Rex Tutonicorum - An Altmark/Brandenburg CKII AAR - Count to King

[undercovergeek]

...........i say god knows how because this is the feckless bunch of baffoons running the show! The AI really did a number on me and i need to get 'talented ladies' (C)(TM) into the new states as soon as possible to start improving the court

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The HRE dies in battle, long live the new HRE - but this guy likes a bit more control of his vassals - we say NO, this heads dangerously close to not being able to declare war independently

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Oooo, thats fortuitous - i only need the county of Brandenburg to be able to take the duchy.

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I take the claim, and its not my mate Udo anymore - its his son - and we already hate each other

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We march on Brandenburg, oddly enough 166 troops to defend it appear in Bremen near Denmark, but never move from this spot. I have a nervous moment as Braunschweig (red shields) marches at exactly the same time and i fear they are here to defend Brandenburg, they move south.

The last message in the message log - admittedly its from my wife, but i get my first vote to become HRE

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Its done, thats Duchy number 3, and is pretty much were i wanted to start out in honour of LB - the Duke of Brandenburg.

Next, plans for Kingship and improving the provinces

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After Anhalt fell to the Duchy of Saxony the de jure titles changed and the Duchy of Brandenburg was dissloved - i recreate it with the two titles i own

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There we go, its official - they call me Freddy 3 duchies down the pub

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Aaaah, even the tax rises get approved, im awesome......................

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.....tax payers love me, the church loves me...............

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.......a great feast - perfect for spreading some love amongst the vassals and getting some prestige....... I let the Marshall gain some points by hunting the boar

[bob48]

Geek, this is turning out to be one of the best AAR's I've read for a long time. keep it up, mate.

[undercovergeek]

cheers bob - i meant to play for 30 mins last night, just to get 3 more pics to post - i usually post 10 pics at a time and only had 7 - that was at 20:40 and then it was 3:55 and i have 65 pics!! Not a clue where the time went

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We spend lavishly - if youre going to have a feast, it may as well be a FEAST

[undercovergeek]

yes, yes and the dancers too!