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да! We will subjugate them under the crown (as an allied satellite state)!

2 (10.5%)

да! For the Glories of Bulgaria!

2 (10.5%)

да! Tsar Boris will liberate the world of syndicalisms!

4 (21.1%)

да! We have heard great things about salo and horilka!

2 (10.5%)

не... (Pacifist loser option)

2 (10.5%)

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7 (36.8%)

Total Members Voted: 19

[Svarte Troner]

Бог e c нас!

God is with us!

Our glorious Tsar, Boris III

Background:
Thanks to its decisions to side with the Kaiser in the Weltkrieg, the Great Bulgarian Empire was able to recover its territorial loses in the Balkan wars of the early 20th century. Unrest in the recovered provinces and agitation from surrounding nations has left Bulgaria hard pressed to maintain control of the Empire. Rumor has it that the bloodthirsty warmongers in Fascist Romania, barbaric Serbs, power hungry demagogues in Vienna and Turkish baby-killers are plotting Bulgaria's demise as we speak!... But, the proud people of Bulgaria will defend our Great Empire until the very last drop of Bulgarian blood has soaked into the black soil of our native land! For God! For the Tsar! For Bulgaria!

Meanwhile in the rest of the world: the Syndicalist menace threatens the traditions of Europe and the world with their radicalism, putting dangerous thoughts in minds of the peasants; Russia and Spain are the brink of revolution; Dissent is fomenting in America; The Qing Empire hopes to unite China; and Japan dreams of pan-asian conquest.

Spoiler: The Bulgarian Empire in all of its glory (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: A look at our ministers and our shift towards interventionist policy, because BULGARIA STRONK! (click to show/hide)

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Game stuff:
Ok, so I had another let's play of this game a while back as France, didn't last long. But for good reason... well not really, I kind of fucked up everything when I downloaded the newest patch... So I decided to start up this badboy which will hopefully make it farther than the last one.

The game is Darkest Hour: Kaiserreich mod and you are Bulgaria. I'll start playing tomorrow.

[kingfisher1112]

Well, I do love let's plays of this game. Let's go after Greece first, shall we?

[EuchreJack]

I find, that with all the events and such in the first game year of Kaiserreich, it's best to just wait.  While waiting, modernize the army (especially infantry), and make sure you have supply dumps (or whatever allows strategic redeployment).  Build a mix of regular and militia infantry.

[Svarte Troner]

I find, that with all the events and such in the first game year of Kaiserreich, it's best to just wait.  While waiting, modernize the army (especially infantry), and make sure you have supply dumps (or whatever allows strategic redeployment).  Build a mix of regular and militia infantry.

Yeah, there's a metric fuckton of events in the beginning of the game, so we might hold off on invasion fr just a bit.

And about strategic redeployment, I actually had pretty much no idea how to do it for the last game (I think I assumed there was some sort of tech i was missing) but I found out it's ctrl-click.... 

The game will commence in a couple of hours.

[EuchreJack]

I find, that with all the events and such in the first game year of Kaiserreich, it's best to just wait.  While waiting, modernize the army (especially infantry), and make sure you have supply dumps (or whatever allows strategic redeployment).  Build a mix of regular and militia infantry.

Yeah, there's a metric fuckton of events in the beginning of the game, so we might hold off on invasion fr just a bit.

And about strategic redeployment, I actually had pretty much no idea how to do it for the last game (I think I assumed there was some sort of tech i was missing) but I found out it's ctrl-click.... 

The game will commence in a couple of hours.

It also requires a certain supply tech, which I believe is Supply Dumps.  In 1936, some countries have that tech, and some don't.

[USEC_OFFICER]

Posting to watch. HoI2 always seems to have the best mods.

[Knave]

I've heard of this mod before, but I don't think I've ever seen a basic summary of what it does. Might one of you be able to provide an idea of what it's main change goals are? no need to go into heavy detail

[Svarte Troner]

I've heard of this mod before, but I don't think I've ever seen a basic summary of what it does. Might one of you be able to provide an idea of what it's main change goals are? no need to go into heavy detail

In a nutshell, the Kaiserreich mod takes place in an alternate WWII where Germany won WWI. Syndicalists (Communists/Anarchists/Socialists) took power in England and France, forcing the former governments into exile (In Canada and North Africa, respectively). Germany has a bunch of colonies and key strategic holdings across the world. Democracy is pretty much extinguished or most likely will be in most places (although anything is possible with this mod). The communist revolution failed in Russia. And much much more... Read more about it here *Warning! TVTropes!*. Really, there's just a ton of variables and events in this game that anything can happen.

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Spoiler: Technological Overview, we have strategic redeployment! (click to show/hide)

January 1st, 1936
Our military is quite outdated, so we've begun research on 1931 infantry divisions and 1924 supply.

January 3rd, 1936
In a violation of the 1918 Treaty of Bucharest, Iron Guard troops are beginning to reoccupy Oltenia, very near to our border!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Horia Sima, and Corneliu Codreanu, leaders of Fascist Romania (click to show/hide)

January 13th, 1936
The sniveling leftist pests have announced "Totalism" as the new way forward. They will not destroy the traditions of Bulgaria!

Also, we've begun construction of a convoy fleet (This is a good thing apparently, so I'm gonna do it) as well as some militia divisions as a preliminary bolster to our ranks.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

January 19th, 1936
A political scandal has hit the royal court of Bulgaria today! The former Tsar, Boris III's father Ferdinand, is demanding a higher pension. The liberal traitor, Prime minister Filov opposes such an action. We will choose to honor the traditions of Bulgaria and grant the former Tsar a higher pension.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Prime Minister Filov has chosen to resign in shame! Hopefully he's learned not to question the authority of Tsar Boris. We've appointed a much more loyal minister in his place, Konstantin Muraviev.

