Ok guys. I played for seventeen years now and I'm afraid I got little carried away with conquest. I'll try to restrain myself from now on. And I have to start taking notes. I cant remember to much from the beginning of the game 
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Shortly after loading this two messages showed up.
Seems like Spaniards tried some cold-served revenge for drowning their ships. After one or two F-bombs i get to work and started to throw gold bags on second best candidate for curia controller - Portugal. I lucked out. After few months they took control of curia. About 600 gold coins later our kingdom was safe again.
And few months later...
After two years of cultivating Bavarian-Portuguese friendship they offered me Alliance. I accepted without hesitation. I also tried to ally Byzantine Empire later in the game, but it seems we are not very welcomed there.
In the meantime I rejected mission to incorporate Holland into our realm. The new one was much better.
As Poland were fighting with Prussia back then I joined the gang bang. War was swift and uneventful.
And so we now have 6 cored CoTs.
After this i got three infamy reducing missions in a row. First one was to convert Flanders to catholicism for -2bb and 10 prestige. I DoW them and Liege and France joined the war on the wrong side. I let Liege go with a white peace and reduced France to OPM by releasing Burbonnais and our vassal 3PM Champagne. I force converted Flanders and took Calais from them.
Second mission was to convert Switzerland to catholicism. First I tried to do this diplomatically but it failed so i canceled their vassalisation and DoW'd them. Thinking about this now it was stupid. I should have canceled the mission. 2 BB for a vassal is not a good trade. Prussia joined the war on Swiss side. I reduced Prussia to OPM by releasing Teutonic Order and force converted Switzerland.
Third mission was to get Royal Marriage with Orleans for -1BB. This mission took the most time actually. Bavarians are not very pretty, it seems. Nobody wants to marry us.
Right around the time we got alliance with Portugal something weird happened to Spain. I didn't really paid attention to them so I don't know how it happened but Spain turned Protestant and Catholic Grenada was released. Catholic Grenada with de Trastamara on their throne. Weirdest thing ever.
Being the good catholic ruler I am I declared war on Spain with sincere hope to clean the country of heresy.
Aragon joined them. Portugal joined me. Together with our green ally and horde of vassals we went medieval on Iberian peninsula. Actually Portugal did all the work Airwolf style. I only took Toledo for its gold, but I didn't realized it's Spanish capital so they got away with it after all. Just like the first time around I signed peace with Aragon to get free hand with our navy.
After cleaning the sea from threat I transported my idle Sicilian garrison east to help freeing the Holy Land. That didn't take long.
Situation on the peninsula after this war:
By now you may wandering where is all this conquering i talked about. You see, before I even declared war on Spain something happened. Our beloved cousin Anna of Holstein queen of Great Britain was excommunicated. All this time I was fighting with Spain I was recruiting new regiments on the north.
And when the time was right, being the good catholic ruler I am, i declared war on vile Englishmen and their hated by God ruler.
I'm really disappointed with this war. I expected much more from the second strongest country in the world. Only one 25k stack in Cairo stood against me. Fights in the west were nothing but a sad joke.
With Excommunicated Ruler Casus Belli peace offer could be nothing less but pure gold.
Situation on the Iberian Peninsula after this war:
Same day I signed peace with British Portuguese called to arms. They started a war with mighty nation of Malacca. I decided to go there for some fun. I packed 7k inf on our transport fleet and set sail. Only to sign white peace while being halfway through. The Game came to conclusion that I'm mad and gave me the event of Temporary Madness of Monarch :rofl:.
After few months this message window showed up:
What a great way to finish a game session.
I managed not to destroy our country it seems. We now have over 15k gold. Level 3 fort in every province. Shipyards in every cored coastal province. Pretty descent fleet of 7 transport ships, 6 Caravels and about 20 Galleons. Our best tech is for the moment naval at level 28. I maxed quality slider and if I'll live to the next move I'll go after narrowminded being the good catholic ruler I am.
.Shortly after loading this two messages showed up.
Seems like Spaniards tried some cold-served revenge for drowning their ships. After one or two F-bombs i get to work and started to throw gold bags on second best candidate for curia controller - Portugal. I lucked out. After few months they took control of curia. About 600 gold coins later our kingdom was safe again.
And few months later...
After two years of cultivating Bavarian-Portuguese friendship they offered me Alliance. I accepted without hesitation. I also tried to ally Byzantine Empire later in the game, but it seems we are not very welcomed there.
In the meantime I rejected mission to incorporate Holland into our realm. The new one was much better.
As Poland were fighting with Prussia back then I joined the gang bang. War was swift and uneventful.
And so we now have 6 cored CoTs.
After this i got three infamy reducing missions in a row. First one was to convert Flanders to catholicism for -2bb and 10 prestige. I DoW them and Liege and France joined the war on the wrong side. I let Liege go with a white peace and reduced France to OPM by releasing Burbonnais and our vassal 3PM Champagne. I force converted Flanders and took Calais from them.
Second mission was to convert Switzerland to catholicism. First I tried to do this diplomatically but it failed so i canceled their vassalisation and DoW'd them. Thinking about this now it was stupid. I should have canceled the mission. 2 BB for a vassal is not a good trade. Prussia joined the war on Swiss side. I reduced Prussia to OPM by releasing Teutonic Order and force converted Switzerland.
Third mission was to get Royal Marriage with Orleans for -1BB. This mission took the most time actually. Bavarians are not very pretty, it seems. Nobody wants to marry us.
Right around the time we got alliance with Portugal something weird happened to Spain. I didn't really paid attention to them so I don't know how it happened but Spain turned Protestant and Catholic Grenada was released. Catholic Grenada with de Trastamara on their throne. Weirdest thing ever.
Being the good catholic ruler I am I declared war on Spain with sincere hope to clean the country of heresy.
Aragon joined them. Portugal joined me. Together with our green ally and horde of vassals we went medieval on Iberian peninsula. Actually Portugal did all the work Airwolf style. I only took Toledo for its gold, but I didn't realized it's Spanish capital so they got away with it after all. Just like the first time around I signed peace with Aragon to get free hand with our navy.
After cleaning the sea from threat I transported my idle Sicilian garrison east to help freeing the Holy Land. That didn't take long.
Situation on the peninsula after this war:
By now you may wandering where is all this conquering i talked about. You see, before I even declared war on Spain something happened. Our beloved cousin Anna of Holstein queen of Great Britain was excommunicated. All this time I was fighting with Spain I was recruiting new regiments on the north.
And when the time was right, being the good catholic ruler I am, i declared war on vile Englishmen and their hated by God ruler.
I'm really disappointed with this war. I expected much more from the second strongest country in the world. Only one 25k stack in Cairo stood against me. Fights in the west were nothing but a sad joke.
With Excommunicated Ruler Casus Belli peace offer could be nothing less but pure gold.
Situation on the Iberian Peninsula after this war:
Same day I signed peace with British Portuguese called to arms. They started a war with mighty nation of Malacca. I decided to go there for some fun. I packed 7k inf on our transport fleet and set sail. Only to sign white peace while being halfway through. The Game came to conclusion that I'm mad and gave me the event of Temporary Madness of Monarch :rofl:.
After few months this message window showed up:
What a great way to finish a game session.
I managed not to destroy our country it seems. We now have over 15k gold. Level 3 fort in every province. Shipyards in every cored coastal province. Pretty descent fleet of 7 transport ships, 6 Caravels and about 20 Galleons. Our best tech is for the moment naval at level 28. I maxed quality slider and if I'll live to the next move I'll go after narrowminded being the good catholic ruler I am.
