Anyone know why Cardiff (in the Wales province) is not a port. There are docks there and you can build ships but they can never leave...

How on earth did Saxony ask France for protectorate status?
 
On the previous turn her attitude towards France was -500 or so, and in the +ve 1000's for Prussian and Russia.
 
Is it just pure lottery ??

GB done

GB 9 done

GB turn 8 in

gb 7 done

Brit 6 in

GB T5 in

Brit turn 4 in

GB turn in

It doesnt reduce province income, but apparantly does reduce trade income. I think the manual could be a little clearer on what the effects are...

<t> > The last year or two of the game involved 3-4 countries attacking me with their diplomats and most of my diplomats on capture/expel.<br/>
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Ugh. Who wants to play that. Kudos to Monte for seeing where this was going and nipping it in the bud as it were... even though of course he ...

yes in the current release they are supply sources, so unless you changed it they still will be presumably

<t> agree with the points. But would counter with the fact that both Malta and Corfu are supply points with no more ability to produce supplies (well maybe a bit more, but still) than Gibraltar. If Britain doesnt control the seas she isnt going to be able to do anything useful with Gibraltar (or ...

<t> I think a supply source in this context represents more than just the physical ability to ship supplies. Gibraltar was an important point for Britain to project her power into the med. Without Gibraltar being a supply source it is virtually impossible for Britain to attempt the historical ...

sure we do. Britannia rules the waves didn't you know [&o]

<t> The distinction between protecorates and non-protectorates is meaningless as far as Britain is concerned. Any country that attempts insurrections against any British provinces will be a target for British insurrections both protectorate and non protectorate for the rest of the game. I guarentee ...

if it were down to me I would make it so that you needed more ships than the gunnery rating of the province to blockade it... but i would probably make the effect slightly more severe too. I also would not allow blockading fleets to set the 'avoid combat' button.

doesnt seem to make any difference in the couple of tests I have run...

agree that it is odd that 0 strength fleets can blockade but it seems to let you.

Couple of row-boats still there perhaps?

<t> Insurrections are the sort of thing I dont care for at all in this type of game. I wish we had all agreed before the start to not use them at all but there you go. Personally, I dont see the difference in using them against conquered countries as opposed to protectorates, and so that now that ...