Talk:Razing Hellas/@comment-38749670-20200204022424

As they said, it's like Manzikert except with 4 cities to sack and no Imperial.

Destroy the first few cities and you'll research Anarchy and Perfusion. Visit ruins a little to the north-east of your base and you'll learn Conscription.

The main issue with this is, other than Anarchy, both Perfusion and Conscription only work with your starting Barracks. The barracks you get from other cities will keep its initial unit-building speed which is honestly slow.

The two starter barracks will come under regular attack from Bryzantine Rams due to a small outpost they have at the center of the map that includes a castle, barracks, and siege workshop. After taking over Sparta and Argos, take the time to build a small army near your starter base and patrol for coming rams. Once you destroy that central outpost you can use the two barracks as main huskarl generator while the other barracks for pikemen.

Bryzantine cavalry is seriously OP against your huskarl. They can beat multiple at a time and in large numbers can be dangerous. Pikemen are good to counter but not invincible; don't skimp on pikemen numbers.

When I freed Athens and was given the quest to free a gold mine camp to the very north, the Byzantines swarmed it with cavalry, infantry, and monks. I suggest building a large army before attempting to free it; the ambush wiped out my army and the two Athen mines there so they didn't actually generate much gold for me. Not only that, the ambushing army began to swarm athens which was dangerous. Had to lure them to the castle to beat them. Oh, Castle does benefit from Ballistics so make sure to research that.