New to 1701 A.D.

[EvilSpock]

Just purchased game (after playing demo for about a week).
Very cool! :go:
Sorry I'm so late getting into it...
Into the scenarios right now, to get a handle on gameplay. The forums are great for learning more about that, by the way.
And I'm patched to 1.01US (even though I'm in Canada :biggrin: )

First post question:
What would the most "common" game settings/victory conditions be to actually win/end a game once I get into "continuous play"?

Feel free to point to another thread if this is already covered.

[Rnett]

At the top of the page....:biggrin:

http://forum.sunflowers.de/showthread.php?t=16076

[Dobber]

Welcome to the forum, Evilspock! :halloha:

[zippyriver]

One of the nice things about the game is the variety of victory conditions. I would suggest looking at the style of play to want to pursue for that game.

My first game I only set "colonial goods collected" and lost, as the AI reached the goal first.
My second game I only set "free trader quests" and easily won as the AI does not pursue those.

Third game, I wanted to see how hard it was to obtain independence, but didn't want to get short changed for my efforts. So I selected "free trader quests" and "achieve independence" and clicked "all victory options".

Playing those three gave me a good idea of the kind of victory settings that I could select for my style of play, have victory attainable, and have reaching those goals be a challenge.

Now, if I want to improve on weak points in my play, I choose the setting that best challenge that weakness.

I had previously played 1602 A.D., so I started my continuous play at normal level instead of easy. If you don't have that experience, I would certainly suggest starting at the easy level, but I don't know how aggressive the AI pursues colonial goods on easy.

In addition to the excellent thread link noted in Rnett's post..
shamess plug:
http://forum.sunflowers.de/showthread.php?t=16778

[EvilSpock]

Thanks for the welcome and the advice.
1701 is my first taste of the game.

Indeed I was looking for victory conditions. I had read the sticky threads about getting started and have advanced nicely in a couple of games. Just wanted to know which victories to pursue. That last thread is a keeper! I'll save it.
Thanks again.