Tides of Conquest Late Medieval campaign, turn 4, 1312 CE

[Nijis]

The 10 vp from the Austrian battle would not be enough to gain Germany an alliance in Croatia but it would give you 14 more influence, which will increase your chance of a positive alliance shift in future turns. I will edit the file to add the influence. You will also have a slightly higher income due to fewer losses.

Here is an amended file if you need the extra resources for your orders (for other realms there should be no difference). You should have 95 resources now and 96 influence, which means that you will almost certainly gain one positive random event next turn. The battle detail message will still show only 3 vp but other log messages have the correct score.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/q9qku7fj ... losdp&dl=0

[Cuddlefission]

I'm not going to have time to keep up with games the next while, so I'm going to need to drop out of these. Best of luck to all continuing!

[Nijis]

Sure thing - SnuggleBunnies or I will fight for Aragon.

[anderarcos11]

The 10 vp from the Austrian battle would not be enough to gain Germany an alliance in Croatia but it would give you 14 more influence, which will increase your chance of a positive alliance shift in future turns. I will edit the file to add the influence. You will also have a slightly higher income due to fewer losses.

Here is an amended file if you need the extra resources for your orders (for other realms there should be no difference). You should have 95 resources now and 96 influence, which means that you will almost certainly gain one positive random event next turn. The battle detail message will still show only 3 vp but other log messages have the correct score.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/q9qku7fj ... losdp&dl=0

Ok. What time we have to send the turn?

[Nijis]

How about August 31, a week from now?

[anderarcos11]

How about August 31, a week from now?

I send you yet, to your mail

[kongxinga]

Did the newest turn file get posted so we can put in Tides of Conquest orders yet? I am anticipating a sudden splintering of the Golden Horde that I am playing, but eager to see the alt history effects of my bad plays haha.

[Nijis]

Yep! It's here

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/q9qku7fj ... losdp&dl=0

The Horde is splintering as a Horde, but having built a capital it has a reasonable chance of a comeback as a urban state.

[anderarcos11]

If orders could come in by Aug 29, that would be great. I realize that with the delay some people might not be checking this regularly, so I'll send out reminder emails shortly. As always I can do orders by email or generate them randomly with the AI.

Ottomans - gort7078 - DO BY AI
French - Indibil - ORDERS IN
Germans - anderarcos11
Castilians - rpadilla1988
Swedish - doyley50 - BY EMAIL
English - wzfcns - ORDERS IN
Hungarians - LachieMac - ORDERS IN
Venetians - TomoeGozen - ORDERS IN
Golden Horde - Kongxinga
East Romans - LuciusSulla - ORDERS IN

SnuggleBunnies will continue to fight some of the battles for realms without players

Hi, I sent mi orders. Have you received?

[Nijis]

Hi - I had received them but the year was for 1304, last turn, rather than 1308, this year. I thought I messaged you back but I can't find the message now. Would you be able to check if they're the right year and email again? Sorry about that.

[Nijis]

Okay! So the turn is processed. Here's the battle map, next a list of battles, and finally the descriptions...

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[Nijis]

Castillians (rpadilla1988( attack Aragonese-ruled Hispania (SnuggleBunnies) AUTORESOLVE
Map: Mediterranean Agricultural
Side 1: Castilian/Leónese (1200CE to 1319CE) Reconquista
Side 2: Aragonese (1275CE to 1319CE) Reconquista

Golden Horde-allied Uly Dala (Kongxinga) attack Chagatai-allied Syr Darya (Nijis) AUTORESOLVE
Map: Steppe
Side 1: Cuman (1180CE to 1394CE) Wolves at the Gate
Side 2: Khwarazmian (1232-1246 CE) (SS)

Polish (SnuggleBunnies) attack German-allied Brandenburg (anderarcos11) POLISH VICTORY
Map: Northern European Agricultural
Side 1: Polish (1265CE to 1319CE) Medieval RL8
Side 2: German (Imperial) (1200CE to 1319CE) Medieval RL42

