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Andemagne
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Rovaniemi, Lappland, Finland
Dec 1999
time: 07:18
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here's what I have done:
*conquered four new cities, lost olbia
(it was burned to the ground by barbarians)
*captured four new slaves.
*discovered about 10 new techs.
(only syrians have techs(2) that we don't have)
*spended lots of money
(bribed every scythian I could find, their attack value is 10)
*the highway now connects all of our cities on
the continent except sodaq and those 2 new
cities in the north.
*used caravans to help build euklides
elements to pella and started 2 new trade routs.
*ended those silly odysseia's in illyria and dacia
first i conquered those two cities in the north
(which BTW had both a wonder in them),
then turned my greedy eyes towards those
rich cities on the coast of asia minor (ionia).
our power is now Strong.
BTW how do you stop/end a food trade rout?
just asking 'cos 2 of our cities are starving
because of they are exporting food.
Last edited by Andemagne on 22-04-2002 at 19:33
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La Fayette
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albi, france
Oct 2000
time: 06:18
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Nightingale,...such a melodious name flying over such a bloodbath...
Truly, if you remove the final 'a', what is left is 'crime'...
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Marquis de Sodaq
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... no, a Marquis.
Jul 2000
time: 23:18
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King Antigonus Sodak II ascended to the throne of mighty Macedonia in the glorious year of 200bc. The king decided to nap.
Upon awakening, King Sodak II looked over his kingdom. He decided to purge anatolia of enemies. In the first years of his reign, many brave young fighters were trained in the arts of killing foreigners. Marching in on the LaFayette highway, they went forth, raining pain and suffering upon all in their path. 12 cities fell under our swords, coming close to reaching the king's lofty goal. We now share a blood-stained border with Syria.  Border fortifications are held, albeit thinly. More units will be needed to further our expansion... We also bribed the barbarian city on cyprus, which proved fruitful. Tho two units have died, they pillaged the Syrian mainland and killed numerous evil Syrians.
During the early years, the king discovered a key to frontier defense; the red-shielded fellows so hell-bent on killing us always spawn from the same tiles. If we park a militia unit on that tile, they do not return. Before being able to subdue the Scythians to the north, bribing them was essential to defense - nearly bankrupting the kingdom during a particularly large uprising. Several slave detachments were butchered, causing the abandonment of the northern highway project.
We lag behind the Syrians by 3 techs, but two should soon be ours - we have a spy and an army advancing on Parge. We are just a turn or two away from completing Marius' Army Reform (Leo's Workshop).
Our coffers are once again filled with plundered gold. Just as his great-grandfather before him, king Sodak II retired to spend his final days in Sodaq. His military glory will be sung of for generations! 
 Attachment: an_b180.sav
This has been downloaded 3 time(s).
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Scouse Gits
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Liverpool, United Kingdom
Nov 1999
time: 05:18
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This is fast becoming another monster like the Crusades! Nearly four hours for my first two moves - should go quicker now ...
Interim Report 175BC
Unfortunately our spy was captured by the merciless thugs of Pharge - all of whom were put to the sword by our victorious armies. However, troops are thin on the ground and this is so far the extent of our military victories.
However, following in his grandfather's footsteps, Sgi II has concentrated on the economy -- enthralled by the writings of Marx and quite impressed by his brother Sgii's researches into celebrating communists the Kingdom is now making more money, and more science with a luxury rate of 40% -- soon we hope to be lowered.
A program of extensive building of Judgement Halls has reaped great rewards, but the promise of Marius' Army Reforms has, thus far, been disappointing - the only upgrade being the trasition of Galleys into Quadriremes - useful, but hardly world shattering -- maybe later upgrades will be more fun.
Our friends and allies have been most generous in their offerings for our warchest - about 3,000g to date and more no doubt to come - this has funded our building programme and allowed a few stalwart Phalanx IIIs to be rushed -- thereby stabilising the Syrian Marches. As we approach Antioch the Syrian Horde is becoming quite aggressive and militaristically advanced - almost a decent show by AI.
The war continues ...
