Here is something a bit different, hope you lenjoy it non the less. The video is not paid or sponsored by the Rattenreich team. I just think the ww1 themed Skaven are pretty neat and I want their upcoming game to succeed. It was fun to make and I learned a few new tricks that can be used for other lore videos as well. For Warhammer fans, no worries because next lore episode will be Vraks again! Cheers

@TallCasade1115

11 ай бұрын

I never knew about rattenrrich, thanks! (Also I can’t wait for Vraks)

@comrade_commissar3794

11 ай бұрын

Delete this furry degenerate garbage

@shittinontheceiling3474

11 ай бұрын

​@AdolfHitler-wo1myIt's just Warhammer: The Age Skaven

@LepiSladja

11 ай бұрын

@AdolfHitler-wo1my But still its interesting take on political reason on war during WW1/WW2

@wojszach4443

11 ай бұрын

@@shittinontheceiling3474 its warhammer if you let skavens into late game

A note: The Cockroches do not rely on massive 'manpower', it's massive 'roachpower'.

@Danielzabojca

11 ай бұрын

All the memes about Turkey make so much sense now!

@badart3204

11 ай бұрын

Cockpower

@mpcrauzer

11 ай бұрын

Hahahahaha, Very funny guardsman, now face the wall

@a1ka_mak1

11 ай бұрын

C*ckpower?

@papasuamae4302

11 ай бұрын

Cockpower

The C.A.R. just chillin as everything burns around them is a massive vibe

@timmorin6657

11 ай бұрын

they should have been switzerland.

@bigboi7817

11 ай бұрын

At least one C.A.R. is peaceful.

@exaggeratedswaggerofablackteen

11 ай бұрын

Sigma 🇨🇫 grindset

@infiniteapex9859

11 ай бұрын

Central African Republic...Oh...oh no my bad

@History_animations_OFFICIAL

11 ай бұрын

Pov:Switzerland maintaining 1000000% neutrality during ww2 and profiting via nazi gold

I find interesting that the Sun empire seems to be a mix between Japan and Italy in Ww2: they are simultaneously a reliable alie and a country that needs it's more successful partner to hold it's hand.

@iago110

11 ай бұрын

Not advanced but extremely determined

@larsmuller97

11 ай бұрын

I feel like it's an exploration of what would hapen to japan with no Meiji restoration. Like a shogunate Japan in modern history. I find it very cool.

@shellshockedgerman3947

11 ай бұрын

​@@larsmuller97 The Shogun was the modernizing force in Japan. The Imperials were not. They just adopted the same stance as the Shogun after the British showed one of their loyal clans what Western technology can do to whatever crap the Japanese fielded.

@nosense8744

11 ай бұрын

Although yes, we may include the Ottoman Empire of WW1 into the combination as the lack of modernization and the incapability to mobilize correctly.

@nosense8744

11 ай бұрын

​@@shellshockedgerman3947Yeah but the Imperials did a massive industrialization and exploited the opportunity

Me: *Eagerly awaites next Vraks/Horus Heresy video, after binging both playlists in one day* Jan: Fancy some ratzkrieg?

@divvsivlivs5406

11 ай бұрын

Jokes aside, that was an enjoyable watch. Your videos are on par with, if not superior to other similar creators with larger teams (à la Kings&Generals) Keep up the good work, matter of time before we hit 1M!

@Janovich

11 ай бұрын

Thanks very much, thats a great compliment :)

@aramisortsbottcher8201

11 ай бұрын

To a German a "Ratzkrieg" sounds prety boring, as "ratzen" means "to sleep". So a Ratzkrieg would be a sleeping-contest :D

@misanthropicservitorofmars2116

11 ай бұрын

@@aramisortsbottcher8201does that mean blitzkrieg is a speed contest?

@ynpavo

11 ай бұрын

@@aramisortsbottcher8201bruh Germans everywhere can‘t resist the urge to tell you what anything means in their language

Plot twist: this entire world rests on a random pile of mud in the middle of an unremarkable lake outside of Paris.

@orange8420

2 ай бұрын

Canon

Theory: in 40k the death korps of krieg doesn’t actually clone but uses rats

@thomasross9694

11 ай бұрын

Agreed

@venewoner9818

11 ай бұрын

Skaven

@bananagoose2469

11 ай бұрын

@@thomasross9694Wait let me call someone…Inquisition look it’s a heretic!

