Post your EB empires!

[Marcus Darkstar]

Not a single Roman under his command except his bodyguard...And it's only 230BC, the prime of Republic.
I wonder how could he return to the City and enjoy his triumph..

lol well i did kinda rush the campaign I found resupplying Gallic Swordsmen and Calvary far easier to manage in Gaul. The Roman units are doing garrison duty their more loyal to keep territories with... Plus i found Gallic swordsmen and Sammites better than Princeps.... Especially with Konny's allied legions mod which only Rome can recruit the roman units....

Edit: now that i have the poly reforms ill start using more Italian units eheh...

[Marcus Darkstar]

Right doing a update on my ongoing campaign. This is where i left off for today. Lucius August Cotta finnaly died on 222 BC at the venerable age of 78 but not before he campaigned in Iberia to take the Punic settlements there and to once and for all finish them off in Africa at their new capital in Ippone.

Current Player Faction Progression:
Romani:
War in Iberia: Shortly after Lucius August Cotta took Gader the Iberian Tribes attacked our newly aquired settlements leading to an ongoing mainly defensive war against them having only taken Tyde and Numnantia since the onset of the war.

War in Greece: The War in greece was set off by an failed assasination attempt against a member of the Eperiot Royal family in order to further stalemate the ongoing Greek Civil War (which was going in Eperiots favor at this point). This lead the Allied Legion (the main army that was under the command of Lucius August Cotta in Gaul) to be resembled in Italia under a new commander grandson of the late Lucius August Cotta. Having taken the western greek coastal settlements away from the Eperiots and the Allied Legion moved upon Pella. After a siege it was taken however feeling threatened the Koinon Hellenon declared war against us and attempted to move against Kydonia. Having failed to take the city and diplomats failed to establish an armistice between us we have had reports the Eperiots and Hellenon have entered into an Alliance against us..

War in Africa/Eygp against the Ptolemaio- The war intially went badly for us since we only had a parterly number of roman soldiers in Africa and only a mercenary garrison in the city of Lepki. When the Ptolemaio army attacked with their army of medium and Elite Phalanxes the city's garrison was inevitably overwhelmed. However Roman gold won the day when a new mercenary army was raised near Kart-Hadast and requiped with roman steel (blacksmith upgrades) and then sent against the Ptolemaio garrison at Lepki. The Mercenary army was intercepted outside of Lepki and while the battle was bloody it was decisive. The mercnary forces pinned and flanked the purely phalanx force and utterly decimated it. With their forces in tatters in Africa the town of Lepki was soon taken back and 2 years later a Roman Legion took the city of Kyrene and is waiting for resupply/renforcements to continue expansion into Eygpt.

War against the Swêboz- After making the Getai thier protectorate after a bloody war of expansion a rather small Swêboz army decided to attack the town of Dalminon. To say the least the ignorant barbarians were repelled and our legions on the Romani-Swêboz have begun their attacks against the rather lightly garrisoned Swêboz settlements having already taken one of them in the first year. We have another Romani Legion from Italia heading up from the Alps into Swêboz territory. Swêboz will soon learn the error of attacking the might of Roma. (rather stupid AI move they attacked Dalminon with an insufficent force when they had only 2-3 units in each of their settlements on their border with me since most of their forces were pacifying the Dacians)

[Macilrille]

You will find many a rant (of mine) against the AI Madness of just that sort if you search the forum.

I find that on M/M the problem is only 90% on average as in every 5th or so campaign the AI shows slightly more sense.

[Marcus Darkstar]

You will find many a rant (of mine) against the AI Madness of just that sort if you search the forum.

I find that on M/M the problem is only 90% on average as in every 5th or so campaign the AI shows slightly more sense.

ya though main surprise to me in this campaign was the life of Lucius August Cotta.. lived to the ripe age of 78 and destroyed 3 enemy civilizations of Rome both fueding Gualic tribes and the Carthagians. Never had a faction leader live that long.

