This is the second version of my Castile/Spain strategy guide. I've also heard of a strategy of using France to beat up Austria, make them spit out Styria, so your chances of winning inheritance increase, but I prefer having a strong Austrian ally to go for the Habsburg throne and then try to force a PU later. A place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about the grand strategy game Europa Universalis IV by Paradox Development Studio. I'll separate peace England for territory. I do think that a "beginners guide" might be a bit too broad, though. Than when Aragon is at the cap and you're powerful enough without their armies, than and only than form Spain. Mexico is the easiest to build up. They should need it more than you do. You will need to focus on taking Portugal out before 1475-1480. just like to point out one tiny mistake. Take Morocco's gold mine. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Form Spain, screw France, make a trade empire, and become Holy Roman Emperor. First Time Players. This item will only be visible in searches to you, your friends, and admins. The start date of 1444-11-11 (11th of November 1444) is set up to be as historical as possible. Edit: Eventually you can be in this type of position but in a shorter time frame than I did. Have your Iberian forces moved back towards Aragon, who is not in the war because they're most likely not allied with England. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. If you have the most heavies and enough lights / cogs, you shouldn’t be losing many naval battles. Decide what you want to do, if you want to colonize try to take out Portugal right away, or go for the "Spain is the Emperor" achievement and try to secure a connection to the HRE. Now, all you need to do is press ‘Play’. Will you ever write a guide of Navarra? The strategy described in this section will be a stark contrast to today's governments: we will be investing most of our income in infrastructure. Thesis on the New World and Asia from a European Perspective, "Supplement Your Income by Making Your Money Work for YOU!". ( Log Out /  I see. I agree I wanna get the Iberian Wedding event, the only problem I had was when I played a game before I vassalized(?) Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Take religious ideas first, use missions to 'Continue the Reconquista' to take valuable pieces of Morocco and Algiers. Same as pre 1.7 except taking HRE vassals is easier with a longer truce timer against coalitions. All rights reserved. Allying France early on and keeping relations makes for a smooth ride. IMO this one is so much better than the first one. I really liked the guide but I'm kinda new into the game. 15 Sep. Posted by: Category: Uncategorized . You see, most of the time Portugal goes for the Moroccan lands early on, which they can't convert and is expensive to core. you already have canary islands at game start. Allying France seems like a good idea, I just don't want them to get any of America as it may cause conflict between us. THIS CONTENT HAS MOVED TO A NEW SITE! Also I don't form Spain, unless Aragon is too powerful, Aragon has enough troops to protect the homeland and fight in North Africa for you. I would take this mission first, and declare war right on the onset of 1448 to prevent Granada from getting an annoying alliance with Morocco. and other nasty stuff won't fire. Once these provinces are taken you can vassalize Morocco and Algiers. Navarra but Aragon declared war on them and bought in their allies including Portugal. Even if have 1 unit in some provinces, just make sure France cannot produce anything. The cheat to add Castile to your country's interest is: add_interest CAS. All help is greatly appreciated, I am a re-born noob. kicks in. You can and should abuse the "Form Spain Diplomatically" decision by feeding Aragon provinces up to the cap(they have to be below a certain number to be integrated by the decision), these provinces should all be in the Genoa trade node, so from France, Savoy and the Italians. Spread that Trastamara dynasty around. Cheaper integration than coring yourself with berber traditions.