@JosephKano

11 ай бұрын

​ BE VIGILANT BE PURE BEE HIVE.

@thecommandant2831

11 ай бұрын

What who dares state heresy?

They should've made an ancient civilization called the Micenaeans

@krypt420

11 ай бұрын

Holy crap that's Genius

@WynnofThule

11 ай бұрын

@@krypt420 wtf I come back to this comment because of one reply and it has 375 likes

@krypt420

11 ай бұрын

@@WynnofThule just a genius idea 🤣

@adventuresincrt1376

5 ай бұрын

😆

@largeone923

5 ай бұрын

Writers: *".... FFFFFFUUUUUU-"*

Took me an embarrassingly long time to realize this wasn't a Krieg video...

@Janovich

11 ай бұрын

you would be forgiven for making that mistake

@blitzcrieg101

10 ай бұрын

​@@Janovichwould? But no!!!

@MrMegamike2k

5 ай бұрын

I thought it was a bannerlord 2 totcon first...

1:24 "together this dual MONARCHY rules the free mouse REPUBLIC" 😂

@paulholmpileborg6340

3 ай бұрын

Res Publica Of/by the people

"He is worse than a mouse, may my Whiskas forgive me for even uttering this heresy - he is a cat."

''I' m a rat i ain't no snitch'' A captured rat spy to his mouse interogators

>Free Mouse Republic >Has two monarchies

@marley7868

11 ай бұрын

it's the allies without america it's to be excpected

@pheonexking1218

4 ай бұрын

@@marley7868 cept the allies are more or less the baddies this time

@marley7868

4 ай бұрын

@@pheonexking1218 I said without america that goes without saying

@fds7476

4 ай бұрын

@@marley7868 Wow, spotted the Yank.

@marley7868

4 ай бұрын

@6yeah no duh and if you think I'm wrong I'm just gonna highlight which nations commited the most hypocrisy and screwed over the most civilians and brought the war on themselves hyporacy england brought it on themselves france

*The world is at war Cockroach: *takes a sip of tea/coffee "This is fine."

Whoever made Friss knew exactly what he was doing

@piglin469

11 ай бұрын

Ratussy

@leonorlund4579

11 ай бұрын

Indeed he did😏

@axios4702

11 ай бұрын

Rat titties... Slaanesh must be happy

@foxmutant1295

11 ай бұрын

I understood the references to the other named rats but never understood what fries referenced. What is she a reference to?

@Shayrin2

11 ай бұрын

@@foxmutant1295 Triss. Triss Merigold.

I'm a simple man, I watch a video of Janovich and I already like it.

This seems like it would be an interesting way to learn world history. Wasn't there talk about a WWI lore series?

@Janovich

11 ай бұрын

Yes but the ww1 series is on hold because the scope is too big for now to handle it

@chuckingflem

11 ай бұрын

@@Janovich Very understandable. You are working on so many projects at the same time. Thanks for keeping us entertained.

@Berserker3624

5 ай бұрын

@@Janovichah screw a historical ww1 though, we know the bad guys unfortunately win that conflict. Instead why not do a documentary on the world of kaiserreich and talk about how the imperial army secured dominance on the western front against the Frank’s

@narrowstone5363

4 ай бұрын

​@@Berserker3624do you think WW2 was won by the bad guys as well?

@Berserker3624

4 ай бұрын

@@narrowstone5363 I have a better question, are you literate?

I like the combination of WW1 & WW2 in this lore, is pretty unique and havent seen it yet

@aoki6332

5 ай бұрын

make me thing of the Manga Youjo Senky whit the Empire pretty much being stuck in trench warfare until they manage to break the Francois Republic Line and capture the country for ultimate the commonwealth joining the war be helping there army escape to Albion and north Africa where its turn into more of a ww2 a shame the manga more focus on the story of Tanya but the lore between the war is interesting

This just seems like a WW2 told in a new way. Mice-Britian, Rats-Germany, Cockroach-USSR, Dragon-China, Lizards-Japan, Dessert-North Africa, Autocratic-Switerland, Arctic-Norway/Sweden/Finland. Pretty cool though

@battenburg6089

11 ай бұрын

well yeah, thats the theme

@manwithgun9768

11 ай бұрын

The C.A.R's are more like the Russian Empire tho

@luckybull8025

11 ай бұрын

I think it's a mix of both world wars

@theroundtable6371

11 ай бұрын

Yeah this shit just WW1 and 1/2

@Nogaret_

11 ай бұрын

seing the uniform it's more like Mice-France, their emblem also are similar to french ones, just as it is a "Republic"

Do the foxhole one next!😀

@TheMagicalWizardPyro

11 ай бұрын

Might be hard with how vague the lore is. In the sense of when did 'x' thing happen? Foxhole lore is a lot like Dark Souls with tons of small snippets to a greater story... That can be very hard to piece together. There's more theorizing than there is concrete lore. Stuff like last time I looked at the Foxhole lore chat people were arguing about what the 'Wardens' even were.

