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Next session coming up in a number of hours. My IP remains 216.26.111.243, and likely won't change in 12 hours if it hasn't in 9 weeks.
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MoreEpicThanYou
The most Epic.
I'm almost 100% sure I'll be able to make it.
MoreEpicThanYou
The most Epic.
Not Mazoiva! The thing that made it awesome was that it was controlled by the AI.
MoreEpicThanYou
The most Epic.
My game just crashed, you'll have to reload.
Caprine Synesth
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Room for another player? I've only a few weeks experience, but i'm starting to get to grips with it.
What time do you guys play converted to GMT?
What time do you guys play converted to GMT?
Caprine Synesth
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Oh suweeet, totally possible! I've missed out this time obviously, but in a few weeks i'll be able to 
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Yeah, it should work having another player.
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Friday, the 23rd of July, 1552
In this session, alpav defected from Spain to Mazovia. Thus, Spain was led by an AI once more, and, once more, proved to be led by a loyally Catholic ruler... more on that later.
Mazovia fared fairly well, gaining territory under alpav's rule, but was in large part dependent upon the Ottoman army destroying Hungary's army, who otherwise threatened to steamroll poor Mazovia (in a defensive war for Hungary). Nevertheless, Mazovia strengthened their long-term position, though they experienced considerable religious instability this turn due to two forced conversions.
Hungary was partitioned between the Ottoman Empire and Austria. Seven provinces were taken by the Ottomans, while the remainder (less what Mazovia and the Teutonic Order took in the north) is now in a personal union under Austria.
Austria also gained personal unions with Norway and Brandenburg this turn. The latter involved a rather lengthy war, and Austria continues to have a fair amount of rebel sentiment from the Protestant Swedes.
The Ottomans, aside from Austria, continued to take Horde lands. The Timurid heartland is now being colonized, as well as Nogai's heartland. The Ottomans are also currently in a war with Swahili, seeking to make East African an Ottoman territory.
Burgundy expanded their territories in the East Indies, gaining control of all of Aceh. Reports are that they also have established colonies in North America and Africa. Late in the session, they had the good fortune of gaining the Emperorship from Bohemia.
Britain also expanded their territories in the East Indies, focusing on Java and Borneo. However, Britain is now engaged in a war with Spain, over England's excommunication, in which Spain is thus far clearly winning, despite their stability mysteriously dropping from +1 to -3 near the start of the war. Northwestern France is quickly becoming occupied by Spain, and Ireland is also coming under occupation. England indicates they have the superior navy, but thus far, it appears the Spanish army is clearly the better. Though another thread indicates otherwise, it appears to the foreign observer that, aside perhaps from Britain itself, England is completely screwed in this war.
Spain, for its part, spent the first part of this turn recovering from their war with the Ottomans, and the war with England is the first major war they've fought in this turn (though they've also excommunicated Austria, leading Baden to launch several hapless crusades against Austria). Thus, despite alpav's fears that they were ruined, they've ended up being quite competant, having recovered quickly.
Maps coming up...
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Also, Caprine Synesth, the countries that appear to be in the best position for human leadership are:
- Spain, by far the most powerful. In a good posession to enforce concessions from Britain (METY).
- Novgorod. Lots of former-Horde territory, expanding into Siberia, should form Russia eventually.
- Vijayangar. Controls most of India, though unstable for several decades. Also has proven able to defeat the English armies that conquered Deccan.
- Ming. Unstable, but sizeable. Formerly under a personal union with Vijayanagar, but not anymore.
- Manchu. Stable, with impressive territorial acquisitions.
- Songhai. Technologically backwards, but in control of most of western Africa.
In this session, alpav defected from Spain to Mazovia. Thus, Spain was led by an AI once more, and, once more, proved to be led by a loyally Catholic ruler... more on that later.
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Mazovia fared fairly well, gaining territory under alpav's rule, but was in large part dependent upon the Ottoman army destroying Hungary's army, who otherwise threatened to steamroll poor Mazovia (in a defensive war for Hungary). Nevertheless, Mazovia strengthened their long-term position, though they experienced considerable religious instability this turn due to two forced conversions.
Hungary was partitioned between the Ottoman Empire and Austria. Seven provinces were taken by the Ottomans, while the remainder (less what Mazovia and the Teutonic Order took in the north) is now in a personal union under Austria.
Austria also gained personal unions with Norway and Brandenburg this turn. The latter involved a rather lengthy war, and Austria continues to have a fair amount of rebel sentiment from the Protestant Swedes.
The Ottomans, aside from Austria, continued to take Horde lands. The Timurid heartland is now being colonized, as well as Nogai's heartland. The Ottomans are also currently in a war with Swahili, seeking to make East African an Ottoman territory.
