Best Campaign

[Telys]

I started one of these a long time ago. Hopefully this one will work just as well.

Post some screens of your best, favorite or any campaign you want. Explain whats going on little bit and so on and so forth, and if enough people start posting we'll be able to share startegies, help someone in trouble, or just see how other people play the game.

[Telys]

I'll start I guess.



I had Macedon as a protectorate, but somehow they broke the alliance.
That was early in the campaign. I've progressed slightly since then.



It's twenty some odd years after the other picture. I'm at war with most my neighbors, if not all of them. Egypt is dead, Numidia took there homelands. The Seleucids are my biggest threat. They have the largest military and the most territories right now. My best General. I've never had this title before. He's on his way to Rome to finish off the senate and the Julii. Hopefully he wont die before then.

I'll try and post some battles later.

[mrdun]

Sweet campaign.

[Paradox]

Awesome campaign Telys, it's almost like every world power is against you. I might be able to post my Carthaginian campaign later.

[Barbarian]

I have the english version too, but this screenshot is from the russian version of RTW.
Not the best campaign, but the one which I played last. Met the victory conditions 10 turns ago, have 52 provinces now. I am at war with almost everyone too, only Scythia and Dacia are neutral, but they are minor powers, and will soon perish. I have no allies, because I can afford to fight with all the world myself, and all other factions have formed an alliance against me.

Don't be amazed by the small amount of money I have - only around 100 000 for such a huge empire. That's because I do not collect the money, but invest it. I have an income around +60 000 each turn, but after I build something in each settlement, it has all been used.

Now, the civil war is close to it's ending (Scipii have large territory, but few settlements). Have a look: Brutii now live in Egypt, Scipii- in Africa. And they dare to call themselves "romans"!?! They even haven't seen Rome!

There are quite a few factions left, because the small ones have been destroyed by rising empires. It is clear that Julii will have to fight with Egypt to decide which empire will have the total control of all known world.

In army screen you can see my usual composition of legions. The number of siege weapons and cavalry may be different, though depending on the task that will be given for the legion.

[Telys]

Thats a nice campaign there. The war with Egypt will definetely be a long one. Good luck with taking the rest of the world. Post some updates later if you can.

[Barbarossa82]

I'll start I guess.



I had Macedon as a protectorate, but somehow they broke the alliance.
That was early in the campaign. I've progressed slightly since then.



It's twenty some odd years after the other picture. I'm at war with most my neighbors, if not all of them. Egypt is dead, Numidia took there homelands. The Seleucids are my biggest threat. They have the largest military and the most territories right now. My best General. I've never had this title before. He's on his way to Rome to finish off the senate and the Julii. Hopefully he wont die before then.

I'll try and post some battles later.

That's a mighty fine mini-mod you seem to be using

[Hound of Ulster]

nice work with the Greek Cities Telys.

[Quirinus]

I'll start I guess.



I had Macedon as a protectorate, but somehow they broke the alliance.
That was early in the campaign. I've progressed slightly since then.



It's twenty some odd years after the other picture. I'm at war with most my neighbors, if not all of them. Egypt is dead, Numidia took there homelands. The Seleucids are my biggest threat. They have the largest military and the most territories right now. My best General. I've never had this title before. He's on his way to Rome to finish off the senate and the Julii. Hopefully he wont die before then.

I'll try and post some battles later.

Whoa. I've never seen Egypt destroyed and the Seleucids triumphant before, when I'm not actually playing the Seluecids. o.O By Numidia no less!

About your king: great guy..... what traits did you gain to get the 'Avenger' epithet? And your traits are all positive.... I always get at least some bad traits like Poor Farmer or Useless Assessor.

Nice campaign.



I think my best game was with the Brutii. My faction leader even got the trait 'Virtus', a step up from 'Good Honest Roman' (I think), which gave him the epithet 'Augustus'-- his name became 'Tiberius Augustus'. How cool is that? But then I popped off one too many Germanic princes, and his epithet got changed to 'the Killer' right before he bought the farm (or the Latifunda, or the Great Estates.... ;) )

Though now that game has gone to seed with widespread corruption and a streak of madness running through the family. As amusing as the description for 'Deranged' may be ('There are some who say that this man speaks like a deranged rock ape. The rock apes will take offence at this slur.'), seeing a once-great administrator neglect his duties to drown spiders ("....you treacherous little buggers...mutter....") in vinegar or the great conqueror of the Balkans whimpering about 'the Great Wine Pressing', is not amusing in the least.

[Telys]

Yea, I'm using the vbm mod so egypt tends to not spread very far or die most of the time. My leader got a trait called avenger, and I'm guessing thats what gave him the title. The trait description says something about sweeping across enemies land leaving a trail of destruction or ruin, something like that. He did have one bad trait in that picture, it's towards the bottom of the list traits he had gained along the years, useless assessor. Now though, he has gotten old, his title changed, he is a plague bearer and he became minion .


I was trying to get him the great title, but i dont think he has enough time left for that. So I've started on a new general.



