Annals of Rome

Annals of Rome comes substantially packaged in PSS's usual laudable style, though the cover art is excruciating. And although the instruction manual contains the sort of 'game-mechanics' information that I would like to see more of, it is organised in a most unhelpful manner. Well-written and authoritive background adds immensely to the atmosphere of a wargame, which has after all, to compromise on its on-screen appearance. Annals of Rome shows no sign of lack of research or absence of a feel for the historical period, so it is disappointing that the authors don't share their knowledge with us in the manual.