?

[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!

[Titus Marcellus Scato]

Can I be a Rhodian advisor?

[Molinaargh]

Can I be a Rhodian advisor?

I'm currently inclined to exclude Rhodes, as it doesn't share the same rivalry as Athens/Sparta and the idea is that 2 cities will be controlled (1 for the .org and 1 for TWC). Rhodes also starts will a very old character and a single very young son, making it hard for them to submit FMs for the Strategos and Hegemon elections.

[Ludens]

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.

Ah, I see.

As for the shadow faction: check out this thread. Setting one faction to shadow another is easy, but to avoid bugs you need to make sure they have the same units (and culture, if I am not mistaken). Also: there is still a maximum of 20 factions (+ the independents), so must use an existing faction. Setting the eleutheroi as independents is possible but buggy.

[Molinaargh]

Ah, I see.

As for the shadow faction: check out this thread. Setting one faction to shadow another is easy, but to avoid bugs you need to make sure they have the same units (and culture, if I am not mistaken). Also: there is still a maximum of 20 factions (+ the independents), so must use an existing faction. Setting the eleutheroi as independents is possible but buggy.

Thanks Ludens. That sounds hard to do and CTD-inducing, so I think I'll stick to force-gifting cities to an AI faction if I ever need to simulate a civil war.

[Titus Marcellus Scato]

Shouldn't be too hard to do a civil war after Epirus is down to one city. We must use Epirus as only Epirus shares barrack buildings with Koinon Hellenon. The conversion modding process must take place BEFORE Epirus loses its last city - not afterwards, as it can't be done once Epirus is completely killed.

Here's a Guide on how to do civil wars:

[Molinaargh]

It's up in the EB AAR sub-forum!