Vive la France - Un - Into... Ireland? *FRANCE IN 1444* France in 1444 was in an interesting position, neither a difficult nor great position. The Empire of Charlemagne was long gone and the Empire had been embroiled in a war with England since May 1337 however France was gaining gaining upper hand and England would soon tear itself apart, should a series of competent rulers rise to the challenge, they could carve out an Empire that would honor Charlemange, and perhaps even exceed his greatest ambitions. Only time (and this series) would tell. For now, there was a moments respite in the Hundred Years War, the war was not a constant back and forth, instead a series of smaller invasions with periods of peace between. The French King sought allies to finally end the Century long conflict. The primary partner was Castille. The King knew that keeping Scotland as an ally was impractical so in November 1444 the Auld Alliance which had been in place since 1295 was scrapped. The King also ended the alliance with Provence, began improving relations with the Vassals and drew Burgundy closer to France. *TO HELL WITH ENGLAND* In January 1445 The Hundred Years War reignited with a French Invasion of English France. The war was more of a chess game than a war, armies moved around, forts were taken but no battles were had, the English refused to bring men across the channel. In December 1447 the War of the Roses began in England, much to the delight of the French King. The Chaos would weaken England and make them more willing to take a peace deal. In febuary 1448 the war came to an end. The peace deal caused much confusion in the French Court, the King hadn't demanded all English land in France but instead demanded Normandy, Cueta from Portugal and most curiously The Pale. The French King had plans that would lead the French dominance over the European continent. Later in 1448 the De Jure Duke of Alencon approached the French King expecting his Duchy to be returned to him now that French rule in Normandy was reestablished, he was instead kicked out of the court. The King wanted to centralize France, not decentralize it. *THE IRISH WARS* In January 1449 the King's ambitions became clear when he invaded two of the Irish Counts, beginning the first of a series of wars in Ireland. In July the 1st Irish War ended and two counties were claimed. If only the King knew the troubles that would stir in Ireland later down the line, maybe he would've ignored that shithole. In August the 2nd Irish War was declared. In August 1450 the 2nd Irish War came to an end, two counties were claimed. A Rome series then BBB you spoil us Chewy! Can't wait to make sense out of the insanity that will inevitably occur
France is such a cool nation, man! The best thing about it is that there are many ways of expansion early on. There's the strategy you've used to declare on England, take Ceuta and Pale and continue from there; but I've also seen a no-CB Byz strategy as well that waits for the English to declare the war so that your allies all join (since it's a defensive war for France) and then you do the usual. Also, don't forget thar Provence, even as a vassal, if you give them Corsica, they get cores (not claims) on all of Naples by a mission. Sorry if this last bit sounds like backseat gaming, but not many people know about this strategy.
On the one hand, I love any achievement that has you expand like no tomorrow. On the other hand... you're French, and I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy
Same. Looks left: Sees Castile and his strong ally of choice. Looks right: Sees HRE and Aggressive expansion hell. Looks up: Sees a few easy provinces but then an island nation with an unbeatable fleet. Looks down: Sees Northern Italy - Great for playing tall, great for suicide by coalition. France might be my favorite nation though. I love the tolerance, +1 diplo relation, diplo rep, and military ideas just 1 small step behind Prussia, and their location is fun and challenging even though they're strong.
