A shot of tAQUILEIA... an [IN] learning AAR

[unddu]

Olienia = Oltenia


Actually it should be Mecca and Medina giving boosts to priests! Too bad Pdox doesnt value Medina as much.


Im kinda forgetting what your goals were for this war: Every Ottoman holding in europa? (Oltenia, Banat, Macedonia, Edirne?)

 

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The battle for Mecca is on, and as I feared, the Ottomans break my defense:

Without any support, my Cavalry unit is running headlong into trouble...

I decide to break the siege in Asir and send the unit north to help retain Mecca:

And to take out as many Otts as I can. With them already morale depleted and in siege mode, an onslaught of Cavalry and a few cannon just may be enough to break them...

PSYCH! Totally irrelevant battle result. I almost hit my monitor when it popped... I understand. Stupid game!

I get and quell a few revolts in the homeland. I kept a couple solid 4/10/4 stacks at home just to be ready. On the front lines, Sivas joins the blue fan club:

One step closer to the end as Aleppo also falls...

Back in Mecca, my Cavalry is smacked down hard and sent to the showers:

Not only did they get their saddles handed to them, they didn't cause many casualties for the Otts either. That's the real hurt... I needed them to take some men with them, not just lay down and die.

Another province falls into my hands:

Almost time to move the front forwards again...

I finally get the Otts out of Mecca, but my losing units are scattered to the winds. One regiment of retreating forces is blown to dust in Najd:

I am really out gunned down here now. I can mint 4K of men every other year, but I am really getting to the point of breaking down here. I make it a point to get an army together in the cores around Delta and get them down here ASAP...

As the time drags on, I get more and more rebellions at home...

As an aside, I have yet to break free and try to take Nice. It's not like there's alot going on up there... It really should have been hit from day ONE. At least the corn here in Duhsville is pretty good. Once you peel it, it's really good with tuna, or in a salad. I hear the rest of the world calls them "cucumbers"... but everybody here knows that those are what you hit with in baseball.

So you're moving along, pretty successfully. No real major issues. Sure you have difficulty here and there, but that's the challenge of it. You begin to get that "got it in the bag" feeling. Rolling over any opposition... Yep. Usually it's right about then that you see this:

30K. She's got some attrition happening already, but still huge as all get out. Not a whole lot you can say about it either... Just sit there stupefied as the number takes longer to reach your brain than it does for a brontosaurus to get the signal in his head that his tail just got bitten clean off by a T-Rex.

30K. My stars, what am I going to do now?

Why, kill it of course...

 

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Olienia = Oltenia


Actually it should be Mecca and Medina giving boosts to priests! Too bad Pdox doesnt value Medina as much.


Im kinda forgetting what your goals were for this war: Every Ottoman holding in europa? (Oltenia, Banat, Macedonia, Edirne?)

It's hard to read the maps with my eyes... Besides, it's fun to spoof the names.

I think I'll make Olienia = Oltenia = Oleolia... Margarine Capitol of the World.

Goals? I have goals? Oh yeah... here they are.

-Actually, removing the threat of the Otts, Burgundy, Poland and whoever else carries a big stick is one. It just so happens the Otts made themselves "available" again.

-I want to take Mecca, Bursa... A few of the Greek holdings near me. More if I can get it. Break them up as much as I can and Isolate them to a) cut their income and b) "help" them revolt and respawn, so I can try to take the provinces without having to bother with the Otts again, and c) get them to relocate their capitol.

-It's terribly good fun...

I didn't really have hopes of duplicating your Mantuan feat of WC, I'm just not able to focus like that, at least not yet. It's really about learning new stuff. And seeing how far I can go. And talking with folks about it. And getting to where I CAN do it if I'd like.

I get to do this to Burgundy next. That will be fun too... The Otts will be alot less of a factor so I won't have to watch them as much.

The colonies and Africa are all about Gold, MP and FL, so I can lose those NI's that boost them.

Other than that is seeing just how far you can ride the pony...

Need another cup o' joe...

T

 

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It takes a bit, but I finally pull together enough MP to build a new, fully intact and funded army and get it to the southern front.

It proves it's worth immediately, sending that stack of pain a clear message: Your time has come.

On the way home I buy a scratch off. It turns out to be a decent winner:

The extra cash couldn't have come at a better time. Not to mention 12 provinces worth of limited nationalist rebellions...

