Recent content by Krohon

Portugal were the most active empire in invading another European's colonies. By 1567 they invaded a French colony, by 1654 a Netherlands one, by 1820 a Spanish colony. They took in control of it immediately and I am unaware of any cultural issues like the ones we can see in Europe. Sure, the...

Jul, 1631 By the Grace of the King our colonies thrived. Meanwhile our friends the Danish, the Portuguese and the Spanish have decided to abandon America.

It is not easy to imagine a taxman stopping an army and telling them "You have not paid the tax! I will destroy you now!", so I would like better not have taxes on the military. But armies have to eat so perhaps we can a similar "maintenance" effect by setting a negative rate of healing each...

Well, no need to be confused since I don't say that! I propose to use "Luxury Goods" to sell to natives, instead of "Trade Goods". The natives will pay the player with "Trade Goods" instead of gold. And then the player will be able to sell the "Trade Goods" for gold. Of course the price of...

Spanish colonies used to take the metal stuff from natives and smelt it on ingots, called bullion. The bullion (gold, silver, copper) was the main export of the Spanish colonies for centuries. Since the natives didn't have, nor wanted, European coins, I suggest to use "Luxury Goods" to pay for...