The tension and battles right off the bat are fantastic! Only Carthage and Rome manage a peaceful turn, while the east is full of early conflict – Roman and Persian armies clash over Chersonesus, while Egyptian fleets have a tussle with the Roman navy over Crete. What’s this leave us? A nice statistical distribution of builds:

Rome: Build 3
Carthage: Build 3
Persia: Build 2
Greece: Build 1
Egypt: Build 2

BUILDS will be due Friday May 1, 10pm Central US time. This is just to knock them out by the weekend. If someone is late w the short turn, I won’t run an NBR till Monday.

Rome:
A Etruria - Massilia
F Sicilia Hold
A Venetia - Dalmatia

Carthage:
F Gulf of Tacape - Leptis
A Mauretania - Saguntum
A Numidia Supports F Gulf of Tacape - Leptis

Persia:
A Armenia - Chersonesus (*Bounce*)
A Cappadocia - Sinope
F Cilician Strait - Cyprus

Greece:
F Aegean Sea - Crete (*Bounce*)
A Dacia - Chersonesus (*Bounce*)
A Macedonia - Byzantium

Egypt:
A Cyrene Hold
F Egyptian Sea - Crete (*Bounce*)
A Sinai - Petra