Koinon Hellenon: Athens X Sparta (.org X TWCenter), a participative AAR - Athenai

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In this AAR I will play as the Koinon Hellenon, difficulty M/M (to keep things nice and easy). But!

This AAR will happen in both the TWC and the .org EB/AAR forums. Each forum will advise 1 of the KH cities. Every 4 turns (1 game year), TWC forum members will give suggestions on what Sparta should do next, while .org forum members will suggest what Athens should do.

TWCenter forums: Sparte


.org forums: Athenai

Both cities are allied, though, and must submit their candidates to office positions in the Alliance every 4 years. The city that has a FM holding the Strategos office will be in great military advantage, as it will be able to control the full-stack Alliance Army. Other offices will give different advantages.

Summary here!

This first post will be dedicated to the Politeia, or the Constitution of the Koinon Hellenon, which says how this AAR will work.

VOTING

There are 2 moments of voting, "Polis Sessions" (every year, city only) and "Koinon Hellenon Sessions" (every 4 years, between the Alliance).

Different matters will be decided in each of those. The first one decides actions, the second decides offices and laws.

A. POLIS SESSIONS:

QUICK AND EASY VERSION:
-Every year.
-You can make a suggestion for what to do next, but your suggestion will only be executed if someone agrees with your suggestion (which is called a "motion").
-You can agree with someone else's motion if you want to see that executed.
-You can disagree with someone else's motion if you don't like it, but if more people vote in favor of it, it will be executed.


LONG AND COMPLETE VERSION:

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City sessions will be held every year (4 turns) in the summer.

The Athenian Council (Boule) and the Spartan Council (Gerousia) will meet independently.

In these sessions, each council member may perform 3 actions:


-PROPOSE motion.
-AGREE with motion: Adds a vote in favor of the quoted motion. You may not accept your own motion.
-DISAGREE with motion: Adds a vote against the quoted motion.


PROPOSE motion: Proposes a motion to be accepted or denied by fellow council members. In order for a motion to pass, it needs to:
-be agreed by at least 1 other member.
-be more agreed upon than disagreed.
AGREE with motion: Adds a vote in favor of the quoted motion. You may not accept your own motion.
DISAGREE with motion: Adds a vote against the quoted motion.




Example of passing a motion:

I'd like to propose the motion of Besiege Roma.

I accept Member A's motion.

Result: the motion passes with 1 votes for and 0 votes against, and the actions will be executed (Roma will be besieged) in this turn.

There is no limit to how many motions may pass. They will pass as long as they meet the already mentioned requirements.






MOTIONS (examples of possible motions):

Military Motions:
-Besiege City
-Assault City
-Move to location
-Build Fort/Watch Tower
-Send Unit to Alliance Army (units may be automatically conscripted to the Alliance Army if it is not full).

Recruitment Motions:
-Recruit Unit
-Recruit Diplomat
-Recruit Spy
-Hire Mercenaries

Administrative Motions:
-Assign Governor
-Construct building

Diplomatic Motions:
-Offer Alliance
-Offer Gift
-Offer Trade Rights
-Offer Peace
-Other diplomatic actions.

Espionage Motions:
-Spy Location
-Infiltrate City


Other:
-Whatever you can think of!

B. KOINON HELLENON SESSIONS:

QUICK AND EASY VERSION:
-Every 4 years.
-You can vote for one of your city's FMs to run for the office of Strategos, and another to run for the office of Hegemon.
-You can propose laws that will change this constitution and vote on changes proposed in the last session.


LONG AND COMPLETE VERSION:

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Alliance sessions will be held very 4 years (16 turns) in the winter. At that time, the cities of the Koinon Hellenon will unite to decide:

I) The offices of the Alliances*.

II) New laws for the Alliance (creation of new offices, new rules...). These must be proposed at a KH Session by a and will be accepted or denied by the other Polis at the next one (4 years later).

III) If previously suggested laws pass or not. As stated, laws suggested in the last KH Session

*There are 3 offices:


-Strategos Autokrator of the Koinon Army (General of the Alliance Army).
-Hegemon of the Koinon Hellenon (Leader of the Alliance of Hellenes).
-Polemarchos of the Koinon Hellenon (Military Leader of the Alliance).



Each city will submit one of its characters (FMs) to the office of Strategos and another to the office of Hegemon. The most suited character will win the election. The office of Polemarchos will be filled by the loser of the Strategos election.



Strategos Autokrator

The Strategos Autokrator is in charge of the main army of the Alliance. In times of war, this is the most important position in our league of poleis.
The Strategos Autokrator:
-Will have his chances to be elected based on + .
-May command a full army (20 units).
-Gains full command of the Alliance Fleet.
-When elected, will be moved instantly to the army location. The former Strategos will be moved back to his city.
-May not be re-elected or attempt re-election. This leadership rotation preserves the alliance of the cities, so that the army is not a personal one.
-May be elected once again after 4 years (Example: Areus is elected Strategos in 260BC, then cannot be re-elected in 256BC, but may attempt election again in 252BC)
-Should the Strategos die, the current Polemarchos will become Strategos.


Hegemon:

The Hegemon will prioritize spending the Alliance's treasure in his own city's interests, with buildings and recruitment. The office of Hegemon:
-Will have his chances to be elected based on + .
-Will make the Hegemon's city the political center of the Alliance (Capital).
-Is likely to get more buildings done for his city.
-Is likely to get more units recruited for his city.
-Is likely to get whatever his city demands more efficiently and quickly.

Polemarchos:

The Polemarchos is the second-in-command of the Alliance military.
-The losing candidate to the position of Strategos Autokrator will become Polemarchos.
-He may command an army of 12 units.
-He must use the army of his own city, as the Alliance army will be led by the Strategos.




