Scythia (RTW Faction)
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Scythia are one of the factions in Rome: Total War designed to be non-playable. However they can be made playable by simple modifications to the game files.
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Game Play
Scythia is very hard faction to play. They have almost no money in begginig and thir cities are divided while many enemies await.
Starting Position
Scythia starts game in north part of Black Sea. They are bordered by Dacia and Thrace to the south,¸Armenia to the south east and Parthia to the east. They have four starting cities:
CAMPUS SCYTHII- Capital bordered by Thrace and Dacia
TANAIS- Deep inside Scythian empire by Black sea it is near Armenia
CAMPUS SAMARTAE- This city is in north part of empire bordered only by rebels
CAMPUS ALLANI- Campus Allani is bordered by Parthia on east.
Win conditions
SHORT CAMPAIGN- Hold 15 regions and destroy or outlast Dacia and Thrace
LONG CAMPAIGN- Hold 50 provinces including Rome
Units
Scythians have almost no infantry, all horses. Their horse archers are famous and pose a threat to every army.
Unique Units
HEAD HUNTING MAIDENS- this fericious madiens fight with rage, they are worthy foes for any enemy. They are cavalry unit.
HORSE ARCHERS- not unique but some types only belong to Scythians
Strategy guides
Possible strategy with Scythia is to storm into Europe beggining with Dacia and Thrace and settling into wealthy Greece
History
More avout Scythian history can be sen here: ( but not much )
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Scythia
