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Interestingly Al-Andalus is one of those places I keep coming back to. I'll be off somewhere else playing the Vikings or whatever, then decide I want to do yet another Al-Andalus game. I'll be playing the Dutch in EU4, only to suddenly want to give Granada yet another go. The only games of EU4 and CK2 I've ever finished was as Al-Andalus, albeit with using the old EU4+ mod to get a somewhat better start. But I digress! Off to a good start I see! May Iblis show you the true path to glory or whatever else it is you seek. Or just, y'know, not being eaten by your neighbours! 
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Things are finally starting to look up! If you fail now it is only because Allah wills it, and not because you misplaced your trust in Iblis.
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Jan 12, 2017 08:19
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Alas, poor Norwegian England. We hardly knew ye.
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Jan 17, 2017 00:11
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Mr.Morgenstern posted:Is it me or does Italy take North Africa WAY too often. I swear every Charlemagne game the Lombards take Tunis by 800AD every game. It is not you. I read somewhere that the game is REALLY weird if you start at the Charlie bookmark. Francia never leaves the Empire if it enters, the Blobayyads and the Blobassids never fall, the Seljuks have difficulty actually rising, etc. A lot of tiny things leading up to weird results.
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Jan 17, 2017 11:50
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It's the curse of Iblis I tells ya! The entire family bloodline is cursed!
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Jan 20, 2017 19:17
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You are far too lenient, brother Cyrahzax! They have yet only driven the weak crusaders back from Isbillya. The only way for the Jizrunids to really redeem themselves is wresting Qurtubah back from the Aragonese, our ancient enemy, and return Islam to its rightful place in Iberia.
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Jan 22, 2017 23:49
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Hashim posted:I'm still not sure if this is what I'll end up going with, I'm still trying to figure out how best it'll be to curtail blobbing in EU4, but it's what I've got so far. I've found the best way to curtail expansion is to forget you can use your Diplomats to fabricate claims! That said, the future endeavours of Portugal-Castille and Aragon-Leon will be... a challenge, to say the least. Best of luck to ya! And on that note: "Praise be Galind, he who brought Islam back to Iberia! Praise be Galind, he who bested the Aragonese and the Portugese! Praise be Galind, he who saved the Jizrunids from the Curse of Iblis! Praise be!"
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Jan 30, 2017 12:59
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Anticheese posted:Anachronisms are fun and good, and this is a game where you are encouraged to do weird stuff like make a Suuni Norse trade republic, or spread Irish culture across the Levant. The game is richer for having these little humorous bits and pieces of flavour. Honestly... I kind of disagree. I'd LOVE it if they made some more clear mechanics regarding the hows and whys of culture spread, not to mention culture melds. There is nothing I despise more than seeing a massive "Irish" across Iberia after I managed to conquer it in a crusade and just by chance had my culture spread there. The Norse for instance were in-/famous for their tendency to spread to wherever they could get their hands on, and their Norman and Rus descendants likewise. In comparison the French didn't really spread outside of Alsace and northern Iberia, nor did the Germans outside of the Wendi-Prussian lands along the southern coast of the Baltic Sea. Italy drove the Moors out from Sicily, the Turks invaded Anatolia, and so on and so forth. As for Islam spreading to Scandinavia I'm all for that! That one actually makes sense in the whole "Pagans converting to non-Paganism" sense that fits a historical narrative. Iberia suddenly speaking Irish Celtic out of nowhere, driving out possibly millions without any change in the nearby areas... I just don't really like Paradox' culture mechanics in general.
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Feb 13, 2017 09:27
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theblastizard posted:At least he died without having anything surgically removed from him. Which will come back and bite us in the rear end, I'm sure!
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Feb 14, 2017 23:46
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Rodyle posted:A man chosen by fortune indeed! You mean "A man who chose his fortune!" Seems awfully suspicious of him to have everything fall into his lap like that.
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Feb 20, 2017 09:29
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Chief Savage Man posted:(please, everybody, no role playing regarding the Jewish moneylenders in the Sultanate) To be fair though, unless I utterly misremember my history the Iberian Jews actually had quite a good run until the Castillians drove them all out.
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Feb 25, 2017 23:13
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Chief Savage Man posted:It's not the Andalusians I'm worried about, just the ironic anti-semite forum posters. But if they're roleplaying Andalusian senators, wouldn't Anti-Semite be the last thing they were? Well, unless they were generally against everything non-Muslim, but still!
