Are you going to join the war when it starts? Or are you going to pick on the small countries when they are undefended and the other powers distracted?
The game seems to let Italy run amuck like a feral dog so long as Italy is not in the Axis. If you are in the Axis, the UK will invariably DOW you after you attack Greece. The phenomenon of the free reign granted a non-Axis Italy was what gave rise to this AAR. I imagined a shrewd Mussolini could cash in on everyones fixation on a resurgent rearmed Germany, and he could diplomatically play all of the sides against one another while he accumulated an empire. The Vanilla game does not do much scripting for Italy. If they want to force Italy into the Axis, they need to try harder. All you get is a research bonus and a ruinous war led by a madman, not a fair deal if you ask me. I am eager to see Rensslaer's Locarno AAR get off the ground to see how the HPP folks beefed up Italy's scripting. Sounds like you are given a lot diplomatic choices that could lead you in very different directions, which is nice.Good going, but doesn't all that conquering raise your threat too much? Or is the game that hardcoded to dow Germany that it disregards what's happening elsewhere?
Ruler of the med?