Role Play Challenge, The Next Generation: Comrade Lenin's New Deal

Stalin used slavery to kill 9 million of his own people. Mao used slavery to kill off millions of his own people.

Police State/ Vasalage (that's what the inner party was: an aristocracy)/ Slavery/ Mercantilism (the Soviets sold arms to everyone not aligned with NATO) /Free Religion (State Atheism, but in reality Russian Orthodoxy and some Jews. Buddhists in Vietnam and China)

Here is another vote for the power of state property - it will make for incredible soviet tech and production rate.

Now that mad is far enough along - here's the synopsis of my shadow, which led to a dom win in the mid 1800s, and a score of 125k.

@ Mad

Haven't been keeping track of game going well I see. I love the specialist economy blah blah.what ever you call it. Production is King, hammer rule, pen is mightier then the sword, but is smashed by the

Mad, only you have Astronomy! The soviet people don't need Gunpowder right now, they do need their true faith! Research Communism immediately. Ah, and comrade Lenin wnats to build his beautiful palace.

Ah Comrades, I see that I was mistaken about this Hannibal of Rome. I sawhe did not want astronomy like the other capitalists and assumed he already had it, missing he wanted optics.

It is decided, Soviet people shall learn the abilities of State Property right away!

Disapointed that you haven't rearranged the names of your capitals! Moscow is ofc your capital - be it new or old - and has always been... (aware of the paradox - which is non excisting...)...

Mad, nice going there! The revolution is international! All countries must be directed by the Comintern, which is run by the USSR. I think the Red Army should crush the bourgeoisie of those countries and liberate them. The stars can wait, comrade.

Comrade Lenin: Caught Off Guard!

Comrades, there is much to discuss this segment! We have had great success but to be honest my friends, we have been lazy and caught off guard!

We start by deciding to research Communism followed by Physics! These are great technologies for Soviet people, and are much more important than any others! However, we are desperate in beakers to research Communism, so we make some fillin trade



Which allows us to increase science slider a bit!

In Moscow Great Sceintist Al-Khwarizmi is born. To spped along research we built a nameless academy in Moscow to take advantage of the many scientists we have there.

It is at this time comrades we had trouble



Comrades, I fear this may have been my fault. I was sitting down with this Napolean having some Vodka and I accidently called him the "Funny Little Frenchman". He became enraged stating he is taller than me and he is not French! I said, "Comrade Napolean, as not French and Holy Roman the same?" But comrades, that was when he declared war, and the sneak already had a force off our shores.



Galleons! How did he get them so fast! Well. it is no concern as we are now stuck defending Vitebsk against macesmen/Lankersteiners/trebs.



We must be prgmatic here friends, our CR promoted maces are no defense against trebs and this Holy Roman Melee units! So we retreat and taunt Napolean into attacking our city! SO he took the city and immediately demanded our surrender! Bah to that, we solified our forces (many from the barbarian war here were fogbusters) and then laid seige to our own city! And soon



Recaptured! We never saw another of this little Frenchman's army (sorry, there I go again) Little Holy Roman Emperor's army. At this point we also start constructing many walls and castles across Soviet Union.

Now Comrades, we focus on more important tasks here. We start by making trade with English Korean who has turned into our best trading partner here.



I was reluctant to trade Scientific Method as we wanted to be first to Physics, but Comrades your Chairman has a plan!

Because soon after



Yes Comrades, the very important technology for Soviet Peoples!

At same time we also pop Great Scientists Francis Bacon



And Great Spy Joe Matise from KGB!



And with several civics we want to convert to, we decide to launch a Golden Age with this Joe Martise Spy. The Soviet People were so terrified to see the great LGB agent they did not even consider any rebellion during Golden Age and agreed to government changes as it in Soviet Union best interest (and their's if you catch my meaning).



Great Soviet Union is now in State Property! We also adopt Nationhood as that best fits Soviet mindset and to be honest comrads that extra +2 happiness from Barracks allows us to NOT be dependant on foreign trade (although we gladly take it)!

So we use Superior Soviet production to get lot's of buildings and improve Soviet Army.

We also usedFrancis Bacon to Research a good part of Physics while we manually research the remainder during Golden Age and well before Korean!

