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 1240 AD section.

The current standings and the results are available in:

EGL 1240 AD on Google Drive

This league is now closed.

At a quick count

1100 AD has 22
1200 AD has 24
1240 AD has 26 (Adds Mongols and Teutonic Order)

rbodleyscott wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 11:32 am At a quick count

1100 AD has 22
1200 AD has 24
1240 AD has 26 (Adds Mongols and Teutonic Order)

Thanks, Richard. Looks like 1240 AD could then be the year to go for.

This sounds fun and I'd like to join.

Sounds good. I'd like to join when it's made available!

You'll have my sword!
And the swords of my army...
Okay the pitchforks of my army!

And me please

I'm in !

Baltic Tribes 1050-1283 AD
Berber (Almohad) 1121-1269 AD
Berber (Hafsid) 1229-1268 AD
Bohemian 1200-1319 AD
Breton 1155-1319 AD
Bulgar (Volga) 1040-1241 AD
Bulgarian 1186-1299 AD
Byzantine (Epiros) 1205-1261 AD
Byzantine (Nikaia) 1205-1261 AD
Byzantine (Trebizond) 1205-1261 AD
Castilian/Leónese 1200-1319 AD
Crusader 1152-1291 AD
Cuman 1180-1394 AD
Cypriot 1192-1290 AD
Dailami 1056-1500 AD
Danish 1200-1319 AD
English 1155-1271 AD
Free Canton 1200-1319 AD
French 1155-1319 AD
Georgian 1145-1299 AD
German (Imperial) 1200-1319 AD
German (North/West) 1200-1319 AD
German (South/East) 1200-1319 AD
Granadine 1232-1319 AD
Hungarian 1200-1319 AD
Indian (Hindu North) 1050-1300 AD
Indian (Hindu South) 1050-1335 AD
Indian (Muslim) 1192-1339 AD
Indian (Rajput) 1050-1339 AD
Irish 1131-1259 AD
Italian (Ghibelline) 1200-1319 AD
Italian (Guelf) 1200-1319 AD
Khwarazmian 1232-1246 AD
Kingdom of Sicily 1200-1266 AD
Latin Greece 1204-1311 AD
Lithuanian 1100-1299 AD
Low Countries 1200-1274 AD
Mongol (Europe) 1223-1241 AD
Mongol (Middle East - Ilkhanid) 1230-1353 AD
Navarrese 1155-1299 AD
Norwegian 1155-1319 AD
Papal 1200-1319 AD
Polish 1200-1319 AD
Portuguese 1200-1319 AD
Russian 1155-1264 AD
Scots (Isles and Highlands) 1050-1319 AD
Scots 1162-1319 AD
Seljuq Turkish (West) 1155-1307 AD
Serbian 1040-1299 AD
Swedish 1155-1319 AD
Syrian States 1090-1286 AD
Teutonic Order 1226-1319 AD
Tuareg 950-1500 AD
Welsh (North) 1100-1295 AD

May I start with Lithuanian please?

I am in. We pick armies now?

Jagger2002 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 22, 2021 8:26 pm I am in. We pick armies now?

Yes, you can. But this is likely to pick off only when season 10 of the Digital League is finalised.

I'm up for a medieval league. Can I go French?

scrofulus wrote: ↑Mon Feb 22, 2021 9:55 pm I'm up for a medieval league. Can I go French?

Bear in mind you will only get to use them for one battle and then will swap to using whatever your last opponent had.

For that reason, it really doesn't matter much which army you pick to start with. It is probably best if people pick as wide a variety of armies as possible, rather than trying to pick something "good".

That is why I picked Lithuanian. I don't think I would want to use them in every battle!

rbodleyscott wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 10:28 am

scrofulus wrote: ↑Mon Feb 22, 2021 9:55 pm I'm up for a medieval league. Can I go French?

Bear in mind you will only get to use them for one battle and then will swap to using whatever your last opponent had.

For that reason, it really doesn't matter much which army you pick to start with. It is probably best if people pick as wide a variety of armies as possible, rather than trying to pick something "good".

That is why I picked Lithuanian. I don't think I would want to use them in every battle!

True, these are very good points: select armies that you think would be fun (or at least challenging and different and thus enjoyable) to play with and against, and that create a nice and wide variety of armies in the league.

Not keen on Mongol armies generally as they are too horse-based and float around without getting down to any nitty-gritty. I find them annoying to play against. I'm fine with just starting with French and moving around.

I'm in and I'll take the Mongols

Sounds great. I would like to join, playing the scots first.

There was a discussion concerning Mongols and horse armies in the main forum. Any thoughts on either creating 2 leagues with one as a horse army and their enemies and the other as a non-horse army and their enemies? Or perhaps a single league but have phases switching between those two types of battles and appropriate armies?

No, it would be one league comprised of each of the armies that the participating players select from THIS post. That is, all armies whose time periods cover 1240 AD.