That devastating period of wars has ended for good... I hope. You'll need some kings with high Admistration skills and everything will be fine. BTW - what's England doing in Gotland?
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aussieboy - Well, for several decades my stability was below 0, so there wasn`t much of sliders to technologies - Poland really became backward state 
RGB - Thanks.
Lord Valentine - Yeah in fact it was bitter victory, and if you count Civil War led by Wladyslaw against his brother, you can name it defeat.
Jan Skrzetuski - English took it from Norwegians during war in Scotland - Scots attacked Norwegian possessions in highlands, and England was allied with highlanders.
Alright here comes results of poll for best monarch, there was 49 votes - thank you all :
Hmm. You seems to like "good" monarchs - Sambor II broken dependence from Golden Horde, Ziemowit conquered awful lot of land, and Bezprym II was just Great
Myself, i`m especially pleased by Henryk I, Bezprym I, and Henryk IV the Stern - It was great fun to write about total disasters/bad characters
About first monarchs from CK, when I read them now I`m not so happy about quality of those first updates
Ok thank you for voting, now I know that you like when something good happens ( But beware - few kings like Ziemowit the Conqueror and whole planet would be Polish )
Also if you have a spare 1minute (literally), please take a look on second poll to give me some more information in which way this AAR should go.
RGB - Thanks.
Lord Valentine - Yeah in fact it was bitter victory, and if you count Civil War led by Wladyslaw against his brother, you can name it defeat.
Jan Skrzetuski - English took it from Norwegians during war in Scotland - Scots attacked Norwegian possessions in highlands, and England was allied with highlanders.
Alright here comes results of poll for best monarch, there was 49 votes - thank you all
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Myself, i`m especially pleased by Henryk I, Bezprym I, and Henryk IV the Stern - It was great fun to write about total disasters/bad characters
About first monarchs from CK, when I read them now I`m not so happy about quality of those first updates
Ok thank you for voting, now I know that you like when something good happens ( But beware - few kings like Ziemowit the Conqueror and whole planet would be Polish
)Also if you have a spare 1minute (literally), please take a look on second poll to give me some more information in which way this AAR should go.
Ouch, Poland threatens to end up in real life if it falls too far behind. Russia's still in pieces, but Germany looks quite threatening...
Another interesting update, thanks for that A question - is that white blob in central Germany also Austria?
You desperately need a period of peace, hopefully your new King agrees with that
A question - is that white blob in central Germany also Austria?You desperately need a period of peace, hopefully your new King agrees with that
Interesting reign, you're disaster kings are interesting, the Sternwas a favorite of mine. Hopefully you can pull Poland back together soon, things are looking good but you're lucky Germany didn't hit you while you were down, and you need a port if you really want to compete. But you know that. Keep up the great work.
While I've enjoyed following your story of Poland, I have found the recent wars to be a little over-detailed. I like reading about the victories and defeats, but I've gotten lost and confused. Might I suggest using an additional short, one-line tag at the end of each battle discription? For example:
2nd Battle of Memel - Polish victory over Kurland
Not sure about other readers, but that would certainly help me to keep up. Likewise, at the beginning and end of each war-time post, a similar line that describes the overall state of the war would be helpful.
All-in-all a fun tale of the rise and fall and rise again of an alternate Poland! Keep at it!
2nd Battle of Memel - Polish victory over Kurland
Not sure about other readers, but that would certainly help me to keep up. Likewise, at the beginning and end of each war-time post, a similar line that describes the overall state of the war would be helpful.
All-in-all a fun tale of the rise and fall and rise again of an alternate Poland! Keep at it!
Judas Maccabeus - Yeah it`s time for peace and economic development. Hopefully I will finally get stability +3
Legolas - Indeed it`s Austria, which besides land in east Germany and Hungary, also expanded into northern Italy, and is scary
JimboIX - Thanks, yes I also like disastrous kings most
Dearnen - Thnak you - yes you are absolutely right, I also stated it before. This war was described in too much detail, I`m not going to repeat this mistake in future, except most important "dooomwars" for life and death. Hmm it`s bad that you are confused, I`ll think about your proposal. Maybe some campaign map with arrows and spot of battles would be good thing?
