That sounds like a great alliance for Austria if you want to conquer a lot of territory 
How are the VPs looking though?
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The Eighth And Ninth Wars of Austrian Aggression
June 1580 We notice our reports are often dominated by revolts so only major ones will be discussed. Franz-Josef died in Styria on his way to suppress rebel scum in Nice. A statue is erected in his honor, and all rebels from Nice will be killed slowly. Businessmen donate 200d in his honor (Random event 200d in donations). England payed Scotland 52d for peace. 16000 infantry recruited in the north. In September Crimea pays 210d and Lugansk to Russia for peace. Pfalz being beseiged and FJ's men on the way to Nice.
1581 Tax 481d Pfalz walls rebuilt. 10/6 recruited. We noticed during the war that Spanish Netherlands was completely controlled by rebels. We do not wish ill-luck to our ally, but if Netherlands declares independence they will declare war on Spain, as long as we are called upon to help we may end up annexing all four provinces [wrong, cannot annex during war of liberation from Spain, however...]. November Our research develops Arquebusiers (land tech 9). Our current research spending is 50/0/0/26/2 each month, which we will adjust to add a bit to trade. Our armies are the finest in Europe, which is critical, we have seen how long our navies last, but trade will be important over time. Wurtemburg captured and all rebellions quelled except Mainz.
1582 Tax 522d Chief Judges to Sudeten, Moravia, Presburg and Romagna. In May France(Denmark, Sweden) declares war on Lorraine(Papal States, Knights). Our two armies beseiging rebels are near France, just in case.
1583 Tax 517d 52000 Infantry recruited, mostly near France south and north.
May Lorraine pays France 250d for peace, we had hoped for more fighting.
June Spain has nearly 100,000 strength in Netherlands, but two provinces still in command of rebels. Since there are few Spanish forces in Spain we will wait a bit longer. Our hope is a quick victory with three provinces from France, and then jump on the others as has been our habit.
July Spain seems to be enjoying the weather in Netherlands, so we declare war on France now, Denmark and Sweden join France, and Spain and Poland join us. Colonel Mariazell with 37/0/114 sent to Burgogne, SanctPalten(SP) with 10/10 into Hainault, Herman with 41/0/16 into Luxembourg.
August England(Cyrenaica, Hanseatic League) DoWs us, our allies join. Prussia(Russia, Teutonic Order) DoWs us, as does Hungary, for whom we call on allies. Papal States (Lorraine, Knights) DoWs us and we call on allies. We take a 500d loan and recruit 32000 infantry in the south, and 13/0/10 in Austria as we see France building many men. We also notice that Bourgognes fortress supports 15000 defenders (level 3). Mariazell's 33/0/111 face 30/0/0 French in Burgogne (1), we cause 10000 casualties and take 3000. On September 8 Genoa DoWs, allies join.
October Magdeburg revolts into Hansa infantry, and Lyon into French troops. We fair reasonably in our seiges, with French armies in sight, when suddenly we notice Spaniards headed to Hansa, and Spaniards headed through France, this could be good.
1584 Tax 414d 22/0/40 recruited. We relieve the Lorraine seige of Pfalz and pursue. We relieve sige of Pest and move to Transylvania. Salzburg 9/0/134 takes Hainault, and moves to Alsace. Marianzel captures Bourgogne, and moves to relieve Lyon. In April the King dies (RE: Sudden death of Monarch). We accept Hainault and Bourgogne from France. In August we storm Genoa's minimal walls and they pay 27d for peace. We previously noted more than 30,000 defenders on Corsica, which will be a tough nut to crack. Moldova pays 250d to Spain for peace. We take Magyar and Hungary pays 124d to us for peace. On December 29 we capture Alsace.
1585 Tax 378d In January we capture Lorraine and annex the nation. We recruit 35000 men.
April We pay 32d to Moldova for peace. In June we acept a white peace from the beseiged Pope in Rome (-8). Prussia and England accept white peace offers, ending all of our wars.
The Regent is pleased with the war, we annexed Alsace-Lorraine, and grabbed two more provinces from France which hurt them as well as helped us. A new leader, Karl (3/2/4, zero seige) arose at the end of the war. Hessen suppressed in August, all revolts finished.
1586 Tax 490d We send gifts to Poland(+106 to +132) and Spain(+96 to +162). We recruit 1/2/40 in Lyon for Karl. Our forces total 115/12/339. In June England(Hanseatic League, Cyrenaica) DoWs Scotland. In October the peasants show their resentment of our wars (RE: +5% revolt risk). Stability is maximized, though. In November Saxony, Silesia, Anhalt all revolt.
1587 Tax 541d Zygmunt III rules Poland, on which we send him our best wishes (+127 to +132). We recruit 0/5/20 for Karl in Lyon, and improve the walls in Presburg. We begin builing transports one at a time in Modena. Hungary and Spain sign an automatic white peace.
1588 Tax 583d We will pay our loan in August from this year's income, enough left for letters.
Hannover's government falls again. September Surprise! Turkey (Crimea, Wallachia, Algeirs, Tunisia, Oman) DoWs the Mamelukes (Portugal, Persia).
1589 Tax 593d Chief Judge to Erz, 30/3 recruited. Henry IV rules France.
1590 Tax 600d Time for another war, 37/4 recruited. April we discover matchlock (land tech 10). In June Karl in Bourgogne has 45/10/58, Waidhofen (caled "W" by his friends) in Hainault has 17/3/158, Karlstadt, headed to Lorraine has 133/0/33. We declare war on France(Sweden), and our allies join. W moves to Artois, Karl moves to France-Compte to defeat the main French force in the area. France explodes into army production. Karl's 45/10/58 face France's 30/10/51, he wins with large loss of life on both sides. Artois walls will not hold long (-1). In July Genoa (Prussia) DoWs us. In August Hannover's new government DoWs us. Hungary(Moldova) too, we have an army waiting in Presburg 39/7 which splits and enters Hungary. We call on allies anyway. The Swiss revolt in September, and Wurtemburg in October. Papal States (Knights) DoW us in October. Hansa (England) do as well, our allies respond in each case. Moldova pays 186d to Poland for peace. In November W captures Artois and moves on the Isle de france. We relieve Bourgogne, but allow attrition to work its magic in Lyon (-2) with 40/18/105 present, after three months of losses. Our Italian army leaves Genoa to relieve Romagna. Karl wins in Nivernais, but is down to 24/7/30 and moves on France Compt to go to Helvetia before it falls to rebels (0). The French take Lyon and we reject Artois for peace.
1591 Tax 457d We recruit 40000 infantry along the French border. We capture Champagne, but Paris is holding (2). Karl (24/7/30) loses in France-Compte to an inferior, all Infantry force of about 32000, which was not even fresh, as Karl was. Paris's walls suffer in March (-3), and again in April (-6) but not Luxembourg's (2). In May Netherlands declares independence, and we gladly honor the alliance. W captures the Isle de France and we accept Artois and Champagne for peace. The dismemberment of France continues. Karl moves south to suppress Alsace and Helvetia. We capture Magyar yet again.
In June W heads into Hannover, and Karlstadt into Oldenberg. Portugal pays 208d to Algiers.
September rebels take Lyon. In October Pest revolts and 4500/900 volunteer in our capitol (RE: Volunteers). Karl was approaching the outskirts of Magdeburg when it fell to Hansa, he heads to Mecklenburg instead. In November we capture Rome and the Pope pays 161d to Poland for peace! Sigismund was present, and thus the capture by our forces resulted in Polish control, so we begin a new seige from scratch (2). W captures Hannover and moves on Bremen. England pays Spain 84d for peace, which is only fair as Spain has been beseiging London for some time now.
1592 Tax 438d 27000 men recruited in Northern Italy for the many revolts, Nice and Lyon have been taken, Bourgogne is beseiged. 20 canon bought in Pest to hurry the Hungarian operation. The Netherlands takes Artois from us, Spain will have to control her rebels. We capture Oldenburg and annex Hannover, but get no stability bonus from our 16th conquest. In April we capture Mecklenburg but Genoa beseiges Savoy with 1/13/0. We capture Bremen. In May 25000 men take Genoa by storm. Genoa pays 194d for peace. Spain, who has done such a poor job against Netherlands, now drags us into a new war with France. Worse still, Poland, it turns out, is now allied with the Inca, but still likes us (+120). Still, we need to bring some of these wars to a close, so negotiations begin. The Hansa give us Bremen for peace. Hungary gives us Transylvania and 30d for peace. Karl with 25/2/163 moves to relieve Munster (-7) from the Netherlands 0/17/57 seige, he loses 3/1 and the battle, but kills 12000 Dutch cavalry. We send 11000 men who were beseiging rebels in Pfalz to the Isle de France. We capture Friesen from the Dutch, but will soon lose Munster.
1593 Tax 440d Revolts everywhere, some provinces revolting into ongoing revolts, the dispatches are piled an inch deep. We send a gift to Spain, renew our RM and struggle to contain this stupid war she got us into. In February Oman gives Alkharam to Persia. In May France takes Lyon.
August Russia(Genoa, Prussia, Venice, Pskov, teutonic Order) DoWs Poland. I am sure the Inca will honor their alliance. We have turned down peace for Lyon and a few ducats too many times we fear, Paris's walls are unaffected (3) and 30000 French are in Champagne. The French accept Lyon for peace. If we had more time we would annex the Dutch, but we do not. We pay Moldova 13d for peace, we have waited too long for a white peace, it's easier to pay. In October Persia accepts Bahrain and Ubbayin for peace from the Turks. We storm Flandres on the second attempt. We pay 12d to England, leaving only the Dutch who demand Artois and Munster plus cash. In December we lose Cologne, but capture the Hague. If only we had more time.
1594 Tax 453d Netherlands rejects a white peace (no stars). We recruit 28000 men. In April we storm Artois and retake it. We need peace but the Dutch reject a white peace (2 stars). We fail to storm Holland, leaving 1800 of the 5000 defenders alive. In May with nothing changed, Netherlands offers us Flandres for peace, and we thank them heartily.
We have led Austria for over 100 years now. Our annual income is now more than ten times what we started with, we are not only not landlocked our empire has coast on the North Sea and the Mediterranean. We have cut deeply into France, and, as long as the wars start when we are ready (note to Spain), we can continue to chip away at our arch foe. Our estrangement with Poland might be temporary, but her foolishness will most likely leave her weaker after this current war. As the next century dawns it is clear to all that the greatest power in Europe is Austria.
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Johan - yeah this alliance is nice while it lasts. VPs 0-0-0-0-0, left it in default position ( .
June 1580 We notice our reports are often dominated by revolts so only major ones will be discussed. Franz-Josef died in Styria on his way to suppress rebel scum in Nice. A statue is erected in his honor, and all rebels from Nice will be killed slowly. Businessmen donate 200d in his honor (Random event 200d in donations). England payed Scotland 52d for peace. 16000 infantry recruited in the north. In September Crimea pays 210d and Lugansk to Russia for peace. Pfalz being beseiged and FJ's men on the way to Nice.
1581 Tax 481d Pfalz walls rebuilt. 10/6 recruited. We noticed during the war that Spanish Netherlands was completely controlled by rebels. We do not wish ill-luck to our ally, but if Netherlands declares independence they will declare war on Spain, as long as we are called upon to help we may end up annexing all four provinces [wrong, cannot annex during war of liberation from Spain, however...]. November Our research develops Arquebusiers (land tech 9). Our current research spending is 50/0/0/26/2 each month, which we will adjust to add a bit to trade. Our armies are the finest in Europe, which is critical, we have seen how long our navies last, but trade will be important over time. Wurtemburg captured and all rebellions quelled except Mainz.
1582 Tax 522d Chief Judges to Sudeten, Moravia, Presburg and Romagna. In May France(Denmark, Sweden) declares war on Lorraine(Papal States, Knights). Our two armies beseiging rebels are near France, just in case.
1583 Tax 517d 52000 Infantry recruited, mostly near France south and north.
May Lorraine pays France 250d for peace, we had hoped for more fighting.
June Spain has nearly 100,000 strength in Netherlands, but two provinces still in command of rebels. Since there are few Spanish forces in Spain we will wait a bit longer. Our hope is a quick victory with three provinces from France, and then jump on the others as has been our habit.
July Spain seems to be enjoying the weather in Netherlands, so we declare war on France now, Denmark and Sweden join France, and Spain and Poland join us. Colonel Mariazell with 37/0/114 sent to Burgogne, SanctPalten(SP) with 10/10 into Hainault, Herman with 41/0/16 into Luxembourg.
August England(Cyrenaica, Hanseatic League) DoWs us, our allies join. Prussia(Russia, Teutonic Order) DoWs us, as does Hungary, for whom we call on allies. Papal States (Lorraine, Knights) DoWs us and we call on allies. We take a 500d loan and recruit 32000 infantry in the south, and 13/0/10 in Austria as we see France building many men. We also notice that Bourgognes fortress supports 15000 defenders (level 3). Mariazell's 33/0/111 face 30/0/0 French in Burgogne (1), we cause 10000 casualties and take 3000. On September 8 Genoa DoWs, allies join.
October Magdeburg revolts into Hansa infantry, and Lyon into French troops. We fair reasonably in our seiges, with French armies in sight, when suddenly we notice Spaniards headed to Hansa, and Spaniards headed through France, this could be good.
1584 Tax 414d 22/0/40 recruited. We relieve the Lorraine seige of Pfalz and pursue. We relieve sige of Pest and move to Transylvania. Salzburg 9/0/134 takes Hainault, and moves to Alsace. Marianzel captures Bourgogne, and moves to relieve Lyon. In April the King dies (RE: Sudden death of Monarch). We accept Hainault and Bourgogne from France. In August we storm Genoa's minimal walls and they pay 27d for peace. We previously noted more than 30,000 defenders on Corsica, which will be a tough nut to crack. Moldova pays 250d to Spain for peace. We take Magyar and Hungary pays 124d to us for peace. On December 29 we capture Alsace.
1585 Tax 378d In January we capture Lorraine and annex the nation. We recruit 35000 men.
April We pay 32d to Moldova for peace. In June we acept a white peace from the beseiged Pope in Rome (-8). Prussia and England accept white peace offers, ending all of our wars.
The Regent is pleased with the war, we annexed Alsace-Lorraine, and grabbed two more provinces from France which hurt them as well as helped us. A new leader, Karl (3/2/4, zero seige) arose at the end of the war. Hessen suppressed in August, all revolts finished.
1586 Tax 490d We send gifts to Poland(+106 to +132) and Spain(+96 to +162). We recruit 1/2/40 in Lyon for Karl. Our forces total 115/12/339. In June England(Hanseatic League, Cyrenaica) DoWs Scotland. In October the peasants show their resentment of our wars (RE: +5% revolt risk). Stability is maximized, though. In November Saxony, Silesia, Anhalt all revolt.
1587 Tax 541d Zygmunt III rules Poland, on which we send him our best wishes (+127 to +132). We recruit 0/5/20 for Karl in Lyon, and improve the walls in Presburg. We begin builing transports one at a time in Modena. Hungary and Spain sign an automatic white peace.
1588 Tax 583d We will pay our loan in August from this year's income, enough left for letters.
Hannover's government falls again. September Surprise! Turkey (Crimea, Wallachia, Algeirs, Tunisia, Oman) DoWs the Mamelukes (Portugal, Persia).
1589 Tax 593d Chief Judge to Erz, 30/3 recruited. Henry IV rules France.
1590 Tax 600d Time for another war, 37/4 recruited. April we discover matchlock (land tech 10). In June Karl in Bourgogne has 45/10/58, Waidhofen (caled "W" by his friends) in Hainault has 17/3/158, Karlstadt, headed to Lorraine has 133/0/33. We declare war on France(Sweden), and our allies join. W moves to Artois, Karl moves to France-Compte to defeat the main French force in the area. France explodes into army production. Karl's 45/10/58 face France's 30/10/51, he wins with large loss of life on both sides. Artois walls will not hold long (-1). In July Genoa (Prussia) DoWs us. In August Hannover's new government DoWs us. Hungary(Moldova) too, we have an army waiting in Presburg 39/7 which splits and enters Hungary. We call on allies anyway. The Swiss revolt in September, and Wurtemburg in October. Papal States (Knights) DoW us in October. Hansa (England) do as well, our allies respond in each case. Moldova pays 186d to Poland for peace. In November W captures Artois and moves on the Isle de france. We relieve Bourgogne, but allow attrition to work its magic in Lyon (-2) with 40/18/105 present, after three months of losses. Our Italian army leaves Genoa to relieve Romagna. Karl wins in Nivernais, but is down to 24/7/30 and moves on France Compt to go to Helvetia before it falls to rebels (0). The French take Lyon and we reject Artois for peace.
1591 Tax 457d We recruit 40000 infantry along the French border. We capture Champagne, but Paris is holding (2). Karl (24/7/30) loses in France-Compte to an inferior, all Infantry force of about 32000, which was not even fresh, as Karl was. Paris's walls suffer in March (-3), and again in April (-6) but not Luxembourg's (2). In May Netherlands declares independence, and we gladly honor the alliance. W captures the Isle de France and we accept Artois and Champagne for peace. The dismemberment of France continues. Karl moves south to suppress Alsace and Helvetia. We capture Magyar yet again.
In June W heads into Hannover, and Karlstadt into Oldenberg. Portugal pays 208d to Algiers.
September rebels take Lyon. In October Pest revolts and 4500/900 volunteer in our capitol (RE: Volunteers). Karl was approaching the outskirts of Magdeburg when it fell to Hansa, he heads to Mecklenburg instead. In November we capture Rome and the Pope pays 161d to Poland for peace! Sigismund was present, and thus the capture by our forces resulted in Polish control, so we begin a new seige from scratch (2). W captures Hannover and moves on Bremen. England pays Spain 84d for peace, which is only fair as Spain has been beseiging London for some time now.
1592 Tax 438d 27000 men recruited in Northern Italy for the many revolts, Nice and Lyon have been taken, Bourgogne is beseiged. 20 canon bought in Pest to hurry the Hungarian operation. The Netherlands takes Artois from us, Spain will have to control her rebels. We capture Oldenburg and annex Hannover, but get no stability bonus from our 16th conquest. In April we capture Mecklenburg but Genoa beseiges Savoy with 1/13/0. We capture Bremen. In May 25000 men take Genoa by storm. Genoa pays 194d for peace. Spain, who has done such a poor job against Netherlands, now drags us into a new war with France. Worse still, Poland, it turns out, is now allied with the Inca, but still likes us (+120). Still, we need to bring some of these wars to a close, so negotiations begin. The Hansa give us Bremen for peace. Hungary gives us Transylvania and 30d for peace. Karl with 25/2/163 moves to relieve Munster (-7) from the Netherlands 0/17/57 seige, he loses 3/1 and the battle, but kills 12000 Dutch cavalry. We send 11000 men who were beseiging rebels in Pfalz to the Isle de France. We capture Friesen from the Dutch, but will soon lose Munster.
1593 Tax 440d Revolts everywhere, some provinces revolting into ongoing revolts, the dispatches are piled an inch deep. We send a gift to Spain, renew our RM and struggle to contain this stupid war she got us into. In February Oman gives Alkharam to Persia. In May France takes Lyon.
August Russia(Genoa, Prussia, Venice, Pskov, teutonic Order) DoWs Poland. I am sure the Inca will honor their alliance. We have turned down peace for Lyon and a few ducats too many times we fear, Paris's walls are unaffected (3) and 30000 French are in Champagne. The French accept Lyon for peace. If we had more time we would annex the Dutch, but we do not. We pay Moldova 13d for peace, we have waited too long for a white peace, it's easier to pay. In October Persia accepts Bahrain and Ubbayin for peace from the Turks. We storm Flandres on the second attempt. We pay 12d to England, leaving only the Dutch who demand Artois and Munster plus cash. In December we lose Cologne, but capture the Hague. If only we had more time.
1594 Tax 453d Netherlands rejects a white peace (no stars). We recruit 28000 men. In April we storm Artois and retake it. We need peace but the Dutch reject a white peace (2 stars). We fail to storm Holland, leaving 1800 of the 5000 defenders alive. In May with nothing changed, Netherlands offers us Flandres for peace, and we thank them heartily.
We have led Austria for over 100 years now. Our annual income is now more than ten times what we started with, we are not only not landlocked our empire has coast on the North Sea and the Mediterranean. We have cut deeply into France, and, as long as the wars start when we are ready (note to Spain), we can continue to chip away at our arch foe. Our estrangement with Poland might be temporary, but her foolishness will most likely leave her weaker after this current war. As the next century dawns it is clear to all that the greatest power in Europe is Austria.
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Johan - yeah this alliance is nice while it lasts. VPs 0-0-0-0-0, left it in default position ( .
The First War of Austrian Passive Aggression
May 1594 The last war left us with seven provinces revolting or already taken by rebels, and what seems like too few men to cope with the problem, 133/3/327. Cavalry seem to die too quickly for us to maintain many. In October the Turk signs a white peace with the Mamelukes. At this rate the Turks' interests will never turn to Europe.
1595 Tax 492d In February Flandres revolts producing 54000 rebels. We send a personal gift to Poland (+111 to +129), and letter to Spain (+176 to +180). 24000 men recruited near Flandres. In May the Inca pay Spain 250d for peace, Flandres attrition brings the rebels below 40000 men. Karl retakes Lorraine and moves to pick up the new men and relieve Flandres (1). CoT opened in Holland wiping out much of the trade in Flandres (now 38 total). In July our concerns about Poland's future strength prove at least partly unfounded, as Prussia is annexed. However, our review of Poland shows Russian and Hungarian armies active there. In August Poland gives Russia Tula and 250d for peace. Portugal cedes Algarve to Turkey. In September England (Hanseatic League) DoWs Scotland.
1596 Tax 654d Our land forces dwarf those of every other power, our wealth exceeds even Spain. We have put down all of last year's revolts except Mainz. We recruit men in Bourgogne in case of revolt, and we continue building transports in Modena. We renew the RM with Poland (+145 to +160). The Netherlands won 30d, Friesen and their independence from Spain. Hungary payed Poland 140d in May. In June our fledgling navy gets the Astrolabe (naval tech level 6). Walls inn Carnolia expanded, and we build a warship in Bremen, because we can. Spain paid 32d to Denmark.
1597 Tax 682d Treasury 839d 0/3/70 recruited to join the 20000 men in Bourgogne, which is shaping up as an invasion force. We recruit 7000 cavalry for Karl's 30/0/151 in Champagne. Our troop prices are now 11/39/50. Our navy can carry 19000 men, which will soon be 25000, not enough for Corsica, as we build transports in all three southern sea ports. Letters to Poland keep our relations up (+166). In May the Mamelukes and Oman sign a white peace. Spain finally makes peace with France by ceding Cornwall in September, she is still at war with Hansa.
1598 Tax 685d Felipe III of Spain is Holy Roman emperor. We recruit 8/1/10 in Bourgogne, and suppress various revolts. England's umpteenth DoW on Scotland reduces her size still further, Kent to Scotland. Flandres has another major revolt in July (54000), perhaps we will not annex the Dutch. We note that our Fine Arts Center in Anhalt was destroyed at some point.
