RII succession game

[Myth]

We've had plenty of these games in the past for Rome 1 and Medieval 2. We usually host them at the Throne Room, along with the hotseat games. However, I thnk we should have one right here in the Rome 2 subforum.

What is a sucession game you ask?

It's something like a collective AAR. We pick a faction and we play untill the faction leader dies. When that happens, we pass it over to the next player. Each "term" or reign is handled by a diffeerent player and so policies and prioriteis will vary. Some will make reforms, other will start or end wars and so on. When accompanied by a detailed report on what happened (not necessarily on a micro level like "built temple to Athena in Pella) and a few screenshots, the thread and game soon turn into something resembling historical annals of a kingdom. You see how the different rulers hanlded their subjects and who achieved what in terms of border growth, development, stability, ending threats and so on.

So you could be a warmonger who wipes out your next door neighbors and doubles the size of the kingdom. Or you could have a "pax Romana" peaceful 30 year reign in which you trade and build infrastructure, and leave a treasury bursting with coin and a stable kingdom for the next ruler.

The lack of family tree will set us back but I will make our own family tree here. I just need a screenshot of the faction ruler (the topmost character in the internal politics screen) and I will photoshop a family tree for us.

Now, which faction should we choose? I vote for Epirus, Athens or Carthage as they seem to be pretty hard and unpopular.