I briefly thought about beginning another AAR but even AARs updated once a day often lasts roughly a month and a half. After doing nothing but getting ready for the change I suddenly find myself with a ton of time on my hands for the next four weeks. So I have a “little” extra vodka sitting around which I have to finish off any way, why not create an AAR with it? I know what you’re saying, that I became bored with Austria pretty quickly the last time I tried but I have a new premise, one that will work. And what am I if not original and thinking of new ideas?
I had said in the past that if I did one of these AARs it’d probably be with FtG but playing a game in this way will result in my ultimate annexation fairly quickly. For some reason FtG is tougher than EU3. I had also considered using CK privately after I briefly played a small duchy that turned into inheriting a spot as the leader of the Byzantium Empire but I realized keeping tract of all the characters would probably drive me insane when trying to tell you what happened. Victoria 2 still isn’t working, Rome lacks a certain something for this style and HOI2 doesn’t cut it for me on any level.
The guts:
- Before I begin a session, a rough equivalent of four shots must be ingested. After that, all bets are off.
- After each hour of play, I’ll publish a post stating what’s happened in the game.
- I cannot trade tech for land. If I trade for land, I can only trade it province for province, this means I cannot trade two pieces of land for one nor can I include cash or technology in the land trade. One province of land for one province of land.
- When the session is over [or I become bored], I’ll pick it up again and follow the above rules whenever I get the itch again.
- If I want to raise relations with a nation, I have to hit the “Improve Relations” button rather than go the cheat [or beginner] route by gifting 100.
- Every post I write will have either a song lyric or a movie quote. If you happen to guess correctly before the next update comes, you’ll win the
award.
Wear it with pride.
I don’t expect too many people to be around when I do this (mostly weeknights/days depending on where you are) but if you want to comment either during or after, feel free to do so because this will go on until 25 February at the latest.
The status of Japan:
First, I wanted to civilize and get through all the uneventful pre-civilizing stuff so I would actually be able to get somewhere... and because I know chaos will explode once I have 0 BB and a new civilized status surrounded by a bunch of uncivs (this kind of includes Russia.
)
To be honest, I actually had to search for and mod how to make Japan a civilized nation. I never received the Perry Event and was never given a chance to civilize before a reasonable time. Given this, I decided to civilize myself in order to make for an interesting game. My stats are below.
Year: January 6, 1878
Divisions: 54
Ships: 117
Cash: 381,484
Prestige: +198
BB: 0
Industry: 978
Population: 45,238,000
Allied with the Ottoman Empire
Goals?
When I first thought about doing this, I wanted to drive into California, Alaska, Canada and Mexico but now I’m thinking maybe Siberia, pieces of China and the entire consumption of Southeast Asia. But really, who knows how this beast is going to transform. Sober I would expect an incredibly easy game and I still think I can do some great things with Japan with - not under - the influence.
My first post may be 0100 EST/ 0600 GMT tonight/today.
I had said in the past that if I did one of these AARs it’d probably be with FtG but playing a game in this way will result in my ultimate annexation fairly quickly. For some reason FtG is tougher than EU3. I had also considered using CK privately after I briefly played a small duchy that turned into inheriting a spot as the leader of the Byzantium Empire but I realized keeping tract of all the characters would probably drive me insane when trying to tell you what happened. Victoria 2 still isn’t working, Rome lacks a certain something for this style and HOI2 doesn’t cut it for me on any level.
The guts:
- Before I begin a session, a rough equivalent of four shots must be ingested. After that, all bets are off.
- After each hour of play, I’ll publish a post stating what’s happened in the game.
- I cannot trade tech for land. If I trade for land, I can only trade it province for province, this means I cannot trade two pieces of land for one nor can I include cash or technology in the land trade. One province of land for one province of land.
- When the session is over [or I become bored], I’ll pick it up again and follow the above rules whenever I get the itch again.
- If I want to raise relations with a nation, I have to hit the “Improve Relations” button rather than go the cheat [or beginner] route by gifting 100.
- Every post I write will have either a song lyric or a movie quote. If you happen to guess correctly before the next update comes, you’ll win the
award.
Wear it with pride.
I don’t expect too many people to be around when I do this (mostly weeknights/days depending on where you are) but if you want to comment either during or after, feel free to do so because this will go on until 25 February at the latest.
The status of Japan:
First, I wanted to civilize and get through all the uneventful pre-civilizing stuff so I would actually be able to get somewhere... and because I know chaos will explode once I have 0 BB and a new civilized status surrounded by a bunch of uncivs (this kind of includes Russia.
)To be honest, I actually had to search for and mod how to make Japan a civilized nation. I never received the Perry Event and was never given a chance to civilize before a reasonable time. Given this, I decided to civilize myself in order to make for an interesting game. My stats are below.
Year: January 6, 1878
Divisions: 54
Ships: 117
Cash: 381,484
Prestige: +198
BB: 0
Industry: 978
Population: 45,238,000
Allied with the Ottoman Empire
Goals?
When I first thought about doing this, I wanted to drive into California, Alaska, Canada and Mexico but now I’m thinking maybe Siberia, pieces of China and the entire consumption of Southeast Asia. But really, who knows how this beast is going to transform. Sober I would expect an incredibly easy game and I still think I can do some great things with Japan with - not under - the influence.
My first post may be 0100 EST/ 0600 GMT tonight/today.
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