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Carthage Carnage
Throughout the ages, Carthage (and later Tunisia) has been bullied/conquered/razed by numerous civilizations. Had one early war turned differently, its fate could have changed radically. It is now up to you to turn the tide and avenge Carthage! It is payback time!
For this task, you will get the help of the great Hannibal Barca
Hannibal excelled as a tactician. No battle in history is a finer sample of tactics than Cannae. But he was yet greater in logistics and strategy. No captain ever marched to and fro among so many armies of troops superior to his own numbers and material as fearlessly and skillfully as he. No man ever held his own so long or so ably against such odds. Constantly overmatched by better soldiers, led by generals always respectable, often of great ability, he yet defied all their efforts to drive him from Italy, for half a generation.
-Theodore Ayrault Dodge, military historian
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Throughout the ages, Carthage (and later Tunisia) has been bullied/conquered/razed by numerous civilizations. Had one early war turned differently, its fate could have changed radically. It is now up to you to turn the tide and avenge Carthage! It is payback time!
For this task, you will get the help of the great Hannibal Barca
Hannibal excelled as a tactician. No battle in history is a finer sample of tactics than Cannae. But he was yet greater in logistics and strategy. No captain ever marched to and fro among so many armies of troops superior to his own numbers and material as fearlessly and skillfully as he. No man ever held his own so long or so ably against such odds. Constantly overmatched by better soldiers, led by generals always respectable, often of great ability, he yet defied all their efforts to drive him from Italy, for half a generation.
-Theodore Ayrault Dodge, military historian
Map Type and Settings
Spoiler :
Everything unstandard
Achievements
Spoiler :
General achievements
The Father of Strategy - Generate the Great General Hannibal during the game (1pt)
Phoenician Heritage - Settle only coastal cities during the entire game (2pt)
The Dido Special - Backstab one AI during the game (3pt)
Bloodthirst - Be at war with 3 civilizations at any point during the game (3pt)
Science Parity - Great Scientists must be either planted or bulbed within the next 3 turns following their birth (or no GS spawned at all) (5pt)
Bloc A
Exploration
Research Sailing and meet your neighbor at the North of Carthage before entering the Classical era (1pt)
Notice something 'special' about the map (1pt)
Do not build or purchase a library during the first two eras (1pt)
Bloc B (Read only once your have met your northern neighbor or have reached the Classical era)
Bloc C (Read once you have met your southeastern neighbor or have reached the Medieval era)
Bloc D (Read once you have met your southwestern neighbor or have reached the Medieval era)
Bloc E (Read once you have met all civilizations or have reached the Renaissance era)
Bloc F (Read once you have met all civilizations or have reached the Renaissance era)
Bloc G (Read once you have met all civilizations or have reached the Industrial era)
Bloc H (Read once you have met all civilizations or have reached the Modern era)
Bloc I (Read once you have met all civilizations or have reached the Atomic era)
Total 55 points
The Father of Strategy - Generate the Great General Hannibal during the game (1pt)
Phoenician Heritage - Settle only coastal cities during the entire game (2pt)
The Dido Special - Backstab one AI during the game (3pt)
Bloodthirst - Be at war with 3 civilizations at any point during the game (3pt)
Science Parity - Great Scientists must be either planted or bulbed within the next 3 turns following their birth (or no GS spawned at all) (5pt)
Bloc A
Exploration
Research Sailing and meet your neighbor at the North of Carthage before entering the Classical era (1pt)
Notice something 'special' about the map (1pt)
Do not build or purchase a library during the first two eras (1pt)
Bloc B (Read only once your have met your northern neighbor or have reached the Classical era)
Spoiler :
The Punic Wars
After assaulting Saguntum in Hispania (219 BC), Hannibal attacked Italy in 218 BC by leading the Iberians and three dozen elephants through the Alps. Although Hannibal surprised the Romans and thoroughly beat them on the battlefields of Italy, he lost his only siege engines and most of his elephants to the cold temperatures and icy mountain paths. In the end he could defeat the Romans in the field, but not in the strategically crucial city of Rome itself, thus leaving him unable to win the war. Hannibal never successfully received any significant reinforcements from Carthage. Despite his many pleas, Carthage only ever sent reinforcements successfully to Hispania. This lack of reinforcements prevented Hannibal from decisively ending the conflict by conquering Rome through force of arms.
Change Carthage's entire fate by winning the Second Punic War and sending the appropriate reinforcements from Carthage.
