EU IV - Leinster will rule the waves.....or die trying

[ProPain]

In my last CK II game I started as Leinster and made Ireland rule Brittania. I didn't play the game out till the end but Leinster rules the Britisch isles, and parts of France, Spain and North Africa. To my horror al my good work was undone in EU IV's 1444. Leinster being a mere one province blotch on the map, waiting to be annexed by england. Obviously we can let this happen.

I play this game in normal, non ironman, mode because I want to test some mechanics. I had a real good run in ironman when I made a stupid mistake and my whole empire collapsed. I wanna have the reload option so this attempt will be normal.

1444 - The Start

The Donchad dynasty still rules Leinster, a quiet Irish province on the east coast.



The plan
King Donnchad MacMurrough Kavanagh is an ambitious man who dreams of ruling the Britisch Isles and discovering what's beyond the western seas. His plan is to quickly take the other independent Irish provinces first. Depending on how England is doing in the 100 year war against France he might try and get Meath and some territory in britain itself. If this is not feasable he'll focus on getting the exploration tech and sail to the west. Rumours are rich indians with just pointy sticks live there. They should be easy targets and can be milked to fund a campaign against England.

[b]So much for ambition[b]
It turns out ambition is not enough to execute a plan, you need survivabilty too. Sadly King Donnchad dies in december 1444 after 2 glorious months. As he dies without an heir, his dynasty dies with him. Thank god we're not playing CK II as this would have meant game over then. But in this game it's a rather fortunate event as the distant relative from the MacMurrough clan that manages to grab the throne is far more competent than Donnchad. On top of being competent his only 18 years old too! The king is dead, long live the king



1444 - what else happened
We plan to conquer but our army is exactly the same size as the other Irish provinces. We build a cavalry unit and get alliances with Tyrone and Scotland. We sent diplomats to fabricate claims on Connaught and Munster. One needs an excuse to annex his neighbours after all.

1446 - A good year
We get a mission to wipe Connaught from the map. We happily take this and sent our troops and in 1446 we get the following message. We immediately start to core the province.



There's also good news from the 100 year war. England is getting slapped around by France and it's allies. Their 24000 soldiers took some heavy hits



[b]1447 - One happy nation[/]
Core on connaught finishes, we declare war on Munster.