.png) Welcome to yet another Paradox mega-campaign! For those who’ve been here before, this will be quite different from Al Andalus and Jerusalem, but for those who have no clue what I’m on about — Paradox Interactive is a publisher known for their grand strategy games, a series of historical sandboxes where you pick a country, like England or the Ottomans or the USA, and guide them through the wars and major events of that time period. I’ll be taking a single save through multiple games, so we can watch as a country progresses (or regresses) from antiquity into the modern day. You don’t need to know any of the game mechanics to follow along, since this LP will focus entirely on the narrative —— the rise and fall of ancient empires, the spread of religion by the word and the sword, exploration and colonisation, imperialism and revolution and migration and more revolution, nation-states and world wars, and who knows, maybe we’ll throw about a few nukes at the end of it all. I’ve played through a few Paradox games before, and there’s a long history of mega-LPs before me, but with the current lineup of Paradox games looking very sleek, I’ve decided to go for something more ambitious than anything I’ve done before ——— I want to cover the entirety of Paradox’s historical grand strategy lineup, starting with…  Followed by…  And then moving on to…  Not done yet…  Almost there…  And we're done! No march of the eagles this time! With all that said though, the only thing left is to decide who we’ll be playing as… hashashash fucked around with this message at 21:23 on Aug 16, 2023 |
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.png)  (304 BCE to 250 CE) Part 1 — Prologue Part 2 — Sicilian Wars Part 3 — Uneasy Peace Part 4 — First Punic War Part 5 — Second Punic War Part 6 — Interbellum Part 7 — Third Punic War Part 8 — Interlude Part 9 — Empire Part 10 — Punic Peace  (650 CE to 1400 CE) Part 1 — Prologue II Part 2 — Barbarian Invasion Part 3 — Carthalo and Canmi Part 4 — Across the Narrow Sea Part 5 — New Rome, Old Carthage Part 6 — Bright Elissa Part 7 — Voyages Part 8 — To the Holy Land Part 9 — God and Gunpowder Part 10 — Jihad Part 11 — On the Black Sea Part 12 — Interlude II Part 13 — Papal Schism Part 14 — The Crusade Part 15 — Elissid Empire Part 16 — Second Son Part 17 — The Great Steppes Part 18 — Black Death Part 19 — Genghis Khan Part 20 — Into India  (1400 CE to 1836 CE) Part 1 — Prologue III hashashash fucked around with this message at 19:57 on Nov 21, 2023 |
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reserved again? why not
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Part 1 - PROLOGUE The year is 304 BCE, and the world is teeming with chaos and chance.  Wars will be won and lost, kings made and unmade, dynasties born and extinguished, empires forged and destroyed, wonders raised and gods torn down — east, west, north, south, the world is full of stories waiting to be written, but all stories have to begin somewhere. Where does this story begin? ———  VOTEA  KUSH We are the sons of kings and descendants of gods, and yet the scion of shepherds and soldiers now rule that wealthy country cradled by the Nile... but not for long. Our ancestors were Pharaohs, and that is not a thing easily forgotten. “Hear what I have done in exceeding the ancestors, I who is King, the representation of God, the living image of Atum…” - B  TEUTONIA Sit on the edge of the world, where the sea is frozen and drought sweeps across the land, and say that life is easy. Say that living as a slave to the gods is better than making your own destiny. Say that the thin light and long night is safer than the sight of your own blood. Say something, or else take up your sword and march to the beat of a long-awaited dream. “I dream of warm, sun-lit countries…” - C  JUDEA Beaten, trodden, hated, the Jewish homeland is ever threatened by the fortunes of those powers that reign all around. The time has come to break the shackles binding the faithful, and fulfil the destiny that God has ordained. “From the brook of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates…” - D  ANTIGONIDS The great empire of Alexander has fractured into Diadochi kingdoms that will feud and bleed at each another until one emerges supreme - and one must emerge supreme, or all is lost. “To the strongest…” - E  CARTHAGE The Mediterranean is poised to become the battlefield between the powerful, established Republic of Carthage, and the rising Republic of Rome. Whoever emerges victorious will surely shape the future of the West, and everything that follows. “I will use fire and steel to arrest the destiny of Rome…” - F  ROLL THE FUCKIN DICE If this option wins, I’ll roll a d5 and let the dice gods decide. - One thing to keep in mind - maybe don’t get too attached to any one place. I don’t want to spoil too much, but this LP will be relatively fast-paced and we’ll be moving about a decent bit. Just go with whatever strikes your fancy. VOTE! hashashash fucked around with this message at 17:21 on Nov 10, 2023 |
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Voting for D! A big hunk of land to start, with a challenge in keeping it.
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C, because I am always a sucker for underdog stories. Also I am bad at Imperator and want to see how you succeed.
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E! I love Carthage and the idea of a narrative LP in an anti-roman world is a very, very tempting one.
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D seems like the one with the most potential to be interesting early on from what I know of Imperator.
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A let's get that good kush going 
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A Show these upstart civilizations who's boss.
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A Alls Pharoah in love and war.
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Hellioning posted:C, because I am always a sucker for underdog stories. yep Imperator is probably my weakest game too (though I haven't played much vic3 yet), and is one of the few paradox games where holding together an empire can actually be a challenge - but that'll just make it more interesting anyways, here's are a few of the short-term aims depending on the choice made - Kush - topple those silly Ptolemies Teutons - unite the Germanic peoples and prepare to migrate Judea - survive Antigonids - reunite Alexander's empire Carthage - expand in Sicily and Iberia, because I'm sure there'll be no new threats emerging elsewhere hashashash fucked around with this message at 18:27 on Dec 21, 2022 |
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Dec 21, 2022 13:33
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F LET THE G-D(s) DECIDE
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F They all sound interesting.
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E Carthage, never expanding too much but releasing vassals who then go independent after some time.
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Dec 21, 2022 16:54
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A. I want something different.
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I mentioned this already, but I'll say it again in case people missed it - we won't be staying as the same country/region for the whole LP... maybe not even within Imperator. Still gonna be heavily linked obviously, but I won't spoil anything
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Voting A.
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Dec 21, 2022 17:26
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E— let’s make Cato the Elder spin in his grave!
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B!
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I'd like to change my vote if that's all right -- E please
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B or E, either way we can tell Rome to eat it
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A a) because ancient egypt rules b) as cool as carthage is, the idea of a megaLP where you have no latin at all and instead a severely dead language to create names sounds like an abject nightmare
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B Let's pack our bags and upturn the Mediterranean.
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We wil rule in The Nile - A
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E And furthermore, Rome must be destroyed.
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Going with E too. Because a world where Rome never really became 'A thing ' as much as it did sounds interesting.
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I'm here to canvass for more E/Carthage votes. Come on, people, although we may be shifting nations, the first one we choose will put history on it's course for the entirety of the megalp. I think we should do Carthage first because it'll move the political and cultural centre of gravity to a place seldom seen as interesting in paradox games and paradox LPs, but one that has a rich and deeply unappreciated history and importance in the world: North Africa.
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E because the Phoenicians and their descendant cultures deserved better than they got in history.
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