Both Rise of Rome and Successors of Rome are dead as well as their spin off attempts at necromancy.

Instead of jumping in and playing any game just for the sake of playing, even a game that one knows nothing about, makes no sense at all.


Perhaps we can have a poll and vote on where the interest lies.


At this point almost any time era could be good since players are getting bored with Romans, Greeks and Dark Ages.


There was some discussion of creating a Crusades Game or something in the 1492-1500 time frame with Discovery and Colonization.

(Age of Empires III)

like Meso-American wars?

and european powers clashing for control?

Yes

or the Later Crusades 1128-1303

The later Crusaders are well-known for its personalities, including Christian crusaders and kings such as Richard the Lion-Hearted, Templar Grand Master Gerard de Ridefot, Raymond III of Tripoli, King Guy of Jerusalem, or the trouble-maker Raynald de Chatillon, as well as their competent Muslim antagonists such as Nur ed-Din (Syrians), Saladin (Ayyubid Egyptians), and Baibars (Mamluks). And of course, you can't overlook Sinan (aka the Old Man in the Mountain), and his sect of Ismailis in Syria who are known to us as the Assassins.

The Later Crusader armies are also famous for their military orders. The three most important orders in Outremer were the Knights Templar and Hospitallers (aka Knights of St. John), and the Teutonic Order of Germanic knights that grew out of the Hospitallers. The orders provided the King of Jerusalem and other Crusader rulers with strong contingents of mounted Knights and sergeants, supported by mailed turcopole cavalry, and backed by foot sergeants and supporting troops. The knights of the orders were notoriously impetuous, often attacking against great odds and suffering significant losses of horses and men to bow armed Muslim cavalry, who deftly evaded their charges.

Lastly, it would be a mistake to think that this exclusively about the struggle of European Christendom and Islam for the control of the Holyland. There were periods of peace and cooperation between the Christian rulers of Outremer and their Muslim counterparts and Crusader kings frequently made alliance with local Muslim rulers for common cause. At the same time, Crusaders fought small civil wars against each other in Outremer (usually amongst national contingents), as well as campaigns against Byzantium, Cilicia, Maronite Syria and other Christian lands. The Crusaders even fought as Mongol (Ilkhanid) allies against the Muslim Mamluks. And the Assassins worked both sides of the street in order to preserve their autonomy.


This time frame also includes the Mongols under Ghengis Khan.........

im aching for an RPG right now, i like Arminius the Terribles idea about the Later Crusades 1128-1303 i also like the 1492-1500 time frame.

The 1492-1500 was reference for a starting date.

Of course there is a whole lot more than just the re-discovery of America going on.

I'm game.

as am i

WE need to get a concensus on what to play....

Someone will have to volunteer to be admin and set up a new board.(not me this time)

The old boards from ROR and SOR serve no purpose except reference library archives.



Marvin the Martian.....sometimes I feel like an alien.....

i can but i need to know what we need.

Fable 234 = Sacred Legion = Pyromaniac (same birthday) :rolleyes:

You know what to do. ;)

Players just need to agree on start date B)

... thats kinda what i meant lol..... anyways can we agree on start date here so i can set up Fourm acordingly

Bah Crusades!!!!

God wills it!

1492 or the Start of Genghis Khan's Invasion of Persia.

I would definitely be interested in a Late crusades RPG.
Im so gonna claim Saladin :D
Allah Akbar!

Well what is going thru everybody's mind right about now?

Getting Bored ?


Any ideas?

well, im bored as hell, i wanna play an RPG, but everyone is at the cold war RPG, and gun RPGs are just snoze fests, esically with the U.N

Ive been looking over WWII lately. It seems to have some potential in realism.

I could get into a 1870-1913 game.

Make one day = 1 month

That way WWI is a a distant end point.

I would be fine with a WWII not very interested in WWI.... or we could try a medieval one or classical times...

At this point any thing different sound good.

The Cold War is frozen by Nuclear Winter with little options other than boredom.

bah, gun fests = bordom...

What's the alternative Pyro?

Maybe you are on to something......care to share your thoughts?

hmmm, i was thinking of one of the medevil eras, or maybe we could do a ressiance at least those guns need tactics.

No they dont. Have you been in a Renaissance RPG? I have. The tactics are simple. Advance with pikes, have guns shoot from the side, best troops win. Which means that Spain will probably win all the time.

WWI is a gunfest, there is no escaping the total firepower of the machinegun. The Napoleonic and Imperial eras are a bit diffrent, but there still are no great tactics as guns tend to reduce movement. WWII is diffrent, the machinegun and artillery's firepower is mitigrated by mechanized divisions, tanks, and modern aircraft. It allows for great strategic and tactical mobility

Unfortunately Pyro, the suggestions you made have already been done amd chances of resurrection are slim.

well im out of ideas....

Then the only option left is to become a spectator ....... :unsure: :blink: :huh:

As soon as Spring arrives.......... B)