Update 64
To address my unfortunate stability problem I spend about 10000 ducats on temples before I get bored with clicking. There are lots of ‘untempled’ provinces; I’ll probably build more over the next few years. Do you like that casual mention of 10000 ducats, as if it’s not much? It’s not, I make 4500+ in census tax and a month’s minting is worth another 2500+
01/02/1674 Production 31
25/04/1674 Malacca converts
01/06/1674 Trade 31
A series of ‘Sail bys’ by a war fleet based in Maldives has destroyed nearly a hundred Vijayanagar ships over the last year. A sail by is just sailing a big fleet into the sea zone outside any enemy port turning around and sailing out – you normally get to kill whatever ships are in port as they sally out when you are sighted. Another fleet is guarding the Straits of Hormuz, the target of enemy blockade ships and it also inflicts heavy casualties.
India is increasingly well mapped. A Conquistador created at 100% Military tradition will probably have 6 manoeuvre and be able to map a TI province simply by riding into an adjacent province, it's fast
24/06/1674 Conversion of Laristan fails
09/07/1674 Orissa declares WAR on Castile
10/07/1674 Rajputana declares WAR on Castile in support of Orissa
Indian Politics for Dummies
Diplomatic mode shows the essence of the situation, if it moves I’m at war with it.
23/07/1674 Peace with Bali
Bali is now an OPM. Notice Ryukyu is currently beseiging Sulu, active for a micro!
13/08/1674 Tenasserim converts
09/09/1674 Conversion of Bursa fails
10/09/1674 Peace with Vijayanagar
This is a 96 point with a 38% score – but Vijayanagar has lost a lot of troops and well over a hundred ships.
01/10/1674 Naval 31
01/12/1674 Conversion of Kabulistan fails
01/01/1675 Gov’t 31
30/01/1675 Conversion of Balkh fails
11/04/1675 Mogilyov converts
01/05/1675 Land 32 – Level 5 forts, not usually a big thing except possibly in Multiplayer – I start building four of them in hard to convert provinces; Thrace, Cairo, Hormuz and Ayutthaya – that’s another 3000 ducats.
02/06/1675 Peace with Rajputana
03/06/1675 Peace with Orissa
The Indus Valley
This was a 94 point deal with Rajputana, who are now worth around 220 score in total and a 14 point deal with Orissa who are around 300 points. The problem with both countries is that they have holdings in Burma that border Ming or are isolated behind Vijayanagar territory. I expect both countries will hang on until I’ve forced a direct land connection across Northern India.
29/06/1675 Kyzyl Kum converts
Ming casualties are huge – whether this has any long term impact is another question.
4th Battle of Nadym
Yes this is 65 Ming regiments saying goodbye. At least a hundred Ming regiments have been destroyed in this campaign, the forthcoming battle of Tanna Tuva offers the chance to grind up another 40+.
06/09/1675 Qasim Khanate declares WAR on Castile
07/09/1675 Lithuania declares WAR on Castile in support of Qasim Khanate
25/09/1675 Qawasim converts
25/11/1675 Conversion of Aden fails
01/12/1675 Land 33
19/01/1676 Qarabagh converts
A minor theatre
The invasion of Japan, I don’t have nuclear weapons but I do have men wearing tricorns. It’s always good to have a technological edge.
01/04/1676 Production 32
20/04/1676 Conversion of Burtasia fails
16/08/1676 Chiang Mai converts
01/09/1676 Trade 32
02/09/1676 Peace with Lithuania
Non Castilian Christendom
That’s it - three OPMs, every other Christian province is Castilian.
03/10/1676 Urungwe converts – that’s the last Pagan province in Africa
29/11/1676 Conversion of Turkestan fails
25/01/1677 Conversion of Laristan fails
01/02/1677 Naval 32
01/05/1677 Gov’t 32
The land war against China remains stuck in the wilds of Turkestan and Mongolia – well over two hundred Chinese regiments have been destroyed.
03/05/1677 Kerey converts
30/06/1677 Balkh converts
04/10/1677 Chuy converts
27/11/1677 Conversion of Khiva fails
01/12/1677 Production 33
14/01/1678 Persia declares WAR on Castile
23/01/1678 Aden converts
05/03/1678 The first Persian peace offer arrives. Their DOW was badly timed, I was ready to DOW at the start of Feb!
21/04/1678 The idiot king dies.
The King is Dead, Long Live the Regency Council! :wacko:
The Regency Council A/D/M 4/5/4, I also find a 21 year 2* Theologian in the advisor pool.
The war in china continues. I’ve destroyed hundreds of regiments and sank nearly 200 ships but I’m no closer to immediate victory. However, Ming will need to recover and even China’s manpower pool can be exhausted.
