EU4 - Now What - Mzab - Now Algiers! Finished - 11 Nov, 1444 - 3 Jan, 1821

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Thirty-Three - Additional Diplomats

1 Jan, 1502 – We convert Sauora next is Demnate

I order a Workshop in Kairwan for it’s Grain

1 March – Event – Growth in Port of Bahia – The COT there grows by one

I fulfill a mission –

Build Buildings – I needed 5 Workshops and Mosques – I get 50 ADM power and for 25 years we get +10% Tax Income

Next is Build a Treasury

25 Mar – We convert Tililalt and next is Tadla

I spend some DIP power to promote Moroccan to an accepted culture

1 April – Gharb converts, nothing next

Expansion Idea #5 – Additional Diplomats - I get +1 Dip Relations I can now have relations with another state like alliances and marriage without suffering penalties in my loss of DIP power

That unlocks our next Berber Idea – Corsairs - +1 annual naval tradition and +10% privateer efficiency

I have a ton of money from my promotion of Morocco so I hire a level 2 DIP advisor Navigator who gives me +20% colonial range – and I am still making cash with 5.19 spent in upkeep. I am now making 8/8/4 power monthly

16 April – I get a Royal Marriage offer from Fulo, do I take it? Sure thing

20 Oct – Explorer mission done, next is Caribbean

7 Dec – Our diplomat in Portugal was discovered

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Thirty-Four - The Founding of Colonialism in Algiers


1 Jan, 1503 - The Colonialism Institution has begun, in our area in Gharb!

Here’s what happens, here I’ll grab a screen shot:



Wow! 100 in each Monarch power and then all of those boosts? Nasty! You also see the boost for Gharb proper.

Also see the Portugal Columbian Exchange event that just happened.

I order a Workshop in Kabylia for it’s Iron mines

8 Mar – Brazil is colonizing Rio Grande

20 April – Event – Colonial Expansion – I let Algerian Brazil expand and we lose relations with the locals

13 July – Exploration mission finished, next is Caribbean Coast

17 Oct – I join the Turks in their war against Venice

I order my army to North Africa from the Morocco border to get ready for a crossing

Oh, it looks like Morocco has joined an alliance with the Turks, so this might not be long in happening

I pull my diplomat from Portugal after claiming Jamaica and then order it to make nice with the Mamluks

7 Dec – My army arrives in our capital to play defense

New Tech:

MIL TECH 9 – Professional Officers - +0.25 tactics, +1 combat width and I can get Shamshir Infantry. I order them now before war begins and my army inland to Ouarsenis

2 Jan, 1504 – I want to order an upgraded Center of Trade in Gharb but we cannot at war, so I order a Mosque in Kairwan.

25 Jan – Demnate converts and only Tadla is left

5 Feb – Fulo is at war with Songhai, I give them military access, that’s not going to go well.

13 Mar – Exploration mission done, next is Western Indian Ocean Sea

19 June – Tadla converts and that’s the last one

1 Oct – Expansion Idea - #6 – General Colonization Law – I get another Colonist!

I send them to the African Island of Sao Tome with no natives.

15 Oct - Our general passes and I hire another this one just one star

8 Dec – Event – Merchants Suffer I spend 10 DIP power to alleviate it.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Thirty-Five - Carracks and Caravels


1 Jan, 1505 – I order a Mosque in Beefada

26 Feb – We set up in Sao Tome the Island

1 April – Esperito Santo – 10 dev, Brazilian coast, handed over, Jungle, Cocoa made here, Algerian and Ibadi

I send these colonists to Brazilian coast Sao Tome south of Esperito Santo which is given to Brazil

1 May - New Tech!

DIP TECH 9 – Carracks and Caravels – We can build those ships, and then +50 max colonial range and then we can study tech

25 May – Event – Colony in trouble – I spend cash to keep Bahia from losing colonists

1 July – Event – Qasim Benzai and his Family – I choose to put him in Brazil and gain +10% trading power there for 10 years

10 Aug – We arrive in Sao Tome in Brazil, which is next to Rio de Janeiro our next target here in Brazil

1 Nov – Rio de la Plata – 11 dev, Grain grown here, natural harbor, Algerian and Ibadi, I state it, Parana estuary, we make 0.35, Grassland, Center of Trade, La Plata colonial region,

I order these colonists to the four dev Coffee province Montevideo

1 Jan, 1506 - Naval Supplies in Sao Tome the island

I order a Mosque in Ousatineh

10 Feb – Natives killed in Montevideo, I head to Rio de Janeiro

9 Mar – Event – A Wandering Minstrel - I choose to let him play where he wants and get 50 ADM power

2 May – With a relations of 139 we are maxed with our ally Mamluks and I pull my colonist next is making nice with Castille

10 June – We set up in Montevideo

13 Aug – Natives killed in Rio de Janeiro, I head back to La Plata

11 Sept – Event – Marriageable Women in the Sao Tome Island.

8 Dec – Another Age of Discovery ability, I choose – Cavalry Armies which won’t do much with us.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Thirty-Six - Competitive Merchants


1 Jan, 1507 – I order a Mosque in Oujya

I spend 50 DIP power to invite minorities to my capital state

1 Mar - I send my La Plata Conquistador army to take out some nearby La Plata natives and then move over to Africa to help with that.

25 Mar – Exploration Done! Next is Western Indian Ocean Coast

2 April – Event – Protests in Tilimsan I agree and lose some power

23 April – Natives in Colonia killed

26 April – Portugal claim Melilla

23 May – Natives killed in Banda Oriental

5 Aug – We get the next Expansion Idea #7 – Competitive Merchants - +20% Global Trade Power – we finish and get -10% minimum autonomy in territories

Since I have finished both Expansion and Exploration I pass this policy:

Colonial Expansion - +20% settler growth and -50% native uprising chance

16 Aug – I order my 5k Conquistador army from Rio de la Plata to Benguela in Africa which has 5k natives, south of Kongo

I claim Morocco’s Island of Madeira they took from Portugal in peace

1 Dec – Relations maxed with Castille next is France

1 Jan, 1508 – Sao Tome in Brazil will make Coffee

My army has arrived in Benguela

I order a Mosque in Figuig

1 Feb – Sao Tome – African island, 8 dev, coastline, Algerian, Ibadi, making 0.08. I order these colonists to the 16 dev Center of Trade in Cape

11 Mar – Event - Disagreeing Advisor – I change my mind and agree with him and lose 10 prestige but gain 50 DIP power

1 April - Our truce with Morocco is up. I have moved my army next to them. I am still at war with Venice with the Turks, so I suspect they won’t join Morocco if I DOW them. Morocco has 11k forces so I don’t need to bring my Benguela army back.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Thirty-Seven - The Fourth Algiers/Morocco War

I DOW Morocco for the Spice province of Draa. I don’t call the Mamluks, the Turks did not join Morocco so now we are still allied with the Turks

I order my army to Draa

17 May – Draa falls, I order my army next door to the Castle of Oaurzazatete

26 May – I begin the siege with a fusillade

10 July – 1k cavalry capture the minor holding of Tuat and I order them back to the siege

12 Aug – The Protestant Reformation has begun – The Age of Discovery ends in ten years

24 Aug – Exploration Fleet done! Next is South Indian Ocean

28 Aug – I take out the natives in Benguela and pull my colonists in Sao Tome Brazil and send them over, it has a strong 10 dev and a natural harbor

18 Sept – Ouarzazatete falls!

18 Oct – I win the Battle of Sus against Morocco

16 Nov – Sus is ours

11 Dec – The Ottoman Conquest war is over and they took four holdings from Venice like Crete and Corfu, we get some power projection from beating our rival, we also got some cash

14 Dec - A minor falls in Morocco and next is their Capital Marrakesh

28 Dec – Another minor falls

2 Jan, 1509 – I hold off on building a Workshop/Mosque since I want to keep my cash free for emergency mercs.

25 Jan – Our Morocco spy was discovered

8 Feb - Another minor falls, Ifni

2 Mar – Our colony sets up in Benguela

23 August – Marrakech falls, I have a warscore of 99 let’s go shopping

Draa – Our wartarget, south of Sauora and Demnate – 12 badboy, 10 warcore

Tuiz – Inland, next to Draa, just 3 dev and don’t want to leave Draa about to be flanked – 2 badboy and 6 warscore

Madeira – I didn’t capture it, but I have a claim on it – 7 badboy, 8 warscore

21 badboy and 24 warscore -Those are my two major targets. Next is just stuff I can get before Morocco or others get upset.

What else can I toss in?

Anfa – Coastal, next to three of my holdings – 5 badboy, 9 warscore

Ouarzazate – Next to Draa, Demnate, Tafilalt, 4 badboy, 5 warscore

Anything else?

Nope, everything else pisses off Morocco




There is what I’m taking with my 40 score and 30.9 badboy. I take them and then core – Draa – 107, Madeira – 74, Anfa - 49 and Tuat 12, I still have 46 for Ouarzazate.

My five new additions:

Draa – Our wartarget, south of Sauora and Demnate – Spice trade, 13 dev, Drylands, Emporium, next to Morocco, Moroccan and Sunni, makes us 0.68, they have built here a Mosque, Workshop and Marketplace.

Tuiz – Inland, next to Draa, just 3 dev and don’t want to leave Draa about to be flanked, next to Songhai, Desert, Salt, Arid, Tuareg culture, Sunni,. Just 0.03 made here.

Madeira – I didn’t capture it, but I have a claim on it – Island, former Portuguese colony captured by Morocco, Coastline, 9 dev, Sugar grown here, Portuguese Catholic, just 0.03 made here

Anfa – Coastal, next to three of my holdings and Morocco – Mosque here, 6 dev, Drylands, Sunni and Moroccan, 0.28 made here, Grain farmers,

Ouarzazate – Next to Draa, Demnate, Tafilalt, Morocco – Castle, Highlands. 5 dev, Berber Sunnis work the grain trade, making us 0.09 monthly,

Nice five additions!

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Thirty-Eight - The Republic of Sale


23 Aug, 1509 – I’m losing money with my 5th colony, but we are about to get Bahia.

I order my main army to Draa

1 Sept – Bahia – 13 dev, Jungle, Fish, Brazil, handed to Brazil, Emporium, it has a great work called “Salvador de Bahia”, back in black after removing it from me.

12 Sept – Songhai announces us as a rival. That’s not good.

1 Dec – With 108 we finish making nice with France, next is building a spy network with Songhai

I embrace Colonialism!

I offer to share it with our eternal allies Mamluks and they accept, we’ll get 4.77 monthly until they get it.

1 Jan, 1510 – I cannot be rivals with Venice anymore, next should be Songhai but it’s not an option. I choose England.

Here’s a fun event –



As you can see, Sale has become a pairing haven, and I can embrace Piracy and release Sale as a Pirate Republic or I can release them and vassalize them as a non-annexable March with them. I choose the latter.

They are Ibadi and add to the number of Ibadi nations

Core ordered for Ouarzazate.

I order an upgraded COT in Gharb which costs 160 cash, we get better trade +10, lower dev costs by 55 and better institution spread.

13 Mar – Event – I lose 50 MIL power

22 April – Event – Poverty in Tunis - We spend 60% taxes there for 5 years to help out and gain some power.

26 June – Event - A Talented Judge - I put him to work in Tunisia state and get some boosts.

1 July – I lose my claim on Morocco’s Agadir and Ifni

1 Oct – Uh oh. Slaves in Benguela – that could have been much better

1 Nov – Montevideo - La Plata region, Coastal, Coffee, Grasslands, 7 dev, Ibadi, Algerian, making us 0.14, I send these colonists to Colonia next door and cleansed of natives

7 Nov -Portugal has claimed Oujda

26 Dec – Draa and Anfa cores, I order Missionaries here. Those are both long, I also send a Missionary to Djerba now that their fervor has died down

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Thirty-Nine - A Great Power

1 Jan, 1511 – Cape is good for Livestock. I am going to save my cash for the Mission, I am currently making 9.2 monthly, so that’ll be a few years

I claim Morocco’s Sus next to two of my holdings

9 Mar – The Ottomans DOW the Mamluks, I pull out and stay allied my guys

We are currently 5th on the great power list by the by

Wanna see?



I got you, I am also zooming in on the cash thing for it’s breakdown. We have no penalty because we have embraced Colonialism, and only Castille has as well. We don’t have that much development, so this won’t be for long. Enjoy it!

19 April – Colonia founded

7 July – Core finished in Ouarzazate!

1 Nov – Government Reform:

This is the Administrative Cadre – who do I like? I have four options, who do I want to fill out my infrastructure – Nobles, Clergy, Merchants or Relatives?

Clergy - They get boosts and +1 free Admin Policy
Nobles – They gets boosts -10% leader cost,
Merchants - They get boosted, -10% advisor costs
Relations – That’s not good. You get corruption for an extra advisor when you got to hire

So who do I like? Clergy or Merchants? Merchants or Clergy? I like future potential of policies like the one I exacted when I finished my two Ideas, but I also like reduced costs. I choose Merchants

5 Nov – Mission of Exploration finished, Europe are not in the Indian Ocean, next is Pacific South America Sea

19 April, 1512 – Event – Mystics and Storytellers – I choose to ban and gain 10 legalism

28 May – Madeira and Tuat are cored, and that’s all of my Moroccan captures cored!

1 July – New Tech –

ADMIN TECH 9 – The Scythe – We get +2% production efficiency

29 July – Event - Influenza outbreak in Anfa, I quarantine it

1 Sept - Sao Tome - Brazilian coast, 9 dev, Jungle, handed to Algerian Brazil, Coffee, Algerian Ibadi

I pull colonists from Colonia and send them to the Desert next to Songhai Djado to set up, and then I’ll pull them and head back to Colonia to build more quickly

I now have enough cash to purchase a Manufactory, but I am saving

30 Nov – Colony set up, they head back

10 Dec – Our spy in Morocco was discovered

12 Dec – Djerba converts! Next is Tuat

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Forty - The Great Imam Passes

2 Jan, 1513 – At the age of 63 our ruler passes!

Our 3rd ruler in this dynasty:

Great Imam Abu Tashufin, 4/2/0, 45 years old

Consort – 23 years old, 5/5/3, Jalila

Heir – Muhammed, 2/4/1, age 0

Royal Marriage with Mamluks

22 Jan – Royal Marriage – Jolof

1 Feb – I claim Songhai’s Taudeni next to Tuat

20 Feb – Event - The Sheikh-ul-Islam – I choose the best candidate and get +5% boost to national taxes until our ruler passes

1 Mar – Anfa converts, next is Madeira which is Catholic and will take awhile

1 May – Colonia with Livestock – that was a miss

29 Aug – Draa converts! Next is the Castle of Ouarzazate

1 Sept – Cape – South Africa – This is a Center of Trade and natural harbor, 19 dev, Grasslands, Algerian, Ibadi, makes us 0.39 with it’s Livestock!, I state it

Next is the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius – it has 9 dev and no natives

1 Dec – Our Navigator DIP tech advisor passes – is there another? Nope, I don’t hire another since I am now making 21.84 for my Mission.

