Scipii in Egypt vh/vh

[Severous]

Hi

This campaign starts in 258BC. The Scipii have already relocated to Africa and taken the Nile Valley. Mark Anthony and Cleopatra perhaps have joined forces under the Roman Scipii banner? Two Egyptian regions remain.

This Vh/Vh campaign is on large unit scale. No mods. Vanilla RTW V1.5

I plan to play a long campaign and post a few pictures every now and then.


Constraints:

- Always follow senate missions

- Never attack another faction (unless senate mission) or already at war.

- Always offer peace after capturing a region

Im glad the Egyptian faction doesnt want to be friends. Will be nice to get rid of this threatening stack.


The Egyptian chariots are the main threat. Chariot Generals are both archers and melee cavalry that will own any cavalry it comes into contact with. We shot them to death.



Without archers the Egyptian chariots can be deadly. Lost more men here than in the bigger previous battle.

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In this shot we have already assaulted and captured the town plaza. Just mopping up the Egyptian reinforcements who cant get into their own city as ive captured all the gates. Pirates about to throw their harpoons.

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Soon after the Egyptians made a ceasefire. So I couldnt attack their last city - Sidon. Ive got an army in a fort nearby ready to go. Just need an excuse to go to war.

And the Senate obliges. My new mission...blockade Sidon. Yes.

A fleet can do it straight away. That puts us at war with Egypt.


...which is my excuse to assault Sidon. Five chariot generals. Interesting...


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Senate missions so far completed:
- Blockade Messana. Caused war with Greece but they immediately accepted a ceasefire.
- Capture Salamis (Cyprus). This continued war with Egypt and provided the harpoon throwing shot above.
- Blockade Rhodes. War with Greece again.
- Blockade Sidon. Allowed war again with Egypt.
- Capture Palmyra. Rebel owned. Thats my current mission.

Hope there are some RTW readers still here...

[mrdun]

Sure is. Is it common for The Senate to "accept" your relocation?

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

Is it common for The Senate to "accept" your relocation?

Yep, the senate don't complain and they usually adapt their missions to suit the new location if the player decides to take an unusual path.

BTW, good start Severous!

[mrdun]

Does the Senate not give you missions to take back the provinces you left? or do you give them away not have them captured?
Curiosity killed the cat.

[Severous]

Hello goldendunner

I downloaded this campaign with the Scipii already relocated to Egypt. Not sure how the player did it but I see SPQR has the old Scipii captial of Capua. Greece has Messena. So a mix of gifts and leaving them undefended was the way he got rid of the old regions?

The first senate mission, with 4 turns left, when I took the game was blockade Messena. Its miles away from any Scipii region. There was a lone boat near enough to do the blockade. But when the mission was assigned Scipii may have had regions nearby it Italy?

Since that initial mission every subsequent one has been close to me. All have been achieveable. It does seem to like Rhodes. After the capture of Palmyra I was again given missions to blockade Rhodes, and then a mission to capture it.
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This is my current mission. Capture Rhodes. Troops from Palmyra/Sidon are on ship and sail near Cyprus on their way westwards to Rhodes.



In that shot the governor of Salamis, dressed in green, has jumped onto the passing ship. He has been given four good retinue from the ageing faction leader. He leaves three retinue with the leader..as shown...two he already has...and the Egyptian turncoat is of no further use as Eqyptians are no more. The Governor will jump off the ship and walk back to Salamis. The ship will head west.

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@Omanes Alexandrapolites

In an earlier Brutii campaign I allowed regions to deliberately rebel. The senate gave me an additional mission to recapture them. At one time I had three missions of the go..a regular one, a recapture one, and a transgression on an ally one. No sign of that here...then Im not about to let any of these regions rebel.

[mrdun]

Hey not a bad start to an AAR, simple but not boring don't feel pressurised be me to keep writing, that way you will surely lose interest AND NOBODY WANTS THAT!

Thanks for the info.