Re: Hyborian War: Hyrkania

From: falkyns@aol.com (Falkyns)

Date: Mon, 09 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000

I would invade The H. Taiga then the Grey Ape Lands and finally take Icy
Desert, using open field all the way.  Avoid the Kuigars like the plague:
neither raid nor invade them.  Khitai can have them if he can take them.
Take Korbul first off (along with the Taiga).  The Wuigars are a pushover
but you might want to invade them from the Taiga and go for set piece.
  One of the greatest advantages Hyrkania has is the great levy rate in
the provinces.  Try to keep atleast one NPK available to be invaded after
the peace years for as long as possible.  Second set of war seasons go for
the Vilayets (unless the first is a long set of war seasons.
  Do not raise any of the Irregulars unless you absolutely have to.  Raise
the the type 3 guys (Seasoned Archers?), the Spear, and thetype four.  You
are going to be broke most of the time so choose the Seasoned as often as
possible.
  I chose to ally with Vendyha, Khitai and to remain allied to Turan.  I
then turned my attention to Iranistan and the Southern Kozaki.  I stopped
going east after taking all the NPKs next to me.  Vendyha if he is being
jumped on Iranistan if he isn't.
  I picked up Hyrkania on standby on turn 16.  It had taken only the H.
Taiga and Grey Ape Lands.  Two Peace years and 16 war seasons later I had
over 260 troops, 40 provinces and went from about 24th place to 7th.
Others I know did not have the success I did because Open field did not
work as well for them.  Do not rely on Irregulars back them up with the
troop types I mentioned above.  Oh and keep you CHA alive as long as
possible.

Good Luck.

References

Hyborian War: Hyrkania
xjerempe@ssimicro.com (Jeremy Petrisor)
Fri, 06 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000