”XV century AD – Mediterranean Campaign”

[batesmotel]

Next Castillian action will be to build a fleet in Andalusia.

Chris

[Lysimachos]

Hi all!
Here are the much awaited new rules for the resolution of naval encounter, just look and marvel ..

Fleets
Fleets play their role in the game enabling to launch amphibious attacks and determining the outcome of naval encounters.
Every player that owns at least one maritime province may outfit a fleet paying 50 ducats.
The inherent action takes 4 days to be completed after which the fleet becomes operational at 23.59 GMT hr. No more than 3 fleets are allowed. Each fleet has a combat strength of 40 pts.
Every fleet will be automatically destroyed as soon as the nation will lose his last maritime province.

Amphibious Attack
A player may attack by sea an enemy or independent province that isn’t adjacent on the map, when the two provinces are linked with a sea route and the attacker owns a fleet. Apart is published in alphabetical order the list of these provinces.
Before the FoG battle may be started a naval encounter may occur depending on the choice of the defenders who will have two days (until the 23.59 GMT hr. of the second day) to declare on the forum if he wants to engage the opponent’s fleet.
If he gives up or he makes no declaration the FoG battle will be immediately fought.
If he chooses to resist the naval encounter will ensue, whose outcome will be decided summing together, for each player, the combat strength of his fleets and adding to it the results of the draw of the next Italian lottery (taking place every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday), that is possible to consult here: http://www.lottomaticaitalia.it/lotto/home/
The attackers will have assigned the 2nd number of the wheel of Bari while the defender will have assigned the 2nd number of the wheel of Cagliari. If the defender gets the overall upper number or there is a draw the amphibious attack will abort. If the attacker gets the overall upper number the FoG battle will also ensue.
If more than one naval encounter has to be decided the outcome of the 2nd attack will be determined using the 3rd number of the wheels and so on.
The losing player will have wrecked one of his fleets, but this doesn’t apply if the a draw was achieved.
Independent provinces don’t own fleets.


And here two new features that will probably fancy the most “money-addicted” among the players!


Tax Increase
Every player may declare a Tax Increase in order to obtain the availability of 40 more ducats.
The action will cause his stability dropping of 1 level.
The inherent action takes 4 days to be completed after which the effects of the Tax Increase becomes operational at 23.59 GMT hr. There are no limits in declaring Tax Increases.

Battles
If a battle ends with a tactical victory the stability level of the players will be affected as explained above, while a plunder will ensue.

Plunder
A tactical victory against a province owned by another nation earns the winner 40 ducats (or the lower sum actually present), that will be taken from his opponent treasury.
A tactical victory against an independent province earns the winner 32 ducats.
After a strategic victory against a province owned by another nation the winner has the chance of leaving the province in possession of his opponent while plundering it for a value of 100 ducats (or the lower sum actually present), that will be taken from his opponent treasury.
After a strategic victory against an independent province the winner has the chance of leaving the province independent while plundering it for a value 80 ducats.


Finally a little specification about diplomatic agreements

Diplomatic Agreements
The players may conclude agreements of every kind that not contrast with the written rules of the game regarding the building of fleets, fortifications, siege trains, the acquisition of provinces and the mechanism of battles, making them formal with their declaration on the forum. Agreements are enforceable by the umpire only when a fine in money is determined for the case of a violation. Every other aspect of the treaty that has already taken place won't be liable of being reversed.


All the new rules are published also on the first message of the thread where the whole stuff is ordered.
(Men, what a work has been done till now, thanks to so many suggestions I received from you! But I’m glad to recognize that it’s really nice to build up a campaign frame “on the move”, trying to make it always better).

[hidde]

Hafsid Kingdom 21/53 vs Tripolitania(Zirid Tribe) 60/52

Strategic victory: 38,1%.
No plunder, Tripolitania is ours!

[hidde]

Next action:

Land Attack
Hafsids attack (Mamluks?)in Cyrenaica (target) from Tripolitania (starting point).
350 pts. Battle, DM on, FoW on.

Guido, can I do this? Put myself first in the queue, so to speak?
Probably not necessary in this case since the only other possible rout to Cyrenaica is from Crete...

[Lysimachos]

Next action:

Land Attack
Hafsids attack (Mamluks?)in Cyrenaica (target) from Tripolitania (starting point).
350 pts. Battle, DM on, FoW on.

Guido, can I do this? Put myself first in the queue, so to speak?
Probably not necessary in this case since the only other possible rout to Cyrenaica is from Crete...

