Let me first say this game rocks!
Setting: It's about 230BC in my Parthian VH/Medium campaign. I have control of all modern day Asia, Egypt, Rhodes (for the 40% trade wonder) and southern russia. Needless to say, my income is terrific with 30K profit yearly and 300K in the bank.
One of my rules from MTW days is to not declare war on someone unless they attack me (hey, I'm no George Bush fan!). Now the romans have gotten their Marius reforms and are exploding all over the map. So I am trying to slow them down with covert war.
I have sent a couple of spies with the plague into the Brutii and Julii capitals, I have sent my assassin on sabotage missions in Scipii lands. I am also hoping to tip the balance of the war in North Italy in favor of the Gauls, so I spent 30K on bribing Burtii armies to disperse (they seem more expensive to bribe if you're not roman), and gave the Gauls about 50K in gifts.
Are there other ways I can wage this "cold war"? Has anyone beaten the romans that way?
share your experience.
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