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Post by stevie on Sept 2, 2023 11:40:27 GMT
Naaa…it cos I talk a lot…ha, ha, ha!
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Post by stevie on Sept 2, 2023 11:10:10 GMT
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Post by stevie on Sept 1, 2023 19:22:20 GMT
Oooo…very very nice. I do like chunky blocks. Excellent work. 👍
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Post by stevie on Sept 1, 2023 10:49:51 GMT
Humans will be off-world by then. (Some of them anyway.) ♫ “Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids…in fact it’s cold as hell…”♪ (Rocketman, by Elton John)♫ “This town ain’t big enough for the both of us…and it ain’t me who’s gonna leave!…”♪ (by Sparks)
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Post by stevie on Sept 1, 2023 10:32:05 GMT
I’ve added another optional Barbarian Generation method, which makes the game both a little bit harder and increases the chances of the different Barbarian Nations appearing. This, along with a few more Tips & Strategies, and the various extra bits and pieces, have now all been consolidated together into one single package called “ version 3”, the link to which can be found →HEREThis will be the final version, as I don’t plan on adding anything extra. (Well…except perhaps for a few minor tweaks for my own personal use) “For The Glory Of Rome!”
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Post by stevie on Aug 31, 2023 21:48:56 GMT
................................ “I’ve just passed the 87th floor, but I’m ok so far, as I don’t believe in gravity…” In which direction, stevie? ♫ “The only way is up”♪ according to Yazz. Personally I think that all Flat-Earthers should be pushed over the edge. That’ll teach ‘em…
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Post by stevie on Aug 31, 2023 13:52:11 GMT
he problem is that folks that are on a Crusade (regardless of what it is) are the most vocal. Being on a crusade won’t destroy the world…sitting back and doing nothing will. “There’s always been a forest, so let’s chop down the last trees, they’ll grow back”, …said the inhabitants of Easter Island. “There’s millions of Bison, so lets kill as many as we like for meat, hides, and sport”, …said Buffalo Bill (fortunately, some were saved, so they didn’t go extinct). “There’s always been an ozone layer, so let’s keep using CFC’s in refrigerators”, …said the rich western nations of Earth (fortunately, the danger was spotted in time). “I’ve just passed the 87th floor, but I’m ok so far, as I don’t believe in gravity…”
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Post by stevie on Aug 30, 2023 20:44:14 GMT
Oh I don’t know, there are the following examples:-
Battle of Hellespont, 331 BC. Eumenes knew his Cappadocian foot couldn’t face up to the Macedonian Phalangites of Craterus, so he held his centre back and overwhelmed both mounted wings of his opponent, which was pretty clever.
Battle of Paraitakene, 317 BC. Eumenes had his best cavalry on his right, his phalanx in the centre, and LH his left (a typical Alexander tactic). Antigonus did the same, so both sides intended to pin the centre, lead with their right and refuse with their left.
Battle of Gabiene, 316 BC. Antigonus had his best cavalry on his right, while Eumenes had his best cavalry on his left. So both strong mounted wings faced each other, the other wing being held with Light Horse.
Battle of Gaza, 312 BC. Demetrious planned to lead a strong left wing while his right wing was held back at an angle to refuse battle. Ptolemy saw this and countered by making his own right wing strong and delaying with his own left.
I could go on, but the point is clear. The Successors (and by Successors I mean those who knew Alexander personally) DID understand and use Alexander’s tactics. The problem was, their opponent was doing exactly the same thing. (Alex the Great never faced a ‘pin-the-centre-and-envelope-on-one-wing-while-delaying-on-the-other’ tactic)
However, I do agree that the later pike phalanx did become heavier and more ponderous. But I think this was inevitable when both sides are using the very same tactics. If both sides are trying to pin the centre and outflank one wing, it makes sense to be stronger in the centre and break your opponent’s attempt to pin there.
