Rome: Total War

[Solmyr]

Just got this + Barbarian Invasion for 10 yuros. Which mods should I get?

[Sahib]

Most definitively Europa Barbarorum.
Rome Total  Realism, perhaps.
Maybe some mod for BI thought I don't if there is good/stable enough one.

[DisturbedPervert]

I tried Europa Barbarorum, it was unplayable for me.  Buggy and performance was just terrible, like nothing I've had even in modern games.

[Sahib]

Yeah I've actually forgotten that but yes, EB was pretty slow even on relatively modern computer. Not sure about bugged, looked rather polished in fact.

[Warspite]

I think you need Napoleon: Total War to play Rome.

[Octavian]

Get Europa Barbarum and Invasio Barbaroum (I think it's called) for BI

[Alcibiades]

I think you need Napoleon: Total War to play Rome.

...but is Rome an expansion or stand-alone to Napoleon?   

[Agelastus]

Just got this + Barbarian Invasion for 10 yuros. Which mods should I get?

Europa Barbarorum for Rome (it's what I am playing at the moment.)

Invasio Barbarorum for BI (I love rebuilding the entire empire from with the Western Romans.)

My old computer, before it blew (again) had about twenty mods on it for Rome. The laptop I am using at the moment has six on it.

I'd advise you to go here http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=214 and take your pick.

[Solmyr]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. So is BI somehow separate, since people suggest I get mods both for base game and BI?

[Agelastus]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. So is BI somehow separate, since people suggest I get mods both for base game and BI?

Because it covers a different period, and because the game itself has slightly different features (BI includes night battles, the ability of some units to swim rivers, and shield wall formation) there are mods based on both BI and Rome.

Some mods use the Alexander executable instead, as allegedly it has a superior AI.

Many of the mods have unofficial conversions for them to work on other versions of Rome to that which they are designed for (for example, Europa Barbarorum has one conversion that has it run on BI, and one that lets it run using Alex.)