Thanks for hosting the event! I had a lot of fun, plus it inspired me to read up on some of the historical background.

SnuggleBunnies (Qing) defeats dang (Mongols) 57-24 Well done SB !! The Emperor needs every win against those pesky Mongols. I have been flattened by Pompeytheflatulent & am now a smelly heap in the loo. :oops: Would you like to do the battle report? I have a feeling if I tried to write it it'll...

Development on these games stopped years ago so there's no point, so I'll just ramble horribly off-topic here like some mad Rasputin. :P Besides it's not like anything I have to say is that new or profound. I'm sure there are plenty of old grognards out there who's been wargaming for longer than I h...

I'm bitching more about the game design aspect. Players have this idea in their heads that being on a hill = advantage no matter how little sense it makes, and if the game mechanics don't feature that they the players will complain about it. That's how we get wonderful pieces of absolute nonsense li...

Qing (pompeytheflatulent) defeats Koxinga (smjohnso77) 45-12 I got a rant I want to get off my chest. Being on a hill = having an advantage is one of those stupid ass video game tropes that needs to go crawl into a hole and die already. Players look at a difficult sloped hill in this game and think ...

Alright since SMjohnso77 haven't created the game yet I went ahead and made it myself. Password is "12345". Hi PtF, I have contacted SMJ77 and told him you have posted the challenge & that if he cannot play Round 4 let me know & I will play it for him. We will give him a few days ...

Could it be because of the difficult slope on the corner the cataphracts are trying to cut through that the cataphracts just straight up do not have enough AP to move one square diagonally?

Alright since SMjohnso77 haven't created the game yet I went ahead and made it myself. Also I made a few games in Battle Academy for Dang or GR or anyone else interested - just going down the list of multiplayer scenarios starting with Market Garden since I don't know what's good or interesting. Pas...

I would argue that the Qing would be the 'Emperor team' by this point. The Ming dynasty proper ended when rebels took Beijing. The Southern Ming were a collection of short-lived romp states with various Ming royal family members claiming to be the emperor. Their power was divided between different c...

um, shouldn't Kiwiwarlord's team be playing as the Qing since they won last round?

To Prince Dorgon of the Qing Dynasty: I am pleased to inform you that Qing forces under myself, Pangpei the not-at-all-bad-smelling, have defeated Shun forces under GentlemanRanker. A flank march by the Qing army to avoid a steep hill coincidedly avoided a Shun flanking force, who found themselves f...

ahuyton wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 5:45 am What news from the other games?

Should be wrapping up soon, a turn or two to go.

I'm definitely against this change. It would turn mercenary hoplites from having a distinct and useful role in the army, to just be something you upgrade from citizen hoplites or downgrade to citizen hoplites depending on how much spare change you have left in your pocket after buying everything. B...

I meant at the last screen of setting up the game, where you set up comments and password and can pick either Pro-Ming or Anti-Ming as you finalize the game. But which choice would give you Northern Rebels? You know what I probably should just create a pair of games for GentlemanRanker, then we coul...

I think you can host as Qing vs Northern Rebels, then just pick to play as the Northern Rebels.

Given the primacy of cohesion checks in the FoG 2 system, the -1 CT modifier that Citizen Hoplites get as Undrilled Heavy Foot is a clear disadvantage compared to the Mercenary Hoplites which are Heavy Foot. I think Merc Hoplites are worth the extra 6 points. That's not a thing. The Citizen Hoplite...

I'm definitely against this change. It would turn mercenary hoplites from having a distinct and useful role in the army, to just be something you upgrade from citizen hoplites or downgrade to citizen hoplites depending on how much spare change you have left in your pocket after buying everything.

To my fellow former Ming generals: First the bad news: Li Zicheng's rebel army has entered and sacked the capital of Beijing, the Ming Dynasty is no more! Much propaganda was pushed out on supposedly finding the last Ming Emperor hanging from a tree behind the Forbidden City, but we all know the tru...

To the royal physicians treating Emperor GDod of the Ming Dynasty: As per your request I have looked into this 'Wanyan Yongji' character our emperor claims to be communicating with. It appears that he was one of the last emperors of the Jin dynasty during Genghis Khan's time, and he died in a palace...

To all Ming generals fighting rebels of Shaanxi province: Despite the best efforts of our brave Ming soldiers, the fierce charge and foul body odor from these unwashed rebels proved too much. With the series of defeats it now appears almost certain that the filthy rebels will seize the Imperial capi...