500 AD global campaign - Year 512 battles are up

[TheGrayMouser]

Byzantine vs Sassanid is up for GreyMouser (password Assyria).

Shadowblack - you could take either side against me or Mouser in this one:
Sassanid vs Kushan in Middle Eastern Hilly (Samarkand)

Hi Shadowblack, Ive pickd up this one, me as the Kushans
password : sandy

[Kabill]

ALAMANNIA
Ostrogothic (Kabill) vs Frankish (Ironclad) in Northern European Woods
Ostrogoths victory results: Conquers

The Ostrogothic lancers once again prove more than a match for the Frankish warbands who are unable to resist their fearsome charge. The battle concludes 25-54 in favour of the Ostrogoths.

(Thanks to Ironclad for the game - for some reason I'd completely forgotten the fact that I could win on your turn, and so missed my chance to say so in game!).

PANNONIA
Gepids (Shadowblack) vs Ostrogoth-allied Lombards (Kabill) in Northern European Hilly
Gepids victory results: LootsProvince

But elsewhere disaster, with the Gepid's quickly breaking through the Ostrogoth's line and after a protracted melee taking the field 35-61

Thanks again to all the folks I've played over the last couple of months. I hope I'll have the chance to play you again some time and good luck with the rest of the campaign

[jomni]

CHU
Northern Dynasties (Wei, Jomni) vs Chinese (Liang, Kongxinga) in Mediterranean Agricultural
Wei victory results: LootsProvince

Northern Dynasties failed to raid Chu. Wei 40% : Liang 13%

[rexhurley]

It's worth noting that I will sadly have to withdraw from the game following the conclusion of this turn, as I have things ramping up at work which are going to preclude any kind of regular play. I'm really very sorry about this - I'm hoping that with the AI support it won't be too disruptive, but it does also mean Ostrogoths will be available for play if someone wants to take them.

That's a shame your skill will be missed however being completely selfish those of us under the pump from your strategies and skilful play are smiling

[jomni]

YUNZHONG: Yujiulu army (NPC, Rouran) to fight Wei army (Jomni, northern Dynasties) in Steppe
Yujiulu victory results: LootsProvince Conquers

Another Wei defeat. A river in between the two armies spoiled the coordination of Wei lancers. This led to piecemeal annihilation.
Wei: 49% Yujiulu: 24%

[kongxinga]

Thanks for reporting these in Jomni! Last two should be wrapping up in your favor though.

[kongxinga]

AMDO: Yujiulu allies (NPC(*edit now kongxinga), Qiang) vs Wei allies (Jomni, Qiang) in Middle Eastern Hilly
Yujiulu victory results: LootsProvince

Wei Allies (Qiang, played by Jomni) victory! Route percentage is 51%(Yujiulu)-8%(Wei Qiang Allies).

Yujiulu raiding season got off to an inauspicious start, resulting in a first battle massacre.

[Nijis]

Got those! Battle of Kham is still ongoing, right?

[kongxinga]

Yup, indeed, wrapped up this turn...

KHAM: Chinese, southern (Liang allies) vs Qiang (Jomni, Yarlung allies) in Temperate Mountain
Liang victory results: LootsProvince

Chinese, southern Liang Allies (kongxinga) victory.

Route percentages 50-66 (Liang to Yarlung)

Close, bloodily fought, battle results in a Liang Allies victory .

[jomni]

Yup, indeed, wrapped up this turn...

KHAM: Chinese, southern (Liang allies) vs Qiang (Jomni, Yarlung allies) in Temperate Mountain
Liang victory results: LootsProvince

Chinese, southern Liang Allies (kongxinga) victory.

Route percentages 50-66 (Liang to Yarlung)

Close, bloodily fought, battle results in a Liang Allies victory .

It was indeed a bloody battle of attrition.

[Ironclad]

Victory in Bohemia for my Gepids

Ironclad (Gepids) v shadowblack (Gepids) 39-66

Fought in NE agricultural in mainly open terrain in the centre by two similar armies, where the gods favoured my guys and gave them their revenge. Thanks for the game.

[Nijis]

I think that's all the battles, then! Will try to process the next turn shortly.

[TheGrayMouser]

The Kushites defeat the Sassanid host in Samarkand, 18-47.

[Nijis]

All right then! Year 508 begins...

Here is the download link for the turn:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/k189o9m0 ... 5.sav/file

As always, if you're having difficulty with the app or the orders, feel free and tell me what you want to do, or ask for general advice.

