Slitherine

ilpars wrote: Fri Jun 05, 2026 9:41 pm In Planning Season conducting diplomacy phase what is the diplomacy order?
Do we conduct our all 3 diplomacy actions first then Etruscans do their 1 or is it 1 Roman, 1 Etruscan, 2 more Roman?

=> "The Major Faction with the most Momentum starts, conducting its Diplomacy (if equal, Romans are going first)."

But first we will suggest and discuss rule changes in a PM thread that I just started.

Rules updated to v0.99: [LINK]

... So now it's time for Year 2 and its Planning Season, and the Momentum Diplomacy. Romans, victorious last year, go first doing all their Momentum Diplomacy rolls. Good luck but not too much good luck.

The Major Faction with the most Momentum goes first conducting all its Diplomacy rolls (if equal, Romans are going first). Momentum levels do not modify Diplomacy rolls during the Planning Season.

Just like that, Roman momentum vanishes!

Three attempts at City Diplomacy on Vulci (@ at =0, with offsetting single connections to friendly and hostile cities) yielded a 1, 2 and 6 - we needed to enter the planning season with 4 momentum!

Year 2 - Planning Season - Faction Diplomacy Operation

As we cannot win alone, we try to rally the Samnites to our cause !

- Roll a nine, so Samnite's allegiance is adjusted by +1 (0 -> 1).

A few contingents of fierce warriors come to support the upcoming Etruscan campaign.

The Romans raise three armies and place their armies first, as follows:
Roman I - Tarquinii
Roman II - Roma
Gauls - Luna

Etruscan I: Pisae
Etruscan II: Clusium

Year 2 Roman 1st Operation: All armies in supply.
Gallic army move SE on the road. Terrain is hilly. Rolled 3+1 road= 4. Not greater than 2*threshold.
Allow move and end Operation for that Army.

Roman II gets a rousing send off from the crowds in Rome and marches smartly up the main road towards Clusium:
NW (crossing River on friendly road) DR 5+2=7 > 2x2 continues
N (on friendly road) DR 7+2=9 >1x2 continues
into Sutrium (on friendly road) DR 3+2=5 >1x2 continues
N from Sutrium (on friendly road) DR 4+2=6 >1x2 continues
NW (hills, on friendly road) DR 6+2=8 >2x2 continues
into Voisinii (on friendly road) DR 6+2 > 2x2 continues
NW (on road) DR 6+1 > 2x2 - continue, but stops to find out if the Etruscans are ready for an early start to their campaign?