There does seem to be a cusious imbalance in the amount the AI gets DoW'd for being a bad boy... oh well.
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23? Pah! 
RE 1k posts/30k views: it's been done, check out the Italy aar (6k+ posts)
RE 1k posts/30k views: it's been done, check out the Italy aar (6k+ posts
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Letter from Dan Ratzau to King Frederick II
Your Highness,
The past few weeks have shown a flurry of activity in Hessen. We currently have gained control over the entire providence, save for the capital city it self, and have managed to decimade what ever troops the Austrians are foolish enough to send in. We're also cooperating heavily the Saxons who hae swarmed the region with their own troops.
Sadly, the news is not entirly bright. The constant battles have managed to wear down our troops and if more are not sent soon, I fear that the next battle may overwelhm us, and not the other way around. The Danish troops are good, but no one can be expected to fight off an army five times their own size.
I know I am taking great liberties in telling you this, however I feel that I would rather sacrifice my own position, gained in the blood of my commander, than to sacrifice the lives of thousands for no need.
Sincerly,
Lt. General Daniel Ratzau
Journal of Frederick II
1568
I swear to god, if it is not one thing it is another. The yapping dogs which swarm my heels at all moments are nothing but an annoyance to me. Already the nobles have begun to learn that my ear is not kind to their plees, and now it seems that the cities must learn the same. If it may cause disorder in my realm, than so be it, but I will not be the fat cow which is suckled of all my strength by some under developed calves!!
I shall not be reduced to the state of the poor King of Poland who, even as we speak, is having his realm divided up amongst rebells and unloyal vassales. I have just recieved a diplomatic enoy from just such a newly created nation now, by the name of Prussia which is odd, to say the least. It not only consists of the provicne of Prussia itself but also Kurtin and Brandenburg. I have decided to honor their request to a military access treatry. They may just come in useful after all.
Of course, Europe is just a side show, I have grown accustomed to the fact that we have little if any room to breath. We're confined and any further expansion in that dirrection will be over extending out reach to far, except for perhapse Skane or Hannover. My true passion is to create a true Empire in the wilds of the Americas. OUr colonies around the Mississippi already have begun to grow and I can see a fine day when all the continent belongs to us and us alone!
Excert of Letter sent to Archduke of Austria
Dear Archduke,
Your armies have been defeated, and your country lay waste, Saxony now lays claim to great swatchs of your land. Although you pushed us from the gates of Hesse once, do not be so foolish as to beleive that you can do it again. Please, for the sake of good Christians everywhere end this boolshed now and allow our two states to embrace in friendship. We shall accept your previous offer of 200 gold should it still be on the table.
King Frderick the Second of Germany, Norway and Denmark.
Excert of Jounral of Pedre Oxe
November 26th, 1570
I write today on a day of great importance and joy for me as well as the king. Not 5 hours ago we signed the last of the papers which ended Denmark's vast dept to foreign banks and interests. To make matters even better, we recieved word several days ago that Gotland has finally return to the Danish fold after years of being held by gutless rebels.
It was a great victory for Denmark, and one which I wish that General Ratzau had been alive to see. What cruel fate it was that, just several short months after winning the war with Austria, that our General should be swept over the side of a ship during a storm while heading to deal with the rebels in Gotland. He was a great and religious man, and I have no doubt that he is currently helping the Archangles plan against Satan himself.
The King himself appears to be doing well. His wife, the Queen Ingrid, has just given birth to their 3rd child, in nearly as many years, this time to a girl which Frderick named Gretchen, after his own mother. His vast pools of energy seem to be brimming to the full once again, and his eyes sparkle as he delights us with his fanciful stories of a North American Empire. Even as we speak he continues to raise troops in Savanna to make war with the Cherokee in due time.
Excert from "History of the Danish Kings"
From the ending of the Austrian War until the coming of the second war with England during his reign a few years later, Frederick II began to enjoy a breathing space of several years of peace. Those 3 and a half years would see the entire diplomatic scene in Europe change drastically.
The cause of this can easily be seen as two old Catholic Empires began to crumble and fragment as their Protestant and Reformed subjects began to demand greater independance. Poland, by far the largest of the European powers in sheer land mass, was the first to begin to fragment. In the period from 1568-1571, no less than three new states attempted to over throw the yoke of Polish dominations. Prussia, Pskov and Moldovia all attempted to beat back the Polish tides. By 1571, only Prussia and Pskov remained, but the fact that these and other rebellions where under way pointed to dark days ahead for the Polish Empire.
