The Portugal Thread

[wcascade]

Slight gloat, but before the civic changes I managed to get a Portugal UHV on Monarch/Epic and become a tech leader without collapsing!! Haven't tried since, but I'd imagine it'd be a little easier with the monarchy buff. UHV1 is probably the trickiest. There are a few islands that have all of its immediate tiles as part of the Indian Trade Route which will help you reach that %. It's a hard UHV which took me many attempts but it is entirely possible

 

[SultanRedSnake]

Slight gloat, but before the civic changes I managed to get a Portugal UHV on Monarch/Epic and become a tech leader without collapsing!! Haven't tried since, but I'd imagine it'd be a little easier with the monarchy buff. UHV1 is probably the trickiest. There are a few islands that have all of its immediate tiles as part of the Indian Trade Route which will help you reach that %. It's a hard UHV which took me many attempts but it is entirely possible

Me too hehe, also Epic. I started a few Normal games but have truly no idea how to pull it off in time. Side note: rolled a start in which I was able to found Porto.

 

[SOVNARKOM]

Can we add Nagasaki in the historical area of Portugal? Portuguese Nagasaki did indeed exist in history

 

[makka]

What's the deal with this:

UU: Rename Carrack to Não. At least one request for buffs.

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"Não" is portuguese for "No".
I assume you meant "Nau" (prior to the 20th century written "Nao"), which wouldn't be the best choice either, since - although it was also used for a certain subtype of carrack - it basically just translates to "Ship".
If UUs are generally supposed to have a name in the native language of the respective civ, then "Carraca" would certainly be the one of choice.

 

[SultanRedSnake]

What's the deal with this:

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"Não" is portuguese for "No".
I assume you meant "Nau" (prior to the 20th century written "Nao"), which wouldn't be the best choice either, since - although it was also used for a certain subtype of carrack - it basically just translates to "Ship".
If UUs are generally supposed to have a name in the native language of the respective civ, then "Carraca" would certainly be the one of choice.

Excellent contribution. I must confess to no small bit of embarrassment, and will update leading post to include your input.