I've been reading through alot of the threads in the forums and through a few AARs lately...And I've gleaned a few new play styles and strategies. I also figure with all the forum traffic there have to be more than a few of us neophytes fighting our way through a game arguably based on our second worst subject after Math.
Instead of the usual trial and error, I thought maybe I can try an AAR... that way I can get input along the way, and others can use it to learn too...
So here goes. A learning AAR... " A shot of (at) tAquileia"
So why Aquileia? In short it presents a few unique challenges that fit like a glove with the strategies and styles I want to learn to use. It has 3 major differences from the average 2 or 3 province minor.
1st: No RM's. That means no Diplo-Annex, at least not the easy kind. For me specifically, it means no crutch. It was always a priority to get at least one minor incorporated ASAP. That won't be the case this time.
2nd: No Army. Aquileia has almost NO manpower. It will be a total departure from SOP concerning NI's and relations with other nations, particularly Big Boys like Austria and France.
3rd: No owned COT, no tax income and an initial production income of .2 ducats thanks to a PE of 17%. That's with 2 Gold mines folks...
I have played and documented the first 80 years already, and will be posting these as the server permits... After that I will be asking for input/suggestions before I continue.
Comments are always welcome. I do ask if you want to debate a topic of interest you start a separate thread for it. Please feel free to link to it from here.
Just as a side note: I have previously started this map twice before. In the first two, 1 was unsuccessful and 1 was OK. I did this to get a feel for what I was in for and to enable me to be a little familiar with the opening 30 to 40 years so I didn't end up with the shortest AAR in Paradox history... Both games were stopped then and not saved, so I couldn't use them to cheat should something go horribly wrong.
What follows is a shot at survival...
T
Instead of the usual trial and error, I thought maybe I can try an AAR... that way I can get input along the way, and others can use it to learn too...
So here goes. A learning AAR... " A shot of (at) tAquileia"
So why Aquileia? In short it presents a few unique challenges that fit like a glove with the strategies and styles I want to learn to use. It has 3 major differences from the average 2 or 3 province minor.
1st: No RM's. That means no Diplo-Annex, at least not the easy kind. For me specifically, it means no crutch. It was always a priority to get at least one minor incorporated ASAP. That won't be the case this time.
2nd: No Army. Aquileia has almost NO manpower. It will be a total departure from SOP concerning NI's and relations with other nations, particularly Big Boys like Austria and France.
3rd: No owned COT, no tax income and an initial production income of .2 ducats thanks to a PE of 17%. That's with 2 Gold mines folks...
I have played and documented the first 80 years already, and will be posting these as the server permits... After that I will be asking for input/suggestions before I continue.
Comments are always welcome. I do ask if you want to debate a topic of interest you start a separate thread for it. Please feel free to link to it from here.
Just as a side note: I have previously started this map twice before. In the first two, 1 was unsuccessful and 1 was OK. I did this to get a feel for what I was in for and to enable me to be a little familiar with the opening 30 to 40 years so I didn't end up with the shortest AAR in Paradox history... Both games were stopped then and not saved, so I couldn't use them to cheat should something go horribly wrong.
What follows is a shot at survival...
T