The Will of the Senate PBM - out of character thread IV

**Braden** · 09-14-2006, 14:27

Originally Posted by econ21

I am not sure the Senate jumping in with both feet would improve matters.

- since when has that stopped Politicians?

M2:TW screenshots – I’ve never doubted it’ll look lush and fantastic…..I retain a healthy dose of sceptasism about game play until someone has actually got a copy though and played it.

What I can say tough is….that I really need a new computer! I’ve got M2:TW coming AND Company of Heros AND the new Warhammer Fantasy RTS…….I know for certain that the last two (that I know I want) will not run on my PC even if I do upgrade my gfx card….

**Lucjan** · 09-14-2006, 17:06

Thanks

. I'm trying to keep it as in character as I can. I'll try to get some better screenies next time though.

**Mount Suribachi** · 09-14-2006, 18:11

ooooh.....

**Dutch_guy** · 09-14-2006, 18:30

ooooh.....

Oh yeah, it does look good.

Makes me doubt if my pc is good enough, even though running rome on High seems to work

**Mount Suribachi** · 09-14-2006, 18:46

That was an "oooooh" said with a wince not with an "aaaahhh"

**Death the destroyer of worlds** · 09-14-2006, 20:38

Gaaaaaaawwwwdd

I just gotta share this with you guys. I've been playing a H/VH campaign trying to catch up with the PBeM from the start. All nice and peaceful mostly, not even had a war with Carthage (alough the irritating bastards landed a half-stack army with elephants near Rome, and they've been stuck there for 15 years already). Booted out Greece from Italy (Pyrrhus immediately took ship for Greece), and got alliances with the Germans, Iberians, Pontus and then Illyria, whom I was keeping an eye on, also asks for an alliance.

By far the greatest threat on H/VH is Macedon, they are truly murderous. As usual, they wiped Greece of the map and became uberpowerful.

So I see the Illyrians are down to two cities (Segestica and Appolonia) and at war with Macedon and under siege by the Thracians. I move in my consular army to Segestica and together with the Illyrians wipe the Thracians (so hard, they even sued for peace afterwards - I really love those allied battles). Then I conquer Delmatia and Salona from Macedon and give them back to Illyria. With my back covered, I make the daring move of laying siege to Pella. Macedon and I fight it out in a very tough battle (they had 3 units of hypaspitai and I was outnumbered, and to top it off, my general got himself stuck somewhere after his first charge) and I sack the town. Now Macedon is truly pissed off. I run like crazy to the south, but Macedon catches up with me with a full stack of phalanx units and 1 good general, i.e. 1950 chaps !

And I won ! The biggest odds I ever faced on VH and I won, I only had 1100 chaps or so, half of them skirmishers or missile units. They immediately followed up with another attack, 900 versus 700 this time, which I won with ease.

Gosh, I still can't believe I pulled it off

The other interesting thing that happened was a unit of Gallic gaestate slaughtering 200 of my chaps (mostly principii) in a deep dark forest. These guys are truly nasty if you can't see what the hell you are doing.

**Lucjan** · 09-14-2006, 20:50

Yeah you have to watch those naked bastards..

Uh...well, you don't have to watch them..you just need to keep an eye on them to...

What I mean is don't let them out of your sight..

Or..dangit..

It sounds perverted now matter how you phrase it.

**Dutch_guy** · 09-14-2006, 21:31

Originally Posted by Mount Suribachi

That was an "oooooh" said with a wince not with an "aaaahhh"

Are you going soft on me, senator ?

**TinCow** · 09-15-2006, 00:17

I still think a semi-historically inaccurate English Parliament would make a great basis for a M2TW version of this same PBeM. The Will of the Parliament?