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    For TosaInu and the Org Senior Member The_Emperor's Avatar
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    Default The House of Julii... Campaign Thread

    Hi guys, I just thought I'd start off the Julii PBEM.

    Settings are as follows...
    Hard Campaign/Normal battles
    Large Unit sizes (normal seems a bit too small)
    Long Imperial Campaign

    Post Patch game...

    List is as follows.

    The Emperor
    Simon_Appleton
    Amon_Zeth
    Chimpyang

    EDIT: Oh and by the way I disabled the battle timer to make the Epic siege of Cities more realistic. We can't have our troops withdrawing because their agreed time is up! (it will work both ways you know)
    Last edited by The_Emperor; 10-13-2004 at 22:59. Reason: Added the list & stuff
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    Sounds good, Emperor! I know I was down to be second in this PBM, but unfortunately my RTW-capable computer has broken down and I'm not sure when I'll get a replacement. Hopefully, I'll have one before this campaign is concluded.

    PS: You might want to consider the length of each player's turn - Afrit reckoned a whole reign was too long and proposed 10 or 20 years, which sounds reasonable.

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    I still think it should be medium size units, less lag/more room for special effects.

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    Ok sure thing Simon, a 10 year reign it is then!

    As for large unit size, it actually isn't that bad, infantry units are at around 80 men, and cavalry at 54... Which seems quite reasonable (and is historical) in my view.
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    I've never really done a PBM campaign before but I would love to try. How do I sign up (do you even sign?)
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    Alright, if you say large is good, then it's ok.

    Oh, and if you want to sign up, just say you'd like to get in. You'll be added to the end of the list of turns.
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    Ok guys I shall make a start on the first 10 years when I get back from work tonight... My mission as Flavius Julius shall be to drive the Gauls and Rebels out of Northern Italy, and possibly to pursue them over the alps into Transalpine Gaul.
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    ok heres an update, after a long time campaigning (with a handful of screenshots) am now at the end of my Decade.

    The Gauls have been driven out of Northern italy and we have pursued them as far as the city of Narbo Martius. We are now at war with Carthage following the capture of Caralis in Sardinia... I was able to bleed some extra cash from the senate before going on their little errand (I demanded around 1500 Denarii in exchage for us to go to war with Carthage) and then getting paid again for capturing it.

    The Gauls seem to be very broken as Flavius Julius has hunted them down on numerous occasions as he spearheaded across the alps even before Northern Italy was secure... I am sure you'll be able to see what the family have done by searching for the crossed sword icons that mark great battles.

    Now i will leave you with a quote from Flavius The Infantryman before a batte with a slightly smaller Gaul army...

    "It is rude to kill someone without proper introductions... They are the Foe, Now Get to it!"

    Download PBEM File Here
    The year is 260BC and the time has come for someone else to conquer for Roman Glory...

    Sadly I don't have any screenshots as the TGA's don't seem to have come out right using the default Print Screen key (they are all black). But I shall try and get some for the purpose of atmosphere using a different program.

    Over to you Simon
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    to get screenshots, u need to re-bind the key, i had the black TGA's when using the print screen, but as soon as i used another key they worked
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    Well done, Emperor! Sadly, RTW killed my computer so I can't take up the reigns right now.

    I suggest that Amon_Zeth takes the savegame - hopefully I will have a replacement computer by the time he is finished.

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    Alright, sure. :)

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    Download the second decade here

    Campaign is going well, Gauls only have one province, a third of Spain is taken, we have a budget surplus and three big armies. I'll post my write-up (short) after the first one is put up. :)

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    RIght then...looks like it's my go now.

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    Good luck, have fun. :) Oh, and don't forget to blockade Palma, that's the new senate mission.

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    I've got halfway through my reign and although I've retaken Alesia i've lost Carthago Nova to rebellion and the city of Corduba is under siege by Spaniards (I made them mistake of Alto Calcing when i had a mssive army and it was most killed off, so ih ad to relive it with troops in carthago nova which is why the city rebelled.)

    We're now at war with the Britons as well!

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    Hi,

    I would really like to play!

    Send me a mail at monwar1982 AT HOTMAIL.COM

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    Sure, you can play after Chimpyang (or after Simon if he gets back before Chimpy is done)

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    Well ,i'm gonna have to re-start m y turn after the savegame got corrupted. I'll persevere and try to redo some of the things i've done.

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    Make sure not to auto-calc this time. ;)

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    Well that's my 10 turns finished, I've lost 1 major battle and that was against Briton where I inflicted a phyrric victory on the gauls but losding the faction leader and some of the best troops in the Army, I've taken all of Spain and the next move will be a tricky one.

    the save game can be found here

    http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pbm/...PBEM-240bc.rar

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    Unless Simon's back, I guess it's MonwarH's turn, or, if he's not here, The_Emperor could do the next reign.
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    I'm still out of action, unfortunately. The ETA for my computer is this Friday; I'll be happy to pick up a savegame at that time.

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    Ok no problem, I'll PM MonwarH and see if he is interested in taking up the sword against the Barbarians.
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    BTW our treasury is very very poor, i suggest disbanding some of the merc i hired to support my Spanish Campaign.

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    Are mercs expensive compared to native troops? I know in MTW, they were double the support cost. But in RTW, it seems opposite - they have an inflated purchase cost but "fair" support costs. If they are low quality, I guess they should be disbanded. But I find the "special" mercs (Balaeric slingers, Basternae falxmen, Samartian cavs etc) to be real bargains.

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    Still room for more people?

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    Most definately yes

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    If MonwarH has not responded to the Emperor's PM, I'd like to resume my place by picking up the latest savegame. KingYngvar would be next in line.

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    Thank you, yngvarv@hotmail.com. Whoever is before me in line, send me the file there via msn...

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    No need, go to here to download the game.

    http://www.totalwar.org/Downloads/Up.../pbmupload.php
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