Re: Game customization

[Hans Ronne <hronne at 2 dot sbbs dot se>]

>If you really wanted to do Late Roman era barbarians (which would be
>interesting, wish I had the time to try my hand at it :-( ), I think
>you would want to have a number of barbarian sides, each with multiple
>units.  Although the Romans were pretty dismissive, the "barbarians"
>weren't that far behind technologically or organizationally; they just
>didn't use a system of writing to extol their own virtues. :-)

I would agree that technologically, the Romans were not that far ahead, but
they were certainly better organized. Just consider the following: almost
every barbarian leader who successfully fought the Romans, from Arminius
to Alarik, started his career as a Roman officer. Hardly a coincidence. You
might cite Vercingetorix and Jugurtha as exceptions, but they were both
defeated by the Romans in the end.

Writing such a game would indeed be fun. I agree that 30 barbarian tribes
should be more than enough to handle for anybody.

Hans

Hans Ronne

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