1 Jan, 1514 – New Tech!

DIP TECH 10 – The Flute – We can build Flutes, War Galleys and +20 trade range and +2% trade efficacy

3 Jan – Castille is now under Papal Decree as the owner of Mexico

1 Feb – I lose my claim on Ceuta in Portugal

30 Mar – Event – Do I sell titles? If so I gain more than 500 cash and relations with merchants but lose it with the Nobility. Not normally, but since I am trying to save, I do so

24 May – I kill natives in Luanda next to Benguela

1 June – Benguela – 13 dev, Natural Harbor, Slaves, Drylands, West Central African coast south of Kongo and Luanda – Algerian and Ibadi, making us .22,

I send them to Luanda and order my army to Cape to explore.

2 July – Exploration Mission to the Pacific finished next is Pacific South America Coast, let’s see what I can find for future colonial expansion.

I claim Songhai’s Gabu next to Beefada


Songhai – allies Kanem Bornu, Jolof, Wadai, and Kano

They have 29k to our 30k and 8 MIL tech to our 9. I could call in Mamluks, call in mercs, and go to war.

Morocco’s peace is over in four years, so let’s wait until after it. I want to finish building up my cash to 2k and then I can spend it.

23 Oct – Luanda sets up

1 Nov – I lose my claim on Tangiers in Portugal

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Forty-One - A New Rival


24 Jan, 1515 – Our diplomat spy in Morocco is discovered

2 July – Event – Advancement of the Merchants - they get 10 relations

21 July – The adjacent roving tribe in La Plata that connects my holdings called Santa Fe has pulled out and I pull my colonist from Colonia and send it over now before they return.

1 Aug – Bad news – Spain has formed and names us a rival

They stop my trade in Sevilla I send my merchant to collect in the Cape of Good Hope

25 Sept - Ouarzazate converts!

1 Oct – We have named Mauritius Dina Arobi and it’s good for Sugar

8 Nov – Exploration Mission Finishes, next is South East Pacific Sea

I see a bunch of new La Plata area to grab, I have discovered the Incas

11 Dec – Spain discovered El Dorado

1 Jan, 1516 – I pay 30 MIL power to quell a rebellion in Madeira violently

12 Jan – Santa Fe sets up

1 Mar – I have 2k cash!

I complete the Mission: Build a Treasury! I get:

-0.10 monthly inflation reduction for 25 years

My next Mission is to have TWENTY manufactories. Nasty!

Now I can spend my cash,

I order three now:

Farm Estate for Livestock in Mzab, Laghuant,Tajarhi

I’ll save the rest for my future potential war with Songhai to hire mercs

1 April – Our truce with the Turks is up

15 April – I reject a royal marriage offer from Air

22 April – Ditto Zizzau

1 May – Luanda is with Tropical Wood and Djado Slaves

2 Sept – Our alliance sharing with the Mamluks is over they have embraced it. Next? Turks

1 Nov - Tuat converts!

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Forty-Two - Quality Ideas


1 Jan, 1517 – New tech!

ADMIN TECH 10 – Modern Theocracy – We get…another Group of Idea!

What do I want?

Trade for two more Merchants and boost to trade? Admin for better Merc stuff and better states? Quality for better troops which I can get the first idea now?

I like all three, let’s do Quality

Quality Idea #1 – Private to Marshal - +10% army morale

That unlocks the next Berber Idea:

Tuareg Cavalry - +10% Cavalry combat ability; +10 looting speed

That’s a strong boost militarily

1 Feb – Colonia – La Plata, Coast, next to Montevideo and Santa Fe, 6 dev, Grasslands, Livestock, Algerian, Ibadi, makes us 0.04

I order a Workshop in Cape for Livestock

5 July -Event – Rains Fail in Guinea Region, we lose taxes and production

14 Aug – i choose to fast in Ramadan and gain 5 legitimacy

1 Oct – Our truce with the Venice and allies is up

11 Dec – Event – Growth of Port in La Plata – it grows a level

1 Jan, 1518 – Luanda – Next to Kongo and Benguela, 9 dev, Savannah, just Tropical Wood, Algerian, Ibadi, making us 0.28.

Next is Ile de Bourbon near Mauritius in the Indian Ocean also with no native

I order Workshop in Benguela for it’s Slaves

19 Jan – Another Pirate Republic forms under my Auspices – Tetouan!

31 Jan - Portugal no longer considers us a rival. Can I swap to Songhai? Nope, I do Poland instead

23 Mar – Event- get +50 DIP power but lose 5 prestige

7 May - Madeira converts! That’s our last grab from Morocco

1 June – I claim Portugal’s Fez

Morocco’s Ifni

Songhai’s Futa Jallon

8 Sept - The Age of Discovery ends - next is The Age of Reformation and gone are all of my Age specific abilities like Justified Wars and the boosts to colonies

Our truce with Morocco is up!

I DOW them for Sus

I do not bring in Mamluks

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Forty-Three - The Final Algiers/Morocco War


I order my 25k army into Sus from Draa

1 Oct – Dina Arobi – Algerian, Ibadi, Coastline, Sugar, 0.19, 11 dev,

I send these colonists to Banda Oriental in La Plata

21 Oct – Sus is ours

9 Nov – I rout 5k in Agadir

30 Nov – Agadir is ours

15 Dec- Ifni is ours

17 Jan, 1518 – Haha is ours, next is a siege on Marrakech

26 August – Marrakech falls!

27 Sept – A minor falls

18 Oct - Abda falls! I have a 100% warscore with Morocco!

What can I take?

To vassalize them is 77 warscore, and then I could slowly build them up into better relations like Fezzan.

That’s 52 badboy and no one not named Morocco would care.

Can I annex their 7 provinces?

Yes, I can, and it’s less badboy and no one cares






For 72 warscore and 23 badboy I remove Morocco from the map!

Coring – Marrakech is 125, done, Sus is 102 done, 53 for Dukkala, 39 for Agadir, 26 for Abda, 22 for Haha and 12 for Ifni, all cored but I only have 66 left, all are surrounded by me.

Here we go!

Marrakech – Former capital, Castle, Barracks, Mosque, Mountains, Sugar trade,16 dev, Moroccan Sunni, makes us 0.80

Sus – War target, Highlands, Mosque, Sugar Trade, 0.64 made here, 13 dev, Sunni Berbers

Dukkala – Coastal, 6 dev, Drylands, Farm Estate, Mosque, Grain, Sunni Moroccans make us 0.32.

Agadir – Coastal – 0.22 made here Natural Harbor, Sugar trade, 9 dev, Drylands, Sunni, Berber, Mosque, Marketplace,

Abda - Coastal – Sunni, Moroccan, 3 dev, Sugar, Drylands, 0.01 made here

Haha – Coastal – Berber, Sunni, Mountains, 5 dev, grain, 0.09 made here

Ifni – Coastal – 4 dev, Coastal Desert, Fishing, Berber, Sunni, Arid, make 0.03

Nice additions

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Forty-Four -Spain Steps In


18 Oct – I order two Manufactories: Cape, Livestock, Farm Estate and Sabha too the same

We renamed Ile de Bourbon “Dina Morgabin”

25 Oct - I order my spy network in Portugal resumed from my Moroccan one after it returns.

1 Jan, 1520 – I invite Minorites again for 50 DIP

1 Mar – I cannot Rival England anymore, my next is Spain

1 April – Sugar in Dina Morgabin

9 May – I want to get enough troops to face down Songhai In our war I order 1k artillery, 3k cavalry and 2k infantry to add to my main army.

My forcelimit is 64 to 30 current troops

1 August – Santa Fe – La Plata region, Wine, 4 dev, Grasslands connects Rio de la Plata and Colonia, Algerian, Ibadi they make for us .20. I order these colonists to African coast Inhambane next to Kilwa with a 9 dev and natural harbor in the same region as Cape

12 Aug - We kill the natives in Inhambane

1 Jan, 1521 – I order a Farm Estate Manufactory in Kasdir for Livestock

23 Feb – Cores in Marrakech, Ifni and Sus are done, Missionaries ordered here – Marrakech will be very long like 111 months long

22 April – Cores done in other four

1 May – Djado – Next to Songhai, 3 dev, Slave trading, Desert, Ibadi, Algerians, Arid, makes us 0.08 monthly

I order a fort here

I destroy my castle in Kairwan

11 June - I pull my colonists from Dina Morgabin to start one in Swellendam next to Cape with a low ferocity natives

2 Dec – Natives there killed

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Forty-Five - Quality Education

9 Jan, 1522 - We set up in Swelledem and I pull for Dina Morgabin

2 Feb – Austria cannot be a Rival anymore, I choose France or Mamluks? Neither, one likes me and the other is our eternal ally

1 Mar – I claim Portugal’s Ceuta and Songhai’s Tenere

10 April – Quality Idea #2 - Quality Education - I get annual boosts to army and navy tradition

1 July – Knowledge Sharing with the Turks over! Anyone else? Nope.

1 Oct – Big miss in Inhambane – just Fish

1 Nov - I now have 40k troops in North Africa since Songhai has 32k

1 Jan, 1523 – I order a Farm Estate in Tatouine for Grain

10 Jan – Exploration Mission into the Pacific done -next is East China Sea coast

3 Feb - I kill 7k natives in Matsolo south of Inhambane and with 9 dev

20 Apr- Ifni coverts! Next is Abda

9 June – Songhai discovers our spy

1 July - Dina Morgabin – 11 dev, island in Indian Ocean, Sugar, Coastline, my culture and faith, makes us 0.69

Next is Matsolo

I claim Portugal’s Tangiers

29 Sept – Sus converts; next is Haha

2 Nov – Castle done in Djabo

My two armies are in Suat next to Songhai, in the western flank, I have a castle in Beefada to hold them

I hire mercs on the eastern flank behind Djabo

I DOW Songhai for Taudeni next to us on the Western flank and bring in the Mamluks

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Forty-Six - The First Algiers/Songhai War

I order my 40k to Taudeni

1 Dec – Banda Oriental – La Plata – Wool, 3 dev, next to Montevideo, Algerian, Ibadi,

We create Algerian La Plata and hand my five holdings here. I order this colonist to the island of Mahe in the Indian ocean.

I finish the Mission to Assemble an Army and for 25 years we get +10% manpower recovery and improved army tradition

1 Jan, 1524 – Marrakech converts! Next is Dukkala

10 Jan – We capture Taudeni

13 Feb - 13k Songhai troops arrive in Beefada and begin a siege

3 May – I begin a siege in Kawar with my mercs next to Djado

30 May – They took Beefada

18 June - I begin a siege of their capital

12 July – Exploration Mission done, next is East Indian Ocean

31 July -Another alliance offer from the Turks I take it

1 Sept – The fort of Kawar falls!

12 Sept – One of my generals dies

1 Oct – We win a battle In Air against 20k with Mamluks and my mercs

21 Oct – We capture their capital of Gao!

I head to the fort of Timbuktu where one of my Pirate vassals are besieging it

8 Nov- Air falls

19 Nov – Tenere next to us falls

4 Dec – We capture the minor Karabara that connects Gao and Timbuktu

27 Dec – Another minor on the east flank falls too our mercs

31 Jan, 1525 – Another minor on the west flank is ours

1 Feb – Swellendam is good for wool

Inhambane – Natural Harbor, south of Kilwa, north of Matsolo, Jungle, 9 dev, tropical, Fishers, Ibadi and Algerian make us 0.17

I order these colonists to the Belitung Island in the Indies – they have low nasty natives.

24 Feb – Timbuktu falls! I have a warscore of 51

1 Mar – Our explorer dies on the mission and I hire another

8 April – Abda converts, next is Agadir

22 April – Two minors fall

20 May – Two more minors fall, and next is the Castle of Jenne

22 May – White peace with Jolof still likes us and with a Royal Marriage.

23 June - Another pair fell

10 Aug – Three more minors fell

26 Sept – Every eastern flank province is under our control, I disband the mercs

3 Oct – The Siege of Jenne is done!

We have a war score of 87%

What can I get?

Western Flank:

Taudeni – Wartarget, South of Tuat -2 badboy, 4 warscore

Azawad - South of Taudeni, 3 badboy, 5 warscore

Timbuktu – South of Azawad – 15 badboy, 20 warscore – That’s a big prize

Hodh - West of Timbuktu and Azawad – 4 badboy, 7 warscore

Tadmekka – East of Timbuktu, Azawad and Taudeni - 2 badboy, 5 warscore

Azawagh – East of Tadmekka, 2 and 5


Eastern Flank:

Kawar – 3 badboy and 6 warscore, South of Djado

Tenere – 2 badboy, 5 warscore, south of Djado, west of Kawar

Air – West of Tenere – 6 badboy, 9 warscore

Azbin – West of Tenere, east of Azawagh – 3 badboy and 5 warscore

That connects my takings in each flank

71 war score, badboy of 41.2 – Any other throw ins?

