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The Protestant Reformation is dead! You slowly go further east and will soon reach the borders of far off India, then you will show the world what World Conquest means!
I finally caught up. To expedite everything, all those other countries ought to instead begin flying your flag! Its inevitable anyway unless something incredibly surprising happens...
Feedback time
comagoosie Two religions down, Reformed has already gone. I doubt Orthodox or Shia will make it past 1700.
Enewald As of 01/01/1659 248 Regiments of Infantry, 85 Regiments of Cavalry. I don't do Artilley, moves too slow for my taste.
What do you mean by 'And what was the capital?' ?
robou India is a decade away, WC will follow, I can't convert them if I don't rule them.
Sweboy Hi, thanks for commenting!
Yes Protestantism (and Reformed) are dead, if I understand the event code correctly the death date for respawn is 1650. That's why I left those last few Protestant and Reformed provinces for so long - it would have been a waste of a missionary to convert a province and watch that faith reoccur elsewhere. Of course Gotland is the only province where either faith could occur now as I have DV, Lithuania has Church Attendance, both of which prevent heresy.
Brandenburg III Hey, a second new commentator in one update! WOW.
WC is a side effect of trying to convert everyone to Catholism, once you blow the BB limit it's either do or die. WC isn't a game goal for me since I can do that with any reasonable starting country. I am interested in how far can I spread the Catholic faith.
As always thanks to everyone who reads and in particular to those who post. Feel free to comment, question or even criticise the monotony of conquest and conversion, I don't bite
comagoosie Two religions down, Reformed has already gone. I doubt Orthodox or Shia will make it past 1700.
Enewald As of 01/01/1659 248 Regiments of Infantry, 85 Regiments of Cavalry. I don't do Artilley, moves too slow for my taste.
What do you mean by 'And what was the capital?' ?
robou India is a decade away, WC will follow, I can't convert them if I don't rule them.
Sweboy Hi, thanks for commenting!
Yes Protestantism (and Reformed) are dead, if I understand the event code correctly the death date for respawn is 1650. That's why I left those last few Protestant and Reformed provinces for so long - it would have been a waste of a missionary to convert a province and watch that faith reoccur elsewhere. Of course Gotland is the only province where either faith could occur now as I have DV, Lithuania has Church Attendance, both of which prevent heresy.
Brandenburg III Hey, a second new commentator in one update! WOW.
WC is a side effect of trying to convert everyone to Catholism, once you blow the BB limit it's either do or die. WC isn't a game goal for me since I can do that with any reasonable starting country. I am interested in how far can I spread the Catholic faith.
As always thanks to everyone who reads and in particular to those who post. Feel free to comment, question or even criticise the monotony of conquest and conversion, I don't bite
Nice. Apart from Gotland and Lithuania and the North American Natives (i think) you are now the country west of the The Middle East
Enewald The capital is Valladolid in the province of Castilla La Vieja.
Harve I'm the only country in the Americas - the last North American natives were conquered in 1514. They are all good Castlian Catholics now!
Other than that only Gotland, Lithuania and the Qasim Khanate are west of the Middle East. That situation may change :rofl:
Harve I'm the only country in the Americas - the last North American natives were conquered in 1514. They are all good Castlian Catholics now!
Other than that only Gotland, Lithuania and the Qasim Khanate are west of the Middle East. That situation may change :rofl:
Update 60
21/03/1659 Al Hasa converts
14/04/1659 Johor converts
01/06/1659 Land 27
15/06/1659 Georgia converts
19/08/1659 Nijni-Novgorod converts
01/11/1659 The 2* Theologian dies; there is no one worth recruiting. My 6* theologian has 68 years on the clock.
15/11/1659 Bonny converts
Pie charts, because pies are good (Yes, I am from the North of England )
As previously noted Protestantism and the Reformed faiths have both been eliminated. There are three more Orthodox provinces to conquer Ryazan, home of the Qasim Khanate and two in Lithuania. There are fifteen Shiite provinces which are all Persian. There are also some Shamanist and Animist provinces in Asia - an unknown but small number.
