I've been playing with Massalia and am currently on turn 290 and having a blast. I did try a few times to get going but failed miserably but on the fourth try I lucked out and the ignored me and spent ages knocking lumps out of each other whilst I crept slowly eastwards along the coast turtling up. ...

I'd just like to chip in on this. 290 turns into a game with the new patch and have had some leaders give me objectives that were completely unrealistic but I just ignored them (you don't HAVE to go for them you know) and usually when a new ruler arrived they were changed for much closer and more at...

First of all I have been enjoying myself playing the game, I usually play RTW2 with the DeI mod but my rig needs a new Graphics Card to run it better so stopped using it. I've had a great time on a Pontus playthrough but stopped after the new patch (and in the midst of a Golden Age) to start with so...