Enewald: There ya go.
aldriq: I’m quite happy with my little wars.
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Over the weekend I finally downloaded the Morrowind game. Yeah, it took me a while because I’m not exactly a LAARP or Swords and Fantasy kind of guy because I happen to like girls. And it made me wonder why there are people who still prefer that game over Oblivion. It makes no sense to me. Its like comparing Victoria I to Victoria II. And before I get angry letters from the Paradox Larping community - no doubt it must be extensive, have you glanced at the Paradox Members photos in the OT? - I just want to say that if I had girls like these lording over my dead body, I’d happily don some leather and lie on my back.
Its like a hangman jury all over again. Not that the line means anything.
It took me a few AARs but I finally got an Aerosmith reference in there.
So before I get myself into too much trouble with the incomplete other half who makes a past time out of nagging and writing phone messages on my Paradox AAR notes, I ought to kick start this AAR again. Gah, I ain’t ever getting married. Its called an institution because for those who belong, that’s where they ought to go.
So... apparently Yeltsin came to power in Russia and Estonia broke free. Gotta love the radicalization of too-little too-late Russian politics that has plagued the country for a long, long time.
As a little time went on I decided to declare war on Khiva, hoping to bring Russia into the war since they were so overrun with rebels. But Russia decided against aiding her ally. So on 6 November I decided to declare war on Russia, to free Poland. Here you can catch a good look, on 6 November, of the rebellion sweeping across Russia.
27 December I destroyed the Khivian army which isn’t much to write home about, which is why I’m telling you.
At the start of the year I had 25k in Siberia, 25k in the Baltic (with 25k more on the way) and 30k about ready to strike through Khiva. About 12k were expected to land in Arkhangelsk later in the month. I’d show a pic but you can’t really see anything anyway. How about something cool, like this, instead?
Peace followed in Khiva about a week into the New Year, permitting a nice land bridge up through Central Russia.
12 February 1913 I landed in the Russian capital without problems. Until my first battle with the Russians in early March. Gas is a blast.
Meanwhile occupations took place in Pskov and Petro...something. And Portugal went to war against Transvaal again, which I aided. Transvaal is actually a pretty tough nut considering every single province is forted up to its maximum level allowed by their tech - level 5 forts.
During my war with Russia I was also being careful where I was setting sieges. I wouldn’t touch a single Nationalist or Reactionary revolt, instead opting to remove the Anarcho-Liberal’s gains. This is primarily because the Anarchos had so much and I was going to have to lay into Russia to get what I wanted. My secondary reason was because I still wanted a powerful rebellion force in Russia that would threaten it for the rest of the game.
By 4 July you can see the war going fairly well. The Russians just aren’t a match for the Grand Belgian army.
More occupations followed and on 23 August, I took their capital. 6 September, they gave in to my demands.
If Russia isn’t going to give me a chance to do something against the Country Formerly Known as Prussia, then I want an ally that will. Even a small diversion may be enough... we’ll see.
Yeah, in the words of Groucho Marx, “If you think this country’s screwed up now, wait till I get through with it.” The man dies three days after Presley and he doesn’t receive an ounce of media coverage.