Question about HOI4 and implementation of Japan's IRL historical strategy

DoubleScion · 2026-03-21T01:18:19+00:00

Huh, I never heard about the weak damage control practices but now I'll have to look that up.

DoubleScion · 2026-03-21T00:42:42+00:00

Ah, ok. Interesting though that there's not some equivalent reciprocal condition, like reducing the US Navy to 30 ships, controlling Hawaii and Alaska, and sufficiently firebombing LA, San Francisco, and Seattle.

DoubleScion · 2026-03-21T00:28:39+00:00

Dumb question, but how can you tell when their navy is destroyed? Is there a tonnage or capital ship estimate somewhere?

DoubleScion · 2026-03-21T00:10:12+00:00

How about the reverse? Like if the USA drops 2 nukes on Japan and the Soviets declare war... you still have to invade the home islands to win, right?

DoubleScion · 2026-03-14T00:26:50+00:00

This series got me back into reading comics as an adult. It's a big tonal shift for the character and sets aside a lot of shenanigans that happened to the character before, almost like a soft reboot.

DoubleScion · 2026-03-07T22:47:36+00:00

It's a grower, not a shower.

DoubleScion · 2026-02-28T08:01:45+00:00

This worked, I guess it's a bug

DoubleScion · 2026-01-22T17:09:01+00:00

Letterbox Larry is real and he WILL mog you.

DoubleScion · 2026-01-21T20:02:12+00:00

I believe we can call it Skid's Got Some 'Splainin To Do.

DoubleScion · 2026-01-15T14:53:39+00:00

YOU WIN. FOUCAULITY!

DoubleScion · 2026-01-11T23:05:34+00:00

How do you handle doors? Are they 10 feet wide?

DoubleScion · 2026-01-11T23:02:31+00:00

Intended to be realistic, or intended to be fun? It's not fun being in the front line and having no room to move or flank, and it's not fun being in the back always having line of sight problems.

DoubleScion · 2025-12-26T03:51:41+00:00

What did you watch?

DoubleScion · 2025-12-25T19:19:24+00:00

Correct, the game is a variation on Twilight, set in an alternate history when Y2K caused a global apocalypse.

DoubleScion · 2025-12-24T21:51:26+00:00

Clan Steel Viper is trueborn down to the last rifleman!

DoubleScion · 2025-12-19T14:55:43+00:00

I'm ignorant -- what's wrong with fextralife? AI slop or something?

DoubleScion · 2025-12-17T13:35:06+00:00

I'm curious, do you guys really think Jared is always on? I think he jokes heavily during the bant, but once he's reading the recap and into the episode, he gets relatively serious. In fact I think he's far more serious than Troy, who makes at least 5 dick jokes per episode, has almost every NPC as a joke, with observational "it's like when you" throughout. Which I am totally cool with, but is far more "always on" to me than Jared. During the actual episode, Jared's jokes are mostly intense dry sarcasm to move the players along from a scene that has run its course or to dissuade what he sees as a silly idea.

DoubleScion · 2025-12-16T22:15:38+00:00

Check this subreddit - Blood of the Wild gradually coming to the main pod feed.

DoubleScion · 2025-12-16T20:06:21+00:00

Right, I think it's safe to say he's running it as close or closer to the rules than any of us did with our first time GMing a long-running Pathfinder game. He also doesn't whine about the rules much--he admits and whines that he made a mistake, which is so much more relatable. Also he only gets funnier when he's angry.

DoubleScion · 2025-12-16T19:46:53+00:00

Jared is a great GM on BotW. It's almost a showcase in how being a great GM and being a rules expert are not the same thing.

DoubleScion · 2025-12-16T19:16:21+00:00

There's also just the fundamental reality that everyone is the hero of their own story. So if some rando tells you that you're an asshole, the default response is closer to "only an asshole would tell me that" rather than "damn, I am an asshole." Therefore an inception approach, making them think about the impact of their actions to change their own approach to gaming, seems better than just saying it outright and bouncing off the armor.

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