28/01/1660 Kilwa converts
01/03/1660 Castile declares WAR on the Qasim Khanate
02/03/1660 Lithuania declares WAR on Castile in support of the Qasim Khanate - suckers!
Rinse and repeat anyone? War exhaustion has dropped to 0.32. I’ve attacked now simply because the winter seems to be over I could have waited another month if needed.
16/04/1660 White Peace with Qasim Khanate
22/04/1660 Sana’a converts
08/07/1660 Surgut converts
01/08/1660 I find a 52 year 1* Theologian in the advisor pool – He’s got a Polish name, I have absolutely no idea where he has come from.
30/08/1660 Barwe converts
01/09/1660 Naval 27
17/10/1660 Malacca declares WAR on Castile
18/10/1660 Brunei declares WAR on Castile in support of Malacca
18/10/1660 Maldives declares WAR on Castile in support of Malacca
The discovery of Maldives is the silver lining to this. I’d sailed past a dozen or more times without finding the islands. I know they’re low lying but this AAR predates global warming – even if I am 47 years ahead of tech.
South East Asia
The South East Asian countries have been dragged into wars against both major Indian powers in the last few years.
19/11/1660 Sharizhor converts
02/01/1661 Peace with Lithuania
The Urals
18/01/1661 Sarai converts
16/04/1661 Conversion of Bogutjar fails
17/04/1661 Maldives accept annexation
11/05/1661 Castile accepts White Peace with Brunei
Brunei has lots of South East Asian possessions bordering Ming. There really is nothing that I want from them - at this point
12/05/1661 Peace with Malacca
Castilian Malaya
13/05/1661 Castile declares WAR on Persia
23/06/1661 Qatar converts
01/08/1661 Gov’t 27 – This puts me 48 years ahead of time across all techs
13/08/1661 Calabar converts
25/08/1661 Peace with Persia
Constantinople reclaimed
All of the historic great cities of Christendom are now under Castilian rule.
This is a 99 point peace deal with 27% War Score and remember this is the 'Difficult' 1.3 peace AI that the forums whined about for months! The moral? Hit hard again and again until all that is left is the tears of the mourners. Mwahahahahahahaha!
Update 60
21/03/1659 Al Hasa converts
14/04/1659 Johor converts
01/06/1659 Land 27
15/06/1659 Georgia converts
19/08/1659 Nijni-Novgorod converts
01/11/1659 The 2* Theologian dies; there is no one worth recruiting. My 6* theologian has 68 years on the clock.
15/11/1659 Bonny converts
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Religion update
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Castile 1st January 1650:
32 Sunni provinces
10 Shiite provinces
3 Reformed provinces
3 Protestant provinces
3 Orthodox provinces
12 Animist provinces
657 Catholic provinces
720 Total provinces
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Castile 1st January 1660:
48 Sunni provinces
9 Shiite provinces
1 Orthodox province
6 Animist provinces
716 Catholic provinces
780 Total provinces
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Religion update
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Castile 1st January 1650:
32 Sunni provinces
10 Shiite provinces
3 Reformed provinces
3 Protestant provinces
3 Orthodox provinces
12 Animist provinces
657 Catholic provinces
720 Total provinces
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Castile 1st January 1660:
48 Sunni provinces
9 Shiite provinces
1 Orthodox province
6 Animist provinces
716 Catholic provinces
780 Total provinces
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Pie charts, because pies are good (Yes, I am from the North of England
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As previously noted Protestantism and the Reformed faiths have both been eliminated. There are three more Orthodox provinces to conquer Ryazan, home of the Qasim Khanate and two in Lithuania. There are fifteen Shiite provinces which are all Persian. There are also some Shamanist and Animist provinces in Asia - an unknown but small number.
