New Broken Crescent game

**phonicsmonkey** · 08-15-2012, 22:08

I think recruitment zones are very restricted in 2.3. Might be worth looking into before you start.

**Visor** · 08-16-2012, 01:26

Originally Posted by Myth

Hi there, I was thinking of starting this game as well. I have BC 2.3 and I took a look. Ok so if nothing else this will be a totally different experince and fun, if not really that balanced. There's a ton of factions and a huge map. The starting positions vary greatly, but there is room for diplomacy.

The Romans start at -50 000 debt which strikes me as very odd and imbalanced when everyone else has between 10 and 20 k. Most factions have some elite killer units with north of 30 armour, some start with trebs, some don't. It seems interesting. The buildings are expensive, so is the upkeep of armies, which means that early on you will have to plan and choose carefully between civil development or a military campaign.

There are big factions but they start surrounded by several smaller ones who can bite chunks off their borders especially if coordinated. Overall, it's new, different and fun. Who's in?

Romans start off with debt because if they start off with normal amounts of money, generally they can just outproduce and screw over the Turks. Also it might be historical, can't remember.

Originally Posted by phonicsmonkey

I think recruitment zones are very restricted in 2.3. Might be worth looking into before you start.

I think this is true also. 1.5, 1.5!

**Nightbringer** · 08-16-2012, 01:54

:/ The download service is supposed to email a link, and it isn't. Maybe it will after a while, I'll check again later.

**Ignoramus** · 08-16-2012, 02:36

I'd be up for this. I might take the Romans if I may.

**phonicsmonkey** · 08-16-2012, 07:01

If anyone wants to play version 1.05 instead I'd be happy to torrent it for you guys to download

**Myth** · 08-16-2012, 09:34

Monkey can you give a summary of the differences between the current version and 1.5? From what I gather from the forums this one should be more balanced?

**phonicsmonkey** · 08-16-2012, 12:44

Depends what you mean by 'balanced' I guess, and whether you think hotseat starting positions should be 'balanced'. If you play with fought battles there will be more of a level playing field. Whichever version you play, if it's AR then the Romans, Crusaders, Kypchaks and Rajputs will rule.

I have only limited experience of versions post 1.05 because I so disliked the changes they brought in with version 2.

The major problem for me is the very restrictive AOR (area of recruitment) which meant faction-specific units could only be recruited in a very small number of starting provinces. Just not fun in my opinion, it means if you lose your starting provinces you can only recruit crappy generic troops and have no chance of fighting back.

Maybe @Visorslash can fill in the gaps, he's probably played more BC hotseats in late versions than me.