Iirc, my words on the subject back in one of the HoI1 threads were this:
Objective of the scenario: out and out conquest. Deliberately try to upset the stalemate. Picture the upper party and thoughtpolice hierarchy having been accidentally purged by a fire or something of the kind, removing oversight over your suprisingly ambitious campaign.
Use the Civ2 1984 scenario as a model.
1. Take diplomacy out of the mix, no puppets, no negotiations or alliances
divvy up the
territories
-Africa: northwest is Eurasia, Egypt+middle east is Eastasia, South Africa+Madagascar Oceania
-Hawaii, eastern Micronesia and all of Australia are Oceania. All points east of these territories are Oceania, all of the rest of the pacific is Eastasia
-Eurasia/Eastasia border is on the Urals
-Eurasian cores are all provinces in european Russia (west of Urals) and all other european countries
-Oceanian cores are all provinces of the British Isles (including Ireland), both of the Americas, Australia, and South Africa.
-Eastasian cores could be all provinces of China, India, Japan, and Mongolia. Every province in asia might be considered a core.
Starting forces:
A sizable reserve is available to deter the enemy from attacking your home provinces directly. By "pulling the goalie", this gives you the ability to build a concentrated strike force to invade one opponent.
Eurasia would have the most concentrated forces and easiest to mount a "firebrigade" strategy. Small, mediterranean-based navy.
Oceania would have the lightest (but not underwhelming) land forces and a large but not overwhelming navy.
Eastasia would have the most dispersed territory to defend, with more forces to defend it but vulnerable to enemy force concentration. Second-largest navy.
Industry:
Approximate tie between Oceania and Eurasia, with Eastasia lagging behind.
Manpower:
Eastasia will lead manpower, thanks to both geography and HoI2's engine. Oceania and Eurasia will be approximately tied.
Nukes:
disabled
Shadow Reaper said:
I dunno about you but I took the strange view that there was only one dominant power in the world, and that it kept on shelling its own population to force them into having such a life as they did... If you create the perception of your state having enemies that want to kill you, then your less likely to want to suddenly realise how shoddy your own government is (sounds familiar
), even with the thought police and regular 'we love big brother' and room 101 sessions.
Just my interpretation, call it wrong if you will
imho i wouldn't see much point in doing it, but dont let people stop you if its what you wanna do.
I call it wrong. Your scenario is indeed boring as a game. The literal interpretation of the book sets up a scenario that has at least some potential.