Damagaram – South of Kawar and Tenere – 2 badboy, 5 warscore

Here’s my takings:



76 war score and 43.6, I do it and core them all, none are Berber even Timbuktu is 88.

Western Flank:

Taudeni – Wartarget, South of Tuat - 3 dev, Salt, Desert, Arid, Tuareg, Sunni, make us 0.04

Azawad - South of Taudeni – Also Salt, 3 Dev, Desert, Tuareg, Sunni and arid and make us 0.04

Timbuktu – South of Azawad –The big prize – The Great Work “Sankore Madrash” Emporium, Castle, Tuareg, Sunni, 18 Dev, Steppes, Cloth trade, 0.06

Hodh - West of Timbuktu and Azawad – Wool, 5 dev, Sunni, Tuareg, Arid, Desert, 0.04 made here

Tadmekka – East of Timbuktu, Azawad and Taudeni – Desert, Arid, Wool, 3 dev, 0.02, Tuareg and Sunni

Azawagh – East of Tadmekka – Also 3 dev, Desert, Arid, Tuareg, Sunni, Livestock, nothing made here


Eastern Flank:

Kawar – South of Djado, north of what’s left of Air, - Castle, Salt, 3 dev, Desert, Arid, Sunni, Tuareg, 0.05

Tenere – South of Djado, west of Kawar – Arid, Desert, 3 dev, Livestock, Tuareg, Sunni, nothing made

Air – West of Tenere – A nice Iron Mines, Highlands, 8 dev, Sunni Tuaregs, Arid, 0.08 made here

Azbin – West of Tenere, east of Azawagh – Salt, Desert, Arid, 3 dev, Tuareg, Sunni, making us 0.05

Damagaram – South of Kawar and Tenere, also next to nation of Air and Kano – Steppes, arid, Livestock, Tuareg Sunnis with 3 dev make us 0.03

Most pretty light dev and Desert and Arid, I got one good target, again this region of Africa has low dev and mostly low trade stuff too, although Salt is now 3.30, not bad. This peace ends in 13 years in 1538 and we’ll need to be ready for the good stuff. Only three had higher than 3 dev, and one was Hodh with 5.

I might have made a mistake by not taking Songhai’s two coastal provinces to prevent Europe from coming this way and also giving me a land connection to Jolof again. Because I have white peace with Jolof I can claim their place and then attack them and likely get Songhai to agree to join them in another war in just a few years. I made the wrong call.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Forty-Seven - Wharves


3 Oct - I order one army to hang out in Tenere and then 5k next to Beefada in the Unclaimed Sierra Leone and the rest to Timbuktu.

22 Oct – Haha Converts

1 Nov – Matsolo – Tropical Wood, that’s a miss

1 Jan, 1525 – We finish our Mission next is South China Sea Coast

12 Feb – Dukkala converts

4 Mar – We set up in Belitung

16 May – I kill the natives in Belitung

6 June – Event – Dargah remember when I posted that earlier? It happened again. I choose the one that again gives me -10% Admin tech cost.

I claim Portugal’s Bahamas

1 July – Miss in Mahe – Naval Supplies

30 Dec – Event – Monopoly Company Formed – I get a long term investment, ++50 DIP power and for ten years +15% trade income

1 Jan, 1526 – New Tech!

DIP TECH 11 – Wharves – We get another massive 100 colonial range and then we also get our next manufactory – Naval Equipment which pumps Naval Supplies, Salt, and Fish.

I order one in for Salt in Hodna

2 May – Event – Tariffs on Wine – I tax it and Algerian La Plata gets 5% of tariff value

21 May – Mission finished in South China Sea – next is East China Sea Sea

I claim Songhai’s capital Gao

1 June – New Tech Redux!

ADMIN TECH 11 – Textile Manufactory - I can build them! These are for Cloth, Silk, Wool

23 June – Agadir converts! That’s my last Moroccan conversion

26 Aug – I pull my spy builder from Portugal and send it to build one in Kongo

1 Nov – Belitung good with Coffee

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Forty-Eight - The Algerian Golden Era Ends

1 Jan, 1527 – Mahe – 6 dev, Naval Supplies, Indian Ocean island north of Madagascar, Coastline, Algerian, Ibadi makes us 0.21

Next is Sierra Leone, south of Beefada

1 Feb – Our heir gains the Obsessive Perfectionist trait which increases build time by 10%.

28 Feb - Natives in Sierra Leone killed

31 Mar – Event – Noble Families Feud – I choose to spend 33 DIP power to settle the issue.

19 April – Sierra Leone sets up! I pull them for the island of Sula which has a big chance for Cloves past the island of Sulawesi, I order my army there from Belitung

1 July – Rebellion in our March of Tetouan.

19 July – Defeated

8 Aug – Natives in Sula killed

6 Sept – Cores finished in our claims that we took of Tenere and Taudeni – Missionaries ordered there

I promote Tuareg to an accepted culture and spend 88 DIP to do so

26 Sept – My army arrives on the Island of Buru.

1 Oct – Matsolo – South West African Coast south of Inhambane, Jungle, Tropical Wood, 9 dev, Tropical, Ibadi and Algerian makes us 0.16

I order this colonist to Buru

8 Oct – Natives there killed.

1 Nov – I lose my claim on St. Thomas

8 Dec – I claim Kongo’s Mbamba, next to Luanda

Kongo:

Allied with Bunyoro and Chockwe,

Has – 4k. Not a type, just 4k, with a Mil tech of 8 to our 9

Allies:

Bunyoro and Chokwe aren’t on my maps so I don’t see them to see how big they are. I need to keep my main army here but I could spend my Manufactory cash on mercs and take them out.

I hire the Independent Army for Luanda

31 Dec – Event - Shipwreck I lose 2544 Sailors

1 Jan, 1258 – Our peace with Jolof is over

Our Golden Era ends

5 Jan – All cores in Songhai are done, Missionary sent to Kawar

9 Jan – I DOW Kongo for Mbamba. I do not call in Mamluks who would join, or the Turks who would not.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Forty-Nine - The First Algiers/Kongo War

I order my mercs to Mbamba

23 Feb – Mbamba is ours

14 Mar – I defeat 4k in their capital of Mpemba and begin a siege

1 July – It falls!

6 Aug – Minor of Soyo is ours

1 Sept - Swellendam – Next to Cape, South African Coast – 6 dev, Steppes, Wool, Algerian, Ibadi, 0.15 made here

16 Sept – Another minor is ours

10 Oct - My Marches have arrived

31 Oct – Two minors falls

12 Dec – Two more minors are ours

23 Dec – We defeat a 6k army in Ndongo

7 Feb, 1529 – Three more minors have fallen

25 Mar – Two more captured

27 April – I begin the Siege of Nunu

29 July – Event – Urbanization – I choose to do it, gain four +1 in four places and then I spend 222 cash

24 Aug – Conversion in Taudeni and Tenere, next are Azawagh and Tadmekka

1 Sept – Belitung – Coffee, 7 dev, Island in the Indies, Coastline, Ibadi and Algerian makes us 0.26

I order these colonists to Ceram, also a high Clove chance

9 Sept – Nunu falls!

Warscore 43

7k Chokwe are next door in Munene

11 Oct - We win the battle

I head to join my March besieging Kasanje

14 Nov – Natives killed in Ceram

26 Nov – I arrive in Kasanje

23 Dec – Kawar converts, next is Azawad

1 April, 1530 – Naval Supplies in Sierra Leone

23 April – The Commonwealth announced us as ai rival

1 May – Buru Cloves, Sula just Gems

24 June - Kasanje falls! Our warscore is now 54

I keep pushing, most of what I want might be more

There is a rebellion in one of my captured Kongo places their capital I head over to take it out

6 July – Explorer Mission finished! All of the Indies and Philippines are mapped. Next is South Indian Ocean Coast

22 Aug – Rebels taken out

I claim Kongo’s Kantor next to Beefada

5 Sept – 10k Kongo forces arrive to besiege Nunu, I head over

1 Oct – Rebellion in Air – I moved my army there

9 Oct -We win in Air

12 Oct – We defeat all three nations in Nunu

Ceram sets up

I head to my Marches besieging Rund

1 Dec – I can buy my first Age of Reformation thing! This will last until it’s over. What do I want?

Religious Wars – War Score Cost vs Other Religions - -25%

Nasty!

10 Dec – We arrive in Rund

20 Feb, 1532 – Our mission in the Indian Ocean is done! I discover Australia and a 10 dev province next to tribes called Wadjuk, it’s also a natural harbor. Very aggressive natives.

Next is more Indian Ocean exploring

5 Mar – Rund is captured!

Warscore of 69%

I head to the nearby capital of Chokwe called Ishindi.

15 April – I arrive, take out a small army and begin the siege

1 June – My army arrives in Wadjuk

8 June – Natives killed, I stay here and do some exploring.

15 July – The Turks broke our alliance

10 Aug - Tadmekka and Azawagh converts, next are Damagaram and Azbin

19 Aug – Ishindi falls and I have a warscore of 81. I disband my mercs

Time for peace?

What can I get?

Mbamba – Wartarget, Up the Coast from Luanda – 6 badboy, 3 warscore

Soyo – Up the coast from Mbamba – 14 badboy and 9 warscore

Ngoyo – Up the coast from Soyo – 12 badboy, 8 warscore

Loango – Up the coast from Ngoyo – 13 badboy, 7 warscore

That’s all I can get without annoying Kongo. They have one more coastal province that I’d like to bring in, but it would annoy them. Let’s do it I want to make Kongo un takeable from Europe:

Mayumba – Up the coast from Loango – 8 badboy, 6 warscore –

Here’s what I am taking –



Nice! I spend around 165 coring them.

Ready?

Mbamba – Wartarget, Up the Coast from Luanda – Kongolese culture, Fetishist faith, 5 dev, Savannah, Tropical, Slaves, 0.06 made here.

Soyo – Up the coast from Mbamba – Shipyard, Tropical, Mosque, 11 dev, Grasslands, Slave trad,e, Kongolese and Fetishist, .10 here

Ngoyo – Up the coast from Soyo – Tropical, Jungle, Ivory trade, Marketplace, Shipyard, 9 dev, Fetishist Kongolese make us 0.11

Loango – Up the coast from Ngoyo – Gems here, 10 dev, Jungle, Tropical, Mosque, 0.11 made here, Kongolese, Fetishist

Mayumba – Up the coast from Loango – Catholic and Kongolese, Jungle, Tropical, Ivory trade, 6 dev, 0.03, next to unclaimed Gabon.

All nice and everything worth at least 3.0 trade good, and better dev, but all Tropical and three Jungles, harder to develop and build the wrong culture and then fun stuff.

[Abe Sargent]

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Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Fifty - Kongo Area Army Built


l order a 10k army in Luanda and Benguela, this peace is over in 1541.

17 Sept – I claim Kongo’s Anziku a Copper Mine in their north

14 Dec – Conversion in Azawad – next is Hodh

17 Dec – Our mission in the Indian is finished, next is South China Sea Sea

1 Jan, 1533 – I order a Textile Manufactory for Tunis’s Cloth

1 Mar – Rebellion in Timbuktu, I’m next door in Azawad

29 Mar – Defeated

1 Dec – Cloves in Ceram

24 Dec – Mission done, next is South China Sea Coast

1 Jan, 1534 – I claim Kongo’s capital for future wars

1 Feb – I claim Songhai’s Karabara

18 Sept – With Sula almost ready to get upped, I pull colonists and send to Ambon a strait island to Ceram with a high Clove count

24 Sept -Mission done, next is East China Sea Coast

1 Dec – Army is built in Kongo with 6k inf, 3k cav, 1k artillery

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Fifty-One - Cloves Built Up

1 Jan, 1535 – I order a Textile Manufactory for Cloth in Oran

New Idea – Quality Idea #3 - Finest of Heroes - +10% Cavalry ability

1 Feb –

Buru – Cloves, 6 dev, Island, Coastline, Tropical, I state it and Sula, 0.34 made here, Algerian, Ibadi,

Sula – Gems which are just worth 3.0 now, Algerian, Ibadi, Island, 5 dev, makes us 0.16, Tropical,

I order the other colonists to the high Clove possible Halmahera

My Conquistador explored much of Australia, next is coming back to Ambon and Halmahera to clear out natives.

28 April – Natives in Ambon killed

23 June – Natives in Halmahera killed.

Now this has a strait crossing to two separate nations – Tidore and Ternate, each one province with Cloves. So using this as a jumping off point to grab two more Cloves makes sense. They each have 5k army. Ternate doesn’t have any allies. I cannot DOW them with a CB, which is given for being next to them so I have to wait until the colony starts and then after it finishes, but I’ll keep my army here. We have 9 MIL tech to their 9, so we’ll need a bigger army.

25 July – Event - Cottage Industry – I protect my merchants and get better relations with them.

1 Aug – I need to increase my MIL investment I hire a Level 2 Military Advisor Master Recruiter who gives me +10% manpower and he costs me 4.16 monthly, that’s pretty cheap I also hire an Admin Advisor level 1 Inquisitor that gives me +2 Missionary strength for just 0.89. Nasty cheap. I am now making 11/8/5.

2 Sept – I claim Kongo’s Copper Mining Mpangu

24 Oct – Cores finished in Kongo.

23 Nov – We set up colony in Ambon

1 Jan, 1536 - Conversion in Azbin and Damagaram, next is Air and Mbamba

I order Textile Manducatory in Meknes for Cloth

Portugal have set up in La Plata and France has a colony in Brazil

1 April – Ceram – Strait to Ambon, Cloves, Island, Coastline, 9 dev, Algerian Ibadis, make us 0.51 monthly

I send these colonists to Gabon

6 May – Hodh converts! Next is Timbuktu which will take a while

19 May – Exploration mission East China Sea Coast finished, next is South West Pacific Sea

24 May – Event – Influenza out break in Beafada I quarantine it

8 July – I kill the natives in Gabon

23 Aug - Gabon set up, I pull and send to East Timor in the Indies

25 Sept – Natives killed in East Timor

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Fifty-Two - The Great Imam Passes


1 Jan, 1537 – New tech!

ADMIN TECH 12 – Early Modern Administration - +100 governing capacity for states, I can build State Houses

I order a Naval Equipment Manufactory for Salt in Qafsah

I turn Kongo into states

Pate is still around and Kilwa is becoming the big bad like in both of my previous destines when they took me out as Butua and grabbed the entire region with Theodoro.