That's not possible for two reason:
1) the rules under Attack say:
If an enemy or independent province is already under attack from another player it won’t be liable to become the target of a new attack until the current isn’t decided.
2) the liable battles are of 400, 550 and 750 pts.

[hidde]

Next action:

Land Attack
Hafsids attack (Mamluks?)in Cyrenaica (target) from Tripolitania (starting point).
350 pts. Battle, DM on, FoW on.

Guido, can I do this? Put myself first in the queue, so to speak?
Probably not necessary in this case since the only other possible rout to Cyrenaica is from Crete...

That's not possible for two reason:
1) the rules under Attack say:
If an enemy or independent province is already under attack from another player it won’t be liable to become the target of a new attack until the current isn’t decided.
2) the liable battles are of 400, 550 and 750 pts.

1) Sure, but I mean to attack as soon as the current battle is over, no matter who wins. In this case I can't see any other wanting to do the same but if there had been one or more adjacent players I thought of it as a way to get first in queue as I have an action available now. But I'll wait...
2) D'oh...my bad.

[hidde]

Ok, my second action will be a second fleet then.

[stockwellpete]

Two new actions for the Milanese - build 2 fleets please.

[iandavidsmith]

Challenge Posted

Land Attack
Byzantine attacks Ae [Aetolia] (target) from Th [Thessaly] (starting point).
550 pts. Battle, DM on, FoW on Triarius defending.
Password= Triarius

Good Luck,
Ian

[FedeM]

Finally I won't have time to participate.

Tks

[Lysimachos]

Venetians (Lysimachos) 29/39 Albanians (ericdoman1) 51/49
Tactical Victory: 13.63%

The Venetians gained a hard victory against the Albanians but, alas, their brave Prince, Eric the Dominator, avoided a strategic defeat leading the survivor of his army on the mountains from where menaced to wage guerrilla warfare.
Thus we resorted to plunder the cities on the plain retreating with a booty of 32 ducats.

[Lysimachos]

Finally I won't have time to participate.

Tks

Sorry to hear that.
But I'll anyway advice you if some of the players should resign.

[batesmotel]

batesmotel: Castilian 19/69
ianiow: Granadine: 101/98
Ratio: 60.4%

Murcia has been liberated from Infidel rule by the forces of Castile. Much of the battle consisted of rounding up and stampeding the hordes of LF crossbowmen.

Chris

[batesmotel]

Next Castillian action:

Land Attack
Castilians attack Alentejo (target) from Extremadura (starting point).
750 pts. Battle, DM on, FoW off.
Defending army led by a player randomly chosen with the lottery draw of Saturday.

Chris

[Lysimachos]

The Venetians, having completed the outfitting of their first fleet launch an
Amphibious Attack
against Apulia (target) from Epirus (starting point).
550 pts. Battle, DM on and FoW off.
Given the fact that independent provinces don't own fleets no naval encounter is needed.
Defending army led by a player randomly chosen with the lottery draw of Saturday.

[Triarii]

Hi Kilroy
Aragon's attack on Languedoc.
Challenge posted 750 pts - FoW on DM on.
pw = Languedoc

[kilroy1]

The Mamluk Sultanate’s attack on Cyrenaica from Marmarica had been defeated.

Mamluks 45/45, Zirids 51/73

An 18.6% ratio and thus a strategic victory for the independent province of Cyrenaica. The Sultan will retire to his harem for some quality time with his advisors...

kilroy

[hidde]

Land Attack
Hafsid Kingdom attack Cyrenaica (target) from Tripolitania (starting point).
400 pts. Battle, DM on, FoW off.
Defending army led by a player randomly chosen with the lottery draw of Tuesday.

[Lysimachos]

Hi all, these are in chronological order the attack vs independent provinces waiting to having determined the name of the player taking up the independent armies:
1) Castilians (Batesmotel) attack Alentejo from Extremadura
2) Venetians (Lysimachos) attack Apulia from Epirus

And these are the results of the lottery draw in decreasing order of size:
1) Bari 79 (iandavidsmith)
2) Roma 66 (Lysimachos)
3) Firenze 62 (Stockwellpete)

So, matching the attacks with the lottery draws, we have that:
Iandavidsmith will defend Alentejo vs Batesmotel
Lysimachos will scale down one level in order to avoid battling himself and won't find any opponent
Stockwellpete will go up one level and will defend Apulia vs Lysimachos

[batesmotel]

Challenge posted for liberation of Alentejo, password "portugal".

Chris