and as I test it again its back!

site is up at
http://www.redstar1.net/ctp2

has to be updated a bit after todays reports.......

I'll take a grab of the map when I play my turns, which will be when I get home unless I can find a windows98 cd in work

3500BC
Rumours of a race called the Mayans are abound. Stories of huge tombs being constructed are rife. The Irish people look to their leader to follow such inspiration. A warrior unit scouting the Northern desert discovers a deserted village and finds strange stringed weapons. These are returned to Dublin for analysis and all warriors currently undergoing training are versed in the use of these new weapons.

3475BC
Continued exploration. Rumours of ruined villages in the west.

3450BC
The first Unit trained as Archers is commissioned in Dublin. Warriors in the north are sending back reports of a huge desert.

3425BC
The ocean is spotted beyond the northern desert. It is a welcome sight for the weary warrior scouts. Archers complete their training in Blarney. The people of Blarney are now ordered to prepare to send some of its citizens on a quest to settle new lands. Warrior unit in the west enters an abandoned village only to be ambushed by Barbarians! Attempts to escape are foiled by armies to the south and west proclaiming these lands in the name of Helen of Greece. The great Greek leader refuses to exchange maps.

3400BC
Warrior unit in the west is overrun by Barbarian forces. Continued exploration.

3375BC
Waterford founded on the banks of a river north of Dublin. Citizens begin training Archers for defence. Warriors enter a village in the south and return with 417 gold.

3350BC
A new unit of archers completes training in Dublin.

3325BC
Herds of elephants are discovered roaming the lands to the south of Blarney.

3300BC
Continued exploration.

3275BC
New Archers unit trained in Dublin. Citizens begin to prepare a new band of settlers to populate the empty lands around Dublin. Warrior unit in south repels a surprise barbarian attack.

3250BC
The art of writing is perfected by Irish scientists. Efforts now turned to making best use of slave labour. Archer unit complete in Waterford and sent on mission to map the coastline. Greek military units spotted using horses as transport.

3225BC
Continued exploration. Evidence of Greek city to the west.

3200BC
Ruins of a village discovered in Elephant country. A very flat village. The archers wonder what could have happened here. Instructions for building sea-going vessels discovered.

3175BC
Exploration of wasteland in south continues. Greek capital of Athens discovered. Call is put out to all available units to gather together for mutual protection. Greek envoy asks us to remove our unit from Greece. Ask for map in return but request is turned down. Redstar1 decides that the Greek empire needs to be removed to allow the Irish people to grow and prosper.

3150BC
Rumours are heard of a Barbarian conquest of Canada. Units make for rendezvous point east of Athens. Waterford trains Archers for town protection and begins work on a coracle.

3125BC
Mercenaries discovered in artic wasteland to south. They join with our warrior unit and begin the trek towards Greece.

3100BC
Sea borders now outlined to north, east and south of Ireland. Redstar1 wonders what could lie beyond....

3075BC
Armies begin to group east of Athens

3050BC
Desert to North almost completely scouted.

3025BC
Army of 4 units begins moving towards Athens.

Before the dream of conquering Athens can be realised, the great Irish leader Redstar1 dies mysteriously in his sleep. In the ensuing chaos one man rises above all others to claim his place at the head of the Irish people..........

Right, sorry for the lenght, was feeling creative today most of the land is scouted and only Athens stands in the way of the rest of the continent. There is an army of 1 warrior and 3 archers moving on Athens and it should be enough to capture the Greek capital. Another 2 warrior units are reasonably nearby if needed. We've begun to catch up overall. Way ahead in military but behind in science and economy. We need more cities and settlers are in production in all cities (i think!). Greece needs to die though I was researching slave labour but i think we seriously need some better military units.

I'll post the map on the website when possible.

Great job with the site!!
I love the catch-phrase titles you gave to describe each reign!

I give it 4 cools

- Skeeve

I'm still trying to figure out why Sean II's reign as Apolyton XI
was called "The Child Apolyton".

I'm wracking my brain but can't figure it out. What was that about?
- Skeeve

100 BC; Apolyton XI wrestles command of the greek nation from his rivals.

and

1 AD; A new calender system is adopted to mark the 100th birthday of Sean II.

Ok, any clearer now?

I was just going through your web-site again...
I think it's more entertaining to re-read the Chronicles to figure out how you chose the catch-phrases!

A lot of them are very funny and creative!

I especially liked Rhuarc's reign which he never typed a summary, so you wrote "Records lost to History".
"Aabecka the Lazy" was pretty funny, too.
But my favorite, probably because it's my own, is my own reign: "Survies Arms-to-England Scandal". That was based on one little sentence in my summary. Hehe, Good one!

Keep up the good work!

- Skeeve

David -- good luck with re-install. Everyone knows how f* annoying Microsfot products can be ...

anyhow -- we found Greeks, eh? I say we lay a smack-down on their arses. And sooner the better!

