Quote Originally Posted by Quirinus Kuhlmann
I think it's important to get Crete very quick to build up your economy by sea trade. Then you have to sent as much troops as possible back to the mainlands. Try an alliance with Epiros. They are at war with macedonia too and you could be lucky.
In my early campaign I then conquered Korinth and the Macedoneans took Athens from me shortly after that. But at that time my economy was out of the red and I could built up an army, that pushed back the macedoneans in a close decisive battle, so I retook Athens soon.
As the Macedoneans were occupied with Epiros too, I was quite safe at that moment.
Good luck with your campaign!
Thank you for the tips, but luck was not with me.

I did manage to get Krete, but Athens found itself sieged before I could bring my men back to the mainland. Then I saw a giant Macedonian army coming for Sparta. I evacuated my men from Sparta and grabbed Lesbos. Lousy Epeirotes(Epeirites?) allied with me and agreed to attack Macedonia but they took forever have get around to it.

Now I find myself in command of 3 islands(Crete, Rhodos, and Lesbos), and making a decent chunk of money again. I have my diplomat wandering around Greece. Looks like Epiros might finally be going after the Macedonians. I did get a ceasefire with Macedonia. Can't decide whether to build an army and try to get Athens, Corinth and Sparta back or take a chance and invade elsewhere(Maybe along the Black Sea?)

Getai hasn't expanded yet and even with the money injections from the script and the VH difficulty setting, they can only afford about a stack from their one province. Does anyone know if KH can build decent troops from provinces in that area?

I could post some screenshots from my game tonight, maybe a bit of campaign history. Record my blunders for posterity, kind of a Zim45's unguide to KH.