SuperBeaverInc.
Groucho
Ha! That's what you guys get for mentioning your plans in public! I was smart, and kept mine a secret! 
Heart of the Republic - A Rome: Total War AAR
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Captain2
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not a senator.... General... however i probably see as much combat as a senator these days
Captain2
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SuperBeaverInc. said:Ha! That's what you guys get for mentioning your plans in public! I was smart, and kept mine a secret!
My plan is smart nobody wants to mess with a roman war hero
IronMan2055
Korra 2011
ha the senators declare war upon the generals!
steviejay
Now in Black and White!!
First Roman: We had wild boar for dinner last night.
Second Roman: Wild?
First Roman: Well, he wasn't too pleased about it!
Second Roman: Wild?
First Roman: Well, he wasn't too pleased about it!
FriendlyFire
Codex WMDicanious
Guys karl has posted he has in fact brought MTW2 and is playing like a mad man
Besides that. RTR campagain is extremely long. I stopped playing battles and auto resolved everything. Even with 8 full strength armys the game is taking ages.
Besides that. RTR campagain is extremely long. I stopped playing battles and auto resolved everything. Even with 8 full strength armys the game is taking ages.
Kan' Sharuminar
Fluffy
Heart of the Republic - A Rome: Total War AAR
Part Twenty
“Tillus among the ruins of Carthage”
Even as the Roman army began it’s evacuation from Africa, StevieJey was cementing his control over the senate. He had been known previously for his more “hawk-like” tendencies, advocating total war on the Republic’s enemies, as well as a more militaristic approach to internal problems. While the Senate may fear his possible intentions, there was no doubt that Rome needed a leader like him as the Mediterranean began to destabilise.
Internally, the Republic was thriving, though constant war had produced some mild xenophobia towards outsiders. This was mostly directed at the more ‘barbarian’ nations, particularly the Gauls and independent tribes towards the north. Ironically, it was the Republic’s more traditional enemy - the Greeks - that had prevented a total outbreak of riots against foreigners. The long-standing friendship with Macedonia, as well as the recent cease-fire - still in place, allowing for a renewal of trade - with the Greek Cities had seen a sudden flourish in interest in Greek culture once again. This was helped further by the current war against another ‘civilised’ power - the Republic of Carthage.
Using this, Consular StevieJey quickly announced his ‘Great Ambition,’ intended both sway public opinion in his favour and secure the Republic’s borders. He intended nothing less than to end all of Rome’s wars in his lifetime! Gaul and Carthage would agree to peace, or be totally destroyed. There was some fears that this meant he was advocating a return to Africa to seize the Carthaginian homeland, however he assured all that he intended to see through the late Consular Kan’s ideas of an amphibious campaign.
As such, when Tillus II returned to Sicily in late 239 BC, he was quickly summoned to head a Council of generals, in which he would offer his experiences in his landings in Africa. At that campaign were the Generals Clericus, Dellus and Killyouallus, who the Senate had agreed would lead the island campaign. Tillus himself - currently regarded as the greatest Roman general of all time - would become Governor of Sicily, and allowed to retire peacefully. He had earned it.
Clericus was the first to take an army to fight Carthage - in this case to take the island of Malta, controlled by the city of Melita. There, he met an army of 900 Carthaginian spearmen - a force that equalled his own sword and spearmen. However he was known as being reckless in battle, and this was to be no exception. His forces surprised the enemy before they could be fully formed - at least 200 of the Carthaginian force was arriving from Melita - and quickly encircled them. He himself led his cavalry unit into the opposing general’s force and prevented a linkup. Ultimately the Roman forces managed a complete encirclement of the enemy, a feat usually unheard of in the Republic's military history.
Clericus encircles the enemy
The destruction of the enemy army was so absolute and so terrible, that any survivors simply fled into the hills. There was no need for a siege nor an assault on Melita - there was no one to defend the city.
Even as news of the victory came to the Senate, General Dellus has landed in Sardinia and was marching for Caralis. Killyouallus was with him, but would soon take part of the army north to invade Corsica. Meanwhile at home, a new army had been prepared in Italia, this one to fall under the command of Captainus and to march north for a campaign into Gaul.
All this in the space of one year…
Part Twenty
“Tillus among the ruins of Carthage”
Even as the Roman army began it’s evacuation from Africa, StevieJey was cementing his control over the senate. He had been known previously for his more “hawk-like” tendencies, advocating total war on the Republic’s enemies, as well as a more militaristic approach to internal problems. While the Senate may fear his possible intentions, there was no doubt that Rome needed a leader like him as the Mediterranean began to destabilise.
