1.0 Succession Game Discussion Thread

[EasternScourge]

I'm in the same boat as Xehh II.I won't be avaible for 3-4 days.Anyways,I'm fne with Carthage,though prepare for me to mess up as I have yet to play as them in EB.Now,what will we do for rules and such concerning ruling cities?Does the faction leader control the building,or would the governor choose the buildings (I assume armies are still under the faction leader control).

Also,are we going to use those civil-war ideas I sent you a while back, or are not going to do that.I'm assuming we will discuss this all and more though.

[Bootsiuv]

Now,what will we do for rules and such concerning ruling cities?

I was thinking, that since we'll probably have almost enough characters for everyone at the start, governors will choose buildings in their provinces.

This sounds complicated, but the council could determine which provinces deserve what % of the treasury, and then the governors could decide what should be built in their provinces.

Armies recruited in lands with Type I and II gov's will be under the Shophets control. Armies recruited in lands with Type III and IV gov's will be controlled by the governor i.e. he tells the player by pm where he wants the army in his land to go.

Governors can declare war on armies encroaching on their territory without permission from the council, but armies invading foreign lands are controlled by the council, and the leading general will be chosen by the Shophet.

I plan on taking ideas I like from everyone and drawing up a constitution, so everyone knows what they can and cannot do.

As for the civil war, it might be a little ahistorical for Carthage, as they never really experienced a civil war as such, only revolting mercenaries.

All ideas are possible though. I'd like to hear some of your guys' ideas....

[Xehh II]

So, is Carthage set? I don't think I would do well as Carthage.

[Bootsiuv]

It isn't set per se, but we will have to come to a conclusion in the next 72 hours, and I think most people have said that Carthage is acceptable.

Why would you not do well? I think you should give it a whirl. Carthage is pretty good. We would just have to try and avoid an eary war with Romani....maybe I'll make you a governor of an island so you won't be messed with.

Here's a question for you guys....what do you think about playing on the BI.exe? It's no big deal if the majority don't want to, but it makes for a more interesting game with the increased naval invasions.

[pezhetairoi]

Hmm, BI.exe. has screwed up my game muchly (see the roman_forts thread in the bug reports). RomeTW gives me the most stable gameplay, and I would go for RTW.exe. For the record, I'm perfectly okay with the Qarthadastim. If it comes down to assigning of governorships, do give me Trinakrie ;-) I'll be wanting a shot at them Romani with the Syrakousiai Hoplitai and assorted other units.

[Spoofa]

no way man! Hamilicar is mine for the taking!

[Poulp']

Carthage's fine with me.
As is playing any character.

I have a few questions too.

Does someone know how Carthage's government worked ? Historically speaking.
From what I recall, it was a republic with the same kind of governement than Rome (a house of elected rich citizenry I mean)
Knowing a bit more should help me to get in the mood.

What will be the unit size ? Can game options be changed from one computer to another ? (screen size, graphic details, etc...)

Who should play the inter turn battles ? If I remember correctly, there had been problems with this in the Council of KH.

I propose a house rule: when the faction leader reach age 50 and/or he settles to go to war in person, we should hold an election to choose the heir among the best candidate at that time (sure, a lot of in game characters will be pissed, but, hey that's politics)

Another proposition, if a in-forum character turns out to be a compassionate governor, concerned with the welfare of his subjects, he might get some traits representing this in-game.
Or, you can turn it the other way around, an in-game warmonger should be role played accordingly on the forum.

that's all for now

I have yet to dl the 1.0 version, I'm still busy with cleaning my CPU and making space on my HD

I might cancel myself out if I see my CPU is lagging me to death

[Xehh II]

Here's a question for you guys....what do you think about playing on the BI.exe? It's no big deal if the majority don't want to, but it makes for a more interesting game with the increased naval invasions.

I don't have BI.

Quisque est barbarus alio.

What does that mean?

[Strategos Alexandros]

"Everyone is a barbarian to someone"

[pezhetairoi]

Hamilcar is MINE! Heyy. We could have a civil war all by ourselves over this. ;-)