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Romanes Eunt Domus!

Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2017 1:35 pm
by keyth
Had enough of those chippy Romans trying to bully their way through Italy? Or do you harbour a secret desire to *be* those chippy Romans? If the answer to either of these questions is 'Yes' then this may be of interest!

Romanes Eunt Domus is a mini-tournament where nine brave souls will vie for control of Italia. The forces involved are:

Apulian
Bruttian
Campanian
Italian Hill Tribes
Lucanian
Roman 280-220BC
Samnites
Syracusan
Umbrian

Armies will be chosen at random. Every round for four rounds, each commander will issue two challenges, so by the end of Round IV everyone should have played everyone else twice. The challenger will choose the terrain for each battle. Points will be awarded to the victor; one point for a win plus an additional point for each complete 15% difference in casualties (INT(Difference%/15)+1). After four rounds the commander with the most points wins bragging rights over Italia. A tie will be resolved by a play-off.

If you are interested please reply here - first come, first served!

Edit: It has been pointed out that Ligurian is a disaster of a list so Lucanian has been substituted using the Bruttian/Lucanian list.

Player list:

keyth
ZygfrydDeLowe
Doyley50
devoncop
Ulysisgrunt
Aryaman
AlessandroD
Ironclad
Stimovsky

Re: Romanes Eunt Domus!

Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2017 2:16 pm
by ZygfrydDeLowe
Count me in.

Re: Romanes Eunt Domus!

Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2017 2:51 pm
by Doyley50
Yes please!

Re: Romanes Eunt Domus!

Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2017 4:01 pm
by devoncop
Yes please....if any spaces left :-)

Re: Romanes Eunt Domus!

Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2017 4:15 pm
by ulysisgrunt
Can I be Samnite?
Danny Weitz

Re: Romanes Eunt Domus!

Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2017 4:20 pm
by Aryaman
Hi, count me in, Syracusan if possible

Re: Romanes Eunt Domus!

Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2017 4:36 pm
by keyth
The armies will be pulled out of a hat, either by me or by a helpful disinterested party on the forum. Players can then trade between themselves if they can find a buyer :)

Re: Romanes Eunt Domus!

Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2017 4:49 pm
by AlessandroD
Here here!! :D

Re: Romanes Eunt Domus!

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 10:14 am
by Cumandante
But... Ligurian is my favorite list :(

When you say "armies will be chosen at random", do you mean the army list or the army composition?

Re: Romanes Eunt Domus!

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 10:18 am
by keyth
Cumandante wrote:But... Ligurian is my favorite list :(

When you say "armies will be chosen at random", do you mean the army list or the army composition?
Army list. Composition will be the players' choice.

Re: Romanes Eunt Domus!

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 11:36 am
by Ironclad
Please count me in.

Re: Romanes Eunt Domus!

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 11:37 am
by keyth
One berth left before we sail :)

Re: Romanes Eunt Domus!

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 1:13 pm
by Stimovsky
Complete newbie here, new to the game and the era.
I'm eager to learn but I wouldn't like to ruin your campaign, what do you guys think ?

Re: Romanes Eunt Domus!

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 1:19 pm
by keyth
Stimovsky wrote:Complete newbie here, new to the game and the era.
I'm eager to learn but I wouldn't like to ruin your campaign, what do you guys think ?
All abilities are welcome - it's not like I'm any good at the game :) This is just a bit of fun anyway and I'm sure everyone will be happy to answer questions along the way. If you still want in, the last spot is yours.

Re: Romanes Eunt Domus!

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 1:37 pm
by Stimovsky
And now let's enjoy this eerie minute between being promoted as a general and the first of an humiliating series of defeats...
Thank you for taking me aboard !

Re: Romanes Eunt Domus!

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 1:51 pm
by keyth
The haruspex has slaughtered various animals and divined that the following factions have chosen their commanders:

Apulian - Aryaman
Bruttian - ZygfrydDeLowe
Campanian - Stimovsky
Italian Hill Tribes - Ironclad
Lucanian - AlessandroD
Roman 280-220BC - Ulysisgrunt
Samnites - keyth
Syracusan - devoncop
Umbrian - Doyley50

I'll start a new thread for matches, results etc. Good luck everyone!

Re: Romanes Eunt Domus!

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 2:03 pm
by devoncop
Excellent..........now off to do some research on the Syracuse Army strengths :-)...........They must have some....:-)

Re: Romanes Eunt Domus!

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 2:28 pm
by devoncop
PM's sent to Arayaman and Doyley50 and . Field of battle chosen....Syracuse awaits ....... :-)

Re: Romanes Eunt Domus!

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 2:59 pm
by keyth
Likewise for devoncop and Doyley50.

Re: Romanes Eunt Domus!

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 3:52 pm
by AlessandroD
Good luck and have fun to all!

@keyth nice Monty Python quote :mrgreen:


@Ulysisgrunt and keyth: challenges ready to start!