Okay - according to poll, you seems to want more European situation reports, so i gonna make each every 25 years, instead of 50. Thus next update will be Euro Report.
Legolas - Indeed it`s Austria, which besides land in east Germany and Hungary, also expanded into northern Italy, and is scary
JimboIX - Thanks, yes I also like disastrous kings most
Dearnen - Thnak you - yes you are absolutely right, I also stated it before. This war was described in too much detail, I`m not going to repeat this mistake in future, except most important "dooomwars" for life and death. Hmm it`s bad that you are confused, I`ll think about your proposal. Maybe some campaign map with arrows and spot of battles would be good thing?
Okay - according to poll, you seems to want more European situation reports, so i gonna make each every 25 years, instead of 50. Thus next update will be Euro Report.
Hope you get back on top. Best to keep peaceful for a while, but then again that isn't always in your hands.
I think your doing good in the AAR business. What you do is tell what each ruler has done in their reign and how it has affected the country. So telling about the wars is as much a part of it as anything else. And the way you do it is so much more interesting than just stating there was a war which you lost/won/tied. So I just want to say keep it like it is.
I think your doing good in the AAR business. What you do is tell what each ruler has done in their reign and how it has affected the country. So telling about the wars is as much a part of it as anything else. And the way you do it is so much more interesting than just stating there was a war which you lost/won/tied. So I just want to say keep it like it is.
Nice again, thrashing mad . As you said, probably all of us are pleased and relived seeing the end of this terrible war. Hopefully now nobody declares another one on you so you can spend some time rebuilding the country (and lowering BB for the sake of more conquests ).
. As you said, probably all of us are pleased and relived seeing the end of this terrible war. Hopefully now nobody declares another one on you so you can spend some time rebuilding the country (and lowering BB for the sake of more conquests ).
Some fine gains there. Some lucky breaks there with the tired Hungarians and weather holding back the gunners of Kurland
bowl of soup - Thank you sir. I gonna decrease war descriptions only slightly then
Emperor_krk - Yeah it`s definitely time for peace.
Duke of Wellington - Yep, I must deal with those Hungarians and Kurlanders once and for all, but not now.
Okay poll results are here
Average results:
Narration method/quality - 8,3 -
Plot/story - 9,1
Graphics - 9,4
Videos - 9,2
So worst element is my crappy english (but you gave too high mark) , I`ll try to improve.
You also want more European/World reports (43%) so I`ll give`em every 25 years now. On second place more intrigue and interesting story (30%) - hope to find some inspiration. On third better graphics/maps (19%), and only 6% want more videos .
73% of you consider graphics to text proportion as good, 20% that there`s too much text, and 5% that there`s too much graphics. I`ll leave this proportion as it is now.
About soundtracks - 34% classical music, 27% movie soundtracks, 23% Manowar ( now this is quite surprising), and only 14% thrash metal (what`s wrong with you? )
I`ll be going for a few days to Germany again, on Wednesday, but i`ll try to post Euroreport tomorrow. I`m also converting game again, to be able to play new 1.3 patch - hopefully it`s last time. I`ll do some minor tidying on European map, change names/flags/events of some countries to better suit my alternative history. Hopefully things would get more interesting then.
Emperor_krk - Yeah it`s definitely time for peace.
Duke of Wellington - Yep, I must deal with those Hungarians and Kurlanders once and for all, but not now.
Okay poll results are here
Average results:
Narration method/quality - 8,3 -
Plot/story - 9,1
Graphics - 9,4
Videos - 9,2
So worst element is my crappy english (but you gave too high mark) , I`ll try to improve.
You also want more European/World reports (43%) so I`ll give`em every 25 years now. On second place more intrigue and interesting story (30%) - hope to find some inspiration
. On third better graphics/maps (19%), and only 6% want more videos . 73% of you consider graphics to text proportion as good, 20% that there`s too much text, and 5% that there`s too much graphics. I`ll leave this proportion as it is now.
