How to triumph as Paraguay?

[yandrey]

Paraguay is surrounded by bigger neighbours.

Can you give me any tips on how to start successful playthrough? (conquering South America would be enough for me 😀)

[The Notorious GSB]

You playing the game unmodded? I don't have anything helpful to suggest from experience, but I would think your key play is to avoid war with the US. Maybe going Communist would work and getting into the Comintern. All of those Americans might fight Russia instead of you...

[Катя Мяу <3]

Originally posted by GSB:

You playing the game unmodded? I don't have anything helpful to suggest from experience, but I would think your key play is to avoid war with the US. Maybe going Communist would work and getting into the Comintern. All of those Americans might fight Russia instead of you...

Thats assuming the Soviets survive the Germans ...

[The Notorious GSB]

Good point!

[Notabot187]

Originally posted by GSB:

You playing the game unmodded? I don't have anything helpful to suggest from experience, but I would think your key play is to avoid war with the US. Maybe going Communist would work and getting into the Comintern. All of those Americans might fight Russia instead of you...

Paraguay starts communist... AI Argentina doesn't really do much. Try to rush you industry focus as much as possible and make as many guys as you can afford (once you build your first decent template). If you join the comintern you might be able to get some lend lease from the Soviet Union. When you declare against Argentina you probably want to have level 3 forts. Let them attack you at first until they deorganize their divisions, then counter attack. You will want to have a decent division template though, so start exercising your single division day 1 for xp. You have very few resources and a pathetic industrial base, so have fun.

[Tomatemon]

Planes as minors are the key, dont make anything but guns and cas, and bomb the crap out of them easy,

[Notabot187]

I just played a start as them, you can beat Bolivia pretty easy, you need 3 divisions, an build lvl 3 forts on the same side of the river as your capital. Bolivia will try to cross the river into the forts. Wait until they start taking serious hp damage on their divisions then counter attack. You don't want to be on the normal border because it's less defensible. 2nd target is Chile, you will have to increase your conscription laws as you want 4 20width divs. Same strategy, sit in lvl 3 forts in mountains this time. There should eventually be an opportunity to pocket 2 or 3 divisions. After that it's a slog down the coast.

Manpower is the key problem. You won't be able to field many divisions, so you need to go with superior fire power, 20 width divisions with 2 artillery and 1 support artillery. You can field 50-100 CAS without hurting manpower. You won't need more since SA counties don't have much air power. Don't push until the enemy is exhausted and drains their equipment and manpower pool.

Argentina is beatable, but you don't have much to work with. Considering building some tanks at this point to rush around the plains, let them take your Chile territory, you goal is their capital and iirc 2 other VPs. If they send divisions to Chile they won't have enough to protect their capital. Uruguay is trivial to beat at this point, but Brazil and Peru are probably unbeatable without advanced strategy and probably some manpower "exploits".

[Катя Мяу <3]

Originally posted by Notabot187:

I just played a start as them, you can beat Bolivia pretty easy, you need 3 divisions, an build lvl 3 forts on the same side of the river as your capital. Bolivia will try to cross the river into the forts. Wait until they start taking serious hp damage on their divisions then counter attack. You don't want to be on the normal border because it's less defensible. 2nd target is Chile, you will have to increase your conscription laws as you want 4 20width divs. Same strategy, sit in lvl 3 forts in mountains this time. There should eventually be an opportunity to pocket 2 or 3 divisions. After that it's a slog down the coast.

Manpower is the key problem. You won't be able to field many divisions, so you need to go with superior fire power, 20 width divisions with 2 artillery and 1 support artillery. You can field 50-100 CAS without hurting manpower. You won't need more since SA counties don't have much air power. Don't push until the enemy is exhausted and drains their equipment and manpower pool.

Argentina is beatable, but you don't have much to work with. Considering building some tanks at this point to rush around the plains, let them take your Chile territory, you goal is their capital and iirc 2 other VPs. If they send divisions to Chile they won't have enough to protect their capital. Uruguay is trivial to beat at this point, but Brazil and Peru are probably unbeatable without advanced strategy and probably some manpower "exploits".

What are said manpower "exploits"?

[Notabot187]

Making a puppet then using the colonial templates to drain manpower from them.