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Continuing Growth and Development, 1701 - 1711
Bayou continued to grow until a city was inaugurated there in 1700. A further rush of colonists [random] in 1701 led to the growth of the Seminole trade post to full colony status and a new trade post in Arkansas. Then in 1702, a new Centre of Trade opened for business on the island of St. Helena, which at the time was put a small Genoese colony. Another triumph of Genoese mercantile prowess, another source of revenue for the Republic. In the same year a colony was established in the gold-producing colony of Wewak in the far, Far East. This however, led to an increase in bandit activity in the region, which resulted in the loss of a gold convoy in 1704 [random], and so no income was seen from the mines for the following twelve months.
The period 1705-07 was characterized by a great increase in industry across the Republic. Goods manufactories were commissioned in the colonies of Bayou and Mobile and a city was inaugurated in Seminole. 1707 was declared an Exceptional year, which saw the doubling of tax incomes for the next 12 months [random]. The City Fathers took the wise decision to suspend all research activities whilst the boom persisted and divert all funds to the treasury to build a reserve for the next stage of Genoese expansion. Elsewhere, Algeria annexed her neighbour Morocco as the African nations sought to stave off the encroaching Ottoman Empire, or perhaps for fear of Genoese ambition in the region.
In 1708 the Genoese trade post in Biloxi became a full colony, and in an odd development a war between the Swedish alliance and Venice saw Corfu taken by the Swedes and the Cyclades by the Netherlands, leaving Venice with just Cyprus to rely on as a prevention to annexation by the Turk. Nervous times for the other Italian state. Then in 1709, Sweden also took the Irish colony of St. Thomas, as she began to flex hitherto unhinted-at colonial muscles.
Genoa’s investment in far-off Wewak paid dividends in 1710 when the colony was developed into a regional Centre of Trade and further development saw a city inaugurated in Biloxi. Then in 1712, an opportunity arose that Genoa had long awaited – the expiration of the Turkish alliance.
The Genoese-Hafsid War of 1712-13
As talks in Thrace became bogged down, Genoa took her chance and declared War on the Hafsid Empire in November 1712. The Republic did not see the need to request assistance, anticipating a swift and sure war – and so it turned out to be. An early assault captured Kabylia, and then another was launched against the Hafsid capital in Tunisia. But the Genoese army was interrupted by a counter-attack by Hafsid troops retreating from Kabylia and failed to take the town. A second attempt was made in July 1713 after a protracted siege. The Hafisd fleet was defeated off shore and their Rutters stolen, and then Tunis fell on August 13th. The Hafsid Empire was immediately annexed and added to Genoa’s North African possessions (see fig. 17). The Genoese also inherited some 10,000 infantry and 9,000 cavalry who had busied themselves by besieging Tripolitania while their nation fell behind them, and a small fleet of two warships and two transports. All of which helped to boost Genoese strength on the continent without the need for pressing disgruntled local levies into service.
Fig. 17
Years of Peace and Prosperity, 1714 – 1729
The annexation of the Hafsids left Genoa with control of the central Mediterranean, but it was the Republic’s burgeoning economic might that was to be the driving force for the next fifteen years. In the political confusion that surrounded the war, Bohemia took the opportunity to break free of the Turk’s influence and threw her lot in with Austria instead, which was a great improvement in German affairs.
De-mobbed and well-pensioned Genoese veterans rushed to the colonies [random], allowing the Arkansas trade post to become a full colony in 1714. In 1715, Eire and England finally settled a neutral peace. Despite the fact that Eire had captured and held Meath for the last 25 years, they had never managed to exert sufficient leverage to persuade England to part with the province, and eventually was forced to admit defeat. Still, the conflict had kept England from expanding too vigorously in the New World or India in the intervening time, which was all to Genoa’s benefit.
In 1716 the discovery of new mineral deposits added some 300d. to the Genoese treasury, allowing goods manufactory to be commissioned in cotton-rich Biloxi. A city was inaugurated in Tallahassee in the same period. In 1718 superior fortification techniques allowed the construction of extra defences in the key provinces of Milan, Savoie and Mantua, creating a core of steel against which the armies of the Turk would surely break if ever they ventured south of the Alps.
1721 brought further colonial development with the growth of the Arkansas colony into a full city, and a full colony from the Savannah trade post. A good manufactory was commissioned in Talahassee in 1724, adding to the colonial wealth pouring into the Republic’s coffers.
Aden cancelled her vassalisation with Turkey late in the year after a heavy-handed attempt by the Sultan to woo the small state to become a permanent addition to his Empire. At home, a congress of Rome caused friction amongst the clergy on a point of doctrinal law, which – considering clerical efforts were sorely disrupted while the clerics involved debated ecclesiastical issues from dawn until dusk - somewhat de-stablisied much of the nation’s governmental processes [random].
In 1725 a new Centre of Trade opened in the Russian-controlled province of Viazemski. Early forecasts suggested it could be worth some 1,750d. per year and so Genoese merchants were dispatched there in force. Towards the end of 1725, the Genoese Alliance was re-created, and once again France, Eire and Portugal all proved to be willing partners in Genoese success.
1727 saw the inauguration of a city in Savannah as colonial expansion continued apace and the trade post in Carolina became a colony in 1728. The only blot on the Genoese copybook was a mass desertion in Catawba as some 3,500 colonial troops headed west to join a rumoured gold rush in Spanish-held California. The rest of the year saw the lull before a storm that had been gathering for a while finally broke.
The fourth Anglo-Irish War of 1729-32
England’s declaration of renewed hostilities against Eire was just part of a general trend in 1729, with Turkey having already declared war on the Venetians, but it gave Genoa another chance to carve out fresh territory in the New World. With England stood Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands and Spain, as motley a collection of Protestants and Spaniards as you could fear to see. With Eire were loyal Genoa, France and Portugal, and general battle was joined throughout Western Europe and the new World.
Once again, Genoese cavalry wreaked havoc with their enemies’ trade posts in the New World, destroying a total of fifty-eight in a spree that lasted two years. In Europe, Spain was the first to be crushed by the Genoese armies, readily ceding Valencia – complete with Goods Manufactory - and also Tampico in the New World as early as September 1730. In 1731, Genoa also forced a peace on the Netherlands, who paid 250d. reparitions to the Republic. And then at the end of that year, having captured Meath and once more stormed London, the English were forced to hand over both the Eirinnish province and the previously Swedish-held isle of Corfu (see fig.18). The war continued for another year before England and Eire once more settled a white peace.
