Songhai - Abe's New EU3 Dynasty - Complete!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The Reign of Ishaq II - A Shadow of His Father


Jan 2 - Mamluks rebels bleed over into Constantine.

Feb 1 - Stability Increases back to max. Constantine, Kabylia and Aures are now cores

Feb 21 0 We win in Constantine. Colonists are dispatched to Taodeni after we kill off all of the savages.

Mar 13 - Taodeni is now a full colony.

I send colonists to Delagoa Bay, south of Inhambane

May 2 - I didn’t even notice the Ottomans are massively at war against Najd. I wonder why?

I send a gift to the Ottomans.

June 11 - The Mamluks keep losing provinces to war or rebellion. My guess, in less than 20 years, The Mamluks will be no more. Perhaps less.

Aug 1 - I send a gift to Algiers.

Aug 23 - Agricultural Revolution in Dendi.

Sept 17 - Colony failed in Delagoa Bay. I didn’t realize that my % to take was just 29, because of my ruler’s low ADM score.

Instead, I send colonists to Nupe and Bauchi. Both are insland provinces inside the Songhai borders where all of the natives have been killed. They are very low valu,e but again, I can colonize them, and then just let them grow into full provinces,

Oct 20 - Nupe is a new colony.

Oct 28 - Bauchi is also a new colony.

Nov 2 - I canceled the Castillean mission and gained one to fortify Little Karoo, which I begin

Dec 1 - Tripoli has formed, and Algiers has taken two of the Mamluks provinces, so they have lost four. The Mamluks have lost all of their Arabian holdings.

Dec 4 - Giftr to the Ottomans.

Dec 29 - Grain in Ogaden

Dec 30 Royal Marriage with Tripoli

Jan 14, 1556 - Rebolt in Alexandria

Jan 27 - We win.

Mar 15 - Colonial Compnay adds 200 to Worodugu. Again.

Apr 7 - We get a nasty event:

Temporary Insanity of Monarch:

Request Military Guidance - Lose 2 prestige, lose 50 ducats, gain 5 army and navy tradition, lose 1 stability

Request Administrative Guidance - Lose 2 prestige, 20 ducats, 1 stability and a badboy.

I choose Military Guidance. Our stability drops.

That was not a happy event.

[Abe Sargent]

The Madness of Ishaq II



May 19 - I offer the Ottomans an alliance.

May 20 - they accept.

Nov 7 - Little Karoo is now complete. Next mission, pump up the fort in Constantine. Not only do I agree, but I do it for Kabylia as well.

Mar 15, 1557 - I kill all of the natives in Yatenga (next to Timbuktu, Gao, and Massina) and send colonists.

Mar 23 - Its now a colony.


Apr 24 - The natives in Wagadugi are killed and colonists are sent

May 6 - Colinization failed.

Aug 10 - Algiers rejects a marriage

Aug 21 - Tunisia accepts

Sept 21 - Rebels in Delta

We have a monopoly in Alexandria.

Nov 2 - We win in Delta

Nov 11 - We complete the fortification mission and now have one to build a university in Futa Jallon.

Mar 1, 1558 - Stability increase back to full. Trade Tech Increase.

Mar 29 - Wukari expands.

Apr 10 - Algiers rejects our RM proposal

Jun 10 - I proclaim a guarantee for Adal.

Sept 4 - We get an epidemic event for our nation.

Jan 31, 1559 - Wukari expands

Mar 16 - Revolt in Gonder by Nationalists

Mar 31 - We win.

Apr 22 - We kill all 1100 natives in Idah, our next internal colony.

May 20 Ethopian Nationalists in Gojjam

May 26 - No longer

[Abe Sargent]

The War of Tunisian Succession

Oct 2 - We have entered the War of Tunisian Succession. We are willed Tunisia. However, Adal believes that it should have been them, so we are now at war with Adal. Okay!

It’s a like a free war I can do anything with!

I jack up my military maintenance and order my troops into various Adal provinces.

Here’s what I want:

Awsa - Salt!

Harer - connects Awsa and Gonder and Goj

Oct 28 - We capture fortless Shoa

Nov 1 - Nupe will be ivory

Nov 27 - We capture their captial, Kefa, also fortless

Jan 18, 1560 - Battle is enjoined in Tigre

Jan 24 - Grain in Worodugu

Feb 11 - We are victorious in Tigre

Mar 4 - We win in Gonder

Apr 29 - Haud falls to us.

June 24 - We capture Awsa

July 20 - Bauchi is a slave province

Aug 1 - We capture Tajura

Aug 16 - We capture Berbera

Sept 3 - Harer fell. I’m assaulting a lot o these provinces.

Sept 25 - We capture Tigre.

Oct 17 - We capture Taka. One more to go.

Oct 27 - We capture Zeila

Adal has over 2000 ducats for me to try and swing! Wow.

I can literally take every non-capital province they have, and get 400 ducats too, but I cannot force vassalize them.

Here is what I am taking: Awsa, Tajura, Tigre, Harer, Zeila, 150 ducats, and Union with Tunisia, which takes 40% of our warscore right there.

Accepted.

[Abe Sargent]

New Provinces:

Harer - North of Ifat, south east of Awsa, south of Tajur aand south west of Zeila lies the farmers of Harer. 10398 Sunni Somali people make us 7.32 ducats annually. This place comes with a temple.

Zeila - This coastal province is south east of Tajura. 10052 Sunni slave traders of Somali culture ply their trade making us 7.85 ducats annually.

Tajura - The other coastal province we took is the wool province of Tajura. 4497 Sunni Somalis make us 5.11 duicats annually. There is a straight connecting this with Mocha. There is a temple here.

Tigre - Northeast of Gonder and north of Awsa, wes of Tajura is the province of Tigre. 2910 farmers os Sunni and Ethiopian descent make us 7.10 ducats annually.

Awsa - Outside of their capital, which is a gold mine, this was their most valuable province. 5169 Somali Sunnis trade salt her for 15.74 ducats annually. This province has a temple. It is adjacent to Gonder, Tigre, Tajura, Harer and Ifat.




Now isolated are the single province of Taka, Haud and Berbera to the east, and Shoa and Kefa to the south.

We are now in a Personal Union with Tunisia, which frankly, I;ve never been in before, but we are the leader. I go to look this up in the Eu3 wiki.

It looks like we are automatically allied, and I am monarch of both Songhai and Tunisia in diplomacy. We get half of Tunisia’s monthly income (much like a vassal). It lasts as long as we have positive relations when my monarch dies, but has a chance of turing into an actual inheritance.

[Abe Sargent]

The Madness of Ishaq II


Nov 9 - We establish a colony in Wagadugi, one of the provinces where all of the natives were killed.

Dec 1 - And another set up in Idah.

Dec 9 - Royal Marriage with Algiers

Dec 31 - Since Tunisia is now sorta of my territory and sort of a vassal, I am moving my troops in Constantine into Tunis where rebels are besieging the city to relieve my Union Partner

Jan 11, 1561 - We win in Tunis

Feb 8 - Revolt in Zeila.

I order a University in Gao

March 3 - Rebels defeated

Nov 21 - Grain will now be produced in Yatenga

Nov 24 - Revolt in Tajura.

Dec 22 - Rebels defeated

Feb 1, 1562 0 Benguela is now a core.

Apr 18 - Slider time. I move towards Free Subjects and we get the People are Disappearing event which drops our manpower in Calabar.

May 1 - Brakna is now a core

May 3 - Taodeni will be a salt province

July 8 - We kill all of the natives in Borgu and send in colonists.

July 15 - Azawadd will also be salt.

Good!

July 23 - Borgu is a new colony

Aug 1 - Govnemnt Tech Increase

Oct 14 - Wukari expands

Jan 1, 1563 - Production Tech Increase

Aug 1 - Land Tech increase

Aug 15 - Revolt in Tigre

Aug 31 - Wukari expands

Oct 4 - We win in Tigre

Nov 9 - Agricultural Revolution in Constantine again.

Dec 14 - Rebels in Aswa

Dec 17 - Event: Fortification Upgrade in Ife.

Jan 13, 1564 - We win in Aswa

Apr 1 - Wukari is now self sufficient:


Wukari - Inland behind Calabar and east of Idah lies the slave trading province of Wukari. 6400 people make us 8.25 ducats annually here.

[Abe Sargent]

The Madness of Ishaq II - Land South


May 1 - Naval Tech Increase

May 14 - Nationalist Rebellion in Harer

July 5 - We win.

Sept 18 - We have killed all of the natives in Gurma and send colonists. This is adjacent to Gao.

Sept 26 - Colony established

Jan 2, 1565 - the Ottomans have a province next to ours with a high revolt risk and isolated from the rest of their territory. I Support Revolt successfully.

I Fund Patriot Rebellion in Taka, the adjacent Adal province with no fort and it is immediately taken.

I do the same in Shoa and it is immediately captured by patriots as well.

Jan 19 - Grain in Idah

Mar 10 - Slaves in Wagadugi

Apr 2 - The rebels in Shoa defeated the first batch of Adal troops to assault them.

Apr 19 - I fund another 4000 rebels in Shoa, at a cost of 45 ducats and a spy. This time he was discovered but successful.

May 14 - Rebels in Oyo.

May 26 - Which we defeat

Sept 1 - Worodugu expands

Oct 2 - I fund Pretender rebels in Berber, a Mamluks province.

July 1 - Trade Tech Increase. Roggeveld is now self sufficient.


Roggeveld - 1503 gold miners make us 50.52 ducats annually from this inland province behind Cape and west of Great Karoo.

Sept 16 - Worodugu expands

Oct 23 - Slaves in Borgu

The Mamluks annexed Yemen.

I fund patriot rebels in Socotra

Feb 1, 1567 - Ivory Coast is now a core

May 1 - Great Karoo is now afull province.

Great Karoo - This inland slave trading province is adjacent to Little karoo, Cape and Roggeveld. 1502 people make us 12.80 ducats annually. I order a workshop here.

[Abe Sargent]

The Madness of Ishaq II - Turning the Wheels


May 18 - We kill all of the natives in Pindinga and send in colonists.

June 12 - Colony failed to take

Sept 2 - I fund pretender rebels in Cairo.

Nov 21 - Revolts in both Zeila and Awsa

Jan 1, 1568 - We have put down both patriotic rebellions

Feb 3 - Shoa defected to us. Good use of spies!

Shoa - 3129 Sunni Ethiopian farmers make 1.33 ducats for us annually. I order a fort built here.

Taka went to the Mamluks.

Apr 1 - Grain Coast is now a core

Apr 24 - Pindinga is now a colony

May 11 - I fund pretender rebels in Massawa in Mamluks territory

I send a gift to Algiers

June 21 - Rebels in Tajura

Aug 3 - We win.

Aug 14 - Rebels in Awsa

Oct 21 - We win in Awsa

Nov 6 - More patriot rebels in Zeila

Nov 13 - Gurma is going to be an ivory province

Nov 20 - Victory in Zeila

Jan 1, 1569 - Socotra went to The Hedjaz. Two of the Yemen provionces went to Najd The Succession crisis in Mamluks is over.

Feb 7 - Rebels in Harer

Feb 23 - Worodugu expands

Mar 9 - We lose in Harer

May 13 - We win in Harer

June 1 - Asir went to Najd, from the Ottomans, after our rebels held it for too long.

Sept 1 - The discovery of St. Helena came to us today, so as soon as I get new colonists, I’m sending one out to the island.

Dec 1 - Ogaden is now a full province.

Ogden - Adjacent to Mogadishu, and Lamu in the east and Ifa and Harer in the west is Ogaden. I order a level one fort built here. 4.36 ducats are made by the 1004 farmers.

Jan 1, 1570 - Fernando Po is now a core

Mar 15 - St. Helena is now our newest colony

May 5 - I fund patriot rebels twice in Medina, a newer Ottoman province. We are discovered in one of those. I want to keep the Ottomans bust and if I can help them lose a province or two to Najd or Hedjaz, its worth it.

June 20 - I do it three times in Al Hasa. The first time we fail and are not discovered. The second time we succeed and are not discovered. The third time we succeed and are discovered.

Nov 27 - The Ottomans recaptured Medina.

Jan 3, 1571 - Algiers accepts our alliance offer

I send a gift to Adal

Jan 4 - Algiers, annoying as ever, broke their alliance with us

[Abe Sargent]

The Madness of Ishaq II Continues - Peace Over Blood


Feb 14 - Antoher gift to Adal.

Feb 27 - A general dies

May 16 - We get an event, Good Harvest. I put some extra money in the treasury.

June 20 I pass the School Establishment Act, which will last until the end of the dynasty

Build Cost +3%
Production Efficiency +4%
National Taxes -2%
Stability Cost Modifier -3%


Aug 3 - Morocco DOWs Algiers and wants my assistance. I unfortunately decline, because it would trounce my stability.

I wish them well though.

I twould have put us at war with Mamluks, that would have been a good thing, but the stability drop would have been tremendous. That would not have.

