Carthage - Detailed Starting Guide for new players

[Titus Marcellus Scato]

A good guide!
Although, I usually conquer Sicily first and then move to Iberia and Numidia. Leaving those two Sicilian cities to stay rebel will only cause problems when Romans are starting sending stack after stack to besiege Messana.

Rome is 'the sick man' of Europe in EB, their expansion under the AI is always pathetic compared to the historical Roman timeline. I find that leaving Rome alone initially makes all non-Roman campaigns more fun later. Give the Romans time to expand a little before interfering with them.

In EB, Rome, under AI control, is more interested in expanding northward in Cisalpine Gaul than in Sicily - at least initially. Which, for Carthage, is just fine - she can expand in north-west Africa. In EB, the First Punic War is likely to start when Rome invades Corsica. (Using the BI engine, this is very likely indeed). Otherwise it will take Rome about 10 years to take Messana, she has to take Taras and Rhegion first.