Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion

Following Hot On the heels of the Alexander expansion conies one riddled with Barbarians. What's more, in the spirit of the Viking Invasion expansion for the original Medieval: TW, or Mongol Invasion for Shogun: TW, the focus of this is masses of burly nomadic men on the rampage.

While Creative Assembly may have taken a few historical liberties with the addition of some most likely 'made-up down the pub' units (Graal Knights and a thinly veiled King Arthur spring to mind), if you can live with the historical inaccuracies (go on, live a little), the gameplay is as brilliant as ever. Maybe more so.

Priest units dish out buffs to nearby troops, your infantry have finally taken some swimming lessons and the new night battles, complete with flaming arrows and catapults, are spectacular stuff. Unlike Alexander, it's not available as a cheap download, so if you're a Rome: TW fan but you don't already have this on your shelf, the Huns are an essential addition.