I am risen! Have played the occasional (cough) game over the past month. TWINSv6 and v7 were both IRON MANned for 1,147,950 and 1,148,240 points respectively. Then managed to go ten campaigns in a row without another IRON MAN. TWINSv8 to v16 were all in the range of 1,148,230—1,148,455, so I achieve...

Nice result, gives me a biot of an itch to play again... :-) Do it, Aleksandr, do it... ...or don't. It really is the most ridiculous time-waster and I've got so many better things to be doing than playing TWIN FREAKS v3 and v4 in the space of 24 hours. TWIN FREAKS v3 + v4 https://i.imgur.com/ddmqZ...

I look forawrd the day when you finish the game with only the Legate! :-D But that would be SILLY, Aleksandr. TWIN FREAKS v2 https://i.imgur.com/KQkdsid.jpg New high score, 75pts up on previous best TRIOv22 (although they have homines ferrei on their standard). 820 casualties, 738 heals. My excitem...

TWIN FREAKS v1 https://i.imgur.com/Gi5uun4.jpg 1,146,605 = 879 healed deaths, from a total of 946. TRIOv22 was 753 healed deaths from 910 total. So my best TRIO body count, after weeks of 'developing' the three unit format, is just 36 casualties better than my first attempt at a two unit army. It g...

Well, that answers the first question...



14-15 minutes left on the clock at point of victory. Surprisingly little difference in levels (L14/13 vs the last TRIO's L14/11/11) but W4/A5 vs W3/A3.

Aleksandr! tbf, Messana IS an offensive battle, but Caudine Forks? O_O Man, I'd really really LOVE to see your playthrough! Each of my 'battle plans' comes from a starting point of protecting archers. The archers are long gone, but there are still battles where I realise I'm shielding something that...

And he’s back! I think I’ve finally reached the point where I’m ready to hang up my gladius for a while. Since my first TRIO IRON MAN (v10) I’ve completed another dozen campaigns. Four of those (four of the last seven, in fact) have also been IRON MAN runs. The last run, TRIOv22, was both IRON MAN a...

So... current TRIO high score is v8 on 1,146,445 (911 healed losses from a total of 1,018; coming in below the 1,000 casualties mark might be the next challenge!). Sadly I failed to note where the IRON MAN failed. The obviously troublesome battles all have ‘first attempt’ next to them. Think it *mig...

I just feel... idk... sad, maybe? Because if the army building, the inf-cav-miss balancing, items-vs-units Denarii managment, if all that boils down to "buy three dudes, rek da sheet...", then I'm kinda demotivated. Because - I may once again sound bitter - we went from a tactical wargame...

Have just completed TRIO v7. Final score 1,145,915pts, so we're edging towards the 1,146k mark. TRIO v6 took three attempts at GIANTS but won Vercellae first time. TRIO v5 won giants first time but two goes at Vercellae. I think I'm doomed to alternate between winning/losing these two forever, and a...

lost all the relevance ... really pathetic result, and it wasn't even that much entertaining gameplay, as the core was badly thought-out and horribly managed ... Absolutely uninspiring final fame Never surrender, Aleksandr! I started playing ‘2x aux + (aux/archer) + aux cav’ fairly earlier in my le...

Knocked out TRIOv3 while multi-tasking the Winter Olympics: 1,145,180 points so a 120pt improvement. The GOOD: won both GIANTS and Vercellae first time! In the run-up to GIANTS I'd absolutely prioritised anti-inf over anti-cav, and my guys were GM3/GM3/GM2 with G1 standards. Had also invested in a b...

What's next, Twin Freaks? :-D No, not happening. Never happening. Good name, though! I'm also surprised that you didn't need to replay every other scenario fifty times, or at least the time limit battles. I'd love to see e.g. Etruscan Treachery with this core. Speaking of Iron Man: well, this reall...

THE BRIO TRIO https://i.imgur.com/hU8LRRX.jpg Hell yeah! Looking at the previously identified Scary Battles... Cyno : the 'inexplicable, and I'm sure unrepeatable' victory was repeated first time when one auxilia was permitted to waltz up the field unmolested, for 32 casualties, with 63 minutes lef...

Thought I'd have a go at three auxilia and a scout (because 5pt heals)... THREE MEN AND A HORSE https://i.imgur.com/Git2nS2.jpeg Bled points early on, and was 835 down on the FOUR after Lingering Gauls. Final score was 780 down, so actually a 'win' over the last 55 battles. The scouts saw a fair bit...

Aleksandr? Aleksandr!? "I doubt you could finish the campaign with five, even six, auxilia units." "So... can the game be won with five auxilia? I reckon that with the extra money for more/quicker weapon and armour upgrades, and possibly a couple of levels of NCO and standards to keep...

Yes, that's another thing that always bothered me, I'm not an archery expert neither a javelin thrower recordman, but I'd bet that it's significantly harder to hit anything when there are branches blocking your line of sight and covering your target. Then again, even L1 archers are pretty good... I...

I've found the sandbox: Conclude the War. You'll (presumably) have three or four auxilia at a wide spread of levels (my #1 guys were a L10) and different levels of feint / grades of weapon. Field a single unit and slam it up the far right scrub into the L1 boy skirmishers; you'll then be engaged by ...

Exactly my thoughts! I'd really love to know if the LA units are Panzer Genral monoliths or AOE wannabes where every man counts. If you really undergo the high speed camera testing, I'd be seriously interested in results. Alternatively, we may pester Iain or Pip, but I'm not sure that any one of th...

Yep, my wife is a graphic designer, she was furious like an amazon when she realized what's going on. I'll let you know in case that we'll find some alternative, but as both you and us were unable to find anything, I guess it's a lost cause... The glory of terminal-stage predatory capitalism. The A...