im intrigued as to whether chewy can get BBB before he did in his last run. It would be cool to see how how much easier or harder updates have made the achievment
Chewy... You know you're asking for... More Learn French With Chewy episodes! - Jean Bureau has no 'w' in the end so it should sound like 'Idaho'. And... well, the French 'u' is a pain in every foreigner's axe, so I won't hold it agaisnt you: I don't think the English language actually even hes that sound. It's just an extremely posh, flat version of 'pure''s 'u'. - 'Jean' you know how to pronunce. 'de' means 'of' and is pronunced with a flat 'e' that sounds like a soft version of the 'u' in suck, or f... 'Dunois' has a French 'u', an 'o+i' that is read 'wa' and a silent 's'. So: 'Duhn-wa'. - The way you pronunced 'Orléans' would be 'OrléONs'; the 'an' is the one English borrowed from French with the word 'entrée'. - Jean Bureau sounded better the second time... or I got used to it... :D - Same thing for Orléans, plus it felt more natural. You're being taught French, Chewy, be careful! :D - The Jacques was good! 'Jacques', not 'Jack', well done! 'Coeur' ('heart') looks menacing, but it's actually simple: the 'o+e+u' is a rare triple letter fusion to give a flat 'e', the same as in 'de' (see above) or 'perhaps'. So: 'ker' (with, obviously, your friend, the guttural 'r' ^^) - Nicely done! Your 'Caen' was a straight A! - I'll assume you tried to turn your 'Duke' into a 'Duc'; good call to avoid the awkward English 'd+u=dYu', but your 'u' should have been that weird, posh and obnoxious sound that only French has... - Oh... you fell for it... No, French guttral 'r' is not the same as the Spanish one... Your Jean Bureau sounded like he enjoyed Iberia a little too much :D - No suprize on 'Calais', you know the drill by now. Know what? I'll even stop mentionning it. Except if you go back to call it... 'Kah-leys'... - 'Bordeaux' was fine, very much so! You anglicized it slightly (weak 'r' and '-ow'-ish final 'o'), but overall, it's an A! - Basically the same for 'Notre-Dame' (who you might want to call 'Notre-Dame-de-Paris', as there are many 'Notre-Dame' all over France): the 'o' should be closed (like in 'bolster') due to double consonnant and... guttural 'r'... But that's only ways to improve even further; another A! - Do not doubt yourself! 'Boo-r-bone-a(y)', you had it. Of course, the 'o' and 'ai' could be a tad more flat, yadda, yadda... But nonetheless; A- - Ah! 'Auvergne'! I was waiting for this! Good on you; 'a+u' goes 'o'. But the 'e' is a sharp one like in 'feral' due to double consonnant after it. And the 'gn' sounds like the Spanish 'ñ'. - The 'gn' was the only trap in 'Armagnac' (which is also an excellent alcohol for this region), the rest is usual flat 'ah''s and a hard final 'c', so: 'Ahr-mah-nyack'. But its barbaric spelling made you doubt, didn't it? - Oh! So close! Your last 'Orléans' was nice BUT... silent 'n'... (as it got integrated in the 'on' fusion...) - Good instinct on 'Foix': 'oi' goes 'wah' and silent 'x'. Well done! How mean would I sound if I say I was expecting you to utterly disfigure French language? Colour me impressed, Chewy, your French is indeed improving! Final grade: A+ (for effort!) PS: New intro style! I kinda like it; you sound very 'commercial', very professional. In a good way ^^' PPS: you know I do this just for giggles? If it bothers you in any way, I'll stop. It just... grew on me :D
I used espionage for this archiervment and think its slightly better ideagroup for average players. Claims can border claims makes it easier to grab cb's and lands everywhere, especially claiming balkan lands (only need 15 spynetwork on 2-3 italian tags) is easy with espionage and you can claim easily much more just to get easy wars and landgrabs. Not saying diplo isnt S tier, just that imo espionage for this specific archievement is S+ tier and its more noobfriendly if you use the claims can border claims to its fullest extent.
For such a strong country, base game French mission tree is somewhat disappointing. Some perma claims, navy tradition. Best stuff is PU on Castile/Spain and subjugation (but not PU??) on Commonwealth. Definitely wish/hope they got some more interesting missions. But I suppose that’s every major in Western Europe + Ottomans
French Mission tree is the worst of the major nations I think. No subjugation on Brittany, No claims on Carribean or in all the "Nouvelle France" in America. Even Austrians have more claims in India... :p Not Historically accurate.
@Chewyshoot I tried this last week but got into heeps of trouble with multiple vassals getting disloyal, allthough I ate half of England, had ireland but got eaten up from inside..... My economy was a shambles...
France campaign and an achievement Chewy doesn't have (Napoleon's Ambition)? I'm already rock hard. I'd love to see more campaigns where you try to chip away what you have left for 100% achievements before EUV comes out.
