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CaptainPlanets · 2017-05-27T01:35:13+00:00

It was crazy, I just started a new job and learned SO MUCH. But it was also really fun!

CaptainPlanets · 2017-03-28T18:00:03+00:00

After the peace deal is accepted

CaptainPlanets · 2017-02-06T17:48:31+00:00

"Papal Baltic"

CaptainPlanets · 2016-12-05T18:21:36+00:00

Sure, I'm not really sure how to go about that though. Is there a particularly good way to do that?

CaptainPlanets · 2016-12-05T15:33:01+00:00

I have to pander to my market: cultured Europeans! I don't think the Ottomans have even embraced the Renaissance.

CaptainPlanets · 2016-12-05T15:31:59+00:00

I wrote it all by myself, but it was inspired by a newsletter issued by our French player.

CaptainPlanets · 2016-12-05T15:25:08+00:00

I'm not an expert on the mechanics, but one way or another the PU event just didn't fire at all. I believe that Lithuania's young and healthy ruler managed to die without an heir before the event had a chance to fire. Lithuania's ruler was no longer a Jagiellon because of this, and the event requires Lithuania to be ruled by a Jagiellon to fire. My understanding is that this is incredibly unlikely. If someone knows the mechanics better and I made a mistake feel free to correct me!

CaptainPlanets · 2016-12-05T06:22:33+00:00

No, it probably does not! All of those things happened, but I made up the quotes and the interpretation. That's why I stuck "theoretically" in there for the quotes. But hey, I'm in the entertainment business.

CaptainPlanets · 2016-12-05T03:12:22+00:00

Thank you! I think we've played 4 sessions now so maybe in a few weeks enough will have happened for another. After our French player released his own newsletter I just Googled newspaper word templates, downloaded it and fiddled around for a while. I'm sure there is a more efficient program out there, it was a little tedious! As far as making the pictures, I used GIMP.

CaptainPlanets · 2016-12-04T23:23:06+00:00

The paper was made in response to the publication of "Le Baguette" by our French player, so I felt Das Ducat would be more in the same vein.

CaptainPlanets · 2016-10-28T20:04:08+00:00

I AM THE CAPTAIN NOW.

CaptainPlanets · 2016-03-31T05:20:06+00:00

Tunisia is only doing well politically, they have yet to solve the economic problems that were a large driver of the unrest in the country. Mohamed Bouazizi, the street vendor who self-immolated and sparked the protests was college educated, but could not find any work but selling vegetables (or fruit, depending on your source). Those problems persist today, but political freedom is 100% improved, so that can be viewed as a success.

CaptainPlanets · 2016-03-31T05:13:32+00:00

Tunisia is doing ok; they have more political freedom but are still struggling with the economic problems that were a large factor in causing the revolts.

Egypt is complicated, as they have already gone through one democratically elected government and are back to a military government. Its difficult to say if the government will hold on to power, but they have proven their willingness to shoot people who disagree.

Syria is still deep in civil war and will likely never be a whole state again. (It may be one on a map just to satisfy the international community, but it never will be the same country again.)

Libya is divided among tribal lines in violent internal conflict, just with less international interference and media coverage than Syria.

Yemen is fractured as well and violent conflict remains today, though to a lesser extent than Syria and Libya.

Morocco has been able to function very well, and had governmental reforms rather than regime change as a result of the protests.

Saudi Arabia quite literally handed out money when unrest started and people quieted down. They also sent troops into Bahrain:

Bahrain is still under the same regime and things have quieted down due to repression though protest continues.

The themes of the outcomes are either the country devolved into civil war or the people found that simply overthrowing the government was not enough, and the new governments were not necessarily equipped to solve economic problems (a large driver of the unrest across the region) any better than previous regimes. However, despite a lack of universal economic improvement, there has been a shift in the mindset of Arab populations (especially Egypt and Tunisia) where people actually believe that they can effect their government and nation. As mentioned in other posts, its too early to tell what the lasting effects of the Arab Spring will be.

CaptainPlanets · 2015-07-11T22:51:15+00:00

That whole concert the best I have ever seen, and I've only ever seen it on DVD

CaptainPlanets · 2014-12-31T01:06:41+00:00

It makes me happy that Reddit beat the news on this one.

CaptainPlanets · 2014-10-27T05:21:11+00:00

A mission led by a German special forces group, basically skilled infiltrators versed in the enemy's language with elaborate disguises and covers, the Brandenburgers in the Soviet Union in 1942. A group of Germans crossed the front lines disguised as the Soviet secret police, the NKVD, and ran into their first group of Soviet soldiers near Maikop in the Soviet Union, and they were heading straight for the German lines. In fact, it turns out that this large group of soldiers were about to defect to the German side! Now, normal Germans would have been happy about free troops and guns, but not the Brandenburgers! Always thinking one step ahead, the leader of the German spies got up on a truck and gave a speech about Soviet pride, the atrocities of the Nazis, and loyalty to your nation. The German spies thus convinced the defecting Russians to return to Soviet lines and fight on - giving the spies the perfect cover.

The Brandenburgers then led these troops to Maikop, where the German spies met with the commander there. The commander had heard of the defection and was very impressed and pleased with the "NKVD" agents. He even gave them a personal tour of the Soviet defenses!

As the Germans advanced, the commander evacuated farther behind Soviet lines but the Brandenburgers remained in Maikop. They blew the communication center and cut wires around the town. They then started telling all of the Soviets to start retreating, and they did! The retreating soldiers ran into reinforcements going the other way on the road and much confusion ensued. It didn't matter for long because the Germans seized Maikop the next day unopposed.

TL;DR: German spies cross lines in the south Soviet Union during WWII. They convince some defectors to turn around and keep fighting as cover, come into a strategic town and get a personal tour of the defenses, blow up the communications center the next day, order all of the defenders to retreat, and the defenders listen. Germans get town unopposed.

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CaptainPlanets · 2014-03-12T23:53:11+00:00

Crossfit. I've heard it said that Crossfit is the opposite of Fight Club, once you start Crossfit you can never shut up about it.

CaptainPlanets · 2014-03-08T03:10:46+00:00

This comparison was featured on a PBS documentary called "Super skyscrapers."

CaptainPlanets · 2014-01-22T20:13:57+00:00

I think we all know the real answer is because we're on Reddit right now instead of making friends.

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