ALEA JACTA EST

JasonPratt · November 19, 2012, 09:32:50 AM

It's a code for "One more thing".

Staggerwing · November 19, 2012, 08:47:49 PM

Quote from: Gusington on November 19, 2012, 08:17:26 AM
It is.

So Peter Falk was your mom? That must make Kate Mulgrew your dad.... :o

Gusington · November 20, 2012, 10:25:02 AM

Exactly. I am outed.

Longdan · January 02, 2013, 09:06:02 PM

I also got Alea Jacta Est for xmas.
It Is Big and Pretty. Mmmmmmmmm.
All in a period of History unstudied by myself.
The Romans were the toga guys with haircuts
I think. And everybody else was us. Yay!

JasonPratt · January 03, 2013, 09:14:02 AM

Quote from: Longdan on January 02, 2013, 09:06:02 PMThe Romans were the toga guys with haircuts I think. And everybody else was us. Yay!

This is by far my favorite forum quote of the year so far. ;D

Longdan · January 03, 2013, 11:31:31 AM

Thank you Jason. Actually it is Roman Civil War. But the other part is true.

Nefaro · January 22, 2013, 01:58:21 PM

AJE Patch 1.02 is out:

http://www.ageod-forum.com/showthread.php?27919-AJE-Official-Patch-1-02

Looks like they're also going to be having DLC available in the next few days. Cantabrian Wars up first.. and then it looks like the First Punic War will be coming after that. 8)

Note: Being a pre-orderer, with my pre-order installer and all, I got some strange email containing (what I guess to be) an update to the Spartacus scenario for 1.02. I didn't quite understand what PhilThib's mass-mail was on about but it looks like those of us with the pre-order version will also have to use that file attached in the email, after updating to 1.02..?

jomni · January 22, 2013, 05:23:47 PM

birth of Rome will be out on the 29th of January. is this an expansion or stand alone?

http://matrixgames.com/news/999/Ageod.travels.back.to.the.Birth.of.Rome

steve58 · January 22, 2013, 05:44:00 PM

Quote from: jomni on January 22, 2013, 05:23:47 PM
birth of Rome will be out on the 29th of January. is this an expansion or stand alone?

http://matrixgames.com/news/999/Ageod.travels.back.to.the.Birth.of.Rome

Looks like stand-alone...

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As a full standalone release, Birth of Rome does not require Alea Jacta Est.

http://www.ageod-forum.com/showthread.php?27995-Birth-of-Rome-Release-Anouncement&p=260813#post260813

Grim.Reaper · January 22, 2013, 05:57:34 PM

Not sue I understand the strategy of bor compared to Aje. So these will be totally separate games with their own dlc paths? Just not sure why bor wasn't released as an expansion versus full game since cant really see any major feature differences. Seems like this can become a little confusing sort of like when combat mission Italy was released as a a stand alone:) developers should keep t simple but thinking it likely allows them to make more money.

I would much rather have one core product with expansions versus separate products, especially if not major differences.....I would even be willing to pay the same cost to keep simple:)

mikeck · January 22, 2013, 07:39:03 PM

Well. If you own AJE, it simply adds them as additional scenarios I believe. Or, you can buy it as a stand alone. Similar to scourge of war and its Chancellorsville expansion

Grim.Reaper · January 22, 2013, 07:42:15 PM

Quote from: mikeck on January 22, 2013, 07:39:03 PM
Well. If you own AJE, it simply adds them as additional scenarios I believe. Or, you can buy it as a stand alone. Similar to scourge of war and its Chancellorsville expansion

Pretty sure complete stand alone unless I missed something in their advertisements.

PanzersEast · January 22, 2013, 09:51:32 PM

Quote from: Grim.Reaper on January 22, 2013, 07:42:15 PM
Quote from: mikeck on January 22, 2013, 07:39:03 PM
Well. If you own AJE, it simply adds them as additional scenarios I believe. Or, you can buy it as a stand alone. Similar to scourge of war and its Chancellorsville expansion

Pretty sure complete stand alone unless I missed something in their advertisements.

Read it that way as well, they stated a New Game from.... The Cantabrian Wars – 29 BC, The Spartacus Revolt – 73 BC is considered the DLC. I have to say, AJE was one of my favorite games of last year and I still play it a lot. This one has me baffled a little because an expansion was an insta buy, will it have new features, added content etc(?) that is the question. Have to wait and see how the pricing is.

PE

Ubercat · January 22, 2013, 10:36:05 PM

I got the Email too and saved the patch somewhere where I HOPEFULLY won't forget it the next time I purge my rig and reinstall everything.

If I'm going to have to fiddle with separate patches for every DLC I buy, I probably won't bother buying them. There's too much stuff to keep track of on my PC as it is. The base scenarios are pretty good.

mikeck · January 23, 2013, 12:04:54 AM

Hmm, not sure then. Doesn't make sense to have people purchase a whole new game everytime new scenarios come out but whatever. Either way , early Roman history doesn't do much for me so either way I'm taking a pass. Hit me with Caesars Gallic wars or the dacian wars and I'm game