PDOX Games VIII: Communism Will Win

[The Huskar Social Union]

You know your religion is fucked when realms are converting to a heresy.

Well, this will be fun. Oh, come on man, that's just embarrassing.

Wait, I won that battle? No wonder they call me the Sword of the Greatest.

And just for lolz, I give you Frankensweden. Truly the product of a psychotic, syphilitic mind.

That world is horrible, burn it

[Ism]

You know your religion is fucked when realms are converting to a heresy.

Well, this will be fun. Oh, come on man, that's just embarrassing.

Wait, I won that battle? No wonder they call me the Sword of the Greatest.

And just for lolz, I give you Frankensweden. Truly the product of a psychotic, syphilitic mind.

That world is horrible, burn it

Special treat: religious map mode. Yes, Catholicism has been at 0% MA for decades, why do you ask?

[The Huskar Social Union]

That world is horrible, burn it

Special treat: religious map mode. Yes, Catholicism has been at 0% MA for decades, why do you ask?

the fuck happened

[Ism]

Special treat: religious map mode. Yes, Catholicism has been at 0% MA for decades, why do you ask?

the fuck happened

Pagan reformations in the east+ Rise of Sh'ia taking out the Umayyads a decade in+ 200 years= Catholicism collapses

It's basic math Huskar, try to keep up.

[Ostroeuropa]

Plutocratic coup is going to fire as Ottomans and I might just... not deal with it?

-25% Forcelimit modifier, -25% manpower... none of this bothers me. -25% Sailors?

Dude. I'm the ottomans. None of that matters.

-1 Prestige?
Ehhhhh....

The only bad bit is 10% morale.

But then... this disables disasters?
So...

*ponyshrug*

[The Imperial Reach]

You know your religion is fucked when realms are converting to a heresy.

Well, this will be fun. Oh, come on man, that's just embarrassing.

Wait, I won that battle? No wonder they call me the Sword of the Greatest.

And just for lolz, I give you Frankensweden. Truly the product of a psychotic, syphilitic mind.

That world is horrible, burn it

Special treat: religious map mode. Yes, Catholicism has been at 0% MA for decades, why do you ask?

Cursed images.

[Abserdia]

A pretty interesting situation in Central/Eastern Europe.
I'm playing with the Elfangor Season Pass mod (focus trees for Scandinavia, Switzerland, Austria, Liberia and Ethiopia) as Sweden, and this game has taken an unexpected turn.
Austria reformed Austria-Hungary and formed an alliance with Italy and Czechoslovakia (now Bohemia).
They then declared war on Poland.
Germany wanted the Sudetenland and declared war on Bohemia.
Now it's a war with Germany and Poland on one side, and Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Italy on the other.

It could really go either way.

[Bralia]

You know your religion is fucked when realms are converting to a heresy.

Well, this will be fun. Oh, come on man, that's just embarrassing.

Wait, I won that battle? No wonder they call me the Sword of the Greatest.

And just for lolz, I give you Frankensweden. Truly the product of a psychotic, syphilitic mind.

I had no idea that mass conversions were a thing that mass converters could go for.

[Ism]

You know your religion is fucked when realms are converting to a heresy.

Well, this will be fun. Oh, come on man, that's just embarrassing.

Wait, I won that battle? No wonder they call me the Sword of the Greatest.

And just for lolz, I give you Frankensweden. Truly the product of a psychotic, syphilitic mind.

Special treat: religious map mode. Yes, Catholicism has been at 0% MA for decades, why do you ask?

Cursed images.

You just don't appreciate the artistry of advanced bordergore.

You know your religion is fucked when realms are converting to a heresy.

Well, this will be fun. Oh, come on man, that's just embarrassing.

Wait, I won that battle? No wonder they call me the Sword of the Greatest.

And just for lolz, I give you Frankensweden. Truly the product of a psychotic, syphilitic mind.

I had no idea that mass conversions were a thing that mass converters could go for.

What?

[The of Japan]

Cursed images.

You just don't appreciate the artistry of advanced bordergore.

I had no idea that mass conversions were a thing that mass converters could go for.

What?

but mein eyes!

[Bralia]

I had no idea that mass conversions were a thing that mass converters could go for.

What?

My brain exploded. My apologies, you shouldn't have witnessed that.

