Lords of the
Earth
Campaign
Nineteen
Anno Domini 1261 - 1265
Turn 74 Orders Due By:
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June 24th by Midnight MST.
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Price Increase:
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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 Fujita, Daimyo of Kwanto, Shogun of
Diplomacy None
Jiro ruled a grand total of five
years
before croaking at the end of 1265.
Japanese expansion and development of the (Great White) North
continued
with new settlements being built on Amur (Chlaya) and
|
City (Region) |
New Size |
|
|
6 |
|
|
15 |
|
Takaoka ( |
8 |
|
Nagaoka (Nigata) |
9 |
|
Heian (Yamato) |
14 |
|
Tottori (Shimane) |
7 |
|
Sakurajima ( |
5 |
|
Noshiro ( |
5 |
|
|
2 |
|
Manchu Kuo (Sikhote) |
2 |
|
Nakhodkha (Suifhene) |
2 |
|
Hakkura-Jima (Cheju-do) |
2 |
Tekalameme, Lord of the
Diplomacy
None
The inter-island arrows to Truk and Ponape were successfully explored.
Doongara, Prince of Maree
Diplomacy None
A port area was built in Wallaroo, in the far south. Elsewhere, a veritable Koala’s pouch of cultivation occurred with Wallaroo, Murai, Windorah and Ahar-Pacu all being put under the till.
Xoing Feng, King of Shan’si, Watcher of the
Diplomacy Wudah (f)
New
roads were built between Hsuing Nu and Shangtu and hence into Parhae. Wudah was put under cultivation.
A
|
City (Region) |
New Size |
|
Tianshu (Huang) |
8 |
|
Ta’Tung (Yun) |
10 |
|
|
4 |
|
Bitter Wind ( |
8 |
Finally, Xoing Seng died at the end of 1263 and was succeeded by his surly, loutish heir, who shed few tears at his father’s passing.
Cao Wen Li, King of
Diplomacy
Cao Wen Li was enormously flattered when his younger brother sent him missives of peace and a request for funds to maintain the many projects that he had inherited from their late father. The King of delighted to send his brother monarch the money. Of course, he also dispatched assassins to try to murder the poor shmuck as well, but that hardly counts now does it? Does it?
Cao Dao Wang, King of
Diplomacy
None
In a shocking inversion of priorities, Cao Dao Wang ordered a census conducted, an endeavor which was unsuccessful due to the killing and the death and the war and the fighting and, well, you get the idea.
For
the
Wen
Li then spent the next year and a half securing both
Wu Juan II, Prince of Kwangsi
Diplomacy
None
Concerned about the events to the north, Wu Juan raised more troops and built new walls around the Kingdom’s larger cities. Roads were built between Lingsi and Gouangxi and between Kienchou and Miao Ling. Cities were also expanded:
|
City (Region) |
New Size |
|
|
5 |
|
Ha’lou ( |
5 |
|
Fujhan (Kienchou) |
4 |
|
Guilyang (Miao Ling) |
4 |
Khavirhan III, Maharaja of the Khemer People, Prince of Champa, Lord Protector of Java
Diplomacy None
Things
in the south remain fairly quiet.
Missionary work in
|
City (Region) |
New Size |
|
Amaravati (Dai Viet) |
5 |
|
Indrapura (Mison) |
8 |
|
Pattaya (Phan Rang) |
8 |
Gunaratna, Raja
of
Diplomacy
Kedah (+5 to YfC),
Rajput
expansion to the west continued,
with new towns being built in Chitor (Arga) and Jats (Navlakhi, and a
dusty
collection of hovels the latter is too...). Road
links were also built between
Chitor and the wastes of Jats; Sahis and Punjab; and
Jagrav, King of
Chola, Lord of Tanjore
Diplomacy Gujerat (f), Dahala
(f), Avanti (c)
Jagrav engaged in some very effective diplomacy and public works investment.
Al Harrat, Lord
of Karakocho.
Diplomacy None
Sat quietly and invested in Public Works.
Al Abdi ibn Abdi,
Emir of Samarkhnad
Diplomacy All
derailed by this turn’s events.
Al
Abdi died at the end of 1261, his cup poisoned by his lout of a son,
who simply
couldn’t wait for the old man to expire on his own.
