What would an authentic Bosphoran Kingdom army look like?

[rotten]

Well, I'll give it a shot, based on what the above people have said and the limitations of the game.

2 family members, also serving as your meh-grade heavy cavalry
1 Hippeis
2 scythian horse archers
4 foot archers (mix of locals and hellenes, no elites)
1 Sphendonetai
2 ekdromoi hoplitai
2 hoplitai haploi
1 epilektoi hoplitai
1 hoplitai (classic)

I don't really know how the Bosphoran greeks mixed their armies, but it seems reasonable to suggest that they'd use a combination of local tactics and good old greek hoplite stuff. The ekdromoi seem appropriate imo because they are one of the few hoplite types that have a prayer of cornering horse archers (with help).

As you can see, no akontistai/hippokontistai. Two reasons: 1. I don't like them and 2. they'd be utterly useless in the steppes, at least hoplites have shields and helmets that protect them well against arrows. And why offer arrow fodder when you don't need to?

edit: maybe skip the haploi if they were so rich, make it 3 ekdromoi and 2 classics instead.