Field of Glory Empires MP Game New Thread.

[JasonPratt]

If we even still exist.  #:-)  L:-)

[Tripoli]

A Syracusian army has lost its way and accidentally found itself in Bruittium, in the toe of the Italian peninsula.  Does it need any Roman assistance in finding its way back to Sicily?   >:D 

[devoncop]

In place of the usual edition of the "Papyrus Spysheet" I thought maybe a summary of where we are after 10 years of this game would be helpful for some (like me!) who often focus on their own area of the world without following all that goes on elsewhere.

Year 10

It is fair to say there have already been some dramatic developments in what are after all the very opening stages of a long campaign (for most ;))

First the raw figures:

LEGACY

Rank to date :

1) Antigonids : 111. (Geffalrus)

2) Sparta : 100. (AI)

3) Egypt : 95. (devoncop)

4) Seleucids : 68. (jimwinsor)

5) Carthage : 50. (Al infierno)


Remember at this stage the numbers mean little but are included for interest only.




Army Combat Strength and changes since the start of the game by Nation : (Player controlled nations only)


(These give an idea of who are the rampant warmongers ......... )

Antigonids   : Now 450.....Start 260. (Geffalrus)

Bactria        : Now 80.......Start 47. (Gusington)

Britons       : Now 30...... Start 40. (LeCrop)

Carthage    : Now 200.... Start 76. (Al infierno)

Egypt         : Now 170... Start 124. (devoncop)

Epirus        : Now 80 ... Start 31. (Massina nz)

Iberii         : Now 50 ... Start 38. (SpeedyCM)

Judea        : Now 10 .... Start 6. (Yaitz)

Picts          : Now 40 ..... Start 23. (Lokki)

Sabaens    : Now 20 ..... Start 41. (JasonPratt)

Syracuse   : Now 60 ..... Start 47. (Asty)

Rome       : Now 175 ... Start 43. (Tripoli)

Seleucids : Now 450 ... Start 233. (Jimwinsor)

Maurya    : Now 225 ... Start 94 (Lysymachos)

Dacia           : Now 30 ....Start 20. (ReneTS)

Saka.      : Now 80. ...Start 58. (Greyhunterlp)

Main Developments

The game has been proceeding at a good pace so thank you to everyone playing and unlike many MP games we have had no drop outs  :D


The situation with the Diadochi nations could not be more varied. AI Macedonia is smashed, broken into two insignificant provinces by a ferocious assault led by an Epirus (Massina_nz) and Antigonid (Geffalrus) Alliance supported by an effective AI controlled Lysimakos with other small Greek city states also piling in.

Among the other Diadochi it has largely been a period of peaceful consolidation although Egypt has established a forward trading and naval base in Crete whist Carthage has concentrated on keeping the unruly north African tribes in order. It can be seen however that Carthage has significantly increased its army strength though for what purpose is uncertain.

The quick agreement to end the initial wars between the Antigonids and Seleucids (jimwinsor) and the Antigonids and the Egyptians has meant only the Antigonids have aggressively expanded with heavy commitments in Greece and Asia Minor. Judea (Yaitz) has moved with the agreement of the Antigonids to take Syria Province but has met a recent reverse at the hands of fierce AI independents as they await the agreed takeover of Jerusalem and Palestine, also from the Antigonid's in ten years time.

Further East though no open warfare has broken out in an ominous sign for the Seleucids the Mauryan's(Lysimachos) and the Saka (Greyhunterlp) are now allied with the Bactrian's (Gusington) at time of this report still to make clear which way they will jump if their overlord is attacked.

To the south a small but truly ferocious most un-neighbourly battle has been taking place between JasonPratt's Sabaens and their sworn enemies the AI controlled Quatabans and latest indications are that Saba is in some serious trouble.

Way to the North East the Picts (Lokki) have been fully engaged in simply trying to establish a functioning economy and remain in their initial starting regions fighting off famine whilst the Britons of LeCrop now occupy a precarious thin strip of regions from central to southern England but like the Saba appear to have not found things completely plain sailing.

Around Italy the huge Roman(Tripoli) army build up has resulted in a formidible conquest of several Regions though as yet the unification of Italy remains incomplete and in an audacious move Syracuse(Asty) has now attempted to grab a slice of the Italian "toe".......this is unlikely to go down well in the Senate  :D


.......the drama now continues...............