In Western Europe, another of the old Empire's began to crumble as Burgundy was forced to renounce its entire claim to the the low lands region, and accept Duke William of Orange as the leader of the United Danish states.
These rebellions offered a slim ray of hope for beleagues Denmark. As two powerful rivals began to recede, the Danes where able to expand their diplomatic influence by accepted Prussia into alliance, and seeking trade and military agreements with the Neatherlands, even as they allied with the Danes' mortal nemesis; Austria.
Announcement of Queen Elizabeth the First of Englad
Several years ago I stood here, speaking in sad tones of our defeat at the hands of the Danes and their acursed ruler; Frederick II. It was a time when our armies where swept from the continent and our allies abandoned us, one after another, until we had no legs upon which to stand.
Now, the times have begun to change. Denmark has become weakened by its consant fighting with other nations, while we have only grown stronger. I say the time is no right for us to strike; strike as the blacksmith does the iron to beat it into submission, we must STRIKE!
Traditional Qoute Attributed to Frederick II upon hearing the English decleration of War
"I am beginning to understand why no man shall bed her. No doubt they fear they shall wake up in the morning, singing Falcetto"
Your Highness,
The past few weeks have shown a flurry of activity in Hessen. We currently have gained control over the entire providence, save for the capital city it self, and have managed to decimade what ever troops the Austrians are foolish enough to send in. We're also cooperating heavily the Saxons who hae swarmed the region with their own troops.
Sadly, the news is not entirly bright. The constant battles have managed to wear down our troops and if more are not sent soon, I fear that the next battle may overwelhm us, and not the other way around. The Danish troops are good, but no one can be expected to fight off an army five times their own size.
I know I am taking great liberties in telling you this, however I feel that I would rather sacrifice my own position, gained in the blood of my commander, than to sacrifice the lives of thousands for no need.
Sincerly,
Lt. General Daniel Ratzau
Journal of Frederick II
1568
I swear to god, if it is not one thing it is another. The yapping dogs which swarm my heels at all moments are nothing but an annoyance to me. Already the nobles have begun to learn that my ear is not kind to their plees, and now it seems that the cities must learn the same. If it may cause disorder in my realm, than so be it, but I will not be the fat cow which is suckled of all my strength by some under developed calves!!
I shall not be reduced to the state of the poor King of Poland who, even as we speak, is having his realm divided up amongst rebells and unloyal vassales. I have just recieved a diplomatic enoy from just such a newly created nation now, by the name of Prussia which is odd, to say the least. It not only consists of the provicne of Prussia itself but also Kurtin and Brandenburg. I have decided to honor their request to a military access treatry. They may just come in useful after all.
Of course, Europe is just a side show, I have grown accustomed to the fact that we have little if any room to breath. We're confined and any further expansion in that dirrection will be over extending out reach to far, except for perhapse Skane or Hannover. My true passion is to create a true Empire in the wilds of the Americas. OUr colonies around the Mississippi already have begun to grow and I can see a fine day when all the continent belongs to us and us alone!
Excert of Letter sent to Archduke of Austria
Dear Archduke,
Your armies have been defeated, and your country lay waste, Saxony now lays claim to great swatchs of your land. Although you pushed us from the gates of Hesse once, do not be so foolish as to beleive that you can do it again. Please, for the sake of good Christians everywhere end this boolshed now and allow our two states to embrace in friendship. We shall accept your previous offer of 200 gold should it still be on the table.
King Frderick the Second of Germany, Norway and Denmark.
Excert of Jounral of Pedre Oxe
November 26th, 1570
I write today on a day of great importance and joy for me as well as the king. Not 5 hours ago we signed the last of the papers which ended Denmark's vast dept to foreign banks and interests. To make matters even better, we recieved word several days ago that Gotland has finally return to the Danish fold after years of being held by gutless rebels.
It was a great victory for Denmark, and one which I wish that General Ratzau had been alive to see. What cruel fate it was that, just several short months after winning the war with Austria, that our General should be swept over the side of a ship during a storm while heading to deal with the rebels in Gotland. He was a great and religious man, and I have no doubt that he is currently helping the Archangles plan against Satan himself.
The King himself appears to be doing well. His wife, the Queen Ingrid, has just given birth to their 3rd child, in nearly as many years, this time to a girl which Frderick named Gretchen, after his own mother. His vast pools of energy seem to be brimming to the full once again, and his eyes sparkle as he delights us with his fanciful stories of a North American Empire. Even as we speak he continues to raise troops in Savanna to make war with the Cherokee in due time.