About soundtracks - 34% classical music, 27% movie soundtracks, 23% Manowar (
now this is quite surprising), and only 14% thrash metal (what`s wrong with you? )I`ll be going for a few days to Germany again, on Wednesday, but i`ll try to post Euroreport tomorrow. I`m also converting game again, to be able to play new 1.3 patch - hopefully it`s last time. I`ll do some minor tidying on European map, change names/flags/events of some countries to better suit my alternative history. Hopefully things would get more interesting then.
There is enough of them, I'd sayand only 6% want more videos
. More than one per update would be too much, I guess . They are marvellous, but if there were more of them it would be just... Over-saturated, if this can be put like this (po polsku mam na myśli przesyt )I too can't understand that, sirand only 14% thrash metal (what`s wrong with you?
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I'm not surprised so few wants more videos. Myself, I never watch them, for me the story is what makes this aar so great.
Your going to Germany? May I ask where. I hope your not going to one of these in eastern German places in the middle of nowhere.
~Lord Valentine~
~Lord Valentine~
Emperor_krk - Yeah exactly - one vid for every 5 updates or so would be fine, it`s just bonus after all.
Nikolai - Thank you sir for liking my story , but you should at least take a look at vids - maybe you`ll like them as well.
Lord Valentine - It seems that not far from your place - i`m going to Reinbeck - small town in outskirts of Hamburg, and to Hamburg proper.
Nikolai - Thank you sir for liking my story
, but you should at least take a look at vids - maybe you`ll like them as well.Lord Valentine - It seems that not far from your place - i`m going to Reinbeck - small town in outskirts of Hamburg, and to Hamburg proper.
Nikolai said:
In my case it's more that I can't watch the videos because of my slow internet connection (ah, the joys of rural life)... I'd certanly watch them if I could, but I still don't want time/space taken away from other parts of the AAR for them.
thrashing mad said:Lord Valentine - It seems that not far from your place - i`m going to Reinbeck - small town in outskirts of Hamburg, and to Hamburg proper.
Well I hope you enjoy your stay. Hamburg is a pretty nice place. If you get bored on one day however and don't know what to do I can only strongly advise you to pay Lüneburg a visit. It's a lovely 65.000 inhabitants town with beautiful old buildings that go back as far as the late middle ages.
Anyway I am not payed by our local tourist ministry, so just have a nice stay!
~Lord Valentine~
HISTORY OF THE WHITE EAGLE
Europe Anno Domini 1475
Iberia/Maghreb
In XI-XII centuries Southern Iberia was quickly conquered by northern christian kingdoms. Spanish reconquista continued to other side of Gibraltar strait, bringing lands of Morocco and Fez under catholic rule. However, such quick conquest resulted in assimilation of victors with local, arabic population. In XIII century powerful kingdom of Leon-Castille-Navarra broken into three separate states. One branch of Jimenez family took Navarrese throne, one Castillan and one Leon.
Rulers of Leon also had most of Maghreb possessions in their hands, and in early XIV century moved royal capital to Fez, creating kingdom of Fez-Leon. In that time, royal dynasty finally assimilated with it`s subjects culture. To the end of century, arab-catholic kingdom lived in considerable peace, controlling southern Iberia and Fez. However, in years 1455-1474 kingdom was beaten in several wars with its muslim neighbor - Berber Hammadids. Finally in June 1475 city of Fez fell into hands of unfaithful, and during fights last heir of Fez-Leon branch of house Jimenez died.
Thus former vassal of Fez - duchy of Granada became fully independent. Duke Abbas II conquered small Portugal same year, and crowned himself king of Andalucia (arab-catholic people of Iberia and Fez called themselves Andalucians to distinct themselves from their muslim relatives).
