Kingdoms Britannia Hotseat: These Sceptred Isles (completed, Nightbringer+ Myth won)

[Myth]

Scotland up.

[phonicsmonkey]

EDIT: oops, sorry, I'm 12 hours early

[phonicsmonkey]

ok now it's definitely a BUMP

[Ignoramus]

Sorry guys - did this yesterday and forgot to upload. No excuses for not doing so:

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=205&id=9895

[phonicsmonkey]

England

[Nightbringer]

Before I complete my turn, I must ask.

Why has the Kingdom of Scotland ceased its war with Norway? and why does it see fit to lie to England regarding the ownership of Perth and Edinburgh?

[phonicsmonkey]

Why has the Kingdom of Scotland ceased its war with Norway?

[Ignoramus]

Before I complete my turn, I must ask.

Why has the Kingdom of Scotland ceased its war with Norway? and why does it see fit to lie to England regarding the ownership of Perth and Edinburgh?

(I took Perth after messaging you - I forgot to ammend the message. WE offered peace to the Norse because we were on the verge of being conquered.)

[Nightbringer]

Hmm, why are did they agree to peace if they had you beat, and why do you have Edinburgh. It also seems rather insulting to England that as soon as we show up to the fight, you lay down yours arms.

England does not fight other peoples wars for them. We aid them in battle.
And doing this so soon after it became known that I was not attacking Ireland.

No, there is treachery afoot!
Admit your wrong-doing and return to war with the Norsemen and England will be merciful. Otherwise, we shall do what we must to protect the lives of our people!

[phonicsmonkey]

NB, stop fooling - we know about your pre-game deal with Ireland

[Nightbringer]

NB, stop fooling - we know about your pre-game deal with Ireland

Whats this now?
Who told you such rot?

[Myth]

It doesn't matter this game is won for us regardless.

[phonicsmonkey]

It doesn't matter this game is won for us regardless.

I hope the god of hotseats punishes you for your arrogance

[Nightbringer]

Given the lack of assurances from the king of scotland, england has had no choice but to take these events to mean they have joined forces with Norway. England has laid siege to Newcastle-upon tyre.

ireland up!
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[Myth]

The three Norwegian armies, plainly in view of our spies who have long since been occupying Glasgow and had even instigated a revolt versus the Norse oppressors, have been met with steel and subsequent nightly attacks by King Brian. In one moonless night the elite of Haakon's armies has been butchered, the battered remnants retreating back to the impoverished city of Glasgow.

Meanwhile, up in the north, while scouring the waters for any cunning Norse invaders, the capable admiral Cobthach has stormed and sunk the rag-tag fleet of fifty ships Scotland had mustered, with his own 350 cogs. Aboard the paltry Scottish fleet were their King accompanied with a ragged band of desparate men, no doubt aiming to sail for Ireland thinking her shores undefended and ripe for the plucking.

We warn you now that such thoughts are baseless, as our navies are strong and Ireland can spring up armies on a whim, all of which better armed and trained than yours. The Scottish King is now free to invade the Fomorii with his drowned army.

Scotland is up.

[phonicsmonkey]

Ouch.

[Ignoramus]

Really sorry guys that I haven't gotten to this yet, but I think it's pretty clear that we never stood a chance. Should I continue or should we just declare NB and Myth winners?

[phonicsmonkey]

Really sorry guys that I haven't gotten to this yet, but I think it's pretty clear that we never stood a chance. Should I continue or should we just declare NB and Myth winners?

I have never heard such rank defeatism! Why don't we just work out our alliances before the game and then decide the winners without even fighting?

[Ignoramus]

I have never heard such rank defeatism! Why don't we just work out our alliances before the game and then decide the winners without even fighting?

Sorry, but it does get to that point sometimes in the Britannia campaign. You ought to know that I'm normally the last person to lay down my arms. I can certainly get cracking on it.

Edit: I guess I'm just a bit sour at how no matter how well I negotiated in good faith with England that there was a secret deal from the beginning of the game for Ireland and England basically to team up and not even declare it in game. But that's diplomacy, and it happens, so I've got no hard feelings - just feeling a little less enthusiastic about fighting to the bitter end.

[phonicsmonkey]

Edit: I guess I'm just a bit sour at how no matter how well I negotiated in good faith with England that there was a secret deal from the beginning of the game for Ireland and England basically to team up and not even declare it in game. But that's diplomacy, and it happens, so I've got no hard feelings - just feeling a little less enthusiastic about fighting to the bitter end.

