Yeowch!
Haven't commented much lately, I know, but still enjoying your wanderings through the various courts of the world that has unfolded
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Haven't commented much lately, I know, but still enjoying your wanderings through the various courts of the world that has unfolded
Sorry, but you did get to sit at the head table. Is your tetanus shot up to date?Yeowch!
Haven't commented much lately, I know, but still enjoying your wanderings through the various courts of the world that has unfolded
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You are Welcome! You have given me hours of enjoyment.
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I am old. I am a child of the 50s. No, not the 1850s. I watched the original and did not realize movie until checking names and dates.That’s one from the vault!
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Well, Maghreb and Syria aren't doing well...
Byzantium still doing fine, which is excellent!
Byzantium still doing fine, which is excellent!
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@HistoryDude, thank you for the observations.
Maghreb was surprising in how quickly it went so bad. Family squabbles and Catholics are proving a lethal combination. Forget 1492, there will probably not be a Sunni ruled province in Iberia by 1292. Castille already has a foothold in northwest Africa. (Small picture, the Castillan Queen is the niece of one of Doux Gjin's sisters-in-law.)
Syria would not surprise me to be back in top five by 1250. Sultan Saladin is alive as of July 1242. He is now Sultan of Syria and Arabia. The Caliph called an Egypt Jihad and defeated the Poles, granting Egypt to Saladin. Basileus Megistos did win a holy war for Cilicia against Sultan Saladin, gaining one province (other four owned by Sultanate of Rum).
Byzantium has lost Trebizond and Doux Alexios to Rum. The Merchants of Ragusa has been the star of the Empire. Ragusa begun game as one province exclave separated by two provinces from remainder of Empire. Ragusa now owns four, threatening to take another and is linked to the empire. (I took one of the two.) Serbia is fighting Ragusa and a Bulgarian vassal for its last two provinces. My younger daughter is engaged to the King of Bulgaria. (Older daughter got even better marriage, which will be revealed later.)
@HistoryDude, as our Byzantine expert, you get to sit at the head table during future Byzantine banquets. Remember when dining with Basileus Magistos 'the Fat':
a) Anything on his plate is his.
b) If his plate is empty, anything on your plate can be his.
c) Your tetanus shot should be up to date.
@Specialist290, I am sorry but @HistoryDude took your place at Basileus Megistos' table. Is there another ruler's head table that you wish to join?
Everyone, thank you for reading. @JSB217118 is safely back with us, thanks to the A-Team and Dewey Cheatem. Hannibal and the elephants are drawing us closer to our destination.- 4
At least he’s not one of those cannibalistic Scottish kings who devours his pregnant daughters-in-law!
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Just a hungry fat man.At least he’s not one of those cannibalistic Scottish kings who devours his pregnant daughters-in-law!
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Thank you loyal readers! We have passed the one thousand view (probably half are mine) milestone.
Hannibal's pachyderms have safely delivered us to Karur on the east bank of the Indus. Shahanshah Säm's Empire of Rajasthan contains 186 holdings in India's northwest stretching westward towards Persia.
Our planned return to Europe by balloon has been changed due to a recent deterioration in Iraq/Dyrrachion relations.
If your ideal AAR contains witty words and a plethora of pictures, You should locate 'Road of Queens' at a forum near your home. If you desire a megacampaign, @Kazanov has three volumes spanning a Phoenician colony in Iberia (EU4), an exile to the Yucatan (CK2) and a return to the Old World (CK2) before we hit the year 800. The next volume should be in CK3.
England and HRE will be our next two stops.
Hannibal's pachyderms have safely delivered us to Karur on the east bank of the Indus. Shahanshah Säm's Empire of Rajasthan contains 186 holdings in India's northwest stretching westward towards Persia.
1 January 1186 56yo Ghiyath Ghurid forms the Empire of Rajasthan.
19 March 1190 60yo Shahanshah Ghiyath dies mysteriously with his 23yo grandson, Säm Ghurid, inheriting the Empire.
58yo Shahanshah Säm joins Caliph Al-Zahir as the last top five rulers born before the 1187 game start. The Persian (yes @diskoerekto, I expected Turkish) Sunni governs two duchies and five counties as well as the empire. Two kings, a duke, twelve counts and seven barons pay homage to the Shahanshah. Even as a scholarly theologian with a theology focus, Shahanshah Säm has no special talents (5-5-5-1-8).Shahanshah Säm has pledged his fourteen thousand army to the thirty nation coalition opposing Genghis Khan Ajai of the Mongol Empire's invasion of Khazaria. Cynical observers say this is a reaction to two local Muslim leaders forming a 'death pact' against him because of his five 'bad boy' points. It is said that Shahanshah Säm has no more knowledge of Khazaria than he does of Kalmazoo.
Shahanshah Säm has invited the foremost authority on Greek-Indian relations, @Eurasia, to deliver tonight's keynote address. Afterwards he will autograph copies of his book, 'Road of Queens', which will be on sale in the lobby for $49.95. Lord Meow-Meow, his friend and writer of the book's foreword, will pose for selfies upon a $10 donation to the 'Save the Tiger' fund.Our planned return to Europe by balloon has been changed due to a recent deterioration in Iraq/Dyrrachion relations.
23 August 1226 The Pope after meeting with @JSB217118, calls a crusade for the Kingdom of Jerusalem against Caliph Al-Zahir.
24 March 1232 The Pope awards the Kingdom to Gauthier de Lusignan. Gauthier is the product of a matrilineal marriage between the son of Kaiser Friedrich and the daughter of King Guy of Jerusalem.
22 February 1240 61yo Doux Gjin defeats a member of the Caliph's family in a battlefield duel during a war between Basileus Megistos and Sultan Saladin.
Through his contacts with the British Admirality 'James Bond' @Bullfilter has obtained two boats to transport us down the Indus River, across the Indian Ocean, up the Red Sea where King Wladyslaw II of Egypt will commandeer Egyptians to ford the boats to the Mediterranean Sea. @Bullfilter will command one boat with @Kazanov captaining the other.If your ideal AAR contains witty words and a plethora of pictures, You should locate 'Road of Queens' at a forum near your home. If you desire a megacampaign, @Kazanov has three volumes spanning a Phoenician colony in Iberia (EU4), an exile to the Yucatan (CK2) and a return to the Old World (CK2) before we hit the year 800. The next volume should be in CK3.
England and HRE will be our next two stops.
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The start dates don't work very well with Turkish culture, in many games they get replaced by neighboring cultures or that's what I experienced anyway
But this Şahanşah seems like quite the powerful guy despite the stats
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The 1204 and later dates produced strong Turks in India. One game had an Afghan. Thank you for reading.The start dates don't work very well with Turkish culture, in many games they get replaced by neighboring cultures or that's what I experienced anyway
But this Şahanşah seems like quite the powerful guy despite the stats
This is a group rate. Maybe you have more amends to make with the tigers.Only $10? She made me pay $30!
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Well played. Given the number of tiger hunts conducted under his guiding hand, an extra CK$20 crypto dollar mark up for @Eurasia does seem fair
Quite the trek! Perhaps we could sell the old boats and buys new ones in the Med? Though if the Crusader King of Egypt is willing to port them across, then we’ll and good.
PS: The AAR is going from strength to strength. One small suggestion: I sometimes find it a little hard each chapter to figure out for sure what year the review is being conducted from for each country. Any chance of a quick heads-up each time, either that or a mention when we go from one review point to another?
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