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Memnon, if you want to recreate the caliphate, you better advance northwards, not southwards!
I wish I was that good on this game...
I wish I was that good on this game...
All in due time, Z, all in due timeZuckergußgebäck said:
You can be, it's just takes practice. A LOT of practice. I tried this game several times over the past three months, each time getting conquered by someone before 1860. It looks like I've finally worked out most of the kinks, though...and I just got lucky. Lucky the Russians didn't get a border with me in the Crimean War, lucky the Brits colonized slowly, lucky the Russia s keep renewing that silly alliance with four-province Greece. Unluky in a civilized Persia, though. That's going to take some doing.I wish I was that good on this game...
I cant believe you have that much of Africa, Memnon! A staggering result indeed... what a freaky world!
Good choice to create the buffer state of Georgia. Let's hope that Russia does not decide to eat it up too soon. As for Persia, perhaps you could try the same amphibias assualt on their underbelly as the French did. Either that, or you could try something truly bold - attack the states to Persia's east, eventually reaching and annexing Afghanistan. It has a huge manpower base (though it does not appear that you lack that right now) and would provide you with three points of invasion. Just a thought.
Man, that Empire looks nice now that I can see the screenies. Great job!
Man, that Empire looks nice now that I can see the screenies. Great job!
It's funny you should mention that. The Persians have already conquered Afghanistan, and they took Khiva, Bukkhara, and Kokand from Russia in the big war.coz1 said:
And as to the possibility of an amphibeous assault, well, what I didn't mention was the the French divisions that were sent got completely and repeatedly wiped out. They always got attacked on the coast with nowhere to retreat.
So it looks like a full-on frontal assault for me through those mountains if I'm going to do it at all. 
Maybe it's time to make the rest of the Arab world yours. I see some small Arabian and N. African states still not under the benevolent Caliph.
They're all hundred-point prestige loss DOWs, and I've had to keep my badboy in check thanks to British borders. But now that I bought the Brits out of West Africa, well, it's a possibility.Troggle said:
Note--did you notice the name of the next decade? Who do you think it's directed against?
"The Great Rage", eh? Either Persia or OE; my guess is Persia, since they gave you a bloody nose last time.Memnon said:Note--did you notice the name of the next decade? Who do you think it's directed against?
Rafiki
This is a GREAT AAR. War, setting up satellites, dealing with colonies and major powers swapping whole cultures...this is what Victoria is all about!
Smart move with Georgia. I wouldn't want to be bordering with Russia either.
BTW, I didn't know the Italians had Communists back then too.
Smart move with Georgia. I wouldn't want to be bordering with Russia either.
BTW, I didn't know the Italians had Communists back then too.
What'll be bad is when Russia gets bored and eats Georgia alive just for giggles, then comes after you again... hopefully that army you mentioned will be strong enough to stop 'em.
... hopefully that army you mentioned will be strong enough to stop 'em.
No, I have no doubt that Russia has reformed her expansionist ways.
Great AAR Memnon. I'm looking forward to the next update.
Great AAR Memnon. I'm looking forward to the next update.
Chapter Six
The Great Rage: 1886-1896
When I left you, Egypt had just come through a rather peaceful decade. Industrialization and progress had been the key words. But the decade that followed was one of anger, bloodshed, and war—the Great Rage.
The first event of the Great Rage took place on January 7, 1886, with the signing of a full military alliance between France and Egypt:
Exactly a month and a day later, on February 8, Egypt declared war on its old rival, the Ottoman Empire:
The invasion began in earnest:
We also recruited our first Admiral for the war. No longer would we count on France to secure the Strait of Marmara for our crossing:
And while Admiral Taymur secured the straits, the Egyptian army approached:
In the end, the Ottomans, still at war with the Persians, were totally vanquished from two sides:
The Ottomans soon accepted peace, ceding large portions of Anatolia. Then the Rage moved to Africa:
The Rage also saw Egypt declare war on Aljazair, Ethiopia, and briefly, through Liberia, the United States of America.
And finally, the war moved to Asia:
The Persians, exhausted from endless wars, finally succumbed to the weight of the Egyptian army.
As the treaty with the Ottomans expired, war returned to their borders:
The decade went by in the blink of an eye. Wars raged across three continents, all in the name of the Caliphate, but by January of 1896, peace had finally been concluded. The Great Rage was over, and Egypt had triumphed.
All the lands of Egypt on January 1, 1896, after the Great Rage:
All the future of the Caliphate looked bright, until the specter of Egypt’s old nemesis raised its ugly head once more:
Will Egypt’s army, so successful against other Muslim states, be victorious over the world’s most formidable land power, or has Egypt finally stretched too far for it’s armies to handle? Will the Russian Czar be wintering in Cairo, or will the Caliph be touring the galleries of the Hermitage? Find out next time, in The Pharaoh and the Prophet.
The Great Rage: 1886-1896
When I left you, Egypt had just come through a rather peaceful decade. Industrialization and progress had been the key words. But the decade that followed was one of anger, bloodshed, and war—the Great Rage.
The first event of the Great Rage took place on January 7, 1886, with the signing of a full military alliance between France and Egypt:
Exactly a month and a day later, on February 8, Egypt declared war on its old rival, the Ottoman Empire:
The invasion began in earnest:
We also recruited our first Admiral for the war. No longer would we count on France to secure the Strait of Marmara for our crossing:
And while Admiral Taymur secured the straits, the Egyptian army approached:
In the end, the Ottomans, still at war with the Persians, were totally vanquished from two sides:
The Ottomans soon accepted peace, ceding large portions of Anatolia. Then the Rage moved to Africa:
The Rage also saw Egypt declare war on Aljazair, Ethiopia, and briefly, through Liberia, the United States of America.
And finally, the war moved to Asia:
The Persians, exhausted from endless wars, finally succumbed to the weight of the Egyptian army.
As the treaty with the Ottomans expired, war returned to their borders:
The decade went by in the blink of an eye. Wars raged across three continents, all in the name of the Caliphate, but by January of 1896, peace had finally been concluded. The Great Rage was over, and Egypt had triumphed.
All the lands of Egypt on January 1, 1896, after the Great Rage:
All the future of the Caliphate looked bright, until the specter of Egypt’s old nemesis raised its ugly head once more:
Will Egypt’s army, so successful against other Muslim states, be victorious over the world’s most formidable land power, or has Egypt finally stretched too far for it’s armies to handle? Will the Russian Czar be wintering in Cairo, or will the Caliph be touring the galleries of the Hermitage? Find out next time, in The Pharaoh and the Prophet.