This is my first AAR, so it probably won’t be amongst the best you’ve seen, but I’ll give it a try…
SETTINGS:
Difficulty: Normal
AI Aggressiveness: Normal
Fog of War: Obviously ON
Game Events: Historical and Random
Force Annex: ON
Missions: OFF
Basic Victory Points: OFF
Auto-save: Yearly
NO IGC moderations or anything else changed. Original EU Version 1.7b
**With 1492 just starting and Diaz just appointed to go towards the mythical Far East and Oriental lands, Portugal begins its prime period in history. The newly crowned overseer; Thomas I planning on making the grand country the supreme African power, a new era in history begins…**
“The BEST way to colonise Africa, is to find if it has an end… Servant!!! Tell me… How would you like to be one of the brave men who leave to clear up the myths of rounding Africa?”
“Oh, Sire, it would be a GREAT honour!!!”
“Very well… You shall be one of those selected to accompany Diaz to discover the first few provinces of Africa!!!”
**Knowing Diaz would need a place to re-supply, he made Fernando Po’s Trading Post into a 100 man colony. He also allied the Scottish, who were very nicely placed near the Atlantic to assist in any troubles with Spain and England…**
“Put the Royal Army of 15’000 infantry and 5’000 cavalry into all of our fleets controlled by Diaz! Send them off, and let them discover the Afro-Indian areas!”
**So Diaz set off…with three quarters of the Portuguese warships, to discover those fabled lands… The remaining quarter, controlled by Corte Real G., was sent to discover the seas to the West of the Azores… Discovering two sections per return, exploration moved along quickly…**
“Sire! Sire!”
“What?!”
“Uhh…Diaz’s Expedition found out that Morocco only HAS THREE PROVINCES, and does not go out further than that, as we thought!”
“Good. That will make their conquest easier… Now let me SLEEP!”
**The fleet stopped off at Fernando Po, where they re-supplied. They were meant to keep going, but they left the men there, where 1’000 men in total died of hunger! The remainder was picked up before more could die…
Hannover, Thomas I thought, has no allies, but a strategic position in the HRE… IF we get them on our side, we could be feared from the whole of Western Europe!!! This happened…And Hessen, who could ALSO assist, was added to the alliance contract a month later.
On November 23, 1492, Lorraine was force annexed by France. This, the king detested, and lost much good thought about the French. On Christmas 1492, Diaz’s suicidal fleet sailed past Mombassa, which seemed ripe for colonisation, which it became… They also colonised Damarra, to the South-East of Africa. There, the Royal Army was parted from the Admiral, and brought under a sailor’s command. They would continue to sail up and down East Africa.
Thomas I would have enjoyed to add Brandenburg to the trusty alliance list, but they refused… In February 1493, rumours of a great Persian Empire were settled as they made themselves known.
Ciskei was colonised, and Oman (named “the troublemaker”) was discovered, by Diaz’s remaining two ships… The Scottish proposed that there be a marital tie between the countries, and an international couple was formed.
A colonisation attempt at Cape Town (Table) failed, which brought the king to a rage. Later on, it would work, but only after 3 more tries. Mombassa received a royal welcome when the Royal Army disembarked in its port, to liberate the adjacent provinces, immediately conquered then, too.
Quatar’s Chinaware made the trading post there a success, and it would remain there for a long time, still, with natives in it. Iraq was then discovered by Diaz sailing around the middle East repeatedly until attrition death. Hahaha.
When Diaz remained in only one ship, they discovered Aden, which is a peace-loving nation…Towards them…
Transkei was found on October 9th, 1493. Nubia was then discovered, by a dying Diaz. By then he was losing 35 men per month, and was running for the nearest harbour (Mombassa)…
He will never make it. He dies in the Red Sea, forgotten and rotting.
Before this, he will have discovered The Hedjaz, and his remains will make Damarra colonised a second later. Thuringen then marries Portugal too, and 1’500 Tanga’s get massacred for preventing colonisation there.**
“Sire, Sire, Sire! Good news and bad news…”
“What’s the bad news? We are losing 4% of our population in a new colony per year!”
“**Frantically** QUICK! What’s the good news?!?!”
“We managed to do the colony in Table!”
