Time Commanders: The Battle of Leuctra- 1/5

Time Commanders is a series of programmes made by Lion TV for BBC Two that ran for two seasons from 2003 to 2005.
It uses an edited version of the game engine behind the real-time strategy game Rome: Total War by the Creative Assembly to recreate famous battles of the ancient world.

The battles are replayed by 4-player teams from diverse backgrounds. The teams are unfamiliar with computer games, to make sure their gaming skills do not influence their success. After a brief introduction of the battle, including an overview of military units, terrain and available forces, the players have to develop a strategy and then deploy their forces. Two of the players are selected as generals, who will direct the battle and have access to a strategic map. The other two players are designated lieutenants, the units are indirectly controlled by the lieutenants, who issue commands to program assistants, who in turn use the game interface to control the units.

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Entertainment

Tags:

• time
• commanders
• rome
• total
• war
• ancient
• famous
• battles
• historical
• spartans
• thebans
• sacred
• band

[MrGreek12]

The Prince Of Macedon would easely slaughter everyone out there..... (for those who don't know who he is, visit his channel!!)

[TrueDynamix]

they didn't know what hoplites were ....MERCY!

[GodOfWar221]

@MrGreek12 Oh hell yeah, Prince Of Macedon, is truly gifted when it comes to battle strategy

[andresrojas22]

-"you're the first all female team we bring to these program, what extra do you think this would bring to the program?"

-MOAR DRAMA

[flankspeed]

"Today the fate of one of these armies rests on a netball team from London!!"

Cheerio then...

xD

[HardWarUK]

This show would have been so much better if they had had teams of gamers playing. This show, to me, was always about laughing at the participents mostly, like the early shows of X-Factor.

[iamnobodyism]

@SupaTROopa2 is that what Joan of Arc said? lol

[iamnobodyism]

@stilgoe95 it was out many years ago

[Harvest8888]

@Tappermccabe Post is in the past tense dude. Guess I should have added "was" infront of "sooo" but should be clear from context. 

[Tappermccabe]

@Tappermccabe Whoops. I forget Medevail TW 2 + 2 Expantions.

[Tappermccabe]

@Harvest8888 You do know it's been out for about 7-8 years, with 2 expantions. There has also been Spartan TW, Empire tw + 5(+) expantions, Napolian tw + ? expantions and Shogun 2 tw maybe with expansions. Do you mean you're looking forward to Rome TW 2?