I show you maps in seven years for the 100th Anniversary and we’ll see what’s where

I promote Kongolese to an accepted Culture for 88 DIP

Now they are accepted Culturally and soon will be my faith

1 May – Sierra Leone – 3 Dev, next to Beefada, coastal, next to unclaimed Karou, Naval Supplies, Algerian, Ibadi, makes us 0.09

That was my free colony that was replaced by Gabon

29 May – La Plata is given to Portugal by the Pope

1 July – Ambon has Cloves!

1 Aug – After breaking our alliance, the treaty with the Turks ends

Halmahera with Cloves!

1 Oct – Our DIP Navigator passes, next is Colonial Governor with +2 that costs 4.10 and increases my Tariffs’ by 10%.

8 Oct – Mbamba converts and next is Soyo

1 Dec – Our Great Imam passes

Our new leader and 3rd one:

Great Imam Muhammad II, 2/4/1, age 24

Consort:

Hikmat – age 23, 4/5/3

Heir:

Muhammed III, age 0, 1/3/6 wow that’s a horrible ADM

Our new tech gains are 9/9/6

Royal Marriage - Mamluks

1 Jan, 1538 – Since our peace with Kongo is up this year I don’t build anything to save cash for emergency mercs, I’ll save my cash to hire mercs on the Guinea front.

7 Jan – Air converts, next is Mayumba

Royal Marriage – Jolof

22 Jan – I get the Sheikh event again, choose the same and get -10 ADM tech costs

1 April – New Tech!

DIP TECH 12 – Man of War – Naval Morale +0.40, Naval engagement +15

11 April – Event – Plague

I hire the Grand Company Mercs in Sierra Leone, number 25k

22 April – They have arrived

1 July – Our truce is up!

Songhai – 28k

I have 30k in Beafada and 35k in the north. I call War for Gabu between Beafada and Jolof

I call in the Mamluks

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Fifty-Three - The Second Algiers/Songhai War - The Jolof Flank

I order my 30k into Gabu
I order 35k into Gao

16 July – The Siege of Gao begins

25 Aug – Gagu is mine I head next door to Jolof

1 Sept – I see 16k in Futa Jallon combined Jolof and Songhai so I pull my Guinea army to head there

27 Sept - I see 19k more Songhai troops in Kantor next to us in Beafada so I stay here and order Mercs in Sierra to up the numbers, and then after battle I’ll dismiss them, that’s 36k for them to my current
30k.

I hire the 12k strong Dahomey Amazons and 12k strong Free Company

9 Oct – The Mercs arrive

11 Oct - They are in Gabu recapturing it

I need to wait until my mercs get better so I’ll let them do so

11 Nov – They capture it

22 Nov - 3k Kanem Bornu troops arrive in Kawar and begin a siege but that’s not enough.

1 Jan, 1539 – I order my combined troops from Beafada to Gabu

22 Jan – Soyo converts, next is Ngoyo

25 Jan – We win in Gabu but we took big losses

31 Jan – Exploration mission to the South west Pacific Sea done, next is Coast there

1 Mar – Gabu is mine

I disband the Amazons and move to Jolof

10 Mar – A minor falls to my vassals

31 Mar – Gao falls! Next is the Castle of Jenne

10 April – I capture a minor in Jolof, next is their capital of Wolof

21 April – The Siege of Wolof begins with a fusillade

22 May – I do not tax Sugar in Brazil.

28 May – We arrive at Jenne

1 June – Mayumba converts! Next is Loango

3 Aug – Peru was given to Spain by the Pope

1 Oct – Gabon is with Tropical Wood

11 Oct – Wolof falls, I head to the last Jolof province of Cayor

9 Nov – Songhai separatist rebellions are in three places near Jolof and one is in Gabu

20 Nov – Cayor is ours, I have every Jolof province, can I get a vassalization?

Annexing them is 30.6 badboy, and then the vassal is more at 37.5,

I annex them:



30.6 badboy and 55 warscore and no one cares coalition wise

I order them cored for 146 - now I need to deal with the mass rebels here

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Fifty-Four - The Second Algiers/Songhai War - The Songhai Flank


I head to Gabu.

28 Nov - 30k Songhai are fighting rebels in Beafada

3 Dec – Gabu captured by rebels

25 Dec – 14k rebels cross to Wolof

27 Dec - We capture Jenne, I order my 35k here on the Guinean Flank

The Mamluks and our vassal have captured much of Eastern Songhai

We have a warscore of 69

28 Dec – We win in Gabu

1 Feb, 1540 – East Timor has Chinaware

2 Feb – We release the siege in Beafada

9 Mar – Two minors fall

15 Mar – Gabu is ours, I head next to Kangor and it’s 14k rebels

24 April – Two minors are ours and we win in Kangor

20 May – Kantor is ours

4 June – Futa Jallon next to Beafada is ours

I dismiss the Free Company

27 June – Another mission in the Pacific is done, next is North West Pacific Sea

21 July – Two more minors fall to us

I dismiss the Grand Company and then send my 5k army to the other Songhai coastal holding north of Jolof’s old places

1 Sept – Halmahera – Cloves, Algerian, Ibadi, next to Ternate and Tidore, Coastline, 0.24 made here,

Ternate still no ally but they have 8k troops now, so I order 5k here.

I order these Colonists to West Timor and order my army there while rebuilding

16 Sept – Another minor falls

17 Oct – The coastal province of Trarza falls, and I have a warscore of 95, what can I get:

I mostly want the wealthier things in Guinea


Gabu - Wartarget, Coastal, Connects Beafada with Siine – 6 badboy, 5 score

Trarza – Coastal, north of Cayor which we took, cuts off Songhai’s navy – 3 badboy and 4 war score

Now the two near Beafada that are strong:

Kantor -Next to Beafada, inland of Gabu - 2 badboy, 4 warscore,

No one cares, now taking the next one will annoy Songhai

Futa Jallon – 6 each, and Songhai cares, and I don’t want to push them into a coalition with Kongo with our war with them.

What could I do Songhai and no one else in this war?

Let’s push Songhai out of the battle even if they join a coalition.

I take those four, what else?

Here’s a Theoretical peace offer where I just clicked on provinces and haven’t pulled them up taking all of Western Songhai:



Here that’s an 87 warscore and 78.4 badboy and not even Kongo cares, but anything more brings in the locals. That’s a lot of time integrating my stuff with a ton of things, and I haven’t even looked at most of them, but this would remove Songhai as a threat.

Let’s do it!

The biggest to core is Bambuk at 72, I do it. I have two in the 50s, Messina and Segu I do, I also do a bunch of cheaper ones. Every 30+ is cored, and several smaller save for about 7 that all have small cores.

Get ready for a long list! Let’s start with Jolof:

Siine – Coastal, Workshop, Slaves, Savannah, 6 dev, Fetishist and Senegambian, makes us 0.08, Arid

Wolof- Former Capital of Jolof, Castle, Arid, 13 dev, Savannah, Fetishist and Senegambian, Mosque, Workshop, Slave trade makes 0.22

Cayor – North of Wolof, Coastal – Senegal Estuary, Arid, Savannah, Marketplace, Workshop, 8 dev, 0.11, Slaves, Fetishist and Senegambian


Songhai:

Gabu - Coastal - Rich Ivory trade, Tropical, Natural Harbor, Savannah, Senegambian and Fetishist, 8 dex, 0.08 made here

Trarza - North of Cayor, Coastal, Coastal Desert, 3 dev, Salt, Arid, Sunni, Senegambian, makes 0.02

Kantor – Ivory trade here, 3 dev, Savanah Fetishist, Senegambian, 0.06, Ttropical

Futa Jallon – West of Wagadugu’s gold mines in Bure, Ivory here, 8 dev, Hills, Fullani culture, Fetishist faith, 0.07 made here

Bambuk - North of Futa Jallon, west of Wagadugu - Gold mines, 14 dev, 14 dev, 0.98 made here, Savannah, Tropical, Sunni, Sonike culture

Galam – North west of Bambuk, east of our takings in Jolof – Arid, 7 dev, Wool, Savannah, Sunni and Fulani, 0.10 made here

Tekrur - North of Galam, east of Jolof, Also a Wool Savannah with 7 dev and Arid and Fulani, but Fetishist faith making us 0.11

Brakna – North of Teknar, east of Trarza – 3 dev Arid Desert with Livestock and Fulani Fetishist making 0.02

Tagant - East of Brakna, NE of Tekrur – Desert, Arid Slaves, Fulani and Fetishist, making 0.03

Wagadu – South of Tagant, north of Wagadugu, east of Bambak and Galam – Wool, Savannah, 5 dev, 0.06, Fetishist, Sonike culture,

Termes – North of Wagadu, east of Tagant – Arid Steppes, 3 dev, Livestock, Sonike Fetishists make us 0.01

Baghena – East of Termes, NE of Wagadu, SW of Hodh from last war – Steppes, 5 dev, Wool, Sonike Sunni, 0.06 cash made

Segu - South of Baghena, north of the nation of Wagadugu, east of Wagadu, Grain farmers, Savannah, 10 dev, Arid, Bambara Fetishists make us 0.13

Massina – Northeast of Segu, south of Baghena, Emporium, Savannah, 11 Dev, Arid, Bambara Sunni, 0.08 made here in grain

Mema – NE of Messina, south of Hodh and Timbuktu, Bambara Sunnis, 6 dev, Steppes, Grain, Arid, they make us 0.08

Again another giant intake of low dev stuff, this is this region of Africa, with more wealthier things by the coast and Jolof with three Ivory, three Slaves and one Salt. This will take a while to Core, Missionary, etc, with 18 new additions.

Nasty stuff!

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Fifty-Five - Now a Majils


22 Oct - Natives dead in West Timor

1 Nov – Ambon – Ibadi, Algerian, Island, strait to Ceram, Cloves, 12 dev, 1.50 made here,

I order this colonist to Flores an island with a strait from East Timor.

I cannot Rival Songhai anymore, who’s next? Austria

1 Dec – Loango converts!

30 Dec – Natives in Flores killed, I order my army back to Halmahera

1 Jan, 1541 – Truce with Kongo and allies up but I’m too overextended to worry about that now

Core ordered for Baghena for 25

1 Feb – I claim Songhai’s massive holding Jenne and Kongo’s Ndongo

12 Feb – My army is back on Halmahera

1 April – I core Wagadu for 25

1 June – I spend 15 to core Tagant

1 July - East Timor – Chinaware, next to West Timor, Strait to Flores, 9 dev, Grasslands, Tropical, Ibadi and Algerian, making us 0.25, I state Timor it

I order these colonists to Sumbawa a strait from Flores

1 Aug – 15 ADM core cost for Brakna paid

1 Sept – A new Government Reform is passable

This is what I want my Deliberative Assembly to look like:

There are six options become a Theocracy, Republic, or:

Parliamentarianism - -1% unrest, no more Nobility estate,

Royal Decree – This increases my Absolutist max and annual gain which is used in the next Age. m

Aristocratic Court - +1 Dip Reputation, lower loss of army tradition annual

General Estates - +10% Monthly State Reform, +10% loyalty to all estates, +5% influence to them

I don’t see the Decree or swapping government type. I like all three, the bonus DIP when you are Ibadi? The bonus estates loyalty and influence, and the reduced unrest with my massive military gains. I choose Parliamentarianism. We call it the Majlis.


I start a debate in Parliament to get another Colonist for ten years.

Majils seats get these boosts:

+10% production
+10% taxes
+10% manpower
+5% sailors

Has to be a core and a state


I turn these into seats:

Mzab, Mitija, Tripoli, Tunis, Melilla, Mers el Kabir, Dahra, Marrakech, Gharb, Tafilalt, Draa

11 an odd number

1 Oct – 15 dev Core for Termes

1 Nov – 13 dev ADM for Cantor

I need 18 seats, so I also add these 8 to get to 19:

Cape, Ceram, Ambon, Dina Morgabin (Ile de Bourbon) and Dina Arobi (Mauritius), Inhambane, Kabylia and Sus

2 Dec – I kill the natives in Sumbawa, I head next to a strait to Lombok

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Fifty-Six - The War for Ternate

1 Jan, 1542 – Core ordered for Trarza at 15 and everything is now ordered!

9 Jan – Natives in Lombok killed. I send this army back Halmahera

I order a Textile Manufactory in Thuqat for Cloth

2 Mar – I pull my Kongo spy builder and order it to Wagadugu

31 July – Sumbawa sets up

I spend 50 MIL to claim a Holy War on all adject provinces

1 Aug – Ternate still doesn’t have an ally, they have 8k to our 11k. I DOW them


I order my 11k army into Ternate

19 Aug – We win and I chase them back to Halmahera

27 Aug – We rout them. I head back to their capital

21 Dec – Cores finished in the three Jolof holdings, I order Missionaries to Siine and Cayor

19 April, 1543 – Ternate falls.

Here is peace:



21.3 badboy, only Songhai cares. I keep my army here. Core is triple digits.