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Feb 26, 2017 13:09
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A COMPETENT Jizrunid sultan? Now I have truly seen everything!
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Mar 7, 2017 13:54
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Oh come on! The glorious Jizrunids finally have some good luck and now you come up with such an ominous statement! 
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Mar 10, 2017 22:16
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Hashim posted:Sultan Ayyub’s firstborn son and heir, Ali, is crowned as his successor in an extravagant ceremony a month later. There are high hopes for the talented youngster, but while there are very few who will ever match the feats of Ayyub, the Mad King is certainly not amongst them. Why can't we just get to have nice things? 
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Mar 12, 2017 21:12
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 Well, that was... was... Certainly something. Hopefully Andalusia can finally get some stability with a Muslim sultan back on the throne!
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Mar 16, 2017 16:52
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Vassals! Never is there a CK2 game where the vassals doesn't gently caress the player over in one way or another. I think it's the same problem as usual, there's still very little reward in playing a loyal vassal so of course even the AI has trouble doing so. Hashim posted:It’s been another hundred years, so have another map. Don't rely on it too much though, things change... quite a bit over the next couple years. That said, WTFinland indeed. Not to mention the rest of Scandinavia... they can just never catch a break, can they?
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Mar 22, 2017 14:23
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Apr 1, 2017 22:20
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Al-Andalus survived the has expanded!  Though Rum has fallen...  Jerusalem is back in the fold! Though now under the rule of a two year old... This is a real rollercoaster, ain't it?
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Apr 4, 2017 10:18
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Muslim America may have been done before, but I stand by the fact that colonial Al-Qahrib is the best thing to ever happen to my games! 
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Apr 7, 2017 17:47
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Blasted opportunists, all of them! May Iblis take their very souls!
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Apr 10, 2017 17:29
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Hashim posted:1620, and the Sunset Invasion is nigh upon us Hang on... Celtic Empire? How powerful ARE the Celts anyhow? What happened to the English?
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Apr 20, 2017 10:39
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Pyrenees? The Total Deconquista ends at the Rhein!
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Apr 20, 2017 23:35
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Will the HRE be divided as per Vanilla or will it stay a unified state? And if the former will Brandenburg, Provence and Tirol(?) be part of it or independent similarly to Italy in Vanilla?
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Apr 24, 2017 12:47
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I wish adding provinces to Madagascar and turning it into an African Not!Japan wasn't too much work for the LP...
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Apr 24, 2017 23:07
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Zakrelo posted:Random thoughts: How about a decision for the christian Spanish states to form Spain if they reunify? The vanilla one would require them to kick Al-Andalus out of Spain completely which probably wont happen...Right? Why not both? If they manage to unify with all provinces intact - despite the overhanging threat of Al-Andalus - they get a decision to reform Asturias. When they do it gives them the decision to restart the Reconquista, which A) gives them the Crusade modifier whenever they are at war with Al-Andalus; and B) unlocks a specific set of missions:
----- EDIT: As for the rest of Europe some are more obvious than others.
Finally, things regarding Al-Andalus itself, not to mention Sicily.
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Apr 25, 2017 09:48
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I'll loudly protest (not really) the fact that Karelia seems to no longer be independent from the Russian yolk! Finland needs to stretch from the White Sea to the Baltic Sea, dangit! Also I think just like Filastin can form Egypt, Crusader Egypt should get a decision to form Jerusalem if they can get hold of the relevant provinces.
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Apr 25, 2017 18:27
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1A 2B 3B 4C 5B Muslim Americas (again), the land of the rising sun possibly standing dominant, peace on the seas of Malacca, the Nahua spreading their wings. Give me the Not!Daimyos of Madagascar and a Confucian Japan rather than a Buddhist one and I think I'd be set for this LP. EDIT: I figured my ideas could get expanded and explained. It began with me reading a thread on Reddit, on the "History What If" sub, where someone asked what would have changed if the Zulus went through a modernisation effort similar to Japan's Meiji Restoration. The highest voted answer explained that the Zulus as a comparatively new state with little in terms literacy, administration and economy didn't really have a whole lot to expand upon. A bit further down that thread another user listed a bunch of other African states of the time that would've stood a much higher chance of having their own Meiji restoration occur. One of these was the Merina Kingdom of Madagascar. As for Confucian Japan it ties into the "Buddhists and Jain flee to Indonesia" answer. It sounds like one where Buddhism doesn't get a lot of influence over China and similarly doesn't really influence Japan either. As such I imagine Confucianism could get an even larger influence, whatever this entails in terms of Lore or Mechanics. Luhood fucked around with this message at 09:40 on Apr 28, 2017 |
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Apr 27, 2017 22:41
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Hashim posted:Part 1 – China The Red Turbans, the Bajkal Horde and a strong Japan. Things are looking to become really interesting in the Far East! Here's hoping for a Japanese Mandate of Heaven! Hashim posted:Part 4 - West Africa Things are looking up in the Far West as well, not to mention in Africa. Here's to seeing a Mandé South America, and a Polynesian Mexico!
