Hello,
I mainly play with three factions of EB: Baktria, Epiros & Pontos. Epiros is IMHO a rather easy game, posing a dude like myself no bigger problems. Baktria has one major "weakness": no ports. But lots of mines. And Pontos, ... ah Pontos. I love them. Easy on M/E & M/M, but frustrating on H/M. And I have the deepest respect for those playing them on VH/M+.
But here the question(s):
"In what directions do you expand with your faction(s)?"
- Baktria: well, they don't have much choice, do they? India & the AS territories are lucrative targets. But what about the Phalava & Saka lands? Do you take these ennemies out before or after you go south/south-east/south-west?
- Epiros: do you go for the V.C. regions (= east) or do you go west? I read somewhere on the Guild (not EB), that Phyrrus might have had the idea of becoming kinda "Alexander of the West", going for Italy, Sicily (& Sardinia, Corsica) & maybe Spain.
-Pontos: the old "antagonism" between V.C. & gov2 regions. Meaning: either creating kinda "Byzantine/Turkish empire" some 1,200-1,500 years before those Empires existed or recreating the Achaemenid Empire?
Well, these are (some of) the possibilities for only three of the X factions of EB (lol, I never counted them). But I'm curious how YOU expand with your choice of faction. Why do you go in the direction of your choice: House-rule? Rich provinces? Favoured Ennemies? Or what? Tell me (and the readers of this thread)!
Yours,
Treverer
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