23 Mar 10 UTC | Spring, 1: Italy all the way down, I see. |
23 Mar 10 UTC | Spring, 1: Haha, yes. Modern Italy is a far cry from Ancient Italy, however. Veni vidi vici and such. |
23 Mar 10 UTC | Spring, 1: Persia, really? |
23 Mar 10 UTC | Spring, 1: You love it. Purple again, bitch. |
28 Mar 10 UTC | Autumn, 3: The great Pharaoh of might Egypt hereby sues for peace. I will swear an oath of loyalty on the honor of my immortal soul to whichever nation wishes to take Egypt as its protectorate, all my lands which are not part of Egypt proper shall rightfully be the property of the protector and the armies of Egypt shall be the protectors to command. |
30 Mar 10 UTC | Autumn, 4: How did the fleet in Alexandria support the move from Cyrene to Memphis? Memphis isn't coastal. Is the Nile like a sea zone that you can't occupy? Are Thebes, Memphis, and Bayuda all coastal? |
30 Mar 10 UTC | Autumn, 4: Things I just learned: 1. A boat in Baleares can be used to convoy units even though there are islands there 2. The four-way intersection in the middle of the Mediterranean permits diagonal movement across the point of intersection. Ex: [Gulf of Tacape --> Messenian Sea] and [Ausonian Sea --> Libyan Sea] can both happen in the same turn. 3. Athens is like Kiel (AEG-Ath-ION is a permissible sequence of moves) 4. The Nile can be traveled down and/or across by fleets, including Sinai (which brings the Red Sea into play in a big way, and means that Egypt can build fleets in all three home centers) 5. The Nile Delta is a bonanza. Thebes is adjacent to GoP; Alexandria is adjacent to Sinai 5. Red Sea is adj |