1599 Tax 630d With new recruiting our forces are now 210/14/440 overall.
1600 Tax 657d Our navy is 5/0/14 and can carry 34000 men to face Genoa's 36000 on Corsica. Our army now consists of 230/17/500. We will watch for the end of Spain's war with the Hansa, we do not need our ally revolting everywhere, especially with Poland out of our alliance, and allied with Cyrenaica and Scotland, who could DoW us and drag the Poles in. In April his Holiness issues the Edit of Tolerance. We may fight the Pope on matters temporal but in the spiritual realm we have never wavered in our faith.
May 1600
Naples separates from Spain and DoWs our ally, we of course honor our obligations, and dispatch our Corsican invasion force to Naples. Karl died just as the prosepects for a new war were looking bright, we will miss him.
July 1600
Netherlands (Persia, Mamelukes) DoWs us. Our armies move north, colonels Bolzen (41/10/151), Strakonice (37/0/100), and Trent (28/0/151). the disadvantage of having a large army in Bourgogne, cut off from all our other lands, becomes apparent. Still, it is a small price to pay for not being the one to DoW, with the loss of stability that a DoW creates. We do not ask Spain to join in against the Dutch, just in case this can be a short war. Hungary DoWs us, this will be quick. We do not wish to own the Hungarian provinces, which are poor, support few attackers, and represent a good buffer between ourselves and the Turks.
August 1600
France(Sweden, Denmark) DoWs us next, Spain joins us. This will be convenient, unless the Poles attack us. Bolzen redirected to the Paris from Artois. Feldkich's 38/4/80 sent from Bourgogne to Nivernais. France is virtually undefended. Never one to miss an opportunity, the Turks (Crimea, Wallachia, Algeria, Oman) DoW the Mamelukes (Persia, Netherlands) yet again. It occurs to us that the Pope's possession of Aleppo has been a problem for the Turk, dividing his empire, for 100 years. The Pope (Knights) DoW us. The walls in Paris have been improved (level 3), but we begin our seige in good shape(0). Hansa (England) and Genoa DoW us.
September - December 1600
Strak beseiges Holland, while Trent moves to relieve Cologne. We beseige Magyar (1) while 33000 Hungarians sit in Pest. We pay 11d to avoid problems with the Hansa. Once again we lose to a smaller Dutch force in Cologne, but notice that it is commanded by Maurice of Nassau. We take Holland by storm, while a scandal at the court distracts the King (RE: Monarch's skills all = 1). Strak moves on The Hague, while the defeated Trent moves to Friesen, we may yet annex the Dutch, who have abandoned Cologne to return home. Paris will fall soon (-5). On Christmas we storm Genoa again, on the 30th Paris is ours.
1601 Tax 642d The new century looks to be a bright one for Austria. 30000 recruited in the North to handle revolts, Bremen is revolting now. Few French seem to be anywhere until 44000 French Cavalry take up residence in Bourgogne.
February - April 1601
Bolzen beseiges Picardie (1). 34000 Spaniards kill 12000 of the Fench horse in Bourgogne (3), attrition would have done the same. In April we capture Friesen. 26000 brave men fight seasickness as they board our ships and move on Corsica. Bolzen captures Picardie and moves on Zeeland. Feldkirch captures Nivernais, which the French offer us. We refuse, and he moves on Orleans. The 26000 in Corsica face 19/9/70, we win with 19000 men remaning, and beseige the now empty island (4).
June 1601
In Holland 31/0/206 face Maurice's 20/3/5 and are defeated with many losses on our side, 14/0/18, to 8/1/1 on the enemy's part, apparently. We accept Nivernais and Picardie from France to end the war, more losses were not worth one additional province, and his capitol is nearly cut off from the rest of France.
July - September 1601
Maurice takes Holland back for the Dutch. Denmark (France, Sweden) DoWs Russia(Pskov). In August Magyar falls, the 18 cannon there sent to Modena for use in Corsica. Bolzen with 11/4/144 beseiges Zeeland, Maurice is working on taking Friesen back. After many months Corsica's walls are untouched (4). We storm the island's defenders, win the battle, and annex Genoa. The 11000 men remaining on Corsica take up permanent residence there.
October - November 1601
We capture Rome as well as Ruthenia in Hungary. We successfully storm Holland but not Zeeland, Friesen does not look to last much longer. Hungary gives us Ruthenia and 139d. The Pope will have to do better than another white peace. Reinforcements help us storm Zeeland, Maurice gives up on Friesen and heads to Holland, our forces converge on The Hague. We win in Holland but lose to Maurice in Friesen, however he is stopped there and must restart either his journey to Holland or his seige of Friesen.
December 1601
As we storm The Hague, Poland (+55 to us) DoWs us, with allies Georgia, Cyrenaica, and Scotland. We do not call on Spain. The Pope pays us 250d for peace. We recruit 23000 men.
1602 Tax 653d We send 12000 infantry to The Hague after our first assault failed, and the second wins us the province, and we annex the Netherlands, and acquire their navy of 14 warships. We offer Maurice of Nassau command of a greater force than he ever dreamed of, and frequent opportunities to prove himself in battle. However, his price is too high: war with Spain who had oppressed his people for so long. He returns to his estates to live out his life in peace.
Our armies are free now, it seems that Poland's timing was poor. Poland sends 30/11/62 to Ruthenia, which they can have for all we care, but their assault fails. Russia cedes Nyland to Sweden. We pay Naples 3d for peace. In April Ruthenia falls and the Poles accept those inhospitable rocks for peace. Persia rejects a white peace, which is silly. In May Flanders undergoes another revolt (47000). In December our infrastructure reaches High Boroque (tech level 5) we can appoint Governors.
1603 Tax 745d Portugal(Venice) declares war on us, this is actually a problem, as we did not call on Spain. Persia accepts a white peace, we may regret not calling on Spain but we do not wish to harm our ally. The offer to Persia should have been made before Portugal DoWed us, if accepted it would have given us peace, if only for a few days. The five Dutch provinces, Florence and Genoa all get Governors, who are cheap (55d). In July Georgia(Poland) DoWs Crimea(Turkey, Algiers, Oman, Teutonic Order). We besiege Venice, Croatia and Illuria, and quckly take Venice. More Governors sent around. Venice pays 157d for peace.
1604 Tax 818d Portugal has rejected two white peace offers, we wish Venice had been the ones who DoWed us, as Portugal is tough to reach, of course had we called on Spain... Governors sent to as many provinces as we can. An amphibous force reaches Tago, 13000 of our men face 9/2/10 Portugese, as 68000 enemy watch (for now) from Oporto. We beseige their capitol and the other men march on us. Our men in Portugal are wiped out, but the fleet moves to Modena and we now have 14 warships and 17 transports there.
1605 Tax 769d Portugal still refuses white peace, and does not ask us for our small treasury. A personal gift to Spain (now +200) is sent as much to support them as to ensure closeness. Portugal accepts a white peace and finally our wars have ended. Again our post war conference finds the King, well, the Regent, very pleased. We finally acquired Genoa's 200,000 people, we annexed all of the Netherlands and more of France, we have a respectable navy in Modena, and a huge income. Inflation is near zero, and we notice for the first time that we own trading posts we acquired from the Dutch. Our forces are down to 103/4/381, and we will concentrate on Governors more than men for a time, but the next war will find us well prepared. Georgia and Crimea sign a white peace. A heretic stirs the masses in Sudeten (RE: revolt). In October it seems the Mamelukes may not last much longer, they give Nile, Mekka, Delta and 69d to the Turks. Denmark pays 11d to Russia. Huge revolt in Genoa.
1606 Tax 815d We nearly complete our sending of governors.
1607 Tax 799d We restore our forces to overall 128/6/402. In December we discover Logistics, which will allow any of our armies to explore uncharted lands. We can see a large portion of the new world, coasts anyway, and we may begin some conquests of them someday. We can dream, anyway.
May 1594 The last war left us with seven provinces revolting or already taken by rebels, and what seems like too few men to cope with the problem, 133/3/327. Cavalry seem to die too quickly for us to maintain many. In October the Turk signs a white peace with the Mamelukes. At this rate the Turks' interests will never turn to Europe.
1595 Tax 492d In February Flandres revolts producing 54000 rebels. We send a personal gift to Poland (+111 to +129), and letter to Spain (+176 to +180). 24000 men recruited near Flandres. In May the Inca pay Spain 250d for peace, Flandres attrition brings the rebels below 40000 men. Karl retakes Lorraine and moves to pick up the new men and relieve Flandres (1). CoT opened in Holland wiping out much of the trade in Flandres (now 38 total). In July our concerns about Poland's future strength prove at least partly unfounded, as Prussia is annexed. However, our review of Poland shows Russian and Hungarian armies active there. In August Poland gives Russia Tula and 250d for peace. Portugal cedes Algarve to Turkey. In September England (Hanseatic League) DoWs Scotland.
1596 Tax 654d Our land forces dwarf those of every other power, our wealth exceeds even Spain. We have put down all of last year's revolts except Mainz. We recruit men in Bourgogne in case of revolt, and we continue building transports in Modena. We renew the RM with Poland (+145 to +160). The Netherlands won 30d, Friesen and their independence from Spain. Hungary payed Poland 140d in May. In June our fledgling navy gets the Astrolabe (naval tech level 6). Walls inn Carnolia expanded, and we build a warship in Bremen, because we can. Spain paid 32d to Denmark.
1597 Tax 682d Treasury 839d 0/3/70 recruited to join the 20000 men in Bourgogne, which is shaping up as an invasion force. We recruit 7000 cavalry for Karl's 30/0/151 in Champagne. Our troop prices are now 11/39/50. Our navy can carry 19000 men, which will soon be 25000, not enough for Corsica, as we build transports in all three southern sea ports. Letters to Poland keep our relations up (+166). In May the Mamelukes and Oman sign a white peace. Spain finally makes peace with France by ceding Cornwall in September, she is still at war with Hansa.
1598 Tax 685d Felipe III of Spain is Holy Roman emperor. We recruit 8/1/10 in Bourgogne, and suppress various revolts. England's umpteenth DoW on Scotland reduces her size still further, Kent to Scotland. Flandres has another major revolt in July (54000), perhaps we will not annex the Dutch. We note that our Fine Arts Center in Anhalt was destroyed at some point.
1599 Tax 630d With new recruiting our forces are now 210/14/440 overall.
1600 Tax 657d Our navy is 5/0/14 and can carry 34000 men to face Genoa's 36000 on Corsica. Our army now consists of 230/17/500. We will watch for the end of Spain's war with the Hansa, we do not need our ally revolting everywhere, especially with Poland out of our alliance, and allied with Cyrenaica and Scotland, who could DoW us and drag the Poles in. In April his Holiness issues the Edit of Tolerance. We may fight the Pope on matters temporal but in the spiritual realm we have never wavered in our faith.
May 1600
Naples separates from Spain and DoWs our ally, we of course honor our obligations, and dispatch our Corsican invasion force to Naples. Karl died just as the prosepects for a new war were looking bright, we will miss him.
July 1600
Netherlands (Persia, Mamelukes) DoWs us. Our armies move north, colonels Bolzen (41/10/151), Strakonice (37/0/100), and Trent (28/0/151). the disadvantage of having a large army in Bourgogne, cut off from all our other lands, becomes apparent. Still, it is a small price to pay for not being the one to DoW, with the loss of stability that a DoW creates. We do not ask Spain to join in against the Dutch, just in case this can be a short war. Hungary DoWs us, this will be quick. We do not wish to own the Hungarian provinces, which are poor, support few attackers, and represent a good buffer between ourselves and the Turks.
August 1600
France(Sweden, Denmark) DoWs us next, Spain joins us. This will be convenient, unless the Poles attack us. Bolzen redirected to the Paris from Artois. Feldkich's 38/4/80 sent from Bourgogne to Nivernais. France is virtually undefended. Never one to miss an opportunity, the Turks (Crimea, Wallachia, Algeria, Oman) DoW the Mamelukes (Persia, Netherlands) yet again. It occurs to us that the Pope's possession of Aleppo has been a problem for the Turk, dividing his empire, for 100 years. The Pope (Knights) DoW us. The walls in Paris have been improved (level 3), but we begin our seige in good shape(0). Hansa (England) and Genoa DoW us.
September - December 1600
Strak beseiges Holland, while Trent moves to relieve Cologne. We beseige Magyar (1) while 33000 Hungarians sit in Pest. We pay 11d to avoid problems with the Hansa. Once again we lose to a smaller Dutch force in Cologne, but notice that it is commanded by Maurice of Nassau. We take Holland by storm, while a scandal at the court distracts the King (RE: Monarch's skills all = 1). Strak moves on The Hague, while the defeated Trent moves to Friesen, we may yet annex the Dutch, who have abandoned Cologne to return home. Paris will fall soon (-5). On Christmas we storm Genoa again, on the 30th Paris is ours.
1601 Tax 642d The new century looks to be a bright one for Austria. 30000 recruited in the North to handle revolts, Bremen is revolting now. Few French seem to be anywhere until 44000 French Cavalry take up residence in Bourgogne.
February - April 1601
Bolzen beseiges Picardie (1). 34000 Spaniards kill 12000 of the Fench horse in Bourgogne (3), attrition would have done the same. In April we capture Friesen. 26000 brave men fight seasickness as they board our ships and move on Corsica. Bolzen captures Picardie and moves on Zeeland. Feldkirch captures Nivernais, which the French offer us. We refuse, and he moves on Orleans. The 26000 in Corsica face 19/9/70, we win with 19000 men remaning, and beseige the now empty island (4).
June 1601
In Holland 31/0/206 face Maurice's 20/3/5 and are defeated with many losses on our side, 14/0/18, to 8/1/1 on the enemy's part, apparently. We accept Nivernais and Picardie from France to end the war, more losses were not worth one additional province, and his capitol is nearly cut off from the rest of France.
July - September 1601
Maurice takes Holland back for the Dutch. Denmark (France, Sweden) DoWs Russia(Pskov). In August Magyar falls, the 18 cannon there sent to Modena for use in Corsica. Bolzen with 11/4/144 beseiges Zeeland, Maurice is working on taking Friesen back. After many months Corsica's walls are untouched (4). We storm the island's defenders, win the battle, and annex Genoa. The 11000 men remaining on Corsica take up permanent residence there.
October - November 1601
We capture Rome as well as Ruthenia in Hungary. We successfully storm Holland but not Zeeland, Friesen does not look to last much longer. Hungary gives us Ruthenia and 139d. The Pope will have to do better than another white peace. Reinforcements help us storm Zeeland, Maurice gives up on Friesen and heads to Holland, our forces converge on The Hague. We win in Holland but lose to Maurice in Friesen, however he is stopped there and must restart either his journey to Holland or his seige of Friesen.
December 1601
As we storm The Hague, Poland (+55 to us) DoWs us, with allies Georgia, Cyrenaica, and Scotland. We do not call on Spain. The Pope pays us 250d for peace. We recruit 23000 men.
1602 Tax 653d We send 12000 infantry to The Hague after our first assault failed, and the second wins us the province, and we annex the Netherlands, and acquire their navy of 14 warships. We offer Maurice of Nassau command of a greater force than he ever dreamed of, and frequent opportunities to prove himself in battle. However, his price is too high: war with Spain who had oppressed his people for so long. He returns to his estates to live out his life in peace.
Our armies are free now, it seems that Poland's timing was poor. Poland sends 30/11/62 to Ruthenia, which they can have for all we care, but their assault fails. Russia cedes Nyland to Sweden. We pay Naples 3d for peace. In April Ruthenia falls and the Poles accept those inhospitable rocks for peace. Persia rejects a white peace, which is silly. In May Flanders undergoes another revolt (47000). In December our infrastructure reaches High Boroque (tech level 5) we can appoint Governors.
1603 Tax 745d Portugal(Venice) declares war on us, this is actually a problem, as we did not call on Spain. Persia accepts a white peace, we may regret not calling on Spain but we do not wish to harm our ally. The offer to Persia should have been made before Portugal DoWed us, if accepted it would have given us peace, if only for a few days. The five Dutch provinces, Florence and Genoa all get Governors, who are cheap (55d). In July Georgia(Poland) DoWs Crimea(Turkey, Algiers, Oman, Teutonic Order). We besiege Venice, Croatia and Illuria, and quckly take Venice. More Governors sent around. Venice pays 157d for peace.
1604 Tax 818d Portugal has rejected two white peace offers, we wish Venice had been the ones who DoWed us, as Portugal is tough to reach, of course had we called on Spain... Governors sent to as many provinces as we can. An amphibous force reaches Tago, 13000 of our men face 9/2/10 Portugese, as 68000 enemy watch (for now) from Oporto. We beseige their capitol and the other men march on us. Our men in Portugal are wiped out, but the fleet moves to Modena and we now have 14 warships and 17 transports there.
1605 Tax 769d Portugal still refuses white peace, and does not ask us for our small treasury. A personal gift to Spain (now +200) is sent as much to support them as to ensure closeness. Portugal accepts a white peace and finally our wars have ended. Again our post war conference finds the King, well, the Regent, very pleased. We finally acquired Genoa's 200,000 people, we annexed all of the Netherlands and more of France, we have a respectable navy in Modena, and a huge income. Inflation is near zero, and we notice for the first time that we own trading posts we acquired from the Dutch. Our forces are down to 103/4/381, and we will concentrate on Governors more than men for a time, but the next war will find us well prepared. Georgia and Crimea sign a white peace. A heretic stirs the masses in Sudeten (RE: revolt). In October it seems the Mamelukes may not last much longer, they give Nile, Mekka, Delta and 69d to the Turks. Denmark pays 11d to Russia. Huge revolt in Genoa.
1606 Tax 815d We nearly complete our sending of governors.
1607 Tax 799d We restore our forces to overall 128/6/402. In December we discover Logistics, which will allow any of our armies to explore uncharted lands. We can see a large portion of the new world, coasts anyway, and we may begin some conquests of them someday. We can dream, anyway.
Wow! Speak about ultra-aggressive!
Perhaps you should think to move into the colonisation business now you've acquired the dutch maps and oversea possessions ?
Perhaps you should think to move into the colonisation business now you've acquired the dutch maps and oversea possessions ?
March 1605 The last war was conveniently brought on us by others and we profited from it greatly, but we cannot count on other to start the wars, even though the whole world hates us (badboy=152).
1606 Tax 790d We recruit up to 171/6/412. Our wealth equals that of Spain and France combined, our land technology seems to be higher than all others (eleven vs eight for France, Spain etc), and we learn nothing from our neighbors. Our land forces are larger than any others, though Spain is not so far behind and France is nearly her equal, while the Poles barely eclipse a weak Portugal. Walls finally boosted in Ostmark. In April Naples pays Spain 125d for temporary independence. Hansa pays Spain 161d, and our ally is finally at peace. Holland's 5000 people produce 45000 rebels in June. In November Sweden (France, Denmark) DoWs Russia (Pskov).
1607 Tax 799d We create a new army of 32/0/80 in Bourgogne and vicinity. In May Russia gives Savolaks to Sweden, short sweet war, but hardly worth the stability cost. The year is marred by many Dutch rebellions.
1608 Tax 176d We have a new leader, Pappenheim (3/4/3 zero seige), while Russia enters a time of troubles, which we will soon inflict on France. We recruit 10000 cavalry for Pappenheim, and other forces to bring us to 204/14/454, though France is now nearly our equal.
August 1608
We DoW France (Sweden) and Spain joins us, let the games begin. Pappenheim 38/10/141 will move on a large French force in Luxemburg. Bronn in Bourgogne with 35/0/76 will wait for a large French force to clear Orleans and then invade there or Paris. Naples (Knights) moves to become part of our Empire with their DoW on us, we do not call on Spain. Portugal (Venice, Scotland, Morrocco) DoWs us also, we accept Spanish help, as we should have done last time. Pappenheim faces enemy 41/5/43 in Luxemburg, killing 14/3/19 before winning the day with only 1000 losses. Bronn faces 40/11/30 in Nivernais, however. We barely lose, 7/0/13 in losses to 11/1/14 to the enemy.
September 1608
Poland(Georgia, Cyrenaica) DoWs us despite our work to improve our standing (to +20 pre-war). Hungary DoWs us, and we have an army waiting. The Teutonic Order (Turkey!, Crimea) makes us wonder if this war was very wise, Spain joins.
November 1608
We accept a white peace from France to turn our attentions elsewhere, and Spain's attention as well. Bronn heads south to conquer Naples, who has beseiged Romagna, and Pappenheim heads east. We beseige Venice (5), but fail to storm Magyar. We defeat the Poles in Posen 28/0/0 vs 21/7/0, and beseige our first Polish province.
1609 Tax 672d
We recruit 66000 infantry in the East. Teutonic Order rejects a white peace. We capture Magyar and the Hungarians pay 202d for peace. We recruit 21000 in Italy. Our forces in Venice (5) are now 23/0/61.
February - July 1609
We acept a white peace from Poland. The Teutonic Order again rejects those terms. The only way to justify this war now is the conquest of Naples. Bronn and 40/0/63 head to relieve Romagna from Naples' 13/7/32, we kill 6/3/14 for the loss of 2/0/3, we pursue to Naples, sending 20/0/0 in separately from Bronn. The Hansa give Eastern Pommerania to Poland. We try to relieve Istria but the addition of 10/10/0 Turks to the Venetians we saw turns the tide. However, Venice is captured. Venice pays 110d for peace. Teutonic Order again rejects a white peace.
August - December 1609
The Turks now have 15/7/64 in Istria, the tired 20/0/0 we had sent when the Turks were fewer arrive to engage them. Bronn captures Naples and moves to Apulia. Pappenheim moves south from our capitol after the defeat in Istria. In September the Hansa (England) DoW us, we leave Spain out. Pappenheim reinforced to 34/5/206 moves to relieve Istria. Apulia beats off our assault with 196 men and one cannon remaining, not bad but we have seen better. Pappenheim obliterates the Turks in Istria, but not before they had taken the province. Our second assault on Apulia succeeds, and we annex Naples in December.
1610 Tax 659d
Our new King is Mathais. The Teutonic Order rejects a white peace. We notice that the Hansa only own four provinces, hmmm. In March we capture their capital. Pappenheim recaptured Istria. In June we capture Holstein. In July we barely fail to take Western Pommerania by storm. Portugal gives Oporto and 12d to Spain.
November 1610
On the third assault we take Western Pommerainia, Jyland had already fallen, and we annex the Hanseatic League. The Turks beseige Apulia with 1/12/0. We finally convince the Teutonic Order to accept a white peace, as well as the Portugese, leaving the Knights and England. Despite mid-war recruiting we are down to 142/3/440 overall.
1611 Tax 835d
Stability maximized. All new provinces get governors. Turkey (Crimea, Teutonic Order, Wallachia, Aden) again DoWs the Mamelukes (Persia), who may not last much longer. In March we pay the Knights 15d for peace, which we would gladly pay England as well. In July England accepted a white peace, ending our last war. King Matthais is pleased with his first war, though it was fraught with danger. Still, we acquired two more nations and six provinces, including Naples which is quite large (237,000 people). We defeated the Poles, and taught our troops that the Turk is to be respected but not feared. This is something they will need to remember again and again as the years go by.
