Teutonic hotseat signup

[phonicsmonkey]

Anybody up for some Teutonic action? I'm thinking we'll use some light modding in this one to make Norway playable and the Mongols more viable...instructions will follow in the main game thread when we've all picked factions.

Zim told me he'd like to play as Norway, so who would you like out of:
Denmark -
The Mongols -
Teutonic Order -
Poland -
HRE -
Lithuania -
Kiev -

[Zim]

Playing Norway in two hotseats they've gotta do well in one. Right....right?

[Nightbringer]

I'll give Poland a whirl.

[Ignoramus]

Novgorod for me, thanks!

[phonicsmonkey]

Norway - Zim
Denmark -
The Mongols -
Teutonic Order -
Poland - Nightbringer
HRE -
Lithuania -
Novgorod - Ignoramus

[Thanatos Eclipse]

okay, okay, I given in...must play...

sign me up for the Teutonic Order

[slysnake]

Sign me up for the Holy Roman Empire.....

[phonicsmonkey]

Norway - Zim
Denmark -
The Mongols -
Teutonic Order - Thanatos Eclipse
Poland - Nightbringer
HRE - slysnake
Lithuania -
Novgorod - Ignoramus

[phonicsmonkey]

bump

we need three more, any takers?

[slysnake]

bump

we need three more, any takers?

Unfortunatly Rex, who plays as France in the DoW hotseat, says he doesn't have enough time for this hotseat. Maybe Askthepizzaguy could find some time to join?

[Thanatos Eclipse]

Well, if we don't get any takers and we still want to give it a go, I'm willing to switch factions to make the starting positions more balanced.

[Cecil XIX]

With a moderator, you can always switch a faction to player controlled if someone joins later. For example, I'd be happy to join once I get my number of active games below four.

[phonicsmonkey]

This is true - however in a small game like this those factions are likely to be kerbstomped by their human neighbours in the first few turns, giving an advantage to those human factions and making the AI factions too weak to be attractive to a new player.

I've been trying to recruit new players in general from the TWC and from the Throne Room but with little success so far.

It'd be great if you guys could spread the word around people you know from other parts of the forum to see if we can get some new blood in here to kick this game off.

I'm sure some of you more experienced guys would also be willing to switch factions for a new player if necessary, right?

[Thanatos Eclipse]

Sure, I'm willing to switch :) Always liked powerful knights, but I did seriously consider one of the Pagan factions this time around

[Nightbringer]

of course, unfortunately however, pretty much everyone I know is from the Throne room.

[Zim]

For what it's worth the Teutons are extremely powerful in autoresolve. In the Lithuania succession game I often found myself at even odds with armies of their's I outnumbered 5 to 1 (with decent troops and a well balanced army on my side). Add in autoresolves perference for infantry and those basic spearmen mangle almost anything the early game factions can throw at them. We should probably at least try to get a player for Lithuania so they're slightly less of a speed bump (it will take a brave player, thought. Lithuania is at the opposite end of the spectrum for autoresolve. ). I can also switch to Denmark to provide more of a balance between factions (with a western unit using sea power).

[Myth]

I've been PMed by phonicsmonkey and I was reluctant to join a second game at first, seiing as I have erratic access to a M2TW worthy PC. However I'd be loathe to leave you guys hanging, plus I like the idea of an unomdded game. (I've been playing SS 6.4 and the way the made the heretics impossibly strong is annoying).

If I can get the Teutonic Order or HRE I'd sign up. I want them mainly because I haven't played this expansion at all (I do have it installed naturally) and I like both factions at a glance. I've also given the HRE some time in the M2TW grand campaign.

[_Tristan_]

If you're still missing a player, I might give it a try... What factions are left ? Denmark or Mongols would be fine... If I took the TO, I would be tempted to replay "the Polish gambit" I did last time...

[Zim]

Denmark's awfully close to me. I'm not sure I want a repeat of last Teutonic game. Mongols sound far enough, though.

If you're still missing a player, I might give it a try... What factions are left ? Denmark or Mongols would be fine... If I took the TO, I would be tempted to replay "the Polish gambit" I did last time...

[phonicsmonkey]

Well, thanatos was willing to switch.

Should we put Myth down for TO, Tristan for the Mongols and Thanatos for...?

Also Myth this game is going to be lightly modded to fix Norway and the Mongols so they are viable. It's a pretty simple operation I'll post details of later.

[Thanatos Eclipse]

Lithuania sounds good

[phonicsmonkey]

ok, so we have:

Norway - Zim
Denmark -
The Mongols - Tristan de Castelreng
Teutonic Order - Myth
Poland - Nightbringer
HRE - slysnake
Lithuania - Thanatos Eclipse
Novgorod - Ignoramus

We'll give it a day or so more and if no-one else shows up I might take Denmark myself..

[Myth]

Great! I'll be waiting then. BTW out of the RTW side of the forums you could message ReluctantSamurai or GaiusGermanicus. They seem to be playing RTW every day. So long as they have M2TW worthy PCs they could join.

[phonicsmonkey]

Do you know those guys? They might be more likely to join if they are invited by someone they know..

[Myth]

Not really, we've just discussed RTW and various strategies. They are good players though, and I imagine most everyone who likes RTW will like M2TW. I think the moderator of the section PMing them will have a better success rate though. One can't know what my agenda is, but the mod is obviously impartial right? :)

[phonicsmonkey]

One can't know what my agenda is, but the mod is obviously impartial right? :)

[Nightbringer]

the mod is obviously impartial right? :)

Clearly you are not familiar enough with phonics.

I intend to use my powers for evil, in an arbitrary and brutal reign of terror which will hopefully last for all time.

[Myth]

Heh, I have read this post :) I can see him being active since being promoted. This is good, it shows he is dedicated. I would have not discovered the fun hotseat possibility if it were not for him PMing me. Hotseating is impossible for RTW so I just assumed it's the same deal with M2TW.

[Visor]

Goddamn it Phonics. I don't even like Denmark in the Teutonic hotseats.

But fine. I will join your hotseat. :P

Also, Myth, Rome hotseats are indeed possible.

[Myth]

It says in the sticky even that we've had limited success and it's not working well?