Thank you Iain and company -

As you probably know, Gates of Troy was recently released for OS X, and it is a strategic delight. You obviously learned a lot about good scenario design and game pacing between Spartan and the later release. This comment is not meant to reflect poorly on Spartan's ...

Very nice DAR (During Action Report). And I'm glad that my little report inspired your work. I must admit, I believe you are the superior writer between the two of us.

Keep up the good work!

Z

Obviously battle strategies depend a lot of terrain and forces.

That said, my favorite strategy is to use cavalry to flank the enemy, and charge up the middle with infantry at the right moment. Depending on the size of my army, I like to flank the enemy with two to three units on each side. In ...

Don't forget that the Aeolians were considered the backward/semicivilized Greeks. The Dorians were a warrior culture that invaded Greece in about 1000BC (I think). The Ionian Greeks were the great sailors (and whose heavy infantry can fight like marines - a significant bonus for fighting off Persian ...

Nice start!!!!! :D Never seen an AAR as a History article.

Anguile must add this to his guide...

Can you upload some screenshots??? With some screens it would be much better than it is :wink:

Thanks mate!

Unfortunately, my poor, poor Imbros was sacked by the Persians. Surviving 600 turns in ...

iainmcneil wrote:Cool - havent seen an AR for a while, so its good to see

Thanks! I'm amazed how much I still enjoy Spartan. You and your colleagues did a fantastic job.

Now, if you can only lean on Virtual Programming to finally release the Macintosh version of Gates of Troy...

Z

New evidence of historical importance of Imbros (400BC to 367BC)

By Dr. Zorro
Department of History and Anthropology
University of Washington

Previous histories of the early Hellenic period have generally considered the city state of Imbros as a relatively unimportant outpost of the Delian League ...