1606 Tax 790d We recruit up to 171/6/412. Our wealth equals that of Spain and France combined, our land technology seems to be higher than all others (eleven vs eight for France, Spain etc), and we learn nothing from our neighbors. Our land forces are larger than any others, though Spain is not so far behind and France is nearly her equal, while the Poles barely eclipse a weak Portugal. Walls finally boosted in Ostmark. In April Naples pays Spain 125d for temporary independence. Hansa pays Spain 161d, and our ally is finally at peace. Holland's 5000 people produce 45000 rebels in June. In November Sweden (France, Denmark) DoWs Russia (Pskov).
1607 Tax 799d We create a new army of 32/0/80 in Bourgogne and vicinity. In May Russia gives Savolaks to Sweden, short sweet war, but hardly worth the stability cost. The year is marred by many Dutch rebellions.
1608 Tax 176d We have a new leader, Pappenheim (3/4/3 zero seige), while Russia enters a time of troubles, which we will soon inflict on France. We recruit 10000 cavalry for Pappenheim, and other forces to bring us to 204/14/454, though France is now nearly our equal.
August 1608
We DoW France (Sweden) and Spain joins us, let the games begin. Pappenheim 38/10/141 will move on a large French force in Luxemburg. Bronn in Bourgogne with 35/0/76 will wait for a large French force to clear Orleans and then invade there or Paris. Naples (Knights) moves to become part of our Empire with their DoW on us, we do not call on Spain. Portugal (Venice, Scotland, Morrocco) DoWs us also, we accept Spanish help, as we should have done last time. Pappenheim faces enemy 41/5/43 in Luxemburg, killing 14/3/19 before winning the day with only 1000 losses. Bronn faces 40/11/30 in Nivernais, however. We barely lose, 7/0/13 in losses to 11/1/14 to the enemy.
September 1608
Poland(Georgia, Cyrenaica) DoWs us despite our work to improve our standing (to +20 pre-war). Hungary DoWs us, and we have an army waiting. The Teutonic Order (Turkey!, Crimea) makes us wonder if this war was very wise, Spain joins.
November 1608
We accept a white peace from France to turn our attentions elsewhere, and Spain's attention as well. Bronn heads south to conquer Naples, who has beseiged Romagna, and Pappenheim heads east. We beseige Venice (5), but fail to storm Magyar. We defeat the Poles in Posen 28/0/0 vs 21/7/0, and beseige our first Polish province.
1609 Tax 672d
We recruit 66000 infantry in the East. Teutonic Order rejects a white peace. We capture Magyar and the Hungarians pay 202d for peace. We recruit 21000 in Italy. Our forces in Venice (5) are now 23/0/61.
February - July 1609
We acept a white peace from Poland. The Teutonic Order again rejects those terms. The only way to justify this war now is the conquest of Naples. Bronn and 40/0/63 head to relieve Romagna from Naples' 13/7/32, we kill 6/3/14 for the loss of 2/0/3, we pursue to Naples, sending 20/0/0 in separately from Bronn. The Hansa give Eastern Pommerania to Poland. We try to relieve Istria but the addition of 10/10/0 Turks to the Venetians we saw turns the tide. However, Venice is captured. Venice pays 110d for peace. Teutonic Order again rejects a white peace.
August - December 1609
The Turks now have 15/7/64 in Istria, the tired 20/0/0 we had sent when the Turks were fewer arrive to engage them. Bronn captures Naples and moves to Apulia. Pappenheim moves south from our capitol after the defeat in Istria. In September the Hansa (England) DoW us, we leave Spain out. Pappenheim reinforced to 34/5/206 moves to relieve Istria. Apulia beats off our assault with 196 men and one cannon remaining, not bad but we have seen better. Pappenheim obliterates the Turks in Istria, but not before they had taken the province. Our second assault on Apulia succeeds, and we annex Naples in December.
1610 Tax 659d
Our new King is Mathais. The Teutonic Order rejects a white peace. We notice that the Hansa only own four provinces, hmmm. In March we capture their capital. Pappenheim recaptured Istria. In June we capture Holstein. In July we barely fail to take Western Pommerania by storm. Portugal gives Oporto and 12d to Spain.
November 1610
On the third assault we take Western Pommerainia, Jyland had already fallen, and we annex the Hanseatic League. The Turks beseige Apulia with 1/12/0. We finally convince the Teutonic Order to accept a white peace, as well as the Portugese, leaving the Knights and England. Despite mid-war recruiting we are down to 142/3/440 overall.
1611 Tax 835d
Stability maximized. All new provinces get governors. Turkey (Crimea, Teutonic Order, Wallachia, Aden) again DoWs the Mamelukes (Persia), who may not last much longer. In March we pay the Knights 15d for peace, which we would gladly pay England as well. In July England accepted a white peace, ending our last war. King Matthais is pleased with his first war, though it was fraught with danger. Still, we acquired two more nations and six provinces, including Naples which is quite large (237,000 people). We defeated the Poles, and taught our troops that the Turk is to be respected but not feared. This is something they will need to remember again and again as the years go by.
The Eleventh War of Austrian Aggression
September 1611 Venice (Portugal) may have reduced her life expectancy by declaring war on the Turk (Crimea, Wallachia, Tripoli). Proving that bureaucrats have no contact with reality, our diplomat's work improves our relationship with Sweden (RE +25, now -175). This will last all of a few months.
1612 Tax 884d Although the Spaniards (whose joie de guerre matches anyones) might well have gotten into their own wars, we can't help but feel that our status as the world's pariah has prevented them from expanding as much as they might have without our friendship. We undertake never to voluntarily part with allies who may have given up so much for us, and whose power protected us from France for so long. With our new building we now have 28 warships and 18 transports in the Mediterranean. We build another 100 cannon near France. Well, in Bourgogne so technically it's IN France, Austrian France. Our researchers discover Early Cartogrophy (naval tech 7).
1613 Tax 837d Wallenstein (4/4/4 1 seige) now commands one of our armies. Poland (Cyrenaica) DoWs the Teutonic Order (Pskov). We recruit more cannon for Wallenstein, and more infantry to help quell the constant Dutch rebellions. A transport spy ship reveals that the Knights have 26000 men and 20 cannon on Rhodes.
1614 Tax 863d
We commission eight more warships in the Mediterranean. Other nations are ahead of us in naval technology, but not by that much it seems (looks like 9 to our 7 on the chart), though our scientists feel inadequate (neighbor bonus 21). The Pope has 46000 men in Aleppo, but Venice's islands are thinly defended. Persia acquired Kirkuk and Sivas from the Turks, perhaps the Mamelukes will survive a bit longer with allies that strong.
April 1614
Pappenheim (17/3/205) moves from Helvetia to Lyon, Wallenstein (39/0/170) from Nivernais to Paris, and Stockerau (40/0/128) from Cologne to Luxemburg as we declare war on France (Sweden, Denmark) once again. The Nobles seem to support our war (only -2 stability, could be that Tolerance makes it easier to DoW Catholics). Spain joins, as always (+188 to us). Hungary DoWed us the next day, then Poland (Cyrenaica).
August 1614
Wallenstein can't get his slow artillery out of Nivernais, first one French army, then another (both defeated), keep him there but rebels finally drive him out. Stockerau moves into Paris to beseige it. Pappenheim does well in Lyon (-2). We beseige Copenhagen (2) with 22/0/39.
September 1614
Wallenstein takes 40/0/160 into Nivernais to relieve and annihilates half of the 35000 French cavalry there, but the wicked French kill our fine seige commander before he has ever left our territory! Pappenheim takes Lyon.
October 1614
We lose Pest but storm Magyar, and Hungary pays us 48d. Our small force in Posen (-7) will capture a territory from the Poles soon. Pappenheim arrives in the Dauphin to see fine new walls (level 3, status 5). By December the beseigers of Nivernais have lost many men, roughly 10,000 and the walls hold (1), while Paris (-2) suffers. A small Italian force of 23/0/97 moves from Romagna for Provence. The men who stormed Magyar arrive in Krakow (4).
1615 Tax 688d
We build five more warships and recruit 34000 infantry.
February - April 1615
In Stockerau captures Paris. Our seiges in March go well: Dauphin (0), Stockerau has moved to Caux (-1), Posen (-8), and Copenhagen (-2), though Krakow (4) and Provence (4) have just started. We have turned down numerous French offers of Lyon, we want three provinces. Spain has taken Luxemburg, so our ally should get one of the provinces. In March we capture Posen, and move on Warsaw.
May 1615
Poland offers us Posen for peace and we accept, giving us instant access to their capitol in future wars. Pappenheim captures Dauphin, but France refuses to give that to us, with Luxemburg and Lyon, in return for their capitol. Plague strikes again in three of our core provinces (RE: more plague), better there than Naples or Flandres.
June - August 1615
Venice (Portugal, Knights) DoW us with no troops in sight, we do not ask Spain who's home is no doubt empty and therefore ripe for Portugese expansion. Pappenheim sent to Venice with his 7/0/205 seige force. Nivernais (-8) will fall soon. France takes it in July. Sibir pays 250d to Russia. Wallachia cedes Croatia to Venice. We capture Caux.
September - December 1615
We capture Provence, bringing to seven the number of Fench provinces she has lost (including Paris), two to Spain, who captured France-Compte. We may let France give provinces to Spain before we take ours. Pappenheim arrives in Venice (4). In October we took Copenhagen, and Denmark pays 125d.
1616 Tax 685d
France refuses to give up three of the six or seven provinces it has lost, there are few French defenders any longer, it will not get better for her. Venice gave Illyria to Turkey, creating a common border between Austria and the Turk. We retook Nivernais and moved on to Orleans. We take Languedoc and France offers us only Dauphine. We capture Venice who rejects a cash peace (four stars). 18000 new recruits sent to burn Paris.
May 1616
France cedes Luxemburg and France-Compte to Spain, now she will lose four or five provinces, as we still own Paris, Caux, Lyon, Provence, Dauphine and Languedoc. France rejects our demand of Caux, Lyon and Provence.
July 1616
The rebels we ignored finally took Naples. We accept Dauphine, Lyonnais, and Languedoc from France, whose stubborness cost two provinces. In August we accept a white peace from Venice, who will someday pay for these insufficient peace deals.
Our conference with the King is subdued when we recall the greatness that Wallenstein was never able to show the world. However, the five provinces which France lost, and the three we gained, made the war another worthwhile effort. The dismemberment of France has taken a giant stride forward. We can move on the Polish capitol at the start of any war, now. Our growing navy (41/0/20) in the Mediterranean will soon give Venice or the Knights reason to regret their wars. The only cloud is our border with the Turks, and the near certainty that someday we will again fight the Turks, Poles, and the French at the same time. In the meantime we will take solace in counting our money.
September 1611 Venice (Portugal) may have reduced her life expectancy by declaring war on the Turk (Crimea, Wallachia, Tripoli). Proving that bureaucrats have no contact with reality, our diplomat's work improves our relationship with Sweden (RE +25, now -175). This will last all of a few months.
1612 Tax 884d Although the Spaniards (whose joie de guerre matches anyones) might well have gotten into their own wars, we can't help but feel that our status as the world's pariah has prevented them from expanding as much as they might have without our friendship. We undertake never to voluntarily part with allies who may have given up so much for us, and whose power protected us from France for so long. With our new building we now have 28 warships and 18 transports in the Mediterranean. We build another 100 cannon near France. Well, in Bourgogne so technically it's IN France, Austrian France. Our researchers discover Early Cartogrophy (naval tech 7).
1613 Tax 837d Wallenstein (4/4/4 1 seige) now commands one of our armies. Poland (Cyrenaica) DoWs the Teutonic Order (Pskov). We recruit more cannon for Wallenstein, and more infantry to help quell the constant Dutch rebellions. A transport spy ship reveals that the Knights have 26000 men and 20 cannon on Rhodes.
1614 Tax 863d
We commission eight more warships in the Mediterranean. Other nations are ahead of us in naval technology, but not by that much it seems (looks like 9 to our 7 on the chart), though our scientists feel inadequate (neighbor bonus 21). The Pope has 46000 men in Aleppo, but Venice's islands are thinly defended. Persia acquired Kirkuk and Sivas from the Turks, perhaps the Mamelukes will survive a bit longer with allies that strong.
April 1614
Pappenheim (17/3/205) moves from Helvetia to Lyon, Wallenstein (39/0/170) from Nivernais to Paris, and Stockerau (40/0/128) from Cologne to Luxemburg as we declare war on France (Sweden, Denmark) once again. The Nobles seem to support our war (only -2 stability, could be that Tolerance makes it easier to DoW Catholics). Spain joins, as always (+188 to us). Hungary DoWed us the next day, then Poland (Cyrenaica).
August 1614
Wallenstein can't get his slow artillery out of Nivernais, first one French army, then another (both defeated), keep him there but rebels finally drive him out. Stockerau moves into Paris to beseige it. Pappenheim does well in Lyon (-2). We beseige Copenhagen (2) with 22/0/39.
September 1614
Wallenstein takes 40/0/160 into Nivernais to relieve and annihilates half of the 35000 French cavalry there, but the wicked French kill our fine seige commander before he has ever left our territory! Pappenheim takes Lyon.
October 1614
We lose Pest but storm Magyar, and Hungary pays us 48d. Our small force in Posen (-7) will capture a territory from the Poles soon. Pappenheim arrives in the Dauphin to see fine new walls (level 3, status 5). By December the beseigers of Nivernais have lost many men, roughly 10,000 and the walls hold (1), while Paris (-2) suffers. A small Italian force of 23/0/97 moves from Romagna for Provence. The men who stormed Magyar arrive in Krakow (4).
1615 Tax 688d
We build five more warships and recruit 34000 infantry.
February - April 1615
In Stockerau captures Paris. Our seiges in March go well: Dauphin (0), Stockerau has moved to Caux (-1), Posen (-8), and Copenhagen (-2), though Krakow (4) and Provence (4) have just started. We have turned down numerous French offers of Lyon, we want three provinces. Spain has taken Luxemburg, so our ally should get one of the provinces. In March we capture Posen, and move on Warsaw.
May 1615
Poland offers us Posen for peace and we accept, giving us instant access to their capitol in future wars. Pappenheim captures Dauphin, but France refuses to give that to us, with Luxemburg and Lyon, in return for their capitol. Plague strikes again in three of our core provinces (RE: more plague), better there than Naples or Flandres.
June - August 1615
Venice (Portugal, Knights) DoW us with no troops in sight, we do not ask Spain who's home is no doubt empty and therefore ripe for Portugese expansion. Pappenheim sent to Venice with his 7/0/205 seige force. Nivernais (-8) will fall soon. France takes it in July. Sibir pays 250d to Russia. Wallachia cedes Croatia to Venice. We capture Caux.
September - December 1615
We capture Provence, bringing to seven the number of Fench provinces she has lost (including Paris), two to Spain, who captured France-Compte. We may let France give provinces to Spain before we take ours. Pappenheim arrives in Venice (4). In October we took Copenhagen, and Denmark pays 125d.
1616 Tax 685d
France refuses to give up three of the six or seven provinces it has lost, there are few French defenders any longer, it will not get better for her. Venice gave Illyria to Turkey, creating a common border between Austria and the Turk. We retook Nivernais and moved on to Orleans. We take Languedoc and France offers us only Dauphine. We capture Venice who rejects a cash peace (four stars). 18000 new recruits sent to burn Paris.
May 1616
France cedes Luxemburg and France-Compte to Spain, now she will lose four or five provinces, as we still own Paris, Caux, Lyon, Provence, Dauphine and Languedoc. France rejects our demand of Caux, Lyon and Provence.
July 1616
The rebels we ignored finally took Naples. We accept Dauphine, Lyonnais, and Languedoc from France, whose stubborness cost two provinces. In August we accept a white peace from Venice, who will someday pay for these insufficient peace deals.
Our conference with the King is subdued when we recall the greatness that Wallenstein was never able to show the world. However, the five provinces which France lost, and the three we gained, made the war another worthwhile effort. The dismemberment of France has taken a giant stride forward. We can move on the Polish capitol at the start of any war, now. Our growing navy (41/0/20) in the Mediterranean will soon give Venice or the Knights reason to regret their wars. The only cloud is our border with the Turks, and the near certainty that someday we will again fight the Turks, Poles, and the French at the same time. In the meantime we will take solace in counting our money.
Thanks for this AAR. I must say I just finished playing as Austria in a GC and when I say finished I mean I quit in disgust in March 1565. I was routed.
Things began well enough--annex Bohemia by 1500. Had an alliance with Hungary. Vassilzed Wurtenberg. But then those bloody Turks attacked Hungary and began to whittle away at our combined territories. By 1526 had my first of three loans taken out. The Wurtenbergs refused my offer of diplo-annexation and I had to force them into a war annexation.
My first major mistake was my attempt to take Thuringen in 1542.They only had 1,000 men but were allied to the Pallitant. (sp). They surprised me when they marched in with 26,000 men and a reserve force behind them of 14,000. Some early losses were catastrophic. Then after suing for peace, I decided to move on Brandenburg. No sooner did i do that then Turkey with its harem of allies and then Venice all DOWd.
I saved face by making peace with Venice (white) but Turkey demanded Styria and I had no choice with them looting Austria but to accede. With my only money-making province in the hand of infidels and another Turkish Delightful invasion five years later I decided enough is enough.
Things began well enough--annex Bohemia by 1500. Had an alliance with Hungary. Vassilzed Wurtenberg. But then those bloody Turks attacked Hungary and began to whittle away at our combined territories. By 1526 had my first of three loans taken out. The Wurtenbergs refused my offer of diplo-annexation and I had to force them into a war annexation.
My first major mistake was my attempt to take Thuringen in 1542.They only had 1,000 men but were allied to the Pallitant. (sp). They surprised me when they marched in with 26,000 men and a reserve force behind them of 14,000. Some early losses were catastrophic. Then after suing for peace, I decided to move on Brandenburg. No sooner did i do that then Turkey with its harem of allies and then Venice all DOWd.
I saved face by making peace with Venice (white) but Turkey demanded Styria and I had no choice with them looting Austria but to accede. With my only money-making province in the hand of infidels and another Turkish Delightful invasion five years later I decided enough is enough.
The Twelfth War of Austrian Aggression
1617 Tax 897d Ferdinand II now rules Austria. Few revolts.
1618 Tax 929d We start the year with 200/7/450. Eight more warships bring us to 57, with 20 transports. In May France Compte declares its independence from Spain as Burgundy, and we are all too pleased to join in this war. The Papal States (Persia) DoW us. we debate trying to take Aleppo with Pappenheims force of 24/7/205, for which we have enough transport. We do not intend to hold Aleppo, but to annex his most annoying Holiness. Pappenheim sent to Apulia, we need to move before nations with real navies in the Med DoW us. We take France-Compte in October but cannot annex or really end the war. That force sent to besige Rome, whose troops sit in Romagna for the very last time, we hope. Persia and the Pope have 88,000 men in Aleppo, so Pappenheim reluctantly heads home. Naples has revolted and the rebels beseige Apulia, however, so Pappenheim sent to Istria. Poland cedes Polotsk to the Teutonic Order in November.
1619 Tax 917d Felipe III of Spain is Holy Roman Emperor, and it occurs to us that we own the provinces the electors are from, we think. In August businessmen show their support of our war effort with a cash payment of 200d (RE: +200d). We drive the Pope from Romagna and pursue to Rome. Burgundy pays us 230d for peace, which seems to be the only way to allow Spain to conquer and re-annex the province, though without a common war even that might not work (we did not draw Spain in with the Papal war). Persia declines a white peace which would have left us facing only the Pope's troops in Aleppo. We will reinforce Pappenheim, send him to Aleppo and make the offer if this one-war situation continues. We build a Naval Equipment facility in Nice for 750d, to help with our research. In September we capture Rome and turn down a white peace with the Pope. In November trade reaches High Boroque (level 5). Poland gives Smolensk, Kursk and 158d to Russia, continuing the disintigration of our old ally. We hope Poland has learned not to trust the Inca in a European war.
1620 Tax 930d Hungary DoWs us, we would not like to hit a full blown war series after nearly two years of phony war. Exhaustion would be bad. Pappenheim arrives at Aleppo, but Persia rejects 250d for a separate peace, so he turns and heads home. The Pope pays us 240d for peace. Walls in Naples expanded. We storm Magyar and Hungary pays us 188d. We are completely at peace. Though Spain still "fights" Burgundy.
1621 Tax 984d Naval Equipment Manufacture started in Corsica, which is constantly defended (18000) and whose revolt risk is dropping (1%).
1622 Tax 966d Our overall force of 272/3/525 will be put to work soon. In February the Turks (Crimea, Wallachia, Tripoli, Aden, Georgia) shock the world with a DoW on the Mamelukes (Persia, Oman). The Persian situation has harmed the Pope, who was only saved last time by the infernal integrity of the Perisan monarch. However, the Pope, depite his non-involvement in the war, is still a part of the alliance. A difficult revolt in Genoa slows our plans, with the rebels defeating significantly larger forces (50 to 30).
1623 Tax 938d
In March we declare another war on France (Sweden), Spain joins (+185 to us). Four armies move on Calais, Paris, Orleans and Provence, with an Infantry army marching about the south and another in the north. The following day Teutonic Order (Russia) DoW us, we will not involve Spain. Then Poland (Cyrenaica), despite our old ally's lack of any visible army, and the presence of rebels in one province we can see.
April - July 1623
Venice (Portugal, Knights, Scotland) DoW us next, and our fleet sails to pick up Pappenheim and try for Ragusa. The army headed to Provence is stuck beseiging rebels in Languedoc, but we have many troops in France, and no defenders seem to be present until recruits arrive. England DoWs us and Spain again joins. Ten thousand brave Spaniards march on the 30000 in Burgundy. Wallachia (Turkey, Georgia) makes this a potentially troublesome situation. In July we take Caux but decline it, we want three provinces. Our efforts in the south are in Croatia, which we intend to take, and offer it back to Wallachia for peace, knocking out Turkey along with alliance leader Wallachia. Pappenheim arrives in Ragusa where the attrition will be awful. Prussia breaks free of Poland, for the time being. Wallachia drives us from Croatia, the assault on Ragusa fails.
August - December 1623
We capture Orleans. In October we take Calais. In December we accept Orleans and Caux from France, only two provinces but we have been losing our battles even while we win seiges, and these are among France's best neighboring provinces. As a bonus, we now own every province that borders Paris, completely surrounding the enemy's capital. Now we know why it's called the Isle de France.
1624 Tax 696d
Recruited many more infantry, bringing us over 300,000. Our battle losses may convince us that cavalry are needed, though we often lose battles to smaller rebel forces who are also pure infantry. Wallachia takes Pest and demands it and 16d for peace, we decline and hope to teach them and the Turks a lesson. Our lack of cannon in Poland tells, as all seiges go more slowly than Eastern Pomerrania (-4, 50 cannon), Warsaw (0), Podlasia (-1), Krakow (-2). Ragusa (-3, 5600 defenders) is beseiged by 160 cannon only, we failed to storm it and could not assault again, and the poor forage their makes it a tough nut to crack, killing all but artillery and Pappenheim. Venice signs a separate peace with Spain paying 247d, which we hope will prevent them from recruiting in Ragusa.
