Update 33
Update 33
The years of war continue…
03/02/1585 Cajamarca converts
10/02/1585 Conversion of Volhynia fails
04/03/1585
Brunei offers White Peace – Accepted
Naval battles occur the length of the Mediterranean; Mamluk fleets are taking significant losses. The advantage of holding all the islands is really helping as my fleets are always in home waters.
I’m not Nelson!
Naval superiority is achieved, however my claims to being poor at naval warfare are proven – I have a 10 tech level advantage and forgot to use an admiral.
11/06/1585
Kanem Bornu accepts White Peace
A big victory against the Mamluks will take long time, they have only deployed one army (19 regiments), presumably the rest of their forces are slowly heading towards Tunisia, the only common border.
01/08/1585 Naval 16
06/08/1585
Naxos declares WAR on Castile
I know, you’re thinking so what!
06/08/1585
Burgundy declares WAR in support of Naxos
07/08/1585
Poland declares WAR in support of Naxos
Good! Actually, I had a moment of panic, I thought Naxos was still allied to Persia – they were released by the Ottomans in a Peace deal with Persia.
Working the Game Engine
I take advantage of the +1 stab boost to move an extra point to Free Trade, it’s worth 0.2 colonists a year. You can see my slider settings and the current colonies. Since the BB wars started my attempts to develop interior Brazil have ended, I’ve been busy building up the colonies I’ve seized. I’ve been a bit paranoid about this since the game where the Mamluks seized Diego Garcia off me!
28/09/1585
Venice declares WAR on Castile
29/09/1585
Crimea declares WAR on Castile in support of Venice
04/10/1585 Conversion of Anhalt fails
10/10/1585 Chiquitos converts
10/12/1585
Naxos accepts annexation
05/02/1586 Lubeck converts
01/04/1586 The 6* Theologian dies, I replace him with the 3* Theologian he replaced a decade earlier.
18/04/1586
Poland offers White Peace – accepted. The diplomatic imperative to keep Poland alive hasn’t changed.
27/05/1586
Crimea accepts peace – 50 ducats and their last two cores. As they border Persia I do not want to annex them.
10/06/1586 Bessarabia converts
01/09/1586 Trade 16
Peace with Burgundy - 28/09/1586
98 Point peace and both provinces are still Catholic, more missionaries saved.
09/10/1586 Hamburg converts
Peace with Venice - 13/10/1586
Another 98 point peace, Venice is now a two province minor, but Azow borders Persia so for now they’ll stay intact.
Peace with the Mamluks - 06/01/1587
34 point peace after 49% score – I have destroyed over 75 regiments.
Peace!
06/01/1587 Stats
BadBoy 262.78
War Exhaustion 6.72
Inflation 4.1%
Manpower 196k of 200k max
Reinforcement need 25,042
Census Tax 1612.26
Monthly income 706.6
Annual expenditure
Army maintenance (depending on casualties in the month) is around 70 ducats
Naval maintenance is around 8 ducats
Colonists cost about 130 ducats a year
Missionaries cost around 500 ducats a year
I don’t build province improvements – with very limited exceptions such as Courthouses in negative religious tolerance provinces or larger fortresses in provinces with low conversion chances.
The one thing that proves expensive is naval rebuilding – I’ve had to rebuild fleets on several occasions.
I actually have enough money – ahead of time across all techs and having National Bank I can happily mint if I need cash. I’ve also raised a lot of money from the Inca, 6050 ducats.
Force composition