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Wow, just got my first 20 turn win on hard. - 5/23/2011 12:02:16 AM

SteveD64

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Man, what a meat grinder! Spain turned into a Roman Vietnam with constant reinforcements on both sides and no game changing decisive battles. Hasdrubal showed his mettle beating Africanus (albeit with 4 unit advantage). The turning point came when I overthrew Sicily on turn 18- the AI could've stormed it on the last turn but did not (I would've as there was nothing to lose at that point- this why this game should be ONE MILLION TURNS LONG

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I'm still coming to grips with the victory point calculations, but I controlled Spain, Syracuse and Pisa at the end.

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RE: Wow, just got my first 20 turn win on hard. - 5/23/2011 12:10:07 AM

SteveD64

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And to think that I was ready to quit on turn 10(!) when Hannibal in Umbria was down to 3 cavalry units. Really tense throughout. Kudos to Forced March & Matrix on a great game.

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RE: Wow, just got my first 20 turn win on hard. - 5/24/2011 6:16:18 PM

nalivayko

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I did notice that I enjoy those games more where Hannibal is down to a handful of unis and you have to fight for survival first and victory later. Good job on pulling though this one.

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RE: Wow, just got my first 20 turn win on hard. - 5/25/2011 2:25:39 AM

Drakkon

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Gratz, My record on hard is 2 wins, 6 losses. It's brutal.

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RE: Wow, just got my first 20 turn win on hard. - 5/25/2011 4:16:34 PM

PJJ

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Congratulations! I get beaten by the hard AI quite often, but that only makes my own victories that much sweeter.

I hope we'll soon hear some more news about the next game in the series. It will be interesting to see just how much more they can improve the already deadly AI.

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RE: Wow, just got my first 20 turn win on hard. - 6/12/2011 12:09:02 AM

gdrover

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Just finished a 20 turn win too. The Romans tried to break the seige of Rome, but lost 2 battles against my 42 sized army (which included 5 elephant units). I also had an 8 sized army in Spain...controlled Spain, Sicily, and North Africa...and for the first time ever (in something like 50 games or more), I ended the game with Naval superiority... 5 - 1.

I LOVE this game.

My record is pretty good on Hard. I win about 75% of the time.

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