Ok, well a while ago I had some ideas for this and I just found them. These are crude rules. Objective: Deal with Barbarian-Carthaginian invasion from any side a Three player game. Plus, there can be intrigue amongst rival generals. Players: Roman: Professional soldiers Field Marshall Army Commander 1 through 5 Carthaginian: Smaller than Romans Carthaginian C-in-C Spanish Infantry Commander Spanish Cavalry Commander etc. Gauls: Gaul Chief Gaul Infantry Commander Gaul Cavalry Commander Mechanism: Rules: For Movement, A map will be needed Matrix Arguments For: Non-Combat Actions SCRUD: For battles Turn Sequence: Random Event: Roll on a chart Movement Non-Combat Actions Combat Morale Strategic Level: Fort equals 1 argument, 1 turn a season Every Commander must role from his national characteristic table. The player should role play this trait in the non-combat phase. National Characteristic of the Romans Supremacistic Civic Duty Eater/Good wine Aggressive/Defensive Greed Persistent Mos Maiorum Love of Family, etc Gravitas: seriousness Dignitas: Dignity Pietas: Self sacrifice/devotion I have more for the interested Random Events (percent killed in army) 1d10 1: Germanic Slaves rebel 2: Barbarian Incursion: good or bad depending on side. 3: Plague (10-50%) 4: bad harvest, famine (20%) Morale-1 5: mutinous activity, Morale -1 6: Corruption 7: New Legion Arrives! Reinforcements or more enemies? 8: good harvest, Morale +1 9: defection 10% of their army joins you! 10: morale booster Morale +1 All armies start with a base morale and well as it decreases units desert starting with mercenaries and working it's way up...more rules for that later if interested. Back to Table of Contents -- Matrix Gamer #24 To Matrix Gamer List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2001 by Chris Engle. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com