“Oh! I thought it was in Mombassa! Good, then. Let them die! They’ll last another hundred years! By then Africa will be ours, and they will thrive or die!”
**Many more royal marriages will take place in the Portuguese royal family, and Portugal will be very highly thought of by most of Europe.
Tassaret gets a trading Post.
Tripoli decides to join the grand alliance, as does Tunisia!
Many minor occurrences will be present in the diplomatic section of Portugal. All of them will be good, and almost all of them will be marriages. Thomas I’s furthest relatives will be summoned to marry or engage brides and grooms from all over Catholic Europe! The Hanseatic League was also among the great countries of the grand alliance, although they will be trouble later with the reformation…
Then, in 1495, EMMANUEL I goes to the throne. Da Gama and Cabral are appointed to discover new lands. Da Gama going to India, and Cabral going to the Eastern coasts of Florida, just found by Corte Real G.... 3 Men will be put on each fleet (of three ships), to conquer new lands.
Corte Real G. later also discovers what will be called Brazil, but no Portuguese will set foot upon it for much time…
10’000 Kenyans are destroyed at the nearing of Christmas 1496, and the 17th December, Da Gama will be the first to set foot at Cochin, where a trading post will be built.
India will not be further explored than that province and Mysore’s capital (discovered September 11, 1498 and NOT 2001
). The overseer does not wish to bother time on that…
FLORIDA!!! Huge supply of sugar!!! Cabral sets foot on the Seminolian shores, and colonises it immediately. He will massacre the rest of the East Coast (TOBACCO, even BETTER!) till he reaches Massachusetts… Then will go north-west and discover the IROQUOIS, who will temporarily join the alliance…
All of discovered America will be colonised, and Portugal will be present on several continents prominently.
Then, with money being a problem, Portugal will suffer a devastating bankruptcy on the 1st December 1512. However, much will have happened before that time that could have saved Portugal, as brought it to its first dip in the power graphs…
The Second Edition should be typed within the next week, but I am not sure.
Thank You for wasting an hour of your time!
Thomas
Post Scriptum
If you have any real comments to give, or just wish to PM me, my e-mail adress is thomash87@hotmail.com
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SETTINGS:
Difficulty: Normal
AI Aggressiveness: Normal
Fog of War: Obviously ON
Game Events: Historical and Random
Force Annex: ON
Missions: OFF
Basic Victory Points: OFF
Auto-save: Yearly
NO IGC moderations or anything else changed. Original EU Version 1.7b
**With 1492 just starting and Diaz just appointed to go towards the mythical Far East and Oriental lands, Portugal begins its prime period in history. The newly crowned overseer; Thomas I planning on making the grand country the supreme African power, a new era in history begins…**
“The BEST way to colonise Africa, is to find if it has an end… Servant!!! Tell me… How would you like to be one of the brave men who leave to clear up the myths of rounding Africa?”
“Oh, Sire, it would be a GREAT honour!!!”
“Very well… You shall be one of those selected to accompany Diaz to discover the first few provinces of Africa!!!”
**Knowing Diaz would need a place to re-supply, he made Fernando Po’s Trading Post into a 100 man colony. He also allied the Scottish, who were very nicely placed near the Atlantic to assist in any troubles with Spain and England…**
“Put the Royal Army of 15’000 infantry and 5’000 cavalry into all of our fleets controlled by Diaz! Send them off, and let them discover the Afro-Indian areas!”
**So Diaz set off…with three quarters of the Portuguese warships, to discover those fabled lands… The remaining quarter, controlled by Corte Real G., was sent to discover the seas to the West of the Azores… Discovering two sections per return, exploration moved along quickly…**
“Sire! Sire!”
“What?!”
“Uhh…Diaz’s Expedition found out that Morocco only HAS THREE PROVINCES, and does not go out further than that, as we thought!”
“Good. That will make their conquest easier… Now let me SLEEP!”
**The fleet stopped off at Fernando Po, where they re-supplied. They were meant to keep going, but they left the men there, where 1’000 men in total died of hunger! The remainder was picked up before more could die…
Hannover, Thomas I thought, has no allies, but a strategic position in the HRE… IF we get them on our side, we could be feared from the whole of Western Europe!!! This happened…And Hessen, who could ALSO assist, was added to the alliance contract a month later.
