Macedon Opening Moves

**Total Roach** · July 08, 2011, 04:43 AM

Having a look at this faction and wondering what I should do,

what are your moves for the first 10 turns?

**Pinkie Pie** · July 08, 2011, 07:18 AM

March south and take greece, your starting units should be enough then retrain before taking out the Indi-greeks on the western shores.

**Shadow Dragon** · July 08, 2011, 08:45 PM

Basically what Martin said. Taking out the IGCS is your first priority. Then take out the nearby IGCS, most importantly take out Pyrrhus's army and then Byzantium. You can do this with your starting units and some mercenaries. And it may also be a good idea to take out the two celtic cities and the province of Thrace. These cities usually bring in good money and will help prevent the Thracians from becoming too strong. After this, you can basically go in any direction you want.

**Pinkie Pie** · July 09, 2011, 04:21 AM

If your lucky you can kill the Greeks off in less than 10 moves.

**Apollyon** · July 09, 2011, 05:47 AM

Originally Posted by martin616

If your lucky you can kill the Greeks off in less than 10 moves.

Pretty much this. So long as the Celts don't attack you, you should be all clear to take the mini-cash crop that is Southern Greece.

After that I'd (as has been suggested) take out the IGCS and move East. Anatolia is a major cash-crop.

**Pinkie Pie** · July 09, 2011, 06:04 AM

If you dont want to go east then take Byzantium and use it to hold the Seleucids at bay as you march west or north. You could even go mad snd sail to Egypt.

**Ranestorm** · July 09, 2011, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by martin616

You could even go mad asnd sail to Egypt.

You rang?

It's really not that bad a move if you've got enough money from Greece and you're already on good terms with Egypt. Just start off with Cyrene; you're already at war with the Indy Greeks and it will require a minimum of cultural restructuring. I sat there building an army and making money while the Ptolemics just threw themselves at the Seleucids then swept in and took their major cities.

**Total Roach** · July 09, 2011, 06:51 PM

Interesting replies, guess it's going to be a case of crossing fingers and hoping the IGCS/Celts/Thracians don't attack whilst you steamroller GCS.

Well still enjoying my Carthage campaign at the moment so it might be a bit before I get round to Macedon, did a quick custom battle with Macedon earlier and found out the Agema Hypastists can do shield wall, awesome!

**magraev** · August 08, 2011, 06:59 AM

I annihalated the celts first in a couple of incredibly tough defensive battles. Then I retrained the army and went down to southern Greece.

Keep in mind that the plague will hit 5 of your cities (assuming you unify Greece that is) a short time after the plague in Illyria ends, so keep your faction members out of the main cities for that period of time (I personally lost my excellent faction leader and two other family members to that plague!).