History VideoGame / EquestriaAtWar

* NoMereWindmill - Dread League to some extent

* WeHardlyKnewYe - Grover V

* *YouCannotKillAnIdea - Aquileian Republicanism

* [[Expy]]

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** Equestria can be permanently transformed by its emergency war reforms, abolishing the Magic of Friendship, and even leading to a TyrantAtTheHelm

* Expy

** [[CapitalistTown The city of Skyfall]] and Alaric Dawnbreaker, ruler of [[OneCityCountry Rumare]] are originally from Dusk Quill's [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/54703/the-griffon-war-a-soldiers-memoirs A Soldier's Memoirs]]

** The Entente - The alliance created by Aquileia to protect against [[TheEmpire the Griffonian Empire]], which usually includes [[EvilEmpireGoodRepublic The Griffonian Republic]] and [[CapitalistTown Skyfall Trade Federation]]

* AntagonisticGovernor - Inverted with Governor Teafeather, the well liked leader of the colonies [[WhatCouldGoWrong holding everything together]].

* HardCodedHostility - Dread League auto declares on any neighbouring country ones the crusade starts

** Luna can go nightmare Moon at the drop of a hat, ignoring all the work done on the show.

** Usually played stratight - Even if all elections are for national leaders (very much serious business) most elections leads to dramatic differences in ideology, war, policy, and the very culture of the nation itself.

** The rainbow changelings are gone. Thorax now rebels against the Queen Chrysalis by proposing paying other nations to harvest their love.

* AnarchyIsChaos - Geifwald. ADD MORE

* CommieNazis - Reconstructed. Two nations can pursue Nationalist Communism, combining national supremacist ideology and totalitarian militarism with communist economics and "ideals"

* CainAndAbel - Either of the two princesses can become the Cain, or the Abel, in multiple ways to kick off a sister rivalry so hard it tears Equestria in half

** Header writer Nico is a (terrible) general in Skyfall

* DecadentCourt - nobles of Griffonian Empire
* DyingMomentOfAwesome - The Vorst tot Vorst brothers

* FantasticRacism - Griffons and ponies. Enemies for life

* ImAHumanitarian - the Cannipals of the Frontier are rather fond of Long Pork

* GovernmentInExile - If Equestria falls it can flee to New Mareland

* HeelFaithTurn - Eriviar Sunstriker
* HegemonicEmpire - Griffonian Empire

** Nightmare Moon's Lunar Empire calls upon the power of the night and the oppressed batponies, her forces having general bonuses to night combay.
** Luna also provides similar powers when serving as a Field Marshall

** PoliticallyActivePrincess - Celestia and to a lesser extent Luna

* PowerOfTheSun - Celestia's evil form, Daybreaker, creates the Solar Empire, who is a terrifying, burning field marshall, but also the very nation's existence dramatically boosts heat attrition for other nations.

* ReligionOfEvil - followers of the dark god Maar, whose workship is banned.
* RepressiveButEfficient - Several fascist paths, especially Wingbardy, which, as fantastic Italy, makes [[TropeNamer the trains run on time]]

* LaRsistance - many nations have this at game start, and others like Equestria can have it if Chrysalis wins or Daybreaker/Nightmare Moon come to power

* AntagonisticGovernorc - Inverted with Governor Teafeather, the well liked leader of the colonies [[WhatCouldGoWrong holding everything together]].

** Rainbow changelings are gone. Thorax now rebels against the Queen Chrysalis by proposing paying other nations to harvest their love.

