Lords of the Earth: Campaign 25
Turn 0 - Historical Start
A.D. 1000
Industrial Stage Zero
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Welcome to Lords of the Earth, Campaign 25!
If you are interested in playing in this campaign, read the game policies on the home page (http://www.throneworld.com/lords/lote25/) before going any further.
To join at this time, send me your top choices for countries to play (at least 5, please). If there are more than one person wanting to play as a certain country, a lottery will be held to determine who gets the position.
If you want to play as a Secret Empire, or as a Primate to a religion that has none, contact me, and we'll see what we can work out.
The Deadline for position requests is Monday, August 20th, at 11:00pm Eastern. The lottery will happen then, and stat sheets will be sent out soon following.
Troop Conversions
1 infantry, cavalry = 200 men
1 warship, transport = 2 ships with 40 men as crew
1 siege = 200 men or 20 catapults
1 field fort = 2 forts
Contacting Me
The best way to get my attention is through email, at mattinglyd2@uofs.edu. If you want to try the telephone, my number is (570) 969-6393 (please call before midnight Eastern). My address is:
Dave Mattingly
926 Quincy Ave
Scranton, PA 18510
Turn Fees:
$2.00 + $1.00 per point of BL.
Rulebook:
This campaign uses the 5.8.1 rulebook, which you can download from the ThroneWorld website.
North Asia
THE KINGDOM OF KOREA
Controls: Anshan, Koguryo, and Silla.
MICHIGANA JAPAN
Fujiwara Michinaga, Nairan of all Japan.
Controls: Aichi, Akita, Kagoshima, Kwanto, Nigata, Saga, Shikoku, Shimane, Toyama, Yamaguchi, and Yamato.
THE LIAO EMPIRE
Sheng-Tsung, Emperor of the Khitan.
Controls: Ayaguz, Bandao, Bao Ding, Dzamin Uud, Gobi, Hsia-Hsia, Hsuing Nu, Karatao, Kerait, Kin, Kutai, Liao-Tung, Lu’an, Naiman, Tari-Nor, Tumet, Uigur, Wudan, Yen and Yun.
THE KINGDOM OF HIS-HSIA
Li Chi-Ch’ien, King of the Tanguts
Controls: Bulingir, Gaxun-Nur, Gurvan, Huang, Lang Shan, Lob Nor, Ningsia, Ordos, Suzhou, Tangut, Tuhnwhang, Wu hai, Yanzhi, and Yumen.
SUNG CHINA
Cheng-Tsung, Emperor of the Middle Kingdom
Controls: Anhui, Chekiang, Chiennan, Chinling, Fujian, Fukien, Funiu, Ganzhou, Ghangde, Honan, Hopei, Houma, Hubei, Hunan, Hupei, Hwai, Jiangxi, Kansu, Kiangsi, Kiangsu, Kienchou, Kwangsi, Kwangtung, Lingnan, Lingsi, Lingtung, Miao Ling, Shangtung, Shan’si, Shensi, Shentung, Szechwan, Taiping, Tangchou and Tsainan.
South Asia
THE KINGDOM OF NANCHAO
Controls: Gouangxi, Guizhou, Korat and Nan Chao.
THE KINGDOM OF ANNAM
Controls: Annam and Dai Viet
THE KINGDOM OF CHAMPA
Controls: Champa and Mison
THE KHEMER EMPIRE
Jayavarman V, Emperor of the Khemers
Controls: Cochin, Hmong, Khemer, Lampang, Mon, Nakhon, Nam Pung, Phan Rang, Preikuk, Siam and Surin.
THE KINGDOM OF BURMA
Controls: Ava, Burma, Manipur, Pegu and Thaton.
THE EMPIRE OF SRIVIJAYA
Chulamanivarnam, Emperor of Srivijaya
Controls: Aceh, Atjeh, Barat, Jambi, Johor, Palembang, Perak, Sarawak, Selatan, Singapore, Sunda, Tengah, Timur, and Utara.
THE KINGDOM OF THE SPICE ISLANDS
Controls: Moluccas and Sulawesi
India and Central Asia
THE CHOLAN EMPIRE
Rajaraja I, King of Kings.
Controls: Belur, Chela, Chera, Chola, Gangas, Kakatiya, Karnata, Madurai, Malabar, Pandya, Seylan, and Vengi
THE KINGDOM OF DAHALA
Controls: Dahala, Pawar, and Satava.
THE KINGDOM OF ANHIVARTA
Controls: Anhivarta and Nasik.
THE KINGDOM OF PALAS
Controls: Assam, Gaur, Palas and Samatata
THE RAJPUTATE OF MAGHADA
Controls: Chandela, Maghada and Nadavaria
THE RAJPUTATE OF RAJPUT
Controls: Jihjhoti and Rajput
THE RAJPUTATE OF UTTAR PRADESH
Controls: Uttar Pradesh and Vatsa.
THE RAJPUTATE OF TARAIN
Controls Chitor and Tarain
THE RAJPUTATE OF PUNJAB
Controls: Punjab, Sahis and Sukkur.
