Quote Originally Posted by Franconicus
I played several factions (Julii, Germania, Carthage, Egypt, Scythia and Greece Cities) in hard/hard. Now I miss the challange. And I wonder whether I can change the rules to add more thrill.
Do you have any suggestions?
I def recommend RTR and v6.0 is soon to be released (EB too). The positve side is that there is only one roman faction except SPQR. I tried roleplaying the romans according to history. That is, look up a history book and folow the exact path they took. The only problem is the darn senate who keeps lobbying me between 2-4 foes constantly so I´ve "solved" this prob by my own agenda: 1. strictly follow the roman expansion according to history and 2. fullfill all senate missions but return the captured city/ -ies in a peacetreaty on the very next turn, after sacking it ofcourse.
Carthage is another nice "follow-the-course-of-history-game" except for loosing ofcourse. So I do what Hannibal couldn´t, sack Rome and turn them into a protectorate.
Play a defensive game only. Take the Spanish or Pontus, secure Iberia or Asia Minor and then stop! You may not conquer but you may pillage and subdue. I once played a game as the Britons and only held the Brittish Isles with Spain, Gaul and Germania as protectorates I finished off the game by sacking Rome - it was great fun I´ll tell you!
Let your imagination flow. If you just stop and think there are zillion other ways to play this game then global domination you know. Good luck!