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I just picked up HOI2 after a while and decided to play a NatSpain game. I was originally planning on an axis support game, but things developed badly with the Germans and Japan and by late 43 the Russians were in East Germany. After building IC and tech since the end of the civil war I...

I've read two the the latter books in the series, and had a question on the Confederate blacks in the series. Can anyone clue me into why they use classically inspired names?

'The Big One' is an is out there also. Germany lasts longer and gets nuked into rubble as a result. The style is very similar to the two you mentioned.

Burnedcouchia? Even today you can sense the cultural differences in north/south WV. The north has a definite rust belt/coal mining feel while the southern part of the state seems to bring the twang. I lived there for two years (from PA) and felt right at home in the north of the state.

Cant imagine NATO would want to keep Greece and Turkey after they used the Russian maskirovka as an excuse to not fullfill treaty obligations. Some other thoughts: How bad would German reconstruction be? Which direction would Sergetov and Alexandrov move the USSR? Would the apparent...

I got Doomsday spring and just finished my best game. As Turkey joined the allies in '42 took the balkans, slovakia, south germany/austria and france while the soviets took north germany, scandinavia and the czechs. I waited out the rest of the game to see if the wwIII would trigger and how...

If i remember the book right that was exactly what the Politburo envisioned. The problem being that exports were what they were using to pay for western grain. The energy production wasnt enough to continue sufficient exports to pay for grain and keep soviet agriculture and military production...

Thats "Profession" by Isaac Asimov from Nine Tomorrows. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profession_(short_story) The second is an Asimov story also. The title is "All the Troubles in the World" also from Nine Tomorrows. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_Troubles_of_the_World

Im thinking about buying HOI2. Can anyone give me an idea of the best version to pick up? I was thinking of either the "Doomsday" version or the "Platinum" version. Can anyone recommend any good mods?

In light of the US' obvious concerns regarding Soviet troops near the straights, knowing an invasion would risk potential war with NATO and given the handling of the Lebanese Hostage siutation by the KGB... from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon_hostage_crisis...

When I read about white settlers in Africa and someone mentions 'serfs' upthread, I start to think Draka... Purely for purposes of the thread, what if native Africans lacked the immunity to European diseases in the same manner as native Americans. Maybe the Sahara is more of a barrier to...

Theres an unfinished project to put together a vaible Draka timeline here. http://www.stardestroyer.net/Armour/ShepStuff/Website/DrakaWB/index.html I've only read the omnibus, can anyone tell me what I missed from the original novels (kinky lesbian sex?)