This week saw an interesting moment of nostalgia in Rome: Total War. I started playing Rome: Total War because of discovering the old Time Commanders series from the BBC, in which teams of 4 refought historical battles using pre-release builds of Rome: Total War and later its first expansion.
At any rate, as of my last savegame, the forces of one who shall someday be known as Caesar (if I actually win) are approaching the Gallic town of Alesia to lay siege to it. When I first moved troops near enough to see the town, the name was immediately familiar, and I must admit that I am looking forward to taking this Gallic town much more quickly in R:TW than the venerable Alesia boardgame with its hundreds of counters ever allowed me to do. :> I've got the Veni and Vidi done, now I just need a Vici.
I was most pleased with one of my secondary family members (and thus myself as his player) who managed to defeat 5 Gallic formations in two successive battles. While the second battle was fairly easy, as numbers were greatly on my side, I am distinctly proud of the first one. With numbers about even, trapped between two Gallic advances commanded by 3 Gallic generals, I managed to put the force in front of me to flight, slaying their general, and turn to defeat the other formation, slaying both of its generals.
