13 January 2019
This is out of concept and into Alpha. I don’t know why it took me so long to connect the dots, but it did. Then yesterday it all came into place, and in two days I put the basic rules together. Now for pounding out the game, fix where it breaks, and seeing if it is worth the bother.
NOTE (18 January 2019): The game was formerly entitled ‘The War of the Pan-European Caliphate’, however, it was pointed out to me that the name was a bit over the top anti-Islam. I am not afraid of this accusation, but it really isn’t what the story is about. The game pokes a bit of fun at factors of European disintegration, and Islam was just a triggering event for the scenario. Thus a new name!
In 2022 the Euro collapses triggering the economic implosion of several European countries, and a worldwide recession that is particularly punishing to Europeans.
During Ramadan of 2028, with an economic crisis dragging on, and with increasing unanswered acts of terrorism by various Islamic groups, the governments of Germany and France collapse. It began as a bloodless coup with the forces of the Pan-European Caliphate taking over control of both countries and uniting them under one Islamic government.
During the Ramadan celebrations the leaders of Germany and France convert to Islam en masse and declare their allegiance to the Pan-European Caliphate. Millions of everyday citizens also convert to Islam lured by promises of zero taxes, shorter work weeks, and better medical and dental care. The hopeless and dispirited people of France and Germany submit.
Within weeks the few remaining Jews of France and Germany are rounded up and murdered along with Christian clergy and those “conservative” political leaders who refuse to convert to Islam. After a month the bloody orgy of killing ends and most of the major urban areas of France and Germany have been pacified. Sharia is imposed upon the population. There are pockets of resistance and the major institutions of the two now united countries are in turmoil, but France and Germany have ended. The Pan-European Caliphate has begun.
It is 2028 and Europe is ablaze. As the Pan-European Caliphate tries to consolidate its power and expand throughout Europe the rest of Europe struggles to survive while at the same time attempting to restore the glories of long lost Empires.
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