first the site is working better … not entirely fixed, but better.

Here’s where we are with Turn 220 post-processing and the prep for turn 221:

1. New versions of the turn 220 maps posted to the site.
2. Version 6 rulebooks finally completed and posted to the Player Rules section.

I’ve received and implemented the unit conversions for:

• Aztec
• Zacatec
• The Bad Faeries
• Frankish Commonwealth
• Gripani e’ Timurlenk
• Duchy of the Three Isles
• Al-Haggar
• Persia
• Norsktrad
• The Pure Realm
• Vastmark
• Qing China
• Ayuthia Thai
• Arnor
• Chandella
• Mixtecs
• Aeronautical Research & Fabrication
• Exarchate of Trebizond
• Cataluna
• Sisters of the Rose

The updated stat sheets for these nations have been emailed to their players. If you have not gotten a revised stat sheet, please let Thomas know so they can be re-sent.

Just a note to let you know that I’ve gotten the new build charts loaded into xSTATS (thanks to Martin!) and will soon have the new Project lists done (thanks to Matthew), while Colin has agreed to pitch in and update the maps. So there will be maps soon! And all of you that have sent in your Unit Conversions will get new stat sheets by the end of the week.

The rest of you need to send in your conversion lists!

The Royal Hussars, for example, could be organized from one of your armies and assigned to a Leader. If that named group is then handed off to another leader, it remains as a distinct group.

Another use of this functionality is to name specific capital ships. Which is cool.

Second, go through each Garrison, Fleet and Army in each Region or City and break down those units into type-groups. During this step you can combine Armies and Garrisons if they are in the same Region or City; or Fleets if they are in the same Port.

• Infantry
• Cavalry
• Artillery
• Engineers
• Field Forts
• Sail Warships
• Sail Transports
• Steam Warships
• Steam Transports
• Airships

Note! Wall Points on Cities and Fortresses are not converted.

Use the V5 build chart to determine the GP and NFP value of each type group. Then you use that GP/NFP total to rebuild them into V6 units of the same type. During this step, if you wish, you can convert 1 NFP into 1 GP (and after you see how much V6 units cost, you’ll want to…)

But you cannot carry over GP/NFP to a different type-group in the same garrison, army or fleet – or to a whole ‘nother garrison, army or fleet in a different region / city.

During this rebuild, you do not have to worry about the City Industry, or Yard Capacities, needed to build the new units. That’s a gimme. But you cannot rebuild into units you do not have the R&D Project for, if the unit type has a project requirement.

If you find that you have only one (1) unit in a type-group, and it’s V5 cost is less than the V6 cost for the cheapest equivalent unit (like converting a V5 Steam Cruiser (sca) to a V6 Wooden Steam Cruiser (scw)), then you get the equivalent V6 unit. A bonus!

If you have GP or NFP left over after your rebuild – that excess is lost. Yeah, cry me a river…

Example

Japan has an fleet of 100hw, 60t, 20xew. This breaks down into two type-groups: Sail Warships (100hw,20xew) and Sail Transports (60t). The Sail Warships group cost (in V5 terms) 640gp / 140 nfp. The Sail Transports group cost 240gp / 60 nfp.

In V6 terms, an example (and there are many permutations, of course) of the new Sail Warships group might be: 9hw (1st Rank Ships of the Line) and 2gfw (Frigates) and 3lw (Corvettes) for a cost of 639gp and 25nfp. Well, that’s not quite right… that leaves them with 115 excess NFP! So the Japanese player will want to convert some of those NFP into GP (as per the note above); let’s say… 108 NFP to GP, and that lets him build another 6gfw (Frigates) for 108gp and 4.8nfp.

That leaves him with 3.2 NFP in excess — which is exactly what he needs to get another 1lw (Corvette) for 3 GP and 0.2 NFP! Perfect.

Now to the Sail Transports group; here he has 240 GP and 6o NFP to work with. As it happens the V5 HT (Heavy Transport) is the almost exact equivalent of the V6 T (Ordinary Transport) unit, save the NFP cost is much less in V6 (0.1 NFP vs. 1 NFP). So the Japanese player is getting a bonus of 54 NFP from the conversion. He could get 13 T more for 52 GP and 1.3 NFP, which leaves him with an excess of only 0.7 NFP – which will be lost.

His final, converted, fleet is 9hw, 8gfw, 4lw and 73t.

Send me your rebuilds, listed by Leader and Garrison, as soon as you can. I’ll implement them on your stat sheet, recalculate your troop support and send it back.

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