* AlmostDeadGuy - Grover V
* BaldOfEvil - Rozankamp, the National Bolshevic of EAW
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil - Eriviar of the Sunstriker Clan

* SoreLoser - Chrysalis

** Queen Velvet, Queen of the Deer, is a shoutout / shameless theft of her character in ''VideoGame/ThemsFightinHerds''
** The Kingfisher, the charismatic politician of New Mareland, bears a suspicious similarity to a certain [[VideoGame/KaiserreichLegacyOfTheWeltkrieg Huey Long]]
** There are a variety of shoutouts to fandom (add more here please...)
* SaveThePrincess - Averted. Princesses are sitting on some of the most terrifying armies in the game, and woe betide you if you MAKE THEM ANGRY

''Equestria at War'' is a GameMod for [[/Creator/ParadoxInteractive Paradox Interactive's]] Grand Strategy Game ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIronIV'' and a FanGame of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' that blends the detailed UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and political simulation of ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIronIV'' with a [[DarkerAndEdgier modified, grimmer version]] of the [[WeirdCrossover My Little Pony setting and storyline]].

''Equestria at War'' is a GameMod for {{/Creator/ParadoxInteractive}}'s Grand Strategy Game ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIronIV'' and a FanGame of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' that blends the detailed UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and political simulation of ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIronIV'' with a [[DarkerAndEdgier modified, grimmer version]] of the [[WeirdCrossover My Little Pony setting and storyline]].

''Equestria at War'' is a GameMod for Paradox's Grand Strategy Game ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIronIV'' and a FanGame of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' that blends the detailed UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and political simulation of ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIronIV'' with a [[DarkerAndEdgier modified, grimmer version]] of the [[WeirdCrossover My Little Pony setting and storyline]].

* Dying Moment of Awesome - The Vorst tot Vorst brothers

* Adaptational Peronality Change
** Blueblood is a powerful, skilled general who does what other ponies hesitate to do.
** Luna can go nightmare Moon at the drop of a hat, ignoring all the work done on the show.
* AdaptedOut
** Rainbow changelings are gone. Thorax now rebels against the Queen Chrysalis by proposing paying other nations to harvest their love.
** Discord is present, but really can't be bothered to help.
* PlotTumour - The Griffons, a minor side race in the show, now have a whole continent which has consumed more work, events and code than the ponies.
* AdaptationInspiration - adapting to [[VideoGame/HeartsOfIronIV HOI4]] has foregrounded the industrialising, modernising aspects of the show, which were always in the background. The result has been a dramatic tone and theme shift away from adventure to more complex stories about ideas, diplomacy and large scale shifts.
* {{Shoutout}}
** Queen Velvet, Queen of the Deer, is a shoutout / shameless theft of her character in ''VideoGame/ThemsFightinHerds''
** The Kingfisher, the charismatic politician of New Mareland, bears a suspicious similarity to a certain [[VideoGame/KaiserreichLegacyOfTheWeltkrieg Huey Long]]
** There are a variety of shoutouts to fandom (add more here please...)
* CutAndPasteEnvironments - Despite an incredible amount of portraits, icons, and art, the Griffons, being a rather minor part of the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic MLP]] canon, don't have much art, and tend to reuse it.
* GameWithinAGame - As the Crystal Empire, attempting to bring back Sombra will start a small choose your adventure as you play a regular citizen of the Crystal Empire.
* UnexpectedlyRealisticGameplay - ponies are not gung ho fighters, and you will be militarily incompetent until a panicked series of emergency government reforms is implemented to change things up.
** Equestria is still OP though.
* SlapOnTheWristNuke - Downplayed. Nukes have been made significantly more powerful than vanilla
* SaveThePrincess - Averted. Princesses are sitting on some of the most terrifying armies in the game, and woe betide you if you MAKE THEM ANGRY
* HardCodedHostility - Dread League auto declares on any neighbouring country ones the crusade starts
* HeroUnit - Averted. In the world of [[VideoGame/HeartsOfIronIV HOI4]] you'll need more than a few alicorns to win.
** There is one exception to this, involving a lot of burning.
* VideoGameTime - Despite [[VideoGame/HeartsOfIronIV HOI4]] being better at this than most games, the production spike that even primitive nations can achieve over the decade is still present, and many of the nations start with crippling, civilisation collapsing maluses that can be reformed away with a year.
* SecretCharacter - Several.
* ComebackMechanic - Equestrian players will find they can pull in conscripts and often call other nations for help when things get bad.
* AIRoulette - The [[VideoGame/HeartsOfIronIV HOI4]] AI returns to its usual shenanigans. Historical AI? This is a fictional setting!
* NoFairCheating - Trying to get red of all your country's stuff and delete all their templates just before a civil war? Think again.
* PressXToDie - A lot of political choices will get you annexed or puppeted.
* VillainForgotToLevelGrind - By the time the AI Dread League declares war on the rest of the continent, its muskets are going up against reliable medium tanks and strong air support.

