Description
A turn based strategy war game where you lead Roman legions in their conquest of the Italian peninsula. Play various scenarios of the conflicts fought by the Roman Republic; Be the dictator for the Roman civilization at the ancient age when it was yet to become the largest empire in the world.*** If you encounter a bug, please get in touch with us by email, so that we can fix the problem! Same thing with refunds: Just mail us. ***
* 14 scenarios (2 in FREE version) of varying size and difficulty, ranging from the initial conquests of neighbouring kingdoms by Roman city-state, to the First Punic War
* Single player and Local Multiplayer (players sharing same device) game modes (online multiplayer not supported)
* Freely zoomable and pannable hex based map, with multitouch gesture support
* Hex and counter style of play, like many table-top TBS board games
* Autosaving: Progress is automatically saved at end of each turn, or when you switch away from the game; No risk of losing game progress because of forgetting to save
* Designed to be playable also on lower-spec Android phones and tablets; on the other hand, users with more capable devices have an enhanced frame rate and smoother experience
* In-game help guide
* Supports natively all screen resolutions from the smallest phones in your pocket to the largest HD tablets
* OpenGL ES hardware accelerated graphics engine
The basic gameplay style of this game was inspired by many earlier hexagon based "oldskool" or retro PC strategy games like Fantasy General, Panzer General and Battle for Wesnoth as well as some of the more recent titles, such as Uniwar on mobile devices ... with a little bit of Civilization / Freeciv spirit mixed in. However, the backdrop of the game is set in the ancient Rome, and the game attempts to follow faithfully the known course of the events to the extent that is known to the modern historywriting (some liberties have been taken in interpreting the details to make the game more entertaining). The game has some minor RPG like elements such as unit leveling (success in combat leads first to veteran, then to elite status, giving stats improvements), but at its heart it is first and foremost a pure strategy game.
Nearly two millennia before the era of medieval knights and castles of the European middle ages, the first ancient settlers of the Roman tribe founded the city of Rome. As the legends customarily tell, the twin brothers and townsmen Romulus and Remus were the original founders, with Romulus eventually becoming the first king of Rome. From its humble beginnings first as a small village, and then a local kingdom, its destiny was to become a great empire encompassing all coasts of the Mediterranean sea and even beyond. For centuries, his royal majesty the Emperor of Rome was undoubtedly the most highborn ruler on the Earth, wielding total authority over a large portion of the humankind, until barbarian hordes and many years of revolution brought the fallen empire to its end.
The game begins in the very first years of the Roman saga; You, the player, will lead the Roman army, legion after legion, from a battle to another in the name of the Roman Empire against the mighty warlords of the neighbouring realms. Assault the Etruscans on river Tiber, stop the madness of Samnite invasion in Campania, conquer South Italy, drive Carthaginians out from the isle of Sicily, and much more ... May the god of war Mars spare you from the fury and vengeance of your enemies in the battlefield!
While the main campaign of the game deals with the Roman Republic expansion wars, the second campaign is played as commander Hannibal of Carthage, one of the greatest military commanders to ever live, whose brief advance against Rome brought him all the way from North Africa almost to the gates of Rome before the Romans got their defense lines established. This revival of warfare between Carthage and Rome came to be known as the Second Punic War in history.
Gary
Mar 24, 2012 6:26:39 PM
Waste of Time Computer just keeps throwing wave after wave of troops. You can replenish troops to keep up.
Stephen
Mar 22, 2012 9:28:28 PM
Oh dear
J
Mar 8, 2012 5:29:11 AM
Game never cheats on rolls? Bs. At the very least dont lie in the help pages
Bogdan
Feb 18, 2012 10:04:28 PM
Needs improving!!! I don't think they solved that problem about the other side winning... like 12 attacks with chances of success over 75 % and all of them fail spectaculary...and almost all their attacks win....until this problem is solved I ain't playing... besides that good game...but you need to improve the grafic and add a strategy or control over the towns and their economy...such as buildings to built taxes to change etc...
iseeall
Feb 7, 2012 9:15:46 PM
Needs better graphics Especially it looks low budget because you have only 1 sprite for every grass tile. Needs proper tutorial. I didn't like the randomness. Better if units just had large HP pools and fixed damage per turn. Has potential but at the moment it's not yet on a level of a good freeware game, say nothing about a paid one.
Rickard
Feb 3, 2012 6:55:18 AM
Tutorial? Needs a tutorial!
B
Feb 1, 2012 8:16:58 AM
Super game Bought the full version
Adri
Jan 21, 2012 1:02:03 PM
Nice game Nice game and decent implementation. Get a better unit diversity and economic system and it'll be a winner. Till then, it's a bit expensive. Worth a shot though
Chris
Dec 31, 2011 9:09:42 PM
AI cheats. AI units are much stronger than the players. The weakest AI unit can easily kill 3 or 4 strong player units. Not fun.
noelsfurnace
Dec 3, 2011 3:38:35 PM
great But please add portrait mode!