Lords of the
Earth
Campaign
Nineteen
Anno Domini 1256 - 1260
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Map Stuff: the maps have been updated. A lot of annoying crap has been deleted and many roads have been redrawn. Cities within a country’s HBZ are now indicated by their names in color (either white or red) and capital cities have their names enclosed in a box.
Horde
Blocks: the
following horde blocks are
available for play if anyone wants to start up there: Khirgiz,
Betpak, Mongol, Hsia-Hsia, Liao and
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.
Change
to Unit Types: Now
all heavy Infantry and
Cavalry must be built as elite types (and costs). Existing
hi and hc
types may remain but no new ones may be built.
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.
The complete list of rules changes (including the happy stuff on Smallpox) can be found on the Lords 19 page on the Throneworld website. If you haven’t read them, please do so. Reading them will save you (and me) a lot of grief.
Taira Jiro, Daimyo of
Kwanto, Shogun
of
Diplomacy None
Jiro’s people were busy as beavers
(or Kapa if you prefer). Yet another port was founded on the
Asian coast, Nakhodka, in Suifenhe;
while both Amur and
|
City (Region) |
New Size |
|
|
5 |
|
|
14 |
|
Takaoka ( |
7 |
|
Nagaoka (Nigata) |
8 |
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Heian (Yamato) |
13 |
|
Tottori (Shimane) |
6 (now F) |
Tekalameme, Lord of the
Diplomacy
None
Things
were fairly quiet.
Doongara, Prince of Maree
Diplomacy None
The Colonization of the Great Southern Land continued with additional settlers arriving in Oanx (now at a (2/8)); Ahar-Pacu (1/3); Windoorah (1/4); Murai (1/9); and Wallaroo (1/2). Missionary attempts among the pagans of Arukun continued as well.
Xoing Sung, King of
Shan’si, Watcher
of the
Diplomacy Shangtu (f), Wudan
(a)
A
plot was discovered, centered around the
king’s uncle,
Xoing Ruk. That unfortunate was soon swinging from
a gibbet for his pains (not to mention his overwhelming ambition). In other news, Shangtu
was put under cultivation and a new road link was built between Kin and
Tumet. A
|
City (Region) |
New Size |
|
Tianshu (Huang) |
7 |
|
Ta’Tung (Yun) |
9 |
|
|
3 |
|
Bitter Wind ( |
7 |
Cao Wen Li, King of
Diplomacy
Lang Shan (nt),
Tuhnwhang
(nt), Gaxung-Nur
(get the #*$&
out and never return!)
It was also misplaced as the threat was from within, namely from Rong’s own son and heir, Wen Li, who apparently hated his father with a bloody passion. Such sentiments were equally shared by the King’s second son, Dain Wei. Together these two “Bad Seeds” hatched a plot to murder the King once Wen Li had returned from gathering up all the excess infantry that the fortress conversion from last turn had produced.
In late 1258, during the funeral rites performed for Admiral Shao Long, the two brothers acted. Whilst Dain Wei distracted the King during a dinner feast, Wen Li poisoned the old man’s drink. The effects of Rong’s murder were confused, horror mixed with reservation, what would the plotters do now?
As fate would have it, they would fall out. As eldest, Wen Li claimed the crown, Dain Wei begged to differ with this interpretation and suggested that the two brothers should share rule. Wen Li told his brother to get bent and the rift was complete. Dain Wei took his cause to the troops and about half of them, (including General Fu and the new Admiral Lao Pin) threw in their lot with him. Wen Li declared his brother a perfidious traitor and appealed to the army’s loyalty to the Dynasty, he got the other half of the troops.
The
entire year of 1259 was taken up with a series of bloody battles that
wracked
the home province and destroyed quite a bit of property, including the
Royal
Observatory and Library, the great Law Courts and much of the Great
Wall that
surrounded
By
the end of 1260, the various regions of the Empire had committed to one
side or
the other. Wen
Li has the west and south west whilst Dao Wang’s faction controls the
north
east and east coast. The regions
along the
Cao Dao Wang, King of
Diplomacy
None
Dao Wang controls:
Wu Juan II, Prince of Kwangsi
Diplomacy
None
Sat quietly and invested in cPWs.
Khavirhan III, Maharaja of the Khemer People, Prince of Champa, Lord Protector of Java
Diplomacy None
Nothing extraordinary occurred aside from some city expansions:
|
City (Region) |
New Size |
|
Tonkin ( |
8 |
|
Amaravati (Dai Viet) |
4 |
|
Indrapura (Mison) |
7 |
|
Pattaya (Phan
Rang) |
7 |
|
Phnom Song (Preikuk) |
4 |
|
Krug Thep
( |
3 |
Gunaratna, Raja
of
Diplomacy
Jats (nt),
Bengalese control of the Northwest Frontier continued with new road links between Tarain and Sahis as well as another in Chitor up to the deserts of Jats. Two fortresses (one a port) were built in Chitor and Tarain as well.
