New factions?

[Horatius Flaccus]

I've asked this (about the diplomatic stance of Kartli) before and the response of Foot was:

Kartli was in an alliance with AS against Hayasdan. But it wasn't an active war as far as we can tell. Hayasdan had just supported the King of Kappadokia against the AS, and so the AS needed to keep an eye on Hayasdan. To do this they gave support to Kartli. They weren't at war, but they weren't best of friends either. Had Hayasdan become agressive, she would have been caught in a pincer between the two nations. Kartli, on the otherhand, had a bit more free reign and was beginning to move into the colchis region (which, at the time, was ruled by a lot of little minor princes, rather than a unified land.

Foot

[paullus]

Among the most recent previews were several Boii previews. Best I can remember, they were not in EB1...

FYI, there are 3 almost-but-not-quite-ready previews coming down the pipe.

[zurab]

I've asked this (about the diplomatic stance of Kartli) before and the response of Foot was:

So Foot's answers seems like more "YES to Kartli" than " NO"

[Gaius Sempronius Gracchus]

I've asked this (about the diplomatic stance of Kartli) before and the response of Foot was:

Originally Posted by Foot
Kartli was in an alliance with AS against Hayasdan. But it wasn't an active war as far as we can tell. Hayasdan had just supported the King of Kappadokia against the AS, and so the AS needed to keep an eye on Hayasdan. To do this they gave support to Kartli. They weren't at war, but they weren't best of friends either. Had Hayasdan become agressive, she would have been caught in a pincer between the two nations. Kartli, on the otherhand, had a bit more free reign and was beginning to move into the colchis region (which, at the time, was ruled by a lot of little minor princes, rather than a unified land.

Foot


....and Kartli did, eventually, suffer from interference by the Hayasdan, becoming a 'vassal' Kingdom (with a son (Artaxias, known in the medieval Georgian chronicles as Arshak) of the Armenian King - possibly Artavasdes I, being made King (and marrying into the previous royal family).

So, a 'Kingdom of Kartli' incorporating Colchis? Who knows? I think the danger would be in having too powerful a faction that, as has been suggested, weakens Hayasdan too much....Although it is, perhaps, no accident that Armenia's greatest expansion occured reasonably soon after the 'subjugation' of Kartli...?

[Cyclops]

My spider sneses tingle when Kartli comes up. Dunno why but my guess is they were a borderline faction for EB with an "interesting" location on the map, a sweet (if not quite iconic) faction specific unit and some historical action.