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rbodleyscott wrote:King Mithridates of Kappadokia wishes to announce that, in honour of his royal Achaemenid ancestors, the Kingdom of Kappadokia will be fielding Early Achaemenid Persians when Immortal Fire arrives.

Does that mean that Greek solidarity requires every Greek/Hellenistic army to take revenge on Kappadokia for the Persian tyranny?

Ironclad wrote:

rbodleyscott wrote:King Mithridates of Kappadokia wishes to announce that, in honour of his royal Achaemenid ancestors, the Kingdom of Kappadokia will be fielding Early Achaemenid Persians when Immortal Fire arrives.

Does that mean that Greek solidarity requires every Greek/Hellenistic army to take revenge on Kappadokia for the Persian tyranny?

You can certainly try. However, if you do, you had better decide in advance which province you plan to lose.

rbodleyscott wrote:

Ironclad wrote:

rbodleyscott wrote:King Mithridates of Kappadokia wishes to announce that, in honour of his royal Achaemenid ancestors, the Kingdom of Kappadokia will be fielding Early Achaemenid Persians when Immortal Fire arrives.

Does that mean that Greek solidarity requires every Greek/Hellenistic army to take revenge on Kappadokia for the Persian tyranny?

You can certainly try. However, if you do, you had better decide in advance which province you plan to lose.

Insult one Greek, insult all.

Now how to get to your hidey hole.

Ironclad wrote:

rbodleyscott wrote:

Ironclad wrote: Does that mean that Greek solidarity requires every Greek/Hellenistic army to take revenge on Kappadokia for the Persian tyranny?

You can certainly try. However, if you do, you had better decide in advance which province you plan to lose.

Insult one Greek, insult all.

Now how to get to your hidey hole.

Well "Death to the Kappadokian scum"! Says half the Westralian army. The French (sorry, now German) half couldn't care less.

Wow, I didn't expect a barrage of hate mail just because I announced which army from IF Kappadokia would be using.

Well, attack is the best form of defence, so I announce an invasion of Arrakis by the (Imitation) Seleucid army of Kappadokia, travelling via the territories of my allies Phanagoria and Utopia. (Assuming they grant permission). Apologies to our mutual ally Canaan - this war has been forced on me by Arrakian racial hatred.

Challenge has been posted. Password is Ironclad. Please announce which of your provinces is shortly to come under ethnic Persian control.

Awake davouthojo Queen of the tartan clad amazons. Feel the wrath of our long thrusting spears. Battle is joined even though the Westralian armies are much reduced (and had a bit of a sex change themselves).

rbodleyscott wrote:Wow, I didn't expect a barrage of hate mail just because I announced which army from IF Kappadokia would be using.

Well, attack is the best form of defence, so I announce an invasion of Arrakis by the (Imitation) Seleucid army of Kappadokia, travelling via the territories of my allies Phanagoria and Utopia. (Assuming they grant permission). Apologies to our mutual ally Canaan - this war has been forced on me by Arrakian racial hatred.

Challenge has been posted. Password is Ironclad. Please announce which of your provinces is shortly to come under ethnic Persian control.

In the spirit of our true Macedonian heritage and the great Alexander we fight with FOW on - none of your imitation Persian practices for us. (Of course I might feel differently when I see the new FOW in action along with the double moves!).

The morale of your "Seleucids" must be shot to know that a Persian army is to replace them. Those who survive the battle (and don't runaway at the first contact) shall be nobly treated by us.

rbodleyscott wrote:Wow, I didn't expect a barrage of hate mail just because I announced which army from IF Kappadokia would be using.

Well, attack is the best form of defence, so I announce an invasion of Arrakis by the (Imitation) Seleucid army of Kappadokia, travelling via the territories of my allies Phanagoria and Utopia. (Assuming they grant permission). Apologies to our mutual ally Canaan - this war has been forced on me by Arrakian racial hatred.

Challenge has been posted. Password is Ironclad. Please announce which of your provinces is shortly to come under ethnic Persian control.

Satrap of Kappodocia , we give notice of our invasion. Be advised it has nothing to do with racial hatred for we care not at all if a Greek or Persian spawned you. Unfortunatley balance or "dike" as the Greeks put it, has been disturbed , a wrong has been commited and must be righted, and balance/dike restored. It matters not that you did not commit the wrong, it is enough that you are associated with the wrongdoer.

The challenge will be posted tonite when we return from our toils in the salt mines
password shall be : parthia

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Oh yes, we also send an army into the Krimea
Great Khan, again nothing personal, it just would be a shame if the mother ship comes down to send you to Olympus without us ever clashing shields
challenge also to be issued tonite password shall be: steppe

SPQR

TheGrayMouser wrote:

rbodleyscott wrote:Wow, I didn't expect a barrage of hate mail just because I announced which army from IF Kappadokia would be using.

Well, attack is the best form of defence, so I announce an invasion of Arrakis by the (Imitation) Seleucid army of Kappadokia, travelling via the territories of my allies Phanagoria and Utopia. (Assuming they grant permission). Apologies to our mutual ally Canaan - this war has been forced on me by Arrakian racial hatred.

Challenge has been posted. Password is Ironclad. Please announce which of your provinces is shortly to come under ethnic Persian control.

