06-01-2004 19:27									#1
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....and before them lay at last the valley of the Po river. But instead of relief, Anaximander, a ten year veteran of the Iberian wars, was engulfed by a sense of despair...
Were all those hardships he had to endure really worth it?
Celtic ambuses, violent winters and avalances in the treacherous Alps, Iberian tribesmen and exhausting night marches... Of the original seventy thousand men
that formed the invasion force just a mere twenty five thousand had survived. And they still hadn't met the enemy. What were these rag-tag remnants that styled themselves as "army" supposed to do?

The province they had set out to conquer was huge and extremely rich; Its army so vast that even Alexander would have had second thoughts; And the enemy's spirit so defiant that a Gaulic chief would shrowd in awe.

Rome.

That was their objective. He could already see the enemy banners in the distance as the legions were forming in Placentia. Alas, there was no turning back now.....
He suddenly burst into laughter.
A laughter that sprung not from a happy heart, but from one which was almost beside itself with its misfortunes.

The time to weep, as he remembered Hannibal saying, was when our arms were taken fom us, our ships were burnt and we were forbidden foreign wars...

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	06-01-2004 19:31									#2
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Set in the 3rd century BC this historical scenario attempts to recreate the most violent war in Rome's history.

Experience nightmarish pitched battles!

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	06-01-2004 19:33									#3
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Breathtaking sieges!

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	06-01-2004 19:36									#4
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Daring sea raids!

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	06-01-2004 19:42									#5
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Epical heroic characters in action!

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	06-01-2004 19:48									#6
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STARRING

Hasdrubal Barca and
Hasdrubal Gisgo

.....as the Carthaginian generals



Marcus Claudius Marcellus,
Caius Flaminius and
Caius Claudius Nero

.....as the Roman Consuls



Publius Cornelius Scipio "Africanus"

.....as himself



Lucius Paullus Aemilius and
Caius Terentius Varro

......as the doomed Consuls at Cannae

AND

Hannibal Barca

......as himself


ALSO FEATURING

Philip V of Macedonia,
Archimedes of Syrracuse,
Quintius Fabius Maximus, Cunctator (The Delayer),
Titus Quinctius Flamininus, nemesis of Hannibal,
Hieronymus of Syrracuse,
Polybius,
Prusias I of Bythinia,
Tiberius Sempronis Longus and
Publius Cornelius Scipio

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	06-01-2004 19:55									#7
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Don't neglect to download the sounds.


The scenario alos includes a full civilopaedia:Units, terrain, buldings, advances everything is described in full detail. When unsure what each advance does just read the civilopaedia. It took us months to write that bugger.

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	06-01-2004 20:06									#8
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Be sure to read the Hannibal readme doc before you play.

Just to clear something out at the begining you have the option of either engaging Scipio(the elder) at Marselies or FOLLOWING THE RIVER UPSTREAM and bypassing him via the Alps.

As i will be leaving today for a rather long period of time, Fairline will be in charge of this thread.

I hope you have a good time playing it as we had creating it.


To be played only as the Carthaginians.And on Deity level.

P.SDon't worry about exchanging "unique" techs with the Macedonians or Celts;its perfectly allright.At most they will start building wonders reserved for you.No big deal really.

Known"bugs": the random Invasion events might trigger before 217BC(they are based on a denominator).
That means that due to an AI glitch the appearing Roman troops will just fortify themselves instead of attacking. Ether load the last autosave or keep playing as normal.

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	06-01-2004 20:18									#9
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Pericles, WOW!

Looks like a great sceanrio!
Downloading ASAP!

	06-01-2004 20:34									#10
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Just had a look at this scen!

It's totally grand - I urge everyone to give it a try, simply awesome work!

	06-01-2004 21:33									#11
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Downloading atm...

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Maybe we should have included some WW2 units to get people interested in this

	07-01-2004 13:02									#13
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Looks simply awesome, just wish I had more time to play it all before I left. Nice work

	07-01-2004 13:18									#14
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OK, minor problem, downloaded the first zip and it comes up as an unrecognized file. I have WinZip, do I need something else?

