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The AI never seems to learn... (sigh) Oh well. Yes, my British Isles allies have come quite in handy!
I'm reasonably sure Novgorod disappeared before this -- subsumed in many wars with Muscovy and Lithuania. I'm pretty sure it's Kazakh, actually, even though my memory is not telling me what happened to cause them to also become extinct before "the event" which completely changed that portion of the world. I'm sure we'll see hints of it as this AAR continues.
Well.... I didn't say she made the "most intelligent choice"!Does GB propose an alliance with the great Milanese Empire?!
Had Britain proposed alliance in this time, I almost certainly would have accepted, just to put a cease to their persistent ankle-biting. But they made an intelligent choice....Hope to update this weekend, but I cannot guarantee anything. My anniversary was this week, and so what little time isn't taken up by freelance projects is dedicated to my wife of 7 years.
We'll see! Thank you, everybody!
Rensslaer
Time for rent a mob. They already work for Milan!
Kazakh? Does Muscovy implode in several succession wars? Kazakh could have reformed from a revolt from the Horde or whatever state conquered them.
Kazakh? Does Muscovy implode in several succession wars? Kazakh could have reformed from a revolt from the Horde or whatever state conquered them.
Rensslaer, having lurked around the AAR's for a while now, I have thoroughly been absorbed by your AAR's. Just to say keep up the good work. Many Thanks
Sorry! Been really, really busy!
I'll see if I can do something this weekend.Yeah, I do have quite a few mobs on retainer, don't I?
Nope, pretty sure Muscovy defeated Kazakh, and I haven't seen them since. But I might be wrong.
Agamemnon! Thank you, and Welcome! I'm always honored to have someone's first post on the forum, especially from someone named Agamemnon!Rensslaer, having lurked around the AAR's for a while now, I have thoroughly been absorbed by your AAR's. Just to say keep up the good work. Many Thanks
Welcome, Armonistan! Thanks for dropping a line! It's readers like you who make up a huge portion of that readcount, so thanks!
I will try to do an update this weekend, but I can't promise. We'll see.
Ironically, my plan was to increase my posting rate so I can finish this before HOI 3 releases, because I'd love to do some AARs on that.
Thanks again to everyone who's reading, and lurking, and especially to all those who comment!
Rensslaer
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It's quite pleasing to see land of Egypt, which was centre of early Christianity, to return back to the Christian faith.
Yes, I rather enjoy that. I'm also (you'll see I'm starting this, and continuing into the next updates) recapturing the Coptic lands of Ethiopia.
The yellow thing is Muscovy, which eventually becomes Russia in our time. They've had some wars with Sweden, and that's why they've got a little bit of Sweden there.
Interesting things ahead for Muscovy!
Sorry for no update. Soon. Deadlines almost over.
Thanks for reading!
Rensslaer
Really? I suspected it was Moscow, but I have never seen them become so big (in my games at least)
I again humbly ask your forgiveness for my long and continuing absence!
Too much stuff to do, deadlines and all that! I can't find a good excuse to pull away and do another update.
I'll get another ready as soon as I can.
Thanks!
Rensslaer
Too much stuff to do, deadlines and all that! I can't find a good excuse to pull away and do another update.
I'll get another ready as soon as I can.
Thanks!
Rensslaer
If you're bored, and itching for more Rensslaer writing, go read Fire Warms the Northern Lands in the meantime!
If you're bored, and itching for more Rensslaer writing, go read Fire Warms the Northern Lands in the meantime!
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You bet!<announcer-type voice> Just another Public Service Announcement brought to you by the Shameless Plug Department!
It's called repurposing old material... leave it in the waiting room so people can mind the time....
Rensslaer: Our first conquest was also the most important. Cairo fell almost immediately. .. The rest of the Mamluk Empire fell almost as quickly.
splendid ! !
Rensslaer: ...Rhodes and the Knights collapsed, and became annexed. This will prove a valuable base against the Ottomans on the mainland, across which there is a strait where we can connect easily with the land.
more splendid ! !
Rensslaer: ...we find more and more in common with our eastern neighbors. .. We accept an alliance with Lithuania, which has fought not a few wars with the Turks.
who offered that alliance ? ?
Rensslaer: ...Fez becomes only the latest addition to the Protestant faith from the African Mediterranean coast! .. Even the formerly Mamluk lands are converting, slowly but surely.
aye, keep those missionaries busy ! !
