i started up a UP campaign yesterday. it is easier tan marathas if you do it right. basically you have to imediately take hanover and the 1-province factions around you.

since you are in the middle of europe, technology will be extremely easy to come by. i haven't recruited a singl gentleman since the beginning, and he won i thnk 7 duels in a row. he then proceeded to steal about 5 or 6 technologies. several battles i got lucky with this. if not for those technologies, i might have lost several critical battles.

ill put more in tomorrow, its kinda late...