Your EB Empire

[thelord]

i thought i'd revive this thread for some pics for peoples 1.0 campaigns, i will put mine up tomorow when i have access to my pc with EB installed.

[King Arthur]

Heres my Carthage v1.0 using the ALEX.exe:








As you can see it's 200BC and the Carthaginian reforms have kicked in! Time for Iberian Assault Troops! I'm at war with the Ptolamaoi & currently neutral with Rome. The Ptolamaoi are a big pain, sending stack after stack at my most eastern town of Lepki, I'm training an army in my capital of Elite Pikemen, African Infantry, Sacred Band troops and a unit of Elephants to take the war to their back yard.

I have conquered the Iberian pennisular and the North African coast and hold 2/3 of Sicily. After a few years of constant war with the Romani on the island, they suddenly declared a truce and their armies on the island disappeared back to Italy - strange I thought. I have recently sent a spy there and too my amazment my allies, Epeiros, who had been sent packing many years ago, had landed via sea on an invasion fleet 2 full stacks!! They have now conquered Taras and Capua (pics are from 200BC I'm at 195BC) - cutting Rhegion and Messana off from the rest of the Romani!

I think I will now team up with Epeiros and take what's left of Southern Italy!

[QuintusSertorius]

I am expanding slowly but trying to keep some units for defense, also I have some CTD related problems at the moment

Call that slowly?

By 252 BC I had Italy south of the Po/Padus and most of (not all of) Sicily. By 240BC all I'd added to that was Sardinia and Corsica. You've got big swathes of Gaul!

[QuintusSertorius]

I'm playing Romani M/M with RTW.exe, currently at 225BC, my war against Makedon goes well, offscreen I've besieged Patavium:



The army approaching Athenae has been on short rations, but it hasn't stopped them winning any. Once it's taken, I'll give it to KH, again. They seem incapable of holding onto it. I might take Thermon and give that to Epeiros. Tempted to gift them the one that's about to revolt.

Singidunum went to the Aedui once I removed all Makedonian influence. They do seem to spam you with half-formed stacks of mercs, at least they do now, perhaps because I've wiped out their proper field armies in the region. They're tough to beat in sieges, but laughably easy on the field.

I'm trying to play historically, though I seem to periodically have to go to war with Makedon to stop them taking over the entire east. I rescued KH once restoring the southern tip of Greece to them, am about to restore Athenai to them for the second time, and have just rescued Epeiros from destruction too.

The army you can see is a fairly regular "consular army" for me. A Roman core with equal numbers of allied troops.

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

Since this thread is back, I'll post my Empire.

This is my Arche Makedonia from my AAR over at the org:
(183BC)

[Irishmafia2020]

Since this thread is back, I'll post my Empire.

This is my Arche Makedonia from my AAR over at the org:
(183BC)

Who is that Teal color over in India? I've never seen that before...

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that. Because some factions have completely moved, I renamed and recolored some. The green is "Gandhara", the purple is "Media" (though I've almost conquered them), and the gold is "Meroe".

[QuintusSertorius]

Started a new Romani game, still with rtw.exe, but this time on H/M. At 262BC things look thus:



Of particular interest to me is the captured; it looks like Makedonia are actually struggling for once, rather than wiping everyone else out. Be interesting to see how the next few turns go, whether or not I'll be needing to rescue them for a change.

I'm going to leave Syracusai rebel for a very long time, and won't try to take Lilibeo until 241BC (only just took Messana). Segesta is proving a tough cookie, big army and usual rebel multi-star general. I think with a force half their size I should be able to manage it, though.

[Jesu_follower]

My sarmatian empire stretches as far east as the Saka capitol, as far south to the Macedonian capitol, and as far west as borders of the Sweboz.

[QuintusSertorius]

256BC with my H/M Romani game:



Of particular note is that Makedonia is persisting, although Epeiros are doing much better than in my previous game.

I'm not conquering Karthadast, I raided Atiqa and Adrumento is next. Then I'll head back to Sicily with the army featured.

