A JugAAR España

Legosim · 10-10-2009, 21:28

A JugAAR España

I've always been interested in the Spanish Empire, and the tragic story surrounding it. Victim to horrible circumstance one after the other, I'd like to make Spain great again. I'll be playing on normal/normal, Revolution, 1.04.

I'll try to update regularly, and this will be written in a simple game play fashion, so no elaborate story or anything, maybe next time. I had a lot of fun writing my last AAR, A Simple Swedish AAR, so I hope this will be as fun, if not more fun. First update should be up by the end of the day.

Oh, I'd also like to apologize for the bad Spanish in the title. Didn't conjugate the verb.

Table of Contents:
Part I - The Beginning of the Reconquista: 1836-1850
Part II - El Home Front: 1850-1859
Part III - To the Mountains! 1860-1869

Legosim · 11-10-2009, 01:20

Part I, the Beginning of the Reconquista: 1836-1850

Alrighty, here we go. The general situation after a good amount of clicks and sliding sliders:

The budget.

For a good part, I just sat there watching the world go by, Queen Vicky went on a annexation rampage, Ottomans asked me for an alliance, all the normal stuff. Mid 1838 I had saved up enough goods to buy myself some divisions, and placed them in my colonies, all native quality.

I expanded a steel factory...

I purchased three infantry divisions around mid March 1843...

Then, the first step in the Reconquista began...

Haiti falls to the might of the Spanish Empire

I began the construction of two more Creole divisions to garrison Haiti, to free up the three divisions and clipper transports for other duties. I also began, and completed an expansion of my ammunition factory in Castille, closing my loss-incurring small arms factory to employ it's workers in the making of bullets.

And then expanded it again.

Bullets for everyone!

Those Creole divisions I mentioned earlier finished training, and were deployed to Haiti to protect against evil American aggression.

I invaded Morocco a few months later, with six infantry divisions. I figured that if I didn't grab it soon, France would, as they had already taken a Tunisian province in a colonial war (why they did not annex them I don't know....).

On December 29, Morocco sued for peace, offering all provinces save their capital.

I'll be back once I can afford the DoW prestige hit.

And right near the end, I got Romanticism.

Ok, that was a bit cut, dry, and boring, and I apologize. I'll try to make it more exciting in the future. Maybe when the big wars start happening.

Quanto · 11-10-2009, 05:04

Yeah, the story of spain is a bit of a tragic one. I'll follow this to see how far you go in reclaiming glory.

germanpeon · 11-10-2009, 07:07

I like the idea, but no matter how much conquering you do, industrialization will be limited. Pop growth rates are poor in Spain proper.

mad general · 11-10-2009, 16:28

So the Monroe doctrine means "any where in the Western Hemisperhe acept Hati" lol. You would think the USA would attack you for that.

Erie_Patriot · 11-10-2009, 16:43

Very good stuff so far! I can't wait to see what you can do with the "New" Glory that is Spain!

Beamed · 11-10-2009, 16:48

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Originally Posted by germanpeon

I like the idea, but no matter how much conquering you do, industrialization will be limited. Pop growth rates are poor in Spain proper.

Early health reforms will solve that by midgame, but not entirely - I can't see him surpassing 100 mil.

Anyway, good luck, godspeed, etc. etc. You're industrializing very fast. Not a good idea early game - factories are just not efficient enough for fast industrialization to always be profitable.

Legosim · 11-10-2009, 18:27

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Originally Posted by Beamed

Early health reforms will solve that by midgame, but not entirely - I can't see him surpassing 100 mil.

Anyway, good luck, godspeed, etc. etc. You're industrializing very fast. Not a good idea early game - factories are just not efficient enough for fast industrialization to always be profitable.

Yeah I noticed. My biggest problem is iron and sulfur, so if anyone has any idea where I can find a good amount of said stuff, please tell.

After my small arms factory starts making a profit, I think I'm going to stay a hiatus on factories, and focus on railroads, and expanding my military.

endier · 12-10-2009, 08:49

Looks interesting.

I think, setting Crime fighting to 66% is sufficient. Will save about 2 Pounds per day.

Legosim · 14-10-2009, 22:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by endier

Looks interesting.

I think, setting Crime fighting to 66% is sufficient. Will save about 2 Pounds per day.

I shall try it.

I promise, I will be updating soon, school has been maddening, and well, haven't had much time to play.

AllmyJames · 15-10-2009, 01:01

I've played Spain a couple of times, and it'll be good to see how you do. There are plenty of opportunities for colonial expansion, but I would agree that there is a pitiful lack of population at home for industrialising.

