Anyone interested in an SS 4.0 Succession Campaign?

[Favre]

Im proposing that we start a succesion campaign with Kiev when the 4.0 Release is done. Not only would it be a great option for helping iron out any bugs that come with a new faction, but it will also be really fun.

Anyone interested?

[EvilNed]

I'm in if it's 1 year per turn and not 2.

[Mike13531]

depends, i might finish the aztecs out first in my greek campaign first. Then probably i will

[Caesar Clivus]

What's a succession campaign exactly?

[Hellmut34]

What's a succession campaign exactly?

It's play by email.

Say i go first, as soon as my faction leader dies i email the saved game to the next person in the list.

I play it with my brother and it's great.
We talk over the phone discussing tactics when the file is sent so that there is continuity within the game styles.
People usually post pics of their progress which is always interesting.

[redalibi]

sounds cool, I'm down.

[messenger42]

I'm in

[Favre]

Cool, it would probably work along the lines of, say, you have to post an AAR for every 10 years. Or perhaps 5 Years. Not exactly sure how we would want to break it up as of yet.

[Mike13531]

lol, you know what, it sounds fun.. so , we 'll decide this after 4.0 comes out?

[King Kong]

Im proposing that we start a succesion campaign with Kiev when the 4.0 Release is done. Not only would it be a great option for helping iron out any bugs that come with a new faction, but it will also be really fun.

Anyone interested?

Hi Favre,

This sounds like a very nice idea!
I havn't heard anything of such a campaign yet and I'm still not sure how this would be played exactly (do you intend that to be a kind of "beta-testing" before 4.0 comes out or is it just for fun after the release?) ...
Anyway, cool idea!

[grinninjim]

I am currently doing one of these with SS 3.2 and a couple friends. We take turns as King. You play how you want and write a play by play mini dateline of what happened and can offer advice to the next player. But they play it how they want.
One important lesson I just learned and want to share, be careful about adopting early in your king's life as you can screw up the succession. I did it not thinking and passed on a 55 year old king when mine died, who's next heir is already 52. So I screwed the next two guys, unless the first one can get the heir killed before he dies, by not paying enough attention.
But this is a lot of fun. You just need to make sure that you try to leave a positive income and a little cash for the next player to give him/her a good start. We usually try to get trade going and work on the economy while slowly expanding. Although wars happen. So does excommunication. So we just write it up and then pass that and a zipped save game to the next guy and wait our turn.

By the way AWESOME Mod. I'm a lurker, this is my first post! But I love the mod, it revitalized M2TW for me.
If you have an extra slot please count me in. This is how I like to play M2TW, it adds an element of randomness.

[Caesar Clivus]

That sounds like fun and a novel way to play a multiplayer campaign

[Favre]

Hi Favre,

This sounds like a very nice idea!
I havn't heard anything of such a campaign yet and I'm still not sure how this would be played exactly (do you intend that to be a kind of "beta-testing" before 4.0 comes out or is it just for fun after the release?) ...
Anyway, cool idea!

King Kong,

Basically How it works is this:

Player A, B, C, And D decide to play a succession campaign,

All of these players decide on what Difficulty settings and unit size ETC. to play on. They then decide how often they must post AAR's.

Player A begins the game, and plays for the duration of the current faction leader's life. When the faction leader dies, Player A saves the game, and sends it off to Player B. Then, Player A posts an After Action report detailing his reign as king.

Player B Does the same as Player A has just done.


It can be done with some sort of BETA if you want to offer that, but my original plan was just to play once the game is released. However, if you would like to do things as a BETA type of game, we can certainly arrange that I believe.

[CtrlAltDe1337]

This would be pretty fun, count me in if you decide to do it.

[Hellmut34]

My Brother and i failed as the Knights Templars, but have now started a Russian campaign.
He has just sent me the file after his faction leader died.
In the email he indicates why diplomats are where they are and objectives of the armies he has formed so that i try to continue the work. (just like King to Heir would do on his deathbed).
Of course it's upto me whether i choose to go this way or my own.
When my faction leader dies i will send the same type of tips+file etc......
It's good fun and when you are waiting for the file, there is always your own campaign to play.

Thanks for the rep KK........forever your loyal SS player.

[BuchVecny]

im in

[King Kong]

Nice that so many would join this!

I'll do my best that you don't have to wait too long...