Hey, just wanted to let you guys know about a great game I recently discovered called 'Hearts of Iron'.
It is a grand strategty WW2 game, based on the 'Europa Univeralis' game engine. You can choose any nation from 1936, 39 or 41 and the aim is to take as many provinces as possible for your alliance, either axis, the allies or the commies.
To do this you must use diplomacy (staging coups, influencing other nations to join your alliance etc) and/or war!
You can recreate Hitlers blitzkreig advance through the Ardennes or choose interesting alternate paths of history, such as not openeing up a war on two fronts as the Germans. (Hitler; what an idiot.)
The game also has events 'hard wired' in, such as the re-occupation of the rhineland and the spanish civil war, but your responses to these events can change the course of the game away from what happened in reality.
Research and internal politics also play a role in this massive game.
As you can tell, I'm very excited by this game, and have been playing it a LOT over these past two weeks.
I recommend this game to anyone with an interest in WW2 and who loves empire building games (like civ).
It is a grand strategty WW2 game, based on the 'Europa Univeralis' game engine. You can choose any nation from 1936, 39 or 41 and the aim is to take as many provinces as possible for your alliance, either axis, the allies or the commies.
To do this you must use diplomacy (staging coups, influencing other nations to join your alliance etc) and/or war!
You can recreate Hitlers blitzkreig advance through the Ardennes or choose interesting alternate paths of history, such as not openeing up a war on two fronts as the Germans. (Hitler; what an idiot.)
The game also has events 'hard wired' in, such as the re-occupation of the rhineland and the spanish civil war, but your responses to these events can change the course of the game away from what happened in reality.
Research and internal politics also play a role in this massive game.
As you can tell, I'm very excited by this game, and have been playing it a LOT over these past two weeks.
I recommend this game to anyone with an interest in WW2 and who loves empire building games (like civ).
) and show the Germans what Switzerland is made of. Or something.