Fig. 18
A brief Interlude, 1732-1737
In the meantime, Genoa had established a new trade post in Megantic and a colony in the gold-rich province of Saltillo. A gift to the treasury of 200d in 1734 [random] was believed to have come from the Guadeloupe Company and threatened another scandal, but in any event it helped to finance a new trade post in Matagorda in December of that year and another in Rio Grande in 1735, extending Genoa’s reach well into the Mexican heartlands.
Then in 1736, secure in Genoa’s power and wealth, the City Fathers once more imposed trade restrictions on foreign merchants [random], which lasted for over 3 years and allowed an opportunity for Genoese traders to gain strangleholds in several valuable markets. By 1737, the colony in Saltillo had grown into a city and the security of the region was assured.
The fifth Anglo-Irish War of 1737-1741
Yet again, the English flexed their military muscles against Genoa’s ally. Norway had disappeared from the Anglo alliance, but otherwise the opponents were as before. And again, Genoa fought a swift war for sure gain, taking Tuxpan and the island of St. Thomas from Spain and then the English colony of Niagra and their city in Oshawa by the end of 1738. More trade posts were then established in Barahana, Tortuga and Les Cayes as colonial ambition once more came to the fore (see fig 19). By 1740, France had fought the Netherlands to a standstill and secured Zeeland in the ensuing peace settlement and the war fizzled to a damp close in 1741.
Fig. 19
Another Interlude, equally brief, 1741-1746
A city was established in Carolina in 1742, further highlighting Genoa’s dominance of the New World, now being hailed by many as ‘New Italia’. In 1743, an agricultural revolution benefited Genoa herself and Corsica [random] and by the end of the year, the colony of Wewak had grown to a full city. Development also continued in the Far East with trade posts in Mindanao and Bandung.
Elsewhere, Bavaria declared her independence from the Ottomans, to great rejoicing throughout Christendom, but the joy was short-lived as Turkey re-annexed her wayward German child in 1745. Had they been but Catholic, Genoa would have welcomed them into the brotherhood with open arms!
Genoa continued to develop its colonial influence throughout 1744 to 1746, with trade posts being set up in Luzon , Jakarta and Bali and a goods manufactory commissioned for Savannah. At the end of 1745, in yet another odd development, Denmark took Aleppo from Aden. China also annexed the Dai Viet, but neither event particularly affected Genoa or her long-term plans. More trade posts were established in 1746 (see Fig. 20); in Timor and Ceram, and Santal’s grew into a full colony.
Fig. 20
Then, at the end of the year, England - a nation apparently obsessed - went to war with Ireland yet again.
Bayou continued to grow until a city was inaugurated there in 1700. A further rush of colonists [random] in 1701 led to the growth of the Seminole trade post to full colony status and a new trade post in Arkansas. Then in 1702, a new Centre of Trade opened for business on the island of St. Helena, which at the time was put a small Genoese colony. Another triumph of Genoese mercantile prowess, another source of revenue for the Republic. In the same year a colony was established in the gold-producing colony of Wewak in the far, Far East. This however, led to an increase in bandit activity in the region, which resulted in the loss of a gold convoy in 1704 [random], and so no income was seen from the mines for the following twelve months.
The period 1705-07 was characterized by a great increase in industry across the Republic. Goods manufactories were commissioned in the colonies of Bayou and Mobile and a city was inaugurated in Seminole. 1707 was declared an Exceptional year, which saw the doubling of tax incomes for the next 12 months [random]. The City Fathers took the wise decision to suspend all research activities whilst the boom persisted and divert all funds to the treasury to build a reserve for the next stage of Genoese expansion. Elsewhere, Algeria annexed her neighbour Morocco as the African nations sought to stave off the encroaching Ottoman Empire, or perhaps for fear of Genoese ambition in the region.
In 1708 the Genoese trade post in Biloxi became a full colony, and in an odd development a war between the Swedish alliance and Venice saw Corfu taken by the Swedes and the Cyclades by the Netherlands, leaving Venice with just Cyprus to rely on as a prevention to annexation by the Turk. Nervous times for the other Italian state. Then in 1709, Sweden also took the Irish colony of St. Thomas, as she began to flex hitherto unhinted-at colonial muscles.
Genoa’s investment in far-off Wewak paid dividends in 1710 when the colony was developed into a regional Centre of Trade and further development saw a city inaugurated in Biloxi. Then in 1712, an opportunity arose that Genoa had long awaited – the expiration of the Turkish alliance.
The Genoese-Hafsid War of 1712-13
As talks in Thrace became bogged down, Genoa took her chance and declared War on the Hafsid Empire in November 1712. The Republic did not see the need to request assistance, anticipating a swift and sure war – and so it turned out to be. An early assault captured Kabylia, and then another was launched against the Hafsid capital in Tunisia. But the Genoese army was interrupted by a counter-attack by Hafsid troops retreating from Kabylia and failed to take the town. A second attempt was made in July 1713 after a protracted siege. The Hafisd fleet was defeated off shore and their Rutters stolen, and then Tunis fell on August 13th. The Hafsid Empire was immediately annexed and added to Genoa’s North African possessions (see fig. 17). The Genoese also inherited some 10,000 infantry and 9,000 cavalry who had busied themselves by besieging Tripolitania while their nation fell behind them, and a small fleet of two warships and two transports. All of which helped to boost Genoese strength on the continent without the need for pressing disgruntled local levies into service.
Fig. 17
Years of Peace and Prosperity, 1714 – 1729
The annexation of the Hafsids left Genoa with control of the central Mediterranean, but it was the Republic’s burgeoning economic might that was to be the driving force for the next fifteen years. In the political confusion that surrounded the war, Bohemia took the opportunity to break free of the Turk’s influence and threw her lot in with Austria instead, which was a great improvement in German affairs.
De-mobbed and well-pensioned Genoese veterans rushed to the colonies [random], allowing the Arkansas trade post to become a full colony in 1714. In 1715, Eire and England finally settled a neutral peace. Despite the fact that Eire had captured and held Meath for the last 25 years, they had never managed to exert sufficient leverage to persuade England to part with the province, and eventually was forced to admit defeat. Still, the conflict had kept England from expanding too vigorously in the New World or India in the intervening time, which was all to Genoa’s benefit.
In 1716 the discovery of new mineral deposits added some 300d. to the Genoese treasury, allowing goods manufactory to be commissioned in cotton-rich Biloxi. A city was inaugurated in Tallahassee in the same period. In 1718 superior fortification techniques allowed the construction of extra defences in the key provinces of Milan, Savoie and Mantua, creating a core of steel against which the armies of the Turk would surely break if ever they ventured south of the Alps.
