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Starting with a peace conference a la Potsdam immediately after World War 2, ColdWarPowers is restarting on May 18th 2020. Claims are open now!

##Good morning AtomicAgePowers!

We over at r/SWWP have been working hard on a new season, and are now just about ready to launch! If you are looking to join, we'll be going over our third wave of claims in about 6 hours, and will have the final pre-game claims list up by game start tomorrow.

SWWP - Second World War Powers - is an xPowers game brought to you by former and current mods of EmpirePowers, centered around the immediate aftermath of the Great War. Rather than jump you right into WW2, we hope to instead let players create their own problems by having a player-led Paris Peace Conference. Want to completely balkanize Germany? Perhaps the Ottoman Empire didn't deserve the fate it received historically, and you want to change that? Should Italy received all of the land it was once promised by the allies? This and more are for you, the players, to decide - and these decisions will help shape the future, rather than simply plopping you into 1936 and telling you to have fun. Here, you can claim any political polity with actionable sovereign power that existed the minute after the armistice - within reason, of course. For a generalized list of claims that have already been pre-approved for claiming, feel free to look here, and then submit a claim yourself!

We also have a map courtesy of /u/Yetkinler and /u/GammaRay_X available for you to plan your conquest - or imagine the world as it will be after your imminent demise. Based partly on the HoI4 base map - simply to get things off the ground, of course- this map has been extensively researched over the past few months to provide you the closest snapshot of 11:01 AM, November 11th, 1918 that we could deliver with the resources available to us.

Feel free to check on the 'dev diaries' that have been written up over the past month to see the mechanics and general idea of the game going forward, or stick around and ask in the discord to see if we can answer any questions you might have. We look forward to having you!

Special thanks to /u/Christi-Cat , who lead research on the Republic of China at this time period and for her help in moderating Asia in the upcoming season.

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With his ploy to convince the world that Korea was a democratic Republic and that the game had been shut down secured, Kim il-Song but his master plan into action.

All at once, Korean communist sleeper cells across America rose up and overthrew the government in 7 hours. The red banner was unfurled in Seoul and Kim il-Song broadcasted to the world that he was the true Supreme Leader of Korea and would guide his people and the newly annexed Americans into a golden age.

Stalin, instantly getting better from his sickness after hearing the news, personally flew to Pyongyang to congratulate Kim. "You're my very best friend and the best socialist in the world!" He said with a smile under his bushy mustache. Then he gave Kim all of the Soviet medals. Mao was there too, and he wiped a tear from his eye to see little Kim-y all grown upon.

Upon seeing the mighty power of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, all of the worlds nations elected Kim il-Sung as Eternal President of the United Nations. The Catholic church elected him as the new Pope, he was confirmed to be the 14th Dalai Lama and the true successor to Muhammad and the next Caliph of Islam.

Using the worlds technology, DPRK scientists resurrected Karl Marx and Freidreich Engles and they spitroasted Kim until he was sore.

The end.

I'm sorry to have to go, I can't devote the time I once was able to and it is showing. I'm sure you all have great memories of my playing and will likely want to reminisce and bemoan the loss of a great in the comments and I encourage you to do so. It's been great serving as a role model to so many players who I'm sure will go onto great things.

With the revelations of RCMP interference with pro statehood activities the Canadian government took a light hand in the final run-up to the second Newfoundland referendum. Smallwood's Confederate Association campaigned largely on economic benefits, and the reality that the new Commission of Government meant close ties with Canada, with or without Confederation. While some calls for delaying the referendum due to the Balkans Crisis were heard in the final day voting proceeded as scheduled.

Ultimately with over 95% of voters in the first referendum supporting some form of Responsible Government the outcome was no surprise. Even with a large jump in support for continued Commission Confederation achieved a clear victory, the with narrow victory even on the Avalon peninsula where anti-French feeling drove much opposition to Canadian influence.

Union with Canada | 101,766 | 68% Commission of Government |43,402 | 31% Spoiled Ballots|4,489|3% Total | 149,657 | 100% of votes

85% Voter Participation

Seeya.

