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Sword of Rome: BGG Sword of Rome Nov 2018 Journal

Entry # Time Turn Player Title Entry

71 12/12/2018 2:26:00 AM 386-374 BC Gaul Play Strategy card - Operations #12: 2 / Enemy Surprised

Message from Gaul:
as ops
activate Minor Leader C in Placentia

move to Ariminium

70 12/9/2018 2:16:00 AM 386-374 BC Roman Message To Rod and his Gauls

69 12/9/2018 2:15:00 AM 386-374 BC Roman Play Strategy card - Operations #36: 3 / Quincunx

Message from Roman:
use this to raise loyalty one each in Narnia, Sutrium and Capua

68 12/9/2018 2:11:00 AM 386-374 BC Roman Message E/S-Dan, please don't forget to update the AR round when it moves forward on your next action. that will help our new guy see that NP powers are available to be active again (Eric, this is shown by pulling off their small activation marker from the active player large marker)

at beginning of my log I put putting E-S there on active player and I think it should stay on E-S through this game turn to show who is First player at all times. i always have to check that in games where we keep changing the active player marker to the next guy's faction and there is no need to change it to active player each time since we ping the next person up anyways, plus there is a vassal log showing who just went.

67 12/4/2018 7:38:00 AM 386-374 BC Greek Message I will not do that this action round.

66 12/3/2018 10:33:00 AM 386-374 BC Roman Message You could still play a “neutral power activates “ card or propose an alliance

65 12/3/2018 8:53:00 AM 386-374 BC Greek Message Yes. Greeks are complete, unless there is something else I could do.

64 12/3/2018 1:32:00 AM 386-374 BC Roman Message So you are done and I am up then??

63 12/2/2018 5:58:00 PM 386-374 BC Greek Message Successful voyage. My file is up.

62 12/2/2018 5:54:00 PM 386-374 BC Greek Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 1

2

Message from Greek:
Another shot at the seas for the Greeks. Sailing from Tarentum again.

61 12/1/2018 10:35:00 PM 386-374 BC Roman Message Nothing for me

60 12/1/2018 10:15:00 PM 386-374 BC Etruscan-Samnite Message Not playing any response cards

59 12/1/2018 4:05:00 PM 386-374 BC Greek Message Sorry, meant to say that I'm attempting naval movement again. I'll give folks a chance to play a card if they want.

58 12/1/2018 4:04:00 PM 386-374 BC Greek Play Strategy card - Operations #33: 3 / Indian War Elephants

57 11/30/2018 10:28:00 AM 386-374 BC Etruscan-Samnite Play Strategy card - Operations #22: 2 / Neutral Power Activates

Message from Etruscan-Samnite:
Add 2 support to Tarquinii

56 11/30/2018 4:38:00 AM 386-374 BC Gaul Message place 1 plunder
surviving Gauls return to Sena Gallica with 2 CUs

vlog file up shortly

55 11/29/2018 12:32:00 PM 386-374 BC Etruscan-Samnite Message No response, gauls can continue

54 11/29/2018 1:33:00 AM 386-374 BC Gaul Message successful raid unless Etruscans want to play Raiders Defeated

Gauls have 1 movement remaining

53 11/29/2018 1:31:00 AM 386-374 BC Gaul Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 2

1
5

Message from Gaul:
ugh! not an auspicious start to the game
raider stack down to 3 CUs and tries again

52 11/29/2018 1:30:00 AM 386-374 BC Gaul Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 2

2
1

Message from Gaul:
raid on Sentinum

51 11/29/2018 1:30:00 AM 386-374 BC Gaul Play Strategy card - Operations #20: 2 / Neutral Power Activates

Message from Gaul:
as ops
activate the Sena Gallica stack

1-2. raid Sentinum

50 11/28/2018 5:33:00 PM 386-374 BC Roman Message I forgot to place a siege 0 marker on Antium at end of my log and i already finished and uploaded it. if you could do that at beginning of your log Rod, it would be most appreciated.

