AAR from Work

[Hard Sarge]

not as good with the numbers, but for the size and number of POWs, well worth it

[Hard Sarge]

the Ossites surrender

the Glory page is not looking so good right now

treaty, not much I can get, so have them lend me some land, didn't want to take there Protectorates away from them, as I want to take them in battle

notice that they been working on the Bavarians, so tell them to leave them alone

cheap treaty

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ahhh, some more sweet talking, the Swedes and Russians come into the war, that one was a little tricky, but it works

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the Prussians beat off what ever the English sent at them, so I got my Danes, but they are weak and poor morale, so do a sea transport, and pull my troops out of Flanders and land them up north

(don't want to walk though provinces I am trying to make my friends)

but, what are the Turks up to ?

and dang them English, they force the Ossites to give up a ton of there protectorates !!!!

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do some more sweet talking, and the Poles ask for my protection, wow, little old France just got Huge

some battles driving the Prussians out of Daneland, and now the fun will begin (after I get back to work, maybe)

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been cleaning up the area (forgot where I left off) picking up some protectorates, some good ones !

go after some of the ones in the middle, not much luck, so DOW on Baden, that got me Bavira and Wattenburg, I take Saxony, then it is not going good for the Dutch, and since I got time, I hit them, the plan, was, since they like the Swedes and the English so much, if I hit them, maybe I can force them to join one of them, not the best, but, it makes things easier for me down the road, neither side takes them up on it !, so I take the Dutch

captured a Gun from them, then turned them into Protectorates, and gain there rather large NAVY

but had to fight a battle with there Army, which was funny, as I think I got too fancy, got the flanking option and placed myself behind them !!!

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I had been moving around trying to find and trap the Dutch Navy, then seen what looked like the English and Spanish merchants doing some fighting

and was thinking, what is up with that, I got along term treaty, if England and Spain are at war, so am I ?

then I get the mail

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then, and I really don't believe this, I seen the English go to port, figured they needed some repair or something and expected me to be covering there butts

my Med fleets went out hunting the Turks (who keep running)

and I left some blocking forces around to keep the Spanish bottled up, this is my Fleet Numbers now (I got the Dutch and Dane fleets besides my own)

and would say the English are even larger

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so, what happens ?

the Spanish slipped right past me, and boy were the English surprised the next morning

so long story short, never trust your Allies or Friends to do what you should be doing

I should trap the Spanish Fleet this turn (and go to war with the Ossites)

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now the Turks have gone crazy, I been chasing that fleet back and forth, it won't fight, guess I see why now, and look at where it is headed !!!

I chase the Turks, I miss them, I slip past the Spanish, or they slip past me, then my blocking force (little baby Fleet, runs smack into the very much larger Spanish Fleet, I run away with my tail between my legs)

the Turks land on the Rock

I DOW on the Ossites, that should bring the Russians into the battle too, I think, it is going to get nasty shortly

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March into Ossiteland, but send my Polish Cav to protect my open Province, got the feeling the Ossites will march instead of stand still

yeap, called it, at times, I think I count too much on my Poles

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I get the chance to flank so go for it, and come in on the side, I see a couple of Inf, but more Cav then I had hoped for

but Polish Lancers and Dutch Gunners, who can go wrong

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hmmmm, a close run battle, much too close

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I took the gun, but lost it, to being too damaged !

oh well

now what are them crazy Turks up to now ?

they have left the Rock and are now crossing Spain

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well, I am still going, but been waiting on some clearing from WCS before I kept posting

so, do some of it with words

as I said the Turks, landed on the Rock, couldn't do anything, and then started started marching across Spain, and then across southern France to rejoin the Turks in Italy !!

I finally went down and drove them off (and took 3 Guns from them)

my Poles are coming on strong

(I had about 2 years of snaps waiting, but my computer rebooted, and lost them all)

one of my fancy treaties backfired on me, Russia went to war with England, and dragged me in, very large fleets running all around on both sides

I ran from one battle, won another, and then had a monster battle begin, 71 English, vs 57 French, the 2 fleets started inside of each other from the start !, and that is when the computer rebooted

you even feel like crying

[rahamundo]

A fun and informative read for me hard sarge....I just bought the game yesterday and have been reading the aar's in the forums to get a feel for this very deep game. This type of game is new to me so these aar's help a lot. Thanks.

[Hard Sarge]

Good, welcome in, I hope you enjoy it