Slave trade was complicated and aimple at the same time. “Taking the Dahomey region as an example (drawing from Lee, Waging War, 265-72), you can see the clear impact of that strategic dilemma as the slave trade explodes, from perhaps… Read More »Collections: Teaching Paradox, Europa Universalis IV, Part III: Europa Provincalis
Trade, slavery and making it. “On the one hand, there is a desire not to white-wash history and simply remove real things that really happened. On the other hand, no one wants their historical game to end up as a… Read More »Collections: Teaching Paradox, Europa Universalis IV, Part III: Europa Provincalis
When leaders go crazy.
She was not a hero.
Forces at play also in the real world. “So Burgundy is essentially in a race where it starts four feet behind and must sprint to catch up. Burgundy has to assemble power faster than France in order to remain secure.… Read More »Collections: Teaching Paradox, Europa Universalis IV, Part II: Red Queens
Basic overview if you do not know much.
Even good games need to simplify. “The state has precise knowledge at all times of how much manpower they have available state-wide, how many sailors, exactly how much money and so on.These were things that pre-modern states generally did not… Read More »Collections: Teaching Paradox, Europa Universalis IV, Part I: State of Play
Its about the North Pole.
Pamätám si toto ako dieťa.
Quite the opposite. Soft version of 1984.