Question: Just out of curiosity, how many episodes of a run like this do you normally record before releasing the first one? I mean especially the ones that require so much rng not just at 1444 but the first few decades. Thanks! Love your content, and Chewbert vids are freaking hilarious and awesome.
If I remember correctly, if you accept their proposal, the marriage ends when’s their ruler dies, causing issues for the Burgundian Inheritance ; whereas if you send a royal marriage, it will end when your ruler dies, at which point you’d instantly send another one.
Takes me back. One of my first attempts at looking at Achievements (I think like my second time playing ever) was Big Blue Blob. Waaay before they patched the AE. And finding out hte hard way the first time what a Coalition in the game actually meant as I suddenly was at war with everyone from Ghana to Uzbek...
Your legitimacy affects your diplomatic reputation. You probably know, but you said "it doesn't matter" but in trying to get opinion or agreement to alliances/royal marriages, every 10 legitimacy does actually matter...
Vive la France - Un - Into... Ireland?
*FRANCE IN 1444*
France in 1444 was in an interesting position, neither a difficult nor great position. The Empire of Charlemagne was long gone and the Empire had been embroiled in a war with England since May 1337 however France was gaining gaining upper hand and England would soon tear itself apart, should a series of competent rulers rise to the challenge, they could carve out an Empire that would honor Charlemange, and perhaps even exceed his greatest ambitions. Only time (and this series) would tell.
For now, there was a moments respite in the Hundred Years War, the war was not a constant back and forth, instead a series of smaller invasions with periods of peace between. The French King sought allies to finally end the Century long conflict. The primary partner was Castille. The King knew that keeping Scotland as an ally was impractical so in November 1444 the Auld Alliance which had been in place since 1295 was scrapped. The King also ended the alliance with Provence, began improving relations with the Vassals and drew Burgundy closer to France.
*TO HELL WITH ENGLAND*
In January 1445 The Hundred Years War reignited with a French Invasion of English France. The war was more of a chess game than a war, armies moved around, forts were taken but no battles were had, the English refused to bring men across the channel.
In December 1447 the War of the Roses began in England, much to the delight of the French King. The Chaos would weaken England and make them more willing to take a peace deal.
In febuary 1448 the war came to an end. The peace deal caused much confusion in the French Court, the King hadn't demanded all English land in France but instead demanded Normandy, Cueta from Portugal and most curiously The Pale. The French King had plans that would lead the French dominance over the European continent.
Later in 1448 the De Jure Duke of Alencon approached the French King expecting his Duchy to be returned to him now that French rule in Normandy was reestablished, he was instead kicked out of the court. The King wanted to centralize France, not decentralize it.
*THE IRISH WARS*
In January 1449 the King's ambitions became clear when he invaded two of the Irish Counts, beginning the first of a series of wars in Ireland.
In July the 1st Irish War ended and two counties were claimed. If only the King knew the troubles that would stir in Ireland later down the line, maybe he would've ignored that shithole.
In August the 2nd Irish War was declared. In August 1450 the 2nd Irish War came to an end, two counties were claimed.
A Rome series then BBB you spoil us Chewy! Can't wait to make sense out of the insanity that will inevitably occur
France, uniting Ireland before his own mainland ;) Great series, waiting for the next episode
First Basileus, now this?! OH YES!
Never been so excited for a new achievement run as this man! Definitely one of the ones I need to strive for. Super pumped to see how this pans out.
I hope I can make you proud 🥹
Look forward to this one Chewy. Going to be taking on this challenge sooner than later myself.
France is such a cool nation, man! The best thing about it is that there are many ways of expansion early on. There's the strategy you've used to declare on England, take Ceuta and Pale and continue from there; but I've also seen a no-CB Byz strategy as well that waits for the English to declare the war so that your allies all join (since it's a defensive war for France) and then you do the usual. Also, don't forget thar Provence, even as a vassal, if you give them Corsica, they get cores (not claims) on all of Naples by a mission. Sorry if this last bit sounds like backseat gaming, but not many people know about this strategy.
No cbing BYZ is always an option! We’ll make it happen ezpz
Nice! Looking forward to this run, might play along. Cheers
Hope you enjoy it!
