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5b: MadMaxBot(Romans III incurred 21) Defeats Aetius39(lazyges incurred 50)

lazyges CC fell while defeat was near certain anyway.

I had just moved my CC the prior turn to a non combatant due to a bad feeling

So with all battles concluded in round I as follows:
1A. olin0111 (Romans IV) versus TomoeGozen (Romans V) in Syria XXIII. => olin0111 (40% incurred) beat TomoeGozen (61%).
1B. olin0111 (Sassanids with Armenian allies) versus TomoeGozen (Romans V) in Arabia XXVI. => olin0111 (24% incurred) beat TomoeGozen (53%).
2A. MadMaxBot (Romans III) versus kronenblatt (Romans II) in Italia XIII. => MadMaxBot (56% incurred) drew with kronenblatt (50%).
2B. MadMaxBot (Goths without cavalry) versus TomoeGozen (Romans V) in Cappadocia XXI. => MadMaxBot (6% incurred) beat TomoeGozen (21%), due to C-in-C falling in battle (1st time).
3A. kronenblatt (Romans II) versus Aetius39 (Romans I) in Germania Superior V. => Aetius39 (14% incurred) beat kronenblatt (54%).
3B. kronenblatt (Goths) versus MadMaxBot (Romans III) in Dacia XI. => kronenblatt (16% incurred) beat MadMaxBot (41%).
4A. TomoeGozen (Romans V) versus kronenblatt (Romans II) in Africa XXIX. => TomoeGozen (10% incurred) beat kronenblatt (10%), due to C-in-C falling in battle (1st time).
4B. TomoeGozen (Goths) versus olin0111 (Romans IV) in Moesia Inferior XII. => TomoeGozen (14% incurred) beat olin0111 (41%).
5A. Aetius39 (Romans I) versus kronenblatt (Romans II) in Mauretania XXVIII. => Aetius39 (36% incurred) beat kronenblatt (60%).
5B. Aetius39 (Iazyges) versus MadMaxBot (Romans III) in Pannonia X. => MadMaxBot (21% incurred) beat Aetius39 (50%), due to C-in-C falling in battle (not counted since not Roman faction).

The following provinces are now considered looted (as highlighted by lighter colors in the map below):
Arabia XXVI. Cappadocia XXI. Dacia XI. Moesia Inferior XII.

Control of the following provinces is changed:
Syria XXIII to olin0111.
Agri Decumates VI and Mauretania XXVIII to Aetius39.
Africa XXIX and Italia XIII to TomoeGozen (with TomoeGozen gaining Italia XIII as 1 additional province due to kronenblatt's Roman faction's C-in-C falling in battle.)

Aggregate occurrences of Roman factions' C-in-Cs having fallen in battle (will affect the number of additional provinces to be handed over in case their C-in-Cs fall in battle against other Roman factions):
TomoeGozen 1. kronenblatt 1.

Force point (FP) adjustments for next round:
olin0111: -21 (20 + (-41)).
MadMaxBot: -36 (20 + (-56)).
kronenblatt: -40 (20 + (-60)).
TomoeGozen: -41 (20 + (-61)).
Aetius39: -16 (20 + (-36)).

From the rules:

• Each player's FP adjustment is calculated as follows:
  • 20 minus the maximum incurred casualties of his Roman faction this round.

• If the player's Roman faction has fought more than one battle in a round, the maximum (i.e., worst) value is applied.

• The incurred casualties of non-Roman factions that the player may have played as are not taken into consideration in any way.

• FP adjustments are not in any way calculated for or applied upon non-Roman factions.

• The FP adjustment is used in the next round to determine the number of force points (FP) available to the player's Roman faction in battles as well as the order in which players' attack declarations are made.

Round II (262 AD)

Order of attack declarations:
1. Aetius39: Mar. 5 (-16 FP adjustment).
2. olin0111: Mar. 6 (-21).
3. MadMaxBot: Mar. 7 (-36).
4. kronenblatt: Mar. 8 (-40).
5. TomoeGozen: Mar. 9 (-41).

Each player shall make two attack declarations upon other players' Roman factions (see Attacks in rules):
I. One conquest attack by his Roman faction.
II. One raid attack by any non-Roman faction.

Once attack declarations have been made, battles are resolved simultaneously during a three-week period of Mar. 11 - Apr. 1 (see Battles in the rules), or earlier if attack declarations are concluded before Mar. 9. (If all battles have been resolved before that, round III may commence earlier, but plan for first order of round III's attack declarations on Apr. 3).

Please note that:

• A number of provinces are now looted by certain non-Roman factions (Goths in XI Dacia and XII Moesia Inferior, Sassanids in XXVI Arabia), allowing for raids deeper into the Roman empire by these factions (XXI Cappadocia is looted due to sea raid by Goths, but since it was sea raids it does not then allow for raids from that province by Goths).

• Attack declaration shall be made in posts in this thread.

• Rules are found in second post of this thread.

