Nautical Stats Investments: All non-Renaissance (Tech 8) nations may not invest in Nautical Stats: Conduit Limit, Trade Range & Navigation. Any gold or NFP will be saved if attempted.

Maximum Nautical Stats: Here are the maximum levels for each of the nautical stats:

Tech Level Navigation Trade Range Conduit Limit
8 4 6 4
9 5 8 5
10 6 10 5
11 7 12 5

Undefined MSP (To Reiterate): You can convert 2m to 1t (and then demobizie it for NFP) if you FIRST pay 1 GP per MSP. These are privately owned ships and cannot be seized without consequence.

AGRO Harvests: I have adjusted the randomizer to fluctuate harvests about 33% either way. This should reduce the incidents of really bad harvests.

LORDS 10 UNIT CONVERSION
Each point of cavalry and infantry (light or heavy) represents 500 fighting men. A transport or warship point = 1 vessel with 500 men aboard. A siege point = 5 siege towers or catapults or 500 sappers. A war elephant point = 50 elephants ridden by mahouts. A field fort point = 1 tower manned by 500 men each. A wall point = 10 feet of wall ramparts. An artillery point = 5 guns and assorted men. A siege artillery point = 1 mortar piece and supporing men.

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THE SHARIFAT OF SENEGAL
The Senegalese began to think to think that they might live free. But that was just a dream. A rogue Italian army led by Romeo Afadulio with 28,500 infantry and 50 artillery defeated Acca's 40,000 swordsmen on the fields of Senegal. These brigands assaulted Barr an Nihayi and killed all the inhabitants. The city was sacked and destroyed, reduced to rubble. That too was the fate of Dakar only months before. The tremendous treasure was captured and was distributed evenly among all the adventurers; the conquering army dispersed. Senegal, Takrur and Gambia are now neutral.

THE SUPREMACY OF TOGO
Elembouko, Supreme Oba of Togo
The Togonads responded to the Kongo invasion byh sacking their government and many of their megaliths and public works to pay for the hire and training of new spearmen. All the armies that King Elembouko had were loaded on transports at Accra , the capital city in Akan. They sailed through the Bight of Benin, completely missing any Kongo patrol, and landed themselves at the beach of Teke.
The counter-invasion was a war of destruction. Elembouko sacked and burned Libraville and looted Teke (already a wilderness, scorched earth had no effect). Then the 40,000 spearmen and 3500 diggers attacked Vili and only had enough time to destroy and bury Port Kachunk. Now all the government rests on the person of Elembouko. While he campaigns in the southlands, Marampa rebelled.

THE BANTU KINGS OF KONGO
Mbelini, King of Ba-Congo
Prince Nashingway waited for Bamusu to reinforce his great army. That took a year. Now with 69,500 leopard fighters and 11,000 rhino roughs, they moved on Togo, the historical homeland of the Togo kingdom. That land was easily occupied and Lome had no walls so it was captured. In 1468, both Nashingway and Bamusu died from malaria. At Boma, Lassa also perished (old age) just before the Togo army could actually besiege him. Mbelini the eldest surviving son of Lassa became king. Refugees from Libraville and Kachunk found shelter near Boma.

East Africa
Mercs: 10mi, 10mw

THE GREAT ZIMBABWE
Benlos, Chief of Zimbabwe, Holder of the Five Twin Jackal Chair
Benlos went home. That's all he did.

THE KRAKAS KINGDOM OF AETHIOPIA
Gobbu VI, Alem 'Elum, King of Aethiopia
DIPLOMACY: Ain Farah(fa)
Mech with some troops, enough to do the job, slammed Kanme and bludgeoned the folks there until they professed Coptic Christianity. Closer to home, a road was built over river by the old rusty chain from Amada to Luxor. A postal road connected Amada to Bani Suwayf.