April 1624
We lose Jyland to rebels, but take Ragusa from Venice, now on to her capital. In June our naval defeat of Cyrenaica gives us our first set of stolen maps, which reveal nothing noticeable. In August we pull Pappenheim from Ragusa, take Venice by storm, and take control of Ragusa in the peace treaty. We will begin receiving the very first settlers in our Empire's existence. Our 28/0/70 fight Wallachia's 13/2/14 in Istria, which Turkey has generally been beseiging. Our navies take 10000 men to Ragusa for defense. We defeat Wallachia in Istria and pursue to Croatia. We apparently help Prussia take Warsaw by storm, and the victory goes to the Prussians and our exhausted men must start all over again. Poland pays 104d to Prussia, and grants independence, we can't help but feel that we are somewhat responsible. We took Krakow, while in Easter Pomearia (-4) and Podlasia (-1) progress is slow.
October 1624
We storm Pest and return to the status quo with Wallachia, we would like peace before the Turk can move on Ragusa, but we would also like to beat this enemy in battle. Burgundy declares war on us, we will not involve Spain, and add this country to our empire. We restore spending to normal, with nothing to stability, which will be maximized when we annex Burgundy. Wallachia rejects a white peace (no stars). October proves to be a rough month as Prussia (Crimea) and then Denmark (Sweden, France!) DoW us. We need a fast peace before exhaustion sets in. We declined Spain's help with Denmark thinking that they were alone, those responsible have been made to feel very foolish.
November 1624
Proves better as we steal the Turk's rutters, revealing her territory and much to the east, we accept Krakow from Poland, and we beseige the Isle de France (2). We win an even fight with Burgundy in Lyon, and beseige France-Compte. We then pay 21d to Wallachia, for peace. We notice, however, that our naval facility in Nice was destroyed, leaving only the one in Corsica. An expensive lesson learned - build in safe provinces. 14000 Austrian Infantry fight 14000 cavalry in Jyland and are annihilated for the loss of 3000 horse by the Swedes. Another lesson in the process of being learned - recruit cavalry, or send more infantry.
1625 Tax 809d
We recruit 14/18/0 for the new year. France beseiges Orleans, and the Swedes Jyland (held by rebels). We hope to end the year at peace, with France-Compte and perhaps Calais to the good. England accepts a white peace. In February Japan closes to the West.
April 1625
Papal States (Persia) declare on us, we have few forces in the area. Prussia rejects a white peace. We take Calais on the second assault. Orleans (-8) will fall soon to the 18/22/0 French who beseige it. In June France takes Orleans, and lands 42/1/0 on Corsica to fight the 20/0/0 defenders. We defeat them, losing 5000 to their loss of 13/1. Revolts are growing frequent, however. The Mamelukes continue their slow decline, giving 250d and Cataract to Turkey. Pappenheim beseiges Rome, and 26000 men beseige Prussia.
August 1625
We capture Paris, again. Sweden took Jyland, however, and we failed to storm Provence.
October 1625
We capture Rome, and then storm Eastern Prussia and annex the country, maximizing stability. The Pope pays 67d to get Rome back. Teutonic Order (Russia) accept a white peace.
November 1625
We capture Auvergne and accept it and Calais to end our war with France. We will not be at peace this year, but soon, we hope. We pay 5d to Crimea, leaving Burgundy and Denmark (Sweden). Poland (Hungary) DoWs the Teutonic Order. The day after Christmas we capture France Compte, and the next day Hungary (Poland) DoWs us. Fortunately we have access to the capitols of the remaining enemies. We annex Burgundy before year's end, almost meeting our timetable. We cede Jyland to Sweden to get that war over with. On to Magyar.
1626 Tax 849d
We discover the Galeas (naval tech 8). We send our First colonist off to Table, a trading post the French had not gotten around to burning in our many wars (75% success). We fail to storm Magyar, leaving 1500 defenders until more men can be brought. We storm Magyar again and on the second try capture it, and accept 120d for peace. We have no other wars currently. Our post war conference with the King is again upbeat. We annexed two more nations, Burgundy and Prussia, we took another province from Poland as well, though we gave a minor one to Sweden. However, the real coups were our acquisition of Ragusa, which provides us with an opportunity to move to the far east with a port in Africa. Further, Ragusa's shipyard will allow us to spend our income creating a real navy. Importantly for the near term, we acquired four provinces from France in our two wars with her, and also cut off her capitol as we had done to the Hungarians. France only has 14 more provinces to lose on the continent, at which point she will be Paris alone. The Poles have suffered in their wars, the Turk is still busy with the Mamelukes, and we are pleased with our nation's progress. We own all of Italy but Venice and Rome, all of Central Europe from the Adriatic to the Baltic, and all of eastern France but Paris. In fact, we now own more French provinces than France herself owns.
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Josephus - Things can go very wrong very early as Austria, the alliance with Poland saved me and was pure luck, both having them with Spain, and even getting into the alliance with Spain, who turned down my RM request the month before accepting me into the alliance.
Dave - Once you're hated things change - no rules apply to me, annex everything for the Stability gain. I think I am over 200 as I approach the halfway mark in the GC.
1617 Tax 897d Ferdinand II now rules Austria. Few revolts.
1618 Tax 929d We start the year with 200/7/450. Eight more warships bring us to 57, with 20 transports. In May France Compte declares its independence from Spain as Burgundy, and we are all too pleased to join in this war. The Papal States (Persia) DoW us. we debate trying to take Aleppo with Pappenheims force of 24/7/205, for which we have enough transport. We do not intend to hold Aleppo, but to annex his most annoying Holiness. Pappenheim sent to Apulia, we need to move before nations with real navies in the Med DoW us. We take France-Compte in October but cannot annex or really end the war. That force sent to besige Rome, whose troops sit in Romagna for the very last time, we hope. Persia and the Pope have 88,000 men in Aleppo, so Pappenheim reluctantly heads home. Naples has revolted and the rebels beseige Apulia, however, so Pappenheim sent to Istria. Poland cedes Polotsk to the Teutonic Order in November.
1619 Tax 917d Felipe III of Spain is Holy Roman Emperor, and it occurs to us that we own the provinces the electors are from, we think. In August businessmen show their support of our war effort with a cash payment of 200d (RE: +200d). We drive the Pope from Romagna and pursue to Rome. Burgundy pays us 230d for peace, which seems to be the only way to allow Spain to conquer and re-annex the province, though without a common war even that might not work (we did not draw Spain in with the Papal war). Persia declines a white peace which would have left us facing only the Pope's troops in Aleppo. We will reinforce Pappenheim, send him to Aleppo and make the offer if this one-war situation continues. We build a Naval Equipment facility in Nice for 750d, to help with our research. In September we capture Rome and turn down a white peace with the Pope. In November trade reaches High Boroque (level 5). Poland gives Smolensk, Kursk and 158d to Russia, continuing the disintigration of our old ally. We hope Poland has learned not to trust the Inca in a European war.
1620 Tax 930d Hungary DoWs us, we would not like to hit a full blown war series after nearly two years of phony war. Exhaustion would be bad. Pappenheim arrives at Aleppo, but Persia rejects 250d for a separate peace, so he turns and heads home. The Pope pays us 240d for peace. Walls in Naples expanded. We storm Magyar and Hungary pays us 188d. We are completely at peace. Though Spain still "fights" Burgundy.
1621 Tax 984d Naval Equipment Manufacture started in Corsica, which is constantly defended (18000) and whose revolt risk is dropping (1%).
1622 Tax 966d Our overall force of 272/3/525 will be put to work soon. In February the Turks (Crimea, Wallachia, Tripoli, Aden, Georgia) shock the world with a DoW on the Mamelukes (Persia, Oman). The Persian situation has harmed the Pope, who was only saved last time by the infernal integrity of the Perisan monarch. However, the Pope, depite his non-involvement in the war, is still a part of the alliance. A difficult revolt in Genoa slows our plans, with the rebels defeating significantly larger forces (50 to 30).
1623 Tax 938d
In March we declare another war on France (Sweden), Spain joins (+185 to us). Four armies move on Calais, Paris, Orleans and Provence, with an Infantry army marching about the south and another in the north. The following day Teutonic Order (Russia) DoW us, we will not involve Spain. Then Poland (Cyrenaica), despite our old ally's lack of any visible army, and the presence of rebels in one province we can see.
April - July 1623
Venice (Portugal, Knights, Scotland) DoW us next, and our fleet sails to pick up Pappenheim and try for Ragusa. The army headed to Provence is stuck beseiging rebels in Languedoc, but we have many troops in France, and no defenders seem to be present until recruits arrive. England DoWs us and Spain again joins. Ten thousand brave Spaniards march on the 30000 in Burgundy. Wallachia (Turkey, Georgia) makes this a potentially troublesome situation. In July we take Caux but decline it, we want three provinces. Our efforts in the south are in Croatia, which we intend to take, and offer it back to Wallachia for peace, knocking out Turkey along with alliance leader Wallachia. Pappenheim arrives in Ragusa where the attrition will be awful. Prussia breaks free of Poland, for the time being. Wallachia drives us from Croatia, the assault on Ragusa fails.
August - December 1623
We capture Orleans. In October we take Calais. In December we accept Orleans and Caux from France, only two provinces but we have been losing our battles even while we win seiges, and these are among France's best neighboring provinces. As a bonus, we now own every province that borders Paris, completely surrounding the enemy's capital. Now we know why it's called the Isle de France.
1624 Tax 696d
Recruited many more infantry, bringing us over 300,000. Our battle losses may convince us that cavalry are needed, though we often lose battles to smaller rebel forces who are also pure infantry. Wallachia takes Pest and demands it and 16d for peace, we decline and hope to teach them and the Turks a lesson. Our lack of cannon in Poland tells, as all seiges go more slowly than Eastern Pomerrania (-4, 50 cannon), Warsaw (0), Podlasia (-1), Krakow (-2). Ragusa (-3, 5600 defenders) is beseiged by 160 cannon only, we failed to storm it and could not assault again, and the poor forage their makes it a tough nut to crack, killing all but artillery and Pappenheim. Venice signs a separate peace with Spain paying 247d, which we hope will prevent them from recruiting in Ragusa.
April 1624
We lose Jyland to rebels, but take Ragusa from Venice, now on to her capital. In June our naval defeat of Cyrenaica gives us our first set of stolen maps, which reveal nothing noticeable. In August we pull Pappenheim from Ragusa, take Venice by storm, and take control of Ragusa in the peace treaty. We will begin receiving the very first settlers in our Empire's existence. Our 28/0/70 fight Wallachia's 13/2/14 in Istria, which Turkey has generally been beseiging. Our navies take 10000 men to Ragusa for defense. We defeat Wallachia in Istria and pursue to Croatia. We apparently help Prussia take Warsaw by storm, and the victory goes to the Prussians and our exhausted men must start all over again. Poland pays 104d to Prussia, and grants independence, we can't help but feel that we are somewhat responsible. We took Krakow, while in Easter Pomearia (-4) and Podlasia (-1) progress is slow.
October 1624
We storm Pest and return to the status quo with Wallachia, we would like peace before the Turk can move on Ragusa, but we would also like to beat this enemy in battle. Burgundy declares war on us, we will not involve Spain, and add this country to our empire. We restore spending to normal, with nothing to stability, which will be maximized when we annex Burgundy. Wallachia rejects a white peace (no stars). October proves to be a rough month as Prussia (Crimea) and then Denmark (Sweden, France!) DoW us. We need a fast peace before exhaustion sets in. We declined Spain's help with Denmark thinking that they were alone, those responsible have been made to feel very foolish.
November 1624
Proves better as we steal the Turk's rutters, revealing her territory and much to the east, we accept Krakow from Poland, and we beseige the Isle de France (2). We win an even fight with Burgundy in Lyon, and beseige France-Compte. We then pay 21d to Wallachia, for peace. We notice, however, that our naval facility in Nice was destroyed, leaving only the one in Corsica. An expensive lesson learned - build in safe provinces. 14000 Austrian Infantry fight 14000 cavalry in Jyland and are annihilated for the loss of 3000 horse by the Swedes. Another lesson in the process of being learned - recruit cavalry, or send more infantry.
1625 Tax 809d
We recruit 14/18/0 for the new year. France beseiges Orleans, and the Swedes Jyland (held by rebels). We hope to end the year at peace, with France-Compte and perhaps Calais to the good. England accepts a white peace. In February Japan closes to the West.
April 1625
Papal States (Persia) declare on us, we have few forces in the area. Prussia rejects a white peace. We take Calais on the second assault. Orleans (-8) will fall soon to the 18/22/0 French who beseige it. In June France takes Orleans, and lands 42/1/0 on Corsica to fight the 20/0/0 defenders. We defeat them, losing 5000 to their loss of 13/1. Revolts are growing frequent, however. The Mamelukes continue their slow decline, giving 250d and Cataract to Turkey. Pappenheim beseiges Rome, and 26000 men beseige Prussia.
August 1625
We capture Paris, again. Sweden took Jyland, however, and we failed to storm Provence.
October 1625
We capture Rome, and then storm Eastern Prussia and annex the country, maximizing stability. The Pope pays 67d to get Rome back. Teutonic Order (Russia) accept a white peace.
November 1625
We capture Auvergne and accept it and Calais to end our war with France. We will not be at peace this year, but soon, we hope. We pay 5d to Crimea, leaving Burgundy and Denmark (Sweden). Poland (Hungary) DoWs the Teutonic Order. The day after Christmas we capture France Compte, and the next day Hungary (Poland) DoWs us. Fortunately we have access to the capitols of the remaining enemies. We annex Burgundy before year's end, almost meeting our timetable. We cede Jyland to Sweden to get that war over with. On to Magyar.
1626 Tax 849d
We discover the Galeas (naval tech 8). We send our First colonist off to Table, a trading post the French had not gotten around to burning in our many wars (75% success). We fail to storm Magyar, leaving 1500 defenders until more men can be brought. We storm Magyar again and on the second try capture it, and accept 120d for peace. We have no other wars currently. Our post war conference with the King is again upbeat. We annexed two more nations, Burgundy and Prussia, we took another province from Poland as well, though we gave a minor one to Sweden. However, the real coups were our acquisition of Ragusa, which provides us with an opportunity to move to the far east with a port in Africa. Further, Ragusa's shipyard will allow us to spend our income creating a real navy. Importantly for the near term, we acquired four provinces from France in our two wars with her, and also cut off her capitol as we had done to the Hungarians. France only has 14 more provinces to lose on the continent, at which point she will be Paris alone. The Poles have suffered in their wars, the Turk is still busy with the Mamelukes, and we are pleased with our nation's progress. We own all of Italy but Venice and Rome, all of Central Europe from the Adriatic to the Baltic, and all of eastern France but Paris. In fact, we now own more French provinces than France herself owns.
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Josephus - Things can go very wrong very early as Austria, the alliance with Poland saved me and was pure luck, both having them with Spain, and even getting into the alliance with Spain, who turned down my RM request the month before accepting me into the alliance.
Dave - Once you're hated things change - no rules apply to me, annex everything for the Stability gain. I think I am over 200 as I approach the halfway mark in the GC.
AAR is very well written, and the empire you've constructed is impressive. Keep the reports coming.
The Second War of Austrian Passive Aggression
August 1628 We are building six warships in Ragusa. We failed in our colonization attempt in Table. We increase our monthly income to 54d to have the 59d to try again, needing the base for eastward movement. We note that we will be able to build impressive walls (level 3) in February of next year, so our income will be spent defensively in 1629.
1629 Tax 1017d We cross the 1000d milestone in tax receipts for the first time. In February Russia (Pskov) DoWs Poland (Hungary). Our old friend may fade before the Mamelukes do. No Incans are involved. In March Medium Fortresses, which hold 15000 defenders, become available. Corsica, Champagne, Ragusa, Istria, Posen, Transylvania, Carnolia, Romagna and Flandres (revolt risk now 0%) are all upgraded. Pest is increased to a small fortress. Happy news arrives from Table establishing our first colony. There is much rejoicing.
1630 Tax 1041d Piccolomini (4/4/3 zero seige) rises from the ranks of officers to command the army in Artois. Walls are improved to medium in Lorraine, Helvetia, Savoy, Milan, Styria, Odeburg, Tyrolia and Silesia. We send a colonist to Malaca, understanding that their survival is a 50/50 proposition (46%). We do not need to build Table into a city, and we do not have another good destination between the two locations. Our thoughts turn to capturing parts of New England in north america, as well, and the Azores from Portugal in the next war. In February heartbreaking news seems to arrive in an odd way, Spain declares war on the Inca, and Poland joins her in the declaration! On second reading, the Poles have joined the Inca, and our age-old alliance is intact. Spain has not called on us to fight the Poles, however. In May Poland gives 44d and cedes Mozyr and Belograd to Russia. The Poles are disintigrating before our eyes, they pay 55d and cede Lithuania and Belarus to the Teutonic Order in August. We failed to colonize Malacca. Come the new year we will try again. As we watch our forces fight the fairly frequent revolts we note the improved appearance of our troops. The men consistenty fight with long guns. Truly this is the modern era.
1631 Tax 981d
Our income suffers from the many revolts. Six more ships ordered in Ragusa. Colonist sent to Malacca, which will eventually be a safe launching base for troops in the far east, distant from the major powers in India [I did learn some things playing Portugal: the east is rich, and Yanam is vulnerable]. In March rebels in Ragusa appreciate our new walls as they hide behind them, but only after burning the keels of six warships. Portugal (Venice, Knights, Scotland, England) DoWs Turkey (Wallachia, Crimea, Cyrenaica). In April the same well-meaning but overzealous diplomat improves our relations with Sweden from most hated to soon-to-be-most-hated. The man has tenacity however, and is promoted to Spanish ambassador (RE: relations with Sweden increase by 25 to -175 again). In June the Inca are annexed by Spain, again increasing our ally's income. Perhaps the Poles will now ally with China? or the Iroquois? We send 22/5 on five warships and fifteen transports headed to Table, we will lose some but not all on the way. Our preparations are abandoned, for now, as France (Sweden, Denmark, Teutonic Order) DoWs Spain, and we of course join in the fun. On the other hand, although we are at risk to French ships, we can use Spanish ports. Our force of 23/0/149 in Ragusa has yet to dent the fine new walls there.
July 1631
Piccolomini takes his force of 28/0/130 and moves on the Isle de France. Col Moravia, with 19/0/57 moves to Provence. General Gallas has 32/8/75 in Champagne, and will most likely split his force when he reaches Orleans. Col Salzberg with 7/0/114 moves into Berri. Sweden has 34000 men in Jyland, so Col "Mad" Max and his 20/5 are sent from Holland to Mecklenburg for a possible counter attack. Finally, Konnsteig takes his 26000 from Posen to East Prussia to fight the Teutonic Order. Our empire has many troops, but covers a large area and movement can be time consuming within our borders.
August 1631
Our troops finally board ship and all ships are sent to Andalusia in Spain, where they will re-board the right fleet and head to Table. With all ships we should win any battle on the way, and out of the Med the remaining ships should be safe. Col Konn splits his forces in East Prussia and beseiges Lithuania and Memel. Our seige of Paris goes well (0). We again fail to colonize Malacca.
September 1631
In Lithuania 12700 infantry face 5700 cavalry, we lose virtually no troops and kill some 5000. General Gallas sends 10/0/75 into a Normandy and heads to Auvergne with the remaining 21/8 to fight French troops being recruited in that area. Mad Max moves behind the Swedish troops now in Bremen to either fight the 15000 Danes in Holstein, or merely cut off any supply they might be expecting.
October 1631
The Swedes, now 29000 not 34000, reach Hannover but continue to march, while the Danes follow right behind. Mad Max is sent to Copenhagen, our empire will be defended by the troops we raise next year. General Gallas reaches Auvergne, and moves on Guyenne to meet the new French recruits. Our 12000 in Memel defeat 3000 new recruits there, but 2400 get away.
November 1631
Salzburg captures Berri from France. Venice (Portugal, Knights, Scotland, England) DoWs us, and Spain joins, perhaps we will take the Azores instead of going to Table. We are sure once we have Venice that the Venitians will give up any Portugese island we like. Col Salzburg sent from Berri to Maine. We note that we have taken Spain for granted of late (+128), we must not make the same mistake as we made with Poland. The Swedes reach Pfalz, and continue marching, while the Danes ignore Mad Max in Copenhagen (1) and follow them through. We think they may be headed to Spain, but are leaving a path of destruction behind them in Austrian Europe. General Gallas meets 5/10/50 French as the emerge from the academy, and defeats them in battle, killing 1000 men and one cannon, he hopes that reports of their flight to Gascogne are true, and pursues. Paris (-3) and Normandy (-2) proceed well. We order the small fleet back to Apulia, and the large fleet to stop briefly in Andalusia and then on to the sea of the Azores.
December 1631
Once again our triumphant armies march down the boulevards of Paris, with burning buildings casting a delightful glow along their path. Piccolini follows the 7/9/44, whom he defeated as they were recruited in Paris, to Champagne to protect our refinery there. The seige of Ragusa barely progresses (4).
1632 Tax 948d
We recruit 12/0/60 in Bohemia for the Teutonic Order war, and send another colonist to Malacca. We recruit 18000 in Austria, 19000 in southern Italy, and 3000 more on Corsica (infantry are again 11d). Piccolini defeats the French in Champagne, losing 8/0/5, killing 7/2/9, but dies in the battle. At least he died with the conquest of Paris to his name, his men follow the hated army to Lorraine, vowing to kill every last man. Maybe it's the enemy cavalry that is killing our leaders? The French fooled General Gallas and went to Poitou, he pursues them. Our fleet reaches Andalusia and heads on to the Azores with the troops in high spirits now that they are accustomed to life at sea.
February 1632
Piccolini's men defeat the French again and pursue the remaining 0/2/32 to Pfalz. Wallachia (Turkey) DoWs us, Spain joins and we are reminded that we have not sent anything to Spain. For that reason, and to recruit troops in the south, we take a loan. A personal gift is barely noticed in Madrin (+126 to +128) so we consider a state gift, though the King is not adept at diplomacy, and we will not need Spain to join in any further wars. Therefore we recruit 17/6 around our capital. We decline Berri from France. Our fleet arrives in the Azores, and 20/5 unload to face some 27000 Portugese defenders. Col Shaffen, now in charge of Piccolomini's army, whittles the Fench down to 0/1/32 in Pfalz, and detaches 3000 to pursue, and heads to Bohemia.
March 1632
Teutonic Order now has 20/3/66 in Eastern Prussia. Salzburg captures Maine, and is sent off to Venice. Sweden captured Orleans, possibly confusing the final peace situation. 20/5 face 25/3 in the Azores while our fleet waits. Mid battle we learn that Sweden has taken Eastern Prussia. Apparently the Swedes send 1000 men and a General to every seige. Since France DoWed Spain and not us this will definately make the peace hard to handle, unless we take these both back.
