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Tinto Flavour #7 - 21st of February 2025 - Bavaria

Hello, and welcome one more week to Tinto Flavour, the happy Fridays in which we take a look at the flavourish content of the new, super-secret Project Caesar.

Today we will be taking a look at Bavaria. Or, to be more precise, at the Duchies of Upper Bavaria and Lower Bavaria, as the Wittelsbach divided their lands among different branches; in addition to these two, the Treaty of Pavia (1329) also established the lands of the Electorate of the Palatinate of the Rhine (best known as The Palatinate) to be ruled by a third Wittelsbach branch.

"The Heartland of the Holy Roman Empire endured the long period of the Great Interregnum and looks to the next decades with worry. In the face of the advancing age of Holy Roman Emperor Ludwig IV. von Wittelsbach, the families of von Wittelsbach, Luxembourg, and von Habsburg once more prepare for a competition for the imperial crown. While imperial authority south of the Alps is deteriorating, German merchants scramble to secure their trade routes into Italy while Hanseatic League are enjoying their dominance over the region of North Germany.

Under the leadership of Holy Roman Emperor Ludwig IV. von Wittelsbach, the Duchy of Upper Bavaria is at the height of its power, as he commands respect and authority among the imperial princes. While the Duchy of Lower Bavaria is ruled by Duke Heinrich XIV. von Wittelsbach, his health is steadily declining due to his leprosy, and his expected early death could lead to a reunification of Bavaria.

With strong relations among the von Wittelsbach rulers of Europe, Bavaria is ready to claim its right to the imperial crown and dominance over central Europe against their rivals in Bohemia and Austria."

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You might have noticed that the courtroom is different from other European rulers we’ve shown previously; this is the Throne of Charlemagne, part of the Palatine Chapel in Aachen, used in the coronation of Holy Roman Emperors; thus, is the one used by these rulers. We’d like to eventually keep adding some more unique art, such as the Imperial Crown; but, as usual, please take the UI, 2D and 3D art as WIP.

Here you have the core lands of Bavaria, divided among Upper Bavaria, Lower Bavaria, and the Palatinate:
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Don't you love how Bavarians decided to split their lands into multiple polities?

The position of the Wittelsbach is quite strong, as Emperor Ludwig’s son, also named Ludwig, rules over the Electorate of Brandenburg, thus making the dynasty control 2 out of the 7 Imperial Electorates effectively:
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Here you can see the lands controlled by the Wittelsbach dynasty, and also their two main rivals for the Imperial Crown, the Luxembourg and Habsburg dynasties.

One of the main objectives for any of the branches of the Wittelsbach dynasty will be to unite these lands, and create/recreate the Kingdom of Bavaria, one of the formable countries that we presented in last week’s Tinto Talks:
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You might have noticed that we fixed the starting country of Bavaria, and now is Tier III, which is the Kingdom rank.

Let’s start today with the narrative content, namely events, linked to the aforementioned dynastic issues. Early in the game, if the Duke of Lower Bavaria dies of his leprosy, leaving an underage ruler, you might receive this event:
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The first option makes Lower Bavaria a vassal, the second directly annexes it, and the third leaves the Duchy on its own.

If you select either the first or the second option, a follow-up event about the revision of the Treaty of Pavia may trigger:
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I promise this treaty is historical, and it's not related to my vanity!

If we select the second option, this may happen:
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Wittelsbach lands are reunited! We need to do some fixes for the dynamic localization of the Palatinate of the Rhine to appear properly in all instances, by the way.

Leading to this outcome:
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The Kingdom of Bavaria is recreated!

And you will also get this another event, as you may decide to change your succession law at this moment:
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Cognatic Primogeniture sounds like a more stable law, indeed.

Besides the Wittelsbach dynastical troubles, other Bavarian dynamic historical events that may be of interest:
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Ockham’s Razor in action!

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What about a new Code of Laws?

This is an interesting set of events. If the player decides to build the Munich Residenz, a unique building will be constructed, also opening the option to get further expansions:
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Let’s now move towards the structural content of Bavaria. German countries start with this privilege for the nobility, coupled with their succession law:
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Bavaria also has a policy that portrays its itinerant court:
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As the Holy Roman Emperor, Ludwig starts in possession of some unique works of art, the Imperial Regalia:
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Bavaria also starts with this local work of art:
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Which may be expanded via an event:
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Finally, some Bavarian advances, covering from the Age of Traditions to the Age of Revolutions:
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However my favourite is this one:
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That unlocks this production method:
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Which you can compare with the other PMs for Breweries:
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And that’s all for today! I hope you enjoyed it! Next week we will be travelling back to the Mediterranean shores, to the land of Morocco. Cheers!
 
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Please tell me that I will be able to steal the various works of art associated with the Holy Roman Emperor you show above in a war and bring them to London. :)
As one of our British coworkers just told me: "It's not stealing, it's making sure that cherished valuable items can be seen by anyone in a museum. We're performing a service."

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Good dev diary!
Next Friday marks 1 year since this series started if I'm not mistaken!
Are you guys planning on domingo something special?
Maybe a 3D map sneak peak?
Maybe even the name reveal of the super secret proyect Caesar? :p
I would settle for the British Isles map review or an explanation of how the 100 year war is going to work:)
 
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Do the works of art associated with the Holy Roman Emperor change hands with the election of each Emperor?
Yes, with each election the are moved to the capital of the new emperor (if different from the former).
 
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How would dynastic inheritance work here? If Ludwig Jr rules Brandenburg, which tag would lead the PU after Ludwig Sr. dies? It seems something that can really impact two very played tags.

Also, How often in games are you seen a Bavarian-Brandenburgian union forming? I fear an ahistorical Wittelsbach HRE may become the norm in PC.
 
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Is there going to be any flavour regarding the unification of Bavarian cultures? Will we see an Austrian culture split off and the Bavarian cultures unify? What about if, as Bavaria, we integrate and core Austria? Surely if we play as a unitary Bavarian kingdom for most of the game's timespan it would be odd to represent the cultures a still being split, or in contrast, if we never occupy Austrian lands, for the culture there to remain united with that of the Bavarian realm which is separate to it?
 
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I may be missing something or maybe the production method UI is still a WIP, but is there reason from a player perspective to have both the 1 + .25 + .1 = 1 Beer and the 1 + .25 + .1 = 1.25 beer production methods? It seems like the advance should just replace the original one?
 
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Is this done with an on_action or scripted in the works of arts themselves?
Right now with an event in an on_action, yes.
 
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Hmm..
So Dynasty is GOOD for electors if wanting to become emperor. Vassalization shouldnt hurt either.
So as a wargoal doing dynasty changes on all statelets in the HRE and also vassalize the electors just to be sure. Then have a Brandon Stark election to be king of the seven holy roman empire kingdoms as its only close relatives voting that are already bending their knees.

Perfect for a republic with a king/emperor.

So another map painting technique, almost as fun as a gigantic name stretching across a continent or two.