They are perfect puns for the situation... You should work for a newspaper in coming up with titles!

Herein lie the chronicles of the amazing feats of wonder achieved
by the third ruler of the almighty Irish civilization, Warlord David
Murray:

• 3000BC: David Murray, a prominent member of the ruling tribe of the Irish,
  seizes upon the anarchy that follows the death of the elderly ruler Redstar1.
  His youthful cunning and ruthlessness sees him to rise of the top of the tribe,
  his opponents and detractors heads put upon spikes in the village center of
  Dublin. No one is messing with this warlord.
  
  
  
  • Warlord David Muray's first point of call as the Irish ruler is reducing
    national rations. "They eat too much and work too little!" he
    is famously quoted as saying.
  
  
  • The national state of the fledgling Empire is despondent--infrastructure,
    military, trade...all in desperate need of development, investment and
    research. Warlord Murray sets about not only to expand and conquer, but
    also to improve the facilities for the Irish people. Thus, public works
    are set at 20 percent.
  
  
  • Archers enter into the newly-produced coracle at Waterford, which presently
    sets off to the north to explore new lands.
  
  
  • The mighty army south advances upon unsuspecting Athens. They stand
    no chance against the superior leadership of Warlord Murray
  
  
  
  


• 2975BC: Our might army inches to within a few short miles of Athens. They
  still don't expect an attack.


• 2950BC: Athens, the Greek capital, falls! Scores of our warriors fall in
  the battle, but the Irish people celebrate a defining victory over malevolent
  Greeks! A settler is rush-bought in Dublin.


• 2925BC: Two new settlers move toward greener pastures with plentiful trade
  routes. Work now begins on granaries to provide food for the Irish people.


• 2900BC: Greeks refuse a ceasefire offer for 100 gold. They must have a death
  wish or something. Warlord Murray muses that he wouldn't mind helping them
  with that particular wish.


• 2875-2850BC: The Greeks, cap in hand, approach Warlord Murray with a ceasefire
  proposal. Murray, being a cunning diplomat, responds in an obsequetious tone
  (and to a weak civilization, too) requesting that the Greeks also throw in
  their map as part of the deal. They accept. Four Greek cities are found--Sparta,
  Corinth, Olympia and Troy.


• 2825BC: A farm is constructed near Dublin. Warlord Murray assigns people
  in all of his cities to become farmer specialists and bolster the growth of
  the civilization. Another part of his reforms is to change the research from
  slave labor to jurisprudence, so that the Irish can acquire the knowledge
  of trade and become the richest civilization in the world.


• 2800BC: Tribesmen report in awe that Napoleon Bonaparte has begun work on
  Chichén Itza. Waterfod starts working on a granary, while Athens trains
  archers.


• 2775BC: Cork and Limerick are founded. Dublin rush-buys its granary.


• 2750BC: Barbarian warriors approach the newly-build Limerick--just as well
  that archers accompanying the settler were deployed in the city! Exploring
  warriors are ambushed by barbarians in ruins southwest of Athens.


• 2725BC: Limerick easily repels the barbarian raiders. Research on trade
  begins. The national euphoria at the state of the economy and the war against
  Greece allows Warlord Murray to surreptitiously lower the national wage.


• 2700BC: Nzinga of the Nigerians begins work on Chichén Itza. Dublin
  responds by beginning work on the Pyramids.


• 2675BC: Workers in Cork begin to riot. Their ungrateful ways and slavish
  adherence to their own interests disgusts Warlord Murray, who promptly arranges
  for units to be sent to Cork to initiate martial law.


• 2650BC: Attila is nearing completion of the Ramayana. The exploring coracle
  finds a new shoreline far north to Ireland's own borders.


• 2625BC: Warriors and archers assimilate near Sparta to form a second mighty
  army. Blarney begins construction of a new settler. A farm is build near Waterfod.


• 2600BC: Barbarians approach Dublin. A small army sallies forth from Dublin
  and kills the barbarians.


• 2575BC: Attila completes construction of Ramayana. Greece refuse to pay
  us tribute and so our mighty army invades Sparta. Warlord Murray faces a humiliating
  defeat when he immediately calls on his troops to retreat, noticing that Sparta
  is extremely well-defended. It would take a mixed army of twelve units to
  comfortably take Sparta. No major losses are incurred in the battle. In an
  effort to regain respect from his people, and to quell the ongoing riot in
  Cork, Warlord Murray raises food rations.


• 2550BC: Bronze working is discovered in a ruined city on the island north
  to our borders.


• 2525BC: Zmucane has almost build the Pyramids. Dublin changes build orders
  to a settler unit instead. As barbarians approach the city of Waterford, Warlord
  Murray sets out on a heroic mission to repel them with only a handful of his
  strongest warriors...unfortunately, he does not even make it out of his palace,
  collapsing with heart attack.

Doctors posthumously attribute his heart attack to over-eating
and a lack of work.