However, there are steps you can take to help you learn, and eventually master, this game. And you'd end up more confused anyway by the amount of information you'd get. You have to realize that we can't possibly provide you with a single strategy that would help you win this game, because it depends on too many factors to list them here. This way after several wins and loses you'll have a good understanding how things are working.I was in the same situation as you currently are a year or so ago, so I do get why you would feel lost in the numerous options you have in front of you when playing EU4. Diplomacy for alliances, combat mechanics, army composition and fort placement for winning wars, earning money through trade and production in order to hire powerful advisers to keep high income of monarch points to purchase stability and techs, unrest mechanics to prevent disasters etc. The next thing is to learn what game mechanics allow you to achieve these goals. Rival people who rival you or who you want to conquer.If you're losing a war, try to get out of it quickly instead of waiting until your army is gone and your land is ravaged.Get some big allies that are in a position to defend you.While playing you should pay attention to the following things: My answer is inspired by Wiz's reply on the forums (he's the project lead of EU4): If you look at an information and wonder what it means, hover the mouse over it, more often than not you'll get additional information. For instance, you can have an explanation of what a map mode shows to you if you hover the mouse over the mpa mode button (and wait for a second or two). There's a lot of useful information that can be obtained by hovering the mouse over the information presented on the screen. There's an HRE map that shows which nation/province are part of the HRE, it can help you visualize this danger zone. If you play a nation that is not part of the Holy Roman Empire (HRE), don't mess with any nation that is part of the HRE unless you know exactly what you are doing. Eventually, you'll find the maps that gives you the information you need at that specific time. Most of the time you can stick to the map that shows only the countries (can't have access to the game right now, to the map names eludes me :\ ). Keep in mind that only a few of them will ever be useful to you. You mentioned the quantity of maps confused you. You decide what you want to do at all times, the game does not force any sort of goal upon you, which leads to a state of confusion when you first start this game. You can start with Castille, and try to convert to Protestant, declare war with Portugal and never colonize the Americas, or start with some Indian nation and colonize Australia like there's no tomorrow. In EU4, you can do just whatever you want. Arumba has very nice and detailed tutorial videos covering lots of stuff in the game (war, trading, diplomacy, etc.). If you do watch those videos, it would be more beneficial if you watched a game that uses the same version of the game you own (including the expansions), since the expansions add new features, and sometimes they modify some mechanics of the vanilla game. I haven't watched a whole lot of them, but I enjoyed shenryyr's and Arumba's videos, both for the entertainment they provided and for the knowledge you can gain by listening to their thought process while they are playing. Make sure the game timer is set to a low speed (2 or 3), so that you have enough time to react whenever something happens. So your first game(s) should serve to that purpose: learning the mechanics. Keep in mind that in order to build a winning strategy, you need to be familiar with the most important game mechanics. It can help if you start with one of the "best" nations (France, Castille, Portugal, Austria or Ottomans). Try different things, watch what the other nations do, especially your neighbors. Start a new game without any specific performance expectations. Here are the best advices I can personally give you: Beginner's Tips
I was in the same situation as you currently are a year or so ago, so I do get why you would feel lost in the numerous options you have in front of you when playing EU4.
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