It is the year 620 Bc. and Rome is a monarchy, under me, your king Tullus Hostilius. We are at war with Etruscan city of Veii once again, and already its taken its toll on our economy. I command, that new colony be built at the site known as Ostia, some 10 miles from city of Rome, on the coast of Mediterranean sea. It is a perfect location for a medium sized, prosperous city, which will have the honour of supplying our war effort. I'm allocating reasonable sum of denarii, and i expect swift returns of this investment. Your city is unlikely to be the main target of Etruscan military, but they will surely make an effort to stop us from freely expand our sphere of influence. The prices of goods are to drop drastically in coming year, so i advise you to choose trade routes wisely, and not squander Rome's precious investment. If for some reason you are unable to complete this assignment, i will surely find one, that suits you far better. The slave trade is booming.
- Created by and uploaded with permission from Marekvazny
Playability: 5
Great map with balance between economic, military challenges.
Balance: 5
The price reduce is difficult at first, but after I make the pottery and weapon export stable then money not a problem.
Invasion is just right, not too little, not too frequent.
Creativity: 5
No oracle, no plaza and no tax added really nice to the map.
Map Design: 5
Map is great, only 1 spot to put the reservoir, required a lot of aqueduct , farm land is scatter so able to scatter the population through the map.
A lot of rock and native tribe so need to plan a bit on the block design.
Additional Comments: Overall really great map. Had fun playing it.
Final score 38 100 100 100
CommissarMarek (id: marekvazny)
Posted on 03/01/21 @ 04:39 PM
CaesarPizza i thank you for the review and i'm glad you liked the map. I strive to improve in map design and i'm open to suggestions namely i know that on this map only two dock placement is too limiting and clay import should not been possible.I uploaded updated version and it should be much better. o7