Long time lurker, first time AAR poster. I had the idea for this AAR when reading a book for my doctoral exams -- Russian Path Dependence by Stefan Hedlund. He argues, not very convincingly in my estimation, that Russia was so late to democracy because it was doomed by Mongolian and Orthodox influences -- I won't bore you too much, but the point is that he suggests that if Novgorod or Lithuania had "formed" Russia, things would have been more democratic much sooner.
Thus, this AAR. I don't have DW yet, I'm going to get it tomorrow, so that will give an opportunity for some posters to give me some feedback before I update this weekend (ideally)
I'll play on normal settings, lucky nations set to random. I must never change from a republic of some kind, although I reserve the right to change republics, naturally.
Here are my goals --
Short Term
1) Neutralize Muscowy
2) Swallow, or at least vassalize, the Russian minors
Medium Term
1) Form Russia
2) Westernize
3) Eliminate the Golden Horde
Long Term
1) Capture as much of the twentieth century Russian Empire as possible in the time allotted
2) Capture Constantinople
So, since I have time before I get the game, I wanted to pose a couple of questions to you, the community:
1) Should I have hard "term limits", i.e. no more than two terms with any ruler, regardless of ability?
2) Anything I ought to watch out for with DW? In HttT, I formed Russia as Muscowy pretty easily. It'll be harder with Novgorod, since I don't have the manpower Muscowy does (or Liberum Veto), but I think it shouldn't be too bad.
My style will be mostly gameplay, possible narrative here and there. First update should be sometime this weekend, provided Uncle Sam gives me my sweet, sweet, tax refund.
Author's Note: If you notice a problem with an image, please PM me so I can correct it. I switched image hosts in the middle of this AAR.
Thus, this AAR. I don't have DW yet, I'm going to get it tomorrow, so that will give an opportunity for some posters to give me some feedback before I update this weekend (ideally)
I'll play on normal settings, lucky nations set to random. I must never change from a republic of some kind, although I reserve the right to change republics, naturally.
Here are my goals --
Short Term
1) Neutralize Muscowy
2) Swallow, or at least vassalize, the Russian minors
Medium Term
1) Form Russia
2) Westernize
3) Eliminate the Golden Horde
Long Term
1) Capture as much of the twentieth century Russian Empire as possible in the time allotted
2) Capture Constantinople
So, since I have time before I get the game, I wanted to pose a couple of questions to you, the community:
1) Should I have hard "term limits", i.e. no more than two terms with any ruler, regardless of ability?
2) Anything I ought to watch out for with DW? In HttT, I formed Russia as Muscowy pretty easily. It'll be harder with Novgorod, since I don't have the manpower Muscowy does (or Liberum Veto), but I think it shouldn't be too bad.
My style will be mostly gameplay, possible narrative here and there. First update should be sometime this weekend, provided Uncle Sam gives me my sweet, sweet, tax refund.
Author's Note: If you notice a problem with an image, please PM me so I can correct it. I switched image hosts in the middle of this AAR.
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