<div style='font: 11pt Dominion, Modern; text-align: left; '>Well, thanks for the post someone made last week about their civilization in Civ2, it got my drooling over the concept. So, I got Call to Power 2 this weekend. I don't know if I've been THIS addicted to a game in a long time.
I've spent over 10 hours on this game, and I'm still far from done. I picked Russia, always liked the place even if the name you pick doesn't matter. The beginning of the game was slow, Moscow and Kirov were started, and slowly Russian scouts went and explored my continent. By about 2500BC (starts at 4000BC), Russia had 5 cities and had also learned that it was alone on the continent. Word came in of a war between Ireland and Scottland, but the Russians did not care. Soon American and English scouts found and made contact with Russia, and America continued into Russian territory to "help" themselves to the trade routes. By now, Russia was on the verge of discovering gunpowder, so they declared war on the pety Americans. Little did they know it would be a war spanning 10 decades. Upon locating the American continent, the Russians spent the next 250 years sending cavalry, infantrymen, and cannons to that continent (I know, the timespan isn't realistic, but we had longboats damnit). During this time, Russian economy and cities flourished and became a Republic (was a tyranny). The next 400 years or so were spent with the Russian army InvictusInvictusInvictusInvictusInvictusInvictusInvictusInvictusInvictus (latin for unbeatable, cause they were) conquering US cities one by one. Minneapolis, Chicago, Detroit, Washington DC, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, New Orleans, etc, Until 1 city remained and US cried for peace (I only said yes because I couldn't find the last city at the time). After that, Russia prospered marvelously. The Renaissance had started during the war, and now it was in full bloom, nearing the modern era. Aviation is discovered, and Russia rules the skies. With the introduction of the machine gun infantry and artillery, the InvictusInvictusInvictusInvictusInvictusInvictusInvictusInvictusInvictus division is put on defense duty for the US region. Railroads sweep the Empire, and Ships of Steel entire the navy. Television is invented and the people of Russia rejoice :) Russia became a Democracy.
But the Irish people did not like this, they were jealous of Russia's prosperity. They had subjugated the Scottish in their early war long ago; maybe they thought they were unstoppable. So they decided to do the same thing that got the US; raid Russian trade routes. Russians retaliated and threw themselves into war once again. This war has been going on for about 1000 years, and is still going on. You see, the Irish may be large and defended, but they are no match for Russia's newest technology; tanks. After about 100years of buildup, the Russians attack the Irish coastline and eventually seize the first 3 cities with heavy casualties. During this time, the English (still riding around their Empire on horses) decided to start unprovoked war with the Russian people as well. Up until so far, the Russian navy has held most of the puny wooden transport ships at bay before they can do the Russian people any harm
Of course, England wasn't happy to just sit around on their horses (yes, I had tanks and they had horses still), so they decided to get in on the fun and mess with my trade routes too. The Russian people looked at the puny English continent and cities, asked the English people if this was a joke, and laughed. They turned around, and laughed some more. Then they dispatched a submarine and a destroyer to English waters, and turned their attention back to the Irish.
So that's the history so far of a Russia ruled by Tess the Great :) The people are VERY happy to be citizens, hell 1 turn after I "liberated" an Irish city, the citizens of that city had a parade in my honor and were "proud to call themselves Russians" :P Gives ya kind of a warm feeling inside.. no, wait, that's indigestion. Anywho, enough talk, time to go back to the front lines.
Shoulda been called "Call to Power II" Write your own damn History</div>
I've spent over 10 hours on this game, and I'm still far from done. I picked Russia, always liked the place even if the name you pick doesn't matter. The beginning of the game was slow, Moscow and Kirov were started, and slowly Russian scouts went and explored my continent. By about 2500BC (starts at 4000BC), Russia had 5 cities and had also learned that it was alone on the continent. Word came in of a war between Ireland and Scottland, but the Russians did not care. Soon American and English scouts found and made contact with Russia, and America continued into Russian territory to "help" themselves to the trade routes. By now, Russia was on the verge of discovering gunpowder, so they declared war on the pety Americans. Little did they know it would be a war spanning 10 decades. Upon locating the American continent, the Russians spent the next 250 years sending cavalry, infantrymen, and cannons to that continent (I know, the timespan isn't realistic, but we had longboats damnit). During this time, Russian economy and cities flourished and became a Republic (was a tyranny). The next 400 years or so were spent with the Russian army InvictusInvictusInvictusInvictusInvictusInvictusInvictusInvictusInvictus (latin for unbeatable, cause they were) conquering US cities one by one. Minneapolis, Chicago, Detroit, Washington DC, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, New Orleans, etc, Until 1 city remained and US cried for peace (I only said yes because I couldn't find the last city at the time). After that, Russia prospered marvelously. The Renaissance had started during the war, and now it was in full bloom, nearing the modern era. Aviation is discovered, and Russia rules the skies. With the introduction of the machine gun infantry and artillery, the InvictusInvictusInvictusInvictusInvictusInvictusInvictusInvictusInvictus division is put on defense duty for the US region. Railroads sweep the Empire, and Ships of Steel entire the navy. Television is invented and the people of Russia rejoice :) Russia became a Democracy.
But the Irish people did not like this, they were jealous of Russia's prosperity. They had subjugated the Scottish in their early war long ago; maybe they thought they were unstoppable. So they decided to do the same thing that got the US; raid Russian trade routes. Russians retaliated and threw themselves into war once again. This war has been going on for about 1000 years, and is still going on. You see, the Irish may be large and defended, but they are no match for Russia's newest technology; tanks. After about 100years of buildup, the Russians attack the Irish coastline and eventually seize the first 3 cities with heavy casualties. During this time, the English (still riding around their Empire on horses) decided to start unprovoked war with the Russian people as well. Up until so far, the Russian navy has held most of the puny wooden transport ships at bay before they can do the Russian people any harm
Of course, England wasn't happy to just sit around on their horses (yes, I had tanks and they had horses still), so they decided to get in on the fun and mess with my trade routes too. The Russian people looked at the puny English continent and cities, asked the English people if this was a joke, and laughed. They turned around, and laughed some more. Then they dispatched a submarine and a destroyer to English waters, and turned their attention back to the Irish.
So that's the history so far of a Russia ruled by Tess the Great :) The people are VERY happy to be citizens, hell 1 turn after I "liberated" an Irish city, the citizens of that city had a parade in my honor and were "proud to call themselves Russians" :P Gives ya kind of a warm feeling inside.. no, wait, that's indigestion. Anywho, enough talk, time to go back to the front lines.
Shoulda been called "Call to Power II" Write your own damn History</div>
