A rather large, happy, clean shaved Austrian's attempt for European Supremacy.

[terje439]

Ok, so this is a pbem game. The following nations and players are in effect.

Kingmaker as Spain
AndrewKurtz as Sweden
Terje439 as Austria
Mus as England
Lenin as Prussia
JJdenver as Russia *changed to Anthropoid* My thanks to JJDenver for keeping up the game despite problems! [&o]
Ironwarrior as France
Matto as Turkey.

So, if YOU are one of my opponents....Get out get out get out [:D]

The game is for 2000 glory, and starts in 1796 with advanced economy.
This will also be my first game as Austria, and mistakes are bound to be made!
Anyway, feel free to laugh at my mistakes and post comments.

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Turn 1

We start the game at war with France.

Royal palace, Vienna

King Terje439 (from now on, only known as The King!): Hmm, so the French thinks they have a better way of ruling their nation? How do they dare! We shall prove to them that monarchy is the only way to rule. I am annointed by God after all!

Well, I know alot of you would prefer us to sue for peace with France and build our economy. Now, how would that make us look? I'll tell you, it would make us seem afraid of the nation of France. Hah! My only fear of anything French is that my chef will one day serve me the legs of frogs.
No, the war will continue. But we will also use diplomacy as much as possible. Now here is what we will do:

1.Send out our diplomats and try to force a coup in our neighbouring nations. Let us start with Salzburg and Upper Palatinate. This will swell our borders and give us some breathing space between Vienna and the french boarders.
2. Issue orders to our 1st and 2nd Army to join up at the Palatinate. Try to seize control of that French protectorate. If successfull we can then use that area as a base of operations, also shortening our supply line.
3. Order the Piedmont Corps to give all its divisions over to the 3rd Army at Trent.
4. Pull the Observation Army closer to Vienna. Moravia would be a good location, as that allows the army to forage without the need to add even more demands on our strained economy.
5. Let us try to make a non-agresssion pact with Russia. (deja vu [:D])
6. Finally pray! Pray that the Preussians will advance on France, and that Britain will want us to stay in the war as long as possible, and will send us money to make sure of it.

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Turn 2

Royal Palace, Vienna

Messager: Sire, Sire I bring news!
The King: Well, what?
Messager: 3 naval battles were fought between Britain and France, two major losses for France and a minor setback fro Britain.
The King: Good, good. Did any of our armies come under attack? And have Britain decided to send us any cash?
Messager: That is a double no, Sire.
The King: Hmm... Well, pull the 3rd Army to Tyrolia and build a depot there, the Piedmont Corps should be without any divisions by now, order it to Vienna.
Messager: yes Sire!

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Turn 3

1400 hrs, Dining room, Royal Palace, Vienna

Messager: Sire, Sire, I bring news!
The King: Not during my breakfast, go away and come back in an hour!


1500 hrs, Library, Royal Palace, Vienna

Messager: Sire, there was a battle in the Palatinate between our forces and the French. 56700 casualties, off which 21500 were ours. A Huge victory sire, and it forced the French to surrender! A great day.
The King: Damn!
Messager: Huh, Sire?
The King: I hoped for this war to last a little longer. Oh well, demand 3 French colonies and 90.000$ in cash to accept their surrender.
Messager: Yes Sire!


1600 hrs, Diplomatic office, Royal Palace, Vienna

The King: Any news from our diplomats?
Advisor: Yes Sire. Russia accepted our proposal of an enforced peace for 3 years. But the Russians also made a diplomatic deal with Turkey. And that deal might be targeted against us, it is a deal lasting for 10 years, involving free passage of troops, sharing of depots, an alliance, and to seal the deal a royal marriage!
The King: Hmm, well that will not be something we offer, my daughters will not be married off to some turkish or Russian barbarian!
Advisor: Understood Sire!


1700 hrs, examining room, Royal Palace, Vienna

The King: I keep telling you there is nothing wrong with me Doctor!
Doctor: Yes Sire, but it is my duty!
The King: Bah, I'm sending you to serve in the army. You will be a field doctor from now on!
(Upgrade: Field Medicine 1 aqquired)

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Turn 4

Royal nursery, Royal Palace, Vienna

The King: Kristine, come here!
Kristine: Yes Father?
The King: Congratulations, you are getting married to the ruler of Preussia!
Kristine: I do not want to, please father!
The King: The deal is sealed, this will guarantee peace with Preussia for one year. Your carriage will depart tomorrow!
Kristine: ...


