Broken Crescent Hotseat: Commanders of the Faithful

[Ramses II CP]

Ayyubids are up!

http://www.mediafire.com/file/jwwmqg2dg2y/BC-29-09.zip

Who should I pm at this point?

[phonicsmonkey]

I don't think the AI has an org account

Ramses, I tried to dl the file to switch the Ayyubids to AI control but I can't seem to get it from mediafire - the page just hangs and says 'processing download request', but the dl never starts

any chance you could reupload using the org pbm uploader?

[Ramses II CP]

Hmm, I can re-UL it tomorrow. It downloads okay from mediafire for me; I don't mind using the Org uploader, it's just more of a hassle.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

hi all,

Banzai is not returning, so we need to decide what to do with the Ayyubids. It's not fair on TheFlax to expect him to keep subbing, and not fair on the rest of the players to have a faction which is passed around a group of subs.

I would prefer a human player replacement, but I have exhausted my (small) list of contacts - does anyone know someone who wants to take over?

If we can't find someone by the time their next turn is up I'll switch the faction to AI control.

Likewise, I'm waiting for a pm from 00jebus to find out when he is coming back - I last heard from him on the 8th Jan, but he wasn't clear. If he hasn't replied by the time the next Shah turn is up, I'll switch the faction to AI control.

phonicsmonkey, You asked me before whether I want to take Ayyubids and that time I had a feeling that I can't play it. But things have changed a little bit so perhaps I could permanently play them?? No need to switch them to AI.

I probably need their password if I am allowed to play them though.

[phonicsmonkey]

Welcome to the game Ibn-Khaldun!

We'd love to have you take over the Ayyubids..I have asked one of TheFlax or Zim to pm you the password and a quick status report. Check the first post in the thread for the game rules and for the game history..there's a war going on and an offer on the table from rossahh that hopefully he'll give you a turn to consider...other players may also be in touch.

[rossahh]

Ok, the Ayyubids get (at least) 1 turn off.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Ok, the Ayyubids get (at least) 1 turn off.

Good to hear! But this all sounds like I'm ... well... already doomed!

Anyway, rossahh I would like to know what is that offer.

[rossahh]

It's in the bottom of the court thread but here it is again anyway.

Previously we offered you terms for peace which you ignored. We will offer again, but with the terms matching your decline in military power. We offer you an immediate ceasation of hostilities. If you agree, then Qahira and Bilbeis will be returned after 5 turns have expired. The rest of the captured settlements remain under the control of the Kingdom. The Sultanate is to pay reparations of 2000 florins per turn, until Bilbeis and Qahira are returned.

FYI out of the Ayyubids starting provinces I've taken Gaza, Aqaba, Bilbeis, Qahira, Damascus, Homs and Damyut. The offer basically means I keep Gaza, Aqaba and Damyut and you get Qahira (your largest city) and Bilbeis (your largest castle) if you can scrounge 10,000 florins.

[phonicsmonkey]

Zim has nominated this game for the Best Hotseat Campaign award in the Org HOF awards. Thanks Zim!

I have nominated rossahh and askthepizzaguy for the Best PBM writeup award, for their entries in our story thread.

Don't miss the chance to vote for our game and our players when the polling opens!

[Ibn-Khaldun]

The (doomed) Khwarezm Shah is up (00jebus)

http://www.mizus.com/pbm/BC-29-10.rar

[navarro951]

any faction still available? finally got my MTW2 to work with my new graphics card (its a beut). Lemme know thanx!

[phonicsmonkey]

hey navarro951, thanks for your interest! you just missed out on the Ayyubids but I will put you at the top of the reserve list and let you know if anything comes up..keep watching the game!

[navarro951]

haha sure thing im all up to date read all the history of the turns and what not ill keep a close eye, thanks!

[phonicsmonkey]

yay, someone outside the game reads my turn updates!

vote for us in the Org HOF awards!

[navarro951]

o sure thing ill do that now, from the looks of it this game deserves it.

[00jebus]

*shocked*

I'm not dead yet?... done

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4355

[Merlox123]

ahh did i miss my turn?

[phonicsmonkey]

nope, deguerra is next, and then you

[Zim]

Thanks to hefty security bonuses for your faction leader Samarqand is pretty much immune to spies and sieging a settlement with multiple generals in it is something of a waste.