"Arch Rathammer"... seriously? I mean, don't get me wrong, it's hilarious and I love it, but... Jan really couldn't stop himself?! 😂👏

Im getting heavy Maus vibes from this. I havent thought about that book in years, and considering the state of the actual world, its high time to read it again.

@kriegscommissarmccraw4205

11 ай бұрын

Did you know that that man also writes smut?

@edgardeloera2874

11 ай бұрын

​@@kriegscommissarmccraw4205Why are you reading smut?

@FixedGearFox

11 ай бұрын

@@kriegscommissarmccraw4205 I did not. Gonna have to find that lol.

@andrewdiaz3529

11 ай бұрын

Ehh, this would make a very muddled analogy; Mixing the history of pre-empire germanic states with parts of the history of the Jewish diaspora in Central Europe at the time really puts both in a fictional context that disservices both.

@ashipthattriestobotheryou4759

11 ай бұрын

What will the rat give name for the panzer viii? "Hooman" tank?

Rats! We're rats! We're the rats! We prey at night, we stalk at night, we're the rats!

@blitzcrieg101

10 ай бұрын

"A new power is rising!" -Saruman the Rat

i read Rattenreich and my mind went: Skaven,YES-YES!

@deep1umbra

11 ай бұрын

My first thought: Skaven Krieg. 🐀💥

@blitzcrieg101

10 ай бұрын

My first thought. Oh, great. Here we go!

YES! You don't know how much happy this shovel content makes me. I need to consume lore content of any fictional or real setting that includes tanks shovels trenches and gases BUT nobody understand how this neccesity works for me. So thanks Man! I will have to invite you to Cheddar one day. Shovel to the shovel God!

I love the way you apply your style to this sort of lore. It makes it understandable. Most enjoyable.

I wonder which historical figure, this mysterious Jan Ratovich is the closest too. This suspicious Arch Rathammer has a taste of Rommel.

@wojszach4443

11 ай бұрын

more like lion of the dessert than rommel

@blitzcrieg101

10 ай бұрын

It's the desert fox as a desert rat! Even though the desert fox fought the desert rats!

@wojszach4443

10 ай бұрын

@@blitzcrieg101 thats lion of the desert!

I love strangereal worlds so much it just adds such fun spins on history.

The similarity between the British and mice I mean the FMR is remarkable

I remember seeing this game awhile ago and actually being into the idea of the World Wars but the factions were different animals with different biologies. Unfortunately when I saw the art i was kinda disappointed, basically all of the animals are super humanoid and are mostly only different in name. I feel like this is a huge missed opportunity to do some really crazy and fun stuff with weapons and vehicles and terrain that are only available and usable to certain species because of Biology. Like cockroaches having weapons that used all 4 hands, or Mice being able to burry downwards and have huge underground bunkers or something. as it is now it looks like a ww1/2 reskin.

@theturnc0at

11 ай бұрын

Also, the annoying usage of the term “Republic” for monarchist nations, which makes absolutely zero sense.

@TactWendigo

11 ай бұрын

​@@theturnc0atquite a lot of heavily centralized governments have called themselves republics throughout history.

@theturnc0at

11 ай бұрын

@@TactWendigo It’s not about the centralization, rather the fact that the title “Republic” is by definition incompatible with the nation being a monarchy (ruled by a hereditary, non-electable head of state). A republic is defined by a nation with an electable head of state and/or legislature, at least in name.

@TactWendigo

11 ай бұрын

@@theturnc0at yes. Let me rephrase it since I wasn't specific enough. Straight up dictatorships will calm themselves a republic. The name attached to a nation will sometimes have little to do with reality.

