Hello there!
I will be doing an Ottoman AAR in DW 5.1. First update is coming at the evening when I get home from work. But just some quick facts before AAR starts:
Game itself is the Grand Campaign, played with everything on normal (lucky nations are only exception, they're on random). First updates will be coming quickly, because I've played till 1453 before I decided to write down this AAR. I tried to screenshot everything that was important for me, but sometimes I forgot to press F11 when it was needed, but in the text I will mention it and describe situation (usually I have some screens with impact of decision I've forgot to screen).
Few words for the beginning: I've always found Ottomans to be interesting choice to play. Their starting position, with many uncontested claims, Timur's armies knocking from the east and with Hungary and European nations on the west can be somewhat complicated. But this offers many opportunities as well. Byzantium and southern Greece states are waiting to be annexed and Timurids are offering Infamy free lands. In many games I found myself greedy and too self-confident, thus I was dragged into too many wars and ultimately defeated. This can happen to Ottomans quite easily. But after stabilizing their position real Ottomans were subject to policy of whole Europe, either by preventing wars with them or by wars with them. But after their defeat at Vienna, Ottoman empire started to decline. In this AAR I will be making an alternative history of Ottomans empire, hopefully better than their real one was.
Main goals for this game:
See you there in evening's update
I will be doing an Ottoman AAR in DW 5.1. First update is coming at the evening when I get home from work. But just some quick facts before AAR starts:
- I am not native English speaker, so please be patient with my English, although I think my English is quite good
- This is my first AAR, I am hoping you will find it interesting
Game itself is the Grand Campaign, played with everything on normal (lucky nations are only exception, they're on random). First updates will be coming quickly, because I've played till 1453 before I decided to write down this AAR. I tried to screenshot everything that was important for me, but sometimes I forgot to press F11 when it was needed, but in the text I will mention it and describe situation (usually I have some screens with impact of decision I've forgot to screen).
Few words for the beginning: I've always found Ottomans to be interesting choice to play. Their starting position, with many uncontested claims, Timur's armies knocking from the east and with Hungary and European nations on the west can be somewhat complicated. But this offers many opportunities as well. Byzantium and southern Greece states are waiting to be annexed and Timurids are offering Infamy free lands. In many games I found myself greedy and too self-confident, thus I was dragged into too many wars and ultimately defeated. This can happen to Ottomans quite easily. But after stabilizing their position real Ottomans were subject to policy of whole Europe, either by preventing wars with them or by wars with them. But after their defeat at Vienna, Ottoman empire started to decline. In this AAR I will be making an alternative history of Ottomans empire, hopefully better than their real one was.
Main goals for this game:
- Reconquest of core provinces
- Conquest of what's left from Byzantine empire
- Making Istanbul capital
- Adapting Imperial administration (Empire will last at least till 1650)
- Expansion into the heart of Europe
- And probably making CoT in Thrace, just to remind real history
See you there in evening's update
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