Cool - I sent him a PW.

Jomni - I'm having trouble starting our game, and I think I must have corrupted the mod file while looking at it a few months back. I re-installed Silk Road MP, v 1.6 this time, and set up a new game. Sorry about that.

Najanaja will take on these two Franks army (Cuddlefission) to fight Ostrogoths garrison (Najanaja) in Alamannia Frankish vs Ostrogothic in Northern European Hilly Franks victory results: Liberates Roman Empire army (TheGrayMouser) to fight Sassanids army (Najanaja) in Anbar Byzantine vs Sassanid in...

Sounds good - I've asked another player who sometimes joins us to pick up some games, and anyone else should feel free to bring in outside opponents. In a week or so, I'll pick up any games on my own that haven't started yet.

So I went ahead and chose, because Rex needs a lot of opponents. Either side can challenge. Good luck! (I had Illyria listed earlier. Never mind that, unless you already issued the challenge.) Dumnonia army (kongxinga) to fight Visigoths army (RexHurley) in Aremorica Romano-British vs Visigothic in ...

That's correct - Wei allies are jomni. So I guess take the Yarlungs. Sorry about that!

I'll randomly choose a Mideast/European NPC for you. Thanks for taking one!

I'm happy with either side challenging, just to get the ball rolling. Just post here so there are no overlaps.

When I get home I'll send out a few challenges of my own, maybe one to each player.

And here are the specific battles. Lots of player vs NPC fights this turn, so I encourage anyone who's interested to pick one or two up! PLAYER VS PLAYER Liang army (kongxinga) to fight Wei army (jomni) in Jin Chinese (Southern Qi) vs Northern Dynasties in Middle Eastern Agricultural Liang victory r...

All right, the turn is processed! Here is the battle map. A list of battles to follow...

Div A

Achaemenids (Nijis) beat Medians (Harveylh) 63-56.

Median infantry began to crack under the initial arrow storm but rallied and charged, leading to a tense series of melees that almost broke the Persians.

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Haven't heard from shadowblack so I'll go ahead and process the turn shortly.

I will indeed - any questions you have, let me know.

Carthage defeats the Greeks in Sparta, 22 to 50. Both sides were stronger on their right, but the Carthaginians scored a few early successes and were able to turn and envelope the center faster.

Wow! You've really done a lot with the code. Beautiful map and icons!

It was an issue with the TT mod. Game is started! My apologies..

Hi Harvey - I don't see the challenge on the games list.

Div A.

Nijis (Palmyrans) defeated Cunningcairn (Dacians) 47-9.

Dacians tried to envelope the smaller Palmyran force, but rough terrain on the flanks made this tricky and the Palmyran middle, spearheaded by legionaries, were able to overcome the enemy warbands. A good game.

I, um, should have read the victory conditions in the briefing. Nice carpe dieming!

Group 2

Challenges posted

Soissons 486 AD (Franks v Syagrius)
Nosy_Rat v Nijis

Tolbiac 496 AD (Franks v Germans)
Barrold713 v Nijis

Vouille 508 AD (Franks v Visigoths)
Nijis v IMC

Password for all matches: franks

Oops - sorry I missed the 9/12 result in the Arab/Arab battle in Najd. I can manually change the outcome according to my usual formula for unfinished battles. (This is easy because southern Arabia is a bit isolated. I probably could not manually edit an outcome in the heart of Europe.) So the battle...

Events: CHINA Liang's drive on Qin cuts the Wei heartland off from its allies and trading partners on the Tibetan plateau. Wei makes a treaty with the tribes of Kham, but unless a line of communication can restored, that may be short-lived. Meanwhile, jealousies in the Liang aristocracy over the div...