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Is everyone now playing?
Tell us all about your current campaign!
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Mine is a mess!
I am trying GB which used to be rather easy. Well it is not any longer…
For more than half the game it was a lucky turn when I got above 3000 guineas (or what ever you prefer to call the monetary unit). The game seemed to rejoice in cutting my trade by devious means or just managing to cut my income.
I limited my self to one spot per trade theater to start and had to fight the pirates for one of them, however, I did take three more in war, as just about everyone was at war with me anyway. I took three more, but to no avail.
It is around 1760 now and I have just edged out the prestige from the Ottoman Empire and actually had one turn where I made 10,000 before being cut back to 4,000 when another trade partner was cut off.
I have not made it to India. I have not completed my mission to have the 13 Colonies join but I have managed to make peace with the French, Spanish, and Prussians. I had to take the capital regions of each and they still would not make peace. The French were a hairs breath form being eliminated when they saw the light and agreed to give up their few remaining North American regions for France proper and the army besieging Alsace. I also got a trade agreement but that lasted less than a turn as the Dutch blockaded them. Spain was even harder. I took Spain twice. The second time I was not about to give it back. I also took all their holdings outside Europe and they agreed peace was best at last. Prussia had to loose Brandenburg, East and West Prussia to submit, but then they blockaded a trading partner the turn after… I may have to kill them yet.
As I said I still don’t have the 13 Colonies but I have armies to take on the Cherokee now. I have to start with Carolina though, and that is after getting Main back for the French and New York and Virginia from the US.
Needless to say my economic development is very low as the income was not enough to build an improvement per turn. All the wars demanded troops and most of the money was just spent replacing losses for the previous turn.
I have a small but powerful navy in three fleets. 1 4th rate ,7 5th rates, 2 6th rates, and 4 sloops. It may not sound like much but they have made me more money than you would believe in prize money. Mostly thanks to Spanish Galleons.
I may have rounded the corner now, but as ever the game will take away my trade and leave me in the hole again… It is amazing that you don‘t actually ever get the money for the regions you hold…
I have great minister, a small army, comparatively, and a fleet that only costs me about 5000 per turn…
I don’t enjoy this much of a challenge. It is just compilations of frustrations…
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