Indeed, a ne'er-do-well member of the lower ranks of the nobility named Eric Gryf had got it into his head to take the throne for himself, and had occupied Gotland with ten thousand of his followers. He was, moreover, decidedly uninterested in finding a suitably powerful wife or producing an heir, preferring the somewhat worrying company of lusty squires.Īll very well at twenty-eight, but one joust gone wrong and civil war was inevitable, particularly considering the restlessness of his Swedish subjects. King Christopher III, a German import in the middle of his fourth year in power, was not exactly the sharpest knife in the box-though he'd managed the administative side of things reasonably well, as long as that meant letting Rødgrød make the decisions, his military and diplomatic instincts were decidedly mediocre at best. First Minister Rødgrød looked onto the Baltic from his mansion overlooking the Copenhagen harbor and reflected on the position of the kingdom he administrated-a position which, like the weather, was frustrating and somewhat depressing, though not disastrous. The morning of Novemdawned grey, cold and wet, as November mornings usually dawn in Denmark. Pick three, and we'll choose on, probably, Friday evening Moscow time. I've decided against Ming or Ottomans, since they're OP at start and I'd like a bit of a challenge so this list mostly comprises regional powers who nevertheless aren't completely hegemonic in their area. You may vote for three, and the deadline is whenever I feel like closing the case on Friday evening Moscow time. On the basis of my own personal preferences and general balancing, the following ten nations will be options. Alternatively I might post once per monarch. I'm hoping to post around twice a week, with each turn running about 20-30 years. We'll start in 1444, as usual, and go to 1821. We'll use the voting system, at least, to select the starting country and idea groups. This means that an option nobody wants can't be selected, an option everybody wants will always be selected, but polls with split votes may have an RNG effect. if there are six options, 25% of 12 votes go for option 1, and the machine draws a 1, 2 or 3, then option 1 gets selected (because 1, 2 and 3 are the first quarter of votes). Instead of first-past-the-post we'll be using the random ballot method for voting in polls: a number between 1 and (# of votes) will be picked randomly, and the decision taken will correspond to which option that corresponds to in the polling results. We'll be playing without mods, and possibly with Ironman (which would be new for me). I've got all the DLC except for Third Rome and Mare Nostrum, but maybe I'll get them before starting the game? Paradox games are actually entirely reasonable at Russian prices. I'd like to incorporate input from those watching, so I'm putting a poll up. I'm nowhere near guru-status, but I suspect it'll be more fun that way-mistakes are entertaining. To remedy this, I'm thinking of doing a Let's Play for EU4. So I've been EU4-binging somewhat recently, but the problem with long video game sessions is that they feel like wasted time. (New thread, after the old one fell prey to the board's poll-making system being nigh-useless.)