Internally, the Republic was thriving, though constant war had produced some mild xenophobia towards outsiders. This was mostly directed at the more ‘barbarian’ nations, particularly the Gauls and independent tribes towards the north. Ironically, it was the Republic’s more traditional enemy - the Greeks - that had prevented a total outbreak of riots against foreigners. The long-standing friendship with Macedonia, as well as the recent cease-fire - still in place, allowing for a renewal of trade - with the Greek Cities had seen a sudden flourish in interest in Greek culture once again. This was helped further by the current war against another ‘civilised’ power - the Republic of Carthage.
Using this, Consular StevieJey quickly announced his ‘Great Ambition,’ intended both sway public opinion in his favour and secure the Republic’s borders. He intended nothing less than to end all of Rome’s wars in his lifetime! Gaul and Carthage would agree to peace, or be totally destroyed. There was some fears that this meant he was advocating a return to Africa to seize the Carthaginian homeland, however he assured all that he intended to see through the late Consular Kan’s ideas of an amphibious campaign.
As such, when Tillus II returned to Sicily in late 239 BC, he was quickly summoned to head a Council of generals, in which he would offer his experiences in his landings in Africa. At that campaign were the Generals Clericus, Dellus and Killyouallus, who the Senate had agreed would lead the island campaign. Tillus himself - currently regarded as the greatest Roman general of all time - would become Governor of Sicily, and allowed to retire peacefully. He had earned it.
Clericus was the first to take an army to fight Carthage - in this case to take the island of Malta, controlled by the city of Melita. There, he met an army of 900 Carthaginian spearmen - a force that equalled his own sword and spearmen. However he was known as being reckless in battle, and this was to be no exception. His forces surprised the enemy before they could be fully formed - at least 200 of the Carthaginian force was arriving from Melita - and quickly encircled them. He himself led his cavalry unit into the opposing general’s force and prevented a linkup. Ultimately the Roman forces managed a complete encirclement of the enemy, a feat usually unheard of in the Republic's military history.
Clericus encircles the enemy
The destruction of the enemy army was so absolute and so terrible, that any survivors simply fled into the hills. There was no need for a siege nor an assault on Melita - there was no one to defend the city.
Even as news of the victory came to the Senate, General Dellus has landed in Sardinia and was marching for Caralis. Killyouallus was with him, but would soon take part of the army north to invade Corsica. Meanwhile at home, a new army had been prepared in Italia, this one to fall under the command of Captainus and to march north for a campaign into Gaul.
All this in the space of one year…
SuperBeaverInc.
Groucho
It's about time you updated! 
Kan' Sharuminar
Fluffy
I knew that would be the first thing someone said 
Kozmos
Jew Detective
It sure sucks being encircled.
Hitti-Litti
Deity
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^^ True, I once played as Greek Cities and my Spartan Hoplites got crash-bang-crushed by Macedonian hoplite-encirclement.
nodikus
It's Elementary...
Once an enemy of Rome, always an enemy of Rome. Crush that scum!
Captain2
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Captainus had cobwebs on him, send the millitary quickly before I begin rotting
Emp. Killyouall
EVIL Emperor
Finally! I get to invade someone... w00t
Kan' Sharuminar
Fluffy
Heart of the Republic - A Rome: Total War AAR
Part Twenty-One
237 BC saw the war against Carthage step up considerably, as the Roman Navy was truly unleashed. Consular StevieJey had regularly spoken about the dangers of the Carthaginian Navy, and he wasn’t about to let such issues go now. The previous year it had been reported that the enemy fleets were reeling from several blows mostly from Republic fleets protecting the transport ships, but given Carthage’s remarkable shipbuilding abilities it would not take long for them to rebuild the fleet.
The Battle of the Mediterranean
The Consular was not willing to let that happen, and ordered not only that the navy redouble their efforts to track down and destroy the enemy, but that more ships should be constructed at the fastest possible pace to replace those that foundered. As such, 237 saw the near-complete destruction of the Carthaginian fleet and irrefutable proof that Rome was fast becoming the dominant power in the western Mediterranean.
The war against Carthage - the so-called “Punic War” was not confined just to the waves, of course. Even as General Killyouallus set foot on Corsica the man he had set out from Sicily with - Dellus - assaulted the town of Caralis in Sardinia. Though regarded as an expert in military manoeuvres, even he was surprised by how total the victory was, experiencing virtually no casualties when taking the settlement. Regardless, he showed no sign of how unexpected it was when he sent a message - with some good-natured bragging - to Killyouallus. Less than a half year later he received a reply - Killyouallus had taken Corsica, and had lost exactly the same number of troops in his assault against a larger opponent!
