K guys, it's 4 AM right now and I've spent the last few hours writing an AAR with lots of pictures. It didn't sound too interesting when I read it though I'm no writer, so I'll just chronologically tell you what happened. Maybe, tomorrow, I'll get some sleep and put some time into a real AAR. This will have to do for now though:
* 1557, I have a regency council. I seem to have a lot of ducats, so I build constables and market places.
* I made Guyenne a vassal via diplomacy.
* I DoW Poland. They are allied with Thuringia. I vassalize Thuringia, which I has a mission to do at the time.
* Orleans DoWs me. Orleans is allied with Munster. I vassalize Munster.
* I defeat Orleans. I demand Ide-de-France and Bourbon. Bourbon goes to my vassal France. I keep Ide-de-France. I would have vassalized Orleans, but they were too big.
* I destroy the CoT in Ide-de-France. It will increase the value of the one in Cambray
* I cancel vassalization with Bar. I have a core on their capital. I make them a OPM this war. I also get about 1100 ducats from Bar.
* Rebels in Dauphin turn my vassal Dauphin into Provence, which isn't a vassal. Damn.
* I defeat Poland and make them release all of their conquered nations.
* I vassalize Hainut via diplomacy.
* I vassalize Silesia, which is free from Poland, via diplomacy.
* I enact that HRE decisions that does away with the electors, I needed the extra yearly diplomat.
* I build some flytes in Mecklenburg and set sails for Africa. I annex then release Kongo.
* BB has been close to limit almost whole session.
* Provence DoWs an ally. I honor call, defeat them, then make them release Dauphin my vassal and Auvergne, which I vassalize via diplomacy.
* I DoW Zapotecs, annex them, then convert them to Catholicism and build them province improvements, then release them. I'm making more money off them as vassals due to the fact their provinces won't get the distance overseas modifier.
* I annex Bar and get my core.
* I get a Boundary Dispute core on Mantua and annex them.
* I make Hamburg a vassal via diplomacy.
* Moved slider towards free subjects.
* DoW Poland again. Took a few provinces from them that bordered me.
* DoW Poland a third time. Made them give up a ton of cores.
* Orleans DoW again. Made them release Berry and Nevers which I vassalized via diplomacy. They become a OPM.
* Vassalized Friesland via diplomacy.
* Got a +2 stab event from an adviser. Used it to DoW Milan without a CB. Took Lombardia.
* Vassalized Anhalt via diplomacy.
* Chose Bureaucracy NI. All the good ones were already in use, plus most of Bavaria's income is tax, so it kinda helps.
* DoW Barbant with dishonored call CB and vassalized. Holland was defender of the faith. They protected Barbant. Weird thing is Holland was still my vassal while I was at war with them and after. Lol.
* Corsica and Sardinia vassalized via diplomacy.
* Vassalized Ragusa via diplomacy and Ubino via war.
* Cores launched on northern Italy and now have Lombardy as an accepted culture.
* Took Unam Sanctum NI. Used it to DoW the Pisa heretics. Vassalized them.
* Vassalized Naples via diplomacy.
* Moved slider towards quality a couple times somewhere.
* At war with Aragon and Castille. Have almost all of Iberia minus Portugal occupied.
Long story short, I weakened OP Poland and vassalized a lot of things. Bavaria's tech is great. Everything is ahead of schedule but trade and naval techs.
King Wolfgang von Holstein died October 25, 1601.
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