Ternate – Strait to Halmahera, Animist faith, Moluccan culture, 15 dev, Cloves, with Shipyard, Workshop and Mosque, tropical, Coastline, make 1.21 monthly, and once it’s built up with a Trade Station Manufactory? Nasty

Tidore here on the area next to Halmahera is allied to the minor Bone, I’d need a bigger army or mercs.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Fifty-Seven - Shaf'i Scholar Invited

19 April – I order a Textile Manufactory for Mers el Kabir’s Cloth

1 May – Our Military Advisor Master recruiter passes, next is Commandant, level 2, +5% military morale, costs us 5.81

Rebellion of 12k in Wolof where I have a 15k army

17 May – We win but lost 4k, that was rough

2 June – Event – Profiteering in Ben Jawad – I protect our trade against Genoa, their view of me drops 50 but we get better trade for 10 years

I lose my claim on Fez

1 Aug – A big miss, Tropical Wood in the Spice Island of Flores

19 Aug – Gabu and Futa Jallon are now cored

17 Sept – After more than a decade Timbuktu converts! Next is Wolof in former Jolof.

1 Nov – West Timor is good for Gems, but those are only 3.0 now, not that great

12k Rebellion in Messina, 25k is next door in Mema ordered over

24 Nov – Taken out

1 Dec - I lose our visiting Merchant from the Scholar.

I order a diplomat to make nice with Malacca in the Indies that has really expanded and Mamluks to get another Merchant.

20 Dec – Cores done in Bambuk, Segu, Tekrur, Mema and Galam

1 Jan, 1544 – Sumbawa is good for Tea.

13 Jan – Massina core done

19 Jan – Event – Merchants Suffering – I spend 33 DIP to alleviate it

2 Feb – Baghena core complete

1 Mar – Our relations with Mamluks is at 151 so it’s enough for another Shafi’i Scholar I bring in and send to collect in Rio de la Plata.

1 May – I am making 2.42 from Merchant

10 May – Core finished in Wagadu

16 May – Event – Tradition or Haram – I respect their practices and we +1% Missionary strength and +1.5% Tolerance of Heathens for 20 years

30 May – Oyo at war, I accept peace

16 June – Event – Colony Growth in West Timor by 200 after I spend cash

5 July – Kantor and Tagant are cored

5 Sept – Brakna is done as well

1 Oct – Gabon – Next to Mayumba to the south and north is the unclaimed Cameroon with just 3 dev, Coastal, Ibadi, Algerian, 5 dev, Tropical Wood, 0.05,

That was our extra colony building up slowly without a leader. I pull colonists from our miss in Flores and send to Lombok, strait to Bali and Sumbawa

I have enough MIL for the next Quality idea but I am also close to the next tech, I hold off since I need 432 for the next one.

2 Oct – Termes’s core is finished

16 Oct – NW Pacific Sea Exploration Mission Finished, next is Coasts there

12 Nov, 1544 - The 100 Year Review!

[JonInMiddleGA]

sidenote: You inspired me to fire up EU IV for the first time in ... a long time.

My inspiration lasted all of about an hour. It's a fantastic game in theory for me, I simply cannot play the $%@#$ thing worth the slightest damn.

Respect for your mastery, I may actually be as close to your polar opposite in ability as someone could be lol.

Carry on, just thought I'd share

[Abe Sargent]

MAPS!


Let’s start with North Africa:



This is our main area, with our cash broken down as well. In the last 50 years I’ve finished Morocco, won two wars against Songhai, one against Kongo, and colonized everywhere. The Mamluks remain a power and you can see the much smaller Songhai.

Lower Africa:



You can see Kongo still a power, and Kilwa has grown into the former Mutapa, Butua, and much of the island of Madagascar. I really haven’t damage Kongo much and without a navy for upkeep they have a much bigger army. You can see my four holdings in Southern Africa, and this place has mostly 3-4 devs without chances at good things like Ivory or Slavs, but instead things like Grain, Livestock and Fishing. Therefore I just grabbed those four and slipped into the three Indian Ocean’s much better Islands

My hope is that I’ll do my Kongo war here in a few since it took me a while to build my stuff from my massive takings, but now I just have one Songhai core left plus Ternate.

Now South America:



This shows you our colonies in Brazil and La Plata as well as France next to our colonial nation in Brazilian and our La Plata nation next to Portugal. You can see Spain in New Granada in the north and in the Andes as well.

We aren’t in North America and the Caribbean so I’ll skip,

Here’s the Indies:



As you can see, Malacca has expanded most of the valuable Islands are ours but many high dev parts of Islands like Sulawesi and Borneo are available, as are two colonies with low dev but a good chance of Spices to the west of Malacca. We have every Clove holding g other than Tidore, and every colony that could be a Clove is ours, and all but one worked, but it’s more than 50% chance.

Europe:




I don’t know what’s happening in the north and haven’t bothered exploring since I don’t want to waste time in an Expedition or two.

[Abe Sargent]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

sidenote: You inspired me to fire up EU IV for the first time in ... a long time.

My inspiration lasted all of about an hour. It's a fantastic game in theory for me, I simply cannot play the $%@#$ thing worth the slightest damn.

Respect for your mastery, I may actually be as close to your polar opposite in ability as someone could be lol.

Carry on, just thought I'd share

Thanks for sharing!!

[Abe Sargent]

The Ledger


Army - I have 61k troops and a forcelimit of 89k so I could get much bigger. We have:

35k infantry, 18k calvary, 8k artillery

We are fourth best, top is Spain with 129k.

Our Eternal Ally – Mamluks – 45k in 10th.

Our Colonies have 18k total


Navy – I just have 16 ships:

5 Heavies
3 Lights
3 Galleys
5 Transports

I have my non-transports as my Explorer and we have a forcelimit of 84 and we could get loads more vessels.


Techs – We have 12/12/9 - for a total of 33. The most is 36 with 5 nations.

Ideas – A ton of folks have 21 we have just 17.

Income - With 104.89 we are 6th most cash, The Ottomans are 1st with 155.21

We have 13 Manufactories for our 20 needed for our Missions.

Development – 862 – 4th, the Turks are also top here with 1331

Max Manpower – 64.28k and we are 5th, the top is 151.14k the Turks

We are the only Great Imamate

We have the 7th best score

Religions – Ibadi is in 6 nations us, our two colonies, our two Pirate vassals, and Pate has made it 100 years! We have 130 Ibadi provinces out there.


Our Top Ten Provinces by Tax Revenue:

1. Tunis, 28.90
2. Marrakech, 16.84
3. Cape, 15.73
4. Mzab, 14.78
5. Gharb, 14.78
6. Mitija, 14.26
7. Oran, 14.26
8. Kairwan, 14.26
9. Sus, 13.73
10. Tafilalt, 13.14

Our Top Ten Provinces by Production:

1. Tafilalt, 43.20 – Gold
2. Tunis, 28.94 – Cloth
3. Cape – 16.47 – Livestock
4. Ambon, 15.04 – Cloves
5. Tilimsan, 12.19 – Cloth
6. Bambuk, 12.00 – Gold
7. Ternate – 11.59 – Cloves
8. Meknes, 11.22 – Cloth
9. Oran, 9.97 – Cloth
10. Qafsah. 9.58 – Salt

Note that without a core or state,Ternate is already making that cash. The other ones have Manufactories. Now, what if I pull my two Gold and Cloves?


Our Top Ten Non-Gold or Clove Provinces by Production:

1. Tunis, 28.94 – Cloth
2. Cape – 16.47 – Livestock
3. Tilimsan, 12.19 – Cloth
4. Meknes, 11.22 – Cloth
5. Oran, 9.97 – Cloth
6. Qafsah. 9.58 – Salt
7. Draa, 9.22 – Spices
8. Susa, 8.13 -Sugar
9. Mzab, 7.83 – Livestock
10. Hodna, 7.18 – Salt

Nice! Ceram would be 8 but has Cloves.

I have 116 provinces! Most are pretty poor

We have no inflation

Charts:

Religion:

Ibadi – 83.6%
Fetishist – 10.3%
Sunni – 5.1%
Animist -1.0%

Cultures:

Algerian – 34.8%
Berber – 17.6%
Kongolese – 5.9%
Moroccan – 17.7%
Tuareg – 5.7%
Tunisian – 17.3%


Top Ten Trade Nodes by Total Traded:

1. Sevilla, 52.08
2. Venice
3. Caribbean
4. Genoa
5. English Channel
6. Wien
7. Constantinople
8. Krakow
9. Persia
10. Malacca, 23.19


Ours:

Brazil – 8.13
Cape – 2.09
Tunis – 6.83
Rio de la Plata -
Timbuktu – 9.85
Safi – 6.69

Trade Goods by Current Value -

8.0 - Cloves
4.50 - Copper, Coffee
4.37 – Paper
4.0 – Dyes, Silk, Ivory, Cocoa
3.60 – Cloths
3.30 – Salt
3.0 – Gems, Glass, Tobacco, Sugar, Cotton, Spices, Chinaware, Slaves, Iron
2.70 – Fur
2.50 - Livestock, Wine, Tea
2.12 - Incense
2.0 – Grain, Fish, Naval Supplies, Tropical Wood, Wool

How much Wool, Fish, Grain or Livestock are in my region?

Which are we the production leader in?

Cloves obviously

Nothing else

There are no coalitions against me

Great Powers:

1. Spain
2. Ottomans
3. France
4. Algiers
5. Commonwealth
6. Austria
7. Mamluks
8. England


Good stuff!

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Fifty-Eight - The Reiter Discovered



1 Jan, 1545 - I do not spend my cash for a Manufactory, saving it for mercs against Kongo.

6 Jan – Trarza is cored!

1 Feb – New Tech!

MIL TECH 10 – Reiter - We get +25% maneuver and then we get better cannons and cavalry called ”Qizilbash Cavalry” I upgrade both

1 April – I can get another Age of Reformation ability! I choose:

Institutional Spread - +10% in my Ibadi provinces.

Military look, armies:

Kongo – 12k
Bunyoro – 12k
Chokwe – 7k

31k total

I have a 10k army on the coast to protect against Rebels and keep us save from a Kongo attack so it makes sense to attack Kongo now with mercs and my army at 10 MIL to their 9 with upgraded cannon and cavalry.

I hire a 37k merc unit called the Independent Army in Soyo

13 April – They arrive. I am still making cash, but I spent a few hundred on them

I DOW Kongo’s Copper Mine of Anziku

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Fifty-Nine - The Second Algiers/Kongo War

I order my army into their capital of Mpempa

2 May - We begin the Siege

14 June – Siine converted! Next is Tagant

4 July – Event -Colonial Disaster – I spend 50 DIP to prevent a -200 hit

1 Aug – Cayor converts! Next is Kantor

West Timor – Gems, Grasslands, 10 dev, next to East Timor, Ibadi, Algerian, makes us 0.38

I send these colonists to the Spice Island of Yamdena with 9 dev in the Timor State that I already made. I order my army from Ternate there to take out the natives.

17 Sept – Mpempa is ours, there is an 11k army next door in Mbata I head to

10 Oct – We win the Battle of Mbata. I head to the Fort of Kasanje.

15 Nov – We arrive and begin a siege.

21 Dec – Ternate is cored!

24 Dec – We kill the natives in Yamdena

2 Jan, 1546 – 7k Chokwe forces have arrived to siege us in Imhambane’s Castle next to Kilwa, I pay for a small merc force next door in Matsolo, I hire the 12k Free Company.

12 Jan – They arrive and now I am losing cash so this needs to be quick

1 Feb – With a 102 I have maxed relations with Malacca, I pull my diplomat

1 Mar – 10k rebellion in Futa Jallon, I have 15k two over in Galam I send over

10 April - We win in Futa Jallon – I lost 3.4k

23 April – After my mercs built up morale a few months I order them to Inhambane

7 May – Kasanje falls! I have a war score of 30%. I head nearby to the capital of Chokwe Ishindi.

28 May – We win in Inhambane and I dismiss the mercs

3 June - Exploration Mission in the NW Pacific Coast finished! Next is NE Pacific Sea

16 June – We begin the siege of Ishindi

1 July – Sumbawa – Strait to Lombok and Flores, Grasslands, Tea, Tropical Island, Ibadi, Algerian, makes us .15 from 8 dev

I send them to the island of Sunda to the south of this.

4 July – Wuluf converts! Next is the big one – Ternante

12 Aug - 14k Kongo troops arrive to recapture our wartarget in Anziku

1 Sept – Our ADM advisor Inquisitor dies that gave us the awesome +2 Missionary strength. I hire level 1 Natural Scientist that gives us +10% production.

5 Sept – They recapture Anziku

1 Oct – Flores – Tropical Wood, Timor State connects with straits to Timor and Sumbawa, 11 dev, Ibadi, Algerian, 0.39 made here.

That was our free colony, so I pull colonist from Lombok and send them to the Sulawesi holding of Manado with 10 dev

12 Oct – Kongo has begun to siege their capital again

1 Dec – Ishindi falls, I order my army to Mpempa

1 Mar, 1547 – With a relations of 179 we max with the Mamluks I pull my diplomat

I lose my claim on Ceuta

18 Mar – We win in Mpampa and we have a warscore of 36%, next is the Castle of Rund two away from Ishindi.

22 Mar – I send my Mamluk diplomat to build a spy network in Portugal.

I order 1k soldiers in Loango to capture minors while I am dealing with the Siege

19 May – It’s built.

5 July – Anziko is ours

18 Aug – Mpangu is ours

5 Sept – Rund falls, we have a warscore of 50%

Next is the Fort of Kusu near the eastern border

Before I do that 6k Chokwe troops are in their other holding, I head over to take them out

3 Oct – A minor falls

15 Oct – I rout the army in Chokwe and move to the Fort

29 Oct – Another minor falls

24 Nov – Another minor

13 Jan, 1548 – I now have every holding in Kongo next to me

1 Feb – We kill the natives in Manado.

3 Feb – Tagrant is converted, next is Termes, which will take forever

8 Feb – Our siege in Kusu begins

5 Mar – A minor falls

3 April – Event – Military Research - I get100 MIL power after investing in the army

8 May – Minor ours

26 May – Kusu is ours! I have a warscore of 68%, what can I get?

There are three I have claims on I like loads.

Here we go:

Songhai will get upset at anything

Anziku – Wartarget, inland next to Ngoyo and Loando - 8 badboy,4 warscore

Mpangu – South of Anziku, East of us in Ngoyo, Soyo – 9 badboy and 6 warscore

Move down three to:

Ndongo – Inland, east of us in Luanda – 9 badboy, 7 warscore

My key three targets are 17 score and 25 badboy and only Songhai cares. Now any thing else we can take without annoying Kongo is gravy

Songo - East of Anzkiu and Mpangu – 6 badboy, 5 warscore

Mbwilla – Inland, south of their capital, north of Ndongo, east of us in Loanda and Mbamba, 6 score and badboy, and that’s it I cannot get anything else.



