For this game I was the USA and at first a few teams had an advantage over the others including the USA, the reason this was so was because the more powerful areas (USA, Great Britain, and France) in that time had more power so therefore we started out with more power in the beginning of the game. In the long run industries and colonies were by far the most important things to buy because nearing the end of the game you wouldn't be able to stock up on army if u didn't have the right amount of industries. That being said, industries and colonies are the the foundation of the countries success. The two things I did well in this game were from the beginning picking strong allies (even if they didn't end up to be trustworthy) so the competition was out of the way. The second thing I did well was buying lots of industry when war hadn't started yet.
My alliances at first were well picked but not too well thought trough, I picked the biggest powers, not necessarily the most trustworthy ones. One of my alliances (with France) was probably the reason our three powers didn't come out on top because he broke our treaty leaving Great Britain and I vulnerable for future attacks from countries who needed revenge but didn't have enough power.
The three most important things I learned in this game were:
1. Treaties are made to be broken.
2. You can't always trust people.
3. A country's wealth and power comes from its industries.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Great Power Game
Posted by Philippe at 3:22 AM
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you did well to talk about what real wars are about and how you can never trust anyone who seeks more power. and i am also interested in how you mentioned trust and betrayal.
I can totally relate to this. First of all, I agree with you on that "3. A country's wealth and power comes from its industries." Industries were the most important for the reasons you said. I would like to add that when someone was defeated, the conquerer usually wants colonies, so that makes industries even more important. I can relate to all the other points in your debriefas well.
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