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Turn 84
Well this month made us raise a few eyebrows...Something is going on, could the Spanish army be back in strength? If so it seems the 2nd Spanish invasion takes place at the same time we invade Spain. This might mean that we need to fall back towards Paris. But hopefully the unit I see is only a rouge division trying to make some damage by cutting supply lines. Well, good luck with that!

Turn 85
To all commanders:
Say a goodbye to your ideas of Spanish Ladies, return immediately towards Paris. Enemy troops have been spotted south of Brittany!

Turn 86

Nothing unexpected here really, Spain moves into Paris, and as a result our economy plummets, but the Spanish supply lines grow longer and more vulnerable. If I am able to break them this turn, then an attack will take place against the Spanish army next turn.

Turn 87

Well, we did not manage to sever the Spanish supply lines into Paris, but we will keep trying, and we prepare for battle! We MUST retake Paris or lose the war.

Turn 88

Well, the Spanish flee, but there are other things going on in Europe that is a major concern..

Turn 89

It seems the British are once more Pro-France after the abdication of King Mus The Fallen ([;)] sorry Mus). We accept the proposed deal which also includes us trading them 10 wine for 20 $. We have far more need of money now anyways, so this is all in our advantage. Our main focus is still the defeat of Spain!

Turn 90

Victory in Paris! The crowd are all out to welcome the Emperor home to his palace. Unfortunately it seems that the Spanish garrison troops had dug a tunnell stretching some 250kms to the south...

Turn 91

The French have been preoccupied with the war with Spain, but during the last years the boundries of Europe have changed, so we show the revised Europe map.

Turn 92

With the Dons fighting a coalition of France, Britain and Sweden, they seem to have run south into Spain. We take the oppertunity to retake some of our southern cities. For the time being all available resources are spent on training garrison troops to guard those cities as soon as they are liberated. Unfortunately our economy is so poor at the moment that we can only train two of these millitia style units per month.
Also being considered is where to go after we liberate all of France. We have two options;
a) head straigth into Spain to end the war as soon as possible
b) head into Italy to take Spanish protectorates there.

There are pros and cons to both.
Pro-A; we get to rebuild our nation sooner, we do not need to worry about the main Spanish army as we will be between it and Paris
Con-A; we will not get too many provinces from Spain, and we want to increase both our war score and our empire rating so we can form an empire.

Pro-B; We get to "liberate" more provinces, thereby increasing our population, our glory and our empire rating.
Con-B; what happens if the Dons once more march on Paris? And the war will last longer.

Any ideas?

Nice to see an update. As for where to go, I'd probably let discretion be the better part of valor and head to Spain to end hostilities as soon as possible. Your economy needs to be stabilized, and heading to Italy would stretch your forces even more. It would take a while to come up with troops to garrison any new holdings. And the Austrians might look at your expansion in their backyard as an excuse to expand even further at your expense.

Let us all know how things turn out.

Thank you.
I'll try to be better at updating, however work+sleep+alot of ongoing pbems kinda dips into my AAR time [:)]
I do however capture a screenie every turn, but I will try to be better at updating as things go on.

I do agree with what you say, but there are a few things to take into consideration;
-Spain is now at war with alot of nations so she has to defend to some extent espesially since Britain can attack from Portugal
-I am behind on points, Italy will give me points and refuse them to Spain
-But as you say, my economy is bad due to having spent most of the game at war with someone
-I am currently the good guy who was stabbed in the back, this might change if I go into Italy.

But let us say that we win the war with Spain, what should we demand in a treaty?
1)colonies?
2)abandenment of protectorates?
3)provinces?
4)money?
5)feudal reforms?
6)scuttling of ships?

1) will increase our income and possibly gain us empire status
2) will give Spain less glory for the coming years
3) will give us easier access into Spain, maybe forcing them to treat us more kindly, and it will give us more empire points
4) our economy is bad after all
5) this will hurt Spain badly if she is still at war with anyone, and can greatly influence her economy
6) that is something I am not very inclined to do, as that takes away the possible Spain+France threat vs Britain.

Any ideas?

Terje

Just a couple of quick thoughts.
 
1.  Having Spain stay as glory leader is not all bad.  Keeps the target off of your back.
2.  To prop up the economy, go for colonies or provinces.  Money is a very short term solution, and will be gone before you know it.  Adding to your economic base and getting emire status will pay dividends for the rest of the game.
3.  Still plenty of game to go.  Appears France is niot viewed as a threat, which may put you in a position to prepare for a late charge to the top, possibly at the expense of Austria.

Turn 93

Alot of things happening, and just maybe I see an opening that would spell D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R for Spain [:D]

I would take colonies and impose radical feudal reforms to cripple Spain long term. AFAIK it isn't currently working to demand abandonment of a protectorate.

Yeah guess I have to agree with both of you, colonies is what we want!

Turn 94

A rare occasion! Our naval boys go to battle and outdo the British [:D]

Turn 95

Never saw this one coming. Spain has scuttled their fleet to avoid it being captured.
I have also decided to split my forces, one army will move into Spain, the other will go for Italy (atleast one territory).

Turn 96

*sigh* The sneaky Dons have done it again...They are once more bound for Paris...

This is too good to let lapse,I gotta know what happened?

Ditto