Which (mainland Greek faction) is superior?

[Watchman]

Probably because the Hindu Kush is bloody far away.

The game allocates army upkeep (and agent wages and sundry) by city size, doesn't it ? Since it's a lump sum deduction from your income anyway it doesn't have any practical effect as such, other than it looking mildly odd how your biggest settlement tends to hang around the red...

I find it useful for getting a "feel" of how your economy's doing from the campaign map, myself. You know that when the big places are on the positive you're doing damn well money-wise...

[Anastasios Helios]

Off topic I know, but how did the Eperiots recruit the mumakil in Eperios anyway. Was there a northern version of the African mumakil that ran wild in Eperios until their extinction at the hands of the Roman Gladitorial Games and Pyrrhos' unceasing wars? Or did he just recruit them from India or something?

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

Off topic I know, but how did the Eperiots recruit the mumakil in Eperios anyway. Was there a northern version of the African mumakil that ran wild in Eperios until their extinction at the hands of the Roman Gladitorial Games and Pyrrhos' unceasing wars? Or did he just recruit them from India or something?

Afaik it represents Pyrrhos aim to make an elephant breeding program, for constant supply of his army with those beasts.

[Spoofa]

this isnt lord of the rings mind you.

[Watchman]

...didn't he just get them from the, whichonewasitnow, Seleukids ? (As nicknames for them pachyderms go, I particularly like "hefalumps".)

[Cyclops]

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I like Epeiros myself for the faction goals. I never understood why Makedon's goals aren't the recreation of Alexander's empire.

Maybe because Alexander's goals weren't Macedon's? He was a nut after all.

His dad seemed to be aiming for a more modest goal: dominate Hellas (III's and IV's south of Thessally, but control nevertheless), a deep buffer in the north and a nice scoop of Asia on the side. The Italian component is perhaps a little artificial, but it was part of "Greater Greece" and it leads to roman/Macedonian conflict.

Personally I think Phillip (the third was it? the one who fought the Romans c 200 BC) and Perseus had no aspirations beyond the Eastern shore of the Adriatic, but its certainly possible they wanted more.

this isnt lord of the rings mind you.

Oops my bad.

...didn't he just get them from the, whichonewasitnow, Seleukids ?

I believe there was "Elephant Inflation" after the Sandrocottus deal. Boy was he a salesman. "Look at this bull, barely 1000 miles on the clock, massive front end, huge trunk, seats 4 archers, gives 3 hours of battle to the gallon of beer..."

Expensive herds of indian Elephants left right and centre after that. Antiochus wins one lousy battle thanks the "these 18 beasts" and everybody has to have one.

(As nicknames for them pachyderms go, I particularly like "hefalumps".)

Oh you mean the "Hefalumpoi Thorakitai"? Weren't they wiped by the Bartix?

[Anastasios Helios]

Spartan spears can crush the mumakil anyday

[Watchman]

Nah. Itchy dwarves ate the bunch.
And there was great joy.

[Spoofa]

Great men tend to be a little nutty.

[Wolfman]

From watching these new strings of greek oriented movies coming out it seems that all greeks where nutty screaming lunatics (Leonidas, Alexander) who spoke with Irish accents (Gerard Butler, Colin Farrel).

[abou]

...didn't he just get them from the, whichonewasitnow, Seleukids ? (As nicknames for them pachyderms go, I particularly like "hefalumps".)

Yeah, it seems like the big three at the time (Antiochos, Ptolemaios, and Antigonos) gave him troops and supplies in the hopes of getting rid of him and keeping him occupied elsewhere because, you know, Pyrrhos had this problem of severely pissing off everyone he came into contact with.

[Watchman]

From watching these new strings of greek oriented movies coming out it seems that all greeks where nutty screaming lunatics (Leonidas, Alexander) who spoke with Irish accents (Gerard Butler, Colin Farrel).

Not to forget surprisingly fluent in English.

Yeah, it seems like the big three at the time (Antiochos, Ptolemaios, and Antigonos) gave him troops and supplies in the hopes of getting rid of him and keeping him occupied elsewhere because, you know, Pyrrhos had this problem of severely pissing off everyone he came into contact with.

A somewhat difficult personality I take it ?

[Kampfkrebs]

Oh you mean the "Hefalumpoi Thorakitai"? Weren't they wiped by the Bartix?

Yes, they were wiped out by a combined forces mission of the 1st Armored Bartixian Royal Guards "URANOZZ" and the 1337th Light Bartixian Battle Ninja Corps "DETHRAYZ"

[Kurulham]

Hefalumpoi Thorakitai

Just spewed coffee all over my desk. That phrase is genius.

As KH I have been besieged by Antigonos in Athens, but if I move the sphendonetai from Sparta to Athens he'll go away. Leaves me free to take Crete on turn 2 with my FL.