To anyone who hasn't yet read it, you should go check out Tom Chick's take on Europa Universalis: Rome at Quarter to Three. (Which is quite popular now that Penny Arcade has linked to it.)
A preview:
"I'm sorry, Marcus, but I need you to do this for me. It's all for the horses, really. As you may have heard, we just discovered the technology for equites, which are Rome's noble cavalry. They're 10% more expensive than vanilla cavalry, but they're also 10% more effective because of their discipline bonus. They'll make a nice addition to our legions. But there's one little problem. We don't have any horses."
A preview:
"I'm sorry, Marcus, but I need you to do this for me. It's all for the horses, really. As you may have heard, we just discovered the technology for equites, which are Rome's noble cavalry. They're 10% more expensive than vanilla cavalry, but they're also 10% more effective because of their discipline bonus. They'll make a nice addition to our legions. But there's one little problem. We don't have any horses."