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Post by stevie on Aug 30, 2023 19:25:08 GMT
Ah Haardrada, what do NASA, scientists, climatologists, meteorologists, and all the other ‘-ologists’ know. Yes, the climate of Earth has changed many times in the past 4½ billion years, and those natural processes are still occurring today…but this is the first time a technological society has added to it by doubling the CO2 in 100 years. Look at it another way: good old mother nature has spent 4½ billion years sucking the CO2 out of our atmosphere and burying underground, otherwise we would have an atmosphere like our sister planet Venus, 92 times more dense than present day Earth and composed of 93% carbon dioxide (a greenhouse gas that traps heat). Yet here we are, digging it up and pumping billions of tons of it back into the air just as fast as we can. If I met an alien and he/she/it asked me to describe human beings, I’d say we are like someone that has just jumped off the top of the Empire State building… …each floor they pass they say to themselves “I’m ok so far, nothing to worry about, I’m ok so far…”
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Post by stevie on Aug 30, 2023 18:54:11 GMT
Opportunities for break-off are inherently rare because they depend on there being a tie. If we want to depict a situation in which a line of LH engage with a line of heavy foot and then withdraw a good distance away, we need to reduce the PIP cost of withdrawal for those not in contact as well as those who are. Paul H When LH fight other elements, their lower combat factor means they will often recoil… …and unless those enemies are 3Kn/El/Hd, they won’t pursue. Thus there is a gap between the elements, and the LH have effectively ‘broken-off’ contact, at no PIP cost. Still, if you want LH to zip about a bit more, there is always Paddy’s “LH pay ½ a PIP to move”. See fanaticus.boards.net/post/25578/ in the “House Rule Index”, which can be found here:- fanaticus.boards.net/thread/1146/house-rule-index?page=1 (the ½ PIP for LH is in the “PIP Cost Adjustment” section).
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Post by stevie on Aug 30, 2023 14:23:43 GMT
Actually Skb777, I do wonder about that old cliché often passed around by historians that Alexander’s Successors never really understood his tactics.
Alexander never had to face another Macedonian Pike Phalanx, and he never had to face an army as good as his own.
(Mind you, he was still a very clever bloke)
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Post by stevie on Aug 29, 2023 16:31:41 GMT
Don’t forget that one of the main opponents of the III/16 Khazars was the the III/48 Rus, even though the army lists mistakenly neglects to mention these two as being enemies. (See →THIS and also page 15 of →THIS )
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Post by stevie on Aug 29, 2023 11:14:15 GMT
Tut tut Stevie... call yourself a leading light of the Fanaterartti... you post an excellent solo campaign without a zoom-in DBA battle conversion?! Surely this is just around the corner, included in the next update, right? Seriously though, it does look very interesting and I'll be printing it out soon. I did give combining Solo Rome with DBA some thought, but couldn’t think of a way to make it work. I suppose you could fight one major battle per century-turn, and give the side with the most Solo units an extra element of the most common type in their army (two extra elements if they outnumber the enemy by 2 to 1 or more). DBA victory conditions would remain the same as now, i.e. 4 element equivalents lost for defeat. And each element lost by the victor reducing their Solo Rome units proportionately. But who wants to plow through 18 repetitive battles? DBA is fine for single day ‘set piece’ battles, and even a string of battles to complete a campaign covering a single leader’s lifetime…but it’s not suitable for covering the entire course of 1,750 years of history. ================================================================= Anyway, I’ve now added a few extra items to Solo Rome. I kept forgetting when I had a ‘Brilliant General’ available, and if I have had a ‘Civil War’ that turn. So I’ve split The ‘Turn Marker’ into two new counters. Just have the grey diamond shaped counters with their right corner pointing to the current Phase-Step. I’ve also added a new separate chart showing the expected ‘Prestige Points’ at various times, so that I can monitor whether I’m doing well or not, and how far behind I’ve fallen and will need to take more risks in order to catch-up. And they can be downloaded from →HERE
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Post by stevie on Aug 28, 2023 10:22:55 GMT
I’d have the I/47 Illyrians, the I/63 Paionians, or the II/13 Samnites. They won’t win any battles, but at least the games would be quick, and I could get to the pub sooner (hic! 🍺 ).
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Post by stevie on Aug 26, 2023 10:06:06 GMT
I think Elliesdad makes a good point. When I was born (although some say I crawled out of a dirty test tube), there were 3 billion in the world. Now it’s as near as dammit 8 billion, that’s nearly 3 times as many…and I ain’t dead yet. I wouldn’t be surprised if it reached 11 or 12 billion by the time I’m pushing up the daisies. That’s an increase of 4 times, in just one lifetime. If this continues then someone born today could well face a world of over 36 billion… Now some scientific experts say that world population growth could be slowing down. Yeah…and I could win the lottery. ♫ “There may be trouble ahead…”♪ I've got three children, now teenagers… …They simply try to find their best way through modern life, and that's o.k. Let’s hope we leave them a world to grow up in.
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