In more than a few of my games there will be players who i'm familiar with & sometimes we will go into an unspoken alliance. No contact of any kind, just familiarity, some trust, some luck. intuition & just how the game flops out as to whether we will communicate. I don't think that breaks the ...

i was thinking that with all the suggestions for troop bonuses u could offset some off them with strong neutrals or killer neutrals through the mountain passes. how about, besides naval battle sites, which could start out as neutral 2's, having sea lanes that go from coastline to coastline as well ...

i think maximus hit the nail on the head. he knows of what he speaks. the map is a bit truncated though. southern italy was a huge part of hannibals 7 year stay in italy and the alps dont seem to be significant enough. i think spain needs to be more important as a place to get troop bonuses because ...