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[Smash]

Finished my turns and sent to Maud'Dib and Christantine the Great.Post if any problems.

Well...lets do the bad news first.After Code of Laws Monarchy was not offered so I chose Currency.This was a bad choice.I beleive we needed 1 more military tech for Monarchy to be offered next turn,which leads to more bad news as it was not offered.I chose Pottery(no difference now).So Monarchy is still a distant dream.


The good or not so bad news:
Peace was negotiated with France and 50 gold tribute was secured.Later 25 more gold was secured and later Map Making(more turns to Monarchy)

Road building was temporarily abandoned in favor of more rapid expansion.3 new cities were built and 1 advanced tribe was recruited.
Of course this put us over the Despo city limit and luxuries were increased to 40% to get rid of an "extra" redhat.Taxes were set to zero as a captured barb leader and the French tribute has given enough gold till Monarchy(I think).Some rushing was done to try and hem the French in so we will not be competing with them for lands to the east.They have tryed to sneak a couple settlers thru so they must be watched.

Its gonna be tricky until Monarchy as the city happy screen must be watched diligently.

Literacy was gained from a hut(more turns till Monarchy)

[kcbob]

I am so sorry I haven't gotten my writeup posted. I'll do that today. Such are the travails of one joined at the hip to another (#1 wife). Just be thankful I even snuck in my turn while she wasn't looking.

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Frodo lives!

[Andemagne]

ok! we need a name for this game of ours.
how about "succession 3" or "Legends"
or "League of Kings" or "Great Game" or
"Apolyton Strikes Back" or something.....
or maybe we could name this one after the starter
of the game, for example "CTG 1"?

is anybody doing a web page for this CTG's
first game.
no no! don't look at me! I don't have the skill
nor the time.

BTW what is the difficulty level
of this game?

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"Victrix Fortunae Virtus"
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[Maud'Dib]

Sojourns of Maud'Dib: From Dictator To King

The reign of Maud'Dib began like those of his predecessor's, one dictator dies another steps in to fill the void.
Upon taking the throne in 1000BC, Maud'Dib addressed his people form the capitol:

"My fellow Apolytonians lend me your ears. For too long our civilization has wallowed in Despotism and as a result you, the people, have seen your potential wasted. Wheat is allowed to die on the grasslands, mines produce only 2/3rds of what they should and trade is wasted due to corruption.
I give to you my solemn vow that I will not sit on the throne until I have earned that right. I am too young and immature to lead a great people like yourselves. I must go forth and see the world that lays beyond our borders. Only then through the knowledge gained from my sojourns can I truly call myself your leader."

After stunning the crowd with his speech, he mounted his horse and rode off to the east. Many believed that they would never see this man alive again. While others speculated at what he would find.

In 975BC, a messenger arrived in the city of Orleans. He brought a gift from Maud'Dib--the knowledge of Masonry.

On Hundred years would past until they would hear from their would be king. While exploring the Great Forest north of Off-Topicus, Maud'Dib had a vision. He saw a great wooden contraption with a long arm that could hurl large stones great distances. He also saw numbers, and when he combined them, they made new numbers. He knew what the numbers meant--he called it mathmatics.
After he sent word of his latest discovery, an old man entered Maud'Dib's encampment. The old man said the gods would bring forth a stranger who had great wisdom. The gods said I must teach that man on how to be a King. The old man said that Maud'Dib was that stranger. The old man lead Maud'Dib to his hut and taught him the ways of Kings. The old man said for Maud'Dib to return to his people and lead them. When he exited the hut he turned around to give thanks to this old man, but the hut had vanished and with it the old man. Maud'Dib knew what this meant, the gods were with him.
Maud'Dib returned to his people. When he entered the capitol, he was hailed.
Maud'Dib began the task of improving the government. But in his absence, other less worldly individuals had stepped in to fill the void. Maud'Dib would not let his people suffer the injustice of Despotism--He lead the people in revolt. The revolution would last for 50 years, and in that time every city was cleansed of the evils of Despotism. When the time was right, the people chose to institute a new form of governance--Monarchy. So, in 825BC, Maud'Dib was named the first king.
Eventually, Maud'Dib grew tired of the daily rituals of Court life and longed for the days to return to his travels. So he mounted his horse once again and set off for parts unknown.
Before last day of the year of 825BC ended, a strange hurd of animals entered the city of Off-Topicus bearing a message from Maud'Dib:

"I found these wonderous beasts roaming the deserts. I call them camels. Use them and the others that you breed to carry our goods from city to city and to other nations."

In 750BC, Maud'Dib, while aiding a small village, was presented with a strange device that could look into the heavens and make the stars appear closer than they really were.

