History:
War, War, what is it good for? Mainly getting rid of boredom......
1. 1852 Burma, conquered in less than 9 months.
2. 1852 Taiping war, never ending.....
3. 1856 SAR, conquered but un-bowed. I gained two provinces of veldt.
4. 1856 Persian war, not sure what happened but peace has been agreed, I gained nothing.
5. 1856 Indian mutiny, swathes of northern India in flames, troops rushed from all over the empire. Marching on Delhi and then they surrendered, so it is all back to business as usual.
6. 1856 Central asian rebellion, lost 50k troops in disaster at Kashgar, have only managed to occupy one province.
7. 1857 Tibetan triangle, have occupied several mountainous provinces then been moved back by a mysterious force.
8. 1857 Franco-Prussian, France advanced taking two provinces at terrible cost, then there was peace and they gave the two provinces back.
Only current war is Taiping.
Quarter highlights:
Crisis with Nicaragua which I won massively, Austria lost a crisis with Russia badly. I did not get much actual PP from Nicaragua as I assume they did not have much to give.
Then I won the game because France and Prussia had a crisis, so France had their contribution to the stash deducted thus reducing the target and letting me win.
Muzzle loading rifles discovered, this has caused a need for nearly 2k replacements, on hold until this is resolved.
My Plans:
Short
Move troops to threaten China.
Medium
Exploring Africa
Create strategic railway to link bases in India to Chinese, Russian and Persian borders.
Long
Continue to pump out naval demonstrations and geographical expeditions and asking native chiefs to cede to gain PP's.
Develop the economy.
Improve relations with foreigners.
Add new colonies.
Expand into central asia to forestall russia
Actions by turn:
216. 2 x demo, 9 x bribe, 1 x natrual, 1 x merch
217. 2 x demo, 2 x explore, 1 x geog, 1 x natural,
218. 2 x demo, 2 x explore, 1 x geog
219. 2 x demo, 2 x explore, 1 x geog,
220. 2 x demo, 1 x geog
221.
Key:
Brig is short for brigade
TP for trade-post
merch for Merchant
demo for Naval demo (cost 20 money get 20 PP)
geog Geographical Expedition (cost 125 capital get 100 PP)
PP prestige points
Number after province means increase of colonial pentration
Province on own under colonial means gained in size of city
Results by turn:
217. Event:Rumania formed; Battle
uerto cabezas 922/2665 won,; Movement:; New unit
pium, completed RR merv, school faizabad, Balkh, herat, farrah, kandahar, ghazni, haka, putao, attock, amritsar, ; Control:moldavia annexed wallachia; System:; Trade:coal wales, fish biafra, minerals gaspesie; %SatMod:0.54; Sold:720; Colony:mutual expired france, defense agreed france, brazil, defense refused austria, sweden, chile, supply expired brazil, herat, attock, amraoli, bilaspur, agra, patna, baghalpur, bardwan, chitaggong, city jaipur, gauhati, merch bafoussam, geog failed kilwa, natrual failed morogoro, explore failed abuja, mossurize, 2 x demo, cede gabon, france cede kaolok, france supress algeria, austria tele klienpolen, austria urban trans slawonien, usa merch inland northwest, usa tele cascades, ;
218. Event:nevada cornstock gold rush, indonesia, east africa, ecucation, repl 5/2/1; Battle:denra 0/410 won, lhassa 230/456 lost, ; Movement:gulf of guinea, mafia island, biafra; New unit:shipbuilding, anchorage, 18 x trained, denra mustered, completed RR samarkand,; Control:rebel rupert island, annex money 1015,; System:austria limit imports russia, ; Trade:; %SatMod:0.54; Sold:720; Colony:wurtembourg local austria, explore failed moussurize, tukali, geog failed kilwa, 2 x demo, bribe destroyed suakim, cede halaban, rub, outpost winnepeg, brandon, vancouver, vernon, fort macleod, mapple creek, medicine hat, kyzilorda, kyzilkum, karakum, ashgabat, taiz, sanaa, hadramut, colony fiji, france tele antilles, russia colonists irkutsk, rebel high desert crushed, ;
219. Event:; Battle:thoboyandu 3587/1076 lost,; Movement:kaapstadt, puerto cabezas, biafra, south west, lydenburg, ; New unit:shipbuilding, mustered denra, completed tropical penang, fiji, 5 x prospector south west,; Control:morogoro; System:; Trade:; %SatMod:0.54; Sold:719; Colony:nyamwezi started war, austria crisis russia 123/1235, crisis nicaragua, explore failed sena, 2 x demo, merch failed bafoussam, explored lodwar, prussia merch songea, bahrain 4, ;
220. Event:belgium medal; Battle:trujillo 205/1025 won; Movement:trujillo, mosquito coast, karachi, makurdi, iringa, tibet; New unit:shipbuilding, completed outpost winnepeg, brandon, vancouver, vernon, fort macleod, mapple creek, medicine hat, kyzilorda, kyzilkum, karakum, ashgabat, taiz, sanaa, hadramut, governor fiji, ; Control:; System:trans supplies; Trade:; %SatMod:0.53; Sold:722; Colony:local expired usa, chile, brazil, sweden, spain, portugal, netherlands, greece, denmark, belgium, japan, prussia, france, gb vs nicaragua 2859/168, merch bafoussam, explore failed massakesse, 2 x demo, bribe rub, geog bamenda, china merch kuala lumpur, mukden, ;
221. Event:victory; Battle:almaty 922/800 won,; Movement:songea, kisumu, puerto cabezas, ulundi, makurdi, south west; New unit:anchorage, mustered almaty, completed anchorage biafra, opium zanzubar, mandalay,; Control:revolt banff,; System:france restrict imports prussia, 43 moved puerto cabezas; Trade:; %SatMod:0.54; Sold:723; Colony:austria state saxony, austria local bavaria, 2 x demo, explore failed lilongwe, sena, merch failed atbara, usa merch ute, netherlands colonsists curacao, rebels crushed high desert, ;
Notes:
1. Still buying merchant ship replacements.
2. Miner rebellion in Melbourne, sent brigade there. The option has not disapeared?
3. There is a large swathe of central asia held by rebels, have now given up as every time I get into a province I am moved out again.