Excert from "History of the Danish Kings"
From the ending of the Austrian War until the coming of the second war with England during his reign a few years later, Frederick II began to enjoy a breathing space of several years of peace. Those 3 and a half years would see the entire diplomatic scene in Europe change drastically.
The cause of this can easily be seen as two old Catholic Empires began to crumble and fragment as their Protestant and Reformed subjects began to demand greater independance. Poland, by far the largest of the European powers in sheer land mass, was the first to begin to fragment. In the period from 1568-1571, no less than three new states attempted to over throw the yoke of Polish dominations. Prussia, Pskov and Moldovia all attempted to beat back the Polish tides. By 1571, only Prussia and Pskov remained, but the fact that these and other rebellions where under way pointed to dark days ahead for the Polish Empire.
In Western Europe, another of the old Empire's began to crumble as Burgundy was forced to renounce its entire claim to the the low lands region, and accept Duke William of Orange as the leader of the United Danish states.
These rebellions offered a slim ray of hope for beleagues Denmark. As two powerful rivals began to recede, the Danes where able to expand their diplomatic influence by accepted Prussia into alliance, and seeking trade and military agreements with the Neatherlands, even as they allied with the Danes' mortal nemesis; Austria.
Announcement of Queen Elizabeth the First of Englad
Several years ago I stood here, speaking in sad tones of our defeat at the hands of the Danes and their acursed ruler; Frederick II. It was a time when our armies where swept from the continent and our allies abandoned us, one after another, until we had no legs upon which to stand.
Now, the times have begun to change. Denmark has become weakened by its consant fighting with other nations, while we have only grown stronger. I say the time is no right for us to strike; strike as the blacksmith does the iron to beat it into submission, we must STRIKE!
Traditional Qoute Attributed to Frederick II upon hearing the English decleration of War
"I am beginning to understand why no man shall bed her. No doubt they fear they shall wake up in the morning, singing Falcetto"
I still have the game, I prefer to write each post as I finish playing it, so that the details are still fresh in my mind(I take notes, but don't want to rely on them entirly). Don't worry though, I'm almost half way done in my reign, and I swear to god that I'm goign to annex the Cherokee ATLEAST before my reign is done with. Stupid English always messing with my timing. Startign to remember why I always held ELizabeth in such low esteem
dont forget to send a copy of the savegame to MrT... he will be much less cranky then.
I think the problem with our BB rating is that we aren't big enough. I've noticed that, in my GCs, if I get above a certain size, other nations are afraid to DOW me regardless of how many BB points I rack up. (I'm currently in the middle of a GC as the Ottoman Empire, where I spent the entire 1500s in the "dishonorable scum" range or worse, and only got DOWed twice - and both times I got out of the BB war easily, because I was by far the largest nation in the world.) So, if you want to end the BB wars, forget about appeasing our enemies and start annexing them.
(Imagine the scene: The foreign minister comes before the king, and nervously says, "You majesty, I am most unhappy to report that we are dishonorable scum."
Whereupon the king replies, "Yes, I know. But we are very big dishonorable scum. It is better to be feared than loved, after all.")
But seriously, good job so far - it's tough to manage a game where you are being attacked constantly, and this is by far the worst badboy scrum I've ever seen.
(Imagine the scene: The foreign minister comes before the king, and nervously says, "You majesty, I am most unhappy to report that we are dishonorable scum."
Whereupon the king replies, "Yes, I know. But we are very big dishonorable scum. It is better to be feared than loved, after all.")
But seriously, good job so far - it's tough to manage a game where you are being attacked constantly, and this is by far the worst badboy scrum I've ever seen.
but our BB isn't THAT HIGH... thats the thing that is weird... i guess everyone figures we are easy pickings.
Cranky!!!!
I'm just trying to cover our respective asses in case of the unthinkable happens and we have a file corruption or, heaven forfend, a compete crash. If I have a copy of each save game, at least it would only be necessary to recover/replay the most recent reign. 'nuf said.
Good work DM. It's beginning to look as though you've turned the corner and may be able to buy some more breathing room to start looking at accomplishing the American conquest. I also like the range of "excepts" you're drawing from. Thank God those countries kept good public archives where you could dig them up.
Well of course I KNEW why you wanted them... but i just wanted to reinforce the concept of sending you a save game...what am i at... 5 posts and counting... I will not go to bed until i get 3,000... but the quality is going downhill quick.
Well at least things aren´t a complete disaster although it still looks rough. It seems that saxon alliance I created really paid of.
It seems that saxon alliance I created really paid of.
