- First Update OOC -

Booo…..ha! I’ve not played Carthage in a campaign on VH before (only short play tests). So, excuses out of the way….

We have alliances with Numidia, the Iberians, Gauls (by default as they are now allied with the Iberians) and the Greek city states.

We’ve taken Messana.

The economy is generally healthy.

Carthage can produce Libyan Infantry so we can finally match Hastati toe-to-toe(ish).

We’ve killed a very large number of Romano faction members and heirs…..I’ve lost count really but three went down in Messana, four have died trying to retake her and two were killed in the desert of Byzacium….these are the ones I remember!

Good news out of the way….now the bad news :

The Brutii sank our navy which has just now been rebuilt to its former level.

The Brutii landed a large invasion force and took Thepsus (we have retaken it but the delay has meant the Numidians beat us to Lepcis Magna).

The Julii took Caralis

The Julii have just landed a full stack on Palma…..there isn’t anything to hold the island.


All sounds quite desperate but….at 72 the faction leader still rides into battle and has beaten several combined Romano invasions against Messana. (I really ought to get another faction member over there to lead his army before he croaks)

Libyan Infantry are being kicked out of Carthage as fast as we can produce them AND as Lepcis Magna is not a target yet we have a spare army which can be divided up so we can retake Caralis using our rebuilt navy.

So, my next phase is to retake Caralis, let Palma fall for now, re-enforce Messana and then kick the Greeks out of Sicily, before mounting an invasion force to retake Palma.

The time to turn on the Numidians will be for someone else to decide I’m pretty sure.