Rome, like London in the two previously mentioned conflicts, is a long way from the battlefield and the effort to build up a force equal to the task takes time. Tuberus and Taurus aren't up to this particular task and so far, neither am I.įrom the start this feels a lot like two other conflicts, modeled by AGEOD, that I have dabbled in: the Sepoy mutiny of 1857 and the American Revolutionary War ( Pride of Nations and Birth of America).
I am learning the game as I play and my first mistake is underestimating the importance of my commanders. My goal is to effect a junction of these two forces before entering Cantabria and Asturia. On the western coast of modern day Portugal (coincidentally not too far from where Wellington and the Army of Portugal landed in 1808), Legio IV Macedonia under a less effective commander named Tuberus is beginning a 33 day march into the interior following the Tagus river.
Legio IX Victrix is on the eastern end of the peninsula under the command of an 3-2-3 commander named Proconsul Titus Statillius Taurus who kicks things off with a 10 day march into the heart of darkness.ġ0 days into the campaign and the Proconsul and Legio IX Victrix make contact with the rebel forces I have two experienced legions at the start of the campaign. That's got me thinking a lot about my Napoleonic gaming of the Peninsular War and the common problems facing armies of occupation as I lay out my initial plan for Rome. Historically, the Romans pacify the Cantabrians but the war is longer and far more expensive than anticipated and it requires the direct intervention of the Emperor Octavian (think Napoleon late 1808 after Junot and company's failures). I have finally gotten around to trying it and so far so good. I am playing the Cantabrian Wars DLC (purchased for half price during a STEAM sale this past week) for Alea Jacta Est, an AGEOD game that I have had for some time sitting un-played in my STEAM game library. It is 29 BC and I have gotten sucked into a quagmire of guerilla warfare in Spain. It turns out Rome's Italian commanders had as much trouble on the Iberian peninsula as Napoleon's French ones did. Legio IV Macedonia sets off for the interior of Spain to put down a revolt by the Cantabrians of Northern Spain.