Crusader Scenario Succession Game?

[Julius Brenzaida]

LaFayette, désolé, mais je regarde très rarement mes private messages et il semble que le serveur d’Apolyton ne me prévienne pas tout le temps quand j'en reçois un. Le plus simple et le mieux est donc de m’envoyer un courrier électronique quand on veut m’atteindre ...

[Julius Brenzaida]

Well, this server is so sssssssssslow
As soon as I can download the saved game, I'm going to try to play it

[Rasputin]

Originally posted by Julius Brenzaida
LaFayette, désolé, mais je regarde très rarement mes private messages et il semble que le serveur d’Apolyton ne me prévienne pas tout le temps quand j'en reçois un. Le plus simple et le mieux est donc de m’envoyer un courrier électronique quand on veut m’atteindre ...

hmmm ????????????????

[Julius Brenzaida]

Here it is. Sorry for the delay.
We are quite rich and Main should fall at our next attack.
The tide is going our way but have we enough time to conquer it all ?

[Julius Brenzaida]

Here's the log :
1246ad we kill the Holy Roman King. No effect on the game ! We do major sabotage operations agains holy romain cities. Peace with the French (one step at time please).
1247ad we convert Herat. We continue the trading, maybe not as successfully as it should be.
1248 ad we attack Main. It should soon fall.
1249 we convert Krakow that was in disorder.
1250 Bouillon is captured by the French. 435 gold merchants from Leicester to Rheims : is it a record ?(by the way it was wine !!! le champagne n’est plus ce qu’il était pour que les habitants de la région aient autant besoin de vin étranger)
1251 we capture one of those terrific holy roman trebuchets (win every combat) ! we capture Praha that was in disorder.

[Julius Brenzaida]

Hmmm maybe I should put the saved game too.
LaFayette is next !

[La Fayette]

The new adviser came to King Apolyton V and he said:
'If I were Your Majesty I would certainly not give my kingdom for a horse, ...since that kingdom is so beautiful.
From Kiev in the east to Sodaq Haven (what a nice name, Marquis!) in the west, from Ikea in the north to Sofia in the south, it gives any tourist the opportunity to have a look at superb merchant vessels and lots of pretty girls.
But, if you really wish to conquer the holy city of Jerusalem, you NEED AN ARMY, noble leader.
You have very few horses. Don't give your kingdom for any of them! Let me build more, many more, for your glory and the sake of the holy crusade. Let me also build wise inquisitors, able to use their great intelligence to open the road for your mighty knights.
I advise to build at least 20 knights and 10 inquisitors at once, and let them travel south to the holy city of Rome. There are superb and useful buildings in that city. One of those buildings will give happiness to your people. Another one will give strength to your troops.
Let me offer you Rome, noble leader. Let your kingdom become the Holy English Roman Empire.'
King Apolyton V answered:
'Yes indeed, build an army and take Rome for me! Go south , young man!'

(La Fayette, very happy to be named a young man , though he's over 63)

[La Fayette]

Rome is English

The mighty army of King Apolyton V has been built and has fought its way to the charming capital city of the ex-Holy Roman Empire.

Short log:
1253: Mains
1255: Regensburg
1257: Milano
1258: Venedig + Genoa
1259: Ravenna + Wien
1260: Pisae
1262: Leipzig + ROME ('HRE destroyed by the English' )

The French sneak attacked a lot and also bribed 2 cities (treacherous froggies ) but King Apolyton had gold (lots of gold ) and it was easy to bribe back.
The Byzantines also sneak attacked but English defenders were strong and losses were low.

There are now more than 40 knights and more than 20 inquisitors in the mighty army of King Apolyton V, so it should be quite easy to roll over the Byzantines on the main road to Jerusalem.
L'an prochain à Jérusalem...

(La Fayette, looking at a flock of treacherous frenchies)

[Julius Brenzaida]

Who's next to drive us to the road of Jerusalem
Great job Lafayette
By the way did you use these trebuchets. A crossbowman on a hill, fortified to help them approach, some sabotage and all cities fall
At least in my opinion

[La Fayette]

1) Who's next?
It should be kcbob if he feels like it. I sent him an email.
If he doesn't answer within 2 or 3 days, I suppose that either Raz or Marquis will be willing to have a look at Constantinople (my mother lived there when she was a young girl, and told me it was beautiful).
2) About trebuchet
I suppose trebuchet is OK, ...but so slow. We are in a hurry now. Jerusalem is waiting for us. That's why I send a horde of inquisitors first to destroy the walls, then a horde of knights to kill anyone inside. Inquisitors have 3 moves and knights have 2 (instead of trebuchet 1).
BTW I must mention that the number of inquisitors lost is not exactly random: until Pisae I lost only one, then SEVEN in front of Pisae + SIX in front of Rome (one more of those delicious AI cheats but those won't stop the mighty army of King Apolyton V).
God save the King (especially since the King is now the proud owner of the very holy city of Rome).

[Marquis de Sodaq]

It appears some of our brethren have not returned alive from the Levant! In their stead, the Archbishop of Sodaq shall take command of the crusade in the next day or so. We will teach the heathens a lesson in pain!

[Marquis de Sodaq]

To refresh our memories, here is the original player list, and suspected status:

kcbob - AWOL
Rasputin - MIA
Marquis de Sodaq - At the helm of heathen butchery
Scouse Gits(1) - MIA
SG2 - At the Civ3 brothel, but on call
Julius - tapping fingertips on desk, waiting for his turn
La Fayette - eating goat cheese, waiting for his turn

I'll download and play tonight, if possible, tomorrow at latest.

[Scouse Gits]

SG2 - At the Civ3 brothel, but on call

But no "one more turn" diseases have caught up with me!

I am less busy than a few weeks ago so I will be able to play my turn.

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SG(2)

[Marquis de Sodaq]

I have the save game, and will play tomorrow evening (-6 GMT). Tonight I was busy beating La Fayette's standard in the Mongol scenario I started several weeks ago.

[Marquis de Sodaq]

The Archbishop decided to increase the strength of our borders with the evil French. Many units have secured and occupy fortresses along the Rhine. While the frogs leapt vainly against our fine defenses, we tried a rear assault on Rennes - the first wave failed, but now the city is English. In the process, we killed no fewer than 20 French bad guys. Altho not part of our scheme to recapture the Holy Land, it has caused the French great grief.

Important events under the leadership of Archbishop de Sodaq:

1264 - Sack Adrianople
1265 - Ukrainian holdings razed by the evil heathens. Who cares, the citizens weren't christians anyway.
1268 - Fall one unit short of sacking Rennes...
1269 - Sack Naples and Ragusa, raze Seleucia, put heathen citizens to the sword.
1270 - Sack Durazzo. Byzantines agree to a cease fire, which should give us time to bring in reinforcements. A horde of Byzantine bad guys hovers nearby...
1272 - Our valiant marines sack Rennes. Truffles for dinner! All nearby French were slaughtered (in the name of God, of course), so no contact has been made since the sacking.

More units are ready to sail from Exeter to beef up defenses in Rennes until walls get built. Trebuchets and siege towers are slowly rolling toward Byzantium. 8 of our units wait in a fortress outside Constantinople, 2 more trebuchets are near. The French are swarming across the alps into English Italy. Defenses need to be strengthened there. Gold is in great abundance, despite wanton spending by the retiring Archbishop, who is on his way back to visit the nuns.