He's just standing there. MENACINGLY!!!!
LOVE THIS SERIES!!!!!!! and very good opener.
Love the look of your modpack
Thanks! I do too :)
On the one hand, I love any achievement that has you expand like no tomorrow. On the other hand... you're French, and I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy
I know, I'm quite conflicted
Great first video.
Ooo fance nice. SUPER excited!
France stupid fat fingers
Let's goo! i have never gone for this achivment ..been too afraid to try xD
Same. Looks left: Sees Castile and his strong ally of choice. Looks right: Sees HRE and Aggressive expansion hell. Looks up: Sees a few easy provinces but then an island nation with an unbeatable fleet. Looks down: Sees Northern Italy - Great for playing tall, great for suicide by coalition.
France might be my favorite nation though. I love the tolerance, +1 diplo relation, diplo rep, and military ideas just 1 small step behind Prussia, and their location is fun and challenging even though they're strong.
Hmm yes Better than Napoleon's Big Blue Blob Ambition achievement run in eu4 as france
This will be a blast
Ziggs?
How to dominate as any European power with acess to the Mediterranean:
Step 1: No CB BYZ.
Step 2: ?
Step 3: Profit.
Lol I’m not that’s sweaty
im intrigued as to whether chewy can get BBB before he did in his last run. It would be cool to see how how much easier or harder updates have made the achievment
My man Chewy on an achievement run... Love it..
Chewy... You know you're asking for... More Learn French With Chewy episodes!
- Jean Bureau has no 'w' in the end so it should sound like 'Idaho'. And... well, the French 'u' is a pain in every foreigner's axe, so I won't hold it agaisnt you: I don't think the English language actually even hes that sound. It's just an extremely posh, flat version of 'pure''s 'u'.
- 'Jean' you know how to pronunce. 'de' means 'of' and is pronunced with a flat 'e' that sounds like a soft version of the 'u' in suck, or f... 'Dunois' has a French 'u', an 'o+i' that is read 'wa' and a silent 's'. So: 'Duhn-wa'.
- The way you pronunced 'Orléans' would be 'OrléONs'; the 'an' is the one English borrowed from French with the word 'entrée'.
- Jean Bureau sounded better the second time... or I got used to it... :D
- Same thing for Orléans, plus it felt more natural. You're being taught French, Chewy, be careful! :D
- The Jacques was good! 'Jacques', not 'Jack', well done! 'Coeur' ('heart') looks menacing, but it's actually simple: the 'o+e+u' is a rare triple letter fusion to give a flat 'e', the same as in 'de' (see above) or 'perhaps'. So: 'ker' (with, obviously, your friend, the guttural 'r' ^^)
- Nicely done! Your 'Caen' was a straight A!
- I'll assume you tried to turn your 'Duke' into a 'Duc'; good call to avoid the awkward English 'd+u=dYu', but your 'u' should have been that weird, posh and obnoxious sound that only French has...
- Oh... you fell for it... No, French guttral 'r' is not the same as the Spanish one... Your Jean Bureau sounded like he enjoyed Iberia a little too much :D
- No suprize on 'Calais', you know the drill by now. Know what? I'll even stop mentionning it. Except if you go back to call it... 'Kah-leys'...
- 'Bordeaux' was fine, very much so! You anglicized it slightly (weak 'r' and '-ow'-ish final 'o'), but overall, it's an A!
- Basically the same for 'Notre-Dame' (who you might want to call 'Notre-Dame-de-Paris', as there are many 'Notre-Dame' all over France): the 'o' should be closed (like in 'bolster') due to double consonnant and... guttural 'r'... But that's only ways to improve even further; another A!
- Do not doubt yourself! 'Boo-r-bone-a(y)', you had it. Of course, the 'o' and 'ai' could be a tad more flat, yadda, yadda... But nonetheless; A-
- Ah! 'Auvergne'! I was waiting for this! Good on you; 'a+u' goes 'o'. But the 'e' is a sharp one like in 'feral' due to double consonnant after it. And the 'gn' sounds like the Spanish 'ñ'.
