Just thought I’d post a link to Michael Akinde’s developer blog for the still-in-planning stages Imperium: Rise of Rome. I love developer blogs when they provide some insight into how they see game design.
Michael has, so far, laid out the basics of his political system and just added a bit comparing Age of Napoleon to Empires in Arms, two board games with similar themes but very different approaches to the period in question.
Man… Empires in Arms. I played that game with some folks for a few months and loved it, but haven’t played in about 5 years now. Makes me want to try to find a copy and see if I can get some people at the office playing. :)