Not surprisingly the only two bounces in the spring become uncaptured neutrals in the fall!  In fact lots of centers go uncaptured, not for lack of trying tho... we have a fierce amphibious assault as the Egyptian army fails to land on Crete, turned away by the Macedonians... and Sardinia, well, it sits there in the middle of the Western Med, a tranquil oasis with but a lone Roman raft floating towards its shores.  Lots of press!
 
PRESS:
 

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Carthage's Offering:

Baal, Son of Dagan, borne upon the mountain,
cloaked in the rising thunderhead,
surveys a far land lit by cloud-fire,
Creator of the Maelstrom, Lord of the Earth.
 
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O, Great Him! Accept this humble sacrifice and grant my units comprehension and mobility this fall!

ONE AFTERNOON IN ARMENIAONE AFTERNOON IN ARMENIA

“Hello, dear! I’m home!”
“*Smooch* Hello, darling. Find everything you needed at the shop?”
“Everything and more! You’ll never guess who I bumped into!”
“Shhh, no shouting. We have guests in the parlor.”
“Guests? What guests?
“Oh, just the Scythian Hordes.”
“The Scythian Hordes?”
“Yes. You know, those hairy fellows from the north. We saw that documentary on the telly about them. Anyway, they saw our notice for the room to let, so popped by to inquire.”
“Maggie, we can’t have the Scythian Hordes in the parlor!”
“Oh, George, once they let the room, I suspect they’ll keep to the kitchen. In the meantime, I put the plastic on the good couch.”
“That’s not what I mean! I’ve got the Persians in the front hall!”
“The Persians?”
“Yes, that’s who I ran into at the store. Asked them if they wouldn’t mind swinging around to appraise the new rug.”
“But the new rug’s—-”
“In the living room, yes!”
“Oh, George!”
“Now, don’t panic, Maggie. For all we know the Persians and the Scythians are the oldest of chums.”
“They’re hordes, George! Hordes don’t have chums!”
“You’re right, of course. Oh, what are we to do?”
“You go out in the front hall and tell the Persians I lent the rug to my sister for her tea with the vicar. And I’ll tell the Scythian Hordes that they’ll need to come back next week about the room because of the . . . the . . .”
“The bed bugs!”
“Brilliant, George! The bed bugs! The exterminator can’t come until Tuesday, so to come back after that!”
“Ah, I’m glad I married such a level-headed girl.”
“Oh, George.”
“But what are we to do if they both come back on the same day again?”
“We best stock up on biscuits, shouldn’t we then.”

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You say that we've come far enough? That the lands we now occupy are enough. Well, I say that there are lands further on that are rich - just as rich as the lands we now occupy. There are also other powers out there - powers that will attempt to snatch our lands from under our hooves if we so much as turn our back on them.


The lands we now occupy are inhabited by weaklings. We should be able to keep moving into the richer steppes ahead - leaving our tamgas on their livestock, burning their homes, taking their women for ours and Litaking their gold. By spreading the word of the riches and the victories that we are accomplishing there shall be more waves of tribesmen that follow us. I say we do not rest until we have conquered this whole land - from sea to sea.


Famous speech by Lipoxais to the troops in Dacia, ca: 220 BC.
 
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Now I can see why it was considered to have Bithynia be a possible supply center, as the Scythians find themselves... supply-center-less this winter... and also looking a bit exposed are the Egyptians who search for a new build in a region where there's none to be found.
 
Carthage: Build 2
Gaul: Build 2
Germania: Build 1
Macedonia: Build 2
Persia: Build 2
Rome: Build 3

BUILDS:  Due Friday!  3pm Central.
 
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Carthage:
A Saguntum Supports A Pyrenaei - Hispania
A Pyrenaei - Hispania
F Cyrenaica Hold
 
Egypt:
F Lybian Sea Convoys A Alexandria - Creta
A Alexandria - Creta (*Bounce*)
A Memphis - Alexandria (*Fails*)
 
Gaul:
F O.Britannicus - Britannia
A Lugdunum - Belgica (*Bounce*)
A Hispania - Burdigala
 
Germania:
F O.Germanicus - Scandia
A Aliso - Belgica (*Bounce*)
A Biskupin - Bojohaemum
 
Macedonia:
F Aegaeum Mare - Creta (*Bounce*)
A Athos - Byzantium
A Moesia Supports A Athos - Byzantium (*Cut*)
 
Persia:
F Gulf of Judea - Cyprus
A Nineveh - Armenia (*Bounce*)
A Judea Hold
 
Rome:
A Neapolis - Sicilia
A Narbonensis - Lugdunum (*Fails*)
A Pannonia Supports A Moesia
F Sicilia - Tyrhennian Sea
 
Scythia:
F Pontus Euxinus Supports A Dacia - Moesia
A Maikop - Armenia (*Bounce*)
A Dacia - Moesia (*Fails*)
 
Enjoy,
-mike