Dude!
Someone slashed the price of Missionaries by about a third in NA! Now I can go to town!
Missionaries, of course, are one of the major reasons I’m playing this game. Part of my intent being to recreate the Crusades and restore the Levantine coast to its “rite”ful worship.
Watch as a similar battle continues, beyond my own borders, between the Ottomans and Mamluks.
And, finally, my worldwide discoveries have linked my own explorations with the Swahili empire. Another front, eventually, for conquest and missionaries alike!
When the rebels are in my enemies’ territory, I tend to worry less about them, and be more impressed by their conquests. However, when they start threatening my own areas, I worry.
But when they leave isolated provinces, such as you see here, in rebel hands that the Castillians have no hope of recapturing, I may experience the best of all worlds!
There are continued wars to the east…
This is close on the heels of the Timurids losing two provinces to the Ming, which brings these Chinese conquerors closer to the Persian lands. I’m curious what might happen if the Persians, one day, found themselves warring with the Chinese on one frontier, and with Milan on the other. And, of course, there’s the likelihood that Milan might meet the Chinese in battle one day, ourselves!
Throwing caution to the wind, I’ve landed my first Central American colony. This may put us at war with the Mayans or Aztecs, or both, at some point. Am I picking up a new generation of enemies, do you suppose?
I keep getting major rebellions in places where I’d least expect them. Here, you’ll see three major armies of rebels.
My pre-NA training never prepared me to face armies of 20,000 rebels! It would be one thing if they were rabble, who parted way when challenged by trained soldiers. But these guys seem to fight almost as well as my own soldiers do! During peacetime, it’s been my habit to lower military spending, and so my armies face rebels with reduced readiness. In the past, this has not been a big deal. Now, however… ((sighs))
What’s important about this is that the Portuguese seem to have spent all their army strength defeating the Castillians, who still aren’t surrendering. This may be an opportunity for us to wipe the Portuguese completely out of the picture.
On the other hand, although I know this war will spark up again, I’m not sure it’s worth the trouble of my initiating it. Probably not, frankly. We’ll see.
I’m intent on not losing Formosa again, to anyone! I’m concentrating much of my colonist power on this island, and hoping to protect it also with troops, as you see.
I don’t remember when I took out that loan, or why, but it’s paid off now. Probably never to be restored. I hate loans! You can see all the rebellions I’m putting down. They’re getting old.
As a small aside, look at my generals, and how they compare around the world. Oddly, or perhaps not, the only general really who could stand against us is a Mongol. The other accomplished generals are now my allies. The British admiral still has not many ships to command, so that’s hopeless. The Ottoman admiral at the bottom is in a similar state. You won’t see massive Ottoman navies roaming the seas again, I suspect.
Notice General Sforza Maria I… for Lithuania?! rofl
And, before we go, there’s one more conversation piece – the Brits have inherited Mecklenberg! This, of course, is unwelcome. Not, so much, that it makes more war inevitable – I’d figured that already. But it’s unwelcome because this will make our annexation of Mecklenburg yet more difficult! Agh!
The year, you’ll notice, is 1640. Moving right along….
