TWC Italian Campaign Guide and tips

[William of Orange]

When I first time finish the Italian campaign, I take the Trentino mountain route (the Austrian settlement northwest of Milan) instead of Venice. I did try to capture Venice and Papal States, but it's nearly impossible in Hard setting to field three full stacks(while your principal enemies have endless of them).

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 after, the campaign deadline will have passed. Even in the longer Egyptian Campaign, where break-even will arrive in Spring 1800, a dozen turns before campaign end, the ROI for troop investments is greater and comes much faster.

[Merrikat]

...Luckily Venice was willing to trade Indefinite Military Access and 2000 gold from me for 20 turns of military access from them.

I did the same and the devious little Venetians took my money, then cancelled access in the next turn. Therefore they had to be punished.

That was a fun as destroying Austria!