Man enjoying himself playing Pontus

[Digby Tatham Warter]

You didn't go wrong. The game is called "Total War" and is hardcoded to cause as many wars as possible. You weren't fighting enough so the game made the AI attack you.

Is this correct?

My favourite faction is good old AS. In a previous campaign it got very heavy going, as every body attacked and you never seem to get the time for the game to actually progress and get somewhere.

In my latest campaign(now at 202BC) certainly in the East, most of my neibours leave me alone, meaning that it is less tiresome than 'to many' scraps per turn.
I presume I have achieved this 'space' by the fact that all my Eastern border cities are strongly garrisoned(expensive I know).

As for the mini-mod it sounds like a good idea, because in the west, Rome seems to own everything, and I have to fight off at least 4 stacks per turn. Good job my two main stacks out there are such delux(but balanced and semi realistic) heavy duty Roman killers, eh!