• Date (midnight CET (Rome) time) above indicates deadline, after which opportunity to declare attacks is forfeited and the player next in line may declare attacks.

• If a player above has announced his attacks, then the player next in line is free and is encouraged to announce attacks too, up to his deadline, i.e., if the players before you have announced attacks, don't wait for your deadline to announce your own attacks but instead do so speedily so battles can start as soon as possible.

Announced attack declarations
1. Conquest: Aetius39 attacks TomoeGozen 's Africa XXIX from Mauretania XXVIII.
1. Raid: Goths attack MadMaxBot's Moesia Superior XV.
2. Conquest: olin0111 attacks MadMaxBot's Macedonia XVII from Thracia XVI.
2. Raid: Sassanids with Armenian allies attack TomoeGozen's Aegyptus XXX.
3. Conquest: MadMaxBot attacks TomoeGozen's Italia XIII from Noricum IX.
3. Raid: Alamans attack Aetius39's Agri Decumates VI.
4. Conquest: kronenblatt attacks Aetius39's Germania Superior V from Raetia VIII.
4. Raid: Iazyges attack MadMaxBot's Pannonia X.
5. Conquest: TomoeGozen attacks olin0111's Syria XXIII from Cappadocia XXI.
5. Raid: Goths attack olin0111's Thracia XVI.

Conquest:

Aetius39 from XXVIII (Mauritania) attacks TomoeGozen XXIX (Africa)

Raid:

Goths attack MadMaxBot in XV (Moesia Superior)

* The above raid is possible because the Goths won last time in XI and can attack from out of that province now, right?

Aetius39 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 04, 2021 2:33 am Conquest:

Aetius39 from XXVIII (Mauritania) attacks TomoeGozen XXIX (Africa)

Raid:

Goths attack MadMaxBot in XV (Moesia Superior)

* The above raid is possible because the Goths won last time in XI and can attack from out of that province now, right?

100% right! Plus that Goths looted X too, which also gives access for them to raiding XV. (Please note the symbols (squares for Goths, etc.) indicating which provinces have been looted by which Non-Roman factions.)

Conquest: olin0111 attacks MadMaxBot's Macedonia XVII from Thracia XVI

Raid: Sassanids with Armenian allies raid TomoeGozen's Aegyptus XXX

Conquest: MadMaxBot (Romans III) attack TomoeGozen (Romans V) Noricum IX > Italia XIII

Raid: MadMaxBot (Alamans) Raid Aetius39 (Romans I) >Agri Decumantes VI

Conquest: kronenblatt attacks Aetius39's Germania Superior V from Raetia VIII.
Raid: Sassanids with Armenian allies attack olin0111's Syria XXIII.

EDIT: As it turned out, rules state with respect to raids and battle outcomes that: If the Roman faction is the victor, the losing non-Roman faction is not allowed to make raid attacks on any of the Roman faction's provinces the next round. Iazyges in fact lost their raid battle last round and thus are not allowed to raid this round. Thus, my raid attack is changed to the following: Sassanids with Armenian allies attack olin0111's Syria XXIII.

Conquest : TomoeGozen attacks olin0111's Syria (XXIII) from Cappodocia XXI
Raid : Alamans attack Aetius' Agri Decumates VI

TomoeGozen wrote: ↑Thu Mar 04, 2021 9:15 pm Conquest : TomoeGozen attacks olin0111's Syria (XXIII) from Cappodocia XXI
Raid : Alamans attack Aetius' Agri Decumates VI

Your raid attack is already announced by MadMaxBot, and the rules state that:

a non-Roman faction can make several raids (then through attacks declarations of different players) in the same round, but only once per round against a specific Roman faction as defender.

Oops!...
Ok, I shall instead declare:
Land raid-Goths attack olin0111's Thracia XVI

TomoeGozen wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 9:11 am Oops!...
Ok, I shall instead declare:
Land raid-Goths attack olin0111's Thracia XVI

No probs, Dave! Oki, got it.

Battle resolution, round II (262 AD)

Announced attack declarations
1. Conquest: Aetius39 attacks TomoeGozen's Africa XXIX from Mauretania XXVIII.
1. Raid: Goths attack MadMaxBot's Moesia Superior XV.
2. Conquest: olin0111 attacks MadMaxBot's Macedonia XVII from Thracia XVI.
2. Raid: Sassanids with Armenian allies attack TomoeGozen's Aegyptus XXX.
3. Conquest: MadMaxBot attacks TomoeGozen's Italia XIII from Noricum IX.
3. Raid: Alamans attack Aetius39's Agri Decumates VI.
4. Conquest: kronenblatt attacks Aetius39's Germania Superior V from Raetia VIII.
4. Raid: Sassanids with Armenian allies attack olin0111's Syria XXIII. (EDIT: changed from Iazyges, since they lost raid battle last round and thus are not allowed to raid this round.)
5. Conquest: TomoeGozen attacks olin0111's Syria XXIII from Cappadocia XXI.
5. Raid: Goths attack olin0111's Thracia XVI.

