The (Unofficial) Great Battles of History
Interactive Replay
It's time to start up another scenario replay. A got a fair number of suggestions, but not much overlap of scenarios. I decided to go with a Cataphract scenario for a number of reasons: the scenarios are small (less work for me), it was published recently (so maybe you don't have to dig too far into the game closet), and it's still in print (so if you want to participate but don't have the game, you have no excuse; and no, I'm not a paid salesman...)
Dara looks like there might be some interesting tactical ploys and is reputedly balanced. Let's put it through its paces and see.
I'm going to run this replay a little differently than the last, if I can get enough volunteers. I'd like to have each player "be" one of the leaders in the scenario. So your participation will be a little different than last time; instead of voting for each move, you'll decide the exact move when it's your leader's turn to go.
This should make a coherent strategy a bit more likely, as well as introduce some fog-of-war elements since I'd like to keep the names/e-mail addresses private to prevent unrealistic collaboration.
The down side is that I'll require detailed moves; "attack the Persian left" just isn't going to cut it. Also, because the game can't move forward without response from the current active commander, I need good turnaround time from the players. (I will send out an email prompt when it's your turn so that you don't need to keep checking the site.) Clearly Belisarius will have more to do than Pharas. But with greater responsibility comes greater glory!
(Update: All slots are now full! Work is overwhelming me right now, but we'll get underway shortly. Overall commanders should be planning their grand strategy -- email it to me, and I'll forward it to the subordinates.)
| Roman | Persian | |
|---|---|---|
| Belisarius (OC, 6, Elite) | Perozes (OC, 5) | |
| Bouzes (5) | Pitames (4) | |
| A.John (5) | Barasames (5) | |
| Pharas (3C, Heruli) | ||
| Sunicus (3C, Hun) | ||
| Simmias (3C, Hun) |
If you'd like to participate, mail me your top three preferences (in order of most to least) and I'll assign you on a first-come-first-served basis.