The second battle in the campaign vs the Vandals in SICILIA ends in a Minor Byzantine Victory. (66% - 41%)
The campaign to recapture the island for Rome grinds on...
The campaign to recapture the island for Rome grinds on...
CONSTANTINOPLE - "States of Siege" Campaign - Turn 9
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Sicilia is turning into a meat grinder. These long expensive foreign wars is how Emperors get deposed.
Turn 2 concludes with a Major Victory over the Huns in MOESIA - pacifying that track and earning 1 GOLD.
TURN 3:
Enemy activation: The VANDALS from AFRICA province raid Mediterranen commerce -- reducing the income for this turn to 2 GOLD (+1 GOLD for the Major Victory over the Huns)
... and the campaign in SICILIA continues.
@Wellsonian - ready for your moves.
TURN 3:
Enemy activation: The VANDALS from AFRICA province raid Mediterranen commerce -- reducing the income for this turn to 2 GOLD (+1 GOLD for the Major Victory over the Huns)
... and the campaign in SICILIA continues.
@Wellsonian - ready for your moves.
Ok, for this turn..
Continue campaign in Sicilia (1 Gold)
Move Eastern Army back to Constantinople (1 Gold)
Build Fort in AEGYPTUS (1 Gold)
Continue campaign in Sicilia (1 Gold)
Move Eastern Army back to Constantinople (1 Gold)
Build Fort in AEGYPTUS (1 Gold)
How does building a fort effect the FOG battle?
If there's a friendly field army present, it has no effect.
FORT BATTLES
This type of battle occurs when an enemy army enters a spot on the track that has a Byzantine Fort marker attached.
Seeing that this is possibly cobbled together force of regular and second rate garrison units trying to hold up an enemy advance as best they can, this set up differently to a normal field battle:
SMALL FOG II battle (with appropriate terrain)
Byzantine player must use AUTO FILL to pick his army -- the invading enemy army picks as per normal.
TURN 3 concludes with a Minor Victory for the Byzantines in SICILIA -- the campaign grinds on...
TURN 4
SICILIA remains contested.... the campaign grinds on with neither side managing to achieve a decisive outcome.
Emperor Justinian's vision of reclaiming control of Italy and North Africa are in peril.
ENEMY ACTIVATION: The Sassanids in the east make a move and invade EDESSA.
INCOME: 3 GOLD
@Wellsonian -- your moves, please.
SICILIA remains contested.... the campaign grinds on with neither side managing to achieve a decisive outcome.
Emperor Justinian's vision of reclaiming control of Italy and North Africa are in peril.
ENEMY ACTIVATION: The Sassanids in the east make a move and invade EDESSA.
INCOME: 3 GOLD
@Wellsonian -- your moves, please.
Bump. @Wellsonian
Somehow missed this….
orders coming.
Continue Sicilia campaign. One gold.
Attack Edessa. One gold.
Build fort in Bythynia. One gold.
Attack Edessa. One gold.
Build fort in Bythynia. One gold.
Cool, thanks -- will process and set up some time today.
@Wellsonian -- battle challenges set up. Usual password: FGM1
New opponents coming into play -- let's see how the Sassanids fare...
This campaign is so interesting, the turns are nicely structured around historical events. I'm looking forward to seeing how it all evolves.
In practical terms this is basically a play test to see if it actually works - a lot depends on what enemy actions the die rolls trigger.
Somewhere along the shores of the glittering Mediterranean Sea... the fourth battle for SICILIA between Byzantines and Vandals commences...
Those Vandals are really starting to be a pain in the ass.
Big, confused cavalry melee on the arid plains of EDESSA between the Sassanid (mostly horse archers) and Byzantine mounted forces...
