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[Farseer]

Inspired by both Toady Two's "Let's re-write history!" and Steam's release of Divine Wind (by the by, Steam also has a massive 80% sale on the other Europa Universalis games, which I heartily recommend you buy), I've decided to do something similar pretty much exactly the same because Toady's rules are too perfect. The only change is that we're going to be using "Lucky Nations" on random instead of historic.

Spoiler: Rules (click to show/hide)

Here's an idea for a forum game of Europa Universalis 3 that popped up in one of the threads. In order to partake you need the latest version 3.2 of EU3 Complete (vanilla + Napoleons Ambitions and In Nomine expansions). Participants will take turns playing our save game each playing a 30 year period as a different nation. (the save files are in the \europa universalis iii - complete\save games folder with the extension .eu3). In the end we will see what will become of our own Boatmurdered version of history. 

Here is a basic sketch of some of the rules I think might be useful to keep our game interesting. Feel free to suggest something here if you think it's needed:

1. We play in 30 year intervals. Each turn ends with the January 1 1xx0 autosave. Once your turn is done you upload the save and pass it on to the next player on the list.

2. At the start of your turn you get to choose which nation you will play for the full 30 year period. Once a nation has been chosen by one player it cannot be chosen again in another period. (this is to prevent creating one superpower that everyone wants to play and that turns this into a succession game). During signups you can reserve one nation that you think you might want to play during your turn. Other players cannot choose nations that have been reserved. You do not have to choose the nation you reserved, if you choose a different one then your reservation can be later chosen by someone else. (Obviously, there is no guarantee that any particular nation will be around during the time period you come to play in)

3. So far I think all nations are fair pick, I've set up a poll to see what you guys have to say about it. If you decide we should only play medium and minor powers or that you REALLY don't want someone screwing over Europe as Ottomans in 30 years then okay.

4. Obviously, no cheats allowed.

5.Once they've posted the save for the next person to get digging it would be nice if each person would write up even the smallest ARR(after-action-report) of their turn, at least to tell us what they were up to and what went down on the global scene. In the end, a compilation of these AARs might end up to be an interesting read.

6.I don't want to add a "no scumming" rule, so I won't. Instead, let it read "no lagging". It's okay if you reload when you feel you screwed yourself over, but we can't have every players turn taking a month of real time or people will lose interest, so no perfectionism. Take a minor failure if it comes to you, reload if you feel you have to but, most of all, try to finish your turn within the week or two.(This what I'm afraid of is most likely to kill this game - a delay spiral)

7. We need a rule for when someone is unable to play their turn. I don't want the tables to drop as then someone might find himself playing a completely different period than the one he was expecting, so when someone drops out from the list his place can be filled in by anyone. What this means is that when someone drops out then someone else will get to play two turns, just as long as each turn will be with a different nation.

8. One last important rule that might help prevent unnecessary drama. Don't be a dick. When you start your turn right after someone don't just choose a neighboring superpower make it your personal mission to tear down all that he managed to achieve.(unless, of course he first agrees that you do it, or dares you to try  )

So far i think we we'll be playing with all gameplay option set to NORMAL and with Lucky nations set to HISTORICAL(he he, lets see how far that can go )

If you want in on this(utter eu3 newbies are welcome, after all I am one  ), please post the date you want to play and your reserved nation(if you want one bad).

And here's the turn list! I'm not going to be able to play until tomorrow night / Sunday, so we'll need someone to start us off. Please. :3

Spoiler: Turn List (click to show/hide)

Date:          Player Name:                          Reserved Nation:            Status:                                                                           
1399-1429:  Nirur Torir                               Morocco                     Save, Map, AAR

1430-1459:  Digital Hellhound                       Burgundy                    Save, Map, AAR

1460-1489:  Farseer                                   Khmer                        Save, Map, AAR

1490-1519:  warhammer651                        Najd                           Save, Map, AAR

1520-1549:  Digital Hellhound                      Burgundy                     Save, Map, AAR

1550-1579:  Farseer                                  Moldavia                      Save, Map, "AAR"

1580-1609: 

1610-1639:

1640-1669:

1670-1699:

1700-1729:

1730-1759:

1760-1789:

1790-1820:

Let's change history, ladies and gents!