1721 brought further colonial development with the growth of the Arkansas colony into a full city, and a full colony from the Savannah trade post. A good manufactory was commissioned in Talahassee in 1724, adding to the colonial wealth pouring into the Republic’s coffers.
Aden cancelled her vassalisation with Turkey late in the year after a heavy-handed attempt by the Sultan to woo the small state to become a permanent addition to his Empire. At home, a congress of Rome caused friction amongst the clergy on a point of doctrinal law, which – considering clerical efforts were sorely disrupted while the clerics involved debated ecclesiastical issues from dawn until dusk - somewhat de-stablisied much of the nation’s governmental processes [random].
In 1725 a new Centre of Trade opened in the Russian-controlled province of Viazemski. Early forecasts suggested it could be worth some 1,750d. per year and so Genoese merchants were dispatched there in force. Towards the end of 1725, the Genoese Alliance was re-created, and once again France, Eire and Portugal all proved to be willing partners in Genoese success.
1727 saw the inauguration of a city in Savannah as colonial expansion continued apace and the trade post in Carolina became a colony in 1728. The only blot on the Genoese copybook was a mass desertion in Catawba as some 3,500 colonial troops headed west to join a rumoured gold rush in Spanish-held California. The rest of the year saw the lull before a storm that had been gathering for a while finally broke.
The fourth Anglo-Irish War of 1729-32
England’s declaration of renewed hostilities against Eire was just part of a general trend in 1729, with Turkey having already declared war on the Venetians, but it gave Genoa another chance to carve out fresh territory in the New World. With England stood Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands and Spain, as motley a collection of Protestants and Spaniards as you could fear to see. With Eire were loyal Genoa, France and Portugal, and general battle was joined throughout Western Europe and the new World.
Once again, Genoese cavalry wreaked havoc with their enemies’ trade posts in the New World, destroying a total of fifty-eight in a spree that lasted two years. In Europe, Spain was the first to be crushed by the Genoese armies, readily ceding Valencia – complete with Goods Manufactory - and also Tampico in the New World as early as September 1730. In 1731, Genoa also forced a peace on the Netherlands, who paid 250d. reparitions to the Republic. And then at the end of that year, having captured Meath and once more stormed London, the English were forced to hand over both the Eirinnish province and the previously Swedish-held isle of Corfu (see fig.18). The war continued for another year before England and Eire once more settled a white peace.
Fig. 18
A brief Interlude, 1732-1737
In the meantime, Genoa had established a new trade post in Megantic and a colony in the gold-rich province of Saltillo. A gift to the treasury of 200d in 1734 [random] was believed to have come from the Guadeloupe Company and threatened another scandal, but in any event it helped to finance a new trade post in Matagorda in December of that year and another in Rio Grande in 1735, extending Genoa’s reach well into the Mexican heartlands.
Then in 1736, secure in Genoa’s power and wealth, the City Fathers once more imposed trade restrictions on foreign merchants [random], which lasted for over 3 years and allowed an opportunity for Genoese traders to gain strangleholds in several valuable markets. By 1737, the colony in Saltillo had grown into a city and the security of the region was assured.
The fifth Anglo-Irish War of 1737-1741
Yet again, the English flexed their military muscles against Genoa’s ally. Norway had disappeared from the Anglo alliance, but otherwise the opponents were as before. And again, Genoa fought a swift war for sure gain, taking Tuxpan and the island of St. Thomas from Spain and then the English colony of Niagra and their city in Oshawa by the end of 1738. More trade posts were then established in Barahana, Tortuga and Les Cayes as colonial ambition once more came to the fore (see fig 19). By 1740, France had fought the Netherlands to a standstill and secured Zeeland in the ensuing peace settlement and the war fizzled to a damp close in 1741.
Fig. 19
Another Interlude, equally brief, 1741-1746
A city was established in Carolina in 1742, further highlighting Genoa’s dominance of the New World, now being hailed by many as ‘New Italia’. In 1743, an agricultural revolution benefited Genoa herself and Corsica [random] and by the end of the year, the colony of Wewak had grown to a full city. Development also continued in the Far East with trade posts in Mindanao and Bandung.
Elsewhere, Bavaria declared her independence from the Ottomans, to great rejoicing throughout Christendom, but the joy was short-lived as Turkey re-annexed her wayward German child in 1745. Had they been but Catholic, Genoa would have welcomed them into the brotherhood with open arms!
Genoa continued to develop its colonial influence throughout 1744 to 1746, with trade posts being set up in Luzon , Jakarta and Bali and a goods manufactory commissioned for Savannah. At the end of 1745, in yet another odd development, Denmark took Aleppo from Aden. China also annexed the Dai Viet, but neither event particularly affected Genoa or her long-term plans. More trade posts were established in 1746 (see Fig. 20); in Timor and Ceram, and Santal’s grew into a full colony.
Fig. 20
Then, at the end of the year, England - a nation apparently obsessed - went to war with Ireland yet again.
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Despite what I said about not being able I couldn't stay away from the forum. Nice to see you handling a minor with as much gusto !
'Tis but the first of three Monsieur Fournier, and with any luck I'll find time to write up & post the other two as well. The final installment in the trilogy should be a corker.
A.
Fantastic work!
Lucky it's Easter - plenty of time for you to write up the other two parts.
Zagloba
Lucky it's Easter - plenty of time for you to write up the other two parts.
Zagloba
A very tidy little empire you have there. Let's be thankful that this is alternative history or else we wouldn't have football. Instead there would be a game where eleven players on each side dance and dive around a pitch with bonus points awarded from any particularly theatrical dives in the opponents area. Opposing players would pull the shirts of attackers to try to stop them encroaching on said area.
btw, how did you manage such a large colonial empire. I presume you get very few colonists.
btw, how did you manage such a large colonial empire. I presume you get very few colonists.
Another Great AAR
Well Ariel, Tis another great one. I just hope when I get E U II. I can put some of your abilitys into my game. I feel Im learning how to govern a planet without a planet.
Lord Sutty
Well Ariel, Tis another great one. I just hope when I get E U II. I can put some of your abilitys into my game. I feel Im learning how to govern a planet without a planet.
Lord Sutty
Lionheart - I think I was on three colonists a year once I'd taken the shipyard in Andalusia and then converted to counter-refrom Catholic. Either that or two colonists, depending on how many you get for CRC. Still, enough to expand at a decent enoguh rate if I made sure no other power managed to establish themselves properly. And I was exceedingly rich by this point, what with all the trade income and gold and all...
