Boy oh boy, is it update time already? Sorry about not posting yesterday, soccer is fun, but it is time-consuming!
Anyways, enough about me, let's begin this AAR!
So, I start the game on all normal settings, and I begin the early moves.
I ally the Teutonic Order, Austria, and Bohemia. I also make a move to centralized.
My mission, for now, is to get a royal marriage with Austria. This'll be completed soon enough, I just figured allying with Austria was worth a month or two of waiting.
After that, I get alliance offers from Bavaria and Milan. I also get an alliance with my vassal, Transylvania. The Teutonic Order also pulls me into a war, but who cares!
After completing my mission to marry Austria, I have to marry Poland, which I do quickly. After that, I get to vassalize Ragusa. Fun! *NOTE: Apparently Ragusa spell-checks into asparagus... LOL**
War is declared right after the mission is received. Aquilleia, Montenegro, and Wallachia also join. Fools!
A short war later, I vassalize Aquilleia, Montenegro and Ragusa. My next mission is to diploannex Transylvania, which will be done once 10 years have past by since the start of the game.
Unfortunately for me, the Golden Horde now borders me. They occupy a couple of provinces, and almost destroy my armies, before I decide to just off a tribute. Great.
I then am able to annex Transylvania. I don't lose any stability due to an event, and my next mission is to create a fleet. Luckily, I only have to build one ship.
The Golden Horde once again appears on my borders. During the war, I improve my army quality, but lose a stability, for some reason or another.
Soon after, my almost slightly higher quality troops start losing the fight, so I offer a tribute again.
I complete my mission by building a cog, so I receive a new one. This time, I must vassalize Serbia, who has broken away from Ottoman vassalship.
War is declared. Apparently the Ottomans don't suffer any hard feelings, because they are still allied with them.
Much later, Serbia is vassalized, and I now must protect against Poland. Unfortunately, I can't really so that right now, so it'll have to wait.
I peace out with the Ottomans later on for Bulgaria. My reason for taking it is so that I now can use the Holy War casus belli on them!
Then, I get my first national idea. Military drill seems like a good choice. More morale to fight the heathens!
I cancel my mission, and now I must vassalize Bosnia. Easy peasy!
War is swiftly declared. Albania joins in, as well.
I vassalize both Bosnia and Albania, and receive a new mission to marry Bohemia. I now have 6 vassals!
I immediately conclude that mission, but my newest one is not anything I feel very comfortable doing right now, so it will be cancelled soon. I don't want to attack Poland.
And this is where I leave you gentlefolk. Here, have European and diplomatic maps!
Note the large hordes, and England.
And that's all for now everybody! Until next time...