Empire X - Turn Two (340-330 BC)

Situation in 340 BC

The revolt dice land 6-3, meaning Mesopotamia throws off Persian rule.

This is the first of two turns in which my Macedonians are led by Alexander the Great, who can launch five campaigns, instead of the usual one, receives a +2 modifier, and ignores the usual -1 modifier for attacking a controlled province (unless it is a homeland).

I start by taking independent Thracia, then pick up 'Asia' and Syria, before cutting inland and taking Mesopotamia and Persia.

The latter is not the Persian homeland, but I am now well-placed to attack their real homeland - Parthia - next turn.

However, Richard hits back. He is drawn first of the remaining three peoples (great captains always start a turn), and immediately attacks Persia, regaining it despite a -1 modifier for attacking a controlled province (Richard rolls a 5).

Andy's Carthaginians again set sail for Sicilia. This time the naval crossing is not a problem, but the campaign proper fails when Andy rolls a 1.

Finally, Reg fails to consolidate Roman control of ITALIA - he needed to roll a 1 (one less than the turn number), but got a 5.

We have remembered to place the starting victory points on the tracker at the bottom of the map - they will be added to after turns 10 and 20