I suppose I could have offed the Shah while you were gone but that would be kind of lame.

*shocked*

I'm not dead yet?... done

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4355

[phonicsmonkey]

I took the liberty of subbing for Oman

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4367

[phonicsmonkey]

Sorry for the double post but polling has now opened for the Best Hotseat Campaign award.

So, any lurkers or fans of this game, please vote for us!

The turn deadline for ERE is up in 12 hours or so - if Merlox misses it I'll have to skip the turn - too many delays recently!

[TheFlax]

I'm ready to play my turn at your signal.

[phonicsmonkey]

hi all, please enjoy my Turn 30 update:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

- The Caliph declares a jihad on the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Eastern Roman Empire.

- The Imamate of Oman and Arabia and the Ayyubid Sultanate declare their support for the Caliph's jihad.

- The Kingdom of Jerusalem is defiant in the face of the Caliph's declaration.

- The Eastern Roman Empire's pleas for peace and attempts at negotiation are dismissed by the Caliph, prompting a defiant statement from the Emperor Nevolous.

- In the opening exchange of hostilities, the former Byzantine Emperor Alexius ambushes an invasion force led by the Caliph's Crown Prince Az-Zahir and is slain.

- The Roman Emperor appears to surrender to the Ayyubids, with his capital under siege, and the Eastern Roman Empire becomes the Protectorate of Konstantinopolis. But not before he strikes back against the Caliphate invasion force, killing Crown Prince Az-Zahir and two of the Caliph's lesser generals.

- The Caliphate mourns the death of Az-Zahir.

- Seljuk armies sweep into Anatolia, seizing Cilician Armenia from the Kingdom of Jerusalem, and taking several formerly Turkish territories from the ERE.

- Caliphate forces cross the Euphrates, taking Aleppo and Antioch from the KoJ.

- The Ayyubid invasion force withdraws from their siege of Constantinople onto their waiting fleet, and in a bitterly ironic disaster, are sunk by pirates.

- Emboldened by this twist of fate, the ERE fights on, taking Ani and Dvin in the former territory of Georgia from the Caliphate.

- After some conflicting orders which confuse some of its soldiers, the Kingdom of Jerusalem repels the Ayyubid invasion of its lands and seizes Aqaba, Bilbeis and Al-Qahira, slaying the Great Salahuddin himself, before offering a peace treaty.

- The Caliph urges Egypt to fight on.

- In a surprising development, the Rajputs arrive in the Levant and attack the Kingdom of Jerusalem, having travelled vast distances with their war elephants.

- Having received no response to their offer of peace, the Kingdom of Jerusalem defeats the largest of the remaining Ayyubid armies at Gaza, and offers another peace treaty.

A lot has happened in the last five turns!

[rossahh]

Great summary phonics, but your signature needs a changin. We're not actually voting for Broken Crescent: Commanders of the faithful but rather phonicsmoneky (or ATPG or Merlox). Weird.

[phonicsmonkey]

Great summary phonics, but your signature needs a changin. We're not actually voting for Broken Crescent: Commanders of the faithful but rather phonicsmoneky (or ATPG or Merlox). Weird.

Well, that is the weird thing, because the award is 'Best Hotseat Campaign', and in the nominations thread (which has now disappeared) it was pretty clear that people were nominating the games themselves, and not the organisers per se...hence my comment in the polling thread

I guess the way they set up the awards they have to have one guy who receives it...and for the hotseat campaign that's the organiser.

In my view the whole game has been nominated (it's the concept and all the players that make it a good campaign, not just my humble efforts)...so the sig stays.

[phonicsmonkey]

Sorry Merlox, I had to skip your turn to keep the game moving along.

We've had too many delays recently, everyone, let's get this game going again!

Georgia is up!

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4379

[TheFlax]

KoJ:

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4383

[rossahh]

All done. The Ayyubids token attempt to retake Bilbies was repulsed, though we did not seek retribution on Alexandria or Luxor due to our one turn cease fire. Now you guys can never say that I'm not peaceful.


https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4386



Is anyone's faction leader NOT called the Watcher or the Killer by now?

[_Tristan_]

Yes, the Ghorid one..

[phonicsmonkey]

Sweljuks are up!

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4387

rossahh, my guy is called 'The Tyrant' - does that count?

I busted into Homs and slew your northern army - also took Hama