Expansion?

[Spino]

I think the expansion is likely to be Rome, rather than Greece, linked. A prequel like the VI pack for M:TW seems most likely to me. Perhaps a first ten books of Livy based campaign set on the Italian peninsula. You could have factions like the Volsci, Aequi, Hernici, Etruscans, Samnites and Gauls. Start at the foundation of Rome and fight your way to dominance of the peninsula.

Yes, this crossed my mind as well, especially in light of CA's 'prequel' approach for previous expansion packs. A 'Rise of Rome' expansion pack that sports a focused, limited campaign on the Italian peninsula along with some new units and another faction or two for the main game would definitely be interesting but, like Viking Invasion, somewhat lacking in overall content. I do recall a considerable number of TW fans here in the Org were rather disappointed with Viking Invasion's overall content and did not bother purchasing it. I eagerly bought VI not because I was looking forward to playing the Viking campaign but because it enhanced the original campaigns and I knew the VI factions would be a thrill to play in MP battles (ANYTHING to get away from MTW's damn pavise arbalester laden Middle/Late games!). Since Rome is such a 'huge' game I hope its expansion(s) is equally impressive in scope and size.

But hey, I'm hopelessly addicted to the Total War series so I'll buying the expansion pack regardless of the subject or content...