Titanomachy

[underthesun]

there's a VERY handy bridge west of Babylon that, in my experience, they'll just throw stack after stack at. Aside from that you'll only need to worry about attacks from the direction of Edessa.

[Maion Maroneios]

Wow, this really is a clash of titans... Good luck with the looong war, Conqueror!

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

Don't you trade map rights?

[Conqueror]

Didn't get around to it in the early game, and it's hard to get the AI to sell it later. Then the Ptolemies, 2 turns before the war started, demanded that I pay a ridiculously small sum (was something to the tune of 4000 mnai) lest they attack. For some odd reason they included their map info on the "offer" and I thought I might as well agree to it.

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

Ah, I see. I use toggle_fow only occasionally, so I send spies around every now and then to have an up-to-date map.

[Conqueror]

I began my invasion of Charax through the southern mountain passes. Having one army engaged in a staring contest with the Ptolemaic forces, my other armies take another route and manage to sneak to the river and take control over the crossing.

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I find that my speedy march to Charax pays off, as the city is very lightly defended. I quickly overpower the weak garrison and station troops to all the river crossings. Susa is my next target, and I approach it from multiple directions. The Ptolemaic forces are unable to make use of their superior numbers since they are blocked from crossing the rivers and tied up sieging forts.

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The battles really aren't much to speak of, being largely bridge/ford defenses. You know how those play out.

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Turning off the fog of war reveals some pretty scary sigths.

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[CaesarAugustus]

I thought the Ptolemies in my game were bad. Do you plan to conquer all the way to Carthage? What do you think your limits of expansion will be? I'd try to make the cutoff point with fortifications at Bosphorus, Hellespont, and Sinai... but your still a long way off from those. I dont envy you at all, friend, best of luck.