They may be you friends but they have to die so that you can have power. Attacking them to gain territorial unity will hurt your reputation.
While the income they bring you is negligible and their armies are pathetic they are your closest friends. It will take at least 10 turns until you can muster a force that can defeat a full stack while the AI would gladly exploit your weakness.īut Carthage starts with two client states that border it directly. Their settlements are very spread out and each one rests on a different province. It's time to refill the opening moves guide section and i wanted to give Carthage a first class seat.Īfter several campaigns it seems like there are no clear-cut opening moves that will give you any real and repeatable advantage if you follow them.Īs a grown-up you should make two cruel decisions-Abandon your friends and sell out your national pride.Ĭarthage's starting position is very weak and they have arguably the weakest starting units in the game.