How to Win a Religious Victory with Spain

The Approach

Lean on Missions (Spain's unique Faith-generating improvement) to backfill Faith output while your actual Religious Victory push comes from standard Apostle and Missionary play. Spain's real strength here is economic support: tripled Trade Route yields between continents mean a religious game funded by intercontinental trade has more Gold and Faith to work with than most civilizations can access at the same stage.

Key Steps

• Build Missions early in every city with open improvement slots — the Faith adds up steadily even without a dedicated religious ability.
• Use intercontinental Trade Routes deliberately once available — the tripled yield is where Spain's religious game gets its real fuel.
• Conquistadors can secure territory for Mission-building even in contested regions, which matters if your religious expansion runs into resistance.

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