Day 10: Bellum Mercium

Salvete!

We had an extremely exhilarating day today, as it marked the long-awaited event of ​Bellum Mercium, or commodity wars. In a live action roleplay game that lasted from 2:30 to 8:30 pm (with a dinner break), we split into our provinces and battled for resources, land, and province cup points. One thing we soon learnt was that all provinces were not created equal; some were given more land and resources to begin with while others were placed in advantageous positions to wage war and create alliances. Asia dominated from the beginning, acquiring over 50 territories within the first two years. However, as soon as other provinces noticed their actions, an alliance against Asia formed, and they fought in eight immediately subsequent wars to defend (and soon lose) their territory. In the end, however, they still won by the technical rules of the game, although other awards assigned by the teachers and our guest moderator, Magister Gallagher, made scoring a little less straightforward. Magister Gallagher was incredibly helpful throughout the planning and execution of Bellum Mercium, as he was the grand architect and the only one who knew all the rules of the game. Following the tallying of province cup scores and a debrief of the game itself, we discovered that Germania had usurped Italia's lead in the province cup, which they had held since the very first day of academy. After a much-needed break, we held an "emergency" convention to watch an episode of Jeopardy that one of our RAs, Megan, participated in (and won!). 

Signing off, your aediles,
​Ananya and Mercury :D