King of the Romans OOC thread VII

[AussieGiant]

Hey AG, I know how you feel, since becoming Duke of Bavaria Gerhard's been as useful as a chocolate teapot.

expansion of 1 region/house/chancellorship would give us 3 more chancellorships (assuming we have 33 regions now), but I'm not sure if that's slow enough.

Strictly limiting expansion for the next 40-60 years or so is probably best so that we get to fight some large Spanish and English armies, maybe we should aim for a net expansion of Ajaccio and Krakow with the rest of our conquests either abandoned or used for diplomatic ends?

edit: wewt wewt TC on the Library update, and WTH, 20 years in rome and I'm still a blighted hypochondriac, Damn it.

Hey Stuperman,

I'm glad someone is feeling the same way.

When Ituralde crushed those Hungarian's I'm going to be hanging on every word.

By the way Ituralde, you must kill every single prisoner you take!! I need MORE DREAD!!

GIVE ME MORE DREAD FATHER!!!

[Stuperman]

I really like Ignoramus's idea to have sub-provinces with thier own defence force, It would free up the household armies (which Franconia and Austria need) and allow for another active command which wouldn't hurt especially with all the new players joining recently.

[FactionHeir]

I think only Franconia would benefit from 2 armies to defend against Poles and advance against Russians.

Swabia maybe could use 2 to defend the southern border, but the French so far have been quiet down there.

Bavaria won't need a second one as Italy is secure. Once the Milanese are gone, I wonder if they'll even need one at all till the Sicilians betray us.

Austria used to need 2, but with Durazzo being papal now, will only need 1 to defend Budapest. Sofia can defend itself with a general present and can fend off Bucharest and Thessalonica incursions as well as the odd stack wandering down from Bran.
Perfect positions for Austria would be 1 fort at the border to Bran, just about where the current fort is, and one fort slightly north west of Sofia. Arnold and Sigismund should be well suited for that and allow me to move to Outremer or France, depending on how things go.

[Stig]

I think only Franconia would benefit from 2 armies to defend against Poles and advance against Russians.

And that's why I wanted that small crusade, so I would get a "free" army for it.

The thing Franconia would need is a small army in the west, but Prince Jobst is currently doing that job.

[AussieGiant]

I would prefer two standing armies. Call me power hungry but one to attack and one to defend is nice plus it drains our over bloated coffers nicely :)

I'm annoyed that I/we gave the Pope Daruzzo now...god damn it!!

I have no one to fight!!

Can't we do something

[flyd]

Wanna come to the Outremer? We have Horse Lords, in stock and at very reasonable prices!

[GeneralHankerchief]

"I'm off," said the madman.

I'll be back on Saturday. Don't leave me a crushing amount to read.