Escort a Great General to Iberia (1pt)
Train an army of at least 3 African Forest Elephants and one siege unit in Iberia (1pt)
Divert the Roman forces by sending them against Macedon (1pt)
Attack Rome from the North with said army (1pt)
Suicide a siege unit on the Alps (1pt)
Capture Rome (1pt) without siege units (+1pt) before the end of the Classical era (+1pt)
Eliminate Rome (2pt)
Beware of Rome's Legions, Ballistas (and Spearmen)
After assaulting Saguntum in Hispania (219 BC), Hannibal attacked Italy in 218 BC by leading the Iberians and three dozen elephants through the Alps. Although Hannibal surprised the Romans and thoroughly beat them on the battlefields of Italy, he lost his only siege engines and most of his elephants to the cold temperatures and icy mountain paths. In the end he could defeat the Romans in the field, but not in the strategically crucial city of Rome itself, thus leaving him unable to win the war. Hannibal never successfully received any significant reinforcements from Carthage. Despite his many pleas, Carthage only ever sent reinforcements successfully to Hispania. This lack of reinforcements prevented Hannibal from decisively ending the conflict by conquering Rome through force of arms.
Change Carthage's entire fate by winning the Second Punic War and sending the appropriate reinforcements from Carthage.
Escort a Great General to Iberia (1pt)
Train an army of at least 3 African Forest Elephants and one siege unit in Iberia (1pt)
Divert the Roman forces by sending them against Macedon (1pt)
Attack Rome from the North with said army (1pt)
Suicide a siege unit on the Alps (1pt)
Capture Rome (1pt) without siege units (+1pt) before the end of the Classical era (+1pt)
Eliminate Rome (2pt)
Beware of Rome's Legions, Ballistas (and Spearmen)
Bloc C (Read once you have met your southeastern neighbor or have reached the Medieval era)
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The Muslim Conquest
Between the second half of the 7th century and the early part of the 8th century
Attack Mecca with an army of at least 3 Galleass* (1pt)
Capture Mecca (1pt) with a Quinquereme* (+1pt) during the Medieval era (+1pt)
*Anachronistic, but we are dealing with an alternate timeline here
Beware of Arabia's Camel Archers
Between the second half of the 7th century and the early part of the 8th century
Attack Mecca with an army of at least 3 Galleass* (1pt)
Capture Mecca (1pt) with a Quinquereme* (+1pt) during the Medieval era (+1pt)
*Anachronistic, but we are dealing with an alternate timeline here
Beware of Arabia's Camel Archers
Bloc D (Read once you have met your southwestern neighbor or have reached the Medieval era)
Spoiler :
The Almohad Rule
The conquest of Tunisia in 1159–1160 by the Almohads
Capture Marrakech (1pt) during the Medieval era (+1pt)
Bonus: Capture both Mecca and Marrakech during the Medieval era (3pt)
Beware of Morocco's Kasbahs
The conquest of Tunisia in 1159–1160 by the Almohads
Capture Marrakech (1pt) during the Medieval era (+1pt)
Bonus: Capture both Mecca and Marrakech during the Medieval era (3pt)
Beware of Morocco's Kasbahs
Bloc E (Read once you have met all civilizations or have reached the Renaissance era)
Spoiler :
The Spanish Captures
Tunis in 1534 and later in 1573 by Don Juan of Austria
Capture Madrid (1pt) during the Renaissance era (+1pt)
Beware of Spain's Conquistadors and Tercios
Tunis in 1534 and later in 1573 by Don Juan of Austria
Capture Madrid (1pt) during the Renaissance era (+1pt)
Beware of Spain's Conquistadors and Tercios
Bloc F (Read once you have met all civilizations or have reached the Renaissance era)
Spoiler :
The Ottoman Conquest
The first Ottoman conquest of Tunis took place in 1534 under the command of Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha, the younger brother of Oruç Reis, who was the Kapudan Pasha of the Ottoman Fleet during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent. However, it wasn't until the final Ottoman reconquest of Tunis from Spain in 1574 under Kapudan Pasha Uluç Ali Reis that the Ottomans permanently acquired the former Hafsid Tunisia, retaining it until 1881.
Capture Istanbul (1pt) during the Renaissance era (+1pt)
Bonus: Capture both Madrid and Istanbul during the Renaissance era (3pt)
Beware of the Ottoman's Janissaries and Sipahis
The first Ottoman conquest of Tunis took place in 1534 under the command of Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha, the younger brother of Oruç Reis, who was the Kapudan Pasha of the Ottoman Fleet during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent. However, it wasn't until the final Ottoman reconquest of Tunis from Spain in 1574 under Kapudan Pasha Uluç Ali Reis that the Ottomans permanently acquired the former Hafsid Tunisia, retaining it until 1881.