In 700BC, while the army was scouting French territory, the French offered 150 in gold if we would draw the borders between the two nations. Apolytonians accepted.
Also, Maud'dib sent couriers back with the knowledge of Construction gained from a ruined, long-lost, ancient city.

In 650BC, France declared war as we broke the peace treaty because we refused to withdraw one of our military units that was stationed on the border, but located in Apolyton territory.

In 600BC, Apolyton sages discovered the secret of Pottery, but this discovery was over shadowed buy the news that Maud'Dib had discovered the Code of the Warrior and Polytheism (a strange new animal called an Elephant was brought into the kingdom).

After hearing that his people were at war, Maud'Dib halted his sojourn and returned.

In 525BC, Maud'Dib gathered a large army around Smash's Folly and marched onto the French city of Rheims. Using the contraption that Maud'Dib had once envisioned (now called a catapult) to reduce the French defences, Apolyton forces captured Rheims and plundered 17 in gold.
After the battle, Maud'Dib, seeing that his forces were now capable to fight battles without him, resumed his sojourn.
The whereabouts of Maud'Dib are unknown at this time. However, his last message that he sent was that of the knowledge of Engineering.

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Maud'Dib The Traveler--1000BC to 525BC???
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"And his word shall carry
death eternal to those who
stand against righteousness."
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[Smash]

Great job with your turn.All hail King Maud'Dib.

[Christantine The Great]

The difficulty is Deity.

Edit: I also do not have the time to create a webpage but I might if I get a Webpage maker for my birthday (11/3). And for the title of this game...this is a team and we just keep playing over and over again.

Attention all players! Ignore the Game II signup rule. Sign up if you want.
[This message has been edited by Christantine The Great (edited November 01, 2000).]

[Maud'Dib]

Yea!!!

I re-request the 7th slot for Game2.



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"And his word shall carry
death eternal to those who
stand against righteousness."

[Andemagne]

and for the Game2 Andemagne
and His Paladins take the
slot number 4 (four).

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"Victrix Fortunae Virtus"

[Laertes]

As of 1800 GMT, our incoming email firewall is misfiring on a major basis, so I am not getting any mail.

Bohlen, If my turn comes around and I have not posted a follow up message indicating email-up, skip me and move onto the next player.

Fergus

[Christantine The Great]

Maud'Dib what's with your sig. It's exactly the same as mine.

I have updated the GAme 2 list.

Has the game gotten stuck or did someone forget to post a follow up?

[Scouse Gits]

Game 1 Roster and e-mails:

4000BC-3050BC (20 turns) Christantine (Player 1) christantine606@aol.com
3000BC-2050BC (20 turns) kcbob (Player 2) kcbob49@hotmail.com
2000BC-1050BC (20 turns) Smash (Player 3) smash007@altavista.com
1000BC-525BC (20 turns) Muad'Dib (Player 4) mauddib@intergrafix.net
500BC-25BC (20 turns) Andemagne (Player 5) ajroivai@mappi.helsinki.fi
AD1-AD280 (15 turns) CornMaster (Player 6) dacornmaster@hotmail.com
AD300-AD580 (15 turns) Bohlen (Player 7) sbohlen@netwalk.com
AD600-AD880 (15 turns) Fergus Horkan (Player 8) fhorkan@dc.com
AD900-AD1180 (15 turns) drake (Player 9) highfill78@excite.com
AD1200-AD1480 (15 turns) Scouse Gits in Concert (Player 10) git1@scousers.net; git2@scousers.net

I hope this is correct I don't mean to tread on any toes, but needed to do this to find out when to expect my turn - so thought it might be useful to others ...




Edit - to correct e-addresses (again).
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Scouse Git[1]

"CARTAGO DELENDA EST" - Cato the Censor
"The Great Library must be built!"
"A short cut has to be challenging,
were it not so it would be 'the way'."
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[kcbob]

Sorry. I went brain dead on these last two posts.
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Frodo lives!
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[kcbob]

That explains it! Could you please change my email address to:

kcbob49@hotmail.com

Also, Smash's email address is:

smash007@altavista.com

The one you have listed for me is my work address. While I do most of my perusing of Apolyton from there, , I play the game at my home email address. It would save a little delay to have it sent there. Thanks.



[This message has been edited by kcbob (edited November 07, 2000).]

[drake]

Like Kcbob, the address listed is my work email. Please send game data to:

highfill78@excite.com

thanks

[Scouse Gits]

done guys - sorry if I caused any embarrassment!

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Scouse Git[1]

"CARTAGO DELENDA EST" - Cato the Censor
"The Great Library must be built!"
"A short cut has to be challenging,
were it not so it would be 'the way'." - Paul Craven