[EB AAR] Koinon Hellenon: Athens X Sparta (.org X TWCenter), a participative AAR - Sparte

[Molina]

In this AAR I will play as the Koinon Hellenon, difficulty M/M (to keep things nice and easy). But!

This AAR will happen in both the TWC and the .org EB/AAR forums. Each forum will advise 1 of the KH cities. Every 4 turns (1 game year), TWC forum members will give suggestions on what Sparta should do next, while .org forum members will suggest what Athens should do.

TWCenter forums: Sparte


.org forums: Athenai

Both cities are allied, though, and must submit their candidates to office positions in the Alliance every 4 years. The city that has a FM holding the Strategos office will be in great military advantage, as it will be able to control the full-stack Alliance Army. Other offices will give different advantages.



Summary
(Thanks to MIDN Mainolfi)

272 B.C. - Introduction
Koinon Election Results
271 B.C.
270 B.C.
269 B.C.
268 B.C.
Koinon Election Results
267 B.C.
266 B.C.
265 B.C.
264 B.C.
Koinon Election Results
263 B.C. - Everything Went as Unexpected (A Letter from Doros)
262 B.C. - Makedonia's Last Stand
261 B.C. - The Siege of Pella
260 B.C. - No Time for Peace
---------- Elections of Demetrias ----------
259 B.C. - The Epeirote Wars
258 B.C. - Pyrrhic Defeat
257 B.C. - Dead Kings
256 B.C. - Dalmatian Riches
255 B.C. - Make Love, Not War
---------- Elections of Ambrakia -----------
254 B.C. - The Battle of Serdike
253 B.C. - The Defence of Pergamon
252 B.C. - Sur(pontos)rise!
251 B.C. - The Sieges of Syrakousai and Ipsos
250 B.C. - Conquest of Byzantion
---------- Elections of Rhodos ----------
249 B.C. - River Crossings
248 B.C. - Peace of the East
248 B.C. - The Last Drop

The AAR is currently on a break as we prepare for the next phase, the civil war.

This first post will be dedicated to the Politeia, or the Constitution of the Koinon Hellenon, which says how this AAR will work.

VOTING

There are 2 moments of voting, "Polis Sessions" (every year, city only) and "Koinon Hellenon Sessions" (every 4 years, between the Alliance).

Different matters will be decided in each of those. The first one decides actions, the second decides offices and laws.

A. POLIS SESSIONS:

QUICK AND EASY VERSION:
-Every year.
-You can make a suggestion for what to do next, but your suggestion will only be executed if someone agrees with your suggestion (which is called a "motion").
-You can agree with someone else's motion if you want to see that executed.
-You can disagree with someone else's motion if you don't like it, but if more people vote in favor of it, it will be executed.


LONG AND COMPLETE VERSION:

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City sessions will be held every year (4 turns) in the summer.

The Athenian Council (Boule) and the Spartan Council (Gerousia) will meet independently.

In these sessions, each council member may perform 3 actions:


-PROPOSE motion.
-AGREE with motion: Adds a vote in favor of the quoted motion. You may not accept your own motion.
-DISAGREE with motion: Adds a vote against the quoted motion.


PROPOSE motion: Proposes a motion to be accepted or denied by fellow council members. In order for a motion to pass, it needs to:
-be agreed by at least 1 other member.
-be more agreed upon than disagreed.
AGREE with motion: Adds a vote in favor of the quoted motion. You may not accept your own motion.
DISAGREE with motion: Adds a vote against the quoted motion.




Example of passing a motion:

I'd like to propose the motion of Besiege Roma.

I accept Member A's motion.

Result: the motion passes with 1 votes for and 0 votes against, and the actions will be executed (Roma will be besieged) in this turn.

There is no limit to how many motions may pass. They will pass as long as they meet the already mentioned requirements.






MOTIONS (examples of possible motions):

Military Motions:
-Besiege City
-Assault City
-Move to location
-Build Fort/Watch Tower
-Send Unit to Alliance Army (units may be automatically conscripted to the Alliance Army if it is not full).

