[Abe Sargent]

The Rajahnate of Butuan



Well, it’s time!


Time for another EU4 dynasty.


So, here is where I left off after my successful Russian (My 20th game in EU) campaign:


EU2-4


Wallachia – First dynasty, lost quickly, Orthodox
Wallachia – Second dynasty, lost quickly, Orthodox
Wallachia – Third dynasty, lost quickly, Orthodox
Trebizond – Fourth Dynasty, won, ended the Grand Campaign as #1 nation in the world, Orthodox
Oldenburg – Fifth Dynasty, won, ended as #2 nation, Catholic/Protestant

This led to my next Dynasty online here at FOFC:

Mataram – Sixth Dynasty, won. Still my favorite EU dynasty of all time, btw. United all Hindu nations from SE Asia. Created a love affair between me and the Indies that still lasts to this day.

Granada – Seventh Dynasty, survived, Still my 3rd favorite dynasty of all time. Used events made for hypothetical resurgent Granada that included a new Crusade against the Muslims on Iberia and an attempt for another Reconquista.


Naxos – Eighth Dynasty, won, formed Italy, Catholic
Songhai – Ninth Dynasty, won, took over Africa for Islam

Bar – Tenth Dynasty, lost very quickly
Bar – Eleventh Dynasty, lost very quickly

Connaught – Twelfth dynasty, won, formed Ireland, Catholic

Utrecht - Thirteenth Dynasty, Catholic, lost after a few hours

Lorraine – Fourteenth dynasty, won, took over HRE title, Catholic, 5th favorite EU dynasty

Oman – Fifteenth dynasty, won, became Muslim Portugal

Kamchatka – Sixteenth dynasty, won, my 2nd favorite dynasty with the fun Pagan nation.

Mysore – Seventeenth dynasty, won, formed Bharat as the Muslim India.

Huyla – Eighteenth dynasty, won, my 4th favorite dynasty, formed Inca Empire

Kongo – Nineteenth dynasty, won, merged Africa into a mostly Catholic state

Pskov – 20th Dynasty, won, took Orthodox Vache Republic and turned it into the Tsardom of Russia and conquered many nations in doing so.

As of right now:




Not counting CK or ones I’ve lost:

Africa – 2, Songhai, Kongo
Asia – 5, Kamchatka, Mataram, Mysore, Oman, Trebizond
N. America – 0
S. America – 1, Huyla
Europe – 6, Naxos, Granada, Oldenburg, Lorraine, Connaught, Pskov


Religions:

Orthodox – 2 (Trebizond, Pskov)
Catholic/Protestant - 5 (Kongo, Naxos, Oldenburg, Lorraine, Connaught)
Muslim - 4 (Granada, Oman, Mysore, Songhai)
Hindu – 1 (Mataram)
Inti – 1 (Huyla)
Animist – 1 (Kamchatka)

Themes:

I feel like I’ve done enough Christian stuff for now. 7 of my 14 successful dynasties were Christian of some sort. They just added Anglican as a distinct branch, but I’ve already done an Irish dynasty, and I’m not really interested in Scotland or anything nearby. I feel the next game does those areas better due to the lack of a giant England next to you that’s already annexed Wales and has a foot hold on the emerald isle.

I’ve also done a ton of European nations as well. 6 of my 14 have been in European, and several of my Asian nations are right next to it, such as Oman and Trebizond. Only Mataram in the Indies, Mysore in India, and Kamchatka feel properly Asian.

I could do another African nation.

Here are my quick thoughts:

1. Take a North African Muslim nation, spread across the sea to Europe and hit them back. Both of my African nations are Sub-Saharan so this would be cool.
2. Take an Eastern African nation, like Nubia, that is Christian and build it into a great nation against the northern Muslim nations.
3. Take a North American tribe for a spin.
4. Head back to Asia for Japan, which is a splintered state, and try to survive
5. Head back to Asia for China and see if I can take the Glass Tiger.

Here were my CK stuff too, in case you care

CK1-2:

Halsingland, First dynasty, won, formed Sweden
Salerno, Second dynasty, won, formed Italy, fought off Mongol Invasion
Sligo, Third dynasty, lost to bigger Irish powers
Glamorgan, fourth dynasty, lost to England
Suenik, fifth dynasty, lost
Suenik, sixth dynasty, lost
Suenik, seventh dynasty, lost
Lubek, eighth dynasty, won
Yegorlyk, ninth dynasty, won
Aragon – Tenth dynasty, won Reconquista

Now, there are a few different dynasties I’ve done.

So it’s time for my 20th dynasty. Going in, you’ll note that I’ve done dynasties in places like Africa, Asia, the Indies, Europe, and the Americas.

Adding in CK wins:

Europe – 5
Asia – 1, Yegorlyk

I have not done some major sort of iconic options:


So what am I thinking?



It’s time to head back to East Asia. Let’s look at the map.






I have a slightly different idea. Let’s not do Japan or China….


How about the Philippines instead?