The Will of the Senate - Out of character thread V

[Dutch_guy]

It's a full stack, I think, and now being exclusively composed of Romans/Italians is pretty hardcore. It's just that it could not really cause that much trouble in the long run when the Senate have eight such stacks back in Europe.

Oh I wasn't planning on actually taking Rome or anything like that, the 1 :8 (give or take) ratio doesn't quite sound that appealing, but since when does a Roman look and act in the long run -heh.

[econ21]

One thing I was thinking about is starting another RTW mod PBEM. In the MTW2 test thread there seems agreement that the "feudal" system you've developed makes for a slow game, so how about running a more conventional system in another game? Perhaps using the royal and non-royal idea I talked about in the MTW2 test thread.

I was thinking maybe a BI game using gothmod or Invasio Barbarorum, perhaps re-uniting the Roman Empire again, this time as the ERE? I know you want to do an EB game as well Simon, but are waiting for 1.0 to come out. For that matter, anyone have a clue when RTR 7.0 is due? Its been "soon" for about 6 months now....

Both a M2TW and an EB PBM are going to happen soon - within weeks for the former and a month or two for the latter. I've just posted some simple ideas for a WotSII type PBM for M2TW that I think would be unproblematic. EB players want to go with the current version 0.8, after a minor patch (not 1.0). It looks like it may not be a Roman one - perhaps Greeks or a less conventional faction.

The question is whether there is room for a third new PBM. Personally, I would be interested in a BI game using gothmod or Invasio Barbarorum. But would enough other players? If you want to pursue this idea, you could start a new thread.

I personally can't get enough of the Romans, so I would be happy to join an ERE campaign. I'd like to keep it to the traditional "succession" type model though - I think there's only room for one WotS type game with deliberations and votes etc. I can't recall how long generals live in BI, but I think we played proper reigns in the WRE epic and reigns were epic, but manageable (just - someone suggested we play on after unificaton and an exhausted TinCow was aghast at the idea). I'd even prefer not to delegate battles, so as to keep up momentum and pace.

[Mount Suribachi]

Well, I was thinking of a more in-between game. The MTW2 rules for HRE are still a bit too complicated for my liking. My ideal would be a game with a hereditary ruler, but battles still parcelled out to other players.

[econ21]

My ideal would be a game with a hereditary ruler, but battles still parcelled out to other players.

That would be fine by me. My inclination is to finalise the M2TW PBM first - the rules and the playlist. Then we can see if it is still to complex for you and whether there are enough players who could commit to the kind of PBM you are proposing.

[Tamur]

Actually, I’m waiting for the HOF results. Thought I’d missed the votes as they were “meant” to be finalised over Christmas but I see that they polls haven’t opened yet.

We just got the last of the knots worked out and Tosa should be posting the HoF voting threads very soon.

[econ21]

Good write-up of the battle for Rome, GeneralHankerchief! I will see if I can dig out some screenshots to illustrate it later tonight.

PS: In case any WotS veterans have missed it, we are starting up the successor MT2W PBM today - "King of the Romans" (that title rather makes it sound like Servius won afterall ).

[Lucjan]

Well, he did survive. No telling what hand he or his children had in Roman history afterwards. We ended our part of the chronicle with the civil war.

[GeneralHankerchief]

We'll see about that. Marcellus still has one last story to tell.

[Lucjan]

Hey now, that doesn't mean you can just go ahead and kill him off. Something like that requires a cooperative work.

[GeneralHankerchief]

I promise to leave the ending ambiguous.

[flyd]

Hey now, that doesn't mean you can just go ahead and kill him off. Something like that requires a cooperative work.

Ok, do you want to cooperate on a work in which Servius dies?

[Braden]

To be honest, a dramatic suicide seems more fitting.

[Lucjan]

Ok, ok, ok. Everybody with ideas on what you want to happen to Servius, send me a pm. We'll talk.