1) Lottery picks are due August 3...a friday..i will
assign peoples homelands on August 4, before I go on a trip for a week. So
get those picks in please...also I reserve the option to block out portions of
Earth if not enough players sign up so pick around 5 regions per geographic
area. While i am gone i might have internet acess to
answer questions..but im not counting on it.
2) The new map will be up this friday. For now, just
look at the old map..and pretend the rest of Australia, New Zealand, and all the
other islands west of Hawai'i are there.
3)BE SURE TO READ THE CUSTOM RULES SECTION BEFORE YOU
CREATE YOUR FINAL NATION (still being modified)
4)JOIN OUR YAHOOGROUPS AND POST QUESTIONS COMMENTS
THERE
STARTING AREA
All of Eurasia (Europe, Asia, India)
Northern Africa (North of Idjil and Nubia o.k)
All Pacific Islands West of Hawai'i
(note: This means the Americas,
Central/South Africa and Hawai'i are off limits),
HOMELAND PICKS
A player may select ANY region in the starting
area as a homeland. Players will submit their top twenty regional picks.
Please for each, pick, tell me regions name what part
of the world its in, and the other regions that around it (so I can find
it).
For example:
1)Oboysin in North Central Russia. Near Palavoi, Kemerov,
and Saraba
2)Eyallah on the Western Coast of Central
Australia. Near Yaralone, Koolone, Barlee, and Mooroa
3)Man an island in the Irish Sea between Ireland and
England
4) etc.....
The order of picks will be random. When it is a player’s turn to pick, his
most preferred available choice will be selected. We realize, of course, that a
player won’t know which regions around his picks will have already been selected
by another player. This is a risk players must factor into their selection
process.
The regions on the world map
have been changed and will be hidden on the
map...as
in..... you cannot see the GPV or terrain on the map. You will be forced to
explore during the game. This can be very disconcerting to players who want to
plop their homeland into some juicy c2 area. (After a player is given their
homeland pick, they will also be informed of the terrain and GPV of all regions
within 2 of the homeland). Most of the world was terraformed and populated
before the fall so there are few uncolonized areas
left.
To help chose a homeland area, below is a general guidelines as to how the
earth is now situated:
Abundant: France, North Africa, SE Aisa, Eastern Central China
Barren: Germany, Italy, Northern India, West Central China, Japan
Average: The rest of the starting map.
Regions in abundant areas will average 3.0 gpv with 75%
of them cultivated (some C2)
Regions in average areas will average 2.5 gpv with 50%
of them cult (little C2)
Regions in barren will average 2.0 gpv with 25%
cultivated (very little C2)
This means if you have an average of 12 regions in your starting "Terraform
Zone", Abundant will have 9 cultivated, average would have 6, barren
3. Not to mention the regions outside your terraform zone.
NOTE these are the general summaries of the terrain. It is
quite possible for some crappy territory to exist in abundant region and primo
territory to exist in a barren region, its just less likely. Furthermore, as a
general rule regions along coastlines or rivers will be at least average.
Regions that were centers of large industrial powers in the 21st century are
more likely to be barren.
BUFFER ZONES
A player can try to ensure a minimum range between
himself from other players. When picking a region, a player may designate the
minimum number of regions that he wishes to be placed to another player. The
creates a buffer zone for his placement. If his pick places him closer than the
minimum, then that pick will be passed and the next one considered. This minimum
will not affect other players from subsequently picking a region close to any
player whose home region has already been selected
(e.g. it will stop you from starting near someone, but it won't
stop someone from starting near you! (unless you indicate low density and one of
your 20 is indeed isolated)).
Player Interaction is an important part of this game. Some players like to be
close to other nations, some shy away from it.
The lottery only entitles
a player to the right to purchase the homeland region selected. It
does not give the player that region for free. Regions must be purchased
with Build Points - (BP). Regions with higher GPV cost more BP to purchase (see
below).
1000 build points: Every nation will have 1000 build points
to develop their nation. These points will be used on everything from purchasing
their home region to adding stat levels for starting Leaders. Once the lottery
is complete the players will be notified of their homeland region and they will
be given time to spend the points to create their nation.