Spoiler: Muraviev (click to show/hide)

February 3rd, 1936
The stock market of Berlin has collapsed today. People have begun calling this calamity Black Monday.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

March 5th, 1936
As the world slips into depression as a result of Black Monday about a month ago, Mittelafrika, a German dominion headed by Hermann Goering, has invaded the Portuguese colonies of Angola and Mozambique.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

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Alright... It's not much, but I'll leave it at this to start off. If anyone's got any other general questions or plans, comment away.

[kingfisher1112]

611 days for Militia? Jesus, what the hell is up with this mod...

[EuchreJack]

611 days for Militia? Jesus, what the hell is up with this mod...

That's 611 days for four militia, all with calvary attachments.

[Svarte Troner]

611 days for Militia? Jesus, what the hell is up with this mod...

That's 611 days for four militia, all with calvary attachments.

Not that I can do much about it now, but should I have added the cav attachments? Is it really worth it? Or should I make some straight militia divisions.. And should I waste time with convoys?

Will update tomorrow afternoon/evening most likely.

[EuchreJack]

611 days for Militia? Jesus, what the hell is up with this mod...

That's 611 days for four militia, all with calvary attachments.

Not that I can do much about it now, but should I have added the cav attachments? Is it really worth it? Or should I make some straight militia divisions.. And should I waste time with convoys?

Will update tomorrow afternoon/evening most likely.

I wasn't going to say anything, but since you're asking:
1) Convoys are only useful if you have territories unconnected by land.  From what I can tell, that situation doesn't exist for you.  Plus, and probably more importantly, you're losing manpower that you need for the army.  I'd suggest stopping convoy development immediately.
2) I personally don't build attachments for militia: It takes away their main advantage, which is quick production.  I'll leave it up to you on whether to finish the current militia+calvalries in development, or to cancel, although you could have two regular militia by the time one of your current militia-calvary finishes.  On the bright side, those militia+calvary units are cheap to build.
3) If you don't cancel the militia-calvary, you should produce some plain militia.
4) Either way, you should consider building at least one division of either regular infantry, calvary, or mountain infantry.  As long as you don't attach superheavy tanks (they're basically lead weights at this point), most of the attachments would be fine, if your IC permits.  I note that Bulgaria starts with some truly awesome mountain infantry in relation to its other divisions, but you won't be able to finish their production until the middle of next year.

Fun fact: After looking over Bulgaria's naval technology, I know that you'll never build a battleship, lol.  Thankfully, naval concerns are a bit in the future, as all of your current conquest goals are accessable by land.

[Svarte Troner]

Spoiler: After cleaning up our production que (click to show/hide)

We were producing 4 militia+cavalry units, now down to just 2 along with some plain militia and a regular infantry unit+light tanks.

March 14th, 1936
Germany is now guaranteeing the protection of the authoritarian regime in Ireland. Anything to defend Europe from the syndicalists is welcome news to us.

March 18th, 1936
We have finished research on 1931 infantry and are now researching 1936 divisions.
The Germans have demanded oil shipments from Romania, who have complied with demands.

March 21st, 1936
We are now researching 1930 supply logistics

June 1st,1936
The Olympics have started in Stockholm today, we will of course send our best athletes.

June 11th, 1936
We've begun research on 1936 Logistics

July 6th, 1936

Spoiler: Revolution! (click to show/hide)

The soviets in Russia have gathered enough support to begin a 2nd Russian Revolution! They face the current liberal government in Russia... We would support the legitimate Russian government, but the Tsar remains ousted!
Also, we've finished production of 3 militia units. We have deployed two units to the Albanian border and the other unit to join troops in Pirot on the Serbian border.

July 8th, 1936
The reactionary Don-Kuban Cossacks have declared war on liberal Russia...

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

July 15h, 1936

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The kingdom of Finland has pressed claims on Karelia now that Russia is in turmoil. Tsar Boris has sent a personal telegram to the Finnish King confirming his claims on Karelia.

Spoiler: King Fredrik Kaarle I of Finland, House of Hesse (click to show/hide)

August 12th, 1936
The Russians have accepted peace with Finland, who've gained considerable tracts of land in Karelia and the Kola Peninsula. Meanwhile, the Soviets have been advancing towards the east.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

August 26th, 1936
We've begun researching Mechanized agricultural production.

August 28th, 1936
The Siberian half of Russia have revolted, things are looking bleak for the legitimate government.

September 19th, 1936
The Russian government have taken Moscow... The Soviet's, meanwhile, have seized Arkhangelsk to the north. Transamur, a Japanese Puppet state on the Pacific coast of Russia, have attacked the Siberian seperatists.

November 10th, 1936
Socialist Nikita Kruschev has taken power in Ukraine, replacing Hetman Skoropadski...

November 28th, 1936
We've finished two more militia divisions. These will be deployed to the Greek border.

January 1st, 1937
We shift policy again towards intervention.

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And so ends the first year. Other than us producing militia and the Russian civil war, nothing really interesting has happened yet. The Soviets appear to be falling apart slowly, while the Cossacks have stood their ground. Siberia is too busy fighting Japan and Transamur to do anything about the Russians.

[EuchreJack]

Nice job.  I find miltia to be quite useful in boosting one's army early on.  I'd probably never build anything else, if it wasn't for stack limits, limited officers and manpower shortages.

You've also got me re-addicted to Darkest Hour.

[Zrk2]

Very interesting. Will be following.