EU3: Divine Wind Succession Game

[TinCow]

I'm not really concerned about realism. If you want to colonize North America as the Mameluks, go right ahead. Play however you see fit during your reigns, whether it be roleplaying, historical, pure fun, randomness, or whatever else you want. The only rules I would put down would be to not intentionally sabotage the game for other people, and no reloading unless you actually mis-click something important (like a peace treaty or major stability hit event or something). If you lose a major battle due to not paying attention, deal with it and move on, it makes the game interesting. Barring that, run the faction as you want to while it is yours. The objective is just to see how a faction develops when it doesn't have some overarching mastermind plan behind it. That will also likely make it more interesting for the individual players, as we'll find ourselves in situations we never would if we had been playing the whole thing ourselves.

No need to stay in a monarchy. The republics have leaders as well, and they can sometimes stick around longer than monarchs, depending on the circumstances. I would say though that if your monarch/leader/whatever dies less than one year after you start playing, you can play the successor as well. A regency would be treated like a normal reign, so it goes to a different person who plays the regency and hands it off when the heir comes of age (unless that is less than one year).

[pevergreen]

No need to stay in a monarchy. The republics have leaders as well, and they can sometimes stick around longer than monarchs, depending on the circumstances. I would say though that if your monarch/leader/whatever dies less than one year after you start playing, you can play the successor as well. A regency would be treated like a normal reign, so it goes to a different person who plays the regency and hands it off when the heir comes of age (unless that is less than one year).

4 year turns, unless you re-elect, which IIRC not all can do. May be wrong there.

Regencies are a weird thing. Quite a few times you're in for a long one and heir dies. I really would suggest sticking to a monarchy, just makes it easier.

I'm ready to play whenever.

[miotas]

Sounds interesting, count me in.

Noble republics have 8 year terms and I'm pretty sure all republics can re-elect. Despots and dictatorships should also work if we chose not to use republics.

[TinCow]

For the 4 year republics, perhaps two elections per player or something. It takes a long time to get to most republics anyway. If the game lasts long enough for that to be a realistic issue, we can discuss it in more detail then.

Any opinions on country?

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Gah! I would join but don't have Divine Wind yet.

[Secura]

So, how does this work? You agree on a nation, say... Castille, and then when the monarch dies you pass the save file onto the next person? So that the story would tell the tale of the evolving country?

I'd play, but I'm not exactly good at the game; I usually play with AI aggressiveness low, Easy difficulty and no inflation... cos I suck. :P

[Ibn-Khaldun]

So, how does this work? You agree on a nation, say... Castille, and then when the monarch dies you pass the save file onto the next person? So that the story would tell the tale of the evolving country?

I'd play, but I'm not exactly good at the game; I usually play with AI aggressiveness low, Easy difficulty and no inflation... cos I suck. :P

You got the idea!

Oh and don't worry about your preferences. I also play with those.

[TinCow]

So, how does this work? You agree on a nation, say... Castille, and then when the monarch dies you pass the save file onto the next person? So that the story would tell the tale of the evolving country?

I'd play, but I'm not exactly good at the game; I usually play with AI aggressiveness low, Easy difficulty and no inflation... cos I suck. :P

Yep, that's it exactly. Here's an example of a game we started as Naples in the MMP2 mod. It didn't get very far, but it should give you an idea of what it's about. You can be as brief or as detailed as you'd like in the write-up. As long as you generally give a basic account of what happened during your reign, that's perfectly fine. A paragraph or two without any screenshots is good enough; if you want to write more beyond that you can knock yourself out.

Don't worry about difficulty at all. The entertainment is from watching the evolution of the nation over time as it's controlled by different people with different goals and different play styles. Conquering the world is not necessary, and is usually more boring than a game where simple survival is a struggle.

We can narrow down the faction by first deciding the area of the world we're interested in. I'd like to veto the Americas, Sub-saharan Africa, and Japan (don't like the way DW handles it). I am personally more interested in North Africa/Middle East, India, Southeast Asia, and non-HRE Europe (East or West).

[edit] First post updated with the bare-bones rules and a player list (order in which people signed up). Anyone else who is interested will be added on to the end of the list. Once the end of the list is reached, the game will loop back around to the beginning and continue until whenever.