Quote Originally Posted by Hengist View Post
Hi!

I started Prussia last night and picked the same enemy, made a nice discovery however.

Dont declare war on Poland but on SAXONY. The Reason is Poland will help Saxony, as it is their Protectorate, BUT the other allies/protectorates of Poland, Russia and Courland dont enter the war automatically.

Russia just needs to honor the alliance if his ally Poland is attacked but it seems this way it counts as Poland declaring war on ME, so they are not obliged to help Poland.

I dont know if they will always stay out of the fight, but this can work.

I ended with war against Saxony and Poland, but not Russia and Courland.
Indeed, but Poland can still ask Russia for help as they declare war. There's a chance that Russia will enter the war on Poland's side anyway, a very good tip regardless.

You should also take care if Courland enters the war. They proved much tougher than Saxony and were able to out-maneuver me quite effectively for two turns. I had to trade one of my villages for their capitol city in the end, it was worth it though.