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Welcome Back, Paradox Forum!

If you have not read the first part, please go and check it out here.

Welcome to the second part of this Mega FREEDOM Campaign! This is an AAR which started in England in the 11th century and, let's all hope, will span to the USA in the 20th. We are finished with the Crusader Kings II section and are on to Europa Universalis IV. If you have not read or cannot be bothered to read the first part, I will be doing a synopsis in the prologue.

Style
As before, expect lots of images showing what is happening in the game. The writing will be a mix of Role-Play and History-Book in the present tense (Norge is invaded, This is discovered, and so on). Role-playing, while not AS relevant as in CK2, will still occur according to events and a ruler's stats.

Updates
I expect to be able to get updates out once a day with occasional 4 or 5 day breaks (when I am out of town). This may change, but you will be given ample warning. I also expect updates to be around 10 to 20 years in game, I will not know until I have made one!

Games
Crusader Kings II (1066 - 1444) (COMPLETED)
Europa Universalis IV (1444 - 1836) (CURRENT)
Victoria II (1836 - 1936)
Hearts of Iron III or Darkest Hour (1936 ~ 1945)

DLCs
I will be using all DLCs:

EU4
-Conquest of Paradise
-Wealth of Nations
-Res Publica
-Art of War
-El Dorado
-Common Sense
-The Cossacks

Vic2
-A House Divided
-Heart of Darkness

Mods
EU4
Just like CK2, this section will be full of mods. In EU4, I have modded the game significantly, but here are the major changes:
-More difficult rebels
-Less blobbing
-Tweaked colonization speeds depending on the location
-New decisions and events

If you have suggestions for a good, but light, graphics mod, please let me know.

Vic2
It will depend a lot on the outcome of the EU4 section.

Goals
Last section, two goals saw completion, which were Become King of England, and Unite the Islands of Britain. This time, I will have some goals specifically for EU4.

-Colonize North America
-Create an Empire that has territory on every continent
-Lead the USA to freedom

-Be the most powerful New World Nation

Voting
The CK2 portion saw several votes throughout, mainly on the next area of conquest. This time, votes will focus on events/decisions, idea groups, and conquest/colonization locations.

Name Rotation
In the last section, subscribers' names were added to a list. Every time a child was born, a name was picked from the list at random and given to the baby (regardless of gender). In EU4, each heir will get a name, so each subscriber has the chance of ruling the Empire! AND, leaders will now be assigned one of these names as well.

Mild interactivity approved by Mr.C


Table of Contents

Part 1: The Empire of Britain

- 1444 - Prologue 1: A Short History of House de Gael
- 1444 - Prologue 2: An Overview of the Known World
- 1444 to 1460 - The Brittany Question
- 1460 to 1474 - The Conquest of Normandy
- 1474 to 1491 - The Caribbean
- 1491 to 1507 - Amerigo
- 1507 to 1526 - Reformation
- 1526 to 1542 - A Divergence in Christianity
- 1542 to 1557 - The Tolerance Act
- 1557 to 1581 - War and Peace
- 1581 to 1600 - Delaware
- 1600 to 1616 - Gunpowder Treason and Plot
- 1616 to 1640 - The Age of Colonization
- 1640 to 1650 - The 6 Years War
- 1650 to 1700 - The East India Company
- 1700 to 1725 - A Century of Woes

Part 2: The Thirteen Colonies
-1725 to 1747 - Verigan Cadwal
-1747 to 1756 - The New York Massacre
-1756 to 1761 - The American Revolution

Part 3: The United States of America
-1761 to 1776 - POTUS
-1776 to 1799 - Arnott's War
-1799 to 1823 - Come the 19th Century
-1823 to 1836 - The Industrial Revolution

World Updates
1776
- Europe
- Middle East
- Africa
- Asia and Oceania
- Americas


This is a list taken from the previous section. If you don't want your name on the list, notify me and I will remove it. Each name now has both a male and female version (unless it can be considered a gender-neutral name, then they are the same).

Attalus,
Dom Martin,
the number 9,
theanguishedone,
loup,
densley blair,
saxon,
blitz,
stingrex,
andre Massena,
jerkera,
andrew,
necro,
zzz,
bernard,
idhrendur,
Kon 11,
Scipion Barca,
scotty,
ryudrago,
radekz,
Manuel,
Moosemac,
BPM,
DKM,
Must Love cats,
Khaine,
Dunaden,
Tcman,
Sailormarsfan,
Duke of Awesome
Chopak
Brucehum
Qwerty
Randio Osin
Magraev
Sancronis
Doctor Waffle
Saqquara
John (a89a89)
Frost
Verigan (Punisher)
Randio Osin
Dude Man
Eternien
Baldor Arbanus
Mcrone

Abbreviation of names is for my own convenience.
If your name is not on this list, and you feel it should be, comment and let me know. It could be missing because I forgot to add it!
 
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Great to see so many old and new faces (or should I say usernames). Just going to give you all a little info on what changed between CK2 and EU4:

-Byzantium lost its provinces in Germany, but it gained a few that were former HRE in Anatolia.
-Provence was released and made a vassal of Byzantium.
-Jerusalem became independent, but under a personal union, from Castille.
-Some minor changes to provinces to decrease the chaos in the world.
-Britannia was converted to Great Britain. The name is now The Empire of Britain (Britannia didn't feel right now that we are in EU4), and the flag was changed to the appropriate one.
 
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