The Waxing Moon over Iberia:
The Saga of Portugal
Scenario options taken: ICG version 2.0 with Ingermanland to the Teutonic Order, the Austrian Lowlands option, Free Ireland, Free Bretagne, and the Kalmar Union option for Denmark. Also, the "chaos hurts" option has been taken.
Also, I modified Portugal and Spain's CB shields. I have given them each CB shields all over the entire Iberian peninsula, to simulate the dynastic claims of pre-1492 that I have added on my own. (Read the Prologue to understand what I am talking about). As such, as long as Portugal or Spain exists, they will have casus belli on one another.
Some explanations for options taken:
I gave the Teutonic Order Ingermanland in order to increase their survivability a bit. The idea was to provide a buffer state between Danish wars with the Poles between Brandenburg and the Poles. It turns out to not do either of these things, but thats ok.
I gave the Austrians all of the former Burgandy lands for a few reasons. First, I got tired of seeing Austria getting kicked around so badly, so I gave them more land at the start, making them the major power they should be at the beginning. Second, I didn't want to give Spain too much of an advantage early in the game; if it came down to it, I wanted to be able to annex them without annexing all of the soon-to-be Netherlands. Both of these turned out to be moot points as well, albiet for different reasons.
I have already played the scenario out to the mid 1600s, so I "know the future" as it were. You will notice there is no mention of a Treaty of Torsidillas. Thats because it never happened in my game. I discussed it on another thread, and found that my case was very unusual, for the TOT never happens, but the Edict of Tolerance does manage to come around. It was very peculiar, but in the spirit of the scenario, a Treaty of Torsidillas would probably never happened any; the kings of Portugal were to pissed at both the Pope and Spain to agree to any silly thing like that. So, when you dont see the Treaty come around, dont think I forgot to mention it.
I will also beg your forgiveness for a few of the wars Portugal fights. You will notice that in some cases, only one thing happens during a year in some of these wars; Im not leaving anything out, however. Rather, its because there literally was nothing going on except what I listed. In one war I fight with Spain, the only thing that happens all year for about five years are my failed invasions of Sardninia tha take place in November just like clockwork. Also, the colonial conflicts Portugal gets into mean that once I occupy the only colonial possessions someone owns in North America, we sit and do nothing for 5 or 10 years, since they dont both to invade me in Europe. This is becasue of the free star the computer gets, so even as I occupy a few colonies, it is still demanding money for peace, which I refuse. And since I am occupying territories, there will be no automatic white peace. It gets so bad, one war I end up naming "The Quiet War".
Also, on another note, I would like to put a disclaimer up front. I have nothing against Muslims at all. However, the monarchs of Portugal for several decades think it is their job to Christianize the Muslims of North Africa, and they do so by the sword. Its not very pleasant, but it made sense for them to do that, considering I give them very reactionary religious policies. Once the feud with Spain is resolved and Austria gets dismembered, Portugal gets to be the uber-Catholics.
With all of that out of the way, let the AAR begin!
The Saga of Portugal
Scenario options taken: ICG version 2.0 with Ingermanland to the Teutonic Order, the Austrian Lowlands option, Free Ireland, Free Bretagne, and the Kalmar Union option for Denmark. Also, the "chaos hurts" option has been taken.
Also, I modified Portugal and Spain's CB shields. I have given them each CB shields all over the entire Iberian peninsula, to simulate the dynastic claims of pre-1492 that I have added on my own. (Read the Prologue to understand what I am talking about). As such, as long as Portugal or Spain exists, they will have casus belli on one another.
Some explanations for options taken:
I gave the Teutonic Order Ingermanland in order to increase their survivability a bit. The idea was to provide a buffer state between Danish wars with the Poles between Brandenburg and the Poles. It turns out to not do either of these things, but thats ok.
I gave the Austrians all of the former Burgandy lands for a few reasons. First, I got tired of seeing Austria getting kicked around so badly, so I gave them more land at the start, making them the major power they should be at the beginning. Second, I didn't want to give Spain too much of an advantage early in the game; if it came down to it, I wanted to be able to annex them without annexing all of the soon-to-be Netherlands. Both of these turned out to be moot points as well, albiet for different reasons.
I have already played the scenario out to the mid 1600s, so I "know the future" as it were. You will notice there is no mention of a Treaty of Torsidillas. Thats because it never happened in my game. I discussed it on another thread, and found that my case was very unusual, for the TOT never happens, but the Edict of Tolerance does manage to come around. It was very peculiar, but in the spirit of the scenario, a Treaty of Torsidillas would probably never happened any; the kings of Portugal were to pissed at both the Pope and Spain to agree to any silly thing like that. So, when you dont see the Treaty come around, dont think I forgot to mention it.
I will also beg your forgiveness for a few of the wars Portugal fights. You will notice that in some cases, only one thing happens during a year in some of these wars; Im not leaving anything out, however. Rather, its because there literally was nothing going on except what I listed. In one war I fight with Spain, the only thing that happens all year for about five years are my failed invasions of Sardninia tha take place in November just like clockwork. Also, the colonial conflicts Portugal gets into mean that once I occupy the only colonial possessions someone owns in North America, we sit and do nothing for 5 or 10 years, since they dont both to invade me in Europe. This is becasue of the free star the computer gets, so even as I occupy a few colonies, it is still demanding money for peace, which I refuse. And since I am occupying territories, there will be no automatic white peace. It gets so bad, one war I end up naming "The Quiet War".
Also, on another note, I would like to put a disclaimer up front. I have nothing against Muslims at all. However, the monarchs of Portugal for several decades think it is their job to Christianize the Muslims of North Africa, and they do so by the sword. Its not very pleasant, but it made sense for them to do that, considering I give them very reactionary religious policies. Once the feud with Spain is resolved and Austria gets dismembered, Portugal gets to be the uber-Catholics.
With all of that out of the way, let the AAR begin!
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