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| Entry # | Time | Turn | Player | Title | Entry |
| 934 | 9/1/2025 12:53:00 AM | 203-201 BC | Carthage | Play Strategy card as Event |
#38: 3 / Minor Campaign (Both) MOVE ANY TWO GENERALS. Each General can move up to four spaces with 10 combat units. Message from Carthage: Carthage 4th Card: Another Campaign Drama 1st General: Gisgo +2 thru Nuoro to Sassari drop 1 end +1 Oristano CS 2nd General: Hasdrubal +6 sail to Syracuse I make it -3 with the Alliance You may yet play Weather before the die-roll which will Return on a 5 and Sink on a 6, probably betrayed by the promised Greek naval support. |
| 933 | 8/29/2025 11:13:00 PM | 203-201 BC | Rome | Message |
An eruption of Mount Etna generates massive clouds of ash and smoke that delay Mago and his forces long enough for Flaminius, Varro, and his 10 CUs to continue on to (MP 3) Panormus, where they join forces with Marcellus and his men (now 13 CUs) and conclude their move. |
| 932 | 8/29/2025 7:02:00 AM | 203-201 BC | Carthage | Die roll request |
Request: 6-sided die x 1 3 Message from Carthage: Mago +5[2e] will attempt to Intercept Success on a 1 only |
| 931 | 8/28/2025 12:43:00 PM | 203-201 BC | Rome | Play Strategy card as Operations |
#14: 2 / Ligurian Recruits (Carthage) Place two Carthaginian CU's with any General located in Liguria, Cisalpinia or Etruria. Message from Rome: I'll play this to activate Flaminius, who will move with 10 CUs across the Straits of Messana and enter Rhegium. Will you attemptan interception? FYI: I have to leave for an appointment now, but should be able to return to the game in the late afternoon. |
| 930 | 8/28/2025 11:59:00 AM | 203-201 BC | Rome | Message |
Thanks. I was reading Rule 15.2(b) as not being applicable because I was moving, and not attacking. Clearly, it seems to me that in an Interception situation, the intercepting player should be deemed the attacker. But that interpretation seems to be ruled out by the last sentence of Rule 12.4 ("The original active player will still play their BCs first in the battle, not the intercepting non-active player."). |
| 929 | 8/28/2025 12:23:00 AM | 203-201 BC | Carthage | Message |
As a lawyer you will appreciate I have argued for years that an Interception does not "cause" a Battle for +1, but the free ability to Back Up or not is the Cause. But it was a Designer Ruling in a Tournament before my time. |
| 928 | 8/28/2025 12:13:00 AM | 203-201 BC | Carthage | Message |
No. 15.2.c: The Attacker must Retreat first into the space he entered from. 15.2.a: The Retreat may not cross a Mountain Pass or Strait and would be eliminated [15.3.5] However any force that is Intercepted may Back Up One Space [12.5] I call this an Unsurprise even though the successful Intercept was a "Surprise" [12.4] |
| 927 | 8/28/2025 12:12:00 AM | 203-201 BC | Rome | Message |
Sorry to bow out at this critical juncture, but it's time for bed. I don't have anything tomorrow until 12:30, so I will check in during the morning. |
| 926 | 8/27/2025 11:57:00 PM | 203-201 BC | Rome | Message |
Query: If I move my force across the straits to Messana; you manage to intercept; and we havea battle, would my understanding be correct that both Enna and Panormus are possible retreat locations? |
| 925 | 8/27/2025 11:47:00 PM | 203-201 BC | Carthage | Message |
Oh you rolled as well. Mago will end +5[2e] in Syracuse |
| 924 | 8/27/2025 11:41:00 PM | 203-201 BC | Carthage | Die roll request |
Request: 6-sided die x 1 4 Message from Carthage: Mago -4 |
| 923 | 8/27/2025 11:39:00 PM | 203-201 BC | Rome | Message |
He succeeds. |
| 922 | 8/27/2025 11:39:00 PM | 203-201 BC | Rome | Die roll request |
Request: 6-sided die x 1 3 Message from Rome: Mago's sea crossing: |
| 921 | 8/27/2025 11:34:00 PM | 203-201 BC | Rome | Message |
No weather card for me. |
| 920 | 8/27/2025 6:50:00 AM | 203-201 BC | Carthage | Play Strategy card as Event |
