Any historical campaign coming up? I'd be interested to participate.
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Historical campaign?
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I'm working on a few things ... just going to be snowed under with work next 3 to 4 weeks, so not much spare time for rules writing ;-)
I have an idea or two brewing.
I've cooked up a late Roman Empire Civil War Campaign -- set in the early 300's AD ... for 2 or 3 players (possibly more if Romans play in teams of 2 or if I expand to a 3rd Roman faction)
It's a strategic campaign where rival Generals fight a civil war to get on to the Roman Imperial throne -- while at the same time fending off the Barbarian and Sassanian threats to maintain the integrity of the Empire -- many aspects are abstracted and simplified.
Players vie to earn prestige by defeating which allows them to claim the vacant throne in Rome.
At start provinces get doled out by random draw ... players place their capitals ... and then things proceed ...
Players use Ïnitiative Points" to perform Actions like:
Fortify Borders
Build Armies
Move Armies & launch attacks
Maintain armies in the field
etc
... there will ever be enough Initiative Points to do what they want.
At start ROMA is not under control by either faction and may not be attacked or their armies moved into.
To get your backside to warm the seat of of the Imperial Thorne in Rome, you need to be first to earn FOUR Prestige Points on the ROMA Prestige Track and be acclaimed worthy of being Emperor.
Players aim to earn prestige points by capturing provinces from the rival faction, defeating Barbarian invasions, recapturing lost provinces etc.
Players can also LOSE prestige points by losing provinces to rivals and Barbarians.
Once one of the Faction leaders is installed in ROMA, then the province becomes fair game for invasion.
PRESTIGE levels also inform the sequence of play.
A lot of aspects are abstracted and worked into a simple campaign system.
All moves and orders get completed first, then all the FOG battles for the TURN get played out, with Barbarian actions always going first (their actions decided by die rolls)
In two-player version, Players would command their own armies in FOG battles and ALSO the Barbarian/Sassanian armies fighting their opponent.
(A three player variation would have a third player play the Barbarian side and see how many battles he can win)
I've been testing it (using die rolls for FOG battle outcomes) and it works pretty well with quite different outcomes every set up and sometimes things going right down to the wire.
This has potentially quite a bit of replay value ... and with only 8 turns should be quite quick to get through.
I this example, we're at TURN 6 and RED has been installed as Emperor and is fighting off a BLUE army in Dalmatia ... a second RED army has been formed in Egypt to try and kick the Sassanians out of Syria... while the Alemanni are invading Pannonia. In previous turns a vicious war was fought against the Franks in Gaul and the province is considered "pillaged" (this affects scoring, which I won't explain here)
I just need to find the time to write some proper coherent rules for it ...
It's a strategic campaign where rival Generals fight a civil war to get on to the Roman Imperial throne -- while at the same time fending off the Barbarian and Sassanian threats to maintain the integrity of the Empire -- many aspects are abstracted and simplified.
Players vie to earn prestige by defeating which allows them to claim the vacant throne in Rome.
At start provinces get doled out by random draw ... players place their capitals ... and then things proceed ...
Players use Ïnitiative Points" to perform Actions like:
Fortify Borders
Build Armies
Move Armies & launch attacks
Maintain armies in the field
etc
... there will ever be enough Initiative Points to do what they want.
At start ROMA is not under control by either faction and may not be attacked or their armies moved into.
To get your backside to warm the seat of of the Imperial Thorne in Rome, you need to be first to earn FOUR Prestige Points on the ROMA Prestige Track and be acclaimed worthy of being Emperor.
Players aim to earn prestige points by capturing provinces from the rival faction, defeating Barbarian invasions, recapturing lost provinces etc.
Players can also LOSE prestige points by losing provinces to rivals and Barbarians.
Once one of the Faction leaders is installed in ROMA, then the province becomes fair game for invasion.
PRESTIGE levels also inform the sequence of play.
A lot of aspects are abstracted and worked into a simple campaign system.
