Hello and welcome to my attempt at an EU4 AAR!
Inspired by my loathing of the prevalence of RCC modifiers, I've decided to play a game based entirely on avoding the despicable 'Core Province' button like a plague.
The goal:
- attempt to unite as much of Europe and get as high development as possible while playing as France, whilst observing...
...The rules:
- France can't core provinces. Clicking the button is forbidden at all costs.
- France can't force-vassalize countries or conquer&release vassals outside of the French culture group (i.e. I can subjugate Brittany or conquer&release Hainaut, but I can't touch Navarra or Flanders)
- France can peace-vassalize freely
- France can claim thrones and declare PUing wars
- subjects can only be fed provinces of their primary and accepted cultures (however, NOT the culture groups, unless they specifically accept it - i.e. it's green for them)
- subjects can't be willfully integrated until they own all provinces of their primary culture (unless already owned by France/other subject of France) and border France either via land or a sea zone. Inheritance of PUs is an exception as it's not willful.
- France is friendly, and as such won't no-CB or betray their allies, and will indeed fight to the death to protect them
That's about it. Update incoming later today/tomorrow (I've already played the game a bit before posting this, but don't have the screenshots at hand), hope you'll enjoy it.
Inspired by my loathing of the prevalence of RCC modifiers, I've decided to play a game based entirely on avoding the despicable 'Core Province' button like a plague.
The goal:
- attempt to unite as much of Europe and get as high development as possible while playing as France, whilst observing...
...The rules:
- France can't core provinces. Clicking the button is forbidden at all costs.
- France can't force-vassalize countries or conquer&release vassals outside of the French culture group (i.e. I can subjugate Brittany or conquer&release Hainaut, but I can't touch Navarra or Flanders)
- France can peace-vassalize freely
- France can claim thrones and declare PUing wars
- subjects can only be fed provinces of their primary and accepted cultures (however, NOT the culture groups, unless they specifically accept it - i.e. it's green for them)
- subjects can't be willfully integrated until they own all provinces of their primary culture (unless already owned by France/other subject of France) and border France either via land or a sea zone. Inheritance of PUs is an exception as it's not willful.
- France is friendly, and as such won't no-CB or betray their allies, and will indeed fight to the death to protect them
That's about it. Update incoming later today/tomorrow (I've already played the game a bit before posting this, but don't have the screenshots at hand), hope you'll enjoy it.
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