Was asleep when the initial wave happened, soz

Hey everyone, I know its been quite a crazy morning. I just got back and it appears as though half the sub resigned over something ridiculous that could've easily been solved with compromise or at least player consultation.

I've taken the liberty to make this post as an official "vote" to see where the playerbase stands on this issue. If the majority of the people want a certain game, I don't believe that a minority should dictate what happened. Democracy and all.

I am also disappointed by some defeatist attitudes that I have seen, resetting the sub so soon after it started rather than trying to fix the root cause of the problem. Hopefully depending on this we will know what the bulk of the player base thinks about this and if its even possible to move on without resetting.

So the question is as follows.

#Do you support using discord for IG conversations, meetings, and intrigue?

Option 1: I strongly support it and believe it adds new dimensions to the game. IG conversations in Discord should be allowed

Option 2: I am strongly against it an believe it harms the subreddit. Discord should only be for OOC

Option 3: I will play regardless of the outcome and don't really care

Please type "vote" under the option you support.

Edit: For clarification, this is not an IG UN post. Anyone who was at one point claimed on the sub/moderating it/active in any way can and should vote.

Despite all the news in recent flicks and telegrams, the Republic of Cuba is standing by with open arms to support any and all efforts by the people of the West Indies.

We hope that this further will escalate the movement for independence but also are willing to work with British Authorities on the matter, after all, they gave us permission.

So obviously the division in the community has become quite apparent. Some people thought that we could use Discord as another aspect of the game, and others did not. With the mod ruling, we have seen a significant number of declaims.

Discussion has risen about should we end the season and cut our losses, and look forward to the next season. I think that there is still an opportunity to continue this season with the mind set of this being an RP Cold War, and the Discord is meta.

If we have enough people who want to continue this, I will probably reclaim to USSR, and work with the remaining community to keep the game running. Reminds me of Frontier Powers which saw several declaims for various reasons, but has still pushed on. If you guys are willing to continue, albeit with a shift in some claims, please comment below. If we have enough interest, I will try and work with the remaining mods to keep the game going. If not, we end the season.

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OOC stufff has flipped its shih-tzu. Seem to be cursed when it comes to historical x-powers games...

Same thing as the others

The Soviet declaim ruins any chances I had at winning the Civil War, if that wasn't already done by Rextreff's diplomacy with MrManAlba.

y'know why

See other declaim posts.

The recent ruling on discord meta-espionage has gutted my desire to play this game. I was sold on this as being in the same vein as 'old-CWP', complete with hidden nested chat rooms, screenshots flying like they were ICBMs, and a fun atmosphere in the chat rooms where you weren't quite sure who was actually on your side, but you did know that everyone was having a good time.

I'm sorry to abandon such an important claim at a pivotal time, but I would rather step down and hand the reigns to a player who is interested in playing, rather than going through the mind-numbing process of continuing something I have no desire to.

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Siam’s premier military branch throughout its history has been its Army, far larger and politically dominant that other service branches. Yet the experiences of the Greater East Asia War showed us that the Royal Siamese Army had fallen behind in doctrine, equipment, and professionalism, and its continued political activity had meant it had expanded its reach beyond purely military affairs, not to mention allowed its combat readiness to degrade. It is high time that the Royal Siamese Army focus on its primary mission in defending Siam from foreign enemies, as well as supporting and upholding Siam’s interests within the region, through the creation of a more modern, professional, and well-equipped force.

Reform of the Army General Staff

The Royal Siamese Army shall be headed by the Chief of the General Staff, the only authorised 4-star officer in the Army, who shall preside over the Army General Staff. He will be supported by one Vice-Chief of the General Staff ranked Lieutenant General, and four Assistant Chiefs of the General Staff, one each for Administration, Operations, Logistics and Personnel, along with an Inspector-General of the Army, all ranked Major-General. This will allow the number of senior officers to be drastically reduced, improving efficiency due to the reduction in duplication and allowing for greater investment in other areas of the force. These reforms will be slowly phased in as current incumbents retire, making the transition less contentious.

