Welcome friends (new and old) to this perfidious time…
I am Mike.
Lord of your world.
You shall henceforth refer to me as your provider of light – Your reason for being – Your adjudicator of orders… for it is me… whom we shall all just call… “Him”… that will guide you thru these ages.
Well some of you at least.
I expect many will be killed off and offered as a sacrifice along the way… and to those poor souls… may you rest happily and with full knowledge that your victors will feel no remorse… for the times are dark, the seas a mystery, the deserts a grave, and the barbarian lands an unexplored wilderness of horror.
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Powers
Yes, the Great empire of Alexander has collapsed and many factions scramble for power. Among them…
The powerful Republic of Rome – led by none other than our sharpshooter Sir Michael Norton of Loxley.
Across the Adriatic, we find Matt – leading the Hellenistic Empire of Macedonia – one of the most influencial states in the near east. […into a better time with Greece than his last game]
Southward forms the shores of Africa, from which we have the Carthaginians – and Hannibal Lynn – Can he turn the tides of the Punic Wars?
Further to the east we have Egypt – run by the great and powerful Ptolemy himself. Little known fact they just call him “Justin” today.
To the far reaches of the eastern world, we find the mysterious Chris – ruler of Persia, Babylonia, and the near east.
And… the Hordes…
Raiding from Asia and the far east we have the nomadic tribes of Sarmatia and Scythia, led by the almighty Fredrik of Sweden. (how’d he get this job?)
In the virgin forests to the north we have the savage tribes of Germania, led by Ross Yaggermeister.
And from the far northwest we have the Celtic tribes of Gaul, led by Bruce!
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1st deadline – 1 week! Wed 9/1, 3pm Central time!
(all my deadlines will be in Central US time, which is GMT-5 right now. 3pm Central is 20:00 GMT)
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Who will survive such treacherous times?
coebq Gaul Bruce Quinn coebq@yahoo.com
hancockfc Carthage Lynn Mercer hancockfc@yahoo.com
OH, US
Joral Egypt Justin Card justin@darkenedpath.com
Cartersville, GA, US
mjn82 Rome Mike Norton mjn82@yahoo.com
ross826 Germania Ross Yaggy ross826@gmail.com
New York, NY, US
TheFinalCountdown Macedonia Matt Barnes mlb767@aim.com
The_Blurbist Persia Chris Lockheardt clockheardt@yahoo.com
Andover, MA, US
z93blom Scythia Fredrik Blom fredrik@familjenblom.se
FrillesĂĄs, SE
(Look at that list – if you do not have a location showing, please go update your profile online, to include a location – it’s always fun to know just how far reaching these games extend)
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This will no doubt be a great game. I’m excited! Last time I ran this variant was dc109, started back in June of 2007. That was only the 9th game I ever ran. Now of course we’re on dc339, or 230 games later and my 27th game as GM. (although completely unrelated, 230 is a great number! In which I played both Bruce and Justin, also in this game – amazing how small a world it is).
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House Rules
Most of you know me. But a couple of you have not played in my games before. You might want to take a gander at my house rules, which can be found at www.sims-family.net/dip/houserules.htm. Main thing to take away from them is this… I tend to like the anxiousness that builds up toward a deadline, and so I will rarely, if ever, grant an extension for a turn currently in play. I think that takes away from the building excitement, the writing ppl minutes from the deadline, the frantic last minute changes of orders. So beware, and pls don’t get pissed if you write m a day before the deadline to request more time, only to find I am a bastard and turn you to the curb scoffing mightily “MWUHAHAHAHA little peons OF COURSE you get no more time!!!!”… er… politely declining your request. You get the idea. ;-) In return I’ll do my best to adjudicate in a timely fashion, usually w/in a few hours of the deadline.
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The Offerings
Between spring and fall turns all players should submit an “offering” to the gods! Failrure to accomplish this may result in a player’s random units having it’s order ignored the following year!
The offering may be in the form of a prayer to the gods, a motivational speech to your troops, dialog among your generals, a narrative, etc. One-liners are likely to be deemed offensive and worthy of sever repercussions!
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Enjoy!
We’ll probly be here a while. So whatever happens, keep in mind it’s all for fun, don’t take it too seriously, have fun w press, etc.
Sincerely,
“Him”
PS… for those who made it clear to the end of this email, be sure to request your bonus unit in Ireland!
Oh what – you need a starting map? Ok fine…
http://www.dipwiki.com?title=Ancient_World
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