Rensslaer: ...Next, we’re about to discover that Britain has finally ... made an intelligent choice about how to ensure ones’ survival…
vassalage would probably be the most intelligent choice, but not likely. nor is personal union likely... alliance ? ?
magnificent updates ! !
caught up.
splendid ! !
Rensslaer: ...Rhodes and the Knights collapsed, and became annexed. This will prove a valuable base against the Ottomans on the mainland, across which there is a strait where we can connect easily with the land.
more splendid ! !
Rensslaer: ...we find more and more in common with our eastern neighbors. .. We accept an alliance with Lithuania, which has fought not a few wars with the Turks.
who offered that alliance ? ?
Rensslaer: ...Fez becomes only the latest addition to the Protestant faith from the African Mediterranean coast! .. Even the formerly Mamluk lands are converting, slowly but surely.
aye, keep those missionaries busy ! !
Rensslaer: ...Next, we’re about to discover that Britain has finally ... made an intelligent choice about how to ensure ones’ survival…
vassalage would probably be the most intelligent choice, but not likely. nor is personal union likely... alliance ? ?
magnificent updates ! !
caught up.
My apologies for being gone for a really, really busy month! Hopefully this update will help mollify you!
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Now, we’re about to discover that Britain has finally been driven to the point of desperation, yet at the same time, she’s made an intelligent choice about how to ensure ones’ survival…
This is our own declaration, planning to make more inroads into Mohammedan territory. Serbia – treacherous Serbia! – decided not to declare war on their former overseers. We shall deal with them another time. We’re also surprised (again, didn’t look, but who cares?) to find that not only much of Africa, but also the British! are in alliance with the Ottomans!
Our initial clashes at sea go well. We immediately jump on London, but perhaps a little too quickly. They push back our first attempt.
Even at Ankara, we perhaps jump in a little too quickly. Though our numbers are sure, so are our losses. We immediately assault the fort. Other troops columns march north from Syria to deal with other Ottoman provinces.
This prompts a bloody clash at Sivas. The Turks fight well, and yet are completely mismatched in technology. They cannot stand. The enemy is quickly defeated at Mus.
Yes, that’s actually Austria under that silly unit interface – kind of like having your finger over the lens when you take a picture! But yes, Austria – our longtime enemy – is now on our side!
The British Isles have again become a confusing miasma. Surely, like all the other wars, this will soon be decided in our favor, but it’s not starting out all that well. Numbers will tell, eventually. East Anglia was the first to fall, and Cornwall is besieging London, while Wales sits upon Oxfordshire.
We win a major battle (a second one) at Sivas, drawing the Ottoman armies down yet further. Another skirmish there, in July, proved inconclusive, though it was a loss for our side. A minor point. Siege duration will not win this war – we’re climbing walls.
In England, James III holds onto Kent, but with serious losses he cannot sustain. He keeps his cordon around the city, but we’re mounting a counteroffensive in the north, driving one of their armies back, with an eye toward retrieving Lancashire from British hands. Soon, they quickly crush this northern British army, and force them to surrender.
And hmmm…. Someone let the seadogs out at Dogger Bank! Quickly fixed.
The British refuse a very reasonable peace offer – we were trying to limit our focus, as I’m not really in the mood for yet another drawn-out war with Britain. If they so choose (as they have), then I’ll oblige.
Albania and Sopron both fall, the campaign in the north going as planned. We choose to engage at Kastamon, where the fighting is sharp, and evenly matched. Reinforcements on the Ottoman side cause Milan to withdraw to cause more trouble elsewhere.
At Pecs, the Balkan war continues to go well. More sniping near Sivas results in more dead Turks. The Welsh capture Lancashire back from the British.
At varying places around the Empire, enormous rebellions begin happening. Whether this is in response to the war, or a complete happenstance, it’s difficult to say. But more than 6,000 rebels rose up near Munster, and now in September we see another 22,000 raise the Vatican flag in Rome. A resurgence of Catholic revanchism??? Munster, like the Vatican, was a clerical city. Who knows.
Finally, Sivas and Hawran (in the Levant, near the Holy Land) surrender. Ankara comes under more concentrated attack. The war progresses slowly, but irrepressibly. The Turks have only 15,000 soldiers left in all of Anatolia, all based up in Kastamon. While our forces have been reduced by assaults, we can still take them, especially while holding the advantage of our technology.
On the rebellions front, at least we finally have a more substantial fortress built at Cape, where we hope future rebellions will not cause so much difficulty.
We continue to make progress in Canada.