Planned force composition

With the implementation of universal military service, the planned force for the Royal Siamese Army shall be 100,000 men in peacetime, rising on mobilisation to a planned force of 300,000 men, using a 1:2 ratio of regular to reserve personnel. In peacetime, the tactical formations of the Royal Siamese Army will be organized territorially, as follows:

• I Corps

Responsible for the Central, Eastern and Western Regions of the country, shall be the largest, comprising with the 1st Guards Infantry Division, 2nd Reserve Infantry Division, 9th Reserve Infantry Division and the 1st Cavalry Division.

• II Corps

Responsible for the Northeastern Region of the country, shall comprise the 3rd Infantry Division, the 6th Reserve Infantry Division, the 10th Reserve Infantry Division, and the 2nd Reserve Cavalry Division.

• III Corps

Responsible for the Northern Region of the country, composed of the 4th Infantry Division, 7th Reserve Infantry Division, and the 11th Reserve Infantry Division

• IV Corps

Responsible for the Southern Region of the country, composed of the 5th Infantry Division, 8th Reserve Infantry Division, and the 12th Reserve Infantry Division.

Two new units will be created namely the Paratroopers and the Commandos. The Airborne Infantry Regiment (AIR), will comprise 3 battalions of infantry and attached support units equivalent to brigade size under the direct command of the Army General Staff. Also reporting directly to AGS will be the Commando Battalion, 600 personnel in 4 companies trained for covert operations and direct action, modelled on the wartime units of the SAS and OSS, as well as the experiences of the Seri Thai Movement.

Changes to training and education of personnel

Basic Military Training (BMT), will now be increased in length to 12 weeks. Additionally, the old practice of each individual unit training its new recruits will be changed. Four Regional Training Centres (RTCs), will be set up, one in each Corps’ area of operation, to provide basic training for all incoming personnel to a much more uniform standard of competence. After BMT, recruits will then report to their various branch schools for up to an additional year of training. An exception will be for infantry recruits, who will undergo a newer and more intense 24-week combined training course of BMT and branch-specific training at the School of Infantry in Prachuab Kirikanth.

A new Non-Commissioned Officers’ Academy will be set up in Prachuab Kirikanth, training regular and reserve NCOs with a one-year program split between six months at the NCOA and another six-months at the branch-specific school. Graduates of the program will be promoted to the rank of Corporal. Those completing BMT in the top 10% of each intake will be allowed to proceed directly to the NCOA before entering branch-specific training.

The Royal Military Academy will be renamed the Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy (CRMA), in honour of its founder. The curriculum will be adjusted, with the minimum entry age raised to 17, and a minimum of a secondary education being necessary for admission, which will be conducted by competitive physical and academic examinations, as well as an interview. Officer Cadets will undergo 4 years of training at the CRMA in both civil and military subjects, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree and a Second Lieutenant’s commission. All cadets will be required to take basic classes in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Geography, Literature, History, Political Science, Law, Economics, Foreign Languages, English and Philosophy, in addition to other electives or more advanced courses in those subjects. Cadets will be fully funded during their study, and receive a monthly salary as members of the armed forces. In return a minimum of 8 years of service will be required to discharge their obligations, 5 of which must be in the regular forces. The top 10 highest-performing officers in the first-year examinations will be funded to attend a foreign military academy, in conjunction with our allies. The Army Technical School will be merged into the CRMA, providing a single service academy to train regular army officers. The growing size of the cadet corps and the limited space means that the CRMA will be moved from its current location in Bangkok to the nearby province of Nakhon Nayok, with the old cadet academy being repurposed for new headquarters and barracks for new units.

The Royal Siamese Army Command & General Staff College will have its curriculum adapted to suit the recent changes in doctrine and technology, with a 1 year Basic Staff Course being required for promotion to Major. Additionally, an additional 1-year Intermediate Staff Course will also be available for students in the top 25% of each class, to create a pool of highly-trained staff officers for military planning and operations.

A new Army War College will be established, separate from the C&GSC, providing a Advanced Staff Course and a Higher Command Course, required for promotion to Lieutenant Colonel and Brigadier General respectively, both taking one year to complete.

A new Officer Candidate School (OCS) will be established to train suitably-qualified individuals for commission as officers, focusing on training suitable NCOs and enlisted personnel as well as specialist officers in a six-month course for commission as Second Lieutenants.

