JosefStalinator-Stormbringer English AAR

Same here, especially after I altered the AI Chances in key events to tone down on the determinism.
 
I wouldn't mind the absurd complexity if it wasn't for the ridiculously cumbersome and difficult to use trading system.
 
The trading system is actually really really easy, just sell everything you make and import everything you need.

And the VIP mod made the game significantly better, to the point where I wonder why paradox just doesn't hire them for the expansion.
 
Nope!
 
I like Victoria too..but I agree with NK. It's very complicated, and thus I don't touch it very often these days..atleast without cheating as I cannot manage the economy for crap. :/

Funny you guys started this..my EUII came in Amazon two days ago. :) Of course, I'm still horrid at it, but I guess I'll get better as time passes.
 
So it Begins!

Shall we then?

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So it begins! There's the situation in France, basically the English get to conquer the few remaining French cities, make peace (which I do, it wasn't that exciting), and get the following event;

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Note the year, Paris took its darn sweet time surrendering. Regardless, I take the second option, and hope for the best...

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Note: England is red, France is the assortment of Blue, Gray, Brown, and Green (aside from Brittany and Burgundy).

So that's what France looks like... for now. I set that one little province in Aquitaine free ( I really don't care about them that much). What does annoy me, is that my idol Jean-Luc Picardie is sitting there between my two provinces of Calais and Caux, begging for liberation :(. Do not fret little one, the time shall soon come... and you will be freed.

Now is as good a time as ever to lay out my goals. I plan on fulfilling my protege's greatest trait- purging. All of Western Europe will be protestant by the time I'm done, and all the British isles will be anglosaxon in culture, including the currently celtic Ireland and Scotland (though Meath is just about to turn English).

Theres a little exploit- if you lower the population of a province below 1000, as soon as it raises back up, it will convert to the owners culture. As such, I will forcedly loot and occupy scottish and Irish provinces to do just this, even if it delays my other goals by quite a bit. At least, as much as I can, I won't lose sleep over it if i fail.

I must wait now, however, as protestantism doesn't even exist until 1519, and I don't get England solidly protestant until well into the 1540's. As such, I am going to start building up, growing my economy, and taking some provinces from Scotland and Ireland where possible.

Not much happens for a few years, while I wait for the peace treaty to wear out, and my repuatation to get better. Meanwhile, an event makes scotland my vassal :) (though that does nothing but delay my conquest). I also add southern Ireland to my territories, raising my BB by 9. :eek:

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Ok... so I get kinda bored, I can't wait for my BB to get down (I'm digging my own grave, probably), but I've got Portugal and Castille ready to roll against France with me :evil:

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And so it begins...

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Oh France, when will you learn...

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Sorry, forgot to get the "You made peace!" message. Regardless, my entire contintental possesions were getting overrun, so I quickly made a peace for my beloved Picardie. What I notice next, however, is that Flanders is controlled by a still very weak Burgundy, the perfect target for an early game war...

I've always hated Burgundy. I can't really explain it, but their lack of a definitive culture and annoyingly mishapen borders have long plagued many a EU2 or Crusader Kings game. They aren't a real Kingdom, damn it, they're a color!

However, my reputation is still rediculous, so I am going to have to just sit here and build up for a really long time. Anything of interest, or sudden changed in my plans, will be outlined in the next post...
 
My peace didn't last very long...

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Within about a year, the Burgundians were upon me, fully invigorated with the spoils of the Netherlands. They overran me pretty quickly, but a miraculous victory at Caux (4,000 men defeated an attacking force of 12,000 Burgundians), combined with an eventual destruction of the Burgundian invasion force, the only thing that prevented them from making peace was a surprise attack from the forces of Brittany...

This complicated things, but eventually the Burgundians DID offer peace, giving me 108 gold (go figure).

This left Brittany... who's surprise attack, combined with my own depletion of forces from fighting Burgundy, left them to rape my lands. However, my allies came through, and in the heat of battle, and after an invasion of the British mainland in Wessex, I notice my forces suddenly stop fighting. I scroll up in the events, and notice this;

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Portugal, my ally during all this (along with Castile, neither of who did a damned thing) came through for me in the end and paid off Brittany. I salute you, Portugal, making England safe for another 5 years :salute:

England will not forget such actions... I'll pay you back someday.