April 1632
The battle in the Azores is very close and continues into April. General Gallas and his 18/8 face 17/17/50 French and Swedes in Orleans, we lose, killing 7/5/9, and losing 13/3 ourselves. We also lose in the Azores, losing 12/2 to the enemy's loss of 9/2, but defeated we reboard our waiting ships. We accept Berri and Maine from France, simplifying the war, but complicating the peace. We were wrong. We notice that, as France was the alliance leader, our losses to Sweden have been returned to us, making Sweden's luck work in our favor, as the French had fewer victories to talk about in the negotiations. Our only remaining wars are Venice et al and Wallachia (Turkey). Wallachia is moving on Ragusa, whose Austrian beseigers drove off other Wallachian troops.
June 1632
Our Ragusan force of 25/0/149 face 10/1/30 Wallachian troops after defeating another small force at the start of the month. Wallachia is sending its men in piecemeal. They reject a white peace (no stars). Mad Max, who we had unforgiveably forgotten in Copenhagen, finds that he cannot leave that city, or does he refuse? He tells us that no possible destination is "legal", which is surely a sign of his madness. Spain stormed Croatia and took it from Wallachia. Wallachia accepts our white peace offer. Leaving only Venice and friends to defeat. We will make it up to Spain someday, not soon (+197 to us now). We again fail to colonize Malacca. The King summons the court mathematician and simply frowns at him for an hour.
September 1632
Salzburg, who captured both of our acquisitions thus far, beseiges Venice with 6/0/114. We storm Ragusa finally, and take the province back, noting that the walls are unharmed. Noting only 5000 defenders in Venice we storm the city and take it. Our fleet drops the survivors of the Azores in Corsica, and heads to Apulia to possibly pick up more men for a Venetian Island operation. Mad Max sends a note saying that his men are demoralized, and that they are considering taking up residence in Denmark. General Gallas must travel from Munster to Lyon to put down a revolt. We order 28000 men to embark ship from Naples, we have not yet been at war two years so there is time to attempt to take an island or two. We send the fleet to Ragusa to resupply and then board some more troops and cannon.
1633 Tax 973d
We order eight new warships to replace those lost at sea, our fleet is down to 49/20 (we never get Galleys so we will ignore them) before new building. None ordered in Ragusa. Governors sent to many newer provinces, and another colonist to Malacca.
February 1633
Papal States (Persia) DoW us, which suits us fine as our Venice force was unemployed. Pappenheim with 35/0/147 boards ship from Ragusa, leaving 15000 behind, and will head to check out Aleppo, and if it is well defended, nearby islands. We change our minds and order all of the men in Ragusa to board, recruiting 3000 new defenders. Let our walls do the defending for a time. We decline a white peace offer from Venice.
May 1633
Pappenheim sees 35000 Papal and Persian defenders in Aleppo, and decides that taking Rome is worth the risk involved in a landing and subsequent seige. His 40/0/147, however, step ashore to find 37/13/70 present in Aleppo. During the battle we begin our seige of Rome. Perisa rejects our mid-battle white peace offer. Pappenheim wins the day, with only 20/0/147 remaining, but all but 25000 enemy lie dead. We suspect, however, that other Persians are nearby, though none are visible in adjacent provinces. We roll the dice still further, and storm Aleppo (2), taking the province far more easily than we would have imagined. Now if only we had more men in Rome. An army of 21/3 set out from our capitol to assist in Rome.
August 1633
Hungary (Poland) DoWs us, but this should be quick. Our 6000 brave men with 114 cannon in Rome try to storm the city, they fail, killing only 1000 defenders. Persia again rejects a white peace. We realize that we may need to pry Persia from Rome to annex. We suffer our annual failure in Malacca. Venice refuses to give Spain the two English California holdings Spain has taken for peace. Spain pays 250d and cedes Lincoln to Sweden for peace. A Papal force reduces Pappenheim to 11/0/114 in Aleppo, we must take Rome soon. We order Pappenheim to leave Aleppo to its defenses, and hope for good news in Rome. Russia DoWs Sibir. Venice refuses to cede England's Monterey (pop 1100) to Spain for peace. We storm Rome and capture it. On Novemvber 29, 1633 we annex Rome, and welcome his Holiness to a return to the purely spiritual realm. Venice pays us 55d for peace and we end our last-but-one war.
1634 Tax 1065d We expand the walls in Aleppo. This province will be difficult to hold, but it is worth a wall with 133,000 people. We send another colonist to Malacca, reminding ourselves that a coin flip does not always come up heads. The court mathematician points out that the coin has no memory of prior flips, however. In April, on the third try, Col Allenstein captures Magyar by storming the city. Hungary pays us 196d for the return of their capital, and we are at peace. The King is pleased with the war's outcome, although in the early going it was clear that the size of our empire makes defense a difficult matter indeed. We took two provinces from France, and annexed the holy city of Rome, making us the guardians of the Bishop of Rome for all true Christians throughout the world. Aleppo will be difficult to hang onto for long, but it, too, is a fine city. An advisor reminds us that we are still technically at war with Persia, which is more than of academic interest since we own Aleppo. Although we have defeated the Persians in the field (one star), we send the last diplomat in the capitol to Persia offering 250d for peace, which is accepted. We are fairly confident that the money will be spent fighting the Turk, and five years of owning Aleppo and fortifying it will be worth the price, if we get five years.
The King, with true humility, makes a pilgrimage to Rome to see the Holy Father. In his audience with the Pope His Holiness expresses regret for fighting Austria so many times, freely admitting his error, and calling Austria the one true friend of the Bishop of Rome. His majesty asks what Austria can do for Christianity. The Pope says simply: "You must free the Holy Land."
August 1628 We are building six warships in Ragusa. We failed in our colonization attempt in Table. We increase our monthly income to 54d to have the 59d to try again, needing the base for eastward movement. We note that we will be able to build impressive walls (level 3) in February of next year, so our income will be spent defensively in 1629.
1629 Tax 1017d We cross the 1000d milestone in tax receipts for the first time. In February Russia (Pskov) DoWs Poland (Hungary). Our old friend may fade before the Mamelukes do. No Incans are involved. In March Medium Fortresses, which hold 15000 defenders, become available. Corsica, Champagne, Ragusa, Istria, Posen, Transylvania, Carnolia, Romagna and Flandres (revolt risk now 0%) are all upgraded. Pest is increased to a small fortress. Happy news arrives from Table establishing our first colony. There is much rejoicing.
1630 Tax 1041d Piccolomini (4/4/3 zero seige) rises from the ranks of officers to command the army in Artois. Walls are improved to medium in Lorraine, Helvetia, Savoy, Milan, Styria, Odeburg, Tyrolia and Silesia. We send a colonist to Malaca, understanding that their survival is a 50/50 proposition (46%). We do not need to build Table into a city, and we do not have another good destination between the two locations. Our thoughts turn to capturing parts of New England in north america, as well, and the Azores from Portugal in the next war. In February heartbreaking news seems to arrive in an odd way, Spain declares war on the Inca, and Poland joins her in the declaration! On second reading, the Poles have joined the Inca, and our age-old alliance is intact. Spain has not called on us to fight the Poles, however. In May Poland gives 44d and cedes Mozyr and Belograd to Russia. The Poles are disintigrating before our eyes, they pay 55d and cede Lithuania and Belarus to the Teutonic Order in August. We failed to colonize Malacca. Come the new year we will try again. As we watch our forces fight the fairly frequent revolts we note the improved appearance of our troops. The men consistenty fight with long guns. Truly this is the modern era.
1631 Tax 981d
Our income suffers from the many revolts. Six more ships ordered in Ragusa. Colonist sent to Malacca, which will eventually be a safe launching base for troops in the far east, distant from the major powers in India [I did learn some things playing Portugal: the east is rich, and Yanam is vulnerable]. In March rebels in Ragusa appreciate our new walls as they hide behind them, but only after burning the keels of six warships. Portugal (Venice, Knights, Scotland, England) DoWs Turkey (Wallachia, Crimea, Cyrenaica). In April the same well-meaning but overzealous diplomat improves our relations with Sweden from most hated to soon-to-be-most-hated. The man has tenacity however, and is promoted to Spanish ambassador (RE: relations with Sweden increase by 25 to -175 again). In June the Inca are annexed by Spain, again increasing our ally's income. Perhaps the Poles will now ally with China? or the Iroquois? We send 22/5 on five warships and fifteen transports headed to Table, we will lose some but not all on the way. Our preparations are abandoned, for now, as France (Sweden, Denmark, Teutonic Order) DoWs Spain, and we of course join in the fun. On the other hand, although we are at risk to French ships, we can use Spanish ports. Our force of 23/0/149 in Ragusa has yet to dent the fine new walls there.
July 1631
Piccolomini takes his force of 28/0/130 and moves on the Isle de France. Col Moravia, with 19/0/57 moves to Provence. General Gallas has 32/8/75 in Champagne, and will most likely split his force when he reaches Orleans. Col Salzberg with 7/0/114 moves into Berri. Sweden has 34000 men in Jyland, so Col "Mad" Max and his 20/5 are sent from Holland to Mecklenburg for a possible counter attack. Finally, Konnsteig takes his 26000 from Posen to East Prussia to fight the Teutonic Order. Our empire has many troops, but covers a large area and movement can be time consuming within our borders.
August 1631
Our troops finally board ship and all ships are sent to Andalusia in Spain, where they will re-board the right fleet and head to Table. With all ships we should win any battle on the way, and out of the Med the remaining ships should be safe. Col Konn splits his forces in East Prussia and beseiges Lithuania and Memel. Our seige of Paris goes well (0). We again fail to colonize Malacca.
September 1631
In Lithuania 12700 infantry face 5700 cavalry, we lose virtually no troops and kill some 5000. General Gallas sends 10/0/75 into a Normandy and heads to Auvergne with the remaining 21/8 to fight French troops being recruited in that area. Mad Max moves behind the Swedish troops now in Bremen to either fight the 15000 Danes in Holstein, or merely cut off any supply they might be expecting.
October 1631
The Swedes, now 29000 not 34000, reach Hannover but continue to march, while the Danes follow right behind. Mad Max is sent to Copenhagen, our empire will be defended by the troops we raise next year. General Gallas reaches Auvergne, and moves on Guyenne to meet the new French recruits. Our 12000 in Memel defeat 3000 new recruits there, but 2400 get away.
November 1631
Salzburg captures Berri from France. Venice (Portugal, Knights, Scotland, England) DoWs us, and Spain joins, perhaps we will take the Azores instead of going to Table. We are sure once we have Venice that the Venitians will give up any Portugese island we like. Col Salzburg sent from Berri to Maine. We note that we have taken Spain for granted of late (+128), we must not make the same mistake as we made with Poland. The Swedes reach Pfalz, and continue marching, while the Danes ignore Mad Max in Copenhagen (1) and follow them through. We think they may be headed to Spain, but are leaving a path of destruction behind them in Austrian Europe. General Gallas meets 5/10/50 French as the emerge from the academy, and defeats them in battle, killing 1000 men and one cannon, he hopes that reports of their flight to Gascogne are true, and pursues. Paris (-3) and Normandy (-2) proceed well. We order the small fleet back to Apulia, and the large fleet to stop briefly in Andalusia and then on to the sea of the Azores.
December 1631
Once again our triumphant armies march down the boulevards of Paris, with burning buildings casting a delightful glow along their path. Piccolini follows the 7/9/44, whom he defeated as they were recruited in Paris, to Champagne to protect our refinery there. The seige of Ragusa barely progresses (4).
1632 Tax 948d
We recruit 12/0/60 in Bohemia for the Teutonic Order war, and send another colonist to Malacca. We recruit 18000 in Austria, 19000 in southern Italy, and 3000 more on Corsica (infantry are again 11d). Piccolini defeats the French in Champagne, losing 8/0/5, killing 7/2/9, but dies in the battle. At least he died with the conquest of Paris to his name, his men follow the hated army to Lorraine, vowing to kill every last man. Maybe it's the enemy cavalry that is killing our leaders? The French fooled General Gallas and went to Poitou, he pursues them. Our fleet reaches Andalusia and heads on to the Azores with the troops in high spirits now that they are accustomed to life at sea.
February 1632
Piccolini's men defeat the French again and pursue the remaining 0/2/32 to Pfalz. Wallachia (Turkey) DoWs us, Spain joins and we are reminded that we have not sent anything to Spain. For that reason, and to recruit troops in the south, we take a loan. A personal gift is barely noticed in Madrin (+126 to +128) so we consider a state gift, though the King is not adept at diplomacy, and we will not need Spain to join in any further wars. Therefore we recruit 17/6 around our capital. We decline Berri from France. Our fleet arrives in the Azores, and 20/5 unload to face some 27000 Portugese defenders. Col Shaffen, now in charge of Piccolomini's army, whittles the Fench down to 0/1/32 in Pfalz, and detaches 3000 to pursue, and heads to Bohemia.
March 1632
Teutonic Order now has 20/3/66 in Eastern Prussia. Salzburg captures Maine, and is sent off to Venice. Sweden captured Orleans, possibly confusing the final peace situation. 20/5 face 25/3 in the Azores while our fleet waits. Mid battle we learn that Sweden has taken Eastern Prussia. Apparently the Swedes send 1000 men and a General to every seige. Since France DoWed Spain and not us this will definately make the peace hard to handle, unless we take these both back.
April 1632
The battle in the Azores is very close and continues into April. General Gallas and his 18/8 face 17/17/50 French and Swedes in Orleans, we lose, killing 7/5/9, and losing 13/3 ourselves. We also lose in the Azores, losing 12/2 to the enemy's loss of 9/2, but defeated we reboard our waiting ships. We accept Berri and Maine from France, simplifying the war, but complicating the peace. We were wrong. We notice that, as France was the alliance leader, our losses to Sweden have been returned to us, making Sweden's luck work in our favor, as the French had fewer victories to talk about in the negotiations. Our only remaining wars are Venice et al and Wallachia (Turkey). Wallachia is moving on Ragusa, whose Austrian beseigers drove off other Wallachian troops.
June 1632
Our Ragusan force of 25/0/149 face 10/1/30 Wallachian troops after defeating another small force at the start of the month. Wallachia is sending its men in piecemeal. They reject a white peace (no stars). Mad Max, who we had unforgiveably forgotten in Copenhagen, finds that he cannot leave that city, or does he refuse? He tells us that no possible destination is "legal", which is surely a sign of his madness. Spain stormed Croatia and took it from Wallachia. Wallachia accepts our white peace offer. Leaving only Venice and friends to defeat. We will make it up to Spain someday, not soon (+197 to us now). We again fail to colonize Malacca. The King summons the court mathematician and simply frowns at him for an hour.
September 1632
Salzburg, who captured both of our acquisitions thus far, beseiges Venice with 6/0/114. We storm Ragusa finally, and take the province back, noting that the walls are unharmed. Noting only 5000 defenders in Venice we storm the city and take it. Our fleet drops the survivors of the Azores in Corsica, and heads to Apulia to possibly pick up more men for a Venetian Island operation. Mad Max sends a note saying that his men are demoralized, and that they are considering taking up residence in Denmark. General Gallas must travel from Munster to Lyon to put down a revolt. We order 28000 men to embark ship from Naples, we have not yet been at war two years so there is time to attempt to take an island or two. We send the fleet to Ragusa to resupply and then board some more troops and cannon.
1633 Tax 973d
We order eight new warships to replace those lost at sea, our fleet is down to 49/20 (we never get Galleys so we will ignore them) before new building. None ordered in Ragusa. Governors sent to many newer provinces, and another colonist to Malacca.
February 1633
Papal States (Persia) DoW us, which suits us fine as our Venice force was unemployed. Pappenheim with 35/0/147 boards ship from Ragusa, leaving 15000 behind, and will head to check out Aleppo, and if it is well defended, nearby islands. We change our minds and order all of the men in Ragusa to board, recruiting 3000 new defenders. Let our walls do the defending for a time. We decline a white peace offer from Venice.
May 1633
Pappenheim sees 35000 Papal and Persian defenders in Aleppo, and decides that taking Rome is worth the risk involved in a landing and subsequent seige. His 40/0/147, however, step ashore to find 37/13/70 present in Aleppo. During the battle we begin our seige of Rome. Perisa rejects our mid-battle white peace offer. Pappenheim wins the day, with only 20/0/147 remaining, but all but 25000 enemy lie dead. We suspect, however, that other Persians are nearby, though none are visible in adjacent provinces. We roll the dice still further, and storm Aleppo (2), taking the province far more easily than we would have imagined. Now if only we had more men in Rome. An army of 21/3 set out from our capitol to assist in Rome.
August 1633
Hungary (Poland) DoWs us, but this should be quick. Our 6000 brave men with 114 cannon in Rome try to storm the city, they fail, killing only 1000 defenders. Persia again rejects a white peace. We realize that we may need to pry Persia from Rome to annex. We suffer our annual failure in Malacca. Venice refuses to give Spain the two English California holdings Spain has taken for peace. Spain pays 250d and cedes Lincoln to Sweden for peace. A Papal force reduces Pappenheim to 11/0/114 in Aleppo, we must take Rome soon. We order Pappenheim to leave Aleppo to its defenses, and hope for good news in Rome. Russia DoWs Sibir. Venice refuses to cede England's Monterey (pop 1100) to Spain for peace. We storm Rome and capture it. On Novemvber 29, 1633 we annex Rome, and welcome his Holiness to a return to the purely spiritual realm. Venice pays us 55d for peace and we end our last-but-one war.
1634 Tax 1065d We expand the walls in Aleppo. This province will be difficult to hold, but it is worth a wall with 133,000 people. We send another colonist to Malacca, reminding ourselves that a coin flip does not always come up heads. The court mathematician points out that the coin has no memory of prior flips, however. In April, on the third try, Col Allenstein captures Magyar by storming the city. Hungary pays us 196d for the return of their capital, and we are at peace. The King is pleased with the war's outcome, although in the early going it was clear that the size of our empire makes defense a difficult matter indeed. We took two provinces from France, and annexed the holy city of Rome, making us the guardians of the Bishop of Rome for all true Christians throughout the world. Aleppo will be difficult to hang onto for long, but it, too, is a fine city. An advisor reminds us that we are still technically at war with Persia, which is more than of academic interest since we own Aleppo. Although we have defeated the Persians in the field (one star), we send the last diplomat in the capitol to Persia offering 250d for peace, which is accepted. We are fairly confident that the money will be spent fighting the Turk, and five years of owning Aleppo and fortifying it will be worth the price, if we get five years.
The King, with true humility, makes a pilgrimage to Rome to see the Holy Father. In his audience with the Pope His Holiness expresses regret for fighting Austria so many times, freely admitting his error, and calling Austria the one true friend of the Bishop of Rome. His majesty asks what Austria can do for Christianity. The Pope says simply: "You must free the Holy Land."
"no rules apply to me" was a bit much, what I meant was that I cannot possibly be hated more than I am now, and so further violation of any rules means nothing. There is a certain freedom in being a pariah.
The First Austrian Crusade
June 1634
Walls expanded in Pest, 18/2/50 sent from Italy to Aleppo. Portugal and Turkey sign a white peace. In September we have our annual failure in Malacca, and reach Late Boroque in Infrastructure (tech level 6), allowing us to build goods manufactures. We try yet again in Malacca. Sibir pays 172d to Russia.
1635 Tax 1080d
As if ordained by God, Montecucoli, known as "Monty" (4/4/3 one at seige), rises from the ranks in Aleppo. We will recruit plenty of cavalry to protect our commander, and soon he will head a large army in our Crusade to free the Holy Land. Spain takes Guyenne from France, who is down to 11 continental provinces plus Paris. Denmark (Sweden, France, Teutonic Order) DoWs Russia (Pskov).
1636 Tax 1069d
We finally succeeded in Malacca, which we find out when a CoT opens there at the start of the year. In June we expand the colony succesfully. Malacca produces 50d per month from the monopoly we have there, so we sent 14000 men on ten transports to Table then on to Malacca as a test of how many will actually arrive.
1637 Tax 1004d
Ferdinand III Rises to rule Austria. We build a Goods Manufacture in Milan, which is well defended. Walls expanded in Artois and Nivernais. We add 5000 horse to Monty's army, increasing it to 32/17/50 in Aleppo. In Feruary our scientists again improve our navy, discovering the compass (naval tech 9). We owe much to our neighbor's technology (bonus down to +16), though they do not appear to be too far advanced (Spain, France England are all 12, Portugal is 13 or 14). We take a loan to avoid extending the one we took in the last war because we forgot to save to repay it. In April our failure to attack the Turks and free the Holy land has an effect on the masses (Random Event: +5% revolt risk in national provinces). Russia cedes Karelia to Sweden. Eight of the ten transports arrive at Table and immediately move on to Malacca.
1638 Tax 1062
Seven ships with 9000 men arrive in Malacca to defend our colony of 300 Austrian souls, another 100 are sent to join them. Our armed forces total 346/32/567 by land now. Personal gift to Spain (+159 to +188). We DoW France (Sweden, Teutonic Order) in January and Spain joins us. Once this war is done we will attack the Turk, who no doubt will DoW us mid-war. Pappenheim 12/0/136 moves into undefended Provence, General Gallas moves on Paris with 20/4/74, 19000 fairly new men march in two groups toward Normandy. Most of our armies will wait for opportunities elsewhere.
March 1638
Four revolts start the month off on the wrong foot. Gallas arrives in Paris (2), Pappenheim works over Provence (4), and half the infantry starts on Normandy (4). Wallachia (Turkey) DoWs us, and Spain joins. Monty splits his force and both halves move on Lebanon, he keeps 13/0/50 and will keep the others for pre-seige combat. Col Kufstein's 26000 men face Sweden's 9/0/20 in Bremen. We want no Swedes wandering our empire leaving a path of destruction in this war, he wins killing 7/0/15 for a loss of 1000 men. Mad Max finally escapes Copenhagen and beseiges Jyland with 9/0/171, though we could have sworn he had a different group earlier (same army different Col in Copenhagen, Max in Western Pommerania). Poland cedes Mozyr to Russia (though my notes originally said Russia to Russia, so I'm not positive, oops).
June 1638
Mad Max storms Jyland and defeats her 5000 defenders, and we accept Jyland in a separate peace with Sweden. Our 9000 men in Malacca defeat 0/2/20 Turks. Gallas captures Paris in June, and moves to Normandy. Col Krems and his 20/0/39 defeat a small Teutonic force which was abandoned by Sweden in Eastern Prussia and moves on Lithuania. Monty chips away at Lebanon's walls (1), and Pappenheim does well in Provence (-3). Pskov cancels its vassalization with Russia. In Aleppo our mobile force of 15/18/0 faces 10/8/60 Turks, we lose 2000 infantry and wipe out the enemy completely. We help Spain defeat Wallachia in Croatia, and move two small forces (12000 each) on Illyria and Serbia. Pappenheim captures Provence, giving France something to offer besides a white peace, Pappenheim is sent to defeat rebels in Berri, and then probably on to Gascogne.