Nov 1 - Cape is now a core.

Nov 16 -Worodugu expands and is now a full province.


Worodugu - Inland and adjacent to Kumasi, Ivory Coast, Gold Coast, Konian, Jenne and Wusuju, lies the 3230 farmers that make us 7.30 ducats annually.

Dec 1 - Here is an irony, in eh same month our statesman advisor dies, we discover a level 5 natural scientist in the Kongo. I hire him naturally.

Jan 1, 1572 - I order a university in Futa Jallon.

Feb 1 - Gvnment Tech Increase

Feb 3 - Morocco and I are back in a military alliance

Mar 17 - Tunisia is now officially in our alliance

May 1 - Production Tech Increase

May 14 - Patriot Rebellion in Awsa

May 20 - The Ottomans recapture Al hasa

June 6 - Slves in Pindinga

July 6 - We win in Awsa

Aug 3 - Adal enters our military alliance family

Aug 12 - And then they leave us.

Dec 1 - Land Tech Increase


Azawadd - 1004 salt traders make us 16.02 ducats in this province north of Timbuktu and Massina and west of Tadimekket and southwest of Taodeni. I order a fort built here.

Apri 1 - Taodeni is now a full province as well.

Taodeni, our northernmost province, Taodeni is in the Sahara corridor. It is sout of Morocco in Tuat and north of Azawadd and Tadimekket. 1004 people here make us 15.99 in the salt trade. I order a level one fort to protest these people.



June 22 - Patriot Rebels in Harer

Jul 1 - Naval tech Increase

Jul 13 - We win in Harer

Nov 1 - Both Nupe and Nauchi are now full provinces

Nupe - 1004 ivory traders work this inland proivince adjacent to Oyo, Borgu, Dendi, Zamfara, Zazzau, Pindinga and Ife. 4.91 ducatsa re made here each year.

Bauchi - 1004 slave traders make us 8.93 ducats in this province adjacent to Mandara, Borno, Zazzau, Kano and Pindinga.


Jan 1, 1574 - Since I have had four colonies come off the books in the past month, I am going to work hard to reduce our minting as mucch as possible in order to spend some time reducing our interest. For the past 25 years or so, I;ve been riding the interest reduction in minting, generally neither making nor fixing interest and now I want to push, since some of my monthly requirements are dropping.

I am minting nothing at all for a while.

[Abe Sargent]

The Second Mamluk-Songhai War

Apr 25 - Nevermind. I just got a request from the Ottomans that they have DOWd The Mamluks and would like my help. For just a -1 stability, I can join them. I agree to do so. I obviously change my sliders and maintenance and such.

I begin to shift my forces

July 3 - After a quick assault, we capture Cairo

July 24 - Since Tripoli is the vassal of Mamluks, I moved some of my forces her and begin a siege of Tripolitania.

Aug 14 - We capture Taka

Aug 18 - After an assault we capture Libya

Sept 28 - We capture Tripolitania

Oct 6 - We capture Asyut

Nov 21 - We capture Massawa

Nov 26 - After an assault we captuer Berber

Dec 6 - We capture kargah

Jan 1, 1575 - Cameroon is now a core

Jan 9 - We capture Nubia

Jan 25- Tajura is now Shiite

Feb 6 - Ibrim falls

Feb 10 - Suakin falls

Feb 13 - The Mamluks accept a white peace with Morocco

Feb 14 - The Mamluks accept peace with us for six provinces, that connect Alexandria and Delta all the way down to the Ethiopian provinces, to Swahili provinces, down to Mutapan ones, for a giant eastern half of our kingdom.

[Abe Sargent]

Land and Death

Massawa - This coastal province is adjacent to Tigre and Tajura and down sea from Suakin. 9614 Sunni al Misr Arabic people work the slave trade here, making us 12.27 ducats annually. There is a temple here.

Suakin - 3.22 ducats are made in the slave trade here by the Sunni al Misr Arabic people. This coasl province connects Massawa with Ibrim, an inland province. Temple

Ibrim - 5367 al Misr Arabic Sunnis sell wool and make 4.64 ducats for unannually. There is a temple here. Adjcaent to Suakin to the east and Kargah to othe west. Temple

Kargah - 7784 Sunni al Misr Arabic people makle 4.70 ducats in the wool trade here. This province connect Ibri,m with Asyut and Libya.

Asyut - 22891 Sunni al Misr Arabic people make us 5.72 ducats in the grain trade, with a temple to boot. This province is adjacent to Alexandria, Libya and Kargah (plus Cairo and Nile)

Libya - 4759 Sunni al Misr Arabic wool traders make us 4.62 ducats in this Mediterranean province. With a temple, it is west of Alexandria, and border Asyut and Kargah as well.


Apri 1 - Yatenga is now a full province.


Yatenga - 1004 farmers make for us 4.97 ductas in this province south of Timbuktu, Gao and adjacent to Massina, Gurma, Jenne and Wagadugi.

July 8 - Our old ruler died. Meet our new one Muhammad II - Admin 7, Military 7, Diplo 7. Strong all around.

[Abe Sargent]

The Reign of Muhammad II - Beginning of Excellence

July 27 - We enter in a RM with Morocco and the Ottomans

Sept 20 - We get a great work for our natural scientist. I use it to regain our stability a year early.

Oct 1 - We get another level 5 natural scientist appear in Benguela. I decide to wait a bit on him.

Dec 17 - Fortification Upgrade in Wasuju

Jan 1, 1576 - Trade Tech increase

Jan 5 - We get Gift to the State.

Apr 2 - A general of ours died

Apr 30 - Naval Supplies in St. Helena.

July 13 - I send colonists to Yola

July 21 - Morocco breaks their alliance with us?

Aug 12 - Yola established. Moer are sent.

Aug 13 - Algiers accepts an alliance again

Sept 2 - Algeirs braeks it. You only get so many chances Algiers.

Sept 11 - Yola expands

I hire the level 5 production tech guy and jettison my inflation leveler.

Oct 1 - Production tech increase

Oct 12 - Yola expands

Oct 14 - Revolt in Libya

Nov 3 - We win in Libya

Nov 11 - Yola expands

I promote Land Enclosures in Bourbon, Constantine, Dendi

Improve Frontier Defences in Mandara

Dec 10 - Adal rejects our RM

Dec 12 - Yola expands

Jan 4, 1577 - We finish the Univeristy in Futa jallon. The next mission is to fortify Worodugu.

Feb 7 - Patriot Rebels in Harer

Mar 13 - We win in Harer

Apr 19 - Slaves in Yola

May 11 - Adal gives us military access

July 1 - The ex-Swahili provinces are now all cores

July 6 - Yola expands

Sept 25 - Agricultural Revolution in Asyut

Nov 21 - Revolt in Ibrim won in two days

Jan 6, 1578 - We now are to improve fortifications in Tajura.

Feb 1 - Govnment tech increases. We can now build Constables.

I order them in:

Timbuktu
Gao
Bure
Bambuk
Dendi
Massina
Kongo
Cape
Alexandria
Segu
Constantine
Borno
Benguela
Bourbon
Benin
Jenne
Gabu
Futa Jallon
Delta
Inhambane
Luanda
Great Karoo
Little Karoo

And yes, that’s a lot of money (I’ve been saving it just for this)

[Abe Sargent]

The Reign of Muhammad II - Growth Peacefully


Mar 19 - Slider Time. I go with Free Subjects and we lose two inflation on a Greater Administration event!

March 26 - I get another Local Fortification Expert Discovered event. I order him to stay home and Wolof gets Local Fortifications for the game

Apr 1 - land tech increases

May 14 - Rebellion in Awsa

June 4 - Yola expands

June 25 - We crush the patriot fools in Awsa

June 27 - RM with Adal

Aug 1 - Naval Tech Increase

Aug 14 - Revolt in Asyut

Sept 4 - Which we win

Dec 1 - Wagadugi and Idah are both self sufficient:

Idah - Inland of Bonny and adjacent to benin, Ife, Pindingia, Wukari and Calabr. 1004 farmers make us 5.45 ducats here annually.

Wagadugi - 1004 slave traders make us 9.80 ducats annually. Adjacent to Yatenga, Gurma, Jenne and Kumasi.

Jan 8, 1579 - Our next mission is to have a naval race with Castille. That would require us to build at least 23 ships. No thanks.

Jan 13 - After capturing all of their provinces, the Ottomans accept peace if the mamluks release Tripoli as their vassals. They also have to cancel some cores. That’s it. No land exchange.

Perhaps they wanted the cores gone so that I cannot incite many rebellions.

Jan 21 - Pope calls for Crusade against the Ottomans

Feb 17 - I send a gift to Adal

Apr 3 - I canceled the mission agains the Castilleans and got one to improve relations with The Mamluks

I begin by proclaiming aguarantee for them

May 3 - Yola expands

June 5 - Gift sent to The Mamluks

July 1 - Production Tech Increase

July 24 - Gift again

July 28 - I fund rebels in Nubia which is successful but I am discovered.

Oct 11 - The Berber rebels killed themselves attacking the fort but Nubia has fallen. I send a gift to The Mamluks

Nov - Trade tech increase

Jan 9, 1580 - Gift sent again

Feb 1 - Our Trade Tech guy died, so I rehired our level 6 Banker inflation reducer guy.

Apr 5 - Yola expands and becomes a full province.


Yola - 8700 slave traders work here, natting us 10.48 ducats annually. They are an inland province adjacen tto Mandara, Bauchi, Pindinga, and Wukari.


June 13 - Another gift sent

July 1 - Inhambane is now a core

Aug 1 - Burgu is now self sustaining


Borgu - 1004 slave traders make us 9.74 ducats annually. This province is adjacent to Gurma, Dendi, Nupe and Oyo.

[Abe Sargent]

The Reign of Muhammad II - Spears into Scrolls

Nov 2 - Another gift to the Mamluks

Mar 1, 1581 - The Ottomans Proclaim a Guarantee on us

May 1 - Little Karoo is now a core

Gift to Mamluks

Oct 2 - Another Gift

Apr 1, 1582 - Another gift. We have now accomplished our mission.

Next mission - Build a university in Mandara

June 1, 1582 - Govnment Tech Increase

At some point in time Morocco went to war with Castille and Portugal. If they hadn’t left me as their ally, I would not have left them alone in this war.

Sept 1 - Bourbon is now a core

Oct - Gurma is now self sustaining


Gurma - South of Gao and adjacent to Dendi, Yatenga, Borgu and Wagadugi lies the 1004 ivory traers that make us 4.49 ducats.

Dec 1 - Land Tech Increase

June 1, 1583 - Naval Increase

June 2 - RM with Mamluks

July 7 - Alliance with Mamluks

Aug 14 - Rebels in Kargah

Aug 22 - Defeated

Sept 1 - Mahe is now a core

Nov 11 - We get an epidemic in Sierra Leone

Feb 4, 1584 - I order a Weapons Manufactory in Aures

May 1, 1584 - With maxed relations, I offer vassalization to The Mamluks, but my adivosr says it is unlikely.


May 2 - It works! They are now our vassals.

To be fair, they are down to 5 provinces.

I dispatch colonists to Delagoa bay

[Abe Sargent]

The Reign of Muhammad II - Developments Within

Sept 1 - Trade Tech Increase We can now build marketplaces

Nov 1 - Ifat and Gojjam are now cores

Nov 4 - Delagoa Bay is our newest colony.

Dec 1 - Majerteen is now a core

I order market places in Gobir and Alexandria

May 10, 1585 - Delagoa Bay expands

I order market places in Tadimekket, Azawadd, Taodeni and Aswa

Nov 13 - The bay expands

Nov 15 - Agricultural Revolution in Idah

Dec 8 - We get a great event for our level 6 banker. We get some prestige instead of stability.

Jan 3, 1586 - Najd rejected our RM

Tripoli accepted, however

I build market places in Damagaram, Wolof, Cayor, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Borgu, Wagadugi, and Gao.


May 1 - Pindinga is now self sufficient.


Pindinga - This inland province is adjacent to Yola, Wukari, Idah, Ife, Nupe, Bauchi and Zazzau. 1004 slave tardes make us 10.06 ducats annually. I order a market place here.


May 19 - The Bay expands.

Aug 2 - Tripoli accepts our alliance offer.

Aug 25 - Ivory in Delagoa Bay

Oct 14 - Rebellion in Shoa

Nov 22 - The Bay expands

Dec 6 - We win in Shoa

Dec 14 - We have patriotic rebels up north in Asyut

Apr 20, 1587 - I build market places in Bonny, Calabar, Gabon, Mayombe, Ndongo, Wukari, Bauchi,

May 28 - The bay expands

Aug 2 - Whoh, I see British fleets by Madagascar iun the Gulf of Zambeze. How’d they get here?

