Once he manages to secure things in Greece, he'll be free to move against the Persians in the east. The game starts after Philip's death and just as Alexander is poised to move against the Thebans. Continuing the trend started in Barbarian Invasion, Alexander will have to contend with plenty of unsettled rebel armies as well. Far to the east you'll discover the Indians and a variety of barbarians but they're really marginal powers that don't factor too heavily into the overall scheme of things. The two heavy hitters are Alexander's Macedonians and Darius's Persians. Given the limited nature of the campaign, there are only four new civilizations here. Where previous expansions have allowed players to take charge of one of a number of empires during a crucial moment of conflict, this expansion is strictly limited to Alexander's campaign against the Persians. While Alexander's fierce advance was every bit as impressive as those of the Mongols, Vikings and Germanic barbarians, it's less the story of an inevitable clash between two warring people as it is the story of the ambitions and achievements of Alexander himself. It doesn't have the word 'Invasion' anywhere in the title.

At first, we weren't even sure this was a Total War expansion.

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