49 11/28/2018 5:21:00 PM 386-374 BC Roman Message I will use this to boost Capua to Level 2 Loyalty and reduce Antium to loyalty 2 which matches their garrison level.

Log up and Gauls/Rod are up. i hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. mine involved more travel than I would have preferred but was otherwise good.

48 11/24/2018 9:34:00 PM 386-374 BC Roman Message Yes it still is. Many apologies but I’ve been traveling for thanksgiving and hopefully can move by tomorrow when I get back. Should have let y’all know

47 11/24/2018 6:53:00 PM 386-374 BC Etruscan-Samnite Message Romans still up?

46 11/20/2018 1:14:00 AM 386-374 BC Gaul Message Volsci don't even the raw roll
3/1
Romans get 2 support

surviving 2 Volsci retreat into the city

45 11/20/2018 1:10:00 AM 386-374 BC Gaul Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 6

3
6
4
2
6
3

Message from Gaul:
looks like there is no help for the Volsci
for future reference, if I fail to label dice, treat attacker dice as first

Romans have +1 for leadership and +3 for force
Volsci have +1 for friendly territory

Romans, at net +3

44 11/17/2018 11:35:00 AM 386-374 BC Etruscan-Samnite Message No response cards

43 11/17/2018 10:28:00 AM 386-374 BC Roman Message Just saw your message rod. Will change back in my battle resolution log

42 11/17/2018 10:18:00 AM 386-374 BC Roman Message That just leaves Dan and Es.
Eric the process for all decisions of non player powers is lowest VP then tie breaker but certain powers may never decide for certain ones (Rome never decides for Volsci no matter her VP, Greeks never decide for Carthage, and Gauls can’t for T-Gaul).

The last caveat is that anyone allied with those powers on the list are also removed from being able to decide for the non’s so long as they are allied

41 11/17/2018 9:00:00 AM 386-374 BC Greek Message Also, Greece is fine if you want to increase the loyalty of all our cities!

40 11/17/2018 8:59:00 AM 386-374 BC Greek Message Greek's aren't playing a reaction card. How did you determine who is responsible for the Volsci?

39 11/16/2018 8:51:00 PM 386-374 BC Gaul Message Volsci will stay outside and fight

Gauls have no response card
let's see if Etruscans or Greeks will weigh in

38 11/16/2018 8:26:00 PM 386-374 BC Gaul Message Wait. Messana is correct at 1. Read what you posted again:

i found the post about loyalty on *Messana*. i fixed it in the log of my move that is up so far.

"The loyalty in the Greek city of *Tarentum* is different than my physical map. Vassal = 1 and Physical Map = 3. Double checked BGG and found a post saying that the vassal file is incorrect. Should be 3"

The BGG reference has no mention of Messana, plus I already announced all the starting loyalty levels in log 17.

37 11/16/2018 3:11:00 AM 386-374 BC Roman Message After Rod decides about troops in or out of walls then it will go to me for a possible combat card first and then around the horn.

i found the post about loyalty on Messana. i fixed it in the log of my move that is up so far.

"The loyalty in the Greek city of Tarentum is different than my physical map. Vassal = 1 and Physical Map = 3. Double checked BGG and found a post saying that the vassal file is incorrect. Should be 3."

https://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/25296056#25296056

36 11/16/2018 3:07:00 AM 386-374 BC Roman Play Strategy card - Operations #14: 2 / The Sacred Band

Message from Roman:
I've learned that you pay a big price if you don't jump on the Volsci with maximum force early.

Camillus takes 3 CU from Velitrae, n2 left behind. 1st-Roma and pu Valerius then back to Velitrae for 2nd. 3rd, 4th to Roma and lastly fight in Antium. Rod/Gauls make the call on fighting fully in field or partially or what have you.

35 11/16/2018 3:03:00 AM 386-374 BC Roman Message let's leave E/S marker on the round track to be a reminder that they went first in AR and Gauls will be going last for each AR. Through experience this is much batter than constnantly changing the active player as it gets forotten sometimes and we pass our turns to each other over ACTS anyways.

doing my move now.