Money is definitely tighter in Hard than in Medium campaign difficulty.

And just a few years later, Karthadast have their settlements back, but Atiqa and Adrumento were thoroughly pillaged of all useful buildings. Note I've created Galatia with a bit of creative bribing:



Just a little further along, 251BC still at war with Carthage although it's gone a bit cold since they never venture out of Lilibeo and I don't want to take it yet. What you can see is the full extent of my "empire", kept to historical progression:



I'm going to leave Syrakousai for a goodly long while yet, still another ten years before I can close my first Punic Wars and grab Lilibeo and the islands of Sardinia and Corsica.

Galatia persists! Makedonia is really struggling, Epeiros is pushing them hard and KH took Demetrias from them.

248BC:



About to raid Carthage again, this time they might take me seriously. Makedonia looks like it's slowly being worn down; I might have to intervene, possibly taking Dalmanion from Epeiros and letting it rebel. That should probably do some harm to their economy. Or I could give it to the Aedui in preparation for attacking them in 20 years time.

[QuintusSertorius]

242BC:



Chances of me signing a peace with Carthage giving me Lilibeo are nil with the diplomacy AI, I'm slow-besieging it. They landed reinforcements which I allowed access to the city. I might break off and wander away after a few turns, we'll see.

Might send a diplomat over to the islands to try to bribe them. My economy has really taken off now, starting to have big surpluses. Might recruit a third legion to soak it up. Currently giving lots of money to the Arverni, who only have two provinces in the hopes they'll slow the Aedui down (who now have about six, including Ankrya which I gave them; should have given it to the Arverni on reflection).

Makedonia seem to have rebounded, they're heading east and south, though worryingly a bit north too. For a brief time I thought I'd have to tame Epeiros but it's good old Makedonia who are the threat again. Maybe they'll be sucked into a maelstrom of hurt in Asia Minor...

[johnhughthom]

You certainly fly through the turns QuintusSertorious, it would take me at least a week to get through what you have done in a few days. Do you use autoresolve a lot?
When it comes to Karthadast, I usually take Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia, the Balearics and their Spanish holdings and if necessary fight a few big battles in north Africa, without taking cities, in my "first Punic War." They pretty much always accept a ceasefire then,even on VH campaign. Not very historical I know, but I play a game not a history simulator and I think slight changes to history make it MY Roman Empire.
By the way, would you consider that army in your last screenshot to be one legion?

[QuintusSertorius]

I've had a lot of turns of doing not much more than moving armies around and queuing construction. They certainly move faster when there isn't any real campaigning to do, and unless I start trouble with the Aedui I don't really have any real warring besides the odd raid of the Carthaginians.

I don't autoresolve at all, there really haven't been that many battles. 54 all told, according to the stats, with at least 15 of those naval battles and non-battles where the enemy has retreated.

I deliberately left Syrakousai un-taken in this campaign, Lilibeo and the islands I suspect I will have to take, rather than bribing the latter, then possibly use the force diplomacy script to get a ceasefire if necessary. I have taken and abandoned Atiqa, Adrumento and Lepki in my raids, as well as smashed a couple of stacks of their troops in Africa.

That last army is a fairly usual "consular army" for me, a complete one of two legions and two alae. The small unit of Lucanians and slingers on the far right are extras really, I wouldn't normally take that many. It's also light on cavalry, should be some Equites. I know I should have a unit of Rorarii in there, but I never bother with them. They make the stack much bigger (decreasing my chances of bringing a battle) and they're not much use either.

[QuintusSertorius]

239BC:



I've taken Lilibeo and am now proceeding to the islands. Once that's done, it'll be a Force Diplomacy jobbie to get peace and trade with Carthage.

Elsewhere in the world, the Arverni continue to struggle against the Aedui - I'll give them some money again in a bit. Makedonia continue their inexorable march north; I may have to do something about that soon, perhaps a disposable family member with a mercenary stack. I certainly have family members to spare now since I need few governors outside of central Italy. Doesn't look like the Getae will stop them.