The new Emir then had his younger
brother Hassan executed for no other reason than he looked funny. The Turkish aristocracy who dominated
the northern half of the Empire didn’t care one way or the other as
execution
by bowstring had precedent. However,
Al-Abdi’s (the second) heavy handed methods seriously undermined the
fragile
consensus that his predecessors had built up with the Persian
aristocracy to
the south and the whole southern half of the Empire dissolved. In areas where the city walls were
strong, like Shustar and Al-Kadem, the Turkish residents managed to
hold the
rebels at bay. Other cities were
not so fortunate, as
Fortunately
for Al-Abdi, the Iranians lacked unity and each region, as it threw off
Turkish
dominion, went its own separate way. This
enabled the Emir to re-conquer many
of the rebellious regions. By
turn’s end, contact with
Finally there were some city expansions:
|
City (Region) |
New Size |
|
Shustar ( |
8 |
|
Khiva (Khwarzim) |
12 |
|
Tamaresh (Bandar) |
8 |
|
|
2 |
|
Ad-Abdi (Khazakh) |
2 |
Bulan, Kagan of
Khazar and Saksiny
Diplomacy None
A new road link was built between Saksiny and the trade centers of Bolgar via Nogai. Closer to home, Tamartarha grew to size 4 and Khazaria to size 2.
Faruq al-Motresh, Sultan of
Diplomacy No
Faruq ordered the captured
Christian warships re-crewed and new forts built in
Alik ibn Ibriham, regnet for...
Momoud ibn Azzam ibn Hassim, Emir of Emirs, Protector of the Caliph.
Diplomacy None
For over three years, the
Emirate shook with the tramping of marching feet as troops were
gathered up all
across the country to gather in
Anyway by the end of 1263 over 300,000 troops were amassed on the Great Plain at Guagamela, ready to do the Emir’s bidding. Or so it appeared...for in reality, gentle reader, it seems that a great many of Azzam’s counselors and associates were hatching a plot, with Azzam’s brother Mohammad at its center, to seize power.
Despite Azzam’s attempts
to determine the loyalty of his associates and the payment of some gold
to
ensure loyalty[1],
the traitors remained firm in their purpose. So
when Mohammad was assigned a large
segment of troops, he raised the black banner of revolt and immediately
marched
on
If Mohammed expected his brother to simply accept his fate, he had sadly misread his man. The two brothers were roughly equal in military skill and Azzam had the support of the local garrison and populace. Further aiding the Emir was the fact that Mohammad’s supporters were divided by petty bickering and failed to support one another. Consequently, by the middle of 1265, the numerical superiority the traitors had once enjoyed had been frittered away in trying to reduce the field forts in the region and by trying to pin Azzam down and engage him in battle. By year’s end the uprising had been effectively crushed and the traitors had been impaled publicly for their temerity. Sadly, Azzam didn’t live to see his triumph, dying shortly before his brother went to the stake, leaving his young son under the tutorage of a regent.
Ishaq ibn Mansoor, Emir of
Diplomacy
Ras Hafun (fa),
With his army destroyed in
last turn’s imbroglio, Ishaq returned home and focused on domestic
issues.
Basil I, Emperor of
Diplomacy
None
Rejecting
the Byzantine Emperor’s peace overtures, Lazar endeavored to sew up the
rest of
Theophanos Konstantinos, Emperor of the
Diplomacy
No effect
Theophanes
raised new troops and ordered the fleet to guard the crossing points of
the
Bosphorus and
Olga, Boyaress of
Diplomacy None
Olga
was mightily peeved to read reports that a nest of Khazar spies had
been
uncovered in her military. Don’t
these silly Turks have better things
to do with their time? she fumed.
In other events, Turov was completely converted to Orthodoxy; a
|
City (Region) |
New Size |
|
Igortown (Polotsk) |
3 |
|
Igorgrad (Suzdal) |
5 |
|
Potlach (Kur) |
2 |
Dansk I, King of
Diplomacy
No effect
Things were fairly quiet
in Dansk’s neck of the woods. Some
grain was shipped to the Pope and some ineffectual diplomacy conducted.
Jaak Viikberg, Duke of
Diplomacy None
Jaak continued to putter about his realm. Musa was put under cultivation and there were some city expansions:
|
City (Region) |
New Size |
|
Jekabpils ( |
6 |
|
Sankt Petersburg ( |
9 |
|
Klaipida (Veposkava) |
4 |
|
|
4 |
Kurnik Govner, Duke of
Diplomacy None
Having
the wherewithal to focus on both guns and butter (or maybe he just
didn’t care
about
|
City (Region) |
New Size |
|
|
8 |
|
Retion (Pomern) |
4 |
|
|
7 |
|
|
8 |
|
|
7 |
Lucius IV, Bishop of
Diplomacy See below...