#37: 3 / Minor Campaign (Both) MOVE ANY TWO GENERALS. Each General can move up to four spaces with 10 combat units. Message from Carthage: Carthage 3rd Card: Time to make some Moves. 1st General: Hasdrubal +6 to New Carthage OR thru Dertosa ID, Saguntum and Laminium OR 2nd General: Mago +5[2e] sail to Syracuse with 3 MPs I make it -4 with Mago and the Alliance. You may play Weather before the die-roll which will only Return on a 6. |
| 919 | 8/27/2025 12:01:00 AM | 203-201 BC | Rome | Play Strategy card as Operations |
#11: 1 / Balearic Slingers (Both) If you control the Balearic Islands, place one CU in any Port containing a friendly PC and no enemy CUs. Message from Rome: Rome 2nd CardPlay: I'll use this to activate Varro in Capua, who will leave its comforts behind and move with Flaminius and 10 CUs as follows: MP 1: Neapolis. MP 2: Paestum; MP 3: Bruttium; and MP 4: Rhegium. |
| 918 | 8/25/2025 11:47:00 PM | 203-201 BC | Carthage | Play Strategy card as Operations |
#23: 3 / Numidian Ally (Rome) Place up to three Roman PCs in Eastern Numidia in spaces which do not contain enemy CUs. If the space contains a Carthaginian PC, the PC is simply flipped. Message from Carthage: Carthage 2nd Card: Raise Troops +1 Carales CS, Gisgo +2 |
| 917 | 8/25/2025 11:34:00 PM | 203-201 BC | Rome | Play Strategy card as Event |
#47: 3 / Allied Auxiliaries (Lucania) (Rome) Place two Roman CUs with any General in Italy if LUCANIA is Roman controlled. Message from Rome: Place 2 Roman CUs with Flaminius and Varro at Capua. Now 10 CUs. |
| 916 | 8/25/2025 12:33:00 AM | 203-201 BC | Carthage | Play Strategy card as Operations |
#46: 3 / Allied Auxiliaries (Samnium) (Rome) Place two Roman CUs with any General in Italy if SAMNIUM is Roman controlled. Message from Carthage: Normally I would want to go last on the last turn but a Victory Province is at stake. Carthage will go 1st Card: PCs Zuccabar WN, Cirta EN and flip Carales CS |
| 915 | 8/25/2025 12:04:00 AM | 203-201 BC | Rome | Message |
And I'm not seeking to Campaign first. |
| 914 | 8/25/2025 12:04:00 AM | 203-201 BC | Rome | Message |
Oh -- and I missed a step. I'm retaining Marcellus as a Proconsul. |
| 913 | 8/24/2025 11:59:00 PM | 203-201 BC | Rome | Draw Strategy cards |
9 cards drawn. |
| 912 | 8/24/2025 11:59:00 PM | 203-201 BC | Rome | Message |
Varro and Flaminius it is. They both go to Capua. |
| 911 | 8/24/2025 11:57:00 PM | 203-201 BC | Rome | Die roll request |
Request: 7-sided die x 2 1 7 Message from Rome: Consular Elections: 1 - Gaius Flaminius 2 - Titus Longus 3 - Fabius Maximus 4 - Gaius Nero 5 - Aemilius Paulus 6 - Publius Scipio 7 - Terrentius Varro |
| 910 | 8/24/2025 11:47:00 PM | 203-201 BC | Rome | Message |
Roman Reinforcements: - 3 CUs in Capua with Varro and Longus (now 8 CUs) - 2 CUs in Panormus with Marcellus (now 3 CUs) |
| 909 | 8/22/2025 12:09:00 AM | 203-201 BC | Carthage | Draw Strategy cards |
9 cards drawn. |
| 908 | 8/22/2025 12:09:00 AM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | End Turn | |
| 907 | 8/22/2025 12:06:00 AM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Message |
Carthaginian Reinforcements: +3 Illerda ID: Hasdrubal +6 +1 Carthage CC: Mago +5[2e] |
| 906 | 8/22/2025 12:03:00 AM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Message |
Re-Cap Turn 8 (206-204 BC) Syracuse Alliance in Effect Attrition: -Carthaginian: Carales CS, Gisgo +1 ok No Isolation Key: Campania: CM Carthaginia: CA Carthage City: CC PCs: (Carthage, Rome) Victory Provinces: -Carthage has 9 BA(3,0) CE(3,0) OR(3,0) ID(6,0) WN(3,0) EN(3,0) CA(4,0) CC(1,0) SY(1,0) -Rome has 9 CS(1,3) SI(0,5) GC(0,5) ET(0,5) SA(0,4) LA(0,1) CM(0,2) AP(0,5) LU(0,5) Non-Victory Provinces: -4 are Uncontrolled: MA(1,1) BI(0,0) GT(0,0) LI(0,0) -Carthage has 10 CUs: Ilerda ID: Hasdrubal +3 Zama CA: Hanno +2 Carthage CC: 4[2e] alone Carales CS: Gisgo +1 -Rome has 14 CUs: Panormus SI: Marcellus +1 Taurini GC: Africanus +8 Capua CM: Varro +Longus +5 Victory Check: 9-9. I'll proceed to Carthaginian Reinforcements. |
| 905 | 8/21/2025 11:49:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Die roll request |
Request: 6-sided die x 1 5 Message from Carthage: Attrition: Carales CS, Gisgo +1 Only on a 6 |