Germans (anderarcos11) attack Hungarian-ruled Hungary (LachieMac) HUNGARIAN VICTORY
Map: Steppe
Side 1: German (Imperial) (1200CE to 1319CE) Medieval RL48
Side 2: Hungarian (1200CE to 1319CE) Medieval RL7

Golden Horde (Kongxinga) intervene against Muscovite allies in Bosporus (SnuggleBunnies)
Map: Steppe
Side 1: Tatars (1242CE to 1399CE) Medieval
Side 2: Byzantine (Trebizond) (1262CE to 1359CE) Swords and Scimitars

French (Indibil) intervene against English allies in Normandy (wzfcns) ENGLISH VICTORY
Map: Northern European Mountainous
Side 1: French (1155CE to 1319CE) Medieval RL61
Side 2: French (1155CE to 1319CE) Medieval RL54

Swedish (doyley50) attack German-ruled Saxonea (anderarcos11) GERMAN VICTORY
Map: Northern European Agricultural
Side 1: Swedish (1155CE to 1319CE) Medieval RL69
Side 2: German (Imperial) (1200CE to 1319CE) Medieval RL52

Germans (anderarcos11) intervene against French allies in Wales (Indibil) GERMAN VICTORY
Map: Northern European Agricultural
Side 1: German (Imperial) (1200CE to 1319CE) Medieval RL4
Side 2: Welsh (North) (1100CE to 1295CE) Medieval RL44

Hungarians (LachieMac) attack Venetian-allied Croatia (TomoeGozen) HUNGARIAN VICTORY
Map: Mediterranean Hilly
Side 1: Hungarian (1200CE to 1319CE) Medieval RL12
Side 2: Serbian (1040CE to 1319CE) Swords and Scimitars RL45

Venetians (TomoeGozen) attack Hungarian-allied Tuscany (LachieMac) HUNGARIAN VICTORY
Map: Mediterranean Hilly
Side 1: Italian(Guelf) (1200CE to 1319CE) Reconquista RL48
Side 2: Italian(Guelf) (1200CE to 1319CE) Reconquista RL23

French (Indibil) intervene against German allies in Wales (anderarcos11) GERMAN VICTORY
Map: Northern European Hilly
Side 1: French (1155CE to 1319CE) Medieval RL 43
Side 2: Welsh (North) (1100CE to 1295CE) Medieval RL 12

Aragonese (Nijis) try to crusade against Castillian-allied Andalucia (rpadilla1988) AUTORESOLVE
Map: Mediterranean Agricultural
Side 1: Aragonese (1275CE to 1319CE) Reconquista
Side 2: Granadine (1232CE to 1319CE) Reconquista

Muscovites (Nijis) try to conquer Golden Horde-allied Rostov (Kongxinga) MUSCOVITE VICTORY
Map: Northern European Agricultural
Side 1: Rus (1265CE to 1379CE) Medieval RL 5
Side 2: Rus (1265CE to 1379CE) Medieval RL 42

English (wzfcns) intervene against French allies in Normandy (Indibil) FRENCH VICTORY
Map: Northern European Hilly
Side 1: English (1272CE to 1319CE) Medieval RL42
Side 2: French (1155CE to 1319CE) Medieval RL14

East Romans (LuciusSulla) try to annex Ottoman-ruled Bursa (gort7078) ROMAN VICTORY
Map: Mediterranean Agricultural
Side 1: Byzantine (Central) (1262-1399) (SS) RL9
Side 2: Ottoman Turkish (1299CE to 1361CE) Sublime Porte RL54


These two are optional battles. They are between proxy forces far out in the steppe, and probably won't affect much. The Golden Horde also has three other battles this turn. But if the Horde wants to fight them, I'd be happy to take the opponents!
AUTORESOLVE?
Muscovite-allied Ural attack Golden Horde-ruled Rha
Map: Steppe
Side 1: Cuman (1180CE to 1394CE) Wolves at the Gate
Side 2: Tatars (1242CE to 1399CE) Medieval

