House Rules

[CrazyGuy]

I've noticed this thread on the MTW Forum, but I don't think I've seen it here (apologies if it already exists). But what rules do you set yourself, i.e. are there some bugs that you've noticed but don't exploit?

The one rule i've adopted is very simple:

"I don't do anything that wouldn't be done in 'real' life'." So for example, I never let a town rebel just to gain exp/reduce population. Indeed, I spend a lot of energy preventing rebellions, as in history no governor would be allowed to encourage rebellion in his own province!

I would be interested to know what other people think and what other rules or checks they put on themselves?

[woad&fangs]

Welcome to the org. crazyguy The one house rule I play with is that I don't turn down marriage candidates for any reason. If adding another general to the payroll will bankrupt me and the candidate is 60 years old with all negative traits well then to bad for me. Who am I to stand in the way of true (digital)love.

[Bootsiuv]

Unless the dude is like 45 and your daughter is like 12....I turn those guys down...how many twelve year olds want an old dude?

I also don't build in any city without a governor. I have made exceptions to this rule once in a great while, but I try not to.

[gaiusjulii]

I have a few house rules which

1 not to break alliances not matter how much I want their lands.
2 only use the preatorians in the same stack as my faction leader as and my capital city sort of Royal Guard.
3 use urban cohorts in the cities only as police.
4. avoid using to much cavalry as a roman faction as a good 80% of their fighting was foot soldiers.

[I of the Storm]

When playing vanilla I stick to:

1. Senate missions have top priority.
2. Pacta sunt servanda, i.e. will never break alliances
3. Won't use unrealistic army compositions, no matter how tempting (ever tried an egyptian all-chariot stack on auto-calc?)
4. Never ever ever use the red line as flank protection

[rvg]

When playing a Roman faction I always occupy cities belonging to Hellenic and Roman factions, enslave Egyptian/Parthian/Carthaginian cities and exterminate barbarian cities.
As a Roman I use very little cavalry and not many archers.
As a Roman I try not to encroach on the turf of other Roman factions (i.e. I will not try to conquer Greece as a Julii)

I do not use diplomats to buy cities or armies (except for small rebels stacks).