Who do you play as?

[Third spearman from the left]

I think I'm the first to say Saba.

Although this is my first ever EB game.

I thought I'd start somewhere different given the size of the map and this small Kingdom seemed like a good challenge, and a chance to learn more about this faction.

Has anyone else played a really small faction and made them truly into an Empire? I must admit I'm doing OK but wow, some of my neighbours have huge strong armies and cities.

A navy me thinks might be my best plan.

[Nobo]

I love playing as Saba... they just seem so disconnected from the whole fray in the beginning. I am also a big fan of unmounted generals, so they are great fun...

[Anastasios Helios]

Saba are definately fun...because you're free to expand into Kush and Arabia for a while...things aren't so fun when the Ptolemaioi or the Silver Death come down to make a trophy out of you.

[Marcus Ulpius]

Currently I'm playing as Carthadasht'im (only a couple of turns into the campaign). Played as Romans, but got bored after it turned into a fight against the Yellow death. Although I was gaining upper hand in Egypt that war seemed endless as Ptolies annihilated the whole of AS and I had no intention of annihilating them and no intention of fighting them indefinitely. I tried Hayasdan, but didn't like it. Played as KH, that was a good campaign, but a CTD had killed it.

[desert]

On 1.1 with RTW.exe...

A shortlived SS-bi-Q campaign that I overwrote with a shortlived Romani campaign that I overwrote with a Saba campaign in which I reached 250/40 BC before I started a Saka campaign and shifted my attention to it. I got up to 230 BC and was threatening Persepolis...In the middle of that campaign I started a Casse campaign and got respectable territories in mainland Europe by 240 BC without ever attacking a faction other than Eleutheroi.

On 1.1 with Alex.exe...

Advanced Sweboz and KH campaigns, Baktria and Phalava in the 240s, mostly because I refused to attack anyone until 250 BC, and a barely started AS campaign that I put on hold because several Eleutheroi armies besieged my Deep Core cities; they weren't even led by FMs...

[theoldbelgian]

I think I'm the first to say Saba.

Although this is my first ever EB game.

I thought I'd start somewhere different given the size of the map and this small Kingdom seemed like a good challenge, and a chance to learn more about this faction.

Has anyone else played a really small faction and made them truly into an Empire? I must admit I'm doing OK but wow, some of my neighbours have huge strong armies and cities.

A navy me thinks might be my best plan.

I did if you count epeiros as a small faction, forged an empire all the way from massilia to persepolis

[Skoran]

Arverni, I love to spread the pagan spirit and I love to slaughter those foul romans!!!

I simply love their "savage" way of fighting and the fact they fought for freedom and honor :)

[Ibn-Khaldun]

I recently started Romani campaign, again!

[Celtic_Punk]

I have never ever played as carthage. I've played as rome, never get anywhere near 250BC, but ive played as them. They are just sooo... boring. I am having alot more fun with a new Averni campaign, slaying the backstabbing Romans for attacking Massalia, sacking their cities every couple of years.

[mlc82]

I play Romani often, probably the most fun to role-play for me as I know much more about their history and way of governing than any other faction (Romani without roleplaying is so easy that it's just boring).

I'm currently playing a Makedonia game that's been fun, and had a great time as Koinon Hellenon as well. I've got an ongoing Sweboz campaign that while different, just hasn't been as exciting due to the battles being only against eleutheroi so far, and no real "roleplaying" motive to go out and conquer a big chunk of the world either- I'm mainly waiting for the Romani to make the mistake of attacking me. I think I've almost met the objectives to that campaign as it is...

I still plan to play as one of the nomad factions soon as well!

Carthage is also tempting, but being a huge and prosperous empire similar to Rome without the same "conquer the world" objective just doesn't seem as fun to me.

[Grriffon]

I play Romani often, probably the most fun to role-play for me as I know much more about their history and way of governing than any other faction (Romani without roleplaying is so easy that it's just boring).

I'm currently playing a Makedonia game that's been fun, and had a great time as Koinon Hellenon as well. I've got an ongoing Sweboz campaign that while different, just hasn't been as exciting due to the being battles only against eleutheroi so far, and no real "roleplaying" motive to go out and conquer a big chunk of the world either- I'm mainly waiting for the Romani to make the mistake of attacking me. I think I've almost met the objectives to that campaign as it is...

I still plan to play as one of the nomad factions soon as well!

Carthage is also tempting, but being a huge and prosperous empire similar to Rome without the same "conquer the world" objective just doesn't seem as fun to me.

I would strongly suggest giving Carthage a try. Their troops are some of the best and most fun I've gotten to command.

[Dutchhoplite]

Casse at the moment. My KH campaign ctdied :(

[Dodge_272]

Arverni, I love to spread the pagan spirit and I love to slaughter those foul romans!!!

I simply love their "savage" way of fighting and the fact they fought for freedom and honor :)

Isn't every faction 'pagan'?