Iron or no iron, there is not much from Hanni left for Speaker.
IT: 2 Heavy Cavs approach Carthago Nova in Spain, a Jumbo stops near Cirta.
Our casualties this round is an empty galley, sunk by a Carth elite! galley near Caralis
The Perisans complete Bacchanalia.
25BC: Half of the game is already over, turn 65 of just 130.
Mostly a consolidation turn. I send the army that captured Gabes west to get the desert-city Theveste.
On the western African front we need a turn to heal the offensive army and get the troops in position,
some are healing in Cirta.
I think we have enough units to finish of Carthago in place, so I begin sending the newly produced units north
for our upcoming war against the Celts, they have tons of archers and gallics moving around.
We have now walls in all northern boarder cities.
There are a lot of Egyptian units near our Dyes city.
Diplo-check, they ship us a lux and I don't want to risk loosing it, so I ship them
ne of our 3 excess spices for an MA against Hanni, just an insurence policy.
Units and army in Spain are healing too, so it is a non-exiting turn.
We sink the injured Carth galley and get an elite one.
IT: Somehow, somewhere and sometimes someone will program a better AI, the Celtic moves
(20+ units on our territorry back and forth (I guess one turns towards Hanni and the other turns towards
some enemy in the esat) are more than just idiotic.
Hanni's 2 Heavy Cavs impale themselves on our army near carthago Nova.
20BC: Our southern army destroys Theveste, getting a worker.
I advance towards Malacca in Spain and Icosium in Africa.
Scythia finally talks and we sign a peace treaty. Now we are only at war with Carthago,
we are most peaceful civ in the known world
IT: Bad news, Celts and Hanni sign a peace treaty and the Celts begin moving tons of units
back into our territory.
Hanni sends 3 Elephants this turn in southern Africa, they stop near our armies.
In Spain he sends 2 Heavy Cavs and he also sends a 4 galley stack towards Carthago, will have
to watch this one.
15BC: We take Icosium (defended by 2 spears, 1 Jumbo) and destroyed at least one galley too.
Kill the 3 visible Elephants with Hevay Cav.
I capture Malacca in Spain with our army.
I continue sending all newly build units north and advance on Mersa Madakh near their new capital.
IT: Things in Spain get interesting, I now count 5 Heavy cav near Malacca,
only 2 Jumbos Africa. The galley stack is heading for our islands.
10BC: Kill the 2 Elephants in Africa and our main offensive stack approaches Mersa Madakh for the attack next turn.
Found Lugdunum in northern Spain and move settler in position for founding the next city in the east near the Silk Town.
I begin reinforcing our island cities Caralis and Olbia to avoid a 'Griselda-surprise' with garrisons
from the northern island and Heavy Cav from Africa. We have now 11 galleys so we are more flexible this time.
In Spain I have to remain defensively and avoid exposed units, all those Heavy Cavs are annoying, heal the army in
Carthago Nova, the city has raxes.
IT: I have no luck in sea battles, Hanni sinks another of our galleys with one that came out
from the fog. 3 Elephants attack one of our legions on a hill. The first retreats, the second dies but
the third is succcesful. The stupid Celts are blocking my Heavy Cav reinforcements for Spain on the roadnetwork.
5BC: We cature a nd raze Mersa Madakh, it's way too big and too close to the capital, we get a fire cat
and a worker.
I settle Brundisium in the esat.
I advance towards Oea in southern Africa.
IT: Hanni sends 4 Jumbos in Africa and trys to bypass our armies.
In Spain I spot his Heavy Cav stack moving north, maybe towards Lilibeo, maybe towards France
(Info for Speaker, something like 5 Heavy Cavs)
1AD: Kill 3 Jumbos in Northern Africa.
Our southern army takes Oea, I recommend razing the city to free our army, up to Speaker.
I advance towards Carmona in Spain.
I left most of the offensive units near the Carthagian capital unmoved (+some galleys) to allow
some troop repositioning for Speaker.
I have a stack in Olbia for the expected landing from the 4 galleys, hope it's enough.
There are also 2 galleys in case they land on the northern island and I also blocked the high ground there.
We are up to 41 legions, 23 Heavy Cavs, 67 garrisons so I think we are doing not bad.
I already collected two stacks at Ariminium and Segusio for the Celt-war, also up to the next leader
when to begin. Notice the huge archer stack near Ravenna (there is also a settler in Ravenna)
Good luck
Belisar
The situation in Africa:
SAVE
Ack, I didn't think I was researching anything at all. I must have set it accidentally when I was playing with the sliders. Thanks for catching that, and sorry for wasting our gold.
If Speaker doesn't jump in, I can play tomorrow. 
