Another session cut short, but it did set up a few situations for later exploitation.
2/1682 - The 24,000 Granadan Nationalists previously routed from Almeria return, and are routed once again, this time by only 14,000 Hungarian troops led by a competent general, back into the waiting arms of 30,000 Portuguese troops in Granada. Problem solved.
7/1682 - A final group of colonists is dispatched to Koda, scheduled to arrive in 226 days to complete the resettlement of the last Golden Horde province.
8/1682 - Tunisia enters a Personal Union under the Sultan of Georgia.
10/1682 - Colonists arrive in Surgut, which defects from Golden Horde to Hungary, leaving GH with only one province. Brittany surrenders to Morocco, giving up the province of Gabes in North Africa. Brittany then accepts an offer for a Royal Marriage, placing the Emperor of Hungary second in line, right behind the 3 year old heir to the throne, while the country is controlled by a Regency Council. There's more than a decade for an accident to happen.
11/1682 - Genoa cedes Abomey to Ashanti, but remains at war against Sokoto.
3/1683 - Hungary settles a Border Dispute with Portugal over Yucatan; it's not worth fighting a major war over, and I'd rather keep relations reasonable in case of the unexpected death of their ruler, since there's a Royal Marriage.
4/1683 - Koda defects from Golden Horde to Hungary, relegating the Golden Horde to the history books. Since there was no surrender, no Imperial Authority is gained, which is now down into the mid 60's. Unfortunately, checking my Personal Unions, neither Savoy nor Milan are showing "will inherit" anymore, since Hungary's probable next king is now 46, several years past his prime. Past experience has shown that these indications are not set in stone, merely indicating the most likely course of events, so it's possible that one, or even both, could still be inherited upon the passing of the current Emperor, but the odds are no longer favorable.
5-6/1683 - Several spies are sent against Hungary to foment revolt in various colonies. Two of those spies are traced back to Hesse, and three fail outright. One of the successes increases revolt risk but is insufficient to provoke an actual revolt, while the other causes a minor revolt by 2000 dissenters which is immediately squashed by the 14,000 Hungarian troops already in the province. I'm half-tempted to use the "discovered spy" CB to vassalize Hesse, which is now the Protestant "Defender of the Faith", but only 3 provinces in size, and have a year to decide. Funny, but sending spies against a country is a poor way to improve Relations, and Hesse's current mission is "Make Hungary Vote for Us". The really sad part is, in a couple more years, once Milan is inherited, I'd actually WANT to see Hesse to take over as Emperor of the HRE.
7/1683 - Genoa and Sokoto settle for a white peace. Genoa is still allied with Papal State and a couple of other fairly sizable countries, so I'm inclined to wait, rather than declare war over the illegally held HRE province of Genoa.
9/1683 - Ramazan is annexed by Morocco. This makes the acquisition of one of the last two provinces in Asia Minor a little easier, because I can take the province from Morocco for 2 Infamy, rather than 4 to annex an OPM using the same CB, and Morocco doesn't have the long list of guarantors that Ramazan did. There are a couple more years to go on the truce with Morocco, so it's not going to happen right away.
Right now, I'm ambivalent about jumping into another war, because the odds of inheriting Milan and Savoy have sunk to a low chance, but are still possible, and an active war would probably make that all-but impossible. Then again, since the odds are low, I'm not risking too much, if a good enough opportunity presents itself.
There is still about a year to go before three more provinces in Egypt/Palestine become cores, and another two years after that until cores are gained in some ridiculous number of former provinces of Castille (it must be well over 50 provinces) and the three from Morea. I've got either my king or heir as second in line for the thrones of at least half a dozen countries, some of those major, but odds are that none will pan out into an inheritance or PU.
I'm also waiting for London to assimilate into Hungarian culture before beginning another forced assimilation in Oxford, then moving my National Focus elsewhere (possibly Egypt or Asia Minor). The more provinces which are bordered by the national culture, the more likely it is to have one of them randomly assimilate. I've also "discovered" an unsettled province beyond GH territory to the east, so colonizing that would give me at least the possibility of culturally assimilating some of those more easily assimilated Horde provinces from the reverse direction, since the process seems to have stalled in the usual direction at Bessarabia and Budjak. Cultural Assimilation has been happening gradually down the length of the Balkan peninsula, and Macedonia is now Hungarian, yet there has been no advance into those Croatian provinces owned by Hungary from the start. Cultural Assimilation prevents a few potential random events that result in large revolts, and reduces the base revolt risk by a couple of points, so it's desirable, especially in those large, scattered empires where it's hardest to achieve.
