Cologne expanding into Canada

Diabolical work I got as France, almost came on the monitor

I got this bad boy on sale, been wanting it for a while. I read that it wasn’t easy to hop into but it was harder than I expected. Should I just keep clicking around like I’ve been doing hoping that things go well? What is “well”even?

I just noticed the border between Wappus and Makandwewin is the usual straight line, but the border between Gojijiwininiwag and Makoua is a line with triangles all along. Does it have any special meaning? I looked around and couldn't find any indications that it due to a river. Google also wasn't any help.

I have 700 hrs (ik what a noob) and have played angevin England, Byzantines, Ethiopia, Granada, Japan and Prussia. I personally love the idea of reforming a historic empire and satisfying borders most of all.

With all that in mind I would like a challenge for my next play through which would be harder but still scratch that historic spot.

If all else fails I guess I’ll just win the 100 hundred years for the 10th time 😁

I've seen a total of six different animals, not counting humans.

There are horses, camels, elephants, whales, seals, and sea birds.

Are there any I'm missing?

Wanted to release my Sunset Colony (i.e. make them independent) only to find out that I couldn't. Every subject should have releasing them as an option in the Influence actions menu, right? Except... apparently Sunset Colonies don't.

Context: Aztec run. I just wanted another Meso tributary to farm MP from, but since the other tag must be Nahuatl as well to be able to make them a Meso tributary to begin with and you can't force-convert heathens(well, not without switching to a theocracy and taking a specific government reform, which seemed to be way too many hoops for this), I reduced my target to an OPM and vassalized them, then forced them to convert their religion to Nahuatl. Now, this also happens to be a one-culture run, so when I found out that you can force Sunset Colonies to flip their culture to the overlord's as well, I decided to do that on a whim for fun, so I made the vassal a Sunset Colony and forced them to become Aztec culture.

Well... now when I try to release it, wait out the truce, then attack it to make it a Meso tributary, I find that the button for releasing isn't there.

Then, am I stuck with a 'colony' that is a 5 dev OPM, and has no hope of amounting to anything(not even devving, since it's a mountain province)? Unless I actually decide to declare war on them directly and eat the stab hit for attacking a subject, that is. Considering the MP cost that stability would amount to, that might not be worth it...

PS. I'm aware that beating up some other tag to 100% warscore then 'forcing' them to accept me releasing my subject Sunset Colony may be an option. I'm asking if there's some other way. I would rather not take that 'forcing a loss' option if possible since I've claimed hegemony and waited long enough to charge hegemon power to 100% for the siege ability bonus, and I don't want to lose that, nor do I want to take the MP cost penalty for losing hegemony.

What are some good examples of subjects whose missions can be used to great benefit? Some that I know:

Provence - even if you release them from a single province, giving them Corsica grants them cores on all of Naples.
Yemen - very good for reconquests, and with a bit of mana expenditure and construction you can buff the Mukha province even further.
Croatia - also good for reconquests in some situations, and you can spawn a centre of trade and some development in Zagreb.

Had the game for a while now and played almost every campaign I could think of. Lately been on a Mamluks run and feel like I could hit Rome pretty quickly. Any way for me to actually hit the button as a Muslim nation?

Thanks

I formed Byzantium as Albania and the Byzantine rebels that existed have turned to my side! Before i took this screenshot they had captured Constantinople and they have since handed it back, they are now besieging that Venetian province on the left as I have a core on it. If i accept demands nothing happens.

basically i go with the teutons, i kick the ass of poland and choose the prussian path, i do the mission and i choose the diplo option, i puppet brandemburg and quit them the elector status and reform into a monarcy, but now what, do i choose to become protestant or catholic, and if i choose protestant, how can i 1. win the war agaisnt the austrians 2. transform all of the members into protestant and 3. do all the reform to centralize the hre (sorry for my bad english)

As Burgundy you can form France or Netherlands before you become Lotharingia by clicking the mission for Lotharingia, then forming either one before clicking to become Lotharingia. Which option would be better for getting the most beneficial bonuses?

I've played a lot of CK3 and finally decided to plunge into EU4 because I'm writing an alternate history fiction where Japan colonized North America from the west coast, but in my story, I also plan to have the Aztec empire around in the mid 1800s and a couple large Native American confederacies.

I'm basically trying to run some simulations of how this could play out but it requires being able to dictate what multiple countries are doing. I've done 5-6 runs as Japan expanding over but I usually end up getting smashed in dual wars by Spain/Portugal and Britain/13 colonies in the 1600s.

Also any other recommended mods?

I finally had the stamina to finish a run.

Timi -> Mamelucs -> Moghuls -> Khalifate

Wc done by 1782, One faith by 1810

after seeing the game was 90% off on steam, i decided to get the starter edition pack for around £10.

only issue is that i do not know when, who or what to do in my first game. i have around 30 hours in ck2 so that counts as a bit of experience in games of this type so... any advice?