I tried playing Pontus on a medium difficulty. It took me a couple of years to start making money, and then bang on time AS attacked. They took me by suprise and wiped out my leader and heir and took my capitol.

I managed to scrimp and save for a few turns and threw myself a handy little army together. On my way to try to take my capitol back, I was ambushed by an AS army twice my size. Fortunately it was mostly levies and slingers. I wiped out that army, but it was costly. Right after that battle, I was attacked again! With an even bigger army!!

Again, it was most levies and slingers, and again I managed to scrape another win, but I couldn't handle many more victories like this. After the battle, I thought I was free to gather my army together, hire a few more mercs and have another go to take back my capital.

NO! NO! NO! ANOTHER BLOODY ATTACK!! This time there just wasn't enough of my army left to beat them. I was engulfed and got annihilated! This was my last General and I was wiped out.

It was 261BC!

I hate AS! I HATE THEM!!