Corresponding battles
1A. Aetius39 (Romans I, 1584 FP) attacks TomoeGozen (Romans V, 1559 FP) in Africa XXIX. => TomoeGozen (13% incurred) beat Aetius39 (21%), due to C-in-C falling in battle (1st time).
1B. Aetius39 (Goths, 1600 FP) attacks MadMaxBot (Romans III, 1564 FP) in Moesia Superior XV.
2A. olin0111 (Romans IV, 1579 FP) attacks MadMaxBot (Romans III, 1564 FP) in Macedonia XVII.
2B. olin0111 (Sassanids with Armenian allies, 1600 FP) attacks TomoeGozen (Romans V, 1559 FP) in Aegyptus XXX. => olin0111 (10% incurred) beat TomoeGozen (41%).
3A. MadMaxBot (Romans III, 1564 FP) attacks TomoeGozen ((Romans V, 1559 FP) in Italia XIII.
3B. MadMaxBot (Alamans, 1600 FP) attacks Aetius39 (Romans I, 1584 FP) in Agri Decumates VI.
4A. kronenblatt (Romans II, 1560 FP) attacks Aetius39 (Romans I, 1584 FP) in Germania Superior V. => Aetius39 (24% incurred) beat kronenblatt (53%).
4B. kronenblatt (Sassanids with Armenian allies, 1600 FP) attacks olin0111 (Romans IV, 1579 FP) in Syria XXIII. (EDIT: see above.)
5A. TomoeGozen (Romans V, 1559 FP) attacks olin0111 (Romans IV, 1579 FP) in Syria XXIII.
5B. TomoeGozen (Goths, 1600 FP) attacks olin0111 (Romans IV, 1579 FP) in Thracia XVI.

Please note the following

• Battles are resolved simultaneously during a four-week period of Mar. 6 - Apr. 3.

• The defender creates the challenge, also deciding the map terrain for the province in question.

• All battles are 24 turns, 40 x 32 and use Remove the Head (i.e., the battle will end also when one side’s C-in-C falls in battle with that side becoming the loser).

• No map re-rolls are allowed.

• Make sure you have An Empire in Flames v3 module downloaded and installed (manual download as advised in PM).

• When setting up the challenge in-game, in Multiplayer Lobby under My Challenges, through pressing New Challenge and then Create Skirmish, choose Select Another Module, mark An Empire in Flames v3 and click LAUNCH. The factions can now be chosen for the battle when creating the challenge.

• The defender reports the battle result once concluded: who's victor and loser (if any), always specifying the incurred casualties and whether any faction's C-in-C fell in battle.

Enjoy! Any questions? Please post them here.

All of my round 2 defence battles (against Aetius39 , olin0111 and MadMaxBot) are set up and pms sent.

Set up both of my round 2 games defending against Kronenblatt and MadMaxBot.

Passwords for both games are korea.

Pm'd both!^^

kronenblatt wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 9:30 am 4B. kronenblatt (Sassanids with Armenian allies, 1600 FP) attacks olin0111 (Romans IV, 1579 FP) in Syria XXIII. (EDIT: see above.)
5A. TomoeGozen (Romans V, 1559 FP) attacks olin0111 (Romans IV, 1579 FP) in Syria XXIII.
5B. TomoeGozen (Goths, 1600 FP) attacks olin0111 (Romans IV, 1579 FP) in Thracia XVI.

I created the battles and sent PM's

olin0111 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 1:13 pm

kronenblatt wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 9:30 am 4B. kronenblatt (Sassanids with Armenian allies, 1600 FP) attacks olin0111 (Romans IV, 1579 FP) in Syria XXIII. (EDIT: see above.)

I created the battles and sent PM's

Thanks: although, as far as I could see, you didn't include the Armenian allies.

kronenblatt wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 3:09 pm

olin0111 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 1:13 pm

kronenblatt wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 9:30 am 4B. kronenblatt (Sassanids with Armenian allies, 1600 FP) attacks olin0111 (Romans IV, 1579 FP) in Syria XXIII. (EDIT: see above.)

I created the battles and sent PM's

Thanks: although, as far as I could see, you didn't include the Armenian allies.

Thanks for pointing this out. I set up the correct challenge (same PW).

TomoeGozen (Romans V) defeats Aetius (Romans I) in Africa.
Aetius' general foolishly trusted a band of his barbarian allies to protect him in the heat of battle but the Praetorians sacrificed many of their own lives to hunt him down and kill him

TomoeGozen kills Aetius' CinC whilst the scores were TomoeGozen :13% losses , Aetius :21% losses.

Aetius39 (Romans 1) defeats Kronenblatt (Romans 2) 53-24

A wide flanking maneuver in the Roman 1 army was the clincher, routing the evil wannabe Roman army back to it's heathen lands. Amazingly, no c-in-c fell!^^ GG as usual, Kronenblatt!