Here are Tim’s observations.  Lots of great insights.

A few thoughts about the game, in no particular order.
I wish I’d found that chart with the nationalities information during the game and not afterwards…

We had made a few mistakes including: the imperials can’t recruit in Bavaria and the Danes go home if Christian is killed (which he was during his first battle).

There was a different chart that went over the foraging rules– I know I forgot that units removed due to foraging losses are out of the game…oops.

Those LOC rules are pretty important. Without them, armies are free to go pretty much wherever they please. With them, protecting bases becomes much more important, especially for the protestants since their big advantage in the early game is that they can pay most of their units.

 
You remarked more than once that it is hard to get a good handle for what strategy each side should use in the game. I think both sides should concentrate on grabbing electorates, which pay off big in victory points.

 
I think in the early game the protestants are just trying to stay alive, although I had pretty good luck in grabbing saxony. I think the Imperials should move hard into Bohemia. When you tried that in the last game, I wasn’t able to stop you.

 
I had mixed luck in getting armies to the Netherlands. Most of the ways of getting their involve moving through neutral territory, with the loss of victory points or through the lower palatinate (aka the valley of death). As long as the spanish are on the map in force, its probably better to move through neutral territory. I guess it goes without saying that knowing whether a particular city is or isn’t in the Spanish zone is pretty important…minor details like that can have a major impact on game play.