Free Colonization!

[Skanky Burns]

I just checked with the original game. On the highest level, penalties start with the 6th colonist, meaning you can have 5 "Tory" colonists with no penalty. The second highest difficulty allowed you 6 working colonists before problems ie: the 7th brought penalties.

Regarding military, you can also give horses to your soldiers to make them dragoons. As well as making them faster and better units, they also give you the advantage of being able to lose twice before you are unarmed. The first loss destroys the horses, the second destroys the muskets. As horses are much easier to produce (just have lots of excess food and a stable) than muskets, you can base your military off replenishing horses and do well.

[DrSpike]

Yeah, and horses in 'storage' breed IIRC.

[Lemmy]

How does training/education work? I can put the skilled workers in the Schoolhouse, but how are the non-skilled workers then?

[H Tower]

the way it worked in the original is that you needed the unskilled workers doing something in the town. keep in mind that not every skill position is available for teaching in a mere school house, you made need to build the college or even the university.

[Lemmy]

Ok, so i take it i dont have control over which worker gets trained? For example if i put a farmer in the schoolhouse, is it only units that are currently farming that will be trained, or can anyone be trained regardless of their activity?

[Skanky Burns]

From the original, anyone can be trained regardless of what they are doing. The only way to have control over it is by having only skilled workers and a non-skilled unit you want trained. Otherwise it randomly picks from untrained, or either prisoner-type workers.

[DrSpike]

QFT.

[Lemmy]

What about relations/diplomacy? Anyway i can negotiate peace treaties while not being independent yet.

[Harovan]

If memory serves right, in the original that worked by sending a scout (man+horses) into an enemy city (not sure if it has to be the capital, probably not) and ask to talk to the authorities.

[Asmodean]

A new version has been uploaded for those interested