[M2TW] Kingdoms and Empires

[Myth]

Kingdoms and Empires

A simple return to the roots of hotseat gaming! An AR using vanilla M2TW. The road to victory is not a complicated one - be the last human faction standing!


Victory conditions:Be the last human faction in the game, either by way of elimination or resignation from the other players. Team victories are not allowed, one must concede if the game reaches a 1v1 scenario.

Mode of battle: AR versus human players, lead battles versus the AI. Reloading is not allowed.

Myth - Kingdom of England
Darth Feather - Kingdom of Spain
Mithridate - Sultanate of Egypt
Elite Ferret - Denmark
Nigel - The Holy Roman Empire
Nightbringer - Eastern Roman Empire
Rougeman - The Kingdom of France
Visorslash -The Tsardom of Russia

Rules

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Each player has 48 hours to complete his turn (not counting weekends). After that the Admin may skip his faction or he can be subbed.

Do not bypass or ignore zones of control to lift a siege (or in any other way).

Do not attack ships in ports.

Armies boarding ships in ports can't stay there for more than one turn.

Don't leave blockaded ports without beating the blockading ships first.

Don't stack merchants in armies or forts to get more than one to stand on the same resource (Merchant Fort)

No surrounding armies or agents to destroy them. (Surround&Destroy)

Don't attack units who were left next to a settlement in order to capture it on the same turn in order to cheat the garrison script. In fact don't cheat the garrison script period. (this only applies vs AI factions)

Don't use repeated offers for bribe to increase your faction leader's dread.

Enable "Unlimited men on battlefield" in order to not abuse when leading battles vs the AI (PM me for instructions, though SS has this on by default)

Armies that are defeated in battle by a player that comes after them in the turn list may not move the following turn. This is to make it fair for people who are defeated by players that come before them in the turn list, and thus lose all their movement points

Armies that are defeated in battle may not be attacked on the following turn, as they are banned from moving, either by the game mechanics or by the rule above. They must be allowed to move first, or must be reinforced. If the defeated army retreats to a settlement or fort, this rule does not apply.

Ballistas can't open anything, catapults can open wooden walls, trebuchets or better can open anything.

Assassins are allowed to target anyone but the players are limited to one assassination attempt per turn. It must be the first action they do, before they spend money or do anything else. Upon a successful assassination the game admin can load that player's save and attempt the assassination. If the results are different there will be penalties for cheating.

Spies are not allowed to open anything.

Crusades and Jihads cannot be called, joined or used/exploited in any way.

ONLY religious buildings can be destroyed upon the conquest of a settlement and ONLY if they are of a religion different than your own.

No trading of provinces to receive free troops. If you trade provinces, make sure they have no garrison prior to the exchange.

No deliberate deals that would put you in debt above -10,000 florins.

How to set up your game:

We are using vanilla M2TW in hotseat mode, huge unit scale. You must remember to enable unlimited men on battlefield if you have not! If you don't know how, ask.

When the game starts, we pass down the save to the next player in line via PM and in a message here in this thread. Saves are archived (rar, zip etc.) and uploaded in the .org uploader or another similar file hosting service. The game will be set up at VH/VH, follow AI off, Manage All Settlements on, Long campaign, No advice, and there will be a battle time limit.

Helpful tips for those who are new to Hotseat games can be found here.

[Myth]

You may now start claiming factions. I'm an England lover myself tough I will concede them if someone really wants to play them.

[Darth Feather]

I never played hotseats before but I would love to play as spain.

[Myth]

Welcome Darth Feather! Spain it is then

Do you have any specific questions? Try and reading the guide on hotseats, I've explained everything there (it's stickied here in the TR and mentioned in the original post). Basically each player grabs a faction and we play to the best of our abilities. We autoresolve versus other players for this game (in other game we allow leading battles versus human players, but that changes the game drastically). Remember, in M2TW infantry with 16+ defence and 150 or more men per unit rules in autoresolve, whilst archers and cav are of little to no use.

