Greetings, fellow aar writers/readers! While working out the subject of my next aar the mention of one of my olders ones, the first installment of "How to Run a Minor Nation into the Ground" came up. In that aar I played several minor nations, and as expected, completely ruined them. Debt, war, or stagnation defeated every one, and most often a combination of those factors.
It seems that although I had taken notes on 4-5 different factions, I only wrote stories for two, Moldavia and Urbino. Apparently I was distracted by some flashy "success" I had with Hesse, putting aside my remaining failure stories to write one for them.
I find this shameful and much to my embarassment. To make up for this year old abandoning of my duties as a horrible player/aar writer, I've decided that a sequel is in order.
This will be a history book aar. First on the list is sunny Crete, home to Minotaurs, the ancient Minoan empire and Cretans (That sounds bad, maybe Cretians? Cretanians?). My goals will be to somehow form a major nation out of the island, or to at least manage to amuse some with my tale of woe and failure. In the unlikely event that I succeed in turning Crete into a major nation, I will either move on to a new minor faction or, if the readers prefer, continue on to see what untold greatness the little island kingdom can eventually achieve.
First update should be up sometime tonight. Here's a link to part one of the series for anyone interested.
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?t=320428
It seems that although I had taken notes on 4-5 different factions, I only wrote stories for two, Moldavia and Urbino. Apparently I was distracted by some flashy "success" I had with Hesse, putting aside my remaining failure stories to write one for them.
I find this shameful and much to my embarassment. To make up for this year old abandoning of my duties as a horrible player/aar writer, I've decided that a sequel is in order.
This will be a history book aar. First on the list is sunny Crete, home to Minotaurs, the ancient Minoan empire and Cretans (That sounds bad, maybe Cretians? Cretanians?). My goals will be to somehow form a major nation out of the island, or to at least manage to amuse some with my tale of woe and failure. In the unlikely event that I succeed in turning Crete into a major nation, I will either move on to a new minor faction or, if the readers prefer, continue on to see what untold greatness the little island kingdom can eventually achieve.
First update should be up sometime tonight. Here's a link to part one of the series for anyone interested.
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?t=320428