Recruitment Motions:
-Recruit Unit
-Recruit Diplomat
-Recruit Spy
-Hire Mercenaries

Administrative Motions:
-Assign Governor
-Construct building

Diplomatic Motions:
-Offer Alliance
-Offer Gift
-Offer Trade Rights
-Offer Peace
-Other diplomatic actions.

Espionage Motions:
-Spy Location
-Infiltrate City


Other:
-Whatever you can think of!

B. KOINON HELLENON SESSIONS:

QUICK AND EASY VERSION:
-Every 4 years.
-You can vote for one of your city's FMs to run for the office of Strategos, and another to run for the office of Hegemon.
-You can propose laws that will change this constitution and vote on changes proposed in the last session.


LONG AND COMPLETE VERSION:

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Alliance sessions will be held very 4 years (16 turns) in the winter. At that time, the cities of the Koinon Hellenon will unite to decide:

I) The offices of the Alliances*.

II) New laws for the Alliance (creation of new offices, new rules...). These must be proposed at a KH Session by a and will be accepted or denied by the other Polis at the next one (4 years later).

III) If previously suggested laws pass or not. As stated, laws suggested in the last KH Session

*There are 3 offices:


-Strategos Autokrator of the Koinon Army (General of the Alliance Army).
-Hegemon of the Koinon Hellenon (Leader of the Alliance of Hellenes).
-Polemarchos of the Koinon Hellenon (Military Leader of the Alliance).



Each city will submit one of its characters (FMs) to the office of Strategos and another to the office of Hegemon. The most suited character will win the election. The office of Polemarchos will be filled by the loser of the Strategos election.



Strategos Autokrator

The Strategos Autokrator is in charge of the main army of the Alliance. In times of war, this is the most important position in our league of poleis.
The Strategos Autokrator:
-Will have his chances to be elected based on + .
-May command a full army (20 units).
-Gains full command of the Alliance Fleet.
-When elected, will be moved instantly to the army location. The former Strategos will be moved back to his city.
-May not be re-elected or attempt re-election. This leadership rotation preserves the alliance of the cities, so that the army is not a personal one.
-May be elected once again after 4 years (Example: Areus is elected Strategos in 260BC, then cannot be re-elected in 256BC, but may attempt election again in 252BC)
-Should the Strategos die, the current Polemarchos will become Strategos.


Hegemon:

The Hegemon will prioritize spending the Alliance's treasure in his own city's interests, with buildings and recruitment. The office of Hegemon:
-Will have his chances to be elected based on + .
-Will make the Hegemon's city the political center of the Alliance (Capital).
-Is likely to get more buildings done for his city.
-Is likely to get more units recruited for his city.
-Is likely to get whatever his city demands more efficiently and quickly.

Polemarchos:

The Polemarchos is the second-in-command of the Alliance military.
-The losing candidate to the position of Strategos Autokrator will become Polemarchos.
-He may command an army of 12 units.
-He must use the army of his own city, as the Alliance army will be led by the Strategos.




Election calculation:

Election winners will be randomized based on their chance to win. In short, the higher the stats, the higher the chances. Calculations will happen in this manner for Strategos (for Hegemon, just replace the Com stat with Management):

A number from 1 to "Max number" will be randomized.

Max number = Influence (Athenian) + Command (Athenian) + Inf (Spartan) + Com (Spartan).

Athenian win range = Inf (Ath) + Com (Ath)
Spartan win range = Inf (Ath) + Com (Ath) + Inf (Spa) + Com (Spa).

It sounds complicated, but an example will make this easier:

Athenian candidate has 5 Influence and 1 Command.
Spartan candidate has 1 Influence and 3 Command.

A number will be randomly generated from 0 to 10 (sum of all stats).
Athenian wins if the number is between 1 and 6 (60% chance).
Spartan wins if the number is between 7 and 10 (40% chance).

Keep in mind generals with a lot of influence but no command stars might perform poorly in battle!