@theturnc0at

11 ай бұрын

@@TactWendigo True, but my argument is that if the ruler is a king, duke, emperor, etc, then there is zero chance you are calling yourself a republic, since the term implies the lack of a monarch ruling the state. A dictator that does not style himself as a monarch (by taking titles such as president or supreme leader, for example) is able to call his nation a republic despite there being no democratic system. Hence the “if only in name” at the end of my previous reply

i though this was a joke and had no clue this was a real game, this is everything i've ever wanted

Me: a Brit; Wait a minute, this sounds familiar...

I hope the team has success too. This seems quite interesting and cool.

I can't wait for the continuation of the Rattenreich Lore.

honestly man, you have such a nice voice for it, its nice to just have this on in the background while gaming

Man all these animals fighting are just like the ones in my basement

This is gonna be crazy good when it comes out I hope

I cant wait for the Rattenreich game to come out on steam so I can hear countless people spamming the "We are the rats" song over their mics.

Can’t wait for this to come to console, I’ve been a kickstarter supporter for its console release just last week!

quite fun video big props for making it!

I love how Arch is a part of this world’s lore. Really freaking great! Edit - waiting for snakes to come out of the desert

@lorddenalian

11 ай бұрын

Oh he’s very happy his ratgirls are thriving in this universe.

@tarektechmarine8209

11 ай бұрын

@@lorddenalian LMAO

@Knight25B

11 ай бұрын

Arch Rathammer. 😂 i have never smiled this big to a lore before. LoL

@tylerghersinich576

11 ай бұрын

@@Knight25B I like how it is a open fu to game work shop

@tylerghersinich576

11 ай бұрын

Instead of snakes maybe scorpions. There is only one insect based army

Nice. Thx for the lore. Iam going to play this game in the near future and wanted to know more about the Conflict. Love your lore vids

What an insightful and interesting lore video! While I know that you will be always centered about Warhammer, please put a few of those pearls in there from time to time!

Love the lore man, feels quite anew from the other content.

Another amazing video!

I was not expecting something so deep from the rodent strategy game.

@andrewdiaz3529

11 ай бұрын

I was actually hoping for more and original, but sadly it seems to be compressed early 20th century with rat costumes

@delta1138e

11 ай бұрын

@@andrewdiaz3529 at least it's not another ww2 clone, I'll take ww1 any day

Everything you are making is helping a 15 hour road trip more bearable thanks so much.

Awesome lore video and animation as always!

this was really cool I always love new story with maps I can look at

Two Imperial Powers control the "Free Mouse *Republic* "....

@thatoneguy5550

4 ай бұрын

Got to trick the peasantry.

great video as always! made me take a look in Rattenreich, seems interesting, kinda of a mix between company of heroes and iron harvest. hope they end up sponsoring you lol

So many references to the interwar period it’s lore value diminishes but nonetheless, I’m a sucker for colorful maps with varying empires and cultures at war with one another.

This storyline is absolute genius, clearly written by very educated individuals👌🏻🍻

Not gonna lie, Rattenreich has a stylish and charming ring to it, like Götterdämmerung (which "muss fliegen, maschine streigt in den Himmel...."). If you don't mind I will use it for an aircraft design (both for the rule of cool and as a misleading nickname, as if it wouldn't be obvious it will be a military aircraft with a *slight* resembelence in design)

Nice can’t wait for more this is awesome

Originally i was here for the warhammer stuff but it seems you cover more things I'm interested in, keep it up

This helped me get a picture of the world a lot better

After this you could make maybe lore about saxony or polania?

@funeralhippy3209

11 ай бұрын

Should do a vid on the whole of Iron harvest at that point. The lore is literally just what ig this in history was this instead mixed with Tesla having Robert house levels of intellect

Bro I'm hooked, we need more!!!

Thanks for putting this on my radar. I think ill pick up a copy when they list it on steam.

i find it hilarious that they swapped the analog to ww2, where it was the USSR that had reached out to the western empires for an alliance against germany.

I adored every last second of this.

this is amazing . loved it really tests what we know of world war historie need more of stuff like this ^^

Oh yeah this is amazing I hope to see even more like this

this is very cool im a sucker for ww1 alternate universe scenarios, been seeing this on tiktok hope it blows up!

Arch Rathammer? Am I sensing a little bit of art imitating life?

This was brilliant and i love the idea and potential of this.

This was AWESOME

I liked this video, i had heard of the ratten reich game before, but dismissed it. Now with some good lore to back it up, i think it'll be worth keeping an eye on and getting when its released!