However, notice the rebels and strife over in Holland. All is not well for Burgundy, and, after I pay off my loans (which have become really annoying), I will finally get Flanders...

But alas, the fools' opinions of me still remain incredibly low, as I still beat 14 Badboy and the contempt of all with a Casus Belli against me. Conquest will have to wait, as there are more pressing issues within Britain that need to be dealt with. Though, some good news, Southern Ireland is occupied by rebels and depopulating to make room for some nice anglo-saxon residents :).

About a year later, Denmark randomly declares war on me, but I accidentally clicke through both the box that shows the declaration, and the one that gets my allies to help (gulp). I'm actually not that worried, they'll just suicide themselves against me in ireland, but it will waste even more money...

...And then France declares war, and my allies abandon me. Sigh, time to make a good desperate battle... :(
 
Good luck against France, I am really enjoying this report. I love EU2, though I've lost the CD recently and have been unable to play it. Its fun to see this kind of thing played out.
 
@Little Boots Thanks, I'll be sure to name a colony, general, or something after you ;). Just say what :p

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So war continued... and within another few months, Burgundy joined in. Combined with rediculous defeats (An invasion force of 2,000 norweigens supplanted my 9,000 men in meath, twice), things seemed pretty bleak.

However, there was a light at the end of the tunnel.

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France grew weary of war, and I threw them Poutiou (some worthless Aquitaine territory) for peace, turning to get rid of the Danes who had recently occupied my Irish holdings (but depopulating them, so not a priority ;)) and the Burgundians who were yet to throw unto me their full wrath.

I noticed Burgundy had gobbled up some little dutch states who stayed loyal to me, but of course, noone was on their ass. While I was beating off half of Europe for occupying southern ireland. Dirty bastards.

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There's an example of what I'm up against :p Know that my unit was at full morale before I started the battle.


Now the war rages on, and I notice something. Burgundy is nowhere to be found. I look, and there isn't even a single unit on my border. That, is when I discover this:

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The idiots have gone and embroiled themselves in (count em, well, you can see 4), SIX wars, against half of Germany. Needless to say I was filled with glee, Flanders shall yet be mine! :dance:

But Denmark won't make peace :mad:, despite the fact I have 10% on them in just battles (and they dont occupt anything anymore), they keep rejecting white peace. Eh, what do you know. Peace about 30 seconds after I write that, and some 15 gold too :).

Alright Burgundy, you are going down.
 
A mighty general of course, I think it'd be good for morale :p
 
I'm just waiting for a mod to close this... this is getting somewhat rediculous, but I can't stop playing, and I need to chronicle all I do :p

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And so, with all but Burgundy made peace with, the time for war once again commences. A crushing defeat is dealt to the Savoyan army, where near 12,000 of their men, and less than 1,000 of mine, fall prey to the devestating tactics of an up and coming general, Littleboots ;) (I'll make it better next time, with pictures, as that was more of a retroactive one :p), and I move into Flanders, which defenseless falls quickly.

The French have joined the war against Burgundy now (maybe now Burgundy IS paying for doing what I did to Ireland), but this has only made things more complicated. The French steal credit for my seige of their capital (bastards), delaying the war for now, as I'll have to wait to get Flanders (it's worth 40 warscore, so I can't get it unless I occupy some other stuff as well). There's no way im wasting troops on attrition for any dirty Frenchmen. I'll wait till they take Artois (I hope they don't steal my Flanders if its their national province :mad:

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Then suddenly I get this message...

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Woohoo! Flanders is mine! :dance:

However, years of war have taken their toll. I've accrued 11% inflation in my struggles to stay out of debt, and I still have an outstanding 200 debt due. Much of Northern France lies in ruins, and Ireland especially is depopulated to the point where I lose quite a bit of income. On a lighter note, though, Ireland is so depopulated that it's almost out of people, with the exceptions of Ulter (which is still at 4,000 people :mad:) and the very south, which remains at about 1,700 people (getting there). Anglosaxon hegemony will soon be established...

