This is the final post on this story, as the game has been finished. Story of a kind people and "TGW" has combined for over 700 views!!! Not bad for a noob on the first try. Thanks to everyone who viewed and a special thanks to hoplitejoe and general olaf for helping me out when I was just starting. Also thanks to Neal's KOTW series which inspired me to post a story on the message board. And thanks to w/e guy advertised Neal's series somewhere else on the site which brought me too KOTW in the first place.
Now let us commence we left off after a bloody 11 turn war which claimed the lives of an estimated half a million American solders and united the island. Korea completed project after project; we were forced to declare war too stop them from winning a sci victory.
Like an idiot I didn't realize Korea's military would be way more advanced than ours since they were about to win a space victory. Our submarine showed us all we needed to know. Our fighters and bombers would be target practice for Korea's jet fighters.
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Korea's air-forces decimated my landing crew than sent in its Navy too mop us up.
Realizing victory was not possible I asked for peace with Korea. He was willing too pay too be able to focus on winning a sci victory.
The remainder of the American landing crew returned home in disgrace, America having lost it's second war of the game. A sense of failure spread through the empire. Korea was going to win the game and we were powerless to stop them. Honestly had this not been a game I was reporting I would have learned from my mistakes and started a new game. However I have to put a conclusion on the story so I waited it out. I kept building my infrastructure for something to do.
The next twenty turns I just waited for Wang Kong too put me out of my misery. He was only a few projects away when......
The empire of Maya declared war on Korea and ran through at an alarming rate.
I just happened to have my science slider turned up the last twenty four turns. When combined with Gandhi's research; American technology had mainly caught up to the rest of the world's. As a result I once again played an important role in global events. I folded up my couch, threw away my whip cream, shave my unshaven facial hair, and showered for the first time since our defeat. I stepped into the white house dusted the cobwebs and got things going.
So Pacal and his empire declared war on Korea. We have already let Pacal's strength get out of hand, if we let him capture Korea he will be way too powerful to defeat. We had two options declare war on Pacal and consequently start a war which would probably consume the world or declare war on Korea and try to catipulate them before Pacal does. Obviously I went with the second option.
I still had to modernize my army and prepare it for war.
It soon became clear that the Korea would be destroyed or surrender before I was finished. Left with no other option....... My empire declared war on Pacal's empire. World War II had begun.
Knowing I was in for one hell of a fight I switched too war-time civics for the first time since World War I.
Unsure where too make the first move I just kept building my forces. Carthage and France took the battle to the seas. I used my air-force which was already stationed there too give Carthage the edge.
Maya advanced on the last of Korea. My forces in Carthage were not yet upgraded, but I had no choice but too send them in and try too hold Maya off.
Failure
Native America's Navy arrived and broke the stalemate in the Naval battle off of Carthage's shores. Carthage's naval forces were destroyed. I backed him up while his reinforcements came. Native America and Fracne devastated my forces which I accidentally left exposed.
As the fighting intensified we got some much needed help.
Now it was a true global conflict.
Korea fell
Allowing Ragnar to focus his forces on my ally Gandhi.
Knowing Gandhi could not hold off the Vikings alone I told Saladin too take my place in the fight with France and Native America.
But not before I destroyed some of the French infrastructure.
The Aztecs and Russia took up the fight against Egypt and Germany. The South Western continent was at war two nations against two nations. Overall World War II now consisted off
The defending nations(America, Carthage, Arabia, Korea, Russia, The Aztecs, India, and Spain(who is a non-factor)
fighting
The aggressor nations(The Maya, France, Native America, The Vikings, Germany, and Egypt.)
In July of 1998 my forces began arriving in India.
On the South Western front. The Aztecs and Russia were pushing back Germany and Egypt and the Maya who were sending their forces to help their vassals.
On the northern western front, things weren't going so well... Ragnar's war machine was too much for Gandhi too handle with just a few reinforcements. I planned to break the stalemate on the home front and invade France, but I had too divert more and more of my forces too India.
Sitting Bull arrived placing more pressure on my forces who were forced to defend two of Gandhi's cities.
I did all I could too help out Saladin and Carthage, but alone they could not defeat France and Native America. On the South Western front things continued too go well.
Unable too take Gandhi's neighboring city the aggressor nations turned their sights too one of his interior cities. Placing even more pressure on my force which now had too defend three of Gandhi's cities. Gandhi's defenses were pretty consisted of only my forces after a while.
All of my allies were incredibly short-sighted; refusing to give me their techs so I could bring my army up too state of the art status.
Thanks too my Air-force I was able too destroy most of the stacks threatening Gandhi.
However, more arrived and took another of Gandhi's cities. Crippling his ability to reinforce his mediocre troop positions.
More and more of my units are sent too India. I was airlifting units into multiple cities on every turn.
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but more so thanks for a great story!
