Are the minors active or passive?

[Doomdark]

I.e. do the minor European Powers ever try to found colonies and expand their territory? It appears that they can join alliances with major powers and thus partake in war, but do they ever take initiatives of their own?

If they do I don't see why there IS a distiction between minor and major nations, and why all nations are not playable.

Furthermore it is my opinion that Sweden should be added to the Grand Campaign.

 

[Doomdark]

Ok, sounds good, but I don't understand why major powers can't lose their capitol provinces... Is it due to multi-player considerations or has it got something to do with the random events that affect certain nations? Ah well, I suppose you can get around it by downgrading all major powers except the one you are playing to minors in the scenario file.

Incidentally, the random events (English civil war, 30 years war, Reformation, etc) are the reason that I am sceptical about the ease with which you can add new major powers in the scenario files. Now, I don't know how closely the CG will be modelled after the BG, but in the BG the events are quite specific and probably require some modification if the minor/major power setup is changed.

On the other hand, the BG also contains special rules that I very much doubt are in the CG. For instance, Swedish infantry is automatically upgraded to veteran status after a certain year (1555, I think).

It is still my opinion that Sweden should be added to the Grand Campaign.

[This message has been edited by Doomdark (edited 16-04-2000).]