#ROME TOTAL WAR CARTHAGE PLUS#
#ROME TOTAL WAR CARTHAGE FREE#

Move all troops west toward Numidia (these will later be joined by forces from Palma and additional mercenaries to form an invasion force that will take over Cirta) Unload Caralis troops from bireme and put them into Carthage.

This one will travel east (on a bireme from Lilybaeum) and get trade agreements with factions there This will link Thapsus to Carthage, improving trade between them, and allowing you to move troops quickly, in case you run into problems with Numidians Use the other one to transport all troops from Caralis to Carthage. You will use it to transport Balearic slingers south to Numidia. The idea is to send it with one of your biremes to the Julii, and then use it to get trade agreements throughout Europe Send one of your biremes to Palma. It gives a much-needed population boost of.

I like to use the 2 units of round-shield cavalry to scout the area around so that I know who controls what provinces next to me.

Later, you'll be able to hire mercenaries from the surrounding area, which are much better than anything you can recruit there at the moment. It will help keep the people of this rather rebellious province from revolting. Besides, once the Julii have it, they will leave you alone. It's much easier to use it to trick them into war with another faction rather than having to keep a huge army there just to protect a tiny village. The Julii will keep pounding on it until they take it.

Move your bireme to Thapsus, as far south as you can.

You will want to get an alliance with the Greeks as soon as the Scipii attack Syracuse (which they always do before going after Lilybaeum) It will give a huge boost to your trade income. Once there, he should be in an ambush position, blocking the northern passage from Messana to Lilybaeum. Send your faction leader (with his army) to a little wooded area on the north shore, just west of the Scipii border. From there, you can monitor both Greeks and the Scipii.

Send your spy all the way to the east coast, between Messana and Syracuse.Try to follow directions in the order they're listed to avoid confusion.I did this on vh/vh, but it works for all difficulties.So, with Numidia in our sights, we begin!

#ROME TOTAL WAR CARTHAGE PLUS#

They have a couple profitable towns along the north-African shore that will make a nice addition to your growing empire, plus they're small enough to be easily and quickly defeated. So, the longer you can keep the Greeks and Scipii fighting over Syracuse, the better.

If you allow the Scipii to take over Syracuse, their economy will get considerably better and they will then start attacking Lilybaeum, then landing troops near Carthage, which is really, really bad. This is easily accomplished by putting an army on their border to act as a scare-crow, so the Scipii will be too afraid that you will attack them to go through with their siege of Syracuse. Now, I know how most people are about giving up territory, but trust me, giving up one tiny village with a starting population of 700 (where you can only recruit peasants) is a lot cheaper than having to pay maintenance for a huge army to sit there and guard it.ДЄs for the Scipii, they always attack the Greeks before they attack you, so you only need to do enough to prevent them from taking Syracuse.

Leave the Scipii alone on Sicily (at least for a while).

To achieve this, you must be prepared to make some sacrifices, namely: The approach I decided to take is to avoid going to war with the Romans until the number of potential enemies has been reduced, my empire is bigger territorially, and more profitable economically. This guide is a walk-through of the first 5 turns of my new strategy. With the economy severely under-developed and my empire collapsing, I decided to start over and try a different approach.

#ROME TOTAL WAR CARTHAGE FREE#

History teaches us that the Scipii would be our biggest rival, so on my first attempt (on vh/vh) I jumped right into action and took Messana on turn 2, only to find myself several years later being constantly forced to defend Caralis from the Julii and Messana from first the Scipii and then the Brutii, Corduba from the Spain/Gaul alliance, as well as having Greek and Numidian armies roam free all over my turf. Having completed the imperial campaign as all 3 Roman families, Egypt, and the Seleucids, it was now time to try Carthage.

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