Election calculation:

Election winners will be randomized based on their chance to win. In short, the higher the stats, the higher the chances. Calculations will happen in this manner for Strategos (for Hegemon, just replace the Com stat with Management):

A number from 1 to "Max number" will be randomized.

Max number = Influence (Athenian) + Command (Athenian) + Inf (Spartan) + Com (Spartan).

Athenian win range = Inf (Ath) + Com (Ath)
Spartan win range = Inf (Ath) + Com (Ath) + Inf (Spa) + Com (Spa).

It sounds complicated, but an example will make this easier:

Athenian candidate has 5 Influence and 1 Command.
Spartan candidate has 1 Influence and 3 Command.

A number will be randomly generated from 0 to 10 (sum of all stats).
Athenian wins if the number is between 1 and 6 (60% chance).
Spartan wins if the number is between 7 and 10 (40% chance).

Keep in mind generals with a lot of influence but no command stars might perform poorly in battle!

LAWS

272BC: Army Regulamentation Law
-Armies outside cities have a maximum of 8 units, unless commanded by the Strategos (max 20 units) or the Polemarchos (max 12 units).
-City armies must be commanded by a general. The army will return to its city if no general is present (if the general dies, for example).

255 BC: The Recognition of Zones of Interest and Expansion between the Poleis Athenai and Sparte (by Arthouros the Divider)
-Athenai recognizes that the lands West of Hellas and all Poleis West of Hellas are in the Zone of Interest and Expansion of the polis Sparte. This with the addition of the polis Kyrene. Athenai shall not attempt to conquer poleis and land west of Hellas, and shall not actively work against Spartiatai expansion in the area, be it by ways of the sword or the word. If the Spartiatai expansion in the area happens to be harmful to the Koinon as a whole, and/or Athenai, then Athenai has the right to voice its opposition of said expansion, the reasons presented should not be of a selfish nature used to hamper Spartiatai expansion/increased range of influence. Athenai also reserve the right to voice its opposition of unfair treatment of the population of Free Poleis upon their incorporation under Sparte.

-Sparte recognizes that the lands East of Hellas and all Poleis East of Hellas are in the Zone of Interest and Expansion of the polis Athenai. This with the exception of Byzantion which shall be a neutral polis. Sparte shall not attempt to conquer poleis and land East of Hellas, and shall not actively work against Athenoi expansion in the area, be it by ways of the sword or the word. If the Athenoi expansion in the area happens to be harmful to the Koinon as a whole, and/or Sparte, then Sparte has the right to voice its opposition of said expansion, the reasons presented should not be of a selfish nature used to hamper Athenoi expansion/increased range of influence. Sparte also reserve the right to voice its opposition of unfair treatment of the population of Free Poleis upon their incorporation under Athenai.

KOINON PANTHEION
"Hall of Fame"

I) Arthouros Attikos (Arthur, king of the Britons), known as Arthouros the Divider. Loyal Athenian, Epistates of Athenai, leader of the athenian Hellas party. First man to pass a Koinon Law since the foundation of the Alliance.

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Marble bust of Arthouros the Divider, first man to pass a Koinon Law since the foundation of the Alliance. (Based on a bust of Attalus I)

II) Publius Appius Claudius (Populus Romanus), the Spartan-Roman Ephor of the Sparte Nationalist Party and loyal councilor of the Spartan Gerousia.

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Marble bust of Appius. (Based on a bust of Agrippa)

The Epic of Demetrias (A Tale of Sparte) by Appius


Oh, were those not dark days.
In Hellas men could but pray.
It seemed freedom was at its last,
But we Hellenes had one last gasp.

The Makedonians, they held absolute sway.
But for freedom, there is always a way.
Our darkest hour soon had come,
The spark of freedom only in some.

But we Hellenes, we did unite!
Soon Makedonia found we put up a fight.
For the freedom our Koinon Hellenon was born,
But soon it would see all Hellas burn.

Our three greatest poleis came together:
Athenai, Rhodos, Sparte became brothers.
In 272 they did heroically declare
that this war was to be theirs.

A tide of total war spilled across the land.
This war was of all wars, the most grand.
The War of Makedonia and the Koinon Hellenon
would be the most brutal, for in the end one would be gone.

Chalkis and Korinthos were under our shoulder
For we liberated them in short order.
The Stratia ton Koinon broke the siege of Athenai,
But overconfident we became in victory.

Soon came the fateful year of 269.
But only for Makedonia was this year fine.
The Stratia ton Koinon marched behind King Areus
With the Stratia ton Sparte to Demetrias.

That fateful day we shall not forget.
That fateful day we shall always regret.
The First Siege of Demetrias, it was.
Twas only a good day for Antigonos Gonotas.

He sent to Demetrias their reinforments.
The Makedonians assaulted our battlements.
Drove them off, we Hellenes did.
And a great many of them fled.

But too many of us had been felled.
Soon we had been overwhelmed.
King Areus knew all was lost.
Out of the encirclement he fought.

To Attike he did hastily retreat.
His escape was altogether a mighty feat.
With the Stratia ton Koinon he prepared.
To meet the Makedonians, he dared.

From every corner of the Koinon Hellenon
reinforcements came, weak and strong.
It was the Koinon Hellenon’s finest hour,
Though it certainly was no show of power.

We drove them back that day.
Thousands of them lay slain.
Athenai had been saved.
The Makedonian storm, we had braved.

For years the Stratia ton Sparte lay broken.
Our strength, it was but token.
Men of Sparte, it was a hard way there.
Men of Sparte, it has been a long way back.

III) You?