Pontus - The sleeping war machine

[athanaric]

Not quite the same, but Macedonia surprised me in this game. They got Greece early on, but then just sat on it for a long time. Apaprently they were accumulating money and/or full stacks, because they exploded all over the east. One time I checked on them, they were just in Greece and medium sized, the next time I looked, this is what I saw. Pahlava's expansion has been pretty strong, too.

I take it you're playing Syracuse (the picture title betrayed it, but I was suspecting it before)? How are you planning to stop Makedonia?

[Zim]

Yes, I migrated there at the beginning of the game. I was going to change the faction name and color when I finally had a faction leader of Syrakousai ethnicity, but after so long with no offers I'm guessing maybe the KH doesn't get that ethnicity.

I'm not quite sure what to do about Macedonia, and wish I'd been keeping better tabs on them. Right now Syracuse and its African possessions are ruled by a Kretan family, but one of the Kretes and few other generals have pooled the resources of Rhegion and Taras to build an army to push north in Italy. If that campaign goes well I should have the resources to send a full stack to the east to start causing havoc.

I take it you're playing Syracuse (the picture title betrayed it, but I was suspecting it before)? How are you planning to stop Makedonia?