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dans221

Suppose that I'm playing as Carthage. Under what circumstances should I prioritize recruitment of:
- Elephants vs Cavalry
- Iaculatores vs. Libyphoenices vs. Peditatus
- Iberian vs Sardinian vs Balearic mercenaries

dans221

Hi Vaalen, I'm curious -- what is the Hannibal boardgame you've mentioned here?

dans221

Another advantage Carthage enjoys is in terms of commanders, since they gain experience over the years of the campaign whereas the Romans don't. In particular, Hanno is actually a very good commander (3-5-3 right from the beginning). According to Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanno,_son_o...

dans221

No replacements for Carthage mercenaries; Only one Italiot unit available for replacement (ie, this option will not reappear)

What does this mean exactly -- that after recruiting from the options menu say the Numidian mercenaries, you won't be able to recruit them again from the options menu?

dans221

Turn 33: January, 261 BC ... which I promptly do. My main stack is becoming quite fearsome. I'm at 109,000 men and approximately 4000 power. Whatever the Romans have, it probably doesn't add up to this. I should be able to crush them in open-field. This is the army breakdown: [ATTACH]22900[/ATTACH][...

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Turn 31: November, 262 BC Nothing happened. The Romans stayed in Syracuse and Messana. I did get a new option, which I'm going to take advantage of this turn even though it means it will delay the expansion of the military port in Carthage: [ATTACH]22898[/ATTACH] It allows me to replace Hannibal Acr...

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Turn 30: October, 262 BC Bad news! The Romans managed to avoid my fleet and shipped in their second consular army from Rhegium to Syracuse. Here is a current screenshot of the situation: [ATTACH]22897[/ATTACH] This same turn, I've also shipped in some Africa troops with the 2-star Hannibal Acragas m...

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Right, it's still a long way to go and anything can still happen... Turn 29: September, 262 BC It turns out that six days of rest in Messana is all the Romans need to go back up to full strength after being beaten soundly in Tauromentorium last turn. Two battles occur in Messana, which the Romans bo...

dans221

Nice! Really looking forward to see how the hit-and-run mechanics of ranged Parthian armies work.

dans221

Whatever you do, no Sunset Invasion please!

dans221

Turn 28: August, 262 BC The assault on the garrison in Tauromentorum went ahead. It happened in two different battles, and the garrison was entirely destroyed gaining me 1 NM. First battle: [ATTACH]22779[/ATTACH] Second battle: [ATTACH]22780[/ATTACH] The Roman army broke the siege in Tyndaris and ru...

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I'm not sure why the need for so much secrecy :) Paradox for instance have developer diaries and announcements saying what the next expansion is going to be about. This creates anticipation and interest. I understand you work with a much smaller team and that dev diaries might take away from the dev...

dans221

Turn 27: July, 262 BC ... and nothing happens. Turns out the Roman army moved to siege Tyndaris, while I'm now sieging Tauromentorium. This is the latest Sicily screenshot: [ATTACH]22746[/ATTACH] However, this may have worked out in my favour. The Syracusan garrison is now separated from the main co...

dans221

A close VP tussle indeed. Thanks for writing an excellent AAR!

dans221

Turn 26: June, 262 BC. No movement in Sicily. Looks like we're in a stalemate situation. I feel like I'm in a fairly strong position right now, and with the ongoing Roman shipbuilding they will eventually be able to bring their second army. I've decided to take a bit of a gamble and attack the Roman...

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Turn 23: March, 262 BC I forgot to mention last turn, that my CP problem might be coming to an end soon. A 2-star general called Hannibal Acragas with 3-1-3 stats showed up in Carthage. He also has a trait "popular administrator" which increases the loyalty in a province by 1% every turn that he's i...

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@Monkey-Bear: Thanks! Turn 20: December, 263 BC I've imposed requisitions in Africa so I may continue to buy replacement chits. Hanno's army is up to full-strength now after rotations, and is going to Camarina to watch over the Roman army in Tauromentorium/Catania. My NM is now 91, and I'm going to ...

dans221

For Carthage in the First Punic War, it seems the Epibatae units that you start with, once fully lost you cannot recruit again (reinforce). Is this intentional? Also, there are no Celtic reinforcements and the mercenary line infantry chit does not seem to replace losses for the "Galii Mercenarii Ped...

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Turn 19: November, 263 BC The Romans stayed and fought at Henna, and Hanno defeated them! Whereas, the previous engagement at Messana was also a victory, it was a minor skirmish and I actually lost a lot more than the Romans because my army retreated. However, this was a more substantial engagement,...

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Turn 18: October, 263 BC The Roman army in Tauromentorium moved to Henna and is now laying siege. I bought some replacements, but I don't really have money to replace most of the army at this point. So instead, I maximized the army's total power by substituting some of the most damaged units with th...

dans221

I think the balancing problem is a little bit deeper than that. It seems that Roman legions can generally win against anything in frontage-limited situations. So now to balance it out, the scenarios tend to give non-Romans larger forces which means they rule open areas. This is also true of the Pyrr...

dans221

From the last screenshot, you can tell there's border lines (in dashed red) around Messana. So it's still under siege.

dans221

@Kaguya: we've been averaging about 1 turn per day. There were some days when we did as many as five in a day, but there was also one week of no activity at all. We're much further than the AAR right now, it's just a matter of how often I get to update this thread. Turn 17: September, 263 BC The Rom...

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FPW, Ligurii Pedites have elements called Sardii "Pedities" --> "Pedites"

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Turn 16: August, 263 BC My Tyndaris army is still in really bad shape and it hasn't been resupplied this turn. I decide to change to passive mode and move to Lilybauem where the supply situation is much better. I also move half of my fleet to Carthage to pick up the new builds and the Africa stack w...

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Turn 16: August, 263 BC My Tyndaris army is still in really bad shape and it hasn't been resupplied this turn. I decide to change to passive mode and move to Lilybauem where the supply situation is much better. I also move half of my fleet to Carthage to pick up the new builds and the Africa stack w...

dans221

Turn 15: July, 263 BC The Romans moved to Messana but I avoided battle moving out to Tyndaris. The army is badly damaged and will need reinforcements and resupply, however, I don't have much money at this point. I do have several units lined up for production. I had held off on building elephants an...

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Turn 14: June, 263 BC It looks like I'll have to break off the siege at Messana. The Roman army is in Catania and is now fully reinforced, whereas I'm running out of supplies since the only neighbouring friendly province is Tyndaris which is pillaged. I am getting some supplies by sea from the block...

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Turn 13: May, 263 BC First victory of the war! The Romans stop the siege of Camarina and move against my besieging army in Messana. The battle is very close: [ATTACH]22484[/ATTACH] I actually inflict more damage on the Romans as they retreat vs the actual battle (99 hits from the retreat and 20 from...

dans221

Just so you know, I'm buying all the DLC you make

But I'm especially wondering about the Dacian wars.
There is a teaser in the AJE manual that it is an upcoming scenario

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