Empire 3: Turn Four (320-310 BC)

Situation in 320 BC

The revolt dice (6-4) see Mesopotamia throw off Macedonian rule.

Richard is drawn first, and he invades Sicilia. The naval crossing is just about fine (3 is rolled), and the attack on the island succeeds when 5 is rolled, which is enough despite Carthage's -1 modifier for attacking outside of its original empire.

The Macedonians go next, but fail to reconquer Mesopotamia, rolling 1.

Andy is drawn next. Attacking Cisalpina attracts a -1 modifier on the first 10 turns due to tribal unrest, while attacking Carthaginian Sicilia would get -1 as it is a controlled province. Andy could also attack Macedonian Graecia, but that would involve a naval crossing as well as a -1 controlled-province modifier. In the end he decides to launch the First Punic War, some 50 years before the real thing, but rolls 1.

I again fail to foment rebellion in my homeland of Parthia.

The first clash between Carthage and Rome is surely a harbinger of things to come