A
new Church was founded in chilly
1) Regions/Cities experiencing Adept activity will be marked on the map with a red cross. Papal holdings in those regions and cities will garner income at one level less than their normal one. Cathedrals will generate income as if they were Monasteries; Monasteries as Abbeys; Abbeys as Churches; and Churches won’t give squat. The control web will be intact and the actual holding will not be affected (see below for an important exception to this) they will just generate income at the lower level. The Holy City of Rome will never have Adept activity and therefore, will be unaffected.
2) Papal actions (and secular actions in support of the Papacy) in areas or cities affected by heresy will have a sharply decreased chance of success. It’s hard to raise money to build that new monastery when some gits are screaming that you’re the Whore of Babylon and the new structure is just another sign of the Mark of the Beast.
3) The heresy will spread on its own accord at an irregular rate. Some turns it will spread one region/city in all directions, some turns it won’t spread at all. All-non RC regions will be unaffected by any of this.
4) Each city or region where the adepts are active will have a secret Charisma value that will be determined anew every time a leader attempts to suppress it. To attempt to suppress the Adepts in a given region or city a Papal leader must attempt an opposed CHA check (using the Preach action) against the CHA value of the Adept infested region or city. If the leader gets a higher success effect than the region/city, the heresy in that place is successfully suppressed (N.B. it can return however). If the leader gains a critical success against the Adepts, the heresy has been decisively crushed in that region or city and it will not recur there except under very rare circumstances. In the event of a tie, there is no effect. If the Adept gains a higher success effect than the leader, the heresy either spreads or gains a bonus against all subsequent attempts to suppress it, (depending on where it is). If the Adepts get a critical success, the heresy spreads two regions instead of one (and in this case a region or city that was decisively suppressed can be re-infested).
5) In most cases, secular leaders can also attempt to rid a given area of the adepts in the same way as Papal leaders. However (and read this well), if the Adepts get a critical success in the CHA check, the local heresy then explodes into a revolt against the secular and Papal authority, all church holdings in the region or city are destroyed, the ref generates a player position for the rebels and you all have a major headache on your hands as new religion is born. AND I’LL GIVE IT TO BEN LYNCH TOO!
Valdemar IV, Emperor of
Diplomacy None
Additional
ships and troops were raised for the war. Although
Venetian efforts in the Adriatic
continue to be frustrated, actions in
Antoinne I, King of the Franks
Diplomacy
None
Gregory
died in early 1260 and was succeeded by his son Antoinne.
Disdaining to dirty his hands in the
Sicilian imbroglio any further (or to get his fleet sunk again), the
new king sent
warships to patrol the
Marco Aroca II, King of
Diplomacy
None
Alvaro died in 1263 and was succeeded without incident. Meanwhile, the war in the Mahgreb continued. (see below).
Sebbi Cearlson, King of the Angles and Saxons
Diplomacy:
None
Life
in the Green and
|
City (Region) |
New Size |
|
Edinburgh (Lothian) |
6 |
|
|
6 |
|
Cadair Mor (Dyffed) |
3 |
|
|
9 |
|
Sutton ( |
5 |
Erik IV, King of the Swedes
Diplomacy None
Development
of the north continued with new cities being raised in Vadvet Jakko
(Malmberget); Lohar-Jarvi (Kemi); Livo-Joki (
Erik Ottarson, King of the Norse, Dragon King of the Isles
Diplomacy None
Development
in the
Umhad ibn Aslar, Emir of Morroco
Diplomacy None
Assassins struck down Aslar and he was succeeded without incident[4].
Muhtadi Fath ibn Abdul, Fatamid Caliph of Egypt
Diplomacy None
Muhtadi
raised additional troops and ships for the ongoing (and going, and
going, and
going) struggle with the Christians.
While
Operations in the
Western Mediterranean & the Mahgreb: assassins struck down
both the
Emir and the
Operations in the
Central Mediterranean: while the Egyptians re-established their
interdiction of the Straits of Messina, the Syrian fleet (over 400
ships) swept
into the
Operations in Cyrenecia:
having been snuck into
Kwazi II, Lord of Kumbi-Saleh
Diplomacy No effect
Two new cities, Djibo and
Ouahigouya were raised in Mossi and Bani respectively.