Total is 37.6 badboy and 28 score. Peace with 5, four have strong trade goods. I spend 177 coring them, I disband my mercs.

Anziku – Wartarget, inland next to Ngoyo and Loando - Copper Mines, 6 dev, Tropical, Jungle, Kongolese, Fetishist, 0.21 made here

Mpangu – South of Anziku, East of us in Ngoyo, Soyo – Copper here too – also 6 dev, Grasslands, Kongolese and Fetishist, making us 0.21, Tropical

Ndongo – Inland, east of us in Luanda – Emporium, Tropical, Highlands, 7 dev, Slaves, Fetishist faith bur Mbunbu culture, makes us 0.17

Songo - East of Anzkiu and Mpangu – Spices traded here, Tropical Jungle, 4 dev, Kongolese Fetishist, makes us 0.11

Mbwilla – Inland, south of their capital, north of Ndongo, east of us in Loanda and Mbamba – Grain, Grasslands, 5 dev, Mbundu Fetishists, 0.11

Nice five additions with Spices, two Copper, one Slave and an Emporium Center of Trade

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Sixty - Allying Malacca

26 May - I order a claim for Kongo’s Kasanje Castle next to me

29 June – Ternate converts, next is Brakna

1 Aug – I lose my claim on Portugal’s Tangiers and then claim it again.

Tidore is at war.

1 Oct – Lombok is with Spices

There is a level 1 Inquisitor appearing in the Admin advisor and I hire him

15 Nov -Another 6 transports in the Indies arrive and will join our 5 transports here for my 11k army

I need to get Tidore now before they lose their war, they have 8k in their colony in Manokwari I order my 11k next to it.

1 Jan, 1549 – I order Farm Estate in Dahra for Grain.

1 Feb - I again have enough MIL For their 4th Quality idea but the next tech is just 462

6 March – My 11k is in Fak-Fak, now I need my navy back to get my army across the strait

1 April – Rebellion in Segu

13 April – No longer

1 May – Sumba has Incense

1 June – Yamdena with Spices

24 June – Kantor converts! Next is Wagadu

1 July – New Tech!

MIL TECH 11 - Matchlock Musket – I get 2 combat width, +0.50 cavalry fire, +0.20 infantry shock and I can build a Weapons Manufactory

And…

DIP TECH 13 – Chartered Companies - +2% Trade efficiency and then we get to build a Brig ship

24 July - Tidore’s army arrives back home

1 Aug – Royal Marriage with Malacca – I only have four relations and I can have 5, so I added one

26 Aug – Bali have insulted us.

1 Nov – Manado is good for growing Coffee

1 Dec – Alliance offer from Malacca - do I want it? They have: 19k troops, and the 4th biggest fleet at 67 ships, they would be a great regional ally. I accept

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Sixty-One - Fleet Upgraded

1 Jan, 1550 – The Printing Press Institution has arrived

New tech!

ADMIN TECH 13 – Improved Drainage - +2% Production Efficiency

I order:

Weapons Manufactory for Iron in Kabylia

3 April – Event – Embarrassing Relative- - lose 5 prestige

20 May – I order a fleet in the Indies that can beat Tidore

They have 4 Lights and I order 5 Heavy Carracks and 8 Light Caravels

28 July – Anziku and Mpangu are done with cores

1 Aug – I claim Portugal’s Fez and Kongo’s Matamba
 
31 Oct – Songo cored

5 Dec - I order my Conquistador back to Sulawesi to clear out some natives.

1 Jan, 1551 – No buildings this year since I spent my cash on ships

23 Jan – We get there and I order my force west to future areas to clear out for future colonial efforts

1 Feb – Termes converts, next is Anziku

Our MIL Advisor Commandant, the new one is another level 2 Commandant

16 Feb – I kill the natives in Gorontalo next to Manado

1 Mar - Sumba - Island, south of our areas, Coastline, 6 dev, Ibadi, Algerian, Incense, Tropical, makes 0.09.

I order these colonists to Gorontalo

8k Rebellion in Galam where I have a 15k army

14 Mar – We win

25 Mar – Natives in Palu next to Gorontalo are killed

28 Mar - Mbwila and Ndongo cored, all are done!

Brakna converted, next is Mpangu

22 April – Natives in Poso killed next to Palu

I head back

31 May – Exploration mission done, I order upgrades

1 July – I lose my claim on the Bahamas

Once my Exploration navy finishes the upgrade we should be able to take out Tidore

14 August - I combine my 11 brigs and my upgraded exploration fleet so they cannot take out the coney one

19 Sept – Europe is at war with West African powers

I offer military access to everyone at war in the Portuguese Conquest of Dahomey – them, Oyo, Wagadugu and Kanu.

1 Jan, 1552 – I hold off and don’t order anything in case of the war for Tidore needs some help

1 Feb – Yamdena – Spices, Timor State, 10 dev, Ibadi, Algerians, Coastline, make us 0.79

I order these colonists to Palu

1 Mar – I launch my fleet.

I declare war on Tidore for Tidore. I don’t call Malacca

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Sixty-Two - The Algerian War for Tidore


I order 11k into Manokwari from Fak-Fak which is no longer a colony but full province where their 8k are, they have colonizing Poso that I cleared.

12 Mar – I win a naval battle in the Halmahera Sea

25 Mar – Wagadu converts, next is Ndongo

19 Apr – We win a battle in Manokwari and I order my army to leave and chase them down

14 July – Manokwari is ours

1 Aug - They capture Gorontalo

8 Sept- We arrive in Tidore and kill a small army here

10 Oct – Anziku converts! Next is Mbwila

1 Dec – Manado – Sulawesi – Coffee, 10 dev, Coastline, 0.26 made here, next to Gorontalo, Ibadi and Algerian, I order these colonists to Sulawesi’s Kendari

1 Feb, 1553 – Tidore Falls! I have a 100% warscore

I take the colony and both holdings:




For 32.2 bad boy and only Songhai cared. I spend 152 Adm power to core:

Tidore - The big one, Cloves, 16 dev, Animist, Shipyard, Regimental Camp, Workshop, strait to Halmahera, Molaccan culture, Tropical makes 0.18

Manokweri – 3 dev, Papua, Spices, Tropical, Jungle, Animist, Papuan, 0.05 here

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Sixty-Three - Incorporating Tidore


1 Feb – I split my navies back and order my army to Kendari and my colonist back to Gorontalo

What’s happening with the massive Portugal and West Africa war? Portugal is losing by 7

My navy is built in the Indies, I combine it in Ceram

4 Feb – Explorer Mission to North East Pacific Coast

1 Mar – I give my 13 ship fleet to a Admiral I just hired and hand it a Protect Trade mission in Cape where they can be close.

13 Mar – I order Weapons Manufactory in Tadla for Copper.

11 April – Natives in Kendari in Sulawesi Isle are cleared out. It’s also next to one province Buton allied with two province Luwu both on Sulawesi which I could bring in Militarily.

This may happen soon, and Buton is strait away so I stop my fleet going to Cape which would only make me .37 more in trade and head back home, Here’s why this is fast:

Luwu normally would have 4, Malacca took 2 and their peace is in three years in 1556. So if I want to pull this prior to Malacca gobbling them I need to DOW them prior to that peace ending. They have two Spices and one Iron, all highly valuable things.

Buton – 2k Army
Luwu – None right now

My 5k great ships and 8k lights are more than Buton’s 3 Galleys and Luwu’s 3 heavies and 4 gallies

1 May – I claim Kongo’s Malem and Portugal’s Ceuta

I pull my spy network from Portugal and keep it back for the soon to be war in Sulawesi since I might need two with the Dip delays being month’s long

2 May – Our fleet has arrived, I spend 50 MIL to claim Holy War on all adjacent provinces. This will give me claims on both Luwu holdings next to me.

3 May – I DOW Luwu for Kolanka and I cannot call in Malacca

Buton joins

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Sixty-Four - The Algerian War for Kolanka and Buton

I sent my 11k to Buton since they are the only one with an army

15 May – I win a Naval Battle against Luwu

29 May – Butoni Army defeated, siege begins

1 Aug - Poso is a miss with Naval Supplies

29 Aug – Ndongo converts! Next is Futa Jallon

24 Oct – Buton falls, I order my army to Luwu’s Kolanka

31 Oct – I defeat the Buton fleet that fled their harbor and captured four – two transports and two galleys

1 Dec – Lombok – Strait to the nation of Bali and us at Sumbawa, Algerian, Ibadi, Grasslands, 6 dev, makes us 0.07

I take Buton in a separate peace deal:



For 14.5 badboy, and I spend 31 to core it

26 Dec – Kendari sets up

13 Jan, 1554 – Kolanka is ours

3 Feb - I arrive at Palopo the capital of Luwu but this has a Castle in it and will take longer than a usual siege. I order 1k artillery in Manado to head over after getting built

I also order my 4 captured ships to port since they need repairs

20 Feb - I begin to build a spy network with Bone, south of Luwu

27 April – Event – Warriors do not Read Books - I get +10% Admin and Dip tech costs for 5 years

30 May – Artillery built I order it over

1 July – Gorontalo is good for Spices, much better than Poso

1 Aug – Peace with Songhai and her allies is up

12 Aug – Cannon arrives – I order a fusillade

14 Sept – Kongo finds our spy network

1 Oct – Palu is with Incense

17 Dec – Palopo falls and I have a 100% warscore, I don’t wait to fight their navy, let’s take this now



Only next door two provinces Bone and Songhai care. 21.6 badboy. I spend 32 for Kolanka and 35 for Palopo.

Buton – Island chain with strait crossing to Kendari, 6 dev, Spices, they have built Dock and Workshop, Sulawesi culture, Animist faith, Coastline, tropical, 0.06 made here

Kolanka – Also Sulawesi and Animist, next to Kendari, Poso and Palopo, Coastline, 7 dev, Spices, Workshop, Mosque, Shipyard, Jungle, 0.13 made here

Palopo – North of Malacca, Bone, open space in Mamuju, Hills, Iron mine, Sulawesi Animist 7 dev, Castle, Mosque, Workshop, make us .11.

Nice!

Now, back to Africa

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Sixty-Five - Now an Empire


17 Dec – I leave behind my army to help rebels there

My ships I took are healed, and I order my two captured transports to join my fleet and then my captured galleys to join my fleet and then I order my fleet to rebuild

1 Jan, 1655 - I order Farm Estate for Metija’s Grain

I can now claim an Empire! Let’s do it!

Here are the benefits:

I get all Maghreb cultures accepted
Our governing capacity increases and I can make more states
Better absolutism for the next age

Right now there are there just 8 other empires beside us like Ming and Inca and Turks, Austria, France, Ethiopia, Japan and Songhai

I turn these to states:

Niger Bend – Timbuktu and Mema

Jolof – Wolof, Trarza, Siine, Cayor

Futa Jallon – Gabu, Futa Jallon, Kantor

North Sulawesi – Manado, Gorontalo, Pasu, Poso, Mamuju after colonized

How’s our war in West Africa with Europe? They are losing -16

4 Mar – What I want to do now is finish in my 4 colonies on Sulawesi and then colonize the rest of the west African coast starting near African nations in order to stop that from happening again.

25 April – Exploration mission finished, next is South East Pacific Sea

1 May – Kendari good for Incense

1 July - Benguela was given a seat in Parliament

I claim Bone’s Waju

22 July – Mbwilla converted! Next is Gabu

1 Aug – Revolt in Mpangu

I order my army in

4 Sept – They capture it

5 Oct – Tidore is a core!

10 Oct – Rebels defeated

11 Nov - It’s ours again!

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Sixty-Six - Getting Ready for War

1 Jan, 1656 – It looks like Portugal is now at peace and lost her colony on the West African Shore to Dahomey, this happened with Morocco’s war when they couldn’t cross us to attack and built up warscore over time.

I need another seat in Majils so I promote Ternate

I upgrade my captured navy for 44

I order:

Farm Estate for Kairwan’s Grain

I have 545 left for mercs for my soon to be 3rd War with Songhai, I move my army near it:

Songhai – 15k

16 Jan – Tekrur converts – next is Tidore

5 Feb – Core done in Manokwari!

17 Feb – Futa Jallon converts – next is Manokwari

28 Feb – Event – Rigorous Researchers - +40 in each power

1 Mar – Parliament has passed ”Charter Colonies” for ten years, +1 colonist and +20 Settler Increase. I send these to Whydah next to Dahomey and Benin on the West Coast, I order my Kongo army over to clear out the locals

29 Mar – My armies are in place around Songhai.

I DOW for Songhai’s Iron Mines of Bendugu, I do not call in Mamluks

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Sixty-Seven - The Third Algiers/Songhai War


I order 25k into their capital of Gao and 15k into Bendugu

1 April – Our truce with Kongo ends

14 April – We begin the siege of Gao

23 May – Bendugu falls

12 June – 15k Songhai troops are besieging us in Djado

6 July – Another minor falls to our 15k army, next is the Castle of Jenne

27 July – Gao falls and I order my army to Djado

28 Aug – Looks like Jenne is no longer a Castle and we capture it

12 Oct – A minor falls

1 Nov – We win in Djado and relieve the siege

12 Nov – Another minor falls as my Colonial Nations and Pirate Marches are here capturing things

25 Nov – All of western Songhai left from our two wars is ours, and I have a warscore of 57, let’s keep pushing.

5 Dec – Buton is now a core!

1 Jan, 1557 – Poso – 10 dev, Naval Supplies, Sulawesi Island, Animist, Malaccan, Coastline, makes us 0.20, Tropical

Kendari – Sulawesi island, Grasslands, 12 dev, Ibadi faith, Algerian culture, Tropical, Incense, 0.19 made here

I order the colonists to Ivory Coast each of Portugal’s old holding in Dahomey

4 Jan – Natives killed in Whydah

Denmark is colonizing Grain Coast

1 Feb – We gain the Trading in Cloves effect and we get +5% trade efficiency

28 Feb – Natives killed in Ivory Coast

1 Mar – Palu – Natural Harbor, Sulawesi island, Coastline, Incense, 8 dev, Algerian, Ibadi, makes us 0.32.

I order these colonists east of Benin on the coast of Bonny

23 Mar – All Songhai holdings are ours with an 88%

What can I get?

