This game continues to surprise me

A new appeal I have found to the game now is that I am very often surprised by the things I see as my empire grows. I think this really does help the endgame to be better than the early game.

Imagine this; you choose Numidia for your campaign. You expand across africa, and soon your allies the Carthaginians are eliminated, to be replaced by the Scipii. You miraculously subdue the Scipii and send them packing their bags and heading back to their homelands. Then, you gain a newfound wealth and strength from Carthage.

Egypt foolishly attacks, and you release your mighty hammer upon them, sending them to the "afterlife". You are the new masters of Egypt (still a miracle, trust me).

Spain soon invades, and you make short work of them as well. The Spanish have been sure to take Celtiberia, and so you now have control of all of hispania.

The time is now 222 BC. Your empire stretches mighty, and you are the most influencial leader in the world. Or so you think...

A Germanian boat comes up and blockades your port of Carthage. You think this to be strange, and you combat it, but you soon realise that the med is littered with 'em. You send a ship to see what's going on and you get an explanation; Germania has taken control of Greece! You soon find out that most of Asia Minor has succumbed to the Germania.

It's this kind of thing that makes the game much more interesting as it progresses. You find yourself fighting somewhere very surprising against someone you never thought you'd fight there. This sort of thing has happened to me quite a few times already.

Some other stuff that surprised me as I moved on:

1. The Galatian rebels are Barbarians (now that I think about it it makes more sense)

2. There are Amazons in Hyperboria, who happen to be IMPOSSIBLE to defeat

3. The people of Transalpine Gaul are Greek.

Has any of this stuff happened to you? Or have you found anything strange on the campaign map?

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One thing I have just discovered in my new Armenia campaign- both the Greeks AND the Macs have allied with Gaul. This is really uncanny methinks, so I predict that Gaul has a large empire spanning into Illyria. I have yet to explore that area, so I do not know however.

I got a surprise last night on my new Thracian campaign.

Started off invading a few rebel provinces, now I have the regions stretching from Illyria to Byzantium. In doing so I didn't have to declare war on any faction, but struck up Alliances with the following factions:

1) Macedon
2) Greek Cities
3) Brutii
4) Senate
5) Dacia
6) Scythia
7) Pontus

Please bear in mind that Macedon and the Greeks were at war for a while, then the Macedonians were trapped in one remaining province and must have bartered peace with the Greeks. I'd been Macedon's allies until this point and neutral with the Greeks. After the Macedonians became neutral with the Greeks the Greeks immediately sent a diplomat to one of mine loitering in the area and offered: Alliance, Trade Rights, Map Information. Wow! What an offer! Wait, that isn't the surprise.

The surprise is that those Greeks then went and attacked the Macedonians, which I supported because I wanted a good ally like them - and THEN THEY ATTACKED ME!

Hmmm... Greeks = no allies

My allies?

1) Macedon
2) Pontus
3) Brutii
4) Senate
5) Dacia
6) Scythia

What morons.

Well, I believe the AI always has a reason for everything it does...

But that was just downright stupid. They gave you their map voluntarily, and then attacked you? What strange people...

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Originally Posted by Silver Rusher

Some other stuff that surprised me as I moved on:

1. The Galatian rebels are Barbarians (now that I think about it it makes more sense)

2. There are Amazons in Hyperboria, who happen to be IMPOSSIBLE to defeat

3. The people of Transalpine Gaul are Greek.

Has any of this stuff happened to you? Or have you found anything strange on the campaign map?

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1. The Galatians were a marching band of Gauls that ravaged Greece and then Asia Minor until they settled in Galatia. Then they began to serve in Greek and Macedonian armies as Thureophoroi (name taken from the celtic shield they brought with them).

2. Well, it is merely an easter egg. For fun.

3. Massilia was founded by Greek colonists from Athens around 700 BC, it managed to stay free and unconquered by the Gauls. Mainly by having strong friends (including Rome) and lots of money to buy off threatening armies. So it is more than fair that they are Greeks.

FYI - just about every single faction will ally with you if you ask them in the beginning of the game. Not that alliances mean anything.

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Originally Posted by Silver Rusher

A Germanian boat comes up and blockades your port of Carthage. You think this to be strange, and you combat it, but you soon realise that the med is littered with 'em. You send a ship to see what's going on and you get an explanation; Germania has taken control of Greece! You soon find out that most of Asia Minor has succumbed to the Germania.

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omg! hitler travelled back in time and is taking over the world!

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Originally Posted by aw89

omg! hitler travelled back in time and is taking over the world!

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I think you are a little hasty. I would though be rather wary if I saw the Germania ally up with the Romans to beat up on the Gauls, then take out the Dacians, Thracians and Greeks before invading Scythia where they were finally halted.

Run! Run for cover! Hitler was born two thousand years too early! lol

@Kraxis- It's unlikely, but still possible. It would be very surprising to see if anything like that happens.

Imagine getting a screen pop up where Germania declares that its fate lies to the east. I would get a little scared then.