Lords of the Earth
Campaign Nineteen
Anno Domini 1251 - 1255
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Price Increase:
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Fractional NFP: You may now save fractional NFP. Any spending of NFP must be in whole units however. At some point, when the updated rules are completely implemented, you will be able to spend fractional nfp on things like ship crews.
The New Field
GPv+1
* Siege/2 (at least a 1) * Tax Rate
If your control level/tax rate > 0%, then you get at least one fort.
More HBZ Stuff: in an attempt to make determining where you can build mobile units more easier, friendly cities that are within your HBZ are marked on the map with a dot in white (or red). Your respective capitals will also be marked on the map with a diamond symbol (in white or red). (Couldn’t find a single star in Wingdings, go figure...). Please remember that mobile units may only be built in friendly cities.
Missionaries
From this point, any player who sends missionaries to a region or city area that is of a hostile organized religion and controlled by another player will get no conversion result and a bunch of dead missionaries. Note: I really badly worded the old iteration of this rule, my apologies...).
Leaders &
Espionage Actions (
More on Leaders & Espionage Actions: I am beginning to get the feeling that this rule is being abused and I may excise it entirely in the near future.
The Cause Mutiny Operation (CM): players attempting this operation must produce a valid reason as to why the mutiny would occur or it will automatically fail. And no, “Because I think it should succeed.” is not a valid reason.
The HC Operation: from this point forward, all HC operations must be done in the Capital (if the nation has one) or the Homeland region. If the monarch is female and the HC die roll is successful, she may do nothing but HC for a full year (measured in AP) and undergoes a leader mortality check at the conclusion of that period. If the HC check is unsuccessful, she may do any other activity that you’ve put in her orders.
Interactions
between the Hemispheres: at this point only the Seafaring cultures may sail
between the Hemispheres. Once
people hit Renaissance, then they may attempt to do so as well. So the New World players should stop
trying to get to
Building units: The vast majority of units must be built in a city within your HBZ. The exceptions are as follows:
1) Ships may be built in a port outside the HBZ if it is the only one available.
2) Field forts may be built in any region at NT status or higher.
3) Inexperienced infantry may be built in a F region within your HBZ.
4) Nomad/Barbarian cultures may build units at a
In all these instances please be aware of the yard capacity for all ships and all heavy class units.
Some advice that will (hopefully) speed up processing time):
1) When players are increasing a city, please indicate what the new size will be.
2) For ships to be built for conversion to MSP, you can also put what route they’re going into in the Builds section. Projects may also be put in the Builds section.
3) When building a road link, indicate which region it starts in and which region it’s going to. Don’t give me city names.
4) For players who are not using a standard WORD or XTEL format, please put the information in the following order: Revenue; Maintenance, Investments, Builds, Transfers, Projects, Trade Routes, Intel Ops, Religious Ops, Leader Actions. When indicating an expense, please list gps first then nfp.
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Taira Jiro, Daimyo of Kwanto, Shogun
of
Diplomacy None
Colonization
of the north continued with
City (Region) |
New Size |
|
4 |
|
13 |
Takaoka
(
|
6 |
Nagaoka (Nigata) |
7 |
Heian (Yamato) |
12 |
Rokaku VI, Lord of the
Diplomacy None
Life
among the islands was relatively quiet, although the Inter-Island arrows to the
Doongara, Prince of Maree
Diplomacy None
The road between Eha-Rana and Aanx was completed. New links were also built between Camoeweal and Irith and Irith and Oanx. Further south, Wallaro, Murai, Windooram and Ahar-Pacu were colonized (to (-/2), (-/9), (-/4), and (-/3), respectively).
Xoing Sung, King of Shan’si, Watcher
of the
Diplomacy Mantap (f), Shangtu (fa)
Xoing Sung remained ever busy, sending diplomatic feelers
among the Mantap and Shangtu. Tumet was put under cultivation and a royal road was
built between Yun and Kin. A
City (Region) |
New Size |
Tianshu (Huang) |
6 |
Ta’Tung (Yun) |
8 |
Bitter
Wind (
|
6 |
Morning Calm (Koguryo) |
10 |
|
2 |
Missionary work among the pagans of the north continued, with Wudah being converted to the Buddhist creed. Inroads were also made among the Ch’in, Manchou and Kutai.
