Just finished my first B campiagn. I changed the boumdaries a bit. My target was to get all islands on the map plus Jerusalem as fast as possible. Restrictions were not to attack any town held by Gauls and not to bribe.
Well, there are two possible strategies: Figjht all the way through Germania to the Med or put your armies on board and swim. I decided to swim. I shipped my armies to Spain and conquered the Spanish towns. I succeeded without major problems. However, Gauls kept on attacking me. Though I could easily kill them it took far too long. I took Carthago Nova in 256. Then I had to wait until 241 until I got the first town on Sicily, my next major target. Once there it was easy. Scippi had the whole island and I 'liberated' it in 235. To secure it and to get more money I landed in Italy and conquered everything upto Capua. Whem I attacked Rome the Senate took me by surprise and killed my army.
Then I took the main army on board again and headed eastwards. Jumping islands was no big thing. Most trouble I had was unhappiness and money. So I erased the pop of every new town.I finally reached and took Jerusalem in 215.
Despite all the others I think heavy chariots are a killer. I fought 52 battles, won almost every one and all the times the chariots made the decisive strike. Rest of your units are weak, besides chosen swordsmen, maybe. I had an army with 7 heavy chariots and they could easily chase every Roman army they met.
Here is something for those who like numbers:
I fought 52 land battles
I killed 42,000 soldiers
I lost 11,000 men.
Killing ratio is 3.7.
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