LordSutty - Cheers!
LordSutty - Cheers!
The sixth Anglo-Irish War, 1746-1757
Once again, Genoa, France and Portugal stood shoulder-to-shoulder with their Eirinnish allies, and once again the barbarians of Sweden, Spain and Norway agreed to help England pillage Eire’s green and pleasant land. The burghers of Corsica, caught up in the general spirit of war-camaraderie, paid for an improvement to the town’s fortifications [random] as the Republic went to war once more. Again, a lightning campaign in the New World brought swift results, as in August 1747 Spain was forced at musket-point to surrender Tuahantepec and Honduras. Shortly afterwards, the colony of Nipissing was seized from the brute English and peace was once again restored in short order. The year was rounded off with the establishment of a trade post in newly-liberated Guatemala. This was followed by two more; in Tehuacan and Nicaragua in 1748 as Genoa once more extended its hold on the New World, and then in 1749 Kebec also benefited from the presence of Genoese merchants, so the Republic’s New World holdings came to stretch from the far icy arctic to the tropical climes of Mexico (see fig.21). Genoa’s French allies were also successful in 1749, when Spain was forced to cede their remaining jewel in the Iberian crown – Toledo. The Genoese were swift to congratulate their ally and massive celebrations ensued.
Fig. 21
The Years of Unrest 1750-54
The year 1750 started brightly enough for the Republic with the growth of the Manhattan trade post into a full colony, but political maneuverings were to take the Genoese down a darker path. Protestant agitators from the German states had crossed the Alps in the Autumn of the previous year and now began to sow unrest among the peasantry [random]. Secret meetings were held and anti-government feelings were stirred amongst the manufactory workers and farm labourers, who naturally had been the last to benefit from the great swell in fortune that the Republic had enjoyed in the previous two and a half centuries.
The result was a series of open revolts. In January 1751, the citizens of Mantua seized the fortress and demanded that the town’s coffers be opened and distributed amongst the commoners.
With reluctance the city fathers sent in the troops to crush the rebellion, which naturally provided further ammunition for the Protestant agitators - anti-authoritarian feelings were now running higher still. The high-point of the rebels’ campaign came in May 1751, when some 41,000 of the peasantry rose up and marched on the provincial capital of Savoy, demanding an end to the Mantuan siege and greater freedoms for the working man throughout the Republic. Then in September came word that the same sentiments had spread even to the colonies – first Cochin in India and then Bangor in New Italia were seized by small armies of disgruntled workers and local hotheads, and the situation threatened to reach crisis point.
The City fathers kept their heads and refused to resort to tyrannical tactics to win the day. With a combination of a continuing show of strength and even some negotiation with the genuinely aggrieved Genoese parties – although naturally the German Heretics were rooted out and executed for their perfidious crimes – the situation was brought back under control. The rebels in Mantua surrendered in October 1752, eventually an assault against Bangor re-took the fortress in 1754 and although it wasn’t until 1761 that Cochin eventually surrendered, there was no more open rebellion to concern the Republic. Certain concessions were granted to manufactory workers, and certain promises to remain loyal to the Republic in the future were secured in return, and the widespread threat of Protestant revolution was neatly nipped in the bud.
Continuing Expansion and Development 1755 – 1765
Political developments overseas saw Bohemia re-join the Turkish alliance – and by doing so once more make themselves traitors to Christendom – in 1755 and Poland-Lithuania took Oldenburg and Silesia from Austria in 1756. In 1757, England and Eire once more settled a neutral peace. The City Fathers, eager to show their intention to continue to support the Eirinnish against their aggressors, offered them the opportunity to become Vassals of the Republic at this time, to which they readily and gratefully acquiesced. Half their production and tax income was deemed a small price to pay for the sheltering shield of Genoese protection. In 1760, the Thuringenians, giving in to insurmountable pressures from neighbouring Bohemia, re-joined the Turkish alliance – another worrying development. Poland continued their march to greatness with the seizure from the Netherlands of Cologne and Oldenburg (the latter of which the Dutch in turn had taken from Portugal a few years previously) in 1761.
Domestic economic development throughout the same period continued apace. In 1756, Corsica’s fortifications were improved once more [random] and the colony of Sebago grew into a full city. A second naval equipment manufactory was commissioned in Messina in 1757 and in the dame year the Guatemala trade post grew into a full colony. 1759 saw another donation of warships to the Mediterranean fleet [random] from the ever-grateful Guadeloupe Company, by now the most powerful trade organization in the western Mediterranean and New Italia both. A full city was inaugurated in Guatemala in 1763 and another in Santal in 1765. Prospects continued to look good for the Republic, until a change in the political landscape brought an unexpected threat to Genoese security.
The Franco-Turkish War of 1765 - 1770
The reasons for the French declaration of war, on the might of the Ottoman Empire on October 13th 1765, have been endlessly debated in Genoese universities, society salons and coffee shops, but perhaps will never be made crystal clear. Suffice to say that the assumption of hostilities left the Genoese Republic in a delicate situation, with a difficult decision to make. It was already clear that all of Turkey’s allies were eager to support their overlord, for fear of the retribution that might follow refusal. Thus it was that if Genoa agreed to enter the war they would face threats not only from the Ottoman half of the Mediterranean, but also from Algeria in North Africa, both Bohemia and Thuringen just to the north, and possibly even some small threat from Aden. In the end, the maintenance of the anti-Spanish/English alliance was considered to be the paramount concern, and Genoa threw her lot in with her allies and went to war. As events transpired, it was to prove far more an opportunity than a threat…
Algeria immediately went on the offensive, besiegeing Kabylia with all available forces, and Genoa took the opportunity to bring her garrisons across from Spain and besiege the capital Al-djazir in 1766. A swift siege and assault saw the Algerian capital fall in June of that same year. 196d was demanded and paid in reparitions. Meanwhile, Genoese researchers reported that they could produce no significant new developments with the current state of technology at their disposal and so the money that was previously lavished on them went to the treasury instead – to the tune of some 334 ducats per month. A naval equipment manufactory was commissioned in Sardinia to celebrate.
Meanwhile the war dragged on, as it transpired with little in the way of Turkish aggression to worry the City Fathers. A force of 35 Turkish cannon landed in the Balaeres, but their infantry support seemed to have gotten lost en-route and they were quickly dispatched. A Genoese fleet defeated a Turkish galley squadron and stole their Rutters, and so the interior of India was revealed to Genoese eyes for the first time. A refinery was commissioned in Tampico. Still no major aggressive moves from the Turk. Word came that the latest Austrian war to regain their territory lost to Poland had gone badly for them indeed as Austria was conquered and annexed by their Eastern neighbour. As 1767 progressed a new trade post was established in Chin, and a colony grew from the trade post in Tarakan. Then, finally, a large combined Turkish and Thuringenian force landed and besieged Savoie, too large in fact for Genoese armies to tackle – they would juts have to hope the fortress walls remained strong.
