Tip: Save early and save often in multiple slots. Not only do the occasional crash and the lack of an autosave make for a lot of wasted time if you don't save every ten turns or so, but sometimes the game will crash during a save, corrupting the save file itself.

Tip: The game is heavily weighted toward the defender. Unless you are facing a very weak enemy, there is little point in attacking fortified enemy cities unless you have at least two full stacks of nine units each.

Tip: The Ship of the Line is the perfect sea invasion platform. Create a stack of seven to nine Ship of the Lines, and load them up with troops. Once you get to the enemy cities, drop off

Unlimited Gold

First make a backup copy of the file script.slc, which is located in ..\ctp_data\default\gamedata. Then open up the original with any text editor and add the following lines:

trigger 'DOR_T_Give_Gold' when (IsHumanPlayer(g.player) && (player.1.gold<=200000))
{
AddGold(g.player,1000000);
}

Now everytime the human player runs out of gold (< 200000), he gets 1 million more. the troops and then use your ships for artillery support. Blast away at the enemy cities before sending in the boys.

Tip: Go for the gold. Go to Trade and Banking. Build banks and marketplaces in all your cities. Use the gold to do slaving and convert cities.