Succession Game V: The Empire of Ra

[Hermann the Lombard]

Ah, sorry you won't join us, Oerdin. We're below strength, here, and besides, you have great tactical and strategic ideas.

On to the Wombat!

As promised:

The Barbarian Campaign, 2040 BC:

[Locutus]

Sorry, guys. As I said in 2 other threads already, I can't play until further notice due to a broken pc...

[Immortal Wombat]

Ah... sorry about the delay, I probably should have mentioned I'd be away. I wasn't quite expecting it to be me quite so soon. Gimme another day

[Immortal Wombat]

or three...

The Life and Times of Apolyton Wombat VI

1995bc - W'mbat unleashes the discus, and watches it whistle through the air with the grace and speed of a UFO. (a side-effect of which was the invention of the pin hole camera, and the spate of hoaxes at the millennium celebrations soon afterwards, but that's another story...) The discus struck the head of the despot, and felled him like a mightytree. The former entertainer W'mbat was now legally the ruler of Egypt, but opposition to his rule was great, so the first thing he did was to "/reloadslic", thereby proving himself the rightful king. (its all done with strings, but it looks damn good)
1980 - Without a clear-cut opportunity to unite the world beneath the copper fist of the Gods and Apolytons of Egypt, the Celts are chosen as primary target of the Egyptian army, neatly diverting attention away from Wombat's under-desk antics in the octagonal office.
1965 - With Sobeck defending the western borders, Ra and Offler, the eastern, Anubis (and his big toe) are ordered north to Abydos, the main port of Egypt, and staging platform for inter-continental warfare.
We also make peace with Arabia in this year, and there is much rejoicing. Our latitude is at peace.
1950 -
Street Repairs
Pay 600 PW for each mine, and 250 PW for each pasture.
The Arabians again contact us, and request an exchange of maps. In the interest of peace and humility, Wombat agrees.
1935 - Heliopolis builds a coracle, the war effort continues in earnest.
1920 - The wise men of Egypt finally crack that "tin" thing, and add it to the copper mix, to create the first BRONZE in Egypt. Immediately, Wombat orders the spearmen on the nation to be upgraded to hoplites, at a cost of 3300 gold - almost all the treasury.
The Romans begin planning a huge sorting event known as the Olympics, evidently unaware of the Egyptian patent on such a name.
1905 - Our slaver spy in Celt territories is too impoverished to return anything but information, but does reveal few troop movements in the nation of the Celts. Presumably the cities are well defended though, as their power is on a par with ours.
1890 - Crocodilopolis begins to build some defenders of the new hoplite variety. Our diplomat crosses the border into Gaul. A further coracle is completed to speed the crossing. Chariot production is stepped up.
1875 - Egyptian wise men discover the secret of nachos.
1860 - The 1st Olympics are held in Memphis. Plans are made to hold the event every four years.
Wombat himself wins the silver medal in the Discus. The gold medal winner was never found.
1845 - Romans switch projects to the Valley of the Kings. Sounds kind of cool.
Ra moves eastwards to banish the fog of darkness across eastern Egypt. An embassy is establisehd with the Celts. They have three advances we do not, and vice versa. "I wonder if Subneural Ads can kill us?" remarked a puzzled Wombat, on hearing the details.
He orders an investigation of Kells. The diplomat is never seen again.
Wombat is upset at the loss of civilian life during his reign, and goes to burn of anger with some discus practice. Rumours persist that he hit a Nile Crocodile, but others say that when the Gods take a pharoah, they always leave bits of intestine and jewellery floating in the river.

[Immortal Wombat]

[Locutus]

Nice pic... wrong kind of stadium though

Originally posted by Immortal Wombat
Our diplomat crosses the border into the Celtic nation (what the hell is it called??).

Gaul?

[Immortal Wombat]

I know its the wrong stadium. As far as I know the Ancient Egyptians never held an Olympic games, so finding an accurate one might have proven difficult.

Does Gaul cover it? I though that was just the French bit?

[Locutus]

A Greek stadium or a Greek/Roman circus still would have been more appropriate than a Roman public slaughterhouse

Re: Gaul. Why not? A Gaul == a Celt. The Romans referred to the people we call Celts as Gauls, so Gaul is the natural name for the country of the Celts. The geographic area called Gaul may have only referred to 'Greater France' while Celtic people lived in the British Isles, Iberia, 'Greater Germany', Italy and Turkey Gauls as well, but the same goes for Germans. Only a portion of all Germans actually lives in Germany while others live in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, etc. But this doesn't mean the most suitable name for the country is still Germany, for that's the German heartland. Repeat for Turks, Chinese, Arabs, Indians, etc (even disregarding the modern migration movements from 3rd world to 1st/2nd world)...

[Immortal Wombat]

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[Gazablanca]

Immortal wombat,

Have you sent on the save game to me yet????If not,could you please send the game to gazablanca@blueyonder.co.uk I am using this address again since my e-mail program is now working properly

Thanks,

Gazablanca

[Immortal Wombat]

oops, sent it to the yahoo one... I think.

[Locutus]

Originally posted by Immortal Wombat
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[Gazablanca]

I have now received savegame file and should be playing on Tuesday/Wednesday(depends if my nightshift fuzz clears by then)In short,ASAP.

[Locutus]

Although I can't participate, I figured the least I could do is update the website, so I did.

Ben, is it me or are the dates for your account screwed up? Hermann's account ends in 1950 BCE but yours starts in 2000 BCE... (Also, you got the numbering wrong, it's Wombat V, not Wombat VI, but I had it f*cked up on the website as well, so that's not really your fault )

[Immortal Wombat]

I played the file I received: 1995BC Three turns gone missing there...

I forgot I was a number behind everyone else (unless we all missed a turn ), sorry. There was never a Pope John XX either. So I'll cry "Emerson!" and move on.