I had no idea that heretics* were a thing that mass converters could go for.

[Grenartia]

You know your religion is fucked when realms are converting to a heresy.

Well, this will be fun. Oh, come on man, that's just embarrassing.

Wait, I won that battle? No wonder they call me the Sword of the Greatest.

And just for lolz, I give you Frankensweden. Truly the product of a psychotic, syphilitic mind.

People getting syphilis? In MY pre-Columbian Europe?

[Purpelia]

People getting syphilis? In MY pre-Columbian Europe?

It existed in Europe before that. It is my understanding that the natives just happened to carry a particularly bad strain that they passed on. But like Europe had it all throughout in some form.

[The Imperial Reach]

What?

My brain exploded. My apologies, you shouldn't have witnessed that.

I had no idea that heretics* were a thing that mass converters could go for.

Yup. In my last Byzantium game I mended the Great Schism and then thoroughly crushed Catholicism to the point it's moral authority was nonexistent. Pagans were still asking to convert to it, derp. Paradox should probably tweak that; a religion with 0% moral authority shouldn't seem appealing to pagans at all - especially if it's a heresy.

[Ifreann]

My brain exploded. My apologies, you shouldn't have witnessed that.

I had no idea that heretics* were a thing that mass converters could go for.

Yup. In my last Byzantium game I mended the Great Schism and then thoroughly crushed Catholicism to the point it's moral authority was nonexistent. Pagans were still asking to convert to it, derp. Paradox should probably tweak that; a religion with 0% moral authority shouldn't seem appealing to pagans at all - especially if it's a heresy.

Some people like being immoral.

[Ism]

What?

My brain exploded. My apologies, you shouldn't have witnessed that.

I had no idea that heretics* were a thing that mass converters could go for.

Ah, yeah, I didn’t expect that either. But I guess they’re all just trying to Ben cool like Byzantium.

My brain exploded. My apologies, you shouldn't have witnessed that.

I had no idea that heretics* were a thing that mass converters could go for.

Yup. In my last Byzantium game I mended the Great Schism and then thoroughly crushed Catholicism to the point it's moral authority was nonexistent. Pagans were still asking to convert to it, derp. Paradox should probably tweak that; a religion with 0% moral authority shouldn't seem appealing to pagans at all - especially if it's a heresy.

Well, the Waldensian heresey is at around 30% MA and Catholicism has been at 0% for a long time now. And I’m not sure there are any Catholics around the converts anyway, just the Waldensian Byzantines.

[Purpelia]

It's not really unrealistic though. As faith looses ground the fervent believers will tend to flee or be driven out of their homelands (medieval times were not super tolerant) leading to them inevitably infecting surrounding nations. All it takes is one of those or a small group getting the ear of a king and they can do a lot of damage.

[Redemption-America]

A pretty interesting situation in Central/Eastern Europe.
I'm playing with the Elfangor Season Pass mod (focus trees for Scandinavia, Switzerland, Austria, Liberia and Ethiopia) as Sweden, and this game has taken an unexpected turn.
Austria reformed Austria-Hungary and formed an alliance with Italy and Czechoslovakia (now Bohemia).
They then declared war on Poland.
Germany wanted the Sudetenland and declared war on Bohemia.
Now it's a war with Germany and Poland on one side, and Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Italy on the other.

It could really go either way.

My money is on the side that doesn't have Italy.

[North German Realm]

A pretty interesting situation in Central/Eastern Europe.
I'm playing with the Elfangor Season Pass mod (focus trees for Scandinavia, Switzerland, Austria, Liberia and Ethiopia) as Sweden, and this game has taken an unexpected turn.
Austria reformed Austria-Hungary and formed an alliance with Italy and Czechoslovakia (now Bohemia).
They then declared war on Poland.
Germany wanted the Sudetenland and declared war on Bohemia.
Now it's a war with Germany and Poland on one side, and Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Italy on the other.

It could really go either way.

Unless something really hilarious happens, Germany and Poland are gonna win this easily tbh. I do wonder why they're *allies* tho.