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Scouse Gits
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Liverpool, United Kingdom
Nov 1999
time: 05:18
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With our fortification secure it was the turn of the Shadows - skilled infiltrators posing as Noblewomen, Courtesans and Ladies of the Night - to do their worst upon the evil Syrian.
Their losses were expected to be high for the Syrian was wary and their target was none other than the great wall of the city itself, but finally we were ready - all our units were in place - the clock was ticking ...
They say no battle plan survives contact with the enemy. Just as our forces were about to advance the Syrian concluded a marine landing, reinforced the garrison and seemed to have limitless troops advancing from his hinterland. Even more threatening, the marine landing was supported by a pair of Quinqueremes, the mightiest sea borne engine of destruction ever seen in the Great Sea.
Our General hesitated, but his Haruspex, a descendant of Gitus Scousae the great Macedonian commander of earlier years urged him forward - the assault must go ahead! The Shadows were dispatched.
The first failed and a Syrian commander waved her head from the battlements in defiance. But his laughter was short lived, for even as he flourished his bloody trophy - the walls fell!
"Forward, my children!", cried the Haruspex and the prevaricating General washed clean his honour by being the first to perish on the unyielding spears of the defending Phalanxes. His sacrifice was not in vain - this opened a gap in the defences and our forces were triumphant. No fewer than five Syrian units were garrisoning the city, but it suffered no population loss before a Schythian horse plunged through the fallen gates and claimed the city for Macedonia!
Our troops had done well, but had not yet done enough, the might of Syria had to delayed or else the unwalled city garrisoned only by Cavalry would itself fall with ease. The Syrian supply line had to be cut. An amphibious landing from Crete was able to sieze the vital fortress on the Tarsos - Antioch road. We were secure from land attack. Could we now survive the Quinqueremes?
Last edited by Scouse Gits on 25-04-2002 at 19:17
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La Fayette
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albi, france
Oct 2000
time: 06:18
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After the heroic battle of Tarsos, victoriously fought by King sgiII and brilliantly told by his scribe, the opinion of General La Fayette is that the Syrians need to be punished.
Several decisions are taken:
1) Build engineers (we have only two of them, and we need a top level transportation system);
2) Use our slaves as baits north of Appolonia, in order to bribe some of those wonderful Scythian horsemen (the game spells Schithians but I suppose it should be Scythians, since we spell 'Scythes' in french);
3) Use our battering rams as mini-howitzers on the highway and consider them as consumption goods (don't care about losses since they are so cheap).
4) Explore the western part of the map with celt warriors (who are some kind of cheap alpine troops).
Results obtained:
16 proud Syrian cities turn Macedonian, in following order:
Trapezus, Tigranocerta, Arbela, Samarra, Seleucia, Kabir, Babylon, Susa, Lagash, Nisibis, Samawan, Bandar, Antiochia (1000 gold in plunder  ), Edessa, Dura Europos, Damascos.
This means that the Syrian civ who used to be #1 on the powergraph is now as weak as a chicken.
I stop in 147, in order to give to the next leader (Andemagne?) the pleasure to take Jerusalem and some other fine remnants of the previously strong Syrian Empire.
Details
1) Tribute
Egypt preferred war as soon as 164BC, but Rome and Carthage went on contributing to our wealth for a total of 3150 gold in 18 years  .
2) Casualties
We lost 34 battering rams + 25 other units, destroying 165 Syrian units (could have been much better if I had decided to take care, but I just went on as a ruthless conqueror  ).
3) Egyptian fear
We meet Egyptian troops south of Damascos in 147. They seem to remember that they used to pay tribute and give us 900 gold for a cease fire  .
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La Fayette
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albi, france
Oct 2000
time: 06:18
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Here is the save
 Attachment: an_b147.zip
This has been downloaded 4 time(s).
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La Fayette
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albi, france
Oct 2000
time: 06:18
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Why not a new player, among those who read this thread?
Come on guys! Don't be shamefaced!
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21-04-2002 03:33
If my turn comes around again on the 'Invasion', I'm definitely going to try that.
Excellent idea 
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