Helping Hand with Hayasdan

[Cataclysm]

Well, for now I have been following CountArach and JeffBag's recommendation and have dug in near Kotais.

In the meantime though, Trapezous fell to the Ptolomies. My caucasian spearmen were no match for their galatians.

A short time later, the people of Trapezous rose up to throw off the yoke of Ptolomeic oppression and ...


...entered the league of free greek states, the Koinon Hellenon. While I hoped it would revolt back to Hayasdan, I will have to settle with having my ally as my new neighbor. I'm sending them a small tribute of 100 mnai per turn to hopefully stay in their good graces.

I besieged Ani_Kamah, but later had to pull back due to the sheer number of Ptolemaic forces on their way to releive the garrison. Then this:


Here I set the stage for slaughter - Horse Archers surrounding the column of infantry:


With efficient results:


Mher finnishes them off:

I might enter that one into the next screenshot competition.

Victory!:


Mher's heroic defense of the kingdom!


With KH in the mix now this should get interesting as they border Pontus and Ptolomey now, but so far they have just turtled inside the city.

I think I'm going to try to save up and build the mine in Kotais while defending the mountain passes. Then once the mine is built, conscript some more troops and go on the offensive.

[Rilder]

Intense looks like your managing to get your kingdom back in shape...

[Intranetusa]

Why is your construction expenditure 0?

Construction of buildings takes priority over everything else, including unit trainning...

[CountArach]

Why is your construction expenditure 0?

Construction of buildings takes priority over everything else, including unit trainning...

"I think I'm going to try to save up and build the mine in Kotais while defending the mountain passes. Then once the mine is built, conscript some more troops and go on the offensive."

Looks like things turned out quite nicel for you.

[Cataclysm]

Actually, I walked away from this campaign awhile ago. It turned into a rediculous war of attrition and I was having a hard time keeping up. Too many elite greek units vs my levies. I had lost Kotais and was pushed back into the homeland.

The KH were swept aside from Trapezus only a couple of years after it revolted.

So, I had lost interest in it. I have the save game still and may try to engineer a glorious comeback, but my Sweboz game is much more fun right now.

[Lord Gruffles]

I had a great Hayasdan campaign going. But then I saw .81a had come out and decided to bite the bullet.

The key to them is to be as aggressive as you can early. I had Seleukos on the run and was just about to invade (and slaughter) Pontus.