Cao Hui Rong,
King of
Diplomacy Tuhnwhang (c), Gaxan Nur (run out of town on a rail!)
Although
Buddhist missionaries finally converted the Bulinger to the True Faith,
Wu Juan II, Prince of Kwangsi
Diplomacy None
No orders (and no payment! Grrr...)
Khavirhan III, Maharaja of the Khemer People, Prince of Champa, Lord Protector of Java
Diplomacy None
No orders (and no payment! Grrr...)
Gunaratna, Raja
of
Diplomacy Chitor (f), Tarain (f), Sahis (t)
Not much occuring aside form some very successful diplomacy in the Northwest and the usual city increases:
City (Region) |
New Size |
Chapra (Jaunpur) |
4 |
Aisha (Gaur) |
12 |
|
9 |
Tezu (Gtsang) |
9 |
Panat (Kedah) |
Jagrav, King of Chola, Lord of Tanjore
Diplomacy Dahala (t), Jihjhoti (c)
A quiet turn of PWB investment.
Tab-Tangri, Lord of Karakocho.
Diplomacy None
Tarabagatai was put under the plow.
Al Abdi ibn Selim, Emir of Samarkhnad
Diplomacy Merv, in Kophat Dagh (f), Mansura, in Edrosia (nt), Edrosia (t)
Muslim colonists were settled in the Allah-forsaken deserts of Khazakh and Kul’sary in order to further Al-Abdi’s control of those places (it sure doesn’t increase the GPV of the regions). Work was also begun on a royal road through the aforementioned Allah-forsaken regions. And there were, of course, the usual city expansions...
City (Region) |
New Size |
|
6 |
Kar-Kalanis (
|
9 |
Shustar (
|
7 |
Khiva (Khwarzim) |
10 |
Tamaresh (Bandar) |
6 |
Bulan, Kagan of Khazar and Saksiny
Diplomacy Vasi (ea)
Bulan came of age and the regent stepped down. Work on a canal between Torki and Patzinak, connecting the Volga with the
Faruq al-Motresh,
Sultan of
Diplomacy No effect...
Faruq re-crewed many of the ships captured last turn and increased the walls of
Azzam ibn Hassim, Emir of Emirs, Protector of the Caliph.
Diplomacy None
Pretty much hung out and invested in Public Works. An attempt to meddle in the affairs of the Ulema was sharply rebuffed.
Ishaq ibn Mansoor,
Emir of
Diplomacy None
No orders (and no payment for TWO turns in a row! Double Grrr...!)
Ion Constantine, Emperor of the
Diplomacy
Deciding
he needed to be at the helm of the army personally, the Emperor sallied forth
from the Blachernae and spent the next five years
“roughing it” with his troops in Paphlagonia, keeping
an eye on those rascally Syrians. Naval activity was sharply curtailed by the death of the Admiral in
charge in early 1252, an event that kept the fleet in port for the remainder of
the turn. In internal affairs, a
“Piffle, can’t find good help anywhere these days...’
Olga, Boyaress of
Diplomacy Goryn (ea), Rivne, in Goryn (t)
Olga cemented her hold on power by marrying General di Pasquale (who subsequently died two years later) and keeping her estranged nephews far from court on diplomatic errands and without troops. In other events, Respublica grew to size 10 and Cuman was resettled to its old stats by good Orthodox Russians. Cultivation projects also began in Tver and Seversk.
Borisov, King of
Diplomacy
New road links were built
between Kauyavia and Poemerania;
Masuria and Bialoweza; and Masuria and
City/Region |
New Size |
|
2 |
Dabrowa
(
|
5 |
|
5 |
Gora
(
|
5 |
Brest-Litovsk (Bialoweza) |
5 |
Jaak Viikberg, Duke of
Diplomacy None
Kurnik Govner, Duke of
Diplomacy
A
clutch of cities were increased.
Lucius IV, Bishop
of
Diplomacy See below...
Tithes
were extracted from the Svear and the duel of wits
with the French continued. More
Papal holdings were raised in the
Region |
City |
Faeroes (ab) |
Stornoway (ch) |
|
Stonehaven (ch) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Skane |
|
Smaland (ch) |
|
|
Vettermark (ch) |
|
Claudia Drusilla, Regent for...
Valdemar IV, Emperor of
Diplomacy
Roma
was increased to size 10;
Dareau, King of the Franks
Diplomacy None
Dareau oversaw the rebuilding of a host of additional ships for the struggle in the Med.