The Turk grew bolder in 1768, besieging Milan’s mighty fortress, although to little avail. Adeners destroyed the trade post in Rufiji in November and by December, the citizens of the Republic had grown weary of the war effort, with little gain seen on either side, and so the Ottomans were bought off for 250 ducats (after they had lost 60,000 troops to attrition in Savoie), and peace was restored (see fig 22).
Fig. 22
The war eventually ground to a halt in 1770, with Turkey forcing France to surrender the province of Lyonais. Not the most auspicious omen – as the Ottomans drove westwards into the very heart of Western Europe…
Further development, 1769 – 1773
A Fine Arts academy was commissioned in Mantua in 1769 to celebrate the latest Genoese victory and the enlargement once again of Republican territory. Further colonial fervor was evidenced by the volunteering of a Genoese lord and his private army of 1,000 men to act as Conquistadors in the Republic’s name [random]. In 1771 a city was inaugurated in Tarakan and in 1772 the Nicaraguan trade post became a full colony. More economic development was seen in New Italia in early 1773 as a goods manufactory was commissioned in Carolina and a weapons manufactory in Shenandoah. Then in 1773, England made one last, doomed attempt to conquer Genoa’s Eirinnish allies.
The seventh, and final, Anglo-Irish war of 1773-1786
Once again, Genoa’s involvement in the support of her sore afflicted ally was brief and, it must be admitted, somewhat selfish in nature. The declaration of war on the part of England, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Norway in June 1773 was followed by the traditional period of maneuvering as Genoese troops rampaged through Spanish-held territory in the New World. By the end of 1773, Spain knew they were beaten once more, and willingly surrendered Sierra Nevada and the island of Costa Rica as well as 250d in reparitions. In December, the City Fathers felt confident enough of their security in the region to send trade posts out to Detroit and Oskosh. Spain suffered a second blow at the very end of the year when France forced the surrender of Campeche and Estradamuras.
Then in 1775, France also took Pfalz and 250d. from the Netherlands, and the Genoese accepted the Dutch offer of a medium-sized trade post in Ticonderoga rather than prolong their agony further. England was swift to follow with an offer of trade posts in Huronie and Duluth, but the Genoese had their sights set on bigger fish – the Centre of Trade in Nipigon, which the English had no choice but to accept. Once more, Genoa had emerged royally victorious and Republican dominance of New Italia was all but assured.
Between 1775 and 1779 colonial development went into a veritable frenzy, with city inaugurated in Nicaragua (1778) Nova Scotia (1779) and a total of five new manufactories commissioned: in Bangor, Guatemala and Costa Rica, as well as two more at home, in Nice, Corfu and a Fine Arts Centre in Emilia.
Genoa was riding high on a wave of confidence and supremacy, a wave that was next to crash against the shores of their old enemy, Spain.
The Genoese-Spanish War of 1780-81
On January 1st 1780, the City Fathers declared a war of vengeance against the Spanish in return for the years of oppression and occupation that they had inflicted on the Italian peninsula so many years ago. Spain was abandoned by all her allies, and Genoa saw no need to invite France to enlarge her own holdings in Iberia, and so battle was joined between the fading light of Spain and the waxing might of the Republic.
Castille, Catalonia, Murcia and Gibraltar were all invaded by Genoese ground troops and sieges commenced. It did not take long for the Spanish to crumble, and by February 25th 1781 they were ready to surrender. Genoa took Gibraltar, Catalonia and Murcia, and Genoese Iberia was now a very real body politik (see fig. 23).
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A brief respite saw further colonial development as first a trade post and then a colony were established in Yucatan in 1781, and then Portugal took Wabana from England in a settlement later in the year.
The start of 1782 was marked by a period of deflation as confidence in the Genoese economy reigned supreme, and then, barely a year since the last period of conflict, the City Father plunged the nation into war once more.
The Genoese-Algerian War of 1782-84
The aim of the War was clear – to take Algeria and make the whole western half of the Mediterranean a Genoese sphere of influence to rival that of the Ottoman in the East, who indeed leapt to the support of his Algerian ally, although in the event it was to be to no avail.
Genoese armies, hardened by years of fighting in the Iberian sun, stormed the desert beaches of Algeria. Whilst Turkey mounted an ineffectual siege against Savioe, Genoa took first Morocco on Feb 23rd 1783, then Orania on June 16th and Al-Djazir on November 3rd. Then followed Toubkal on January 9th 1784, Atlas on March 9th, Sahara on the 18th and Aures by July 14th. Algeria was taken entire and annexed onto the Republican lands (see fig 24) . Three refineries and a fine arts center, plus 221d were the main prizes, but at a cost of some 40,000 lives to the harsh desert conditions, although most of those were Spanish levies rather than good Genoese citizens.
Fig. 24
In the meantime, Turkey had burnt the Selatan trade post but achieved little else, and so was happy to be bough off once more by a 250d bribe. Bad news in Eire as Munster was taken by the Dutch early in 1784.
Genoa had not neglected her other interests either, commissioning a refinery in Andalusia and inaugurating a city in Yucatan. At the end of the war, a trade post was also established in Tassaret. Then in 1785 another weapons manufactory was commissioned, this time in newly-taken Aures. And then, in 1786, the time had come to teach the Spanish another lesson…
Once again, Genoa, France and Portugal stood shoulder-to-shoulder with their Eirinnish allies, and once again the barbarians of Sweden, Spain and Norway agreed to help England pillage Eire’s green and pleasant land. The burghers of Corsica, caught up in the general spirit of war-camaraderie, paid for an improvement to the town’s fortifications [random] as the Republic went to war once more. Again, a lightning campaign in the New World brought swift results, as in August 1747 Spain was forced at musket-point to surrender Tuahantepec and Honduras. Shortly afterwards, the colony of Nipissing was seized from the brute English and peace was once again restored in short order. The year was rounded off with the establishment of a trade post in newly-liberated Guatemala. This was followed by two more; in Tehuacan and Nicaragua in 1748 as Genoa once more extended its hold on the New World, and then in 1749 Kebec also benefited from the presence of Genoese merchants, so the Republic’s New World holdings came to stretch from the far icy arctic to the tropical climes of Mexico (see fig.21). Genoa’s French allies were also successful in 1749, when Spain was forced to cede their remaining jewel in the Iberian crown – Toledo. The Genoese were swift to congratulate their ally and massive celebrations ensued.