LAWS

272BC: Army Regulamentation Law
-Armies outside cities have a maximum of 8 units, unless commanded by the Strategos (max 20 units) or the Polemarchos (max 12 units).
-City armies must be commanded by a general. The army will return to its city if no general is present (if the general dies, for example).

255 BC: The Recognition of Zones of Interest and Expansion between the Poleis Athenai and Sparte (by Arthouros the Divider)
-Athenai recognizes that the lands West of Hellas and all Poleis West of Hellas are in the Zone of Interest and Expansion of the polis Sparte. This with the addition of the polis Kyrene. Athenai shall not attempt to conquer poleis and land west of Hellas, and shall not actively work against Spartiatai expansion in the area, be it by ways of the sword or the word. If the Spartiatai expansion in the area happens to be harmful to the Koinon as a whole, and/or Athenai, then Athenai has the right to voice its opposition of said expansion, the reasons presented should not be of a selfish nature used to hamper Spartiatai expansion/increased range of influence. Athenai also reserve the right to voice its opposition of unfair treatment of the population of Free Poleis upon their incorporation under Sparte.

-Sparte recognizes that the lands East of Hellas and all Poleis East of Hellas are in the Zone of Interest and Expansion of the polis Athenai. This with the exception of Byzantion which shall be a neutral polis. Sparte shall not attempt to conquer poleis and land East of Hellas, and shall not actively work against Athenoi expansion in the area, be it by ways of the sword or the word. If the Athenoi expansion in the area happens to be harmful to the Koinon as a whole, and/or Sparte, then Sparte has the right to voice its opposition of said expansion, the reasons presented should not be of a selfish nature used to hamper Athenoi expansion/increased range of influence. Sparte also reserve the right to voice its opposition of unfair treatment of the population of Free Poleis upon their incorporation under Athenai.

KOINON PANTHEION
"Hall of Fame"

I) Arthouros Attikos (Arthur, king of the Britons), known as Arthouros the Divider. Loyal Athenian, Epistates of Athenai, leader of the athenian Hellas party. First man to pass a Koinon Law since the foundation of the Alliance.

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Marble bust of Arthouros the Divider, first man to pass a Koinon Law since the foundation of the Alliance. (Based on a bust of Attalus I)

II) Publius Appius Claudius (Populus Romanus), the Spartan-Roman Ephor of the Sparte Nationalist Party and loyal councilor of the Spartan Gerousia.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Marble bust of Appius. (Based on a bust of Agrippa)



The Epic of Demetrias (A Tale of Sparte) by Appius

Oh, were those not dark days.
In Hellas men could but pray.
It seemed freedom was at its last,
But we Hellenes had one last gasp.

The Makedonians, they held absolute sway.
But for freedom, there is always a way.
Our darkest hour soon had come,
The spark of freedom only in some.

But we Hellenes, we did unite!
Soon Makedonia found we put up a fight.
For the freedom our Koinon Hellenon was born,
But soon it would see all Hellas burn.

Our three greatest poleis came together:
Athenai, Rhodos, Sparte became brothers.
In 272 they did heroically declare
that this war was to be theirs.

A tide of total war spilled across the land.
This war was of all wars, the most grand.
The War of Makedonia and the Koinon Hellenon
would be the most brutal, for in the end one would be gone.

Chalkis and Korinthos were under our shoulder
For we liberated them in short order.
The Stratia ton Koinon broke the siege of Athenai,
But overconfident we became in victory.

Soon came the fateful year of 269.
But only for Makedonia was this year fine.
The Stratia ton Koinon marched behind King Areus
With the Stratia ton Sparte to Demetrias.

That fateful day we shall not forget.
That fateful day we shall always regret.
The First Siege of Demetrias, it was.
Twas only a good day for Antigonos Gonotas.

He sent to Demetrias their reinforments.
The Makedonians assaulted our battlements.
Drove them off, we Hellenes did.
And a great many of them fled.

But too many of us had been felled.
Soon we had been overwhelmed.
King Areus knew all was lost.
Out of the encirclement he fought.

