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Fallshcirmjaeger -> RE: Starting my first campaign, need some advice (12/22/2008 3:28:56 PM)
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Played my first CoG game as Britain. Utter noob at the whole thing. Followed many of the tips from Ralegh. Good stuff.
Got blown out by France in March 1807. The won by Glory. Couldnt really tell where they were getting all the glory from though, as it seemed to me the Spanish were rampaging all over the map while the French mostly lay around sipping wine! Nelson pretty much rendered the French Fleet to a non factor early, although the Spanish got lucky later and managed to cripple my Home Fleet. Gibraltar fell shortly thereafter, mostly due to my own incompetence.
Had an awful time with my economy. Sheesh! (can I get a bailout pleeze?) Flipped the switch on a few Experts and they had me fixed up shortly, but it was more painful than a Congressional hearing! And the Merchantmen! Good grief! Is there nowhere they can harvest a few bucks for more than a turn or two? Gracious! Guess next time I'll have to assign some fleet coverage to those guys. Something.
Diplomats were fun to dance with. Had the Low Countries all up in arms with Goodwill, Charm, Malign, Insurrection etc. Was great. Saxony came over to my side, which really irritated Prussia. No problems. Sent Robertson in to assuage their feelings, but couldnt quite get the Alliance. Almost had Denmark ready to go when France rolled out the Glory card.
Tried almost every treaty in the book that didnt hurt me. Some worked, some didnt. Amazing how everyone in Europe thinks England is Mr. Moneybags! (I believe this is correct - hee hee - another reason to learn how to manage the balance sheets!) Some really awful trade offers! Exception - Lower Egypt is a pretty sweet deal!
All in all, was a pretty fun 5 hours, even though I had almost zero clue what I was doing. Actually, I had a pretty decent idea of what I was supposed to do from experience with some old board wargames (War & Peace), but almost no idea how to accomplish things. Oh well. Live and learn. Go cross-eyed poring over the manual again and again. Internalization is where its at!
So, after getting my butt spanked by a mostly inert Napolean, I sat and stared at it for a few minutes, looked at the clock, and said, "what the heck. Fire up another game!"
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