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The Years of Unrest 1750-54
The year 1750 started brightly enough for the Republic with the growth of the Manhattan trade post into a full colony, but political maneuverings were to take the Genoese down a darker path. Protestant agitators from the German states had crossed the Alps in the Autumn of the previous year and now began to sow unrest among the peasantry [random]. Secret meetings were held and anti-government feelings were stirred amongst the manufactory workers and farm labourers, who naturally had been the last to benefit from the great swell in fortune that the Republic had enjoyed in the previous two and a half centuries.
The result was a series of open revolts. In January 1751, the citizens of Mantua seized the fortress and demanded that the town’s coffers be opened and distributed amongst the commoners.
With reluctance the city fathers sent in the troops to crush the rebellion, which naturally provided further ammunition for the Protestant agitators - anti-authoritarian feelings were now running higher still. The high-point of the rebels’ campaign came in May 1751, when some 41,000 of the peasantry rose up and marched on the provincial capital of Savoy, demanding an end to the Mantuan siege and greater freedoms for the working man throughout the Republic. Then in September came word that the same sentiments had spread even to the colonies – first Cochin in India and then Bangor in New Italia were seized by small armies of disgruntled workers and local hotheads, and the situation threatened to reach crisis point.
The City fathers kept their heads and refused to resort to tyrannical tactics to win the day. With a combination of a continuing show of strength and even some negotiation with the genuinely aggrieved Genoese parties – although naturally the German Heretics were rooted out and executed for their perfidious crimes – the situation was brought back under control. The rebels in Mantua surrendered in October 1752, eventually an assault against Bangor re-took the fortress in 1754 and although it wasn’t until 1761 that Cochin eventually surrendered, there was no more open rebellion to concern the Republic. Certain concessions were granted to manufactory workers, and certain promises to remain loyal to the Republic in the future were secured in return, and the widespread threat of Protestant revolution was neatly nipped in the bud.
Continuing Expansion and Development 1755 – 1765
Political developments overseas saw Bohemia re-join the Turkish alliance – and by doing so once more make themselves traitors to Christendom – in 1755 and Poland-Lithuania took Oldenburg and Silesia from Austria in 1756. In 1757, England and Eire once more settled a neutral peace. The City Fathers, eager to show their intention to continue to support the Eirinnish against their aggressors, offered them the opportunity to become Vassals of the Republic at this time, to which they readily and gratefully acquiesced. Half their production and tax income was deemed a small price to pay for the sheltering shield of Genoese protection. In 1760, the Thuringenians, giving in to insurmountable pressures from neighbouring Bohemia, re-joined the Turkish alliance – another worrying development. Poland continued their march to greatness with the seizure from the Netherlands of Cologne and Oldenburg (the latter of which the Dutch in turn had taken from Portugal a few years previously) in 1761.
Domestic economic development throughout the same period continued apace. In 1756, Corsica’s fortifications were improved once more [random] and the colony of Sebago grew into a full city. A second naval equipment manufactory was commissioned in Messina in 1757 and in the dame year the Guatemala trade post grew into a full colony. 1759 saw another donation of warships to the Mediterranean fleet [random] from the ever-grateful Guadeloupe Company, by now the most powerful trade organization in the western Mediterranean and New Italia both. A full city was inaugurated in Guatemala in 1763 and another in Santal in 1765. Prospects continued to look good for the Republic, until a change in the political landscape brought an unexpected threat to Genoese security.
The Franco-Turkish War of 1765 - 1770
The reasons for the French declaration of war, on the might of the Ottoman Empire on October 13th 1765, have been endlessly debated in Genoese universities, society salons and coffee shops, but perhaps will never be made crystal clear. Suffice to say that the assumption of hostilities left the Genoese Republic in a delicate situation, with a difficult decision to make. It was already clear that all of Turkey’s allies were eager to support their overlord, for fear of the retribution that might follow refusal. Thus it was that if Genoa agreed to enter the war they would face threats not only from the Ottoman half of the Mediterranean, but also from Algeria in North Africa, both Bohemia and Thuringen just to the north, and possibly even some small threat from Aden. In the end, the maintenance of the anti-Spanish/English alliance was considered to be the paramount concern, and Genoa threw her lot in with her allies and went to war. As events transpired, it was to prove far more an opportunity than a threat…
Algeria immediately went on the offensive, besiegeing Kabylia with all available forces, and Genoa took the opportunity to bring her garrisons across from Spain and besiege the capital Al-djazir in 1766. A swift siege and assault saw the Algerian capital fall in June of that same year. 196d was demanded and paid in reparitions. Meanwhile, Genoese researchers reported that they could produce no significant new developments with the current state of technology at their disposal and so the money that was previously lavished on them went to the treasury instead – to the tune of some 334 ducats per month. A naval equipment manufactory was commissioned in Sardinia to celebrate.
Meanwhile the war dragged on, as it transpired with little in the way of Turkish aggression to worry the City Fathers. A force of 35 Turkish cannon landed in the Balaeres, but their infantry support seemed to have gotten lost en-route and they were quickly dispatched. A Genoese fleet defeated a Turkish galley squadron and stole their Rutters, and so the interior of India was revealed to Genoese eyes for the first time. A refinery was commissioned in Tampico. Still no major aggressive moves from the Turk. Word came that the latest Austrian war to regain their territory lost to Poland had gone badly for them indeed as Austria was conquered and annexed by their Eastern neighbour. As 1767 progressed a new trade post was established in Chin, and a colony grew from the trade post in Tarakan. Then, finally, a large combined Turkish and Thuringenian force landed and besieged Savoie, too large in fact for Genoese armies to tackle – they would juts have to hope the fortress walls remained strong.
The Turk grew bolder in 1768, besieging Milan’s mighty fortress, although to little avail. Adeners destroyed the trade post in Rufiji in November and by December, the citizens of the Republic had grown weary of the war effort, with little gain seen on either side, and so the Ottomans were bought off for 250 ducats (after they had lost 60,000 troops to attrition in Savoie), and peace was restored (see fig 22).
