Quote Originally Posted by Bellicin View Post
* If you act very quickly you can send an army westwards to Caralis and take it from the Carthaginians before the Julii get there. Islands with ports do wonders for your economy, and as the only ones that seem to attack them are romans they'll be safe for quite some time. Mind the pirateships though, anything less than 6-7 biremes will be beaten to a pulp if you run into them.
Good solid points.

I often send the army for Caralis to Syracuse first. Many times, I can let the first wave of Scips take all the casualties while the Bruti take the city. That army (with a few mercs) can often re-embark and STILL reach caralis ahead of the Julii -- or at least in time to do the same thing I did in Sicily (let them start the siege, but YOU start the siege assault, let them bleed on the walls, but take the city for the profits yourself). I do this with one bireme (which NEVER has troops still on it at the end of a move after turn #2).

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