Defending Provinces
 

Ok, newbie here. Just wondering how people defend provinces that they've conquered. Do you leave large armies in each province, or leave armies "around" provinces? Or just have one big army? I'm just curious how to get provinces and keep them. Should I expand slower until I can put a huge army in each place I conquer?

I ask because I recently played a game where I figured I'd defend the "outer" provinces and leave the "inner" ones lightly defended. So for example if these are my provinces:

XXX
XOX
XXX

The "X"s are defended pretty well and the "O" is lightly defended. Well of course the "O" province got attacked and taken over, with all the surrounding provinces intact!

Also, how frequently do people put up fortresses? I assume they aren't put next to each other due to the resource allocation, but what are some strategies people use with fortreesses for defensive purposes?

Darryl

Re: Defending Provinces
 

Of course there will be alot of answers but here is mine. Basically I put SOME defence in every providence, and like to have armys able to reach any of my province within one or two turns. Of course I will have armies on my borders so the main worry inside is from surprises. Its too expensive to try and NOT lose any provinces. Id rather make sure that I dont lose one for more than a turn or two.

There are different ways to accomplish that. One is to keep enough armies moving around alot so they are always close enough.

Another is to keep a semi-army (lite infantry, slingers, flyers, whatever) in provinces with alot of population so you can patrol for higher taxing. Such an army will be available to quickly move and retrieve a lost province, then easily/cheaply replace its losses.

Another is to build a fortress where you will continually be building armies and sending them forward. The location of the fortress and the path of moving forward makes all the provinces in a wide path along the route be covered.

Its only when I am gambling on a big attack against one of the other nations that I run into trouble. Im too tempted to move everything forward at once instead of staggered so that an army is always inside.

Re: Defending Provinces
 

Here are the advices people gave me when I asked the same question. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif
http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin...;f=74;t=000396