Morning, Holla Forums.
For those of you not familiar with the game in the screenshot, this is Hearts of Iron 3, a grand strategy game that takes place during World War 2. I'm also running a mod called BlackICE, which adds another layer of complexity to the game which satisfies my autism.
Now, a common practice within the grand strategy community is to create "AARs," which are essentially screenshot-narratives of their campaigns, which sometimes have an audience interaction component.
Since I know that Holla Forums does have an audience for grand strategy games, I was wondering if there was an interest in an AAR managed by Holla Forums?
Holla Forums will control:
Decisions taken on major events. This will allow you to decide the course of the Soviet Union. For example, an early decision offered to the player is whether or not to pursue military purges.
Laws enacted: There are a number of different sectors of law that control things like the quality of training for the military, newspaper censorship, etc.
Politics: HoI3 allows the players to decide what political direction their country will take via ministers, espionage, and internal factors. Holla Forums will be able to control which ministers control what section of the government.
Diplomacy: Holla Forums will decide what direction is taken during diplomacy. Over the course of the game, the Soviet Union will have plenty of opportunities to entice other countries towards the Comintern through espionage, political manipulation, and simple diplomacy.
I will control:
Military action and organization: It would simply be too tedious to allow Holla Forums to decide the exact makeup of the Soviet military. In HoI3's 1936 start, the Soviet military has 8 army groups, the highest level of military command. I intend to cut that in half.
Production: The Soviet Union, by the middle of the game, will be capable of producing hundreds of brigades at a time. It will be too tedious for Holla Forums to decide what exactly is built and when, so I will decide that.
Technology: The HoI3 research trees are quite expansive, and deciding what to research by committee would be tedious. There's typically one path for a country to go down anyways.
Intelligence: Mostly for stealing technology, military sabotage, etc. Holla Forums will decide whether or not Soviet spies attempt coups and what-not, but I will decide what they're focusing on for the most part.