The Will of the Senate - Out of character thread V

**econ21** · 12-06-2006, 17:56

OK, I've got both Braden and Tamur's orders - I will get back to you both with the end of turn situation asap. E-mail seems fine now btw.

**econ21** · 12-06-2006, 21:56

Braden requested a rough depiction of the situation at the end of turn 2. Given that units have not got into melee yet, fog of war is not a serious problem. So both sides can see that the situation looks roughly like this:

Please don't ask me to align unit x to fight unit y - I don't think a real Roman general would get into such a level of micromanagement (unless he was adjacent to unit x).

NB: slightly revised diagram from original post.

**TinCow** · 12-06-2006, 22:19

WOO! KICK HIS ASS SEABASS! Er... Numerius.

**econ21** · 12-06-2006, 22:55

Unfortunately, Numerius has gone down with a bad case of stomach cramps so it is all up to his former Tribune, Appius Barbatus to win the day! (It seemed unfair to get Tamur to do all the work and not (potentially at least) get the glory.)

I am hoping Glaucus uploads the savegame tonight as I am keen to play out turn 3 on the campaign map. With Servius making landfall, it's going to get very tactical on turn 4.

Unless the participants can assure me that they have successfully played a multiplayer RTRPE battle, I propose that in future, all "non-critical" battles be resolved in an AI vs AI custom battle. A critical battle will be defined as one where Servius could lose - ie where he does not clearly outmatch his opponent.

If the Ancrya battle works out, the umpired game mechanism could be used for critical battles. But I think we will work on the "reinforcing armies" principle - ie only one stack initially deployed; each other stack comes on - somewhat randomly (1/6 chance first turn, 2/6 chance second turn etc.) This may make the battles a little simpler at first and also add a fun element (when's backup arriving?!?).

If there is a really important battle not involving Servius, I may be persuaded to call it critical but the default position is let the AI call it.

**flyd** · 12-06-2006, 23:39

Well, I wouldn't like to give up on MP without actually trying it, mainly because I'm pretty sure it'll work just fine. Does anyone wish to conduct any tests?

**econ21** · 12-06-2006, 23:45

Originally Posted by FLYdude

Well, I wouldn't like to give up on MP without actually trying it, mainly because I'm pretty sure it'll work just fine. Does anyone wish to conduct any tests?

Not to preempt anything, but it looks at least plausible that Tiberius Coruncanius may soon get into a scrap with Quintus Naevius. Does Lucjan want to try out a MP battle with FLYdude? Or some other player on the Consular side?