Aug 14 - rebels in Shoa again

Oct 14 - We lost in Shoa

Dec 1 - The Bay expands

Jan 24, 1588 - We win in Shoa

Apr 18 - Gabon gets hit with an epidemic

June 6 - The Bay expands, one last batch of colonists are sent

Jun 19 - I send a gift to Adal

Dec 11 - Delagoa Bay expands and is now a full province


Delagoa Bay - South of Inhambane lies the last good colony available in Africa based on tax value. Despite having a low trade good, ivory, the 7900 people here make us 9.76 ducats annually. I order a workshop here.


Feb 4, 1589 - Weapons Manufactory completed in Aures

[Abe Sargent]

The Reign of Muhammad II - Spies Abroad

July 9 - General dies

Sept 1 - Production tech Increases

Sept 6 - Gift to Tripoli

Sept 21 - Rebels of a patriot nature in Asyut

Sept 29 - I get an event - Aristcrats Concerned. I can Let them Complain and lose 10 prestige or I can move more towards Aristocratic. I’m happy to give in and move a bit towards Aristocratic.

Oct 31 - We win in Asyut

Dec 25 - Rebels in Kabylia bled over from Moroccan territory.

Jan 13, 1590 - We defeat them.

July 1 - Oyo and Gonder are now cores

Dec 5 - I order market places in Benin, Zanzibar, Majerteen, Zeila, Gonder, Massawa, Suakin, Mahe, Bourbon, Delta and Sinai

Jan 1, 1591 - I fund patriot rebels in Rio de Oro. It succeeds and cannot be traced back to us. I do the same to Tuat but he is discovered while bein successful.

To cover my tracks, I then put 18000 rebel troops in Al-Djazair, and hope that they will focus on ousting those 18k troops long enough that I can get Tuat or Rio de Oro

Mar 19 - Morocco is prepared. They arrive with an army 20k in size.

Mar 22 - Rebels in Shoa.

May 5 - We win in Shoa.

June 14 - Morocco is cleaning up their rebel problem nicely so this trick won’t work against them.

Sept 21 - Rebellion in Asyut.

Oct 21 - We emerge victorious

Mar 1, 1592 - Gabon is now a core.

May 6 - I send a gift to Morocco. I want my friend back. They reminded me how much I like them

June 13 - I do it again

Aug 3 - And once more.

Sept 2 - Time to colonize my next province.

Since this ruler has a better ADM, I can go after harder provinces, like The Bay. There are no good tax value provinces left, however.

Where I am going to Damaraland. This province is south of Benguela, and I want to connect down to my South African provinces. This requires me to strat and finish three colonies, and the first will be in Damaraland.

There are just 500 natives in Lesser Namaqualand, so I intend to sail some cavalry done there and kill them, Then I can set up shop and let it grow into a province.

Nov 1 - St. Helena is now self sufficient:

St. Helena - 1000 people selling naval supplies make us 4.01 ducats annually. I order a fort on this island which is far from Africa.


Nov 26 - We succeed in Damaraland and more colonists are sent

Dec 28 - Natives are killed in Lesser Namaqualand and colonists are shipped out to sea heading for her shores.

Feb 19, 1593 - Damaraland expands and more colonists are dispatched

Apr 23 - Colony established in Lesser Namaqualand

May 17 - Damaraland expands

[Abe Sargent]

The Reign of Muhammad II - Flocking to a Banner

June 19 - Gift to Tripoli

June 30 - Slaves in Damaraland

Aug 11 - Damaraland expands

Apr 13, 1594 - Damaraland Expands

June 9 - Kargah becomes Shiite

July 15 - Tripoli grants us military access now.

Sept 4 - Slider time. I move us one towards quality. We lose 14000 manpower as a result of the event that followed.

Oct 17 - I order Frontier Defences in Benguela

Dec 1 - Local Fortifications in Lamu (south of Mogadishu, ex-Swahili province in the north)

Dec 17 - The Mamluks reject annexation

Dec 25 - Fortification Upgrade in Oyo.

Jan 17, 1595 - Send gift to The Mamluks

Feb 1 - Govnment Tech increase

Feb 4 - Damaraland Expands

New Idea:

I take Engineer Corps

Feb 21 - There are Timurid Empire ships in the Gulf of Kongo. Not sure how that happened.

Apr 2 - Gift to The mamluks

May 10 - The Mamluks accept annexation. Let’s take a look at the final five provinces from them:

Taka - 1150 slave traders make us 10.12. The Sunni al Misr Arabic people lives inland of Massawa and are adjacent to Berber, tigre and Gonder. I order a level one fort here.

Berber - Not to be confused with the Adal province of Berbera. 1979 Sunni al Misr Arabic slave traders worship in the giant temple here. 10.19 ducats are made here. This province is adjacent to Suakin, Ibrim, Massawa and Taka.

Nubia - 7.5 ducats are harvested by the 32912 al Misr Arabic Sunnis. This province is adjacent to Ibrim and Kargah. There is a temple here.

Nile - 7348 farmers grow 5.25 ducats annually. This province is adjacent to Cairo, Asyut, Kargah, Ibrim and Suakin. This port is full of Sunnis of al Misr Arabic descent and culture.

Cairo - And the crown jewel. This port features 621966 al Misr Arabic Sunnis who make us 23.08 ducats in the grain trade. North of Nile, this now connects Sinai to the rest of our provinces, inclusing Delta, Alexandria and Asyut. Also borders the Ottomans. I order a level two fort to supplement the temple already here.


I shift my garrions around so that they are now on the new provinces instead of the old.

[Abe Sargent]

The Reign of Muhammad II - More Spies Sent


Oct 8 - Morocco accepts my offer of an alliance.

Dec 6 - I fund some patriots in Medina. More in Al Hasa. More in Diamentia, Gaza and Judea. We were discovered twice, but all were successful. As such, they now have five simultaneous rebellions.

Jan 4, 1596 - Damaraland Expands

Apr 3 - Al Hasa was stopped

Apr 28 - Epidemic in Ndongo

May 5 - Diamentia captured by rebels

May 13 - I order a workshop in Cairo.

May 26 - Mandara has Agricultural Revolution.

June 11 - I execute a nasty bailiff but lose some prestige in doing so.

June 21 - Revolt in Nile which we win in two days

July 1 - With Ottoman forces en route, I order more patriot rebels in Judea with my spies. Success and not discovered

There are now 10,000 rebels in Judea

July 28 - Gaza captured by rebels.

Aug 8 - Ottomans land in Diamentia and recapture it.

Sept 11 - Gaza recaptured

Oct 3 - Judea falls.

Oct 8 - rebels in Medina ousted

Dec 21 - Damaraland expandeth

Mar 25, 1597 - Judea recaptured by Ottomans

May 5 - Grain in Lesser Namaqualand

May 8 - Hawran falls to the rebels.

June 2 - rebels win in Judea

July 1 - Roggeveld is now a core

Jul 22 - Ottomans recapture Hawran

July 28 - Rebels again win in Judea

Aug 13 - Rebels lose in Judea. That’s pretty much the end of that.

Sept 6 - I order a marketplace in Cairo

Nov 17 - We establish a colony in Greater Namaqualand

Jan 8, 1598 - Fortification Upgrade in Nubia

Feb 22 - Another in Barwe

Apr 1 - Land Tech Increase

June 1 - Great Karoo is now a core

Jun 15 - Revolt in Taka

Jun 24 - Which we win.

Aug 1 - Damaraland is now a full colony.


Damarland - 5001 slave traders work this coastal province south of Benguela. 10.38 ducats are made here annually. I order a workshop built here.

[Abe Sargent]

War Against the North

Aug 20 - Castille DOWd Morocco and Portugal plus a few minors join. I agree to help my forever friend, Morocco.


Oct 5 - G Namaquala expands

I recruit a general and assign him to my Constantine army.

Dec 2 - I order 12000 troops from my Constantine army to disembark into Valencia

Dec 8 - They arrive and begin a siege

Feb 24, 1599 - Castile arrive to protest our presense

Mar 1 - We win and drive the heathens away

Mar 5 - More troops arrive

Mar 21 - We lose in Valencia

Apr 1 - I order a retreat back to the boats. They have too many forces in Iberia for a full out assault that I have not planned for.

May 23 - What I am going to do now is load one army in the Gulf of Almeria, then unload it on Castillean land, then repeat two more times, landing a total of three armies.


June 13 - 12000 unloaded in Granada

June 21 - Rebels in Berber which we defeat in three days

July 1 - 7000 more unloaded in Almeria

July 5 - We win a naval battle

July 31 - About 22000 castilleans oust us from Granada

Aug 16 - We lose in Almeria

Sept 1 - Naval Tech Increase. I can now build Galleons. I order three built.

I will be skipping the 200 year in review until the war is over.

I order a marketplace in Damaraland

Oct 1, Wukari is now a core.

Dec 15 - GN expands

Feb 1, 1600 - Sinai, Delta, Alexandria, Mecca are now cores

I order a constable for Cairo

Feb 9 - Agri Rev in Grain Coast (which makes sense)

Mar 14 - Castille rejects a white peace offer.

June 22 - Regional Nobles Challenge Songhai:

Crush Them! 5 Noble Regiments rise up in Libya
Give Them More Local Authority - Decentralize gains 1
Reform Society - Aristo gain 2, serfdom gain 2

If it were just Aristocracy gain two, I’d take that in a hot second. But I want free subjects, not serfs. I choose the first and rebels are in Libya.


June 22 - This war is going nowhere, so I have an idea just to be naughty

July 31 - Rebels lose in Libya, they are retreating to Alexandria

Aug 4 - Slaves in GN

Aug 7 - GN Expands

Aug 20 - We win in Alexandria.

Aug 26 - I order 7000 soldiers to disembark at The Azores. I want to take it, just to prove to Castille that we can do things they don’t expect. I have my navy here, so I can protect it from other fleets.

Sept 21 - We defeat the Castillean resistance and begin a siege.

My first three galleons are constructed and I order them to join my fleet in The Azores

I order three more built

Nov 30 - I lost a ship but sunk 10 Portugese ships.

Dec 11 - Agri Rev in Gonder. I order a workshop built.

Jan 6 - 1601 - I lose two more ships in an engagement with Castille but they run.

May 1 - Trade Tech Increase

June 9 - We capture The Azores

July 10 - GN Expands

Does Castille want a white peace now?

Nope

It’s like they don’t even care about Azores

Nov 28 - We catch Portugal in the open and begin a battle (They saw us leave the Azores harbor and turned around and tried to run)

Dec 1 - Ogaden is now a core

Dec 24 - We defeat the Portugese and capture a big ship

Jan 10, 1602 - I catch Castille off the Coast of Morocco.

Feb 5 - We defeat their entire fleet and sink it.

Mar 1 - We defeat and sink a small Portugese fleet

Apr 20 - Revolt in Berber

I order a Refinery built in Bourbon

Apr 24 - We win in Berber

May 27 - We send 25 ducats for peace.

[Abe Sargent]

The 200 Year Review

Our inflation has dropped to 5.2%, which is not bad, but I want to drive it down further.

Our Ruler is Muhammad II, all 7s is his skills

We make more money annually than any other country. France is a distant #2. Venice is a distance #3 from France. Sweden and Britain round out the top 5.

Our techs have begun to catch up. Our land tech, for example, is 22 and the leader is 23.

We field the third largest ground army and the fourth largest army overall. France, Castille and Ming have larger armies. The Ottomans are right behind us.

Because of our ship building for that war, we now have the 6th largest fleet in the world. Only Britain has more big ships than us at 60, we have 24.

We have 124 provinces, and no, I am not going to list them all for you. Yuck. France is second at 93, and Ming lose some recently and dropped to the high 80s.


Who makes us the most tax?

Timbuktu #
Alexandria #
Bure
Gao
Cape *
Kongo
Cairo
Dendi %
Benguela *
Segu
Bambuk
Constantine %
Borno
Jenne
Benin
Bourbon *
Futa Jallon
Gonder %
Delta
Luanda *



* - former colony
# - Center of Trade
% - I remember this province benefiting from Agricultural Revolution. Dendi and Constantine specifically got this event twice.

There is a big drop off from the top two.


Who are my top 20 production kings:

I have ten gold provinces. They will obviously be all top ten, so I eliminate them. What are my top 20 non-gold provinces for production:


Timbuktu (Salt) *
Gobir (Salt)
Aures (Iron) *
Damagaram (Salt)
Tadimekket (Salt)
Awsa (Salt)
Kanem (Wool) *
Taodeni (Salt)#
Azawadd (Salt)#
Sinai (Salt)
Gao (Grain) *
Futa Kallon (Ivory) *
Suakin (Slaves)
Cayor (Slaves)
Sierra Leone (Slaves) #
Wolof (Slaves)
Ndongo (Slaves)
Zanzibar (Slaves)
Massawa (Slaves)
Gabon (Slaves) #
* - There is a manufactory in this province driving up the production value significantly.
# - A former colony


This is the problem with an African nation. Not a diverse economy at all.


Who gives me more than 1000 manpower?

Alexandria (3020)
Timbuktu (1775)
Wasuju (1472)
Kano (1214)
Kongo (1154)
Cairo (1015)


And that’s it. All but one of these are grain provinces. The next highest is at 698, so there is a big dropoff after 1000.