	07-01-2004 15:15									#15
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I like this age more than WW2, fairline

	07-01-2004 17:06									#16
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I enjoy a good Stuka attack like anyone else,
but there is just a certain 'class' about going into battle in bronze armour and a toga!

	07-01-2004 17:38									#17
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quote: Originally posted by Jimmywax Looks simply awesome, just wish I had more time to play it all before I left. Nice work

Thanks Jimmy (on behalf of myself and Palaiologos), and welcome back

I just DL'ed and opened the zip myself and it worked for me.

Here's my version, just in case there is a problem:

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Curt and Yaro: I like WW2 scenarios but a change from them is a good thing sometimes

	08-01-2004 20:56									#19
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uh, really looking forward to play this one...allthough I'll have to play The Enemy!

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You can play it now Ceteram; the zips are above. Pericles wrote the events specifically to be played as the Carthaginians, so I'm afraid you may have a strange game playing as Rome

	08-01-2004 22:24									#21
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Just to clarify something:

Fairline was a full co-designer in this one. His contribution constitutes an irreplacable part in this scenario.

As for playing as the Romans, i was thinking of making a multiplayer version. I mean, i personally think it would make an ideal 1 vs 1 game. Even the Roman allies and Macedonian civs could be made playable.

	08-01-2004 23:26									#22
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Well, by now it looks good. Things that I like of this scen (in no particular oder)

1) The Graphics
2) The amount of unit: it's very good! Not too much unit, not too few...
3) The wounded ships at the start of the scen in the African cities of the Chartago's Empire (good detial)
4) The events.

However, I've played only a few turns. I hope I'll play more the next week (this is a week where the computer is going to be shared a lot)

	09-01-2004 01:21									#23
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@ fairline:

quote: You can play it now Ceteram; the zips are above. Pericles wrote the events specifically to be played as the Carthaginians, so I'm afraid you may have a strange game playing as Rome

I am not from another planet you know.
Just really check my nick (ceteram censeo carthaginem delendam esse...) and you'll understand my first post. Unless you already did...

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downloading...

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Downloading and snooping!

Does the choice at the end of @GOLDENAGE have consequences?

Looks and reads very well! This I gotta try.

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quote: Originally posted by fairline Maybe we should have included some WW2 units to get people interested in this

No no, this period is great!

It's just that I haven't had any time to try it yet!

But, from the outside, it looks great!

	09-01-2004 17:56									#27
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quote: Originally posted by Boco Downloading and snooping! Does the choice at the end of @GOLDENAGE have consequences? Looks and reads very well! This I gotta try.

Thanks Dave

The @GOLDENAGE choice occurs after the battle of Cannae and is a choice as to whether to slaughter just Roman prisoners or Romans and their Latin allies. As for the consequences of this choice - it makes no odds either way. The Cannae event is there to give the Romans the Fabian strategy.

Palaiologos was the event and tech tree maestro, so hopefully I haven't got this wrong I was the graphics and unit info monkey, with a bit of text and historical info help thrown in. I'm very much the junior partner in this one.

	09-01-2004 18:00									#28
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quote: Originally posted by Ceteram @ fairline: I am not from another planet you know. Just really check my nick (ceteram censeo carthaginem delendam esse...) and you'll understand my first post. Unless you already did...

Oops I wasn't sure if you'd noticed the half-dozen zips attached to this thread

I don't speak Latin, but I guess it's a quote slagging off the Carthaginians, so I think I understand now.......

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quote: Originally posted by Cyrion No no, this period is great! It's just that I haven't had any time to try it yet! But, from the outside, it looks great!

Thanks Cyrion The gameplay is Pericles' and it plays really well.

	09-01-2004 20:26									#30
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You're welcome!

BTW Fairline, I might need your help for some roman-based units for a future project! Once I'm over with the current one, that is...