AUTORESOLVE?
Chagatai-allied Syr Darya attack Golden Horde-allied Uly Dala
Map: Steppe
Side 1: Khwarazmian (1232-1246 CE) (SS)
Side 2: Cuman (1180CE to 1394CE) Wolves at the Gate

[Nijis]

Emperor Euphemios the Grim declares his sacred mission - to conquer the final holdout of the Ottoman state in Bursa and restore imperial hegemony in Asia minor. He demands total obedience from the Romans. Theological bickering between clerics, rivalries between ancient patrician families and land agitation by farmers will no longer be tolerated. Meanwhile, the Ottoman sultan musters what tribes and timariots still answer his call and masses his forces near Bursa to await the onslaught.

The king of Sweden takes an interest in theological affairs, and scholars in the archbishopric of Uppsala pen a series of influential treatises on the separate clerical and secular spheres of authority in a Christian kingdom. The latter is seen as an attack on the Empire's new populist orientation, after an appeal by the Emperor Caspar the Generous to the commons to air their grievances has led to a flurry of petitions and demonstrations. A group of radical mendicant German friars from Kiel clash with a Swedish delegation during debates in Denmark, and several Swedish clerics are killed. The king demands that the bishop of Kiel pay reparations, and, when those are not forthcoming, leads an expedition to punish German insolence.

Emperor Caspar calls a diet to discuss possible reforms, but his armies continue their course. The aging but still doughty Augustus Bach sets sail for Wales, where pro-imperial chieftains have requested German assistance against the new prince Owen's French patrons. The eastern lords meanwhile muster for another attack on their longtime enemy Hungary. They bring fire and sword into the steppeland of the Alfold, but as they do so word reaches them that the King of Poland, citing various incursions by German crusaders and settlers in Prussia and Silesia, has launched an attack on the imperial-allied margrave of Brandenburg.

The Hungarian king conducts a review of his finances and finds everywhere he looks that import tariffs are far less than expected. Further inquiry reveals a pattern of Venetian bribery to mayors, inspectors and other officials to allow Venetian goods, especially silks from the east and salt from the Adriatic marshes, to evade royal tolls. Many of the goods seem to be coming up through Croatian territory, and a force is raised to march south to scour the Adriatic coast. The Venetian great council meanwhile hosts a debate on various abuses of power attributed to the Hungarian-sponsored podestas who have recently risen to prominence to Tuscan city-states, and dispatches an ambassador plenipotentiary, accompanied by a large force of urban knights and mercenaries, to investigate them and, at his discretion, remove those responsible.

As Castile expands into north Africa, its crusading fervor begins to abate. Treaties with various Berber warlords have been celebrated by feasts, gift exchanges, and even the occasional cross-religious marriage. Castilian theologians begin to expound new humanist doctrines that explain how a Christian king can rule Muslim subjects. Aragon accuses Castile of abandoning its Christian mission, and to make its point sends a foray into the Castilian-allied emirate of Granada. Castile responds to this attack on its ally with its own raid into the sunny orchards of Valencia.

A brief period of English hegemony in the North Sea region comes to an end, as the fractious barons of Normandy show themselves no more ready to bow to an English-backed duke as a French one. Once again, England's yeomen collect their yew staves and make their way to the Cinque Ports for the brief voyage to Normandy. Once again, French knights pitch their brightly colored tents on a field outside Paris for a round of feasting and jousting at the king's expense before marching up the Seine to war.