Fig. 22
The war eventually ground to a halt in 1770, with Turkey forcing France to surrender the province of Lyonais. Not the most auspicious omen – as the Ottomans drove westwards into the very heart of Western Europe…
Further development, 1769 – 1773
A Fine Arts academy was commissioned in Mantua in 1769 to celebrate the latest Genoese victory and the enlargement once again of Republican territory. Further colonial fervor was evidenced by the volunteering of a Genoese lord and his private army of 1,000 men to act as Conquistadors in the Republic’s name [random]. In 1771 a city was inaugurated in Tarakan and in 1772 the Nicaraguan trade post became a full colony. More economic development was seen in New Italia in early 1773 as a goods manufactory was commissioned in Carolina and a weapons manufactory in Shenandoah. Then in 1773, England made one last, doomed attempt to conquer Genoa’s Eirinnish allies.
The seventh, and final, Anglo-Irish war of 1773-1786
Once again, Genoa’s involvement in the support of her sore afflicted ally was brief and, it must be admitted, somewhat selfish in nature. The declaration of war on the part of England, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Norway in June 1773 was followed by the traditional period of maneuvering as Genoese troops rampaged through Spanish-held territory in the New World. By the end of 1773, Spain knew they were beaten once more, and willingly surrendered Sierra Nevada and the island of Costa Rica as well as 250d in reparitions. In December, the City Fathers felt confident enough of their security in the region to send trade posts out to Detroit and Oskosh. Spain suffered a second blow at the very end of the year when France forced the surrender of Campeche and Estradamuras.
Then in 1775, France also took Pfalz and 250d. from the Netherlands, and the Genoese accepted the Dutch offer of a medium-sized trade post in Ticonderoga rather than prolong their agony further. England was swift to follow with an offer of trade posts in Huronie and Duluth, but the Genoese had their sights set on bigger fish – the Centre of Trade in Nipigon, which the English had no choice but to accept. Once more, Genoa had emerged royally victorious and Republican dominance of New Italia was all but assured.
Between 1775 and 1779 colonial development went into a veritable frenzy, with city inaugurated in Nicaragua (1778) Nova Scotia (1779) and a total of five new manufactories commissioned: in Bangor, Guatemala and Costa Rica, as well as two more at home, in Nice, Corfu and a Fine Arts Centre in Emilia.
Genoa was riding high on a wave of confidence and supremacy, a wave that was next to crash against the shores of their old enemy, Spain.
The Genoese-Spanish War of 1780-81
On January 1st 1780, the City Fathers declared a war of vengeance against the Spanish in return for the years of oppression and occupation that they had inflicted on the Italian peninsula so many years ago. Spain was abandoned by all her allies, and Genoa saw no need to invite France to enlarge her own holdings in Iberia, and so battle was joined between the fading light of Spain and the waxing might of the Republic.
Castille, Catalonia, Murcia and Gibraltar were all invaded by Genoese ground troops and sieges commenced. It did not take long for the Spanish to crumble, and by February 25th 1781 they were ready to surrender. Genoa took Gibraltar, Catalonia and Murcia, and Genoese Iberia was now a very real body politik (see fig. 23).
Fig. x
A brief respite saw further colonial development as first a trade post and then a colony were established in Yucatan in 1781, and then Portugal took Wabana from England in a settlement later in the year.
The start of 1782 was marked by a period of deflation as confidence in the Genoese economy reigned supreme, and then, barely a year since the last period of conflict, the City Father plunged the nation into war once more.
The Genoese-Algerian War of 1782-84
The aim of the War was clear – to take Algeria and make the whole western half of the Mediterranean a Genoese sphere of influence to rival that of the Ottoman in the East, who indeed leapt to the support of his Algerian ally, although in the event it was to be to no avail.
Genoese armies, hardened by years of fighting in the Iberian sun, stormed the desert beaches of Algeria. Whilst Turkey mounted an ineffectual siege against Savioe, Genoa took first Morocco on Feb 23rd 1783, then Orania on June 16th and Al-Djazir on November 3rd. Then followed Toubkal on January 9th 1784, Atlas on March 9th, Sahara on the 18th and Aures by July 14th. Algeria was taken entire and annexed onto the Republican lands (see fig 24) . Three refineries and a fine arts center, plus 221d were the main prizes, but at a cost of some 40,000 lives to the harsh desert conditions, although most of those were Spanish levies rather than good Genoese citizens.
Fig. 24
In the meantime, Turkey had burnt the Selatan trade post but achieved little else, and so was happy to be bough off once more by a 250d bribe. Bad news in Eire as Munster was taken by the Dutch early in 1784.
Genoa had not neglected her other interests either, commissioning a refinery in Andalusia and inaugurating a city in Yucatan. At the end of the war, a trade post was also established in Tassaret. Then in 1785 another weapons manufactory was commissioned, this time in newly-taken Aures. And then, in 1786, the time had come to teach the Spanish another lesson…
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Spain knew they were beaten once more, and willingly surrendered Sierra Nevada and the island of Costa Rica
I'll bet those Spanish colonists in Costa Rica were quite surprised to find out that they had been cut adrift from the rest of Central America.
Only a week to go for EU II
I'll bet those Spanish colonists in Costa Rica were quite surprised to find out that they had been cut adrift from the rest of Central America.
Only a week to go for EU II
LOL!
If I was as bad at EU as I was at geography then the English Empire would barely have stretched as far as Cornwall...
If I was as bad at EU as I was at geography then the English Empire would barely have stretched as far as Cornwall...
The Second Genoese-Spanish War, of 1786-87
War was declared in April, and the veterans of the Algerian campaign were sent to fight their former countrymen in Spain once more. Gerona and Castille were invested and a seaborne force sent to invade the Canary Islands. Then, on June 16th Eire finally settled a white peace with England. Eirinnish envoys to the City Fathers begged for more support against their ancient foe, and the Republic responded by offering Eire the chance to enjoy the fruits of full citizenship. The Irish gladly agreed, and thus a day later their realm was diplomatically annexed and joined the Republic (see fig. 25). Great days for the Genoese, guardians of the holy Catholic Faith, and surely now the greatest nation in Europe.
Meanwhile back in Spain, Gerona was to fall on September 13th, whilst an assault on the Canaries was doomed to failure by a lack of fresh drinking water for the troops, and had to be called off. Fresh supplies were brought in by ship, and a second assault in March 1787 was successful. Castille itself fell on May 15th and the Spanish King was prevailed upon to surrender control of the Canaries and Gerona to the Republic, and peace was restored again, with Genoa once more victorious (see also fig. 25 for Europe in 1792).