THE KINGDOM OF TIBET
Controls: Adakh, Alung Gangri, Amdo’tsho, Bhutan, Buka-Magna, Ch’ikano, Dagntse’tsho, Dehra-Dun, Dungbure, Himachal, Memar Tsaka, Nepal, Nyen’ch’hen, Om’chu, Pat’ang, Salween, Sikkim, Tibt, T’ung’pu, and Tz’uk’ai.
THE KINGDOM OF KASHMIR
Controls: Kashmir.
KASHGAR/KHOTAN
Controls: Kashgar and Khotan.
JUNGARIA
Controls: Jungaria.
THE SELJUK HORDE
An active horde that controls: Bactria, Bokhara, Kara-Khitai, Khwarzim, Otrarsh, Singanakh, and Turkmen.
THE GHAVNAVID EMPIRE
Mahmud, The Right Hand of Government, Scourge of India.
Controls: Afghanistan, Badakshan, Balkh, Baluchistan, Bandar, Bauluch, Carmania, Dasht’e Lute, Dasht’kavir, Edrosia, El Bruz, Firoz Kohi, Ghazni, Gurgan, Hazarajat, Khash, Khurasan, Khvor, Kophat Dagh, Kuh’laleh’zar, Media, Persia, Registan, Shadad, Shir Kuh, Shirvan, Siahan, Sind, Sistan, Tabaristan, Tadzik, Transoxania, Und and Zagros.
The Middle East
THE KINGDOM OF AZERBAJIAN
Controls: Azerbajian
THE KINGDOM OF ARMENIA
Controls: Armenia and Urmia.
THE BUHWAYID SULTANATE
Baha al-Dowlah, Amir al-Umara, Shahanshah.
Controls: Abadan, Ahvaz, Arbiliq, Carhae, Circis, Diyala, Dubai, Edessa, Fars, Hahmar, Kuwait, Mand, Mesopotamia, Mosul, Neyriz, Oman, Palmyra and Selucia.
THE SULTANATE OF SHEBA
Controls: Aden, Hadramuht, Sheba and Yemen
THE FATAMID CALIPHATE OF EGYPT
Al-Hakim, Caliph of Egypt.
Controls: Ad’diffah, Algeria, Al’Hauts, Aswan, Egypt, Faiyum, Gefara, Ghebel Gharib, Hijaz, Jordan, Kabilya, Lebanon, Levant, Libya, Madina, Mansura, Petra, Sicily, Sinai, Syria, Thebes, Tripolitania and Tunisia.
THE BANU HILAL & BALU SULAIM
Sitting in Bostra ready to attack west ... or north, or ... whatever.
Africa
Cav count: No horses yet
THE COPTIC KINGDOM OF ZAGWE
Mera Tekle Haimanot, Founder of the Zagwe Dynasty.
Controls: Adowa, Adulis, Atbara, Funj, Kassala, Lalibela and Sennar
THE EMIRATE OF ZEILA
Controls: Danakil, Djibuti and Zeila
THE KINGDOM OF ROZWI
Buruni, King of the Rozwi.
Controls: Banhine, Bassa, Kafue, Luangua, Matopos, Rozwi and Zambia.
THE KINGDON OF AKAN
Controls: Akan, Gagnoa and Togo
THE KINGDOM OF IFE
Controls: Ife, Nupe, Oyo and Yoruba
THE KINGDOM OF BENIN
Controls: Benin, Kafin and Kwararafa
THE KINGDOM OF KANEM-BORNU
Lamne Mesewo, King of the Kanem and Bornu.
Controls: Kanem-Bornu and Soro
THE KINGDOM OF GHANA
Lamne Esweyu, Emperor of Ghana.
Controls: Boure, Ghana and Segu.
THE KINGDOM OF SONGHAI
Kumbayal Isano, King of the Songhai.
Controls Songhai and Sudan.
THE HAUSA STATES
Nyame Ceweho, King of the Hausa.
Controls: Gorouol, Hausa, Kanuri and Kurfei.
THE KINGDOM OF TAKRUR
Controls: Gambia, Senegal and Takrur
THE EMIRATE OF ZANZIBAR
Ibrahim, Emir of Mombassa
Controls: Gorongo, Karanga, Kliwa, Mombassa, and Zanzibar.
Eastern Europe
THE KINGDOM OF BOLGAR
Controls: Bolgar, Nogai, Suvar, and Urkel
KHANATE OF KHAZARIA
Controls: Alan, Khazar, Kuban, Saksiniy, and Vasi
KHANATE OF PATZINAK
Controls: Levedia, Patzinak, Polovotsy and Torki
THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Basil II, The Bulgar-Slayer, Emperor of the Romans.
Controls: Aleppo, Apulia, Attica, Bithnia, Calabria, Campania, Cappadocia, Cilicia, Constantinople, Crete, Crimea, Cyprus, Dalmatia, Galatia, Isauria, Kyklades, Lazica, Lydia, Macedonia, Morea, Pamphyla, Paphlagonia, Phrygia, Pontus, Psidia, Rhodes, Thessaly, Thrace and Vaspurakan.
THE PATRIARCHATE OF THE EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH
Sergius II, Patriarch of Constantinople
Religious Primate.