Reception hall, Royal Palace, Vienna

Turkish emmisary: I bring a deal, one year of peace between our nations, will this be satisfactory?
King's advicer: It is a deal!


Kings bedchamber, late in the evening, Royal Palace, Vienna

The King: Hmm I wonder what the Turks are up to. First an alliance with Russia and now a mere 1 year peace treaty with me...They must be watched. I must...
The King: zzz-zzz

[yoshino]

Nice king.[:D]
Austria is rather tough nation.Good luck.
 

[ptan54]

Screenshots!

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ORIGINAL: yoshino

Nice king.[:D]
Austria is rather tough nation.Good luck.

Thanks, we'll see how this evolves, I've never played Austria before so...

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: ptan54

Screenshots!

You are right off course, will post a few screenies soon.

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Turn 5

Royal Palace, Vienna

Advisor: Sire, were have you been hiding these last few days??
The King: Rumour has it that British beer is far better than ours, I had to see for myself. And you know, British beer is indeed nice. To fix the shame that there are some things the British do better than us, I have ordered the construction of some farms to produce hops, as well as more banks so that our people can afford the nice nice beer we will soon be making!
Anyway, did I miss anything?
Advisor: Yes Sire! The hopeless rabble of Bavaria has agreed to become a protectorate of Preussia...this means that the border with Preussia is now even longer. Since the Bavarians are a lost cause we have sent the diplomat we had there to Switzerland since your wife desireed a new watch.
The King: Excellent, if the Queen is happy, there is a bigger chance I'll be happy!!

(OOC: The delay in the game is all due to me having spent 5 days in London, hopefully things will speed back up again now)

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Turn 6

Royal Palace, Vienna

Servant: Sire, Sire, I have news! We are the envy of all other nations, it is all in the paper!
The King: Show me!

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Turn 7

Foreign minestry, Vienna

The King: How are we regarded in the world?
Foreign Minister: We are the envy of the world Sire, and we have just declared ourself the Austrian Empire!
The King, Good, good.



Royal Palace, Vienna

The King: Send for my national advisor!
Servant: Yes, Sire.
30 minutes later
National Advisor: You sent for me Sire?
The King: How is the morale amongst the pesants? And anything else I need to know?
National Advisor: Well I am afraid to say Sire, that the pesants are complaining, although there is enough food to feed everyone, we do not produce enough food for alot of the newborns to survive. Furthermore we do not produce luxuries for the people, and we experience some waste. Our building-techniques are also inferior to those of many other nations. What we need Sire, are more banks, more courts and more farms!
The King: I see. You are dismissed...

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Turn 8

Royal Palace, Vienna

Foreign Minister: Sire, Sire two battles between Preussia and France have taken place. Preussia won both! And as that is not enough, they have declared themselves an Empire!
The King: Hmm. How does Britain respond to this?
Foreign Minister: It seems they are sending money to Spain, Russia and Preussia. We do however not recieve anything.
The King: I see. Get me a French speaking teacher. I need to learn French!
Foreign Minister: Sire?
The King: If we are the only ones with borders against France that do not get money to keep building our realm, perhaps the French will pay us if we guarantee an enforced peace treaty with them...I need to consider this.
Foreign Minister: But Sire, that would be...Like...I have no words. What will our people say?
The King: I am the King after all, they will do as they are told!

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Turn 9

Casino, Vienna

Pokerplayer: Should you not be focused on leading the nation, Sire?
The King: Nah, I'm the King, I do what I want to do! I'm ALL IN!!
Pokerplayer: ....

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Turn 10

Street corner, Vienna

Man#1: My cousin in Preussia tells me that they won a battle against France.
Man#2: Well, my nephew in France tells me that they won a battle against Preussia.
Man#3: Who are we cheering for again?
Man#1 and Man#2 in unison: Neither!!

