'Eis tin polin' is Greek for '(in)to the city', coined by the Byzantines themselves when referring to their capital (the grandest in the world) and later (many claim) derived by the Turks to rename the city Istanbul.
This is a player-versus-player campaign with one player being Byzantine and the other the enemy (of the Byzantines). It spans from the fourth century AD all the way to the fall of Constantinople in 1453 AD... If the Byzantine player survives that long! Different enemies and their armies move relentlessly towards Constantinople (hence the campaign name 'eis tin polin'... '(in)to the city') over the centuries, and it is up to the Byzantine player to stop or at least slow them down, because once Constantinople falls, all is lost.
Although the thread of the campaign is located in the Field of Glory II: Ancients forum, it will in the later centuries involve army lists from Medieval.
- Byzantine player: SnuggleBunnies
- Enemy player: kronenblatt, with Karvon, tyronec, Lennard, and Rosedelio guest starring
Credits to Steve Ashing (game design) and Ilya Kudriashov (art) for the Constantinople board game and its gorgeous map, and many thanks to Rico on the The Few Good Men forum for advice and inspiration from his own campaign based on the same map.
Round X (13th and 14th centuries AD)
The campaign has ended.
The Byzantines managed to pacify the Arabs as well (in total, eight pacified enemies!) and repulse the Turks but succumbed to the invasion of the Crusaders who managed to reach Constantinople and caused its fall.