Grrr.....Over extended

[Hellenic_Hoplite]

Finally got it to work :D

More to come.

[Hellenic_Hoplite]

[Menander of India]

Can you post a picture with the FOW turned off?
The Ptolemaic Empire is impressive!!
However, if you don't take the Ptolemies into consideration, the situation doesn't seem that bad. Good luck with it!

[Hellenic_Hoplite]

Seems the Carthagenians are making a little "comeback", thats what I get for giving them the right to be a cliant state.



Sorry I forgot to turn the FoW off, I'll be sure to do it the next time.

Edit*

I didn't think anyone would be this intereasted in my campaigns, maybe I'll make an AAR on my next campaign.

[marodeur]

The Ptolies for sure are a problem... a most impressive one... But in gaul you should be able to destroy your enemies. After finnising of the Arverni, go for the carthaginans. The iberian mines will boost your economy even more. Hold the line at the hellespont, this should be possible with one larger fleet and one or two stacks of troops. If possible, ally yourself with the Koinon Hellenion and Pontos (or at least give them some money for fighting against the ptolies), they are an important buffer. Probably, if you conquer Kyrene, you can even hand it to the KoiHell or the maks, to have a little buffer in northern africa too.
Avoid being sucked in the sandwars in northern africa against the ptolies, stay on the defensive, build city walls and probably some forts, occupy river crossings to make every advance as costy as possible for them. Probably you can even attack the ptolies coastlines with a halfstack on a fleet: raids in Alexandria, Sidon, Antiochia and others will seriously damage their economy. Storm the town, massacre the inhabitants, destroy every destroyable building. with a little bit of luck, you will be able to change the coastal cities in rebellious hotbeds, raising against their ptolie-overlords every possible time. If you are making a raid for example against Sidon, you can also hire merchenaries and send them on raids deeper in ptolie-land (for example Damascus,...). The money from plunder will cover the mercenaries costs. When you have finished the Carthaginans in Iberia and northern Africa, you can turn your full attention against the Ptolies. Make sure to secure the rhine - and if possible, the danube- border against the northern barbarians (by occupying the rivercrossings). It will be an interesting campaign. Good luck!

[pezhetairoi]

On the Qarthadastim in North Africa...ownage. That was idiocy, leaving Qarthadastim as a client state. Whatever were you thinking!? Delenda est Carthago, man! :( As it is, congratulations, you've just given yourself a second front that you can ill afford at this time. Happy trying to fix the situation, I don't have a solution since I would never had let such a thing happen.

On Gaul, I suppose you are intending to unleash those full stacks I see in Emporion, Tolosa and Viennos on the enemy? You can quickly end the Gallic wars by sending the Viennos army at the Belgae, while your Gergovian troops are sent to reinforce the army besieging Lemonum, which ought to be the only concentration of so many Gallic troops left since you said you'd destroyed all the Gallic forces otherwise. Sally the Emporion army, break the Qarthadastim besieging you, then attack towards Numantia to get a central position while your Arse army secures its boundary then immediately strikes out for Mastia.

How are your logistics at the moment? Greece looks secure at the moment from the Yellows, so no worries there. Your weakest links are Illyria (unless you combine all the stacks in Segestica, Dalminion and Epidamnos--you don't need that huge a garrison) and Africa. You're about to lose Atiqa unless you raise another legion to take Kart-Hadast. You might as well use that legion to raid the Ptolies. Raid up the Nile, if you can. Do attach a savegame someday...

[blado]

Egypt is gigantic! In my new campain they are expanding rather slowly.