34 11/16/2018 12:43:00 AM 386-374 BC Etruscan-Samnite Message Rome's up right?

33 11/13/2018 4:08:00 AM 386-374 BC Gaul Message Gauls have no response

32 11/12/2018 6:52:00 PM 386-374 BC Roman Message Ah, the perils of making a voyage into Carthaginian land. By the way, welcome Eric. Sorry it was not a very warm welcome from the game

31 11/12/2018 6:15:00 PM 386-374 BC Greek Message File is up. Two bad rolls to start, so things are bound to get better, right? Rome next.

30 11/12/2018 6:10:00 PM 386-374 BC Greek Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 1

6

Message from Greek:
Bah, unsuccessful voyage. Rolling for attrition.

29 11/12/2018 6:07:00 PM 386-374 BC Greek Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 1

6

Message from Greek:
Naval combat roll. 1 or 2 is success. 5 or 6 results in attrition roll.

28 11/12/2018 3:35:00 PM 386-374 BC Etruscan-Samnite Message I recommend waiting 24 hours. At this point, since no one played a response card you should go ahead.

27 11/11/2018 1:25:00 PM 386-374 BC Greek Message How do you want to handle reaction cards? Should I roll for naval movement or wait to see if someone can try to stop the move?

26 11/11/2018 1:24:00 PM 386-374 BC Greek Play Strategy card - Operations #32: 3 / Pyrrhic Victory

Message from Greek:
I will play for the ops and a chance to sail to Caralis. I will request a roll on the naval combat table.

25 11/10/2018 9:30:00 PM 386-374 BC Etruscan-Samnite Message Done -- Greeks up next. I shared a dropbox folder with the Vassal file.

24 11/10/2018 9:24:00 PM 386-374 BC Etruscan-Samnite Play Strategy card - Event #23: 2 / Neutral Power Activates

Message from Etruscan-Samnite:
Raise 1 CU with the Volsci.

23 11/10/2018 9:18:00 PM 386-374 BC Etruscan-Samnite Message Eric, the one take-away for me about this game is that combat is hugely unpredictable. Try to make sure you can afford to lose before you initiate a combat!

22 11/10/2018 8:44:00 PM 386-374 BC Roman Message Let us know if that concludes your move

21 11/10/2018 8:42:00 PM 386-374 BC Roman Play Strategy card - Event #13: 2 / Disaster at Trifanum

Message from Roman:
Cancel it. Phew

Using phones so I cannot copy paste

20 11/10/2018 8:35:00 PM 386-374 BC Etruscan-Samnite Play Strategy card - Event #33: 3 / Great Latin Revolt

Message from Etruscan-Samnite:
Playing the event: "Remove 3 Roman support unless cancelled by Disaster at Trifanum." Do the Romans play Disaster at Trifanum as a response?

19 11/10/2018 4:36:00 AM 386-374 BC Gaul Message Eric, the Greeks are one of the easier, if not the easiest, powers for a new player.

The usual path for Greek VPs is against Carthage, a neutral power, unlike the powers who need to fight another player. So, Greek players can usually concentrate most of their forces against Carthage while maintaining a smaller force on Italy to keep the other players honest, particularly the Romans.

Greek loyalty is the one important thing to maintain, as mercenary leaders require a constant "upkeep" of loyalty to keep Greek leaders on the board.

As the name of this game is Sword of Rome (and not Sword of Greece or Sword of Etruscans), note there is a Roman event that can pick up a free VP spot from both the Samnites (Fregellae) and the Greeks (Thurii). Since all the other Greek VP spots are walled cities, it's easy to ignore Thurii. Don't.

Our Greek player won our previous abbreviated game, so you can also ask him (Dan).

