First of all, I LOVE this mod. Of course I'm playing Sparta first. That's just a given. And let me state the obvious, Spartans defending a walled city is just...wrong. After the first couple thousand enemy deaths, it's not funny anymore. Well...I take that back. It's still hilarious.
I wish I had known this series of events was going to happen because I would have started taking screenshots and taken a stab at my first AAR. Sadly, it's too far beyond the point of giving an AAR but I still wanted to share my current campaign.
Now to my story...
Sparta's first enemy is obviously Corinth (or at least for me it was. Crete is an option but he's not a threat). After building up a full stack of Spartan units I hit Argos. Thankfully Corinth was a bit busy at the time so I was able to take it without much hassle. Had to fight maybe a half-stack or so of Corinthians so that was around 2000 deaths for them. Hit Corinth next. They put up a great fight. 1 1/2-2 stacks faced off against me and I was hedging bets on if I'd lose less than 500 Spartans or between 500-1000. I hadn't fully come to understand Spartan strength at this point. Safe to say, I wiped the floor Corinth. Had to soak up all their blood somehow, ya know?
About this time, my good 'ol buddy Athens backstabs me with a half-stack ambush by sea at Rhodes. I lost the city but had been building up a 2nd Spartan army (full-stack of course) to go retake it and then move on to Crete eventually. Retook Rhodes easily enough because it was Athenian low-mid level troops. That army is now in Crete and moving on their main city. But I digress.
Corinth, under Spartan rule, has become a land of blood. Athens had about 4 stacks overall. That adds up to around 12,000-16,000 Athenian soldiers, if my math is correct (seeing as how a full stack of Spartan units is 4000 men). One stack besieged Corinth and assaulted after a few turns. I lost less than one hundred Spartans and they were annihilated. The next stack struck. Death to Corinth once more. Then this most recent third stack hit with few extra units on the side. These got smart and surprised me with a single ladder unit from behind. While I defended the walls against the main group of 3-4k troops, they 800-1000 at the back wall got up without conflict. Not an issue, but still my blunder for not checking their siege equipment pre-battle. I had at this point already slaughtered a good chunk of their current army before they got the gate. Pulled back to center and held the roads with a couple units of Spartiates. Battle ended with my victory.
I have slaughtered nearly 12,000 Athenians...and guess what. Their fourth and final stack just besieged Corinth... I've bled Athens dry.
Epic.