Ricky Capitalists AAR: "Les francais n'ont pas le mot 'entrepreneur'" -

[TheLand]

In 1866 war erupted between Prussia and Autria in the battle for control over Germany. After some equivocation, France threw her might into the war against Prussian aggrandisement, attacking from the Alsatiian forts into the Rhineland.

... pausing only to rack up a few colonies ...

Sadly the war was thrown into confusion by the arrival of Prussian reservists all over the place and by the plethora of minor German nations...

By 1867 French troops had regained the upper hand. Sadly, Austria and Prussia concluded a peace deal creating two separate German federations, one for each Great Power.

Peace was concluded with much of the Rhineland ceded to France, and a few years later internal turmoil in Prussia brought the North German Federation into France's sphere of influence.

Meanwhile, France pressed ahead claiming African colonies and bringing civilisaton to the savage breast:

 

[Inostra]

Savage breasts? Now that must be a sight for sore eyes. Good AAR.

 

[stnylan]

Amusing to see all those RR spring up in the wake of conquest.

 

[unmerged(10426)]

I disbelieve it not because of the reasons Snopes has, but because I don't think Bush is the sort of person who would (or could) use the word "entrepeneur" in an informal conversation.

Oh, I think there's good circumstansial and intuitive reasons for disbeliving Bush said it, I just think Snopes' reasoning in pursuit of that is a crock of shit.

Update!

 

[TheLand]

Update!

If you must.... I played this all on Sunday, just getting time to post it

Prussia still had a few irritating colonies, necessitating a colonial war starting in 1873, taking most of Prussia's remaining African colonies

... and random bits of junk they'd taken off the Danes ....

..eventually negotiating a more-or-less total capitulation...

Sadly, whie colonialism in Africa could continue unabated, France had no bases near enough the remaining bits of the Pacific...

 

[TheLand]

These shots give you an idea of the colonial expansion from France...

Another war with prussia...

resulted in a white peace: French divisions bet back the Prussians swarming over the NGF. France emerged as Top Nation.

 

[TheLand]

And just a quick one of the new French navy under construction...

.. have got a bit distracted by fighting Prussia, will return to my economic-junkie roots in a mo and give you a summary of the French economy in 1886, after I have built not a single factory or railroad anywhere in the world! Ah-harr.

 

[stnylan]

So, your overall opinion on Revoluations so far?

 

[TheLand]

So, your overall opinion on Revoluations so far?

Very nice. The auto-industrialisation is a huge weight off my mind.

 

[unmerged(41327)]

That is nice to hear, I am micromanager but as long as the new system works fine that is good to hear. Nice game so far too...

 

[unmerged(40489)]

Are you having any problems with revolts or POP militancy? In my France game by 1860 the whole of the mainland was reading at 1-5% revolt chances from the unhappy conservative POPs.

 

[TheLand]

Are you having any problems with revolts or POP militancy? In my France game by 1860 the whole of the mainland was reading at 1-5% revolt chances from the unhappy conservative POPs.

I've had some revolt problems because of war exhaustion (starting one colonial war as soon as finished another). However the only POPs who rebel because of militancy are the Communists.

 

[Akaki]

Auto industrialisation means that you cannot build factories on your own? Do you still need machine parts for capitalists to build a factory? Rate of construction of factories/railroads depends on what...?

Conquer Belgium! Borders would look nice then, since you have Rhineland .

 

[TheLand]

Auto industrialisation means that you cannot build factories on your own? Do you still need machine parts for capitalists to build a factory? Rate of construction of factories/railroads depends on what...

These questions are well discussed on the main Vicky forum. There's also a thread there about how France will never build any railroads and why it's not worth playing :rofl:

Re Belgium: No need! There is already a satellite between me and Prussia. Would rather spend the energy knocking off more uncivs. Or possibly taking Indonesia from the Netherlands

 

[unmerged(42174)]

Les entrepreneurs

heh as they say "don't let facts get in the way of a good story".

Actually, this is a very funny guy we are talking about...

Just look at this =) :rofl:

 

[madogvelkor]

That is nice to hear, I am micromanager but as long as the new system works fine that is good to hear. Nice game so far too...

You might like a government with State Capitalism then. You can micromanage your economy, but your capitalists will still build things if they're making a big enough profit.

It's nice having the capitalists autobuild railroads, that was always an annoyance for me. Factories can be a problem sometimes, they build what they think will make money rather than what you might want. Unless you're one of the big 8 from the start you have to be prepared to buy most of your military equipment yourself.

 

[Akaki]

Re Belgium: No need! There is already a satellite between me and Prussia. Would rather spend the energy knocking off more uncivs. Or possibly taking Indonesia from the Netherlands

But... Borders! Would look nice...! Half of my wars are about how does the borders look like . Not only wars betwen me and some neighbour, but also other nations (fixing AI's mistakes :> ).
That's why I say: grab Belgium!

 

[rcp7]

Wonderful. A V:R AAR.

 

[TheLand]

Getting back to my Capitalists:

I've just taken a look at the ledger in 1886, halfway through the game. The difference between French industry in this game and how a player would have played it is remarkable. The Factories I currently have as as follows (a * indicates this industry has not grown since 1836)

Ammunition 2
Artillery 1*
Canned Food 1*
Cement 1
Clipper Convoy 1*
Explosives 1*
Fabric 1*
Fertilizer 2
Furniture 3
Glass 8
Liquor 6
Lumber 4
Luxury Clothes 2
Luxury Furniture 4
Machine Parts 1
Paper 3
Regular Clothes 3
Small Arms 2
Steamer Convoy 1
Steel 1
Wine 5

That's a total of 19 factories dedicated to the beverage industry! 13 related to clothes and furniture; 10 to military purposes; and 7 to construction. Including Paper there are 35 factories devoted to civilian production. Not necessarily how I would have played it.

And there are more shocking wine-related figures to come....

Looking at world production leaders of industrial goods there are more interesting observations.

FRANCE: Small Arms, Paper, Furniture, Luxury Furniture, Luxury Clothes
PRUSSIA: Wine, Clothes, Cement, Artillery
ENGLAND: Steamers, Machine Parts, Clippers
RUSSIA: Glass, Lumber, Canned Food
TWO SICILIES (????): Steel, Explosives
JAPAN: Ammunition
NORTH GERMAN FED: Fertiliser

- In spite of my large wine industry, Prussia has a bigger one! Prussia's capitalists have been drowning the world in Liebfraumilch!
- The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, a state best known for being invaded by a man leading an army of biscuits, is the leading producer of two vital strategic goods. Presumably this is because it has a fairly planned economy.
- Leadership in other 'military' goods is evenly spread: small arms, moi; artillery, Prussia; steamers, UK; canned food, Russia; Ammunition, from Japan.

 

[stnylan]

Fear the Two Sicilies!

Interesting look over the whole lot as well. I wonder how much that will change in the next fifty years. One wonders, given your comments on wine, who has dominance in the liquor market!