| 904 | 8/21/2025 11:39:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Play Strategy card as Operations |
#10: 2 / Macedonian Reinforcements (Carthage) Place two Carthaginian CU's in any friendly controlled port in Africa or Italy. May only be played while Philip V of Macedonia is allied with Carthage. Message from Rome: I’ll use this yo activate Africanus, who will move with his 6 CUs from Boii as follows: MP 1: to Verona to pick up 1 CU; now 7 CUs MP 2: to Insubrians with all 7 CUs MP 3: to Taurini; now 8 CUs; end move. And that’s the end of Turn 8. I assume you’ll want to do your usual comprehensive job of the end-of-turn record-keeping. |
| 903 | 8/21/2025 12:16:00 AM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Message |
Only Terventum SA |
| 902 | 8/20/2025 11:56:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Play Strategy card as Operations |
#2: 3 / Sicilia Revolts (Both) If your opponent has control of Sicily, remove all his non-walled PCs in that province which are not stacked with his CUs. Message from Rome: I’ll use this to place PCs in Boii, Taurini, and Verona. I don’t have access to the game map right now. Aside from Apri, what other vacant spaces are there in Italy? |
| 901 | 8/20/2025 11:45:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Message |
Your leaderless Spaniards die gallantly, and Africanus’s force is reduced to 6 CUs. I’ll move on to my remaining card plays, then call it a night. |
| 900 | 8/20/2025 11:17:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Message |
Bingo. Africanus loses 1 |
| 899 | 8/20/2025 11:16:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Die roll request |
Request: 6-sided die x 1 6 Message from Carthage: Opps no Match. Casualty on a 6. Both Carthaginian CUs are lost without Retreat Emporiae MA is Removed |
| 898 | 8/20/2025 11:09:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Play Battle card |
#23 Flank Right Message from Rome: Battle Round # 1. |
| 897 | 8/20/2025 11:06:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Battle Hands dealt |
Battle 17 Carthage: 2 cards Rome: 13 cards |
| 896 | 8/20/2025 10:57:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Message |
13-2 is correct. You may draw and play. I expect to cause 1 casualty as usual |
| 895 | 8/20/2025 10:53:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Play Strategy card as Operations |
#20: 1 / Spy in Enemy Camp (Both) Play at the start of any combat. You may examine up to half of your opponent's Battle Cards. Cards must be drawn randomly. Message from Rome: I was looking forward to using this in the Battle of Boii, but you stymied me . . . So: activate Africanus in Mutina. He moves as follows: MP 1: To Verona with 9 CUs. He drops 1 CU. MP 2: To Insubrians with 8 CUs. MP 3: To Taurini with 8 CUs. He drops 1 CU. MP 4: To Boii with 7 CUs, where combat ensues with the 2 leaderless Carthaginian CUs left there. No Interception or Avoid Battle are possible. Roman forces have 4 BCs for Africanus + 7 for CUs + 2 for Allies = 13 BCs. Carthage has 2 BCs. If there’s nothing I’ve missed, I’ll draw the cards and commence the combat ( and I will still be up for a while!). |
| 894 | 8/20/2025 12:48:00 AM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Play Strategy card as Operations |
#13: 2 / Bruttium Recruits (Carthage) Place two Carthaginian CU's with any General located in Lucania Message from Carthage: Yes, there is a connection from Faleri ET to Ariminium SA so Africanus arrives in Mutina GC +9. Carthage 8th Card: Hasdrubal +3 thru Nemausus Narbo and Emporiae MA to end in Ilerda ID |
| 893 | 8/20/2025 12:37:00 AM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Play Strategy card as Operations |
#15: 1 / Iberian Recruits (Both) Place two Carthaginian CU's with any General located in a friendly controlled province of Hispania. Message from Rome: I’ll play this to activate Africanus in Capua, who will move with 9 CUs (leaving behind Varro, Longus, and 5 CUs in Capua) as follows: Roma Falerii Ariminium Mutina . . . if that’s possible, or to Firmum Picenum and then to Ariminium if it’s not (I’m on the road right now and I’m having trouble determining whether there is a direct road connection between Falerii and Ariminium). |