2/1682 - The 24,000 Granadan Nationalists previously routed from Almeria return, and are routed once again, this time by only 14,000 Hungarian troops led by a competent general, back into the waiting arms of 30,000 Portuguese troops in Granada. Problem solved.
7/1682 - A final group of colonists is dispatched to Koda, scheduled to arrive in 226 days to complete the resettlement of the last Golden Horde province.
8/1682 - Tunisia enters a Personal Union under the Sultan of Georgia.
10/1682 - Colonists arrive in Surgut, which defects from Golden Horde to Hungary, leaving GH with only one province. Brittany surrenders to Morocco, giving up the province of Gabes in North Africa. Brittany then accepts an offer for a Royal Marriage, placing the Emperor of Hungary second in line, right behind the 3 year old heir to the throne, while the country is controlled by a Regency Council. There's more than a decade for an accident to happen.
11/1682 - Genoa cedes Abomey to Ashanti, but remains at war against Sokoto.
3/1683 - Hungary settles a Border Dispute with Portugal over Yucatan; it's not worth fighting a major war over, and I'd rather keep relations reasonable in case of the unexpected death of their ruler, since there's a Royal Marriage.
4/1683 - Koda defects from Golden Horde to Hungary, relegating the Golden Horde to the history books. Since there was no surrender, no Imperial Authority is gained, which is now down into the mid 60's. Unfortunately, checking my Personal Unions, neither Savoy nor Milan are showing "will inherit" anymore, since Hungary's probable next king is now 46, several years past his prime. Past experience has shown that these indications are not set in stone, merely indicating the most likely course of events, so it's possible that one, or even both, could still be inherited upon the passing of the current Emperor, but the odds are no longer favorable.
5-6/1683 - Several spies are sent against Hungary to foment revolt in various colonies. Two of those spies are traced back to Hesse, and three fail outright. One of the successes increases revolt risk but is insufficient to provoke an actual revolt, while the other causes a minor revolt by 2000 dissenters which is immediately squashed by the 14,000 Hungarian troops already in the province. I'm half-tempted to use the "discovered spy" CB to vassalize Hesse, which is now the Protestant "Defender of the Faith", but only 3 provinces in size, and have a year to decide. Funny, but sending spies against a country is a poor way to improve Relations, and Hesse's current mission is "Make Hungary Vote for Us". The really sad part is, in a couple more years, once Milan is inherited, I'd actually WANT to see Hesse to take over as Emperor of the HRE.
7/1683 - Genoa and Sokoto settle for a white peace. Genoa is still allied with Papal State and a couple of other fairly sizable countries, so I'm inclined to wait, rather than declare war over the illegally held HRE province of Genoa.
9/1683 - Ramazan is annexed by Morocco. This makes the acquisition of one of the last two provinces in Asia Minor a little easier, because I can take the province from Morocco for 2 Infamy, rather than 4 to annex an OPM using the same CB, and Morocco doesn't have the long list of guarantors that Ramazan did. There are a couple more years to go on the truce with Morocco, so it's not going to happen right away.
Right now, I'm ambivalent about jumping into another war, because the odds of inheriting Milan and Savoy have sunk to a low chance, but are still possible, and an active war would probably make that all-but impossible. Then again, since the odds are low, I'm not risking too much, if a good enough opportunity presents itself.
There is still about a year to go before three more provinces in Egypt/Palestine become cores, and another two years after that until cores are gained in some ridiculous number of former provinces of Castille (it must be well over 50 provinces) and the three from Morea. I've got either my king or heir as second in line for the thrones of at least half a dozen countries, some of those major, but odds are that none will pan out into an inheritance or PU.
I'm also waiting for London to assimilate into Hungarian culture before beginning another forced assimilation in Oxford, then moving my National Focus elsewhere (possibly Egypt or Asia Minor). The more provinces which are bordered by the national culture, the more likely it is to have one of them randomly assimilate. I've also "discovered" an unsettled province beyond GH territory to the east, so colonizing that would give me at least the possibility of culturally assimilating some of those more easily assimilated Horde provinces from the reverse direction, since the process seems to have stalled in the usual direction at Bessarabia and Budjak. Cultural Assimilation has been happening gradually down the length of the Balkan peninsula, and Macedonia is now Hungarian, yet there has been no advance into those Croatian provinces owned by Hungary from the start. Cultural Assimilation prevents a few potential random events that result in large revolts, and reduces the base revolt risk by a couple of points, so it's desirable, especially in those large, scattered empires where it's hardest to achieve.
Last edited: