Hellenistic Age Scenario Succession Game

[Andemagne]

ok here goes nothing!......

[Andemagne]

We play as Macedonians, Deity difficulty.
scenario lenght 350turns, first 10players play
20 turns, next 10players play 15turns.

Hellenistic Age Scenario can be found from
spanish civ2 site's best of the net section.

oh! I allmost forgot. we play MGE.

anything else, ask.

[Andemagne]

here's what I have done:

301bc king antigonos assigns a brave general to lead his armies
300bc war with sparta, 1 enemy phalanx destroyed, great library started
296bc sparta taken
293bc peace with greek kingdoms
292bc barbarians attack pella, contact with romans in magna graeca
290bc sneak attack by greek poleis
289bc macedonian cavalry lands in sicily
288bc syrians build great library, 3 greek poleis slaves captured,
macedonian cavalry in sicily destroyed by greek poleis
286bc macedonian galley sinks near sicily, tax rate alltered;
macedonian treasury nearly empty
285bc syrians build colossus; projects in pella changed to merchant district
283bc greek poleis diplomat killed near pahrsalos
281bc macedonian forces gather near greek poleis of delphi and eretria,
my turn ends

[Marquis de Sodaq]

Originally posted by Andemagne
Hellenistic Age Scenario can be found from
spanish civ2 site's best of the net section.

@ spanish.apolyton.net

Under the Best on Net section, it is found under the Ancient era scenarios. I'll download tonight and play - unless somebody is really itching to go before me.

[Scouse Gits]

and - subject to confirmation tomorrow - I shall, with your permission, follow you on Thursday evening.

SG[1]

[La Fayette]

and - subject to confirmation that SG(1) starts playing before june - I play next.

[Marquis de Sodaq]

Originally posted by La Fayette
and - subject to confirmation that SG(1) starts playing before june

Perhaps this game will continue until 1100ad, when we can continue the languishing crusade...

[Scouse Gits]

Not - anymore - with us

SG[1]

[Scouse Gits]

Scenario is here 305K ...

SG[1]

[Marquis de Sodaq]

281bc - Antigonus Sodak is crowned king of Macedonia. He surveys the kingdom, finding both good and bad. We have fine cities defended by strong bad guys. But the economy is in shambles. With tax set to maximum, we lose 10g per turn, and our coffers only have 40 gold! Will we need to sell off improvements to keep the bean counters happy?

To vent his frustration, the new king leads the sack of Delphi. We now control the Hellenistic League! Contact with some of the smelly foreigners results in nothing. But the Carthaginians exchange knowledge with us. Now we can build chariots! We then coerce a local magistrate to teach us the secrets of Diplomacy so that we may steal knowledge from others.

278bc - Our gallant forces sack Eretria! A tortured magistrate reveals the secret of Land Trade. Celtic horsemen swarm from the north, causing trouble.

275bc - We settle a new town just west of Pella. Our noble leader humbly names it Sodaq. Because it rests on silver, we immediately have our economy in the black. Sure, taxes are set at 80%, but it's a start...

273bc - Government tax goons shake down several merchants for a pile of gold. We now have more than 100 gold! Trade Carthaginians for Jurisprudence.

265bc - Sack Knossos, a spineless local squeals about the knowledge of Popular Support.

263bc - Sack Byzantion, discover blueprints outlining the secrets of Hydraulics! Trade Egyptians for Bridge Building.

261bc - King Antigonus Sodak abdicates the throne. He retires to his hill town to watch barbarians die at the city walls while he sips fine wine from a locally crafted silver goblet.

The next king has a newly trained emissary at his disposal. Our population has nearly doubled to 2.27 million. Our coffers now hold 290 gold, and we have a dozen trade routes established. With the economy stabilized, Sodak's successor should have an easier time training bad guys and expanding our borders. Several greek cities lie waiting to be sacked... (Also, before selling off improvements, note that granaries have NO upkeep cost.)

[Marquis de Sodaq]

Ahem, the save game...

[Julius Brenzaida]

Count me on for this succession game, next and last on the list
I must advance the crusades first

[Scouse Gits]

I have now started playing and will post late this evening with whatever stage I have got to (not exceeding 20 years of course)

SG[1]

[Scouse Gits]

Polly made me a liar! I could not get access to ACS last night so e-mailed my save direct to LaFayette - I think he was to be up next? Herewith the save game 244BC

[Scouse Gits]

Following the surprise abdication of His Most Royal Highness King Anoginus Sodak, his son the aging King Sgi came to the throne. Now King Sgi was known for his financial acumen having gleaned a considerable fortune during his father's reign, but did not know which end of a sword was held in the hand. Consequently, in a break from tradition he appointed the Hierophant of Delphi one Gitus Scousae to lead the mighty armies of Macedonia.

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The Military History
Gitus Scousae pioneered the deadly Omega Pack assault for the capture of the decadent Greek cities. A stack comprising two or three vet battering rams a veteran Phalanx and a General would advance upon the heretic. The leading ram would sacrifice itself against the city walls bringing the primary defender to their knees, the second ram would destroy the secondary defender, the general mop up any residual defence and take the city and the phalanx secure the city and provide martial law. This formula Gitus Scousae applied four times in his period as Haruspex-General of the Armies of Macedonia and four great cities fell to our conquering armies. The Western approaches are now secure - although the apparently empty Celtic fortress to the North of Sodaq may now shelter Roman forces, a Phalanx has been despatched to investigate. On the Eastern Front travellers tell of great Wonders to found to the North of the Black Sea so it there that our mighty Omega Packs have turned their attention. An uneasy peace with the Greek Kingdoms provides a buffer on our South Western borders. Successors should know that the Greek Kingdoms have a substantial navy which might prove an embarrassment in the future.

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The Financial Front
Several advances have been made here, a fleet has developed for the express purpose of trading with Rhodes a distinctly profitable activity and although one of the merchant vessels has been ear-marked for covert action against the Syrians (who have needed technologies) and on its next outing against the Barbarian island city to our south - what a useful jumping off point for our eventual conquest of the rich Egyptian lands! Our trade network is becoming quite profitable. We made peace with the Syrians, but were persuaded by 400 pieces of Egyptian gold to tear up this treaty.
King Sgi made some further inroads into profitability and science development by utilising the fact that the output of specialists does not suffer from corruption ao many of our larger cities now utilise these specialists - often at a temporary food deficit.
Our brother nations are vying with one another to build the great Mediterranean Trade Wonder (Adam Smith's) their kindness will be noted and an Omega Pack despatched when they complete it

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In 244 backwards counting King Sgi felt that he had done enough, Gitus Scousae was recalled and the responsibility of government was passed to a Northerner with the bizarre name of LaFayette ...

SG[1]

[Scouse Gits]

Hey - this a European Bank Holiday they forgot to tell us about?!
You guys were all over me yesterday and now I've played - not a murmur ...

[Messer Niccolò]

Oooh!
Good work SG1!!! Impressive description of your job!!! ...

[Marquis de Sodaq]

Originally posted by Scouse Gits
Hey - this a European Bank Holiday they forgot to tell us about?!
You guys were all over me yesterday and now I've played - not a murmur ...

I've only this morn been able to reconnect! A fine summary of your reign, mon ami.

[Scouse Gits]

By the way - have you guys noticed that slaves are stolen not destroyed in this Scenario??

SG[1]

[La Fayette]

My friends,
I don't know anything about slaves yet, but here is what I can tell you:
I download the game and open it. What do I see?
My friends,
I see a barb king
(that's OK)
but what do I see nearby?
a pair of barb stealth bombers

Julius, my friend, I need your help (since I suppose that this is exactly the same problem as the one I had with the crusader's scenario: french version, ...I tried to solve it alone but didn't manage it)

[La Fayette]

Anyone willing to play now, PLEASE PLAY!
I shall play after Julius has switched the files to french.
Thank you very much, Julius (perhaps the best would be that you teach me what to do, so that I can do it myself next time).

[Marquis de Sodaq]

Originally posted by Scouse Gits
By the way - have you guys noticed that slaves are stolen not destroyed in this Scenario??
SG[1]

Yes, that is the origin of the NON-slaves you inherited! We really should keep an eye out for them, to spare us the need of actually enslaving our own people. Maybe a horseman or two can roam the hinterlands in search of more...

[Julius Brenzaida]

LaFayette, the operation is underway
Here it is. Put the following files in your Civ2/scenario/hellensit directory and it should work fine.
The french version of MGE only gets .fre files, not .txt ones.
Enjoy playing

[Julius Brenzaida]

Better with the file attached
Do not hurry to play, I have the Invasion and the Crusaders to play too
Unless some else joins and plays before me

[Julius Brenzaida]

Really better with the file
Sorry, couldn't edit to put it on the former post

[Andemagne]

I could paly but I have test tomorrow (jep! on saturnday)
but after that I could, I'll post here before playing.
of course if anybody else hasn't taken the turn.

Andemagne, Marquis de Sodaq, Scouse Gits, Julius
Brenzaida, La Fayette. is this the line up for this
game at the moment? forgeting someone?
new players, feel free to join.

BTW Julius, you live in Switzerland?
I thought that you were Spaniard with
that site and everything.

[Scouse Gits]

Andemagne - Jay Bee is the Spaniard Julius is someone else (from Switzerland)

The SGs getting sloshed

[La Fayette]

Merci, Julius!
Ca marche!
(il faudra vraîment que tu m'apprennes comment faire ça tout seul)

Thanks to Julius the barb stealth bombers have turned to celt warriors. Therefore I can play NOW.

(La Fayette, ready to fight celt warriors and other bad guys)

[Andemagne]

Originally posted by Scouse Gits
Andemagne - Jay Bee is the Spaniard Julius is someone else (from Switzerland)

uuupss!
names look so similar.

[La Fayette]

I suddenly remembered that 'Galeries Lafayette' are the biggest department store in Paris and decided to be mainly a peaceful trader .
Our power is 'moderate' and our economy remains weak (cash-flow of 20 gold in 244BC with taxes set at max 80%), so I mainly built caravans in order to speed up our research with one time bonuses and increase our treasury. Pella and Athinai are now close to size 12 and 3 new cities have been conquered on the western coast of the black sea.
The best I have done, apart from stealing a few techs so that we are now #1 in research, is acquiring the 'highways' tech (equivalent to RR in this game), and building the backbone of our transportation network.
The next ruler of our empire should therefore be able to send his fresh troops very quickly to the battlefield (which might well be the Greek cities north of the black sea - how does one spell 'Crimée' in English?).
Last (but not least) news: we should be able to discover 'Espionage' within 5 or 6 years from now .