Anyone have suggestions for later on in the campaign? I'm the builder-type, so I tend not to move fast, and this seems to be my undoing. The Seleukids simply wear me down ~235 or so. That's around when I lose Ani-Kamah. I think it's a bad sign if they capture it, as it exposes three of your cities and you don't reasonably have enough income to maintain a large enough army to successfully defend all of them, so you're forced into taking it which bogs you down further. So...when do you need to get moving by? I'm guessing in the 250's, saving money big for mines and then sinking your economy to get after Nikaia, Ipsos, and Sardis. I think you'd be much safer once that's complete(throw in Ankyra, now that I think of it...mines+Gauls= ). Then you'd have an economy vibrant enough and a base secure enough to withstand the Seleukid assault while still taking out Pergamon(and eventually backstabbing the Ptolies or Armenians...whichever strikes your fancy.)