To Attike he did hastily retreat.
His escape was altogether a mighty feat.
With the Stratia ton Koinon he prepared.
To meet the Makedonians, he dared.

From every corner of the Koinon Hellenon
reinforcements came, weak and strong.
It was the Koinon Hellenon’s finest hour,
Though it certainly was no show of power.

We drove them back that day.
Thousands of them lay slain.
Athenai had been saved.
The Makedonian storm, we had braved.

For years the Stratia ton Sparte lay broken.
Our strength, it was but token.
Men of Sparte, it was a hard way there.
Men of Sparte, it has been a long way back.

III) You?

[Molina]

Introduction: The First Year, 272 BC





Around 272 BC, the cities of Sparte, Rhodos and Athenai, along with other hellenistic allies, formed a league in order to fight the common macedonian enemy.


When the Koinon Hellenon was formed, there was little time for politics. The situation demanded action. The Macedonians had allied the Seleucid dynasty...


....and the armies of Antigonos Argeades, the Macedonian Basileus, were dangerously close to the borders of Athens and Sparta.


But the Macedoiands were in danger themselves in the north. Pyrrhos was claiming the title of King of Macedon to himself, and Antigonos Argeades would have to march north soon. This was the chance the hellenes were waiting for.


Areus Agiados, the Spartan King, quickly brought his army from Crete back to the mainland.


He arrived in Sparte and rallied the city's garrison, uniting his forces with the oher Spartan King, Eudamidas Eurypontidos.


The recruitment of addition troops were ordered in the name of the Koinon Hellenon, and...


...taxes were raised as much as possible for the war effort that was about to come.


The Spartan Kings advanced towards the city of Korinthos, which stood between their army and the possible Athenian reinforcements. They besieged the city, building siege towers to assault the walls.


The city had only a small garrison and an incompetent descendent of the Macedonian King would be the one to attempt to defend it.




The Spartan Kings led the assault themselves...


...and the hellenic city of Korinthos was liberated from Macedonian rule.





Meanwhile, in Athens, Chremonides gained political support from important citizens...


...then, more war-like than most Athenians, made an attack on a macedonian skirmishing force near his city.


He was successful, and saved the city of Athens without the help of the main army of the Koinon Hellenon, showing his strength to the Spartans.


In Asia Minor, a diplomat sent by the Alliance of Hellenes convinced the Seleucids to stop supporting the Macedonians and start supporting the true hellenic cities instead.


A favorable deal was reached.




The Koinon Hellenon now had only one enemy: Macedon.


Not only that, but with the conquest of Korinthos, the Alliance was slowly pulling itself out of debt.


With the Macedonian armies retreating to the north, the first session of the Koinon Hellenon was called in Korinthos, between Sparta and Athens.


All the important men of the Koinon Hellenon attended, including:















Agathokles of Rhodes attended supporting the Athenian interests, establishing a strong alliance between the two cities. He had his own interest, though: the Athenians only had one strong candidate for the upcoming elections, and there were 2 positions to be filled. The athenians could appoint him to one of the positions.

The first Koinon Hellenon session was about to be held...

[Molina]

KOINON HELLENON SESSION 1 - OPEN:

Offices to be voted for:
-Strategos Autokrator
-Hegemon

Spartan possible candidates: (Vote for one for each office)
-Areus Agiados Lakedaimonios
-Akrotatos Agiados Lakedaimonios
-Eudamidas Eurypontidos Lakedaimonios

Example of a vote for this session:

I appoint Areus to run for Hegemon, and Eudamidas to run for Strategos.

[Diomede]

I nominate Akrotatos to Hegemon and areus to Strategos. Also, am HIGHLY looking forward to this. Great idea, +rep

[Maiar93]

I nominate Attikos as Hegemon and Areus as Strategos,
+rep

[Molina]

KOINON HELLENON ELECTIONS

Athenian Council orders:
-Chremonides to run for Strategos.
-Agathokles to run for Hegemon.

Spartan Council orders:
-Areus to run for Strategos.
-Akrotatos to run for Hegemon.


