GAH!

Vanya sez... Opportunity wears many guises.

Vanya recently finished Scipii campaign. Vanya figthing Carthaginians. Vanya take Carthage. Then Numidians stab Vanya in back.

Senator waltzes in and tells Vanya to "go blockage Apollonia for the glory of the Empire." At first, Vanya sez "GAH! Senator lost head! GAH!" But, then Vanya sez to Himself, maybe senator onto something?

So, Vanya send a ship to commence the hostilities, and packs TWO legions from North Africa and Sicily into boats and crosses the pond. First dingy shuts down the port, giving Vanya an irrelevant prize. That same turn, the two legions -- full stacks no less, though mostly of crap units (hastati, archers, equites, watch) -- disembark in the meadows outside of Sparta. One goes for the capital, Sparta, and the other makes a run for Corinth just to the north. Few turns later, GAH! Vanya is master of Peloponesus! Vanya had to gourge His admirals with sake to get them to navigate the greek-infested waters to get reinforcements there (cause Vanya, in His eternal Wisdom, decided to land legions headed by mere captains only ). After a few tough battles, Vanya finally broke through to Athens and later Larissa. After that, it was a rampage.

Vanya eventually lost Carthage to a Carthaginian revolt. At time, Vanya at peace with old foe. So, Vanya walk away -- head to Thapsus. Vanya later just let Thapsus go the same way when He decided the remaining legion was best used in a rear attack on Egypt.

So, Vanya essentially traded North Africa for Greece. Turns out it was a pretty good trade. At least in this case.

So, ask yourself... can youz drop one war with meagre riches up for grabs and instead focus on a bigger fish?



GAH!