Two or three of the students have played RTW before - after one class of introducing them to the basics I think they'll be ok with at least the campaign part. These are kids who have played computer games and had computers in their rooms at home for most of their life, so it won't be seriously challenging to acclamate them to the game I think. They already are familiar with earlier Greek history and have had lectures on Bronze Age Greece (and seen a video about Mycenaeans), had lectures on Early Greek history, given Powerpoint presentations on different aspects of the Persian Wars, had lectures on Classical History and Greek religion, and will be familiar with Alexander (I'll show some of the best parts of the Oliver Stone movie to them in addition to lectures) and the Hellenistic world to 272 by the time we start the project.
Also, the computers are fast enough, I did a test run on one last summer and while I won't advise huge unit numbers and cranked up graphics settings, they will be good enough to run the mod fairly fast. They would all be playing as Greek culture factions (Epeiros, KH, Maks, Seleukids, Ptolemies, or Baktria, but I'll advise against Seleukids). I'll also advise playing on an easier level for most of them.
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