West Songhai -

Bendugu – Wartarget, 4 score, 6 badboy

Gwiriko – South of Bendugu – 5 score, 3 badboy

Jenne – North of Gwiriko and next to Bendugu – 22 score, 21 badboy – that’s a big one

Kala – North of Jenne, 7 score, 8 badboy,

Sah – North of Kala, 8 each

Karabara – East of Sah, 9 badboy, 8 warscore

That’s all of West Songhai left with 53 score and 55 badboy.

Can I nab anything on the east end?

East Songhai -

Itesan – 4 badboy, 6 warscore

Ader – West of Itesan, 4 badboy, 5 warscore

Gobir – South of Itesan and Ader – 7 badboy, 8 warscore

That’s it!



Only Songhai and Bone care! 72 score and 70.4 badboy! Peace! Coring costs 366 ADM with 98 to Jenne

West Songhai -

All are next to Wagadugu

Bendugu – Wartarget, Iron Mines, Bozo Culture, Fetishist Faith, 7 dev, Savannah, tropical, 0.08

Gwiriko – South of Bendugu – Tropical, 3 dev, Grain, Savannah, makes us 0.02, Dyala Fetishists.

Jenne – North of Gwiriko and next to Bendugu – Our key addition – Emporium, Arid, Mosque, has great project named “Great Mosque of Djenne” 22 dev, Cloth, Sunni, Bozo , 0.39 made here

Kala – North of Jenne, Arid, Fishing Marsh with 9 dev, Bozo Fetishists make 0.22

Sah – North of Kala, Marsh, Arid, Bambara culture, Fetishist faith, 8 dev, grain growers, make us 0.08

Karabara – East of Sah, 0.16 made here, Steppes, 8 dev, Fishing, Arid, Songhai culture, Sunni faith, next to Songhai’s capital of Gao.

East Songhai -

Itesan – North of the nation of Kano, the accepted Tuareg culture, Sunni faith, Livestock, 5 dev, Steppes, Arid, makes us 0.14

Ader – West of Itesan, next to Songhai, Sunni, Tuareg, 5 dev, Steppes, Livestock, Arid, 0.02

Gobir – South of Itesan and Ader – Next to Songhai, the nation of Kano and Zazzou – Arid, Iron Working, Savannah, 9 dev, Sunni and Hausa, Arid, 0.07

Jenne is awesome and two Iron provinces are nice too.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Sixty-Eight - A Busy 3/4s of a Year


23 Mar – I order my 25k army to Ader and my 15k to Jenne

I purchase another Manufactory this time a Naval Equipment Manufactory for Inhambane’s Fish

This truce expires in 12 years in July 1569, hopefully Songhai will still be okay then

1 April – Gorontalo – Sulawesi Island, Spices, 5 dev, Coastline, 0.29. Algerian and Ibadi. I send this colonist to a East of Bonny Calabar, my non-colonist holding is gone, I pull my Whydah colonists and send them to South Africa’s

Actually Spain is in South Africa’s Xhosa and Delagoa Bay, that’s not good.

I send them to Mtetwa south of Matsolo – I need to colonize next to Kilwa to prevent Spain coming north, I order my army from the Indies to Matsolo to take out natives locally

27 May – Gabu converts, next is Poso

5 June – Natives killed in Bonny

12 June – Tidore converts! Next is Buton

1 July – Our truce with Bone is up

Our DIP Trader Advisor passes, I hire level 2 Navigator that gives us +20% colonial range

10 Aug – Natives in Calabar killed

18 Aug – Cores finished in Palopo and Kolaka in Sulawesi Island

I claim Bone’s Bone

20 Sept – Manokwari converts next is Palopo

6 Oct – Our Explorer passes, I hire another

20 Dec – Natives in Mtetwa are killed

Denmark is colonizing Karou next to us and Grain Coast on the West African Coast

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Sixty-Nine - Corvettes Discovered


1 Jan, 1558 – I order a Naval Equipment Manufactory for Sat in Tuat.

1 April – Fish in Ivory Coast, I pull them and send them to Cameroon which connects my Kongo places with Calabar and Bonny

6 April – Natives in Cameroon killed, I order my army back south to Kongo

1 June – New Idea – Quality Idea #4 – Corvettes – I get +5% Ship Durability and we unlocked another Berber Idea:

Dual Diplomacy - +1 Dip relations

1 July – Another Age of Reformation Ability can be purchased.

Mercs - +5% Mercenary discipline

24 July – My troops arrive on the Kongo border


Kongo: 12k
Bunyoro – 13k
Kazembe – 9k

With the 12 on the border plus another Merc unit I could wage war plus have my 13k in South Africa as a reserve.

6 Aug- Poso converts, next is Kolaka

1 Sept – Whydah with Fish, our Conquistador passes, and I hire another, just level 1

1 Jan, 1559 – I don’t order a Manufactory since I am saving for a future war with Kongo

1 Feb – Bonny is a great place for Dyes!

18 Feb – Buton converts, next is Trarza

1 Mar – Calabar just Fish

26 Mar – Ader and Itesan’s cores are finished

1 April - I have to have another seat, I promote Tidore

1 June –

I declare the third war for Kongo for their minor holding of Mbata behind their capital and connects our holdings

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Seventy - The Third Algiers/Kongo War

I don’t call in my allies, I order my 12k to Mbata and I hire the 27k Grand Company in Soyo.

8 June – Palopo converts, next is Ader

14 June – The mercs arrive and I order them to Kongo’s capital

19 June – Event – A New Settlement, +100 people in Cameroon

1 July – 13k Rebellion in Bambuk, I have 15k nearby

Mtetwa good for Slaves

21 July – Mbata is ours and I order this 12k army to the capital siege

2 Aug – Rebels capture Bambuk

19 Aug – We capture their capital, next is the Castle of Kasanje

I hire a 1k cavalry army built in my colony near Kongo to capture small stuff

I have a warscore of 32%

1 Sept – Naval Supplies in Cameroon

17 Sept – We barely defeat the rebels in Bambuk

29 Sept – The Siege of Kasanje begins

18 Oct – We retook Bambuk

29 Oct- Explorer finishes, next is Pacific South America coast

18 Nov –my 1k army is created, but Kongo has 17k plus 9k from their ally near the border so I won’t move out

25 Nov – Cores finished in Jenne, Bendugu, Sah, Kala and Karabara

26 Mar, 1560 – Cores finished in Gwariko and Gobir, everything is ours!

1 April – Rebellion in Ader, where my 25k army is

9 April – Kasenje is ours, we have a warscore of 44% I try to chase down their army

23 April – Kolaka converts, next is Itesan

20 May – We rout a 14k army in Shinje

16 June – Shinje ours, next is the Castle of Rund

Actually I have a warscore of 53 and normally they won’t let me take too much without joining a coalition. What can I get now?

I can get their valuable capital and two minor holdings before they get annoyed.




Here are the three I am taking for a 30 warscore and 33.6 badboy – I do it and pay 79 for their capital and then 34 for the other two. I disband my mercs

Mpempa – Former capital, next us, Iron mining, Grasslands, Trade emporium, Tropical, 18 dev, the accepted Kongolese culture with a Catholic faith, has the great work “M’banza-Kongo” they have built here Barracks, Mosque, Marketplace, making 0.38

Mbata – Inland of Mpempa, next to Kongo, Also Grasslands, Grain, Kongolese culture and fetishist faith, 5 dev, tropical, makes 0.14

Malem – Throw in, Slave trading, next to Kongo and us, south of the area, north of a wasteland called the Kalahari Desert, 0.07 made here, Highlands, 3 dev, Fetishist faith and Mbangala culture, tropical


One great addition and two throw ins, one with a strong trade good at 3.0

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Seventy-One - The Great Imam Dies

16 June - I order my 12k army to Mpempa and then my 1k to join them

This peace ends in 8 years in 1568 since it was a low warscore

I have claims on all 4 adjacent Kongo holdings so I pull my diplomat and send to Wagadugu

Wagadugu allied with Zazzou, Dahomey, Oyo and Dagbon

Zazzou – 4k
Dahomey – 4k
Oyo – 5k
Dagbon – 4k

They have 17k themselves plus allies, they have Dyes, Ivory, Spices, and Gold, in West Africa.

17 Aug – Our High Imam has passed!

Our next ruler is

Muhammed III, 23, not married

1/3/6, very different militarily, his dad was a DIP specialist if you’ll recall, right now we are making 8/8/11 investment monthly.

I need to get him a consort. I offer a RM to Mamluks, no new Consort

4 Sept – The Turks accept, our new Consort is Nurbanu, a 2/5/3 Age 18

Another Royal Marriage with Malacca

1 Oct – I get the event for choosing our Sheik and choose the most qualified for another -10% Admin tech costs

1 Nov – Our Inquisitor Adviser passes and I hire another but just level 1

Both Spain colonies in South Africa are done but she is not here any more

1 Jan, 1561 - I don’t order a Manufactory since I might go to war with Wagadugu

I finish the Mission to Build 20 Manufactories, I get for 25 years +10% production and 2252 cash, next is Imperial Conquest

I spend 1k to build in Tunis the great work “Holy City of Kairouan” which when built gives me +0.5 Tolerance of the True Faith and +33% institution spread and boosts to monthly piety

1 Feb, I DOW for Wagadugu’s Gold Mining of Bure and do call in Mamluks

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Seventy-Two - The First Algerian/Wagadugu War

I order 15k from Futa Jallon to Bure
25k into Haayre

I hire 40k Independent Army for 950 for a cost of 20 monthly to Gwikio

My mercs arrive and I order them to the capital

7 Mar – Ader converts, next is Gwiriko

16 Mar – Two minors fall

21 Mar- We arrive in Wagadugu and being the siege

1 April – Calabar -Jungle, 3 dev, Natural Harbor, tropical, next to Cameroon and Bonny, Fish, Algerian Ibadi make us 0.04, I send these colonists to South Africa’s Natal, connecting us in Mtetwa and Spain on the coast.

A minor army begins in Gobir

I pull my 25k army to head over and take it out, but we won’t arrive until it’s taken

7 Apr – explorer done, next is American east Coast Sea

1 May – Gobir falls

8 May – New Heir Ibrahim is born with very even 4/4/4 stats

18 May - Itesan falls

7 June – We arrive in Gobir

24 June _ They capture another of mine

27 June - We capture three of theirs

7 July – We recapture Gobir

9 July – Our mercs capture Wagadugu I order them to our holdings to help against their combined 23k army

1 Aug – Another minor fall to us on the west flank

Bonny - Between Calabar and Benin, Dyes, 4 dev, Jungle, tropical, 4 dev, Algerian, Ibadi. 0.04 made here.

I order these colonists to South Africa’s holding of Lesser Namaqualand coastal, next to Cape

20 Aug – We retake Itesan

The Mamluks arrive on the flank and we join them heading to Azbin where their 23k are

21 Sept – We win the Battle of Azbin and order the mercs to the capital of Zazzau next to us which has a Castle so it’ll be slower

1 Oct – Mtetwa – South Africa, south of Matsolo, Slave, Jungle, 3 dev, Ibadi Algerians making us 0.03

I send these colonists inland to Highveld inland of this, Natal and Spain

4k are in Bonny I order my Kongo army over

9 Oct – Another minor falls to me

23 Oct – We recapture Azbin I order my 25k to join the siege in Zazzau

31 Oct – Bonny falls

1 Nov – New Tech:

DIP TECH – The Gallelas – I can build that ship and Trade Station a Manufactory for traded goods like Ivory, Slaves, Incense and Spices

16 Nov – Calabar falls

19 Nov – Another minor falls to my 15k

25 Dec – Trarza converts next is Mema

1 Jan, 1562 – Another minor falls to my 15k

4 Jan – The Mamluks win a big military battle

10 Feb – Another manor falls to my 15k

1 Mar – I retake Calabar with my Kongo army

26 Mar – Another minor falls to me

7 April – Bonny is ours again

18 April – The capital of Zazzau is ours!

I have a warscore of 80%, What can I get?


Let’s start with the wealthy West Africa:

Bure – Gold Mine, wartarget, - SW Corner, 7 score, 15 badboy

Do – North of Bure, SE Corner, 10 badboy, 8 score

I cannot do too much, just the five West provinces are 54 badboy and 40 warscore and they annoy Kongom, Songhai, and Wagadugu too

But I can do four, but not the middle one:



Just those four for 27 score and 33.7 badboy. I do it and spend 129 to core them with my ADM power.

Ready?

Bure – Gold Mine, wartarget, - SW Corner, tropical, Mosque here, Hills, 14 dev, Mali people, Fetishist faith, 1.16 made here

Do – North of Bure, NW Corner, - Livestock, Mosque, 9 dev, Savannah, Mali, Fetishists, 0.16 made here, tropical,

Bagoe – SE Corner, south of Sibiridugu – Dyes made here, Textile Manufactory, Mosque, 3 dev, Savannah, Dyoda Fetishists making us 0.46

Sibiridugu – NE Corner, Spice trade, 5 dev, Tropical, Fetishist Mali, 0.05 made here, Tropical Savannah

Three great trade goods and a throw in Livestock. Not as big as I was hoping

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Seventy-Three - Three Colonies Finished

18 April, 1562 – I order my 15k army to Bure and my 25k army to Jenne and I disband my mercs.

1 May – Ivory Coast – 4 dev, Algerian Ibadi, Fish, Jungle, tropical, makes us 0.02, next to Denmark and Dahomey

I spend 1k and order the upgrade of my Great Work in Timbuktu which when built will give me +15% Institution Spread and better relations with my Ulema estate.

