OK, I really enjoy this game. That said I have a question and I think it has been brought up before...sorry if it had. But this has to do with victory results in a battle.
I noted that in the preview of the game the .. Simulation & wargame news, The Flare Path: Diecast Romans, link... the reviewer mentioned a victory at Neapolis he had won as Spartacus, almost his entire army is lost out of 17K with a few hundred left over maybe...the Romans lost over 3K from a force of 40K. Now if I get this right...sometimes the victor is determined by the type of troops involved. The Romans could not afford to lose so many troops to slaves. I have noted some similar results in my game with the Mithridates vs the Romans.
A friend of mine, who also likes the game very much , mentioned to me the following...'I have only played 3-4 turns, but am getting beat up on Spain by the Certorans, or whomever they are. One odd thing is that Pompey, with an army of about 30,000, wiped out an army of the Spanish troops, killing all 7,800 of them while losing only 1,400 of his own men, but I was told this was a Roman defeat. Do you know what that would be?'
My question is this normal? Or is this part of the issue/situation of Romans suffering losses....although in my friend's case I can't see how the loss of only 1,400 out of 30 K be considered a defeat in his case.
Was also thinking maybe if possible a new type of victory should be added to the script for some of these battles. A player can have a Pyrrhic Victory....if he suffers so many losses...