18 11/10/2018 4:22:00 AM 386-374 BC Gaul Message Dan, when you create the initial Vassal file, please verify all the loyalties are setup accordingly

17 11/10/2018 4:20:00 AM 386-374 BC Gaul Message I pulled my map out and here are the starting loyalties for all walled cities:

Pisa 1
Tarquini 1
Sutrium 1
Narnia 1
Rome 3
Antium 3
Capua 1
Naples 1
Tarentum 3
Rhegium 2
Messana 1
Syracuse 2
Lilybaeum 3
Carthage 3

Now that we all have cards, Etruscan-Samnites will go first.

16 11/10/2018 2:45:00 AM 386-374 BC Roman Message i'm fine being the owner Rod. You as teh Gauls win all ties so you decide first player. Also, i believe it is either Messana or Tarentum that needs +1 loyalty. it's a vassal screw up from 1st edition map.

i can look for BGG thread on another log file if need be.

15 11/10/2018 2:43:00 AM 386-374 BC Roman Draw Strategy cards

14 11/10/2018 2:43:00 AM 386-374 BC Roman Message welcome Eric. i have a few games under my belt now so i will help if desired. trust us Romans, our motto is "strength and honor" so how could you go wrong.

13 11/9/2018 11:53:00 AM 386-374 BC Etruscan-Samnite Draw Strategy cards

12 11/9/2018 8:27:00 AM 386-374 BC Greek Draw Strategy cards

11 11/9/2018 8:27:00 AM 386-374 BC Greek Message Nice to meet you. Thanks for letting me join. This is an honest to goodness first game for me. If you have any generic greek strategy that you wish to impart, please feel free to share.

I haven't played this on ACTS either, so if there are handy shortcuts you can recommend, I'm all ears.

10 11/9/2018 2:43:00 AM 386-374 BC Gaul Message Jonathan, note as I created this game when I was Rome, you are now the owner of the game. If you'd rather I be the game owner, I'll close this game and start another one now that we know who all the powers are.

9 11/9/2018 2:42:00 AM 386-374 BC Gaul Draw Strategy cards

8 11/9/2018 2:42:00 AM 386-374 BC Gaul Message And now we can all draw cards

7 11/9/2018 2:40:00 AM 386-374 BC Roman Change Etruscan-Samnite player Etruscan-Samnite player changed from Eric Charles to Dan S

6 11/9/2018 2:40:00 AM 386-374 BC Roman Change Roman player Roman player changed from Roderick Lee to Jonathan F

5 11/9/2018 2:38:00 AM 386-374 BC Roman Change Gaul player Gaul player changed from Jonathan F to Roderick Lee

4 11/9/2018 2:38:00 AM 386-374 BC Roman Change Greek player Greek player changed from Dan S to Eric Charles

3 11/9/2018 2:37:00 AM 386-374 BC Roman Message Jonathan is the Romans (as he ruled out Gauls and Etruscan Samnites)
Dan is the Etruscan-Samnites
and as I predicted, I'm the Gauls

2 11/9/2018 2:32:00 AM 386-374 BC Roman Die roll request Request: 4-sided die x 1

2

Message from Roman:
Eric will play:

1 Romans
2 Greeks
3 Etruscan-Samnites
4 Gauls

1 11/9/2018 2:31:00 AM 386-374 BC Roman Message Welcome Eric to our new game. Ignore your countries for now; this is just to setup the game and so we can start communicating.

Jonathan and Dan have requested that they play new countries from our previous game. Plus, Jonathan has requested not to play the Etruscan-Samnites and Dan has requested not to play the Gauls as they are each playing another game as those powers.

Therefore, I will first fully randomize for Eric, then for Dan and Jonathan with potential linkages, and finally, I'll take whatever is left.

So, without further ado, here comes the first die roll...