Strategos


Candidates:


Councilors of the Koinon Hellenon! I am Chremonides of Athens, and I hope to become your Strategos Autokrator. The Athenians ask for your support to remind the Spartans that the army that stands in this city is not their royal army, but the Alliance Army, an army of Hellenes. I, a true son of greece, am the best choice for the position of Strategos.


I am Areus of Sparta, and if I am made Strategos by you today, I will continue my victories against Macedon. My Athenian opponent instead of waiting for the Alliance from Corinth, recklessly attacked the Macedonians with the garrison of his own city, only seeking personal glory and putting his citizens in danger, as well as losing more men than if he had waited for us Spartans to fight. This council must choose me as Strategos if it wants to win the war.



Hegemon


Candidates:


Zzzzzz...


See? My opponent is an old man who can only sleep. He could sleep in his grave for all I care! I, the heir to the Spartan throne, am clearly the best option for Hegemon.


Winners:

The Hellene councilors made their choice in a close election for the position of Strategos. Some trusted the Spartan candidate to continue his victories against Macedonia and condemned the hasty action of the Athenian general. The Athenians were hoping the support of the recently invited Corinthian councilors, expecting them to vote against the Spartans as they were the ones who conquered their city. The Corinthians, though, viewed the conquest as a liberation from Macedonian rule, and supported the Spartans.
The election for Hegemon was less close, with an easy victory for Akrotatos of Sparta.
The Polemarchos was decided to be Chremonides, as he had lost the election for Strategos.

This Koinon Hellenon session is now closed, and councilors must now return to their cities to decide what they will do next based on the results of the Koinon elections.

[Molina]

Sparta - 272 BC

Current situation:
-Sparta has won both the elections for Strategos and Hegemon! We can lead the Allied Army, recruit units and construct buildings at will.
-The City of Sparta can recruit Archers, Slingers, Skirmishers and Heavy Skirmishers.
-The City of Korinthos, recently conquered, cannot recruit any units, and it should be our responsability to develop this new city of the Alliance.

(Strategos Areus)
Send me to destroy the enemy, wise spartan council!

(Hegemon Akrotatos)
I can help my father, King and Strategos, by recruiting men all around the Alliance!

The Polis Session is now open to decide what Sparta will do for the next year.

[Maiar93]

I voted for attikos to be the hegemon

[Molina]

I voted for attikos to be the hegemon

Attikos is an Athenian, councilor, and this is Sparta! You can only nominate Spartan men. Either way, the Spartans won the elections, and now have great freedom to decide what to do for the next year.

So go ahead and get suggesting what to do!

[jirisys]

I voted for attikos to be the hegemon

You are a spartan, you should either leave the position to us, or vote for a spartan supporter.

~Jirisys ()

[Maiar93]

Oh thats nice.

[Maiar93]

What the man?

[Molina]

What the man?

jirisys is advising Athens over in the .org forums. He's an Athenian spy

OOC: I hope we're allowed to create characters...

Of course! You're welcome to, if you want. I won't force everyone to create a character, but I like your initiative.

There will be some more time left in this session of the Spartan Gerousia for the councilors to decide the next Spartan actions.

[jirisys]

jirisys is advising Athens over in the .org forums. He's an Athenian spy

Nah, I just saw it first in TWC, when I was editing my mod pack.

I started my KH campaign.

~Jirisys ()

[Beckitz]

OOC: I hope we're allowed to create characters...

IC: The ancient doors of the assembly hall swung open with a tired groan, and the slow tapping of footsteps bounced off the walls of the chamber as Epidamnus Lakedaimonios slowly hobbled his way inside, his weight resting precariously on the crude plank of wood he called a cane. Without bothering to introduce himself, he began to shuffle as best he could to an available seat.

