

There are four ways to build up your population. Building up your colony building by building is much faster with a lumberjack and a carpenter, although any unit can do any job, so use what you have.

Roads also make it easier to move from town to town by one-third.įarmers are useful for feeding your colony, as are fisherman, but in order to utilize the fisherman you must build a dock. Plowed land gives you bonuses for the elements that can be taken from any land square and roads give a +1 bonus to anything that can be taken from a land square, as well. The Spanish get a military bonus against the natives and start out with a veteran soldier, a pioneer and a caravel.Ĭhoosing your country has a lot to do with the strategy you choose to use, in gaining your independence, but all can achieve independence.Īny unit can build a colony, pioneers can build roads and plow the land and expert or “hardy” pioneers can do it faster. The French have a reduction in the rate of tension created with the natives and have a better relationship with them and start the game with a soldier and expert pioneer and a caravel. The English have increased cross production allowing for more immigrants to appear at a much quicker rate than the other countries, and start the game with a soldier, a pioneer and a caravel. The Dutch are based upon trading and as such, prices on goods are more stable and you start the game with a merchantman, a soldier and a pioneer. You can play as one of four European powers the Dutch, English, French or Spanish, each with their own starting units and each with various bonuses based upon their historical context. Select European Power Screen for Colonization
