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Caught somewhere in time
Jan 2002
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Now that's something I'm looking forward to, Hallowed be Thy Name, Stefan! 
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Originally posted by Stefan Härtel
Please post your expectation about and suggestions for this scenario here. As voted for, this scenario will deal with the Fall of Rome. I have a lot of ideas about the basic concept of this scenario, but won't post them just yet.
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Well, you asked for it... I expect this scen to keep his title, and above all with the same font!
For more constructive remarks, you'll have to wait, sorry... 
But I would really like to stop Attila with Aetius on the "Champs Catalauniques" (no idea how to call it in english, and too lazy to look for the latin version...).
I imagine something heavily event driven, with hordes from different tribes appearing suddenly on the border and razing the country... 
Of course, to make the best use of events, you would then need to make it playable only from 1 side! I would then prefer Rome, and then you could try to bribe the different tribes, whose loyalty would last for only a short time (a thing the AI is really good at)
I'll think about it some more and come back when I've had a few more Revelations (which might be after a few beers, usually around 23h58...)!
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Stefan Härtel
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Eddie's best friend
Jul 1999
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I'll tell you what I have in mind.
A couple of years ago, I wanted to make a scenario about the decay of Rome triggered by the civil war after Commodus' death.
I'm beyond that now, and I thought of something else.
First of all, let me state that the Fall of Rome is an incredibly complex thing. Quite a few scenarios have been made about it, and the classic setting is as follows:
Two Roman civs (East and West Rome) are struggling for survival against a number of other tribes, the tribes always varying, but usually being something like Goths-Vandals-Franks-Persians-Huns. It's very much about empire-building or empire-keeping.
This model is always a bit flawed, because you'll have to regard many things and disregard many things to keep the scenario playable. I have therefore decided that it's not possible to depict the Fall of Rome in it's entirety.
I have decided to do it from the perspective of the Huns. Why the Huns? Because they will make the most interesting game, I think.
The basic concept will be something like this:
The Hun player (only the Hun civ will be playable) starts out with a number of medicore and strong units nothing more. Like the historical Huns, he will have to set up a base by conquest. Modern-day Hungary would, of course, be the best choice.
Maybe he will have a few buildable units, but they should not be strong (siege engines and slaves would be the most realistic thing).
He then has free choiceas of what to attack next: Go straight to Rome, attack the provinces, as in reality, or try and attack East Rome (which will be very difficult).
Everything will be in the scenario: Merciless plundering and destruction of the cities in Gaul, the negotiations with the Pope (optional, though), Attila killing his brother Bleda, the fall of the Burgundians and the origin of the legend of the Nibelungs...
The player will, of course, also be able to alter history by taking Rome or successfully attacking Constantinople.
The player is free to choose his difficulty level. If he does what the Huns did historically, the game will be rather easy at the start, but will become difficult later on.
If he decides to attack East Rome, the game will be very hard.
If he tries to conquer everything, the game will almost be impossible to win.
I hope nobody is disappointed with my decision of backing away from the 'traditional' Fall of Rome model.
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Thanks-I'll need it!
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Stefan Härtel
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Eddie's best friend
Jul 1999
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Allrighty then... here's the first draft of civs:
Huns
West Romans
East Romans
Ostrogoths
Alans
Germans (Gepids, Visigoths etc)
Burgundians
All others would be Barbarians. The Huns will be the only playable civ.
Comments?
Last edited by Stefan Härtel on 07-05-2004 at 17:31
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Valuk
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Acres Wild
Oct 2002
time: 05:17
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Great, finally something that ISN'T about WW2!
Will the scenario end in 453 A.D., or will the hunnic player be given the option to win at Nedao river and save his empire?
Anyway, I'm looking forward to the scenario, can't wait to make the Romans Run for the Hills.
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Stefan Härtel
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Eddie's best friend
Jul 1999
time: 06:17
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Alright people, I'll be honest.
I haven't had time to work on this scenario during the last month. As I said earlier, I first failed my maths exams, so I had to go into orals. What added up to it was that, a day before I officially got the grades (last Sunday), I had also failed the written Biology and Chemics exams. It's a very difficult thing to explain, but I'll try.
My school is a private school. The government of Bavaria, the territory I live in, has a discriminatory policy towards private schools. While the official system is that you get your final gradess during the course of the last two years, and then do written and oral exams which will be added to these marks (four subjects, BTW), in private schools it's like this: The only marks you get are from the written exams. You write one test in each of eight (in my case even nine) subjects. There are fifteen points, you may not go below one point (point is equal to "mark" or "grade"). There are three blocks, the upper two (in my case three) subjects, two further subjects and four lower subjects. In the first block, you need to get a total of 120 points (the marks are multiplied by 12), added to the next two subjects, they had to be 200. Combined with the lowest four, it had to be a total of 280 points, while you had to reach 80 points in the lowest block and must not have more than two marks below five points.
Now what happened was that my total was 369 points, i.e. much more than enough. I had 308 in the upper two blocks, but had 0 points in maths, which was among these subjects, so I already failed. It is possible to give it a second try in oral exams, and that was what I prepared for.
Later, I was informed that I had only 71 points in the lowest block, and only one subject above 5 points. So, I had to go in orals in both Chemics or Biology. I couldn't go in the two lowest subjects, French and Geography.
If I reached 9 points in Biology, I wouldn't have to go in Chemics (a "special" arrangement).
So, yesterday, I went into orals in Biology and got the nine points, and today I went into orals in Maths, and I got two points; I was told this is enough (I always thought I had to reach three points, but it as double- and triple-checked).
Point of this incomprehensible story: I MADE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Or, in puns:
Not a prisoner... I'm a free man!
No more school- No More Lies!
Sorry. Couldn't resist 
That means that I can now continue work on the scenario.
By the way, check this out: I got 14 points (of 15) in English, the subject with the heaviest weight of all, and 0 in Maths (originally). I got 9 in history and 2 in Chemics.
Can you spot a trend?
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30-04-2004 20:21
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) there were a lot of ideas about the period of the end of Roman Empire.
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