Wasn't planning on doing one so going mostly from memory...
Playing with the IGC as Russia. Hard & Aggressive with Historical Events only and no Missions.
First Russia builds up all colonies to cities (including Ingremanland which starts as one in the IGC).
Astrakhan/Golden Horde alliance attack Kazan - Russia declares war too and ends up annexing all of Kazan. Except for one or two Golden Horde provinces west of the river, no further Russian expansion in that direction so far (1668).
Ryazan starts as Russian vassal and ends up being diplomatically annexed about 50-100 years later.
Declare war against Sweden in the early 1500s and capture their two provinces with Russian CB. No further troubles from Sweden for a very very long time because Denmark kept on asking me into its alliance which also included Sweden - Russia kept the alliance going usually by starting a war against Poland or Teuton.
Pskow becomes Russian vassal but they get annexed by Poland-Lithuania in one of numerous wars. Russia captures most CB provinces from Poland including Pskow - Poland was the badboy at the time so the nation is much reduced in size now after being attacked on all fronts.
Civil War strike Russia and nearly half my cities rebel - this happened right after a war with Poland and stability was at 1. Then 'Times of Trouble' rules the nation! It takes 2-3 years to quell all the rebellions - fortunately there was no war during this time.
Ukraine became independant but Russian attempts to support the country failed when it was taken by a Persia/Crimea/Golden-Horde alliance. Astrakhan is a vassal of Golden Horde.
Annexed two CB provinces from Teuton in a short war.
Up until this point, Spain is way ahead in points with Russia in second and France not far behind. China is #4.
Holland becomes independant, so many funds start going into that new country - this seems to work as the country holds and grows. A Russian expeditionary force with newly armed muskets plays a key role in defending Holland. Another Russian force is decimated trying to help in the defense of Copenhagen.
Austria has been reduced to one province (though its tech is abnormally high!). Brandenburg is the 'big' power house in central europe but the nation is divided into two parts. Persia has expanded all the way up to Crimea but their rank is still very low.
Spain is still far ahead and my badboy rating kind of high - then I realise I have Colonial Dynamism (when did that appear?). I got most of the World maps earlier in a naval victory over the Spaniards in the Baltic so I look abroad...
Spain has all of Central America and Southern and Western sections of North America as well as footholds in South America. The Incas have an extensive empire still. Otherwise, South America is very diversely controlled with Dutch, French, Portugal etc...
Most of Eastern North America is English with the French in parts of Canada; however, everyone has overlooked Massachusetts! This province is within striking range of Spanish possessions so I build a trading post and eventually a city with level 3 fortification. Russian ships can make it there without attrition loss too. Build a small army of 6000 men and 40 cannons - I have much better firearms than the Spanish at this point. Load my army on ships and put them off the coast of Savannah (level 1 colony) and declare war on Spain. Take Savannah, Talahassee, Mobile. The army sustains too many losses to conduct further seiges but they ravage all other Spanish possesions in North America, burn trading posts, etc...
Get a peace which gets me both Mobile (1000 pop) and Talahassee (700 pop). What's more, the interior hasn't been claimed. Trading posts and colonists start arriving from Moscow and eventually Russia controls territory from Minnesota to Erie down along the Appalachians back to the Mississippi. Russia has gained enormously on Spain in the CP department and now has a good base for attacking Spanish possessions in the future if need be. Mobile is now a CoT.
At this time, I thought I could start a campaign against Golden Horde but my badboy is 11 and higher than anyone else's so I think I'll concentrate on developing America. I'd like to get to the Incas but it looks like I'd have to declare war against Spain again just to reach them.
Playing with the IGC as Russia. Hard & Aggressive with Historical Events only and no Missions.
First Russia builds up all colonies to cities (including Ingremanland which starts as one in the IGC).
Astrakhan/Golden Horde alliance attack Kazan - Russia declares war too and ends up annexing all of Kazan. Except for one or two Golden Horde provinces west of the river, no further Russian expansion in that direction so far (1668).
Ryazan starts as Russian vassal and ends up being diplomatically annexed about 50-100 years later.
Declare war against Sweden in the early 1500s and capture their two provinces with Russian CB. No further troubles from Sweden for a very very long time because Denmark kept on asking me into its alliance which also included Sweden - Russia kept the alliance going usually by starting a war against Poland or Teuton.
Pskow becomes Russian vassal but they get annexed by Poland-Lithuania in one of numerous wars. Russia captures most CB provinces from Poland including Pskow - Poland was the badboy at the time so the nation is much reduced in size now after being attacked on all fronts.
Civil War strike Russia and nearly half my cities rebel - this happened right after a war with Poland and stability was at 1. Then 'Times of Trouble' rules the nation! It takes 2-3 years to quell all the rebellions - fortunately there was no war during this time.
Ukraine became independant but Russian attempts to support the country failed when it was taken by a Persia/Crimea/Golden-Horde alliance. Astrakhan is a vassal of Golden Horde.
Annexed two CB provinces from Teuton in a short war.
Up until this point, Spain is way ahead in points with Russia in second and France not far behind. China is #4.
Holland becomes independant, so many funds start going into that new country - this seems to work as the country holds and grows. A Russian expeditionary force with newly armed muskets plays a key role in defending Holland. Another Russian force is decimated trying to help in the defense of Copenhagen.
Austria has been reduced to one province (though its tech is abnormally high!). Brandenburg is the 'big' power house in central europe but the nation is divided into two parts. Persia has expanded all the way up to Crimea but their rank is still very low.
Spain is still far ahead and my badboy rating kind of high - then I realise I have Colonial Dynamism (when did that appear?). I got most of the World maps earlier in a naval victory over the Spaniards in the Baltic so I look abroad...
Spain has all of Central America and Southern and Western sections of North America as well as footholds in South America. The Incas have an extensive empire still. Otherwise, South America is very diversely controlled with Dutch, French, Portugal etc...
Most of Eastern North America is English with the French in parts of Canada; however, everyone has overlooked Massachusetts! This province is within striking range of Spanish possessions so I build a trading post and eventually a city with level 3 fortification. Russian ships can make it there without attrition loss too. Build a small army of 6000 men and 40 cannons - I have much better firearms than the Spanish at this point. Load my army on ships and put them off the coast of Savannah (level 1 colony) and declare war on Spain. Take Savannah, Talahassee, Mobile. The army sustains too many losses to conduct further seiges but they ravage all other Spanish possesions in North America, burn trading posts, etc...
Get a peace which gets me both Mobile (1000 pop) and Talahassee (700 pop). What's more, the interior hasn't been claimed. Trading posts and colonists start arriving from Moscow and eventually Russia controls territory from Minnesota to Erie down along the Appalachians back to the Mississippi. Russia has gained enormously on Spain in the CP department and now has a good base for attacking Spanish possessions in the future if need be. Mobile is now a CoT.
At this time, I thought I could start a campaign against Golden Horde but my badboy is 11 and higher than anyone else's so I think I'll concentrate on developing America. I'd like to get to the Incas but it looks like I'd have to declare war against Spain again just to reach them.
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