Slitherine

This league is aimed at people like myself who are looking for opportunities to play FoG2 casually and socially, yet in an organised way. The competitive part comes naturally, from the victory conditions. The idea is a "constant" ("ever"-lasting or ever-green) league, based on challenging each other along a table; fighting battles and getting points (depending on battle results) as well as always switching armies with each other (yes, always, after battle, independent of battle results) to create variety over time. The social part is not at all about having a strict conversation each turn on the chat. Just the type of chat that I've been having in my games with most of you guys (no names) and have come to enjoy so much (and is part of why I play FoG2): light, friendly, on- and off-topic (FoG2 as well as real life stuff), when we have something to say. Not really commenting every turn with at least 256 letters... But what I do want to avoid is the 100% competitive oriented approach, where the chat starts with "GL HF" and ends with "GG" and nothing in between, if you understand what I mean. The league comes in four separate sections, with armies covering a specific year (300 BC, 500 AD, 900 AD, and 1240 AD), and this thread refers to the 900 AD section.

The current standings and the results are available in:

EGL 900 AD on Google Drive

This league is now closed.

Alan 651-1049 AD
Andalusian 756-1049 AD
Anglo-Saxon 871-949 AD
Arab (Abbasid) 874-946 AD
Arab (North Africa) 789-999 AD
Arab (Syria/Iraq) 890-1008 AD
Armenian 885-1045 AD
Breton 580-931 AD
British 600-1030 AD
Bulgar (Danube) 852-1018 AD
Bulgar (Volga) 675-1237 AD
Byzantine 740-903 AD
Croatian 850-1102 AD
French 888-1049 AD
German 888-932 AD
Indian (Hindu North) 600-1049 AD
Indian (Hindu South) 600-1049 AD
Indian (Rajput) 650-1049 AD
Irish 900-1049 AD
Khazar 738-969 AD
Khorasanian 821-1003 AD
Lombard 776-1049 AD
Magyar 830-1049 AD
Moravian 833-907 AD
Navarrese 900-1049 AD
Pecheneg 850-1122 AD
Rus 860-959 AD
Scots 851-1051 AD
Serbian 850-1039 AD
Spanish 900-1049 AD
Turkish 600-1036 AD
Viking (Ireland) 900-1049 AD
Viking 900-1049 AD
Welsh 600-1049 AD

The rules are the same for all of the 300 BC, 300 AD, and 900 AD series and can be found in the third post of the Ever-Green League - 300 BC League.

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Hi! Vikings (Ireland) please.^^

Anglo-Saxon 871 please!

Byzantine please

Will go for Spanish

ok sign me up , I'll take the Scots. (picked at random , I've no idea what's in the list )

TomoeGozen wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 7:11 pm ok sign me up , I'll take the Scots. (picked at random , I've no idea what's in the list )

Glad you're back in 900 AD! Scots are yours!

French for me please. 888-1049. El Cid has been taken.

Spanish 900-1049 AD with Andalusian 756-1049 AD allies please

schmolywar wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 11:05 pm Spanish 900-1049 AD with Andalusian 756-1049 AD allies please

Spanish 900-1049 AD is unfortunately already taken by another player, so please pick another army.

Also, you will not need to specify any allies, since for each individual game, the player making the challenge can choose whether to bring allies to his current army at that time (out of the available allies for that particular army), whereas in contrast the player being challenged will not be allowed to bring any allies.

Andalusian

TomoeGozen wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 7:11 pm ok sign me up , I'll take the Scots. (picked at random , I've no idea what's in the list )

Fantastic! More people should do that!^^

Aetius39 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 7:08 am

TomoeGozen wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 7:11 pm ok sign me up , I'll take the Scots. (picked at random , I've no idea what's in the list )

Fantastic! More people should do that!^^

Of course, if we were gaming the system, which we aren't supposed to be doing, it would perhaps be most effective to pick the worst army in the list (whichever that is), since you will only have to play one game with it (for a while) and it will thereafter spread alarm and despondency amongst the players who have to use it subsequently.

rbodleyscott wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 7:37 am

Aetius39 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 7:08 am

TomoeGozen wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 7:11 pm ok sign me up , I'll take the Scots. (picked at random , I've no idea what's in the list )

Fantastic! More people should do that!^^

Of course, if we were gaming the system, which we aren't supposed to be doing, it would perhaps be most effective to pick the worst army in the list (whichever that is), since you will only have to play one game with it (for a while) and it will thereafter spread alarm and despondency amongst the players who have to use it subsequently.

I doubt (or at least hope not) people would do that. Besides, I (optimistically) would look at that as a challenge. Also, every person would only have to play that army for a while too, so wouldn't be so bad. Now if you had to play Moors 350 army 9x...then I could understand jumping out a window

Aetius39 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 8:33 am

rbodleyscott wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 7:37 am

Aetius39 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 7:08 am

Fantastic! More people should do that!^^

Of course, if we were gaming the system, which we aren't supposed to be doing, it would perhaps be most effective to pick the worst army in the list (whichever that is), since you will only have to play one game with it (for a while) and it will thereafter spread alarm and despondency amongst the players who have to use it subsequently.

I doubt (or at least hope not) people would do that. Besides, I (optimistically) would look at that as a challenge. Also, every person would only have to play that army for a while too, so wouldn't be so bad. Now if you had to play Moors 350 army 9x...then I could understand jumping out a window

Agree: I believe and hope that people choose armies based on what they think would be fun to play with and against. And from what I've seen so far, that seems to be the case for all of 300 BC, 500 AD, and 900 AD.

rbodleyscott wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 7:37 am <snipped>
. . . . it would perhaps be most effective to pick the worst army in the list (whichever that is), since you will only have to play one game with it (for a while) and it will thereafter spread alarm and despondency amongst the players who have to use it subsequently.

I can make that apply to any army I might pick . . .
In this case, let's make a go with Armenian 885-1045 AD. Thank you.

Navarese for me please.

Deeter