While such a light-hearted approach to the war may have been frowned upon in the stuffy halls of the Senate, it was with good reason. Since the expedition of Tillus and the opening of this campaign Rome had discovered the rather unsettling truth that Carthage - might empire of the west - was falling apart. How else to explain the ease of victory, that the capital was easily conquered, that it couldn’t keep it’s vital trading posts nor hold off the attacks of Iberia in the far-western peninsula? Obviously, Consular StevieJey argued, the world needed a new power!
Clear seas and glorious war
Not, of course, that he would be willing to be the destroyer of such a power and - as he promised before the start of the island campaign - he sent a diplomat to negotiate a cease-fire. Needless to say, he (and the Senate) were shocked to find that not only did Carthage refuse such an offer, but actually demanded land from the Republic, including territory in Sicily. They called for a continuation of the campaign, and some even suggested that an army be sent to take Carthage cities in Iberia!
The Consular let the arguments quieten down, before reminding them that they still had a war in Gaul to fight, and that Captainus had only just taken control of the army that was to do it. He did say though, that he would be willing to begin the development of new Roman armies to hit Carthage for some future campaign against them…
Part Twenty-One
237 BC saw the war against Carthage step up considerably, as the Roman Navy was truly unleashed. Consular StevieJey had regularly spoken about the dangers of the Carthaginian Navy, and he wasn’t about to let such issues go now. The previous year it had been reported that the enemy fleets were reeling from several blows mostly from Republic fleets protecting the transport ships, but given Carthage’s remarkable shipbuilding abilities it would not take long for them to rebuild the fleet.
The Battle of the Mediterranean
The Consular was not willing to let that happen, and ordered not only that the navy redouble their efforts to track down and destroy the enemy, but that more ships should be constructed at the fastest possible pace to replace those that foundered. As such, 237 saw the near-complete destruction of the Carthaginian fleet and irrefutable proof that Rome was fast becoming the dominant power in the western Mediterranean.
The war against Carthage - the so-called “Punic War” was not confined just to the waves, of course. Even as General Killyouallus set foot on Corsica the man he had set out from Sicily with - Dellus - assaulted the town of Caralis in Sardinia. Though regarded as an expert in military manoeuvres, even he was surprised by how total the victory was, experiencing virtually no casualties when taking the settlement. Regardless, he showed no sign of how unexpected it was when he sent a message - with some good-natured bragging - to Killyouallus. Less than a half year later he received a reply - Killyouallus had taken Corsica, and had lost exactly the same number of troops in his assault against a larger opponent!
While such a light-hearted approach to the war may have been frowned upon in the stuffy halls of the Senate, it was with good reason. Since the expedition of Tillus and the opening of this campaign Rome had discovered the rather unsettling truth that Carthage - might empire of the west - was falling apart. How else to explain the ease of victory, that the capital was easily conquered, that it couldn’t keep it’s vital trading posts nor hold off the attacks of Iberia in the far-western peninsula? Obviously, Consular StevieJey argued, the world needed a new power!
Clear seas and glorious war
Not, of course, that he would be willing to be the destroyer of such a power and - as he promised before the start of the island campaign - he sent a diplomat to negotiate a cease-fire. Needless to say, he (and the Senate) were shocked to find that not only did Carthage refuse such an offer, but actually demanded land from the Republic, including territory in Sicily. They called for a continuation of the campaign, and some even suggested that an army be sent to take Carthage cities in Iberia!
The Consular let the arguments quieten down, before reminding them that they still had a war in Gaul to fight, and that Captainus had only just taken control of the army that was to do it. He did say though, that he would be willing to begin the development of new Roman armies to hit Carthage for some future campaign against them…
SuperBeaverInc.
Groucho
Yay! Onto Iberia!
Kan' Sharuminar
Fluffy
Like buses, you wait an eternity for one, then three come at once!
Heart of the Republic - A Rome: Total War AAR
Part Twenty-Two
When Captainus took control of the Roman Northern Army, he surprised many by not taking a course towards Gaul through Massilia, but instead marching directly north through the uncharted regions of the Alps. His reasoning was fairly straightforward - for one thing, his rule over northern Italy had always been troubled by a rebel group who seemed to work from the Alps. Rome had not been able to fund an army to take these rebels, and with the arrival of the new army Captainus saw his chance. His second reason for travelling through the region was also fairly straightforward - the Gauls would never see it coming.