Next 100 entries

Entry #	Time	Turn	Player	Title	Entry
71	12/12/2018 2:26:00 AM	386-374 BC	Gaul	Play Strategy card - Operations	#12: 2 / Enemy Surprised Message from Gaul: as ops activate Minor Leader C in Placentia move to Ariminium
70	12/9/2018 2:16:00 AM	386-374 BC	Roman	Message	To Rod and his Gauls
69	12/9/2018 2:15:00 AM	386-374 BC	Roman	Play Strategy card - Operations	#36: 3 / Quincunx Message from Roman: use this to raise loyalty one each in Narnia, Sutrium and Capua
68	12/9/2018 2:11:00 AM	386-374 BC	Roman	Message	E/S-Dan, please don't forget to update the AR round when it moves forward on your next action. that will help our new guy see that NP powers are available to be active again (Eric, this is shown by pulling off their small activation marker from the active player large marker) at beginning of my log I put putting E-S there on active player and I think it should stay on E-S through this game turn to show who is First player at all times. i always have to check that in games where we keep changing the active player marker to the next guy's faction and there is no need to change it to active player each time since we ping the next person up anyways, plus there is a vassal log showing who just went.
67	12/4/2018 7:38:00 AM	386-374 BC	Greek	Message	I will not do that this action round.
66	12/3/2018 10:33:00 AM	386-374 BC	Roman	Message	You could still play a “neutral power activates “ card or propose an alliance
65	12/3/2018 8:53:00 AM	386-374 BC	Greek	Message	Yes. Greeks are complete, unless there is something else I could do.
64	12/3/2018 1:32:00 AM	386-374 BC	Roman	Message	So you are done and I am up then??
63	12/2/2018 5:58:00 PM	386-374 BC	Greek	Message	Successful voyage. My file is up.
62	12/2/2018 5:54:00 PM	386-374 BC	Greek	Die roll request	Request: 6-sided die x 1 2 Message from Greek: Another shot at the seas for the Greeks. Sailing from Tarentum again.
61	12/1/2018 10:35:00 PM	386-374 BC	Roman	Message	Nothing for me
60	12/1/2018 10:15:00 PM	386-374 BC	Etruscan-Samnite	Message	Not playing any response cards
59	12/1/2018 4:05:00 PM	386-374 BC	Greek	Message	Sorry, meant to say that I'm attempting naval movement again. I'll give folks a chance to play a card if they want.
58	12/1/2018 4:04:00 PM	386-374 BC	Greek	Play Strategy card - Operations	#33: 3 / Indian War Elephants
57	11/30/2018 10:28:00 AM	386-374 BC	Etruscan-Samnite	Play Strategy card - Operations	#22: 2 / Neutral Power Activates Message from Etruscan-Samnite: Add 2 support to Tarquinii
56	11/30/2018 4:38:00 AM	386-374 BC	Gaul	Message	place 1 plunder surviving Gauls return to Sena Gallica with 2 CUs vlog file up shortly
55	11/29/2018 12:32:00 PM	386-374 BC	Etruscan-Samnite	Message	No response, gauls can continue
54	11/29/2018 1:33:00 AM	386-374 BC	Gaul	Message	successful raid unless Etruscans want to play Raiders Defeated Gauls have 1 movement remaining
53	11/29/2018 1:31:00 AM	386-374 BC	Gaul	Die roll request	Request: 6-sided die x 2 1 5 Message from Gaul: ugh! not an auspicious start to the game raider stack down to 3 CUs and tries again
52	11/29/2018 1:30:00 AM	386-374 BC	Gaul	Die roll request	Request: 6-sided die x 2 2 1 Message from Gaul: raid on Sentinum
51	11/29/2018 1:30:00 AM	386-374 BC	Gaul	Play Strategy card - Operations	#20: 2 / Neutral Power Activates Message from Gaul: as ops activate the Sena Gallica stack 1-2. raid Sentinum
50	11/28/2018 5:33:00 PM	386-374 BC	Roman	Message	I forgot to place a siege 0 marker on Antium at end of my log and i already finished and uploaded it. if you could do that at beginning of your log Rod, it would be most appreciated.
