While there's no apparent rally command, each unit is created travels to the town hall and takes up residence inside. On the Roman side you can build scouts once you start producing horseshoes and praetorians when you start making armor. For a one time gold outlay you can gain access to the new units types for the rest of the battle. Archers require arrows and principles require pikes, for example. If you want to build more specialized units you'll need to rely on upgrades purchased at a nearby blacksmith. The Hastatus is the primary soldier type for the Romans while the Axeman fills the same role on the Gallic side. The Teutons round out the foursome and represent the more unified Germanic peoples who sally across the Rhine each year in an energetic but nevertheless disordered attempt to gain new territory. Druids are truly the most mysterious of the factions and possess power all out of proportion to their numbers. Thankfully (for them), the Gauls have allies in the Druids, the game's third faction. The Gauls on the other hand must rely on the personal bravery of the Gallic soldier to overcome their society's own natural disunity and lack of tactical organization. The Romans are efficient and methodical in their tactics and strategies. There are four main factions in the game, but only the Gauls and Romans are playable. (I, myself, was always more partial to Vindex.) The northern Gallic tribes share a common border with the Roman Republic and Julius Caesar, anxious for the power that glory brings, leads the Roman forces against his main enemy, Vercingetorix. The game simulates the wars between the Gauls and Romans during the first century BC. We took a look at Celtic Kings at E3 and have been busily playing through the demo build for a while now. And now, within the last few months, no less than three new Roman-era strategy games have sprung up: the recently released Legion, the just announced Empire Earth expansion and the latest game from Bulgaria-based Haemimont, Celtic Kings. The original Age of Empires expansion was fun but once we were done with that, all we had to look forward to was Eidos' Praetorians. While there have been plenty of wargames and historically-themed real-time strategy titles over the last several years, there have been precious few dealing with the ancient world and fewer still focused on Rome. It's strange how things seem to come together.
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