Once upon a time...
Grand Campaign as England, normal settings except no missions (the AI can't pick resonable ones while I can
) and double time on the clock.
I just finished the reign of Henry VII, and have yet to fight a battle of any sort. Not even against natives. Basic goals for this monarch were to tighten control over finances (rapidly promote tax collectors throughout the realm) and vassalize Scotland. I fear the Scots in EU, computer or board game.
With my normal finances, I was able to promote two or three tax collectors each year while building up the navy, but I was impatient and so took out a loan in Dec 1493 and again Dec 1494 in order to get an extra three or four each time. Took 'em in Dec so that the production boost would be in time for the annual tax levy and so that the loans would come due in Jan just after the coffers got filled. Munster was the last province to have a tax collector, and that promotion came in Jan 1496.
A royal marriage was arranged with Scotland as soon as the game started, and another with France soon after (if France is going to go to war with me, I want to make sure they have to lose *some* stability ). Other marriages were formed among the north German princes as well as Austria, Navarre, and Portugal.
The problem in vassalizing Scotland is that we have to belong to the same alliance, and Spain is in the driver's seat of England's default bloc. Two years were spent sending letters to the court of James IV, and by Apr 1494 England's stability and relations were in good enough shape that I broke with Spain and formed a new alliance with Scotland before France could beat me to it. Thank God James didn't say no and leave me in the lurch . A month later I invited Austria to join (they did) mostly because I wanted a major land power on my side to distract anyone who might come against me. A year later I noticed Hannover had no allies, so I had them join in as well. Besides, I might get lucky and vassalize them, too.
At some point in here the merchants did some grumbling, and half my research in Trade was wiped out. Oh well, that event came up at that point every time I've tried the GC. In Jan 1500, after having paid off the outstanding loans, I took out another four (4!) to build a brewery in Dublin. Gotta have stout . Unfortunately though, in Oct of that year people realized that this was Poor Government Policies, and I lost a level of stability was well as half the research in Trade *and* Infrastructure.
Much of my funds for these years went into bringing relations with Scotland back up to 190+, since it took three or four tries before I could get James to agree to become my vassal. Mar 1503, after nine years of alliance. The following Apr the alliance ended, without any of its members being involved in wars. A whirlwind tour of diplomats, and it was reformed intact. This pushed my standing with Hannover over 190, so I offered to vassalize them as well. The declined at first, but three years and two letters later they agreed . The clergy, however, disapproved of my mingling with uncouth Scots and vulgar Germans rather than the refined Latins, and spent that Advent preaching treason costing the nation another level of stability. They'll get theirs soon enough, though.
Oh, and around 1500 I established a colony at Kebec, although a trading post and a colony attemp at Roanoak both failed.
That's as far as I got tonight.
-Pat
Grand Campaign as England, normal settings except no missions (the AI can't pick resonable ones while I can
) and double time on the clock.I just finished the reign of Henry VII, and have yet to fight a battle of any sort. Not even against natives. Basic goals for this monarch were to tighten control over finances (rapidly promote tax collectors throughout the realm) and vassalize Scotland. I fear the Scots in EU, computer or board game.
With my normal finances, I was able to promote two or three tax collectors each year while building up the navy, but I was impatient and so took out a loan in Dec 1493 and again Dec 1494 in order to get an extra three or four each time. Took 'em in Dec so that the production boost would be in time for the annual tax levy and so that the loans would come due in Jan just after the coffers got filled. Munster was the last province to have a tax collector, and that promotion came in Jan 1496.
A royal marriage was arranged with Scotland as soon as the game started, and another with France soon after (if France is going to go to war with me, I want to make sure they have to lose *some* stability
). Other marriages were formed among the north German princes as well as Austria, Navarre, and Portugal.The problem in vassalizing Scotland is that we have to belong to the same alliance, and Spain is in the driver's seat of England's default bloc. Two years were spent sending letters to the court of James IV, and by Apr 1494 England's stability and relations were in good enough shape that I broke with Spain and formed a new alliance with Scotland before France could beat me to it. Thank God James didn't say no and leave me in the lurch
. A month later I invited Austria to join (they did) mostly because I wanted a major land power on my side to distract anyone who might come against me. A year later I noticed Hannover had no allies, so I had them join in as well. Besides, I might get lucky and vassalize them, too.At some point in here the merchants did some grumbling, and half my research in Trade was wiped out. Oh well, that event came up at that point every time I've tried the GC. In Jan 1500, after having paid off the outstanding loans, I took out another four (4!) to build a brewery in Dublin. Gotta have stout
. Unfortunately though, in Oct of that year people realized that this was Poor Government Policies, and I lost a level of stability was well as half the research in Trade *and* Infrastructure.Much of my funds for these years went into bringing relations with Scotland back up to 190+, since it took three or four tries before I could get James to agree to become my vassal. Mar 1503, after nine years of alliance. The following Apr the alliance ended, without any of its members being involved in wars. A whirlwind tour of diplomats, and it was reformed intact. This pushed my standing with Hannover over 190, so I offered to vassalize them as well. The declined at first, but three years and two letters later they agreed
. The clergy, however, disapproved of my mingling with uncouth Scots and vulgar Germans rather than the refined Latins, and spent that Advent preaching treason costing the nation another level of stability. They'll get theirs soon enough, though.Oh, and around 1500 I established a colony at Kebec, although a trading post and a colony attemp at Roanoak both failed.
That's as far as I got tonight.
-Pat
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