Britannia

Difficulty: easy Winning chance: low

Faction: Barbarian
Land fields: 63
Starting population: 458,000
Provinces: 2
Cities: 2
Currency: Taler
Growth material: Wood
Starting treasury: 2,000,000
Starting ships: 5
Starting trains: 2

Historical background

Caesar landed in Britain in 55 and 54 BC, but only Emperor Claudius had the island conquered, from AD 43. Rome put down the revolt of Boudica around AD 60/61; Scotland stayed outside despite several campaigns, and from about AD 122 Hadrian's Wall marked the northern frontier. Roman rule ended around 410, and in the following decades Angles, Saxons and Jutes settled on the island.

Strategic overview

Britain is an island without a single land neighbour: every attack has to come by sea. But it is the smallest realm on the map and has to make do with little land. You fend off attacks with your fleet, and trade with other realms goes by sea only.

As a barbarian realm you raise Tribes, up to 5 a month, the last two of them at a surcharge. Your troops are cheaper and more numerous but of lower quality. You can only form a friendship with other barbarian realms.

What to watch

Britain may build larger warships than the other barbarian realms, up to the quinquereme. Build up the fleet early.
You have neither salt nor food deposits. Without salt your population grows only half as fast, so plan to import salt by sea.
Ore and gold are your trade goods: ore for armour points, gold for minting coins.
There is still unclaimed land on your island, with plains and forest. Take it before another realm does from the sea.

Provinces

Province	Land fields	Share of province	Starting population
Caledonia	45	68%	340,500
Hibernia	18	58%	117,500

Terrain

Terrain	Land fields	Share
Plain	22	35%
Hill	19	30%
Forest	18	29%
Mountain	4	6%

Resource deposits

Resource	Fields
Ore	3
Gold	2

Cities

City	Starting building	Province	Position (x / y)
Tugidinum	Trade centre	Hibernia	10 / 12
Londinium	Trade centre	Caledonia	19 / 14

Army

This realm's legion types and unit types, with its own values. Compare all troops

Legion types

Legion type	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Infantriestamm	MSI	MSI	MII	MII	MII	MII	LEI	LEI	LEI	LEI
Kriegerstamm	KRG	KRG	KRG	KRG	KRG	KRG	KRG	KRG	KRG	KRG

Unit types

No.	Name	Class	MK	HG	Rüpu	EW	SW	Pla	Hil	Stp	Sav	For	Des	Swa	Mtn	FK	RW	Wt.	MP
23	Auxiliarinfantrie	MSI	IA	100	4	4	80	4	4	4	4	5	3	2	3	3	9	200	32
33	Gallische Infantrie	MII	RB	33	2	3	40	4	4	3	4	5	2	3	3	—	—	200	36
37	Keltische Infantrie	MII	RB	30	2	3	40	4	5	2	4	4	2	3	2	—	—	200	36
44	Speerwerfertruppen	MII	IB	30	2	3	40	4	3	3	4	2	2	3	3	3	9	200	32
65	Keltische Plänkler	LEI	IC	20	1	3	30	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	9	200	32
66	Iro-Schottische Plänkler	LEI	IB	20	1	3	30	3	4	2	3	4	2	2	4	3	9	200	32
68	Bogenschützen	LEI	IB	30	1	3	30	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	14	200	32
69	Schleuderer	LEI	IB	25	1	3	25	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	12	200	32
89	Piktische Plänkler	LEI	IC	20	1	3	35	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	9	200	32
100	Keltische nackte Fanatiker	KRG	IA	20	0	2	20	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	3	—	—	180	32
109	Stammeskrieger	KRG	IC	20	0	2	20	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	9	180	32
132	Gallische Fürstenkrieger mounted	SWR	IA	75	4	3	70	6	5	5	6	3	2	2	2	—	—	450	40
140	Schwerer Streitwagen mounted	SWR	IB	100	4	3	70	5	4	4	5	2	2	1	1	3	9	450	40
146	Gallische Reiterei mounted	MIR	IB	60	3	3	50	5	4	4	5	4	2	2	2	—	—	420	40
148	Speerwerfer beritten mounted	MIR	IB	35	3	3	50	4	3	3	4	2	3	2	2	3	9	420	40
150	Britannische Auxiliarkavallerie mounted	MIR	IA	65	4	4	70	4	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	—	—	420	40
166	Keltische Reiterei mounted	LER	IC	35	2	3	35	4	3	2	4	3	2	2	2	—	—	400	40
178	Leichter Streitwagen mounted	LER	IB	35	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	1	2	3	9	400	40

MK Moral class · HG Bounty per man · Rüpu Armour points per 25 men · EW Highest experience through training · SW Protection value · FK Ranged combat points · RW Range of ranged combat · Wt. Transport weight per man · MP Movement points · The eight columns in between are the melee points per terrain.