October 1638
Our army storms Armor succesfully, and we fight off a tiny Turkish force in Aleppo. Lebanon's walls are failing (-4). Our Aleppo force invades Adana to fight the Turks there, 2/7/0, we kill all but 2000 cavalry for insignificant losses. We can now fire ships guns from increased range (naval tech level 10). On Christmas Eve we storm Lithuania, and accept it for peace with the Teutonic Order.
1639 Tax 873d
Monty captures Lebanon on the 16th, and we move on Judea, the next province to the Holy City of Jerusalem. We send colonists to add to our 400 in Malacca. Monty defeats 5000 Turkish horse and begins his seige of Judea in good shape (-1). Gallas storms Normandy on the third try, in March, and we turn down Provence and Armor for peace. The addition of 40 cannon to Bolzen's force deeply demoralizes the men in Aleppo (am I missing something?). We hope they can recover before the Turks arrive. We accept Normandy, Armor and Provence from France in May. On the bright side for France, they can only lose eight more provinces on the continent. Venice (Portugal, Scotland, England) DoWs us, perhaps sensing that once we take Judea we want a period of peace. They must not have noticed Col Guttwald ans his 22/0/77 in Tyrolia, and the absence of any Venetian defenders at all.
June 1639
As we feared, Col Bolzen's men never recover from the shock of new cannon in their midst and the Turks defeat them. We have been informed that artillery recruits have a tendency to fire short and hit their own men, which explains the low morale of the rest of the army. Our navy of 49/0/9 faces 4/35/2 Turks in the Ionian, we lose 3 warships to the Turks loss of three much cheaper galleys, and we retire. Naval research should not have been so neglected for so long. Monty captures Judea from the Turks, and we hope to acquire Lebanon and Judea in the peace, but first we must regroup and relieve Aleppo. In July we storm Venice once more, and Venice pays 106d to end their foolish war. Turkey refuses to give us Judea and Lebanon to end the war, they have also lost control of Qattara and Cataract to Spain. Monty takes 18/16/88 and heads to Aleppo. Our best hope is that the Turk makes a separate peace with Spain, and then an additional one with us. Our navy fights the Turks again, and we lose three more warships and a transport to the Turk's loss of one warship, four galleys and a transport. Hungary (Poland) DoWs us now that Col Gottwald is free, how convenient. Monty faces 16/6/0 in Aleppo, he loses 5/1 and annihilates the Turks. We send another colonist to join the now 500 in Malacca.
September 1639
As our returning transports came under attack by a lone Turkish warship near Madagascar, the Turk offers Lebanon and Aleppo, which we accept. We expand the forts in Judea and Lebanon, and recruit in Aleppo to reduce our treasury, as Wallachia demanded 250d last time. The war we really wanted to avoid strikes, the Persians (Mamelukes) DoW us, Spain joins. So much for our cash from the last war being spent fighting the Turks. We will try to win a few battles quickly and restore peace, Monty proceeds to Syria. Stability maximized. Monty 16/15/88 faces 16/1/40 Persians in Syria, Monty was not fresh and loses, but destroys 13/1/28 for his loss of 4/1/2. We pay Wallachia 25d for peace. The Persians then beseige Aleppo.
1640 Tax 1142d
In February, with Aleppo's walls failing (-2) we pay another 250d to Persia for peace. We send an equal state gift to repair our frayed relations with Spain (+108 to +200). We work to deal with the revolts in France we have ignored for so long. A local businesman suffers delusions and builds a naval manufacturing facility in Bohemia (RE: Naval facility built).
May 1640
We capture Western Prussia from Poland, we may grab a province or two before we take Magyar. At the end of the month we capture Eastern Pomerania and Magyar. We accept the two provinces from Poland, and then 66d from Hungary and we are at peace with the world once again, though they hate us with a passion (badboy=204). The King is pleased with the war's outcome. Two Polish provinces added, three more from France and one from the Teutonic Order. Most importantly, our conquest of two Turkish provinces in the Holy Land put us one step from reclaiming Jerusalem, our mission from God.
June 1634
Walls expanded in Pest, 18/2/50 sent from Italy to Aleppo. Portugal and Turkey sign a white peace. In September we have our annual failure in Malacca, and reach Late Boroque in Infrastructure (tech level 6), allowing us to build goods manufactures. We try yet again in Malacca. Sibir pays 172d to Russia.
1635 Tax 1080d
As if ordained by God, Montecucoli, known as "Monty" (4/4/3 one at seige), rises from the ranks in Aleppo. We will recruit plenty of cavalry to protect our commander, and soon he will head a large army in our Crusade to free the Holy Land. Spain takes Guyenne from France, who is down to 11 continental provinces plus Paris. Denmark (Sweden, France, Teutonic Order) DoWs Russia (Pskov).
1636 Tax 1069d
We finally succeeded in Malacca, which we find out when a CoT opens there at the start of the year. In June we expand the colony succesfully. Malacca produces 50d per month from the monopoly we have there, so we sent 14000 men on ten transports to Table then on to Malacca as a test of how many will actually arrive.
1637 Tax 1004d
Ferdinand III Rises to rule Austria. We build a Goods Manufacture in Milan, which is well defended. Walls expanded in Artois and Nivernais. We add 5000 horse to Monty's army, increasing it to 32/17/50 in Aleppo. In Feruary our scientists again improve our navy, discovering the compass (naval tech 9). We owe much to our neighbor's technology (bonus down to +16), though they do not appear to be too far advanced (Spain, France England are all 12, Portugal is 13 or 14). We take a loan to avoid extending the one we took in the last war because we forgot to save to repay it. In April our failure to attack the Turks and free the Holy land has an effect on the masses (Random Event: +5% revolt risk in national provinces). Russia cedes Karelia to Sweden. Eight of the ten transports arrive at Table and immediately move on to Malacca.
1638 Tax 1062
Seven ships with 9000 men arrive in Malacca to defend our colony of 300 Austrian souls, another 100 are sent to join them. Our armed forces total 346/32/567 by land now. Personal gift to Spain (+159 to +188). We DoW France (Sweden, Teutonic Order) in January and Spain joins us. Once this war is done we will attack the Turk, who no doubt will DoW us mid-war. Pappenheim 12/0/136 moves into undefended Provence, General Gallas moves on Paris with 20/4/74, 19000 fairly new men march in two groups toward Normandy. Most of our armies will wait for opportunities elsewhere.
March 1638
Four revolts start the month off on the wrong foot. Gallas arrives in Paris (2), Pappenheim works over Provence (4), and half the infantry starts on Normandy (4). Wallachia (Turkey) DoWs us, and Spain joins. Monty splits his force and both halves move on Lebanon, he keeps 13/0/50 and will keep the others for pre-seige combat. Col Kufstein's 26000 men face Sweden's 9/0/20 in Bremen. We want no Swedes wandering our empire leaving a path of destruction in this war, he wins killing 7/0/15 for a loss of 1000 men. Mad Max finally escapes Copenhagen and beseiges Jyland with 9/0/171, though we could have sworn he had a different group earlier (same army different Col in Copenhagen, Max in Western Pommerania). Poland cedes Mozyr to Russia (though my notes originally said Russia to Russia, so I'm not positive, oops).
June 1638
Mad Max storms Jyland and defeats her 5000 defenders, and we accept Jyland in a separate peace with Sweden. Our 9000 men in Malacca defeat 0/2/20 Turks. Gallas captures Paris in June, and moves to Normandy. Col Krems and his 20/0/39 defeat a small Teutonic force which was abandoned by Sweden in Eastern Prussia and moves on Lithuania. Monty chips away at Lebanon's walls (1), and Pappenheim does well in Provence (-3). Pskov cancels its vassalization with Russia. In Aleppo our mobile force of 15/18/0 faces 10/8/60 Turks, we lose 2000 infantry and wipe out the enemy completely. We help Spain defeat Wallachia in Croatia, and move two small forces (12000 each) on Illyria and Serbia. Pappenheim captures Provence, giving France something to offer besides a white peace, Pappenheim is sent to defeat rebels in Berri, and then probably on to Gascogne.
October 1638
Our army storms Armor succesfully, and we fight off a tiny Turkish force in Aleppo. Lebanon's walls are failing (-4). Our Aleppo force invades Adana to fight the Turks there, 2/7/0, we kill all but 2000 cavalry for insignificant losses. We can now fire ships guns from increased range (naval tech level 10). On Christmas Eve we storm Lithuania, and accept it for peace with the Teutonic Order.
1639 Tax 873d
Monty captures Lebanon on the 16th, and we move on Judea, the next province to the Holy City of Jerusalem. We send colonists to add to our 400 in Malacca. Monty defeats 5000 Turkish horse and begins his seige of Judea in good shape (-1). Gallas storms Normandy on the third try, in March, and we turn down Provence and Armor for peace. The addition of 40 cannon to Bolzen's force deeply demoralizes the men in Aleppo (am I missing something?). We hope they can recover before the Turks arrive. We accept Normandy, Armor and Provence from France in May. On the bright side for France, they can only lose eight more provinces on the continent. Venice (Portugal, Scotland, England) DoWs us, perhaps sensing that once we take Judea we want a period of peace. They must not have noticed Col Guttwald ans his 22/0/77 in Tyrolia, and the absence of any Venetian defenders at all.
June 1639
As we feared, Col Bolzen's men never recover from the shock of new cannon in their midst and the Turks defeat them. We have been informed that artillery recruits have a tendency to fire short and hit their own men, which explains the low morale of the rest of the army. Our navy of 49/0/9 faces 4/35/2 Turks in the Ionian, we lose 3 warships to the Turks loss of three much cheaper galleys, and we retire. Naval research should not have been so neglected for so long. Monty captures Judea from the Turks, and we hope to acquire Lebanon and Judea in the peace, but first we must regroup and relieve Aleppo. In July we storm Venice once more, and Venice pays 106d to end their foolish war. Turkey refuses to give us Judea and Lebanon to end the war, they have also lost control of Qattara and Cataract to Spain. Monty takes 18/16/88 and heads to Aleppo. Our best hope is that the Turk makes a separate peace with Spain, and then an additional one with us. Our navy fights the Turks again, and we lose three more warships and a transport to the Turk's loss of one warship, four galleys and a transport. Hungary (Poland) DoWs us now that Col Gottwald is free, how convenient. Monty faces 16/6/0 in Aleppo, he loses 5/1 and annihilates the Turks. We send another colonist to join the now 500 in Malacca.
September 1639
As our returning transports came under attack by a lone Turkish warship near Madagascar, the Turk offers Lebanon and Aleppo, which we accept. We expand the forts in Judea and Lebanon, and recruit in Aleppo to reduce our treasury, as Wallachia demanded 250d last time. The war we really wanted to avoid strikes, the Persians (Mamelukes) DoW us, Spain joins. So much for our cash from the last war being spent fighting the Turks. We will try to win a few battles quickly and restore peace, Monty proceeds to Syria. Stability maximized. Monty 16/15/88 faces 16/1/40 Persians in Syria, Monty was not fresh and loses, but destroys 13/1/28 for his loss of 4/1/2. We pay Wallachia 25d for peace. The Persians then beseige Aleppo.
1640 Tax 1142d
In February, with Aleppo's walls failing (-2) we pay another 250d to Persia for peace. We send an equal state gift to repair our frayed relations with Spain (+108 to +200). We work to deal with the revolts in France we have ignored for so long. A local businesman suffers delusions and builds a naval manufacturing facility in Bohemia (RE: Naval facility built).
May 1640
We capture Western Prussia from Poland, we may grab a province or two before we take Magyar. At the end of the month we capture Eastern Pomerania and Magyar. We accept the two provinces from Poland, and then 66d from Hungary and we are at peace with the world once again, though they hate us with a passion (badboy=204). The King is pleased with the war's outcome. Two Polish provinces added, three more from France and one from the Teutonic Order. Most importantly, our conquest of two Turkish provinces in the Holy Land put us one step from reclaiming Jerusalem, our mission from God.
The Second Austrian Crusade
September 1640
As we hoped, and feared, Turkey (Wallachia, Georgia) DoWs the Mamelukes (Persia). We send 23000 more men via Table to Malaccas, and send another colonist to join the 600 there. In December we discover Muskets (land tech level 13).
1641 Tax 1167d
Our wealth is more than four times that of France, who has the most other than Spain's, and we double Spain's total wealth. We expand the wall in Naples, Genoa and Picardie, avoiding provinces which have a nationalism revolt risk. We order 5 more ships, three in Ragusa. We recruit 10/5 in and around Aleppo. In March we expand our colony in Malacca to a city of 700, and build a wall there and recruit 3000 infantry. Judea revolts, and we announce a new policy of toleration for all faiths. In July we discover topsails (naval tech 11), further closing the gap between ourselves and other major powers. We equal Spain, we are behind France, significantly behind England and well behind Portugal. The men arrive in Malacca, and the ships are sent back.
1642 Tax 1170d
It has been 150 years since we began controlling the destiny of Austria. Our income has increased to nearly twenty times the original amount, we control central Europe from Italy to the Baltic, all of Italy but Venice, virtually all of France, Malacca, and an important segment of the holy land. We are poised to free Jerusalem, and we have reason to hope that Austria's glory will only grow in the next 150 years.
This is a loan year so we will set aside 500d. Walls expanded in Lebanon. We send a colonist to Mahe in the Indian Ocean, and increase naval research to catch the other powers, and permit shipyard building sooner. We repay the loan in March. We expand the walls in Malacca in May. Also in May we establish a colony in Mahe. In July our naval technicians develop a way to mount guns forward on our ships (naval tech 12), we pass Spain and catch France. Many French revolts mar the year.
1643 Tax 1116d
We send another colonist to Malacca, to try to put them over 1000, since we have no better place to send them (silly in retrospect as Malacca was slowly growing anyway, and any other vacant province in that area would have been fine). Russia (Pskov) DoWs Poland (Hungary). We expand walls in Bohemia, and recruit 3000 horse in Malacca. In June word comes that Malacca has expanded, and now has 809 people, we order its wall built up (to level 3). We order 5/4/30 in the holy land. In May our conquests from the Turks show their effect, we think, Turkey cedes Cataract back to the Mamelukes. We order 3000 more horse in Malacca, totalling 25/6/0 now. We add 9000 more infantry in the holy land. In September our researchers develop early optics (naval tech 13) allowing our ships to see further at sea. On Christmas Eve we defeat rebels in Krakow. For the first time in may years we enjoy Christmas with no wars and no rebellions.
1644 Tax 1196d
We order six more warships and expand walls in Florence. We recruit 9/0/30 in the holy land, and 3000 horse in Malacca, and we send a colonist to Ajeh, hoping that new coin flips will be more to our liking. We recruit 11/3/40 in Austria. Trade in Malacca remains 50d/month for us. On research each month we spend 84d on land, 100d on navy, 54d on infrastructure and 40d on trade. Our naval scientists can hold their heads high now (neighbor bonus only 2), we equal even the Portugese in naval technology. Monty moves into position in Judea, but we cannot DoW the Turks because it has not been five years since peace. In July word comes from Ajeh that no word will come from Ajeh. In Novemer the peace treaty expires and we DoW the Turk (Wallachia, Georgia, China!), dragging Spain in behind us. In December the Turks pin Monty in Judea, with 21/5 facing Monty's 21/22/146, Christmas Eve again brings victory, with a mere 3/1 Turks escaping, with our forces having lost 7/0/2. Crimea DoWs us, we leave Spain out. Portugal (Venice, Scotland, England, Knights) are next, Spain joins. Monty moves on an undefended Samaria. On the 27th France (Sweden, Denmark, Teutonic Knights) DoW us and after some debate, since France is so weak (maybe 20k visible forces), we invite Spain. Pappenheim moves from Maine to Paris.
1645 Tax 936d
We try Ajeh again. Monty arrives to find solid walls in Jerusalem (3)(level 3). Turkey and Wallachia launch theor traditional numerous, but small, attacks on Ragusa, defended by 30000 infantry. And we recruit roughly 75000 infantry around our realm, and a few horses and cannon.
March 1645
Our Austrian-recruited force from last year, 11/3/40, beseiges Illyria (4). Pappenheim does well in Paris (-1). In April Persia (Mamelukes, Oman) DoW us, drawing Spain in, we hope we can make this quick. In May Monty reports progress in Jerusalem (1), and we beseige Copenhagen. Poland gives 75d and Ukraine to Russia. In Aleppo our 25/8 face Persia's 29/7/27, in the midst of our imminent defeat 2/20 which had been sent from Samaria join the battle, and only 12/4/17 Persian's are left to flee. For our loss of roughly 7/2 we inflicted losses of 17/3/10 on the enemy. Col Karlsbad and 15000 cavalry pursue to Sivas. We turn down yet another white peace offer from the Turks. In June Monty reports further progress in Jerusalem (-2). We won an surprising battle against China in Malacca, this proves that with a vast empire all enemies can hurt us somewhere. Paris will fall soon (-7). We accept a white peace with Georgia. On the 18th of June Pappenheim captures Paris. By the end of June Jerusalem (-5) is near capitulation.
July 1645
General Gallas (4/0/69) captures Bretagne after many months, and moves to Morbihan, Pappenheim redirected to the Vendee. Col Karlsbad is chased further inland after losing his battle in Sivas. We capture Copenhagen, and the Danes pay 85d for peace. On July 18th, 1645 we capture Jerusalem from the Turk, we will accept any peace that grants us the right to secure the holy city for all Christendom. Monty returned to Aleppo. At the end of August we capture Limosin, and Spain signs a white peace with France. Seige of Illyria goes well (-3).
September 1646
The Turks offer us Samaria and we accept, giving Austria the glory and responsibility to defend the holy land for all Christianity. Karlsbad returns to Aleppo with less than half his original force. Illyrian troops sent to Ragusa, which is down to 19000 men. Persia rejects our white peace offer (one star). We decline Limosin and Bretagne from France, we want three. In October Hungary DoWs us, a force just sitting in Magdeburg (15000) is sent to deal with them. Monty beseiges Syria (0) to teach the Persians a lesson. We beseige Kurland with 13/0/121, and the Teutonic Order ironically attacks us in Aleppo. France, with a rapidly diminishing army (from 34 to 17) marching across Austria, reduces her offer to Limosin, and we refuse. The army sent to Magyar is redirected to intercept these French in Sudeten or Bohemia. Oman attacks us in Syria, and word comes that Pappenheim, who has spent virtually his entire life in France or Austrian France, has died in the Vendee. With Monty under attack in Syria we hope we do not lose two heroes just as the year ends.
1647 Tax 941d
Stability has improved (2), but taxes still much lower, Monty has been ordered to retreat as he has only cannon left in Syria, and he does. We note that we failed again in Ajeh, and try a third time. We also order 6/2/30 in the holy land and 30 cannon in Malacca. Persia and Portugal both reject white peace offers. A French attack on Ragusa prompts us to send our fleet of fifty-two warships and eight transports to intercept the French fleet, which consists of five warships and three transports. We sink the French with no losses in our fleet. The battle is over so quickly that we do not acquire French maps, however. Monty, reinforced to 15/3/126, returns to Syria, leaving only 6/14 behind, plus new recruits as they arrive. France again offers Limosin. Col Melk with 14000 catches 15000 French in Moravia, defeats them, and moves on to Magyar. The Hungarians make their traditional visit to Pest. We capture Kurland from the Teutonic order, and march on Livonia despite our much reduced numbers (2/0/121).
March 1647
The French beseige Krakow, brilliant. Our 17/0/20 march on Magyar. Monty re-beseiges Syria (2). In May we accept Cevennes, Limosin and Bretagne from France, ending the war. Col Konnsteig, 7/0/126 is sent to Portugal's capitol. Crimea rejects a white peace, leaving them, Persia et al, Portugal et al, and Hungary. In July we accept a white peace from Persia. We also, finally, establish a colony in Ajeh. The Hungarians took Pest from us again, but not for long as their capitol will fall soon (-4). Another colonist sent to Ajeh.
September 1647
A vision of Our Lady in a grove inspires Sudeten to return to the true faith (RE: Sudeten converts back to Catholicism). In November we capture Magyar yet again and the Hungarians generously pay 145d for peace (two stars). Crimea then accepts a white peace. We beseige Portugal's capitol (4) in December, but they reject a white peace. We will therefore assemble another Azores assault squad. Stability maximized. Natives die suddenly in Singapore.
1648 Tax 1241d
We again fail to colonize Ajeh. Our 23/2/106, all that was in the south of France, sets sail for the Azores from Provence, planning a breif stop in Andalusia for supplies. The Spanish "assist" us in Tago, no doubt we will have to do this twice once the Portugese capitol falls, because our allies will be given credit for it.
May 1648
Venice payed Spain 148d to get their city back. We therefore send an army to retake it. We unload our 22/2/106 to face some 37000 Portugese in the Azores, it will be a tough fight. We face 22/10/39, word arrives mid battle that we, and not Spain, have captured Portugal's capitol, we hope this will spur the men to victory. It is not enough, however, and we lose 12/2/13 to the Portugese losses of 12/2/11. Next time we will bring far more men. The Portugese pay us 80d for peace. In August Venice accepts a white peace, and we have again completed our war.
King Ferdinand is delighted with our latest effort. We have fulfilled the dreams of Habsburgs for generations and freed Jerusalem. He says he could die a happy man for that accomplishment alone, but warns that we must now defend it. We also acquired three more French provinces, leaving them with but five continental provinces plus their capitol. Two more wars should see the end of France on the continent outside of Paris. Now if only the next couple of wars could be started by other people, that would be convenient.
September 1640
As we hoped, and feared, Turkey (Wallachia, Georgia) DoWs the Mamelukes (Persia). We send 23000 more men via Table to Malaccas, and send another colonist to join the 600 there. In December we discover Muskets (land tech level 13).
1641 Tax 1167d
Our wealth is more than four times that of France, who has the most other than Spain's, and we double Spain's total wealth. We expand the wall in Naples, Genoa and Picardie, avoiding provinces which have a nationalism revolt risk. We order 5 more ships, three in Ragusa. We recruit 10/5 in and around Aleppo. In March we expand our colony in Malacca to a city of 700, and build a wall there and recruit 3000 infantry. Judea revolts, and we announce a new policy of toleration for all faiths. In July we discover topsails (naval tech 11), further closing the gap between ourselves and other major powers. We equal Spain, we are behind France, significantly behind England and well behind Portugal. The men arrive in Malacca, and the ships are sent back.
1642 Tax 1170d
It has been 150 years since we began controlling the destiny of Austria. Our income has increased to nearly twenty times the original amount, we control central Europe from Italy to the Baltic, all of Italy but Venice, virtually all of France, Malacca, and an important segment of the holy land. We are poised to free Jerusalem, and we have reason to hope that Austria's glory will only grow in the next 150 years.
This is a loan year so we will set aside 500d. Walls expanded in Lebanon. We send a colonist to Mahe in the Indian Ocean, and increase naval research to catch the other powers, and permit shipyard building sooner. We repay the loan in March. We expand the walls in Malacca in May. Also in May we establish a colony in Mahe. In July our naval technicians develop a way to mount guns forward on our ships (naval tech 12), we pass Spain and catch France. Many French revolts mar the year.