| 892 | 8/19/2025 11:39:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Message |
Oh, that’s right. I had forgotten about the bonus for moving with only 1 CU. So Gisgo and his 1 CU are in Carales. |
| 891 | 8/18/2025 12:41:00 AM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Die roll request |
Request: 6-sided die x 1 4 Message from Carthage: So Gisgo +1 with a Syracusan Alliance: -4 Return on a 6 |
| 890 | 8/18/2025 12:33:00 AM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Message |
Hasdrubal suffers significant losses in recrossing the Alps: troop morale may be an issue. - 2 CUs. Hasdrubal arrives in Druentia with 3 CUs. |
| 889 | 8/18/2025 12:30:00 AM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Message |
My other Ladder game has a Macedonian Alliance. He's in Moldova and generally posts after Midnight as well... There's also a -1 if moving with 1 CU: 11.5 Roman Naval Supremacy in the Phalanx |
| 888 | 8/18/2025 12:26:00 AM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Die roll request |
Request: 6-sided die x 1 5 Message from Rome: Hasdrubal crosses the Alps from Taurini to Druentia with 5 CUs: |
| 887 | 8/18/2025 12:22:00 AM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Message |
Well, that would have been a nicer card to draw with my Messenger Intercepted! So each of us has had that experience now. I shan't play any Response cards. As for the Sea Move by Gisgo, I make the calculations as follows: - 2 Carthage Port facilities - 1 Carales Port facilities - 1 Syracusan Alliance = - 4 + 1 Roman PC in Carales = -3 DRM Let me know if you agree, and if so, if you still wish to proceed with the move. Unless there's something I've missed, Macedon is not allied with Carthage. The only two times that card has come up -- in Posts 104 and 847 -- the card was played for Ops by Rome. |
| 886 | 8/17/2025 10:18:00 AM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Play Strategy card as Event |
#34: 3 / Major Campaign (Both) MOVE ANY THREE GENERALS. Each General can move up to four spaces with 10 combat units. Message from Carthage: Carthage 7th Card: Event 1st General: Hanno +2 thru Saldae WN, Cirta, Thubursicu EN, end Zama CA 2nd General: Gisgo +1, leave 4[2e] Carthage CC sail and end Carales CS I make it -4 with Macedonians and a Roman PC, so he will return on a 6 3rd General: Hasdrubal +4, leave 2 Boii GC pick up 1 Taurini , cross +5 to Druentia GT to end Rhone GT You have multiple choice for Weather, and like before can roll for the Crossing and now the Sail as well. |
| 885 | 8/16/2025 11:14:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Message |
A dramatic event. I need a new plan now.... |
| 884 | 8/16/2025 11:08:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Discard Strategy card |
Message from Rome: Here's the discard. |
| 883 | 8/16/2025 11:07:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Message |
You have received 1-Iberians |
| 882 | 8/16/2025 11:06:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Give random Strategy card to Rome |
Message from Carthage: Messenger Event |
| 881 | 8/16/2025 11:06:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Message |
Yes the card drawn was from the deck and needs to be undone. Messenger will then be fulfilled by Carthage giving the card from the current hand, which I will do now. |
| 880 | 8/16/2025 10:53:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Message |
It looks to me like that card came from the undrawn file, not your hand. Despite the language of the card text, do you need to discard the card? |
| 879 | 8/16/2025 10:51:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Draw Extra Strategy card | |
| 878 | 8/16/2025 10:50:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Play Strategy card as Event |
#55: 3 / Messenger Intercepted (Both) Draw one Strategy Card from your opponent's hand and add it to your own. Message from Rome: I'll play this for the Event. |
