Castile - how to win the colonyrace?

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mrjohndoe

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Hello,

I had played several starts in EU4 with Castile. My goal was the domination in colonisation. But everytime I tried to take cape verde portugal was before me.
I had followed the following strategiy:

1. +2 councelor everywhere
2. vassalize navarra
3. retake grenada
4. wait for administrative tech
5. take exploration idea --> level idea as fast as I can
6. buy explorer and conquistadore. go to cape verde with them and sigh ...

Can you give me tipps?
Thanks alot
 

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Even if you don't kill Portugal outright, you'll be fine. Let them colonize and destroy them repeatedly in wars (although it is possible they get good allies) and eat their culture accepted colonies for free. Or try to PU them.
 
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OK, thats a tactic I didn't choose so far. But will Aragorn not form a alliance with portugal at the start of the game?

Ally Portugal, destroy Aragon or wait for the Iberian Wedding and simply have them. When the time is right, drop the alliance with Portugal and smash them to pieces.

Frankly, the simpler strategy is to take North Africa as well as take and destroy France. between manpower and trade power, the resultant blob along with the Iberian wedding means you can do whatever you feel like including smash Portugal, take over the HRE, demand world peace, end hunger, what have you.
 

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While I never play the Iberians (or any of the default lucky nations) it would make the most sense to keep the Portuguese around.
They'll help to push trade into Sevilia without you having to dedicate a large amount of your fleet to trade. They also don't have a massive presence in Sevilla if you shave a couple of provinces off them. Finally Portugal, being weak, can also be easily "milked" for colonises by sniping nearly completed colonies allowing you to colonise at a much faster rate (especially useful in Africa and blocking the other colonisers from the Cape).