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"Oh danke Gott," Grünfeld whistled when he heard Müller's voice. He took a deep breath in preparation for a shout, but the smoke made him cough like someone who'd just burned through ten cigarettes...

Alois felt his head spinning, nearly turning his coughing fit into one of vomiting, as he came to. Just opening his eyes was a significant struggle, much less pulling himself up onto his feet. They...

"I played music," Alois said after three of his new comrades-in-arms had spoken. "Anything with strings, but especially the violin. And taught these instruments to the sons and daughters of the...

Absolutely disgusting and tragic on all fronts. A noose, a can of gas and a lighter would be too kind for the rapists, but heads need to roll among those cops and politicians who put 'racial...

Honestly I don't think it'll happen, at least not in the form of a sudden and unilateral expulsion of US forces. The Iraqis know they can't stand on their own two feet yet, and have already dialed...

It would seem events have unfolded more or less as I expected. Iran mounted token face-saving strikes that they forewarned us & Iraq about ahead of time, in so doing hitting an Iraqi base & airport...

1) Mm-hmm. And I'd tell you the conclusions I've drawn from having studied and witnessed what comes of letting Iran play its games with little in the way of direct checks like this since the Islamic...

1) Ah, but I'm not the one making sweeping declarations of knowing what's best for American foreign policy as if I were the Secretary of State or even a high-ranking analyst, despite being obviously...

Yeah you'd like that wouldn't you, too bad 1) you've got less than zero pull with anyone running the country and 2) even the Shiite Iraqis themselves don't want their country to be reduced to an...

Man, are you trying to give Exarch a run for his money in the realm of inane fantasies that reality's set to spoil? :laughter: The Iranians are lucky you don't have the Ayatollah's ear BTW, since the...

Meanwhile in reality, Iraqis are literally celebrating in the streets at the news of Soleimani's death. They're doing this even in Basra, which is almost as far south as you can get in Southern Iraq...

Yeah yeah, whatever. I bet Soleimani was thinking similar thoughts right before he got gibbed. If the next guy has any brains, he'll take a careful look of what remains of his predecessor while...

In this particular context? I'd think that was obvious.

Lol, we're currently here because of Iranian actions and reactions.

Step 1: Iranian proxies lob rockets at a US base in Kirkuk, killing a contractor
Step 2: US airstrikes kill 25 Iranian proxies...

Contrary to the scenario the OP is clearly salivating over, Kata'ib Hezbollah has :wub:ed right off with their tails between their legs after 100 reinforcements and a pair of Apaches were rushed to...

Etienne de Cloyes finds himself lingering outside of the Templar chapterhouse, internally daring to hope but wearing an uncertain expression. Was he, a farmer's son from France and still a child...

"Up, up! To arms! Today's the day that God's willed His home into our hands!" The sergeant had growled as he pushed and prodded the remnants of the People's Crusade, certainly the worst-equipped and...

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Age: 12 (b. February 27, 1087)
Title: N/A
Spouse: N/A
Children: N/A, he's a kid himself!
Traits (4 points): +1 Personal Combat, +1 Scout, +2 Survival

Etienne...

Russo-Turkish War - The 1790 Campaigns
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It's a new year for the new republic. Inaugural celebrations have died down and the nation must now finish sorting out its government's executive branch while also undertaking work on the economy and...

Not too bad Narf, we've got an American RPG going, which is currently a bit slow but still managed to live longer than our two previous games and is now on track anyway. Life is keeping me posting...

"Esteemed Senator Harrison, certainly I will cede the floor to you." Lionheart the younger, newly ensconced in the role of President Pro Tempore without any competition, rose to state formulaically...

A letter comes from the desk of President Lionheart to that of Governor Lindbergh.

A letter comes for Lionel Harrison, penned by President Lionheart's own hand.

A letter comes addressed to Jean-Baptiste Bellerose, penned by the hand of President Lionheart himself.

"All sounds well, save the tariffs." Arthur grimaced. Those would punch him and his fellow planters in the wallet, and he could ill-afford tension spiking in the South at this delicate time. They had...

"Not at all, Alexander." Arthur turned his full attention to Hamilton. "I would prefer that anything to do with a military or foreign affairs waits until we have the respective Secretaries in place,...

Lionheart raised an eyebrow at his Vice-President's outburst. It occurred to him how little he actually knew of the man, despite their conversation at the inaugural festivities - fair enough, he...

"I cannot nominate you to another cabinet position when you are already in cabinet my Vice-President, Richard." Arthur explained with a laugh. Well, theoretically he could, he supposed - he couldn't...

"Excellent, now that we're all here..." Arthur began once Clare had been allowed inside and taken his seat beside Hamilton. "I believe our first order of business must be to fill out the rest of the...

Hamilton is smoothly welcomed into Lionheart's office, which had been made pristine and organized over the last few days: a sign that the President was getting serious about doing his job, as...

"Oh, is that so?" Lionheart raised an eyebrow. He may not have much in the way of choices for appointments if nobody else stepped up, but the President wasn't so bereft of political sense that he...

Arthur Lionheart:
State power vs. Federal power: +1
No National Bank vs. National Bank: -1
State militia reliance vs. Standing military: +4
No tariffs vs. Tariffs: -3
Pro-French vs. Pro-British:...

See the politics rules for a more detailed breakdown of how issues will work on this game.

The current issues relevant to the states of the Union are:
State power vs. Federal power
No National...

"My thanks, esteemed gentlemen, for your votes of confidence. I promise your trust will not be misplaced in me." Lionel responded gracefully. All that remained for him to do now was wait and see if...

"Good and better. Though who knows, the stress of presidency might change that." Lionheart joked, laughing.

"I have not, honestly." He responded, a good deal more serious when the topic of the...

1789

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Arthur Lionheart - Planter
Annual base income: 4,000
Bonuses: +1 Wealth (200)
Expenditures: 0
Total income this year: 4,200

On the first day that the newly elected Senate is in session...

Following the opening prayers and speeches, Lionel Lionheart took the floor. "Gentlemen of the Senate!" He began, loud and forceful....

"Very good. I'll certainly need it in the coming days, months and years." Lionheart laughed. "Quite the irony fate's dropped into our lap, eh? Here we are again, Lionheart and Harrison, about to...

Ah, if only my father would take that last step. But Lionel had forcefully argued for a monarchy before, and been shot down by none other than his old man. This inauguration, which would have been a...