Recent content by mik_bakunin

just to clear up some misinformation here. 1. Jorvik was not founded by vikings, they merely controlled it as their capital in their small kingdom in England. It was later given to the norwegian king Eirik Blodøks by the english king Athelstan along with the rest of Nordimbraland...

as for a norwegian leader i would suggest harald hårfagre or olav kvite. harald was the first king of norway, uniting the country ca. 900 AD. olav kvite ruled a kingdom in ireland, man and south wales 852-870 AD. here's a short list of cities in norway founded before 1700. 871: Tønsberg...

the "viking age" was over long before the union between Norway and Denmark began. the kalmar union didn't come before 1397. the viking age ends with Harald Hardrådes defeat at Stanford Bridge in 1066, following which the middle ages begin, in norway at least. we operate with different definition...

a modern combat mod with british soldiers holding the suez? why? us and uk have the same allies in the area so why the suez? also, turkey never agreed to let the "coalition" base forces there. and i find that the scope of 9/11 is greatly exaggerated. one attack versus the IRA keeping the uk in...

Iraq was never a muslim state. thats why saddam and osama weren't the best of friends. anyone who tells you different is a government propagandist. :) and why only muslim terrorists. what about IRA, ETA?

i thought i'd do a bit of everything. a scandinavian scenario set in the middle ages makes sense, but a norway+denmark vs. sweden scenario set in the 16/17th century would also be fun. for the individual civs not for use in the scenarios i haven't made up my mind. for example, for a norwegian...

i would really like to object to the idea of a "viking civilization" being purely danish. i would call it scandinavian or danish/norwegian. for example, the norwegian Eirik Blodøks, at one time ruler of Jorvik(York) was son of Harald Hårfagre (albeit with his danish queen). i would say...

i'm currently working on a norwegian civ, as i'm getting tired of the usual scandinavian or viking civs (canute? there is no such name in any scandinavian language. the proper name would be knut, but english-speaking people have trouble with the kn-sound so they just change the spelling.) also i...