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We've been playing campaign games of Hearts of Iron on Monday evenings for some years now. First we started with the original Hearts of Iron, then HoI II and now we expect to start a new game with the Doomsday edition using the new 1.2 version. Long-standing players include Herodotus, Lord Ederon, Wishing Well and myself but, lately, we've been playing with up to 9 others and the resulting sessions with 12-13 players have been quite good.

If you're interested in playing then register your interest here and look for us in Valkyrie Net on Monday evening, usually starting at 18:00 GMT = 20:00 CEST (Central European Summer Time).

Here's the current player list:
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Anders         - Manchuria
Andrew         - UK
D              - Canada
Ederon         - Germany
Gen.Schuermann - Japan
Gnitram        - Romania
Herodotus      - Poland
Hytzon         - Nationalist Spain
Mr.G.          - Italy
Patrick        - Australia
Traks          - Nationalist China
TrippTrapp     - Hungary
Tyrant         - Yugoslavia
Wishing Well   - France

Andrew
 
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What about trying your "only countries in war are governed by humans" type of game this time, Andrew? I'd be very much for it.

But if we go classic way, I'd like to try Japan or Republican Spain.
 
I would like to play :) I have played hoi/hoi2/DD in queit some time, and I am pretty good at it :D

Dont think of me like I am a rookie just because I haven´t posted that many post on this forum.. Thats just because I am a silent reader type :D

I would like to play as Hungary if possible...
 
Lord Ederon said:
What about trying your "only countries in war are governed by humans" type of game this time, Andrew? I'd be very much for it.
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That would be a good way of coping with the coming holiday absences and establishing the quality of a new influx of players.

The proposition is that we start play with the popular 1936 campaign scenario but that human players only take control of countries when those countries go to war. So, at the start of the first session, we'd have players for

Nationalist China,
Xibei San Ma
Communist China
Italy
Ethiopia

When the Spanish Civil War starts, you'd have players for Nationalist and Republican Spain and so on. The major powers would enter the war later, in line with the historical events such as Danzig. And so we might hope that the USA doesn't enter the war years early for once.

I'm quite willing to play weaklings like Ethiopia and am quite keen to play this country in particular. I'll try a practise run now ...

Andrew
 
I am up for it, i have no real online experience however, and never use air force nor navy, so this could be the best learning experience, sinc eim sure my allies would help me out with learning how to use those 2 forces properly. I have only played italy since hoi1, but since you fancy italy, i am fine with any other country that is pure infantry such as romania or even bulgaria. -Leon
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The time zone, gmt, is 0 gmt correct? Since i am at -8 gmt it would be 10 for me. Hope i am correct.
 
Leon_Corona said:
The time zone, gmt, is 0 gmt correct? Since i am at -8 gmt it would be 10 for me. Hope i am correct.
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Look at http://www.ederon.net/monday.aspx. There is displayed our starting time and also relation to your local time. Don't be confused by version or game name, since that still corresponds to our previous game. Time is the same though.
 
I might want to join, but how many sessions are you playing? I will be away on the 1st of July, and I'll be away for 5 weeks. So I will only be able to play 2 sessions. It takes longer then that I suppose?

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tripp_trap said:
I might want to join, but how many sessions are you playing? I will be away on the 1st of July, and I'll be away for 5 weeks. So I will only be able to play 2 sessions. It takes longer then that I suppose?
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A lot longer usually. The games are long enough that most players will have to miss a session at some time. 5 weeks is a long break but acceptable so long as you are not playing a key country.

Andrew
 
Last Monday game (5th) had 17 session. We played from Sep 1938 to Jan 1943. Our average was 3 months per session, double that in peacetime (first session).

For those of you who has summer vacations coming: don't hesitate to join. Even if you play just two sessions. It can be good experience for you and rest of the band and after summer we can meet on next Monday game.
 
Lord Ederon said:
Last Monday game (5th) had 17 session. We played from Sep 1938 to Jan 1943. Our average was 3 months per session, double that in peacetime (first session).

