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Ancient Empires - FOG II Mini Campaign: Ongoing!

Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2023 6:39 am
by RicoFGM
Looking for THREE players to join me for this fun, super-simple, quick yet cut-throat Field of Glory II mini-campaign.

5 rounds.

4 players -- each get 3 provinces randomly drawn at the start

Each player gets ONE attack per turn.

(sample map)
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ATTACK ORDERS SEQUENCE is determined by % battle results in previous round -- although 1st ROUND order is determined by a random draw.

Any level attack wins the invaded region or repels the invader.

You can attack any enemy province if it joined to a friendly province by a dark dotted line.

You can attack into a region from which an attack has already been launched, you cannot attack into or from a region that is already under attack.

BATTLES
The ATTACKER issues a challenge and choses two armies that are GEOGRAPHICALLY appropriate to the province the battle is taking place in.

The armies can be from ANY TIME PERIOD covered by FOG II: Ancients and all the DLC's up to and including Age of Belisarius.
(if one players does not have all the DLC's, this can be negotiated between the two of them)

Armies should also be from same period chronologically -- can't have Bronze Age Hittites fighting an Imperial Roman Legions.

The DEFENDER then gets to chose which of the two armies to fight with.

(Note: MIRROR Battles are also an option, by agreement of both players -- higher combined % score wins -- but single battle is default)

Default battle setting is Medium Open Battle, 24 turns -- map can be RANDOM (or agreed to by the players)

ANY level of victory captures the province or repels the invader.


FLEETS
A player can decide to deploy its fleet to launch a seaborne attack on an enemy province across a sea zone. (white dotted lines -- see map example above)
The FLEET is deployed into the relevant Sea Zone Box.

There is no naval combat, player who places his FLEET in a Sea Zone box first, has control of that sea zone for that turn.

A normal battle is the fought in the target province.

If the attack is SUCCESSFUL, the FLEET goes back into the AVAILABLE FLEETS box for possible use in the next turn.

If the attack FAILS, the FLEET is removed and placed on the TURN TRACK to be rebuilt, and will be available on the SECOND turn after it was lost.


REGIONS
Controlling all FOUR Provinces in a REGION adds TWO points to a player's score.
Provinces belonging to the same region are indicated by the colour surrounding the Province Name:
There are THREE regions: West, Central and East
(these points are not cumulative, but the scoreboard is adjusted every turn)

END OF CAMPAIGN SCORING:
At the end of the last Round players earn the following points:
a) ONE point per province controlled
b) TWO points per REGION controlled

ELIMINATION
If at the end of any turn, a player has lost all of his provinces, he is eliminated.

Players signed up:
@RicoFGM

Re: Ancient Empires - FOG II Mini Campaign - open for sign up

Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2023 7:49 am
by heidipie
sounds great, esp. the simple part for my poor brain....and i like the cutthroat part also !!

thanks a lot

Re: Ancient Empires - FOG II Mini Campaign - open for sign up

Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2023 8:03 am
by Indibil
I would like to paticipate,
thanks

Re: Ancient Empires - FOG II Mini Campaign - open for sign up

Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2023 4:43 pm
by RicoFGM
Great, so we have Indibil and heidipie on boar.

We'll need one more player to complete the roster.

Re: Ancient Empires - FOG II Mini Campaign: 1 space left!

Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2023 5:46 am
by RicoFGM
We have our four players.

1. Indibil

2. heidipie

3. nyczar

4. RicoFGM

I'll get things set up and started over the weekend.

Thanks all for signing up.

Re: Ancient Empires - FOG II Mini Campaign: Kicking off!

Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2023 7:24 am
by heidipie
thanks a lot ! i see some usual suspects....dont worry, no Irish in this one.....

Re: Ancient Empires - FOG II Mini Campaign: Kicking off!

Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 6:49 am
by RicoFGM
Ok, we are ready to rock n' roll with this.

I have done the random draw for provinces and looks like we got a good distribution.

Empires and 1st Round Attack declaration sequence:
GREEN: heidipie
BLUE: nyczar
RED: indibil
YELLOW: RicoFGM

heidipie kicks us off with his attack declaration.

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Below a few examples of how this works:

Example 1:

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YELLOW uses its FLEET to attack RED in ROME.

