Tips for Transvaal?

[Glorwyn]

Its a small country in south africa, whenever I try to expand into Oranje or Zulu the english intervene, any tips?

[Hat8]

Originally posted by Glorval:

Its a small country in south africa, whenever I try to expand into Oranje or Zulu the english intervene, any tips?

What are your objectives?

[Mandate of Heaven Respecter]

You have little to no chance of surviving honestly. Brits will just come after you in the end, and I guess you could try to get them to sphere you so you are protected while you expanded into Africa but its a pretty hard country to play as. Best bet would get to the coast and expand into the Arabia or Asia

[Blue Knight™]

1st step: install the HFM mod
2nd step: have fun

[Glorwyn]

Ive gotten close to colonizing and becoming a great power, Im just a smidge short of doing it on every attempt and I need just a little help.

[Poffean]

Originally posted by Glorval:

Ive gotten close to colonizing and becoming a great power, Im just a smidge short of doing it on every attempt and I need just a little help.

just use cheats

[Glorwyn]

wut fun is dat

[Poffean]

It gets stuff done

[A Salty Weeaboo]

Encourage bureaucrats to help with taxes, then encourage clergy to help with your literacy and research points. Going after Oranje and the Zulu while you're doing that isn't a bad idea either. You should also bum rush RP techs and pop growth techs. It won't guarentee your position as a great power, but you'll probably become a high ranking secondary power.

[Yeehaw Dixiedoodle #BBQ]

Transvaal is easy. Annex Oranje on day one by avoiding a battle and occupying all their clay, then wait for an event that gives you a cut down to size casus belli on the zulu. Second verse same as the first, and once the truce expires annex them too. Then build up prestige and colonization techs, being sure to take decisions like die groot trek and the sandriver convention. You should be ready to colonize by 1870, and your position gives you a head start allowing you to take a big chunk of Africa. While colonizing, be sure to prioritize cutting other people off from the interior so you can grab that at your leisure. One of my first runs as them, I managed to get Secondary Power from the wars and prestige, then GP through colonization. Only thing you really need to worry about is managing your infamy in the early years. 2 wars of annexation so close to each other tend to piss people off.