Fail campaign

[John4850]

have you ever fail your campaign?I think so,AI captured all ur cities,killed all ur generals and army ???

[Xavier Dragnesi]

The only time I've ever failed a campaign was my very first one, where I went at a stupidly sluggish pace as the Julii, conquered Gaul, and then got stuck because of the tonnes and tonnes of British armies coming in to attack me. But I haven't failed one due to the AI capturing all my cities or killing all my family members.

[Rt. Hon. Gentleman]

I failed one, but only because I was trying to be clever. I was Carthage, and, on a whim, I put all my family members and armies on a ship and tried to...er...conquer Britain. The weird thing is, I nearly managed it. My ships were off the coast of Cornwall when Revolt/Rebels killed off all my cities and I died.

The only time I've ever failed a campaign was my very first one, where I went at a stupidly sluggish pace as the Julii, conquered Gaul, and then got stuck because of the tonnes and tonnes of British armies coming in to attack me. But I haven't failed one due to the AI capturing all my cities or killing all my family members.

How sluggish is sluggish? I play slowly, always fortifying my position thoroughly, training up new armies to defend settlements. In my recent "Nostalgia" Julii campaign, I've killed most of the Gauls, 40% of the British and 35% of the Spanish, and I have to be the most sluggish player in history.

[decimator22]

I failed an Alexander one as stupid alex didn't want to run and was killed

[Yojimbo]

I failed an Alexander one as stupid alex didn't want to run and was killed

I cant get anywhere in Alexander, that is alot tougher than Rome.

[htismaqe]

I think most people in their right mind would abandon a campaign long before they lost all their cities. ROFL

[Barry]

I very nearly lost an Epiros campaign on RS just the other day. I decided to recall Pyhrus from Italy to capture a few cities before going back to reclaim Tarentum and hopefully take Italia etc. Anyway, all was going well, Dyyrachium fell to the Green Banner and I made my way to that little settlement Henna or summat. I besieged that and attempted to starve them out or force them to sally, a few turns later another full stack turned up to aid them. I hit retreat to hopefully have the aider follow me and attack again so I could defeat that and then besiege again. Anyway what I failed to notice was that a rebel army was blocking my retreat to Dyrrachium so by retreating my army was automatically wiped out, completely vanished along with Pyrhus and a couple more characters.

Anyway I spent a few years training another army to go and fight the rebels again, this time I sieged the settlement and left some troops to ambush the army coming to save them. That army proceeded to glide past my waiting troops and attack my main force thatw as besieging, I hit retreat only to realise that I hadn't cleared the way of Brigands, another army wiped out with very important family members. Ouch.

That left my core cities undefended and Macedon agents roaming my lands, if they had attacked then it would have been certain defeat. Luckily they didn't and I pulled through. So in conclusion I only nearly lost because of my stupidity. 'I am more wary of our mistakes than of our enemies designs'.

[Scutarii]

Never lost a vanilla campaign... I have lost one campaign in XGM (after 2+ years of playing it), as Pontus. Secured the North of Anatolia (plus Ancyra, minus Nicomedia), then the GCS come pouring from Pergamon and I had to beat them back and I took Nicomedia. GCS besiege my only field army in their with two stacks of solid troops (way better than whay I could afford.) TSE declare war again, and besiege Ancyra plus Mazaka with half stacks, to my one unit garrisons, and Armenia declares war on the same turn by besieging my capital with a full stack (probably their only one, and they chose to kill me instead of TSE!). I gave up at that point, my stack might have won against the GCS if I was lucky, but it would have been in no condition to fight against another couple of stacks worth of troops, plus GCS reinforcements, and I was in debt so I couldn't retrain.

[Legio]

My first campaign on SPQR. Let's just say Hannibal and Theophanes were better than I would think, and their elephants alone captured around four settlements.

[Aonghus G. Friedhold]

I lost a Lakedaimon campaign last night in Res Getae. Because my faction leader died, so I pulled every unit out of the only city and forced it to revolt.

[Cluny the Scourge]

It's easy to do in the Alexander expansion - you just get Alexander killed in battle. Which is so easily invited, because his bodyguard unit is the most powerful unit of any kind in the game. I once charged Alexander smack into one of my own phalanxes in a hammer-and-anvil and kebabbed him on a sarissa-pike. Campaign over, in the most embarrassing possible way.

[decimator22]

It's easy to do in the Alexander expansion - you just get Alexander killed in battle. Which is so easily invited, because his bodyguard unit is the most powerful unit of any kind in the game. I once charged Alexander smack into one of my own phalanxes in a hammer-and-anvil and kebabbed him on a sarissa-pike. Campaign over, in the most embarrassing possible way.

LOL I feel your pain cluny I however started the new campaign in H/M the other was VH/H and something very weird happened. I captured Babylon and the next turn got a message saying Persians were dead:hmmm: So it was finally Dahae vs me.

[Otto von Bismarck]

My first ever campaign with vanilla, got attacked by Gauls, Germans, and Thracians at the same time. Before soon, it was all over, they killed all my family members, i had some units left but it was pointless to fight from then on.

[Selifator]

My first ever campaign with vanilla, got attacked by Gauls, Germans, and Thracians at the same time. Before soon, it was all over, they killed all my family members, i had some units left but it was pointless to fight from then on.

If they kill all your generals then the game is over anyway, no matter if you have ten stacks or none at all.

[Otto von Bismarck]

If they kill all your generals then the game is over anyway, no matter if you have ten stacks or none at all.

I know, some troops were left but there was no hope from then on.
My generals were all killed, on the battlefield and due to the assasinations.
That one was the only one I lost, as far as I can remember.

[O X I R]

It's easy to do in the Alexander expansion - you just get Alexander killed in battle. Which is so easily invited, because his bodyguard unit is the most powerful unit of any kind in the game. I once charged Alexander smack into one of my own phalanxes in a hammer-and-anvil and kebabbed him on a sarissa-pike. Campaign over, in the most embarrassing possible way.

haha that was smart clouny

[Yojimbo]

It's easy to do in the Alexander expansion - you just get Alexander killed in battle. Which is so easily invited, because his bodyguard unit is the most powerful unit of any kind in the game. I once charged Alexander smack into one of my own phalanxes in a hammer-and-anvil and kebabbed him on a sarissa-pike. Campaign over, in the most embarrassing possible way.

Rubbish: your own phalanxes don't hurt you.

[Njord]

I was playing a Carthagian campaign this morning where All three roman factions attacked at once while I was at war with Numidia and the Greek city states.

To my horror I lost most of my provinces in two turns. I manage to hold on to Carthage, Palma and a province in Spain, to which the AI responded with having the Gaul and Spain declare war on me.

My consistent warring brought me down to two middle aged family members as I tried to secure Spain.

The Marius reforms have now occurred and my best units are Lybian Spearmen and Long shield cavalry.

Ugh.

[nightgash]

Yes my first RTR game as Germania. Was crushed by the Gauls.

P.S I think it is because I really suck!!!

[kkaana]

Yes my first RTR game as Germania. Was crushed by the Gauls.

P.S I think it is because I really suck!!!

Same for me. i just attacked julii and dacia. at the same time britons and gauls attacked me and easily defeated me. i really suck too...