THE VARANGIAN EMPIRE OF KIEVIAN RUS
Vladimir, Kniaz of Kiev.
Controls: Atelzuko, Chernigov, Cuman, Galich, Goryn, Kalinin, Kiev, Kirivitch, Kostroma, Kur, Livonia, Mordva, Murom, Muscovy, Novgorod, Pechneg, Pereaslavl, Pinsk, Polotsk, Rzhev, Seversk, Smolensk, Suzdal, Taman, Turov, Tver, Veposkava and Yaroslav.
THE KINGDOM OF BULGARIA
Controls: Bosnia, Bulgaria, Dobruja, Epirus, Ludgorie and Serbia
THE KINGDOM OF HUNGARY
Stephan I, King of Hungary.
Controls: Alfold, Bakony, Banat, Carpathia, Slovakia and Transylvania.
THE KINGDOM OF POLAND
Boleslaw I King of the Poles.
Controls: Bialoweza, Bochnia, Bohemia, Little Poland, Moravia, Poland, Silesia and Volhynia.
Western Europe
AL-ANDALUS: THE CALIPHATE OF CORDOBA
Al-Mansur bi-Allah, Victorious by the Grace of God, Vizer of the Caliph of Cordoba.
Controls: Andalusia, Aragon, Baelerics, Cheliff, Estremadura, Gebel-al-Terik, Granada, Merrakesh, Morroco, Murcia, New Castille, PortugalTalavera, Valencia and Zirid.
CHRISTIAN SPAIN
Henry, King of Catalonia, Defender of the Faith.
Controls: Asturias, Catalonia, Galacia, Leon, Old Castille, Navarre and Salamanca.
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
Sylvester II, Bishop of Rome.
Religious Primate.
SAXON ENGLAND
Ethelred, King of England.
Controls: Anglia, Cornwall, Mercia, Northumbria, Sussex and Wessex.
THE KINGDOM OF SCOTLAND
Controls: Lothian and Strathclyde.
THE KINGDOM OF FRANCE
Robert the Pious, King of France
Controls: Anjou, Aquitane, Auvergne, Brittany, Flanders, Gascony, Ile De France, Languedoc, Limousin, Maine, Nivernais, Orleans, Poitou, Ponthieu and Vermandois.
THE DUCHY OF NORMANDY
Robert, Duke of Normandy
Controls: Normandy.
THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor.
Controls: Alsace, Austria, Bavaria, Brabant, Burgundy, Carinthia, Champagne, Franconia, Friesland, Hainaut, Holland, Holstein, Latium, Liguria, Lombardy, Lyonnais, Provence, Romagna, Savoy, Saxony, Swabia, Switzerland, Thuringia, Tuscany, Tyrol, Verona (not Venice) and Westphalia.
THE DUCHY OF VENICE
Orseolo, Duke of Venice
Controls: Dalmatia (w/Byz.), Epirus (w/Bulgaria), Illyria, Slovenia and Venice (in Verona).
THE JARLDOM OF NORWAY
Olaf Tryggvason, Jarl of Norway
Controls: Agder, Faeroes, Fjordane, Hebridies, Hergelad, Highlands, Hordaland, Iceland, Lienster, Man, Narvik, Shetlands, Svartsen, and Trondheim.
THE JARLDOM OF DENMARK
Svien Forkbeard, Jarl of Denmark
Controls: Denmark, Halland, Norway and Skane.
THE JARLDOM OF SWEDEN
Olaf Skotkonrung, Jarl of Sweden
Controls: Gotland, Jamtland, Kopparborg, Smaland, Turku, Uppsala, and Vasterboten.
North America
THE ANASAZI
Controls: Anasazi, Apache, Chiricaua, Hohokam, Hopi, Moache, Moapa, Mohave, Navajo, Opata, Paiute, Papago, Tiwa, Unita, Ute, Yamapa and Yavapai.
THE ATHANASCEPANA
Active horde sitting in Potlach.
THE CADDO
Controls: Atakapa, Comanche, Chitimacha, Karankawa, Kiowa, Mescalero, Okmulgee, Tonkawa and Wichita.
THE MICHIGAMEA
Controls: Chickasaw, Iowa, Kansa, Kaskinapo, Michigamea, Missouri, Quapaw, Sangamon, Scioto and Shawnee.
THE AZTLAN
Controls: Erie, Miami and Wenro.
THE APPALACHIANS
Controls: Appalach, Chatot, Cheraw, Creek, Monacan, Muskogee, Santua, Tunica, Yamasee and Yuchi.
Central and South America
THE TOLTEC EMPIRE
Controls: Achi, Cora, Culhua, Cuyutec, Huastec, Huave, Huexotla, Huichol, Jonaz Pame, Maya, Nahuatl, Otomi, Popoluca, Tarascan, Tepanec, Tepuztec, Tlapocoya, Totonac and Zapotec.
THE HUARI
Controls: Ataura, Chavin, Inca, Moche, Nazca, Pucara and Wairajikira.
TIAHUANACO
Controls: Arica, Caranga, Guanacane, Leco, Moquequa, Quillaca, Uru, and Yuracare.