The Golden Horde, formerly known now as the Sultanate of Saray, continues to evolve from nomadic horde into settle urban state. Scholars hired from across the Muslim world set up courts in the capital and review the khan/sultan's decrees for accordance with Islamic legal thinking. But outside the elegant courtyards of the mosques there is tumult in the streets, as refugees flee into the capital. The steppe is ablaze. Tribal chiefs to the east, formerly vassals of the khan, are now allied with Muscovy and raiding as far as Saray's suburbs. The Grand Prince of Moscow himself is attacking Rostov, a Russian principality now allied with the Horde. The Horde for its part sends an expeditionary force of noyans who are more interested in war than jurisprudence to assist the Greeks of the Crimea, who are rebelling against their Moscow-backed overlords. Others go seeking their fortune in the east, where some of the khan's distant cousins are feuding with even more distantly related cousins in the Chagatai sphere of influence on the Syr Darya river.

[anderarcos11]

Games settped up

Germans (anderarcos11) attack Hungarian-ruled Hungary (LachieMac)
Map: Steppe
Side 1: German (Imperial) (1200CE to 1319CE) Medieval
Side 2: Hungarian (1200CE to 1319CE) Medieval

Germans (anderarcos11) intervene against French allies in Wales (Indibil)
Map: Northern European Agricultural
Side 1: German (Imperial) (1200CE to 1319CE) Medieval
Side 2: Welsh (North) (1100CE to 1295CE) Medieval

Pm sent

[TomoeGozen]

Game set up and PM sent

Venetians (TomoeGozen) attack Hungarian-allied Tuscany (LachieMac)
Map: Mediterranean Hilly
Side 1: Italian(Guelf) (1200CE to 1319CE) Reconquista
Side 2: Italian(Guelf) (1200CE to 1319CE) Reconquista

cheers,
Dave.

[LachieMac]

Hungarians (LachieMac) attack Venetian-allied Croatia (TomoeGozen)
Map: Mediterranean Hilly
Side 1: Hungarian (1200CE to 1319CE) Medieval with Bohemian allies
Side 2: Serbian (1040CE to 1319CE) Swords and Scimitars

PM sent

I have brought allies as Bohemia is still on my side despite defeat by anderarcos11. Hope this is okay

[Nijis]

Two challenges issued...

Aragonese (Nijis) try to crusade against Castillian-allied Andalucia (rpadilla1988) - password rpadilla
Map: Mediterranean Agricultural
Side 1: Aragonese (1275CE to 1319CE) Reconquista
Side 2: Granadine (1232CE to 1319CE) Reconquista

Muscovites (Nijis) try to conquer Golden Horde-allied Rostov (Kongxinga) - password kongxinga
Map: Northern European Agricultural
Side 1: Rus (1265CE to 1379CE) Medieval
Side 2: Rus (1265CE to 1379CE) Medieval

[SnuggleBunnies]

Matches up, pw snuggles:

Castillians (rpadilla1988( attack Aragonese-ruled Hispania (SnuggleBunnies)
Map: Mediterranean Agricultural
Side 1: Castilian/Leónese (1200CE to 1319CE) Reconquista
Side 2: Aragonese (1275CE to 1319CE) Reconquista

Polish (SnuggleBunnies) attack German-allied Brandenburg (anderarcos11)
Map: Northern European Agricultural
Side 1: Polish (1265CE to 1319CE) Medieval
Side 2: German (Imperial) (1200CE to 1319CE) Medieval

Golden Horde (Kongxinga) intervene against Muscovite allies in Bosporus (SnuggleBunnies)
Map: Steppe
Side 1: Tatars (1242CE to 1399CE) Medieval
Side 2: Byzantine (Trebizond) (1262CE to 1359CE) Swords and Scimitars

PM sent. Enjoy.

[kongxinga]

Hi NIjis, definitely autoresolve the two optional steppe battles (too far out, and I got too much on my plate). I will go pick up the three games I am up for now.

[LuciusSulla]

Challenge issued:

East Romans (LuciusSulla) try to annex Ottoman-ruled Bursa (gort7078)
Map: Mediterranean Agricultural
Side 1: Byzantine (Central) (1262-1399) (SS)
Side 2: Ottoman Turkish (1299CE to 1361CE) Sublime Porte