Nah - the Bad Boy stuff makes it much easier than it was before.
The Knights of St John are orthodox, and thus can't change their religion, IIRC.
The Knights of St John are orthodox, and thus can't change their religion, IIRC.
Originally posted by WFHermans
Excellent idea! Maybe you can start a thread about it because it's your idea! Because the country needs leaders. I think the country should be vassal of Denmark. poor as a churchrat both in money and population...it will be difficult to get a foothold on the continent for them...diplomacy would be the key for playung Iceland.
And it could try to make a grab in the New World...
Originally posted by strategy
I just tried this using the Norway setup but having Iceland only (population: 1000, 5000 troops, and 3 ships) in the IGC. As I expected its not all that hard (though I'd note I'm not that far yet). By 1500, I own Mecklenburg-Bremen and am ready to annex Hannover (just as soon as someone else goes BB). Of course I've gone bankrupt to do this, but already I see that it will be no problem to achieve critical mass by 1560 at the latest.
Originally posted by strategy
I'd estimate the 3 fishing boats and 5k troops I allowed myself to start with saved me about 2 years of building, so hardly a big deal (and besides, if they don't have ships, how did they get up there ). I have set Iceland as a vassal of Denmark - already becoming a major irritant by 1505.
But if you don't allow loaning, then world conquest as Iceland becomes mission impossible. Barring the ultimate random event (+4000 gold or something simmilar), you're not likely to get off the rock for the first 100 years at least. And how do you think Iceland is likely to colonize without any money? At their income rate, the can maybe afford one trading post every three years...
Of course, that would have the advantage of being a fast game.