Impressive looking forward to experiencing the end result.

i have 0 clue whats going on im just happy to be listening to Rat lore

Arch Rathammer...cute.

dude... that was a dope episode

Damn, Redwall got dark since when I was a kid

This video has convinced me to want to buy this game when it comes out.

I like this, very good content, well made video. I also like the map it looks like it took inspiration from Game of Thrones.

Won’t lie, this map looks like the landmass of Game of thrones world

@Janovich

11 ай бұрын

Kinda yeh. I think its more like a super condensed map of Eurasia though

1 and a half minutes in my thoughts were "Is this Warhammer? I'm having a little harder time believing in this", but I do wonder what the imperium would think of mouse xenos

@confusedcapitalist2242

11 ай бұрын

“Oh no! Here I go killing again” is probably what it would be like.

a surprise to be sure but a welcome one 😁

The devs really don't understand the meaning of word republic

@METALLADLERSTUDIOLLC

11 ай бұрын

There are many cases in history when Communists call themselves democrats. This is an allegory that the name of the country on the map does not give you a clear understanding of the country.

The cockroaches were a mistake.

"Free Mouse Republic" *Led by a dual monarchy* ... Yeahhh You might want to look up the definition of republic.

This is awesome and extremely enjoyable. More more more

It feels weird to have such an obvious metaphor for WWII, and have no stand-in for America.

@forminecraftmultiplayeracc2583

11 ай бұрын

It's not WWII since their tactics are WW1-like. And also notice the Pickelhaubes.

Never heard about this but C.A.R. Already sounds like tsar Russia and I love it

This is sooo cool 😊

Im looking forward to this game!

okay so no that I'm Hyped; when do I get to play this?! Skaven World Conquest, Take two boogaloo LETS GO! Yes-yes!!

"Arch Rathammer"

Astounding!

The best collab of all time

First time I saw the gameplay I thought to myself “this is right up his alley”

Want more of this please

now this sounds dope

Oh this pretty awesome!!!

This seems like a beginner worldbuilding project, and consequently I would have a lot to critique, BUT -- I want to focus on just one very important point: you tell the Mice "colonized" a land, or the Rats "industrialized", or the Dragon Kingdom "expanded its army". That certainly is information, but is it interesting? You could use either anecdotes, historical events, scientific breakthroughs, political upheavals etc. to communicate the same information, but now it'd be 'palpable' and interesting. Like: "After Miguel Mouse was blown off course, he became the first person to discover etc. ..." "The Rattenreich had a district which already in ancient times had a high-concentration of water-powered facilities, but when coal was discovered, the region became a hotbed of industrialization. Furthermore, the government believed heavily in statist guided economical efforts, as contrasted by the Mice, which had a more laissez-faire approach in line with their more liberal disposition. The Rats could thus marshal the limited resources within their borders to build factories by decree, especially as crown prince Alois (a grey eminence of sorts) correctly foresaw the role machines would play in the future..." "The Dragon emperor had to wrest command of the South Eastern army -- the largest available to the nation -- from the caste of eunuchs that used them, officially, to quell rebellions, but actually served as the implement of power that kept power in the ministry/the clan the eunuchs belong to." Of course, these are somewhat wordy examples, but I needed to illustrate the principle, and I also think the audience wouldn't mind if the WB project is twice as long to read/watch if it's a richer-feeling world. If you can have the reader/watcher/player go "Fucking eunuchs at it again!" you have a winner. Something else has been a headscratcher while watching this: you cite rat forces being 500k strong and 100k perishing on the battlefields etc. Why didn't you use the opportunity to make this truly an animal-anthro-feeling worldbuilding project? I am not saying revamp the entire IRL inspired take, just in tasteful spots, like population numbers. Rats are ~500 times smaller than a human. Consequently, it would have been interesting if troop sizes would be in the realm of 100+ times larger than human army troop sizes. Unless of course you go with a "the landmass is 500 times smaller than Eurasia as well". But this again explodes into -- interesting! -- implications, like the Rattenreich world suddenly becoming a tiny island on an Earth sized planet.

@ekszentrik

8 ай бұрын

@windrose5988 I don't care about the context in which something is made and if with "you" I actually am talking to the proper creator. I was simply analyzing the project in general. I assumed there was a "risk" I am wrong in addressing the uploader like he created it, but do you honestly believe I care enough to do research about every single video I comment?

If we got a strategic map and got to do world conquest in RR, that would be so awesome.

A lore video from an underrated game

amazing

You're a menace. This is just WW1/WW2, deadass based. GG.