THE ALMORAVID EMIRATE OF ANDALUSIA
Istafa (III) ibn Ruda, Emir as Sevilla
Kazmedina, Ar Rokki, Porto and Toledo each grew that extra gold point level. A royal road was crafted going from Sagunto to Barcelona (paid for both by Moors and Franji) enabling more efficient trade with Bilad Sakson.

THE NORMAN KINGDOM OF ENGLAND
Edwin, King of England
DIPLOMACY: Connaught(f)
English navies kept watch on the Channel to ensure no invasion happened. They could not keep the Saxons from doing their shenegans.

THE NORMAN KINGDOM OF SAXONIA
Henry IV, King of the Saxons and of the Normans, Count of Blois
DIPLOMACY: Orkney(nt), Poitou(fa)
Young Henry IV with the advice of the new Prime Minister Havel Rodel decided in the favor of the pleading Flemish merchants and allowed Orkney to go non-paying tributary (leaving a partially completed port city). There was some impetus to make Poitou a crown domain instead. There was some naval reconaissance at the mouth of the Rhine. After some observataions, the Rhine was interdicted, cutting English trade with Liguria. An Imperial road was built from Barcelona to Sagunto connecting to the new road from Catalonia to Sete. Also a highway was built from Angers to La Rochelle. Barcelona and Cologne grew each to 10 Gpv.

THE LIGURIAN KINGDOM OF ITALY
Arturo, Rex Lagobardum
Raphael Tilita and Tomaso Sumio got a sizable army of dragoons, infantry and warships to bring to Italian rule the islands of the Indias. The Great Discoverer made landfall at Ciboney, after making final maps of the sea lane from Madeira to the Leeward Sea. The friendly Indians were slaughtered wholesale, leaving the island uninhabited, except for the detachment of soldiers who were supposed to be the nucleus of a new colony. By 1468, Tilita and his crew conquered Haiti as well (but didn't do any genociding yet).
Lord Romeo Afudulio and Giovanni Szarra took a greater army to fight the Susu, the pesky, obnoxious Susu. He took condottieri horsemen and artillery to help out the mostly infantry force. Upon entering the coastal wilderness, the cavalry became useless for their horses got sick from those deadly insects. When the natives ambushed, the artillery were useful. Wave after wave of native attack were repulsed and it looked like the Ligurians would have control of Susu at last. Not quite. Ser Afudulio had gotten wind of the great treasures of Barrannihayi, the coastal capital of a Moorish kingdom. If he could beat these rugged Susu scum, surely the Sengalese would fall too. Szarra didn't agree so Afudulio rebelled, pulling his rank to keep the army in line. These became a horde of marauders that destroyed two cities in Senegal and became so wealthy from their adventures that they all retired to become petty lords all over Europe.

THE MERCANTILE AND BANKING COMPANY OF LIVORNO (Medici)
Ricardo d'Medici
Business was steady but the current bosses had no vision. No acquisitions were made.

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
Pius V, Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Christ, Servant of the Servants of God, Supreme Pontiff on the Universal Church
Pope Pius responded to the criticism of the kings of Europe by ignoring them.

Eastern Europe
Mercs: 20mc, 10mi

THE UNITED CANTONS OF HELVETICA
Geralt Kemmelstim, Grand Doge of the UCH
The United Cantons experienced some quiet prosperity until 1468 when Klove Charofsi died. Without much stability, there was a constitutional crisis about succession. The Articles of Union stated that a Grand Doge would be elected by the Ritterrat, but the process of how candidates would be found and qualified was nonexistent. So after some verbal chaos at the legislative assemblies, Geralt Kemmelstim, the chief marshal staged a putsch. He proclaimed that only he would be the arbiter of the Articles and that he would serve as Grand Doge for an indefinite period of time (e.g. For life). The Bakonien frontier regions: Bakony, Croatia, Podravina and Slovakia rebelled. Citherione grew to 10 Gpv.

