Understanding Hannibal and Cannae -TV Heads Up!

[Puzz3D]

It's unlikely Hannibal used tactical retreat at Cannae, and it apparently wasn't even a tactic in ancient times once the lines engaged. He used a weak center which was probably routing when the flanking units closed in. He must have correctly judged how long his center could hold. So, I wouldn't say it should be a tactical opion in RTW, but, since everything is so speeded up in RTW, you can't re-enact such a battle with RTW despite the History Channel's Decisive Battles program giving the impression that you can. I think with the SPQR mod there is a much better chance of re-enacting ancient battles such as Cannae. You'll even get significant pushback by stronger forces on weaker forces since the fighting time is long enough for this to occur.


EvilNed,

Forget about the Discovery Channel programs. They are poorly done, and give a false impression of how RTW actually plays. I've never seen Time Commanders, but my European friends who did see the programs say that RTW doesn't play the way it did in those programs. Something changed before RTW was released or Time Commanders was given a special version of the game which had different gameplay.