How hard is Judea

[Rabble]

Anyone played them yet?
Any tips?

[sbjnyc]

I started playing it on easy and am about 50 years in. You start as a dependency of Phrygia (I only found that out after I tried to invade Nabatea and was told I can't). My initial strategy was to increase my tech ratio and tax income and work on increasing commerce income. At some point I became part of a Phrygian revolt (not sure how) which won independence. I put my starting troops on auto which captured some extra slaves (which I converted and assimilated). Once independent I conquered all of Nabatea (and assimilated/converted) which gave me a port on the arabian sea. That part was easy (on easy at least). Judea graduated to regional power. I have designs on Sinai but need Egypt to implode the way Phrygia did. I have a nice warchest but not sure how best to use it but I group slaves for the extra resource and put marketplaces in those cities.

[Malarky Enthusiast]

It depends if you are referring to the Judean people's front or the people's front of Judea

[FON]

Wait until Phrygia starts crumbling. Will happen eventually. Build up until then

[Crowkeeper]

Judea is a cakewalk. Play as one of the Phoenician city-states and then try to form Phoenicia itself. THAT is a fun challenge.

[DrunkenBarbarian]

Originally posted by Nurgle's Sack:

It depends if you are referring to the Judean people's front or the people's front of Judea

The people's front of Judea are SPLITTERS!!!!

[Rabble]

Next year in Jerusalem

[TheSaboteur]

Pretty easy. I find that in about half the games I play, Phyrigia implodes into civil war or rebellion. You can immediately yolo it and declare independence by breaking your tributary status and then declaring on Nabatea. When Phyrigia falls, you can declare war on the independent factions that pop up near you. They will have their armies away from their homes fighting the Greeks so you can easily come in and take their cities without meeting much resistance. The biggest issue is Egypt but I've found that they never really expand. So you're left with conquering the entirety of the levant without facing much issue.

[Voidlord]

When I start as Judea is split my army in half and disband the Heavy Cavalry. Why? HCav is bloody expensive to maintain. I then promote all the tribesmen to freemen, yea my eco takes a hit but my manpower is improved. Build a marketplace in Jerusalem as well. Convert any pops to Judaism, and use the Omen that improves tax. Trade with Egypt for Gemstones not iron. Heavy Infantry is expensive. Set up your national ideas how you wish. Set Army maintenance to low as well. As soon as you can increase stability as well. Every time you get enough cash build a new marketplace anywhere that has a decent income. And then wait. Also start recruiting Light Infantry into you Army, aim for around 2-3 armies of 10k Light Infantry

Phyrgia will implode at some point. A month before it does cancel tribute so you don’t get pulled into the Rebellion. Set National Stance to Bellicose to reduce claims cost (get the invention that reduces Claims as well), and start warring. Don’t forget to set Maintenance to medium before warring. Under no circumstances go after Galilee that borders Egypt. If you snag it they WILL declare war on you. You should steadily march northwards, your first target should be Samaria if it’s in the Rebellion. Same religion and culture. Just keep marching north, taking the new independents and even your old overlord as some point. You can eventually take on Egypt as well.

[HB]

Originally posted by Rabble:

Anyone played them yet?
Any tips?

You mean the region that existed in reality in 300 BC Yehud Medinata, or the paradox time kingdom of travailing Judea?

[Rabble]

Originally posted by hannibalbarca120002001:

Originally posted by Rabble:

Anyone played them yet?
Any tips?

You mean the region that existed in reality in 300 BC Yehud Medinata, or the paradox time kingdom of travailing Judea?

game start around 300 BC doesn't it?

[HB]

Originally posted by Rabble:

Originally posted by hannibalbarca120002001:

You mean the region that existed in reality in 300 BC Yehud Medinata, or the paradox time kingdom of travailing Judea?

game start around 300 BC doesn't it?

Correct, at that time Alexander successors had the province of Yehud Medinata, ( existing for a couple of centuries) where Paradox have put Judea.

[Rabble]

but Judea start as tributary.

[HB]

As i just posted Yehud Medinata is a tributary province in 300 BC, with its capital in Jerusalem, as a province, Judea does not exist in 300 BC.

[Rabble]

Maybe they named it Judea to be recognizable? I dunno.
Not everything paradox does has bad intent.

[HB]

Originally posted by Rabble:

Maybe they named it Judea to be recognizable? I dunno.
Not everything paradox does has bad intent.

Paradox are rather poor at historical accuracy, in every game they produce, i dont think they intend to be, they just are.