1643 Tax 1116d
We send another colonist to Malacca, to try to put them over 1000, since we have no better place to send them (silly in retrospect as Malacca was slowly growing anyway, and any other vacant province in that area would have been fine). Russia (Pskov) DoWs Poland (Hungary). We expand walls in Bohemia, and recruit 3000 horse in Malacca. In June word comes that Malacca has expanded, and now has 809 people, we order its wall built up (to level 3). We order 5/4/30 in the holy land. In May our conquests from the Turks show their effect, we think, Turkey cedes Cataract back to the Mamelukes. We order 3000 more horse in Malacca, totalling 25/6/0 now. We add 9000 more infantry in the holy land. In September our researchers develop early optics (naval tech 13) allowing our ships to see further at sea. On Christmas Eve we defeat rebels in Krakow. For the first time in may years we enjoy Christmas with no wars and no rebellions.
1644 Tax 1196d
We order six more warships and expand walls in Florence. We recruit 9/0/30 in the holy land, and 3000 horse in Malacca, and we send a colonist to Ajeh, hoping that new coin flips will be more to our liking. We recruit 11/3/40 in Austria. Trade in Malacca remains 50d/month for us. On research each month we spend 84d on land, 100d on navy, 54d on infrastructure and 40d on trade. Our naval scientists can hold their heads high now (neighbor bonus only 2), we equal even the Portugese in naval technology. Monty moves into position in Judea, but we cannot DoW the Turks because it has not been five years since peace. In July word comes from Ajeh that no word will come from Ajeh. In Novemer the peace treaty expires and we DoW the Turk (Wallachia, Georgia, China!), dragging Spain in behind us. In December the Turks pin Monty in Judea, with 21/5 facing Monty's 21/22/146, Christmas Eve again brings victory, with a mere 3/1 Turks escaping, with our forces having lost 7/0/2. Crimea DoWs us, we leave Spain out. Portugal (Venice, Scotland, England, Knights) are next, Spain joins. Monty moves on an undefended Samaria. On the 27th France (Sweden, Denmark, Teutonic Knights) DoW us and after some debate, since France is so weak (maybe 20k visible forces), we invite Spain. Pappenheim moves from Maine to Paris.
1645 Tax 936d
We try Ajeh again. Monty arrives to find solid walls in Jerusalem (3)(level 3). Turkey and Wallachia launch theor traditional numerous, but small, attacks on Ragusa, defended by 30000 infantry. And we recruit roughly 75000 infantry around our realm, and a few horses and cannon.
March 1645
Our Austrian-recruited force from last year, 11/3/40, beseiges Illyria (4). Pappenheim does well in Paris (-1). In April Persia (Mamelukes, Oman) DoW us, drawing Spain in, we hope we can make this quick. In May Monty reports progress in Jerusalem (1), and we beseige Copenhagen. Poland gives 75d and Ukraine to Russia. In Aleppo our 25/8 face Persia's 29/7/27, in the midst of our imminent defeat 2/20 which had been sent from Samaria join the battle, and only 12/4/17 Persian's are left to flee. For our loss of roughly 7/2 we inflicted losses of 17/3/10 on the enemy. Col Karlsbad and 15000 cavalry pursue to Sivas. We turn down yet another white peace offer from the Turks. In June Monty reports further progress in Jerusalem (-2). We won an surprising battle against China in Malacca, this proves that with a vast empire all enemies can hurt us somewhere. Paris will fall soon (-7). We accept a white peace with Georgia. On the 18th of June Pappenheim captures Paris. By the end of June Jerusalem (-5) is near capitulation.
July 1645
General Gallas (4/0/69) captures Bretagne after many months, and moves to Morbihan, Pappenheim redirected to the Vendee. Col Karlsbad is chased further inland after losing his battle in Sivas. We capture Copenhagen, and the Danes pay 85d for peace. On July 18th, 1645 we capture Jerusalem from the Turk, we will accept any peace that grants us the right to secure the holy city for all Christendom. Monty returned to Aleppo. At the end of August we capture Limosin, and Spain signs a white peace with France. Seige of Illyria goes well (-3).
September 1646
The Turks offer us Samaria and we accept, giving Austria the glory and responsibility to defend the holy land for all Christianity. Karlsbad returns to Aleppo with less than half his original force. Illyrian troops sent to Ragusa, which is down to 19000 men. Persia rejects our white peace offer (one star). We decline Limosin and Bretagne from France, we want three. In October Hungary DoWs us, a force just sitting in Magdeburg (15000) is sent to deal with them. Monty beseiges Syria (0) to teach the Persians a lesson. We beseige Kurland with 13/0/121, and the Teutonic Order ironically attacks us in Aleppo. France, with a rapidly diminishing army (from 34 to 17) marching across Austria, reduces her offer to Limosin, and we refuse. The army sent to Magyar is redirected to intercept these French in Sudeten or Bohemia. Oman attacks us in Syria, and word comes that Pappenheim, who has spent virtually his entire life in France or Austrian France, has died in the Vendee. With Monty under attack in Syria we hope we do not lose two heroes just as the year ends.
1647 Tax 941d
Stability has improved (2), but taxes still much lower, Monty has been ordered to retreat as he has only cannon left in Syria, and he does. We note that we failed again in Ajeh, and try a third time. We also order 6/2/30 in the holy land and 30 cannon in Malacca. Persia and Portugal both reject white peace offers. A French attack on Ragusa prompts us to send our fleet of fifty-two warships and eight transports to intercept the French fleet, which consists of five warships and three transports. We sink the French with no losses in our fleet. The battle is over so quickly that we do not acquire French maps, however. Monty, reinforced to 15/3/126, returns to Syria, leaving only 6/14 behind, plus new recruits as they arrive. France again offers Limosin. Col Melk with 14000 catches 15000 French in Moravia, defeats them, and moves on to Magyar. The Hungarians make their traditional visit to Pest. We capture Kurland from the Teutonic order, and march on Livonia despite our much reduced numbers (2/0/121).
March 1647
The French beseige Krakow, brilliant. Our 17/0/20 march on Magyar. Monty re-beseiges Syria (2). In May we accept Cevennes, Limosin and Bretagne from France, ending the war. Col Konnsteig, 7/0/126 is sent to Portugal's capitol. Crimea rejects a white peace, leaving them, Persia et al, Portugal et al, and Hungary. In July we accept a white peace from Persia. We also, finally, establish a colony in Ajeh. The Hungarians took Pest from us again, but not for long as their capitol will fall soon (-4). Another colonist sent to Ajeh.
September 1647
A vision of Our Lady in a grove inspires Sudeten to return to the true faith (RE: Sudeten converts back to Catholicism). In November we capture Magyar yet again and the Hungarians generously pay 145d for peace (two stars). Crimea then accepts a white peace. We beseige Portugal's capitol (4) in December, but they reject a white peace. We will therefore assemble another Azores assault squad. Stability maximized. Natives die suddenly in Singapore.
1648 Tax 1241d
We again fail to colonize Ajeh. Our 23/2/106, all that was in the south of France, sets sail for the Azores from Provence, planning a breif stop in Andalusia for supplies. The Spanish "assist" us in Tago, no doubt we will have to do this twice once the Portugese capitol falls, because our allies will be given credit for it.
May 1648
Venice payed Spain 148d to get their city back. We therefore send an army to retake it. We unload our 22/2/106 to face some 37000 Portugese in the Azores, it will be a tough fight. We face 22/10/39, word arrives mid battle that we, and not Spain, have captured Portugal's capitol, we hope this will spur the men to victory. It is not enough, however, and we lose 12/2/13 to the Portugese losses of 12/2/11. Next time we will bring far more men. The Portugese pay us 80d for peace. In August Venice accepts a white peace, and we have again completed our war.
King Ferdinand is delighted with our latest effort. We have fulfilled the dreams of Habsburgs for generations and freed Jerusalem. He says he could die a happy man for that accomplishment alone, but warns that we must now defend it. We also acquired three more French provinces, leaving them with but five continental provinces plus their capitol. Two more wars should see the end of France on the continent outside of Paris. Now if only the next couple of wars could be started by other people, that would be convenient.
The (Sensible and Well-Timed) War of Spanish Aggression
Strategically, our long term plans are to finish off France in the west, while holding in the east. Poland and Hungary have acted as buffers between us and the nations to the east, particularly Russia. Taking more provinces in the east would tie down many more troops with only poor provinces to show for it. Eventually we may need more defense in the East as those two nations are gobbled up, but they serve the function now. We are toying with the conquest of Britain, we think we could annex Scotland in one or two wars. Any province nearby would permit us to capture London from time to time and claim English colonies for its return. However, the acquisition of the Azores is necessary to make trans-Atlantic travel sensible, especially from the Mediterranean. We again consider taking Venice, as we have conquered the city again and again, but we have only so many ships available, and her islands have been well defended. Also, it is tough to move fleets in the Med if we are at war with the Turk because Turkey's cheap galleys have proven to be a problem for our expensive warships. Long term we hope to conquer India, and our city in Malacca helps us there with recruitment. However, we need a forward base such as Yanam to stage assaults on the Indian kingdoms, and many, many more troops. We will finish France first, make a serious effort at the Azores, and watch for opportunities in Britain.
August 1648
Our land forces are down to 230/32/804, and our naval forces to 50 warships and 8 transports. In September we discover the armored mast (naval tech 14), and slow our naval research to boost land research. We send another colonist to Ajeh. We clear the natives from Phuket and move on to Kwai with 6/4.
1649 Tax 1245d
Our total annual income is over 5000d, Spain's is 3000d, France, Russia and Turkey each get around 1000d. We recruit 0/10/50 in our capitol, 18000 infantry in France, and more men in Malacca. The attrition in Asia is awful, and yet the large numbers of hostile natives require large armies to supress. Our army in Kwai lost few men to the 2000 natives, and yet is down to 4/3. Governors sent to new provinces. We fail in Ajeh again, and in February General Gallas dies. Pappenheim and Gallas, who between them have conquered much of France, pass into history. Our scientists discover a method to refine saltpeter (land tech 14).
July 1649
As the difficult job of clearing the natives from Bangkok had our attention, Spain DoWed France (Sweden, Teutonic, Denmark) and we look forward to the penultimate dismemberment of France. We cannot help but note how very convenient Spain's declaration was, it saves us stability loss, allows the liklihood of a separate peace with us before Spain take provinces from France, and it targets the foe we most wanted to attack first. Our allies have once again proven to be true brothers in arms. By August Col Dankl beseiges Paris (2) with 20/0/66. In September Portugal paid Spain 66d for peace. We split an army of 20/0/94 and half defeats 7000 French recuits in Poitou, killing 4000, while the other half beseiges Vendee and waits for their recruits. Paris (-3) will fall again soon. Vendee recruits are annihilated, as we also had 15000 infantry there, which leave for well defended (22) Morbihan.
1650 Tax 1212d
15/0/0 faces 17/6 in Morbihan, we barely lose the battle but with horrific losses, 13000 to the French losses of 3/1. We recruit 3/7 in Maine to join the survivors, as well as 11/0/0 in Orleans. We recruit 10/6 in the east, and 16000 infantry in the holy land. Our fleet is sent to the Atlantic where we have seen French ships.
March 1650
We again capture Paris, which has passed Venice and even Magyar as our most captured city. A force of 100 cannon which we had neglected in Tago arrives in France, half each go to Poitou (3) and Vendee (3). While we move on the Danish capitol the Danes beseige Lithuania (4) with 6000 men. The French beseige Maine (3) with 14/5/0. Hoping to save our new recruits in Maine, we send 23/0/0 to fight the French there, we fail, losing 13000 and killing only 2/0. Perhaps we should stop talking about cavalry and actually send some now and then. French 17/6 have killed 26000 infantry in two battles and lost only 5000 men and 1000 horse. Off the French coast our fleet of 47/9 fight 12/3 French ships, we annihilate the French for the loss of only two warships. A case of the finest champagne is sent to our naval scientists in honor of this fleet action. Our recruits of 3/7 nearly defeat the tired French in Maine, but retreat with few losses on either side. Col Dankl, who conquered Paris with 20/0/66, then arrives and easily defeats the French, and moves on to Morbihan. If we take three provinces from France in a separate peace, then Spain could take two and end France's presence on the continent in this war, aside from her capitol.
July 1650
We order 50 cannon in Bavaria for the east, 32/9/64 sit in Tyrolia. Seiges in Vendee (-3) and Poitou (0) go well. Col Dankl with his 20/0/66 meet the French 9/4/0 in Morbihan, he kills all but 6000, and begins the seige (2). In August we capture Copenhagen. Russia DoWs Sibir. The French force is reduced to 1/3 in Maine, our previously defeated but now victorious men pursue. Off Britany we spy 13 French ships, and our navy of 45/8 takes on France's of 12/1, we sink 6/1 and lose only 4 warships, but the men flee when they hear that Spain accepted Danzig from Poland for peace. We lose a battle in Lituania to Denmark, Tetonic Order and Sweden, so we make peace with Denmark as the Danes pay us 190d, which we use to recruit 2/5 to defeat their former allies. Col Dankl captures Morbihan, and moves east. In Spetember we capture Poitou.
October 1650
The French army marching about, once 17/6, is annihilated in Limosin. Another of our armies, of 11/7, fights 6000 Swedish horse in Lyon, the enemy is again annihilated. We decline Poitou and Morbihan. We begin to assemble our troops in Britany for an Azores trip, for when the inevitable DoW from Portugal comes. Sadly, we realize it has been barely two years since the last war with Portugal was ended. Still, some use should arise. 12000 Lithuanians revolt into 13000 enemy, our force from Eastern Prussia stops and restarts their march to Lithuania to watch the battle. We defeat the demoralized enemy in Lithuania, and again turn down two French provinces. Poland (Hungary) DoWs us in December. An army of 12/0/111 moves from Lithuania to Warsaw. Col Bad Ischl takes 14/4/64 from the Tyrol to Magyar. On Christmas we capture the Vendee from France.
1651 Tax 1135d
We send traders to Kuala Lampur and Phuket to see if we can't increase our chances of colonizing success. Also, for recruiting to be useful we need cities on the mainland. We recruit 24/12 total between Bohemia and Austria. Personal gift to Spain (+149 to +192). Poland sends 23/19/57 into snowy Lithuania, while our 12/0/111 sit in their capital (4). In February we accept Vendee, Morbihan and Poitou from France, leaving her to satisfy Spain still. Poland refuses a white peace, which we would like to conclude before other DoWs stretch our war into exhaustion territory. After crossing the Danube our 11/4/64 face Hungary's 6/6 in Magyar, we lose 7/2/8 and the battle, killing only 3/1. Next time we attack from Presburg not Pest.
June 1651
Poland rejects a white peace again, although the Spaniards drove them from Lithuania. We refuse to pay Poland 130d, and spend 125d on troops so that won't happen again. In July we establish a trading post in Phuket and Kuala Lampur. Sibir pays 68d to Russia. In August we finally make some progress in Warsaw (-1). On September 8 the capitol falls. Poland pays us 45d for peace, and we have no wars once again. In December Russia (Pskov) DoWs a weakened Poland (Hungary).
1652 Tax 1296d
A new CoT opens in Yanam and we realize that England is alive and well and sending out colonists. This will hurt us no doubt in Malacca. We send a trader to Kwai. We build 6 transports in the Atlantic, and 6/7 in the Med (in February), we will need transport both for our conquest of Anglia, and for our Azores operation, and for the far east to take Yanam. We send six merchants to Yanam, a new CoT is not so bad if it means another Austrian monopoly, and we have the cash to make it happen. Once again we increase the naval research budget (I had increased it thinking that if one shipyard brought one colonist then two must bring two and so on. Realizing that this was not true I dropped back once I had enough tech to fight, but now I need the Shipyards for building). Walls expanded in Eastern Prussia and Lithuania. Yanam is 488d per year, Malacca is down to 1418, but we still get 536d per year, and we took five slots in Yanam. In May we clear the natives in Laos. In June we establish a trading post in Kwai.
July 1652
England (Venice) DoWs Spain, again a convenient situation, and we, of course, honor our aliiance with Spain. Col Trent and 31/0/50 sent to Venice from Vienna. France and Spain sign a white peace, leaving two continental provinces, and one of two formerly English provinces, for us to grab next war. Eight transports sent from Britany to Malacca, via Spain, Table, Mahe and Ajeh. We board 27/13/65 onto the other ships, bound for England for now. We clear Cambodia of natives.
October 1652
We beseige Venice (5). We destroy three English warships off London, and send our troops in. Crimea (Turkey) DoWs Poland (Hungary). We try to storm London, and but for 593 men and two cannon would have taken the City.
1653 Tax 1292d
We send a trader to Bangkok. Between Yanam and Malacca our merchants make 770d per year. We recruit a new army of 23/7/70 in and around Britany, and another 50 cannon for Venice in Tyrol. Another assault allows us to capture London, but we are reduced to 10/10/64 both because of the assaults and because Spain decided to share the already insufficient forage with us. Also in February Wallachia (Turkey) DoWs us, Spain joins. Persia (Mamelukes, Oman, Georgia) DoWs us, Spain joins.
April 1653
Trade reaches late boroque (tech level 6), and our eight transports face two british warships off Table, they flee with no losses and we decline a white peace with England. Prices drop mid-war, always a happy event (RE: deflation, prices drop 33%). In May we discover both Pistols (land tech 15) and Fireships (land tech 15), good news is everywhere it seems. Monty takes 17/10/126 into Syria. We lose a small battle in Iraq, trying to find a Turkish posession in the area with decent forage. Our fleet, fully loaded off Calais, is sent to the new world. In June we discover Improved Rigging (naval tech 16), which strangely allows us to build shipyards. Monty faces a newly recruited 5/9 in Syria, he annihilates the enemy and lays siege (0). We establish a trading post in Bangkok. We switch to a war economy, taking in 333d per month, to spend on the now-cheaper troops.
July 1653
Our 14/9 face 17000m Georgian infantry in Aleppo, we lose 4/1 and yet again annihilate the enemy. In the middle east the war cry is always "No prisoners!" Monty is working over the walls in Syria (-2). In August our fleet arrives in Massechusettes bay and our men unload, touching the new world for the first time in our history.
October 1653
We storm Penobscot and take the colony, which England promptly offers us, and we accept, establishing a foothold in the new world, and most likely the largest army north of Mexico, 21/7/108. We expand the walls in Penobscot. The transports belatedly arrive in Malacca, but next time we will take Yanam from England. Monty captures Syria from Persia, and moves to take Iraq from Turkey. Portugal (Scotland) DoWs us next, we need a new attack force for the Azores. In November we order a shipyard in Malacca. Monty arrives in Iraq (3) with 12/9/126. We take Jordan by storm in December.
1654 Tax 1258d
We revert to a more normal economy with the new year's receipts, producing 85d per month. We recruit 31/10/70 in and around Normandy. Ships finally sent to return from the new world. Our forces of 23/8 face an Omani army of 4/10/44 in Aleppo, we kill 4/6/15 for the loss of under 1000 men. We send a trader to Cambodia.
March 1654
Monty captures Iraq from Turkey, who offers us Jordan, which we decline, and Monty moves to Basrah. Once we capture several Turkish provinces we will accept Iraq and whatever else we are offered. Persia refuses our demand for Syria (two stars). We want Syria and Iraq. Monty arrives in Basrah (3).
June 1654
Persia offers Syria for peace, and we accept. The Turks capture Phuket, we send 3/2 to retake it from the under 1000 Turks there, but they burn our trading post. We fail to establish a trading post in Cambodia.
August 1654
Monty takes Basrah from the Turks, who offer us Iraq and Jordan, which we accept. We then accept a white peace from Wallachia. Another army loads off Calais and unloads into Scottish Kent, where 30/10/70 fight 4/8/9. Although we barely win in Kent, the enemy is annihilated, for our loss of 12/2/8.
1655 Tax 1319d
We expand the walls in Penobscot, and recruit 2000 horse. On our second assault we capture Kent from Scotland. Once we replenish our forces, on to the Azores. We recruit 30/8/100 around Normandy. We discover refined saltpeter (naval tech 17), which we could have sworn our armies already knew about. An order goes out to all researchers to share the knowledge they gain with their couterparts in other endeavors. Poland pays 106d to Crimea for peace.
April 1655
Four revolts in the month tell us that it is time to wrap up our final war. We send another trader to Phuket, apparently the last failed. Our men discover squadron formation (land tech 16). We land 17/6/69 in Tago, and the fleet returns to France to pick up an army to take Scotland's capitol. We storm Lothian on December 12 and accept Kent from the Scots for peace. Later the same day Portugal accepts a white peace.
The King is again pleased with our wars, and most happy with the fact that we declared neither of them. We took three of France's last five provinces on the Continent, acquired a beachhead on Britain, and our first colony in the new world. On top of that we took two fine provinces in the middle east. Further, our research puts us well ahead of the other powers, and the Shipyard in Malacca, when finished, will allow further expansion. Future wars can include many acquisitions in the new world as we have easy access to both London and Paris, whose countries own most of north america's eastern seaboard. Finally, we hear of a nation called the Iroquois inland from Penobscot, and a wondrous land called Irondekoit, where prophecy states that the streets are paved with Lilacs and all the best people will live.
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Chengar - I have many but no site to set them up at for now. Every time I took new territory, at the enc of the war I would center on home, back off two steps and take a screenshot of the political map. That way when I updated my wallpaper I'd see my new stuff in a jump. It confused the wife and kids though, they'd see the computer and think I was still playing. I took I think one of mid combat or post combat.
Strategically, our long term plans are to finish off France in the west, while holding in the east. Poland and Hungary have acted as buffers between us and the nations to the east, particularly Russia. Taking more provinces in the east would tie down many more troops with only poor provinces to show for it. Eventually we may need more defense in the East as those two nations are gobbled up, but they serve the function now. We are toying with the conquest of Britain, we think we could annex Scotland in one or two wars. Any province nearby would permit us to capture London from time to time and claim English colonies for its return. However, the acquisition of the Azores is necessary to make trans-Atlantic travel sensible, especially from the Mediterranean. We again consider taking Venice, as we have conquered the city again and again, but we have only so many ships available, and her islands have been well defended. Also, it is tough to move fleets in the Med if we are at war with the Turk because Turkey's cheap galleys have proven to be a problem for our expensive warships. Long term we hope to conquer India, and our city in Malacca helps us there with recruitment. However, we need a forward base such as Yanam to stage assaults on the Indian kingdoms, and many, many more troops. We will finish France first, make a serious effort at the Azores, and watch for opportunities in Britain.
August 1648
Our land forces are down to 230/32/804, and our naval forces to 50 warships and 8 transports. In September we discover the armored mast (naval tech 14), and slow our naval research to boost land research. We send another colonist to Ajeh. We clear the natives from Phuket and move on to Kwai with 6/4.
1649 Tax 1245d
Our total annual income is over 5000d, Spain's is 3000d, France, Russia and Turkey each get around 1000d. We recruit 0/10/50 in our capitol, 18000 infantry in France, and more men in Malacca. The attrition in Asia is awful, and yet the large numbers of hostile natives require large armies to supress. Our army in Kwai lost few men to the 2000 natives, and yet is down to 4/3. Governors sent to new provinces. We fail in Ajeh again, and in February General Gallas dies. Pappenheim and Gallas, who between them have conquered much of France, pass into history. Our scientists discover a method to refine saltpeter (land tech 14).