49	11/28/2018 5:21:00 PM	386-374 BC	Roman	Message	I will use this to boost Capua to Level 2 Loyalty and reduce Antium to loyalty 2 which matches their garrison level. Log up and Gauls/Rod are up. i hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. mine involved more travel than I would have preferred but was otherwise good.
48	11/24/2018 9:34:00 PM	386-374 BC	Roman	Message	Yes it still is. Many apologies but I’ve been traveling for thanksgiving and hopefully can move by tomorrow when I get back. Should have let y’all know
47	11/24/2018 6:53:00 PM	386-374 BC	Etruscan-Samnite	Message	Romans still up?
46	11/20/2018 1:14:00 AM	386-374 BC	Gaul	Message	Volsci don't even the raw roll 3/1 Romans get 2 support surviving 2 Volsci retreat into the city
45	11/20/2018 1:10:00 AM	386-374 BC	Gaul	Die roll request	Request: 6-sided die x 6 3 6 4 2 6 3 Message from Gaul: looks like there is no help for the Volsci for future reference, if I fail to label dice, treat attacker dice as first Romans have +1 for leadership and +3 for force Volsci have +1 for friendly territory Romans, at net +3
44	11/17/2018 11:35:00 AM	386-374 BC	Etruscan-Samnite	Message	No response cards
43	11/17/2018 10:28:00 AM	386-374 BC	Roman	Message	Just saw your message rod. Will change back in my battle resolution log
42	11/17/2018 10:18:00 AM	386-374 BC	Roman	Message	That just leaves Dan and Es. Eric the process for all decisions of non player powers is lowest VP then tie breaker but certain powers may never decide for certain ones (Rome never decides for Volsci no matter her VP, Greeks never decide for Carthage, and Gauls can’t for T-Gaul). The last caveat is that anyone allied with those powers on the list are also removed from being able to decide for the non’s so long as they are allied
41	11/17/2018 9:00:00 AM	386-374 BC	Greek	Message	Also, Greece is fine if you want to increase the loyalty of all our cities!
40	11/17/2018 8:59:00 AM	386-374 BC	Greek	Message	Greek's aren't playing a reaction card. How did you determine who is responsible for the Volsci?
39	11/16/2018 8:51:00 PM	386-374 BC	Gaul	Message	Volsci will stay outside and fight Gauls have no response card let's see if Etruscans or Greeks will weigh in
38	11/16/2018 8:26:00 PM	386-374 BC	Gaul	Message	Wait. Messana is correct at 1. Read what you posted again: i found the post about loyalty on Messana. i fixed it in the log of my move that is up so far. "The loyalty in the Greek city of Tarentum is different than my physical map. Vassal = 1 and Physical Map = 3. Double checked BGG and found a post saying that the vassal file is incorrect. Should be 3" The BGG reference has no mention of Messana, plus I already announced all the starting loyalty levels in log 17.
37	11/16/2018 3:11:00 AM	386-374 BC	Roman	Message	After Rod decides about troops in or out of walls then it will go to me for a possible combat card first and then around the horn. i found the post about loyalty on Messana. i fixed it in the log of my move that is up so far. "The loyalty in the Greek city of Tarentum is different than my physical map. Vassal = 1 and Physical Map = 3. Double checked BGG and found a post saying that the vassal file is incorrect. Should be 3." https://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/25296056#25296056
36	11/16/2018 3:07:00 AM	386-374 BC	Roman	Play Strategy card - Operations	#14: 2 / The Sacred Band Message from Roman: I've learned that you pay a big price if you don't jump on the Volsci with maximum force early. Camillus takes 3 CU from Velitrae, n2 left behind. 1st-Roma and pu Valerius then back to Velitrae for 2nd. 3rd, 4th to Roma and lastly fight in Antium. Rod/Gauls make the call on fighting fully in field or partially or what have you.