[Mithridate]

I shall participate, but ive not chosen a faction as of yet^^

And welcome indeed!

[Ferret]

Can I take Denmark please?

I'd also like to put on record just how bad I am at this game. I think Zim wiped me out in five turns, or something ridiculous, in the first Crusades hotseat.

[Mithridate]

@Elite Ferret dont worry, dont hesitate to ask if you have any questions.
Reading Myths guide is a quickstart but pure experience is vital

And experience comes by trial and error... lots of error^^

[Ferret]

I have quite a lot of hotseat experience though, and I'm still rubbish.

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Or maybe this is all a bluff, in preparation of WORLD DOMINATION!

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No, no it's not.

[Myth]

I'm thinking of doing a more laid back, diplomacy heavy game this time and I will not attack new players right off the bat. I'm not promising anything for the old dogs @Mithridate @Nightbringer

Speaking of old dogs: @_Tristan_, @Thanatos Eclipse, @Ignoramus, @Visorslash, @The King, @Cecil XIX, anyone else willing to join?

[Mithridate]

Old dog? little me?

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You just made me a very happy guy Myth

@Nigel @LooseCannon1 @Slaists @freakkriek @Rougeman wanna join? @phonicsmonkey @Zim wildcards^^ @Ishmael

I should add im fine with any faction but Scotland, Poland or Hungary^^

[Myth]

If you get recommendations from Silver Shield and me then you no longer get newbie protection

[Nigel]

Well, I was still hoping for Vikingetid to take off, but it seems it is not (yet).

Also, while I would love someday to organize one of my own ideas (Rivals of the Hundred Years War), my RL currently does not allow me to be anything more than a participant.

But, yea, I'll be happy to be in this one.
No particular preference for factions - I will be happy with whatever there is.

[freakkriek]

thanks for the invite but pretty full on the hotseat quota so maybe next time

[Nightbringer]

welcome Darth Feather and Elite Ferret!

I myself will take the reigns of the glorious Byzantine Empire!

[Myth]

OK, so I guess that's everyone for now. Please choose your factions and we can start on Sunday/Monday:

Myth - Kingdom of England
@Darth Feather - Kingdom of Spain
@Mithridate - undecided on faction choice
@Elite Ferret - Denmark
@Nigel - undecided on faction choice
@Nightbringer - Eastern Roman Empire

Get ready folks!

[Darth Feather]

A quick question. Do I have to mod medieval to be able to play in hotseat?

[Myth]

Nope. Just regular M2TW patched (or if you have Kingdoms it's already patched)

[Visor]

Possible for me to still join? Russia if possible. I'll need to be subbed (if possible) for possibly the first two turns. But I should be able to give clear instructions to the player subbing.

[Myth]

Sure, and welcome!

[Visor]

Sure, and welcome!

Thanks. I'll send a picture of my opening turns, etc to whoever wants to sub, be it you or whoever tomorrow if I get the time.

[Myth]

The game won't start before Sunday evening EU time since I'm away. I can sub you, since we're on the opposite ends of the map we won't likely have a war any time soon.

I'm surprised no one took the HRE or France though.

[Rougeman]

I'm surprised no one took the HRE or France though.

If you insist

[Myth]

Which one do you pick then?

[Rougeman]

hmm, hard to choose, i'm inclined to pick France though that's a dangerous choice with two undecided players who could choose both HRE and England and decide to do a WW2 Poland on me

ill throw myself with France.

[Myth]

I'm England so don't worry about it. In fact, HRE has to worry about Denmark and France eating them up.

[Rougeman]

hmm, good point

[Darth Feather]

You do have spain in your backyard though

[Rougeman]

I'm sure you'd rather kill some Moors than pick on little me...

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right...?

[Nigel]

OK, it is HRE for me then.

[Darth Feather]

I'm sure you'd rather kill some Moors than pick on little me...

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right...?

Sure, his popiness will love me for it. Just watch your back