[Abserdia]

A pretty interesting situation in Central/Eastern Europe.
I'm playing with the Elfangor Season Pass mod (focus trees for Scandinavia, Switzerland, Austria, Liberia and Ethiopia) as Sweden, and this game has taken an unexpected turn.
Austria reformed Austria-Hungary and formed an alliance with Italy and Czechoslovakia (now Bohemia).
They then declared war on Poland.
Germany wanted the Sudetenland and declared war on Bohemia.
Now it's a war with Germany and Poland on one side, and Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Italy on the other.

It could really go either way.

My money is on the side that doesn't have Italy.

You were right.
Germany and Poland absolutely destroyed the Austro-Hungarian alliance, then France, and now the Soviet Union.
I’m trying to hold them off at the Danish Belts but they have us pushed back to Copenhagen. Across the Baltic Sea it’s me and Finland defending Ingria from German and Polish troops.
Meanwhile, Far Eastern Siberia is rapidly falling to Japanese and Chinese forces.

Democracy on the World Island is pretty much dead.

The Soviet Union is inevitably going to fall, and when that happens, Finland will fall, and when that happens, Sweden will fall. My only hope is to create 10-level forts on my borders and wait for the U.K. to kick into high gear, preferably with the Communist States of America by their side.

[The Imperial Reach]

It's not really unrealistic though. As faith looses ground the fervent believers will tend to flee or be driven out of their homelands (medieval times were not super tolerant) leading to them inevitably infecting surrounding nations. All it takes is one of those or a small group getting the ear of a king and they can do a lot of damage.

I highly doubt Catholics would flee to pagan realms in order to avoid persecution. That'd like Jews fleeing to Nazi Germany to avoid persecution.

[Purpelia]

It's not really unrealistic though. As faith looses ground the fervent believers will tend to flee or be driven out of their homelands (medieval times were not super tolerant) leading to them inevitably infecting surrounding nations. All it takes is one of those or a small group getting the ear of a king and they can do a lot of damage.

I highly doubt Catholics would flee to pagan realms in order to avoid persecution. That'd like Jews fleeing to Nazi Germany to avoid persecution.

Why not? What is it that makes catholics so special compared to every other faith?

Also, I do not think you understand what I am talking about. The sort of people that convert monarchies top down aren't peasants fleeing prosecution. It's the former elite, the educated clergy or nobility (the two overlapped) who are now out of a job. That's the sort of people who would be welcomed into pagan reals by ambitious kings because they are learned and well versed in running things. It's how Christianity spread into a lot of pagan nations historically. Only now there are no strings attached as these people are NOT obvious servants of some foreign monarch. So they seem like the ideal catch.

And than they poison the mind of the leader.

[The Huskar Social Union]

A pretty interesting situation in Central/Eastern Europe.
I'm playing with the Elfangor Season Pass mod (focus trees for Scandinavia, Switzerland, Austria, Liberia and Ethiopia) as Sweden, and this game has taken an unexpected turn.
Austria reformed Austria-Hungary and formed an alliance with Italy and Czechoslovakia (now Bohemia).
They then declared war on Poland.
Germany wanted the Sudetenland and declared war on Bohemia.
Now it's a war with Germany and Poland on one side, and Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Italy on the other.

It could really go either way.

My money is on the side that doesn't have Italy.

Hey you joke but in the most recent versions of HOI4 ive seen Italy put up a hell of a fight and pull off the odd impressive move.


Also they seem to have a weird ass fixation with the Isle of Man and invade it every opportunity.

[Holy Tedalonia]

My money is on the side that doesn't have Italy.

Hey you joke but in the most recent versions of HOI4 ive seen Italy put up a hell of a fight and pull off the odd impressive move.


Also they seem to have a weird ass fixation with the Isle of Man and invade it every opportunity.

Nothing can fix that godawful national focus tree. They simply improved Benito.exe, so hes not a pushover.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Hey you joke but in the most recent versions of HOI4 ive seen Italy put up a hell of a fight and pull off the odd impressive move.


Also they seem to have a weird ass fixation with the Isle of Man and invade it every opportunity.

Nothing can fix that godawful national focus tree. They simply improved Benito.exe, so hes not a pushover.

Yeah, poor mozzarella land needs a new focus tree badly.



I will throw a shoutout though to the Italian army that fought me for a year straight in Ethiopia as the UK in an ironman game the other month. Steamrolled them in Lybia but the fuckers dug in and had like 40 divisions there, took for ever to root them out.