1635 It has been a few years. I took some more land from Yuan and conquered a broad swath of Manchuria, making it to the sea in the north. There are more Yuan lands to claim, but I can do so with pretty little investment at this point. Alupa and the Uqqids now have land […]Read Post ›
1504 Although I want to dominate China, it’s best to take my time to avoid all the little nations forming coalitions against me. So I focus on internal affairs. First of all, I’m at nearly 50% crown land and the estates all like me, so it’s time to use that to my advantage. I invest […]Read Post ›
Conversion I’ve transferred the my save from Crusader Kings II to Europa Universalis IV. I’m transferring between the newest versions of the games, but the converter hasn’t been updated for the newest EU4 map changes, so there are independent counties within my borders now for no reason. Since it’s a technical issue, I’ll use the […]Read Post ›
Emperor Zhou Chengzu the Turbulent River Dragon, year 1250 The immortal emperor has reached 100 years of age, and still looks 22, or would, under his mask, but he has degenerated in other ways; The treatments against the cancer that took his father’s life left him disfigured and lunatic. Nonetheless, he is ready… For a […]Read Post ›
Immortal Emperor Zhou Chengzu the Turbulent River Dragon, 1196 I didn’t mention it before, but one side effect of the Imperial Chinese government type is that my monarchs now take a regnal name, so Zhou Chuke is now Zhou Chengzu. He is also now totally independent meaning that without taxes to pay, my income is […]Read Post ›
Zhou Hong the Wise, 1142 Wars with Nepal have destabilized them so much that even my dukes are capable – and, it seems, very willing – of taking small counties from them. I let them go about it while I go on kowtow and regain troops and money. In the west, crusades and holy wars […]Read Post ›
Zhao Judao It’s another child king. Based on his stats, he’s likely to be a bit mediocre, but he’s a kid, he has room to grow. You may notice he’s betrothed to a relative; that’s because I’m breeding in some important local bloodlines, I’ll show you later. A few moments after becoming an adult, I […]Read Post ›
In the first session, I brought myself to dominance within the Western Protectorate, controlling all counties except the two held by the Protector General himself. I expanded a bit into the realm of Khotan, and then as the continuing collapse of Tibet reached a certain level, I was able to take land in the province […]Read Post ›
I teased this some years ago, but now due to Corona it’s time to try a grand campaign through the main four franchises of Paradox Interactive. In other words, Crusader Kings II, Europa Universalis IV, Victoria 2, and Hearts of Iron 4. I’m not confident I’ll get through all of them, because there are bugs […]Read Post ›
Turn Fifty-Three Well, the right arm moved one of his armies the wrong way for a that three turn victory I was talking about last turn, so now instead of two turns until we win, in the best case, we have four. I guess I’ll send my own armies over to see what can be […]Read Post ›
