Slitherine

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Also, there is no mention of The Mongols in that game. Are they in there in the last scenerio?

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ORIGINAL: JMass

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Also, there is no mention of The Mongols in that game. Are they in there in the last scenerio?

No, the game ends in 1066, before of Hastings.

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ORIGINAL: Son_of_Montfort

If I am not mistaken, the game is meant to simulate the great "Barbarian" invasions of the Early Medieval or Late Antiquity periods. Technically, William the Bastard (or Conqueror, whatever you prefer) was not a part of the Germanic migration and represents one of the first major invasions by a relatively set up kingdom against another relatively set up kingdom.

I have been kicking this one around for a long time. Some lackluster reviews and general technical snafus have kept me from buying, but I may cave at the low price. A lot of updating has gone on, particularly now that AGEOD has the game under its aegis and can patch it to where they originally wanted it to be before it was prematurely released by the original publisher (this happened even worse with Pax Romana). I have heard that the learning curve is VERY steep and there is a lot of difference from the other Europa Universalis type titles.

I would like to know the max resolutions available and if we can confirm that one can play it on Vista, however. I suspect that compatibility mode should run it fine.

SoM

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ORIGINAL: Son_of_Montfort

If I am not mistaken, the game is meant to simulate the great "Barbarian" invasions of the Early Medieval or Late Antiquity periods. Technically, William the Bastard (or Conqueror, whatever you prefer) was not a part of the Germanic migration and represents one of the first major invasions by a relatively set up kingdom against another relatively set up kingdom.

I have been kicking this one around for a long time. Some lackluster reviews and general technical snafus have kept me from buying, but I may cave at the low price. A lot of updating has gone on, particularly now that AGEOD has the game under its aegis and can patch it to where they originally wanted it to be before it was prematurely released by the original publisher (this happened even worse with Pax Romana). I have heard that the learning curve is VERY steep and there is a lot of difference from the other Europa Universalis type titles.

I would like to know the max resolutions available and if we can confirm that one can play it on Vista, however. I suspect that compatibility mode should run it fine.

SoM
I still find it strange considering Temujin was the the most terrifying barbarian in world history. So why not add 100 years to it. I guess I might be rationalizing I don't know. But the fact that there is almost nothing out there about the era of Genghis Khan is very disturbing to me.

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ORIGINAL: panzers

Well, that is unfortunate because that's what is gonna keep me from buying it.
About the Mongol question though, The game ends when Temujin is conquering Mongolia, so, yeah, it is pre Genghis Khan, but still, you have to have a game from that era. Even though it focuses on the dark ages of Europe, it shouldn't matter because Khan eventually went into parts of Europe, but, whatever. As far as the Mongols being a Barbaric tribe or not is questionable. Yes Temujin was a brilliant Leader with his unique way of his cavalry charge, but thet are tribal in nature, so, technically, they are a very well organized and disciplined barbaric horde by definition even though they were methodical in their conquests. What bothers me, is that this time period is one of the most intriguing periods in history because never in the history of the world were there as many empires as this era. It is the perfect scenerio for wargamming. So why no games. I am very confused about that. Clearly on this forum and others, it has been discussed. So why isn't anyone making any games from this era?
Even if they make a remake of the old koei game and add a little spice to it. Very simple game, but powerful.

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ORIGINAL: panzers
The game ends when Temujin is conquering Mongolia, so, yeah, it is pre Genghis Khan, but still, you have to have a game from that era.

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ORIGINAL: Son_of_Montfort

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ORIGINAL: panzers
The game ends when Temujin is conquering Mongolia, so, yeah, it is pre Genghis Khan, but still, you have to have a game from that era.

Are you sure you don't have this confused with another game? Great Invasions ends in 1066 and Temujin (aka Genghis Khan) was not born until almost 100 years later, around 1162. So, no, this game does not cover the time period you are looking for - but Crusader Kings does.

I reiterate, the game simulates the era of the "Germanic" or "barbarian" invasions that occur at the end of Rome. This period is known, colloquially, as the Dark Ages - due to that dang meddling Petrarch (who thought he was so cool that he knew Greek that he denigrated everyone who lived before him).

And yes, as Hertson said, it is the same type of Real Time as the EU series.

Re: Dinsdale - Barbarian may be a roman term for "Barbars" originally, but it was used pejoratively, even in the Roman era and Medieval Era, to mean backwards and uncivilized peoples (non-Romans, i.e. thus they must not be civilized). The same can be said for the term "rusticus" or rustic - it may mean a person from the country, but it had the pejorative meaning similar to "bumpkin."

End of History Lesson.

The Great Invasions engine uses some special event cards and stuff like that to "spice up" the game and makes use of historical events that are not present in EUIII (but are in EUII and EU). At the low price, here or over at AGEOD, I will probably get it, as it simulates the early part of the time period I study and is like EU.

SoM

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ORIGINAL: Son_of_Montfort
[...]I would like to know the max resolutions available and if we can confirm that one can play it on Vista, however. I suspect that compatibility mode should run it fine.

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ORIGINAL: Son_of_Montfort
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The Great Invasions engine uses some special event cards and stuff like that to "spice up" the game and makes use of historical events that are not present in EUIII (but are in EUII and EU). At the low price, here or over at AGEOD, I will probably get it, as it simulates the early part of the time period I study and is like EU.