[Abe Sargent]

200 Year Review Continued

I decide to enact a Provincial Court System in Alexandria, which will reduce revolts there for the rest of the game.

I order Gonder to Promote Land Enclosure

Mali is our top culture but al Misr Arabic has moved into #2.

Alexandria is the most valuable COT in the world right now. Timbuktu is #6.

We are currently trying to establish a monopoly in Acadia and have 3 there right now with two merchants on the way.


The current value of trade goods from most to least:

Salt
Fur
Copper
Cloth
Slaves
Wine
Iron
Chinaware
Coffee
Tobacco
Fish
Sugar
Spices
Cotton
Tea
Ivory
Grain
Naval Supplies
Wool
Gold (obviously)

Slaves have really jumped. Grain has fallen.


There is a lot of fun stuff there. From economics to military to more, things are popping. I think you could call us the most powerful nation in the world, overall, although not the most powerful in every area, obviously. In tech, for example, we are back. In things like military and navy and economy and infrastructure, we are doing pretty well.



EDIT - Hmmm, I thought this last section was bigger, or else I would not have split them into two posts. I wrote it, and then figured it might read too clunky, but that was not the case. Ah well.

[Abe Sargent]

The Reign of Muhammad II - Plans Begin

July 15 - GN Expands

Oct 3 - We have a slave uprising in Bourbon, which was put down, but the revolt risk there is increased by 1.

Dec 7 - I order a courthouse in Kongo

Jan 1, 1603 - I offer Adal an alliance for the third time. Once again, they accept

Mar 1 - We have a monopoly in Acadia

We send merchants to a COT named Mixtec where just Venice has merchants, and they have a monopoly. I want to break that.

Adal rejects our vassalization offer.

Mar 5 - Adal breaks their alliance with us

That was your third chance

May 7 - GN expands

June 23 - We complete our task to build a fort and the next is to build a Fine Arts Academy in Bure. Not happening. FAAs suck, they are only useful for helping your stability, which I already have.

July 13 - Morocco broke their alliance with us. Well then. After I went to the battle for them. Ah well.

I send a gift to Algiers.

Aug 21 - I send another

Oct 2 - Monopoly in Mixtec

Nov 22 - At some point in time, The Timurids put a colony in North Madagascar.

Jan 5, 1604 0 I can hope that Boina, the Timurid’s province, is killed by natives. It is not growing except through sending people, because of native aggressiveness, tropical (which we don‘t suffer from) and such.

Look, I don’t give two shakes what you do in your own continents. But stay off mine!

Jan 28 - I send the Timurids an insult.

Feb 23 - We gain a level 1 fort in Roggeveld through an event

The Timurids also have Socotra.

Is it worth going to war for just these two provinces? I think so.

Apr 16 - GN is now a full province


Greater Namaquala - 5024 slave traders make 10.55 ducats here. I order a marketplace built here.

I order a wall in Cape

[Abe Sargent]

The Reign of Muhammad II - Plans Changed


July 29 - Persia grants me military access

Sept 20 - Rebellion in Taka

Sept 29 - We win

I order a marketplace in Taka and Berber

I establish a Provincial Court System in Kongo

Feb 1 = Production tech Increase. Azawadd is now a core

Mar 15 - Rebellion in Cairo

Apr 1 - Taodeni is now a core

Apr 2 -We lose in Cairo

May 1 - I get am event 0 People Sampling New Religions.

Let Them - Tajura gains Heresy for ten years
Reverse Course - Narrowminded gains one

I choose to let them

May 12 - Another army loses in Cairo. (It’s a big rebel force)

June 2 - We win in Cairo this time

Oct 8 - I send another insult to the Timurids

Nov 1 - Nupe and Bauchi are now cores

Jan 15, 1606 - Rebels in Berber

Jan 25 - Timurids tried to attack the natives in their province at Boina and failed. The natives rose up and burned their colony.

Mar 13 - We win in Berber

I order colonists to Boina

I withdraw my plans for war. The Timurids don’t know how close I came. My entire fleet is at the Arabian peninsula with 13000 of my best troops and a general ready to land on one of their COTs while other transport fleets were ready to ferry troops to Socotra and Boina

Apr 1 - Worodugu is now a core

Oct 19 - Colonization at Boina established

Dec 12 - Fortification Upgrade in Bagirmi

Jan 1 - 1607 - One of our level 5 Production Tech guys passes today.

Jus for fun I hire the level 6 Navigator who increases your colonial range guy. I want to see something.

Feb 2 - Let’s see how far away I can colonize, if I wanted too, with my new guy.

New Guinea? Nope, too far away.

How about the Indies at all? Yup? I can send colonists to provinces in SE Asia.

South America? Easy. South South America? Easy. West coast of S America? Nope, not that.

Mosquito in Latin America, south of Honduras? Yup. Every coastal province in North America north of Mosquito, every one, is taken. That includes deep in Canada. Remember, after salt, furs are the most expensive product right now.


I had been saving up some money for the war, so I order a Naval Equipment Manufactory in Cape Verde, since it has naval supplies

[Abe Sargent]

The Reign of Muhammad II - In a Circle

Apr 1 - Yatenga is now a core.

Apr 20 - Refinery complete in Bourbon. I order a fort built her.e

May 28 - Boina failed, but luckily, the natives did not rise up and destroy us. I send in more.

Jan 2, 1608 - Boina expands

Aug 9 - Boina expands

Oct 20 - Slaves in Boina

Nov 1 - We now have a monopoly in Fars

Jan 20 - 1609 - The Pope called for another crusade against the Ottomans

Mar 17 - Boina expandeth

Apr 20 - One of our generals died

June 13 - I send a gift to Algiers

June 29 - Fortification Upgrade in Azawadd

July 9 - I order a level two fort in Bourbon and Mahe

July 15 - Being bored, I fund two rounds of Patriot rebels in Socotra. Both were successful, and we were discovered both times

Aug 16 - They have won and are besieging Socotra

Nov 29 - Algiers accepts our RM offer

Feb 6, 1610 - Boina expands

Mar 4 - The rebels captured Socotra

Oct 18 - Algiers accepts an alliance

Nov 1 - Several provinces become cores - Harer, Zeila, Aswa, Tigre and Tajura

Dec 1 - Wagadugi is now a core

Jan 8, 1611 - Boina expands

Mar 1 - Our inflation reducer advisor has died. There is no one to replace him with.

May 1 - Lesser Namaquala is now a full province:


Lesser Namaquala - 1004 farmers make us 5.07 ducats annually. I order a fort built here, and in the other two new provinces here.


My next targets, after Boina, will be the two provinces north of Little Karoo and south of Delagoa Bay. Very tough areas, but I am sending troops down there to wipe out the natives and just put two colonies there to grow into.


Actually, I just might risk colonizing them long distance like I have with other provinces here. I have a 60% chance of taking even with the natives there on the first hit. The natives have been largely quiet this game, so perhaps they dialed back the frequency of attacks which makes sense seeing as how the new colonial system operates.

[Abe Sargent]

The Embarrassment of Muhammad II


May 2 - Slider time. We lose 15000 manpower when I choose quality again. This is where I want to be, all of my leaders now get +1 fire.

July 10 Fortification upgrade in Mandara

July 22 - Algiers breaks their alliance with us. Why am I not surprised

Dec 30 - Boina expands

Jan 14, 1612 - I get an event Fort Decays. I either lose my level two fort in Mecca or lose 100 ducats. I chose to lose the ducats since I want a bigger fort there, and that’s how much it costs to build.

Feb 23 - We get a nasty event - Muhammad II embarrasses the court. The Sultan has committed an absolute faux pas today in front of the court and a few foreign dignitaries. The repercussions of this will take years to repair.

Our stability drops by one.


Aug 1 - Stability increases. Borgu is now a core. See, when I bumped our stability back to full with an event previously, all of the research to increase the stability was saved so that when we went down again, we started, not from the beginning, but the point at which we stopped researching years ago.

As a result, our stability popped right back up after the event.

Oct 1 - Gvnment Tech Increase

Nov 11 - The Boina doth grow

Nov 14 - Fortification Enhancement in Wolof


Mar 24, 1613 - Agri Rev in Jenne

Apr 1 - Socotra went to Hedjaz and not me.

July 22 - Another fort decays event in Ife

Dec 2 - I order a level 2 fort in Cape Verde

Feb 12, 1614 - Rebels overflow from Kefa, the Adal captial in Gojjam and are assaulting our province. I order a garrison in Shoa into Gojjam

Mar 19 - We win in Gojjam

Mar 23 - Fortification Enhancement in Futa Jallon

July 8 - I cancel military access to Adal.

I dispatch colonists to both Transkei and Natal, the two coastal provinces between Delagoa Bay and the Karoos.

Sept 8 - Fortification Upgrade in Harer

Oct 1 - Gurma is now a core

Dec 5 - Transkei is now a colony

Jan 2, 1615 - I order Frontier Defences in Little Karoo.

Feb 2 - Colony established in Natal

If I grow these into provinces, then almost every land province in Africa that I own will be land connected.

Apr 4 - I order a Textile Manufactory in Ifat

May 4 - Transkei expands

Sept 1 - Boina is now a full province:


Boina - Situated in north Madagascar, the 9800 slave traders here make us 13.60 ducats annually. I order a market place here.

[Abe Sargent]

The Reign of Muhammad II - Gold and Insults


Feb 26, 1616 - Fortification Enhancement in Kilwa

Mar 16 - Epidemic in Suakin

May 20 - Transkei expands

June 13 - Slaves in Transkei

Jan 2, 1617 - We get an event - GOLD RUSH! We hit a massive deposit of gold. We gain some ducats and a bit of inflation.

Feb 1, 1617 - Naval Tech Increase. We get a level 2 trade tech guy in Cairo and I hire him.

We can now build early frigates

Mar 5 - Transkei expands

May 1 - Mahe gets Harvest Failure for a year. -5% production efficiency.

Mar 1, 1618 - Shoa is now a core

Mar 5 - Transkei expands.

May 1 - Pindinga is now a core

May 21 - Fortification Upgrade in Jenne

Oct 1 - Production Tech Increases

Nov 1 - We gain a level one fort in Wukari

Jan 5, 1619 - Transkei expandskei

Jun 15 - Revolt in Taka

July 2 - We win

July 25 - I order a level one fort in Boina

Aug 1 - Land Tech Increase

Dec 4 - Another Transkplosion

Dec 6 - We get a Diplomatic Insult event and solve it, instead of pushing it. It was against Najd, whose lands I have no intention to take over

Apr 1, 1620 - St. Helena is now a core

Apr 15 - We establish a monopoly in Kutch

June 10 - I get an event Explusion of Merchants. Our merchants have been too successful.

They Will Pay For This! Lose four merchants in Kutch, gain a Casus Belli on Sind

A Bribe will Help! Lose 50 ducats. I choose the latter.

June 24 - Rebellion in Nubia

Sept 28 - We win in Nubia

Nov 1 - For the final time, Transkei expands. We’ll let it grow into a colony and start working on Natal next.

Aug 23, 1621 - Fort Decays in Delta but I pays the money

Sept 3 - I get a level two land tech guy so I hires him.

Sept 27 - Natal expands

Jan 2, 1622 - I order a university in Alexandria

I order Cape Verde to experience Support Local Shipbuilding, which reduces build time for vessels but decreases taxes from there as well.

Mar 1 - Trade Tech Increases

Apr 1 - Transkei is a full fledged province


Transkei - 8001 slave traders make 11.88 ducats annually in this southern coastal province. Adjacent to Great Karoo in addition to Little and Natal. I order a marketplace here.

[Abe Sargent]

The Death of Muhammad II


May 14 - Fortification Upgrade in Katsina

Aug 28 - Natal expands

Sept 12 - Natal will be a grain province

Jan 4, 1623 - Revolt in taka

Jan 19 - Defeated

Apr 1 - I order a level one fort in Transkei

July 29 - Natal again expands

Jan 9 - 1624 - I order a level two fort in Ifat

July 12 - Natal expandeth

Mar 1, 1625 - Cores gained on the six provinces we took in the second Mamluk war

May 30 - Natal expands

July 31 - Ibrim gains heresy for 10 years, similar to the event I had previously where people are sampling new religions.

Jan 19,1626 - Mahe becomes Shiite

Apr 29 - The Natal will be Expanding Today

It is now a full province:


Natal: 5806 farmers make us 4.82 ducats annually. It is south of Delagoa Bay and north of Transkei. I order a fort here.



There are no more coastal unclaimed provinces on the continent of Africa. However, there is one more coastal province in Madagascar, so our next job is to take Menabe, and then there will be no where else for any colonial power to sent down their boats.


