03-13-2008, 11:27 AM
Ave Zemke. There are a number of good mods that build on RTW. Currently I am working through Roma Serrectum having spent months on Rome Total Realism Platinum. There are several others which this site mentions across a number of threads.
Realistic? None of us were there so how do we know? Most accounts are very formal and really do not go into great detail. What these RTW mods are doing is trying to get the look and type of soldiers accurate. Clearly light cavalry will not take a phalanx head-on, that's obvious but the real nuances of ancient warfare are lost in time.
In many cases the actual locations of battles are unsure so serious discussion about the effect of the terrain can be difficult and is usually limited to principles. Every now and again we get a detailed account which really does give us detail then that's it for a few hundred years in time.
But hey, these are games we are playing and if I can 'out Caesar' Caesar, I am a happy man.
Download RTR and go for it!
Quintus
(aka Guido Aston)
Realistic? None of us were there so how do we know? Most accounts are very formal and really do not go into great detail. What these RTW mods are doing is trying to get the look and type of soldiers accurate. Clearly light cavalry will not take a phalanx head-on, that's obvious but the real nuances of ancient warfare are lost in time.
In many cases the actual locations of battles are unsure so serious discussion about the effect of the terrain can be difficult and is usually limited to principles. Every now and again we get a detailed account which really does give us detail then that's it for a few hundred years in time.
But hey, these are games we are playing and if I can 'out Caesar' Caesar, I am a happy man.
Download RTR and go for it!
Quintus
(aka Guido Aston)
Quintus
AKA Guido Aston
[size=100:2nyk19du]The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it. [/size]
Thucydides (471 BC - 400 BC)
AKA Guido Aston
[size=100:2nyk19du]The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it. [/size]
Thucydides (471 BC - 400 BC)
