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Colonization playing tips by Colin Attle.

1.When choosing a skill level remember that everyone will be less friendly and less
tollerant of your mistakes the higher the skill level,even your king,so think before
you choose.As to nationality,each has its pros and cons.English produces more
immigrants thereby more colonists,which cant be a bad thing.French live more
peacefully with the native indian population,so peacefull times ahead if you choose
the french.Dutch has a more stable economy,which cant be bad(you will appreciate
this if you see a certain cargo plummet in price in 5 years).Spanish has a better
attack bonus on indian villages,which will help if you're after loot.Each one has its
advantages and disadvantages.Its a close run thing between the english and the
dutch.The french has no colonists because of immigration at the start and the
Spanish can only hope to capture at the most 100,000 gold(thats only 100
points).The best place i've found is south america,lots of place to grow sugar,some
tobacco which can be turned into proccesed goods.

2.When you meet the native population for the first time go for peace.Dont think
that just because you've got a soldier you can wipe out an indian village,you might
be able to but other unarmed colonists will be killed.If you can see a special
resource square grab it,these can be rare and at the start of a game it never hutrs
to have ahelping hand.Always lookout for an indian village and if you have an
unskilled colonists,you can send them there to be trained You dont always get the
same skill from a village so beware,although dont send criminals there its a waste
of time.If you can put colonists in the town hall to make bells,and thereby get a
founding father fairly quickly making sure that your food supply doesnt suffer,if
you can find a statesman on the dock grab him.jefferson and pocohontas are all
usefull at the start depending on circumstances with foreign powers and
indiains.Without a carpenter,a lumber mill is a good building to have for increasing
hammers and speeding up subsequent building work.Another good building to
have is a church.Why pay for colonists to come across to your new land when
they'll come of their own accord?.

3.When you've got you're first colony up and running bring more colonists in and
put them to work in various jobs.A hardy pioneer is a bonus to have because of
increased crop production and roads.If you want to trade in furs then Henry hudson
 is your man to double production of fur trappers.When you feel your first colony
can sustain itself,build a second not to near to the first,go inland if you want wagon
trains are very easy to build and dont worry to much about roads you will need to
have a ship to every port ratio,but i find a ship to 4-5 colonies is ok(a merchantman
or above).If you want indian land Then Peter Minuit is the fellow you'll want in the
congress.You can take it by force,but watch out for angry indians.You may feel
tempted to go out after rumours of lost cities because of been taken by other
nationalities,dont,they only find them if they are going somewhere else,but be sure
to have Hernan Cortes if you want to go after them,just have enough money to buy
a galleon if you find lost treasure.As time passes you will be bound to meet other
europeans,who will be persuasive to say the least.Hope that you have Benjamin
Franklin in your congress,thats what.As long as you keep your distance they
shouldn't bother till about 1580-1590.If you have to pay a fee to keep them out of
your hair,grin and bear it,if you dont,depending on your difficulty level,you could
be in for a tough time.

4.Mother england.Hmmmm.When his royal Highness decides to increases your
taxes,there aint a lot you can do but save just before and hope you get 1-2
increase in your taxes,or else lose whatever you boycott.You could however chuck
them into the sea(good job the colonists didn't get taxed for boats!),but then you
cant trade in them.On the other hand,if you have Peter Stuyvesant you can trade
with other europeans,and sometimes get a good price(but dont flood them,unles it
the Dutch)and dont forget Jakob Fugger(what a guy,gives a king memory loss).How
do you know who you'll get on the docks.You can stop criminals and servants
coming to the dockside by getting William Brewster in your congress,so that will
narrow things down a little,but if you're waiting for someone(firebrand
preacher,Elder Statesman,)you could wait 5 years,you could wait 50.Another good
thing is to bless colonists as missionaries,they wont be effective as the jesuit ones
unless Jean de Brebeuf is in your congress,and be sure to have Bartolome de Las
casas so that you can squeeze a few more points from the game.Also Juan de
Sepulveda can help to persuade the indians to join your colonies.If you do manage
to see a soldier on the dockside(yes it does happen!)equip him with horses.He'll be
better in battles and even if you dont use the horses,put them in a stable to
breed(how do you know that you're not getting all mares?)If you are desperate,go
to the royal university and buy a certain profession,If you've got money to burn
they'll have the matches.

