I am playing the 1.1 demo and I am playing the Brits vs Spaniards on hard setting (in New England). Now its probably just because I am not good, but I find that the spanish always beat me to Colonial age and if by chance I some how beat them to that they still have a big enough army to quickly come an collapse my poor economy. My villagers can fight off the first lot with a few casualties, but they my economy suffers badly and the spanish just take off with theirs. I have tried at least 12 times to use different approaches (more wood, more food, less creating villagers etc.) but then they hit Fotress age and the big fotress goes up quick time and the big army come and make me say goodnight. After every ass whooping I go to the postgame info and I cannot work out why their timeline shoots up and mine just continues gradually. Please any advice would be greatly appreciated as I am getting the full game tomorrow ). Hope it wasn't too long thx.