Quote Originally Posted by DisruptorX
Spain is much harder than Numidia. Numidia is easy, the only country near you is carthage, the weakest AI faction in the game. With Spain, you start off near gaul, who outnumber you and have better troops. I'm having trouble with Spain on easy! Numidia I played normally, and didn't have any real major problems.

Just don't build any troops the first couple of turns, except where vital, and build trade related buildings.
Was that on very hard/very hard? Spain was difficult, but once you figure out how to handle the Scipii while building your economy, you have it made. With Spain I didn't go negative every time on the 2nd or 3rd turn while waiting for economic buildings to be completed. I have to capture two provinces quickly just to get some cash in the coffers. And with Spain I wasn't attacked by Gaul at the start, where Egypt always does so because it wants Siwa--the only province I have capable of building archers. With Numidia, Scipii and Egypt always attack me on almost the same turn. I've tried at least 7 different strategies now, and every time Egypt delivers the blow that destroys any chance of winning or having any money. Lose one province and the finances go negative and stay that way.

Spain was easier. I had to figure out how to deal with the Julii (they were the wildcard), then killed off Cordoba, then cleared out the Gaul in Numantia. After that I could face the Gaul armies with good full stacks at my own pace. Fighting the Gauls is easier than fighting the Egpytians.

I'm probably going to drop down to hard/hard to see if that is enough to pull it off.