28/01/1660 Kilwa converts
01/03/1660 Castile declares WAR on the Qasim Khanate
02/03/1660 Lithuania declares WAR on Castile in support of the Qasim Khanate - suckers!
Rinse and repeat anyone? War exhaustion has dropped to 0.32. I’ve attacked now simply because the winter seems to be over I could have waited another month if needed.
16/04/1660 White Peace with Qasim Khanate
22/04/1660 Sana’a converts
08/07/1660 Surgut converts
01/08/1660 I find a 52 year 1* Theologian in the advisor pool – He’s got a Polish name, I have absolutely no idea where he has come from.
30/08/1660 Barwe converts
01/09/1660 Naval 27
17/10/1660 Malacca declares WAR on Castile
18/10/1660 Brunei declares WAR on Castile in support of Malacca
18/10/1660 Maldives declares WAR on Castile in support of Malacca
The discovery of Maldives is the silver lining to this. I’d sailed past a dozen or more times without finding the islands. I know they’re low lying but this AAR predates global warming – even if I am 47 years ahead of tech.
South East Asia
The South East Asian countries have been dragged into wars against both major Indian powers in the last few years.
19/11/1660 Sharizhor converts
02/01/1661 Peace with Lithuania
The Urals
18/01/1661 Sarai converts
16/04/1661 Conversion of Bogutjar fails
17/04/1661 Maldives accept annexation
11/05/1661 Castile accepts White Peace with Brunei
Brunei has lots of South East Asian possessions bordering Ming. There really is nothing that I want from them - at this point
12/05/1661 Peace with Malacca
Castilian Malaya
13/05/1661 Castile declares WAR on Persia
23/06/1661 Qatar converts
01/08/1661 Gov’t 27 – This puts me 48 years ahead of time across all techs
13/08/1661 Calabar converts
25/08/1661 Peace with Persia
Constantinople reclaimed
All of the historic great cities of Christendom are now under Castilian rule.
This is a 99 point peace deal with 27% War Score and remember this is the 'Difficult' 1.3 peace AI that the forums whined about for months! The moral? Hit hard again and again until all that is left is the tears of the mourners. Mwahahahahahahaha!
This was a brilliant line.
Good to see the back of Protestantism. I suppose realistically at the end you might still have a few Sunni provinces about, in addition to Confucsion and Buddhist?
heh, maybe the maldives declared war on someone, so the enemy just dropped buckets of water on them, drowning the islands
congratulations on the "hard" peace deal
congratulations on the "hard" peace deal
Wrong, Nicaea is a historically importantn christian city in Bursa!
Ah well, soon the time comes for them.
Ah well, soon the time comes for them.
Feedback time
stnylan 60 updates and I finally write a decent line
I plan to convert all the Sunni provinces, I've already got a lot of them. Orthodox, Shia and Pagan won't survive. I also expect to be making good progress with Eastern faith provinces - hopefully I'll be deep into converting India by 1750.
robou Routine? Bored to be honest, the repetitive nature of a WC is a real grind - I can't recall anyone writing WC AARs saying anything different. My desire to finish this AAR is actually a very strong motivation to keep going. I've enjoyed a lot of other people's work over the last couple of years, I want to make my own contribution.
Comments and views help to motivate as well
comagoosie The peace deal was taking a chance even by my standards - I really hadn't done very much damage to Persia!
Enewald I got Bursa in the same peace deal where I gained Thrace - aren't you taking notes
Update soon
stnylan 60 updates and I finally write a decent line
I plan to convert all the Sunni provinces, I've already got a lot of them. Orthodox, Shia and Pagan won't survive. I also expect to be making good progress with Eastern faith provinces - hopefully I'll be deep into converting India by 1750.
robou Routine? Bored to be honest, the repetitive nature of a WC is a real grind - I can't recall anyone writing WC AARs saying anything different. My desire to finish this AAR is actually a very strong motivation to keep going. I've enjoyed a lot of other people's work over the last couple of years, I want to make my own contribution.