Hi
Just popping by to say that this AAR is greatly entertaining, especially since Denmark is still weak enough to be threatene by her neighbours
Just popping by to say that this AAR is greatly entertaining, especially since Denmark is still weak enough to be threatene by her neighbours
Actually the Saxon alliance is VERY useful, and I think my one with Prussia will be as well. Prussia is such a weird state, its capital is actually IN Prussia, but it also holds Kurstin and Brandenburg; so the capital is a good two provinces a way from the bulk of its kingdom. Still, they're a three province nation and acting as a good barrier against Poland at the moment.
I wish I could have gotten the Neatherlands, they would have been good for this job as well, giving me a Western ally to use against France, England or Burgundy, but oh well. I'll survive one way or another.
I wish I could have gotten the Neatherlands, they would have been good for this job as well, giving me a Western ally to use against France, England or Burgundy, but oh well. I'll survive one way or another.
Congrats, Lord Joseph
About our BB, maybe it's not the size of the nation, but of the BB. We should see if raising the BB a significant amount will rememdy the situation. I'll make sure to try that, should be a fun experiment
About our BB, maybe it's not the size of the nation, but of the BB. We should see if raising the BB a significant amount will rememdy the situation. I'll make sure to try that, should be a fun experiment
excert from letter of Steven Svenson to family in Copenhagen upon his arrival in Biloxi
Dear Father,
It should please you to know that the trip across the Atlantic was both swift and hazard free. I can not say to much of the food, except to say that if I taste one more lemon in my life, I believe it will be one to many.
The land which we are to settle to so differant from that which I remember, and the simple village which marks the settlement is so strikingly different from that of Copenhagen that you feel as if civilization may have been left behind all together. The land it self is warm and soggy, as the River Mississippi drains near by, and it was only through the hard work as preserverence of former colonizers that much of the swamp near town has been drained away driving the scourage of Malaria even further.
Mark my words, I believe that this wild and untamed land is the future of our people. The crowded confines of Europe hold nothing un this virgin land. Here any man, be he begger or prince, seems to be equal, with only his hard work and belief in god to raise him above the rest. I feel most fortunate to live in such a time when I can be part a great new Chapter for our noble Kingdom and people.
Give my regards to Mother,
Steven
Letter from Cpt. Daniel Kristopherson to his wife, Helga
Dearest beloved,
It worries me that I am so far from you, and our simple home in Savanna. Just as surly as the sun does rise in the morning, so to are my thoughts constantly upon you and that shining face which always kept me warm, even during the coldest weather.
I just wish to tell you not to worry, and that I am fine. No doubt you have heard tales of the recent battles with the English, several miles to the North of our city, but I want you to know that I am fine and no injury came to me during the battle at all. We drove the Englishman from the field, and suffered him a great blow. I should say little else.
God, how I wish to return home to you, and our small family. I dream of you every night, and the thought of you laying by my side until the small hours of the morning. Why must two civilized nations act in such a way? Send the innocent out to die while the Kings and Generals remain behind in safty? Please, pray that I return in health.
Your Husband,
Dan
*Daniel Kristopherson later died several days after the writing of this letter, in the constant Geurilla fighting around Savanna which eventully forced his army into retreat.*
Excert from "The Danish Kings" by Harold Hardoldson
The Second war with England during Frederick II's reign is often wrote off by most national historians as a fluke, and a token defeat on the otherwise-unblemished, to that point, career of the great King. However, recent theories abound that the war might not have been nearly as destructive as once thought.
It was this war which saw the increase in pwoer and prestige of the New Danish ally, Prussia which defeated the Polish armies, and was held away from major conquest only by its low manpower, not in strength of arms. It was a preformance, so astonishing, that rebells in Memel asked for the protestion of the Prussian King in 1574, an offer which was readily accepted.
Poland suffered greatly in the war, with Prussian and Danish armies marauding the countryside, rebels began to spring up all throughout the countryside. In a entirly embarrising moment, rebels in the new capital of Warsaw rioted, and the frightened king was forced to flee, dressed as a peasant, rather than risk the rule of the mob. Even as late as the year 1575, the rebellions had yet to be put down.
The Danes did suffer, this is true, several of their coastal trading posts in the New World where ravage and burned by the armies of Elizabeth the First, and several would be claimed by other lands before the war was finished and Frederick could reassert his claims. However, during the conflict, Bixilioi and Mobile both gaiend in population, and would become the stagign point for a hopeful, future, invasion of the Cherokee and Miami tribes of the North.