The rebel army, despite numbering over a thousand men, were put down remarkably easy. Apparently all that was needed to deal with such things was to trap them in a valley and completely encircle them before the leaders would cry out “we surrender, we surrender.” Captainus, being a much more polite leader than the previous legend of the north, PrinceScampey, granted them their wish and let them disappear into the mountains. The rebellion that had long plagued him as gone. But his war was not over.
The march from the Alps
Captainus’ forces emerged from the Alps virtually unscathed and none the worse for wear, though some troops had some holes in their hats from arrow shots! He then took his second unprecedented decision of the campaign, by completely bypassing the Gallic capital and marching for the poorly defended town of Bourges. It fell with hardly a fight in 233 BC, after which Captainus took the bulk of his army and double turned towards the capital, where he made his third and final unseen decision.
He died. It had been a very cold winter.
Regardless, his army decided to fight on without him. The young captain Nodikus - previously Captainus’ lieutenant - took control and ordered the immediate invasion of the city. The gate had been opened by spies, all that was needed was a furious charge brought on by the name of the fallen general.
Ultimately, Nodikus’ inexperience showed, and the battle seemed more of a war between two mobs. However, he was wise enough to display some of the teachings of his mentor, and managed a slow encirclement at the city’s town centre despite the loss of his cavalry reserve. The Gauls held out for the longest of times, and many units fought to the last man, but they were no match for the might of Rome.
A new power is rising.
The capital had fallen, as had the nation of Gaul…well, not entirely... one small village of indomitable Gauls still hold out against the invaders. And life is not easy for the Roman legionaries who garrison the fortified camps of Totorum, Aquarium, Laudanum and Compendium...
Heart of the Republic - A Rome: Total War AAR
Part Twenty-Two
When Captainus took control of the Roman Northern Army, he surprised many by not taking a course towards Gaul through Massilia, but instead marching directly north through the uncharted regions of the Alps. His reasoning was fairly straightforward - for one thing, his rule over northern Italy had always been troubled by a rebel group who seemed to work from the Alps. Rome had not been able to fund an army to take these rebels, and with the arrival of the new army Captainus saw his chance. His second reason for travelling through the region was also fairly straightforward - the Gauls would never see it coming.
The rebel army, despite numbering over a thousand men, were put down remarkably easy. Apparently all that was needed to deal with such things was to trap them in a valley and completely encircle them before the leaders would cry out “we surrender, we surrender.” Captainus, being a much more polite leader than the previous legend of the north, PrinceScampey, granted them their wish and let them disappear into the mountains. The rebellion that had long plagued him as gone. But his war was not over.
The march from the Alps
Captainus’ forces emerged from the Alps virtually unscathed and none the worse for wear, though some troops had some holes in their hats from arrow shots! He then took his second unprecedented decision of the campaign, by completely bypassing the Gallic capital and marching for the poorly defended town of Bourges. It fell with hardly a fight in 233 BC, after which Captainus took the bulk of his army and double turned towards the capital, where he made his third and final unseen decision.
He died. It had been a very cold winter.
Regardless, his army decided to fight on without him. The young captain Nodikus - previously Captainus’ lieutenant - took control and ordered the immediate invasion of the city. The gate had been opened by spies, all that was needed was a furious charge brought on by the name of the fallen general.
Ultimately, Nodikus’ inexperience showed, and the battle seemed more of a war between two mobs. However, he was wise enough to display some of the teachings of his mentor, and managed a slow encirclement at the city’s town centre despite the loss of his cavalry reserve. The Gauls held out for the longest of times, and many units fought to the last man, but they were no match for the might of Rome.
A new power is rising.
The capital had fallen, as had the nation of Gaul…well, not entirely... one small village of indomitable Gauls still hold out against the invaders. And life is not easy for the Roman legionaries who garrison the fortified camps of Totorum, Aquarium, Laudanum and Compendium...
Captain2
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lmao, kan your dry spell has turned into a flood
poor immortal captainus.... not quite so immortal as previously thought
poor immortal captainus.... not quite so immortal as previously thought
Kan' Sharuminar
Fluffy
Making up for lost time 
Truthfully though, the past three updates are actually overlapping each other, so it was easy enough to write up. Captainus' campaign mostly happened towards the end of the island campaign, and the first update was more a mild reminder of what had gone before than a true update.
But yes, I'm back in force with this AAR, though I'm out for the night. I trust everyone will enjoy the previous three, and there should be more tommorow
Truthfully though, the past three updates are actually overlapping each other, so it was easy enough to write up. Captainus' campaign mostly happened towards the end of the island campaign, and the first update was more a mild reminder of what had gone before than a true update.
But yes, I'm back in force with this AAR, though I'm out for the night. I trust everyone will enjoy the previous three, and there should be more tommorow
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