Scipii are like rabbits I tell ya!

[Diadochoi]

I have a ridiculous amount of family members as the Scipii right now too, but not from breeding. I seem to hit a bug or something that creates a general every single time one of my captains wins a battle... I'm adding 2-3 generals a turn.

This is late in the game though, perhaps the game is trying to make up for the fact that I am picking up so many new provinces so quickly.

[RollingWave]

luck has something to do with it, also usually u'll get more family memeber if ur a stronger faction, not just in terms of region number but overall strength. this is probably there to avoid the MTW situation where the Danes end up with nothing but a full stack of royal knights lol

[Wargfang]

I have the opposite. Im playing Pontic (sp) and am enjoying the slog (damned turncoat Greeks and Egyptions). I have 12 provinces and 7 family members, only 2 death via mischief (assasin/battle) in last 20 years. Worse yet....I have 4 members 50 years old and loads of under 10 daughters.

I reckon the lads have been wearing their chainmail undies to tight !

[*Ringo*]

My chainmail undies certainly chafe me all the time!

Back OT, I never really get too many family members. Whenever i get a lemon of a general he usually ends up sieging the nearest enemy settlement on his own. The game always throws up another soon after be it an adoption or man of the hour! These *new* generals very seldom have the inherited trait nasties that the true blood generals do.

[katank]

The game tries to keep the number of family members and regions owned equal. As you get more family, then you get asked about adoptions and man of the hour less often.

Thus, be liberal with your generals in combat if it gives a reasonable chance of clinching the battle for you as you'll get another soon if this one dies.

Also, man of the hour is often great. I had one that was 5 stars!! He defeated an enemy faction leader army but that army wasn't too strong anyhow.

[Cheater]

Being the bastard, no good cheater that I am, I cheat to give all my faction members the 'fertile' trait to the max... along with everything ELSE that makes my entire faction a faction of supermen!

Aren't I one big stinker?!

In all honestly, the fertile trait helps your faction members have more children. Also, I never had any real shortage of members. I always bribe any enemy faction member that can be bribed and for those who can't be bribed (leaders, heirs, and a few others) I normally destroy their faction and then the survivors become bribable like everyone else.

Also, there comes adoptions... man, I could never get THOSE to stop!