Starting a H/H world domination game as the Ottomans. This is what I did on the first turn. Some of these are tips from elsewhere. Not sure if it's possible to do better.
1) re-arrange your ministers as outlined in the oft-googled strategy guide. It's actually fairly obvious what you need to do.
2) exempt all provinces from taxation.
3) w/Venice, trade Bosnia for Morea.
4) w/Austria, get trade agreement + $8k for Serbia
5) w/Crimea, give Moldavia for $7k. Army in Moldavia sent to help defend Crimea. I plan to pick up the general though via boat and send him to Rumelia to help defend against the inevitable Austrian attack.
6) w/Persia, get trade agreement + military alliance + $7k for Armenia.
7) w/Morocco, sell Bulgaria for $7k
8) w/France, offer your techs (grenades + canister) for trade agreement and physiocracy. They will counter for techs only and will pay you $990.
9) w/Mughals, offer your (now) 3 techs for $3k, they will counter for canister and physiocracy for $1200.
10) w/Great Britain, get trade agreement for physiocracy.
11) w/Prussia, offer trade agreement for physiocracy, they will counter for physiocracy + grenades.
12) Offer Savoy $1k for trade agreement.
13) Offer Denmark grenades + canister for trade agreement.
14) Get trade agreement w/Lousiana, no need to offer anything.
15) Get trade agreement w/New Spain, no need to offer anything.
16) Get trade agreement w/Thirteen Colonies, no need to offer anything.
17) Sell physiocracy to Denmark for $500.
I offered Prussia up to $2500 and canister for plug bayonets, but they don't seem to want to do that. I offered France $2k for a trade agreement and they came back w/$36k. As if.
So I begin the first turn w/ 14 trading partners and 38,190 gold, w/projected income of $5634 without any taxation. And physiocracy to enable expansion of cotton plantations. This is before building anything though I did disband the Bashi-Bazouks except for the one unit going to help defend Crimea. My plan is to hold onto Morea, Greece and Rumelia in Europe. I will cancel alliance w/Barbary states once Morocco attacks them and since their 100% muslim may build a force in Egypt to try to take some of their lands. Otherwise just build up my economy for a while. Hopefully Austria will be at war soon and I can take back the Balkans.
Once Russia & Sweden are at war I'll try to get an alliance w/Sweden for my techs.
1) re-arrange your ministers as outlined in the oft-googled strategy guide. It's actually fairly obvious what you need to do.
2) exempt all provinces from taxation.
3) w/Venice, trade Bosnia for Morea.
4) w/Austria, get trade agreement + $8k for Serbia
5) w/Crimea, give Moldavia for $7k. Army in Moldavia sent to help defend Crimea. I plan to pick up the general though via boat and send him to Rumelia to help defend against the inevitable Austrian attack.
6) w/Persia, get trade agreement + military alliance + $7k for Armenia.
7) w/Morocco, sell Bulgaria for $7k
8) w/France, offer your techs (grenades + canister) for trade agreement and physiocracy. They will counter for techs only and will pay you $990.
9) w/Mughals, offer your (now) 3 techs for $3k, they will counter for canister and physiocracy for $1200.
10) w/Great Britain, get trade agreement for physiocracy.
11) w/Prussia, offer trade agreement for physiocracy, they will counter for physiocracy + grenades.
12) Offer Savoy $1k for trade agreement.
13) Offer Denmark grenades + canister for trade agreement.
14) Get trade agreement w/Lousiana, no need to offer anything.
15) Get trade agreement w/New Spain, no need to offer anything.
16) Get trade agreement w/Thirteen Colonies, no need to offer anything.
17) Sell physiocracy to Denmark for $500.
I offered Prussia up to $2500 and canister for plug bayonets, but they don't seem to want to do that. I offered France $2k for a trade agreement and they came back w/$36k. As if.
So I begin the first turn w/ 14 trading partners and 38,190 gold, w/projected income of $5634 without any taxation. And physiocracy to enable expansion of cotton plantations. This is before building anything though I did disband the Bashi-Bazouks except for the one unit going to help defend Crimea. My plan is to hold onto Morea, Greece and Rumelia in Europe. I will cancel alliance w/Barbary states once Morocco attacks them and since their 100% muslim may build a force in Egypt to try to take some of their lands. Otherwise just build up my economy for a while. Hopefully Austria will be at war soon and I can take back the Balkans.
Once Russia & Sweden are at war I'll try to get an alliance w/Sweden for my techs.