Campaign Guide - Great Campaign - Sweden | Great Campaign Empire: TW Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Starting situation

It might seem that at the beginning the situation is rather bad because the Sweden is hated by all of its neighbors. It is not a problem because you can quickly create a good and large army.

Swedes do not have allies, but they do not need them. Trade is difficult at the beginning of the game because of the low number of trade ports. This is not a big problem, because in few rounds, you can conquer rich cities such as Copenhagen, Berlin or Krolewiec.

Note that the Swedes have a very numerous cavalry. In some regiments you will find even a 100 horsemen.

Guidelines for territorial expansion

1. When Prussia will start a war with Austria, then prepare an attack on Brandenburg. Berlin is a very profitable city and Prussia have no allies. After the fight you will not border with them, so they shouldn't be a problem. Prepare quite a large army to keep civilian population in peace.

2. If Courland will declare war to you, build military infrastructure and training centers in St. Petersburg (line infantry). Join the with the army from Ingra. With 15-20 regiments you will take Courland without an effort.

3. With Courland and lot of troops in the region you can try to attack East Prussia. You have conflict with Prussia anyway, and Krolewiec is undoubtedly very useful for you.

4. Start to train some army in Stockholm. There is a big risk that Denmark will send a few troops to your lands, so you must be prepared. When you will achieve a leadership in Scandinavia, take care of Norway.

5. Time for Denmark. There is a big risk that the enemy ships will unable you to reach Copenhagen by land. You have to invest some money in fleet.

6. As a part of your territorial expansion I propose to take Iceland. This move will finish Denmark for good and you will have one more region.

7. If Poland or Russia won't attack you, you must attack them. My proposition is to take care of Russia first - thus there is no risk that Saxony will join the conflict. Fights will take place in the whole Eastern Europe, so I propose to strengthen your southern borders (5 regiments of line infantry in each province should be enough) and create two large armies. The first of them in St. Petersburg (to attack Russia and Moscow).

8. The second army should be created in Berlin or Krolewiec. Take the whole Poland (starting with Western Prussia, and ending with Galicia and Podole). When you will conquer the Republic of Poland, go to Russia (start from the Crimea for example).

Diplomacy

Diplomacy is a very simple thing in the case of Sweden. Before you will start a war with Poland, they will offer you some lands for Prussia and Brandenburg. As the Poles do not have much to offer, I suggest to ignore their proposition.

Be sure to attack Russia first and then Poland. If you will do it in another way, Saxony can join the conflict. You do not need to have so many enemies.

Trade

You can try some colonial trading but I suggest to develop only few ports to exchange goods with Marats and some European countries.

Additional notes

Do not hurry with Russian and Polish conquests. The major thing is their religion - population consists of Catholics and Orthodox. You need some time to convert people to Protestantism.