Have you ever completed a GC?

[Dinner]

So have any of you ever actually completed a grand campaign in EU2? The closest I ever got was 1750 when I had nearly completed a world conquest (China and Ethopia were the only countries which weren't as good as dead) and got bored with the game.

[Kyle]

Yup, several.

[Dinner]

So how did you do? Did you conquer the world or just survive?

[Kyle]

I don't play to conquer the world. I don't usually win in VP's, but I do well enough.

[arii]

I find this game boring after a while. I'm trying to finish my 1st GC and it's painfull.

[Sandman]

I once completed a GC with Persia, but Persia starts in about 1505, so it may not count.

They get a cool new troop animation when they get revolutionary tech.

[Dinner]

I really do like this game but, like Arii, I find myself getting bored after 1700 or so.

[St Leo]

The trick to not getting bored is to not colonise.

[Dauphin]

Playing as a small nation is always fun. Try and conquer the world with Bosnia.

[Jer8m8]

1 GC, and 1 game playing 1492 SPain eith EEP installed (in other words the file got corrupted in the mid 1700's)

[arii]

My problem is that I become too big and then get 5 revolts/min for therest of the game. Not fun to go from 1 revolt to the other for hours on.

[St Leo]

Grow slower. The revolt rate drops to zero after thirty years of you holding that province.

[ixnay]

Lets see, I remember completing a GC as Russia. I probably did it a few times as some other countries, but I couldn't say which ones.

[Dauphin]

I've completed it once with England. Got kind of boring as I colonised all of N. America, Australia and Russia thru Siberia - and conquered all the South American, Asian and African colonies of my European competitors.

In 1815 or so I granted independence to about 40 countries, including the 'Royalists'.

[Dinner]

I'm going to be starting a GC today with either Sweden or Austria. Does anyone have any suggestions as to which one is better?