Vandals (BI faction)

**RabidGibbon** · 10-02-2005, 21:01

Started a VH/M Campaign today.

The first thing I did was race directly west as fast as I could, eager to avoid a confrontation with the Huns. Once I felt I'd pust some distance between us, I started rearranging my Stacks. I put all the horde peasents and "Regular" army units together in a few stacks that I always kept near the centre of my Horde. The thinking here being that when I settled down the peasents would be more useful providing numbers than anything they could do in comabat, and the regular army units would be needed to garrison the cities I chose to settle down in.

I moved peacefully through some rebel lands and Lombardi before taking a left turn and crossing the alps into the western roman empire. I then attacked Meidolanieum (sp) Ravenna and Rome, timing the sieges to end similtaneously. The plan worked, although the Romans made a strong effort to relieve Ravenna.

Although Meidolanieum revolted a few turns later I've been able to take the cut off city of Tarentum, and eventually retake Meidolanieum, which essentially gives me all of Italy as a spring board to take Iberia and North Africa.

**Laman** · 10-05-2005, 06:46

Only just started a game with the Vandals, the first thing i did was goin west. I'm just outside the WRE's border at the Danube. Since the amount of non-horde units is relatively small I've planned to cross northern Italy and southern Gaul, and possibly sack one or more cities on the way, but avoiding battles that I don't have to fight, and then settle in Iberia, which should hopefully be more quiet and defendable than Italy. After making sure I can defend myself there, I will first invade Africa, and take Italy last. I'll let you know wether it works.

**Alexanderofmacedon** · 10-05-2005, 23:12

Welcome Lofman!

**Alexanderofmacedon** · 10-05-2005, 23:13

Welcome to the forums Lofman!

**Laman** · 10-06-2005, 06:42

My plan worked. I sacked Mediolanum and that town in Narbonensis on the way, and once in Iberia I managed with almost no trouble at all conquer all four cities. With an acceptable economy and a strong army, my invasion of Africa was unfortunately delayed due to an alliance I had with the ERE. When going the war against the Berbers, they and ERE signed an alliance before i could assault Tingi, forcing a peace, and I didn't feel like declaring war on them again so soon. Of the hordes the Sarmatians did come, but at that time all they had left was one almost full stack, and one very small stack, so they where promptly defeated. Currently fighting the WRE in southern Gaul, but I'm training an army that I will send directly to Carthage.

**Laman** · 10-07-2005, 06:26

Thanks for the welcome. Odd thing, your posts wasn't there yesterday.

**Craterus** · 10-08-2005, 20:57

Started a Vandal campaign round littlegannon's house yesterday and continued it today. We will be playing it whenever I go round there.

Anyway, we went for a slightly different route. Allied with the Huns, and sacked the Roxolani. Roxolani horde attacked some of our hordes as we left the town. Those two hordes were killed against the 4 Roxolani.

We continued south into the Sassanid territory, sacking as we went along. By Hatra, we decided to cut in and take Antioch. Very poorly fought siege here and lost an entire stack of men. Decided that settling sooner than later would be a good idea. Sieged Alexandria and settled. We then marched the faction leader across to take Cyrene and exterminated the population. Then sent armies across to Crete and Athens. Couldn't make it to Athens cos of pirates and had to turn back. When we eventually got there, we sieged and massacred.

Alexandria rebelled back to the ERE (tried to enforce Paganism

). In Athens, we built an army and sailed it over to take Ephesus. Began to fight the battle, but then I had to go, I only hope that we won. By taking Ephesus, we have a nice little trading square.

By wreaking havoc in ERE, the ERE rebels have appeared and taken almost half of their settlements, and we have caused them amjor problems.

Roxolani horde finally settled in the middle of modern day France and the Huns settled in south France. Goths went for Rome but were beaten and are now standing around with barely enough men (including horde units) to make a stack. The Allemanni and Saxons were wiped out. And the Celts are taking over Britain. More to come...

EDIT: Forgot to say, ERE have been entirely kicked off of Greece, apart from Salona which is looking very lonely over there...

Constantinople is being heavily guarded by a "Thracian Rebel" stack.

Sassanids have more territory than ERE now. Pretty cool.

**DukeofSerbia** · 10-15-2005, 09:47

Vandals are pretty good if you like strategy burn everything to the ground.

I send my diplomats to Sarmatians and sighn alliance and same I do with Goths. My armies moved to the south (on Constantinepoles). In 3rd turn Huns destroyed Roxolani (who became horde) and Roxolani then destroyed Sarmatians (who became horde) and Sarmatians attacked Goths. I choosed Sarmatian side. I had lucky because Huns attacked ERE in Caucaus in 6th turn and in 7th they attacked Sassanids (I can't imagine what they did them).
I send spy forward and with diplomat I bribed few more diplomats. Assasin went with my faction leader. Armies movement - two went forward, two guard rear and faction leader and heir in the middle. Always put armies on bridges. My armies came to Thrace and I blackmailed ERE - 20 000 denarii in two turn. They refused. Faction leader besieged Constantinopoles, heir guard rear, one army was on border (because Roxolanii moved around) and three went to Macedonia and Achae. I sacked all three cities and earned 40 000. In way I destroyed few ERE armies. Then I sacked WR Rebels in Salona and besieged Sirmium with my best troops (ERE had full stuck in Sirmium but they waited 9 turns). I had 60 000. Whole Balkan held Rebels...

I hired few mercs units, sighned alliance with Sassanids and Roxolani who sacked WRE (Noricum and Pannonia) and invade Italy. Rome, Ravenna and Mediolanum are under sieges. WRE seek truce (4 000 denarii in 3 turns)...

**Dagobert II** · 10-22-2005, 02:56

Hey all;

Started a Vandal campaign as well; so far it is great fun.
I first moved west to attack Iberia and sacked a cluster of
Barbarian cities east of Vicus Franki for extra coin, and thrust
directly past the WRE barrier past the Pyrenees. They naturally
sent a detachment to follow the Horde, but I served them a
sweet defeat east of Arles. Then I laid siege to Tarracco, Corduba,
and Carthago Nova. Tarraco fell, and then I met a reversal sieging
Carthago Nova. Corduba fell, but the populace was not pleased.
I was getting low on coin, so I moved a stack north, and sacked
Arles, leaving those poor folks in the bronze age. WRE sent an
emmissary seeking a ceasefire, and I argued the fall of Carthago Nova.
Fortunately, I received some elite units, and ~10000 gold. I redoubled
my efforts, abandoned Arles as per the treaty, and attacked
Samarobriva. WRE sent their lapdogs the Berbers to attack Corduba,
but their reversal left a condition of ceasefire as well. FF>> I am
allied with the Sarmatians inhabiting the Aquitane, and I have
taken Aquincum as a base to retake "the horn..."

Oh, I love the smell of a Horde in the morning.