Also was surprised about Macedonian relisiliance and the Pontic expansion. The Macedons have mainly been fighitng a war against Pontos for the past oh couple of decades (they rely mostly on regional troops since the other Greek factions pushed them out of most homeland regions).

[Duguntz]

guys, I want to post here my sweboz empire, but I don't know how to post a picture so people can see it here, i mean, not just a link. what do I have to do to post it directly as a picture?

[Drunk Clown]

guys, I want to post here my sweboz empire, but I don't know how to post a picture so people can see it here, i mean, not just a link. what do I have to do to post it directly as a picture?

Easy, go for example to: http://tinypic.com/

Browse for your file (pic). When it's done uploading you see: Image-Code for forums (the code with the [IMG]....[/IMG]
copy that code and place it in your message.

Just look at this code for example (you got to click "Reply with Qoute" to see the code):

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[Ibn-Khaldun]

guys, I want to post here my sweboz empire, but I don't know how to post a picture so people can see it here, i mean, not just a link. what do I have to do to post it directly as a picture?

When you are making your post then there is a "Insert Image" button that you could use. You insert the url of your picture and that's it.
Or, you could just use [IMG][/IMG.] tags around the url of your picture(without that dot of course).

[Duguntz]

guys, fellow conquerors, here I present you the Warrior of the Century, undefeated, battle after battle, campaing after campaing, Behold the Great Hrjawulfaz, who will spread Havoc and Hell to all neighbouring faction, and who will dine at the table of the gods after dying gloriously in battle :




Soon, pictures of his conquests will come!

Can you guys see it? coz i can't... offff... if i can't do it I'll just post a link, I'm ereally cursed when it comes to informatic...

[Drunk Clown]

Can you guys see it? coz i can't... offff... if i can't do it I'll just post a link, I'm ereally cursed when it comes to informatic...

No, can't see it. You're using the wrong code.



this is what you want, no?

[Duguntz]

No, can't see it. You're using the wrong code.



this is what you want, no?

Yes, it's exactly what I want! thanks! oh damn, what a mighty conqueror I make when a fellow must post my own pictures so i can see it... is there something lower than the emotion ''shame''?

[Duguntz]

No, can't see it. You're using the wrong code.



this is what you want, no?

Thanks a lot pal! yeah, that's what I wanted to show! i can't figure out still what I didn wrong. but the result is there, i owe you!

Hehe, not bad my General!!!

[Drunk Clown]

Thanks a lot pal! yeah, that's what I wanted to show! i can't figure out still what I didn wrong. but the result is there, i owe you!

Hehe, not bad my General!!!

You thought when Ibn-Khaldun said URL, that he meant the url of the site. But he meant the picture "URL" (poor choice of words)

Now, to prevent someone else posting your pic again, I think I'll explain:
On your photobucket site ( https://s797.photobucket.com/albums/...0.jpg&newest=1 ) you can at about the mid-left of the screen "share this image". There are 4 codes, you'll need the IMG code. That's the one you need to post on a forum to share a pic!

[Duguntz]

You thought when Ibn-Khaldun said URL, that he meant the url of the site. But he meant the picture "URL" (poor choice of words)

Now, to prevent someone else posting your pic again, I think I'll explain:
On your photobucket site ( https://s797.photobucket.com/albums/...0.jpg&newest=1 ) you can at about the mid-left of the screen "share this image". There are 4 codes, you'll need the IMG code. That's the one you need to post on a forum to share a pic!

Oooh, I get it! thanks a lot! here's a baloon for you! damn, can't find it... but take a balloon anyway! And now, to get back on the topic, thhatc picture is my early sweboz empire, with the general who made it possible!!!!

[Hannibal Khan the Great]

With Sweboz all you have to do is put all your FMs in one conquering stack and watch the chevrons multiply

[Macilrille]

But what is up with all those druids?

Just look at this code for example (you got to click "Reply with Qoute" to see the code):

Am I the only one getting slightly nauseous by the indications in this image? perhaps I am just one sick ****, but at least it appauls me...

