Nooooo! Cmon man, his name is Benedek! Abort!
Good writing and nice attention to detail!
Keep it up!
Nooooo! Cmon man, his name is Benedek! Abort!
Good writing and nice attention to detail!
Keep it up!
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Also, love how you name the battles! Hope you dont mind but I might have to use this idea from you in my next AAR after my Barca and Hungarian ones.
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Wow, those russians surely have been taught a lesson! Three battles and three large armies destroyed, and a province conquered, in one fell swoop.
Back to the Turks, then? Or better, the Jihad. What's the plan, helping out at Constantinople, or striking at Anatolia?
Excellent!
Sure, you blitzed the Russians, but your success will be short lived.
Soon the Russians will recieve reinforcements from all corners of the union, and while your troops are elite, you cannoy deny the force of men and armoured fighting vehicles that makes the very earth tremble.
FOR THE MOTHERLAND.
Oh wai-
Well done against the Rus, are you going to defend the land you have already taken from them, perhaps seek a ceasefire, or will you conquer all the other territories north of the Black sea?
Great update and great job with annihilating three Rus armies. Make sure you beat the Egyptian armies around Constantinople. Nice catch on the historical reference there Beer Money. Yeah, the guy who lost the Austrians the Austro-Prussian of 1866 was also named Benedek.
When I first saw your comment, I thought does he mean like Benedict (Arnold)? Because, I had never said his name out loud and thought of the alliteration. Thought that was very funny.
Now that I see dezikeizer's post, I'm not sure anymore.
Either way, thanks for reading.
Sorry some of the battle's with the Rus were missing some elements. They happened one after the other and I forgot to take some screen caps. Will try to be more diligent about that going forward.
Thanks. Don't mind at all.
Last edited by Skantarios; January 19, 2010 at 10:39 PM.
Very cute. Having flashbacks to 1941, perhaps?
As tempting as it would be to drive all the way to the to Kiev and further, I have a lot of problems "back home" in Constantinople.
No, the next move is to make full speed back to the capitol and try to break the Jihad.
I will concentrate on breaking up the Jihad. As opportunities present themselves, I will try to take some territory in Anatolia. Now that Skantarios has an adopted son, I think it may be time for the kid to earn his new title and strike out on his own a bit.
Well, now to get back to the updates...
Last edited by Skantarios; January 19, 2010 at 10:40 PM.
From the Diaries of Emperor Skantarios.
January, 1482 AD
Location: Iasi
As the new year dawns, the garrison forces from Bucharest arrive and allow my forces to depart Iasi and start on the long march south. We take only cavalry with us in order to speed our march. The pace is breakneck and we waste no time but still we hold no illusions we will be able to make it to the capitol before the year is out. We will trust in the walls and the slow pace of the Muslim construction of siege equipment to hold them at bay until we arrive.
The greatest news we receive is that the Sicilians have assaulted Arta.
Second Battle of Arta - 1482 AD.
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
With the great victory at Arta, the few remaining enemy not captured or killed take refuge in the Sicilian fleet waiting offshore. Those ships soon depart but we can only wonder when they will be back to make another try...
My forces continue on the road south to Constantinople. The two Egyptian armies at the captiol have now been joined by a Mongolian one.
We can waste no more time or else the Jihad will soon become completely unmanageable.
I am Skantarios.
Last edited by Skantarios; January 28, 2010 at 11:13 PM.
While I love dezikeizer's reference, he gives me FAR too much credit. It was in fact alliteration and yes referred to the US and A's first bad guy.
That being said, I wish my historical database included dezikeizer's reference so I could have used both!
Those Siphonores did mad damage! Wow!
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Ouch, those Siphonores certainly can put the hurt on enemy troops.
But with all that, we're still waiting to see how it plays out at Constantinople!
Working on that right now. Photobucket is down for maintenance and I need some more photos to finish.
And, yes, Siphonores when used correctly can be utterly devastating. It is almost like cheating. Still, there are so few and hard to recruit. That and they are almost worthless in field battles. Best just to use them in siege defense.
I've never used them before (am not much of a fan of the Byzantines), so I wouldn't know. They do seem to do a lot damage yes, but are they much better compared to something as mundane as, say, a catapult parked right behind your lines to fire at the enemy pouring through the gate?
A letter to Skantarios...
Good story so far...
Remember that defeats are part of the game and certainly part of history...
EDIT: cisse learn about those byzantines more here.
Last edited by AnthoniusII; January 20, 2010 at 03:13 AM.
TGC in order to continue its development seak one or more desicated scripters to put our campaign scripts mess to an order plus to create new events and create the finall missing factions recruitment system. In return TGC will give permision to those that will help to use its material stepe by step. The result will be a fully released TGC plus many mods that will benefit TGC's material.
Despite the mod is dead does not mean that anyone can use its material
read this to avoid misunderstandings.
IWTE tool master and world txt one like this, needed inorder to release TGC 1.0 official to help TWC to survive.
Adding MARKA HORSES in your mod and create new varietions of them. Tutorial RESTORED.
Not to be rude, but we lose battles/games/things of ours. While a door with loose hinges might fall out of the frame.
Talk about holy fire...
Could we have a world map pic?
BLM - ANTIFA - A.C.A.B. - ANARCHY - ANTI-NATIONALISM
TGC in order to continue its development seak one or more desicated scripters to put our campaign scripts mess to an order plus to create new events and create the finall missing factions recruitment system. In return TGC will give permision to those that will help to use its material stepe by step. The result will be a fully released TGC plus many mods that will benefit TGC's material.
Despite the mod is dead does not mean that anyone can use its material
read this to avoid misunderstandings.
IWTE tool master and world txt one like this, needed inorder to release TGC 1.0 official to help TWC to survive.
Adding MARKA HORSES in your mod and create new varietions of them. Tutorial RESTORED.
don't take it personally Anthonius As long as you can make yourself clear it's okay
nice use of Greek fire there btw
Carl von Dobeln's son
How it all began
Author of the Basileia ton Romaion Series book 1, 2, 3
The work has been done, the trilogy is completed or has it?
I've just seen that particular spelling mistake often.
But I mean't nothing personal, just offering a tip.
(If anyone notices that I misspelt a word, let me know.)
I agree; a world map would be nice.
Great update. The very reason I suggested you go to the capitol was that there are two Egyptian armies, and if they both have siege equipment then it will be a very difficult fight. Better to make sure that you win.
@Beer Money: Oh, you meant that historical figure. Yeah, if you're right about that, then Skantarios better be careful.