Campaign idea with the Iberians – looking for feedback and editor tips

[lilypoppy]

[lilypoppy]

to place my drawings for my intro

[Nicolaus_von_Kues]

On 28/08/2026 at 1:24 PM, Thalatta said:

@lilypoppy, a few things: towns in Carpetania would be aligned with Rome (that's why Viriathus is raiding in the first place), not just Toletum, which should be on the southern shore of the river Tagus. Complutum should be between Segobia (both north of the river) and Segobriga, look at the previous map I sent. I lowered the river a bit (doesn't have to cross the map right through the middle, you can lower it more), and switched the lone port with Toletum (which could also have a more protected port). All has been placed now to encourage exploration, the optimal path shown in arrows. My red dots are from where Roman armies would mostly spawn, you can put their camps wherever you want.

1) Raid south of the Tagus to gather resources (particularly around Segobriga), while avoiding and distracting the Romans. One has no builders and still doesn't control the CC at Mount Venus.

2) Capture the port and build ships to cross (historically I guess they just swam, but their actual path seems similar to how I set it up now, check a previous map).

3) Capture the Gaia CC at Mount Venus (one was previously hinted that's an easy picking surrounded by resources). Romans keep coming, and they should have no problem crossing the river.

4) Continue raiding to accumulate a certain amount of loot, which is the first real objective. When this is achieved, one is told to reach the Arevaci, Titthi and Belli camps to know what one has to do to turn them neutral (not allies, since in theory this scenario ends with Roman victory, and the convincing of the tribes comes after that, all explained in the intro of the next scenario).

5) The requirements for each tribe could be something random among a list of possibilities, otherwise one would be too prepared beforehand. For example, a list of possible conditions could contain the things you say, and also: give them certain resources, research certain techs, bring them a certain number of certain units to a certain point, and so on. Hopefully a script can be made where each of the tribes (Arevaci, Titthi and Belli) gets assigned a task that they'll ask of you for their neutrality.

6) The scenario is won if two (or all three even, depending on what's decided) of those tasks are completed, and the corresponding tribes become neutral. All while the Romans by this point are almost impossible to stop and are overrunning everything, so all is a race against that.

Hopefully you are happy with that!

That's a nice diagram—what program did you use to make it?

[Nicolaus_von_Kues]

On 11/09/2026 at 2:48 PM, lilypoppy said:

to place my drawings for my intro

I can give you some help with the drawings.
 

 

But you're always going to need a skilled illustrator.

 

[Thalatta]

34 minutes ago, Nicolaus_von_Kues said:

That's a nice diagram—what program did you use to make it?

I just hastily butchered @lilypoppy's diagram with GIMP.

[lilypoppy]

58 minutes ago, Nicolaus_von_Kues said:

That's a nice diagram—what program did you use to make it?

I used Claude to make a quick diagram, and then I used Photopea to place everything better and refine the text.

38 minutes ago, Nicolaus_von_Kues said:

I can give you some help with the drawings.
 

 

But you're always going to need a skilled illustrator.

 

[Nicolaus_von_Kues]

37 minutes ago, Thalatta said:

I just hastily butchered @lilypoppy's diagram with GIMP.

For those diagrams, it's best to use Inkscape.

Vector files are more enjoyable to work with.

[Nicolaus_von_Kues]

On 11/09/2026 at 2:48 PM, lilypoppy said:

to place my drawings for my intro