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  1. Andy P XIII

    The First Annual Talent Show

    Namaste, friends! Following our release of the Romans and our announcement of the Indians, excitement about future content may be at an all time high. Recently some players on our discord server asked if I would host a contest for players to share various artwork and other ideas they have for...
  2. Andy P XIII

    The Indians

    Since it's been a few hours since our post and what PF2K said earlier on the discord seems to have gone unnoticed, I put a very brief summary together for you all to bring you all up to speed on the Indians. This is all true, no April Fools Day involved: Indians Civilization Overview: The...
  3. Andy P XIII

    Weekly Blog #41: Developer Spotlight - PF2K

    (Andy's note: I've been working with PF2K on the Romans since 2018, and even I have had all sorts of questions over the years about how we were going to pull this off. PF2K has always had the answer. Before I let him speak, I want to say a few words: In the last two years he and I have...
  4. Andy P XIII

    Weekly Blog: Summer Mail Bag

    It's the middle of summer, the sun is hot, the Summer Event is late, the Romans are slow, the blog is overdue, COVID is in full bloom, and everyone's a little edgy. PF2K is taking a much deserved vacation of indeterminate length, so I have appointed myself this week’s messenger. Rather than...
  5. Andy P XIII

    Unofficial Quest Design Contest

    This isn’t really a contest. I have no prizes to award and there may be no winner. It’s not really competitive, either. As the lead writer for the main Roman Campaign, I want to leave no stone unturned in my quest to blueprint perfect quests. We’ve been openly soliciting ideas for a few weeks...
  6. Andy P XIII

    Explanation on Crafting

    I've seen some folks ask about how crafting works. Here's a short summary. Workshops There are 5 types of Basic Workshops (of which the Farmer's Workshop is one) and 5 types of Advanced Workshops. You can have any combination of 8 Basic Workshops and 2 Advanced Workshops in each of your...
  7. Andy P XIII

    Civ Selection Criteria for an 8th civ, which may never be designed

    Recently I started a discussion on the discord about civ selection criteria for an 8th civ. No matter what civ we were to choose, with so many good choices, everyone would have a different first choice, and so most players would be partially disappointed in the 8th civ. So our being able to...
  8. Andy P XIII

    Weekly Blog #22: Gear Hall, 16-Slot and 20-Slot Warehouses

    As we develop the Romans, each week are revealing them to you building by building, unit by unit, and technology by technology. We are not just showing you what the Romans will be, but showing you how we are building them, who is building them, and also why we are building them the way that we...
  9. Andy P XIII

    Developer Spotlight: Review of Quest Data

    As we are not doing a Roman blog this weekend and do not yet have official news for the Halloween Event, I thought it might be a nice moment to give you all some insight on some other areas some of us are focusing. Please bear in mind that I have not run posting this through the Lead...
  10. Andy P XIII

    PvP Guide

    We have recently had some new folks asking for some help with PvP and expressed some disappointment that we don't have a lot of readily available tips and strategies. To partially correct that, I am publicly sharing a guide that I put together over the years. It is super long (95 pages single...
  11. Andy P XIII

    Universal Build Orders

    I’ve seen a lot of questions lately from new players about build orders. (A build order is essentially a checklist of what units to build and things to do in the opening minutes of a game.) A build order isn’t something you should ever follow unfailingly. Games aren’t played in vacuums. Maps...
  12. Andy P XIII

    PvP Fundamentals

    Back on the old forum, I took some really comprehensive notes from some of our top PvP players. I ended up with a treatise that is about 90-pages-long and covers almost every strategy, match-up, and map available. Frankly, it's too dense to burden others with. But now that Sparta is back, I...