This Land Is Your Land: Let's Play Darkest Hour: Kaiserreich

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Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

I am looking forward to F U L L C O M M U N I S M.

# ¿ Oct 31, 2014 17:30

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# ¿ Apr 19, 2024 01:06

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

I've never played DH/Kaisereich, but every time I see an LP of it I'm just totally bowled over by the sheer depth and number of events it has. It almost makes me want to try to pick up DH, but I think I'm still too traumatized from my first Paradox game being vanilla Victoria 1 to be able to face the Europa engine again. :v:

# ¿ Nov 4, 2014 20:08

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

Chief Savage Man posted:

Yes, in Mongolia land, the election goes forward, Reed wins, MacArthur eventually coups, the war plays out, MacArthur wins, and now I am seeing democratic elections with MacArthur running as a Republican. I think the war itself is inevitable but even if MacArthur acts like a tyrant, it's possible for a restoration of democracy.

I was wondering about that, too! Obviously the CSA is the superior option, but given how totally hosed the USA seems in Kaiserreich I was wondering if something that even vaguely resembled OTL USA could emerge.

# ¿ Dec 17, 2014 05:27

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

What are all of the different results of the civil war and its aftermath?

# ¿ Dec 18, 2014 04:10

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

Lustful Man Hugs posted:

I believe you mean bonii.

Let's not cross the in-joke streams.

# ¿ Jan 6, 2015 22:09

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

Poor Boston, still living under the oppressive rule of capitalist reactionaries. :smith:

I guess all my family was still out in the Midwest when this game takes place, though. :v:

# ¿ Jan 29, 2015 07:38

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

Also, I've only ever seen KR in LP-form since I don't have DH, but I assume that in KR-world all of these huge global wars aren't also paired with vicious industrialized genocide, which makes it rather less dark than our own history right off the bat.

# ¿ Feb 5, 2015 20:32

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

What's "Austrian Terror"?

# ¿ Feb 11, 2015 21:54

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

Gantolandon posted:

I think flag changes in Europa Engine were purely event-based. Separate flags for different regimes weren't a thing until Victoria 2.

That's a bummer. :smith:

# ¿ Feb 15, 2015 00:24

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

Kavak posted:

Unaccounted for. This is what happens when not a single American works on your mod for years, if ever. At least Smedley Butler is replacing Marshall next version.

Emma Goldman's not in the mod? This is a travesty! :argh:

# ¿ Feb 20, 2015 06:35

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

Holy moley does Kaiserreich have a lot going on.

I'm considering getting over my horror at going back to the Europa engine (look, you'd feel the same way too if your very first Paradox game ever were vanilla Victoria 1) and giving KR a try, even though Darkest Hour seems a bit intimidating. Maybe I should just wait for an HoI IV version, though...

# ¿ Feb 27, 2015 17:26

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

Chief Savage Man posted:

I had to give them some kind of motivation other than "Psych!!"

Trying to ascribe coherent motives to inscrutable AI decisions is one of the best things about LPing a Paradox game.

# ¿ Feb 27, 2015 18:45

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

Let's put the Red back in Red Sox! :getin:

# ¿ Mar 3, 2015 08:10

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

The Free, Independent, and Strictly Neutral City of Vienna (Wien) with its Territory

# ¿ Mar 3, 2015 15:09

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

I'm really happy that StoryCorps (and NPR!) still exist in the Combined Syndicates. :shobon:

Also glad that gay baseball communism continues its glorious advance across the LP landscape.

This was a really good update! And Boston's finally free! :unsmith:

# ¿ Mar 6, 2015 20:53

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

Grizzwold posted:

I do wish they had a better flag though. Red and black just isn't doing it for me.

Actually the CSA flag owns. :anarchists:

# ¿ Mar 9, 2015 21:20

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

What are the different AUS flags?

# ¿ Mar 10, 2015 01:09

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

There's a popular mod for Darkest Hour showing an alternate timeline where the Entente won the Weltkrieg, but everyone thinks it puts too much emphasis on the one big climatic war at the end, without many smaller conflicts to give every nation something to do in the opening phases of the game.

