I'll insert a piece I wrote in another post in which I describe how to beef up the game in the meantime...

If you have or can get the crack, do so and then install Microsoft Netfix to unlock the cheats. Add about 2 million denari into your treasury and set your emmissaries walking the earth giving megadoses of Rome's (or whomever you select to play) love. Think of the possibilities: Gaul with a bursting at the seams treasury, a filthy rich Macedonian or Seleucid empire ect, ect... Lavish enormous sums of cash on your future enemies. Do this my friends and watch what happens...

This won't fix the rebels unfortunate tendency to be shot to ribbons and just stand there, or a few of the other common gripes about the gameplay but you may get a suprise here and there. Be patient and I'm sure in no time, one of the reliable modders will have a better version to play with.

In the meantime we have no Woberts, no Weginalds, no Wandys, no Wichards...
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