Some backfilling required here. After the War of the Tapestry, I allied myself with Brittany to beat up on Prussia, gaining Finland and parts of England. Brittany then allied with Prussia to beat up on me – truly there is no honour among thieves – gaining the rest of England, while I lost Finland and [...]
Entries from March 2009
March 18, 2009
The Great Game: The dance begins – again
After switching to the vanilla map, not so much happened in the first session.
March 9, 2009
Superman Fridge Logic
An often-recurring plot point in older Superman comics is that he can create diamonds from coal with his bare hands, but doesn’t do so on any large scale because it would depress the price of diamonds. Economics 101 ftw! In one comic the villainous plot is to have Superman demonstrate his ability, then destroy the [...]
March 5, 2009
The Great Game: Wladislaw
The unending Polish wars become more interesting in EU2, where there is actual strategy involved; raising troops during wartime will increase your war exhaustion, which in turn increases your revolt risk. In EU2 it is possible for even a nominally victorious realm to so exhaust itself that it crumbles at the edges.