[Barthheart]

 :clap: Sounds like fun.
How about a full map screen shot....  :-"

[devoncop]

:clap: Sounds like fun.
How about a full map screen shot....  :-"

Hi and thanks for your interest. It is indeed a fine game.

I think Gus is doing a full AAR for the game for the front page ....(screenshots are well beyond my neanderthal ability!) and Jason I believe may also be doing one from the point of view of the Saba....(so that may yet be a short one...😉...though they do have an amazing defensive building in their capital so maybe not!).


As if that is not enough, the Saka player is the Youtuber Greyhunterlp and he is doing a you tube series on his experience but that may be subject to delay (like the others) for "operational security" reasons :)

[Gusington]

AAR is forthcoming from Tripoli, to be edited by me.

Question: starting this Saturday (August 3) and lasting 1 week I will be on vacation, away from the game.

Will the AI take over automatically after a certain amount of time has passed?

[JasonPratt]

I can offer one unimportant correction brought by traders to the various far-flung areas of the world, such as the Picts (who announced publicly a trade cooperation with the Sabaeans, so I'm not spoiling anything there).

The Qatabians declared war on Saba some time ago, but there has been no fighting between them yet. Saba has actually been dueling with another 1-province AI faction to our west, on the coast, who to be fair was responding to Sabeaen aggression -- and who up until recently has been kicking Sabean butt in some close fights! They even took away my first captured territory for themselves, becoming the lone multi-territory faction in my corner of the world for a while!

This war has now ended with Saba taking their capital (in another close battle) -- while Qataba has finally expanded in parallel with me to their second territory (originally my first conquered territory).

Qataba still has room to expand in another direction or two aside from at me, but to be honest the only reason I'm still in the game is because Qataba thinks fighting me would be too boring or something!  L:-) I fully expect every single turn that I'm going to be curbstomped by the Qatabian AI, which deserves to win because the AI has been playing more intelligently than I have.

More details on this later, or I should expect sooner than later.  ::)

[devoncop]

AAR is forthcoming from Tripoli, to be edited by me.

Question: starting this Saturday (August 3) and lasting 1 week I will be on vacation, away from the game.

Will the AI take over automatically after a certain amount of time has passed?

My understanding is the Ai takes over after 3 missed turns.

If you time a turn just before you leave and we then do a turn every 48 hours you MAY just get to stay in the game but otherwise unfortunately you may get supplanted by an AI even more enhanced than your own  :)

[devoncop]

I can offer one unimportant correction brought by traders to the various far-flung areas of the world, such as the Picts (who announced publicly a trade cooperation with the Sabaeans, so I'm not spoiling anything there).

The Qatabians declared war on Saba some time ago, but there has been no fighting between them yet. Saba has actually been dueling with another 1-province AI faction to our west, on the coast, who to be fair was responding to Sabeaen aggression -- and who up until recently has been kicking Sabean butt in some close fights! They even took away my first captured territory for themselves, becoming the lone multi-territory faction in my corner of the world for a while!

This war has now ended with Saba taking their capital (in another close battle) -- while Qataba has finally expanded in parallel with me to their second territory (originally my first conquered territory).

Qataba still has room to expand in another direction or two aside from at me, but to be honest the only reason I'm still in the game is because Qataba thinks fighting me would be too boring or something!  L:-) I fully expect every single turn that I'm going to be curbstomped by the Qatabian AI, which deserves to win because the AI has been playing more intelligently than I have.

More details on this later, or I should expect sooner than later.  ::)

Interesting stuff. Both the Saba and the Qataba are VERY tricky to take down because of the strong defensive buildings in their capital so have faith !!

[Gusington]

Oh crap I'm gonna get kicked out? Once the AI takes over players can't take it back??

[Tripoli]

Oh crap I'm gonna get kicked out? Once the AI takes over players can't take it back??

I thought you could take control back from the AI.  I can check on that

[Gusington]

I hope so :/

[Barthheart]

You could appoint a caretaker...  ;)

EDIT
Ooops... not that won't work with the Slithermatrix PBEM++ system... 

[Tripoli]

Oh crap I'm gonna get kicked out? Once the AI takes over players can't take it back??

I thought you could take control back from the AI.  I can check on that

I've put a query in the beta forum.  I'll let you know.  I could do a quick test MP game with you, using 24 hour turns, but if you are about to go on a vacation, we won't get the results in time.  Let me know if you would like to try that.

[Gusington]

Hmm I don't think there is enough time :/

Oh well it has been nice 💩