| 877 | 8/15/2025 2:15:00 AM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Play Strategy card as Operations |
#7: 1 / Hostile Tribes (Both) Play whenever an opposing army occupies (or enters) space in Gallia Transalpinia or Liguria. The Army immediately undergoes Attrition on the 5-6 column. Message from Carthage: Carthage 6th Card: Flip Boii GC |
| 876 | 8/15/2025 12:09:00 AM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Play Strategy card as Operations |
#30: 3 / Carthaginian Siege Train (Carthage) Place the Siege Train Marker with any Carthaginian General. A General with the Siege Train ignores the -1 die roll modifier applied against Carthaginian sieges. Message from Rome: I'll use this to activate Africanus, who will sea move with his 4 CUs from Carales to Neapolis, and thence to Capua. |
| 875 | 8/12/2025 11:39:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Play Strategy card as Operations |
#61: 1 / Force March (1 rating) (Both) Move a General whose Strategy Rating is 1 up to six spaces. Message from Carthage: At least no Elephants were harmed in the Crossing Carthage 5th card: Flip Taurini GT |
| 874 | 8/12/2025 11:23:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Play Strategy card as Operations |
#58: 1 / Cato Counsels Rome (Carthage) Roman CUs are prohibited from moving to Africa until the Strategy Deck is reshuffled. This does not affect Roman CUs already there. Message from Rome: I'll use this to activate Varro, who will move with Longus and the 9 CUs at Croton as follows: - Bruttium: pick up 1 CU; now 10 CUs - Paestum: passing the grand temples of the Greeks on the flat plain of the Sele, where American and British forces will land in September 1943 - through the passes of the Lattari mountains, and thence along the Bay of Naples past the small town of Pompeii with Vesuvius overlooking their march from the east, until they make their camp in Capua (Varro, Longus, 10 CUs). |
| 873 | 8/12/2025 11:06:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Message |
Well, this game is not done with its twists and turns yet. Hasdrubal loses 3 Cs, and advances with 7 CUs through Taurini (wherehe drops 1 CU) and thence to to Boii with 6 CUs. |
| 872 | 8/12/2025 11:02:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Die roll request |
Request: 6-sided die x 1 6 Message from Rome: Attrition roll for Hasdrubal's crossing of the Alps. |
| 871 | 8/12/2025 11:01:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Message |
I'll proceed to the Attrition roll. |
| 870 | 8/11/2025 12:19:00 AM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Play Strategy card as Operations |
#21: 2 / Mercenaries Desert (Rome) The Carthaginian player must use the Attrition Table for all his forces on the map not in friendly walled city spaces. Units with Generals are exempt if a separate die roll <= the General's Battle Rating. Message from Carthage: Carthaginian 4th Card: Hasdrubal +10 thru Druentia GT to cross to Taurini GC. He will need to roll for losses, then drop 1 in Taurini and proceed to Boii GC with the remainder You could play Bad Weather to stop him crossing or you can roll for the losses. Or even play Hostile Tribes as well. |
| 869 | 8/10/2025 11:58:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Play Strategy card as Operations |
#56: 2 / Grain Shortage (Carthage) Remove any three Roman non-walled PCs. You may only play this card if you control Sicilia. Message from Rome: I'll use this to place a PC in Pisa and flip the Carthaginian PC in Carales. |
| 868 | 8/10/2025 12:36:00 AM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Play Strategy card as Operations |
#44: 2 / Allied Auxiliaries (Apulia) (Rome) Place two Roman CUs with any General in Italy if APULIA is Roman controlled. Message from Carthage: Carthage 3rd Card: Hasdrubal +10 thru Emporiae-Narbo-Nemausus to end +10 Rhone MA |
| 867 | 8/10/2025 12:20:00 AM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Message |
Mago did his best and Africanus loses 1, +4 remaining while Mago +1 are also lost |