[Hannibal Khan the Great]

Oh, I noticed it too, just didn't (and surprised nobody else did) comment on it. BTW, the pedobear's face looks just like that smiley in my last post

[Duguntz]

Well, this picture is or very suggestive, or we're two sick bastard... honnestly, I'd prefer the picture to be suggestive

[Macilrille]

What is a pedobear?

/Me hopes it is something to protect children against molesters.

Probably something that should be explained in PM or visitor message, so this thread can get back on track.

[Ludens]

What is a pedobear?

/Me hopes it is something to protect children against molesters.

Quite the reverse, actually. That's the "joke". I apologize for having overlooked it yesterday.

Now let's get back to topic.

[Hannibal Khan the Great]

Thank you for removing that, Ludens.

[Drunk Clown]

Oh comeon everybody loves pedobear!

It was just a random picture I chose.

But on topic:

Is there a amount of regions you need before posting here? Cos almost everytime it's a "finished". If it were more empires in their beginning (not completely from the start) there could be suggestions where to go expand next to.

[Macilrille]

No worries, I for one do not think you have sinister motives- and I am still somewhat uncertain about what a pedobear is. Children and animals are amongst the few perversions I do not have. And no I do not need more explanation, both Hannibal and Ludens have said enough already!

Anyway.

Empire means empire I guess, but there have been posts with 6-8 pics in them of the minimap with progress.

[Duguntz]

well, the pic of my general shows in the minimap the progression of my empire, it quiet at the biginning (though today I added few provinces near roman border since those steel dressed barbaroi had the bad bad idea to anger me...

[Macilrille]

Did you ever explain what is up with those druids?

[Duguntz]

Well... they attacked me... with their last FM, one of my arimes, north of their last city, I didn't join the fight so draged their whole army out of the city, and on the turn after, leaving their last city without protection appart of a FM, my second army (waiting in ambush) sieged it and had the door open by my spy... so Y beated them almost without loosing a man! I am particulary proud that all the conquest of britain was done with the same armies, using pure germanic troops :) Now, the british island is guarded mostly by locals, as my core armies went due south, facing romans legions... I'll post pictures soon.

And for the Dark island, when I've a fM who've nothing to do, i send him there, and he really does get a bunch of nice trait! still, it's a looong way from my southern provinces!

[Macilrille]

That is not what I meant, your FM has two identical Druid anxillaries. That puzzles me a lot, never seen that before?

[Duguntz]

Oh yeah, sorry.. well, i remarked it also. i do not know how it happened, but hehe, if I take double benefit from it... why not!hmmm, he weas receiving the ''druidic'' training, in the dark island, and i took im out in the middle of his training (couple of turns after he conquered that particuilar city) maybe as I took him out in the midfdle of the training it affected something... i don't know, really

Anyway, with that general, many uncommon thing happened. I mean, how many time we see a general with 10 stars at 49 years old? in EB? and 10 influence and... so yeah, that one was a one of a kind

[Macilrille]

You can give German FMs druidic training? I never did. Just conquered and razed it, Viking style, then settled the island with a mixture of my own people and survivors of the locals under the general who took it, and client kings.

[Duguntz]

What I did also, appart that I didn't destroyed that dark island... probably the only marvel I didn't destroyed. the island is setteled with levies (that I roleplay as settelers that I sent) plus a mixt of type 3 and 4 gov. depending on the size of the cities... I've two of my own general wich in few turns gained the trait : very wealthy, by living in britain, the rest are client kings... merry puppets serving as peace keeper

[Macilrille]

I rarely destroy wonders, I think the guys back then were not so stupid as to anger Gods, and they could probably see the connection Zeus- Jupiter- (Teutatis ?)- Odin. Unlike us who either do not believe or believe that our own God or variation of a God will protect us and all others must be destroyed; to an Ancient, Gods were real, your own Gods, the Gods of your neighbour, spirits of wind, trees and brook, etc, etc.