*bump*
I decided to go through Gurps AE2 again; here are my Critics about the various TLs from it.
Cornwallis:
- How does Prussia (only with British support) survive not just one, but three wars against a coalition of Austria, France, Spain and Russia? Scharnhorst couldn't save that one either.
- Russian dominate abolishes the Orthodox church? Not just restrict, but abolish?
- Why didn't they try to take Japan and/or Alyeska from Russia in the Great War?
Ming-3:
- Why don't the Muslims try to retake their Holy Cities?
- Again, I'd have liked to read more about expansion in some areas, or about Russia.
Midgard:
- The Yanomami seem to be another case of space-filling empire.
Caliph:
- Why isn't the population much higher? Two billion in the four Caliphates, one billion in the Umma, 600 million under Jamahiriya, 700 in Hind, some more in China and Firanj... given that the deserts have been greened, Earth could feed many more people. Even if TTL Muslims weren't much interested in reproduction, their longer lives should help the population rise.
Aeolus:
- Is it possible to build a jet engine from scratch, if you don't have working planes yet?
- Does it make sense that the pope gets Italy?
- I guess Austria would have to fight much more to defeat Prussia.
Centrum:
- Could Toulouse and Sicily make the pope cancel a crusade?
- How does the Anglo-French empire manage not just the conquest, but also keeping the Muslims' lands, China and Russia?