Fig. 25
Epilogue, 1788 – 1792
With the bells still ringing for another resounding victory in Iberia, the City Fathers met and called a halt to the assault on Spain, and turned their eyes eastwards, towards the nation that now posed the greatest threat to Republican stability – the Ottomans. In the course of the last three centuries, Genoa had only been to war twice with the Turk, even though at one point he had seemed poised to sweep through the whole of central Europe to the very shores of northern Germany and the English Channel. Why he had stopped remained unclear, but the threat that his hundreds of thousands of janissaries presented could not be underestimated. It was clear that a reckoning between the two great Mediterranean powers would come, and soon.
Genoa continued to strengthen her colonial position in preparation for the conflict that could very well engulf the civilized world. Between 1789 and 1792, the commissioning of manufactories in Yucatan and Nicaragua, the inauguration of a city in Tehuacan ensured the continuing development of New Italia (see fig 26 for New Italia in 1792), and trade posts in Rufiji, Lindi, Mtawa, Nampuia and Mombasa laid the foundations for a second front against the Turk in Africa.
Fig. 26
Thus it was that the mighty Genoese Republic reached the status in which we find it today, on the 1st of January in the year of our lord 1793. As I write the final words of this history, here in my rooms at the Genoese University of Andalusia, I have learned that the City Fathers have made a declaration of war against the Ottoman – more, that they have declared a new crusade to free the Holy Land from the Turkish taint, and will not cease their venture until the whole of that great Empire bows down to Christendom. It seems clear that many hundreds of thousands will die, and should other enemies in England, the Netherlands and Spain, seek to take advantage of the situation, then the outcome could be far from clear.
But that is not a story I am able to tell here, as I lay down my pen and declare that I have reached…
THE END
War was declared in April, and the veterans of the Algerian campaign were sent to fight their former countrymen in Spain once more. Gerona and Castille were invested and a seaborne force sent to invade the Canary Islands. Then, on June 16th Eire finally settled a white peace with England. Eirinnish envoys to the City Fathers begged for more support against their ancient foe, and the Republic responded by offering Eire the chance to enjoy the fruits of full citizenship. The Irish gladly agreed, and thus a day later their realm was diplomatically annexed and joined the Republic (see fig. 25). Great days for the Genoese, guardians of the holy Catholic Faith, and surely now the greatest nation in Europe.
Meanwhile back in Spain, Gerona was to fall on September 13th, whilst an assault on the Canaries was doomed to failure by a lack of fresh drinking water for the troops, and had to be called off. Fresh supplies were brought in by ship, and a second assault in March 1787 was successful. Castille itself fell on May 15th and the Spanish King was prevailed upon to surrender control of the Canaries and Gerona to the Republic, and peace was restored again, with Genoa once more victorious (see also fig. 25 for Europe in 1792).
Fig. 25
Epilogue, 1788 – 1792
With the bells still ringing for another resounding victory in Iberia, the City Fathers met and called a halt to the assault on Spain, and turned their eyes eastwards, towards the nation that now posed the greatest threat to Republican stability – the Ottomans. In the course of the last three centuries, Genoa had only been to war twice with the Turk, even though at one point he had seemed poised to sweep through the whole of central Europe to the very shores of northern Germany and the English Channel. Why he had stopped remained unclear, but the threat that his hundreds of thousands of janissaries presented could not be underestimated. It was clear that a reckoning between the two great Mediterranean powers would come, and soon.
Genoa continued to strengthen her colonial position in preparation for the conflict that could very well engulf the civilized world. Between 1789 and 1792, the commissioning of manufactories in Yucatan and Nicaragua, the inauguration of a city in Tehuacan ensured the continuing development of New Italia (see fig 26 for New Italia in 1792), and trade posts in Rufiji, Lindi, Mtawa, Nampuia and Mombasa laid the foundations for a second front against the Turk in Africa.
Fig. 26
Thus it was that the mighty Genoese Republic reached the status in which we find it today, on the 1st of January in the year of our lord 1793. As I write the final words of this history, here in my rooms at the Genoese University of Andalusia, I have learned that the City Fathers have made a declaration of war against the Ottoman – more, that they have declared a new crusade to free the Holy Land from the Turkish taint, and will not cease their venture until the whole of that great Empire bows down to Christendom. It seems clear that many hundreds of thousands will die, and should other enemies in England, the Netherlands and Spain, seek to take advantage of the situation, then the outcome could be far from clear.
But that is not a story I am able to tell here, as I lay down my pen and declare that I have reached…
THE END
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So there we have it folks. From two-province minor to control of the Western Mediterranean and major colonial power in 300 years.
A whole lot of fun to play. By no means as hectic as England, but still enough going on to make it interesting, even if the difficulty was normal/normal. My only regret was that Venice steadfastly remained a vassal of Russia for the entire game, never once giving me the opportunity to ally with and eventually annex them, thus uniting Italy.
I'm preparing part II of the Minors Trilogy now. It'll be largely screenshot-based, as I seem to ave lost my notes, and besides, I'm trying to get all three done before I sink myself into EUII in a week or so.
Anyway, coming soon, and all that...
A whole lot of fun to play. By no means as hectic as England, but still enough going on to make it interesting, even if the difficulty was normal/normal. My only regret was that Venice steadfastly remained a vassal of Russia for the entire game, never once giving me the opportunity to ally with and eventually annex them, thus uniting Italy.
I'm preparing part II of the Minors Trilogy now. It'll be largely screenshot-based, as I seem to ave lost my notes, and besides, I'm trying to get all three done before I sink myself into EUII in a week or so.
Anyway, coming soon, and all that...
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A triumph in every respect. Well done.
Is that the Netherlands in County Cork, BTW?
Zagloba
Is that the Netherlands in County Cork, BTW?
Zagloba
Aye, Zagloba, it is indeed the Netherlands in southern Eire, and most annoyingly so. Genoa was in a bad position generally to extort territory from the Dutch due to the necessity of mounting a major seaborne invasion to secure their capital as a bargaining chip. Eire was to provide the base for that sort of thing, but I ran out of game before I could put it into practise and clear the Dutch out of New Italia and County Cork as well...
Well I was just getting into that, and the end.
nevermind I get EUII on Friday when its released in the uk. Wooohooo
Ariel as you know Im newbie, (or I will be on Friday) But why you stop just before 1800. I the maximum year or summert.
Lord Sutty
nevermind I get EUII on Friday when its released in the uk. Wooohooo
Ariel as you know Im newbie, (or I will be on Friday) But why you stop just before 1800. I the maximum year or summert.
Lord Sutty
Yup. In EUI the timescale ran from 1492 to 1792, so I had little choice in the matter. A pity, too. I was looking forward to a good crusade...
