The 1 st Illyrian War scenario is a tough one to win compared to the actual history.
While the Aetolian fleet is ordered to support this operation, the Illyrians can turn this into a disaster if they intercept with their powerful fleet. Ultimately Rome would fight three wars with the Ardaiei, with hostilities continuing for a hundred years after this war, before the whole of Illyria became a Roman province.Ī risky proposition – I can only transport part of the Achaian army over the Gulf of Corinth. Queen Teuta sued for peace, Demetrius was installed as king over the captured territory, and Rome gained three important ports including Corcyra. As opposition stiffened inland, the Romans felt they had achieved enough. After receiving the surrender of Corcyra, the Roman army pushed inland, while the navy with supporting troops pushed against the coastal towns. Rome sent its forces to Corcyra (Corfu), despite the fact it had surrendered to the Illyrians, since its garrison commander Demetrius (a younger son of Agron) was willing to be a pretender to the Ardaiei throne.
After the killing of a Roman envoy (prompted by his undiplomatic behaviour) the Romans prepared for war. Queen Teuta publicly approved piracy, and attacks on Latin merchants increased to the point where they could not be ignored. As the Illyrians continued their successful campaign they attracted the attention of the Romans. His second wife, Queen Teuta took over as regent. So what makes each scenario special?Īfter winning a victory over the Aetolian Greeks, which shook the Greek World (the Aetolians were renowned for defeating the Galatian Invasion in 279BC), King Agron of the southern Illyrian Ardaiei tribe promptly died after his victory celebrations. In this review I have deliberately added a brief history to each conflict, not just for flavour /background reading, but also as a yardstick to assess whether the scenario fits the situation it claims to enact. The other two cover the 1 st Illyrian war (230-228BC), and The Roman-Gallic War (225-222BC), which while precursors to Hannibal’s war would also add to the politics of the 2 nd Punic War. Four are concentrated on the 2 nd Punic War (218-200BC) essentially being different start dates for key stages of Hannibal Barca’s war with Rome. Playable as either a standalone expansion, or consolidated into another Alea Jacta Est base game as a scenario pack, Hannibal offers six scenarios. The start screen where you can access not just the Hannibal scenarios, but other scenarios from the Alea Jacta Est family of games. Taking Philippe Malacher’s advice I simply installed Hannibal, copied over the content of the scenario folder from my other games ( Alea Jacta Est, and/or Birth of Rome) into the Hannibal scenario folder, and uninstalled the other games. If you already have one or more games in the franchise, then there is no problem with duplicate files on your hard drive. Anyway, let’s get back to Hannibal…įor those unfamiliar with the game system used in Hannibal, I refer you to my earlier article on Alea Jacta Est since Hannibal uses exactly the same game engine.
Philippe Malacher and Philippe Thibaut, both of AGEOD/Slitherine told me at Home of Wargamers 2014 that further expansions to the game will be arriving on average twice a year, with the game franchise ending after the Wars of Charlemagne! The next couple of DLC packs planned are likely to be Rome in the third century AD, focusing on the Palmyran Wars between Aurelian and Zenobia, with another focusing on Rome in Britain (as well as a hypothetical Hibernian campaign ). It continues the development of the franchise most notably with Birth of Rome, and the Parthian Wars scenario pack. Hannibal Terror of Rome is the latest standalone expansion to AGEOD/Slitherine’s game Alea Jacta Est. But what if Hannibal had fully exploited his dramatic early victories, and defeated Rome? Could the Carthaginians have arrested the advance of the Roman Empire, or even have subjugated Rome? Over the next 100 years Rome was able to exploit that situation to expand into and dominate the rest of the Mediterranean world. The inability of Carthage to strategically defeat Rome left Rome the dominant power of the Western Mediterranean. I first saw Hannibal Terror of Rome at Slitherine’s Home of Wargamers 2014 presentation, and was immediately excited by the crucial last real attempt by Carthage to halt the expansion of the of early Roman Empire. I will use fire and steel to arrest the destiny of Rome.” Hannibal’s promise to his father, Hamilcar Barca (attrib.) A Review by Boggit, 5 September 2014 Developed and published by AGEOD/Slitherine “I swear that so soon as age will permit.