Alvaro Aroca I, King of
Diplomacy None
More
public works were built around the country but the really big news was at
sea. In late 1253, Admiral Cruz
anchored among the
Margaret, Regent for...
Sebbi Cearlson, King of the Angles and Saxons
Diplomacy: None
The
postal road between
Ahem...
Cearl died in 1252, most likely struck down by the wrathful Gods for having the temerity to BUILD BEYOND YARD CAPACITY LIMITS! NOW HIS SOUL IS IN THE CLUTCHES OF HELL WRITHING FOR AN ETERNITY AS HIS BOWELS ARE RIPPED OUT AND CONSUMED IN BLOODY...
Ahem...
Anyway, old General Ethelred took over the running of things but then he died in 1255, probably of astonishment at the attempts of his master to BUILD BEYOND THE YARD CAPCITY LIMITS! NAY HIS VERY SOUL WAS DOUBTLESS SHIVELLED WITH THE THOUGHT THAT SOMEWHERE A MONSTROUS GM (VERILY A HORRID BEAST WITH ONLY A PASSING SEMBLANCE OF HUMANITY) WAS CURSING, WAILING, AND GNASHING HIS TEETH AT THE FACT THAT HE HAD TO MUCK ABOUT TRYING TO FIND A PLACE TO BUILD ALL THOSE FREAKING WARSHIPS!
No wonder the poor fellow died. In any event, Cearl’s sister Margaret, reluctantly assumed the role of regent for the late king’s son, Sebbi.
Erik IV, King of the Swedes
Diplomacy None
A
royal road was built between
Erik Ottarson, King of the Norse, Dragon King of the Isles
Diplomacy None
In
an abrupt volte face, Erik decided to re-new his
commitment to expansion into the lands beyond the great sea. To this end, the capital was moved back
to
Mohammad ibn Bulent, Emir of Morroco
Diplomacy None
No orders...
Muhtadi Fath ibn Abdul, Fatamid Caliph of Egypt
Diplomacy None
Many captured ships were re-crewed and additional troops were raised for the...
Tired of being on the defensive all the time, the Muslims go onto the attack.
A.D. 1251:
Things start out very slowly as the Christian Admirals move from port to port, gathering up their new builds. The Muslims, having fewer ports, don’t have this problem, but the Egyptian fleet will be slowed down because it is burdened with laden transports. Basically, by year’s end, the disposition is as follows:
In
In the
In Massalia: The French King Dareau, wating for various other French and English naval contingents to show up.
In Avranches: French Admiral Apollos with 120 ships, having
spent the year gathering new builds in
In the Bay of Biscay: French
Admiral Etienne with 74 ships, having spent the year gathering new builds in
In Flushing: French
Admiral Eric with 72 ships, having spent the year gathering new builds in Chalons and
In the North Sea: English
Admiral Hadrid with 178 ships and 8,000 marines,
having spent the year gathering new builds in
In the
In the
In the
A.D. 1252:
In this year, the Egyptians land on
A.D. 1253:
On
A.D. 1254:
In Massalia, Hadrid finally shows up and the combined Anglo French navy sorties! Learning from fishermen of the location
of the Egyptian fleet, Dareau, Apollos,
and Hadrid sail to
past year and a half. Over 400 Christian and nearly 600 Muslim
ships go at it in a hammer and tongs slugfest in the Mighty Marvel
Tradition. Truly the story of this
fight will be a must have double-bagger! Oops, sorry, a MUST HAVE DOUBLE BAGGER! In the end, the Muslims get a higher
Success effect die roll and the Christians are forced to withdraw. The remainder of the year sees both
fleets regrouping whilst the Veronan and Syrian
fleets sit in the Adriatic and
On
land,
A.D. 1255:
After regrouping, the Christians are still eager to go at it
and they sail forth again. Arriving
off
Me thinks things are going to get interesting...
Kwazi II, Lord of Kumbi-Saleh
Diplomacy Tahuoa Oasis (nt)
Kwazi poured more MSPs into Internal Trade and minded his own business.
Ohene, King of
Diplomacy Kafin (t, diplomacy interrupted by K-B attack).
Despite the fact that their King was in the pokey, the Togoans vowed to continue the fight. An attempt on the life of Ohene’s as yet not of age son was unsuccessful as was the Togoans attempts to attack the K-B’s government.