July 1 - Govnment Tech Increase. We can now build Customs House

I order Customs Houses in the following places:

Gao
Timbuktu
Dendi
Massina
Bambuk
Bure
Futa Jallon
Gabu
Kumasi
Benin
Zamfara
Kano
Borno
Kanem
Aures
Kabylia
Constantine
Elta
Cairo
Gonder
Zimbabwe
Inhambane
Bourbon
Delagoa Bay
Little Karoo
Great Karoo
Cape
Roggeveld
Benguela
Kisarna
Kongo
Luanda
The Canarias
Brakna
Segu
Tadimekket
Grain Coast


Which is a lot.


Sept 1 - Yola is now a core

Dec 1 - Production Tech Increase

Apr 15, 1627 - Our king died. Tunisia is no longer in a persona union with us. Meet our great new king, Musa I, Admin 8, Military 8, Diplomacy 8. May he rule as long as his father.

I send a gift to Tunisia.

I don’t want to lose them as an ally.

[Abe Sargent]

The Reign of Musa I Begins

July 17 - Another Fort Decay event, and I choose to pay for it again essentially.

July 26 - Heresy in Tajura

Mar 2, 1628 - After sending a bunch of gifts, we have maxed our relations with Tunisia.

Apr 28 - Slider time. Hmm, what do I want this time? I move towards Aristocracy and we get 5 army tradition from having nobles lead our army.

Royal Marriage with Tunisia

Apr 30 - I get military reform:

Only Reform the Army - Innovative and Quality gain 1. Ducats get invested in army tech
Only Reform the Navy - Same gains. Ducats in naval tech
Reform Both -Same gains. Some ducats in each, but not as much.

I choose army.

We now have maxed quality.


Dec 13 - Epidemic in Bauchi

Jan 2, 1630 - I send the first of colonists to Menabe.

July 15 - I order a university in Segu

Nov 10 - I order colonists to Butana, a no native settlement adjacent to taka, Gonder, Berner. And Gojjam.

Jan 26, 1631 - Colony set up in Butana

Feb 6, Fortification upgrade in Zeila

Mar 10 - I have killed all of the natives in Fazughli and colonists are dispatched.

May 2 - We set up a colony in Menabe

May 26 - We establish a colony in Fazughli

June 1 - Naval Tech Increase, we can now build shipyards

I order one in Cape Verde

Dec 17 - Another GOLD RUSH! Event

Apr 1, 1632 - Land Tech Increase

Aug 31 - Menabe expands

Nov 12 - RM with Tripoli

June 4, 1633 - Algiers rejects our RM proposal

Dec 29 - Menabe expands

Jan 22 - 1634 - I get an event about Naval Improvements and I choose to take them. We will get extra naval investment for a year or so.

Feb 21 - Grain in Menabe

Mar 22 - Tunisia rejects a vassalization offer.

Apr 22 - Gift to Tunisia

June 17 - Tunisia again rejects vassalization

July 21 - Gift again

Aug 20 Got the Military Reform again, and I push the army.

Aug 24 - Tunisia rejects us once more

[Abe Sargent]

A Choice for a New Sultan


Sept 1 - Govnment Tech Increases again, New Idea


Well, we are beginning to scrape the bottom of the barrel until we get enough tech to get some of the top ideas.


Bureaucracy - +5% taxes, but I’m not sure we need more money.

Unam Sanctum - The replacement for Deus Vult (which is not in play for all countries) allows me to attack heretics without loss. That means I can attack Shiites. Not many Shiite countries out there.

National Trade Policy - Trade Efficiency - With many monopolies around the world, this might net me more money than Bureaucracy. Again, not sure I need the extra cash.

Church Attendance Duty - Stab Cost -33%. When I go down in stability, it gets rough for a bigger country like myself to get it back up, and this will really help with that.

Divine Supremacy -+0.5 missionaries annually. I am currently at -0.75 annually, because we are so innovative. If we can find a few other ways to pump our annual missionaries (such as taking Jerusalem), then we can start making missionaries. That’d be great. Until then, this is a wasted Idea, however.

Grand Navy = +100% naval force limits, basically allowing me to safely double the size of my navy because right now I am at the max. How needed is this, however?

As you can see, crap right now. Get my trade up to 30 and I can get Scientific Revolution. Get some up to 53 and I can take Liberte, egalite, fraternite or Revolution and Counter-Revolution.

The next Idea is at Gvnment 30. No need to save my Idea. Might as well use it on something, no matter how icky.

Unless, say, I want TWO ideas at 30. Scientific Revolution and Smithian Economics. Yeah, I’m not taking anything in this go around.

[Abe Sargent]

The Reign of Musa I - Advantages Taken and Preparations Made

Nov 29 - Gift to Tunisia

Dec 1 - Delagoa Bay is now a core

Apr 1, 1635 - Production Tech Increase

Apr 19 - Grain in Butana

Apr 27 - Manabe expands

May 3 - Tunisia accepts our vassalization offer.

July 7 - The Ottomans sent us an insult, so for a year, we can attack them because we have a temporary CB on them.

July 11 - Fazughli will be a grain province. I was hoping either Fazughli or Butana would have slaves, but oh well.

July 16 - University completed in Segu. Mission completed. The next one is to build a Naval Equipment Manufactory in St. Helena. I agree and order it built

I take a look at some stats. Can I fight the Ottomans successfully?

I’d like to take Gaza, Diamientia and Judea. Jerusalem is not Africa, but like Mecca, it is valuable to my religion. The other two are in or adjacent to the Sinai Peninsula, so they count too.

Let’s look:

The Ottoman Allies: Bosnia, Serbia, Golden Horde, Qara Koyunlu, Timurid Empire

Ours: Tripoli and Tunisia. Not much there. Advantage Ottomans.

Their Land Tech - 23. Ours - 24. Not much of an advantage for us.

Ottoman Armies - 51000 infantry, 55000 cavalry.

Us - 72569 infantry, 24806 cavalry. Now, those numbers go up with 100% military maintenance. By totals, we are just 8000 down.

Naval - We have 27 big ships and 49 ships total. They have no Big ships, no small ships, 48 galleys and 9 transports for 57 ships total. That’s an advantage for us.


July 17 - I cancel military access.


In order to get ready, I’d need to do the following - build some ships and separate my navies into a Red Sea navy and a Mediterranean navy.

I’d need to build a bunch of cavalry.

I’d need to prepare several armies.

I might very well lose. They have good allies and good army, but they are spread out, and I believe, easy to hit quickly in a blitzkreig war that catches them off balance. It’s been forever since I’ve had a war, let’s have a glorious one!


I order 6000 charge cavalry built in Nile and Cairo.

I order some Muslim Archer Cavalry in Kabylia and Constanine and some cannons prepared in Delta.

I begin to move my armies around. I want a strong army in Mecca and Sinai at the beginning of the war. Mecca needs to be a siege army and Sinai needs to be a smash one.


Dec 17 - I jack up military maintenance

Feb 1, 1636 - Trade Tech Increase

June 11 - I am largely ready. I am waiting for some ships to arrive, and then I will DOW The Ottomans.

July 5 - I offer Morocco an alliance.

July 6 - They accept.

[Abe Sargent]

The Ottoman-Songhai War - The Eve Before

July 7 - I declare war against the Ottomans

Our stability drops one.




Now, let’s pause for a moment.

In Mecca, I have 9000 infantry and 2000 artillery. They are being ordered to Medina to attack the minor Ottoman defenders here. After crushing the defense, they will take Medina, and then move through Najd provinces to get to Al Hasa, and attack and take it. I am naming this army the Arabian Army, just to keep things easy.

In Sinai, I have 6000 cavalry and 5000 infantry. This unit is ordered into Gaza, and from thence into the four other Ottoman provinces in the area, with the intent of breaking defenders. Not only is this army;s job to take out defenders, but it also will be used to keep coutner-attackers from hitting provinces we capture. Smash Army named.

In Delta I have my Siege army, with 4000 artillery and 6000 infantry. They are being ordered into adjacent Diamientia to take it.

3000 cavalry, 2000 artillery and 6000 infantry are in Cairo, and I call this army our Matilda army. It is ordered into Sinai, and from thence into Gaza and points distant. It can be used to smash defenders or to take provinces, as we have need.

In the Sea of Crete, in a large fleet, I have 5000 cavalry, 6000 infantry and 2000 artillery which will be launched into Antalya, where they will operate alone, led my our Sultan. They are to siege Antalya and be a thorn in the Ottoman side to keep them out of the Middle East. If this army loses, but keeps them occupied while we win, then that’s a win as far as I am concerned. This is named the Turkish army.

I have an additional 21000 troops iun Asyut and Nile to either serve as defenders in case the Ottomans cross the Mediterrean or to be sent as backup armies to Ottoman territories as I have need.

I have 15 of my big ships in the Sea of Crete. 2 more are on the way after being built in Cape Verde.

I have only 6 in the Gulf of Suez. 6 more are a few sea zones away in the Coast of Pepper by Mogadishu, and I couldn’t get them here in time. I may lose here as a result.

I will be using this navy to harass other forces from getting into my rear flank.

Okay, here we go.

[Abe Sargent]

The Ottoman-Songhai War - Equilibrium


July 7 - Tripoli dishonours our alliance but Morocco and Tunisia are in. All of their allies are in.

July 11 - Battle in the Gulf of Suez

July 18 - Smash army arrives in Gaza. I see an army in Judea and order them ion.

July 21 - Siege Army arrives in Diamientia.

July 26 - Turkish army arrives in Antalya.

Aug 15 - We win in Medina and begin a siege

Battle in Gaza as the Turks protest our presence

Aug 20 - I order 7000 troops to disembark in south Greece and besiege some Ottoman armies.

Aug 26 - Menabe expands

Sept 1 - We win in Gaza

It took two of my armies to win here, so I hold. 15000 more Ottomans are moving towards me, so they were stacked here.

Sept 11 - We assault and capture Diamienta.

We have begun the siege of Morea.

We are trouncing the Ottomans in the Gulf of Suez.

Sept 22 - We lose a Big Ship in the Gulf of Suez.

Sept 30 - 15000 Ottomans arrive in Gaza

Oct 11 - We win in the Gulf of Suez. We killed 25 Ottoman galleys

Oct 15 - We win in Gaza

Nov 6 - I land our Siege army in Rhodes, since it was going nowhere in the Middle east due to strong armies there. I am sending my reserve troops into the gap while my other armies rest and reuperate. I retreated from Gaza with my worst damaged troops. I recruit a general for my troops as well.

I;m leaving my fleet ion the Sea of Crete in case Antalya is assaulted, because they have moved armies close by. There are move than enough troops to oust us if they all attack.

Nov 18 - Our siege army has assaulted and taken Rhodes.

I order them back to the boats. If Antalya is assaulted while they are there, they can now use Rhodes as a fallback.

Nov 21 - 7000 troops have begun to march to Antalya. All infantry. I am ready.

Nov 26 - More troops are marching towards un in Antalya. Looks like they mean business.

Dec8 - I order my Siege Army to disembark in Thrace, their capital. Let’s see if this scares them!

Qara Koyunlu has 8000 troops heading towards our Medina army. I was hoping they’d be untouched.

Dec 21 - A large Ottoman army arrives in Antalya. Large. 16000 large.

Dec 22 - Battle in Gaza.

Dec 25 - We win in Gaza

Dec 27 - We land in Thrace

Dec 28 - Actually, Qara Koyunlu is coming to Sinai where I have my recuperating armies, but won’t arrive until early Feb.

Jan 2, 1637 - More troops arrive in Antalya, but we are winning. We arrive in Judea with a major army 11,500 big. I now see how many troops they have here and its incredible. 27000 troops are in Hawran. Another 11000 are fleeing Gaza after being defeated again. I need more troops.

I order all of my reserves to push forward. I need a bit more battlescore to take Diamientia in peace negotiations. There are way too many troops here to hold off forever. Almost 40% of their military might is right here in these provinces, and that’s crazy.

Jan 3 - Algiers agrees to give us military access so I can bring my forces from Constantine and Kabylia forward. It will take them a while to get here, but when they are, we should be set.

Jan 11 - We were winning in Antalya, but they kept committing more and more forces, around 28000, now we are losing.

Jan 20 - We lose in Antalya


Jan 21 - We capture Morea.

Jan 23 - We lose in Judea

[Abe Sargent]

The Ottoman-Songhai War - A Push Forward


I need to jack up my warscore, because this losing is not helping.

I send back some of my troops in Gaza that are damaged and order 7000 African soldiers, not that good, to enter the gap.

I need to find an advantage again.

I order all five spies we have to fund patriot rebels in Judea. One fails, two are discovered, and 20000 rebels are now there attacking the Ottomans.

That should help us buy some time.

Jan 28 - We win in Achaea and begin a siege here in Greece,

Jan 29 - They are engaging us in Thrace.

Feb 3 - Qara Koyunlu troops arrive in Sinai where we meet them with our convalescing army.

Feb 4 - Our Turkish army arrives at captured Rhodes. I order them to board our fleet.

I order an assault on Gaza

Feb 6 - We win in Thrace.

Feb 14 - We win in Sinai

Feb 19 - I order our Turkish fleet to disembark in Naxos for more sieging.

