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Is this one mainly just battle to battle or is there a grand strategy element also? Diplomacy, trade, etc?

I really like the sound of "order time system" combat, sounds like it could be more realistic than the immediate radio communtication ability you have in something like Rome Total War, anyone know how well this works in the game? The feature about "Fire demons, shadow warriors, and ghost legions" makes me want to run in the other direction though.

I'm not familiar with Slitherine's games at all, just looked today at this one and Chariots of War so if someone could enlighten me I'd appreciate it!

It's battle to battle. The order time system makes for a realistic feel to giving commands.

The fire demons, etc. are part of the expansion set.

ORIGINAL: mlc82

The feature about "Fire demons, shadow warriors, and ghost legions" makes me want to run in the other direction though.

Don't, you won't come across any of them until you have finished the whole of the original Roman campaign and there's a Gaul campaign as well. The Mithras stuff is actually quite fun when you get there, though. [:)]

I bought this about two weeks ago for $9.99 at Gamestop.  After some digging on the Arena forum I found out there is an "editor" of sorts inside the game.  I didnt really care for the game and thought it was a really basic version of RTW, but Im interested in game editors in general and am curious as to why its existance isnt mentioned? Whenever Im thinking of buying a Matrix game I always walk away if there isnt an editor.

Well I actually purchased and downloaded Chariots at War earlier and so far have really liked it...  Was looking for something with a strategic element also, and I've never seen that time period modeled specificly in a game before.  I really do like the battle system so far, feels far more realistic than something like Rome TW.  I'll probably end up trying this one out also, although I'm kind of leaning toward Spartan at the moment for the strategic portion.