PhilThib wrote:We could plan some kind of event that triggers the game end once you set a certain level of VPs indeed
As for the British, it is true that the loss of Portugal and key ports in the Peninsula spells doom for them...although a few units should still arrive via Gibraltar. May be we should give them some leeway, like may be include Cornwall (Plymouth) as a base area... Let's see if this could be done
It would make sense to stop the game if the Peninsula is overrun.
BTW why not use North Africa? Ceuta is in Spanish hands at the begining of the game and could therefore be used as a base for gathering English forces. Considering that the French do not have any fleet and the English completely dominate the seas, it would be feasable to adopt Ceuta as a base.
Even more historical is the case to be made for the Balearics. The English kept a base in Minorca throughout Revolutionary times, and it wouldn't be that far fetched that they have one in Napoleonic times as well. Minorca was used as a base for English blockaders operating against southern French ports.
In both cases, English forces could be assembled there and then transfered to the mainland. I'm not sure if its feasable with the game engine though. Also, quite often the AI uses its fleets to bombard land targets and suffers unduly (sometimes eliminating such fleets).
Maybe I'm just daydreaming