In most campaigns I've played so far, the Epeirotes have an easy task conquering Pella and effectively taking out the Macedonians from the beginning.
Historically speaking things never happened so easily. Apart from Pella there were many Macedonian strongholds in modern Northern Greece with Amphipolis being the most important. It was probably the second largest city in the area, the biggest commercial and military port (Alexander's navy set sail from there), controlled the famous gold mines at Mount Pangaion and all the trade along the Strymon river which back then was navigable.
Thoukidides mentions that the Athenians attacked the powerful city state of Amphipolis twice, without success, and clearly states that the port and the mines of the city were of utmost importance for the Athenians, the Spartans and the Macedonians. When finally Phillip took control of the city he used the gold from the mines to finance the preparations for the campaign against Persia.
Alexander set the city as the burial ground for his closest and dearest friend and second in command Hephaistion. Later Amphipolis was used as the place of "safe holding" for Olympias, Roxanne and Alexander IV and the latter two were also killed in the city. In Roman times the city served as military outpost, commercial bridge and was the site of the famous Battle of Phillipoi (around 15 km from the city).
Recent archaeological excavations shows the wealth and importance of the city and the news about the Amphipolis Tomb have become viral : http://www.nbcnews.com/science/weird...s-tomb-n223576
So I propose for Amphipolis to be included as a province in the next installment. I don't know if i'm asking for too much or if it's even possible but for historical accuracy and gameplay reasons (it's totally unrealistic to capture the Macedonian heartland by taking over one city plus the Macedonians are already a province short -Mytilene anyone?- from EB1) i believe Amphipolis should be a city and a province on it's own and not just a "minor settlement".
With respect to the team's excellent work so far!