Thanks all for the responses! Especially to Hax for the detailed starting guide! I'm sure it will come in handy when I do start an AS campaign. What's that? Oh yeah, the flip-flopper that I am, I decided to start a M/M Hayasdan campaign

So I guess, I shall make reference to this thread now!

I'm about 14 years in and have just taken Karkathiokerta from the AS. Once that AS diplomat showed up at Armavir I decided to strike! Now I'm deciding whether to try to hold on to Sophene or raze everything and consolidate my holdings in the Causasus (I own Phraaspa, Kotais, Kabalaka, Mtskheta and they're all Level 2 gov'ts now). And continue the process of transforming my army into a HA army (I just love HA armies, probably why I usually play Pahlava!)

Thanks again! An AS campaign is next, I swear! Cheers!