M2TW PBEMs possible?

**Amon_Zeth** · 11-12-2006, 04:43

I was reading some of the posts in the M2TW forums, and I saw that, apparently, the faction heir is the king's oldest son. I remember that one of the problems in the RTW PBEMs was that people had to play a set amount of turns, like 20 or so, instead of being able to play a king's entire reign before moving on to the next person. Since the mechanics of faction inheritance has been changed, perhaps there could be some M2TW PBEMs sometime soon, playing each king's reign just like in the first Medieval?

**Dutch_guy** · 11-12-2006, 11:07

Hello Amon_Zeth,

We have discussed the option of doing such a M2 PBM, and decided that we will start one in the future.
The thing is, however, that we wish to finish our current WotS PBM first. Too much time has gone into that to simply ignore it and let it die.

**econ21** · 11-12-2006, 13:06

My understanding of the turns/years thing is vague, but I believe that M2TW characters live as many turns as in RTW. The problem is that is a lot of turns - arguably too long for a PBM. The reigning player might get exhausted and everyone else may get be bored waiting. Hence the move from full reigns to 20 turns in RTW PBMs.

Having different players sequentially take on the role as the same king does weaken the role-playing aspect a bit but is not a killer. However, it might be a little problem for a "Will of the Senate" type game, where each player is permanently with a particular character. In that situation, you would have to "ignore" the fact that another character is the king (as we ignore the "faction leader" trait in the Will of the Senate game). You'd could say he was the king, but some other noble was the real power behind the throne (not uncommon in Medieval Europe). Or you might just pretend he's not really the King, as we might have to if we go with a HRE PBM with elected Emperors.

**Amon_Zeth** · 11-12-2006, 19:05

Alright, I see. Maybe there is some way to make M2TW make each turn add a year to the king's life, so that it moves quicker, so that you don't have kings that age super slow?

**Lucjan** · 11-13-2006, 22:25

I don't see why it'd be an issue to just ignore it. We had no problems whatsoever ignoring who was supposedly the faction ruler and faction heir in the WotS pbem, because everybody understood the Consul was elected and the 'faction heir' simply didn't matter as a trait.