Comments and views help to motivate as well
comagoosie The peace deal was taking a chance even by my standards - I really hadn't done very much damage to Persia!
Enewald I got Bursa in the same peace deal where I gained Thrace - aren't you taking notes
Update soon
Update 61
26/11/1661 Conversion of Mahra fails
26/01/1662 Conversion of Mogadishu fails
01/02/1662 Castile declares WAR on Sibir
02/02/1662 Timurid Empire declares WAR on Castile in support of Sibir
01/03/1662 Atjeh revolts away from Vijayanagar as an OPM in Aceh
09/03/1662 I realise Atjeh is an unallied OPM on my borderso and…. Castile declares WAR
11/04/1662 Smyrna converts
01/05/1662 Sibir accepts annexation
01/06/1662 Land 28 – that means I can upgrade my Cavalry to Arme Blanche, although not during the middle of a war. Yes, I have learnt this the hard wayo
26/06/1662 Conversion of Nizwa fails
19/08/1662 Castile declares WAR on Baluchistan
20/08/1662 Chagatai declares WAR on Castile in support of Baluchistan
Baluchistan formed out of revolters from both Persia and the Timurids – I have really smashed those two countries about. The reason there isn’t any discussion of recent wars is simple there haven’t been any battles of any significance. The handful of enemy regiments simply melt away on contact with Castilian forces.
Baluchistan
24/08/1662 Atjeh accepts annexation
03/09/1662 Conversion of Obdorsk fails
23/11/1662 Peace with Baluchistan – they surrender Makran and some cores. Continued war with Chagatai allows me to explore more unknown territory towards Ming.
28/11/1662 Conversion of Urungwe fails
11/01/1663 Pattani declares WAR on Castile
12/01/1663 Malacca declares WAR on Castile in support of Pattani
12/01/1663 Brunei declares WAR on Castile in support of Pattani
12/01/1663 Rajputana declares WAR on Castile in support of Pattani
Bugger, now the good news
12/01/1663 Orel converts
01/03/1663 Production 28
20/04/1663 Astrakhan converts
14/06/1663 Peace with Chagatai and the Timurid Empire
The route to India opens
A routine review of the diplomatic situation shows that Kazakh is allied to both Chagatai and the Timurids and currently has no ceasefire with Castile… House rules preclude DOWing a country will troops are inside its borders.
17/06/1663 Conversion of Bogutjar fails
18/08/1663 Mosul converts
01/10/1663 Pattani accepts annexation
03/10/1663 Castile declares WAR on Kazakh
04/10/1663 Chagatai declares WAR on Castile in support of Kazakh
04/10/1663 Timurid Empire declares WAR on Castile in support of Kazakh
Nice
11/11/1663 Conversion of Benin fails
01/12/1663 Trade 28
14/12/1663 Peace with Kazakh – they hand over Nadym and a lot of cores.
15/12/1663 Peace with Malacca – they surrender Ratchaburi, Ligore and Ayutthaya to become an OPM
24/02/1664 Riau converts
28/04/1664 Mahra converts
06-08/06/1664 Peace with all remaining combatants
Diplomacy in action
Post War Central Asia
Post War South East Asia
War Exhaustion is 1.55.
Brunei, Kazakh and Chagatai are essentially intact because they border Ming and I’m trying to avoid land borders with Ming. I have opened up a border with Vijayanagar.
12/08/1664 Conversion of Angora fails
01/08/1664 Bahrein defects to Castile
26/08/1664 Mogadishu converts
01/10/1664 Naval 28
11/11/1664 Crimea converts
22/02/1665 Conversion of Taiwan fails
01/04/1665 Castile declares WAR on Qasim Khanate
02/04/1665 Lithuania declares WAR on Castile in support of Qasim Khanate
29/04/1665 Masapa converts
01/05/1665 Gov’t 28
28/06/1665 Dash-i-Lut converts
25/08/1665 Conversion of Laristan fails
Peace with Lithuania - 31/08/1665
This is a 96 point peace deal but it took an 86% war score – possibly the speed of the war mattered, this was 5 months long – down from three years when I started attacking Lithuania.
