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Because killing the ruler even in an absolutist monarchy doesn't stop his successor to continue the war. What kind of question is that?

Sugar and cotton allowed for the accumulation of the capital needed for the build-up of early industries according to some historians. No trans-Atlantic slavery makes the development of certain parts of the Americas much slower as well. The development of American colonies reinforced the power...

Thanks!

I had found a way to access the old wiki (pre-HoI 4) but I can't remember how to. Does anyone know if it's still accessible?

Frankly, with no 9/11 and no war on terror, the US would have a much better reputation. Alternatively, avoid WWI/WWII. The US stays mostly isolationist but intervenes in South America occasionally with small armies to protect its business interests there, but doesn't engage in the modern...

Because the setting is interesting enough despite my misgivings with it.

I feel you're patronizing me here. I don't care too much for Kaiserreich as it stands, it has too many flaws, but I like some of its core ideas (Central Powers victory, French and British syndicalism, Entente in exile, White Russia, tensions and wars in the Americas). However, I don't think all...

Kaiserreich is full of syndicalism wank. Some is needed to even have the setting stay recognizable, but much isn't and I suspect some devs may just want to push their pet ideology. It's most noticeable with syndicalism, but there's some unneeded Germanwank too. Wouldn't be surprised if there's...

Are DLCs needed to run Kaiserreich, or is base Hearts of Iton enough?

Seconding Fatherland, but more because of its depiction of Nazi society than the plausibility of the German victory it presented. My main complain is that it was a bit weak on the international stage. What's the deal with the Nazi European Union? Where do Italy, Hungary, Romania and other German...

Donut shaped? Now that would be original! I'd have to find a good base map for this, or find some help! :D I'm having a lot of thoughts on the economy. One thing I want is for 1 resource being enough to get a basic unit, that may actually be a militia/second line unit while regular infantry...

Map update! The goal remains to have a workable number of regions by combining some. Even in the "finished" countries, some feel like they have too many. The few regions worth 0 could be split among nearby ones unless there's a strategic reason not to. There's many small and random colonial...

What is tank technology like in the Kaiserreich universe? It was my understanding that Germany was ironically quite behind the times since the Entente's tanks weren't able to turn the tide, while red and sand France and red and snow Britain still made some experiments with them. The United...

Small map update: I've cleaned up the sea zones and I'm slowly making new ones. Africa is mostly clean (Ethiopia and Mittelafrika aren't done, and National France could use fewer regions as they have 10 so far). The Ottoman empire was simpler than expected but isn't done either with around 12...

It could work in theory. An idea I had was to print out the board in 2-3 separate physical board that could in theory could be played separately, but then it would be messy for things like Canada trying to help national France. I think I'll fuse some regions in the first playtest version, then...