1 million men and no attrition, that is not right
It's like something from Herodotus or the Bible....
It's like something from Herodotus or the Bible....
So after recreating the German Empire (posted on page 143 ITT), I decided this time recreate the Austro-Hungarian empire (1914 borders. Using the HIP mod). Here it is:
Started off as a custom german count in the Kingdom of Bavaria in 867 (county of Osterreich), soon formed the duchy, then after the HRE formed I invaded Bosnia. After conquering some more land I declared and won independence from the HRE in a one-on-one war. After that it was conquering Bohemia, the rest of Hungary, and then further eastward.
You'll notice it's not a perfect recreation, especially in the eastern parts of the empire (I'm actually kinda disappointed by how it looks). Also, that province in Italy directly above Venice makes things a bit weird, since it stretches eastward. This is all mainly because of the province shapes in SWMH, which is understandable of course. Another thing is that there is no empire that really makes sense to form. As a result, I remain as a king level ruler (archduke of the Arch-duchy of Austria).
Oh, and if you want to know what happened to Europe: basically France united all the karling kingdoms and then formed the HRE. Several rulers later and all other kingdom titles (including France and Aquitaine) have been dismantled.
And despite no intentions of picking this save file up again, I had a lot of fun!
The Avar Khaganate Strikes Back!
Small i know, but it took me time to survive the Hungarians because they revoked the duchy i started with and every single county. Constantinople became independent and i took it, triggering the crusades: a big crusade against hungary started. Hungary was having problems with a 5000k rebel stack already, but the holy orders bringing their stuff really roflstomped them, and i declared indepedence - i already owned all of Wallachia. From there, i declared an invasion on hungary after they became catholic, and then bulgaria. Now, who knows what i will do.
This game was incredible for me, it was my first time playing as a heresy, the Fraticelli. I successfully created the Papacy, and converted Norway, Poland, Hungary, Wendland and Sweden to our cause. Fraticelli became the dominant denomination.
Yet another Roman Empire. Not really an acomplishment for people, but I wanted to share as it was my first time when I did it in Ironman without ruler designer and all the other things you can't do in Ironman. Entire conquest took roughly 300 years starting in 867. Rest was spent converting infidels and fighting billion rebellions. I would have never continued playing a game this pointless if it wasn't for steam achievements.
Independent realms
Religion
Culture
De Jure Empires. Rest of Persia and Abyssinia will be assimilated before 1453.
Republic tradezones. There is also Sri Lanka republic with 6 tradeposts.
Retinues and technology. I swear I didn't max any of these technologies. Last time I remember they were 2 squares from being maxed, then I open the menu and see it way more advanced than I expected it to be. Such retinue cap allowed me having 6 retinue armies 24k men each (50k points each).
Yet another Roman Empire. Not really an acomplishment for people, but I wanted to share as it was my first time when I did it in Ironman without ruler designer and all the other things you can't do in Ironman. Entire conquest took roughly 300 years starting in 867. Rest was spent converting infidels and fighting billion rebellions. I would have never continued playing a game this pointless if it wasn't for steam achievements.
Independent realms
Religion
Culture
De Jure Empires. Rest of Persia and Abyssinia will be assimilated before 1453.
Republic tradezones. There is also Sri Lanka republic with 6 tradeposts.
Retinues and technology. I swear I didn't max any of these technologies. Last time I remember they were 2 squares from being maxed, then I open the menu and see it way more advanced than I expected it to be. Such retinue cap allowed me having 6 retinue armies 24k men each (50k points each).
Which mod it is?Here's my latest.
It's a pretty standard "Roman Empire 2.0" model. However, it does differ in at least a few ways.
A) I'm playing with a mod that allows either the player or the AI to restore the Western Roman Empire separate of Byzantium as well as Rome Proper.
B) I started off in Norway as a minor (ethnically Irish but culturally Norse per the ruler designer) count.
After uniting Scandinavia and founding the Kingdom of Norway around 890-ish, I decided to try and branch off into the Mediterranean with the intention of eventually becoming Norman and founding the Kingdom of Sicily. Well, as luck would have it, around 910 or so (after I had taken Corsica, Arborea, Capua, Amalfi, and Salerno with my Norse hordes), the Pope decided to get all uppity and restore the Western Roman Empire, essentially making himself "Pope-Emperor."
I knew an opportunity like that doesn't present itself everyday, so I steam-rollered over the place with my horde, converted to Christianity, and promptly usurped the title. My heir after that consolidated our position in Italy and changed our culture to Roman (one of the decisions the mod adds), the one after that helped to take the Holy Land for the Knights Templar via Crusade and conquered most of North Africa, and the emperor after that took the entire Kingdom of Andalusia from the Moors in one blow via Crusade and conquered the Byzantines.
Now, I'm pretty much just biding my time waiting for the Mongols and Aztecs to show up. lol
I also kept the ERE intact as my secondary title, and I'm making a deliberate point of parceling off my various kingdoms to blood relatives (Norway and Sweden are independent now, for instance) while leaving France, Germany, and Eastern Europe more or less unmolested. I'm hoping this will help to bring about some interesting civil wars and rivalries which might break-up the "I win" monotony of the next 400 or so years.
In any case, though... IRISH-VIKING-ROMAN EMPIRE FTW!!!! :rofl:
Which mod it is?