01/10/1665 Tyumen, a rebel held Lithuanian province defects to Castile
19/11/1665 Azerbaijan converts
11/01/1666 Benin converts
Catholic West Africa
This is the last settled province in West Africa to convert
01/04/1666 Land 29 – I’ll build the War College as I have problems with military tradition; wars don’t last long enough to gain any!
01/04/1666 The 3* Theologian dies, there is no suitable replacement.
01/05/1666 Conversion of Nizwa fails
01/06/1666 Castile declares WAR on Persia
04/07/1666 Obdorsk converts
24/11/1666 Conversion of Palembang fails
12/01/1667 Conversion of Konya fails
01/03/1667 Production 29
15/04/1667 Peace with Persia
The Persian Empire
18/04/1667 Maldives convert
25/04/1667 Malindi converts
War exhaustion is 0.51, BadBoy is 763.29
A pretty mixed session, a lot of land gained but the conversions didn’t go well and my 6* Theologian is 76.
Update 61
26/11/1661 Conversion of Mahra fails
26/01/1662 Conversion of Mogadishu fails
01/02/1662 Castile declares WAR on Sibir
02/02/1662 Timurid Empire declares WAR on Castile in support of Sibir
01/03/1662 Atjeh revolts away from Vijayanagar as an OPM in Aceh
09/03/1662 I realise Atjeh is an unallied OPM on my borders
o and…. Castile declares WAR 11/04/1662 Smyrna converts
01/05/1662 Sibir accepts annexation
01/06/1662 Land 28 – that means I can upgrade my Cavalry to Arme Blanche, although not during the middle of a war. Yes, I have learnt this the hard way
o 26/06/1662 Conversion of Nizwa fails
19/08/1662 Castile declares WAR on Baluchistan
20/08/1662 Chagatai declares WAR on Castile in support of Baluchistan
Baluchistan formed out of revolters from both Persia and the Timurids – I have really smashed those two countries about. The reason there isn’t any discussion of recent wars is simple there haven’t been any battles of any significance. The handful of enemy regiments simply melt away on contact with Castilian forces.
Baluchistan
24/08/1662 Atjeh accepts annexation
03/09/1662 Conversion of Obdorsk fails
23/11/1662 Peace with Baluchistan – they surrender Makran and some cores. Continued war with Chagatai allows me to explore more unknown territory towards Ming.
28/11/1662 Conversion of Urungwe fails
11/01/1663 Pattani declares WAR on Castile
12/01/1663 Malacca declares WAR on Castile in support of Pattani
12/01/1663 Brunei declares WAR on Castile in support of Pattani
12/01/1663 Rajputana declares WAR on Castile in support of Pattani
Bugger, now the good news
12/01/1663 Orel converts
01/03/1663 Production 28
20/04/1663 Astrakhan converts
14/06/1663 Peace with Chagatai and the Timurid Empire
The route to India opens
A routine review of the diplomatic situation shows that Kazakh is allied to both Chagatai and the Timurids and currently has no ceasefire with Castile… House rules preclude DOWing a country will troops are inside its borders.
17/06/1663 Conversion of Bogutjar fails
18/08/1663 Mosul converts
01/10/1663 Pattani accepts annexation
03/10/1663 Castile declares WAR on Kazakh
04/10/1663 Chagatai declares WAR on Castile in support of Kazakh
04/10/1663 Timurid Empire declares WAR on Castile in support of Kazakh
Nice
11/11/1663 Conversion of Benin fails
01/12/1663 Trade 28
14/12/1663 Peace with Kazakh – they hand over Nadym and a lot of cores.
