I'm on a mac, and so fairly new to ETW. Sorry if the below is obvious to more veteran players.
Russia starts off with 6k gold but wouldn't 34k be better? It sounds like a lot but it's very easy to spend it all on the first turn. Here's what I did:
After adjusting ministers:
1) Sold Don Voisko and Astrakhan to the Mughuls for 12,000. This means Russia no longer border Georgia or Dagestan and so neither nation declares war on you. The whole southern front is quite until Maratha moves up
2) Sold Karelia to Denmark for 8,000.
3) Sold Arkhangelsk to the Prussians for 8,000. (I'm rethinking this, maybe selling to Maratha might be better. The Mughuls are broke after paying their 12k)
Edited to add: Maratha won't buy it, but Persia will. Given that I've now taken most or all the starting money from the two major impediments to Maratha, I'm thinking give them any techs you research.
Russia starts off with 6k gold but wouldn't 34k be better? It sounds like a lot but it's very easy to spend it all on the first turn. Here's what I did:
After adjusting ministers:
1) Sold Don Voisko and Astrakhan to the Mughuls for 12,000. This means Russia no longer border Georgia or Dagestan and so neither nation declares war on you. The whole southern front is quite until Maratha moves up
2) Sold Karelia to Denmark for 8,000.
3) Sold Arkhangelsk to the Prussians for 8,000. (I'm rethinking this, maybe selling to Maratha might be better. The Mughuls are broke after paying their 12k)
Edited to add: Maratha won't buy it, but Persia will. Given that I've now taken most or all the starting money from the two major impediments to Maratha, I'm thinking give them any techs you research.
[This message has been edited by Grognir (edited 02-18-2013 @ 08:46 AM).]