Three new special courses will be set up under the administration of a new Special Warfare School. The first will be the Parachute School, which will conduct parachute training during a three-week Basic Parachute Course with eight jumps, two at night, after which graduates will earn their jump wings. The second will be the Ranger School, a 10-week course in small-unit tactics, leadership, demolitions, survival, and navigation. Graduates will receive the Ranger Badge, featuring Tiger’s head holding a dagger between its teeth. The third and final course will be a Commando School, a 40-week school open only to personnel with at least two years of prior service, as well willing to sign on for at least another two years post-training. The course will be tailored to training troops in airborne assault,small-unit tactics, infiltration, interrogation and resistance to interrogation, demolitions, signaling, long-range reconnaissance, unconventional warfare and other special tasks.

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With recently purchased right Long Branch Arsenal has begun trials of it's new 9x19mm modification of the M2 Carbine for Canadian use. The weapon features a folding stock, detachable foregrip and common ammunition with Canadian pistols and submachine guns. It is intended to provide mechanical commonality with the W30 service rifle while displacing most submachine guns from military use.

No meta-espionage, no neighbours, nothing left for me to enjoy.

As you all have probably already seen, we have had the unfortunate declaim by Squeak as both a player and a mod. This has raised questions about what has happened in modchat, and what the "major decision" that may be in the works. In order to ensure transparency between mods and players, it is important that we share with you what the major decision that was being discussed. It has recently come to light that there were a couple of attempts at what can be considered metagaming through sending screenshots from the bloc chats to players on the opposing side in exchange for ingame help. These screenshots were conducted without any build up in game, no exact reason in game, and violated the purpose of the bloc chats, which were meant to be private spaces to discuss bloc related things.

However, it was brought to the attention in modchat, that this could be considered an acceptable game format, where this would be accepted and even encouraged in order to create another aspect of the game. This was debated in the modchat, and it was decided by the mods, that we enjoy the current format of the game, and changing it to fit a more potentially metagaming/discord aspect of the game would not be in the interest of the mod team or the players.

This however does mean that we will be taking more action against metagaming. Though we know it will occur, we hope that everyone understands that this is an RP game meant to have fun. "Winning" is not a thing in xPowers, and we would like to encourage a community that enjoys this game, no drama or toxicity. We encourage players to report acts of metagaming they feel disrupts this goal, and/or disrupts this game. The modteam will look into all reports.

We hope that we can continue the strong start to this season, and look forward to the interesting timeline that has been created. If there are any questions, please feel free to ping us on the discord in order to answer.

Due to a decision by the mods that would likely worsen my mental health, I regretfully inform you that I will no longer be playing AAP or modding it.

Sorry everyone, and goodbye.

Across the caribbean, turmoil has erupted as elected political leaders and newspapers from Trinidad to Jamaica and Barbados to Anguilla, have begun a campaign of demanding an immediate Federation of British colonies.

Even though Britain promised to set up the Federation, little progress has been made in the past few years. And now, spurred on by Cuban and, more importantly, American support, and statements made by Mexico and other Latin American countries, the colonies are now demanding the immediate creation of a Federation encompassing all the British colonies in the Caribbean.

Will the United Kingdom create the Federation, or will they refuse, potentially radicalising the people against them?

No one is demanding independence and overall the narrative and the population is pro-British - with people seeing this Federation as a necessary step to becoming more like Canada or Australia.

!Canadian agents in the West Indies are successful in preventing any pro-Cuban agenda spreading during this politically tumultuous time, though cannot prevent in any way the calls for Federationising!<

July 1949

It has recently come to the attention of our diplomats that the previous German treaty failed to clarify some things which would be imperative to the future security we all desire. Therefore, France requests that the Great Powers once again convene to decide upon the following:

• What is the make up of a provisional government which will rule before the elections in June 1950,
• When exactly the withdrawal of foreign militaries will occur and thus when will the administration of occupation zones (including in Berlin) be handed to the provisional government,
• Whether foreign militaries will be banned from German soil,
• Whether Germany shall be a neutral state,
• The future of German arms industry, and whether it shall be at least partially bought by foreign arms companies.

We hope the great powers can come to a consensus on this quickly.

