Next big problem was my textile factories unable to purchase any dyes - I failed to find them in game. Apparently unlike with Europa Universalis, I can't burn colonies in progress of countries I'm at war with, unless that option is somehow hidden somewhere. I had to intervene with Mexico-Texas war on Texas side, admitting it afterwards as free state. Next question was what the fuck religious policy does? Game doesn't provide any information whatsoever, and wiki is just as worthless. Ships take attrition while docked because they're underfunded? Army 'supply weight' is not equal to number of soldiers? What is this all even? Group armies and navies near Texas, send some settlers, influence random countries we're at good relations with, call new elections, research education tech, encourage clergy, nothing special.įirst thing I discovered is that watching Victoria 2 videos and playing a few other Paradox games did not prepare me for figuring out how attrition works in this one. The main downside of recording video games is that I can't play any Christina Perri or Nightcore or anything else good or I'd get the video b& for copyright reasons, fortunately this campaign is not on the video, so I can play something good. So let's start by turning off the music, and getting something nicer on youtube instead.

pass social and political reforms including obviously abolition of slavery.

annex Canada, and control in one way or another the whole Western hemisphere, and possibly Japan and parts of Africa.

figure out how to mod Victoria 2, because what's the point of playing unmodded games?.

Oh and I'm going to use console for everything I don't like. If I end up liking this game (and my computer likes running it), I'll probably try playing with infamy and jingoism systems enabled, but first let's have an easy campaign. I still remember infamy minimization minigame from EU3 and what pain in the ass it was before I figured out how to sidestep it with proper technique (declaring 5 wars with Remove Kebab CB same day, then get some forward provinces to border as many different kinds of kebab as possible).

So I decided to learn how to Victoria 2, going with very easy mode - playing America, and pre-modding the game to remove all infamy and jingoism restrictions on adding wargoals. Victorian America: Part 01: 1836-1844: Manifest Destiny Post 1 - Originally published on Google+ on 13:59:24 UTC

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