That said Taras has just been moved up from type IV to type III and Rhegion and Bononia can't be far behind with their client rulers ailing. Thus they'll need proper governors. Bit annoying that you have to use military pacification for a turn when changing your government type.

Anyway Pontos is a surprise winner in Asia Minor, although we'll see if Galatia slows them down, or the Seleukids wake up. They've allied themselves with the Ptolemies, so perhaps a pincer movement will yield results. Not sure what Makedonia are doing in Asia minor besides holding territory.

No one seems interested in Crete, which is bizarre.

237BC:



Pictured at the bottom is the "renegage" family member and his mercenary army. He's taken it into his head that he could do better on his own and has set off east. I've sent him to stop Makedonia expanding any further northwards, they've already crept past the Getae and that won't do. I'd rather drive them into Asia Minor where they and the Seleukids and Ptolemies can grind each other to a stand-still.

I've now taken Sardinia and Corsica, and have peace and trade with the Karthadastim. How long it will last, time will tell. My First Punic War is now over. In the final battle for Karali, I killed three of their family members, bringing the toll to five of their worthies dead in this war and none of mine.

[Maxinius Scipio]

I would post some screenshots of my Empire (or Republic), but EB crashed when I tried to load the campaign. This has happened in my last campaign, and I was real close to the Polybian Reforms.

Maybe I'll try to load the campaign again later.

By the way, nice empire Quintus. It's 237 B.C., and all of the factions seem to have expanded historically.

[QuintusSertorius]

Mostly, apart from Makedonia who've hared off up north and into Asia Minor. A few turns on and the Getae are in Asia Minor and there's a real shuffling of ownership going on between them, Makedonia, Epeiros and KH. I've got my mercenary stack, which is taking a very long time about getting there, heading across Getae lands to take that finger up north. Then perhaps to restore Pella to Makedonia since they just lost it to KH.

231BC:



Eastern Europe is a mess, as you can see. In the top corner Makedonia are trying for Olbia. They lost their capital a few years ago. That's my stack of "troublemakers" with their disposable mercenary army, who will hopefully reshape the area a bit (I plan to reduce Makedonia first, then help them). That said I'm already running into the supply problem the moment they got off the boats, but I can't risk losing them all to a single pirate attack.

Offscreen I've just loaded a more usual consular army, with a consular general even, to start my Illyrian campaign. May end up with a war with Epeiros since they're headed for Segestica and already hold Dalmanion. I'll grab both before that campaign is up. Also preparing my second army for Cisalpine Gaul, both Patavium and Mediolanium are held by the Aedui, but war with them shouldn't be a problem. Might spur the Arverni to do something.

[QuintusSertorius]

225BC:



I've done what I can to fix eastern Europe, my expedient mainly involved supplanting the Makedonians and restoring the Getai. I think it's about time I had peace with Makedon, now I need to restore Pella and maybe Demetrius to them. Which means war with KH, but that's not an issue, they've been getting rather powerful in the meantime.

Asia Minor is an even bigger mess, the Seleukids have been driven right out and the Ptolemies are running riot. Maybe once I've restored the Makedonians to some semblance of survivability they'll drive out the Ptolemies? Or perhaps Pontus will finally come to blows with them, and then the Seleukids can come into the vacuum.

The Sauromatae look worrying like they're going to be wiped out. Arverni seem allergic to expansion, they've finally taken a province and it took them long enough. Need them to keep the Aedui busy, especially once I've taken Patavium and Mediolanium from them. That might quiet them down some...

...no screenshot, but winter of 224BC and I've taken Patavium after a pitched battle not far from the settlement. The AI quite cleverly turned my flank by sneaking through the woods, but they didn't have any Gaesatae so after a hard slog they were driven off. Give it a year or so to settle things and install a client ruler than Mediolanium is next!

[QuintusSertorius]

223BC and the consul of the year, Publius Atilius Regulus is about to lead his consular army on Mediolanium.