France suggests the following:

• A provisional government is to established immediately, with a vast cross party coalition forming the government, under the supervision of officials from France, the UK, USSR, and USA. This government will have at least nominal control over all occupation zones, and will work with the occupation zone leaders to implement reforms as necessary in preparation for the handover of authority. This provisional government will also be charged with drafting a constitution which will be put to a vote after the elections in June 1950.
• Nazi Party and all fascist parties are illegal. Holocaust denial is illegal.
• Foreign militaries withdraw starting from May 1950 and being completely withdrawn by May 1951.
• Foreign militaries banned completely from German soil.
• German arms industry (Messerschmitt, Dornier Flugzeugwerke, Krupp, etc, etc) will be at least partially owned by foreign governments and foreign arms companies.

The Liberal Party continues into it's fourth consecutive term following last night's strong performance. With the Progressive Conservatives losing over twenty seats the new government is the largest majority in Canadian history.

Notable highlights include the election of the first representatives from the Northwest Territories and promises to bring Newfoundland into Confederation as a tenth province by the next election.

With the damage sustained by the Kirkuk-Haifa pipeline >!and with deteriorating relations between Jordan, controller of Haifa, and the US!<, the US State and Commerce Departments worked together with US companies - most notably Standard Oil of New Jersey, Socony-Vacuum and Bechtel - to draw up plans on how to assist US industry in the Middle East and protect their investments from further political instability in the region. After much deliberation, the State Department drew up guidelines on how dignitaries in foreign nations can most effectively help negotiate on behalf of US companies with local governments, regional as well as national. On the highest level, the State Department would seek to establish business-friendly trade agreements with co-operative nations, that would also involve the Commerce Department subsidizing investment in the region.

This agreement was formalized and presented to the public as the Webb Agreement, named after Under Secretary of State James E. Webb, who had lead the effort. The State Department itself hoped to battle allegations of communist infiltration by introducing businees friendly policy, to calm down Congressional calls for a purge. Whether it would quell the anti-Communist fervour of upstart Senators McCarthy and Representative Nixon remained to be seen.

On the matter of the Kirkuk-Haifa pipeline itself, Standard Oil of New Jersey and Socony-Vacuum were eager to find a safer solution, and quickly. It was agreed that the first instance of co-operation between State Department and US business under this agreement would be to puruse plans for a rerouting of the Haifa branch of the pipeline. The State Department would seek contact with French diplomats to help negotiate with Compagnie Française des Pétroles, as well as British and Dutch colleagues to do the same with Royal Dutch Shell, while business executives would approach Calouste Gulbenkian. With their support, the Iraq Petroleum Company could seek to reroute the pipeline to Tripoli. Since part of it already leads there, and the Haifa branch is currently inoperable, it should be in everyone's interest to get this done. The State Department will work with Syrian, Lebanese and Iraqi authorities to expedite any land leases and registrations that might be necessary, with Under Secretary Webb travelling to Tripoli personally to negotiate a deal with the Syrian officials regarding the new flow of oil that will pass through their lands. At the same time, investments into the Kirkuk-Baniyas pipeline will also be discussed, and in co-operation with Bechtel, the Trans-Arabian pipeline could be rerouted to Sidon instead of its planned end in Haifa.

Overall, most measures under the Webb Agreement will be conducted in an effort to secure the flow of oil into Mediterranean trade networks, >!cut Jordan out of the oil business partly or entirely!< and protect American investment.

In an evening national radio address Prime Minister St Laurent directly confronted the military situation in Europe. “Since our wartime forces were demobilized we have not attempted to maintain, in the Canadian Army, a fully trained expeditionary force available for immediate action outside Canada. We wanted to get the best values we could for the Canadian taxpayer’s defence dollars; and for the Army, the first requirements were for our immediate territorial defence and for a basic training establishment”. He went on to authorize the raising of an emergency Canadian Army Special Force for immediate service in Europe.

Veterans are particularly encouraged to re-join the service under 18 month terms, and will be taken at their prior rank. 6 additional battalions have been authorized, immediately, with the Army now contemplating an eventual 6 Brigades. Forces now in Germany have begun moving to positions in defence of Italy.