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[Aqizzar]

Come to think of it, can the other Colonies leave the Great Powers too? Say, can the Dutch colonies leave the Netherlands and form their own empire? If so, maybe the Dutch can form their own empire and win the indepedence war, we can then seecede and ally with the Dutch to destroy the King.

Unfortunately, the AI does not have to fight a war for independence. They must merely get a certain population percentage to support independence and their mother country grants it..

A small price to pay for having a soul

And for being smart enough to spam Privateers.  At this point, I'm wondering if I shouldn't have gone for a harder difficulty, but I don't know if starting over would be worth it.  Of course, at this rate I'll be able to declare independence by 1700.

Nothing forthcoming today, too much semester wrap-up to take care of.

[Aqizzar]

Did you think I forgot?  Well, you'd be right.  University crap too, whatev' whatev'.  Don't worry folks, our little Spanish VN is doing fine.

Spoiler: Ignorin' Suggestions... (click to show/hide)

Oh hell, the stoners bought a Frigate.  Well, that's five grand not building a city.

The pirate easily evaded anyway.  Can't touch this, dow dow dodo datdat dow dow



Jakob Fugger, as pointed out, had nothing to do with the colonization of America.  He sold indulgences and payed mercenaries to fight each other, but his game effect is ending all boycotts, which you get from goods dumping parties.  Cool story, but no point.
Hernando de Soto makes all ruins return some value, and units can see two more spaces.  If I'm going to sack the Aztecs, he'll be useful.
John Paul George Ringo gives me a free Frigate.  That's it.  I can reliably buy them now, and I'll be able to build them soon.
Pocahontas is as useless to me as ever.
Juan de Sepulveda makes Indian converts appear more frequently.  As if I didn't have enough people already.

So what the hell, Hernando de Soto it is.  Conquistadors 4EVA!



Pirates 4EVA too!  Dutch military capacity is officially crippled.



Current state of affairs.  I'm unstoppable now, and I'll probably wind up declaring Independence by 1690.  Maybe I should have gone with a higher difficulty afterall, but I don't care that much.

Okay, the game is freezing and crap and I'm really tired, so this will just be a status update to prove I'm still playing.  I have a few options going forward.
Dutch - They've still got a couple towns and a navy, so I could hunt them down for sport.
French - Bastards have been quiet for a while, which I don't trust.  Could go beat them up.
English - Most of their people are way over on the Inca continent, but I could mount an invasion fleet to conquer their island towns for fun.  That would put them back a while.
Apaches - They're harmless now, but I could kill them some more.
Cherokees - Just two towns, but they're on my land and would die quickly.
Aztecs - Same concept as the English, but they're on the other side of the French.

I'm gonna settle some inland towns too, because I want to.  What's my next goal?

[WorkerDrone]

The complete and utter destruction of all in your path?

What else is there to do other then pirating, trading, and preparing to Declare Independence from the Continent.

[Gunner-Chan]

Your next goal should be to find some Gay frogs, yeah.

No? Okay then, I guess finish up cleaning everyone out of your continent then.

[Duke 2.0]

 I say hit the French, as to open up the ability to hit everybody easily.

[Twiggie]

buy a load of elder statesmen, and get all your towns to 50% rebel for the +1. or just put all of them in the iron-tools-muskets town...

[Aqizzar]

So two suggestions to kill Dutch and Apaches I guess, and two votes to kill the French.  Sounds good.

My plan is to build a proper university in Bay 12, hire a statesman if I need one, and start training people, along with preachers.  In the meantime, MORE DRAGOONS.

Not that I'll be done until tomorrow.  So...  Tired...

[Creamcorn]

Is there anyway to get rid of those weird dolphin/fish things, they're kind of annoying to look at.

[Luke_Prowler]

Your next goal should be to find some Gay frogs, yeah.

But we already found the French.

[Aqizzar]

Alright, back to work.  On the docket - Kill Indians, Kill French, Harass Dutch

Spoiler: Rage and Murder (click to show/hide)

So things don't start off great.  Turns out I didn't save after stealing those guns from the Dutch, and it went into that damnable RNG loop again.  I let it go, because the Dutch need the help.



Dammit, you're supposed to refuse, so I can kill you in retribution.  Screw it, I'll just be mean.



That's a cannon rolling into the village.  I feel so cruel.



But the giant piles of money help me sleep at night.  One village left to go.



So I know the Dutch have nine people left.  Four are standing around my colonies trying to look threatening.  I can mop them up next turn.  That's another three in Fort Nassau, leaving two guys.  Probably at least one there as a soldier, meaning one more guy either hiding in my woods, at Nassau, or standing around in Europe.  And there's that damn Frigate.