15/12/1663 Peace with Malacca – they surrender Ratchaburi, Ligore and Ayutthaya to become an OPM
24/02/1664 Riau converts
28/04/1664 Mahra converts
06-08/06/1664 Peace with all remaining combatants
Diplomacy in action
Post War Central Asia
Post War South East Asia
War Exhaustion is 1.55.
Brunei, Kazakh and Chagatai are essentially intact because they border Ming and I’m trying to avoid land borders with Ming. I have opened up a border with Vijayanagar.
12/08/1664 Conversion of Angora fails
01/08/1664 Bahrein defects to Castile
26/08/1664 Mogadishu converts
01/10/1664 Naval 28
11/11/1664 Crimea converts
22/02/1665 Conversion of Taiwan fails
01/04/1665 Castile declares WAR on Qasim Khanate
02/04/1665 Lithuania declares WAR on Castile in support of Qasim Khanate
29/04/1665 Masapa converts
01/05/1665 Gov’t 28
28/06/1665 Dash-i-Lut converts
25/08/1665 Conversion of Laristan fails
Peace with Lithuania - 31/08/1665
This is a 96 point peace deal but it took an 86% war score – possibly the speed of the war mattered, this was 5 months long – down from three years when I started attacking Lithuania.
01/10/1665 Tyumen, a rebel held Lithuanian province defects to Castile
19/11/1665 Azerbaijan converts
11/01/1666 Benin converts
Catholic West Africa
This is the last settled province in West Africa to convert
01/04/1666 Land 29 – I’ll build the War College as I have problems with military tradition; wars don’t last long enough to gain any!
01/04/1666 The 3* Theologian dies, there is no suitable replacement.
01/05/1666 Conversion of Nizwa fails
01/06/1666 Castile declares WAR on Persia
04/07/1666 Obdorsk converts
24/11/1666 Conversion of Palembang fails
12/01/1667 Conversion of Konya fails
01/03/1667 Production 29
15/04/1667 Peace with Persia
The Persian Empire
18/04/1667 Maldives convert
25/04/1667 Malindi converts
War exhaustion is 0.51, BadBoy is 763.29
A pretty mixed session, a lot of land gained but the conversions didn’t go well and my 6* Theologian is 76.
IIRC, countries with larger armies have a harder time gaining tradition. I think the formula is something like (total armies) / a special number.
That is why some tiny countries have super high tradition with really good generals.
Actually Nicaea is in Bithyania. I was wrong, so you are wrong.
And more subjects for the pope. A surprise!
And more subjects for the pope. A surprise!
Well i then have to respect your perciverence. I had heard that WC was boring, hence i have never tried it... Lets hope now that your king dies and you get one good for admin
Feedback time
comagoosie Good points about Military Tradition but my problem is a lack of battles. Recent enemies, mainly Lithuania and Persia, simply don't have armies any more - just one or two regiments in the capital.
Enewald Don't worry, I'll take control of Nicaea sooner or later, wherever it is
robou You should do a WC even if only once, just so you can say you have. I'm expecting it in your Vicky AAR, what's the point of being Prussia and not laying the smack down!
Update soon, provided I don't spend the next 17 hours watching Olympic coverage - my girlfriend is slightly freaked by me getting up at 3am to watch sport :wacko:
comagoosie Good points about Military Tradition but my problem is a lack of battles. Recent enemies, mainly Lithuania and Persia, simply don't have armies any more - just one or two regiments in the capital.
Enewald Don't worry, I'll take control of Nicaea sooner or later, wherever it is
robou You should do a WC even if only once, just so you can say you have. I'm expecting it in your Vicky AAR, what's the point of being Prussia and not laying the smack down!
Update soon, provided I don't spend the next 17 hours watching Olympic coverage - my girlfriend is slightly freaked by me getting up at 3am to watch sport :wacko: