A Blessing and a Curse
Table of Contents
Prologue - The Rider (N)
Chapter 1 - Awakening (N)
Chapter 2 - Introduction to EUIV (G)
Chapter 3 - The Countess' Court (N)
Chapter 4 - The Choice (N)
Chapter 5 - The Last Barrier (M)
Chapter 6 - The Sons of Osman (G)
( (N) Indicates a narrative chapter, (G) a gameplay chapter and (M) a mixed chapter.)
Introduction
Hello and welcome to my first EUIV AAR! Like most of my others, this will be an AAR which alternates between narrative and gameplay chapters, but with an emphasis on ‘reasonable’ actions. I will attempt to play the rulers and their countries as their skills and situations demand. I am not afraid of losing, and indeed it can be quite a refreshing change from all of the super successful AARs out there.
There will be two significant changes from normal. Firstly, I will alternate between countries based either upon a random number of years or some measure of gameplay progress, such as a leader dying or a specific war being won. Long-time readers will notice this was how I did my ‘Eternal Exile’ story. The second change is that I will be using this opportunity to explore the EUIV gameplay somewhat. In my gameplay chapters I will try and provide some insights into the game as I learn it.
Finally, I will be playing this pretty much as I write, meaning there will be varying gaps between updates, once EUIV is released of course.
I am open to reader suggestions about future directions and destinations. We have almost 400 years to play with, after all!
I have my first country selected, so now I just need the game to come out....
Hello and welcome to my first EUIV AAR! Like most of my others, this will be an AAR which alternates between narrative and gameplay chapters, but with an emphasis on ‘reasonable’ actions. I will attempt to play the rulers and their countries as their skills and situations demand. I am not afraid of losing, and indeed it can be quite a refreshing change from all of the super successful AARs out there.
There will be two significant changes from normal. Firstly, I will alternate between countries based either upon a random number of years or some measure of gameplay progress, such as a leader dying or a specific war being won. Long-time readers will notice this was how I did my ‘Eternal Exile’ story. The second change is that I will be using this opportunity to explore the EUIV gameplay somewhat. In my gameplay chapters I will try and provide some insights into the game as I learn it.
Finally, I will be playing this pretty much as I write, meaning there will be varying gaps between updates, once EUIV is released of course.
I am open to reader suggestions about future directions and destinations. We have almost 400 years to play with, after all!
I have my first country selected, so now I just need the game to come out....
Table of Contents
Prologue - The Rider (N)
Chapter 1 - Awakening (N)
Chapter 2 - Introduction to EUIV (G)
Chapter 3 - The Countess' Court (N)
Chapter 4 - The Choice (N)
Chapter 5 - The Last Barrier (M)
Chapter 6 - The Sons of Osman (G)
( (N) Indicates a narrative chapter, (G) a gameplay chapter and (M) a mixed chapter.)
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