Speaking of which:

I brain faded big time down here... I forgot they didn't have forts, so I started Workshops in all of them. Some rebels decide to pop in for tea and biscuits and *poof*... lost province complete with 10 extra years of nationalism. UGH.

The Otts are forced into Najran, and I meet them with the healed up Cavalry unit they soundly stomped last go round.

The results are much nicer this time around. Even with a clearly deficient general my men manage to hang on to their horseys and not get all dead.

The north is all but fallen. All is well, except for the jaws music in the air as that 30K stack lurks about.

The glorious part is that the attrition on that monster is downright horrific... For now I just leave him alone to wander the countryside jettisoning men by the hundreds, just by moving about.

The Otts now know it's over and make an attempt to stop the festivities.

I don't care how big a stack you got. I'm not letting you go yet.

This rebellion is giving me more trouble than the Otts did. Without forts, the rebs just run amok...

And I have hardly anything here that can handle them. I try to just keep them contained to do as little damage as possible before I can get somebody down here...

The WE clock strikes 6...

Brace for impact !!!!

The Otts move their stack of doom to the shadows and I press onwards:

The end is close now. We're almost there...

The Ottomans are almost out of men as I take out another stack of leftovers:

It won't be long before I have this end of things wrapped up. Just a couple provinces down here to help the WS.

The Golden Horde calls and wants a white peace again. Again I say no.

I get lost in the action while trying to run the budget on a tightrope...

I got hit with 2 merchants on the 30th of November... ARGHH ! Oh well, it's not a total waste. It just means a building spree of tax assessors and market places...

 

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The next province is taken in the north, as the front becomes the rear...

Once this corner is done, I can make a quick excursion into the lands of the Golden Horde...

Maybe anyways... It appears I may have more pressing matters to attend to:

Of course if I can wrap this up I may be able to get out from under all this rebel mess...

I find out where the Ottoman stack of doom has been hiding out:

He's lost a few more men for simply existing. Now that I'm on the doorstep, I expect him to come out charging.

Meanwhile, back in the lands of the once Mutapan, I have to call in units from as far away as Alexander to try to get this mess under control.

What a pain in the rear seating area.

Welcome to hell....o how are ya?

The magic WE threshold again demonstrates that it is nothing to be toyed with...

My northern boundary is set as Imereti falls to the sway of the blue banner:

The squeeze is on now for the Otts. I have just a few provinces left, and a play date with a certain army...

Rebels come and rebels go... Assisted of course. I fend off waves of tiny regiments seeking the miraculous but all they find is a one way ticket to eternity... Erserum falls in north:

I am right up next to the stack of doom now... Will he come out and hit me or will he wait... Hoping to catch me weakened and pop out after I leave the siege?

Well, At least I can actually USE this:

It helps to put back a little of what I used up for all of those buildings I just started...

The Golden Horde starts to react to my being ever so close to their borders:

They are smart in that they strike me in a weakened state and with a small army on defense. They somehow over look the thousands of other troops I have in the adjacent provinces though...

They are bringing more and more men over the border, somehow thinking that I will lose? I really don't need this now:

They are forcing me to pull men off to take them on, and I need those men to head south so I can put together a defense for the doom stack...

While the Golden Boys throw man after man away up north, another province folds:

It's another fun day at the office:

The Golden Horde is seriously trying to make a statement up north:

I can't help but think he's sending anything he can at this point, hoping to break my defenses down. I'd say it's about as coordinated an effort as the AI can muster. It's using the GH armies to pull my guys out of position, so he can then pull the Ott stack of doom out and retake a bunch of provinces.

I jump the gun and disrupt this by sending in a few heavy units to soften up the stack and keep it busy so the AI can't use it.

I don't want to take it head on with one big attrition fest, so I send in waves to peck at it and then pull them out. After that I back them away from the front to recoup. I have 5 armies I can cycle in and out, he has but one. It will be a battle of losses and fatigue. A test of wills... One in which the Ottomans are not prepared for.

 

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Im just curious ant: do you have a program to quickly save all those bmps to jpegs? Or just open them one by one with paint and then save as/jpeg?


It seems to be a lot of clicking for all these screenshots

 

[Enewald]

Do you actually know how much time it takes to read all your updates posted during last 24 hours? :wacko: :wacko: :wacko: :wacko:

Long, really long.

