About “Imperium”.
The effect of commanders on battles in the ancient world is the subject of many books and varied opinions. In Imperium, I have preferred to go with the idea that the overall commander significantly affected the outcome of the battles. Thus, who commands the battle should have an effect on…
Determining how to model forces across the board in this kind of game is not a trivial matter. Standardized units did not exist; not even within the same state, so just settling on a unit size becomes a problem. This is closely followed by the issues of determining unit factors,…
Classical-era ancient warfare is hard to get right; far harder, in my opinion, than any other wargaming period. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly why, but it may be – I suppose – because ancient warfare is asymmetric in several dimensions. The usual speed (cavalry) – strength (infantry) – firepower (missiles)…
I have been somewhat amiss in not pointing this out earlier, but if you enjoy historical games on the ancient world (as I do, and I assume you do, given your presence here), then you really mustn’t miss Troy Goodfellow’s excellent series of blog posts: A History of the Ancient…
So, after yet another year of working with the Imperium game engine, I am finally back where I have a fairly playable version of the game on my desktop. Wait a moment, wasn’t that the situation a couple of years ago? Pretty much. Those of you who have followed the…
The amazing pace in terms of updates continues… or not. Anyway, before I try to finalize some more screenshots, I guess I better complete my description of the previous one. With the map out of the way, I guess I’d better explain the panels. The panel to the left of…