Yes, seems more likely you'd encourage them to keep their attentions on the east by moving their western border a little more in that direction. Just a gentle nudge, make sure they're pointed the right way.
Yes, seems more likely you'd encourage them to keep their attentions on the east by moving their western border a little more in that direction. Just a gentle nudge, make sure they're pointed the right way.
Losing casus belli appears to be Richard's bane at the moment, though I'm sure he'll manage. Good update.
I understand what you mean about the heat; I've been fanning myself with a SimCity 4 manual (which is now torn and crinkled) and drinking boatloads of water, pop, and lemonade. No fear, soon we'll be back in the comfy embrace of a winter.
Keep your eye on the Flanders Republic; they'll hate you for the difference in government systems, and the more money the Doge has, the more it will take to bribe him.
I understand what you mean about the heat; I've been fanning myself with a SimCity 4 manual (which is now torn and crinkled) and drinking boatloads of water, pop, and lemonade. No fear, soon we'll be back in the comfy embrace of a winter.
Yeah, I'm waiting for the temperature to drop to around 0c so I can put on a t-shirt .
Good work on the revolt, Mithfir. It's maddening when siblings try to undo all the good work done to date. And am I the only one who thinks Duke Uc sounds like an Orc?
Do you have plans for Italy considering that your house does come from that country?
Also what site do you use to upload your photos?
Interesting update! Also how will be Poland dealt with? Will a cadet branch of your grand house hold a free Polish kingdom?
Interesting update! Also how will be Poland dealt with? Will a cadet branch of your grand house hold a free Polish kingdom?
That's the same thing I was wondering. In the update it mentioned the union of Silesia and Francia, not Poland and Francia. It also said that it would spark the birth of Francia Orientalis. Two separate empires perhaps, both administered by the d'Ivrea's? Or one empire to rule them all? I guess we'll just have to wait and see...
Richard III is winning so far, isn't he?
... Said everyone to Henry Tudor.
I like this AAR so much - it's the only one written in history-book (or even pseudo-history book) style which I read. It seems that just about every other update there's someone getting a kicking, or the CK2 game mechanics decide to screw over the player, and while you're always in a position of strength it doesn't feel dreary since there's the feeling that things could really fall apart any moment.
I'm surprised Aquitaine is still a mega-duchy despite about a century of your management, or maybe it's because they haven't actually rebelled yet and given you a chance to revoke something. I'm a firm believer in prioritising keeping vassals weak over keeping them happy, and perhaps a few (unprovoked) political assassinations here and there would have been helpful for weakening the megadukes. It's absolutely stupid that he rebelled despite having 100 relations, and it's things like that (and the constantly disappearing casus belli) which fuel my loathing for actually playing CK2. You need to enlarge your demesne to keep your vassals from thinking they can overpower you.
Also, your rulers keep marrying young brides despite already having a secure line of succession, even if you won't inherit any lands. Is there a reason for this, like roleplaying? Because all it does is gives your descendants problems with pretenders and other claimants. I usually tell my ruler to marry some old granny with incredible stats to help boost his state attributes.
Richard's son's rebellion for the throne was pretty awesome though. I wish I saw AI 'smartness' that actually personally benefited the player-run country in my games. Violante on the other hand just sounds like a nutter, Aragon vs England? Unless England is having some serious internal problems at thsi point.
England, you say? Troublesome cadet branches? Shades of the Habsburgs. This was another enjoyable post, Mithfir. I especially liked the section about the correspondence containing symbolism and codes. Makes sense in an age when such letters could be easily intercepted and used for nefarious purposes. Not that it could ever happen in this day and age with the internet