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Post by Desophaeus on Mar 29, 2016 8:26:29 GMT
I wonder when there will be a TW set in the ancient times? SPQR ftw!  |
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Post by General William T. Sherman on Mar 30, 2016 1:37:40 GMT
Desophaeus,idk, i don't really see our community as a place where ancient history buffs roam. I see us more as a community which enjoys hearing of tanks rolling through countries, or about great modern leaders, or of great military advances.
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Post by Desophaeus on Mar 30, 2016 1:45:45 GMT
Desophaeus,idk, i don't really see our community as a place where ancient history buffs roam. I see us more as a community which enjoys hearing of tanks rolling through countries, or about great modern leaders, or of great military advances. But... but... but... the ancient times can be such a blast! Like archers, catapults, spearmen, calvary, swordsmen, that's more than just the 2 we have in TWs - tanks and infantry. Plus there's potential for unique units for nations like the legions, hoplites, war elephants, Egyptian chariots, Arabic raiders. Greek fire from dromons (byzantine ships)!! Let admit it... the modern military minds do draw from the brilliance of the ancient war-time leaders. If anything, they are like a drawf standing on a giant's shoulder, they only see further than the previous leaders from standing in their present position rather than by their own height or stature. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2016 4:19:16 GMT
Desophaeus,idk, i don't really see our community as a place where ancient history buffs roam. I see us more as a community which enjoys hearing of tanks rolling through countries, or about great modern leaders, or of great military advances. But... but... but... the ancient times can be such a blast! Like archers, catapults, spearmen, calvary, swordsmen, that's more than just the 2 we have in TWs - tanks and infantry. Plus there's potential for unique units for nations like the legions, hoplites, war elephants, Egyptian chariots, Arabic raiders. Greek fire from dromons (byzantine ships)!! Let admit it... the modern military minds do draw from the brilliance of the ancient war-time leaders. If anything, they are like a drawf standing on a giant's shoulder, they only see further than the previous leaders from standing in their present position rather than by their own height or stature. We use only 2 unit types to get it as simple as possible. We had Władysław Anders s war which was middle ages. If you want you can lead it when you get to that. |
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Post by NetherFreek on Mar 30, 2016 12:36:15 GMT
ofc a war in ancient times is possible, it would be great to see the punic war come to live. and that's surely possible with 2 types of troops, like a legion and a horse (carthage can call it elephant)
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Post by Desophaeus on Mar 30, 2016 12:59:57 GMT
ofc a war in ancient times is possible, it would be great to see the punic war come to live. and that's surely possible with 2 types of troops, like a legion and a horse (carthage can call it elephant) I was thinking along the lines of Rock, Paper, Scissors. So either 3 or 5 types. It would be pretty simple to set it up if all 5 types has 1 BP but each type beats 2 types and is beaten by the 2 other types. 3 would be simpler as everyone already know the rock-paper-scissors triangle. The 5 types would be similar to the 5 Chinese element system for example (Wood, Water, Gold, Earth, Fire... I think) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_XingOh yeah ok, look at the arrows. No element is neutral to any element. Fire is beaten by water and wood (Yeah Chinese is weird) but fire beats metal and earth. |
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Post by Desophaeus on Mar 30, 2016 13:02:41 GMT
Just an idea for a future TW if anyone likes to play with it as an experiment. It would be interesting to see what people build and decide to move. The troops would cancel themselves out then whoever has some left wins the battle. Kinda a strategic exercise.  |
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Post by Jean-Luc Picard on Mar 30, 2016 17:13:33 GMT
Just an idea for a future TW if anyone likes to play with it as an experiment. It would be interesting to see what people build and decide to move. The troops would cancel themselves out then whoever has some left wins the battle. Kinda a strategic exercise. You can run TW15 and implement it |
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Post by Desophaeus on Mar 30, 2016 17:18:46 GMT
Just an idea for a future TW if anyone likes to play with it as an experiment. It would be interesting to see what people build and decide to move. The troops would cancel themselves out then whoever has some left wins the battle. Kinda a strategic exercise. You can run TW15 and implement it I was thinking of something entirely different. More of playing the board game Diplomacy in here as a TW if I'm hosting... I'm pretty sure some people would love this but it's more demanding in precise orders for a novice to start (actually pretty easy once you get the hang of it though) |
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Post by Desophaeus on Apr 4, 2016 15:48:54 GMT
Put me on 15 then. I'll see what I will do with TW15, either ancient times or WW1 Diplomacy board game. (Definitely not both lol) |
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Post by Napoleon Bonaparte on Apr 4, 2016 16:09:54 GMT
this post (the first) needs editing.. |
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Post by NetherFreek on Apr 4, 2016 16:15:43 GMT
how about this rule: if pne already claimed a war in the future, he cant claim another one. this prevents ruling wars that are like 5 years away
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Post by Napoleon Bonaparte on Apr 4, 2016 16:22:28 GMT
how about this rule: if pne already claimed a war in the future, he cant claim another one. this prevents ruling wars that are like 5 years away I like this rule, otherwise peeps here are deciding for wars that are months away and mine had just begun! |
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Post by NetherFreek on Apr 4, 2016 16:53:04 GMT
this post (the first) needs editing.. updated it |
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Post by Jean-Luc Picard on Apr 4, 2016 16:54:44 GMT
People need several months to work out their idea in full, especially if they're trying to do something completely different (Working out the politics factor of TW14 isn't instantaneous), but there should be limits to how far out you can claim. I'd say the 6 after the current (up to 16 ATM) is as far as we should claim
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