# ¿ Mar 16, 2015 21:19

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

From sea to shining sea! :anarchists:

I like how the Australian naval commander is apparently too embarrassed to face the camera.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2015 17:34

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

Mister Bates posted:

'The US is dead, hail Greater Pacifica!'

The glorious reign of Emperor Norton II.

# ¿ Apr 24, 2015 18:42

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

Poor CSA.

At least the USA restored (bourgeois liberal capitalist sham) democracy, though. :911:

The Entente seems really super-charged in this campaign!

# ¿ May 8, 2015 21:43

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

Drone posted:

IIRC Kaiserreich assumes the Hochseeflotte was never sunk/scuttled, so a lot of those are ancient WW1-era vintage ships. They're usually stationed out in the Pacific or Indian oceans. Add that to the AI probably building more modern BB's on top of it and you get a lot of ships.

They only have 4 carriers though, which is great news.

Which reminds me-- is how the Central Powers won WWI part of the KR backstory? Is there any particular point of divergence from real history?

Also, we're back! :toot:

# ¿ Jun 11, 2015 19:49

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

I love all of the hints and allusions to things that happen in the future in these updates.

# ¿ Jul 14, 2015 18:40

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

Beheading monarchs is the most important thing you can do in Paradox LPs, if you ask me.

# ¿ Aug 10, 2015 00:28

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

Chief Savage Man posted:

I like that DH has the flag switch functionality and KR could definitely use some more switching in its events and also just when releasing puppets. I would have liked to have the original socialist flag of Mexico when I released them.

Basically I hope HoI4 and HoI4:KR has dynamic flag changes like V2 does.

I think that's been confirmed for HoI IV, although I don't have time to root around the official forums to find the post. I remember seeing a screenshot of Britain with its V2 fascist flag, too.

# ¿ Aug 26, 2015 19:26

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

It's happening! The balloon went up!!! The birds are in the air!!!!

# ¿ Sep 13, 2015 05:02

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

GSD posted:

I hope the Canadian totalist regime can defrost over time into a nicer one.

Such a reactionary pit of vipers requires a firm hand.

no i want a nice syndie canada too :smith:

# ¿ Oct 11, 2015 10:13

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

Washington, DC, in a well thought-out scheme.

# ¿ Apr 5, 2016 04:55

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

Tanganyika?????????????????? oh wait i guess we did that one already

# ¿ Apr 5, 2016 21:15

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

Obviously, the principles of irenicism will be key for working with religious communities to promote economic justic... oh, wrong thread.

GunnerJ posted:

Like a way of figuring out how to constitute the clergy, but in a civil way?

# ¿ Apr 25, 2016 18:59

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

There's so much overlap between Catholics and the Combined Syndicates' natural support base I feel like they'd have to eventually make some kind of arrangement with the Church.

# ¿ Apr 25, 2016 21:33

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

Yeah, HoI 4 is lots of fun. My first game in it was some of the most fun I've had in a Paradox game in a long, long time.

# ¿ Aug 5, 2016 07:58

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

B, A

# ¿ May 1, 2017 16:20

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

Let's bring back the Taisho Era!

# ¿ May 1, 2017 17:56

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

A: Let's not HohenLP it up here. We've supported liberalism and we'd better follow through and stick the landing.

B: We should avoid being tyrants abroad every bit as much as we're striving for that at home.

Ranked Preferences: 1: C, 2: B, 3: E

Hopefully that formatting makes sense for the instant-runoff voting...

# ¿ May 11, 2017 19:46

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

1: A
2: B, C, A

Germany, as master of Europe, is priority number one if we seek to end European hegemony in the Pacific.

gently caress the kaiser

# ¿ May 17, 2017 18:41

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

A B

# ¿ May 25, 2017 20:39

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

A with an eye for joining the Entente later.

# ¿ Jun 3, 2017 21:39

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

Yes

# ¿ Jun 9, 2017 16:46

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# ¿ Apr 19, 2024 01:06

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

A, B, D

I support helping our allies in Beijing, but there's a limit to our capabilities.

# ¿ Jul 5, 2017 16:09

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