Strength & Honour was first released in 2004. It had a turn-based strategy similar to the one you can find in Rome: Total War. The game?s big difference was the important use of individuals at all levels (armies and cities) whose characteristics changed over time (ambition, loyalty etc?). The game had a whooping 112 cities/ provinces making it probably the most detailed map of the ancient world ever released in any game. You can find almost every settlement of that time. This was a great feature but the downside is that it is unlikely that many people ever finished a campaign as it could take months to complete. The other major challenge was to manage a balanced economy, which was extremely difficult as the game had a very complex management system, and your population?s migrations. I?ve seen many AI empires surrender due to bankruptcy (this is fortunately not a problem in Strength & Honour 2). I have myself not finished a full campaign of the original Strength & Honour, though I am a good way into it with the Maurya Empire.

Introduction

Did you ever dream of surpassing the conquests of Alexander the Great, conquering China by leading the Huns/Mongols, or recreate the Roman Empire? Now all of this is possible in Strength & Honour 2. The game places the player at the head of one of the multiple Kingdoms that existed in 232 BC. Strength & Honour 2 has a turn-based strategic campaign (called World Mode and Palace Mode) and a real-time tactical mode (called Battle Mode). The map extends from Europe to China and is therefore the largest game map covering the Ancient World.