/gsg/ - Grand Strategy General

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How fares your empire, /gsg/?

This day in history, August 29th:
1521 – The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade).
1526 – Battle of Mohács: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia.
1541 – The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.
1871 – Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration.
1910 – The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.


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the american civil war is the saddest war of all time

>not WWI

>4chinz gonna hack u XD
t. every media outlet, 2016

>Killing Yankees is sad

>not WWII
all those innocents germans killed and nobody knows about it

ww1 was just a bunch of europeans chimping out like they always do. How is that sad?

WWI didn't tear families apart.

In what video game?

Should I make Glitterhoof my designated regent? I've already made her a nun.

Daily reminder that La Plata is the rightfull capital of Argentina and the United Provinces

>WWI didn't tear families apart.

grid cities are hideous and autistic

in what game

Marry her

just like this general

Vic2

Whenever I play the USA I always dread the ACW and cry whenever I see those precious POPs go down

Paradox hates Canadians and doesn't let you marry horses.

marry her

t. cobra

t. Alexios the Grande

Yes they let you do it.

They used to let you. Not anymore.

They said they weren't going to patch it because they thought it was funny.

What should I do to unify and westernize the chinese in vic2

Why is US population growth so low in Vic2?

This unironically makes me want to puke every time I look at, looks so dead, dirty and even ineffective.

>just married a horse gonna post this shit to /r/paradoxplaza for some epic karma xD

>dead, dirty and even ineffective.
its argentina

Everyone's pop growth is slow in vicky with the exception of Grossgermania.

Wow. Even worse than Jan Mayan.

Where's the link to the new DLC? Why is all the pirate stuff gone from the archive?

As an emperor in CK2, if I give out Kingdom titles I should keep one to myself for my demesne, right?

yesa

>Where's the link to the new DLC?
extratorrent.cc/torrent_download/5129119/Crusader Kings II: The Reapers Due-CODEX.torrent
stuff in the archive got taken down because of mad aspies reporting it

Never give out any kingdom titles.

when I played as germaniums none of my pops emigrated lad

Yes

They get to +22.5m pops even of they keep a constant amount of monthly emmigrants at 2k pops and get no healthcare reforms and no generic events that give you an extra pop growth.

how the fuck am i supposed to reform the hre when i get -0.1 authority a month because of heretic princes and i have no cb to make them convert

You don't, form Grossgermania instead.

What's the best way to play as Israel in vicky?

I really want to play Turkey in vic2 but hate big blobby countries
how do I play it?

To those playing new CK2 DLC, how are you playing Vanilla?

I miss AGOT mod and HIP :( I genuinely like the new DLC, kinda dumb as shit honestly but I like how many people are dying it's making my game more fun.

Someone mind telling me what the point of this thread is? "Grand Strategy" isn't exactly a name of a genre or video game.

But grand strategy is the whitest, and therefore the best video game genre.

Roleplay as an authoritarian monarch leeching off your country for you and your noblemen, lose the Oriental Crisis after threatening anyone who dares to support Egypt, don't pass any reforms at all but the ones that give you more jacobins (otherwise literally no jacobins will spawn until the 1880s).

Yeah I'm on the same boat as you friend
I honestly tried playing with HIP but I just can't
new DLC seems pretty funny though, and the optimization/options menu is actually something good for once

I'm asking seriously. What is this thread about? Is it literally just "Strategy Games General" with a fancy name?

It is tho.

Not according to TVTropes.

Yeah, I love the customization options and the diseases (once balanced heh) are gonna be good so... Guess I'll just avoid the game for now

>TVTropes

>What is this thread about?
liquor and liquor accessories

I just went back to 2.5.2 with HIP
hopefully it updates sooner rather than later

i dont wanna

It's an autism containment general.

No one here actually believes that Vic II is complex, right?

If roses are red
and turkmen are white
why do they blend in
so well at night?

Only redditors do.

Yes, it's really sad when freedom does not prevail.