Jagrav, King
of Chola, Lord of Tanjore
Diplomacy Jihjhoti
(nt),
Gujerat (a), Tripuri,
in Dahala (f)
Jagrav continued his northward expansion. Road links were built between Pawar and Dahala as well as between Surashtra and Gujerat.
Tab-Tangri, Lord of Karakocho.
Diplomacy None
Tab-Tangri died in 1258 and was succeeded without incient. The homeland of Jungaria was colonized to a (2/6) as per an agreement with that player so he’d have something more valuable than a bunch of one gpv regions in the neighborhood.
Al Abdi
ibn Selim,
Emir of Samarkhnad
Diplomacy Mansura,
in Edrosia (t)
Al-Abdi
ordered 28,000 troops into
|
City (Region) |
New Size |
|
Kar-Kalanis ( |
10 |
|
Khiva (Khwarzim) |
11 |
|
Tamaresh (Bandar) |
7 |
Bulan, Kagan of Khazar and Saksiny
Diplomacy
Rallying his horse-lords once again, the new Khan, Bulan led his forces south in support of his Byzantine ally (see below).
Faruq al-Motresh,
Sultan of
Diplomacy No
Using a whole mess of POW
manpower,
Azzam ibn Hassim, Emir of Emirs, Protector of the Caliph.
Diplomacy
Concerned about all the fighting going on to the west, Azzam continued to build large numbers of troops to defend his realm. Elsewhere, various diplomatic endeavors went pretty well, considering that several key diplomats died in mid-wheedle...
Ishaq ibn Mansoor,
Emir of
Diplomacy None
Ishaq raised more troops to send north to defend the House of Submission against the infidel hordes.
Theophanos Konstantinos,
Emperor of the
Diplomacy
Thousands
of additional troops were raised and the Emperor decided that it was
time to
rejoin the war (see below). In
other events, new road links were built between Isauria
and
Olga, Boyaress
of
Diplomacy Turov (t), Rivne,
in Goryn (ea)
Things
were pretty quiet. Tver
and Seversk were put under
cultivation, a
Dansk I, King of
Diplomacy
Borisov
died in 1259 and was laid to rest without incident.
The new King took up the old Kings
policies of city expansion, to whit:
|
City/Region |
New Size |
|
|
5 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
8 |
|
L’vov (Volhynia) |
5 |
Jaak Viikberg, Duke of
Diplomacy None
A
Kurnik Govner, Duke of
Diplomacy
Lucius
IV, Bishop
of
Diplomacy See below...
Church activity was surprisingly limited. The Tithe on the Swedes was raised to 4% and some more churches were built.
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Region |
City |
|
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Bochnia |
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|
Kauyavia |
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Vettermark (ab) |
Valdemar IV, Emperor of
Diplomacy
Arriving
into his maturity in early 1257, the new Emperor ordered his generals
and
admirals to reclaim
Gregory I, King of the Franks
Diplomacy
None
Deciding
that a return to
Alvaro Aroca I, King of
Diplomacy
None
Money
was sent to the English in return for the right to build on the Isle of
Man. The Spanish position in the
Sebbi Cearlson, King of the Angles and Saxons
Diplomacy:
None
Sebbi came of age and the regent
stepped down. The English also decided to
withdraw
from the war (and there was much rejoicing on the GM’s part). The cities of Edinburgh,
Erik IV, King of the Swedes
Diplomacy None
Development
of the north continued apace with new road links being built between
Erik Ottarson, King of the Norse, Dragon King of the Isles
Diplomacy None
Colonization
in the west continued with Neskapi being
settled to a
(1/1) and Micmac and Malecite being settled to (-/9) each.
To the east, control was ceded over
Aslar ibn Mohammad, Emir of Morroco
Diplomacy El Golea
Oasis (nt)
Mohammad died in early 1257 and was succeeded without incident. The new Emir soon had his hands full (see below). In other news, two cities, Caralis and Panormus, grew to size eleven.
Muhtadi Fath ibn Abdul, Fatamid Caliph of Egypt
Diplomacy None
The Christians don’t like being attacked, oh no, my precious, they don’t...
Operations in the
Having
spent the best part of 1256 gathering ships from as far away as the
Azores, the
Spanish were first to get their druthers in, sailing across the Straits
of
Gibraltar with a big fleet (nearly 600 ships) which promptly ran smack
into the
350-ship Tunisian force guarding the Straits. Spanish
numbers told and the Muslim
fleet was smashed. The Spanish
(under Prince Miguel) quickly began off-loading the first wave of
38,000
troops. The Emir, his green banner
at the fore, responded with 18,000 cavalry and the two armies collided
in the
surf in a welter of blood and foam (and foamy blood).
