Interactive Romani AAR.

[johnhughthom]

After sorting out some computer issues and playing a bit of E:TW I have come back to EB and wanted to check out the interest in an interactive Romani AAR in which forum goers would play Senators. I would play all the in-game moves based on decisions made in the AAR thread. It would be similar to Maion's Makedon AAR, https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=107468 and Jaertecken's current Sweboz AAR https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=112547.

[the man with no name]

I would rather have us fight too! But if not than thats okay.

Name:Julius Ceasar (so original right!)(:
Age: 29 ( rome's youngest senator in History(
Tribe: Campanian
Backround: He has made a special deal with the senate so he can fight and decide what 2 do. He grew up in the nobility of campainia playing with the other boys, rich or poor he didn't care, but his father would yell at him if he caught him playing with the poor. They fought for fun with sticks and sometimes, the traders would give tem a small shield too play with too. When he was growing up he had too go to this boring school where they would teach him how to read and write which was good, but he also had to learn how to be a good senator, which his father always wanted him to be. once he graduated from that he went to the officer academy, against his fathers wishes and became a good officer, and went off to help secure italia and fight Phyyros.

[/Bean\]

You know you could just join BtSH, thats almost exactly what we do.

EDIT: I can't believe all these people have signed up for this and so few went for BtSH. It's practically the same thing. Well done, johnhughthom.

[johnhughthom]

Yeah, I know about that. It's for 1.1 though and it's too much hassle trying to have more than one EB install as I have Steam.

[penguinking]

I'm in.

Quintus Livius Postumus, 39 years old, a plebeian.
He has considerable military experience and has had moderate success in politics, currently holding the rank of Plebeian Aedile. Belongs to a wealthy Plebeian family, and, while not currently of great influence, has much ambition. He is fascinated by Greek culture.

[Maion Maroneios]

I'm in!
















OK, I'm kidding allright. Good luck though!

Maion

[/Bean\]

Blimy Maion. You scared me then...

[Olaf Blackeyes]

Me too. DONT DO THAT!!!!!

[johnhughthom]

Hmm, I suppose three EB PBMs in the Throne Room means the market for this type of thing is saturated. Back to the drawing board I guess...

[Vasiliyi]

i would be interested in an interactive game

[johnhughthom]

The Senate Building Rome, 480 AUC.

Manivs Cvrivs Dentatvs stands to address the Senate of Rome.

Fellow Romans, we stand at a crossroad in our history. Pyrrhos has abandoned his allies in the south and seems to have realised he cannot defeat Rome, the treacherous men we sent to help Rhegion still hold the city and the every present threat from the north is as real as ever. We will have two legions raised next year and we need to advise the Consuls who will lead them. Which threat is the greatest and what can we leave for the time being? I have opinions and I will air them later, right now it is up to you to express the will of the Senate of Rome.

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I wanted at least three people interested to make this worthwhile so thanks Vasiliyi Hopefully more people will join when we get going.

[Vasiliyi]

Lucius Aerulius Cotta stands up, looking around for people to hush down a bit and begins to speak.

"My fellow romans! It is time we undo all things that have been done by our enemies. First we must invest in proper roads for the the province of Roma and Capua, the last few mnai of our treasury should go to installing a provisional government in Arriminum. Second, What good is our navy if we have no enemies in the west Mediterranean! Disband those rotten ships and let our treasury be filled with extra coins for real needs. Finally, let us unite our legions into one massive force and assault Taras as quickly as possible, to deny our enemies their lands in Italy. I have said my piece."

The senator sits down and waits.

(Is there gonna be any houserules, and what difficulty are you playing on)

[penguinking]

Qvintvs Livivs Postvmvs rises to speak.

"Our first priority must be to capture Pyrrhos' holdings in Italia. For the moment the Tarentines are weak and without aid, so it is vital we defeat them before they can recover. Once this is done, I propose that peace be negotiated with Epirus, on the condition that they renounce all their claims to territory in Italia. There is nothing to be gained from fighting Epirus once Taras has fallen, and trade with them could benefit us.

"The next objective must be Rhegion. The continued existence of the foul traitors is a constant stain on Roman honor. Once peace has been achieved with Pyrrhos, there will be nothing to stop us from sending both legions to destroy them. This will prove to our allies that Rome is capable of protecting them, and that she will brook no treachery. Peace must be made with the barbarians to the north until our objectives in the south have been met. Our navy is a pointless drain of resources and should be disbanded immediately."