EVENTS:
Rome has conquered Dacia, though pro-Ostrogothic elements remain. Its raiding force was repulsed however in Assyria, while Sassanid allies from Aran ravaged its client state in Armenia.

The Ostrogoths conquered the Frankish-allied principality of Alamannia, and raided and pillaged Magna Graecia.

The Dumnonians defeated a pro-Saxon pretender in Bernicia, lodging in firmly within their sphere of influence. German tribes in Suebia, fearing Frankish influence in their region, reached out to the Romano-British kingdom for support. Across the Irish sea, however, a coalition of southern Irish kings with an eye toward raiding Britain began to seek a Saxon alliance.

The Frankish-allied Moravians finally settled in Bohemia, strengthening the Frankish presence in central Europe.

Slavic tribes in Venedae accepted the overlordship of the Gepid king.

The Liang-Wei contention was stalemated in central China, with a Wei force repulsed in the region of Chu. The nomadic Yujiulu confederacy however conquered the frontier province of Yunzhong, in the far north of the Yellow River bend.

In the eastern Tibetan plateau, Wei allies in Amdo crushed the forces of a neighboring pro-Yujiulu power, while in Kham, Liang raiders defeated a feudatory of the Yarlung dynasty.

On the remote Talas river, a pro-Wei migratory horde was repulsed by local tribes and resigned itself to looking elsewhere for a home.

The Guptas seized the province of Telangana from their southern rivals, the Pallavas.

The Hunas got the better of the Sassanids in the endless fighting along their borders in Afghanistan and central Asia, though battles were bloody and in the end they had little to show for their efforts but the names of some victories to carve onto their stelae.

In southern Arabia, the Himyarids did not stage any new campaigns, but their former rivals in northern Yemen finally acceded to the changing balance of power in the region and accepted an alliance as their junior partner.

Maps:

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The west

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The center

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The east

[jomni]

Heads up to those playing Silk Road. I have submitted version 1.4 (synchronized with Rise of Persia DLC). Hopefully, it gets uploaded during the weekend.

[TheGrayMouser]

Hello, I might have to bow out of this. I d/l what appears to be the latest application version, .31

When I run the setup.exe I get An application cannot be started error.
This is windows 10 32 bit... Is this meant only for 64 bit?


the details read in part:

ERROR SUMMARY
Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
* An exception occurred while determining trust. Following failure messages were detected:
+ Value does not fall within the expected range.
* Activation of C:\Users\**************\Downloads\FoG Campaign 0.31\FoG Campaign.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ Value does not fall within the expected range.

[Nijis]

Hi GrayMouser - the app is designed for 64 bit. Can you send me the detailed error log? I may be able to spot something there.

My email is stephennegus@yahoo.com.

If it doesn't work, I can run you through your options and you can just tell me what you want to do. That usually doesn't take too long.

[Ludendorf]

Nijis, what does raiding actually do? I mean, I did it before because I lacked the resources for Conquest, and I hoped to get some extra income/keep the boot in and stop any recovery. I don't really want to blow a fortune on raiding this turn, so would it actually help my coffers at all, or am I maybe better off saving my money this turn?

[Nijis]

If you win, raiding wins 15 resources. It also damages the other side's province, which can either 1) delay an enemy ally from building up the resources to raid you, if the province is a client, or 2) cost an enemy player resources, if the province is an enemy.

You'll notice from the income too that armies drain resources from enemy provinces to which they are adjacent. (This represents control of trade routes.) Raiding can put your army into the middle of the enemy realm, where it drains more resources.

Also, raiding can eliminate an enemy army, if it's built in the province that turn or if you catch it before it moves, preventing it from attacking you.

Finally, if you fight one battle per turn, either offensively or defensively, either with your realm armies or your proxies, you gain a bit more influence and crisis progression accumulates more slowly. If you don't plan to do anything else and you don't think you'll be attacked, then raiding guarantees you that one battle.

That said, raiding is supposed to be something a player can do if there's no other obvious thing to do. It's more of a defensive strategy than anything else, preventing the enemy from building up the resources and armies they need for an attack, or getting rid of an army that's draining your trade routes.

It's probably most useful for a little power that's just trying to make its name, or a big empire that's not interested in expanding but still favors a pro-active border policy (ie, the raids would be "punitive expeditions" for low-level border infractions).

If your allies have enough resources to raid, though, that's a free attack on your neighbor.

[Ludendorf]

Much obliged. I'll have my turn orders in soon.