Satrap of Kappodocia , we give notice of our invasion. Be advised it has nothing to do with racial hatred for we care not at all if a Greek or Persian spawned you. Unfortunatley balance or "dike" as the Greeks put it, has been disturbed , a wrong has been commited and must be righted, and balance/dike restored. It matters not that you did not commit the wrong, it is enough that you are associated with the wrongdoer.

The challenge will be posted tonite when we return from our toils in the salt mines
password shall be : parthia

SPQR

Nobly done.

Just one thought for all - aren't we supposed to be waiting for the On High to issue us with the random result card outcomes before beginning campaigning.

is waiting on that

When one plays Poker, you do not wait for all the cards to be flipped before placing your wager.

Ironclad wrote:In the spirit of our true Macedonian heritage and the great Alexander we fight with FOW on - none of your imitation Persian practices for us. (Of course I might feel differently when I see the new FOW in action along with the double moves!).

Well I already issued the challenge as per my previous post, which means that our Persian practices prevail. Double moves is on, FOW is off.

It is up to you to demonstrate your resolve and accept the challenge, lest your undefended province be conquered without a fight.

TheGrayMouser wrote:Satrap of Kappodocia , we give notice of our invasion. Be advised it has nothing to do with racial hatred for we care not at all if a Greek or Persian spawned you. Unfortunatley balance or "dike" as the Greeks put it, has been disturbed , a wrong has been commited and must be righted, and balance/dike restored. It matters not that you did not commit the wrong, it is enough that you are associated with the wrongdoer.

Eh? As a casus belli that is pretty weak.

You say that I was wronged, therefore to restore the balance you must attack me?

Infamy! Infamy! (They've all got it in for me).

rbodleyscott wrote:

TheGrayMouser wrote:Satrap of Kappodocia , we give notice of our invasion. Be advised it has nothing to do with racial hatred for we care not at all if a Greek or Persian spawned you. Unfortunatley balance or "dike" as the Greeks put it, has been disturbed , a wrong has been commited and must be righted, and balance/dike restored. It matters not that you did not commit the wrong, it is enough that you are associated with the wrongdoer.

Eh? As a casus belli that is pretty weak.

You say that I was wronged, therefore to restore the balance you must attack me?

Infamy! Infamy! (They've all got it in for me).

Hmm... you completely misunderstand...

You did no wrong to Rome, however Rome was wronged, but it matters not in the Greek interpretation of justice and balance.
The answers to why we are invading you are written in the map and charts and paprys of the Lost world.

If that is not sufficient, ask our mutual "ally" Morbio why Rome must invade.

TheGrayMouser wrote:

rbodleyscott wrote:

TheGrayMouser wrote:Satrap of Kappodocia , we give notice of our invasion. Be advised it has nothing to do with racial hatred for we care not at all if a Greek or Persian spawned you. Unfortunatley balance or "dike" as the Greeks put it, has been disturbed , a wrong has been commited and must be righted, and balance/dike restored. It matters not that you did not commit the wrong, it is enough that you are associated with the wrongdoer.

Eh? As a casus belli that is pretty weak.

You say that I was wronged, therefore to restore the balance you must attack me?

Infamy! Infamy! (They've all got it in for me).

Hmm... you completely misunderstand...

You did no wrong to Rome, however Rome was wronged, but it matters not in the Greek interpretation of justice and balance.
The answers to why we are invading you are written in the map and charts and paprys of the Lost world.

If that is not sufficient, ask our mutual "ally" Morbio why Rome must invade.

Clearly any feeble pretext will suffice when the rapacious greed of the Roman senate is concerned.

O tempora, o mores!

Owing to a case of mistaken identity (all Romans smell alike to us), King Mithridates of Kappadokia declares war on Rhome.

However, a Hellenistic monarch should never go back on a decision, lest he be considered weak, so the invasion of Rhome must go ahead.

The challenge is posted. Password: maximvs

Rome can do nothing if the leaders of nations are so jaded they must assume all wars are fought for greed. We find it ironic that your cassi bellus for invading Ironclad is friendly banter about heritage. Meanwhile outragiously accented Westralians overtly threaten you and you do nothing... Perhaps you had intended to attack Ironclad all along.....
Are reasons have already been stated.
Vae Victus

TheGrayMouser wrote:Satrap of Kappodocia , we give notice of our invasion.

What route do you intend to use to travel to Kappadokia? (We may wish to send an inspection team to assess the adequacy of the caravanserai facilities - and of course check for weapons of mass destruction).

We have no doudt our ally Armenia will give us leave to move thru their lands in this strange wrap-a-round world of ours, to pay you a visit
No wmd's except our pilum, and maybe some pox ridden camp followers

rbodleyscott wrote:

Ironclad wrote:In the spirit of our true Macedonian heritage and the great Alexander we fight with FOW on - none of your imitation Persian practices for us. (Of course I might feel differently when I see the new FOW in action along with the double moves!).

Well I already issued the challenge as per my previous post, which means that our Persian practices prevail. Double moves is on, FOW is off.

It is up to you to demonstrate your resolve and accept the challenge, lest your undefended province be conquered without a fight.

Nice try, but if the so recently introduced double moves are obligatory, so should FOW which has been with us now for a long time.

Sounds like we need the On High to give us a ruling (Peter please visit our mortal realm).