YELLOW as attacker selects the armies: Etruscan (330 - 280 BC) vs Samnite (355 - 272 BC), Pot Luck Map
RED as defender picks which army he wants to fight with.

Either player can then set up the battle.

Example 2:

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GREEN attacks BLUE in PERSIA.

GREEN as attacker selects the armies: Achaemid Persian (553 - 546 BC) vs Median (626 - 550 BC), Middle East Agricultural
BLUE as defender picks which army he wants to fight with.

Either player can then set up the battle.

Example 3:

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RED attacks YELLOW in ANATOLIA.

RED decides to go with some diadochi action, and as attacker selects the armies: Antigonid (320 - 301 BC) vs Lysimachid (320 - 281 BC), Pot Luck Map
YELLOW as defender picks which army he wants to fight with.

Either player can then set up the battle.

Re: Ancient Empires - FOG II Mini Campaign: Kicking off!

Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2023 9:54 am
by heidipie
thanks all very clear.....and now i see you can pick armies up to and including Belisarius as long as same time and region historically'

thats a lot of choices ! on it now

Re: Ancient Empires - FOG II Mini Campaign: Kicking off!

Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2023 10:08 am
by heidipie
so coming out of Syria, actually limited choices choose Jewish Revolt against Nabateans in Meddieranean hilly terrain, or otherwise pot luck as my good opponent decides

sorry if got this wrong, but i assume Nabateans are in or near Mesopotamia ? if all OK , await challenge

Re: Ancient Empires - FOG II Mini Campaign: Kicking off!

Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2023 10:11 am
by RicoFGM
You can pick new armies for every attack you make.

What province are you attacking into? ... and from where?

Re: Ancient Empires - FOG II Mini Campaign: Kicking off!

Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2023 10:37 am
by heidipie
from Syria attacking into Mesopotamia........just confirming i picked appropriate armies ?

Re: Ancient Empires - FOG II Mini Campaign: Kicking off!

Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2023 5:26 pm
by Indibil
For me, as a defender of Mesopotmia, it's ok.
If you agree we can play mirror battles. Choose your prefered terrain.
Do you set up the challenge?

Re: Ancient Empires - FOG II Mini Campaign: Kicking off!

Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 2:11 am
by nyczar
I will attack from Gaul into Rome.

Rome (105-25) vs Scots-Irish 50BC-476AD

I am open to one fight or a mirror.

Thanks.

Re: Ancient Empires - FOG II Mini Campaign: Kicking off!

Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 8:17 am
by heidipie
indibil i will do pot luck terrain and set up, but which of 2 armies do you want ? thanks

Re: Ancient Empires - FOG II Mini Campaign: Kicking off!

Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 11:12 pm
by Indibil
nyczar wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2023 2:11 am I will attack from Gaul into Rome.

Rome (105-25) vs Scots-Irish 50BC-476AD

I am open to one fight or a mirror.

Thanks.
Mirror battles for me is ok,
Do you set up the challenge?

Re: Ancient Empires - FOG II Mini Campaign: Kicking off!

Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 11:14 pm
by Indibil
heidipie wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2023 8:17 am indibil i will do pot luck terrain and set up, but which of 2 armies do you want ? thanks
If we play mirror battles it does not matter the choice, we play with both.

Re: Ancient Empires - FOG II Mini Campaign: Kicking off!

Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2023 2:55 am
by nyczar
Indibil wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2023 11:12 pm
nyczar wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2023 2:11 am I will attack from Gaul into Rome.

Rome (105-25) vs Scots-Irish 50BC-476AD

I am open to one fight or a mirror.

Thanks.
Mirror battles for me is ok,
Do you set up the challenge?

I just did. PW is mini. good luck

Re: Ancient Empires - FOG II Mini Campaign: Kicking off!

Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:12 am
by heidipie
indi sure will set up mirror with those 2 armies now , pw indi

did not see it was you in Mesop , so we meet again very soon

Re: Ancient Empires - FOG II Mini Campaign: Kicking off!

Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:15 am
by Indibil
Hi,
I am going to attack Carthague from Greece.
Armies:
Pyrric 274-272
Carthaginian 280-263

As well, mirror battles if you want.

Re: Ancient Empires - FOG II Mini Campaign: Kicking off!

Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2023 6:23 am
by heidipie
ok with you if i do a reset, this terrain makes for a very poor game.....thanks