A few years of peace is just what the doctor ordered, things are back to normal in the realm. Inflation is still about 12% (can't do anything about it yet), but im out of debt. My Monarch's diplomacy skill is the lowest possible, so my badboy is still about 14, but its going down. Unfortunately hes still gonna rule for another 15 years, then 10 more after a 10 year interruption by Edward, so I'm stuck with him. :-/

My ally makes me have to declare war again on Burgundy, which I do with please, as their empire is all strewn across Europe and their lands devestated by war. I'm gonna try to take Amsterdam for future investment. It's currently under Oldenburg's control... so I'll have to wait for a bit. Unfortunately, there are no Burgundian forces in the Netherlands (only around their capital, around southern Belgium), so it falls without a battle after the Oldenburgians leave. *sad face* (I'm running out of images, so I need to start substituting for smilies)

And so all is well. That is, until I realize, my nemesis... Denmark has returned!

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Makes no difference though, as Burgundy quickly falls... but the stupid bastards in hannover just take indemnities, rather than my getting holland! :mad:

And they still leave me at war with Denmark and Norway! Needless to say I'm angered, and almost take it upon myself to just declare war on Burgundy again... but knowing my badboy is bad enough, i restrain myself, resolving to take Holland another day. Denmark makes peace, pointless war over.

When oh no, its war of the Roses time! :scared:

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It's followed up by plague and poor government policy events, bringing my stability down all the way. Bad luck for poor Joe *sad face*. Then I raise it two levels, and then get "assasination of a noble -2 stability" event. *sigh*

Then our savior comes along! :jesus:

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And order is restored, thanks Littleboots for saving the realm ;) And on that note, I retire from EU2 for today. Tomorrow I shall continue, and eagerly await stormy's AAR.
 
I take it "alba" and "orange" are disabled....

Waiting for Storms report...
 
You should be playing with AGREEP installed. :)

Out of the three 'French' countries I like Burgundy the most although from all three perspectives it ends up being quite easy to win the hundred years war.
 
Nope!
 
never played this game but any way. All hail The Grand English True hier to the thrones of europe!
 
Henry V in France​

IN 1419 Henry V was leading an invasion of France by his forces. The French King, Charles VI, was putting up a hopless resistance against the English invasion and by late January his forces were defeated by Henry outside of Paris. Charles was forced to withdraw north to Amiens.

While on campaign in France Henry was presented with a dilema. Back in England a group of heretics called Lollards have once again made an appearance. The group has been founded over a century ago and has caused trouble for the English monarchs ever since. This time, however, the Lollards have calculated correctly, and their appearance went unpunished because Henry could not interrupt his campaign in France to deal with the problem.

Meanwile the Dauphine Charles, heir to the French throne, begun negotiations with the Duke of Burgundy, attempting to wrestle the inheritance of France from Henry's hands. He could not overcome his pride, however, and the negotiations ended with Charles killing John the Fearless of Burgundy. Following the assasination Burgundy quickly fell into the English fold and backed Henry as the heir to France. The only obstacle now was King Charles of France who continued to stubornly refuse to recognize Henry.

Before the end of the year, on December 19th, Paris fell to Henry's troops. The city put up a much harder fight than its King, as Parisians fought street for street with the advancing English soldiers. After a bloody fight, however, Henry was the victor. King Charles did nothing to save his capital from the onslaught.

In January of the following year Henry and Charles met again, this time near Amiens, and Charles' armies were defeated desicively. The King himself escaped to the south, but Henry was now in control of all northern French countryside. Only a number of French cities continued to resist Henry's rule.

The campaign in France dragged on slowly for over a year, with city after city falling to English soldiers under Henry. King Charles attempted to put together another army, but it was routed near Nevierns, assuring a victory for Henry in the conflict. After the last major city surrendered to Henry in May of 1422 Charles asked for a cease fire, which Henry granted on May 29th.

By July 24th the two kings have signed the Treaty of Troyes, in which King Charles disowned his son, the Dauphine Charles, and instead recognized Henry as heir to the throne of France. Henry's inharitance of France seemed assured.

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Europe following the signing of Treaty of Troyes​

A New Generation​

Barely a month after signing the Treaty of Troyes Henry V fell ill. In August he went back to England, leaving his brother Bedford to command the forces in France. After a troubled route home Henry died on September 11 1422 in London.

Following the death of Henry the Dauphine Charles and other French princes saw their chance to defy the English claim on the French throne and on September 19th Dauphine Charles declared war on England, taking most of France into a massive war. Bedford was prepared for the move, but he did not expect the Dauphine and the rulers of Aragon to be allied, and once Aragon followed the Dauphine and declared war on England Bedford had to act fast and change his strategy. Instead of fighting to secure major cities of France the two main English armies in France would fight towards Borges and meet in central France.

