Epirote playguide:

[PseRamesses]

First strategy is risky. Maks sometimes go afther you aggressively.
In patch political situation of Rome will be fixed. They now start at war with Epirothes and not with Yehzui. So you will have to face them if you want to hold italy.
My usual early game strategy is to fortify Tarrent ( i build stone walls and archer as effective cheep garrison) and try to stop Romans for as long as i can (taking profit from Tarrent). In this time i try to use my whole army to force peace treaty on Makedonsm, or break them but this is very difficult.
But this are advises for next EB version.

Well, I only did two tries so it might be wise to hit the M´s first although taking the reb-settlements in Italy will boost your economy a lot faster according to my test. But, as in real life, at a cost: M knocking on your backdoor.
Sounds great about the Roman/Epirote stance and other updates for the patch. Can´t wait to get hold of it. I hope you´ll have it ready by friday since my children are with their mother this weekend. Holding my thumbs. Keep up the good work!

[pezhetairoi]

I'd say take the Romani first, because the Maks are easier prey by and large, in terms of strategic accessibility, and troop quality. Therefore, they can wait.

[PseRamesses]

I'd say take the Romani first, because the Maks are easier prey by and large, in terms of strategic accessibility, and troop quality. Therefore, they can wait.

Agree, and after a couple of more tries my economy boosts faster going for the Italian/ Sicialian rebels even if I loose a settlement in Greece. I´ve in every game sucessfully allied with bothe the KH and the Dacians. The latter was easy to convince to attack M from the north, he he!
So the best strat with E is to gather all your expendable forces in Kalabria (upgrade) and take Rhegion, Messana, Syrakousai and even Lilibeo. Karth are suckers for peacedeals and you´ll be able to squeeze them for 5k for a ceasefire. Ally with Romani, KH and Dacia and you´re all set to return to Greeze and whipe out the M. Eventually taking Thermon (Olympos) will not improve your standings with KH so you´ll be able to take them out too.

[toxicseagull]

my most enjoyable campagin has been with these guys. i headed for rome, shifted all troops over from greek city's apart from one unit garrison each, (kept elephants) took all romani lands in 20 years with that one army and a supply route of garrison units. i managed to keep one city in greece, lost my old capital city tho.

ive now landed my major stack and two smaller stacks to take my old capital and that M city directly to the right of my citys as my main army drives south attracting trouble draining resourcesand splitting the M empire in two so no reinforcments will reach two seiged out citys :)

thats the plan anyway :)

[Moros]

I attacked the Macedons in Pella in the first or second turn. I exterminated it and destroyed all the buildings. I trained myself a second army of that. And I made a recruitment line now I still could. Next trun Ambrakia was also by by. (did I loved those elephants.) then I put my main army on ship an moved them to Korninthos. The 2 big Makedon armys were heading north. to my unprotected destroyed towns. I pinned them down with a fort with one unit it in it. NExt turn I Builded a fort right behind it. Stopping them for another turn. Now also the Greek send n army to them and pinded them down. Now I besieged Korinthos. While the Makedons couldn't move because of the Greek army and two forts. THe greeks and my two untis were defeated but I got Korinthos. Now the Macedons kept fighting the Greek from out chalkis. Now I attacked Sparta. I sended an army towards Athens and chalkis. both were afraid to do something. they both were powwerfull enough to destroy my army but then the other would be strong enough to destroy the other.

Then I went for the most southren city. wich wasn't taken by the romans yet by my surprise. (I was allied to Rome). THen the cartagenians kept on trying to take the other two cities on the sicily. (They sended unit after unit, like if they didn't know that they could merge armies.) In a moment of carthegian weakness I attacked lilibeoand got a ceasefire afterwards. But now I was getting in depth again and the Greek and Macedon armies were grewing. I destroyed alot of buildings and added a few units and alot of mercenaries to my army builded a fort with one unit. The maks besieged it. Now I could take Athens without the MAkedons acting difficult. one trun later I took athens. Now the makedonians besieged my city. But left Chalkis almost unpretected. So I made a little army with my elephnats and I took chalkis. The Makedonians were destroyed even tough they had one city left. I guess it was his last faction leader that was in there too.

Then I attacked the Romans. Awful mistake and I was kicked out of italy. I still had lilibeo tough. SO I builed an army over there and I gained full power over sicily. But the Romans didn't want to end the war. In greece the economy was building up slowly and I conquered two rebel settlements. I attacked the getai capital so I was rid of them before they were to powerfull. Then they came with with some armys and I mamaged to take in a second settlement. Now they had only one left. But they're army was stronger as mine. They attacked their fromer capital gained it back. But during that I took the other city. (I never tought I would succeed takng tat settlement while beign so badly outnumbered. Getia destroyed they had no faction leaders left I guess.

I was losing the war in Sicily since all my iaatention an denarii went to the mainland. Then I moved my last troops on my ship heading for Rom itself. The city was poorly defended. I captured it, raided it and then I quit my campaign.

[toxicseagull]

yeh, thats why i took out rome, i figured they were going hurt me later, i have now taken over greece, and wiped out rome/greek's, and the makadionians have only two islands left.
im going to consolidate, retrain my army that took out both italy and greece, and hopefully before my leader (phyrus) dies take the islands around greece and finish of the italian peninsuala and sicily that are rebels.

[Moros]

Well I wasn't beaten or anything. I could have beaten the romans. By just raiding one of their bigger cities when undefendent and then when they've been weakened enough take over their most important cities. But I just didn't feel like it anymore. I played M/M that I do admit.