New Paradox Tinto Game - "Project Caesar"

[Sheilbh]

Good to know that I will continue to ignore Germany in any EU games

[Josquius]

It would be nice to see a game that properly handles tall play.
Both of a Venice style dominant city state variety and more of a Swiss style, able to maintain their independence quite comfortably and prove a real thorn in the side of anything locally, but not a threat too far beyond their borders.

[crazy canuck]

It would be nice to see a game that properly handles tall play.
Both of a Venice style dominant city state variety and more of a Swiss style, able to maintain their independence quite comfortably and prove a real thorn in the side of anything locally, but not a threat too far beyond their borders.

Yes, I would love that.

[Zanza]

Definitely looking forward to play in the HRE. Brandenburg, Bavaria, Palatine, Hansa, Habsburg, Holland, Milan, Provence, Savoy, Bohemia, ... So many fun options.

[Syt]

People are using the map screenshots to try piece together a world map.

[Zanza]

Were Castille, England or Hungary really so much more centralised than France, Italy or Germany?

[Tamas]

Were Castille, England or Hungary really so much more centralised than France, Italy or Germany?

You can argue against in the game's period, but in general I think yes. I remember reading (in a non-Hungarian source ) that 1100-ish for example, only Hungary matched England's level of centralisation.

[Sheilbh]

Were Castille, England or Hungary really so much more centralised than France, Italy or Germany?

I think so for England - but I'm aware that to an extent the historiographical frame for English history is the combination of parliament and centralisation (and the two go hand in hand reinforcing each other).

No idea for Hungary (although I suspect it's similar), but also striking that with England and Castille there's been relatively recent conquest. So you have more or less total replacement of the established social order with a new (pretty coherent) elite dividing up the land.

[Valmy]

Kind of interesting to see Wales as separate from England in 1337. What is the story behind that?

[crazy canuck]

Kind of interesting to see Wales as separate from England in 1337. What is the story behind that?

Technically it was separate until the the Tudors.

[Valmy]

Kind of interesting to see Wales as separate from England in 1337. What is the story behind that?

Technically it was separate until the the Tudors.

Was it? Interesting. I thought Edward I's incorporation was thorough. Also: it had been divided between Welsh nobles and Norman/English Marcher Lords for awhile and at no point were those marcher lords considered to be part of some other Kingdom or Principality called "Wales" were they?

Huh. Well Medieval stuff was always weird.

[Richard Hakluyt]

The Act of Union between England and Wales was passed in 1536 https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/history/sites/themes/periods/tudors_04.shtml

Which, in paradox terms, makes it a vassal of England in the 14th century.

England was a highly centralised state by 14th century standards. It had one system of weights and measures for the whole country, law was enforced and courts held by the justices of the peace and was the King's law, when parliament imposed taxes they were for the entire country. This is an important reason why the 4m English of the time were able to war succesfully with the 20m French.

[Valmy]

The Act of Union between England and Wales was passed in 1536 https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/history/sites/themes/periods/tudors_04.shtml

Which, in paradox terms, makes it a vassal of England in the 14th century.

England was a highly centralised state by 14th century standards. It had one system of weights and measures for the whole country, law was enforced and courts held by the justices of the peace and was the King's law, when parliament imposed taxes they were for the entire country. This is an important reason why the 4m English of the time were able to war succesfully with the 20m French.

Was there a separate system of law and a parliament for Wales prior to that point?

[Syt]

Was there a separate system of law and a parliament for Wales prior to that point?

Welsh language being what it is I assume nobody knows.

[crazy canuck]

The Act of Union between England and Wales was passed in 1536 https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/history/sites/themes/periods/tudors_04.shtml

Which, in paradox terms, makes it a vassal of England in the 14th century.

England was a highly centralised state by 14th century standards. It had one system of weights and measures for the whole country, law was enforced and courts held by the justices of the peace and was the King's law, when parliament imposed taxes they were for the entire country. This is an important reason why the 4m English of the time were able to war succesfully with the 20m French.

Was there a separate system of law and a parliament for Wales prior to that point?

Not only prior to