I'm assuming this is the first Egypt win posted in this forum. I figured some people might be interested.
I got the idea from this thread. I thought playing as Carthage was a bit too easy, so Egypt seemed like the logical next step. Thanks, Chieftess.
First of all, I tried at all costs to maintain peace with all the civilized empires, at least until I had expanded, built up my infrastructure, and created a relatively large offensive and defensive force. Fortunately, Persia, Carthage, and Rome allowed me to expand in peace, and even to pursue luxury/resource trade and lucrative alliances versus the barbarian tribes. Greece was having a very hard time of it from early on, being at war with almost every civilization on the map. Eventually Persia made short work of them and set their sights on Scythia. Once Scythian cities started falling I felt it was my chance to achieve Empire, since I rightly figured Persia's main offensive force would be otherwise engaged up north. So in 130 AD, upon the expiration of our alliance versus the Scythians, I declared war on the Persians. I also convinced every civilization in the game to join with me against Persia. Immediately I sent four main attack groups (comprised of Swordsmen, NMs, and Fire Cats) towards the North (Lebanon and Syria), East (Babylon) and Northeast (Hatra), taking all four with relative ease. Little resistance was met during my subsequent conquest of most of the Fertile Crescent and Syria. I avoided taking Persepolis, assuming Persia's corruption in Asia Minor, Greece and Scythia was already enormous. I realized, though, that I had not yet met the full brunt of Persia's military might. So once I attacked Asia Minor, I decided to await the arrival of Persia's attack force. Soon enough, a huge stack of perhaps 40 Heavy Cavalry attacks me west of Trapezus -- and my first MGLs make an appearance. The greater part of my large force of Numidian Mercs is slaughtered. Fortunately a few stalwarts hold out against the Persian onslaught and I subsequently use my Fire Cats, Swordsmen, and Armies to annihilate Persia's considerably weakened Stack O' Doom. From then on it's smooth sailing. I mop up Asia Minor and advance on Persia and its territory in Scythia. I unfortunately don't get a chance to take all of Greece (just Athens and Sparta) because the Celts and Romans quickly took advantage of Persia's weakness and attacked. I finally win around 275-280 AD, with 4 turns left, 27% of the land, and 51% of the population. Maybe I'll try the Goths next!
Apologies for the verbiage, but this has to have been my most exciting and enjoyable experience with the Conquests so far, so perhaps a little exuberance on my part can be understood.
I'm wondering how well others may have fared with Egypt in this scenario...
I've also attached the save from immediately before the win.
I got the idea from this thread. I thought playing as Carthage was a bit too easy, so Egypt seemed like the logical next step. Thanks, Chieftess.
First of all, I tried at all costs to maintain peace with all the civilized empires, at least until I had expanded, built up my infrastructure, and created a relatively large offensive and defensive force. Fortunately, Persia, Carthage, and Rome allowed me to expand in peace, and even to pursue luxury/resource trade and lucrative alliances versus the barbarian tribes. Greece was having a very hard time of it from early on, being at war with almost every civilization on the map. Eventually Persia made short work of them and set their sights on Scythia. Once Scythian cities started falling I felt it was my chance to achieve Empire, since I rightly figured Persia's main offensive force would be otherwise engaged up north. So in 130 AD, upon the expiration of our alliance versus the Scythians, I declared war on the Persians. I also convinced every civilization in the game to join with me against Persia. Immediately I sent four main attack groups (comprised of Swordsmen, NMs, and Fire Cats) towards the North (Lebanon and Syria), East (Babylon) and Northeast (Hatra), taking all four with relative ease. Little resistance was met during my subsequent conquest of most of the Fertile Crescent and Syria. I avoided taking Persepolis, assuming Persia's corruption in Asia Minor, Greece and Scythia was already enormous. I realized, though, that I had not yet met the full brunt of Persia's military might. So once I attacked Asia Minor, I decided to await the arrival of Persia's attack force. Soon enough, a huge stack of perhaps 40 Heavy Cavalry attacks me west of Trapezus -- and my first MGLs make an appearance. The greater part of my large force of Numidian Mercs is slaughtered. Fortunately a few stalwarts hold out against the Persian onslaught and I subsequently use my Fire Cats, Swordsmen, and Armies to annihilate Persia's considerably weakened Stack O' Doom. From then on it's smooth sailing. I mop up Asia Minor and advance on Persia and its territory in Scythia. I unfortunately don't get a chance to take all of Greece (just Athens and Sparta) because the Celts and Romans quickly took advantage of Persia's weakness and attacked. I finally win around 275-280 AD, with 4 turns left, 27% of the land, and 51% of the population. Maybe I'll try the Goths next!
Apologies for the verbiage, but this has to have been my most exciting and enjoyable experience with the Conquests so far, so perhaps a little exuberance on my part can be understood.
I'm wondering how well others may have fared with Egypt in this scenario...
I've also attached the save from immediately before the win.
It's a 6 year old thread, BTW).
