Venice AAR:
I didn't expect that war to happen, but the end result was rather positive. So the first Holy League war kicked off, Protestants vs Catholics. Naturally, as Venice is a proud Catholic nation, we joined in with the Protestants, which lead to the rather amusing sight of the Papacy fighting for the supremacy of Protestantism. (And yes, Roma keeps being converted to the Protestant faith, thanks to a centre of reform in Tuscany)
The start of the war was a bit worrying, with Austria and Milan having some doom stacks around lead by 3 star generals, but my mercenary horde was raised and promptly waited for a window of opportunity. Such a window was provided by France, who marched into the HRE in an unrelated war and did what the BBB does best, namely killing everything that moves. So once they were finished with that, the carpet sieging began. Bohemia rather kindly gave me Brescia back and freed Mantua, as well as generally weakening Milan. Which is wonderful. The war was won and the dominant faith of the HRE was changed to Protestantism, and Baden became the new Emperor.
Weak Milan, weak Emperor and a weak Austria. I love it. The night ended with a quick war against the newly freed Mantua, Baden and Milan, with the carpet sieges already underway.
Provinces Gained: Brescia
Provinces Lost: None!