Spoiler: To Toady Two (click to show/hide)

Just ask and I'll take this down. Remember that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, though. :p

[Nirur Torir]

This looks fun. I think I'll start us off, and see how much of Africa I can take over with Morocco in 30 years.

[mainiac]

Wow, that is a great price on steam.  A word or warning though: Paradox games are highly modifiable and steam tends to not play very well with mods at all.

[Farseer]

This looks fun. I think I'll start us off, and see how much of Africa I can take over with Morocco in 30 years.

Sounds good. I'll add you to the turn list.

Wow, that is a great price on steam.  A word or warning though: Paradox games are highly modifiable and steam tends to not play very well with mods at all.

Steam is terrible for modding trouble. About the only game I've ever managed to mod on there is Oblivion.

[Simmura McCrea]

2 things.

First, modding EU3 is fine on Steam.

Second, I'd wait until the upcoming patch for Divine Wind, since currently it's buggy as all hell. Playing as a horde is a death sentence and cascading alliances ruins almost every war, since you end up with half of Europe against you and the other half on your side.

[Digital Hellhound]

In as Burgundy if it's still alive/unvassalized by 1430.

[Toady Two]

Just ask and I'll take this down. Remember that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, though. :p

Ha ha, I've got no problem with this. TBH keeping both the HttT and IN list updated was pretty encumbering for me so I'm relieved that I don't have to make a new one for DW. Best luck to you guys.

As for me I've recently discovered my masochistic tendencies and started playing Magna Mundi Ultimate, so I won't be getting DW on steam until an update from team MM is released for the expansion.

[Farseer]

Second, I'd wait until the upcoming patch for Divine Wind, since currently it's buggy as all hell. Playing as a horde is a death sentence and cascading alliances ruins almost every war, since you end up with half of Europe against you and the other half on your side.

Just like real life! :p

Got any patch notes for this?

In as Burgundy if it's still alive/unvassalized by 1430.

Added to turn list

[Farseer]

I think, after playing DW for a bit, I'll play as whatever Japanese shogun / daimyo is strongest on the third turn.

[Digital Hellhound]

So Nirur, how many years do you have left?

[Nirur Torir]

I'm halfway through. I expect three days to get the save up at the absolute latest, and then I'll take another 24-48 hours to get the AAR up.

The Iberians weren't any trouble to fend off, despite their persistence, but they did cost me a not-so-great casus belli against Algiers.

The English have completely annexed Ireland, and only three provinces remain in Scotland. They've also taken Roussillion, just for the fun of it.

Burgundy's lost three provinces to France with no gains in the HRE, but I expect they'll soon use their conquest mission to annex Hainaut/Holland. Either that or the Bavarian emperor will crush them in amusing ways.

Lithuania is down to about 20% of its initial size, and I doubt it will survive to see the third player's turn.

The Iroquois are down to one provinces. Can they turn it around before the Iberians arrive, to be the undisputed leaders of Lake Ontario?

[Farseer]

Lithuania is down to about 20% of its initial size, and I doubt it will survive to see the third player's turn.

Thank god. No giant pink blob, hopefully.

The Iroquois are down to one provinces. Can they turn it around before the Iberians arrive, to be the undisputed leaders of Lake Ontario?

Probably. The lack of forts in the Americas means warfare there is very fluid.

[Digital Hellhound]

Ouch, I was hoping for France to get raeped by a swarm of other european majors. But as long as they didn't take the rich northern provinces, it should be fine.

Lithuania is down to about 20% of its initial size, and I doubt it will survive to see the third player's turn.

Thank god. No giant pink blob, hopefully.

I'm more afraid of seeing Ming eat up the hordes and end up in russia again. Seems to be happen stupidly often in DW. It's either that or a catasthrophic collapse.

[Silent_Thunder]

Ill take a turn as an Irish Nation, not sure which, need to see how it goes, and if it survives If not I'll make my decision before my turn comes up.

[Farseer]

Ill take a turn as an Irish Nation, not sure which, need to see how it goes, and if it survives If not I'll make my decision before my turn comes up.

Added you to the turn list.

Come on, Nirur. :p

I wish we had more players, too.