Re: Hyborian War: Hyrkania

From: cezton@nvg.unit.no (Kjetil Friden)

Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Christopher Lawrence (osiris.1@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
: In <4542er$bvd@pike.ntnet.nt.ca> xjerempe@ssimicro.com (Jeremy
: Petrisor) writes:
: >
: >Hi, all, I just got the stats for Hyrkania.  It seems like a pretty
: good
: >country, aside from the crapola characters.  Anybody have any hints on
: playing
: >this country?

: I played Hyrkania in my first HW game.
: On the good side, you have no player kingdoms to storm across your
: borders. The non-pk's are not well organized, and don't pose much
: of an offensive threat. You don't have much time, however. You should
: move quickly to crush your enemies before they grow strong (non-pk's
: usually don't do much other than build up).
: The rest you will learn as you go!

Hyrkania is vulnearable to revolts.  Take care to govern well while you
can.  There are some easy-to-take countries and some hard-to-take
contries around you.  The states to the south and west are rich and
powerful.  The east are weak, as well as the north-west.  The nomads to
the sorth and so are likely to raid only, but if you attack, make sure to
move with all you got.  My suggestion is that you kick-start with
attacking the north-west and east.  Then you gather for a mighty strike,
against some nomad kingdom, or the south.  Remember that it is important
for Hyrkania to get the province north of the Vilayet Sea, as that will
close off Hyperborea and enable you to go for Empire.  I am not too sure
about the Empire req for Turan, but I think it is Secunderam and two
provinces in the desert, so you might be able to negotiate your part west
of Vilayet, whatever it was called, Turanian Tundra or something.

You should cheer for Khitai to draw with Khamboulja, as you will need
to have Khitai off your back for quite some time.  Generally for
Hyrkania, if you get the time, you will do well.  Do not think that you
have to conquer everything around you to win.  You are medium sized, not
large!

Drawback for Hyrkania is lack of character, so take care of each one.
Hyperborea is likely to foment unrest etc against you, but if you do
well, you have a good countermove against that, it's called steppe
assault.  Kill their nobles with your archers, and they are done for.

References

Hyborian War: Hyrkania
xjerempe@ssimicro.com (Jeremy Petrisor)
Fri, 06 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Hyborian War: Hyrkania
osiris.1@ix.netcom.com (Christopher Lawrence )
Fri, 06 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Hyborian War: Hyrkania
xjerempe@ssimicro.com (Jeremy Petrisor)
Fri, 06 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Hyborian War: Hyrkania
osiris.1@ix.netcom.com (Christopher Lawrence )
Fri, 06 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000