Roman Civil War

[fairline]

you see, I told you I was an idiot

[Cyrion]

Actually, we do use "imbécile" in french too!!!

So Fairline, despite all evidences, you might not be an idiot...

[St Leo]

The British have nothing against "imbecile" either.

[Case]

Originally posted by Jimmywax
I am probably wrong here but I thought that "Harpax" was a sort of early composite material or like an epoxy.

I'm confused as well - Harpax is a brand of toilet cleaning stuff here in Australia

[BeBMan]

Yeah, what cleans the sea of enemy ships can´t be that bad for this purpose

[techumseh]

I found a pic of the Veneti (Gaul) ship. Is anyone game to try a unit? Of BB's ships, the "Nef. 1200" looks closest.

[techumseh]

I found an example of an ancient Australian ship armed with "Harpax." Crewed by fierce gangs of Australian housewives, they cleaned up the seas around Australia in the 2nd century. (The Great Barrier Reef used to have a ring around it!)

[Prometeus]

Originally posted by BeBro
Yeah, what cleans the sea of enemy ships can´t be that bad for this purpose

[Case]

Originally posted by techumseh
I found an example of an ancient Australian ship armed with "Harpax." Crewed by fierce gangs of Australian housewives, they cleaned up the seas around Australia in the 2nd century. (The Great Barrier Reef used to have a ring around it!)

[BeBMan]

Originally posted by techumseh
I found a pic of the Veneti (Gaul) ship. Is anyone game to try a unit? Of BB's ships, the "Nef. 1200" looks closest.

I could modify the "nef" gfx if you don´t plan to release the scn before next weekend...

[Kull]

Originally posted by techumseh
I found an example of an ancient Australian ship armed with "Harpax."

A literal "LOL"! If the scenario is half as good as this discussion, it'll be a classic!

[techumseh]

Originally posted by BeBro


I could modify the "nef" gfx if you don´t plan to release the scn before next weekend...

Little chance of that, I'm afraid. So, yes please.

[techumseh]

Wonders

I'm trying to sort out the wonders for this scenario. Given the short time frame (55-44 BC, monthly turns), it makes more sense to use wonders as objectives, meaning new ones can't be built. Many will be obsolete anyway, since high impact wonders will unbalance multi-player games.

Some wonders are obvious: The Pharos (lighthouse), the Great Library, the pyramids, and the colossus. Does anyone know if the Oracle and the Hanging Gardens were still around at this time?

Other examples of the classical Seven Wonders could be included: the Statue of Zeus at Athens, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, and the Mausoleum at Hallicarnassus.

Rome is a bit of a problem; many of the well known historical structures weren't built yet, including the colosseum. I think I'll add the Senate (Cure for Cancer), and perhaps the Forum and the Circus Maximus, both of which were already around. Are there any others I should include?

How about for the Parthians? Their capital was Selucia/Ctesiphon - anything there? Persopolis was already destroyed by Alexander and Pasargadae is just off my map, so options are limited, but I want to boost the objective count in Parthia.

Should there be any wonders in Spain, North Africa or Gaul? Or the rest of Italy for that matter? Thanks for any help.

[Prometeus]

Re: Wonders

Originally posted by techumseh

Rome is a bit of a problem; many of the well known historical structures weren't built yet, including the colosseum. I think I'll add the Senate (Cure for Cancer), and perhaps the Forum and the Circus Maximus, both of which were already around. Are there any others I should include?

How about for the Parthians? Their capital was Selucia/Ctesiphon - anything there? Persopolis was already destroyed by Alexander and Pasargadae is just off my map, so options are limited, but I want to boost the objective count in Parthia.

you should include many many others... I suggest you these :

Capitolium Hill
Juno Moneta's Temple

About Parthians

Actually, Seleucia was on the opposite river side of Chtesiphon. Chtesiphon itself was only one of the many capital cities in Parthian Empire. Kings moved between their capitals following political, economical or strategical reasons. Anyway, Seleucia/Chtesiphon was not so important as it become in later Parthian empire's times.

Other capitals were Ecbatana, Hatra in midst of nowadays Iraq, Niniwe, and Tigranocerta - when it'as under parthian control. If Pasagardae is out of your map, you should discard Nisa, Marw and Bactra, too.

[BeBMan]

Perhaps the golden Lion´s throne of the Parthian kings? Traian brought it finally to Rome after his campaign I believe. Otherwise I haven´t much ideas for the Parthians...