I sympathise with your sulphur problems. I know Sicily and Sardinia have nice deposits, if you want to reclaim those for your empire. Otherwise seek out some pitiful unciv to steal a province from. China is always good, as they have ready workers for you to use.

Ahura Mazda · 15-10-2009, 17:07

Peru/Bolivia/Chile have plenty of minerals as well!

Legosim · 15-10-2009, 22:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ahura Mazda

Peru/Bolivia/Chile have plenty of minerals as well!

Coincidentally, South America used to be part of the Spanish Empire...

I'm considering...the possibilities of putting southern Italy back into it's riteful place as a dominion of the Spaniards...maybe that too.

Thanks people!

Beamed · 15-10-2009, 23:51

Europe has a ton of sulphur and iron deposits. Why not start by conquering it and then looking to Russia?

TreizeV · 17-10-2009, 20:45

I have tried this myself on several occasions with Spain, to resurrect the old empire.

South America, with their low population and divided boundaries, is easy pickings. It is Mexico however, that was always my greatest challenge, I was never able to fully conquer them

(then again, in my game, they won the Mexican-American war, and were a nearly unbeatable superpower

) Good luck on this one!

Perhaps a beachhead in columbia or the central states of america will suffice?

Haiti and cuba are good springboards for an invasion.

Legosim · 17-10-2009, 20:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by TreizeV

I have tried this myself on several occasions with Spain, to resurrect the old empire.

South America, with their low population and divided boundaries, is easy pickings. It is Mexico however, that was always my greatest challenge, I was never able to fully conquer them

(then again, in my game, they won the Mexican-American war, and were a nearly unbeatable superpower

) Good luck on this one!

Perhaps a beachhead in columbia or the central states of america will suffice?

Haiti and cuba are good springboards for an invasion.

I own Haiti, Cuba, and Puerto Rico, and don't intend to loose them to the Americans. Not in the coming update (which should be up within the hour), but in the next one, I'm going to take a bite out of Columbia for their Sulhpur. I'm looking to start eating up a few Western Hemisphere states, such as Uruguay, Paraquay, the USCA, and maybe Chili, if I get around to it, before I pounce on the larger ones.

Remember the Spanish Empire, meaning the Iberian Union.

The Iberian Union will be born once more...if by force if need be.

Legosim · 17-10-2009, 21:21

Part II - El Home Front: 1850-1859

Well, here we are, the boring years. I started off with researching Clean Coal, which finished up around mid January, '51, and Functionalism finished up around year and a day later.

I finished the Experimental Railway system in Castille.

Kept chuggin away with the research...the low education rate is really getting to me...

Then, probably the most exciting thing that happened all decade, my peace treaty with Morocco ran out. Spanish control over the Moroccan region is complete.

Expanded so more railroads...

Researched some more techs...

I started a major military build up consisting of; six clipper transports, 1 native Filipino division, 3 native Arabic divisions, and three regular infantry divisions:

The preparations for the invasion of the West begin.

And, right after that, the completely government funded railroad system is completed.

Take a hint capitalists.

Till next time...thanks for reading!

Teodor · 17-10-2009, 22:39

Good start! You will probably need a strong navy (Spanish Armada II) if you want to reconquer and keep the old Spanish empire!

Legosim · 18-10-2009, 17:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Teodor

Good start! You will probably need a strong navy (Spanish Armada II) if you want to reconquer and keep the old Spanish empire!

This game will probably be where I teach myself to keep up with naval tech, and have a strong navy. I'm still deciding whether I want to go pro-French, or Pro-British, in the long run. My biggest concern is the Spanish-American War, which it would be helpful to have Britain on my side...and I would also love to have maybe at least military access in Mexico as a staging base...

Idk, big plans, big plans.

Teodor · 18-10-2009, 18:00

If you want help in the Spanish American war you should probably go pro-British as their navy can destroy any attempts form the US navy and they can attack the US from Canada. On the other hand, the British control most of the West Indies which is your target. But if you want to ally them you can always try to buy those provinces instead of conquering them.

10-10-2009, 21:28	#1
Legosim First Lieutenant Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 206	A JugAAR España A JugAAR España I've always been interested in the Spanish Empire, and the tragic story surrounding it. Victim to horrible circumstance one after the other, I'd like to make Spain great again. I'll be playing on normal/normal, Revolution, 1.04. I'll try to update regularly, and this will be written in a simple game play fashion, so no elaborate story or anything, maybe next time. I had a lot of fun writing my last AAR, A Simple Swedish AAR, so I hope this will be as fun, if not more fun. First update should be up by the end of the day. Oh, I'd also like to apologize for the bad Spanish in the title. Didn't conjugate the verb. Table of Contents: Part I - The Beginning of the Reconquista: 1836-1850 Part II - El Home Front: 1850-1859 Part III - To the Mountains! 1860-1869 __________________ The Resurrection of the Byzantine Empire: A History of Europe and the World Vic:R 1.04 Greece/Byzantium \| Last Updated: Dec. 24, 2009 (On hold, returning soon.) Other Works: Vic:R 1.04 AAR: A Simple Swedish AAR Vic:R 1.04 AAR: ¡A JugAAR España! Last edited by Legosim; 29-10-2009 at 02:23.

