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XGM version 3.6.0 is now available for download.

You can get it here.

The major changes are:

-Egypt re-named to the Ptolemaic Empire
-Ethiopian Axemen added to Ptolemies
-Agema Axemen added to Ptolemies
-Basilikon Guard added to Ptolemies
-Desert Axemen removed
-Various Ptolemaic units re-skinned and re-named
-Iberian Spearmen added
-Silk Road added
-All civilised factions can now build highways along the Silk Road
-Caravans added to all civilised factions
-Caravans limited to eastern regions
-Royal Barracks adeded to GCS, Carthage, Ptolemies
-Spartan Phalangites moved to Royal Barracks
-Carthaginian Sacred Band moved to Royal Barracks
-Dockyards added to Ptolemies
-Macedonian and Thracian Illyrians removed
-AOR Illyrians (recruitable by all factions in Illyria) added
-AOR Italian Infantry (recruitable by most factions in Italy) added
-AOR Desert Infantry (recruitable by most factions in Africa) added
-AOR Numidian Cavalry (recruitable by most factions in Africa) added
-AOR Eastern Infantry (recruitable by most factions in the East) added

The New Ptolemaic Units

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1. Levy Phalangites - with a round shield now. 2. Phalangites - again with a round shield now. 3. Agema Phalangites - these are a replacement for Pharoah's Guards. 4. Ethiopian Axemen - replacement for Desert Axemen. 5. Agema Axemen - new Army Barracks level unit. 6. New elite archer unit, along with the new Ptolemaic officier. 7. Basilikon guards. Royal Barracks level over-hand "hoplite" unit. 8. Basilikon Guards in action.