Finally, although Frederick did a agree to pay a small sum of 50 duckets to the English, this is mroe than made up for by the 100 gold taken from the Polish in exchange for peace after the capturing of Pozan.
In conclusion, the war was neither a great defeat for Frederick and the Danes, nor wa it a great victory. It showed many of the weakenessess of his enemies that could be exploited in the future, as well as left his lands unravaged and prosperous. The same could not be said for Poland.
Dear Father,
It should please you to know that the trip across the Atlantic was both swift and hazard free. I can not say to much of the food, except to say that if I taste one more lemon in my life, I believe it will be one to many.
The land which we are to settle to so differant from that which I remember, and the simple village which marks the settlement is so strikingly different from that of Copenhagen that you feel as if civilization may have been left behind all together. The land it self is warm and soggy, as the River Mississippi drains near by, and it was only through the hard work as preserverence of former colonizers that much of the swamp near town has been drained away driving the scourage of Malaria even further.
Mark my words, I believe that this wild and untamed land is the future of our people. The crowded confines of Europe hold nothing un this virgin land. Here any man, be he begger or prince, seems to be equal, with only his hard work and belief in god to raise him above the rest. I feel most fortunate to live in such a time when I can be part a great new Chapter for our noble Kingdom and people.
Give my regards to Mother,
Steven
Letter from Cpt. Daniel Kristopherson to his wife, Helga
Dearest beloved,
It worries me that I am so far from you, and our simple home in Savanna. Just as surly as the sun does rise in the morning, so to are my thoughts constantly upon you and that shining face which always kept me warm, even during the coldest weather.
I just wish to tell you not to worry, and that I am fine. No doubt you have heard tales of the recent battles with the English, several miles to the North of our city, but I want you to know that I am fine and no injury came to me during the battle at all. We drove the Englishman from the field, and suffered him a great blow. I should say little else.
God, how I wish to return home to you, and our small family. I dream of you every night, and the thought of you laying by my side until the small hours of the morning. Why must two civilized nations act in such a way? Send the innocent out to die while the Kings and Generals remain behind in safty? Please, pray that I return in health.
Your Husband,
Dan
*Daniel Kristopherson later died several days after the writing of this letter, in the constant Geurilla fighting around Savanna which eventully forced his army into retreat.*
Excert from "The Danish Kings" by Harold Hardoldson
The Second war with England during Frederick II's reign is often wrote off by most national historians as a fluke, and a token defeat on the otherwise-unblemished, to that point, career of the great King. However, recent theories abound that the war might not have been nearly as destructive as once thought.
It was this war which saw the increase in pwoer and prestige of the New Danish ally, Prussia which defeated the Polish armies, and was held away from major conquest only by its low manpower, not in strength of arms. It was a preformance, so astonishing, that rebells in Memel asked for the protestion of the Prussian King in 1574, an offer which was readily accepted.
Poland suffered greatly in the war, with Prussian and Danish armies marauding the countryside, rebels began to spring up all throughout the countryside. In a entirly embarrising moment, rebels in the new capital of Warsaw rioted, and the frightened king was forced to flee, dressed as a peasant, rather than risk the rule of the mob. Even as late as the year 1575, the rebellions had yet to be put down.
The Danes did suffer, this is true, several of their coastal trading posts in the New World where ravage and burned by the armies of Elizabeth the First, and several would be claimed by other lands before the war was finished and Frederick could reassert his claims. However, during the conflict, Bixilioi and Mobile both gaiend in population, and would become the stagign point for a hopeful, future, invasion of the Cherokee and Miami tribes of the North.
Finally, although Frederick did a agree to pay a small sum of 50 duckets to the English, this is mroe than made up for by the 100 gold taken from the Polish in exchange for peace after the capturing of Pozan.
In conclusion, the war was neither a great defeat for Frederick and the Danes, nor wa it a great victory. It showed many of the weakenessess of his enemies that could be exploited in the future, as well as left his lands unravaged and prosperous. The same could not be said for Poland.
Any screenshots for us sometime soon?
Good work holding the country together, it looks like we may actually be able to work our way out of this massive BB war.
Good work holding the country together, it looks like we may actually be able to work our way out of this massive BB war.
I'll get some screenshots soon, the only problem is that I don't have a sight to host them from, and my hotmail account says the files are to large to send.
Daniel: If you have a non-hotmail account, send a few to me and I'll post them for you. Don't foget to convert them to jpg first as that will greatly reduce their size.
Bah it´s only now we are getting up to speed thanks to all the bungling with the early writers.