



The overland map is not unlike a board game, where I was free to manage my empire year on year by completing construction projects, developing the royal family, and recruiting soldiers. There are two main components of gameplay: the turn-based overland map, and the real-time battles between armies on the field. 'Total War: Attila' does not deviate markedly from the basic structure of the series. His leadership turned the united Hunnic tribes into a centralized, terrifying horde of cavalry that, at the height of his power, conquered the known world from modern-day Kazakhstan in the east to the borders of France, and from Lithuania to the borders of Bulgaria in the south. His campaigns over the Eurasian continent were successful enough to place him among the most capable of conquerors: Alexander, Temujin, Octavian, and Timur, among many others. Attila himself, the Scourge of God, was leader of the Hunnic Empire for a period of two decades in the fifth century. 'Attila' takes place at the end of the fourth century AD, coinciding with the fall of Rome as a superpower in Eurasian politics. The 'Total War' series has a wide historical span, from the early days of the Western Roman Empire through the campaigns of Napoleon.