We lost the assault on Gaza.

Mar 5 - We arrive in Naxos. Turks are marching towards Rhodes to recapture it.

More Ottomans bound for Gaza

Mar 10 - They assault and capture Rhodes, just like we did.

Apr 8 - Another assault on Gaza by them

Apr 24 - Another 120000 arrives in Gaza

I need these troops from N Africa.

We can now take Diamientia in peace. I want to see if I can get more, however.

Apr 29 - I send a gift to Iraq

May 7 - We are losing badly in Gaza. They literally have 20000 cavalry and 3500 infantry left and it is killing us. I order a retreat into Sinai. We lose our position at Gaza for now

May 15 - Qara Koyunlu’s 8000 fresh troops arrive in Sinai, and to prevent serious problems, I give them 50 gold for peace, which they accept. This drops my warscore with the Ottomans by one, since one point was won when we defeated these allies, but its worth it now.

May 19 - I leave a force of 9300 in Diamientia to defend from the approaching Ottomans.

May 26 - We lose in Thrace with my siege army but I had sent my fleet there for them to load onto

May 28 - We capture Naxos

We are losing badly in Diamientia.

June 1 - Iraq agrees to give us military access. I’ll use this to try and outflank the Ottomans in the Mid East

I detach a sieging unit from my convalescing troops in Sinai and send them into Iraqi territory to see what they can see.

Our 14000 strong Constantine army has made it to Libya and is getting very close.

June 10 - Whew. We won in Diamiantia. Very close.

June 13 - Zazzau is now Shiite

My Siege Army is now onboard our fleet and I order them back to Delta to reconstruct themselves

June 21 - After a really, really long time, we have captured Medina. I order my Arabioan forces on as promised to Al Hasa.

July 1 - We win in the Gulf of Suez

July 2 - We win a skirmish in Athens with my Turkish Army

A major army in enroute which we will not be able to survive. I order my fleet over

I try to win the battle in Athens by ordering my sieging army in Achaea into Athens

Aug 1 - We manage to pull through in Athens

My Constantine army has arrived in Sinai and is moving to Gaza



Aug 7 - Major battle between the core Ottoman forces here and my fresh Constantine army. I order reinforcements. This could be the battle that decides the war. Break my army and we will likley fall. Stand, and we can possibly push.

Aug 13 0 Rebellion in Kargah

[Abe Sargent]

The Ottoman-Songhai War - Endings...of a Sort


Aug 17 - We win in Gaza

Another Ottoman army in enroute

Aug 31 -0 Another victory in Gaza

Sept 4 - After ordering an assault, we capture Gaza.

I order the Gaza troops into Judea. I order my other N Africa army into Gaza to plug the hole

I can take Gaza and Diamientia if I want, but I need to push and get Judea as well.

Sept 5 - I offer White peace to the Timurids and they accept.

I am considering dropping my siege of Athens and loading up in my navy. I’ll hold for now, but peops is coming. I order 4 units to retreat and hope I can drop them off and come back before we are assaulted. If not, I can use Naxos as a fall back.

Sept 9 - I combine my forces in Gaza into one giant army and order them to Al Karak. That is where two of the defeated Ottoman armies are heading, and I want to push them

Sept 21 - My Arabian army arrives in Al Hasa, defeats the defending 1000 troops, and begins the siege

I have 4000 Bosnian troops coming into Athens, so I want to send out a missive to them. However, as they are the vassal of the Ottomans, I cannot make peace with them. Besides, I think I can beat them easily.

I fund patriots in Al Karak to keep the Ottomans busy until I arrive, but just 2000 arrive. Barely enough to register.

Sept 22 - The Golden Horde rejects a white peace offer.

Sept 26 - Fleet loaded with some troops so order them to quickly unload and head back to the Aegean.

Oct 5 - Our fleet docked at Delta and will be heading back now. All of the adjacent Ottoman troops are moving to Athens, so I need an evacuation plan for my men.

Oct 7 - Al Karak is reinforced with troops just a couple of days before my arrival, so I force my men back.

I order some troops into Badiyat Ash Sham, a rear Ottoman province. If I can pull the Ottomans into this from the main ME provinces, I might be able to force through an army.

Oct 14 - Instead of waiting for these 25000 troops to bear down on me, I just order my 13 regiments in Athens to board now. We won’t be out before the first ones arrive, however. Poor timing.

Oct 16 - All of my foes are marching to Gaza except the one army in Hawran

I merge my armies in Gaza into a 29,000 large sized unit. This is going to be huge.

Oct 24 - We lose to rebels in Kargah

Nov 1 - We lose in Athens

I order 12000 troops in Tabouk to enter Al Karak

Nov 20 - They arrive in Gaza. A small unti of 8000 arrives and begins a siege in Badiyat Ash Sham

Nov 23 - We win in Kargah

Nov 30 - The last of the Ottoman troops in the Mid East have arrived in Gaza. My 12000 arrives in Al Karak.

Dec 5 - After an assault, we have captured Al Karak. I order them to move to Judea

Dec 15 - My Siege Army has arrived in the Palestinian Coast and I order my troops to unload in Judea. With two armies arriving there, I hope to take it soon.

Dec 20 - We win in Gaza. They lost a lot of troops. Many are retreating to Diamientia, one to Judea. .I order my forces to split and follow one group into Diamientia where the rest remain as my stopgap against incursion.

Dec 24 - Menabe expands

Dec 26 -- They recapture Naxos. I have an army in Judea.

Dec 29 - Both are now here.

Jan 1, 1638 - We win in Diamientia. One Ottoman army literally destroyed

Jan 2 - Judea falls.

I order another army to board our ship.

Jan 9 - We win in Diamientia again.

Jan 23 0 I order my army to unload in Rhodes again.

I have the remannts of one army in Cairo fighting my army.

Jan 28 - The third army fleeing Gaza arrives in Judea

Jan 30 -We win in Cairo. They flee to Alexandria and I give chase

Jan 31 - The siege of Rhodes has begun

Feb 1 - Stability increase. We win in Judea. I order my troops to follow them into Hawran

Feb 12 - We capture Badiyat Ash Sham

Feb 18 - We capture Rhodes after a quick assault.

So we have Rhodes, Morea under siege, Diamientia, Gaza, Badiyat Ash Sham, Judea, Al Karak, and Medina, plus some naval domination and finally busting through the Ottoman forces in the Mid East. They cannot land an army to my rear because of my awesome fleet.

It is time for peace negotiations. I just want Judea, Gaza and Diamientia and that;s it. This is really under the battlescore. It is time for peace. If they refuse, I’ll push them, and take Medina too, so I can biuld a land path to Mecca, otherwise I’m good.

They reluctantly accept peace under those conditions.

[Abe Sargent]

I wondered why they accepted, because often they are stubborn about these things, so I save the game and enter as the Ottomans. They had no manpower left to refill their troops, whereas I still had about 12k in the bank. Makes sense. I just wish I had pushed for Medina now.


Let’s look at our new provinces:

Diamientia - 10724 al Misr Arabic Sunni fisherman make us 16.66 ducats annually. This coastal province is adjacent to Delta, Cairo, Sinai and Gaza. It has a workshop, marketplace, temple and courthouse. I had a boundary dispute event earlier and this is a core of ours already. I order a Constable here.

Gaza - 8693 Sunni al Misr Arabic salt traders make us 21.50 ducats annually. This port is adjacent to Judea, Sinai, Diamientia and Iraq plus the Ottomans in other provinces. It comes with the same for buildings as above. I order a level 2 fort built here.

Judea - The prize of the war. 19716 al Misr Arabic Sunni farmers make us 15.44 ducats annually. It comes with the same four provinces, and is only adjacnt to us in Gaza. I order a level two fort here.

All in all, a successful war. Good job all.

We now have The Conquest of Jerusalem which gives us half a missionary annually and extra prestige annually. I will now take Divine Supremacy a National Idea, which will give us another half annually. That makes up the -0.75 we make for being really innovative, so we can get one missionary every four years and use them to start fixing our provinces permanently.

I order us to adopt the Islamic Center of Scholarly. Our build cost increase by 8 pecent, but our revolt risk nationally drops and our Missionary chance increases.


I begin to divide and redivide my troops. Some are heading back to Constantine. Some are heading back to Mamluk territory. One smaller army is returing back to the border between the ex Ethiopian territory and the ex Swahili territory,

[Abe Sargent]

The Reign of Musa I - Stabilizing Post-Conflict

Feb 20 - I dispatch colonists to Abomey, the last unclaimed province in the old Songhai area

Feb 22 - Morocco breaks their alliance with us. I figured that would happen once we were at peace

Mar 9 - Colonization attempt fails. I send in another

Mar 26 - It fails too. We had a 55% chance of taking. Instead of sending in more, I hold up for a bit.

May 25 - I get an Explusion of Merchants event and just pay the 50 ducats.

Durin gthe war, Venice established a COT in Crete and it may have lowered the value of Alexandria a bit.

June 11 - I drop an army back off at Arguin

July 14 - Residual war exhaustion causes a rebelion in Kilwa.

Sept 11 - An army arrives back at Constantine

Oct 3 - Tripoli rejoins our alliance

Oct 24 - Another army arrives in The Canarias

Dec 22 - We lost against rebels in Kilwa

Feb 20, 1639 - I order a level 2 fort in Diamientia,

Mar 30 - We crush the rebels in Kilwa

Apr 23 - Menabe expands and I send more colonists

Aug 10 - My army has been rebuilt and reset so I order my troop maintenance down to 50%.

Sept 16 - I order Land Enclosures for Judea

My armies -

10000 in Aures
11000 in Constantine
11000 in The Canarias
13000 in Arguin
11000 in Kongo
6000 in Bagamoyo
8000 in Awsa
11000 in Mecca
6000 in Suakin
10000 in Alexandria
12000 in Judea
11000 in Gaza
9000 in Diamientia.

That gives us the third largest land army in the world (after France and Castille, with Briitain and Ming rounding the top five.) Sweden has formed Scandinavia and is at 6, Ottomans at 7, Golden Horde, Venice, Timurids, Muscowy, Japan and Khandesh in order through the first page.


That’s 129,000 total troops in case you are interested.


Nov 11 - Menabe expands as is now a full province:

Menabe - In the south western coast of Madagascar lies Menabe, a farmign community of 9733 people who make us 5.44 ducats annually. I order a fort here.


And that is the final African coastal province we can see (there is an island east of Bourbon that I failed to explore when I had Quest for the New World).



With no European powers in Africa, and no more coastal provinces in Africa left, we have completed the 5th objective.

[Abe Sargent]

Now that I have finished my werewolf game, which was very time intensive, I will get back to this and finish it.

[Abe Sargent]

Dec 11 - The Ottomans are now at war with Muscowy, Hesse and Polotsk.

Dec 21 - I do not want the Ottomans as forever enemies, so I proclaim a guarantee on them. The first of several steps to bounce back our relations.

Feb 25, 1640 - I order Customs Houses in Judea and Diamientia

Apr 15 - I get another Military Reform event and choose the army. I need the next level in Land Tech as soon as possible, and I am saving up money for when I do. Then I get level 3 forts.

June 4 - One of the several generals we recruited has died.

July 17 - I Pass the Anti-Piracy Act. We cannot make pirates. Our repution limit (the amount of badboy you can accumulate before starting a continental war with everyone against you) descreases, and our prestige will increase by 1 annually.

July 19 - We complete a Naval Equipment Manufactory in St. Helena. I order a level two fort built there.

That completes this mission. Our next mission is to build a Fine Arts Academy in Ndongo, but I don’t build those, they suck.

I cancel it and the next mission is to build a University in Sofala. Doable.

Aug 1 - Production Tech Increase

Aug 20 - Fort Decays event in Constantine and I pay to keep it.

Oct 14 - Another general dies

Nov 1 - We gain in Land Tech. Awesome.

I order level 3 forts in:

The Canarias
Cape Verde
Alexandria
Gaza
Arguin


And level 2 in Taodeni and Kongo.

Nov 15 - Gift to the Ottomans and Tripoli

Dec 22 - Gift to Venice

Jan 25, 1641 - Gift to Venice

Feb 28 - I order a Constable in Judea and a level 3 fort in Diamientia and Sinai and a level 2 fort in Aures

May 1 - I send a colonist to Abomey

May 18 - This time it takes and more are dispatched

May 30 - I get a great leader event for my Treasurer. I can choose:

Implement National Debt Funding Plan - Gain some ducats, -10% interest for four months
Implement Tax Reform - +10% National tax for four months.


I choose the first

I jack down my money making over the next few months to maximize the reduction.


June 3 - Abomey expands

June 19 - Expansion again

July 5 - Expansion again

July 24 - Ivory in Abomey

Aug 18 - Abomey expandeth

Sept 5 - We get an event - Engineers are Busy and gain a level three fort in Katsina

Jan 3, 1642 - I order level 3 forts in several places: Mecca, Cairo, and Taodeni

I order level two forts in Gao and Timbuktu. I don’t think anyone would attack that deep, but just in case

Apr 1 - We get our first missionary. I send it to Kongo. This is why I built its fort and stationed 11000 troops here. Just in case they get pissed off at my actions.

