I'll put game notes in separate posts from now on. More text-only posts => fewer total images per page => pages load faster!

I was confident that moving my army out into the field would tempt the Makedonians to attack, but I thought they'd combine and commit more forces. Luckily Kalos Argeades really is dull and disloyal, so I can explain things that way. In the battle itself I was quite pleased with the AI – it kept a solid front line and tried to hit both flanks of my phalanx, while still holding its Agrianians in reserve. This was also my first time using Illyrian cavalry: I had disbanded one of the three units that Epeiros starts with, but you'll see in future posts that I keep the other two units going for many years, since they make such a great light "hammer".

Not much happening in the rest of the world, although the Romans took Taras off me in the first of many battles there. Those will also be covered in future posts