Prosperity and considerable power of the young kingdom was provided by rich cities and huge trade significance. In contrast to neighboring Navarra, despite catholic religion Andalucian rulers were usually tolerant and innovative. New technologies, inventions and science flourished in wealthy cities like Cadiz, Saragossa or Granada. Well armed and trained urban militia provided good bulk of army, while powerful fleet protected coasts and main trade routs.
Main threats for kingdom were aggressively expanding Navarra, and Hammadids. Basque Jimenez wanted to seize control over whole Hispania, while Berbers could tried to reclaim Iberian lands lost for muslims. However, with good diplomacy and trade policy, Andalucia could defend from Navarrese, and try to liberate their catholic brothers of Fez. Seeking more wealth and trade, vital to Andalucian economy, king Abbas II sent an expedition west - supposed alternative rout to India, discovered in 1474 by Irish adventurer Christofer O`Kolumb.
Kingdom of Navarra reached it`s peak in first decades of XV century, but after civil war of 1435-1442 former vassals - Portugal, Aragon and Catalunya were lost. Strangely, ruling class of the kingdom consisted mainly of culturally different Basques. Jimenez family moved it`s capital to moutainous Navarra, and over time acquired language and customs of ancient culture. Thus in late XV century almost all nobility was considered as Basques, while castellan, and arab majority - peasantry and commoners. Such differences caused many revolts and disorder, so Navarra became very centralized state, close to despotic monarchy. Catholic church held high position in kingdom, providing political support of Holy Inquisition to Navarresse kings.
In years 1460-1470 king Berezi I conquered northern Portugal and southern Catalunya. He also meddled into French wars with their former vassals, which ended with conquest of Aquitaine.
After fall of Fez-Leon and extinction of it`s dynasty, kings of Navarra claimed their ancient rights to whole Hispania. Weak neighbors like Castille or Aragon were easy prey, but Basque kings were in danger from France and Andalucia - their alliance could meant complete disaster.
Berber Hammadid dynasty ruled lands from Atlas Mountains to Mediterranean Sea for almost 500 years. They survived several crusades, repelling Spanish, French and Italian invaders. In year 1414 Hiempsal I conquered crusader state of Tunisia. His son Firmus III began war with neighboring powerful kingdom of Fez. After ten years of bloody war he came victorious, taking half of Fezian territory. Feeling that he is powerful enough, he announced himself first Sultan of Hammadids - fully independent ruler. His heir, Vaznsen I, finally defeated Fez to became most powerful ruler of Maghreb.
Hammadid Sultans commanded huge forces of hardened Berber warriors - masters of desert warfare. They also hired numerous pirates, and looting of merchants in Mediterranean Sea provided considerable profits. Tribal federation slowly transformed into more centralized state.
In year 1475 Hammadids had two main routs of further expansion - Iberian peninsula, lost for christian infidels centuries earlier, or east to crusader states of Tripolitania, Egypt and Jerusalem.
Rest of Iberian states were much weaker than it`s bigger neighbors - Andalucia and Navarra. Only hope of their survival laid in good diplomacy and alliances. Castille ruled by house of Jimenez had good relations with Navarra, while Catalunya was closely tied with Andalucia by trade enterprises. Poor and small Aragon seemed most vulnerable of those minor states.
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Judas Maccabeus - Thanks for good words, I hope that you could watch them in the future.
Lord Valentine - Cheers mate - actually I worked something like 12h a day in those few days - so not much time for touring Maybe next time.
Okay - here comes more detailed European Report - I`ll make those detailed every 100 years or so. Spain first, tomorrow British Isles. It`s time for me to catch up with subscribed AARs
Lord Valentine - Cheers mate - actually I worked something like 12h a day in those few days - so not much time for touring
Maybe next time.Okay - here comes more detailed European Report - I`ll make those detailed every 100 years or so. Spain first, tomorrow British Isles. It`s time for me to catch up with subscribed AARs
Oh my goodness , thrashing mad . You've done it again and surpassed yourself . I am very very delighted at these eye candy . You should go into professional design with this kind of work !! You have a great eye for the aesthetic ! Well done and good luck on the ACA I'll be voting for you definitely !