COTM 59: Carthage!

It has been quite a while since Carthage has appeared as the player in the COTM series. The map will appropriately be Archipelago, standard sized, with 60% ocean, and to go with all that land, 10 Emperor level AI's ready to take Carthage on. Could Rome be far away? :mischief:

Civilization: Carthage
Rivals: 10 pre-selected
Barbarians: Sedentary (note the setting)
Difficulty: Emperor
Land Form: Archipelago, 60% ocean, Standard map.
Geology:5 billion years old, Normal and Temperate.
AI Aggression: Normal

http://gotm.civfanatics.net/games/images/cotm59large.jpg
http://gotm.civfanatics.net/games/images/cotm59mini.jpg

Conquest-Class Bonuses:

Free Pottery
2 Free Curraghs
100 Free Gold


Open-Class Bonuses
None

Predator-Class Obstacles:

No Masonry
Each AI gets a Free Musketman
Each AI gets 2 Additional Free Bonus Support and 1 Additional Support per city

We have another wine 2NE I think, though this doesn't really alter our ability to set up a 4-turner. To do that, we need access to irrigation, and unless there is another bg lurking in the fog, we need to settle on fresh water in order to momentarily hit size 7.
Given our location on the minimap, I'm not confident that either of the large bodies of water is fresh...

Yeah! Sedentary barbies!

Remembering the recent Byzantine game, I'm not confident either of those large bodies of water is an ocean.

Would be interesting if the water wasnt fresh water...

1st Entry has been updated with the Conquest Bonuses and Predator Obstacles.

We're having a little difficulty with getting the save page up; should be available shortly. If there's a significant delay we'll extend the contest.