A little report for Nabukodonosor when he gets back: Began the session with a war on Prussia, with both sides agreeing not to make too much of it. Uberleaders were kept in reserve, and when other countries began to pull themselves into the war, we wp'd. It went back and forth mostly, but I think if it had gone on France would've pulled off a victory, however Tem probably would say the exact opposite 
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After the war, I hoped to DOW the Netherlands and make them my vassal. First, I asked them if they would attack England soon, to be fair to them, and learned they were going to fight Persia. So I waited instead, and then talked to the Persians when their backs were to the wall, and offered to save them if they gave me Kutch. Had to settle for authority over who Persia embargoed and rights to its monopolies. I marched Lannes and 200k to the Dutch border, and stated my terms. WP to Persia, and become a French vassal(not necessarily in game terms), committing the Dutch navy to whatever objectives France seeks. Dud was very sober about it, and did the sensible thing. Short of having England or Prussia intervene for him, there was really no way to protect NL from France anyway. So France gained a lot of influence without doing more than parade troops around.
Prussia became embroiled in a war alongside Denmark and the OE against Austria, Russia and after its NAP expired, England. I decided to help vs England, because I didn't want Prussia to fail vs the English, and hoped to steal the NA cot before the session ended. We only had about 30 minutes left at this point. I had about 90k in NA under some average leaders, and with them invaded NA up to Sentee. It was lucky the English didn't keep anything there to defend with, otherwise I could've easily been held back somewhere in Appalachia. The Prussian distraction allowed for easy French victory, gaining Sentee, and I think Temujin took 5kD.
Then I turned on Austria and took Schwyz, Mantua and Romagna. That war almost led France into fighting Prussia again, as Austria had become Prussia's vassal, so it could ask for Prussian protection. None was pledged or rendered though, so the war went rather smoothly. I doubt highly that Prussian intervention would've made the war all that difficult anyway, because at this point France was fully prepared, having a full MP pool and full standing army, while Prussia was tired from all its warring. With this in mind, I wanted to fight another war with Prussia after truce expired a few months after the Aus war anyway, and DOW'd hoping we had enough time left to occupy the Rhineland, but we were already pushing it and people had to go. France has just DOW'd Prussia, and is ready to begin the surge forward.
I actually didn't use any Nappy leaders at all so far, apart from Lannes' parade on the Dutch border. I've been saving them for a time I'd need them, nor has France lost any other leaders yet. It's pretty much as prepared as it can be, apart from lacking a navy. It has about 50kD in the treasury also, which is kind of a shame. If I could've built ships that would be effective, that'd have been the best investment of that stash, but oh well. If we play on, maybe France could be editted to better NT in exchange for maybe 45kD, or something similar?
. After the war, I hoped to DOW the Netherlands and make them my vassal. First, I asked them if they would attack England soon, to be fair to them, and learned they were going to fight Persia. So I waited instead, and then talked to the Persians when their backs were to the wall, and offered to save them if they gave me Kutch. Had to settle for authority over who Persia embargoed and rights to its monopolies. I marched Lannes and 200k to the Dutch border, and stated my terms. WP to Persia, and become a French vassal(not necessarily in game terms), committing the Dutch navy to whatever objectives France seeks. Dud was very sober about it, and did the sensible thing. Short of having England or Prussia intervene for him, there was really no way to protect NL from France anyway. So France gained a lot of influence without doing more than parade troops around.
Prussia became embroiled in a war alongside Denmark and the OE against Austria, Russia and after its NAP expired, England. I decided to help vs England, because I didn't want Prussia to fail vs the English, and hoped to steal the NA cot before the session ended. We only had about 30 minutes left at this point. I had about 90k in NA under some average leaders, and with them invaded NA up to Sentee. It was lucky the English didn't keep anything there to defend with, otherwise I could've easily been held back somewhere in Appalachia. The Prussian distraction allowed for easy French victory, gaining Sentee, and I think Temujin took 5kD.
Then I turned on Austria and took Schwyz, Mantua and Romagna. That war almost led France into fighting Prussia again, as Austria had become Prussia's vassal, so it could ask for Prussian protection. None was pledged or rendered though, so the war went rather smoothly. I doubt highly that Prussian intervention would've made the war all that difficult anyway, because at this point France was fully prepared, having a full MP pool and full standing army, while Prussia was tired from all its warring. With this in mind, I wanted to fight another war with Prussia after truce expired a few months after the Aus war anyway, and DOW'd hoping we had enough time left to occupy the Rhineland, but we were already pushing it and people had to go. France has just DOW'd Prussia, and is ready to begin the surge forward.
I actually didn't use any Nappy leaders at all so far, apart from Lannes' parade on the Dutch border. I've been saving them for a time I'd need them, nor has France lost any other leaders yet. It's pretty much as prepared as it can be, apart from lacking a navy. It has about 50kD in the treasury also, which is kind of a shame. If I could've built ships that would be effective, that'd have been the best investment of that stash, but oh well. If we play on, maybe France could be editted to better NT in exchange for maybe 45kD, or something similar?