Purchase a Homeland
Region
Homeland regions must be paid for in BP. The cost of the
homeland region depends on the gpv of the region.(See the chart below). A player
can designate his home region a n value from 1-5, but will pay according to the
GPV. All homeland regions start off as cultivated, regardless of the terrain
shown on the map.
Homeland RegionGPV Cost in BP
1 -200
2 0
3 100
4 200
5
300
Thus, a player who is designates his homeland a 5 gpv
region will pay 300 BP for that region and have 700 remaining BP to develop his
nation. Conversely, a player who designates his homeland as a 1 gpv homeland
(and keeps it that way) gets 200 BP additional for a whopping 1200 BP total. A
region can be downgraded in GPV, to save or gain BPs.
Terraforming
After a player is given their homeland, they will also
be informed of the terrain and GPV of all regions within 2 regions of the
homeland. A player may spend BPs to increase the GPV value of any region within
this 2 region radius.
(for example player Gluttus Maximus picks New Castille
(spain) as his homeland. All the regions in Spain except Galacia and
Geb-AL-Tarik are within his terraform range and thus would be revealed and could
be terraformed.)
INCREASE GOLD POINT VALUE
Old
GPV Terraformed GPV BP
COST
0
1
5
0
2
15
0
3
30
1
2
10
1
3
25
2
3
15
ALTER TERRAIN TYPE
AFTER the new GPV of a region is determined
then a player can alter the terrain. The cost depends on the final
terrain type. The starting terrain type does not
matter.
NEW
TERRAIN
COST IN BP
cultivated
GPV * 5
wilderness GPV
* 3
Jungle &
steppe
GPV * 2
desert &
mountain GPV
* 1
(for example to terraform a 3 gpv
region into cultivated and a 2 gpv region into wilderness would cost (3 * 5) +
(2 * 3) or 21 BPs.)
NOTE Terraforming does NOT make a region friendly to the
player...it only upgrades to region so the player can either purchase it as
friendly (see below) or expand into during the game.
Terraform range is 2 and further than the friendly
region purchase range of 1! If more than one player terraforms the same region,
then the region will be terraformed to the best terrain paid for, with the
remaining BPs converting to public works.
OTHER TERRAFORM OPTIONS
Intensive Cultivation All nations may start with their
homelands intensely cultivated for 100 BP, regardless of the homelands GPV.
Potential Intense Cultivation: a cultivated region can be
terraformed so that it is potentially intensely cultivated (i.e. still needs the
MC built). This costs 15 BP).
Potential Cultivation: Some uncolonized forest, jungle,
desert, mountain, and steppe regions will be extremely fertile but unpopulated.
For 10 BP these regions can become "fertile" regions. Once a fertile region is
colonized to a 1 GPV, it automatically becomes cultivated.
Navigable Rivers: Players may use to BPs to build navigable
rivers. The cost will be from 25-150BP at the discretion of the GM (so ask
early).
Mountain Range: Players may build mountain ranges of type 1,
type 2, or type 3 (artificial construction). The cost ranges from 25-??
depending on what is asked for.
Trade Zones A nation may purchase trade zones in its
homeland or any of its friendly regions for a cost of 25BP each.
Extended Trade Range A nation may purchase an extra seazone
of distance for 100BP. This is allowed once.
Extra Conduit A nation may purchase an
extra conduit for 100BP. This purchase is only allowed once.
Purchasing Freindly Regions
All nations may spend BP to purchase any region sharing
a common border to their homelands as friendly. The cost is:
BP Cost = Region GPV * 15
If two or more player nations border a common region,
then the region is designated a no- man’s land, and cannot be purchased by
either player.
(example: The Kings of Flanders (france) and Holland
want to buy up all the beach front property in the area. They both eye Brabant,
but this region shares a common border to them, so it is considered a no man's
land and none could purchase. However, one or both could still
terraform).
A player may purchase a region in the same sea zone as friendly under the
following conditions:
1) The players homeland is an island terrain or a single region sorrounded by
water (ex: Taiwan) AND
2) The player is seafaring AND
3) The purchased friendly region is in same sea zone as players homeland
4) The Purchased friendly region is an island, isolated single
region, or if part of a larger land mass, 3 or more regions away from
any other players homeland (e.g. outside of any landlubbers "terraform
zone").