Into the resulting stalemate, the second
wave of Spanish troops arrived.
Despite superior numbers, the Spanish could make very little
headway
against the defenses around
After
about a year of this word reached the Emir that the Franks were landing
further
east in
Aslar marched east with his 16,000 odd troops and attacked Lord Ferdinand’s 25,000+ infantry outside of Malaca. Caught by surprise, the French were utterly destroyed, Ferdinand being cut down in the final melee. Aslar then quickly beat feet back to the west.
The
Emir arrived back in
Operations in the
Things
here started off rather quickly, with the combined Syrian/Fatamid
fleet of nearly 600 ships and 40,000 marines setting up a cordon in the
Operations
in the theater wound down after this point, while Naso
marched his troops into
Operations in the
Whilst
all that nautical fun was occurring, events on land where also coming
to a
head. After spending over two years
gathering their forces and traversing the Taurus Mountains via Lazica (which was browbeaten into paying
tribute) and
Armenia which had been cajoled by secret diplomacy over the past two
turns),
the great Orthodox host of over 250,000 troops entered Edessa. The combined Syrian-Aden force of nearly
200,000 troops reacted and battle was joined! After
much slaughter, the Muslim forces
were destroyed and the entire
And
here the Byzantine Emperor Ion saved Muslim Syria.
For in taking all the loot for himself,
he attracted the opprobrium of both his generals and his troops, none
of whom
had been cut in for a share. The
army mutinied, lynched the Emperor and acclaimed prince Lazar of
Wallachia as
the new Emperor. Khan Bulan,
deciding that getting involved in Byzantine dynastic
politics was a really bad idea, pulled his forces back north, out of
harm’s
way. The usurper (or legitimate
Emperor, take your pick) Lazar also returned north, garnering the local
loyalties of
Kwazi II, Lord of Kumbi-Saleh
Diplomacy Agades Oasis (nt)
Kwazi
continued to stuff merchant shipping on internal trade and make friends
with
the Oasis communities within the Great Erg.
Abidemi, King of
Diplomacy Kongo (nt),
Boure (f)
Ohene
died in a squalid K-B jail in 1258.
The late king’s brother, Prince Abedemi
took
over rule of the country. Again,
the Togoese dispatched an army against the
Kanem. This
time over 17,000 troops were sent across the
Togoese
diplomatic endeavors were more successful.
Ju I, King of Kanem and
Diplomacy Sokoro (nt)
Ju
built up more troops and prepared for the next Togoese
attack. Cultivation projects were
started in
Shaka, Chief of the Nyasa
Diplomacy None
Work began on a road between Malawai and Kimbu.
Shaka III, King of Rozwi,
Lord of
Diplomacy Kongo (nt)
A new port city, Swakopmund, was built in Mbundu and work was begun on a road between Etosha to Mbundu.
Shaka II, King of
Diplomacy None
Namaqua was put under cultivation.
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
A slew of cities continued to be expanded...
|
City/Region |
New Size |
|
Mokelumne Hill (Ipai) |
4 |
|
|
3 |
|
Kettenpom (Pomo) |
5 |
|
|
4 |
|
Tula’ree (Tolowa) |
5 |
|
Berkeley (Yokuts) |
6 |
|
|
5 |
Chehalis and Gosiute were re-colonized to their old levels as were Shoshone and Cochimi. Finally, work was begun on a road between Mono and Panamint.
Desert Wind, Chief of the Anasazi, Lord of the
Diplomacy None
Just a whole butt load of colonization going
on with
Kahailo, the Great Beaver of the Snake
Diplomacy None
Red Bird, Great Sun of the
Diplomacy Caddo
(t)
the
Airsick Kestrel, Chief of the Yamasee
Diplomacy None
Yamasee was re-colonized to its old level.
Quatayilla II, Grand Hegemon of the Maya
Diplomacy
None
Amid much rejoicing, all the remaining pox-stricken regions of the Empire regained their old GPVs. Yay! Additonal funds continued to be invested in public works. Yay!
Ataxalpa, Emperor of the Incas
Diplomacy None
The homeland was resettled to a (3/5). An expedition was sent to the Empire’s Amazon regions and the cities of Huexotla and Alta were sacked, an act that generated a not inconsiderable amount of bad will. Incan control of Mura, Catawishi and Cuilino was also surrendered.
Trunka, King of Shokleng
Diplomacy None
Tupinamba was repopulated to a (2/3).
Ristan, Empress of the Mapuche
Diplomacy None
Ristan died in early 1257 without an heir. His lieutenant, Petiulish assumed the throne. Poya and Guenaken were re-colonized to (1/6) and (1/5) respectively.