Yeah I'm sore about it too! We got hustled only knowing half the game.

Fair play to them, they locked it in good. Infuriating as it is, you have to love the secret deal. God knows i've made enough of them in my hotseat career.

[Nightbringer]

Yeah I'm sore about it too! We got hustled only knowing half the game.

Fair play to them, they locked it in good. Infuriating as it is, you have to love the secret deal. God knows i've made enough of the in my hotseat career.

They are very effective, but they can sometimes fall apart when it really comes down to it. Who knows, Myth might try to stab me in the back before things are done. I am fine with continuing or not though, as I think it is pretty clear that Myth and I's alliance has the upper-hand.

Concerning the Britannia campaign, from my two games I have played this kind of situation seems to be the inevitable result. An alliance of jsut two factinos that is indivisible is extremely powerful with such a small number of players, especially when england is one of them.

[phonicsmonkey]

Concerning the Britannia campaign, from my two games I have played this kind of situation seems to be the inevitable result. An alliance of jsut two factinos that is indivisible is extremely powerful with such a small number of players, especially when england is one of them.

Maybe we should ban allied victories in these smaller games. In the three Britannia campaigns we've had so far it's been England-Ireland, England-Norway and it looks like England-Ireland again.

[Myth]

Well I realized pretty early in my (relatively modest) HS career that alliances make or break your game. I do my diplomacy well before hand, and this is not my first alliance that started before the game began. I don't backstab when I declare an alliance in earnest, especially if I do so OOC, which I think is why NB chose to trust me with this. As I said in the guide. learning who the player is and how he behaves is as important as knowing his faction.

Banning allied victories could work for Britannia, though that would certainly make the last part of the game a very lengthy affair, since the way recruitment and AR works, sufficiently rich nations can stalemate invaders for ages. See the last game for example. In this one I have three maxed out castles in Ireland with smithy upgrades and high tier barracks. Though England's roster is superior, it will take NB quite a bit of time to conquer the island, even with Trebs/Canons. Similarly, last game, it would have taken me ages to beat Zim's Norway (or vice-versa), since moving in the area where the enemy has 3 castles with 4 recruitment slots each severely disfavors you.

[phonicsmonkey]

I can certainly get cracking on it.

are you gonna?

[phonicsmonkey]

BUMP again! Let's finish it off

[Mithridate]

Edit: I guess I'm just a bit sour at how no matter how well I negotiated in good faith with England that there was a secret deal from the beginning of the game for Ireland and England basically to team up and not even declare it in game.

Are you surprised after how they dealt with me? :)

Bah, give me a nudge next time you take a swing at it!

[Nightbringer]

Sorry, but it does get to that point sometimes in the Britannia campaign. You ought to know that I'm normally the last person to lay down my arms. I can certainly get cracking on it.

Edit: I guess I'm just a bit sour at how no matter how well I negotiated in good faith with England that there was a secret deal from the beginning of the game for Ireland and England basically to team up and not even declare it in game. But that's diplomacy, and it happens, so I've got no hard feelings - just feeling a little less enthusiastic about fighting to the bitter end.

Since it appears we aren't continuing this game, I can say I had decided that I wasn't going to attack you until you sided with Norway. My hoep was that you could live on as a small faction while I got a good chunk of Scotland off Norway.

[Myth]

I think Igno is away, he hasn't responded in any game recently. If the enemy team concedes we can claim victory and start the next Britannia game however.

[Nigel]

I only read through the last page of this thread regarding the alliance discussion, but I get the impression that it may be a good idea to try the Britannia campaign with different rules. I can see how disallowing alliaces can make the end game really long winded. Perhaps make it a rule that England has to be AI (all previous alliance victories seemed to have England in them, which suggests that choosing England seems to be a sure win).

Or you can make it a "Celts vs. England" game and let the Baron Alliance be an AI faction (but that could be very hard on the England player).

[Myth]

Hi Nigel, glad you popped by.

AI England means a land grab for Wales primarily, and the Norse/Scotts as well.

Celts vs England means Wales/Ireland/Scotland rip England a new one. No one is surviving that, I don't care if they're the God of hotseats himself.

Then there's the whole "What does Norway do" issue.

How about we use a unique setup for Britannia games. Each nation gets a randomly assigned ally they can win with, secretly. This is done by the Admin. They are still free to ally and do diplomacy with anyone, but in order to win they must do it either solo or with their designated ally. This will stir things up a bit for sure.


@Ignoramus you're up.