jwolf: The BB-management plan is to do things in Europe gradually and so never let it get out of hand. There aren't actually that many provinces I
need to get in Europe, so I think this should be possible. I do want to own the whole of the Iberian peninsula by fairly early on though, so things might be tricky for a while. As far as I can see, Aragon will likely now become Spain, unless I can get Castilla (Madrid) off them by 1469, perhaps? Or don't they need Castilla? All help welcome with these kind of things!
J.Passepartout: The Giralda is nice, but I could do without the Muslims who are still being called to prayer from it. It's a fortune to try and convert them too.
The Danish King: Thanks! With luck, I think we'll make it.
Grundius: Portugal is a bit cash-strapped, you're right. Luckily the trashing of Castile cost me very little, thanks to Aragon's help, but all that colonizing and shipbuilding is kind of expensive.
Anibal: Thanks for putting me right on Old Gonçalo - that's what comes of writing a Portugal AAR without knowing a word of Portuguese!
o Still, as long as you stick around you can keep me from making too many blunders - all help welcome here as well!
Deflare: Good advice about Castile - I am working hard on it!
As for Provence, they're currently allied with France and about a hundred other minors, so this may not be the moment...
CatKnight: Please pardon my presumptuous perniciousness! Plainly you're penmanship passes my own...
Wolfhound: Thanks - of course pagans will be liberally conquered, just in case they really were the P-smudge.
Draco Rexus: My reasoning is that if I succeed in conquering all of Iberia and a fair swathe of Poland/Lithuania, along with a vast colonial empire, I'll be ready to take on pretty much anyone, especially if I only want one or two specific provinces from them.
Ciçatrix: The great thing about AAR-writing is that you can put in
anything! Maybe the Portuguese will be on Pluto by 1819...
As always, thanks to all prolific posters and plain perusers. Next piece is in the pipeline and will be posted tomorrow.