Age of Gladiators

A Potential Scenario You’re almost out of money. Two more days and you will no longer be able to pay your staff or gladiators. The fight scheduled today will draw exceptionally massive crowds in the arena, meaning the fight purse will be bountiful and the opportunity to place a large volume of bets will be high. One problem though: your top gladiator is fatigued from his last combat and has a nagging shoulder strain. Plus, with a history of concussions, it’s fair to say he will not be at full strength if you put him in the arena. But he’s the best you’ve got. The rest of your stable of fighters are rookies yet – still working through training with your staff and far too inexperienced to send into this brutal blood sport.

The next fight is a week away and poorly hyped. You cannot wait that long.

If you were ruthless, you could execute your top fighter and seize his life savings. With the fight purses you’ve shared through his career, he has amassed a fortune that could keep your business sim-style operations afloat for months.

If that feels too dishonorable, you could visit the money lenders. But their interest rates have been brutal lately: 30% or more. Financing current operations and economy management this way would harm you long-term.

Or maybe you risk it all and send your fatigued but elite gladiator into the arena. Ranked 3rd overall in Leptis Magnus, he still has a real shot at victory in this high-stakes turn-based combat match.

But if he dies, you lose everything.

What do you do in this strategy sim of fame, reputation, and resource management set in ancient Rome?What Is It? Age of Gladiators is a singleplayer strategy and management sim set during the height of the bloody games of ancient Rome. It blends elements of business simulation, stable management, training systems, tactical RPG combat, and sports sim-style character progression.…