Roman First Steps
The Roman player starts with 4 settlements, which contain the sole resource of olive oil. I presume they also begin with 2 armies, and are at war with Etruscan. The obvious first military step then is to remove the threat to Rome by eliminating the 2 Etruscan settlements to their north and send a message to the world .....Don't Mess with Rome. Of course, many in the world will likely have their own message to send back to Rome at this point. This will then gain them another resource of wine. The sole remaining Etruscan settlement in Alalia (Corsica) should be weak and fall easy prey to the first Roman naval adventure. It will also yield up another resource, fish, to the Romans.
The next obvious strategic move looks to be the 3 settlements of Cisalpina (Patavium, Medhlan, and Genoa). Patavium will give them the resource of glassware. This will also take them to the natural defensive line of the Alps, with chokepoint access to their lands from the east and west.
What are your thoughts after these first steps?
Perhaps Massalia to provide a buffer between Rome and Gaul? Syracusae with its grain on Sicily, but in direct contact with Carthage, who is probably not too happy with Rome at this point after seeing Corsica fall to them? Iader with its marble to the east of Patavium, but owned by Illyria? Koria with its iron north of the alps?
I will probably take Massalia first, since the bulk of my armies will still be in the north after taking Cisalpina, and then go defensive up there while I move on Syracusae and then Carthage itself.
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