- The 'gn' was the only trap in 'Armagnac' (which is also an excellent alcohol for this region), the rest is usual flat 'ah''s and a hard final 'c', so: 'Ahr-mah-nyack'. But its barbaric spelling made you doubt, didn't it?
- Oh! So close! Your last 'Orléans' was nice BUT... silent 'n'... (as it got integrated in the 'on' fusion...)
- Good instinct on 'Foix': 'oi' goes 'wah' and silent 'x'. Well done!
How mean would I sound if I say I was expecting you to utterly disfigure French language? Colour me impressed, Chewy, your French is indeed improving! Final grade: A+ (for effort!)
PS: New intro style! I kinda like it; you sound very 'commercial', very professional. In a good way ^^'
PPS: you know I do this just for giggles? If it bothers you in any way, I'll stop. It just... grew on me :D
I'd rather take Bordeaux and Lahourd rather than Normandy to get permanents claims on Provence. Nice run, want to see next part.
I used espionage for this archiervment and think its slightly better ideagroup for average players. Claims can border claims makes it easier to grab cb's and lands everywhere, especially claiming balkan lands (only need 15 spynetwork on 2-3 italian tags) is easy with espionage and you can claim easily much more just to get easy wars and landgrabs. Not saying diplo isnt S tier, just that imo espionage for this specific archievement is S+ tier and its more noobfriendly if you use the claims can border claims to its fullest extent.
The blob hungers...
For such a strong country, base game French mission tree is somewhat disappointing. Some perma claims, navy tradition.
Best stuff is PU on Castile/Spain and subjugation (but not PU??) on Commonwealth.
Definitely wish/hope they got some more interesting missions. But I suppose that’s every major in Western Europe + Ottomans
French Mission tree is the worst of the major nations I think. No subjugation on Brittany, No claims on Carribean or in all the "Nouvelle France" in America. Even Austrians have more claims in India... :p Not Historically accurate.
Claims do reduce AE, and so does annexing all tags in one peace deal instead of separately.
Awesome!
Hey chewyshoot,i woul like to give an advice.Next you siege dont use your cave,its just extra attrition.
@Chewyshoot I tried this last week but got into heeps of trouble with multiple vassals getting disloyal, allthough I ate half of England, had ireland but got eaten up from inside..... My economy was a shambles...
YEEESSSS big stronk france
France campaign and an achievement Chewy doesn't have (Napoleon's Ambition)? I'm already rock hard.
I'd love to see more campaigns where you try to chip away what you have left for 100% achievements before EUV comes out.
Most of the achievements left are just grindy so that's why I am redoing a lot of older ones
@@Chewyshoot A break in between them? I see.
Great serie. When are you dropping the next episodes ?
Daily 9 am CST
Heck yeah!
Question: Just out of curiosity, how many episodes of a run like this do you normally record before releasing the first one? I mean especially the ones that require so much rng not just at 1444 but the first few decades. Thanks! Love your content, and Chewbert vids are freaking hilarious and awesome.
Well generally 2-3 tops but I’m going to PDXcon so I have 7 recorded atm!
Comment for engagement 😤👌🏻
French? you mean Western roman empire?
why do you have to send burgundy a royal marriage and not just accept theirs? what is the difference?
If I remember correctly, if you accept their proposal, the marriage ends when’s their ruler dies, causing issues for the Burgundian Inheritance ; whereas if you send a royal marriage, it will end when your ruler dies, at which point you’d instantly send another one.
@@european_mapper-FR Thanks man
@@antorseax9492awesome, thank you
Takes me back. One of my first attempts at looking at Achievements (I think like my second time playing ever) was Big Blue Blob. Waaay before they patched the AE. And finding out hte hard way the first time what a Coalition in the game actually meant as I suddenly was at war with everyone from Ghana to Uzbek...
Oh yes another new Netflix series. oh wait wrong app...
For real though, it's a travesty there hasn't been a big, high budget, biopic limited series about the life of Napoleon.
Your legitimacy affects your diplomatic reputation. You probably know, but you said "it doesn't matter" but in trying to get opinion or agreement to alliances/royal marriages, every 10 legitimacy does actually matter...
10 legitimacy is literally nothing lol