4 May – Event – I lose 50 ADM power

I finish the Mission to Establish an Empire for 25 years we get -5 Separatism from my vassals and colonial nations

9 June – Portugal again announce us as a rival

18 June – Mpempa and Mbata are cored!

30 June – Itesan converts, next is Mpempa

8 July – Exploration mission done, next is American East Coast Coast

1 Aug – Stability rises back to +3

1 Sept – Cameroon – Naval Supplies – 4 deev, Jungle, Tropical, connects Calabar with Gabon and Kongo, Ibadi, Algerian, 0.07 made here

I order these colonists inland in South Africa to Great Karoo, which connects us in Highveld with us in Cape and Swellendam and is inland of Spain, we have now taken every coastal and inland holding here in South Africa, leaving just more inland holdings. We’ll move on now. I order my Indies army from South Africa to Sulawesi

7 Sept – Natives in Great Karoo killed

1 Dec – New tech:

MIL TECH – 12 – Spanish Square – I get new infantry called Muslim Musketeer I upgrade to, and I get +0/25 tactics

1 Jan, 1563 – Wagadugu at war with Benin I give them access

I order a Trade Station Manufactory for Ceram’s Cloves and Ambon’s too

16 Feb – Our army arrives back on Sulawesi

19 Feb – Malem now a core, all Kongo ones are ours now

1 April – Whydah – Our free colony is now built – Between Dahomey and Benin, coast, Jungle, tropical, 3 dev, fishers, Ibadi, Algerian make us 0.02

I pull my colonists from Natal and send to the island of Sulawesi’s unclaimed Mamuju

21 April – Explorer to American east coast finishes, next is SE Pacific Sea Sea

Everything in the East Coast from Mexico, Florida to Canada is taken. I cannot get to the unclaimed California since my range isn’t good enough, so I might want to grab a random colony on South America west coast to get me there or the Pacific islands

Spain is in the Comoros Islands between Madagascar and the mainland.

I need to next grab the minor islands on the Indies heading in with 3 dev, like the four holdings in Andamans, Christmas Island and Nias and Mentawai and Bengkulu on the main island facing the Indian

1 June – Lesser Namaqualand with Livestock

13 June – Event - Marriageable Women in Lesser Namaqualand

22 Aug – Natives killed in Mamuju

1 Sept – I spend 80 DIP to promote Moloccan to my accepted Culture list, I have three slots left

1 Nov – Highveld is with Gems!

I pull colonists from the meaningless Lesser Namaqualand to head to Bengkulu next to Malacca on the Ajeh island facing the Indian. I don’t want Europe there making war with everyone next to it.

I order my army over from Sulawesi Island

29 Nov – Wagadugu captured us building up a spy network

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Seventy-Four - Two Fast Years


1 Jan, 1564 – Natal also with the Gems! It had a good shot at Gold too

I order a Trade Station for Cloves in Buru

31 Jan – Natives killed in Bengkulu

1 Mar - Our Shalaf’I Scholar leaves.

I make nice with the Mamluks to get another

20 May - We set up in Mamuju

1 Aug – Great Karoo? Great for grains. Boring

6 Sept – They discover our spy in Songhai

11 Nov – Mpempa converts, next is Bendugu

I begin to get ready for my war against Bone in Sulawesi.

I combine my navies so that we’ll be able to move around in the Flores Sea.

Navy –

Bone – 3 heavies, 3 lights, 3 galleys

Their allies:

Brunei – 1 Light, 20 Galleys

Kutai – 1 light, 9 Galleys


My main navy – 5 heavies, 9 lights, 2 Gallies, but the Flores Sea is good for Galleys, so we need to up that navy here In order to win. I got enough for Bone, and one for Kutai, but Brunei might win and then all three combined are nasty. Our ally is:

Malacca – 5/17/27 so they should be able to defeat any of them, but my issue with calling them is that they have 28k troops here on Sulawesi Island next to Bone they could grab and then win or I couldn’t take. All I could probably get is next door Wajo and then they’d take the capital of Bone, which is a much better holding, but they are at war right now, so we need to grab this

Actually Malacca are now allied with Bone so we’ll just let them go.

1 Jan,1565 – I order for Cloves a Trade Station in Halmahera

Rebellion in Kala, my army is next door in Jenne

21 Jan - Cores done in all four provinces taken in my Wagadugu war.

25 Jan – Rebels defeated

1 Mar – I spend 50 MIL to claim more stuff for Holy War

29 Mar – Mema converts! Next is Bagoe

12 April – I claim the Scholar and send my new Merchant to collect from Congo.

23 May – Mission done by Explorer, next is SE Pacific Coast

4 June – I send my Mamluk making nice diplomat to build a spy network in Kano which just took out Benin in war and are next to us

26 July – Event – Shipbuilding Problems – For the next 10 years +50% Shipbuilding time

1 Oct – Swing and a miss – Mamuju just Naval Supplies

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Seventy-Five - Scientific Experimentation Leads to Administration

1 Jan, 1566 – Lesser Namaqualand – South Africa, 6 dev, Steppes, Livestock, Arid, Ibadi Algerians make 0.12, coast, north of Cape

That was one of our free colonies, I order colonists from Great Karoo to Borneo’s unclaimed Katapang next to some locals and I order my 13k here from Sulawesi

New Tech:

ADMIN TECH 14 – Scientific Experimentation - We can build the Manufactory for growing things like Sugar and Coffee and Tea and Cocoa, Plantation. We also can get another Group of Ideas!

What do I want? I have one in each group ADM, DIP, and MIL so I can get anything I want.

Here are some that appeal:

ADM - Religious – You’ll get two bonus Missionaries, Deus Vult against any pagan, better Missionary str at +3% at Idea #3. It’s pretty good at spreading the Ibadi love. But right now I have three and free CBs with my Holy War on my adjacent stuff, so this is less valuable than before. It’s in my hard to build right now ADM queue fighting with techs and core with a lower one right now.

ADM – Admin – Better Merc stuff in several cases, #2 is reduced Core Costs by 25%, strong, and then when finished our states grow by +25%.

DIP – Trade – By the time this is over I’ll get three more Merchants and a boosted 10%% Trade efficiency, and this is not competing for anything in DIP


I do Admin ideas. My next Quality Idea is soon, but I don’t want another MIL idea when we still have more to go

I order a Trade Station in Ternate after destroying their Shipyard

Kongo appears to be at war with Kilwa

1 Mar – Our 10 year boosted colonist is gone. I offer it again

1 May- Bengkulu with Tropical Wood – miss

16 May – Explore mission done! Next is Indian Ocean

1 June – Quality Idea #5 – Naval Drill - +10% Naval Morale

12k Rebellion in Bure, my 25k is next door in Wagoe ordered over

11 July – Rebellion defeated

1 Oct – Highveld – Gems now, Coal later, Inland, next to Spain and Natal and Great Karoo, Desert, Arid, 0.08, 5 dev, Ibadi and Algerian

6 Oct – Natives in Katapang killed

1 Jan, 1567 – In Tidore, I destroy a Shipyard for a Trade Station

15 Jan – Our Crown Colony Brazil Dow’d a native called Tupiniquim

24 Jan – Explorer Mission done, next coast

3 Feb – Katapang sets up

21 May – Coast explored, next is Indian Sea

25 July – Wagadugu at peace!

9 Sept – Our explorer passes

1 Oct - Great Karoo – Inland, South Africa, connects Highveld and Swellendam and Cape, next to Spain, Drylands, 7 dev, grain, 0.09, Algerian, Ibadi

I pull colonists from Mamuju and send them to the Indian Ocean island of Hollhavi with no one there. It’s just 3 dev, has a great chance of good trade goods,

I’ll set up and then pull back and send back closer to the Indies.

15 Nov – I hire another explore and send them to the Indian Ocean

27 Nov – Bagoe converts, next is Sibiridugu

22 Dec – Our spy network in Songhai was discovered

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Seventy-Six - Economic Matters


1 Jan, 1568 – I order a Plantation for Belitung’s Coffee.

9 Jan - Bendugu converts! Next is Karabara

1 April – Natal - Coast, South Africa, next to Spain, Mtetwa and Highveld, Jungle, 5 dev, Gems, Ibadi Algerians make us 0.08

Government Reform:

Next is Tier 7 - Economical Matters

Basically, how do I want to do trade? Options include Free Trade, Empower the Burghers, Exploitation of the New World, among others.

I like many. I am making less from Trade than Production and Taxes, so I choose “Embrace the Economic Theory” and get +10% Production efficiency

With my extra colony done in Natal, I pull my colonists from Bengkulu and send them to Borneo next to Katapang called Sampit

22 April – Sampit natives killed

17 May – The next exploration mission is done, next is Coast, and that’s the last thing I don’t know about

1 July - Truce with Kongo and their allies are up! I’ll wait until after Songhai next year to.

1 Aug – I could likely take those two colonies from Denmark that connect me to Ivory Coast from Sierra Leone, since Denmark has just 6k troops and they are only allied with Oldenburg, but that’ll be after my war with Songhai next year

1 Sept – Our explorer finished and we have discovered everything!

I combine my two fleets

1 Oct - Another miss with Naval Supplies in Katapang

1 Nov – Mamuju – Sulawesi Island, north of Malacca, Hills, Naval Supplies, coast, 0.42, 10 dev, tropical, Algerian Ibadis

I pull colonists from Hollhavi and send to Mentawai on the Indian ocean and just outside the island of Atjeh, also with 3 dev and good chance of things like Spice and just 500 natives and low ferocity and aggressiveness.

1 Jan, 1569 – ADM Idea #1 – Organized Mercenary Payments - -10% Merc cost

I have 1190 cash and don’t buy anything with my builds to save for the Songhai war which could begin this year

22 April - We set up in Sampit

30 May – Event - +200 in Katapang but I spent 30 cash

1 July – Truce with Songhai and her allies is done

Here are the correct level of armies

Songhai – 12k
Kano – 9k – but they could build a lot
Kanem Bornu – 1k
Wadai – 5k

I have 15k next to Gao their capital and 25k next to Kano and the eastern flank. I declare war for Gao. I don’t call on the Mamluks

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Seventy-Seven - The Fourth Algiers/Songhai War

I spend 780 hiring the Independent Army.

Wadai did not join them

I order my 25k into Kano

12 July - Army arrives I order it to Gao with my 15k

19 Aug - A Kano minor falls, it’s got Dyes

I head to their capital of Kano

1 Oct – Bengkulu – Indian Ocean Coast, next to Malacca and Indrapura, and then has Jungle, 8 Dev, Tropical Wood now, Coal later, Ibadi Algerians makes 0.47.

I have to give another seat, and I give it to Sugar of Agadir

I pull colonists from Katapang and send to Nias, very similar to Mentawai

15 Oct - Gao falls! I have a warscore of 23

28 Oct – Kano’s capital of Kano is ours, warscore of 41

I order to the capital of the one province Kanem Bornu

22 Nov – We begin the siege

27 Nov – A minor in Songhai is ours

1 Jan, 1570 – We win a battle against the combined Songhai forces in Gurma.

1 Feb – Our truce with Wagadugu and allies is up!

9 Feb – Two Songhai minors fall

25 Mar – We capture the last Songhai holding

7 Apr – Another win against Songhai army in Kano

8 May – We capture the capital of Kanem Bornu

I have a warscore of 79

What can I get?

They only have 6 holdings left, but one is their good developed capital Gao

To take them all is just 46 badboy, 48 score, and would annoy Dagbon and Zazzau. The latter is a 2 province I don’t care about, Dagbon though is a decent sized with 6 holdings. And they won’t do it anyway, what I need to do is pull out Kano and Kanem Bornu.

I can take just Daura for 12 badboy and 14 score, I do it:



Peace, I spend 35 to core.

21 May – Peace with Kanem Bornu for 3.5 badboy with War Reparations

25 May – I can do annexation but now Kano will care. Do I care?

I need to take them off the map, I do it:



46.1 badboy. I spend a massive 186 for Gao, and then 40 for Zarmaganda and that’s it

From Kano –

Daura – 7 dev, Dyes, Savannah, next to Kano and Air, Workshop and Mosque, Hausa people, Sunni faith, makes 0.16 Arid


From Songhai –

Gao – Former capital, Trade Center Emporium, Cloth, Steppes, 20 dev, Arid, Songhai culture, Sunni faith, 0.99, Mosque

Aribanda – South of Gao, Grain, Steppes, Arid, Songhai Sunnis, 9 dev, 016 made here

Zarmaganda – East of Aribanda, Songhai Fetishists, Wool, Steppes, Arid, 8 ev, made here is 0.17

Gurma – South of Aribanda, north of Dagbon, Ivory trade, 4 dev, Savannah, 0.04, Mossi and Fetishist

Dendi – East of Gurma, north of Dagbon, Savannah, Arid, grain, 0.18, 11 dev, Songhai and Sunni

Dallol – East of Dendi, next to Zazzou, Grain, 5 dev, Arid Savannah, Songhai Fetishist make us 0.04

There we go! No more Songhai, another Hegemon brought low under our power!

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Seventy-Eight - A Fast Interlude

25 May – I order 15k to next to Denmark and 25k to Gao

I disband my mercs

My next war is against Denmark, which will likely take a while but just two holdings while I rebuild my ADM power with cores.

I build a spy Network with Dagbon

1 Aug - I order a core for Dallol

Portugal is given Australia by the Pope

24 Aug – Sibiribugu converts, next is Do

1 Sept – Sampit with Spice!

Spain is in the Island Aru in the Indies

1 Oct – Quality Idea #6 - Copper Bottoms – We get -25% Naval attrition

We finish another Berber idea – The Brothers Barbarossa - +20% Galley Combat

That’s our last Berber Idea

1 Jan, 1571 – I order a Plantation for Susa’s Sugar and Dina Arobi’s too

I DOW Denmark’s Karou, I order my 15k over