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May 3, 2017 12:31
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sebzilla posted:When do we get to vote on Dread Penguins from the Antarctic? Turns out the Penguins of AndalusLP are actually ostritch-sized Raptor Birds who feast on the flesh of Seals.
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May 3, 2017 20:14
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 New Taifas Al-Andalus will become a beacon to Christ's folly! Let the Pyrenees stand as the first barrier to the Christian World, then push the barrier back to the Rhine! Luhood fucked around with this message at 11:05 on May 6, 2017 |
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May 6, 2017 08:05
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Lord Cyrahzax posted:
I, Lutfi al-Uthman, wholeheartedly support the al-Cyrahzax family in this suggestion!
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May 6, 2017 18:17
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Chief Savage Man posted:I'm down with this. A clean and pretty border between Islam and Christendom is the most important thing. As long as that border goes along the Rhine I'm game!
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May 6, 2017 21:42
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vyelkin posted:I think you guys voting to attack Portugal first are missing that Hashim has a mission available from day 1 to attack Castille, whereas going to war with Portugal will take longer. I think a little flexibility in war targets would be preferable. Like I have gone on and on about, as long as the end-goal is the Rhine I am content with any war waged against Christian pigs.
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May 7, 2017 18:50
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Lord Cyrahzax posted:
I, Lutfi al-Uthman of the New Taifas, wholeheartedly agree with al-Cyrahzax! Galicia shall fall to their folly of taking advantage of us! Castille and Leon shall fall for their audacity to be independent! France shall taste our steel for holding onto Sardinia and Corsica! As for allies try to throw some feelers to Palermo and Bavaria. We need to protect Muslim interest in Sicily, and along with the Kaiser (Bavaria was the Kaiser, were they not?) we can make a strong effort to contain France!
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Tacky-rear end Rococco posted:Peninsula shmeninsula, the real travesty is not owning the Balearic Isles. Balearic, Shmalearic, the REAL travesty is not owning France. EDIT: While Cyrahzax' plan is an excellent long-term goal I strongly support, if we start looking at the short-term like Hashim actually wants there starts turning up flaws. As such I, Lutfi al-Uthman of the New Taifas, propose we start looking for documents regarding our claims on Iberia in general but Castille in particular seeing how they now stand as the strongest of the Christian Iberians. And as I said, try ally Palermo in order to stave of Italy and Bavaraia (or whomever is the Kaiser) to contain France! Luhood fucked around with this message at 11:06 on May 8, 2017 |
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May 8, 2017 10:59
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I, Lutfi al-Uthman, remain with the Taifas! The French are nothing but squatters on proper Andalusian land!
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May 10, 2017 22:45
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I, Lutfi al-Uthman, hereby declare a motion that we are to KEEP our alliance with the Celts. If we are to have the Rhine as our goal we can't let their lack of piety stand in the way of a masterful alliance.
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May 11, 2017 20:58
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the JJ posted:
Samovar posted:
As I know lord Samwyiyl al-Samiyyr declared his support for my Motion, despite the rules dictating he was in fact not able to actually vote for it, I implore him to put his vote behind JJ's proposal. I also implore any merchant who aren't willing to see a good ally in the north go to waste to vote for him, as do I ask any Taifa who aren't willing to see it put their vote for me. Finally, I ask our honourable Sultan to see mine and JJ's motions as a single one from two different factions, and count their votes together as votes against the Ulema's crazy puritanical proposal of severing the Celtic alliance.
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I, Lutfi al-Uthman of the New Taifas, will openly admit that I was wrong about the Celts. I will stand by that it would've been a dumb decision to prematurely end the alliance, but I will say the Ulema turned out to have been right about them. Lord Cyrahzax posted:I agree with the sentiment here, but we must go further: Following that I will support this decision! If we are ever to stand a chance against the French we need to strengthen our position, which means expanding our military and ensuring our arms are at the innovative forefront.
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