11-10-2009, 01:20	#2
Legosim First Lieutenant Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 206	Part I, the Beginning of the Reconquista: 1836-1850 Part I, the Beginning of the Reconquista: 1836-1850 Alrighty, here we go. The general situation after a good amount of clicks and sliding sliders: The budget. For a good part, I just sat there watching the world go by, Queen Vicky went on a annexation rampage, Ottomans asked me for an alliance, all the normal stuff. Mid 1838 I had saved up enough goods to buy myself some divisions, and placed them in my colonies, all native quality. I expanded a steel factory... I purchased three infantry divisions around mid March 1843... Then, the first step in the Reconquista began... Haiti falls to the might of the Spanish Empire I began the construction of two more Creole divisions to garrison Haiti, to free up the three divisions and clipper transports for other duties. I also began, and completed an expansion of my ammunition factory in Castille, closing my loss-incurring small arms factory to employ it's workers in the making of bullets. And then expanded it again. Bullets for everyone! Those Creole divisions I mentioned earlier finished training, and were deployed to Haiti to protect against evil American aggression. I invaded Morocco a few months later, with six infantry divisions. I figured that if I didn't grab it soon, France would, as they had already taken a Tunisian province in a colonial war (why they did not annex them I don't know....). On December 29, Morocco sued for peace, offering all provinces save their capital. I'll be back once I can afford the DoW prestige hit. And right near the end, I got Romanticism. Ok, that was a bit cut, dry, and boring, and I apologize. I'll try to make it more exciting in the future. Maybe when the big wars start happening. __________________ The Resurrection of the Byzantine Empire: A History of Europe and the World Vic:R 1.04 Greece/Byzantium \| Last Updated: Dec. 24, 2009 (On hold, returning soon.) Other Works: Vic:R 1.04 AAR: A Simple Swedish AAR Vic:R 1.04 AAR: ¡A JugAAR España!

11-10-2009, 05:04	#3
Quanto Major Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: New England! Posts: 617	Yeah, the story of spain is a bit of a tragic one. I'll follow this to see how far you go in reclaiming glory. __________________ I'm a New England Nationalist! The Fifth Kingdom - Play as the Ancient Egyptians! My Mod which includes events from 1936 - 1963, new Techs, and EGYPT! ____________ My AARs Vangaurd Against Syndicalism - New England holds strong Against the Red Tide. (New!) The Pharaoh of WWII - Modern (Ancient) Egypt Fights the Colonial Powers in a struggle for Existence! (Still Alive!) The Chilean Rise to Power - An Alt-histAARy - Chile fights old rivals and new enemies as they follow the path to being the world's greatest naval power! My first AAR! (Dead ) WritAAR of the Week: 27 April 2008

11-10-2009, 07:07	#4
germanpeon Angel of Death Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Arkham Asylum Posts: 2,042	I like the idea, but no matter how much conquering you do, industrialization will be limited. Pop growth rates are poor in Spain proper. __________________ Paradoxoholic Nationality: Yankee Ideology: Enlightened Despotism Issues: Liberalism/Full Citizenship Cash Reserves: UNKNOWN MONEY WANTED Revoltrisk: 2.64% Militancy: 1 (+0.04) Consciousness: 4 (+0.10) Hey gang, it's an AAR! Lets learn about the British Empire! Now updating in your neighborhood! Maybe!

11-10-2009, 16:28	#5
mad general Major Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: On the Floor Drunk, crying, and playing old Patsi Cline albums, or in my Basement watching the Last Waltz or "Roseanne" season 5 on VHS. Where are you? Posts: 622	So the Monroe doctrine means "any where in the Western Hemisperhe acept Hati" lol. You would think the USA would attack you for that. __________________ I am Mad General and I aprove this post USA!! USA! Palin 2012! (fine I will settle for Romney) "The south will rise again, and then again, and, well, I dont know about a fourth try" Check out my second AAR attempt, the Rise of Brandenburg.http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/...6#post10666376

11-10-2009, 16:43	#6
Erie_Patriot Second Lieutenant Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: The Greatest Place on Earth Posts: 119	Very good stuff so far! I can't wait to see what you can do with the "New" Glory that is Spain!