| 866 | 8/10/2025 12:16:00 AM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Die roll request |
Request: 6-sided die x 1 2 Message from Carthage: Success 1-2 anyway. 5th Round casualties |
| 865 | 8/10/2025 12:14:00 AM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Die roll request |
Request: 6-sided die x 1 1 Message from Carthage: Counter Round 4 Success on a 4, may not matter, 5th Round loss guaranteed |
| 864 | 8/10/2025 12:14:00 AM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Die roll request |
Request: 6-sided die x 1 4 Message from Carthage: Counter Round 4 Success on a 4, may not matter, 5th Round loss guaranteed |
| 863 | 8/10/2025 12:13:00 AM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Play Battle card |
#45 Reserve (use as any other card) Message from Carthage: Match Round 4 |
| 862 | 8/9/2025 11:36:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Play Battle card |
#23 Flank Right Message from Rome: Battle Round # 4. |
| 861 | 8/9/2025 11:35:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Message |
Finally! |
| 860 | 8/9/2025 11:35:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Die roll request |
Request: 6-sided die x 1 3 Message from Rome: Initiative Roll. |
| 859 | 8/9/2025 11:34:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Play Battle card |
#5 Frontal Assault Message from Rome: Match. |
| 858 | 8/8/2025 10:11:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Play Battle card |
#4 Frontal Assault Message from Carthage: Round 3 Attack |
| 857 | 8/8/2025 10:04:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Die roll request |
Request: 6-sided die x 1 6 Message from Rome: Initiative Roll. |
| 856 | 8/8/2025 10:04:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Play Battle card |
#34 Probe (modify retreat by -2) Message from Rome: Match. |
| 855 | 8/7/2025 11:27:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Play Battle card |
#31 Probe (modify retreat by -2) Message from Carthage: Round 2 Attack |
| 854 | 8/7/2025 11:26:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Die roll request |
Request: 6-sided die x 1 2 Message from Carthage: Counter Round 1 Success 1-2 |
| 853 | 8/7/2025 11:26:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Play Battle card |
#30 Flank Right Message from Carthage: Match Round 1 |
| 852 | 8/7/2025 11:23:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Play Battle card |
#29 Flank Right Message from Rome: Battle Round # 1. |
| 851 | 8/7/2025 11:22:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Battle Hands dealt |
Battle 16 Carthage: 4 cards Rome: 9 cards |
| 850 | 8/6/2025 11:53:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Message |
I make it Africanus: 4 +5 CUs =9 Mago: 2 +1 CU +1 Ally =4 No card play for me. You can play and Draw |
| 849 | 8/6/2025 11:50:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Die roll request |
Request: 6-sided die x 1 6 Message from Carthage: Mago +1 will attempt Interception Success on a 1 |
| 848 | 8/6/2025 11:37:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Message |
(Marcellus and the other 1 CU will remain in Panormus.) |
| 847 | 8/6/2025 11:37:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Play Strategy card as Operations |
#9: 3 / Philip Allies with Carthage (Both) The Roman must randomly discard on Strategy Card. Carthage receives a -1 die roll modifier for Sea Movement. Once Macedonia is at war, this event becomes playable only by Rome and ends the Macedonian alliance. Message from Rome: I'll use this to activate Africanus, who will move by sea from Panormus to Oristano, and then continue to Carales if not intercepted. |
| 846 | 8/2/2025 12:47:00 AM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Play Strategy card as Event |
#12: 2 / African Reinforcements (Carthage) Place one Elephant unit (at strength level 2) in Carthage. If an Elephant unit is not available, place two regular CUs in Carthage Message from Carthage: Carthage 2nd Card: Event Carthage +2e, now Gisgo +5[2e] |
| 845 | 8/2/2025 12:34:00 AM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Play Strategy card as Operations |
