OOC Thread

[The Celtic Viking]

Well, yes, they're a faction. But as far as the rules are concerned, we're always at war with them and there is no mention that they are a 'special' faction. I might be just arguing semantics here, but it is not in the rules and it should be if we are to stick by it. I understand there was a previous game like this one and that might have been the rule there. If we still want to use that rule, then it has to be written, it can't just be assumed.

You're kind of correct yet incorrect at the same time, I think, if that even makes sense. We can't be at peace with them unless we had modded the files so that we started out that way, and then at our first war we could never sign peace again anyway. To exploit this would not be fair, and in any case, the rule that johnhughthoum quoted does imply that, if he uses any non-private unit, we must declare war on that settlement before he can attack it. This also implies that the enemy status against the eleutheroi faction is not the same as an enemy status against any other faction, as there is no need to declare war on any specific Seleukid settlement (for example) before you can attack it.

If the Basileus forbids entering an Eleutheroi province then players can always turn towards the Chancellor who could declare war on them. This will of course create tensions between the Basileus and the Chancellor but I think that is only good for the game.

This does make the Chancellor's power #7 superfluous though, doesn't it?

(7) Can declare war on any faction who have an army in a Ptolemaioi province.

I have a question about army size. Right now only the Polemarchos may lead 16 units in battle. How is the Basileus leading that huge army then? I didn't see anywhere in the rules that the Basileus and/or heir are exempt from this rule.

The Basileus doesn't have any cap on how many units he can command and is obviously not affected by the powers or penalties of positions that he doesn't hold. Since it's listed as a power it wouldn't affect me even if I was the Polemarchos, because I am also the Basileus, and the Basileus' power is greater. It's kind of like "with a car, you can travel to the end of this continent. But you also have a boat, so you can travel even further!" If it had been a penalty, I'm not 100% sure, but I'd assume that the Basileus' powers would still nullify it, since it is the higher position.

Regardless of that, though, for said reasons none of this is relevant to the current situation, though I'd like confirmation for future reference.