Spanish Campaign: An Empire on the brink.

**Monsieur Alphonse** · 05-22-2009, 18:02

In my campaign (VH/VH) I did it slightly different trying to stay out of unwanted and costly wars if possible. There are three regions that are at risk being attacked and that are very difficult to defend. My aim was to complete the mission to get New Spain asap.

1. I sold Flanders to the Dutch in exchange for Curacao. This solves two problems: I don't have to defend Flanders and I don't have to attack the dutch to get Curacao which is a mission target. So no war with the UP.
2. I sold Lombardy to the Italian States for an alliance. Naples is your second richest region and is now defended by the pope.
3. I abandoned Florida since the income from tax is only 50 gold and it has no port. With the three units from Florida and some more I used to get the mission done.

This should have left me out of lot of wars but the AI decided to have some fun so Louisiana attacked New Spain. This caused me to loose France as an ally. The first ten years I had to defeat Morocco, Portugal and France. During this ten years I was able to defeat the Pirates. It then took me five more years to get my army to Texas because Louisiana was blocking the transport and complete the mission. Once the mission is complete develop New Spain and become rich, very rich.

On a side note. Unless you are planning to capture India, an Indian faction is usually my best trade partner.

**Fisherking** · 05-22-2009, 18:24

Originally Posted by Monsieur Alphonse

In my campaign (VH/VH) I did it slightly different trying to stay out of unwanted and costly wars if possible. There are three regions that are at risk being attacked and that are very difficult to defend. My aim was to complete the mission to get New Spain asap.

1. I sold Flanders to the Dutch in exchange for Curacao. This solves two problems: I don't have to defend Flanders and I don't have to attack the dutch to get Curacao which is a mission target. So no war with the UP.
2. I sold Lombardy to the Italian States for an alliance. Naples is your second richest region and is now defended by the pope.
3. I abandoned Florida since the income from tax is only 50 gold and it has no port. With the three units from Florida and some more I used to get the mission done.

This should have left me out of lot of wars but the AI decided to have some fun so Louisiana attacked New Spain. This caused me to loose France as an ally. The first ten years I had to defeat Morocco, Portugal and France. During this ten years I was able to defeat the Pirates. It then took me five more years to get my army to Texas because Louisiana was blocking the transport and complete the mission. Once the mission is complete develop New Spain and become rich, very rich.

On a side note. Unless you are planning to capture India, an Indian faction is usually my best trade partner.

Oh man! Killing the Dutch is so much fun! You get Amsterdam, Curacao goes pirate and Dutch Guyana and Ceylon go rebel. So much real-estate up for grabs when you are ready for it…and if they go to war with France they usually take out French Guyana too.

**Slaists** · 05-22-2009, 18:49

Originally Posted by Fisherking

Oh man! Killing the Dutch is so much fun! You get Amsterdam, Curacao goes pirate and Dutch Guyana and Ceylon go rebel. So much real-estate up for grabs when you are ready for it…and if they go to war with France they usually take out French Guyana too.

Well, that was my thinking too. Just I achieved it differently. By exchanging Flanders to Newfoundland with French I removed myself from the European Dutch theater just to free my hands for grabbing their territories in South America.

After that move, invariably: either the French or Westphalia take the Dutch out within a few turns... Luckily, France and Westphalia let the Dutch to live long enough for them to grab French Guiana, which subsequently becomes mine

**Monsieur Alphonse** · 05-22-2009, 22:00

Originally Posted by Fisherking

Oh man! Killing the Dutch is so much fun! You get Amsterdam, Curacao goes pirate and Dutch Guyana and Ceylon go rebel. So much real-estate up for grabs when you are ready for it…and if they go to war with France they usually take out French Guyana too.

I had even more fun. The French decided to to have a war. So I grabbed France, captured its overseas possessions and let Westphalia take out the Dutch. In the end I controlled almost the entire Americas. At the moment my armies are marching through Central Europe to kill the Poles.

**Fisherking** · 05-23-2009, 08:33

Originally Posted by Monsieur Alphonse

I had even more fun. The French decided to to have a war. So I grabbed France, captured its overseas possessions and let Westphalia take out the Dutch. In the end I controlled almost the entire Americas. At the moment my armies are marching through Central Europe to kill the Poles.

Leave Poland as a protectorate!

They are so much fun to watch…

They are always up to some mischief and it is always fun to see what they do next.