Spanish (Age of Empires III)/Strategy

Strategy

 * The Spanish are considered to be the easiest civilization to play because they have a strong military, particularly the Spanish hand infantry, Lancers and their galleons.
 * Because the Spanish have the ability to earn Home City shipments earlier, their strategies are quite flexible and often a balanced deck can overcome a purist deck. It is not uncommon for a Spanish player to receive 2-3 Discovery Age shipments, and a Colonial Age shipment shortly after aging up depending on the experience earned from treasure guardians or the treasures themselves.
 * The Spanish Explorer's special ability to train War Dogs helps explore the territory early in the game and if the explorer is used as a damage sponge the player can collect some pretty heavily guarded treasures.
 * The Spanish also have many unique Home City improvements that help their soldiers, buildings and navy. One example is the powerful Cabelleros card, an upgrade for their Lancers which increases the multiplier to x4.0 versus infantry.
 * With the addition of the Unction card for Missionaries in The War Chiefs, the Spanish are a strong contender in Treaty games. Units under the effect of Unction will typically become the hardest hitting units of their type, yet still possess the same hitpoints making careful management of units a key to success.