I shall never say that there could be too many updates, but maybe a slower tempo between updates?

Ah well, you got a lot of ducats, even more rebels.

I wonder how Macedonia revolted when Alexander was in India.

Maybe ottomans should collapse soon?

 

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Meanwhile, back in Africa, I'm STILL screwing around in Mutapa land.

If you ever see me leave an area like this unprotected again, please write me a stern letter in the strongest language you can muster about the error of my ways... And make sure it's on pretty stationary paper.

Holy crap! It's finally over! Oh, boy... What to do, what to do...

Perhaps go back to concentrating on the big butt war you're currently in?

The Horde is finally running out of men, at least ones he wants to lose:

I keep sending and rotating armies into Sharizhor to chip away at "the stack"... The size of the army is daunting, but it's the Otts general that's killing me. His maneuver is keeping me from nailing him down and taking his men. After a few rotations, I actually manage to cut a decent chunk away...

I send in another army to push the Ottomans as hard as I can. Once I can break his morale, he's got to go mobile... Once he is, with his morale cut down, it will be harder to and harder for him to be any kind of effective. It takes 3 armies and a boatload of men, but I finally break him loose:

The good news is he's on the run. The bad news? 16K of hornet mad Ottoman is headed straight for a siege weakened Mosul...

Hey... Wait a minute... I thought I was done with this...

I was. This is a NEW one. Maybe now that I have some men on the ground I won't have all that trouble like last time...

My army is greatful when the siege at Mosul comes to an end. They look forward to some rest and relaxation:

What they actually get is a visit from the just ousted Stack of Doom as it roams across the country side. For whatever reason, It breaks away immediately from the battle and moves away. No 5 days, no nothing. I am at a loss as to how he did it, but not so unhappy I want to write my congressman or anything.

It's not the only time either. This stack is able to break battle and siege at will. It is never tied up if it doesn't want to be forcing me to chase and be ready for it to just move on with no notice or indication.

After getting and putting down a half dozen revolts, Dealing with cry baby merchants and another kiss off by the Ott stack with no battle, I get hit with another couple of revolts:

No big deal in Salonica, but a second in the dreaded Mutapan area... All I can say is Damn!

I'm beginning to get a little impatient. I want to finish this, but I have so much extraneous crap to deal with I can't get it done. My RR and WE, (Rest Requirement and Waste Ejection) systems are taxing my body, causing my self to rebel.

I finally get the Otts pinned down in Mus:

The Otts have pulled a fast one, slipping a downright deadly general into the stack. I end up taking a big hit to my Cavalry stack, but it's enough to put the Otts under 10K and keep them moving along. I don't want to give it a chance to rest, and with the new guy in charge, I want them wiped off the map sooner rather than later.

For a time it's rebels here, rebels there... stack of doom to keep track of, Golden Idiots trying to do the impossible... More rebels, big rebels, small rebels, Billy Idol Fan Club Members yelling in the streets. I hold on to the table and grit my teeth... almost there... almost there.

The Otts settle into Adana and start to siege while REBEL PING PONG begins a new season. Oh, and the Otts lose their Van:

Guess they're going to have to walk home now. I stop for a second or two game time and regroup. I check my self as I am about to send in another army into Adana. Why? The Ottomans are doing the worst possible thing they can do. He's got no help and no reinforcements, and he's miles behind enemy lines doing the one thing that will kill his morale for good for no real gain.

Me? I can finally crack a smile. Silly Ottomans...

I am getting almost no replenishments to my armies being this far inland behind the lines. To speed up the process, I make new units from the 4K I get and send them in to join the armies where they are. Every once in awhile I get a signal crossed or an enemy unit moves... Sometimes the game "adjusts" my planned route due to rebels moving around or spawning. Either way it happens, the unit gets lost. Or it decided to go right through a province with a huge stack of enemy troops... Like this 1K Cavalry did:

They never had a chance. Of course, any unit that dumb shouldn't be fighting anyways...

I am living off of the monthly manpower gain:

I have some serious consolidating to do to get 94,000 men off the books. Even at peace without losing a single man it will take 10 months to get everybody back to full strength.

As with all campaigns of this size and scope, the end is rarely as exciting as the beginning. Rebelroidal flareups are common place and I liberally apply Preparation R to the effected areas.

After waiting a bit, I jump the Ottomans last decent army with a combined force in an effort to be rid of it once and for all.

