ETW succession game - interested?

**Zim** · 03-12-2009, 17:10

I've played with small and medium units. Casualties seem to be pretty high. Sometimes the AI pulls off something wonderful, and they do seem to manage individual units well. Other times...

The AI also seems pretty bad at defending unfortified towns, dividing themselves up among the houses in each town so it's easy to concentrate forces on one at a time (if you don't feel like just blasting them apart with cannons).

**GeneralHankerchief** · 03-12-2009, 19:06

Okay, since it looks like nobody has any problems, I'll edit the information into the first post.

As far as turn order goes, I'll take the first 20 turns. I believe that tradition has the next line going in order of people who showed interest, but if that doesn't work out for you/you'd prefer a different order, that's fine.

Will start up the game later today. Wish me luck.

**TinCow** · 03-12-2009, 19:10

I'm fine with taking the second turn. I'm certainly not going to have the time to put out write-ups like I did for the WRE or ERE games, but I'll try and produce something worth reading.

**Zim** · 03-12-2009, 20:17

I'm fine taking any number turn.

The Rules look good to me.

I could go either way regarding Portugal. Roleplaying reasons for Spain wanting to control the entire peninsula would be easy enough to come up with, although I'm not sure Spain ever tried in this period.

On the other hand, not being allowed to take a relatively rich province (I'm guessing, it is a capital) right next door would add a little to the challenge.

**GeneralHankerchief** · 03-12-2009, 20:22

Personally, I'm going to play it as if Portugal attacks me, they're fair game, but otherwise I'll leave them alone.

They're allied with Britain, IIRC, which means that once we go for Objective #3 the conquest might be inevitable.

**TinCow** · 03-12-2009, 20:41

Just treat Portugal like any other faction. They're fair game for a bit of the old ultra-violence, but it is not required by the special rules. Historically, neither Hapsburg Spain or non-Hapsburg Spain had any legitimate claim to the Portuguese throne.