A provisional title, because I'm sure someone will have a better name for this little experiment in migration. In both my Pergamon and Massalia games, I've ended up taking Kyrene and holding the ring against both the Ptolemies and Karthadastim - and it's a lot of fun.

Now it is a harder starting position than even Massalia was in terms of recruitment; there's none of the top tier factional stuff to be had there. Even the mercenary pool isn't so great. But the distances involved means you don't have full stacks of elites headed your way every other turn, which means I may have some time to build up a base.

I'm thinking of the islands as targets - Krete, Kypros, Rhodos and Euboia. Possibly Sicily as well. While the first group are a bit meta-game-y (AI doesn't usually try to re-take them), it will at least make my little league viable.

I plan to take Krete, then leave the rest until the factions who own them give me a reason to attack in retaliation. I may set up the Sabaens as a "desert faction" to give me some relief from my two great enemies.

Talking of which, what might you call a Hellenic League centred in Kyrenaia? Is there a more interesting name than the Kyrenaian League?

Any thoughts generally?