My 14K to their 9K, but it's not enough...

I am encouraged though when I see that their mighty general is no longer heading up the army here. At least I finally got something to go away...

 

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Im just curious ant: do you have a program to quickly save all those bmps to jpegs? Or just open them one by one with paint and then save as/jpeg?

It seems to be a lot of clicking for all these screenshots

To know the path of the pixel is to know only the part of the picture young grasshopper.

You must learn to consider the picture as a whole, not just the random clicks of the pixel.

For it is from outside the that the inside may truly understood.

To borrow from vanilla ice, and may I never do so again, Batch Batch baby...

It's my secret plan to drive Enewald bonkers... I batch all the pics, pop open notepad, do all the typing with pic number place holders...

Upload the pics to photo bucket, open two tabs in me old fire fox and it's a big ol' game of cut and paste.

My posting PE is 130%... :rofl:

T

 

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Sounds a lot better then the way I'm doing it: I still just open em in paint and save em as jpeg! Guess thats why I've been cutting down on the amount of pics per AAR

 

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Do you actually know how much time it takes to read all your updates posted during last 24 hours? :wacko: :wacko: :wacko: :wacko:

Long, really long.

I shall never say that there could be too many updates, but maybe a slower tempo between updates?

Ah well, you got a lot of ducats, even more rebels.

I wonder how Macedonia revolted when Alexander was in India.

Maybe ottomans should collapse soon?

You know, I have actually REALLY tried to take my time this go around. I have only done a few at a time, I rewrote a couple as I was posting them so it would take a long time to put it up. I took a few hours off to go watch TV, pickup my van from the repair shop, take a nap. Maybe I should have just shotgunned them in instead of waiting in between. But that's going fast again...

But yeah, you are SO right. I really don't know how to do it slower though. I play when I can, usually one long sitting. So I end up with alot of story. I even left a couple hundred pics out of this set.

It's not like I have alot to actually READ...

I think of you often as I post. I honestly try not to upset you... I would miss your little barbs terribly were you to leave.

Besides, This was your longest post... like ever.

Want some good news? I only have THREE more to go. Only three.

Can I take the fact that you are still reading as a good sign?

And then I am going to play some... that way I can post some changes and Unduu can see I pay attention.

T

 

[Enewald]

Yes, that might be my longest post posted here.

I never abandon reading some aar. Unless the writer abandons it.

Well, you have posted a lot of updates about two things, war against ottos, and dealign with rebels.

We don't need to know every detail about both of the,.

I know there is not that much text to be read, but I usually like to take a look a the pics.

 

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Sounds a lot better then the way I'm doing it: I still just open em in paint and save em as jpeg! Guess thats why I've been cutting down on the amount of pics per AAR

NEVER!!! :rofl:

Go find a free download called Irfanview. It's a handy little view program with alot of neat little features, one of which is Batch Files.

Open it up, go to the file tab up on the left, you'll see about half way down, Batch File Conversion.

Open it up and you'll have a list of options on the left and two windows on the right. Navigate to your pic folder in the top one, highlight and then click the button you want over the 2nd window to add the pics to the batch. You can set all sorts of options from file type to sizing to gamma and whatnot through all the drop menus on the left. I currently have it set to resize at 60% and sharpen a little, then save as JPEG with a end file size around 100-150K. It's a little big, but it's the smallest I can get it without really messing up the image.

Just FYI, it took about 6 minutes to do all the pics for the day 9 updates.

I used to use it long ago, but I didn't need it for the models and stuff I was doing. Converting them in Corel was fine. I just happened to see it while I was floating around the net one day and remembered it, and it's been a God send.

T

 

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Yes, that might be my longest post posted here.

I never abandon reading some aar. Unless the writer abandons it.

Well, you have posted a lot of updates about two things, war against ottos, and dealign with rebels.

We don't need to know every detail about both of the,.

I know there is not that much text to be read, but I usually like to take a look a the pics.

The rebels are mostly what I am leaving out and/or condensing. We all know what they are by now, however knowing there are 30 revolts or 3 makes a difference to what's happening, so I try to just allude to it now. When i started I just posted EVERYTHING...

I tend to get specific in battles so my decisions and strategies, or lack thereof are there for everyone to see. It's my hope that if I do something strange or odd, someone will make a kindly suggestion... Or if I happen to do something well, maybe someone will ask how or why.

