I'm new to strategy games...

[aw89]

Are you thinking about starting with TW games, or just generally RTS games?

[Avicenna]

Well, games like Rome: Total War are far more complex than other strategy games.

Generally, it is a good idea to build economy at the start before building troops, because if you have a failed attack with a bad economy, defences and no troops stationed in you base you get massacred. Both in RTW and RTS games.

[The_Doctor]

Another soul for the Dark Gods. Ha Ha Ha...

er, yes. Hello darkone

[darkone]

My friend won't shut up about how great Rome Total War is, so I'm definitely looking into that. More specifically, RTW: Gold Edition because it includes both the game and the expansion pack. He recommended it to me awhile ago, but I didn't think too much about it. But I've been reading up on it, and it seems really interesting to me. And I have yet to read a bad review or opinion about the game.

[The_Doctor]

You could borrow the game off a friend or play it at their house before buying it.

By the sounds of things they should have some experience, so they can introduce you to it.

[ace_genral]

Welcome to the.org darkone and shall you have a millon posts.

[BelgradeWar]

Well, if you get hooked to TW series, you're pretty much done with standard RTS games...which is not a bad thing:)

[tibilicus]

Welcome to the .org darkone!