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[Descan]

Now you just need to get Naples and you can call yourself the Kingdom of the Twin Peninsulas!

[Azthor]

All those revolts in my poor and beloved country are Austria's fault. We were midwar, then Twiggie edited the peace terms in. I have to take my army west and break the rebels' and Castille's legs. Their excommunication of my King has been doing horrors for my prestige.

I also hope you enjoyed Sabotaged Trade Routes (-50% movement speed), courtesy of Serbian bombs.

I sort of never noticed it because, you know, my army moves by ship.

[fivex]

Uh...

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[Azthor]

Uh...

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A heir will appear eventually... In a few decades. It might be worthwhile to change into a Republic.

[Rakonas]

Actually I'm pretty sure he should end up with a different dynasty or in a PU within a couple years..

[Flying Dice]

This is rather bizarre. I'm not sure exactly where the tipping point was, but in my current campaign France is now a third-rate minor power. Around 2/5 of it has fallen to minors (including a number that I got released with persistent application of rebels), and around 1/5 each to England and Burgundy. England is going to need a good stomping; I'm far ahead of them in the colonialism game (it isn't even the 1480s and I already own most of the NA eastern seaboard and the Caribbean), but they've taken chunks out of France, Norway, Denmark, and a number of eastern European minors. Curiously, they've left one of the Irish kingdoms, Cornwall (released during an early war with me), and Wales alone. I took the chance to expand my sphere, just in case.

[Micro102]

Ah yes, the sphere of influence. Is there any point in spreading this except for potential CBs?

[somebody]

It gives you magistrates and boosts your diplomatic skill, also it prevents some actions if you have a truce with the larger country.

[Rakonas]

It gives you cbs, and prevents other countries from sphering them. You would want to sphere a country you want to invade eventually so that your rival doesn't sphere it, for instance.

[Flying Dice]

But mostly the potential CB on the only other contender in the colonial race. I bumped off Portugal around half a century ago, England has killed Denmark and is pushing Sweden into a corner, and France has around 2/3 of the provinces it still owns captured by someone-or-other. Pretty sure they've been locked into a death spiral.

Meanwhile Georgia is a stable power in Eastern Europe with more land than France, steadily taking bites out of the Ottomans.

[Tarran]

Georgia survived? How did they manage that?

[lordcooper]

It's about time I gave this a go.  Anything someone who has only played CK2 should know?

[Demonic Spoon]

royal marriages aren't usually worth it, get quest for the new world and colonists as early as possible. Inflation is okay, as long as you don't have too much, that said masters of the mint are the best advisors, get them if possible. Avoid loans.

[Catastrophic lolcats]

royal marriages aren't usually worth it

Until you inherit Austria. They're also useful for keeping monsters off your back like Bohemia and France.

[Descan]

Plus, I don't know if it actually works this way, but anything that will cause a stability hit to them to declare war on you is a good thing. Either to prevent the actual declaration, or to make the war itself easier. Lower stability countries are easier to hurt in a war. :3