June 19 - Gift to Ottomans

Jul 1 - Govnemtn and Naval Tech gains. We can now build Merchantmen.

July 18 - Abomey expands

Dec 1 - Damaraland is now a core

Jan 1, 1643 - Level 3 fort in Bourbon and St. Helena

And a marketplace in Cape Verde

Feb 2 - Gifts to the Ottomans and Venice

May 1 - Lesser Namaquala is now a core

June 18 - Abomey expands

Aug 5 - Gifts to Venice and Ottomans

Dec 3 - Gift to Venice

Dec 18 - Venice wants us to open our markets so that they can trade in it. I agree

We can now trade in Venice’s COT and them in ours.

I order all five of our merchants to Venice and order that it be a top priority to establish trade here into we are getting a monopoly or close to it.

[Abe Sargent]

Jan 1, 1644 - I order a shipyard built in Zeila. Much like Cape Verde is our shipbuilding province in the east, this will be ours in the west. I order a level 3 fort in Judea.


Feb 10 - Venice gives us military access. Perfect. I have zero desire to ever be at war with Venice, but they are so close. Venice has basically captured all of Italy, including Sicily, and I want peace with them, no question. Now I can use their provinces as bases against any future wars with the Ottomans (in case they DOW me) and such, plus it makes it much harder for us to go to war.

Feb 15 - Ibrim changes to Shiite

April 1 - Hello Nasr Toure. A level 5 treasurer that just appeared in Segu. I can drop two possible advisors for him. I have a level 5 Production tech guy who will be around for very little time, since he had 69 years on the job. I also have a level 2 trade tech guy I can dump for the level 5 guy. I drop the experienced and aged 5 star production guy for the five star trade tech guy, because it’s a good long term move.

Apr 18 - The Ottomans, still at war with Russian powers. Know what this is a good time for? Rebellions.

I order patriot rebels in Hawran and Al Karak. We were caught so I send a gift to make up for it.

May 21 - Abomey expandey

July 2 - I get the People Sambling New Religions event again and choose Heresy in Libya for ten years.

July 4 - Then two days later, I get another negative event - Political Crisis. I can choose for us to lose one stability or I gain three badboy. I choose the later since I currently have a clean reputation.

July 15 - 17000 Ottoman troops ended any thoughts of rebellion.

Aug 20 - I just noticed that in the old Ottoman provinces I can build Spahi Cavalry. Later, after I am looking for my next project, I am going to upgrade my cavalry.

Sept 3 - Gift to Ottomans

Nov 14 - And already our Nasr Toure gets a great work published. I order that his efforts will be known worldwide, and ou prestige jumps and we get some extra trade tech investment for a while.


Dec 10 - We establish a monopoly in Venezia. Next target, Liguria

Apr 18, 1645 - Abomey expands and is now a full province.


Abomey - Adjacent to Oyo, Borgu, Gurma, Wagadugi, Kumasi, Godl Coast and Whydah stands the 6407 ivory traders of Abomey. They make us 9.97 ducats annually.


May 8 - Ottomans are now at peace. I send a gift.

May 18 - I have good prestige and great diplomacy right now. Perfect time to try and annex Tunisia.

They accept.


Tunis - 322642 Maghreb Arab Sunnis farmers make us 18,26 ducats annually. This port is next to Constantine and Gabes and is loaded. It has a university, workshop, temple, and courthouse. I order a marketplace built here.

Gabes - South of Tunis is Gabes, another port city. 14154 Sunni Maghreb Arab farmers make us 6.89 ducats annually. It is next to Tripoli and gives us a land connection with our only ally. It comes with a temple, workshop and courthouse. I order a level 3 fort here.

June 1 - The remaining five provinces of the Mamluks which we took in annexation are now cores (Nile, Cairo, Nubia, Taka and Berber)

Slider Time! We have gone decentralized in a couple of events and I want to move us back. We have a pretender regiment rise up way down south in Transkei.

[Abe Sargent]

June 26 - I have loaded up my 6000 troops in Suakin and am sailing them down to Transkei.

July 1 - We are now accepting al Misr Arabic as an integral part of our nation and culture.

July 9 - Gift to Ottomans

Sept 3 - Wow. Something I did not expect came today. An alliance offer from Venice. Very interesting.

I’d prefer Morocco as a forever ally, but we have had no major allies in a while. They have literally, and I mean literally, no allies. I accept, let’s see how this goes.

We have the 4th largest army in the world and they have the 8th. They have the largest navy in the world and we are at 7th (although we are 3rd in big ships).

Sept 13 - We defeat the pretender rebels in Transkei.

Dec 21 - Troops returned to Suakin

Jan 16, 1646 - Tripoli accepts vassalization after we explain the values of being our vassals.

Mar 4 - Revolt in Tunis

Mar 14 - Defeated

May 1 - Trade Tech increase

May 15 - Our great ruler died today. Say hello to his successor - Harangi II with Admin of 5, Diplo of 7 and Military of 4. Not that great, but he doesn’t outright suck.

May 21 - Constable in Tunis and nothing more in Gabes

May 27 - Kongo has converted. This means the province is no longer Kongolese but Malie as well as Sunni. Pop Growth arnd taxes are way up.

June 1 - Govnment Tech Increase. Kongolese is no longer an accepted culture.

I move the Kongo troops to Ndongo.

I order our next missionary to Ndongo.

Aug 18 - Algiers accepts a RW with us.

Aug 21 - We enter into one with Adal.

Adal is currently in a Regency Council. Perhaps they would like someone with a better handle on things to help them run their country?

Oct 12 - Revolts in Gabes of a Nationalist nature

Oct 15 - Which we put down.

Jan 10, 1647 - I order a Textile Manufactory in Tajura

June 4 - I am sending colonists to Butana and Fazughli to finish them off

June 9 - Adal enters into an alliance with us. Now I just need to keep them for a month and then we can offer annexation.

July 9 - I am not sure how many shots I get at this, but they have a Diplo of 3, we have a high prestige, and a good Diplo myself, plus maxed relations, and the requisite RM and alliance. I am told this is a maybe. Here we go. I offer them vassalization.

July 10 - They accept.

We get closer and closer to African unity. Every African nation is either our vassal or has been annexed except for Morocco and Algiers. That’s how close we are.

[Abe Sargent]

Alright, I know I am just 12 years away from the 250 year review, but I want to take a look at the map, because the whole Scandinavia thing threw me. It’s 1647 - what is happening around the world?

Castille has not taken any Iberian provinces, odd because Galicia and Navarra are still running around.

France has solidified its gains. It has gained all of Eastern germany, plus it is engulfing the lowlands and I believe that soon they will all be French.

Scandinavia is the new hotness. They have a ton of mainland provinces including those in the old Lithuania Polotsk region and many in the Bohemian and Brandenburg regions.

Muscowy has shrunk a bit to Scandinavia and the Golden Horde

Venice has, as mentioned before, taken most of the traditional lines of Italy except for Malta and some provinces in the north and west, where they are French. They have not taken The Papal States province of Roma.

Khandesh has unifed most of India, but it seems that every time I look at the map, another power can say that before they get brushed aside.

Ming has lost some of its provinces. To revolters or to internal issues, I do not know. Khmer, Pegu, and more have split off. Brunei has grown and taken parts of Ajeh island and all of the old Malaccan provinces from Ming. When an island nations takes on China and wins, I‘m on their side! Yet, Brunei has lot a province on Borneo to Ming, another to revolters, and Makassar has rebelled successfully as well.

The British have arrived here as well. They have taken most of Ajeh Island.

Korea is getting swallowed up by Manchu.

In the Americas, wow.

Great Britain has colonized all the way to one province from the west coast in northern Mexico. They have the Deep South provinces, no deeper than one province in, all along the south US. They also took out the Incas, and have large spacious colonies in Brazil and Argentina.

Castille has all of the Eastern US and lower Canada except for a few provinces, all the way to Kansas in the south, and Michigan in the north. They also have Venezuela and some adjacent areas like Panama and the beginning of Columbia.

Portgual has medium sized colonies in south Brazil and another in Chile. They also took out the Zapotec and have all of their provinces in lower Mexico and much of Central America. Add a few Canadian provinces as well.

France has a lot of Canadian provinces, and then a few spread out provinces here and there but nothing too large or concentrated. They were late to the party.

Once the British Ajeh provinces become cores in 43 years, they can colonize the Indies at will. That’s going to be nasty. They just jumped around Africa and forced themselves into a nice little “colony”

As soon as they appear on my map, I intend to colonize Mauritus and Diego Garcia.

[Abe Sargent]

Aug 20 - Butana and Fazughli expand and our now full provinces.


Butana - South of Berber, north of Gojjam and west of Taka and Gonder lies the 1012 farmers making us 4.55 ducats annually. To its west lie several more unclaimed territories.

Laughlin - West of Gojjam and Adal’s Kefa lies the 1012 farmers making us 4.55 ducats annually. This province is also next to unclaimed lands.


I order level one forts in both since they are near-ish the action.

Oct 8 - Agri Rev in Nubia. I order a Workshop here.

Dec 1 - Greater Namaquala is now a core

Mar 12, 1648 - Venice has DOWd The Papal States and I join them. This is…tasty. But I know I cannot get troops there before Venice does. I’ll let them take Roma so that they can become Italy and we can have a stronger ally.

July 20 - Venice captured Roma

Aug 17 - I’m sorta just waiting for the war to end now.

Sept 11 - Still waiting and the papacy offers me a white peace. I take it. Who knows how long Venice will be ornery.

Sept 23 - Venice accepted peace for ducats. Not worth it.

Okay, I am about to crush my stability.

See, we have a Despotic Monarchy. If you have a despotic government form after 1700, your country goes through some mega hits in the game, as your people want freedom. I can change to:

Feudal Monarchy - I get extra land force limits (amount of troops per province before attrition sets in). Stab hit 4.
Noble Republic - Leeaders change every 8 years. Tolerance of Heathens and Heretics up one each. Stab hit 4. No RMs = no annexation
Administrative Monarchy - Production Efficiency +10%. Stab hit 1.
Absolute Monarchy - Troops Discipline up 5 percent. Stab hit 1
Theocracy - 10% missionary chance. No Royal Marriages = no annexation. Stab hit 4

We have one more option. I can, as a decision, choose for us to be an Empire. Stab hit 3. Gain 5 prestige temporarily and that’s it.

The obvious choice is Administrative Monarchy, and I make that decision.

Our stability drops one.


April 26, 1649 - Ndongo converts

Aug 11 - Major hit today. Constantine has converted to Shiite. Ouch.

Oct 14 - I am extending the 250 year in review to Jan 1, 1650, when our stability is supposed to rise again

Nov 1 NLD - Taqali, next to Fazughli and Butana

Nov 15 - Quality Ivory event triggers (+1 prestige)

Dec 1 - NLD Dar Nuba, west of Fazughli

Jan 1, 1650 - Stability increase - 250 year in review.

[Abe Sargent]

250 Years in Review


Our vassals - Adal and Tripoli

Our ally - Venice (and our vassals)

We are an Administrative Monarchy ruled by the adequate Harangi II, ADM 5,7,4. He has been ruling since May 1646.

The Empire option is now gone.

If our ruler had an Military of at least 5, I would have Adopted the Title of Khalifa. Hopefully that will happen someday.


We have 129 army regiments and 50 ships

We are 5th in Prestige. 13th best in Inflation (just 3.5%).

We still rock the income, and France is a distant second.

The highest land tech is 29, which includes France, and we are at 25. Same for naval, trade is 28 and 25, production is 29 and 27, and government is 31 and 27.

We have 136 provinces. But, be warned Britain, France and Castille all have over 100.

[Abe Sargent]

Biggest tax Revenue Provinces:

Alexandria
Timbuktu
Kongo
Cairo
Bure
Gao
Cape
Jenne
Dendi
Benguela
Bambuk
Segu
Delta
Borno
Bourbon
Benin
Judea
Futa Jallon
Gonder
Massina


See what happened once I converted and cultured Kongo? It is, taxwise, our best non-COT province. You’ll also note newer additions like Cairo and Judea on the list. Bambuk is the only animist province on the list, and it wil be my next missionary target.


By Production (not including gold mines)

Timbuktu (better than all but two gold mines in fact)
Gobir
Bourbon
Damagaram
Tadimekket
Awsa
Futa Jallon
Gaza
Aures
Sinai
Taodeni
Azawadd
Suakin
Kanem
Sierra Leone
Alexandria
Cayor
Massawa
Benin
Gabon

Benin is the only ivory province without a manufactory to make the cut. Sierra Leone is the top slave province w/o a manufactory.


Alexandria remins the top COT in the world and Timbuktu is 4th.

