Great Powers Game Debrief

My country was Ottoman Empire, it felt frustrating to build an empire because at the begining we could only get 4 things, so our country was weak at the start. USA and Great Britian had an advantage at the beginning of the game because, they got the most amount of economic points, so they could buy more and they were stronger. My empire was weaker than other empires because we had the least amount of economic points so we had the smallest amount of everything at the start, however as the game progressed we became more and more stronger and became the 4th strongest empire in the class.

It was more important to buy both industries and armies because, if you were declared war upon then you needed armies, and the more industries you brought the more economic points you gained.

We did well buying most of the time half industries and half armies because we then were prepared for war and gaining economic points. If we played again and did something differently I would not start of buying navies, because armies were stronger than navies and navies were only half of an army so you had to spend more to start a navy where as if you just brought armies you were stronger and not having to buy as much.

We were a smaller and less threating empire so we made alliances with everyone and they helped us when we needed them however one alliance could not be trusted Lucas and Jake (not sure what empire, italy I think) because they doubled crossed us they said they were our alliances but then turned around and then declared war on our half of the room!

5. What are three specific things you learned about conflict from this simulation?
I learnt that in real conflict its probally not the best idea to put all you're faith in your alliances because they can just change their mind if there is another empire thats offering them some payment or something better then they will just go with them. I also learnt that its good to have a strong army and a large income, finally I learnt that too be a strong empire its not just about having loads of colonize its also about having a strong army and income.