* MedievalEuropeanFantasy - Griffonian Empire is heavily inspired by the UsefulNotes/HolyRomanEmpire, and many areas in Griffonia are still stuck in this era.
* GimmickLevel - The Dread League relies on raising the dead, giving it a near endless stream of bodies and absurd numbers. But its tech is incredibly poor.
* WeirdCrossover - Its ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' meets UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. The weirdest thing is how well it works.
** Much like a certain other DarkerAndEdgier [[FanFic/FalloutEquestria crossover]]

''Equestria at War'' is a GameMod for Paradox's Grand Strategy Game ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIronIV'' and a FanGame of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' that blends the detailed UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and political simulation of VideoGame/HeartsOfIronIV with a [[DarkerAndEdgier modified, grimmer version]] of the [[WeirdCrossover My Little Pony setting and storyline]].

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''Equestria at War'' is a GameMod for Paradox's Grand Strategy Game ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIronIV'' and a FanGame of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' that blends the detailed war and political simulation of VideoGame/HeartsOfIronIV with a modified, grimmer version of the [[WeirdCrossover My Little Pony setting and storyline]].

Released in July 2017, Equestria at War has grown to be one of the most comprehensive mods for [=HOI4=]. With a custom made map, 60+ countries with 30+ unique focus trees, racial tech trees and units, a huge variety of complex interweaving events, and more custom icons and portraits than the entire base game, it shouldn't exist, but it somehow does.

Everywhere Equestria finds new challenges. To the west, Queen Chrysalis has abandoned her attempts at infiltration and instead mobilised the Changeling Hives for industry and war, planning her revenge on Equestria. To the north, the Crystal Empire, returned after centuries in limbo, considers its future in this strange world even as the threat of Sombra's return remains ever present. Communists spread strange ideas in Stalliongrad to the east, and the griffons of the north are thrown into chaos by the assassination of their governor.

* AscendedFridgeHorror - For a world of singing candy coloured ponies, the show is full of little dark moments. From [[ProudWarriorRace warring Griffons]] to [[BugWar armies of insects that will cacoon you and drain your love]], to [[BadFuture Equestria in a state of Total War over the invasion of Sombra]], the mod has taken the canon and followed them to their natural conclusion.

* AdaptationInspiration - adapting to [=HOI4=] has foregrounded the industrialising, modernising aspects of the show, which were always in the background. The result has been a dramatic tone and theme shift away from adventure to more complex stories about ideas, diplomacy and large scale shifts.

* CutAndPasteEnvironments - Despite an incredible amount of portraits, icons, and art, the Griffons, being a rather minor part of the [=MLP=] canon, don't have much art, and tend to reuse it.

* HeroUnit - Averted. In the world of [=HOI4=] you'll need more than a few alicorns to win.

* VideoGameTime - Despite [=HOI4=] being better at this than most games, the production spike that even primitive nations can achieve over the decade is still present, and many of the nations start with crippling, civilisation collapsing maluses that can be reformed away with a year.

* AIRoulette - The [=HOI4=] AI returns to its usual shennanigans. Historical AI? This is a fictional setting!

* MedievalEuropeanFantasy - Griffonian Empire is heavily inspired by the HRE, and many areas in Griffonia are still stuck in this era.

