OP
Hello everyone and welcome ! Thank you for passing by and reading this
This AAR will be a little special. Or maybe not. As you can probably tell, I'm new here so I don't really know the standards of AARs in these parts - sure, I've read the three threads pinned at the tops, contacted the mods before posting this and read a couple AARs here and there from time to time, but not much otherwise. So expect rookie mistakes in how I present the updates - I'll do my best to have this being an enjoyable experience !
Now to present the settings used for this game. First of all, know that this game is already over. As such, there is no need to try to give me advice for this particular run because the game is terminated - advice for playing CK2 in general is always welcome, though ! As for why AAR a terminated game, well, this game unfolded in a rather awesome way in the end (I hated the game more often than not, let's be honest, but now that it's over - I can say I loved this). And I thought it would be a shame not to share this. Because the game is over, I'll be mostly relying on my memory and on the very useful chronicles to find the information, presenting the AAR in the form of a kind of historical guide as to what happened - now memory and chronicles unfortunately do not store every useful information, so I'll be a bit vague sometimes. Consider this knowledge lost to history !
Since the game is over, and because it was an Ironman game, posting screenshots of past maps is going to be problematic. I can try to recreate these maps in CK2, but I'll mostly try to describe the situation - hopefully in a concise and precise way, so that you can easily see how things are without having to read tons of descriptions (I'm very verbose so that will be a challenge !). Do not hesitate to suggest any improvement on that front - if maps really end up being necessary, I'll recreate the situation in game.
This game used a bunch of custom rules. For convenience, if you're interested, you'll find them spoilered below - any rule that doesn't appear in the spoiler is set to its default value:
As you might be able to tell from these rules, I have all DLCs, all of them used in this game. No mods used, it was a 100% vanilla experience.
Finally, I'll need to speak about the AAR length. I'll describe the starting situation in the following post, but this AAR will be rather short. I expect at minima 6 posts, more likely 7 or 8. This might end up being more than that if I don't control myself and end up being more verbose than I thought - but hopefully it isn't, the aim is to present everything that happened in a clear and concise way (ie the exact opposite of this post). I'm currently working on the updates, because since I'll rely on memory (I finished the game yesterday) I have to write this quickly. I'll then be publishing one update per day, so I expect this AAR to last about a week.
Hope this wall of text did not deter you, and that you will enjoy your stay here !
This AAR will be a little special. Or maybe not. As you can probably tell, I'm new here so I don't really know the standards of AARs in these parts - sure, I've read the three threads pinned at the tops, contacted the mods before posting this and read a couple AARs here and there from time to time, but not much otherwise. So expect rookie mistakes in how I present the updates - I'll do my best to have this being an enjoyable experience !
Now to present the settings used for this game. First of all, know that this game is already over. As such, there is no need to try to give me advice for this particular run because the game is terminated - advice for playing CK2 in general is always welcome, though ! As for why AAR a terminated game, well, this game unfolded in a rather awesome way in the end (I hated the game more often than not, let's be honest, but now that it's over - I can say I loved this). And I thought it would be a shame not to share this. Because the game is over, I'll be mostly relying on my memory and on the very useful chronicles to find the information, presenting the AAR in the form of a kind of historical guide as to what happened - now memory and chronicles unfortunately do not store every useful information, so I'll be a bit vague sometimes. Consider this knowledge lost to history !
Since the game is over, and because it was an Ironman game, posting screenshots of past maps is going to be problematic. I can try to recreate these maps in CK2, but I'll mostly try to describe the situation - hopefully in a concise and precise way, so that you can easily see how things are without having to read tons of descriptions (I'm very verbose so that will be a challenge !). Do not hesitate to suggest any improvement on that front - if maps really end up being necessary, I'll recreate the situation in game.
This game used a bunch of custom rules. For convenience, if you're interested, you'll find them spoilered below - any rule that doesn't appear in the spoiler is set to its default value:
Aztec invasion: off
Exclave Independance: harsh
Chinese Interactions: restricted
Dynamic de jure drift: restricted
De jure assimilation duration: short
De jure requirements: required
Culture conversion: combination
Religious conversion speed: slower
Provincial revolts: rare
Provincial revolts strength: powerful
Vassal limit: half
Exclave Independance: harsh
Chinese Interactions: restricted
Dynamic de jure drift: restricted
De jure assimilation duration: short
De jure requirements: required
Culture conversion: combination
Religious conversion speed: slower
Provincial revolts: rare
Provincial revolts strength: powerful
Vassal limit: half
Finally, I'll need to speak about the AAR length. I'll describe the starting situation in the following post, but this AAR will be rather short. I expect at minima 6 posts, more likely 7 or 8. This might end up being more than that if I don't control myself and end up being more verbose than I thought - but hopefully it isn't, the aim is to present everything that happened in a clear and concise way (ie the exact opposite of this post). I'm currently working on the updates, because since I'll rely on memory (I finished the game yesterday) I have to write this quickly. I'll then be publishing one update per day, so I expect this AAR to last about a week.
Hope this wall of text did not deter you, and that you will enjoy your stay here !
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