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I've finally got around to doing my nominations, with some gentle prodding from Flinn and Samuel L Jackson.)


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A belated congratulations to everyone who was nominated and worthy winners indeed.

All the Best,

Welsh Dragon.

Voted and a belated Happy New Year to everyone. A difficult choice as ever, even when I only have to choose from 3 because of discounting my own entry. Good luck.

All the Best,

Welsh Dragon.

I agree with Derc and Hitai, I think the MAARC rules would benefit from a bit of an overhaul.

In my view it's more important to have the competitions regularly several times a year than it is to...

“Toutatis Favours The Brave” (A Nervii CiG AAR.)
Chapter 23: The Nature Of War


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(A deserted Suessiones...

Harder: Rome as you said. I've also found Senones very difficult because one of their faction traits mean they trash every settlement they take.

Easier: I found I had an easier time with Syracuse...

There's a countdown on the Twitch Channel too:

https://www.twitch.tv/totalwar

All the Best,

Welsh Dragon.

No worries.



I disagree on Culture Packs. I've enjoyed them, they've ended up featuring many of my favourite factions, are I feel rather cost effective (around £2 per faction seems decent to...

Haha. So first you pick the Rome 2 campaign I'm using for my AAR (though a different faction,) and now you pick one of the few campaigns I've actually finished. Great minds think alike, or so they...

As others have said, a great ending to a great tail. Also a good overview of the Caesar in Gaul campaign (and I agree, removing most internal politics wasn't a good idea... I was looking forward to...

Hi Derc,

Sorry for the slow reply, I've had a lot on my plate recently. I'm glad you're continuing to enjoy my tale of Toutatis, and thank you for the many compliments. I also happily accept your...

Well it's taken me long enough, but I'm finally caught up with your many adventures Derc. And what a wild journey it has been. From my own stomping grounds of Britannia, to the wastelands of Hunnic...

I'm no modder, so apologies in advance if this is a stupid idea, but could you perhaps replicate the global effect of a wonder or technology or something, perhaps as a non-displayed faction trait for...

Very rarely. One of the reasons I play Total War is the battles, so I fight almost all battles manually. Even when I know the odds are stacked against me and defeat is assured I'll still usually...

Good guess that I'm Welsh, but not entirely accurate as like I said I'm not just Welsh. But "half-Welsh, half-English, with some Scots and Irish thrown in a few generations back... Dragon" is a bit...

I've only played Syracuse in Rise of the Republic, but you've piqued my interest.

What makes them such a challenge in Grand Campaign?

All the Best,

Welsh Dragon.

Thanks for making and sharing this. Not being able to decide who to play next (because I want to play them all! :laughter:) is a common problem I have, so this will be very useful. It seems I have a...

To be fair, they did warn people of this in the patch notes... in a large font and in bold:



As Zoner16 said, you can roll back to the earlier patch till you finish your campaign.

All the...

Seems like people keep focusing on the tigers, but I don't really think it's that big a stretch given that training big cats is a real thing, as is the use of animals such as attack dogs and...

Ah, that would explain it. Thanks.

All the Best,

Welsh Dragon.

Apparently I'm not allowed to vote... maybe I'm missing something.

Anyway, I vote no! Keep the wub!

All the Best,

Welsh Dragon.

Opposed. Keep the Wub!

All the Best,

Welsh Dragon.

Ah, the river ambush. Yes, I can see why you would worry that the Remi might choose that location to pull something, especially given the reputation they have. The Remi are a little further south,...

Hopefully it's just a phase and/or it's specific to the Three Kingdoms (and now Troy) settings.

Then again, this is a series with flaming pigs, and it's not unheard of for humans to train tigers...

You mean they have crouching tigers, but no hidden dragons? Very disappointing. :disgust:

All the Best,

Welsh Dragon.

Author: Welsh Dragon.
Title: Toutatis Favours The Brave
Game: Rome 2
Mods: Now using unmodded Rome 2 - Ancestral Update/Patch 20.
Faction: Nervii - Caesar in Gaul

Description:

"The story...

“Toutatis Favours The Brave” (A Nervii CiG AAR.)
Chapter 22: Crossing the Axona


Our first night we camp on the banks of the River Axona to the south of Noviodunon. Though the familiar feeling...

Thank you Alwyn.

Checking you still have all your fingers after shaking hands with someone untrustworthy is actually a really old saying I believe, but I can't remember where I first heard it....

No idea, so I went with Hippolyta as playing Amazonians would be a bit of a change. But haven't actually played it yet, so no idea who I'll really pick. My internet is being a pain in the whatsit and...

Good guess! I'm actually half-Welsh, half-English, with some Scots and Irish thrown in a few generations back.

As for the questions, as Morticia mentioned there's the Silures and Caractacus. Ynys...

To those names I would add a lesser known gem, the Bolitho series by Alexander Kent (aka Douglas Reeman.) I was fortunate enough to be friends with Douglas for many years till he passed away a few...

No thanks. AI can't handle it and it's too easily exploited by the player. Also would make completing provinces too easy. Some Total War games have this feature and I've never liked it, so have no...

I'd definitely like to see more playable Britannic Tribes and Germanic Tribes, maybe at least a couple of each.

As for other campaigns, Alexander is a popular choice, though whether we'd have it...

Perhaps try Sebidee's Minimal Battle Advisor, it cuts the Advisor right back to just six specific situations (of the original 35.)



Hope that helps.

All the Best,

Welsh Dragon.

“Toutatis Favours The Brave” (A Nervii CiG AAR.)
Chapter 21: The Remi



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(Remi coins, circa 80-50BC. Source.)
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Thank you Alwyn. And your memory is correct. As CA describes them on their wiki.



It was the idea of a barbarian tribe with a Spartan mentality who shunned alcohol that first sparked my...

I was more just giving an idea of when I played them, as things have changed quite a lot over the years. To me the current patch (Patch 20/Ancestral Update) is the best version for campaign and...

Galba wasn't actually in my first draft, nor was the figure he meets quite so vague. But I needed a name for this Suessiones chieftain, and figured I might as well explain what happened to one of the...

Lusitani - Grand Campaign (Vanilla Patch 17.)
Octavian Rome - Imperator Augustus (A More Aggressive AI mod by Turquoise Falcon)
Syracuse - Rise of the Republic (Vanilla Ancestral Update/Patch 20.)...