I gave him pretty much an invincible army. Hopefully he will take all of asia minor, and then some.

Some screens of the battle


I had more screens but they came out horrible, so that is all I have of this battle.

The Seleucids have been sending all there armies my way. I wasnt really prepared for that, but I've been holding up rather well. Carthage has started reclaiming there homelands now that the scipii are dead. The julii are almost dead. They anly hold caralis. Dacia has been attacking less and less, I think they are running out of men. I think germania is going to attack soon.

That's a mighty fine mini-mod you seem to be using

Yes it is. I've made a few changes to the mod though, mostly just recruiting. I've noticed there is a problem with sardis though. It wont expand past it's original level no matter how large the population get, a little frustrating when playing as the seleucids.

[Quirinus]

Oh.... I see. What does the 'vbm mod' do? I see that it changes some city names too..... I don't recall Pella being the city in Macedonia.

On-topic, lol, your faction leader likes it in the butt. Still much better than my faction heir in one of my Egyptian games though. He has the trait 'Arse'. xD Is it just me, or do the Egyptians get these 'Minion' traits more often?

Doros the Brave doesn't sound too bad...... It sounds better than 'the Avenger', at any rate. :P I only got a 'the Great' epithet once when I was playing the Parthians, and were owning the infantry-heavy factions against overwhelming odds. But then it quickly got replaced by 'the Horseman'. I don't understand the logic of these things. One would think that being called 'the Great' would be the ultimate title.

[Telys]

Oh.... I see. What does the 'vbm mod' do? I see that it changes some city names too..... I don't recall Pella being the city in Macedonia.

On-topic, lol, your faction leader likes it in the butt. Still much better than my faction heir in one of my Egyptian games though. He has the trait 'Arse'. xD Is it just me, or do the Egyptians get these 'Minion' traits more often?

Doros the Brave doesn't sound too bad...... It sounds better than 'the Avenger', at any rate. :P I only got a 'the Great' epithet once when I was playing the Parthians, and were owning the infantry-heavy factions against overwhelming odds. But then it quickly got replaced by 'the Horseman'. I don't understand the logic of these things. One would think that being called 'the Great' would be the ultimate title.

I'm not sure exactly what it does, but i do know it makes it so brittania starts only in britannia so it takes a little while for them to expand, and it gives other factions like carthage, the seleucids etc a little extra push so they dont die so quickly. It also adds three settlemnts, one in asia minor for the seleucids, and two for carthage, one next to the city of carthage and the small island above caralis has a city. There are some other little changes that dont effect too much of the game.

The last couple of julii campaigns ive played, every single family member I had that stayed in a settlement for more than a couple years got the minion trait. I got angry so I quit the game. I've had the great title twice. Once in a greek campaign and one in a scipii campaign. In the scipii one I got it right before the general died.

[Samofrome]

Oh.... I see. What does the 'vbm mod' do? I see that it changes some city names too..... I don't recall Pella being the city in Macedonia.

In Alexander times, it was the captial of Macedonia.

[Barbarossa82]

Yes it is. I've made a few changes to the mod though, mostly just recruiting. I've noticed there is a problem with sardis though. It wont expand past it's original level no matter how large the population get, a little frustrating when playing as the seleucids.

You're right - another user pointed out that problem and I've released a corrected descr_strat file over in the mod subforum.

[Telys]

You're right - another user pointed out that problem and I've released a corrected descr_strat file over in the mod subforum.

Thanks for the info Barbarossa. I'll definetely check it out.

[anelious phyros]

I don't have any screen shots but a long time ago I had ordinary vanilla and I decided to play as Greek Cities. I took over all of greece and Dacia then the whole seleucid empire and part of egypt? I also gained a couple regions on italy. But then I uprgaded to EB then Roma Surrectum, and now XGM. But it was still pretty sweet.

[Quintus.JC]

Welcome back Quirinus .
Interesting stuff you got there, I'd never seen a faction migrantion with the Greeks. Their infantry moves too slow plus their starting position is somewhat excellent. Anyway it'll be interesting to see what happens next.

[Darkvicer98]

Nice campaign,Quirinus. I haven't seen anyone do the same thing as you by immigrating to the British Isles.

[WarMachine187]

This is was my first carthaginian campain.It was so much fun.

[Telys]

I see. If you're going for coastal cities pontis would definetely be a good target, seeing that they control the eastern half of the black sea. The only problem with holding coastal settlements is that you'll share your borders with many factions which will probably want those cities eventually, which will lead to many enemies on multiple fronts.

Well, I had to start a new campaign. I decided to go with the greeks again. I tried something new this time and abandoned everything except sparta and rhodes. Surpisingly I only lost money for about two turns. I formed an alliance with the romans and waited for macedon to attack, they did. Luckily a scipii army was in macedon territory, so now the romans are at war with macedon. I decided to see how far I can go with this alliance with the romans, probably not the best idea in the world.

I gave all of the roman houses, including the senate, military access. Then the following turn demanded access in return. Surprisingly they accepted. I'm not sure how long this alliance will last. At the moment it seems to be a fairly stable situation.