in this one i didnt start with pics til late (239) this is KH VH/H. the Maks were quickly pushed off the mainland by Epe/KH. Mak left with one province(Mity.) and given a ceasefire by me. when we join up Helik rebelled from AS a couple years ago and came to me. I began to push around southern Asia Minor taking AS provinces and allowing the Maks to take a few NW AM provinces from the rebels. Then in 239 those darn dirty Maks allied with AS and attacked my provinces with large stacks. Between 239 and 236 the AS/Mak alliance pushed me back totally off mainland AM for a turn or two and cost me 3 family members! darn you treacherous Maks, no more mercy given to you! Two large amphibious forces landed in Helik. and Mity. The Makedonians were utterly destroyed and AS pushed back from 236-230. The Carthaginians have pushed hard into Rome and as you see they eventually become a monster in the west. Lusotanna secured Iberia and Carthage has been so busy with central eu that they have left Iberia alone. Around the 230 screen you can really see the powers emerging that have stayed large this game. Lusot, Carth, Seleu, Epe, Swe, Ptol, and KH are the big players here, the Ptol were getting a beat down by Seleu so some KH help came in the way of espionage units. 221 the powers get more developed as they swallow up the weaker factions around them. KH(me) launched an expedition into the coastal areas of Seleucid hopeing to draw attention away from AM. By 211 the expedition turned into a full on invasion as AS clumsily shifted troops. At 211 the treacherous Epe betrayed their alliance with me(not a good idea as they are being whooped by Carth to the west) but they did nonetheless. between 211 and 207 the worst treachery of them all came about as the Ptol. signed a ceasefire with AS and by 208 they have attacked me having a de facto alliance with AS. 207 Lusotanna seems to be at the peak of its power stretching all the way to Epe land. At this time the world looks like 200 with Carthage and KH still having not had any real fighting(thank goodness), an Epe, AS, Ptol.(EAP) alliance against KH. Carth and Ptol are at a cease fire. Carthage is quickly pushing into Europe i'm afraid if i dont get allied with them soon they will join in the fray on the side of EAP that will be too much for the KH.
Also in the East Baktria and Parthia have been fighting over the same 2 cities since the beginning of time it seems, KH has pumped in a total of around 10k to Baktria but it seems to be going to southern expansion instead of western expansion
BACKGROUND Pt. 2
subA. if you want a challenge fight only the east and leave europe for the computer; someone seems to always take over and when they do they are rich mofos.
A. the Lusotanna have had at least 1.5 full stacks of units on the very southwest coast near gibraltor for almost 30 years now; my question is do they have any boat building facilities or are they just hanging out guarding their coast? There is also a full stack of elite carthiginian troops moving out of carthage's city in iberia towards a large gathering of lusotanna in central iberia; this will be the defining moment for lusotanna and maybe me(as without lusotanna hanging on and drawing carthage's attention east i fear i will not have the finances to fight everywhere and i may have to fall back.) They also continue to deny me an alliance; if i can ever get my money up i am going to start financing their war against carthage.
B. this is more of a statement than anything else DONT PLAY VH Strategy map as the world has been at war with me for about 10 years now and it is very sad
/tiring
to have everyone hate you except for my good ol Baktrians who appear to be getting beaten on at the moment in the east(though saka remains their protectorate since somewhere in the 230s). i made an incursion into the nile delta region and even pushed into memphis for 1 year before large armies from AS appeared in anatolia and large armies(of arabic nobles) appeared from Ptol. so ive now pulled back to alexandria and garrisoned it as reinforcements will be a ways off.
C. The Casse have apparently been telling stories about the evil men in Southern Ireland as they have been massing troops there for at least 10-20 years. They now have 2.3 stacks and Southern Ireland has a whopping total of 2 units of spearmen guarding it...
D. I've learned that i am a peacemaker; example: the AS and Ptol. who are normally intense rivals have put aside their hate and allied with each other because of me(of course they want to kill me but
The Carthaginians and Epirotes continue to fight me for illyria and dacian land; I have had to fight 2 almost full stacks of carthaginian elite units, one of which contained units with ave exp of 3.4; it seems the nations of the world do fight, but it is only to get at me and as soon as they can both get at me they declare a ceasefire and sometimes an alliance lol. Western Asia Minor, Tarsos, and almost all of makedonian homeland, and all of KH land has the capabilities to produce but seeing as i am at war with almost everyone now my finances are suffering from lack of trade so i am constrained to about 18k-22k a turn; and unfortunately playing on VH battle mode makes it so hellenic native phalanx can keep up with 3 exp theuroperoi(sp?) so im forced to make armies of mostly elite units just to win battles and this can be expensive. anyways im droning on now; cyall later
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