For those of you who has summer vacations coming: don't hesitate to join. Even if you play just two sessions. It can be good experience for you and rest of the band and after summer we can meet on next Monday game.
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So will it be okay if I play Canada/Australia or any other small, easily managable country for the first 2 sessions (We start monday 19th I presume) then away for 5 weeks (Back the first week of August, most likely sunday 6th), then back for another 3 sessions. (After that I begin school again)
 
In regards to connection speed what does one recommend? I ask since I have never played MP and would be interested for future reference.

EDIT: Would love to participate, but it is right in the middle of my work day. :(
 
Woo, I'd fancy playing some.. less important country (!=Germany/UK/USA/USSR/Italy/Japan). Completely new to MP, so it's learning time. Time is just fine for me, however, how long does your average game last?
 
Heya, i want to be a regular part of the monday game again. Too bad that i have 3 week vacation i Atlanta, Georgia ahead. I would like to play a major (Italy and upwards) if possible, yet with my vacation ahead of me that might prove to be a problem. Yet my usual reliability (i think you agree) would elevate my status a bit ;) :D :rolleyes:
And too many people hve volunteered for Japan already, that's a bummer ;) Wanted to do better this time. Yet i would be happy to play any axis nation with more than 30 IC (i.e. Hungary, Romania... you name it).

So my picks would be:

Japan
Germany (yet i think a more experienced and more regular player should handle it)
Hungary

If need be, i would play the USA. This would make sense, because if i miss several sessions it would not be bad in any way because of the balance issues. In the games before we had a clear advantage of the Allies, imo.

Well, you uberregulars decide what would be best for me. In fact, the US might be very nice to play, as i never played any allied country in 2 years of hoi before :D :rolleyes:
 
Wow, not putting the thread for this game in a multiplayer forum immediately attracts a whole new army of players. It's good to see that. I would personally prefer the more classic approach in a '38 or possibly '39 scenario, but if the majority prefers Ederon's proposal of doing a "only countries in war are governed by humans" type of game I would not mind trying it out. I would have some additional questions, but I'll ask those when we decide to go with this format. I guess we first have to establish what type of game we'll play, so it would be interesting to hear what people like WW, Gen. Schuermann, D, Mr. G and some others that played in Monday Game V think of this. In case we go more classic I've already indicated my choices would be SU, Germany if needed (which might have become more likely with Andrew not mentioning them) or Japan (though there is no shortage of takers for them). I'll think about possible choices for the possible "only countries in war are governed by humans" game.

Edit: If we decide to go classic I think US might be a good country for Gen. Schuermann as they should be playable, even with a 3 week absence in the beginning. You have been very reliable, for which I think you should be awarded some non-existing points which could grant you the right to play a major. What's your opinion about "Ederon's" proposal?
 
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In my opinion, Andrew's concept of 1936 scenario would be best for summer Monday game. With most of us having some vacations in these months, it'd be most viable, suited for flexibility and still joyfull. If not 1936 scenario, we can try the same thing with 1938 scenario.
 
I always preferred the 36 GC, because the chances for all major alliances are about even (minus France which is fcuked). I usually have a grand strategy in my mind, and 1 year of building up (in the 38 scenario) is not enough for me.

I agree that it might be boring for some people, but for Japan for example it is essential. A human Japan could defeat China well before 37, and not be in the middle of it in late 38 GC. Just my opinion though.

And regarding Andrew's proposal, i do not advocate for it, though i would of course still be glad to take part in it. The majority decides. The only problem i have with the proposal is the outlook of the AI destroying all my long term plans. But let's hear the other people.

Oh, and before i forget. By leaving the USA alone for quite some time (let the AI handle it while i am gone) we would grant the Axis the be on par with the allies. I always thought that gameplay wise the Allies are way overpowered, in all of the games we played.
 
Gen.Schuermann said:
And regarding Andrew's proposal, i do not advocate for it, though i would of course still be glad to take part in it. The majority decides. The only problem i have with the proposal is the outlook of the AI destroying all my long term plans. But let's hear the other people.
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Try to look at it from different perspective. You are appointed to lead country during wartime. It's definately good challenge.
 
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