[joegrundman]

Europa barbarorum is not like barbarian invasion, but you need to have installed Barbarian invasion before you can run most of the bigger mods as BI updated the basic RTW with significant extra features which are used by the modmakers.

Barbairian invasion focuses on the fall of rome

Europa Barbarorum, like RTR, focuses on the rise of rome. I don't know which is better. I was always an RTR man myself, but that was because on my old machine, EB (as it's known) ran at a poor framerate. Not because of any judegement on the reltive merits. I understand both are more or less equally great, though EB has undoubtedly the better name.

Be warned...arguments as to which is better are similar to arguments about GWX and NYGM or the Real fleet boat deck gun fight.

Anyway, both mods are still very much alive and significantly improved versions are still in development

Since i got my new PC i haven't actually reinstalled RTW yet as my submarine obsession has grown so great that it brooks no rivals, although i do every now and again think about getting it going again. But then the sea calls...