Also, Agustus the Viking agreed to another grand trade



Good, Good. Another valued Civic for Soviet people although we had to wait 2 turns to convert.

Yet, we are still in Golden Age from KGB and Soviet citizans endure another government change without anarchy.



NOW we can run alot of scientist specialists getting twice the production!

So before end of Golden Age, we finish Physics and save here to here from Newly created Representative Soviet citizanship



Some interesting choices here.
Gunpowder seams very important as well as replaceable parts followed by rifling (which the French Holy Roman appears to be researching) and Military Tradition for Cossacks. There is also Democracy, but this does not seam very Soviet, still a necesary evil. Then there is Electricity which can be bulbed partly here by

Albert Einstein.



Ah Comrades, what to do with such a Great Mind! Electricity adds needed commerce to watermills and windmills, plus Soviet UB is 2 techs away (refridgeration and superconductors).

But just at the save we met with the Little Holy Roman Emperor



Let bygones be bygones Comrades, at least until Soviet Army is built up!

SO at the save

Technologies



We are doing well, but we do not want the English Korean getting ahead of us so no to trading Physics.

Still, perhaps this is a trade we may want



I know COmrades, economics is a filthy capitlistic tech but we need it to progress and we do NOT have adopt Free Market as we have State property! It also opens up the English Korean to accepting Communism in exchange of Replaceable Parts and our money back!

So do we accept???

Our cities



You can see mighty production! You can also see many castles will stop being built if we accept English Korean trade.

And finally Comrades, Demographics



Ah, Soviet Union is strongest at production! Perhaps bolstered little bit by Golden Age,but still excellent propaganda for Soviet People!

Once we get to Modern era we shall decide whether to invade and bring the State to the people or simply demonstrate superior Soviet abilities by building Sputnik!

for the record Napoleon was not so short in reality... but he was belittled by the Englishmen.

Make the trade and then then the follow up trade for RP. Use Einstein to work on Electricity and make that your next research project. Those three techs will provide an immediate boost to Soviet economy and production.

After that, I can't see any other choice but to go gunpowder, rifles, military tradition, because it seems highly unlikely that the Holy Romans won't be back for another round.

bestsss said:

for the record Napoleon was not so short in reality... but he was belittled by the Englishmen.

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Yep, I know it! Also there was always a debate when BTS came out if Charlemagne was French or German, so Frixas made him Holy Roman!

Time to go production and military. I'd say do the trades, go gunpowder-rifling and start drafting, then go chemistry. Or probably squeeze in military tradition after rifling.

At that point, see where you are. You could either do steam power for levees, steel for cannons, or bio for stronger farms.

Make the trade with Wang, get rifling, then head to steam/steel/RR/combustion. You'll want control of the seas, and those are powerful production techs for the Soviet economy. I'd then go for flight/fascism for carriers/fighters/paratroopers. After that, AL/elec/radio for infantry/bombers, and take over the world (if you haven't already by that point ).

1) We adopt no state religion, construct no religious buildings, missionaries, Prophet producing Wonders, or adopt religious civics. We tolerate religions in our cities or captured cities as they are the Opiate of the people, and Holy Cities may be spared for the extra income if captured. Consider this Soviet religious indifference.

Could you not be tolerant to the bolded out rule

In the old soviet republic there was no state religion, but many religions did inhabit the great republic.

Opting for Free Religion would not only have you given a big boon, it would have been accurate in history as well, plus in accord of your own Soviet religions indifference

Very nice game so far btw, please continue

fluxx said:

could you not be tolerant to the bolded out rule

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nyet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree with that - much more of a challenge to dominate with no religious benefits, Comrade mad lenin scientist.

I would like to add my voice to those calling for war! Rifling, Steel, Steam - churn out riflemen and cannon like there's no tomorrow, throw in a few airships since you can, and KILL!

Thank you.

PS - then maybe beeline for the UB, research with specialist only, and use the slider for espionage. Infiltrate KGB agents into enemy cities to undermine their resistance to the soviet war machine.

It would be waste of production capacity not to built the Red Army. I believe Comrade Lenin agrees that communism must be spread all over the world and using all the means in hand. Communism is a bit like medicine. It tastes bad and it can kill you, but everyone keep saying it's good for you.