Burgundy expanded their territories in the East Indies, gaining control of all of Aceh. Reports are that they also have established colonies in North America and Africa. Late in the session, they had the good fortune of gaining the Emperorship from Bohemia.
Britain also expanded their territories in the East Indies, focusing on Java and Borneo. However, Britain is now engaged in a war with Spain, over England's excommunication, in which Spain is thus far clearly winning, despite their stability mysteriously dropping from +1 to -3 near the start of the war. Northwestern France is quickly becoming occupied by Spain, and Ireland is also coming under occupation. England indicates they have the superior navy, but thus far, it appears the Spanish army is clearly the better. Though another thread indicates otherwise, it appears to the foreign observer that, aside perhaps from Britain itself, England is completely screwed in this war.
Spain, for its part, spent the first part of this turn recovering from their war with the Ottomans, and the war with England is the first major war they've fought in this turn (though they've also excommunicated Austria, leading Baden to launch several hapless crusades against Austria). Thus, despite alpav's fears that they were ruined, they've ended up being quite competant, having recovered quickly.
Maps coming up...
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Also, Caprine Synesth, the countries that appear to be in the best position for human leadership are:
- Spain, by far the most powerful. In a good posession to enforce concessions from Britain (METY).
- Novgorod. Lots of former-Horde territory, expanding into Siberia, should form Russia eventually.
- Vijayangar. Controls most of India, though unstable for several decades. Also has proven able to defeat the English armies that conquered Deccan.
- Ming. Unstable, but sizeable. Formerly under a personal union with Vijayanagar, but not anymore.
- Manchu. Stable, with impressive territorial acquisitions.
- Songhai. Technologically backwards, but in control of most of western Africa.
MoreEpicThanYou
The most Epic.
A few corrections:
I never tried to conquer Vjay, I knew they were too powerful. They used their Defender of the Faith powers on me.
Also, the rest of my empire might be completely screwed, the home island itself is not. With all of my troops being redeployed there, I should be able to hold the Spaniards off.
I never tried to conquer Vjay, I knew they were too powerful. They used their Defender of the Faith powers on me.
Also, the rest of my empire might be completely screwed, the home island itself is not. With all of my troops being redeployed there, I should be able to hold the Spaniards off.
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Good point. Forgot that it was actually Deccan, and then Vijayanagar joined them. It shall be corrected.
It sounds like you'll probably be OK in Britain, then... I wasn't sure how many troops were there, and I know it hasn't always been that many. Plus, Ireland being partially occupied looks kinda bad.
(Also, that was in large part a reference to the thread you created, since it seems from abroad like Spain has a clear upper hand)
Corrected for you. This was true until quite recently. But as of about 9 months ago, it isn't anymore. So, sadly, we probably won't see a gigantic India-China behemoth.
Bowsling
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I might be up for a little bit of EU3 action this weekend. I'll see if I have time on Sunday.
EDIT: Is it vanilla or D&T?
EDIT: Is it vanilla or D&T?
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The game is up at 216.26.111.243. METY and I are currently present.
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Wednesday, February 23, 1567
The Ottoman court historian looked out at the carracks of the Ottoman fleet approaching the Bosporus. Yes, he thought, it had been an eventful past decade-and-a-half. Austria had become the Ottoman Empire's neighbor nearly 13 years ago now with their incorporation of Hungary, the British Empire had admitted defeat at the hands of the Spanish, and had begun reorganizing, and the Ottomans now had not only a renewed fleet, but also gold and ivory flowing in from East Africa, as well as the first caravans with new cotton and teas beginning to arrive from the east. He looked at the map on the wall, new just last month from the Empire's finest cartographers:
Yes, it had been an eventful time... for many countries.
Austria had the good fortune of inheriting three countries when Maria Theresia I came to the throne... Norway, Brandenburg, and Hungary. This gave Austria most of Scandinavia, as well as an even better situation in Central Europe. Nevertheless, this expansion and the accompanying infamy more or less tied Austria's hands for the remainder of the past 15 years, ensuring that their only expansion was by colonization.
Burgundy fought in a few colonial wars, taking a couple of Creek provinces, and later fighting a losing war to Vijayanagar. Ceylon recently declared independence from Burgundy. Things may get interesting, however, as Burgundy recently upheld their commitment to defend France from aggression, triggering war with the British Empire. Independent France? Why yes... it would probably be good to explain that.
Great Britain began the session at war with Spain, a war in which they appeared to be facing an uphill battle. Indeed, despite great efforts to win the war, in mid-1556, Britain was forced to admit defeat, freeing several colonies including Oyo, Benin, Makassar, and Chimu. Faced with intense revolts after the war due to war weariness, Britain began a reorganization of the Empire into a Federation of vassals, releasing Loango, Ashanti, and Inca to start, with the Irish states coming later. Unfortunately for England, France succeeded in revolting first, and Britain was unable to re-annex France in the ensuing war due to the size of the revolter state. Thus, Britain took what could be taken, and released Brittany, Alencon, Normandy, and Orleans as members of the federation. This past week, Britain declared war on France with the aim of ensuring a free France would not exist, leading to the present war. What shall come of it, nobody quite knows.
