"Horns of the Bull" Out Of Character thread

[Braden]

Hi guys,

The house rules stipulate that you play "by Reign", we have encountered difficulties with this faction though...mainly that the faction members are all young(ish). This means we've been unable, so far, to abide by one of the other rules (as mentioned by Yakobu) but the rules are flexible and so am I

Tricky, if you want to put your faction leader into the thick of fighting....that's your call entirely. The benefit in the early game of having a heavy cavarly unit of significant numbers can't be underestimated. I used my faction leader constantly until his 78th and final birthday. Romans still didn't get him though!

As to game plan - Numidia seems a viable target as a small army can crush most of their much weaker armies (5-6 infantry unit + 3-4 cavalry). Just as long as you've got enough to hold the cities you take. Just watch the Numidian missle cavalry as they are remarkably resilient in hand to hand against your cavalry I've found.

This thread is here for players to ask help, assistance or just general questions so keep us posted on your developments and if you need help don't be shy

Have fun above all else.

Gaulgath - you're "in" now. take a seat and don't wait up....could be a long wait.

[Tricky Lady]

Hello guys,

A short update status... I haven't played much yet I'll play eventually, but the coming days are going to become much busier than anticipated (am buying an appartment + stupid work )

So I was wondering if someone else is ready to play right now. If this is the case perhaps I can be moved down the list a bit... Just asking this as I know that when the PBM pace slows down a little when someone doesn't play for one week or more, the PBM is sometimes forgotten by other players...

Braden, can you move me down the list if there's another taker for the next reign? Sorry for being so annoying

[econ21]

I think PBMs are re-entering a dry-patch, with people getting preoccupied with other things. It might be best to forget about formal lists and just have Braden try to fix up the current player and the next in line.

AFAIK, the old list was:

Braden
Yakobu
Tricky_Lady
TinCow
Menelmacar
Zomby_Woof
Simon_Appleton
Mount_Surbibachi
Dutch_Guy

So it seems TinCow could be bumped up above Tricky_Lady. He posted in the WRE thread that he is getting over his Oblivion craze, so he's probably available.

I would suggest PMing Gaulgath to see if he would be willing to take the turn after TinCow. He volunteered in this thread and since he recently did a turn in the Seleucid PBM he should be reliable. Glaucus also wanted in, but I'm still waiting to hear if he is going to take up the now vacant slot on the Seleucid PBM that he volunteered for.

Most of the other players in the list either pulled out of recent PBMs or have not finished their write-ups for them. They, like Tricky_Lady can always post again when they are ready.

I'm still willing and available.

[Braden]

Simon, trying to stay with the list but I'm sure we'll get to you.

Have Pm'd TinCow, we'll see if he's available. Shame you couldn't make much of a go of it Tricky_lady. Any chance of ensuring the available .sav file is the most current?

Gaulgath will be Pm'd if TinCow cannot take over.

[TinCow]

Good thing I checked in. Sure, I suppose I can play it. I'm still not quite over my Oblivion addiction, but I can take a day or two out help move this along.

Qs:
Should I be playing from where Trick_Lady left off should I play from Yakobu's save?
Do we want to impose a temporary 'reign' time limit due to the young age of the faction leader?

[Tricky Lady]

I think you better just take Yakobu's .sav file....

[YAKOBU]

Hi everyone

My initial reign was very short so I am happy to share the reign of this leader if allowed. If you agree then TinCow could play him to a certain age and I will take over.