THE NORDIK KINGDOM OF THAERY (Eystein)
Javik Thundervoice, King of the Danes
DIPLOMACY: none
Davis Oydag sailed a small group of soldiers to Gronland. They were success in their pacification of the habitable area where the Eskimo Skaers dwelled.

THE DUCHY OF BOCHNIA
Roman Staszavic, Duke of Bochan
DIPLOMACY: Galich(ne)
Stashu exacted tribute in the swampland of Turov. He came home with his muddy boots and died of some blight he had picked up on the battle trail. The 9 year old Roman was the new Duke. The city of Danzig and Radom grew to 4 Gpv. A Baltic leader loitered in Chernigov, expecting something. It must have been that Lyubbech thing.

THE KINGDOM OF THE BALTS
Gleb, King of Baltica, Prince of Novgorod
DIPLOMACY: Yaroslav(fa)
Prince Josip attacked neutral and heathen Turku and made them most violently good Roman Catholics. Lyubbech was turned over to the Bochnians, but the other half of the bargain was not fulfilled.

THE UKRAIN EMPIRE
Jared, Prince of Kubishev
The mink harvest was just fine these years.

THE DIHAJ KHANAT
Chevak, Mighty Servant of Allah
The Yayik port, Chevak, was completed. Kuban spontaneously turned completely Sunni Muslim and assimilated too. Maniak town grew to 3 Gpv. Suvar became cultivated.

THE ROMAN DESPOTATE OF CRIMEA
Nervi Psechulen, Despot of Chersonopolis
The Psechulens were reduced to just one region.

THE DAR AL ISLAM - ARBILIQ CALIPHATE
Al Mustakim, Kalifat Rasul Allah, Commander of the Faithful
Early in 1465, the estate of a rich scholar donated an unbelievable amount of books and scrolls to the Baghdad Madrasa. A new navy was built in Niksar in order for the Black Sea to be safe from pirates. Niksar itself grew to 10 Gpv.

THE ZARUDID EMIRATE OF NISHAPUR
Bahram, Emir of Nishapur
The flies swarmed all over the land of Soghdia. A year later, the frog population crashed.

THE GHORID SULTANATE OF AFGHANISTAN
Ali, Sultan of Afghans
DIPLOMACY: Ferghana(f), Kuldja(fa), Zamindavar(ea)
Ali didn't like the wife Ibn Hash suggested. Ali wants to see any propective bride himself, in person. The road from Mizani from Turan became royal.

India & South-East Asia
Mercs: 10mwe, 10mc, 10mi

THE HARAYUK RAJPUT EMPIRE
Rupika Sumakrama II, Khan of Khans, Master of Kaunaj
Goa grew to 10 Gpv. Things were happening here, but nothing political.

THE CHALUKYA KINGDOM OF BANAVASI
Ammakarkachangogupta-varman, Maharaja in Banavasi, Yogi of the Maldives
The young king was impressionable and listened to much to the whining of his paranoid tutors. He thought that Yogi Bear was really out there ready to steal his strawberries. A raja road went from Kalyani to Banavasi. Banavasi got to 4 levels gold.

IL SINDACATO GRANDE ORIENTALE COMMÉRCIO
Don Fernando Bellizzi, Il Doge della Aswana
The Lord of Aswana, Don Fernando, called on his people to move to the Eastern unknown. His soldiers and their families were willing but no one else. Aswana was sacked and the soldiers built cargo boats and headed off to the Indian Ocean. They unloaded at Sri Lanka where they guarded the fearless leader as he built a factor. It didn't look like much of a city for a future home office, but the boss has ideas to sell advanced technology to the Orientals.

THE REALM OF BURMA
Anirphadhan, King of Burma, Maharaja Myanmar
Arakan was attacked and was pacified by a good amount of cavalry troops. Pendash grew to 4 Gpv. The nation was fortified. The economy became guild.