Ju I, King of Kanem and
Diplomacy None
Thanks to Thomas Harlan for writing orders for these yahoos for the last two turns.
Anyway, Susieko announced that he would release Ohene in exchange for peace and the current border situation be accepted as the
status quo. He then dispatched
assassins to try to kill Ohene’s son (talk about a
mixed message). The influx of
slaves from defeated Togoan armies allowed Susiseko to complete three royal road links from Kanem
Getting back to the war,
while waiting for some kind of response from Ohene’s people, Susiseko dispatched 1,400 troops to evict the Togoans from Garoua. This they did, although they were unable
to maintain control of the place. Once this force returned to the main host in Ikego, Susiseko marched his 10,600 strong force into Kafin. There,
attempts by the Togoans to reinforce the 15,600 new
levies with additional troops from across the Kingdom failed (the leader
picking up and moving them died en route)
and command devolved to General Dubaku, who had been
trying to wheedle the Kafins into throwing more
support behind the Kingdom. Despite
being caught flat-footed, Dubaku managed to fight it
out with the invader. Sadly,
superior Togoan numbers couldn’t swing the tide of
battle and Dubaku had to retreat into
Shaka, Chief of the Nyasa
Diplomacy None
A new player...with no orders! And No Payment! Grrr...!
Shaka III, King of Rozwi, Lord of
Diplomacy Mbundu (f)
Mbundu was put under cultivation.
Shaka II, King of
Diplomacy Merintha (nt)
Diplomacy
on
Pox Reminder: You CAN repopulate regions at the reduced 10nfp/10gps per level. The reduced rate ONLY applies to repopulating old levels. New levels (for those regions hit by pox before they had reached their full colonization potential have to be colonized at the regular rate. Cities destroyed by the pox must be rebuilt as new cities.
Regions totally depopulated AND with no garrisons have been either removed from your stat sheets (or if there’s a surviving city in them, marked as UN; so the Incan player is very lucky he garrisoned his Central American holdings). Roads entering or running through such regions are destroyed UNLESS they enter an existing city within the region. Roads in regions isolated by pox-depopulated regions are destroyed as well.
Yes, I know you all hate me...
Ka-Seen, Chief of the Tlingit, Lord of the Far North.
Diplomacy None
Feathered Coyote II, Ruler of
Diplomacy None
The Yokuts continued their rocket-like recovery (makes
you sick, doesn’t it?). A whole
City/Region |
New Size |
Kettenpom (Pomo) |
4 |
|
3 |
Tula’ree (Tolowa) |
4 |
Berkeley (Yokuts) |
5 |
|
4 |
Desert Wind, Chief of the Anasazi, Lord of the
Diplomacy None
Re-colonization
continued apace, with
Kahailo, the Great Beaver of the Snake
Diplomacy None
Red Bird, Great Sun of the
Diplomacy Choctaw (a), Caddo (fa)
Taposa was resettled to a (2/5), Choctaw to a (2/3), and Caddo to a (2/7).
Airsick Kestrel, Chief of the Yamasee
Diplomacy None
The new king, Airsick Kestrel (Gliding Flacon died last turn), continued to put what money he had managed to scrape up into the public works in Yamasee.
Quatayilla II, Grand Hegemon of the Maya
Diplomacy None
A
whole bucket load of re-colonization was in order: Cuyutec, Huastec, Huave, Kekchi, Tamaulipec were all
resettled to their old levels [(2/6), (2/5), (2/5), (2/5), and (2/2),
respectively.]. In the
Ataxalpa, Emperor of the Incas
Diplomacy None
Uru was re-settled to a (3/5) and Caranga to a (2/4).
Trunka, King of Shokleng
Diplomacy None
The Pox swept through the northeastern regions of the kingdom, leaving hecatombs and necropoli in its wake. To the south, recovery was already underway as Shokleng was re-colonized to a (4/4) and Cari and Tucarembo were re-settled to their old levels, (2/9) and (2/10), respectively.
Ristan, Empress of the Mapuche
Diplomacy None
Mapuche was resettled to a (2/9); as was Pichunche (1/4), Topocalma (1/1), and Oic (1/10). Pox swept through the southern reaches of the Empire and petered out amidt the wastes of the southern deserts.