It just so happens that the Ottos made themselves "available" for another war that you're reading about them. It could just as well have been Burgundy or Poland. I still 150 years to get after them, so I am sure you'll see them mentioned eventually.

I like to look at the pics too. For every word, there's 1000 more in every picture. There's always something in the background, or some tidbit of information you can glean. I also like to try to see what the person sees.

Time to finish up those last three updates...

T

 

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You know, I have actually REALLY tried to take my time this go around. I have only done a few at a time, I rewrote a couple as I was posting them so it would take a long time to put it up. I took a few hours off to go watch TV, pickup my van from the repair shop, take a nap. Maybe I should have just shotgunned them in instead of waiting in between. But that's going fast again...

But yeah, you are SO right. I really don't know how to do it slower though. I play when I can, usually one long sitting. So I end up with alot of story. I even left a couple hundred pics out of this set.

It's not like I have alot to actually READ...

I think of you often as I post. I honestly try not to upset you... I would miss your little barbs terribly were you to leave.

Besides, This was your longest post... like ever.

Want some good news? I only have THREE more to go. Only three.

Can I take the fact that you are still reading as a good sign?

And then I am going to play some... that way I can post some changes and Unduu can see I pay attention.

T

Yippie!
Now If only my nick was spelled correctly

 

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For whatever the reason that possessed me at the time, I decide to ask Georgia for access:

I have to say I am still not really sure of what the heck I was thinking. I am guessing it was so I can stretch myself out, prolong the war, suffer through another 100 or so rebellions...

Well OK, not really true. I suppose I was probably thinking I could teach those Golden Boys a thing or two and maybe take enough land to get Damascus in a peace...

Of course Georgia says yes...

The next few months can be summed up in one word. revolting. I'll spare you the many screen shots taken at the Drive In. They had a really neat double feature:

-"Old McDonald had some Rebels, E-I-E-I-O": An old musical with Shirley Temple and...
-"Hey, let's all revolt": A beat nick picture with a really young Bob Denver that featured ripping 60's rock guitar interpretations of classic kiddy songs.

Suffice to say I was successful at putting them all down, and further suffice to say that for the most part that was pretty much all I did.

I was finally able to get back to the Stack of Doom:

Although now it would be more appropriate to call it the "Stack Soon to be Gone"...

Hey, how'd that get in there???

It's OK. No really, I called the cops and the rebels were arrested for trying to steal the van. (Although unbeknownst to me, they escaped custody...)

Here's one of those rare screen gems that just cries out to printed and framed:

Honestly, if I can't win this one it's time to go back to playing solitaire, know what I mean?

Uber general or no Mr. Otto Stack, your time has come to it's end:

Well, OK. Maybe not right this second... But you just wait you Ottomans, it's not over yet... You'll see!

I know, you're wondering... I can tell. I'm psychotic... er psychic! Yeah, Psychic...

You are wondering. You are... Aren't you...

Well... The answer is NO. Nothing has changed...

Except maybe for that joker sieging the fort in Dagestan...

From the "Well, that didn't exactly go as planned" department:

Gentlemen, consider yourselves "consolidated"... If I had been paying attention, I may have noticed the +5 shock the general has. Holy Electricity, Batman... It appears I will have need for a few more good men...

Man, sometimes I just hate good generals:

They just prolong EVERYTHING. I mean what are you and your merry little band going to now? Are you going to run away to Sherwood Forest? Going to start stealing Lupins? Really, What are you going to do now? Take all your guys to lunch?

From the "I have good news and bad news" department:

The good news: A whole lot of reservations just became available at Ches Whiney Cheese Bistro and Tire Center.

The bad news?

Another "consolidation" completed by the Rebels of Van.

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Yippie!
Now If only my nick was spelled correctly

All that and you want me to SPELL too?

I got big fingers and little keys...

"If it weren't for spell check, I'd have no good words at all, gloom, despair and agony on me..."

Hee Haw salutes Duhsville... population 1... SA-lute! (Hey, that's where I live!)

T

 

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So I'm like at the flee market the other day, and I find this great old game... It's called "Rebel Mop Up". It's SO MUCH FUN! You won't believe it...

So I'm like playing the game, right...

And I look over and I notice a certain group of Persians taking liberty with a few Ottoman provinces... "How odd..." I think to myself.

