Victoria 2

[jimmy olsen]

I don't think they're that big. You're limited by the size and numbers of your ports.

[Razgovory]

I pretty much finished my game as France.  I had two years, but I had stopped caring. France went Fascist

[jimmy olsen]

1902- Things are going better. Military #1, Prestige #2, Industry #4 (rising fast, I now have the most factories).

Let's see, Spain has conquered most of Egypt and Brazil continues to expand in the west instead of the more profitable Rio del Plata for some reason. They've also crisscrossed the Amazon with railroads instead of the coast. 

Russia and Italy won a great war against Britain and the Ottomans. They also absolutely crushed a Chinese attempt to conquer Xinjiang, the Chinese are a great power on the account of their military, but it's fraudalent. Their tech must be way out of date.

The Germans have annexed Baden and Bavaria and Austria is no longer a great power. You'd think the Germans would want to sphere them, but apparently not.

[jimmy olsen]

Started with just 7.7% literacy, doing pretty well I think.

[KRonn]

I played Brazil a couple times in Vic 1, it was a good challenge, fun playing it.

[jimmy olsen]

What should I do after finishing off Bolivia? Expand my west coast at Peru's expense or annex that Argentinian salient? I'm leaning toward the former.

[Razgovory]

I started an AAR.  Unfortantly not much happened in the first 10 years.

[jimmy olsen]

It's 1906 and I've become a great power through the power of Jazz and Surrealism.

I've sphered Chile, Ecuador and Columbia, the last of which gave me the rights to build the Panama canal. I've also colonized Easter Island.

[HVC]

This brings back memories of our Vicky MP where a coalition formed to crush your expansionist ways lol

[jimmy olsen]

This brings back memories of our Vicky MP where a coalition formed to crush your expansionist ways lol

I haven't gone over the infamy limit once.

Germany is the menace of this game, they're constantly getting attacked and winning. They've annexed multiple French, Russian and Austrian states, along with a Dutch state, almost all in defensive war.

[jimmy olsen]

I've conquered Peru, finally gaining direct access to iron ore and precious metals.

[KRonn]

So you took over all of Peru now, along with other lands in the west and south. How is your infamy? Still not very high?

[jimmy olsen]

Infamy is the little red flag in the Politics block. 19.13 is pretty high, but the limit is 25.

[jimmy olsen]

Final update. I nipped off the Argentine salient and ended the game in a solid 6th place, 4th in prestige, 9th in industry and 4th in military. As of 1936, my 46.4 million people have a literacy rate of 99% and have researched all technologies, although a handful of military inventions have yet to be discovered. Unfortunately the game ended in the middle of a Great War that would likely have seen the Ottomans eviscerated.

[Queequeg]

What does Peru look like?  Do people still assimilate in to accepted cultures, or do you have immigration to the place that has completely swamped the "native" Peruvian population?