12-10-2009, 08:49	#9
endier Corporal Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 41	Looks interesting. I think, setting Crime fighting to 66% is sufficient. Will save about 2 Pounds per day.

15-10-2009, 01:01	#11
AllmyJames Rex Anglorum in Hierosolimitam Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bath, Me., USA Posts: 280	I've played Spain a couple of times, and it'll be good to see how you do. There are plenty of opportunities for colonial expansion, but I would agree that there is a pitiful lack of population at home for industrialising. I sympathise with your sulphur problems. I know Sicily and Sardinia have nice deposits, if you want to reclaim those for your empire. Otherwise seek out some pitiful unciv to steal a province from. China is always good, as they have ready workers for you to use.

15-10-2009, 17:07	#12
Ahura Mazda General Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Where you the least expect it Posts: 2,226	Peru/Bolivia/Chile have plenty of minerals as well! __________________ I has got teh insible text! Victoria is the best paradox game ever! "I think future civilizations will find out more about us then we'd like them to know..." - Calvin "Large spiders are proof that God exists and that he hates us" - Someone on this forum, can't remember who...

15-10-2009, 23:51	#14
Beamed American Tyrant Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Detroit, Michigan Posts: 1,698 Blog Entries: 2	Europe has a ton of sulphur and iron deposits. Why not start by conquering it and then looking to Russia? __________________ Currently playing the OT forum game known as Superpower VII as Ferdinand Rayonne, Enlightened Emperor of the Archduchy of Austria, Kingdoms of Hungary, Bohemia, and Croatia, and fighter of Napoleonic aggression. Current actions: valiently rallying the Austrian Empire to my cause against the French, as well as yelling at the Kingdom of Bavaria for trying to conquer random pieces of Germany. Sir Beamed the Knight of Sutherland in Antracer's Milan Interactive AAR, an AAR of intrigue, debate, and constant rejection of the established reality. though really I haven't posted nearly as much as I ought have

17-10-2009, 20:45	#15
TreizeV Maréchal of the Empire Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Campaigning in Central Europe Posts: 957	I have tried this myself on several occasions with Spain, to resurrect the old empire. South America, with their low population and divided boundaries, is easy pickings. It is Mexico however, that was always my greatest challenge, I was never able to fully conquer them (then again, in my game, they won the Mexican-American war, and were a nearly unbeatable superpower ) Good luck on this one! Perhaps a beachhead in columbia or the central states of america will suffice? Haiti and cuba are good springboards for an invasion. __________________ I was canonized on 3/10/08 Here! I was glorified on 11/12/08 Here! CURRENT AARS Lions of the North - A Swedish AAR "We don't know what they are. Or why they are here... but they are known... as the Chimera." Resistance - Fall of Man : An Oral History Favourite Overall/Best Narrative HOI2 AAR, Q2 2008

17-10-2009, 21:21	#17
Legosim First Lieutenant Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 206	Part II - El Home Front: 1850-1859 Part II - El Home Front: 1850-1859 Well, here we are, the boring years. I started off with researching Clean Coal, which finished up around mid January, '51, and Functionalism finished up around year and a day later. I finished the Experimental Railway system in Castille. Kept chuggin away with the research...the low education rate is really getting to me... Then, probably the most exciting thing that happened all decade, my peace treaty with Morocco ran out. Spanish control over the Moroccan region is complete. Expanded so more railroads... Researched some more techs... I started a major military build up consisting of; six clipper transports, 1 native Filipino division, 3 native Arabic divisions, and three regular infantry divisions: The preparations for the invasion of the West begin. And, right after that, the completely government funded railroad system is completed. Take a hint capitalists. Till next time...thanks for reading! __________________ The Resurrection of the Byzantine Empire: A History of Europe and the World Vic:R 1.04 Greece/Byzantium \| Last Updated: Dec. 24, 2009 (On hold, returning soon.) Other Works: Vic:R 1.04 AAR: A Simple Swedish AAR Vic:R 1.04 AAR: ¡A JugAAR España!

17-10-2009, 22:39	#18
Teodor Second Lieutenant Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The northern parts of E.U. Posts: 123	Good start! You will probably need a strong navy (Spanish Armada II) if you want to reconquer and keep the old Spanish empire!

18-10-2009, 18:00	#20
Teodor Second Lieutenant Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The northern parts of E.U. Posts: 123	If you want help in the Spanish American war you should probably go pro-British as their navy can destroy any attempts form the US navy and they can attack the US from Canada. On the other hand, the British control most of the West Indies which is your target. But if you want to ally them you can always try to buy those provinces instead of conquering them.