Brainstorming for a last Casse campaign

[Titus Marcellus Scato]

Can anyone suggest what house rules to go with and also what long term stratergy to pursue? Should I just take 3 provinces and then invade the mainland?

Thanks

My house rules with the Casse are to take things as slowly as possible. Really, really, really slowly. Like capturing one town every 10 years - that's one every 40 turns! That way, it takes 70 years to conquer all of Britain and Ireland.

By that time, 202 BC, the Sweboz, one of the two Gallic factions, the Lusotanns and the Romani will be much, much more powerful than they were at the start of the campaign, and tough enough to give you a serious challenge, unlike the start when they are pushovers.

During the 70 years, spend all your small budget on town improvements. So, a very long and boring game at the start, consisting mostly of clicking the end turn button, but much more fun after 202 BC.

[Hax]

Take your troops and invade Gaul, immediately! D-Day: The Prequel

[Brennus]

Either... Invade Iberia once you have the British Isles
Or........ Try playing the game using only Goidelic units, at last an Irish Empire!
Or even.... Try take the Mediterranean islands, in particular the Balaerics, Crete, Cyprus and if possible Sicily then become a pirate nation to fund yer conquests, yar!

[satalexton]

Pirate empires are fun You'll be spending most of your money on fleets, fighting a loopsided naval war with carthage though.... :(

[Os-Q]

Getting a Belgian province right away, disbanding the fleet, and building ports there can make a lot of money.
One thing I tried, was that for every settlement in the Isles taken, I had to take a mainland settlement, and I had a lot of fun with that campaign.
Also, don't build roads around your capital until your ready to fight rebels.

[Hooahguy]

no, get all of the British Isles under your control. they all have ports (i think) so they will rack up a lot of money in trade.
plus its fast and easy to take over the Isles. then invade Gaul, or Iberia, like I did. Iberia is better because its better for trading, i think.

[Brennus]

Its one tough cookie though, I am there myself (Put an entire Lusotanan army to flight yesterday with my Belgae troops in less than 3 min, very proud) and I am finding the logistics of retraining my armies a nightmare, plus the Lusotanan are tough fighters and there are alot of them, but the same can be said for going to Gaul and running into the Sweboz.