New Empire - Turn 14 (220-210 BC)

I can expect to lose some of my gains this turn as it is the one in which the Carthaginians are led by the great captain Hannibal

The revolt dice land 5-1 - an early blow for me as that means Cisalpina expels Rome's legions.

Richard goes first, with five campaigns, each having a +2 modifier, thanks to Hannibal, and each ignoring -1 modifiers for attacking controlled provinces (except for homelands). However, the Carthaginians still suffer a -1 modifier when operating outside of their starting empire, which consisted of 'AFRICA', Numidia and IBERIA.

Hannibal first takes IBERIA, then Gallia, both easily, but fails in his first campaign against newly independent Cisalpina after rolling a 2. A second campaign against Cisaplina fails in an identical fashion, but the third succeeds with a roll of 5.

Andy is drawn next, and his Macedonians retake 'Asia'.

I attack Cisalpina, easily taking it with a 6.

Finally, Reg narrowly fails to grab Mesopotamia, his Persians rolling a 4, which fails thanks to the -1 modifier for attacking a controlled province.

Hannibal's impact has not been as great as Richard must have hoped