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Turn 11

Royal Palace meeting room

The King: Talk to me men!
Internal Advisor: The people are getting upset. Our production of wine is too low. Rumor has it that some people now even drink....MILK!!!
Minister of foreign affairs: France has surrendered to Preussia, and I've made the following report stating how the different nations are doing.
The King: Thank you men, you are dismissed!

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Turn 12

The day starts with alot of wagons heading up to the Royal Palace. Something is surely going on!

Meeting Room, Royal Palace, Vienna, 1400 hours

The King:l, you all asked to see me and informed me that it was important. Spill it!
Internal Advisor: Due to the fact that France declared war on the Papacy, the Papacy have asked, and I took the liberty of accepting, to be part of our nation.
Minister of foreign affairs: That angered the British. They demand that we cede Malta to them. They were rather rude about it as well!
Minister of covert operations: My spies tells me that there is a rumor about a secret treaty between Preussia and Russia. There are only two possibilities as to who such a treaty could target. Sweden or us!
Diplomat: I've used my persuasive powers to make the kingdom of Wurzburg seek to be part of our kingdom. I've also agreed to the terms. As of today Wurzburg is merged into Austria!
Servant: Dinner is served!



Lounge, Royal Palace, Vienna, 1800 hours

The King: Now that was a nice little dinner. Hmm this is what we will do;
-we will SELL Malta to England. 60.000 gold for that piece of rock seems about right.
-we will be humble towards Russia and Preussia. If they team up against us, well the Preussian protectorates are on our boarder. Seize them!
-we need to build a better court system, I've been told that some people are not paying their taxes in full. This will not do!
-we need to build up our industry.
All: Yes Sire!
The King: Now leave!

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Turn 13

Secret plotting room, Royal Palace, Vienna

The King: King Mus of Britain has been sending me threathening letters by mail pidgeons. You know the pidgeons that only flies to the other major power rulers. Yes the red ones. Can anyone please tell me the current situation in a clear manner so that I can make informed desitions?
Foreign Minister: We have made this map for you, it should tell everything in an easy way.






The King: This is EASY?!
Foreign Minister: well...You see...Nation A allready owns tiny dot B, and now also wants to own tiny dot C which we own.
Nation D is at war with minor E, while Nations F and G are trying to make an alliance to attack Nation D to defend minor E.
At the same time Nations G and H have signed a secret agreement about something secret, but we are certain it is not good. Nation A just wanted us to hand over tiny dot C with no reimbursement what so ever!
The King: I THINK I get it...Well I will not give away anything, even a tiny dot for free. If they want tiny dot C, they will get it if they sign a two way enforced peace deal lasting three years. I have also recieved a red pidgeon from Emperor Lenin of Nation G stating that they are not too pleased to see our armies camped at their border. To take care of this, we will hold a great military parade in Vienna. All troops are to be pulled back to the city. That way noone will know the relocation is due to external pressure. Bah, now I have a headache. Work on your map drawng skills before our next assembly!
Foreign Minister: Yes, Sire!

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Turn 14

Royal Palace

The King: We must strengthen our schools! There is no such kingdom as Wurzburg. Our diplomat couped the entire Papacy! We must focus more on Geography so that we know who we are fighting and couping.
I've also proposed to sell the province of Savoy to France for 30.000$ in cash. We must think about liberating the Papacy again as that will bring additional glory to our cause. Oh well, anyone that has any news?
Minister of foreign affairs: Yes Sire, the Swedes and Preussians did NOT sign a deal to help Denmark against the agression of Spain. Furthermore Preussia and Russia has declared an alliance, this might target either us or Sweden. And as that is not enough, Britain has invaded Corfu. What should I do?
The King: We will do nothing, we need to lay low for a while. All of Europe is a giant powderkeg at the moment, we do not want to light a match......yet....

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Turn 15

Royal Palace, 1200 hours

The King: This better be important. I was asleep when you arrived!
Foreign Minister: Yes Sire. My apologies Sire. I have drawn a map of all aliances in Europe. It is really easy to understand.
The King: This oughta be good...
Foreign Minister: Erm, yes Sire.





The King: *sigh* Please, Please take drawing lessons before you come back!
Forign Minister: Yes, Sire. My apologies Sire!