Hello, dear readAARs! My name is Avindian, and this is my very first (hopefully of many) AAR here in EUIV AARland. EUIII was my first Paradox game, and in terms of total hours played, probably the one I've got the most experience with. Needless to say (but I'm saying it anyway), I was excited about EUIV. I eagerly anticipated many a sleepless night conquering the world.
Then, I got the news I received a long-awaited grant to go Russia for my dissertation research.
So, instead of writing multiple AARs in EUIV, I have written zero. That, my friends, changes right now!
My recently finished AAR "The Oldest God" ended with a poll to choose my next solo AAR (in addition to the two interactive AARs I'm running). So, my readAARs there decided, despite my repeated protests of nigh ignorance with EUIV, to not only saddle me with writing an AAR for EUIV, but doing so with a Japanese daimyo.
Whether this is because they love me or hate me, I'll let you decide. At least they let me pick the daimyo, and I chose Uesugi because it has three provinces. So, here we are!
The house rules:
1) No cheating.
2) No save scumming (although I'm not going to use Ironman).
3) Nothing excessively gamey, with the proviso that I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing, and thus may inadvertently do something gamey.
The goals:
1) Survive.
2) Unite Japan.
3) Westernize.
4) Colonize the New World.
I'm playing with Conquest of Paradise and the randomized new world. This AAR will be gameplay; my knowledge of Japanese history is far too limited to do a narrative AAR. I think more or less ten years for the time frame of each update. In about an hour, I'll post my prepause moves; my first full update will be Saturday, I'm thinking, and then we'll get on to a regular schedule of some sort. I generally like to post at least once a week, and internet permitting, that's what I'll try to do here.
In any case, this should be a lot of fun, and I'm glad to have you along for the ride!
Then, I got the news I received a long-awaited grant to go Russia for my dissertation research.
So, instead of writing multiple AARs in EUIV, I have written zero. That, my friends, changes right now!
My recently finished AAR "The Oldest God" ended with a poll to choose my next solo AAR (in addition to the two interactive AARs I'm running). So, my readAARs there decided, despite my repeated protests of nigh ignorance with EUIV, to not only saddle me with writing an AAR for EUIV, but doing so with a Japanese daimyo.
Whether this is because they love me or hate me, I'll let you decide. At least they let me pick the daimyo, and I chose Uesugi because it has three provinces. So, here we are!
The house rules:
1) No cheating.
2) No save scumming (although I'm not going to use Ironman).
3) Nothing excessively gamey, with the proviso that I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing, and thus may inadvertently do something gamey.
The goals:
1) Survive.
2) Unite Japan.
3) Westernize.
4) Colonize the New World.
I'm playing with Conquest of Paradise and the randomized new world. This AAR will be gameplay; my knowledge of Japanese history is far too limited to do a narrative AAR. I think more or less ten years for the time frame of each update. In about an hour, I'll post my prepause moves; my first full update will be Saturday, I'm thinking, and then we'll get on to a regular schedule of some sort. I generally like to post at least once a week, and internet permitting, that's what I'll try to do here.
In any case, this should be a lot of fun, and I'm glad to have you along for the ride!