* WeirdCrossover - Its ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' meets WW2. The weirdest thing is how well it works.
** Much like a [[FanFic/FalloutEquestria certain other crossover]]

** Much like a [[FalloutEquestria certain other crossover]]

** Queen Velvet, Queen of the Deer, is a shoutout / shameless theft of her character in ThemsFightinHerds

* AscendedFanon - Fill this one out.

* AscendedFanon - Fill this one out...

* Shoutout

* SaveThePrincess - Averted. Princesses are sitting on some of the most terrifying armies in the game, and woe betind you if you MAKE THEM ANGRY

* Hero Unit - Averted. In the world of [=HOI4=] you'll need more than a few alicorns to win.

Secret Character - Several.

* Wutai - Averted. Devs have ruled out a Japanese nation. The closest is the Griffon Liberation Army, which is inspired by Communist movements (such as Maoists) in East Asia.

''Equestria at War'' is a GameMod for Paradox's Grand Strategy Game ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIronIV'' that blends the detailed war and political simulation of VideoGame/HeartsOfIronIV with a modified, grimmer version of Hasbro's popular ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' setting and storyline.

First released in July 2017 by a small team of volunteers, Equestria at War has grown to be one of the most comprehensive mods for Hearts of Iron 4. With a hand made map, 60+ countries with 30+ unique focus trees, custom racial tech trees and units, a huge variety of complex interweaving events, and more custom icons and portraits than the entire base game, it should not exist, but it somehow does.

* WildWest / DeepSouth - Can happen during an Equestrian Civil War

[[caption-width-right:350:"Commander Hurricane is turning in his grave." - An Equestrian flight commander, inspecting his new aircraft]]

''Equestria at War'' is a GameMod for Paradox's Grand Strategy Game ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIronIV'' that blends the detailed war and political simulation of HOI4 with a modified, grimmer version of Hasbro's popular ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' setting and storyline.

First released in July 2017 by a small team of volunteers, Equestria at war has grown to be one of the most comprehensive mods for Hearts of Iron 4. With a hand made map, 60+ countries with 30+ unique focus trees, custom racial tech trees and units, a huge variety of complex interweaving events, and more custom icons and portraits than the entire base game, it should not exist, but it somehow does.

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* BaldOfEvil - Rozankamp, the NazBol of EAW

* BlackAndRedAndEvilAllOver - Vampire Rosa of the Dread League

With a hand made map, 60+ countries with 30+ unique focus trees, custom racial tech trees and units, a huge variety of complex interweaving events, and more custom icons and portraits than the entire base game, it should not exist, but it somehow does.

Everywhere Equestria finds new challenges. To the west, Queen Chrysalis has abandoned her attempts at infiltration and instead mobilised the Changeling Hives for industry and war, planning her revenge on Equestria. To the north, the Crystal Empire, returned after centuries in limbo, considers its future in this strange world even as the threat of Sombra's return remains ever present. Communists spread strange ideas in Stalliongrad to the east, and the griffons of the north are thrown into chaos by the assasination of their governor.

Across the sea, things are even worse. The Griffonian Empire, after centuries of stability, has collapsed, and millions lie dead as lords, kings and revolutionaries rush to fight over the spoils. The vulnerable ponies of the colony of New Mareland find Equestria more distant than ever. In the cursed north, the Necromancers of the Dread League stir to battle the Holy Knights of the Arcturian Order. And in the far east the ponies of the disparate nations of the River Federation face this dangerous world have no alicorns, no harmony, no advanced technology, wielding only the grim determination of those who fight to protect their home and lives.

In this modern world of danger and impending war, the Magic of Friendship can seem very distant indeed...

With a hand made map, a boggling 60+ countries with 30+ unique focus trees, custom racial tech trees, a huge variety of complex interweaving events, and more custom icons and portraits than the entire base game, it should not exist, but it somehow does.

It is 7 years since Princess Luna was saved and the Elements of Harmony restored by Princess Twilight and her friends. The world is changing. Already Equestria has suffered multiple invasions, coup attempts, and magical disasters.