Off the Cretan coast, we successfully turn away a small squadron of Turkish warships, and even capture one of them. Gone, it seems, is the massive Ottoman fleet which sunk our navy some years back.
Here, we turn our attention to another matter which burns at our hearts. We are not yet dedicated to an attack, but our “alliance” with Serbia needs dealing with. We revoke our military access treaty, as it is far less important in light of their refusal to join our war with the Ottomans, who we’d thought they would be eager to fight.
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Now, we’re about to discover that Britain has finally been driven to the point of desperation, yet at the same time, she’s made an intelligent choice about how to ensure ones’ survival…
This is our own declaration, planning to make more inroads into Mohammedan territory. Serbia – treacherous Serbia! – decided not to declare war on their former overseers. We shall deal with them another time. We’re also surprised (again, didn’t look, but who cares?) to find that not only much of Africa, but also the British! are in alliance with the Ottomans!
Our initial clashes at sea go well. We immediately jump on London, but perhaps a little too quickly. They push back our first attempt.
Even at Ankara, we perhaps jump in a little too quickly. Though our numbers are sure, so are our losses. We immediately assault the fort. Other troops columns march north from Syria to deal with other Ottoman provinces.
This prompts a bloody clash at Sivas. The Turks fight well, and yet are completely mismatched in technology. They cannot stand. The enemy is quickly defeated at Mus.
Yes, that’s actually Austria under that silly unit interface – kind of like having your finger over the lens when you take a picture! But yes, Austria – our longtime enemy – is now on our side!
The British Isles have again become a confusing miasma. Surely, like all the other wars, this will soon be decided in our favor, but it’s not starting out all that well. Numbers will tell, eventually. East Anglia was the first to fall, and Cornwall is besieging London, while Wales sits upon Oxfordshire.
We win a major battle (a second one) at Sivas, drawing the Ottoman armies down yet further. Another skirmish there, in July, proved inconclusive, though it was a loss for our side. A minor point. Siege duration will not win this war – we’re climbing walls.
In England, James III holds onto Kent, but with serious losses he cannot sustain. He keeps his cordon around the city, but we’re mounting a counteroffensive in the north, driving one of their armies back, with an eye toward retrieving Lancashire from British hands. Soon, they quickly crush this northern British army, and force them to surrender.
And hmmm…. Someone let the seadogs out at Dogger Bank! Quickly fixed.
The British refuse a very reasonable peace offer – we were trying to limit our focus, as I’m not really in the mood for yet another drawn-out war with Britain. If they so choose (as they have), then I’ll oblige.
Albania and Sopron both fall, the campaign in the north going as planned. We choose to engage at Kastamon, where the fighting is sharp, and evenly matched. Reinforcements on the Ottoman side cause Milan to withdraw to cause more trouble elsewhere.
At Pecs, the Balkan war continues to go well. More sniping near Sivas results in more dead Turks. The Welsh capture Lancashire back from the British.
At varying places around the Empire, enormous rebellions begin happening. Whether this is in response to the war, or a complete happenstance, it’s difficult to say. But more than 6,000 rebels rose up near Munster, and now in September we see another 22,000 raise the Vatican flag in Rome. A resurgence of Catholic revanchism??? Munster, like the Vatican, was a clerical city. Who knows.
Finally, Sivas and Hawran (in the Levant, near the Holy Land) surrender. Ankara comes under more concentrated attack. The war progresses slowly, but irrepressibly. The Turks have only 15,000 soldiers left in all of Anatolia, all based up in Kastamon. While our forces have been reduced by assaults, we can still take them, especially while holding the advantage of our technology.
On the rebellions front, at least we finally have a more substantial fortress built at Cape, where we hope future rebellions will not cause so much difficulty.
We continue to make progress in Canada.
Off the Cretan coast, we successfully turn away a small squadron of Turkish warships, and even capture one of them. Gone, it seems, is the massive Ottoman fleet which sunk our navy some years back.
Here, we turn our attention to another matter which burns at our hearts. We are not yet dedicated to an attack, but our “alliance” with Serbia needs dealing with. We revoke our military access treaty, as it is far less important in light of their refusal to join our war with the Ottomans, who we’d thought they would be eager to fight.
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You should recruit a few admirals to be able to obtain a few enemy ships into your own armada.
The war is progressing very fine I think. But I was a little surprised to see almost everyone, even the British, were allied to the Ottomans. It almost looks like the British want to lose yet another war since they always befriends your enemies... Still that will give your vassals more land and that is always good. Now press forward against the Ottomans and then grab as much land as possible.