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    Default [RTR AAR] Riding with the Enemy AAR

    Hello all,

    Some of you may remember the AAR called "Riding with the Enemy" on the old RTR forum.

    It was the story of Lucius, a Roman traveller who got captured in Pontus, spent several years in a Pontic jail, then was accepted by the royal family. After a disastrous campaign in Armenia, Lucius ran away and ended up at the Armenian royal court. An Armenian prince escorted Lucius to the sea where he got on a vessel that was supposed to take him back to Rome. He was captured by pirates and sold as a slave in Carthage where he was bought by a Carthaginian general and taken into Iberia where Carthage was trying to expand its colonies.

    Lucius then sailed to Sicily with his master who was about to fight the Romans. Lucius was captured by Rome, but managed to flee with a Roman rebel to Greece. By that time, Lucius had realised that the Rome he remembered from before his travelling life was long gone. Corruption was the new master. The Roman armies were now vastly composed of Northern Barbarians!

    In Greece, Lucius and his new companion decided to raise an army with the help of a Greek king to conquer Italy and march on Rome. After years spent in the shadow of many generals, Lucius wanted to be in the spot light. He wanted to restore Rome as it was before.
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    That is where the story ended with the RTR forum breakdown...

    At first, I decided to wait and see what was going to happen with the forums. Then I got sidetracked by a few personal events (got married in August! ), bought a new PC and forgot about all this for a long time...

    I kept writing though (I'm actually publishing my first novel taking place in the year 64 AD! It should come out in early 2008!) and still found the time to think about a few ideas for AARs (including Lucius' story).

    Unfortunately, I lost the last saved game I had for this AAR. But I am about to reinstall RTR and jump back into action. Frontiers did not change much in that AAR so it should be easy to pick up where I left in a new Greek campaign.

    I have a few questions for you guys:

    1- Would you still be interested in Lucius' adventures?

    2- If so, should I do it now or wait for RTR 7?

    3- If not, would you be interested in reading a new AAR that I would begin (faction, writing style, etc. are yet to be decided)?

    Thanks for taking the time to read this long (too long!) post!

    Simon
    RTR Senator (or used to be. Since I was gone for a while, I don't know if the Senate is still there or if I'm still part of it )

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    Ahh I remember this AAR. I never got the chance to follow it that closely, and I'd love the chance to see them again! Post them sir

    And what is this novel you've written?

    Also theres a new senate AAR going on, click my sig to check it out.

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    Default Re: Riding with the Enemy AAR

    Oh! Great, one of the best ones is back.

    Answers:
    1 Bien entendu, voyons! On s'y attache à ce genre de petit bonhomme plein de ressource.
    2 A mon humble avis, mieux vaut encore commencer tout de suite, RTR7 semble vouloir se faire attendre un bout de temps encore.
    3 Vu la qualité de ta prose en anglais et ta façon de mener une narration (tu lis beaucoup, non? je serais curieux de savoir quoi), oui. Par contre on pourrait argumenter sur le fait de savoir si RTR est le mod le plus.... enfin le moins... bref, si RTR est le mod -je vais y arriver- qui t'offrira les meilleures opportunités d'étoffer ton récit. Ceci dit, et pas uniquement pour te caresser dans le sens du poil et te pousser à l'écriture, le jeu n'est qu'une trame assez lâche autour de Lucius, si mes souvenirs sont bons.

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    Thanks for the good comments!

    I will definitely do something soon. I still need a couple of days to get the old reflexes back since I have played RTW/RTR in ages!

    @Winter

    I've been following that Senate thing. Very interesting! I might join in soon.

    About the novel. It's nothing big. It's taking place in Rome in the year 64 AD (the year of the great fire under Nero). The publisher now has a release date of Feb. 2008. It's in French though since French is my first language. Maybe it will get translated one day, but it's out of my control!

    @tristuskhan

    Je n'ai pas encore décidé du prochain AAR, ni du mod que je vais utiliser. RTR a l'avantage d'avoir toutes les factions qu'il me faut et il est compatible avec le script que j'utilisais pour changer de faction.

    Par contre, il est vrai qu'il serait intéressant d'explorer d'autres options!

    Effectivement, je lis énormément. J'ai longtemps travaillé dans une bibliothèque municipale et mes fonctions de prof d'histoire m'obligent à me tenir au courant. Je lis de tout sur tous les sujets et beaucoup de romans (surtout historiques, évidemement! )

    Sorry for the French all!
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    anyway congratulations with the marriage
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    Cant wait


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    I loved it on the RTR forum (sigh, the memories!), so please bring it back!
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    I'm always looking for a good AAR to follow. Shame the main RTR forums are still bloody down, as there was always a good stock of lively AARs flying around.

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    Will this come back or not. Please I loved this AAR!!!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Simon View Post

    I have a few questions for you guys:
    If so, should I do it now or wait for RTR 7?
    I'd do it now with a version of RTR 6 rather than wait for RTR VII to be released (it changed to use roman numerals). No, I don't know when RTR VII will be released.

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    Default Re: Riding with the Enemy AAR

    I followed the old one and would love to see a new one. Start a new Greek campaign and go for it! Definitely don't wait for RTR VII.
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