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Limit on Gentlemen is 6. Limit on Rakes and Priests is (effectively at any rate) unlimited. That said, the RNG for agent spawning has issues; they will not come for many turns, then all arrive over a...

At Aspern Essling the Old Guard advanced in skirmish order to within about 100 yards against two Austrian 12 pounder batteries to cover the French retreat. While suffering 1200 casualties or so over...

What GPU does the game use with and without Window Mode?

If you don't know, run Task Manager on the More Details -> Performance tab before starting the game, and inspect the display after closing...

If you have opted not to show hidden files and folders, the path above may be difficult to navigate to. The path

%AppData%\The Creative Assembly\Empire\save_games

will navigate into the hidden...

It's difficult to "see" the chevron-improvements of various unit types during a battle, particularly if one has a general with morale bonuses that makes friendly routs very uncommon.

However I can...

Not true of either.

The Young Guard was raised from volunteer recruits who had paid for the right - in exchange for the expectation of being deployed into battle less frequently, with greater...

If the Nobility rebels and wins, they will change the government type to Absolute Monarchy (if t isn't already) and install a new monarch.

So just up the Nobility Tax Rate to the max and side with...

What mods are you playing?

I've got over 4,000 hours playing Empire (vanilla only, campaign difficulty = Very Hard), and have never seen either Cherokee Territory or Lower Louisiana have a...

My Dearest Lord Admiral,

With the return last week of HMS Resolution and Discovery - alas, without our dear friend James Cook, who has been of such great assistance in completing this work - we...

This is a legitimate tactic, to be expected from the AI and requiring proper countering. Economic warfare has been employed for millennia and it's pleasing to see the AI understands this (even if its...

My Dearest Lord Admiral,

Our deepest thanksgiving for your increased funding of our efforts already having been expressed to you, I need not reiterate those. Suffice to say that as a token of our...

My Dearest Lord Admiral,

It is with the greatest pleasure that I attach a copy of the first printing of our latest Master Rutter Chart, for guidance of our Captains and Masters. Far too often have...

Just wait until after the Brits annex the Thirteen Colonies - and jack up the tax rate to maximum in the American Theatre.

Sergeant: "Sacre bleu! Has France run out of idiot Brigadiers that they now appoint a 26 year old Wop to command us? How does one even pronounce 'Buonaparte'? Does he even shave yet? Perhaps just on...

Congratulations to all entrants - three enjoyable reads.

Winning that achievement can be done both strict and non-strict. I very much recommend strict, so that no Spanish province is ever owned by the British. It's not as impossible as first appears, and a...

GO FOR IT!

What else are you going to do while the World shuts down for 2 weeks due to Corona Virus?


There's a puzzle at the very end, after "winning" the campaign, that you must solve before...

I have now thought of a title for my submission - is it acceptable to Edit my submission post to add it? It will change the word count (as per MS-Word) from 205 to 207 - which as I understand the...

Now that I can edit posts, let's try a live A.A.R. I haven't played this one in a few years, so hopefully I won't forget anything too egregious. Details will be in the description for each video,...

Thank you for the reminder on Shankbot's Unofficial Guide. I will now check it out with 25 postings logged.

;-)

Prowling around the site, I saw a link in the Empire Portal to a Empire's Beginners Guide.

However, when I attempt to view it I get the message:



This seems to defeat the purpose of a...

One more factor - Larrey's ambulances volante - flying ambulances - using modified horse artillery limbers that rapidly evacuated wounded off of the battlefield mid-battle. The only Coalition soldier...

I have now subtitled most of video #1, including annotation for the first assault of d'Argenteau's position atop Montenotte with just 26 casualties (on battle=VH). Comments on whether this is worth...

Playing Austria and Prussia in Campaigns of the Coalition (on VH/VH of course) I again make extensive use of the ambush facility seemingly spending most of the game with three stacks hiding in the...

Thank you again.

Playing this campaign (over, and over, through the past few years - 'cause it's fun) I've become somewhat of an expert in eliminating Sydney Smith's 2 artillery batteries with...

Thank you.

I attempted to be comprehensive on describing my approach, in order to present a comprehensive view, but just realized I neglected to mention either my Technology Research or my full...

Thank you.

I make no claim that this is the only way to win the campaign - clearly the more accomplished one is at the selected Battle Difficulty the more lee-way one has earned for...

Thank you again. Be sure to check out all three crossings of the Delaware now entered, and to vote for your favouriteonce submissions close..

I solemnly affirm that I am neither Alwyn, Mr. Ë, Derc (DERC!), Cookiegod, kilowolf359, nor Cailag Da Bulldozer - not even in a sock puppet.

Thank you, thank you. I have not yet mastered talking while I both play and think, so no audio on the videos. i did start putting together subtitles for the first video last night though. If I can...

How do I vote for submissions?

What if I submit but neglect to vote? Does that invalidate my submission?

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Word count = 205.

207 words (including title)


Delaware Doggerel

In a cold and damp December shiver
With nary a defense against his great foe
But only fields, farms, and a river
(Stern) George...

I suspect you are spending precious funds on infrastructure instead of troops. This campaign is too short for infrastructure investments - few of them provide break even until after, sometimes long...

Well - it wouldn't be a real ambush if you knew about it in advance. ;-)

I learned the hard way to buy military access from Venice - it's cheaply had at much more than they actually accepted, even...

I have now posted a walk-through on VH/VH that through Early July, 1796:

- Reduces Sardinia-Piedmont to a 1 Region protectorate; and

- Subjugates Provinces Milano, Lodi, and Palermo.

In...

Note on "Strikes"

The one turn strike in Damietta, Early July, 1798, reduces region Wealth by 100. This in turn reduces semi-monthly income that turn by 41%.100 = 41, and is still reducing...

Nice recap by both of you - thank you.

One comment: Has Alwyn ever played a Campaign (any) on VH/VH? Some of his comments suggest that his younger self only played on easier difficulties. In...

I just completed a VH / VH Italian campaign and thought I would both share my thoughts on it and solicit comments from others who have played it on that difficulty.

Build plan (prior to Turin...

Part #1 - Lower Egypt
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Prompt conquest and consolidation of Lower Egypt, efficiently, starts one's campaign from a solid foundation. Here is a recap of my most recent...