Gaming 1836 - The Europa Universalis 4 Experiment (Hands-off) - Map & stats in second post - Final Map and Stats update - Timelapse video

Did I ever pick a third idea tree thing? @nimic
 
@Abizzz has been a naughty boy, and is now the target of a pretty big coalition. That means that if he attacks anyone, these guys will get involved.

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Speaking of Abizzz, the Printing Press just appeared in his lands. The institutions should appear roughly 50 years apart, but Colonialism was so slow to appear that lots of countries still haven't even embraced that one, so now they're two behind.

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Did I lose my home province?

Yep well spotted, they forced you to release the country of Wolgast, and that included your capital. Also holy shit I just noticed that @Dan is back. They made you release Dan :lol:

What's more, he immediately allied @Abizzz, so he has a decent ally for once. He's also an Elector in the Holy Roman Empire, which means he gets to vote on who is Emperor!

What a fecking hero.

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So yeah, you lost a few provinces @Dr. Dwayne, but it's not the end or anything. They also didn't directly take most of them. In a way you were lucky to be at war with the Holy Roman Emperor, because it's in their best interest to make sure there are as many different countries in the Empire as possible (they get bonuses based on the number), so he didn't really want to conquer you.
 
Interesting development! @Igor Drefljak and his allies won the war against @Vidyoyo, but it could probably have been even worse if not for the Emperor, @adexkola invading Igor. I think what happened was that Igor attacked and annexed the city of Lübeck. But a mechanic in the game is that the Emperor can demand that any country which owns a province in the Empire that is not a core (takes time to make it into one) returns that province. If they refuse, then this can happen:

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Should have said yes...

Edit: And I just noticed that all his allies, who just helped him attack Vidyoyo, refused to join the war in his defense so the alliances broke.
 
Yep well spotted, they forced you to release the country of Wolgast, and that included your capital. Also holy shit I just noticed that @Dan is back. They made you release Dan :lol:

What's more, he immediately allied @Abizzz, so he has a decent ally for once. He's also an Elector in the Holy Roman Empire, which means he gets to vote on who is Emperor!

What a fecking hero.

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So yeah, you lost a few provinces @Dr. Dwayne, but it's not the end or anything. They also didn't directly take most of them. In a way you were lucky to be at war with the Holy Roman Emperor, because it's in their best interest to make sure there are as many different countries in the Empire as possible (they get bonuses based on the number), so he didn't really want to conquer you.

FFS you assholes. At least I still have Stettin.
 
Yep well spotted, they forced you to release the country of Wolgast, and that included your capital. Also holy shit I just noticed that @Dan is back. They made you release Dan :lol:

What's more, he immediately allied @Abizzz, so he has a decent ally for once. He's also an Elector in the Holy Roman Empire, which means he gets to vote on who is Emperor!

What a fecking hero.

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So yeah, you lost a few provinces @Dr. Dwayne, but it's not the end or anything. They also didn't directly take most of them. In a way you were lucky to be at war with the Holy Roman Emperor, because it's in their best interest to make sure there are as many different countries in the Empire as possible (they get bonuses based on the number), so he didn't really want to conquer you.

Wow, what a rollercoaster i’ve been on. :lol:
 
Okay I'm going to stop there and write another update tomorrow, the one with maps and stats. But Crackers is probably too poor to afford a colony, so Organic Potatoes is the only one colonizing the Americas right now. He also just got the tech to unlock a new idea group (nobody else has done that), and he picked Expansion. That is going to give him even more colonists. If nobody else picks Exploration when they hit the 4th idea group, I suspect he's going to colonize half of America before anyone else has a chance to get there :eek:

(To explain colonization a bit: you send a colonist to make a colony, and then if it's in Africa/Asia it becomes part of your country. If it's in the New World (also Australia), when you get enough colonies next to each other they turn into a separate country that continues colonizing on its own. He's currently got three different ones)