[johnhughthom]

Check my Romani AAR in my sig, the first page has my usual Romani house rules. I won't necessarily stick to them all in this if the decisions made here go against my usual style (I have personal rules on the raising and number of legions for example). Playing H/M, huge unit sizes.

[the man with no name]

Check my Romani AAR in my sig, the first page has my usual Romani house rules. I won't necessarily stick to them all in this if the decisions made here go against my usual style (I have personal rules on the raising and number of legions for example). Playing H/M, huge unit sizes.

I is confuzzled with teh difficulties. Hard battles and Medium campaign or vice versa?Anyhow...

(Julius Ceaser stands up) "I agree with the previous said, and I add that we should take ALL of the Italian Penninsula, including the northern parts like Segesta if not more. I also agree with 2 things said, 1. that we should negotiate a peace treaty with Epirus after we take Taras and discuss trade rights with them too and 2. that we should disband our navy because it drains our resources. That is all." (sits down)

[johnhughthom]

Dentatus rises once again, after letting the Senate debate.

Well gentlemen, it seems we are in agreement and the Epirotes in Taras are the chosen target. We must decide then how we should advise the Consul to go about taking the city. Should we try to use our agents in the city? Do we assault or seige and try to starve them out? We also need to come to a consensus on whether we need both legions to take the city, or could one move toward Rhegion to assault there after we take Taras, as we seem agreed the rebels need punished after we rid Italia of Pyrrhos' influence. Personally I would be inclined to use our small fleet to move our northern legion south more quickly than it could march, but if the Senate feels it is too expensive we will sell it to merchants.
The barbarian questions in the north seems to have provoked some division, perhaps we should consolidate our position to the south before discussing the Gauls? My informants in the region assure me there is no imminent danger of any raiding.
I return the floor to you, wise men of the Senate.

[Vasiliyi]

Lucius Aurelius Cotta stands once again.

"Bah! The roman legion fights its enemies with its feet! The legion from Arretium marches to Rhegion! The first Legion should starve out those greek bastards. Why should good Roman blood be shed? Our second legion should move on to Rhegion. This should take care of one front. Our north is safe, the tribes of the celts are leaderless and they wont work together against us. We will discuss the north later, as we do not want to over extend ourselves, Julius."

Lucius looks at the senators and and sits.

[penguinking]

Quintus Livius Postumus nods approvingly during Lucius Aurelia's Cotta's speech, and rises to voice his agreement.

"I agree with Cotta. The first legion should starve the city of Taras, while the second legion is carried by our fleet to Rhegion, and will storm the city. Once the legion has disembarked the fleet can be disbanded. The northern border is currently secure, and I see no point in disrupting it until we are done in the south."

[Karo]

I'm in but I need a cool Roman name can't think any of my own

[johnhughthom]

I'm in but I need a cool Roman name can't think any of my own

Marcus Iulius Rufus.

[johnhughthom]

Manivs Cvrivs Dentatvs stands again.

Well friends it is decided, Legio I will march to Taras immediately after the Consuls are elected to seige the city, while Legio II will travel toward Rhegion ready to repay the traitors within. Our fleet will be disbanded, Lucius Aurelius Cotta is correct, Roman armies do march with their feet, we will leave the seafaring to our Punic friends. I ask all of you to pray to the gods for victories in this coming year which will surely be a glorious one in the annals of Rome. Good day fellow Senators.

Dentatus leaves the Senate hall and the steady thrum of chatter begins anew.

[johnhughthom]

The Senate Building Rome, 481 AUC.

One year on Manivs Cvrivs Dentatvs once again opens the Senate session.

Dearest Romans, the seige of Taras goes well, the city is cut off from aid and our agents say it will fall within the year. Legio II was unable to make it to Rhegion last year due to trouble flaring amongst the Samnites. It has been decided to use the Samnites in our alas to keep them busy doing service to Rome, away from their homes, away from trouble. We have agents in Rhegion who may be able to engineer an opening to assault the city, the garrison within is stronger than that of Taras though, so if we decided to starge the Tarentines out assaulting Rhegion would be an odd decision. Of course that decision lies with you my friends.
One more small, perhaps insignificant, piece of information, Carthaginian forces on Sicily have enganged in hostilities with the Mamertine rebels in Messana. Our sources in the region say the Mamertines may seek our aid in the matter. It may not be a pressing matter but it could be important further done the line. If we attack the men who took control of Rhegion wouldn't allying with the mercenaries who took Messana make us hypocrites? Then again, can we allow Carthage to become to powerful in Sicily?
The floor is yours, men of Rome. Let me hear your voices.