35	11/16/2018 3:03:00 AM	386-374 BC	Roman	Message	let's leave E/S marker on the round track to be a reminder that they went first in AR and Gauls will be going last for each AR. Through experience this is much batter than constnantly changing the active player as it gets forotten sometimes and we pass our turns to each other over ACTS anyways. doing my move now.
34	11/16/2018 12:43:00 AM	386-374 BC	Etruscan-Samnite	Message	Rome's up right?
33	11/13/2018 4:08:00 AM	386-374 BC	Gaul	Message	Gauls have no response
32	11/12/2018 6:52:00 PM	386-374 BC	Roman	Message	Ah, the perils of making a voyage into Carthaginian land. By the way, welcome Eric. Sorry it was not a very warm welcome from the game
31	11/12/2018 6:15:00 PM	386-374 BC	Greek	Message	File is up. Two bad rolls to start, so things are bound to get better, right? Rome next.
30	11/12/2018 6:10:00 PM	386-374 BC	Greek	Die roll request	Request: 6-sided die x 1 6 Message from Greek: Bah, unsuccessful voyage. Rolling for attrition.
29	11/12/2018 6:07:00 PM	386-374 BC	Greek	Die roll request	Request: 6-sided die x 1 6 Message from Greek: Naval combat roll. 1 or 2 is success. 5 or 6 results in attrition roll.
28	11/12/2018 3:35:00 PM	386-374 BC	Etruscan-Samnite	Message	I recommend waiting 24 hours. At this point, since no one played a response card you should go ahead.
27	11/11/2018 1:25:00 PM	386-374 BC	Greek	Message	How do you want to handle reaction cards? Should I roll for naval movement or wait to see if someone can try to stop the move?
26	11/11/2018 1:24:00 PM	386-374 BC	Greek	Play Strategy card - Operations	#32: 3 / Pyrrhic Victory Message from Greek: I will play for the ops and a chance to sail to Caralis. I will request a roll on the naval combat table.
25	11/10/2018 9:30:00 PM	386-374 BC	Etruscan-Samnite	Message	Done -- Greeks up next. I shared a dropbox folder with the Vassal file.
24	11/10/2018 9:24:00 PM	386-374 BC	Etruscan-Samnite	Play Strategy card - Event	#23: 2 / Neutral Power Activates Message from Etruscan-Samnite: Raise 1 CU with the Volsci.
23	11/10/2018 9:18:00 PM	386-374 BC	Etruscan-Samnite	Message	Eric, the one take-away for me about this game is that combat is hugely unpredictable. Try to make sure you can afford to lose before you initiate a combat!
22	11/10/2018 8:44:00 PM	386-374 BC	Roman	Message	Let us know if that concludes your move
21	11/10/2018 8:42:00 PM	386-374 BC	Roman	Play Strategy card - Event	#13: 2 / Disaster at Trifanum Message from Roman: Cancel it. Phew Using phones so I cannot copy paste
20	11/10/2018 8:35:00 PM	386-374 BC	Etruscan-Samnite	Play Strategy card - Event	#33: 3 / Great Latin Revolt Message from Etruscan-Samnite: Playing the event: "Remove 3 Roman support unless cancelled by Disaster at Trifanum." Do the Romans play Disaster at Trifanum as a response?
19	11/10/2018 4:36:00 AM	386-374 BC	Gaul	Message	Eric, the Greeks are one of the easier, if not the easiest, powers for a new player. The usual path for Greek VPs is against Carthage, a neutral power, unlike the powers who need to fight another player. So, Greek players can usually concentrate most of their forces against Carthage while maintaining a smaller force on Italy to keep the other players honest, particularly the Romans. Greek loyalty is the one important thing to maintain, as mercenary leaders require a constant "upkeep" of loyalty to keep Greek leaders on the board. As the name of this game is Sword of Rome (and not Sword of Greece or Sword of Etruscans), note there is a Roman event that can pick up a free VP spot from both the Samnites (Fregellae) and the Greeks (Thurii). Since all the other Greek VP spots are walled cities, it's easy to ignore Thurii. Don't. Our Greek player won our previous abbreviated game, so you can also ask him (Dan).