Barely a month after the begining of the war Charles VI of France died in Paris. In accordance with the Treaty of Troyes Henry V's son, Henry VI of England inherited the realms of France. Henry VI is but in infant, however, and the burden of fighting fell entirely to his uncle, Duke of Bedford. As per an earlier agreement with Burgundy, the city of Amiens was given to the Duke of Burgundy in return for his support of Henry.

Back in England meanwhile it was time to decide who would govern the country while Henry VI is an infant. Bedford could not do it, as he was in France, waging the war. That left the Duke of Glouster, who was the regent during Henry V's campaign in France, or the Royal Council. Many magnates backed the Royal Council, as they found Glouster to be too meddling in their affairs, but after a few months Glouster emerged as the stronger figure and assumed the control of the English Regency.

Just a month after Glouster assumed control of the regency Jacqueline of Holland, the heiress of Holand, fled to England from her country. She was engaged in an inheritance dispute with another family, and her current husband was doing nothing to solve it. After she had reached an agreement with Glouster, Glouster sent an envoy to the exiled Pope Benedict, and Jacqueline received an annulment of her marriage. Glouster and her were married the next day, giving England, and Glouster in particular, a legitimate claim on Holland. The claim, however, did come at a high cost of antagonizing the Duke of Burgundy by interfearing in his lands.

On April 10th a major army of Dauphine besieged Paris in an effort to retake the city. The Duke of Bedford repelled the attack later in the month, but the strike showed just how weak English positions in France really were. To make matters worse, a rebellion begun at home when Glouster chose to back the commons over the lords in a dispute. It was put down, but at a heavy cost.

May 30th marked a bright spot in the news as Toulouse fell to the English army that attacked it from Bordeaux. The army moved to Toulouse in order to cut off a possible attack into France from Aragon. The victory was bittersweet, however, as the small country of Foix south of Guyana decided to join the war and attack the city of Bordeaux.

On September 23rd Bedford's force met a large force of Dauphine at Reims and barely defeated the enemy, taking heavy losses. It became evedent in that battle that if Bedford wanted to win over the enemy he would need to employ more cavalry in his armies, as the cavalry superiority that Dauphine had in that battle almost cost England its war in France.

And as Bedford was reorganizing the army the Duke of Barbant chose to enter the war on the side of the Dauphine. Now England faced enemies not only in the south, but also in the north. Bedford was forced to hastily retreat to Paris and prepare to hold the positions there against the coming onslaught of his enemies.

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The Diplomatic Situation​
 
Bedford in France​

The begining of 1424 proved to be a good year for the English as Bedford captured the city of Neveres. Both this city and the city of Reims were promptly handed over to Burgundy as part of the English plan to strengthen Burgundy in France at the expense of other French factions. As long as Burgundy remains the strongest French faction England can feel a little more secure in France.

More good news came from the southern city of Toulouse, which revolted from the Dauphine and declared a sovereign state of Guyane. The joy was short-lived however as the revolt was crushed a few months later by the armies of Provance, annexing Toulouse into the domains of Provance.

But even with these improvements Bedford realized that it was impossible for him to win a war on two fronts, and so by mid-1425 he signed a peace with Barbant in which England paid 50 gold to Barbant. While humiliating as it was, the peace was needed in order to concentrate on France.

The news in the south was much worse than in the north. After crushing the rebels in Toulouse, the armies of Provance, joined by a very large force from Aragon, crushed the English army stationed at Bordeaux. Within months the city fell to the Provance attack, and England lost the last of its pocessions in the south of France.

In the north Bedford was determined not to allow the problems in the south distract him, as he launched an attack at Main to punish Provance for their attacks. In June of 1425 the city of Le Mans fell to Bedford, and was annexed into England.

But the armies of Dauphine were once again threatening Paris and Bedford had to return to defend the city. While he won the combat against the Dauphine his army was decimated and he quickly retreated north as another large force was moving in to attack Paris. The situation looked very dire, with less than five thousdand English soldiers left on the mainland.

And then the Dauphine offered a peace agreement. Bedford, overjoyed at the fact that Dauphine did not know how dire the English situation was, jumped at the offer, and peace was signed in December of 1425. England had gained a much needed break from the war, but it was still not any closer to winning the decisive victory in France to become masters of that country.

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The Situation in mid 1426 After the Peace Agreement​
 
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