***LAND OF KINGS*SS 6.4*5 PLAYER HOTSEAT***

[Auran]

Land of Kings
A Stainless Steel 6.4 Hotseat Game

In a land fueled by petty rivalries and feuding kingdoms,
can one king bring all under his fold and, possibly, unite his subjects under one banner?

**STAINLESS STEEL 6.4 - LATE ERA - H/H**

Settings:

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-Savage AI
-Disable Real Recruitment
-Permanent Watchtowers

Game:

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Role-playing is completely up to the player however, posting screenshots and one or two paragraphs
every now and then is recommended. It could make this hotseat fun for those not taking part in it.

Map Borders [important]:

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Everything east of the red-blue line is outside the game. Your may not send armies or agents of any kind past the line. Note that all the factions beyond the line have been destroyed (including Byzantium).

Map Update(up to turn 15)

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Turn 15

***Admins***
Macrath <-- awesome
Jiub <-- also awesome

***Player Factions***
-Scotland: yuonyuon
-Castile: ebs
-Venice: Dur3X
-France: Auran
-Holy Roman Empire: Legourou

***Non-Player Factions***
Moors
England - Dead
Sicily
Papal States - Dead
Genoa
Aragon - Dead
Portugal - Dead

Current Wars:

France and Venice at war with Holy Roman Empire
Scotland at war with Castile and France

Alliances:

France allied with Venice
France allied with Castile
Scotland allied with Holy Roman Empire


Victory Conditions:
Defeat at least two other human factions and control 40 regions within the map borders.

Rules
Please take the time to read ALL the rules carefully
Game rules are subject to change.

Rules

Basic Rules: -Heroic victories are banned, you must reload until you get a different type of result. -Turns must be played within 24h, otherwise admin or designated player will sub(not skip); allied players have priority. -Notify next player who comes after your turn. -If you can't play your turn on time at least notify other players in main thread. (the idea is to keep the hotseat moving smoothly and quickly) -Remember that once you upload save and ss , they're to be considered final. Battle Rules: -Armies that are defeated in battle by a player that comes after them in the turn list may not move the following turn. This is to make it fair for people who are defeated by players that come before them in the turn list. -All Player vs Player battles must be auto-resolved. Battles against AI can be played. Note: Screenshots (of battles against humans) are to be posted as evidence of auto-resolve.(The Odds and Results windows must not be edited in any way. Editing out Map info, Cash, and any Units/Agents/Regions not involved in the attack is fine). Composition of the army must not be edited and being visible. - No surrounding enemy armies with one or few units stack armies, solely to deny any survivors a retreat. Blocks of landbridges ,bridges or similar, to cut the retreat is allowed -No attacking ships inside a port.You cannot leave a blocked port without fighting the enemy ships first. Exception: If a player keeps an army inside a fleet inside a port, other players are allowed to attack that fleet even if it's inside a port. If the army in the fleet inside the port, is a defeated army, it can't be attacked until the defeated army will be allowed to move . -You can t have more than 2 forts per region max -You cannot sally out from your settlement/fort, or attack the army besieging your settlement/fort if the result is a defeat -Its ALLOWED to use siege equipment to attack city straight instead of waiting siege equipment to construct. Siege equipment must be shown on a battle proof image. you must use catapult for wooden wall and trebuchet for stone wall against human players. Crusades and Jihads Rules: -All banned. Agents Rules: -Spies aren't allowed to spread plague in any case not matter what. -Spies can be used against forts and settlements as long as you have at least 60% of chances of infiltration. You'll need 2 to open a fort/settlement. ss required -Each faction cannot recruit more than 3 assassins, and they must have at least 60% for assassinations. They can be used against kings. ss required -Assassins can sabotage everywhere as long as they have at least 60% of chances. Only assassins. ss required -You will need 40 % to kill another assassin. ss required -No exploiting merchants in the form of merchant stack. -Merchants can seize other merchants only if they have 60% of chances. ss required -Princesses can steal through marriage other factions family members/generals only if they have 60% of chances. ss required -Agent rules are not applicable against AI. And no ss required against AI. Buildings Rules: -Only Inns/Guilds are allowed to be destroyed -If a settlement is under siege then it is NOT ALLOWED to destroy any buildings in the settlement. -You are not allowed to exterminate a settlement in the map . This is because it will destroy many buildings in the settlement(Possibly downgrade a settlement). This is also valid against the AI. Diplomacy Rules: -No allying Pope -Any new player taking command of a faction previously held by another player cannot attack a faction he's officially allied with for at least 5 turns, or until the allies of that faction break the deal. -Any regions that are gifted, sold, traded with another Faction must have all units except one disbanded immediately! -Tricking AI by taking his regions is banned. settlement exchange with AI is not allowed. -You may not gift a region to another faction if the city is at risk of capture or within a war zone. -Faction Suicide is illegal. Anyone suspecting someone else trying to commit suicide or not playing to the best of his abilities must report it to an admin immediately. Any party involved in the splitting up or taking advantage of such gameplay will be fined accordingly. -Is not allowed to vassallage AI factions Exploit Rules: -NO EXPLOITS!!!!! -battle map exploits are allowed because are only vs AI and can't be banned. -no mov.bug -no tricks to recruitment pool -play fair and have fun , be a man not a cheater !!! -Players that break the rules must pay a tribute to the victim faction. Amount for tribute will be decided by admin. When discrepancies will arise or aspects not covered by the rules above, the Admin on its total own discretion will rule out about such cases. If you believe someone might have broken the rules, you should not post it publicly! Pm first to the admin who will first investigate on the matter. If the breaking of the rules is confirmed, then it'll be the admin to report it publicly along with the appropriate fine/punishment. -players that have been caught cheating , they will not be so lucky You cannot attack other human factions within the first 2 turns. Also if you have army on another human faction at the start you'd need to evacuate it within 2 turns. If you put ships in with stacks and a siege weapon within the range of a settlement of another human player, you can't use it on turn 3 to take such settlement.

