We are blasting straight into this campaign with very little written down on how we will translate map to table and back. We will make it up as we go along using the rule of "sounds reasonable". One thing we have decided is not to think of this campaign as a Hannibal: Rome Vs Carthage campaign with a mathematical equations to govern CU value, etc. It is rather a wargames campaign with Hannibal: R Vs C running the map movement and events. This will allow thing to flow and not get bogged down in silly detail.
Turn 1: 218 BC
The Roman player began the campaign with '37, Minor Campaign' card. Publius Scipio sailed from Rome for Massilia and Sempronius Longus marched from Agrigentum to Rhegium.
There then followed a series of cards used for diplomacy by both sides. Carthage played cards 46 and 47 to place Political Control (PC) markers in Idubeda (Northern Hispania) and Gallia Cisalpinia, Rome played cards 50 and 32 to place PCs in the Massilia region.
Next Hannibal attempted a forced march over the Pyrenees with card 63, but the weather was awful (card 42) and he was delayed. In Italy Sempronius entered Rome (using card 62) to the sound of cheering crowds - the Romans like parade.
The Romans had 9 CU of troops (8 + 1 allied); the Carthaginians had 10 CU. We will give Scipio a consular army. Counting the velites as half a unit each this equals 18 units. Consequently, Hannibal gets 20 units plus two units of elephants (elephant CU count as both CU and elephants in the game).
This battle will be fought next Wednesday - May the Best Carthaginian win!