Plagues

[reyaik]

What is the best way to combat them?

[Oubley]

You have me worried now.... I have some rat catchers in my regions and I have stored away a plague event card. Should I be very worried that won't be enough lol

[Patrus]

According to the manual, increasing "health" in a region helps reducing plauge effects. Some advanced health buildings can also cure it, when it happens.

[reyaik]

I have some regions with 20%+ health, still they get infected. Is there any combination of health buildings that is more effective? Towards the end of the grand campaign it seems to get a little too much ... ?

[Ricochet]

Originally posted by Reicha:

I have some regions with 20%+ health, still they get infected. Is there any combination of health buildings that is more effective? Towards the end of the grand campaign it seems to get a little too much ... ?

Some building like leeches, leprosyrium, hostel of god, and probably medical practicitioner halts these plagues. Having more health does combat the negative modifiers though.

[PocusFR]

Health is instrumental in fighting it yes, some buildings as mentioned are particularly good, this is specified in their description.
Plagues will always be around the corner, you need to avoid being full of them, but you will seldom have no epidemics in a large nation.

[flori2412]

If I draw a "Fight the plague" regional decision, I tend to hold on to it. These actions can save you a lot of trouble.

[mparker28]

1. When you get a "Remove Plague" decision card, Shift+Left Click it until you turn it bright green (max chance to appear)
2. Build any and all building that have a positive health modifier (these are not always in the "blue" category such as cemetery is "orange")
3. If you are fortunate enough to have a character in your court that has a bonus to health or fighting the plague you should assign them as a Peer of the Realm to that province
4. So far in my play thru as England, I'm finding that the reconstructed aqueducts are bringing the most bang for my slot in the health regard, however I want to point out the Wise Woman (I think that is what she is called) give the Natureopathy bonus (+15% health per health building) or something like that which makes a HUGE difference
5. While it may be tempting, try to limit your growth and how fast you grow your population to some degree. I've been toying with what works in Kingdoms vs what mix I used in Empire (3/4/0/max pop spreads). For Kingdoms, I'm basically putting all peasants into Agri, then a mix of peasants & Freemen in Ind/health until the two are about even, then I put my priests in piety and nobles in stewardship unless I'm raising army and then put one or more into equipment. This has, so far, kept me at a decent rate of population growth to where I can account for the health needs via just building another health building. You can tell if you are in danger in a province if the Population/Religion/Culture banners at the top of the screen when you go into each region are black or orange. If they are black you are ok for the moment. If they are orange you are in danger of a plague/heathen spawning and you need to take proper corrective action. If you hover over the banner it will give you a break down of numbers and advise to some degree on how to correct

[PocusFR]

It's cool to see players engage with the game, devise strategies, and discuss subtleties. Thanks!

[Brucato]

We wouldnt have to if you made a simpler game like "Risk" lol

[PocusFR]

It's what a few players say in the negative reviews indeed. Some find the game too convoluted. Others will find it an exact copy of Empires.