THE VIET VICEROYALTY OF MAKASSAR
Zhen Wu, Viceroy of Makassar
DIPLOMACY: Samatata(f), Flores(a), Timor(f)
In Timor, the island port of Kupang was built. In Samatata, Chittagong grew to 2 Gpv. Ambon got to 7 Gpv. Samatata was protected. Jok Kusto was lost at sea.

China
Mercs: 10mec, 10mei

THE DAI VIET GUO
Phan Thieu, Wang Dai Viet
DIPLOMACY: Kachin(a), Kayah(ea), Manipur(a), Sagaing(fa)
Over the Shan Mountains, a royal road was built from Loangphrabang in Laos to Korat's Monphu then to Sagaing. The kid prime minister, Phan Tue, died of seizures. The Vietnamese sent silver to the Buddhist Mission in Chienkang.

THE MAHIYANA BUDDHIST MISSION
Kong Asuang, 2nd Host of the Longevity Buddha
The big three: Ciao, Vietnam and Chekiang sent their alms to the Twin Pagodas Temple. Abbeys were made in Shau Tachi. They were not built in Hue and Vijaya due to the incompetance of Xung Xou Ma. They found the Buddha spirit in a child in Anhui and he was brought to the Twin Pagodas to be raised as the second host.

THE HIDDEN DRAGON OF CHEKIANG
Quan Xiong, Celestial Emperor of Chekiang
DIPLOMACY: Gtsang(t)
A truce was called on the war against weirdoes. The Empire concentrated on important stuff like the Western Road. The Imperial Highway extended from Omchu to Tzukan. At Tzukan, the city of Cashan was founded on the road. Omchu's rest stop was called Safeng. Donatations were sent to the Buddhist priests in Chienkang. Prince Xiong became the Dragon Emperor in 1468.

THE CIAO CHINESE KINGDOM
To Loi, King of the Northern Prefectures
Cities grew: Choulu (9 Gpv), Kaifeng (9), Sarchou (10), Sum (8), Tating (2), Liaoyang (2), Chinao (7), Fulao (4), and Wileng (4).

THE NIHON EMPIRE
Tenno Kugushina, 87th Emperor of Nihon, Descendent of Amaterasu
DIPLOMACY: Sakhalin(c), Amgu(c), Sikhote(nt), Suifenhe(a)
In the interior of Suifenhe was built a city called Wahishi. Hoginja (3 Gpv), Sunto (3), Ikennaku (2), Nencha (2), Suo (7) and Kyoto (8) are bigger cities.

Pacifica
Mercs: none

THE EMPIRE OF THE STORM
Floating Leaf, Storm Queen, Empress of the Middle Kingdom
Cloud Bearer and Waverider grew larger.

THE VAKAS IMPERIUM OF THE AKETTA
Vakas Afangoo, Sorceror-King of the Aketta
DIPLOMACY: Tarcoola(ne), Paramata(c), Mungo(ne), Toowomba(fa), Pechua(ne)
Temora attacked. Afangoo defended and beat them in Goolbura.

THE BLESSED COUNTRY OF KORNLAND
Simon Petresen, Jarl of Kornland, Sachem of Chowan, Keeper of the Faith, Protector of Former Atakapa Lands
DIPLOMACY: Chatot(t), Caddo(ne), Choctaw(a)
Osage was let go of. Ships were bought from Illini at a good price.

THE ADENA CONFEDERACY
Pepin Snow Fox, Great Chief of Adena
DIPLOMACY: Quapaw(ne), Wenro(ne), Shawnee(ne)
Excessive taxation occurred so that the Adenans could buy some church ships from the Illini.

THE ILLINOIS CONFEDERATION
Andru the Devout, Great Liege of the Ancient People
DIPLOMACY: Sangamon(f), Missouri(nt)
The port of Rum was built in Sangamon and Andru visited his brother to make the region friendly. Marc then sailed up the Ohio and down the Snake selling the Papal cargo boats.