We have monopolies in Alexandria, Timbuktu, Venezia, Kutch, Acadia, Mixtec, Hormuz and Fars.

[Abe Sargent]

Trade Goods by Value:

Fur
Salt
Cloth
Chinaware
Coffee
Tobacco
Slaves
Wine
Spices
Copper
Sugar
Cotton
Tea
Ivory
Fish
Grain
Naval Supplies
Wool
Gold (no sale or trade means 0 demand)

The most undersupplied good is Tea with just 21% and then coffee at 24%. The most demanded item is Slaves followed by Fur and 169% and 152% respectively.


With the massive colonization in the Americas, we are really benefiting.

[Abe Sargent]

May 1 - We get the GOLD RUSH! Event

June 7 - Monopoly established in Liguria

July 7 - Gift to Ottomans

Sept 6 - Missionary to Bambuk.

I order the Arguin army to temporarily station themselves there.

Dec 1 - Land Tech Increases. We can now build leather cannons.

Dec 13 - Gift to the Shiites in Iraq

Jan 1, 1651 - I order some level 3 forts in Delta, Mahe, Aures, Kabylia, Constantine and Tunis

And a level two in Tadimekket and Trarza

May 29 - I send colonists to tabura, a province west of Tanga and Bagamoyo (ex-Swahili provinces by Zanzibar).

July 1 - Production Tech Increase

Aug 31 - Tabora is our newest colony and I send more colonists to expand it

Dec 2 - Tabora expands

Mar 6, 1652 - Tabora expands

June 1 - Naval Tech Increases. We can build Wargalleons.

June 6 - Tabora Expands

June 24 - We get Salt Crisis and our production is at -1% for a few years.

Aug 26 - Tabora will be a slave province.

Sept 8 - Tabora expandeth

Sept 21 - Revolt in Tunis for three days until we crush it.

Nov 1 - A Level 4 Trade Tech guy appeared in Kilwa. I drop our level 2 guy for him.

Nov 2 - Epidemic in Borgu for a year.

Dec 8 - I get Fort Decays in Jenne and I let it decay.

Dec 10 - Tabora expands

Jan 7, 1653 - Gift to the Ottomans

Apr 2 - I order some marketplaces in ivory provinces now that their value has risen:

Fernando Po
Cameroon
Loango
Luanda
Kisarna
Delagoa Bay
Inhambane
Urungwe
Sena
Zumbo
Quelimane
Mozambique
Bagamoyo
Tanga
Mombasa
Malindi
Lamu
Mogadishu
Gabu
Futa Jallon
Konian
Gold Coast
Whydah
Abomey
Gurma
Nupe
Bagirmi


I also add The Canarias, St. Helena, and Mecca and Cape.

That was a big project just now.

I invested about two years worth of income into that.

[Abe Sargent]

July 3 - I Promote Frontier Defences in Bagamoyo


Sept 10 - I have Merchant Fractures. I can side with the free trade section and it gains one, or the mercantilist faction and it gains one, or do nothing and gain a prestige. I move one towards Free Trade

Sept 22 - A few days later I get a nasty event - Regional Nobles Challenge Songhai. Three options (I think I had this once before). 23 regiments revolt in Alexandria or Decentralization gain one, or aristocracy and serfdom gain 2 each. I want none of them. I crush them and get 23 regiments in Alexandria of Noble creed. I jack up my military maintenance and change my sliders to stop this rebellion.

Oct 5 - Tabora expands

Oct 10 - We lose in Alexandria as expected.

Oct 25 - I put my leader in charge of a large army and combine my Gaza and Diamientia armies into one.

Nov 14 - 20000 troops arrive in Alexandria

Nov 18 - Venice makes amove I didn’t expect. The DOW Ragusa. Why does that matter? Because Ragusa was created by the Ottomans decades ago, so they are Sunni. That means I lose one stability to join Venice’s war. I decline and we are no longer allies.

I immediately send them a gift in order to make up for it.

Dec 1 - We win in Alexandria and the rebels are retreating to Libya.

I order my army to follow

Dec 23 - We arrive in Libya

Dec 29 - We win again.

Feb 1, 1654 - Trade Tech Advance

Feb 6 - Agri Rev in Barwe. I order a workshop built there now

Feb 18 - We defeat the rebels in Kargah

Apr 6 - We win in Libya

June 7 - We win in Kargah

June 24 - The rebels are finally defeated once and for all in Nile.

Sept 8 - Tabora expands

Oct 9 - I send a Missioanry to Kumasi.

Nov 8 - Venice has won a war against Syria and taken Beirut and Aleppo. They are now our neighbors

I send them another gift

Mar 1, 1655 - Land Tech Increase. I can now make Musketeers

May 30 - Our leader dies and we get a new guy - Muhammad III Admin 3, Military 6, Diplo 5. Yuk.

Aug 6 - Tabora expands and is now self sufficient


Tabora - 6709 slave traders make us 17.22 ducats annually. I order a market place here.

[Abe Sargent]

Aug 14 - Algiers rejects our RM offer. As does Morocco. The Ottomans are now a Theocracy so no marriages there.

Even Iraq and Najd reject them

Apr 22, 1656 - I get the People Sampling New Religions event this time, but I choose to move one towards narrowminded. We now get +0.45 missionaries a year instead of 0.25.

Sept 1 - Trade Tech Increase

Oct 1 - Naval Tech Increase.

Oct 25 - We get another Sultan Embarasses the Court event and our stability drops.

Nov 1 - Boina is now a core

April 24, 1657 - Kumasi converts!

June 27 - Bambuk converts!

Oct 1 - Missionary sent to Wasuju

Nov 28 - Fort Decays event and I pay the 100 gold

Jan 1, 1658 - Stability increase

June 1 - Gvnment Tech Increase

Jan 1, 1659 - I order a Textile Manufactory in Kargah

Jan 17 - Another Fort Decays event and I payeth the gold

Aug 1 - I discover Ujiji, a province inland from Tabora. I send colonists there.

Oct 28 - Ujiji failed to be set up and I send in more colonists

Dec 1 - Production Tech Increase

Jan 1, 1660 - I send a Missionary to Massina

Jan 12 - Epidemic in Boina for a year

Jan 31 - Gifts to Venice and Ottomans

Apr 8 - Ujiji is now our newest colony.

July 3 - Ujiji expands

Sept 29 - Ujiji expands

Dec 24 - Another expansion

Feb 22, 1661 - We get Good Harvest event and I put the money into production tech investment

Mar 20 - Ujiji expandiji

May 28 - Wasuju is now Sunni!

July 8 - I get an event Road Constructions. I choose Higher Tax Income in Futa Jallon but it costs me 50 ducats, an easy payment to make in this case methinks.

Aug 1 - Agri Rev in Tunis.

Sept 2 - Gift to Venice. I got a level 2 government tech guy in Ndongo and I choose to drop my level 2 Land Tech guy for him, since the land tech guy is 40 years into the business.

Sept 27 - Fortification Expands - level 2 fort in Ndongo

Dec 15 - Ivory in Ujiji

Dec 17 - Agri Rev in Kabylia. I order a Constable built here,

Dec 27 - Ujiji expands

March 1, 1662 - We get a Cultural Assimilation event and Berber becomes Malinese

Apr 3 - Missionary to Zamfara

May 1 - Another alliance offer from Venice. So here’s the deal. I’m happy to be their ally as long as they are not attacking Islamic states, otherwise I have to leave them. I accept, but I want them to know, that I am an anti-Europe ally, not an anti-Middle East or anti-No Africa ally.

[Abe Sargent]

July 31 - Agri Rev in Gojjam. I order a workshop here.

Oct 29 - We get Colonial Company Founded and 200 colonists in Dongola, interior of Berber, Ibrim and Nubia.

Nov 27 - Ujiji expands

Nov 1, 1663 - Event - Conservative Backlash.

I Fear No Words - Stab -1
Send in the Troops - 5000 Religious Rebels in Shoa


I choose the latter.

Nov 11 - Ujiji expanded

Nov 25 - Rebels Defeated

Dec 1 - Trade Tech increase

Jan 2, 1664 - I order Frontier Defences in Berber and Nubia

Mar 7 - Just for fun, and because I have full diplomats, I offer annexation to both Tripoli and Adal. Tripoli rejects our offer. Adal embraces it.


Kefa - The former capital of Adal needs a wall. The 7392 Somali Orthodox gold miners make us 45.50 ducats annually. Kefa is next to Gojjam, Shoa and Fazughli.

Haud - 15181 shepherds make us 5.03 ducats annually. This province is Somali and Sunni. A temple comes with the province. It is adjacent to Zeila, Harer, Berbera, Majerteen, Mogadishu, and Ogaden. I order a Textile Manufactory here.

Berbera - This port province has 18.04 ducats made by the 28976 Somali Sunni slave traders. It too comes with a temple. I order a market place here. It is adjacent to Majerteen, Zeila and Haud.

[Abe Sargent]

June 28 - I send a gift to Tripoli.

Nov 1 - Gift to Tripoli

Dec 1 - Slider Time. I move towards free subjects and my manpower in Bauchi is hit

Jan 1, 1665 - Transkei is now a core

Mar 1 - Natal is now a core

Mar 8 - Now that our fort is done in Kefa, I order a Missionary here.

Apr 14 - Dongola expands

June 18 - I join Venice war against the Papacy. Capture it this time!

Aug 9 - Gift to Tripoli

Aug 16 - Dongola fails to expand

Oct 15 - Agri Rev in Judea

Nov 1 - We discover Mauritius, an island next to Bourbon that I failed to discover years before. It is still not colonized, but I can’t believe it won’t be long before the Europeans can reach it. They must have known about it for a long time for it to have popped up on our screen. The next colonists I get I will send here, and then allow it to grow while working on Dongola.

Dec 1 - Land Tech Increase

Feb 3, 1666 - I get the Colonial Ventures event and choose to invest in the naval force.

Mar 30, 1666 - Agri Rev in Constantine

July 15 - Religious Revolt in Massina

July 21 - That we win

Aug 28 - Dongola will be a slave province

Sept 15 - I Proclaim a Guarantee on Tripoli, which is the last step at regaining our relations.

Sept 21 - Peace with the Papacy for ducats again. Come on Venice, stop the flirting and start the poking!

Oct 7 - Missionary sent to Constantine. I slid the Tunis regiment over in preperation for this. We have to de-Shiite this province from the previous event that changed it.

Dec 14 - Nationalist Rebels in Berbera.

Jan 7, 1667 - We win in Berbera

Jan 28 - Constantine converted that quickly.

Feb 24 - Fortification Upgrade in Majerteen

May 1 - Trade Tech Increase

June 1 - I get a level 3 Natural Scientist in Idah. I trade in my level 2 Statesman for him.

June 23 - Dongola expandola

July 15 - Royal Marriage with Algiers

Aug 1 - Naval Tech Increase. Ujiji is now a full colony:


Ujiji - One of the coolest names for a province in the game. West of Tabora and surrounded by a lake and Permanent Terra Incognita, the 8001 ivory traders make us 12.48 ducats annually. I order a market place built here

[Abe Sargent]

Aug 12 - Venice v Corsica, and they want us in. That’s fine I agree. Austria joins her ally.


Sept 1 - We discover Lake Tangayika, next to Ujiji.

Sept 21 - We win a naval battle in the Ligurian Sea

Sept 29 - We land 11000 troops in Corsica fron Tunis

Oct 3 - We win in Corsica and begin a siege

Jan 6, 1668 - We set up a colony in Mauritius. We had a really good chance of it.

Jan 27 - Quality ivory event

Feb 16 - We take Corsica after an assault

I force Austria to give me over 1000 ducats in peace.

Now Venice can do whatever they want to with Corsica, we got our money.

With our Blood Money, I order a university in Sofala which will also finish one of our missions.

May 16 - Dongola expands

July 1 - Govnment Tech Increase

Nov 14 - Jenne converted to Shiite. Argh.

Jan 1, 1669 - Missionary sent to Jenne

Jan 15 - I cancel military access with Morocco

June 1 - Production Tech Increase

June 15 - Dongola fails to expand despite really, really good odds.

Sept 1 - General dies

Sept 23 - The Golden Horde has absorbed Syria so Judea is now adjacent to them in Damascus

Jan 1, 1670 - Epidemic is in Sierra Leone

Venice annexed Corsica

Sept 3 - Fortification Effoprt in Yatenga gets us a level 1 fort

Dec 21 - Jenne converts back to Sunni

Feb 14, 1670 - Dongola expands

Apr 1 - I order a Missionary to Zimbabwe

July 13 - Mauritius expands

Aug 1 - Massina Converts!

Oct 8 - Algiers accepts an alliance with us.

Oct 12 - They broke it again. Alright, just remember that you did that to us like three times.

Oct 15 - Nationalists in Haud

Oct 18 - Defeated

Nov 10 - I send an insult to Algiers

Nov 17 - Fortification Upgrade in Asyut

Dec 5 - Algiers sends me an insult back. Excellent!

Dec 11 - I cancel military access.