Doom in 10 Years!

[Blathergut]

Well, I thought, with the latest patch, I'd try the Iberians again in the Mediterranean. Heroic.

I lasted 10 years before my food supply crashed. Various attempts met with the same result. The single city becomes damaged and am unable to repair because of not enough word + stone.

Has anyone tried playing this nation? Any luck on the higher difficulty?

Helpful hints?

[pavelk]

did you keep garisson unit in that city? In cities close to border on heroic this is a must.

[Blathergut]

No, had the 4 nomads trying to claim some land. After that, yes, since Carthage kept showing up around turn 12.

It's an interesting challenge. I helped the food crisis a bit by using 1 nomad to found a city to the northwest where there is fertile land. But then Carthage appears and am just completely overpowered + Massilia decided that time through to also attack. . If I can somehow do it so I get to be able to build warriors and haven't been slaughtered, maybe then I can hang on. Not being able to build anything or any troops is tough. I hope they are actually playable.

I'll keep you updated if I meet with any success.

[pavelk]

In theory they should be playable at least for 20+ turns but I cannot really say that you can win the game.

[Blathergut]

I found I could hold my own when defending the capital with 2 nomads + 1 warrior. But they surrounded and food was nonexistent, so I had to attack out and that weakened my troops. There were just too many Carthaginian units.

[GiveWarAchance]

Aren't the Carthaginians fighting other factions like the Romans? I guess Carthage wants to take control of Iberia before fighting Rome.