4. Peace with Transvaal gave me two border provinces, cannot get Pretoria until the next time.
5. Persia has now got peace with no losses?
6. Making a grab for the pacific islands as they look easy. Slapped protectorate on Hawaii. Discovered most are already claimed or I cannot play a protectorate on them.
7. Massive replacement requirement after discovering muzzle loading rifles.
Progress:
Gained 1179 PP in quarter, target grew by -276; to date 39183 against 38280. So will achieve target in -2 quarters. Victory by prestige points in -1 quarters.
France is now second again.
Position Summary:
Have added 156 economic structures, 5 merchant fleets and 61 railroads, total is 219; my target of one per turn is 221.
Satisfaction shown on the B screen is now 98%. Militancy 1%, Education 96%.
The value of my stocks is 37318; previous quarter 34648.
Navy Board:
Develop bases across the world.
Won first naval battle off the Arakan Coast.
Battles Win Loss Draw
Number 1
Casualties 0 76
Fleets: 2 transport fleets
Army board:
Comparison of combat power with Russia started at 116 and has now moved to 67. So now strongest.
Battles Win Loss Draw
Number 75 12 10
Casualties 156713 107180
% win 77%
Loss per battle 1616 1105 46%
Start of quarter needed 430 hits replaced, end of quarter 855. Muzzle loading rifles discovered.
217. puerto cabezas 922/2665 won,
218. denra 0/410 won, lhassa 230/456 lost,
219. thoboyandu 3587/1076 lost,
220. trujillo 205/1025 won
221. almaty 922/800 won,
Trade board:
Increase satisfaction % and number of goods sold to national and colonial markets.
At the start satisfaction gain 54% goods sold 708, by the end 54% and 723.
Delivering 48% of luxuries.
Colonial office:
Establish more colonies and protectorates
Develop provinces in colonies
Gain maximum prestige points
colony fiji,
explored lodwar,
geog bamenda,
Foreign office:
Develop good relations with friends.
Ensure key allies are protected
Relations France(41), Prussia(15), Austria(36), US(100), Russia(7), Japan(22), Italy(15), Turkey(100), China(-4), Belgium(37), Denmark(51), Greece(41), Netherlands(43), Portugal(40), Spain(35), Sweden(31), Argentina (11), Brazil(53), Chile(43), Colombia (10), Venezuala (9)
Relations France(47), Prussia(16), Austria(34), US(100), Russia(7), Japan(22), Italy(11), Turkey(100), China(-4), Belgium(37), Denmark(48), Greece(40), Netherlands(43), Portugal(42), Spain(36), Sweden(30), Argentina (10), Brazil(60), Chile(43), Colombia (9), Venezuala (9)
4 overall gain over 21 countries.
mutual expired france, defense agreed france, brazil, defense refused austria, sweden, chile, supply expired brazil,
nyamwezi started war,
austria crisis russia 123/1235,
local expired usa, chile, brazil, sweden, spain, portugal, netherlands, greece, denmark, belgium, japan, prussia, france,
gb vs nicaragua 2859/168,
Crisis started between france and prussia
Taiping war:
36. China 6k casualties, taiping war started 6k
42. China 63k casualties 57k
48. China 78k casualties 15k
54. China 90k casualties 12k
60. China 166k casualties 76k
66. China 238k casualties 72k
72. China 246k casualties 8k
78. China 264k casualties 18k
84. China 271k casualties 7k
90. China 271k casualties 0k
96. China 281k casualties 10k
102. China 284k casualties 3k
108. China 317k casualties 33k
114. China 324k casualties 7k
120. China 331k casualties 7k
126. China 352k casualties 21k
132. China 371k casualties 19k
138. China 394k casualties 23k
144. China 397k casualties 3k
150. China 398k casualties 1k
156. China 399k casualties 1k
162. China 430k casualties 31k
168. China 434k casualties 4k
174.
180.
186.
192. China ; France 289k; Prussia 178k, Russia 52k; Turkey 91k; USA 0k; Italy 0k;
198. China ; France 289k; Prussia 178k, Russia 52k; Turkey 96k; USA 0k; Italy 0k;
204. China ; France 289k; Prussia 178k, Russia 52k; Turkey 96k; USA 0k; Italy 0k;
210. China 491k; France 289k; Prussia 178k, Russia 55k; Turkey 100k; USA 0k; Italy 0k;
216. China 494k; France 289k; Prussia 178k, Russia 55k; Turkey 118k; USA 0k; Italy 0k;
221. China 494k; France 290k; Prussia 178k, Russia 55k; Turkey 121k; USA 0k; Italy 0k;
The list:
1. Rebellious colonists
8. Duala, forgot about this too.
12. Tibet
13. Defense treaty Sweden
15. Defense treaty Prussia
16. Defense treaty Austria
17. China, for forging a CB
18. Lagos, forgot this is an objective