All moves and orders get completed first, then all the FOG battles for the TURN get played out, with Barbarian actions always going first (their actions decided by die rolls)
In two-player version, Players would command their own armies in FOG battles and ALSO the Barbarian/Sassanian armies fighting their opponent.
(A three player variation would have a third player play the Barbarian side and see how many battles he can win)
I've been testing it (using die rolls for FOG battle outcomes) and it works pretty well with quite different outcomes every set up and sometimes things going right down to the wire.
This has potentially quite a bit of replay value ... and with only 8 turns should be quite quick to get through.
I this example, we're at TURN 6 and RED has been installed as Emperor and is fighting off a BLUE army in Dalmatia ... a second RED army has been formed in Egypt to try and kick the Sassanians out of Syria... while the Alemanni are invading Pannonia. In previous turns a vicious war was fought against the Franks in Gaul and the province is considered "pillaged" (this affects scoring, which I won't explain here)
I just need to find the time to write some proper coherent rules for it ...
Hi.
You know I'm keen too. I'm happy in any role, doesn't have to be a main player.
You know I'm keen too. I'm happy in any role, doesn't have to be a main player.
Looks cool! I'm in if there's space, whether as Roman or "Barbarian".
I'm in if there's room.
Time to dust off FOG II again.
Time to dust off FOG II again.
Would be interesting to hear more about your ideas?
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Would be interesting to hear more about your ideas?
EDIT I keep forgetting this is in the FOG II thread.
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I am still working on FOGII Roman Civil wars campaign, but in meantime have cooked up a very simple FOG Medieval Crusades Mini Campaign for possibly 4 players.
Just 5 turns with a maximum of 2 battles per turn and 10 battles overall.
(using the Crusader Kingdoms board game map as a base)
Posted concept and simple rules in a separate thread:
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Just 5 turns with a maximum of 2 battles per turn and 10 battles overall.
(using the Crusader Kingdoms board game map as a base)
Posted concept and simple rules in a separate thread:
FOG Medieval: Crusades Mini Campaign
This is a simple FOG Medieval Mini Campaign for two to four players set during the Crusades. I am using as base the game map from the Crusader Kings board game. The system is very simple. There are FIVE turns. In each turn, there are available TWO Initiative Points - at start one each for...
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That looks great Rico.
Count me in, I haven't played FOG II since the summer.
Count me in, I haven't played FOG II since the summer.
In between all the RL and work distractions, I managed to playtest this as a 3 Roman civil war faction version and it worked out pretty well (more cut-throat than 2 faction version, but that may be a good thing? 
) -- and I'm sure some players will find some gaping hole in the rules once we start playing...LOL
Everything works -- now just have to find a good chunk of free time to write up a coherent final set of rules for this.
In the play test run sample below, the BLUE faction managed to grab enough PRESTIGE points in the last turn by conquering Mesopotamia, to be acclaimed Caesar in Rome.
RED faction lost its Capital in Baetica to GREEN , which ended the campaign second -- and would've probably won if they had managed to evict the invading Franks from Germania province.
So, this would be a THREE player campaign, with the DM handling the invading Barbarians -- or THREE players with players taking turns commanding the Barbarians in FOG battles vs their Roman opponents.
@kronenblatt @chiquichops @Nathangun @Cargol
) -- and I'm sure some players will find some gaping hole in the rules once we start playing...LOLEverything works -- now just have to find a good chunk of free time to write up a coherent final set of rules for this.
In the play test run sample below, the BLUE faction managed to grab enough PRESTIGE points in the last turn by conquering Mesopotamia, to be acclaimed Caesar in Rome.
RED faction lost its Capital in Baetica to GREEN , which ended the campaign second -- and would've probably won if they had managed to evict the invading Franks from Germania province.
So, this would be a THREE player campaign, with the DM handling the invading Barbarians -- or THREE players with players taking turns commanding the Barbarians in FOG battles vs their Roman opponents.
@kronenblatt @chiquichops @Nathangun @Cargol
I'm in.
I'm in.