The Age of Men... is over! Good side wins, most prominent good factions: Rohan (Nice), Silvan Elves (Aldor)

[Aldor]

The Age of Men
Third Age Total War Hotseat.
Version 3.2


Leader - Aldor
Admin - Dux

Special thanks to Gimli10 who started the HS.


Combatants
~ in turn order ~

Isengard : /
Harad - The Norseman
Mordor - Emperor of Hell (T68) Arrow2daknee TheBlackWolf
Rhun - *Ranger*(T68) joerock22
Rohan - Nice
Dale - knight of meh
Silvan Elves - Aldor
OotMM - Gallus
OoG - Gallus
Eriador - knicolas2
High Elves - Willowran Takizama
Dwarves - StealthFox

Dead Factions
Gondor


VACANT
Eriador
Dwarves
OotMM - OoG
(Isengard)


Long campaign - manage all settlements - H(c)/M(b) - auto-resolve - password
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Rules:
(adapted from Gimli10)

Basic:
- The admin must be able to get a similar outcome after 'reloading' 5 times.
- Turns must be played within 24 hours or you will be auto-subbed by an admin or one of your designated subbers. If you fail to do your turn more than three times, without notifying anyone, you will be removed from the hotseat.
- Once you have finished your turn and uploaded the save, please PM and leave a Visitor message for the next person.
- If you suspect one of the players have broken any rules or cheated, please contact and ask him to check it.
- You may give a region to another faction upon its destruction, however, you may not take advantage of that faction`s treasury. You are not allowed to demand or receive any money from that faction.
- You may not gift a region to another faction if the city is at risk of capture.
- Good versus evil.
- No Invasions.

Battle:
- You are not allowed to move armies next turn if they were defeated by a player that comes after you in turn order.
- You are not allowed to move armies next turn if they were defeated by a player that comes after you in turn order.
- No surrounding of an army with units to deny a retreat
- No sallying out, with intentions to lose. Only can sally out if you have a reasonable chance of winning

Agents:
- Max 4 spies.
- Spies cannot open gates.
- Assassins are not allowed.

Building:
- No destroying any buildings if city is at risk of capture
- Only Inns/Guilds/culture buildings can be destroyed if a person captures it
- You are only allowed to exterminate a city once, and should you capture the city again you must either sack it or occupy it.

Map updates: post

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Ideas, improvements, errors... for this page should be PM'd to Aldor.

Violations of rules, unfair actions, (observed) inactivity... should be PM'd to the admin (Dux) or Aldor in case of absence.

How to do a hotseat

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Instructions (how to play a hotseat campign)
For those who don't know how to play Hotseat campaigns, here are some easy to follow instructions.
1. Wait your turn -- Just like waiting in line for a ride at an amusement park, everyone needs to wait their turn, be sure to look who's turn is up, but keeping your eyes on the forums, for your kingdom to be called next.
2. Download your turn -- When your turn is finally up. It's time to play. the person who was before you should have posted his turn in the thread, you need to click the link in the thread and this should automatically download the turn.
here is an example

3. Extract the file into Save Folder -- Alright, the next step is too uncompressed the folder, if you have a compressing tool (Winzip, WinRar, 7zip, etc), then it should automatically uncompressed the file when you Open, or double click on the file you saved. If you do not have a Compressor tool I suggest downloading WinZip. In the compressed filed you should see a new file ending with .sav ; this is the save file -- Extract this file into your Save Folder (in the case of TATW it should be located at C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\mods\Third_Age\saves.
Here is an example of how to Extract

4. Play your turn -- Now that the .sav file is successfully located in the Save Folder, you can play your turn. Load up the game like you normally would, (In this case the Third Age Mod). at the Introduction screen, with the options you will want to click on the Load Game --> Load campaign game --> (The save file you downloaded and extracted). If all goes well you should load up the Game. Yay!!, Now have fun, and play your turn. Don't forget to choose a Password, to ensure nobody else access your game.

5. End Turn -- Don't forget to click the "End Turn" button when your done your turn. Many new people forget to do this simple action of not click End Turn, its essential when your done playing your turn to click End Turn and have the next players Scroll up before you continue. If you forget to do this the game will stall and you will need to load the turn you posted and Press End Turn. Just don't forget