DERP  A Dutch soldier lost his weaponry, so the AI made him start a colony.  It'll be toast soon enough, but I won't count it as a conquering victory.



Sonofabitch.  Well, they deserve a victory once in a while.  And that's my Frigate next to him.



For gobs of cash, you can hire people with specific skills, rather than waiting for someone you want to appear.  It's time to kick New VN into high rebel gear, so I'm hiring an Elder Statesman.  They're at the bottom for 1900 pesos, right above Veterans.  Obviously, he'll be the only one I hire - before long, I'll be able to train more.

He returns to New VN with another gunsmith and a new Privateer.



You get this dialogue to abandon a town.  I don't know where this peasant got 20 tools, lending veracity to my theory that the AI doesn't have to make tools or send out pioneers to work tiles.



The deed is done.  No one will remember them but me and my accountant - 1800 pesos!

And I just noticed something.  I didn't get any kind of dialogue mentioning it, but my tax rate dropped from 12% to 4% sometime over the last turn.  Maybe Spain is finally pleased with my performance!



Not that the reprieve lasts long.  Jerks.



Sacre bleu, pirates français!  Le nons!



Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of elderberries!



Bay 12 during some population transfer.  That's 17 people standing around.



The Arawaks, having heard of my brutal slaughter of the Cherokee, don't take any chances.



Hai guiz, didja miss me?  Finally got around to building that plains settlement.



This took three turns.  I didn't get any other pictures, but there was little to show.  I run into one French soldier, and the Arawaks haven't made any more moves.  Not that I plan to leave them alive.



A few turns later.  The French are putting up a surprisingly annoying rear-action defense, and the Arawaks refuse to die.  That (French) Privateer sent mine back to Bay 12 for repairs, the assault on Montreal won't be easy with the French resupplied.



This is me crippling the Dutch again.  Piracy is much more fun with room for extra cargo.



You French bastards!  I just bought that!  Which means that Frigate is now unopposed...



Nonetheless, I conquer Montreal without further trouble.  Weirdos have nothing but fishermen.



And Sir Francis Drake comes through for me, sending the last vestige of French naval power down to Davy Jones' Locker.  New France has been destroyed; their Arawak allies are next.



Now that's what I call piracy.  Sweet sweet silver.  And I've sunk my first English Galleon.



And that's done.  Annoying jerks.  The French and Indian War ends in my overwhelming victory.



Henando de Soto is back, the quiet one with the bloody sword.  New choices-

Peter Stuyvesant baffles foes with his unpronounceable name, and builds Customs Houses, which eliminate the need to physically ship large lots back to Europe.
Ferdinand Magellan grants ships an extra movement point, and speeds travel along the Pacific route.
Bloody basher George Washington automatically makes soldiers Veterans after one victory.
Pocahontas needs to go fuck herself, so Jefferson or Paine can take her place.
Juan de Sepulveda yatta yatta converts.

I'm never sailing the Pacific, I've got plenty of Veterans, and I'm never establishing a mission.

I'm almost tempted to take Pocahontas just to get her out of the rotation, but Peter S. is good, just because I mate micromanaging shipping routes.



The Bay 12 University is finally open, leading class is Theory and Practice of Politicing.



This used to belong to France.  They built another town for some reason.  I'll probably conquer it again when I need the road.  That Galleon has four Dragoons, off to meet/sack the Aztecs.

So I've only gotten through 15 years, but I've been at this all day and need to cut it off.

Current state of the colonial world.  I'm obviously winning.



The orange and bright blue dots are the Dutch and French remnants, red is English.
The peninsula off the South Pole houses the last of the Arawaks.
The rest of the Apaches are still off in the interior of my continent.
That sprig of land off the lower peninsula has the three Tupi villages.
The yellowish-tan squares in the southwest are Aztec cities, due for sacking.

I need names for all the French towns I conquered, and the Dutch ones I forgot to rename, and the two new towns I founded, and the two I'll found eventually.  Catch y'all later.

[cowofdoom78963]

How deliciously evil.

[JoshuaFH]

Can we set up a slave trade with Africa and get King Cotton going? I think that's the only way you'll get to be more evil.

[WorkerDrone]

...

Perhaps that's ONE evil we should LEAVE with Portugal.

[Duke 2.0]

...

Perhaps that's ONE evil we should LEAVE with Portugal.

I would try to defend my heritage, but I admit we did screw up big time.

 And damn, we pain in bad luck before the trade even started.

[Aqizzar]

Unfortunately, Sid Meier knew better than trying to represent the slave trade.  And he still caught some heat from people for not doing due diligence.  You just can't win with historical racism.

Petty Criminals have to wear stockades all the time though.