I recently purchased a digital download version of Gates of Troy off the Slitherine website. It installed without problem, but upon running the game an error message pops up with the following text:
"Failed to Initialise Steam"
Not sure where this error is coming from as the digital download page ...

To who it may concern.
I recently upgraded my computer and noticed all my program files had been moved to a folder called
'windows.old'. Spartan and Gates of Troy happened to be in this folder, so I decided to reinstall the games for
old times sake. But when I went to recover the saved games, the ...

Ok, thanks! Is it possible to view other player's diplomatic stances with other nations?
Would a nation get mad at you just because of your power, like if you control 20 cities
and they believe you could be a threat?

All right, but how did the nations get so angry at mine in the first place? I never even sent a diplomat to their nation or fought them!

Hey, in Spartan, anytime I send a diplomat to a nation I'm not on good terms with, I'm forbidden
to execute any friendly tasks such as:
*State Gift Money
*Gift Horses
*Buy Iron
Or do anything that would help improve relationships. Yet it allows me to do evil tasks such as:
*Frame Wheat Trader ...

Note: This version is completely legal, bought the disk a while back, if you need the serial key or some evidence that I own the game let me know. Anybody help me trouble shooting spartan?


I bought Spartan some time back, a completely new disk. I ran it on a computer with this hardware:
System ...

I bought Spartan some time back, a completely new disk. I ran it on a computer with this hardware:
System: Windows XP Home
Service Pack: 3
Manufacturer: Dell

Worked perfectly! Got new computer with this hardware:
*Windows XP professional
*Service Pack 3
*Manufacturer: Acer

When I click to play it ...

I'm down for it! Gladly pay 15 bucks for each!