6. Send and Compress file -- Alright, your almost done!. You played your turn, now you need to send the .sav along. Go to the thread and post a reply.Clicking the "Manage Attachments" on the reply below Additional Options is what you want to do, Then click on one of the "Browse" buttons. Now you need to attach your new .sav file which you should find at your Save folder, do you remember where that was? mine is : (C:\Program Filesx86\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\mods\Third_Age\saves). Now before you sand the .sav file remember to Compress it. Unfortunately, TWCenter doesn't accept files that aren't compressed due to virus possibilities. That's why its essential to have a compressor tool to extract and compress your file. If you need a Compressor tool please refer to Step 3. Now "Right-Click" on your .sav file that you want to send and find the Compressor tool labeled "add to "(filename).rar" or if using winzip you should go to Label "Send to --> compressed Zip folder". Once this is done, a new compressed file should be created in your save folder. While its possible to compress the folder by simply using explorer, you can also do it through the "Browse" button through clicking the "Manage Attachments". Now that you have compressed the .sav file you want to send into a Zipped or Rared file, you can "Click" that compressed file. Then in the "Manage Attachments" screen click on "Upload", write a normal response and your as good as done.
(The "how-to-play-a-hotseat" - guide was written by Gimli10.)

Hotseat strategy guide for new players.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Made for Westeros, but useful to read for beginners. "I would really like to recommend this post and the second and 4th in the same thread."

[Aldor]

Message to all in the HS:

Get down and get with it!!

[Aldor]

Reserved...

[joerock22]

This is a good vs. evil hotseat, correct? Either way, I would like to take Rhun.

Looks like I got beat by 3 minutes, LOL.

[Aldor]

This is a good vs. evil hotseat, correct? Either way, I would like to take Rhun.

They're yours!!

Welcome to the HS!!

[joerock22]

They're yours!!

Welcome to the HS!!

Oh, cool. When you said "reserved" I thought you meant that someone had sent you a PM asking for Rhun. Were you just reserving that post for future use?

BTW, whose turn is up?

[StealthFox]

[*Ranger*]

Gallus is now the secret keeper, he has the evil passwords.

[knight of meh]

it's mordors turn currently

also this is the turn order... not sure which factions strts and ends but its in the right order

Rohan
Dale
SE
OotMM
OOG
Eriador
HE
Dwarves
Isengard
Harad
Mordor
Rhun

[*Ranger*]

it's mordors turn currently

also this is the turn order... not sure which factions strts and ends but its in the right order

Rohan
Dale
SE
OotMM
OOG
Eriador
HE
Dwarves
Isengard
Harad
Mordor
Rhun

The turn ends with isengard and starts with Harad

[ArbiterMatrix]

Is Isengard still available? I wouldn't mind playing them if they are.

[Gallus]

I think it's Harad's turn though, not Mordor's...

[*Ranger*]

Norseman needs to upload the save to the forums, he sent it to EoH via steam/PM

[Gallus]

Wow I just saw Mordor's save... Wow. I'd say good luck to the Mordor player but I know no amount of luck can save him now.

[Nice]

Wow I just saw Mordor's save... Wow. I'd say good luck to the Mordor player but I know no amount of luck can save him now.

Wow. I had no idea that Mordor was in such a bad position. I thought I just beat 1 of the many armies Mordor will send at me and that I can finish of a Nazgul.
You shouldn't give away information especially in a hotseat with spy limit(4).

@Aldor Great job at relaunching this hotseat. Thanks for your hard work. All participants should rep you for this.

[Gallus]

Wow. I had no idea that Mordor was in such a bad position. I thought I just beat 1 of the many armies Mordor will send at me and that I can finish of a Nazgul.
You shouldn't give away information especially in a hotseat with spy limit(4).

@Aldor Great job at relaunching this hotseat. Thanks for your hard work. All participants should rep you for this.

maybe I'm bluffing.
Seriously though, you are probably the best spy user I've ever played with so I was certain you knew.

[Arrow2daknee]

An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the Age of Men hotseat comes crashing down, but it is not this day! This Day, we wait till our turn comes up and we fight!

[Aldor]

- I've changed the factions to turn order.

- Added some rules that were not mentioned on Gimli's front page

- Any other rules that we agreed up, but aren't mentioned??

Is Isengard still available? I wouldn't mind playing them if they are.

I don't mind, but I'd rather have Harad sub them since they are in an awful state. They have only 1 force remaining and don't have any important settlements.

@Aldor Great job at relaunching this hotseat. Thanks for your hard work. All participants should rep you for this.

Thanks Nice.

Seriously though, you are probably the best spy user I've ever played with so I was certain you knew.

In BFME spies can open gates. I really had to learn to play with and versus spies against Nice, but now I understand how it works. He's really good with them indeed.

[Dux]

Good job in reviving this Aldor. And remember folks, if you want admin action, pm or vm me, I rarely visit this subforum.

Map update:

[StealthFox]

Interesting map. I think the Silvans will end up ruling us all. I should have known Galadriel wanted it.