18	11/10/2018 4:22:00 AM	386-374 BC	Gaul	Message	Dan, when you create the initial Vassal file, please verify all the loyalties are setup accordingly
17	11/10/2018 4:20:00 AM	386-374 BC	Gaul	Message	I pulled my map out and here are the starting loyalties for all walled cities: Pisa 1 Tarquini 1 Sutrium 1 Narnia 1 Rome 3 Antium 3 Capua 1 Naples 1 Tarentum 3 Rhegium 2 Messana 1 Syracuse 2 Lilybaeum 3 Carthage 3 Now that we all have cards, Etruscan-Samnites will go first.
16	11/10/2018 2:45:00 AM	386-374 BC	Roman	Message	i'm fine being the owner Rod. You as teh Gauls win all ties so you decide first player. Also, i believe it is either Messana or Tarentum that needs +1 loyalty. it's a vassal screw up from 1st edition map. i can look for BGG thread on another log file if need be.
15	11/10/2018 2:43:00 AM	386-374 BC	Roman	Draw Strategy cards
14	11/10/2018 2:43:00 AM	386-374 BC	Roman	Message	welcome Eric. i have a few games under my belt now so i will help if desired. trust us Romans, our motto is "strength and honor" so how could you go wrong.
13	11/9/2018 11:53:00 AM	386-374 BC	Etruscan-Samnite	Draw Strategy cards
12	11/9/2018 8:27:00 AM	386-374 BC	Greek	Draw Strategy cards
11	11/9/2018 8:27:00 AM	386-374 BC	Greek	Message	Nice to meet you. Thanks for letting me join. This is an honest to goodness first game for me. If you have any generic greek strategy that you wish to impart, please feel free to share. I haven't played this on ACTS either, so if there are handy shortcuts you can recommend, I'm all ears.
10	11/9/2018 2:43:00 AM	386-374 BC	Gaul	Message	Jonathan, note as I created this game when I was Rome, you are now the owner of the game. If you'd rather I be the game owner, I'll close this game and start another one now that we know who all the powers are.
9	11/9/2018 2:42:00 AM	386-374 BC	Gaul	Draw Strategy cards
8	11/9/2018 2:42:00 AM	386-374 BC	Gaul	Message	And now we can all draw cards
7	11/9/2018 2:40:00 AM	386-374 BC	Roman	Change Etruscan-Samnite player	Etruscan-Samnite player changed from Eric Charles to Dan S
6	11/9/2018 2:40:00 AM	386-374 BC	Roman	Change Roman player	Roman player changed from Roderick Lee to Jonathan F
5	11/9/2018 2:38:00 AM	386-374 BC	Roman	Change Gaul player	Gaul player changed from Jonathan F to Roderick Lee
4	11/9/2018 2:38:00 AM	386-374 BC	Roman	Change Greek player	Greek player changed from Dan S to Eric Charles
3	11/9/2018 2:37:00 AM	386-374 BC	Roman	Message	Jonathan is the Romans (as he ruled out Gauls and Etruscan Samnites) Dan is the Etruscan-Samnites and as I predicted, I'm the Gauls
2	11/9/2018 2:32:00 AM	386-374 BC	Roman	Die roll request	Request: 4-sided die x 1 2 Message from Roman: Eric will play: 1 Romans 2 Greeks 3 Etruscan-Samnites 4 Gauls
1	11/9/2018 2:31:00 AM	386-374 BC	Roman	Message	Welcome Eric to our new game. Ignore your countries for now; this is just to setup the game and so we can start communicating. Jonathan and Dan have requested that they play new countries from our previous game. Plus, Jonathan has requested not to play the Etruscan-Samnites and Dan has requested not to play the Gauls as they are each playing another game as those powers. Therefore, I will first fully randomize for Eric, then for Dan and Jonathan with potential linkages, and finally, I'll take whatever is left. So, without further ado, here comes the first die roll...