What I have noticed is that the accepted versions of history can vary greatly from nation to nation, and politics and current political issues have a very strong effect on what is believed. I have also noticed that there are unresolved disputes on many issues of history, again, often involving curre...

Greetings, Athos 1660. A very interesting reply post. I cannot make much of a reply as you rely heavily on German sources, and the only language I know is English. However, I have read English translations of Delbruck and am not impressed. Delbruck does seem to have a very pro German slant on things...

Thanks. The problem is that in the campaigns the orders of battle are not hand-tailored, they are generated by the system from the army lists. Variant army lists are used for some scenarios, but there still may be significant variations in the OOB produced. Oman's conclusions are often out-dated. W...

I have enjoyed this DLC, but noted some significant errors in the history and order of battle for one scenario. First, it is not hard at all to win the fourth scenario against the Milanese. According to the noted historian Charles Oman, and other sources, the Milanese army that defeated the Swiss co...

Surt wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 10:25 am You don't have to take their homeland to win, just select humiliate in each victory condition and they don't get a knockout victory.

That is good to know. Does selecting humiliate as a choice mean that is the only term you can ask for in the proposed treaty?

I want to thant Surt for the extremely helpful comments he made on this issue, and on playing against the Persians as Sparta and Egypt. I learned a lot, and I thought I really knew this game. The leader problem was solved a while ago, and I am haing one of the best games ever. The Persians may end m...

Trading away MP or metal doesn't feel too bad, but using money to buy the other 2 always hurts me :) In my current game, I am doing both, kind of alternationg. It is actually quite well. I have a huge metal industry and make a lto of money through trade, and by deliberately conqueiring rich areas. ...

Time to build more Military Academies ... that means more regions with 6 military buildings first, which means some buildup of the region to build it in finite time and so on. This is excellant advice, Surt, which I will gladly follow. i do have two military academies, but more should help. However...

The generic ruler and the fact that no leaders have died is the issue here. You don't get new leaders unless old ones die or your (new) ruler has bonus to leader quantity (and quality). Time to hire a brand new slinger, attach him to one of the crappy leaders, and assault the toughest hostile citad...

And have at least coward, pampered also. Ah, I see you know my leaders. My only leader with an attack rating over zero got killed in my first battle against the Persians, even though he far outnumbered the enemy. He was replaced by a fellow with an attack value of zero, defense value of one. Who is...

Surt wrote: ↑Thu Jul 28, 2022 2:18 pm A shame you can't let the countries leader lead an army ...

Yes, I would really like that option at this point. However, some of my rulers have been so terrible that they would probably be a 0 0.

What is your military expertise? if its below 1 you get a penalty. Also add a leader to all garrisons you think will get attacked and hope the 0-0 leaders die. My military rating is 3.5. I lkie your idea as to how to get rid of the 0 0 leaders. I might send them off in a suicide attack with a singl...

Swuul wrote: ↑Wed Jul 27, 2022 5:59 pm What stats does your ruler have?

He is a good diplomat. He has no tother stats. The ruler before him had poor military stats, but was a good administrator.

I have just finished a game as Rome in the Rise of Persia scenario. Persia won the game on turn one hundred seventy, but it was a lot of fun. I started as a one province client state of Etruria, and had wiped Etruria off the map and conquered all of Italy except for Apulia, plus a lot of cisalpina w...

I am very much enjoying a game as Sparta. Sparta is now an empire and the Persians are literally in Europe, on my border, and just begging to be taken down. But my leaderships is the worst I have seen. I have seven leaders, for an 18 provence empire, which includes all of greece save Athens and Eubo...

Does anyone know when this game will be released? Not an exact date, but will it be this year or 2023? The last game was fantastic so I have a hard time waiting :) I too am having a hard time wairting for this. My feeling is that it will be one of the best games ever made. I know it is due to enter...

Bullseye500 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 3:12 am That sounds like it was a fun game. The AI does have a few tricks up it's sleeve.

It was a lot of fun. A brilliant move by the AI. Yes, the AI in this game does have some nice tricks, and I have run into a number of them. This was the most successful.

The game I wrote about earlier is over. In the Rise of Persia scenario, I played Rome. Mtters progressed to the point that I was a republic, had two highly developed provinces, and so declared my independence from The mighty Etruscan Empire. I thought they would attack me, but they did not. But, fee...

Pocus wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 4:58 pm That's a nice short story, thanks Vaalen.

Happy to do it, Pocus.
The mssions you have included for early Rome really give you a feel for the period, and are a unique experience in the game. I can hardly wait to see what you will create in Kingdomes!

I found out the answer by playing though it. The mission can actually work, even if you are still a client of Etruria. In my game, I went to war with the Samnites automatically, being a client of the Etruscans. I used my entire army to capture Umbria, the capital and main region of the Samnites. The...