July 1649
As the difficult job of clearing the natives from Bangkok had our attention, Spain DoWed France (Sweden, Teutonic, Denmark) and we look forward to the penultimate dismemberment of France. We cannot help but note how very convenient Spain's declaration was, it saves us stability loss, allows the liklihood of a separate peace with us before Spain take provinces from France, and it targets the foe we most wanted to attack first. Our allies have once again proven to be true brothers in arms. By August Col Dankl beseiges Paris (2) with 20/0/66. In September Portugal paid Spain 66d for peace. We split an army of 20/0/94 and half defeats 7000 French recuits in Poitou, killing 4000, while the other half beseiges Vendee and waits for their recruits. Paris (-3) will fall again soon. Vendee recruits are annihilated, as we also had 15000 infantry there, which leave for well defended (22) Morbihan.
1650 Tax 1212d
15/0/0 faces 17/6 in Morbihan, we barely lose the battle but with horrific losses, 13000 to the French losses of 3/1. We recruit 3/7 in Maine to join the survivors, as well as 11/0/0 in Orleans. We recruit 10/6 in the east, and 16000 infantry in the holy land. Our fleet is sent to the Atlantic where we have seen French ships.
March 1650
We again capture Paris, which has passed Venice and even Magyar as our most captured city. A force of 100 cannon which we had neglected in Tago arrives in France, half each go to Poitou (3) and Vendee (3). While we move on the Danish capitol the Danes beseige Lithuania (4) with 6000 men. The French beseige Maine (3) with 14/5/0. Hoping to save our new recruits in Maine, we send 23/0/0 to fight the French there, we fail, losing 13000 and killing only 2/0. Perhaps we should stop talking about cavalry and actually send some now and then. French 17/6 have killed 26000 infantry in two battles and lost only 5000 men and 1000 horse. Off the French coast our fleet of 47/9 fight 12/3 French ships, we annihilate the French for the loss of only two warships. A case of the finest champagne is sent to our naval scientists in honor of this fleet action. Our recruits of 3/7 nearly defeat the tired French in Maine, but retreat with few losses on either side. Col Dankl, who conquered Paris with 20/0/66, then arrives and easily defeats the French, and moves on to Morbihan. If we take three provinces from France in a separate peace, then Spain could take two and end France's presence on the continent in this war, aside from her capitol.
July 1650
We order 50 cannon in Bavaria for the east, 32/9/64 sit in Tyrolia. Seiges in Vendee (-3) and Poitou (0) go well. Col Dankl with his 20/0/66 meet the French 9/4/0 in Morbihan, he kills all but 6000, and begins the seige (2). In August we capture Copenhagen. Russia DoWs Sibir. The French force is reduced to 1/3 in Maine, our previously defeated but now victorious men pursue. Off Britany we spy 13 French ships, and our navy of 45/8 takes on France's of 12/1, we sink 6/1 and lose only 4 warships, but the men flee when they hear that Spain accepted Danzig from Poland for peace. We lose a battle in Lituania to Denmark, Tetonic Order and Sweden, so we make peace with Denmark as the Danes pay us 190d, which we use to recruit 2/5 to defeat their former allies. Col Dankl captures Morbihan, and moves east. In Spetember we capture Poitou.
October 1650
The French army marching about, once 17/6, is annihilated in Limosin. Another of our armies, of 11/7, fights 6000 Swedish horse in Lyon, the enemy is again annihilated. We decline Poitou and Morbihan. We begin to assemble our troops in Britany for an Azores trip, for when the inevitable DoW from Portugal comes. Sadly, we realize it has been barely two years since the last war with Portugal was ended. Still, some use should arise. 12000 Lithuanians revolt into 13000 enemy, our force from Eastern Prussia stops and restarts their march to Lithuania to watch the battle. We defeat the demoralized enemy in Lithuania, and again turn down two French provinces. Poland (Hungary) DoWs us in December. An army of 12/0/111 moves from Lithuania to Warsaw. Col Bad Ischl takes 14/4/64 from the Tyrol to Magyar. On Christmas we capture the Vendee from France.
1651 Tax 1135d
We send traders to Kuala Lampur and Phuket to see if we can't increase our chances of colonizing success. Also, for recruiting to be useful we need cities on the mainland. We recruit 24/12 total between Bohemia and Austria. Personal gift to Spain (+149 to +192). Poland sends 23/19/57 into snowy Lithuania, while our 12/0/111 sit in their capital (4). In February we accept Vendee, Morbihan and Poitou from France, leaving her to satisfy Spain still. Poland refuses a white peace, which we would like to conclude before other DoWs stretch our war into exhaustion territory. After crossing the Danube our 11/4/64 face Hungary's 6/6 in Magyar, we lose 7/2/8 and the battle, killing only 3/1. Next time we attack from Presburg not Pest.
June 1651
Poland rejects a white peace again, although the Spaniards drove them from Lithuania. We refuse to pay Poland 130d, and spend 125d on troops so that won't happen again. In July we establish a trading post in Phuket and Kuala Lampur. Sibir pays 68d to Russia. In August we finally make some progress in Warsaw (-1). On September 8 the capitol falls. Poland pays us 45d for peace, and we have no wars once again. In December Russia (Pskov) DoWs a weakened Poland (Hungary).
1652 Tax 1296d
A new CoT opens in Yanam and we realize that England is alive and well and sending out colonists. This will hurt us no doubt in Malacca. We send a trader to Kwai. We build 6 transports in the Atlantic, and 6/7 in the Med (in February), we will need transport both for our conquest of Anglia, and for our Azores operation, and for the far east to take Yanam. We send six merchants to Yanam, a new CoT is not so bad if it means another Austrian monopoly, and we have the cash to make it happen. Once again we increase the naval research budget (I had increased it thinking that if one shipyard brought one colonist then two must bring two and so on. Realizing that this was not true I dropped back once I had enough tech to fight, but now I need the Shipyards for building). Walls expanded in Eastern Prussia and Lithuania. Yanam is 488d per year, Malacca is down to 1418, but we still get 536d per year, and we took five slots in Yanam. In May we clear the natives in Laos. In June we establish a trading post in Kwai.
July 1652
England (Venice) DoWs Spain, again a convenient situation, and we, of course, honor our aliiance with Spain. Col Trent and 31/0/50 sent to Venice from Vienna. France and Spain sign a white peace, leaving two continental provinces, and one of two formerly English provinces, for us to grab next war. Eight transports sent from Britany to Malacca, via Spain, Table, Mahe and Ajeh. We board 27/13/65 onto the other ships, bound for England for now. We clear Cambodia of natives.
October 1652
We beseige Venice (5). We destroy three English warships off London, and send our troops in. Crimea (Turkey) DoWs Poland (Hungary). We try to storm London, and but for 593 men and two cannon would have taken the City.
1653 Tax 1292d
We send a trader to Bangkok. Between Yanam and Malacca our merchants make 770d per year. We recruit a new army of 23/7/70 in and around Britany, and another 50 cannon for Venice in Tyrol. Another assault allows us to capture London, but we are reduced to 10/10/64 both because of the assaults and because Spain decided to share the already insufficient forage with us. Also in February Wallachia (Turkey) DoWs us, Spain joins. Persia (Mamelukes, Oman, Georgia) DoWs us, Spain joins.
April 1653
Trade reaches late boroque (tech level 6), and our eight transports face two british warships off Table, they flee with no losses and we decline a white peace with England. Prices drop mid-war, always a happy event (RE: deflation, prices drop 33%). In May we discover both Pistols (land tech 15) and Fireships (land tech 15), good news is everywhere it seems. Monty takes 17/10/126 into Syria. We lose a small battle in Iraq, trying to find a Turkish posession in the area with decent forage. Our fleet, fully loaded off Calais, is sent to the new world. In June we discover Improved Rigging (naval tech 16), which strangely allows us to build shipyards. Monty faces a newly recruited 5/9 in Syria, he annihilates the enemy and lays siege (0). We establish a trading post in Bangkok. We switch to a war economy, taking in 333d per month, to spend on the now-cheaper troops.
July 1653
Our 14/9 face 17000m Georgian infantry in Aleppo, we lose 4/1 and yet again annihilate the enemy. In the middle east the war cry is always "No prisoners!" Monty is working over the walls in Syria (-2). In August our fleet arrives in Massechusettes bay and our men unload, touching the new world for the first time in our history.
October 1653
We storm Penobscot and take the colony, which England promptly offers us, and we accept, establishing a foothold in the new world, and most likely the largest army north of Mexico, 21/7/108. We expand the walls in Penobscot. The transports belatedly arrive in Malacca, but next time we will take Yanam from England. Monty captures Syria from Persia, and moves to take Iraq from Turkey. Portugal (Scotland) DoWs us next, we need a new attack force for the Azores. In November we order a shipyard in Malacca. Monty arrives in Iraq (3) with 12/9/126. We take Jordan by storm in December.
1654 Tax 1258d
We revert to a more normal economy with the new year's receipts, producing 85d per month. We recruit 31/10/70 in and around Normandy. Ships finally sent to return from the new world. Our forces of 23/8 face an Omani army of 4/10/44 in Aleppo, we kill 4/6/15 for the loss of under 1000 men. We send a trader to Cambodia.
March 1654
Monty captures Iraq from Turkey, who offers us Jordan, which we decline, and Monty moves to Basrah. Once we capture several Turkish provinces we will accept Iraq and whatever else we are offered. Persia refuses our demand for Syria (two stars). We want Syria and Iraq. Monty arrives in Basrah (3).
June 1654
Persia offers Syria for peace, and we accept. The Turks capture Phuket, we send 3/2 to retake it from the under 1000 Turks there, but they burn our trading post. We fail to establish a trading post in Cambodia.
August 1654
Monty takes Basrah from the Turks, who offer us Iraq and Jordan, which we accept. We then accept a white peace from Wallachia. Another army loads off Calais and unloads into Scottish Kent, where 30/10/70 fight 4/8/9. Although we barely win in Kent, the enemy is annihilated, for our loss of 12/2/8.
1655 Tax 1319d
We expand the walls in Penobscot, and recruit 2000 horse. On our second assault we capture Kent from Scotland. Once we replenish our forces, on to the Azores. We recruit 30/8/100 around Normandy. We discover refined saltpeter (naval tech 17), which we could have sworn our armies already knew about. An order goes out to all researchers to share the knowledge they gain with their couterparts in other endeavors. Poland pays 106d to Crimea for peace.
April 1655
Four revolts in the month tell us that it is time to wrap up our final war. We send another trader to Phuket, apparently the last failed. Our men discover squadron formation (land tech 16). We land 17/6/69 in Tago, and the fleet returns to France to pick up an army to take Scotland's capitol. We storm Lothian on December 12 and accept Kent from the Scots for peace. Later the same day Portugal accepts a white peace.
The King is again pleased with our wars, and most happy with the fact that we declared neither of them. We took three of France's last five provinces on the Continent, acquired a beachhead on Britain, and our first colony in the new world. On top of that we took two fine provinces in the middle east. Further, our research puts us well ahead of the other powers, and the Shipyard in Malacca, when finished, will allow further expansion. Future wars can include many acquisitions in the new world as we have easy access to both London and Paris, whose countries own most of north america's eastern seaboard. Finally, we hear of a nation called the Iroquois inland from Penobscot, and a wondrous land called Irondekoit, where prophecy states that the streets are paved with Lilacs and all the best people will live.
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Chengar - I have many but no site to set them up at for now. Every time I took new territory, at the enc of the war I would center on home, back off two steps and take a screenshot of the political map. That way when I updated my wallpaper I'd see my new stuff in a jump. It confused the wife and kids though, they'd see the computer and think I was still playing. I took I think one of mid combat or post combat.
The War of French Insanity
1655 Tax 1250d
We have 1800 in the treasury, and order a Shipyard built in Flandres. We discover 18 pounders (naval tech 18) and chase many foreign merchants from Malacca with our own (up to 692 of 1442), now only Spain and Turkey have one each there. We fail to establish a trading post in Phuket, but there are children in the room so we say nothing. Walls expanded (to 3) in Kent. We develop light artillery (land tech 17) allowing weapons manufacturies, which are perfect for our home territories, where copper and iron are plentiful. Denmark transfers Mozyr to Spain for peace. Personal gift to Spain (+144 to +161). In November Russia DoWs Sibir again.
1656 Tax 1285d
We order a weapons manufatury in Salzburg. Walls enhanced in Bavaria, Syria and Jordan. Colonist sent to Kuala Lampur (65%). Our navy learned long range fire (naval tech 19), we will now be able to blockade enemy ports. We increase monthly cash income to 21d to work on our far eastern fleet now that the shipyard in Malacca is finished. Sibir paid Russia 70d to end the war Russia started. This is Sibir's second consecutive cash peace, not an effective use of Russia's stability, if you ask me. We discover Caracole (land tech 18). We succeed in colonizing Kuala Lampur and send another colonist in September. With only one other merchant, Turkish, in Malacca, we are up to 755d per year. In December France (Sweden) suicidally DoWs Spain, and we happily honor our alliance. Col Tegern 12/7/91 heads for Gascogne, and Col Madek 8/0/121 heads for Bearn. We send 15/3/65 to Paris. The French have 1000 men in Paris, and possibly some in Bearn. Reid with 5/1/40 heads to the French colony of Adirondak with 1000 people in it. We send the fleet to Zeeland to pick up troops to take Lincoln from Sweden. On the 29th Poland DoWs us, and Spain joins. Col Moravia in East Prussia steps over the border into Warsaw with 7/3/104.
1657 Tax 1348d
Our armed forces now number 278/80/1317, and we recruit 23/8/50 around Bohemia, and 19/0/0 in the holy land. We order eight warships in Malacca. We win an instant naval battle against France off Britany and steal their maps, showing us a few colonies deep in north america. Our army of 8/6/56 in Kent fight 17/0/0 Frenchmen, we lose 2/0/3 and kill 13000 Frenchmen. We beseige Warsaw (0) and Paris (2). Denmark and Teutonic Order each DoW us, we do not call Spain for the Danes. In February word comes that we failed to expand the colony in Kuala Lampur. The Swedes have 60,000 men in Lincoln, so we leave it alone. We lose a battle in the new world, finding 7000 French horse in Sebago, so we send the main army of 12/6/68. Those 7000 cavalry are more troops than France has on the continent.
April 1657
We discover circumvallation lines (land tech 19). Our fleet of 34/6 fights 1/3 Swedish ships in the straits of Dover. We defeat small Danish fleets off Dover. We capture Warsaw, and move on to Galicia. In Sebago our 12/6/68 face nearly 8000 French cavalry, and lose 6/1/3 but annihilate the French. Our troops who landed in Kent move to Wessex, where 22/6/93 face 4/1 French, winning easily. On May 30 we capture Paris yet again, and burn the French trading post in Sebago for their insolence in offering a white peace. Our men searching the Chateau at Versailles report that the French left in a hurry leaving their situation maps spread out in the KIng's chambers. The French maps show France owning all of France plus our territory to Bavaria, with numerous powerful French armies scattered about Europe.
June 1657
Seiges in Gascogne (-1) and Bearn (1) proceed. The conquerors of Warsaw arrive in Galicia (2). On June 27 we take Copenhagen, decline the inevitable offer of a white peace, and offer the Danes peace for cash, which they refuse. We send the fleet to pick up the Col Bregenz, who has just taken Copenhagem, and take him to Skane or some other suitable Danish city so that the Danes learn the error of their ways. We pay Teutonic Order 6d to get them out of our hair.
August 1657
We capture Wessex from France, and Col Bregenz has loaded into the fleet to move to an undefended Skane. Later in August we capture Gascogne. We abandon our seige of Adirondak (4), as we want the two French provinces on the mainland, plus Wessex, and not Adirondak, yet. The seige begins in Skane (2). We capture Galicia from Poland, and turn down Wessex only from France. It may be difficult to get three provinces from France when she has so little else to lose. We capture Bearn from France in September.
October 1657
France offers Bearn, Wessex and Gascogne, and we accept. The French have been driven from continental Europe to the extent possible.
1658 Tax 1354d
Leopold I now rules Austria. Poland accepts our offer of peace for Galicia. This leave Denmark as our only war, and Skane (-2) as our only seige. We therefore storm Skane, and take it in February. The Danes give us the province to reestablish peace. Walls expanded in Skane and 11/0/0 recruited to defend after we remove our troops.
King Leopold is extremely pleased that his first few weeks as monarch have seen us wrap up such a profitable war. Three more provinces from France, a nice province each from Denmark and Poland all make for a happy ending. We did not have to DoW, and ended the war before fatigue set in. "You realize" Leopold says with a smile, "the Danes only have six provinces in addition to their capitol."
1655 Tax 1250d
We have 1800 in the treasury, and order a Shipyard built in Flandres. We discover 18 pounders (naval tech 18) and chase many foreign merchants from Malacca with our own (up to 692 of 1442), now only Spain and Turkey have one each there. We fail to establish a trading post in Phuket, but there are children in the room so we say nothing. Walls expanded (to 3) in Kent. We develop light artillery (land tech 17) allowing weapons manufacturies, which are perfect for our home territories, where copper and iron are plentiful. Denmark transfers Mozyr to Spain for peace. Personal gift to Spain (+144 to +161). In November Russia DoWs Sibir again.
1656 Tax 1285d
We order a weapons manufatury in Salzburg. Walls enhanced in Bavaria, Syria and Jordan. Colonist sent to Kuala Lampur (65%). Our navy learned long range fire (naval tech 19), we will now be able to blockade enemy ports. We increase monthly cash income to 21d to work on our far eastern fleet now that the shipyard in Malacca is finished. Sibir paid Russia 70d to end the war Russia started. This is Sibir's second consecutive cash peace, not an effective use of Russia's stability, if you ask me. We discover Caracole (land tech 18). We succeed in colonizing Kuala Lampur and send another colonist in September. With only one other merchant, Turkish, in Malacca, we are up to 755d per year. In December France (Sweden) suicidally DoWs Spain, and we happily honor our alliance. Col Tegern 12/7/91 heads for Gascogne, and Col Madek 8/0/121 heads for Bearn. We send 15/3/65 to Paris. The French have 1000 men in Paris, and possibly some in Bearn. Reid with 5/1/40 heads to the French colony of Adirondak with 1000 people in it. We send the fleet to Zeeland to pick up troops to take Lincoln from Sweden. On the 29th Poland DoWs us, and Spain joins. Col Moravia in East Prussia steps over the border into Warsaw with 7/3/104.
1657 Tax 1348d
Our armed forces now number 278/80/1317, and we recruit 23/8/50 around Bohemia, and 19/0/0 in the holy land. We order eight warships in Malacca. We win an instant naval battle against France off Britany and steal their maps, showing us a few colonies deep in north america. Our army of 8/6/56 in Kent fight 17/0/0 Frenchmen, we lose 2/0/3 and kill 13000 Frenchmen. We beseige Warsaw (0) and Paris (2). Denmark and Teutonic Order each DoW us, we do not call Spain for the Danes. In February word comes that we failed to expand the colony in Kuala Lampur. The Swedes have 60,000 men in Lincoln, so we leave it alone. We lose a battle in the new world, finding 7000 French horse in Sebago, so we send the main army of 12/6/68. Those 7000 cavalry are more troops than France has on the continent.
April 1657
We discover circumvallation lines (land tech 19). Our fleet of 34/6 fights 1/3 Swedish ships in the straits of Dover. We defeat small Danish fleets off Dover. We capture Warsaw, and move on to Galicia. In Sebago our 12/6/68 face nearly 8000 French cavalry, and lose 6/1/3 but annihilate the French. Our troops who landed in Kent move to Wessex, where 22/6/93 face 4/1 French, winning easily. On May 30 we capture Paris yet again, and burn the French trading post in Sebago for their insolence in offering a white peace. Our men searching the Chateau at Versailles report that the French left in a hurry leaving their situation maps spread out in the KIng's chambers. The French maps show France owning all of France plus our territory to Bavaria, with numerous powerful French armies scattered about Europe.
June 1657
Seiges in Gascogne (-1) and Bearn (1) proceed. The conquerors of Warsaw arrive in Galicia (2). On June 27 we take Copenhagen, decline the inevitable offer of a white peace, and offer the Danes peace for cash, which they refuse. We send the fleet to pick up the Col Bregenz, who has just taken Copenhagem, and take him to Skane or some other suitable Danish city so that the Danes learn the error of their ways. We pay Teutonic Order 6d to get them out of our hair.
August 1657
We capture Wessex from France, and Col Bregenz has loaded into the fleet to move to an undefended Skane. Later in August we capture Gascogne. We abandon our seige of Adirondak (4), as we want the two French provinces on the mainland, plus Wessex, and not Adirondak, yet. The seige begins in Skane (2). We capture Galicia from Poland, and turn down Wessex only from France. It may be difficult to get three provinces from France when she has so little else to lose. We capture Bearn from France in September.
October 1657
France offers Bearn, Wessex and Gascogne, and we accept. The French have been driven from continental Europe to the extent possible.
1658 Tax 1354d
Leopold I now rules Austria. Poland accepts our offer of peace for Galicia. This leave Denmark as our only war, and Skane (-2) as our only seige. We therefore storm Skane, and take it in February. The Danes give us the province to reestablish peace. Walls expanded in Skane and 11/0/0 recruited to defend after we remove our troops.
King Leopold is extremely pleased that his first few weeks as monarch have seen us wrap up such a profitable war. Three more provinces from France, a nice province each from Denmark and Poland all make for a happy ending. We did not have to DoW, and ended the war before fatigue set in. "You realize" Leopold says with a smile, "the Danes only have six provinces in addition to their capitol."
This is not the first AAR I read, but I must say it is a very good one.
I hope you are not done cause with your details, I can compare my own Austrian GC ( wich was not as succesful to be honest)but it was my first one.
Please continue, you are doing a great job
I hope you are not done cause with your details, I can compare my own Austrian GC ( wich was not as succesful to be honest)but it was my first one.
Please continue, you are doing a great job
Good AAR!! "Keep it up lad, keep it up!"
I have to admit to having given EU a bit of a rest recently. Shocking, I know, but I tried a game as Saxony in the IGC and made the mistake of using the whopping loads of cash cheat, which ruined the game utterly for me, but after a fortnight away, I was drawn back somehow. Someone leant me copy of AoEII and after an evening of chopping wood and mining stone, I'm afriad I lost all interest in it.
But how addictive is this game? Forgive me Paradox for I have sinned!
"Keep it up lad, keep it up!"I have to admit to having given EU a bit of a rest recently. Shocking, I know, but I tried a game as Saxony in the IGC and made the mistake of using the whopping loads of cash cheat, which ruined the game utterly for me, but after a fortnight away, I was drawn back somehow. Someone leant me copy of AoEII and after an evening of chopping wood and mining stone, I'm afriad I lost all interest in it.
But how addictive is this game? Forgive me Paradox for I have sinned!