Umm i have not received any email so can you resend it please..

It looked like the address etc was correct when EoJ sent the email - I've forwarded it on to you again. For the first few turns it might be wise if everyone checks their junk mail folders / settings just in case things get filtered out that we'd rather they didn't.

Thanks for the offer Brutian, we'll keep you in mind. I suppose the question comes of 'should you be allowed to read any hotseat campaign write-ups?' if you're a potential sub. I'd rather not lose either potential interested readers or potential subs so that's a difficult one. Does anyone have any thoughts?

I had actually thought of this myself and decided against it. People seem pretty much dedicated to the Hotseat at the moment but things can change all of a sudden, and if i am up to date on Spanish, Venetian and turkish activity and I am offered England or Sicily, it provides a tricky situation.

Got the save, played it, sent it... Next person!! Your up!!!

Hi, I just found out about his hotseat deal. I would like to join a campaign. I'm currently in one right now, but going way too slow. I'm availabe all day and night mon-fri. I work weekends. Please Im new at this, if could also recommend some literature. Thank You!

Hope Bandito comes back soon, he always had such good tactic´s.

Hello Fernandez, we've currently got all the players we need - if we have any need for replacements we'll keep you in mind though. If it's speed you're after then I'm not sure how well this fits - we're on turn 72 and we started ooh, probably about two years ago. The poor turn rate is mainly due to a couple of patches where things almost ceased entirely, we were doing quite well for the first year.

In terms of reading materials - there are a few guides about and you might find the campaign write-ups interesting, to the extent people have discussed plans etc. I'll draw up a brief list of links below. Personally I think that the campaign threads are much more interesting when various people comment, question and suggest things, but mine seem to just end up full of me monologuing.

Links:
Hotseat guide discussion - unfortunately El Bandito's secrets weren't ever actually disclosed, so that's as far as that guide goes
Campaign discussions:
HotseatA - England
HotseatA - Spain
HotseatA - Venice
HotseatA - Sicily (Probably one of the most complete - but also as it was written by me, probably also quite dull...)
HotseatA - Turks

HotseatB - England
HotseatB - Moors
HotseatC - England
HotseatE - England
HotseatF (yes it did get that silly, maybe up to 'I') - England
(no deliberate posting just of England threads, they just seem to be the most common and most detailed)

There are some on other forums that can be quite useful for specific aspects, such as how 'admin mode' for hotseats works, but I'd start locally with the ones on M2TWH and then either ask or search the internet for specific questions.

You might notice that a lot of the write-ups stop after a few turns; mostly that's because the games withered away. Part of the difficulty with hotseats is keeping them moving and keeping all players engaged. If it works you end up with quite a fun and involved game, if it doesn't then it's quite disappointing.

Civilian employee Selifator reporting for active reserve duty.

active reserve... That's an oxymoron.

I'm going to need another day to install the updates.

Sounds awesome so it's allowed.

Done with my turn, but will need to send email tomorrow.

Righto, thanks for keeping us up-to-date GundamMerc. I'm likely to be out of contact for a couple of days but should be back easily in time for my next turn unless Sicily and Turkey play quickly.

Anything new?

The Turks keep bugging my couriers with messages, and I keep forgetting to send them back with a response. I have four regions. My religious fervor greatly outreaches my abilities. Same ol' same ol'.

I forgot to send the save again. Probably won't be at house Thursday, so Friday seems like it will be the most likely day I can send it. I'm typing this via phone by the way, for those who are wondering.

he Turks keep bugging my couriers with messages, and I keep forgetting to send them back with a response.

E-mail, dear chap

And I keep forgetting to send them back with a response.

Can at least one of you start writing on your faction thread again, it was quite intersting to read it.

I'll be continuing mine, I'm only one turn behind

Turn 72 is somewhat sluggish compared to the last couple, but it is moving - TheGodfather should have it now. TheGodfather, if the email hasn't come through (you had trouble last time iirc, or was that Awesomated? Hmm maybe you didn't then) then let us know.

Good to know.

I'll write up next time I get the save, there's only so much you can write for one turn

Things are still moving along, I had been super busy lately and just got a chance to load the save this morning for Sicily but the actual file was for Venice. Once i get the proper save from Jade I will be taking my turn and things will continue to progress. Stay with it everyone.

I thought that having sat around waiting for a while I'd help things along a little by hitting 'end turn' for Venice if that was all that had been missed (i.e. if the turn was complete but missing the last step) - however the first message up on the screen (which I'd intended to just hit escape through so not get any extra info) was a "accept / reject" one, indicating that the save was at the start, rather than the end, of the turn. The other test of "is there a new message to Spain?" also came out without showing the turn had been played.

We need to get this moving again quite pronto. TheGodfather, had you heard back from GundamMerc?

edit: Other version of save sent on 26 Feb - thanks GundamMerc

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Turn 72 for the Turks has been sent on.