• Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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    4 days ago

    In my alternate history, Claudius makes his son Britanicus Emperor and retires to Alexandria.

    Rich and bored, he spends time at the Library and starts puttering around with all sorts of silly toys.

    He and his tech bros invent the glider, the hot air balloon, and the steam engine. They are all useful for the great games in the Coliseum

    • Ginny [they/she]
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      4 days ago

      They spawn on isolated strips of land at the poles where nobody bothers sending land units.

    • Rusty@lemmy.ca
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      4 days ago

      If you are looking for real world inspiration for late game barbarians, I think it represents Somalia pirates and organizations like Boko Haram, Taliban, ISIS etc.