Mazovia lost a war to Novgorod about a decade ago, but has since regained most of the lost land, and conquered Poland as well.
The Ottoman Empire began this session by finishing their conquest of Swahili, quickly followed by taking Mutapa's two provinces, to establish control of East Africa. A few short wars to take core provinces from Najd and Rajputana followed, and then an interval of peace, in which a great many textile manufactories were built, helping the economies of many poor provinces. More recently, the Ottomans gained control of several provinces in western India, gaining just a few luxurious Indian resources.
Spain's main endeavour this session was the war with Great Britain. Late in that war Great Britain succeeded in getting Guyenne to change sides, but alas, this merely resulted in Spain reconquering Guyenne. Still, Spain proved herself to be a legitimate first-rate power once more.
There were also interesting developments in Asia.
Bihar formed Hindustan this sessin, a surprise as their larger neighbor Vijayanagar appeared poised to do so. Since forming Hindustan, they have conquered Nepal and Orissa.
Ming lost considerable territory to both Dai Viet and the newly independent Wu this turn, the latter being a vassal of Dai Viet. Nevertheless, they were able to regain the Mandate of Heaven and positive stability, so that despite the territorial losses, the session was in some ways a significantly positive one for them.
The Ottoman court historian looked out at the carracks of the Ottoman fleet approaching the Bosporus. Yes, he thought, it had been an eventful past decade-and-a-half. Austria had become the Ottoman Empire's neighbor nearly 13 years ago now with their incorporation of Hungary, the British Empire had admitted defeat at the hands of the Spanish, and had begun reorganizing, and the Ottomans now had not only a renewed fleet, but also gold and ivory flowing in from East Africa, as well as the first caravans with new cotton and teas beginning to arrive from the east. He looked at the map on the wall, new just last month from the Empire's finest cartographers:
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Yes, it had been an eventful time... for many countries.
Austria had the good fortune of inheriting three countries when Maria Theresia I came to the throne... Norway, Brandenburg, and Hungary. This gave Austria most of Scandinavia, as well as an even better situation in Central Europe. Nevertheless, this expansion and the accompanying infamy more or less tied Austria's hands for the remainder of the past 15 years, ensuring that their only expansion was by colonization.
Burgundy fought in a few colonial wars, taking a couple of Creek provinces, and later fighting a losing war to Vijayanagar. Ceylon recently declared independence from Burgundy. Things may get interesting, however, as Burgundy recently upheld their commitment to defend France from aggression, triggering war with the British Empire. Independent France? Why yes... it would probably be good to explain that.
Great Britain began the session at war with Spain, a war in which they appeared to be facing an uphill battle. Indeed, despite great efforts to win the war, in mid-1556, Britain was forced to admit defeat, freeing several colonies including Oyo, Benin, Makassar, and Chimu. Faced with intense revolts after the war due to war weariness, Britain began a reorganization of the Empire into a Federation of vassals, releasing Loango, Ashanti, and Inca to start, with the Irish states coming later. Unfortunately for England, France succeeded in revolting first, and Britain was unable to re-annex France in the ensuing war due to the size of the revolter state. Thus, Britain took what could be taken, and released Brittany, Alencon, Normandy, and Orleans as members of the federation. This past week, Britain declared war on France with the aim of ensuring a free France would not exist, leading to the present war. What shall come of it, nobody quite knows.
Mazovia lost a war to Novgorod about a decade ago, but has since regained most of the lost land, and conquered Poland as well.
The Ottoman Empire began this session by finishing their conquest of Swahili, quickly followed by taking Mutapa's two provinces, to establish control of East Africa. A few short wars to take core provinces from Najd and Rajputana followed, and then an interval of peace, in which a great many textile manufactories were built, helping the economies of many poor provinces. More recently, the Ottomans gained control of several provinces in western India, gaining just a few luxurious Indian resources.
Spain's main endeavour this session was the war with Great Britain. Late in that war Great Britain succeeded in getting Guyenne to change sides, but alas, this merely resulted in Spain reconquering Guyenne. Still, Spain proved herself to be a legitimate first-rate power once more.
There were also interesting developments in Asia.
Bihar formed Hindustan this sessin, a surprise as their larger neighbor Vijayanagar appeared poised to do so. Since forming Hindustan, they have conquered Nepal and Orissa.
Ming lost considerable territory to both Dai Viet and the newly independent Wu this turn, the latter being a vassal of Dai Viet. Nevertheless, they were able to regain the Mandate of Heaven and positive stability, so that despite the territorial losses, the session was in some ways a significantly positive one for them.
