[Epeiros/Pergamon AAR] Heirs to Lysimachos

**Swordmaster** · 06-20-2008, 18:16

Originally Posted by QuintusSertorius

Well, they are Lembioi. I've got just one fleet which has been busy killing pirates when not transporting my armies to the islands.

Right, haven't been playing hellenic factions for a long time (since 0.81 actually), so I didn't remember their fleet types. I thought you had role-played moving your armies with the move_character command.

**QuintusSertorius** · 06-20-2008, 18:28

Originally Posted by Swordmaster

Right, haven't been playing hellenic factions for a long time (since 0.81 actually), so I didn't remember their fleet types. I thought you had role-played moving your armies with the move_character command.

Until the invasion of Krete, I had been. After that I decided it was about time I built some ships, so used them to attack both Rhodos and Mytilene. Plus I didn't want to hit that landbridge bug in Mytilene.

**Swordmaster** · 06-20-2008, 18:39

Originally Posted by QuintusSertorius

Until the invasion of Krete, I had been. After that I decided it was about time I built some ships, so used them to attack both Rhodos and Mytilene. Plus I didn't want to hit that landbridge bug in Mytilene.

Is there a landbridge bug in Mytilene?

**QuintusSertorius** · 06-20-2008, 18:48

Originally Posted by Swordmaster

Is there a landbridge bug in Mytilene?

I don't know if it's strictly a bug, but in my old game when attacking across it, reinforcements caused it to freeze on starting the battle, probably because there as nowhere for them to actually enter the battle.

**QuintusSertorius** · 06-20-2008, 21:07

Galatian Raids

The countryside around Nikaia had been ravaged by a band of Galatians out for plunder and slaves. Responding with the newly-raised Army of Anatolia, Alexandros Aidakides caught up with them not far from the settlement.

They were even in numbers, but Alexandros' superiority in cavalry and his men's good spirits carried the day. With relatively few losses, the Galatians were decisively beaten.

257BC:

Fighting those Galatians was a nice bit of practice for the army that's going to take Sardis. They're actually over-spill from Ankyra after I had my useless FM Pyrrhicos attack them. They came out and followed. Still haven't managed to kill the bastard off, he's Dull/Uncharismatic/Langorous and Disloyal to boot. I could recruit a general who's more use than he is.

I think my policy of stealing one settlement at a time from factions who are too busy to respond is entirely in keeping with the way a small, but aggressive kingdom might behave. Next target, which I'm training my army for is Sardis, which is apparently very rich. Course that'll also start things with the Seleukids, who won't be impressed. But it's necessary to link my lands up, and start creating a boundary between me and them. Ipsos might quickly follow, depending on how the campaign goes.

They're already trying to provoke me, leaving units blocking access to Halikarnassos. Gits.

Rome is already starting a conquest of Gaul, I had to boost the garrison of Gergovia to stop them steamrollering the Arverni. They seem to have given up on Sicily, and not even moving an army to Corsica would make them take the settlement.

**QuintusSertorius** · 06-21-2008, 03:17

255BC:

Sardis and Salamis are now mine! The former wasn't well-defended, the latter they shipped the garrison away to fight in Syria. Amazingly the Seleukids accepted a ceasefire (with no conditions) without FD. The Ptolemies on the other hand needed some FD action to accept it. Hopefully the loss of Salamis should impact their income some; major port with mines.

Ipsos and Side are next possible targets, but not for a while. I think I need to spend some time digesting all these new holdings before rolling on any further.