Speed - A Castille (mini-?)AAR
Rules:
Game will be played at maximum speed (which, with a Core i7, is relatively fast), pausing during a session isn't allowed.
Each session lasts for five minutes, with an alarm letting me know when time is up.
When a session starts, I immediately hit space and ram the + key to get to full speed ASAP.
When a session ends, I pause the game, save and take a screenshot. Potentially, I can also save a world map if the readAARs request.
I'm not allowed to click on anything other than the menu with save, quit etc. when the game is paused. I can, however, study whatever is currently on the screen as well as any screenshots I managed to grab during the session.
To make it extra masochistic, I'm not allowed to use an external keyboard or a mouse. Instead, I'm stuck with a pretty clumsy laptop touchpad and a keyboard with which you can't take a screenshot without using both hands.
Vanilla DW, all game settings normal.
Some background:
So being the sane person that I am, I decided to try and play at that speed without pausing at all and make an AAR out of it. It probably won't be a masterpiece in any sense and the presentation might be a bit heavier on text than I like (because of limited time to take screenshots) but I'd imagine it'll at least be good for some laughs.
I chose Castille because it's pretty strong and doesn't have a neighbor that typically declares war immediately. That said, I played one test game (mostly to see if the message settings I customized for the occasion limit the popup spam enough) and Aragon declared war, destroyed my army and was sieging five provinces before the two minute mark.
Let's just say that I fully expect to fail big time here, but here's hoping that I can get a bunch of updates posted before that happens!