The King of Kings- A SS 6.4 HotSeat campaign {TWC/MTWII Gaming Group}

[elghazi]

especially England. No longer will England have free reign over the British Isles.

what do you mean by this ?

[Macrath]

Map update



This HS will be up and running later today/tonite Please take this time to read the rules carefully and let me know if I forgot something or if you think something needs to be changed.
And now I am going to get some well earned

[Basileos Predator]

France does seem a bit underpowered, doesnt it

[themzr]

Why did you give territories to an AI faction? (Milan)
you also gave Hungary several territories but the ERE has lost some?
i also think 3 forts per region is way too high and spies should be allowed to open gates with 60% odds needed to infiltrate the settlement

[kolu2210]

Map update



This HS will be up and running later today/tonite Please take this time to read the rules carefully and let me know if I forgot something or if you think something needs to be changed.
And now I am going to get some well earned

Does the map accurately show the factions starting positions? If so I really like what you did, especially adding Norway and giving the Teutonic Order a more survivable starting position. France and England seem to have been brought to very interesting starting positions.

I would agree that ERE was weakened by the black sea being out of play now and losing their Western front. Really hurts their expansion options even if they start with as many spots. Are they starting with Rhodes and other Venice islands now? Hungary was not given any I believe. Him, Denmark and Poland are unchanged it looks like.

Per rules I noticed allied victory is out. Thats fine but should be decided and not changed off the bat for everyone's strategy. 2 Forts would likely be enough but not an issue for me. Id agree with themzr on the spie rule but since we should all have siege weapons off the bat its not necessary. You do not have any agent %'s listed for merchants or assassins though.

Looking forward to starting!!

[Macrath]

France does seem a bit underpowered, doesnt it

France is not underpowered, they are still easily the strongest faction and have control over just as many regions as they did previously.

Why did you give territories to an AI faction? (Milan)
you also gave Hungary several territories but the ERE has lost some?
i also think 3 forts per region is way too high and spies should be allowed to open gates with 60% odds needed to infiltrate the settlement

Why not. Genoa will be playable in my next version, Spain too most likely.
Not sure exactly where you see these extra regions. Hungary has 8 regions as they always did. The only change I have made to Hungary in this version of the patch was to remove a few units they start with.

Byzantium is not weakened at all. If anything their starting position has been strengthened. They have the same number of regions as before(6) but now their settlements are not separated by such a great distance. Venice has received the same treatment, as well as some added naval strength at the start of the campaign.

I will post a test save very soon so everyone can view the campaign before we launch.

Does the map accurately show the factions starting positions? If so I really like what you did, especially adding Norway and giving the Teutonic Order a more survivable starting position. France and England seem to have been brought to very interesting starting positions.

I would agree that ERE was weakened by the black sea being out of play now and losing their Western front. Really hurts their expansion options even if they start with as many spots. Are they starting with Rhodes and other Venice islands now? Hungary was not given any I believe. Him, Denmark and Poland are unchanged it looks like.

Per rules I noticed allied victory is out. Thats fine but should be decided and not changed off the bat for everyone's strategy. 2 Forts would likely be enough but not an issue for me. Id agree with themzr on the spie rule but since we should all have siege weapons off the bat its not necessary. You do not have any agent %'s listed for merchants or assassins though.

Looking forward to starting!!

Yes this accurately shows starting position. And thank you it has been a fun project to work on and I am confident it will make for a much more balanced SS HotSeat campaign, allowing every included faction to be a balanced playable option.
I will refer you to my above answer to themzr in regards to Byzantium's starting position. I will also add to it that both Venice and Byzantium have the first shot at some of the most valuable rebel lands like Corinth, Constantinople and Athens just to name a few.

The victory condition listed was a copy/paste that I had forgotten to change. Thnx for the reminder m8.
Like you said siege weapons are plentiful so I thought spies would be better just as scouts. Also because of the limitations I have placed on both assassins and merchants I didn't think a %limit was needed.

Again I ask that everyone familiarize themselves with the rules, both now and when the campaign launches. As stated in the OP all aspects of the campaign are subject to change before we launch. I will notify everyone via PM if any major changes occur or if a vote for a rule change is taking place.

[kolu2210]

The victory condition listed was a copy/paste that I had forgotten to change. Thnx for the reminder m8.
Like you said siege weapons are plentiful so I thought spies would be better just as scouts. Also because of the limitations I have placed on both assassins and merchants I didn't think a %limit was needed.

Very fair points mate thanks for the explanation and hard work on this! I would still like a baseline % - with 10% you can still make certain an assassin always succeeds with enough tries - same for merchants

[StOuFf]

damn it! my post just vanished due to my stupidity....
summary: great work on the balance and map Macrath, really looking forward to palying this one now especially with this norway
rules are fine a percentage on agents would be preferable.

[Macrath]

All done. Strat file will be sent to admin shortly. Campaign will start when admin is ready to launch.

Here is a save file if you would like to check out the changes to the campaign.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6U...ew?usp=sharing

[StOuFf]

holy s...!
all factions having 50.000 florins? this is going to be a bloodshed!
my position is even more desperate than i thought but hey, im up for the challenge ;D

[General Dragon.]

Let's start this hotseat and good luck to everybody!

Venice is up:
https://www.sendspace.com/file/5eka42

[Macrath]

holy s...!
all factions having 50.000 florins? this is going to be a bloodshed!
my position is even more desperate than i thought but hey, im up for the challenge ;D

No more desperate then those around you. As always diplomacy with other players is going to be very important in this one.
Good luck to everyone, should be fun!

[themzr]

I am halfway through the turn. I will either have it up later tonight or early tomorrow morning
Sicily!
http://www.filedropper.com/sicily1

[Kameli]

Denmark your turn.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0keyz9k734...ark_1.sav?dl=0

[StOuFf]

France up!
PM sent

[Basileos Predator]

England up.
Prety surprised about my lands up in Britain.Didn't expect that.

[General Dragon.]

We were at Venice 2nd turn before the roll back. I will send the clear save to zkarel again.

[zkarel]

Turn was done and i have the stuff. As i said i started out with a bang
Sicily http://www.mediafire.com/download/5w...K-Sicily-2.sav
http://www.mediafire.com/view/z6gvua...-53-04-58.bmp#

[StOuFf]

reminder sent

[Kameli]

Sorry for being late. I think I have to stand out of the hotseat. I will be spending most of my time in finlands policearmy military service. So I have less freetime as I though.