Epidamnus had lived long, and had seen much, but never before had such dark clouds been seen to gather over the free Hellenes. The leaders of the Makedonians were now bent upon restoring the Alexandrian hegemony over Hellas, and had only recently been made to concede Korinthos back to the League once again. Sparta, once the mightiest of all the Greek cities, had been brought to an all-time low; it found itself imprisoned in an unwilling partnership with it's most hated rival, Athens. Epidamnus did not claim to be particularly wise or brilliant, but if there was anything he knew, it was that the Athenians could not be trusted. They were deceitful and manipulative by nature, and the longer this 'Hellenic League' was allowed to persist, the more unstable Sparta's position became.

"Men of Sparta," Epidamnus began, speaking in his usual, warbling voice, "I would like to propose a motion. As we have all seen, the Alliance Army is a powerful force, and capable of great victories in the field. Too many of these victories, I feel, have come on the back of our efforts, while the Athenians ride our coattails."

"I therefore formally propose that the Spartan forces within the Alliance Army should be separated into their independent, so that we may have better oversight over our own troops. I further propose that this new army be reinforced by several new regiments of archers, to be recruited from the young men of the Spartan homeland."

His proposition finished, the old man relaxed in his seat and endured a silent fit of coughing.

[Maiar93]

a Spartan senator stands up, saying: Not only archers, but we need light horses to support them. 3 units of archers and 3 of light horse regiments.

[Diomede]

You can't advise both if you're a member of both?

Also, liberate Chalkis!

[jirisys]

You can't advise both if you're a member of both?

Also, liberate Chalkis!

According to that logic I can, I am not advising, I'm just lurking, don't worry I won't spy

~Jirisys ()

[Molina]

271 BC

Athenian orders:
-Improve trading ports in Athens.
-Try to stop the Spartans from marching through Athenian land.
-Try to convince the Spartans to lend some men to the Athenian army.
-Besiege Mytilene.

Spartan orders:
-Separate the Spartan forces from the Alliance Army.
-Recruit Archers and Horsemen in Sparta to reinforce the Spartan army.

After the Koinon Hellenon meeting in Korinthos in the winter of 272 BC, the men returned to their own cities.


Akrotatos Agiados got married in Sparta, but then moved back to Korinthos to perform his duties as Hegemon of the Alliance. Chremonides joined the Eleusian Mysteries, gaining political allies in Athens and throughout the Hellenic cities.


In Sparte, as per council order, Archers were recruited. These archers would not reinforce the Alliance army, though, but the Spartan army...


...which was formed by detaching many Spartan men from the Alliance army. Eudamidas, the lesser Spartan King, was to lead the Spartans while Areus led the Allies. But the Spartan Army was still weak and required new recruits, particularly archers and horsemen. The Spartans found there were no good horsemen to be trained in their own city, and that hiring mercenaries of these sort would be far too expensive.



In order to acquire the mounted troops, the Spartans came to the Athenians. The Athenians, in their place, wanted to strengthen their army, and suggested that they'd train a number of horsemen for the Spartans in exchange of the Athenian troops that were in the Alliance Army. Remembering the orders of his council of the necessity of the mounted forces, Areus accepted the deal and sent some of the Alliance's men to the Athenians.


Chremonides was glad the Spartans would not only refrain from marching through Attike, but they would also lend some men from the Alliance Army to the Athenian forces.



Some Athenian hoplites and skirmishers went back to their city, where they joined Chremonides for the siege of Chalkis (there was no fleet to take the men all the way to Mytilene).





The Athenians kept their promise during the siege and sent the Spartans a small band of horsemen.


In Sparta, archers were trained.


The Spartan Army grew strong, even stronger than the Alliance Army.


Meanwhile, the Koinon Hellenon recieved news of distant Hellenes allies who had been attacked by Pontos.





Immediatly war was declared on the aggressors.


By the end of the year, Chalkis was under siege. The Macedonians desperately tried to send men to support the city, but did so in a disorganized way. These macedonians were now in the coast of Chalkis and near Athens. The Spartan Army and the Alliance Army stood ground by Korinthos.

It is time for the councils of Sparta and Athens to reunite again to decide the next moves of each city.


The Spartan Council session is now open to decide what must be done in the next year, 270BC.

[Molina]

Come on guys, the Athenians have sent their orders, tell me what Sparta should do!