Dentatus sits, he is starting to show his age, perhaps this is the last Senate session he will open. There is no other obvious candidate to lead the Senate when he is gone, nobody with the gravitas and influence to keep the Senate in order. An opportunity then for a young, ambitious man to make a name for himself.

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I forgot to turn anti-aliasing off, so no screenshots. Not much happened, I disbanded the fleet and the two cavalry units. I hired two Samnite Spears and one merc Bruttian and one merc heavy Samnite as my allied alas. There wasn't much left for building, Ariminium was given a level 4 govt (can't afford a client ruler yet) and Arpi built drains.

[Karo]

Marcus Iulius Rufus stands up

I'm happy how our military campaign is developing and I believe we can't allow Carthage to grow stronger what will stop them to attack us when they have conquered all of Sicily. After South Italy has taken our legions need to march again this time to Sicily.
And there is also a second point I want to discuss, diplomacy. I believe we need to send diplomats in too the world and get some new allies all over the world and we'll need trade rights with every nation. And it would be good to know were our possible enemies have their capitals and who are their enemies and who are their allies.
Sits back down

[penguinking]

Quintus Livius Postumus give his speech.

"We must not march on Sicily. Doing so will violate our treaty with Carthage and thus result in war. Given that at the moment we have no navy, and depend heavily on Carthage for trade and income, war would be an unwise decision. Carthage's attack on Messana must be tolerated for now. We simply are not ready for a war with a nation as strong as Carthage at this point. I believe it is unlikely to succeed anyway. Instead, after we capture southern Italia, we should focus on expanding to the north, against the Celtic tribes in the Po valley.

As for Rhegion, if the commander feels he has enough troops to storm the city, he should do so. Traitors should be destroyed as quickly as is possible. Of course, if the roman forces are not strong enough to succeed, then starving the city is acceptable."

[Vasiliyi]

Quintus Livius Postumus give his speech.

"We must not march on Sicily. Doing so will violate our treaty with Carthage and thus result in war. Given that at the moment we have no navy, and depend heavily on Carthage for trade and income, war would be an unwise decision. Carthage's attack on Messana must be tolerated for now. We simply are not ready for a war with a nation as strong as Carthage at this point. I believe it is unlikely to succeed anyway. Instead, after we capture southern Italia, we should focus on expanding to the north, against the Celtic tribes in the Po valley.

As for Rhegion, if the commander feels he has enough troops to storm the city, he should do so. Traitors should be destroyed as quickly as is possible. Of course, if the roman forces are not strong enough to succeed, then starving the city is acceptable."

Lucius Aurelius Cotta stands again to speak.

"What Quintus says is wise. Let those Carthageinians try agianst the Mammertines. This will only weaken them. Remember gentlemen, Carthage gives us more income than all the taxes in Rome do. Can we really afford to lose such a partner, albiet a bad one? No for now we shall have peice and concentrate on the matters at hand, such as Taras and Rhegion. I believe that both cities should be starved out, but if the commander is confident, then let him assualt."

Lucius sits down.


(Hey there Johnhungthom, are you gonna post screenies or what?)

[johnhughthom]

(Hey there Johnhungthom, are you gonna post screenies or what?)

Yeah don't worry, I had intended to for the last year but forgot to turn off AA. . I won't be able to play this year until tomorrow but I'll have screenies of taking Taras and (maybe) Rhegion.

[miotas]

Yeah don't worry, I had intended to for the last year but forgot to turn off AA. . I won't be able to play this year until tomorrow but I'll have screenies of taking Taras and (maybe) Rhegion.

You should use fsscreen to take your screenies, I've been taking shots using that with AA turned on.

[Vasiliyi]

Yeah don't worry, I had intended to for the last year but forgot to turn off AA. . I won't be able to play this year until tomorrow but I'll have screenies of taking Taras and (maybe) Rhegion.

oh ok no rush mate

[miotas]

Can anyone else join in?

If so then,

Marcvs Cornelivs Scipio would request that he be recognised as a senator of the great Res Publica

[Maion Maroneios]

Can anyone else join in?

If so then,

Marcvs Cornelivs Scipio would request that he be recognised as a senator of the great Res Publica

Tut, tut, you dissapoint me miotas.

Maion