The Rocky Sierra Cordillera
Mercs: 10mi

THE CNORIG COLONY OF NYDANIA
Romer Lightspear, Konik of the Nydans
DIPLOMACY: Esselin(f)
Two Nydan armies moved to crush the Klamath in two directions. The army going north (Romer King and Harald Prince with 5000 cavalry, 25,000 infantry, 500 catapults and 2 mortars) caught two groups of fleeing peoples and an arm;y (28,000 warriors and 8 tribes). The battle in Patwin was a draw but deadly to the Klamath. The Nydans won an uninhabited wilderness that used to be called Patwin. Pomo, too, was abandoned and wild growth have reclaimed the land (ditto for Yurok).
The south army (Thorgrim Ulfsson and Kalf Ingolfsson and 5000 cavalry, 15,000 infantry, 50 artillery, 500 catapults and 2 siege guns) had all the fun. They conquered Serrano and plundered the land. The Serrano hated the Nydans and remained stoutly Native Amerind. Their land was pacified (but it remained cultivated). Esselin was also invaded but the native converted. The region and city was looted anyway and the place became wilderness thanks to exposures to diseases. Vadakar built up to 2 Gpv. There is indeed a fortress at the city center.

THE MANITOWISH EMPIRE
Pelican II, Master of the Manitowish Empire
Kalapuya and Tolowa joined the Manitowish after the Klamath departed to the Great Basin.

THE EX-KLAMATIC REFUGEES OF PATWI
Redpelt, Emperor of the Lost Mani
The Klamath split into many groups to flee before the Nydans came. Two groups were caught in Patwin before they could climb the steep Siskyou Pass into Klamath. They were mauled by Nydan guns and the survivors were afflicted with the death. Only 1000 infantry, one tribe and Redpelt survived the trip to Klamath. Hundred Rivers died of smallpox. Redpelt evacuated Klamath and headed over the Cascades to Umpqua, Wallowa, Snake River, Bohogue to Unita. He got some of the government out. One lieutenant, Wolftree escaped to Moache with some loot. He had caught measles but survived. Prince Redbark Moss had evacuated Tomah and Yurok and traveled up the Columbia River, but he was not heard from after that. Rumors did come through that old Lemhi was colonized by Redbark's tribe to (1/8) and that the land was renamed Toma.
Contact with lost with much of the old land. Chumash rebelled. Esselin and Serrano were conquered. Kalapuya and Tolowa joined the Manitowish. Only Mono and Yahuskin remained loyally protected by the Sierra Nevadas. Pomo, Patwin, Klamath and Yurok have been depopulated - all became wilderness.

THE POPOCELOTL KINGDOM
Yergarc, King of the Smoke Jaguars
DIPLOMACY: Mogollon(fa)
The treasure of the past was used up to develop the land with new projects.

OAXACA EMPIRE
Nenetatl II, King of Oaxaca, Lord of the Maya, Master of the Otomi, Leader of the Quetzal World, Emperor of Mexico
DIPLOMACY: Kekchi(nt)
The first of the new cities, the port Capacha, was built in Cuyutec.

South America
Mercs: 10mi

KINGDOM OF PARAIBA
Jim, Chief of the Paraiba
Jim exiled or slew all the Chanagites in his family. Only his own brood would rule.

TUPINAMBA
Weedpowder, Top Tupi Tribesman
Yellow Feather and the whole army invaded the Guarani land and pacified them.

THE INKA EMPIRE
Coxcomb X, Protector of Many Crunchy Grains and Nuts
The Inka were looking for things. They found useless things but not the things they thought they would find. Characa was made fully aware of the solar cult of South Amerind.

THE MAPU CHE
Chico, King of the Mapu
Wheels were spinning in Mapu land - but then wheels were children's toys.

ISI RANKS of Campaign 10
Brackets around name means you owe me money.
Any delinquency of $5.00 or more drops you from the game.

