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11-21-2007, 05:37 PM
Trivia quiz on Roman Military History to support the launch of a new game: http://www.e-gms.com/gborjmp.html
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11-21-2007, 05:50 PM
Gosh I'm bad..I got 9 of 15 :oops:
  
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11-21-2007, 06:49 PM
12 out of 15. Mhh..

They had at least one question wrong, so.. I would have like to see what their answer were! :twisted:
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11-21-2007, 06:51 PM
Quote:12 out of 15. Mhh..

They had at least one question wrong, so.. I would have like to see what their answer were! :twisted:

So that maked me feel a little better...so its really 9 of 14 :wink:
  
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11-21-2007, 07:47 PM
I got 13 out of 15 correct. But I agree about some of the questions, they were quite dubious...

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#6
11-21-2007, 07:58 PM
I got 13 out of 15 too, you have to think what they think you think the answer is! :wink:

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11-21-2007, 08:01 PM
Quote:So that maked me feel a little better...so its really 9 of 14 :wink:

If you got that question wrong, heheh :wink:
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#8
11-21-2007, 08:59 PM
14/15 but then I admit I guessed about a couple and just got lucky :wink:
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11-21-2007, 09:01 PM
14 of 15 -- no help from the Internet.
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11-22-2007, 07:54 AM
14/15 - one or two guesses in there!

The game looks interesting?
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11-22-2007, 12:55 PM
13 out of 15, and just a little note,
this game has been out for a couple of years at least, under another name, LEGION....
same game, just a little more bling..
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11-22-2007, 01:33 PM
Quote:13 out of 15, and just a little note,
this game has been out for a couple of years at least, under another name, LEGION....
same game, just a little more bling..

well it's CDV... they realease the same 3 games for 10 years now under different names. they don't even change the engine lol...

15/15 but some of the questions were indeed quite stupid...
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#13
11-22-2007, 02:18 PM
Slitherine, the actual developer, has pointed this out actually: http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=27341
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11-22-2007, 03:32 PM
15-15....but some were lucky guesses...
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11-22-2007, 08:32 PM
Likewise. I guessed the duration of the Vandals' sack of Rome!
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