Update 64
To address my unfortunate stability problem I spend about 10000 ducats on temples before I get bored with clicking. There are lots of ‘untempled’ provinces; I’ll probably build more over the next few years. Do you like that casual mention of 10000 ducats, as if it’s not much? It’s not, I make 4500+ in census tax and a month’s minting is worth another 2500+
01/02/1674 Production 31
25/04/1674 Malacca converts
01/06/1674 Trade 31
A series of ‘Sail bys’ by a war fleet based in Maldives has destroyed nearly a hundred Vijayanagar ships over the last year. A sail by is just sailing a big fleet into the sea zone outside any enemy port turning around and sailing out – you normally get to kill whatever ships are in port as they sally out when you are sighted. Another fleet is guarding the Straits of Hormuz, the target of enemy blockade ships and it also inflicts heavy casualties.
India is increasingly well mapped. A Conquistador created at 100% Military tradition will probably have 6 manoeuvre and be able to map a TI province simply by riding into an adjacent province, it's fast
24/06/1674 Conversion of Laristan fails
09/07/1674 Orissa declares WAR on Castile
10/07/1674 Rajputana declares WAR on Castile in support of Orissa
Indian Politics for Dummies
Diplomatic mode shows the essence of the situation, if it moves I’m at war with it.
23/07/1674 Peace with Bali
Bali is now an OPM. Notice Ryukyu is currently beseiging Sulu, active for a micro!
13/08/1674 Tenasserim converts
09/09/1674 Conversion of Bursa fails
10/09/1674 Peace with Vijayanagar
This is a 96 point with a 38% score – but Vijayanagar has lost a lot of troops and well over a hundred ships.
01/10/1674 Naval 31
01/12/1674 Conversion of Kabulistan fails
01/01/1675 Gov’t 31
30/01/1675 Conversion of Balkh fails
11/04/1675 Mogilyov converts
01/05/1675 Land 32 – Level 5 forts, not usually a big thing except possibly in Multiplayer – I start building four of them in hard to convert provinces; Thrace, Cairo, Hormuz and Ayutthaya – that’s another 3000 ducats.
02/06/1675 Peace with Rajputana
03/06/1675 Peace with Orissa
The Indus Valley
This was a 94 point deal with Rajputana, who are now worth around 220 score in total and a 14 point deal with Orissa who are around 300 points. The problem with both countries is that they have holdings in Burma that border Ming or are isolated behind Vijayanagar territory. I expect both countries will hang on until I’ve forced a direct land connection across Northern India.
29/06/1675 Kyzyl Kum converts
Ming casualties are huge – whether this has any long term impact is another question.
4th Battle of Nadym
Yes this is 65 Ming regiments saying goodbye. At least a hundred Ming regiments have been destroyed in this campaign, the forthcoming battle of Tanna Tuva offers the chance to grind up another 40+.
06/09/1675 Qasim Khanate declares WAR on Castile
07/09/1675 Lithuania declares WAR on Castile in support of Qasim Khanate
25/09/1675 Qawasim converts
25/11/1675 Conversion of Aden fails
01/12/1675 Land 33
19/01/1676 Qarabagh converts
A minor theatre
The invasion of Japan, I don’t have nuclear weapons but I do have men wearing tricorns. It’s always good to have a technological edge.
01/04/1676 Production 32
20/04/1676 Conversion of Burtasia fails
16/08/1676 Chiang Mai converts
01/09/1676 Trade 32
02/09/1676 Peace with Lithuania
Non Castilian Christendom
That’s it - three OPMs, every other Christian province is Castilian.
03/10/1676 Urungwe converts – that’s the last Pagan province in Africa
29/11/1676 Conversion of Turkestan fails
25/01/1677 Conversion of Laristan fails
01/02/1677 Naval 32
01/05/1677 Gov’t 32
The land war against China remains stuck in the wilds of Turkestan and Mongolia – well over two hundred Chinese regiments have been destroyed.
03/05/1677 Kerey converts
30/06/1677 Balkh converts
04/10/1677 Chuy converts
27/11/1677 Conversion of Khiva fails
01/12/1677 Production 33
14/01/1678 Persia declares WAR on Castile
23/01/1678 Aden converts
05/03/1678 The first Persian peace offer arrives. Their DOW was badly timed, I was ready to DOW at the start of Feb!
21/04/1678 The idiot king dies.
The King is Dead, Long Live the Regency Council! :wacko:
The Regency Council A/D/M 4/5/4, I also find a 21 year 2* Theologian in the advisor pool.
The war in china continues. I’ve destroyed hundreds of regiments and sank nearly 200 ships but I’m no closer to immediate victory. However, Ming will need to recover and even China’s manpower pool can be exhausted.