EU3: Divine Wind Succession Game

[TinCow]

Anyone interested in an EU3: Divine Wind succession game? I'm not thinking of anything with significant literary merit, just a bare-bones play-your-reign-post-a-summary-and-pass-it-on type of thing (though feel free to get as creative as you want beyond that). I'll get the ball rolling with the first reign and summary, and I'll keep take responsibility for keeping the game moving. The game would be in unmodded Divine Wind. I don't particularly care about the faction, so if anyone cares they can speak up. I'd be hoping to start this weekend, so quick responses on faction would be great. Feel free to chime in about the faction if you're interested in reading it, even if you can't play.

Setup:
EU3 w/ all expansion packs up to Divine Wind

Rules:
Each player will play until their ruler dies. If the ruler dies in less than one in-game year, the player will play the next ruler as well.
No reloading except to correct errors caused by honestly mis-clicking an important box. Setbacks are what make this game fun, so roll with the punches even if it's bad.
At the end of each turn, each player will post at least a brief summary of the events of their reign. A paragraph or two without screenshots is perfectly fine. Anything beyond that is up to you. The player will then PM the next person on the list to inform them that it is their turn.

List of Players:
TinCow
pevergreen
miotas
Secura
Beskar
Alexander the Pretty Good
TriforceV
Cecil XIX

[pevergreen]

I haven't been in this area for a long time.

But as the most talented EU3 player on this forum () I'll be up for it, but if we're going for any sort of realism, I may need limits.

I presume that means we would be going as each monarch, staying as a monarchy/empire? in the event of regency?

[TinCow]

I'm not really concerned about realism. If you want to colonize North America as the Mameluks, go right ahead. Play however you see fit during your reigns, whether it be roleplaying, historical, pure fun, randomness, or whatever else you want. The only rules I would put down would be to not intentionally sabotage the game for other people, and no reloading unless you actually mis-click something important (like a peace treaty or major stability hit event or something). If you lose a major battle due to not paying attention, deal with it and move on, it makes the game interesting. Barring that, run the faction as you want to while it is yours. The objective is just to see how a faction develops when it doesn't have some overarching mastermind plan behind it. That will also likely make it more interesting for the individual players, as we'll find ourselves in situations we never would if we had been playing the whole thing ourselves.

No need to stay in a monarchy. The republics have leaders as well, and they can sometimes stick around longer than monarchs, depending on the circumstances. I would say though that if your monarch/leader/whatever dies less than one year after you start playing, you can play the successor as well. A regency would be treated like a normal reign, so it goes to a different person who plays the regency and hands it off when the heir comes of age (unless that is less than one year).

[pevergreen]

No need to stay in a monarchy. The republics have leaders as well, and they can sometimes stick around longer than monarchs, depending on the circumstances. I would say though that if your monarch/leader/whatever dies less than one year after you start playing, you can play the successor as well. A regency would be treated like a normal reign, so it goes to a different person who plays the regency and hands it off when the heir comes of age (unless that is less than one year).

4 year turns, unless you re-elect, which IIRC not all can do. May be wrong there.

Regencies are a weird thing. Quite a few times you're in for a long one and heir dies. I really would suggest sticking to a monarchy, just makes it easier.

I'm ready to play whenever.

[miotas]

Sounds interesting, count me in.

Noble republics have 8 year terms and I'm pretty sure all republics can re-elect. Despots and dictatorships should also work if we chose not to use republics.

[TinCow]

For the 4 year republics, perhaps two elections per player or something. It takes a long time to get to most republics anyway. If the game lasts long enough for that to be a realistic issue, we can discuss it in more detail then.

Any opinions on country?