I'm especially impressed because I've nurtured this family member since he came of age, and in spite of him being a plebian I decided he was going to be somebody. First as a tribune, when he aided one of the old consuls in battle, and later. He's done a lot of rebel-killing before he started these campaigns in Cisalpine Gaul. I also made him faction heir.

Why are almost all my family members drunks?

As to the world, there's been some interesting happenings. Karthadast took Tolosa, which I couldn't allow (don't want them in Gaul, and it's one for their reform which I don't want to happen). They've swept up a lot of Hispania while I wasn't looking - my spy there died a few years ago and it was a while before I sent a replacement.

Diplomat couldn't bribe the army besieging Tolosa. I was at a loss, then I remembered I had spies in the region. Two spies in recently taken province and there's a revolt. Unfortunately to the Aedui, not Arverni, but you can't have everything. That's another enemy for the Aedui, who are at war with Roma, Karthadast, Arverni, Sweboz and Pontos (courtesy of Galatia). Hopefully the Arverni will step up as the Aedui are worn down...

I've been restoring cities to Makedon to try to restore the balance of power in eastern Europe. They've had Pella and Demetrius returned to them, Thermon is next. Then I think I'm done meddling there for a while, I need the trade with Greece to recruit my new Polybian armies.

Because once Mediolanium is taken, I'll start demobilising my old armies (I'll disband outside a settlement, I really don't need the extra people in any of them). Though I'll send one "old" stack back to Sicily, I figure a backwater province would get the leftovers.

Then one for Rome/Capua, one for Illyria, one for Italian Gaul, and a new one for Spain.

I'm sending a diplomat out to the wastes of modern Russia to rescue the Sauromatae. They've only got two provinces left, the Hai are wiping them out. I can't have that, not after going so long without any faction being threatened with extinction.

I may need to do something about Pontos and the Ptolemies too. As you can see, the Ptolemies have the Seleukids in full retreat. Their only saving grace is that the Pahlav are between them and Baktria.


222BC:



I'm really not impressed with Makedonia. They've lost Thermon and Demetrius already. All that effort I made, and they've blown it. They lost Mytilene as well, so now they're just a mainland concern. May have to launch another rescue effort, possibly with the Illyrian legions.

Started recruiting my first Polybian legion, the last few battles of the Gallic campaign really ground up my men. Had to merge in reinforcements from the Sicilian legions to make up the losses. So I currently have two full-strength Camillian armies and nearly one full-strength Polybian one. I still plan to send a surviving Camillian legion back to Sicily when I've replaced the others.

[QuintusSertorius]

220BC:



I'm doubly annoyed here. Firstly, I got yet another inexplicable, non-replicable CTD right after a heroic victory with the stack shown. Lost 40% of my force but destroyed a larger one. I've taken to saving every turn as a matter of habit.

Secondly, it's the campaign AI (not EB's fault, I know). Having just stopped Makedonia going north, and lamenting them losing two settlements I took for them, what do they do? Go for Getic lands again and ignore the KH armies besieging one of their major cities!

And a minor annoyance, why does the AI send out these blizzards of single units, instead of combining it's forces into a few half and full stacks? How is that effective or useful?

Naissos you can see there I restored to the Getai, indeed I'm at war with Epeiros right now to prevent anyone gaining ascendancy in the region. Looks like I'll have to go to war with KH again to save Makedon, possibly having to stop them taking Getic lands too. It's tiring work keeping the power balance in the region, especially when some factions seem totally incompetent.

I can't even ignore Makedonia for a while now, because they lost Mytilene and have no unassailable base like KH do with Rhodos. Not a lot I can do to stop KH's expansion around the Euxine, too far away. I can only hope the Hai will stop them.

Been giving the Sauromatae a lot of cash lately, along with the Arverni and Getai. The Arverni might finally take a fourth province, they're painfully slow at expanding.

[mcantu]

If you give the AI a few turns, they usually will combine those smaller armies.

I'm a little confused by your style of playing. Are you trying to keep all of the factions alive as long as possible?