Claims Thread (Part 1: AOR Claims)

[Lucius Malfoy]

Alright people, here is Part 1 of the Claims.

This first part will involve what AORs you want to start in. Please view the map below for the AOR regions.
Note: Crete and Sparta cannot be claimed!

AOR Map

AOR Regions (by color) Red = Macedonian Light Grey = Greek Purple = Anatolian Light Green = Syrian Blue = Egyptian Yellow = Persia Dark Green = India Dark Grey = Sparta and Crete (Cannot be Claimed, but Conquered)

Please choose 2 - 3 AORs you would want to start in.
Depending upon the AOR claims, we will balance out the AORs to ensure there are balanced number of players per AOR (depending upon their size).

After this is done (give it a day or two), province claims will be set up.

AOR Claim List
Macedon AOR: Lucius Malfoy, Aspisas, Wheatley, PilgrimStans, Jacb, Stannis
Greece AOR: Ace, Pericles, PilgrimStans, Jacb
Anatolia AOR: Zectorman, Aspisas, Barry, Xion, Jacb, McScottish, Oz, Watercress
Syria AOR: Barry, Xion, PilgrimStans, McScottish, Watercress, Stannis
Egypt AOR: Zectorman, Aspisas, Wheatley, Pericles, Oz, Stannis
Persia AOR: Lucius Malfoy, Aspisas, Ace, Xion, Wheatley, Pericles, McScottish, Oz, Watercress
India AOR: Lucius Malfoy, Zectorman, Barry

[Lucius Malfoy]

My claims
1. Macedon AOR
2. Persian AOR
3. Indian AOR

[Zectorman]

My Claims:
1. Egyptian AOR
2. Anatolian AOR
3. Indian AOR

[Ace_General]

Greece! For teh Liberation of Hellas!

[Lucius Malfoy]

Greece! For teh Liberation of Hellas!

Choose 2 - 3 AORs you wanna start in, Ace. I stated that in the OP and please read that OP.

[Ace_General]

Far east Persia/Steppe, Ill play as teh Saka or Dahae

[Lucius Malfoy]

Far east Persia/Steppe, Ill play as teh Saka or Dahae

Ace, read my post.

Choose 2 - 3 AORS (The AORs are Macedon, Greece, Anatolia, Persia, India, Syria and Egypt).

The steppes is not one of those AORs.

I will put you down for Greece and Persia AOR then.

[Mary The Quene]

Claims :

1 Macedon
2 Egypt
3 Babylon (mesipotamia)
4 Bactria

[Lucius Malfoy]

Claims :

1 Macedon
2 Egypt
3 Babylon (mesipotamia)
4 Bactria

I will put you down for Macedon, Egypt and Persia.

In the future, Ace and Aspisas, please look at the map I am about to post up on the OP.

[Mary The Quene]

Fine.

[Barry Goldwater]

Claims:

1. Syria AOR
2. Anatolia AOR
3. India AOR

[Ace_General]

Far east Persia, like roundabouts bactria, though I dont get why we cant claim provinces like before and we have to do this weird claim 3 thing

Anyways, I dont see how you could fit more then 1 guy in greece. And is this like a first come first serve type of dealio?

[Lucius Malfoy]

Far east Persia, like roundabouts bactria, though I dont get why we cant claim provinces like before and we have to do this weird claim 3 thing

Anyways, I dont see how you could fit more then 1 guy in greece. And is this like a first come first serve type of dealio?

I really hate to do this, but I have to now.

This does not even warrant a response to, but I am gonna have to. You clearly are not reading my instructions, Ace. Because they answer majority of what you just said and asked about. Everybody else exactly understands what I am asking for.

A post from the proposal thread.

A few things to note!
A claim thread will be made for claiming territories/regions (pick at least 2 or 3 areas you wanna start in) once the forum is up and ready. If you choose one, you most likely will not get it depending upon the judgment of the moderators. We wanna make sure there is balance of players every AOR. Not a cluster here and major vacancies else where.

Once we determine the player's choice of starting AOR, we will then go to provincial claims. Disputed claims will be done by either player agreement or moderation intervention at the offer of moderators or player request (usually a roll that determines who gets what).

A post from the OP

Please choose 2 - 3 AORs you would want to start in.
Depending upon the AOR claims, we will balance out the AORs to ensure there are balanced number of players per AOR (depending upon their size).

After this is done (give it a day or two), province claims will be set up.

AOR claim first, then province claims. No first come first serve. AORs will be balanced at mod discretion, depending upon the claims of players.

You will see my further instructions on province claims once the thread is up and after this first part is done.

[Jokern]

Far east Persia, like roundabouts bactria, though I dont get why we cant claim provinces like before and we have to do this weird claim 3 thing

Anyways, I dont see how you could fit more then 1 guy in greece. And is this like a first come first serve type of dealio?

We are doing this so that we can get a good spread on where players start and don't end up with large clusters of pc states right next to each other. That is why we will first split up after AOR region, then provinces.

As for "first come, first served", LM would have to answer that but I doubt that is how it's going to work.

EDIT: Ninja'd

[Dirty Chai]

Anyways, I dont see how you could fit more then 1 guy in greece. And is this like a first come first serve type of dealio?

That's why you pick multiple regions. To solve potential claims over the same area, like in Swords of India.

And is this like a first come first serve type of dealio?

No, I think it's a "pick your top 3 choices and we'll do some sort of lottery thing to determine where everyone fits in"

[Xion]

1. Anatolia AOR
2. Persia AOR
3. Syria AOR

Although I personally don't care where I end up, I have a plan for every AOR. So if it turns out another player may be needed for an AoR I didn't list, feel free to put me there.

[Wheatley]

Claims

1.Egypt
2.Persia
3.Macedon

[Pericles of Athens]

Egypt, Persia, Greece. Please and thank you.

[PilgrimStans]

Hey, I've been looking to join one of these for a while, hope it's ok.

Greece, Syria, Macedon for me please.

[Lucius Malfoy]

Hey, I've been looking to join one of these for a while, hope it's ok.

Greece, Syria, Macedon for me please.

Welcome to the forum! If you have any questions, feel free to ask (PM Me or ask in the OOC thread).

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I would ask if more people could be interested in Anatolia, Persia and India, mainly because Greece, Syria and Macedon (a total of 26 provinces) are rather small in size compared to the rest of AORs (the other 4 AORs amount to around 70, Persia alone has 34 provinces with Anatolia at 23). Because be aware that player presence in AORs will be balanced depending upon the interests of players and their choices. I would hate to put someone in a place they won't like in order to balance things out.

I do plan to fill up the map as much as I can, compared to the original Swords of India where there were countless NPC nations.

I would also recommend people read up on the Military System and Manpower (provided to us by HB) content in the Rules Thread. It could change people's minds on what they want.