Rk Country MSI ITV Player Phone # eMail
Greatest Power of Our Time
1 Islam 711 94 David Salter 703-926-6076 102417.3444@compuserve.com
Emperors
2 Aethiopia 577 67 Charles Hickok 717-599-5603 cnh3@aol.com
3 Roman Empire 444 48 [Peter Morzinski] 706-689-7896 pnrmorzinski@earthlink.net
4 Almoravid Andalus 366 51 Mike Work 412-441-6159 shogun+@pitt.edu
5 Chekiang Dragon 359 51 [Bret Bruhn] 503-623-1001 bret..bruhn@pii.com
6 Liguria 326 46 Ed Peterman 619-579-5244
7 Vietnam 316 47 Warren Bruhn 503-623-1001
8 Ciao Cathay 306 44 Jeremy Shorr 972-231-8756 comix99999@aol.com
9 Roman Catholic Church 299 10 Dave Nardone 302-322-5342 dnardone@ohmicron.com
10 Norman Saxonia 295 42 Bill Rakowski 410-483-9635 magic@clark.net on Internet
11 Iest North Africa 287 24 Wilson Hsieh 206-329-9598 whsieh@cs.washington.edu
12 Nihon 254 36 Steve Nobles arizona imperi@goodnet.com
Monarchs
13 Nordik Thaery 238 41 Miljenko Mervic 610-783-6187
14 Makassar 215 33 Roger Truitt 209-584-3989
15 Helvetica 212 26 [Ed Allen] 213-550-8859
16 Inka 186 27 Steve Cameron 610-352-3126 cameron@astro.ocis.temple.edu
17 Baltica 178 19 Dennis Doubek 602-820-4314 doubek@soho.ios.com
18 Ghurid Sultanate 161 17 John Schmid 412-441-6159 magus@netcom.com
19 Harayuk Kaunaj 139 21 Robert Kohn 909-787-7781
20 England 135 17 Evan Fortney 410-203-0352
21 Great Zimbabwe 130 15 [Jack Wagner] 602-242-4794
22 Chalukya Raj 129 12 Jim Frediani 707-942-5201 ferpo@netdex.com
23 Fulani 107 14 Andre Kieren 410-203-0352 akieren@apexgrp.com
24 Bantu Congo 104 21
25 Burma 101 13 Mike Overstreet 602-969-8840 spiketeo@gnn.com
26 Paraiba 100 13 open for a player 4.50/turn
Dukes
27 Bochnia 98 12 [Mark Newman] 602-878-9359 pspurgeon@gnn.com
28 Empire of the Storm 96 20 Quien Liuang arizona
29 Tupinamba 78 13 Terry Teelin 608-356-6837
30 Nishapur 76 9 open for a player 4.50/turn
31 Manitowish 76 10 Craig Kurumada 707-822-8045 ckurumada@aol.com
32 Oaxaca 76 3 George Shrake 602-894-1384 shrake@imap1.asu.edu
33 MB Primate 75 0
34 Cnorig Nydania 69 3 Kerry Harrison 512-837-5553 kerry@io.com
35 Vakas Imperium 59 10 Masami Hamasu japan
36 Dihaj Host 58 5 Josh Mehl 412-922-0168 mehl+ @pitt.edu
37 Mapuche 52 6
38 Adena 52 7 Bob Nardone 302-836-2978 bnardone@mail.del.net
Counts
39 Mercain 49 4 Daryl Kohlhoff 608-356-3274
40 Medici House 48 12 Geogre Forbes california
41 Togo 45 6 John Neibich 602-839-5018
42 Ukraine 44 3 Chris Ramirez arizona
43 Popocelotl 42 2 John Millsaps 801-484-7429 millsapsj@aol.com
44 Psechulen Crimea 41 1 open for a player 4.00/turn
45 Kornland 34 4
46 Illinois 28 2 Mike Scholl 316-941-9220
47 Xao Hsin Horde 23 0 open for a player 4.00/turn
48 Klamath 17 1 Ken McGee 360-687-0421 keng@pacifier.com
49 SGO 11 0 [Ed Huefe] 310-792-0273

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