Capture Istanbul (1pt) during the Renaissance era (+1pt)
Bonus: Capture both Madrid and Istanbul during the Renaissance era (3pt)
Beware of the Ottoman's Janissaries and Sipahis
Bloc G (Read once you have met all civilizations or have reached the Industrial era)
Spoiler :
Mare Nostrum
When Augustus founded the Roman Empire, the Mediterranean sea began to be called Mare Nostrum (Latin: "Our sea") by the Romans. Their empire was centered on this sea and all the area was full of commerce and naval development. For the first time in history an entire sea (the Mediterranean) was free of piracy. For several centuries the Mediterranean was a "Roman Lake", surrounded on all sides by the empire. It was the only civilization to have complete control of the Mediterranean sea in history.
Now that Rome is eliminated (or seriously crippled), it is now up to you to accomplish that feat.
During the industrial era,
Rid the Mediterranean sea of any Barbarian presence (1pt)
Have at least 8 coastal cities on the Mediterranean sea (1pt)
Capture or ally (for at least 5 turns) all CS coastal on the Mediterranean sea (1pt)
Be the only civilization with coastal cities on the Mediterranean sea (2pt)
When Augustus founded the Roman Empire, the Mediterranean sea began to be called Mare Nostrum (Latin: "Our sea") by the Romans. Their empire was centered on this sea and all the area was full of commerce and naval development. For the first time in history an entire sea (the Mediterranean) was free of piracy. For several centuries the Mediterranean was a "Roman Lake", surrounded on all sides by the empire. It was the only civilization to have complete control of the Mediterranean sea in history.
Now that Rome is eliminated (or seriously crippled), it is now up to you to accomplish that feat.
During the industrial era,
Rid the Mediterranean sea of any Barbarian presence (1pt)
Have at least 8 coastal cities on the Mediterranean sea (1pt)
Capture or ally (for at least 5 turns) all CS coastal on the Mediterranean sea (1pt)
Be the only civilization with coastal cities on the Mediterranean sea (2pt)
Bloc H (Read once you have met all civilizations or have reached the Modern era)
Spoiler :
The French Colonization
Tunisian international debt grew unmanageable. In 1869, Tunisia declared itself bankrupt and an international financial commission took control over its economy. This was the reason or pretext for French forces to establish a Protectorate in 1881. In 1881, using the pretext of a Tunisian incursion into Algeria, the French invaded with an army of about 36,000 and forced the Bey to agree to the terms of the 1881 Treaty of Bardo (Al Qasr as Sa'id).
Capture Paris (1pt) during the Modern era (+1pt)
Make a peace deal with France where you suck nearly all its GPT (1pt)
Cripple France economically even more by passing Embargo France on the World Congress (1pt)
Accumulate a bank of at least 5000 Gold during the Modern era (1pt)
Beware of France's Châteaux
Tunisian international debt grew unmanageable. In 1869, Tunisia declared itself bankrupt and an international financial commission took control over its economy. This was the reason or pretext for French forces to establish a Protectorate in 1881. In 1881, using the pretext of a Tunisian incursion into Algeria, the French invaded with an army of about 36,000 and forced the Bey to agree to the terms of the 1881 Treaty of Bardo (Al Qasr as Sa'id).
Capture Paris (1pt) during the Modern era (+1pt)
Make a peace deal with France where you suck nearly all its GPT (1pt)
Cripple France economically even more by passing Embargo France on the World Congress (1pt)
Accumulate a bank of at least 5000 Gold during the Modern era (1pt)
Beware of France's Châteaux
Bloc I (Read once you have met all civilizations or have reached the Atomic era)
Spoiler :
WWII Tunisia Campaign
In 1942–1943, Tunisia was the scene of the Tunisia Campaign, a series of battles between the Axis and Allied forces. The battle opened with initial success by the German and Italian forces, but the massive supply and numerical superiority of the Allies led to the Axis's surrender on 13 May 1943.
As the new European superpower take the fight to Germany.
Capture Berlin (1pt) during the Atomic era (+1pt)
Beware of Germany's Panzers
In 1942–1943, Tunisia was the scene of the Tunisia Campaign, a series of battles between the Axis and Allied forces. The battle opened with initial success by the German and Italian forces, but the massive supply and numerical superiority of the Allies led to the Axis's surrender on 13 May 1943.
As the new European superpower take the fight to Germany.
Capture Berlin (1pt) during the Atomic era (+1pt)
Beware of Germany's Panzers
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stormtrooper412 - General help
mbbcam - map pack reference help
Wikipedia - History info
mbbcam - map pack reference help
Wikipedia - History info