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[timferius]

Rome II is the latest incarnation of the Total War series, and the place I have chosen to try my LP chops again. This is a text/photo LP with community input. I'll let forumites claim Generals, Admirals and other Important, and help guide their advancment, and influence their orders. Anyone who has claimed Importan People in our political party can also make suggestions for political intrigue, and the direction our faction will take. Generals/Admirals can also name their fleets (though you can't rename cities or people). I'm not sure how all of this will work out, but I think it could be fun!

So, first off, we need to pick a faction!

Rome:
Rome has 3 Houses, of which we get to pick on to represent us in the Senate, the House of Cornelia, the Houe of Julia, and the House of Junia. Their bonuses and such are below:

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Carthage:
Like Rome, Carthage has three starting options, Dynasties in their case. The Hannoid Dynasty, the Maganoid Dynasty, and the Barcid Dynast:

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The Eastern Empires:
The group contains two seperate factions Parthia and Pontus, but I'll put them as one entry because a)that's how the game presents them, and b)it's easier. From here on out, each faction only has some form of ruling party (us) and then everyone else. So no houses or dynasties anymore.

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Brittanic Tribes:
We only have one option here, the Iceni:

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Gallic Tribes:
Again, just one option, this one being the Arverni:

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Successor Kingdoms:
Encompasing two Factions, Macedon and Egypt:

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Germanic Tribes:
One option here, the Suebi:

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Greek States:
The three playable city states on the Hellenic Penisula, Sparta, Epirus, and Athens:

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And there we go, options! You can view a map of everyones starting locations here: http://maps.totalwar.com/
And you can view some more background on the Factions here: http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Factions

Other Details:
I'll probably play this on Hard, since I'm not the best at the game yet, unless there's a large outcry to see me get tromped on by the computer. I'll be running on middle of the line graphics, because that's what my computer can handle.

[timferius]

Table of Contents:
Intro (you just passed it to get here, but ok...): http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=130884.msg4583320#msg4583320

[mcclay]

Go with Suebi. Germany rises!

[birdy51]

I'll toss in my hat for Germany as well.

Barbarians, march onward!

[GreatJustice]

I'll cast my vote for the Arvenii. I always have a soft spot for the Gauls.

[Stworca]

Someone playing Total War? Good. I shall be watching you carefully, young padawan!

I say go for Germans. British are too easy even for barbarians, and other factions have simply too vast amount of elite forces.

[ed boy]

I'm sending my vote to pontus.

[Ghazkull]

Obviously the Glorious Suebi, unconquered by the weak Romans.

[Lukeinator]

Macedons

[mainiac]

Athens obviously.  Historically the first two Athenian empires were a bust so make the third time a charm!  Show those spartan bastards who the real sons of mars are.

[Burnt Pies]

The British are easy? Damn, I thought I was just being awesome with the whole British Empire thing I managed to do.

Germans sounds good. Go Germany!

[timferius]

Ok, looking like Suebi is going to win, but I'm tired and got distracted, so I'll get an update up tomorrow, and tally in any other votes taht come in between now and then.

[Silent_Thunder]

Epirus. Rome defeated you once before, make sure it doesn't happen a second time. Phyrrus is still alive too at game start IIRC, so that should be fun.

[NRDL]

Go with Suebi. Germany rises!

+1

[Digital Hellhound]

It's gotta be barbarians, so let's go with Suebi.