LISBON

The Portuguese, have a very slow start, because even though they get 1 extra villager at the beginning, they cannot have home city card that deliver them, because they get an extra cover wagon at the start of each age. That also brings them an advantage, which is that they can cover lots of the map quickly and they can train villagers fast in the middle of the game. Portugal' best units are dragoons, which can be upgraded to royal guard, and their musketeers, which can be upgraded to that level also. They also have cassadors, which are like skirmishers, but with more attack and less defense, and they have organ guns, which are like falconets, but multishooting, and that are extremely effective against infantry.

Since the Portuguese cannot get falconets or grenadiers, it makes it virtually impossible to have a good siege attack until the imperial age when they can get mortars, and another weakness, is that since they can't get villagers via home city cards, in case of a very low economy it makes it impossible for them to get villagers. Another weakness is that since they have a very slow start they are vulnerable to rushers.