#42: 1 / Elephant Fright (Rome) Play if attacked by elephants. They have no effect on you and the Carthaginian player immediately loses two BCs. Message from Rome: I'll use this to activate Africanus, who will move with Marcellus and 4 CUs as follows: - Enna - Agrigentum - Lilybaeum (pick up 2 CUs; now 6 CUs) - Panormus |
| 844 | 8/1/2025 6:13:00 PM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Play Strategy card as Operations |
#48: 1 / Allied Auxiliaries (Campania) (Rome) Place two Roman CUs with any General in Italy if CAMPANIA is Roman controlled. Message from Carthage: Carthage will go 1st Card: PC Verona GC |
| 843 | 7/30/2025 12:55:00 AM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Message |
After the Pandemic recovery I returned to WBC in 2024 where I went 5-0, winning the Event. The matches broke well for me and I avoided playing several past champions whom I had never defeated. It's quite a Shark Tank. At 1 point I won after 10 rolls to take Syracuse(!) In the final game and final turn Gisgo made a desperate attempt to take Italy on his own, as Hannibal and Africanus were stalemated in Africa. My opponent only had 1 3 card to stop me and used Messenger as an Operation (!) but I played Bad Weather, and he resigned. We used to rent a Van and go down with 4+ guys but there was only 1 other guy in 2024. Weak finances and Border nuisances have made any future trips dubious but I have the satisfying triumph. |
| 842 | 7/30/2025 12:25:00 AM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Message |
P.S. I know you've you've played at HRC at WBC. Have you ever won the title? And are you there now? |
| 841 | 7/30/2025 12:23:00 AM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Message |
Oh, and obviously, both my consuls have to join the army in Croton, where Varro had been in any case. Yes, it was a weird turn for the Romans. The contrast between their strong position at the start of the turn (leaving aside the two weak consuls) and how things played out over the course of it was pretty devastating. And you were right that things did break my way on the Intercepted Messenger card. But that was the last time that happened. And seeing those exact same weak leaders reappear for a second turn in a row was pretty hard to take -- although I guess the odds of that happening are 2 out of 7, which is 28 percent -- certainly not negligible. In any case, I've picked myself up and am ready to proceed. I am not seeking to go first. |
| 840 | 7/30/2025 12:04:00 AM | 206-204 BC | Rome | Draw Strategy cards |
9 cards drawn. |
| 839 | 7/28/2025 2:11:00 AM | 206-204 BC | Carthage | Draw Strategy cards |
9 cards drawn. |
| 838 | 7/28/2025 2:10:00 AM | 209-207 BC | Carthage | End Turn | |
| 837 | 7/28/2025 2:08:00 AM | 209-207 BC | Carthage | Message |
You had the Dream Team of Africanus, Marcellus, a Force March and a Campaign while Messenger failed to Intercept Sortie or Pestilence. Conditions were excellent. But there had been much casualties on both sides, so the losses are serious. Although the best scenario for Carthage is a last Turn Syracuse sometimes Rome's only hope is a Siege of Carthage City, with or with out negating African Allies. I've actually never had a Siege of Rome and very rarely seen the Siege Train deployed Carthage needs to be careful not to leave it wide open. I always seek to leave at least 2 CU behind as a Battle prevents a Siege roll. I've played probably a 100 or so games, many in competition and have made a point to acquire each game edition rules. The systems I've developed for ACTS recording are designed to help a Moderator if a ruling is needed. |
| 836 | 7/28/2025 1:41:00 AM | 209-207 BC | Rome | Message |
Un-effing believable. "Somebody get me an Augur -- fast!!!" I'm going to bed now. |
| 835 | 7/28/2025 1:40:00 AM | 209-207 BC | Rome | Die roll request |
Request: 7-sided die x 2 2 6 Message from Rome: 1 - Publius Scipio 2 - Titus Longus 3 - Gaius Flaminius 4 - Fabius Maximus 5 - Gaius Nero 6 - Terrentius Varro 7 - Aemilius Paulus |
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