On November 23, 1492, Lorraine was force annexed by France. This, the king detested, and lost much good thought about the French. On Christmas 1492, Diaz’s suicidal fleet sailed past Mombassa, which seemed ripe for colonisation, which it became… They also colonised Damarra, to the South-East of Africa. There, the Royal Army was parted from the Admiral, and brought under a sailor’s command. They would continue to sail up and down East Africa.
Thomas I would have enjoyed to add Brandenburg to the trusty alliance list, but they refused… In February 1493, rumours of a great Persian Empire were settled as they made themselves known.
Ciskei was colonised, and Oman (named “the troublemaker”) was discovered, by Diaz’s remaining two ships… The Scottish proposed that there be a marital tie between the countries, and an international couple was formed.
A colonisation attempt at Cape Town (Table) failed, which brought the king to a rage. Later on, it would work, but only after 3 more tries. Mombassa received a royal welcome when the Royal Army disembarked in its port, to liberate the adjacent provinces, immediately conquered then, too.
Quatar’s Chinaware made the trading post there a success, and it would remain there for a long time, still, with natives in it. Iraq was then discovered by Diaz sailing around the middle East repeatedly until attrition death. Hahaha.
When Diaz remained in only one ship, they discovered Aden, which is a peace-loving nation…Towards them…
Transkei was found on October 9th, 1493. Nubia was then discovered, by a dying Diaz. By then he was losing 35 men per month, and was running for the nearest harbour (Mombassa)…
He will never make it. He dies in the Red Sea, forgotten and rotting.
Before this, he will have discovered The Hedjaz, and his remains will make Damarra colonised a second later. Thuringen then marries Portugal too, and 1’500 Tanga’s get massacred for preventing colonisation there.**
“Sire, Sire, Sire! Good news and bad news…”
“What’s the bad news? We are losing 4% of our population in a new colony per year!”
“**Frantically** QUICK! What’s the good news?!?!”
“We managed to do the colony in Table!”
“Oh! I thought it was in Mombassa! Good, then. Let them die! They’ll last another hundred years! By then Africa will be ours, and they will thrive or die!”
**Many more royal marriages will take place in the Portuguese royal family, and Portugal will be very highly thought of by most of Europe.
Tassaret gets a trading Post.
Tripoli decides to join the grand alliance, as does Tunisia!
Many minor occurrences will be present in the diplomatic section of Portugal. All of them will be good, and almost all of them will be marriages. Thomas I’s furthest relatives will be summoned to marry or engage brides and grooms from all over Catholic Europe! The Hanseatic League was also among the great countries of the grand alliance, although they will be trouble later with the reformation…
Then, in 1495, EMMANUEL I goes to the throne. Da Gama and Cabral are appointed to discover new lands. Da Gama going to India, and Cabral going to the Eastern coasts of Florida, just found by Corte Real G.... 3 Men will be put on each fleet (of three ships), to conquer new lands.
Corte Real G. later also discovers what will be called Brazil, but no Portuguese will set foot upon it for much time…
10’000 Kenyans are destroyed at the nearing of Christmas 1496, and the 17th December, Da Gama will be the first to set foot at Cochin, where a trading post will be built.
India will not be further explored than that province and Mysore’s capital (discovered September 11, 1498 and NOT 2001
). The overseer does not wish to bother time on that…FLORIDA!!! Huge supply of sugar!!! Cabral sets foot on the Seminolian shores, and colonises it immediately. He will massacre the rest of the East Coast (TOBACCO, even BETTER!) till he reaches Massachusetts… Then will go north-west and discover the IROQUOIS, who will temporarily join the alliance…
All of discovered America will be colonised, and Portugal will be present on several continents prominently.
Then, with money being a problem, Portugal will suffer a devastating bankruptcy on the 1st December 1512. However, much will have happened before that time that could have saved Portugal, as brought it to its first dip in the power graphs…
The Second Edition should be typed within the next week, but I am not sure.
Thank You for wasting an hour of your time!
Thomas
Post Scriptum
If you have any real comments to give, or just wish to PM me, my e-mail adress is thomash87@hotmail.com
-_-_-
