Beginner Friendly Series - The Basics | Castile | Emperor | Europa Universalis IV | 1

This series is intended to help new players get to grips with and understand Europa Universalis IV (EU4). The idea is that through watching someone more experienced go through the same processes that you will, it will help teach the game. As such, I play through this as normal, but take the time to go into more detail about what is happening, and why. If you have any further questions or need things clarified, please do let me know in the comments! Hope this helps!
This has been recorded with all DLC up to and including Emperor.
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[@Cannoncourt]

"The Spanish Inquisition, which nobody expects." You got a like for that line alone.

[@thepetreader2146]

Oh man, thanks for coming back and giving us these gems. Owned EU4 for years, but have nevver managed to 'get' it. This is amazing!

[@ActualRilwer]

When he said this game goes on sale a lot I laughed. I got the game yesterday for $1 on humble bundle lol

[@MordredViking]

See! :D

[@matiasmaciel1681]

Great video man! It would be great to update this with the latest expansions! Thanks for this!

[@pointless3k]

Been a big help as I tried to learn EU4 after getting drawn in by history and trying to play as Sweden. Thanks for content!

[@jbark25]

Perfect timing! Thanks for this.

[@gerardhuizing3872]

Fyi supporting independence of a vassal or personal union is not part of the basegame even though it is huge. so for example without dlc’s the achievement never say nevers is in my opinion impossible

[@spacemonkeyentertainment6413]

Well, so i thought i'll finally give EU4 a spin. Oh, nice, found explanations i can actually follow. Got hit with an event a month into the game that wiped my whole army and ravaged the land. Recommended for beginners my ass...

[@PlayBoye86]

Oh man! What a video!!

[@firstname3343]

First nation I wanted to play, thanks a lot very helpful man

[@MordredViking]

You're welcome! Be aware that you may have an easier time of things than I did here as the Iberian Wedding messed up for my playthrough.

[@bmbm8072]

I watch every tutorial on Castille and always loose. 😂 But I still love the game and the tutorials.

[@arcamean785]

Thanks YT I was searching for EU4 vids a month ago and this did not even show for me... oh well better late than never. I actually own all except for the flavor/music packs and emperor but I've just been so busy that I haven't played it.

[@MordredViking]

Not sure this was actually up a month ago. Glad it is of service now though :)

[@startube3629]

Great video. I am finding you easy to listen to and am learning heaps. One caveat though: 14:25 I think you got Heretics and Heresies mixed up there though I maybe wrong. Heresies afaik are religions in the same religious group as you (aka christianity) but not the same religion and heretics are religions outside your religious group (an example for you might be Sunni which lies in the Muslim religious group)

[@jamielonsdale3018]

I think you might be mixing up heresies, heretics and heathens. Heretics spread heresies. A heresy is just a belief or opinion contrary to mainstream religious doctrine. An example of a heresy would be the Copernican theory of Helio-centrism, which ran counter to the accepted belief that the Earth was the centre of the universe, and all things revolve around the Earth. This theory is known as Geo-centrism. Protestants consider Catholics to be heretics, and vice versa. Shia consider Sunni heretics and vice versa. Protestant/Catholics (Christian) consider Sunni/Shia (Muslim) to be heathens, and vice versa. Hope this helps.

[@startube3629]

@@jamielonsdale3018 yeap. Looks like i was dumb 9 months ago. I don't know what hole i was talking out of but it wasn't a smart one.

[@jamielonsdale3018]

@@startube3629 I love the way you worded that

[@alexwildner6369]

As far as EU4 game mechanics are concerned, tolerance of heretics is used for religions in your same religious group. So a Catholic ruler that has an Eastern Orthodox province, that province is affected by your nation's tolerance of heretics modifier. Tolerance of heathens is used for other religions outside your own and your religious group. So a Catholic nation that has a Muslim province, that province is affected by your nation's tolerance of heathens modifier. And of course, your own religion's provinces in your nation are affected by your tolerance of true faith modifier, so a Catholic nation that has Catholic provinces, those provinces are affected by your tolerance of true faith modifier.

[@alexandrem4679]

Yay! The series is here!

[@fillipe4700]

I'm just a HOI4 sandbox player :(

[@MordredViking]

Good place to start learning the excellent EU4 then! HOI4 is a good starting step :)

[@fillipe4700]

I'm learning with you. Thank you for this video series.

[@peterlimburg3872]

I bought this game today at the Steam winter sale. 😀

[@titusflaviusvespasianus8340]

Good choice!

[@darkhalf75]

11 aug 2023 free on epic

[@dignitas01]

So boring. And you left the background music on as well so it's perfect for putting me to sleep.