Some troops were upgraded to elite
status. Kwazi was very sad when his
son and heir Komla died in 1263.
The latter’s grandson was made heir to replace him.
Tseke, King of
Diplomacy Teke
(fa), Whydah, in
Finally sick of the
slaughter, King Abidemi gratefully accepted the return of Kafin in
exchange for
peace. The cessation of hostilities
was celebrated with the expansion of Kebbi, Mbundu, and Mabolo (to
sizes, 4, 3,
and 2 respectively). Abidemi died
in late 1263 and was succeeded by his younger brother Tseke, who agreed
to
adopt his late brothers sons (kinda brings a tear to your eye don’t
it...).
Ju I, King of Kanem and
Diplomacy Sokoro
(t)
Ju, true to his word, withdrew form Kafin as part of the peace deal with the Togoans. He then sat waiting for the latter to break the agreement, but they didn’t so everyone breathed a little easier. But not much so don’t go getting any ideas.
Shaka, Chief of the Nyasa
Diplomacy
Luba
(t)
Sat around and did some diplomacy.
Shaka III, King of Rozwi, Lord of
Diplomacy Matadi
(nt)
The road link between etosha and Mbundu was completed and Swakopmund was increased to a level 2.
Shaka II, King of
Diplomacy Hova
Merina (fa)
Port
Zulu was increased to a size 4 and Bulaweyo to a size 5.
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.
Ka-Seen, Chief of the Tlingit, Lord of the Far North.
Diplomacy None
Obsidian Coyote V, Ruler of
Diplomacy None
Feathered Coyote died in early 1264 and was succeeded by his son, who didn’t particularly shed any tears at the old man’s passing. Despite this, reconstruction continued at its usual frenetic pace. Klamath, Nez Perce and Tipai were re-colonized to their pre-pox levels and new cities where raised in Mono (Monachi) and Nez Perce (No-Paa). The royal road into Panamint from Mono was completed and work then began on extending it hence into Gosiute.
Then there were the usual city expansions (where would we be without those...).
|
City/Region |
New Size |
|
Kettenpom (Pomo) |
6 |
|
Tula’ree (Tolowa) |
6 |
|
Berkeley (Yokuts) |
7 |
|
|
6 |
Desert Wind, Chief of the Anasazi, Lord of the
Diplomacy None
Like the Miwoks, the kiva-dwellers of the Southwest were also busily resettling. By 1265, all regions currently within Desert Wind’s domain had been re-settled to their pre-pox gpvs. There was much rejoicing and a growing resolution on the part of the GM that the original outbreak was far too mild and you all must be punished AGAIN! Yes, that’s it! Really give ‘em the boot this time. No wait! Too much work! Ugh, work, never mind...
Kahailo, the Great Beaver of the Snake
Diplomacy None
The
Michigameans continued to slowly and painfully crawl back to something
remotely
resembling civilization.
Red Bird, Great Sun of the
Diplomacy Caddo
(f)
The
Yamasee were absorbed (save for two undersettled regions to the east
which went
independent. An attempt to plumb
the depths of the
Airsick Kestrel, Chief of the Yamasee
Diplomacy None
Absorbed
by the
Quatayilla II, Grand Hegemon of the Maya
Diplomacy
None
Cackling
mightily, Quatayilla decided to show off just how recovered his realm
was by
sending waves of settlers into the
Ataxalpa, Emperor of the Incas
Diplomacy None
Flush with new population, the regions of Ataura, Chavin, Inca, Mashco, Pucara, and Tacana were all repopulated to their pre-pox levels. In addition, the road between Uru and Caranga was completed.
Trunka, King of Shokleng
Diplomacy None
Patasho was re-colonized to (2/8) and Charrua to a (1/4).
Ristan, Empress of the Mapuche
Diplomacy None
Topocalma was re-settled to a (2/1).
[1](Note: I have NO idea what
the ILY
leader action is, I’ve never heard of it up to this point, and it’s not
in use
in this game. If you want to determine leader loyalty use the RF Intel
op
instead. If a leader is doing it,
only the heir, a lieutenant, a prince or an allied leader may perform
it.)
[2] Of the four
leaders in question, the highest loyalty of the lot was 3.
One was even a 0. Indeed a scurvy
crew!
[3] Those who
wish to read up on the Adepts can start with Norman Cohn’s The
Pursuit of the Millennium which was the first major work to
examine the group in any detail.
[4] First
successful assassination of a King in this game I think.