I bide my time playing with rebels and watch. While I wait, I get another peace deal from the Otts:

Sorry, but those aren't even remotely interesting to me.

Another bit of rebel theater is followed by the sad news of my passing.

Be still my heart... what will I ever do with you, oh half way decent ruler...
I also discover a few crazy Ottomans have flown in from the Irish Isles and are attempting to be naughty in my backyard...

The Golden Girls seek to cease and desist.

BAH. Not yet.

I dissect the Otts in Tirol and take a province in the Golden Land. Not shortly there after I am asked to vacate said premises immediately:

The Persians expand their rug making capabilities at the expense of a thoroughly strapped Ottoman Empire...

That removes the last healthy chunk of the Ottomans war making ability. It helps me tremendously by reducing the time required to end this production.

I don't take eviction notices seriously, but apparently the Horde does...

He forcibly removes me from said premises, prompting me to reevaluate my thoughts on whether I want to continue harassing them.

I hit them for 75 ducats and get out. It's way past bedtime at this point, and my patience is worn to the bone.

With that out of the way I can focus on ending the Ottoman campaign...

I find the last TI hiding places for dear old Otto that I want to worry about:

I take to the siege right away, and notice another Ott province in rebel control across the way.

I ask Hedjaz for access so I can break through to it, although I am hoping it won't be necessary:

They accept, and I finish the siege work at Karbala:

With that, I pause. Am I done? Am I far enough? Before I check I pan out and take a look:

In my mind, Marvin the Martian speaks... "Isn't it Delightful?". Will I be able to get a decent peace deal, that's the real question. Even so, if all I am to do is to get a few decent provinces out of it, this picture is worth it.

For all of this, I should be able to really get something out the Otts. Unfortunately the game doesn't see it that way. I understand why it's done, but I really don't relish doing this again and again to finish what should be done now. I go through all the possibilities...

At a final 99% WS I submit my peace:

I ask for 5 provinces and a few Ducats for my trouble. The provinces are Calabria for the finished boot, The 2 Greeks for the population and income, Bursa to eliminate the land bridge to the capitol and of course, Mecca. It works for me...

And for them...

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I end up asking alot of nations for access to get my men home. I'm scattered all over the place, and the Otts want to be a pain.

I have alot of rebuilding and consolidating and reorganizing to do to clean all this up and get ready for the next go round, wherever that may be.

Mecca brings with it a few perks:

Already my nationalist buddies are preparing the next targets for me:

They won't see the end of the day in my lands, but the Ottomans are in no condition to get men to here. If I'm lucky, they'll spawn a quick minor I can quickly "absorb"...

So many losses...

This army is disbanded completely. The maintenance on 14 regiments over the course of time it will take to replenish is cheaper... But I want to get out of the hole quickly, and I'm over my FL's. (can you believe it?)

As with the end of any conflict there's good and bad:

After finally getting OKs from everyone in the pathway to home I manage to get them all there. I had to lose 32 units to get back under my FL. It was pretty easy to do just consolidating all the losses once the men were back home.

Mecca decides to go Pro:

Later on the next year I get Govt. 32. The next level will be another idea.

It'll be awhile before it gets here. Next play date will start with a housecleaning of NI's anyways.

Sena'a, the province I annexed from Yemen proves nothing but trouble. I can't get a dime out of it, get any men into it or out of it. It revolts constantly. What a waste of time that was. I decide to get rid of it:

The only one's that will buy it= are the Otts. Besides, let them have all the rebel crap from it. Their WE is higher than mine right now. It's not like that little sand pile will help them much. It helps me a ton not having it's dead weight dragging at me though.

So here we are at the end of another update...

The Maps:

So... what's next?

That's a good question. In conversing with alot of you there are some interesting opportunities to explore.

I'll be (hopefully remembering) to take a few different map perspectives at the start of the next sequence, the religion map for example.

There will be some NI changes, as some of the earlier NI's are no longer necessary or have been outgrown.

There may even be a government change...

Africa and India will be continued areas of interest, as well as the inevitable conflict with Burgundy and Poland.

I will be focusing on making the updates longer... KIDDING. Shorter actually. Well, not so many at once is more the point.

Please post suggestions anytime. As long as I can shoot back, take a shot.

As always, I hope you've enjoyed the read...

Till next time!

T

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[unddu]

Wow your amount of updates is asthonising. Really wth!

Im glad if I can write a narrative update every two days!