Vic 2 is easier than eu4. eu4 actually has complex war mechanics. victoria 2 is just stacking troops.

I'm trying to find a better strategy game than Dom4. Any recommendations?

>pdx gaems
>complex

Why is literalyl every CK2 screenshot featuring a character with an eye patch?

History/autism simulators
Our OP always has an infotopic exemplifying what kind of games "Grand Strategy" is. The ones that areost posted here are Crusader Kings 2 (feudalism, Crusades, Mongol invasion, etc.), Europa Universalis 4 (Mercantilism, Age of Enlightenment, etc.), Victoria 2 (Industrial Revolution, Scramble for Africa, WW1, etc.), Hearts of Iron 3 (WW2) and Darkest Hour (WW1 up to the start of the Cold War). We would get a Cold War game some time ago but, like in every company, we got that one big jackass who always fucks up and ruins everyone's fun.

alright can we please establish list of all true grand strategy game:

victoria 2 aka vicky aka liqy
life is trange
civilisations 2, 3, and beyond earth
hearts of iron 1 and 2
darkest hour light (not full)
for the glory


anything else needs to be added?

It's got events and a flag and everything, lads

Is Japan supposed to be a great power by 1859, assuming I loosely consulted some guides? Just learning the mechanics. I researched idealism after westernizing and now my prestige and military are ranked 7th.

A lot of people play Pagans, and Pagans have a decision that lets you go full Odin and carve out your eyeball for ancestral wisdom. I don't know why the new DLC coming out gave everyone a Norse boner.

Vive la Malaysia!

fuck off with your gay meme mod

Is it worth the trouble to try to restore the ERE as Byzantium in EU4?

You see, paradox coined the term "grand strategy" as a marketing ploy, which they use to refer to their badly made map painting simulators, and given that this general is about paradox games, it's called """grand""" """strategy""" general.

What are some unironic new pop types you would add to the game?

I would add colonists: state-funded, specialized groups of people who have an extremely high colonial migration rate and thus will allow you to send people to your colonies no matter how good or shitty the conditions in your homeland are.

They would get paid off the administration budget and buy a large variety of goods for their needs: mainly goods they need for any colonization efforts such as guns, ammo, fertilizer, explosives, cement etc.

Once they migrate to a colony they will promote into farmers/labourers, clergymen, soldiers, bureaucrats and landowners at a higher rate.

Like I said, it's a way for a government to send well-trained people to develop their colonies if they can afford it and if no ordinary citizens are willing to go there by their own.

>life is trans

what the fuck is this meme mod?

It's only supposed to be a great power by the 1890s, via modeling its armies and politics after Germany and conquering Korea.

the fucks up with that image

If you've united Japan, then yes, considering how fast Japan can westernise

Basically by the time you unite and westernize, you'll be a GP

Probably because of the new viking traits, plus the shieldmaiden interactions.

Yea I'm just familiarizing myself with shit before doing a RP session.

Makes sense.

because new meme dlc featuring "in-depth" epidemic mechanics.
It would be cool if they hadn't cranked the diseases up to max as the default so reddit can play one game, get their greentext and then never touch it again until the next memeDLC is released.

NEETs/hikikomori who refuse to get jobs and are basically a strain to the economy, living off welfare or their parents' pensions. they have less needs than other pops since most live in shit conditions IRL

keep it to just NWO tho

why does borderless window for victoria 2 suck ass

Kay.

Reminder that Hokkaido isn't actually part of Japan.

Download for mod?

Where could I find some sweet torrents for AGEod games?

I want to marry Arumba!

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How would you get this pop type if it promotes to everything else?
What would they be doing if you have no colonies yet?
Genuinely curious because I don't even get colonizing in vanilla very well

Prepare to get neglected and have your son going to the hospital.

Don't be ridiculous.

We do love anime, right?

is there any way to stop this event from happening over and over again? i assume it is a bug

Of course!

How many EU IV achievements have you gotten?