5.Back at the colonies,by 1600 you should have about 4-5 colonies each with about
7-8 colonists.Remember about religious unrest back in your homeland.these will
come to dockside if you've got people in your churches,making your job easier in
the colonies with more people(actually,its a snowball effect once you've got more
people there,more will come.Its hard at first but persevere)HINT:-William Penn can
be of help here.Another good idea in this regard is to build cathedrals,which will
speed up immigration,and by the way the program lies when it says you need 8 for
a cathedral,you need 16,how do you remedy the situation,search and you will
find.How do you increase your colonies quickly i hear you say.Attack other
europeans cities thats how.Its immoral i know but without this you cannot hope to
reach a high score.Francis de Corando helps you to highlight exactly where in the
new world they're hiding otherwise youll lose years looking for them.As well Jan de
Witt will tell you how many colonies everybody has got,hopefully you've got the
most,if not put matters right pronto.When negotiating After taking cities of fellow
europeans,choose peace,dont get cocky and push others around unless you want to
wake up one morning and see enemy troops outside the city's walls.To trade or not
to trade with indians is up to your discretion.It brings in money and if you make a
gift of goods you can calm tension between you and them.The things the indians
want goes from one thing then back to another,so be ready to find other things to
trade with.Sieur de La Salle is good to have if things aren't going to well with the
indian populace or fellow europeans ,having some protection is better than none at
all.Want to get rid of those enemy frigates and troops nearby your colonies.It can
happen if a european power wants another power wiped out at a price and offers
ships and troops to help you,just dont get in too deep or you might lose it all,and
use Francis Drake and George Washington and Paul Revere to help you if you want
to start a ruccus.Why do ships take so long to make the crossing to the old
world.Because you probably haven't got Ferdinand Magellan thats why,with him in
the congress time will be halved.Also dont forget Hernando de Soto.Timely when
you miss a colony by 1 or 2 moves.Very helpful.

6.We'll now fast-forward to 1670.By now you should have plenty of colonies and
everything should be like clockwork(almost).If you haven't built schools by now,do
it,and get those unskilled colonists a trade.Each time you do this you will gain 2
points.Not very much you say,but do this plenty of times and you'll be on to a
winner.This is where the main body of points comes from so dont take it
lightly.Simon Bolivar is great.Sons of liberty up by 20%.YES PLEASE.You should
have most of your founding fathers in by now,but dont slacken off on the
bells,you'll need them to keep all colonies at 100% independant from the home
country.For that last bit of money,try Adam Smith in your continental congress,and
you'll get 1&half goods for each raw unit(if only in real life).

7.Well this is it,whats its all been building up to-INDEPENDENCE.Keep all ships out
of europe and off high seas or theyll be captured.Now the kings troops haven't got
much experience on the new world terrain,so youve got an advantage here and get
a bonus when fighting,But the kings troops and cavalry is slightly stronger than you
so select you terrain wisely.Also dont forget your custom houses which can give a
little more cash,for some more points or whatever.On the water there's a new
menace,Man of War,an absolute bruiser of a ship,3 times more powerful than your
frigate,Heeeeellllpppp.If you can produce enough liberty bells another european
power will send you Man o Wars,troops and cavalry,phew.The king will try and pull
an indian tribe in to the fray as well,just to spice things up(isnt that nice)so just
hope you're on good terms with our native friends.The REF will land at a port thats
not 100% keen on independence,so you can try and turn things your way a bit by
lowering independence in a colony,and hoping the kings troops will land
there.Liberty bells produced after another foreign power has stepped in to help you
will give a maximum of 100 points.Keep training unskilled colonists a trade,to keep
those points rolling in,dont let the war completely take over the game.To win you
need to destroy/capture all cavalry,troops on land,even those which have been
reduced to colonist staus(even more points).If you dont do this there will always be
more landings on your coastline.With this done you should win the battle,and now
the king can kiss your pinky ring.After this sit back and enjoy your victory,you
deserve it.

Thats about it,hope these tips help you get a better score.This is Freeware.