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[ed boy]

Spoiler: about the game (click to show/hide)

This is a game that takes place using rome-total war. Each player will play the role of a family member, or several family members. Each player will be part of the same faction. The faction will be divided into several 'Teams'. Each team will be controlled by a player, and I will control the ruling team, at least initially. The object of each player is to make their team the supreme one, which for the purposes of this game means controlling at least 50% of the total faction provinces and holding the capital.

When the game starts, each of the players will take control of a general, the nearest city, and nearby troops. All other cities, as well as the faction ruler and faction heir, will be controlled by me. All children will be under the control of the team of the parents once they come of age. If a new player wants to join, then they will take control of one of the family members of the ruling team that is not the faction ruler or faction heir, and one of the cities that the ruling team owns that is not the capital. If there are not enough family members/cities, then they may have to come out of one of the other teams.

The teams can interact with each other in many ways. The majority of the interaction will be done with the ruling team. At the start of each turn, the ruling team will tax a portion of the income of each team (the current plan is 40%, but that is subject to change) and give them a stipend (500 denarii). The team must then pay their unit upkeep. Units will be disbanded if they cannot be paid. I don't plan to place any limits on how the teams can interact with each other, so if you can get the other player to agree to it, then give it a go.

Each player will be responsible for upgrading their cities, and building their armies. Players will post their commands in the thread, and will have the results posted here too, though if a player wishes they can submit commands and recieve results by PM. The unit size will be large, combat difficulty will be hard, and all battles will be resolved automatically.

Tech Tree
Unit guide (we are playing as the gauls)
Initial political map

[Criptfeind]

Hum. Do we need R:TW to play this? I have some other total war games, but not Rome.

[ed boy]

Well, it's the only one I have, and hence the only one that I can run. You personally don't need to have a copy, as it will all be done on my machine, but you may have a hard time playing if you do not have it, as you will not know what all the various units are like.

[Criptfeind]

Pif. I never look at unit types anyway, I just go with the most expensive or the most shinny.

[ed boy]

In that case you may find this useful.

The current plan is to go for the gauls, as they have the following good things about them:
-They have a nice, central starting area
-They have enough provinces for each team to start with one
-They should provide challenging and intesting diplomatic and military encounters
That is not certain, though, and if anyone has any other suggestions, feel free to make them.

[adwarf]

SOUNDS AWESOME.

[ed boy]

SOUNDS AWESOME.

I presume that you're interested then.

Are you still interested, then? I have a feeling that you are, but you haven't said anything explicit yet.

I'd like to get three people willing to do it before starting.

[adwarf]

Yes I am in this is a really unique idea.

[Criptfeind]

Are you still interested, then? I have a feeling that you are, but you haven't said anything explicit yet.

Er..... What time commitment are we looking at? Cause a couple posts a week is easy. But several posts per day I can not do.

[Pillow_Killer]

I am surely intrested.

[ed boy]

Are you still interested, then? I have a feeling that you are, but you haven't said anything explicit yet.

Er..... What time commitment are we looking at? Cause a couple posts a week is easy. But several posts per day I can not do.

It would definitely be nearer a couple posts a week than several a day.

[Criptfeind]

Ah. Alright then. My plate is a bit full, but I think I can fit this in.

[ed boy]

Lovely. I'll have the first turn up in a bit.

As well as the unit guide, you may find the Tech tree useful if you do ont have R:TW.

I though I might just add something: your objective is not to conquer the non-gaul factions. Certainly, doing so will benefit you, by stopping outside invasions, and by increasing the number of cities that you own, but the conditions for winning are controlling the capital (Alesia) and controlling more provinces than the other teams.

Since winning will, at some point, involve attacking the ruling faction, this means that the arrangements like taxing will have to stop. You can cancel paying the tax, and any other similar arrangements you make, whenever you want, but there will be repercussions.

Combat between two gaelic teams cannot be simulated in the campaign, so I will run a custom battle with the same units involved and both teams controlled by the AI, and then disband the units in the campaign to reflect the results. Since one cannot disband general units, a general that gets killed in such a battle will be transferred to the control of the winning team.

When considering your upkeep, keep in mind that gaelic generals have an upkeep of 110 per turn.

[ed boy]

By the way, ignore the income listed under each city. That is not the income from the city. The game automatically deducts money from each city to pay for army upkeep, hence the income listed. For the purposes of this game, I will manually calculate the income and upkeep for each team and update the treauries accordingly.

Spoiler: Team adwarf (click to show/hide)

Treasury:1000
Tax rate for next turn:50%
Lugotrix's Army

Unit	Numbers	Upkeep
Lugotorix (general)	26	110
Barbarian Cavalry	54	90
Warband	121	200
Warband	121	200
Skirmisher Warband	80	130
Total	402	730

Patavium

Unit	Numbers	Upkeep
Barbarian Cavalry	54	90
Warband	121	200
Warband	121	200
Total	296	490

Spoiler: Team Criptfiend (click to show/hide)

Treasury:1000
Tax rate for next turn:50%
Vindex's Army

Unit	Numbers	Upkeep
Vindex (general)	24	110
Barbarian Cavalry	54	90
Warband	121	200
Skirmisher Warband	80	130
Total	279	530

Narbo Maritus

Unit	Numbers	Upkeep
Warband	121	200
Warband	121	200
Warband	121	200
Total	363	600

Spoiler: Team pillow_killer (click to show/hide)

Numantia
Treasury: 1000
Tax rate for next turn:50%

Unit	Numbers	Upkeep
Rianorix (general)	24	110
Warband	121	200
Warband	121	200
Warband	121	200
Skirmisher Warband	80	130
Barbarian Cavalry	54	90
Total	521	600

[adwarf]

Move my general into the city, and begin building a port, and land clearance ( If I can't afford both just the port )