[Macrath]

I will admin this for you if you gather enough players. +rep for hosting the HotSeat

[Fernandez_1492]

ah man this will be a great hs, too bad i do mess with ss. sry

[TheBlackWolf]

I will take Scotland if this hotseat happens

[Auran]

Alright then i'll have you put up for Scotland.

That leaves 2 more people to join at least before we begin

[Bcman]

Hmmmm not sure if I want one of the big 2 or a little faction ...

For now put me down as Venice but I may switch to either HRE or France depending on who joins and what not.

[Legourou]

Hey, I'll play here.

It's ok to keep switching SS setups between saves, yes? I'm playing other HS's with different settings, just wondering.

I would've taken Venice but since it's dubious, I'll take whatever.

[Auran]

@Bcman, then Venice is yours. It's now reserved for you.

@Legourou, yes there is no problem, just as long as you have the correct setup when you start the save.
Also, since you want anything, i'll say that i'll take France, and you can have H.R.E. This is to keep this game balanced of course.

I'll be updated and finalizing the faction rosters when the game starts. Until then, if someone joins, they can have one of the Iberian factions listed above.

[Legourou]

Well thanks. The HRE is a nice kingdom to control when you don't have much experience.

[Auran]

So we're all set? Bcman, you can still change between the Iberian and Italian groups, or even take France if you still want it.

In any case if you don't take it, i'll be France.

[Jiub]

Here's the save them!
Hope I got the factions right. Venice-Scotland-France and HRE. No?

Good luck and have fun everyone !

[Bcman]

I'll play it after school.

[Auran]

Looks like it's 5 players. new save should be up soon i hope.

I like how the pros took weak factions. they will still be a threat to their weak neighbors

[Jiub]

Sorry, but when I received the pm yesterday I was already getting ready to go to work.
I'm editing the faction turn order right now then creating the hs save and upping it

So here it is:
AI outside of borders destroyed, turn order is from weakest to strongest -> Scotland, Spain, Venice, France and HRE.


Again, Have fun and Good luck!

[Auran]

Let the game begin.

What say you all to a 2 turn cease-fire between players?

[Jiub]

OMG, I am very sorry, seems I forgot to press the disable console for the usual player. Good thing Auran spotted it!
Here it is again. I am so sorry for delaying your game like this!

[TheBlackWolf]

Castille up

Attachment 303828

[ebs]

Pls up to mediafire or another cloud.. i cant download from the site..

[Vipman]

Here http://www.mediafire.com/download/so...astille_T1.rar

[ebs]

Thanks!

Next : http://www.mediafire.com/download/n6..._Venice_T1.sav