My next game: Epeiros as Pergamon

[Hax]

I advise you take Ankyra first. The Pergamese used a lot of Galatian soldiers.

[QuintusSertorius]

Ave Quintus Sertorius, your campaign as Pergamon is very interesting. I took a close look at your expansion and I would have done the same, but leave the Ptolemies alone for now. It would be better to invade the Phosphorus, they are greeks and have the ideal mic buildings foe you. Wait till you are strong enough, then strike at the Ptolemies and Selucids, and dont forget to ally with Rome. Felicitas.

Cheers.

I think a Bosphorous expedition is overdue now, might be a challenge as well since they've got massive stacks and stone walls there. Perhaps pull out of Naissos and use that army to do the job, giving the settlement to the Getai.

Ptolemies are proving to be weak and disorganised, I can only hope that the Seleukids will emerge stronger as a result of me intervening in Syria/Judea. Once my raids are over, I think I'll leave them for a time, maybe they'll rebuild and come back with a lot more.

I advise you take Ankyra first. The Pergamese used a lot of Galatian soldiers.

I can recruit quite a few out of Nikaia, as well as mercs; don't know if I want to lose that buffer between me and Pontos while they're still a one-province faction.

[jhhowell]

Just so you know, raiding the Sidon/Judea area won't do a heck of a lot, other than some economic reduction if you exterminate and/or sack the markets, ports, etc. AFAIK, those regions offer very few units, even to AS/Ptolemy. Just the Ioudaioi Taxeis, Pantodapoi Phalangitai, and possibly klerouchoi phalangitai (not at all sure about that one). The important cities to raid would be Antioch, Alexandria, Memphis, Seleukia, and Babylonia.

If you're looking for interesting things to do, what about going into the western Med? I don't know if Pergamon had colonies out there, but I'm sure by now you control some of the cities which founded places like Massilia and that one in NE Spain (blanking on the name right now). I've seen KH maintain control out that far after rebellions, so I'm certain a human player can do so too.

Regarding Ankyra, if you don't take it Pontos will. Are you planning on stationing an army nearby and starting a siege as soon as you see a Pontic stack approaching? Or will you be using your console-fu to keep it rebel all game?

[QuintusSertorius]

In an annoying setback, I lost my saves before 253BC, something corrupted them when I tried to exit having started a turn I didn't have time to finish. So re-playing down to 247BC where I was.

I think I might launch a raid into Egypt proper. Otherwise it's the Bosphorous or bust.

Emporion is probably the Spanish community you're thinking of, jhhowell. Might be worth a go.