Friendly adjacent regions keep their designated terrain
type. However, if a player builds a city in the adjacent region (or terraforms),
then the region will start as a cultivated region.
Culture
CULTURE
TYPE BP
Pre-Columbian -350
Barbarian:
25
Nomadic:
50
Civilized:
50
Seafaring:
75
NOTE: The nation must meet the minimum tech level
requirement for the culture before selecting it AND the nation must meet at
least one of the requirements of the culture to maintain the status, otherwise,
they will convert to civilized (if they have enough tech) or pre-columbian.
Economy
ECONOMY
BP
Slave:
0
Agrian:
25
Guild:
50
Free:
75
Society
SOCIETY
TYPE BP
Caste:
0
Clan:
25
Feudal:
50
Open:
75
Government
All Civilized and
Seafaring nations will start with Centralized
Monarchy by default. Furthermore they can purchase
Constitutional Monarchy for 50 BP.
All Precolumbians,
Barbarian and Nomads will start with tribal
government at the start or if they purchase at least 1 BL or 1 INFRA, they can
start as Fedual Monarchy. They can also purchse
Democracy for 25 BP or Oligarchy for 50
BP.
Religion
The will be no national religions in this game. Nations
will not have religious actions, AQRs, religious strength level, etc...
Open religious Orders will be introduced latter in the game...
Technology
Tech Level: All
nations purchase Tech level at a BP cost depending on the society:
TECH
LVL BP
Pre
Colombian TL1 50
TL2 200
TL3 300
Barbarian
TL1 0
TL2
50
TL3 150
TL4 300
Nomad
TL1 N/A
TL2 50
TL3 150
TL4 300
Civilized
TL1 N/A
TL2 N/A
TL3 N/A
TL4 50
TL5 100
TL6 250
TL7 350
Seafaring
TL1 -25
TL2 0
TL3 25
TL4 50
TL5 100
TL6 250
TL7 350
University Rating: A nation can convert BP into gold
invested into the university. Each BP will convert into 10 gold. Furthermore,
the number of years in operation will be the BP.
CONSTRUCTIONS & STRUCTURES
MEGALITHIC CONSTRUCTS A nation may start with one or more megalithic construct in its
homeland region, regardless of the nation’s tech level. The cost is the level of
the construct time 25BP per construct. Megalithic Constructs may also be built
in adjacent friendly regions
for the same cost, but only if the nation has the requisite tech level for the neighboring
constructs.
CITIES Cities may be purchased in
homeland region or in any region within two from the homeland friendly at a cost
of 15 BP per size. Building the city does not make it friendly, unless you
purchase the region that it is in as friendly!
PUBLIC WORKS: All regional and city
public works cost 2 BP each to build. Public works may be purchased for any
region with 2 of the homeland.
FORTRESS:
Fortresses may be built in
the homeland or any region within 2 for 10 BPs.
POSTAL ROAD AND NETWORKS: Postal Roads
may be built in the homeland or any region within 2 thereof for 10 BPs for a
postal road 16 for a network.
GOVERNMENT RATINGS
BREAU AND INFRASTRUCTURE: BL and INFRA will start at
ZERO! Players may purchase BL and INFRA with their starting
BP. Costs for INFRA and BL:
RATING
BPs
1
25
2
100
3
225
4
325
MILITARY AQRs All military ratings will start off as a 1. To
have a higher combat AQRs:
RATING BPs
1 0
2 25
3 50
4 75
5 125
6 200
7 300
8 425
INTELLIGENCE RATINGS All Intel Ops and Assasin Ops ratings
start off at zero. To have higher AQRs:
RATING BPs
1 25
2 100
3 150
4 300
RELIGIOUS RATINGS
Open nations are not allowed to have religious ratings.
Military Units
Military Units for all societies can be purchased at the
following costs:
TYPE BP |
TYPE BP | TYPE
BP
i 1.5
| xi 1
| hi 2
ei 3
| xei 2
| hei 3.5
c 2
| xc 1.5
| hc
2.5
ec 3.5 |
xec 2.5 |
hec 4
w 2.5
| xw 2
| hw
3
ew 3.5
| xew 3
| hew 4.5
s 2
| wp 2.5
| ff
1.5
t
Barbarians & Pre-C Infantry units costs .5 less BP.
Nomads Calvary units costs .5 less BP.
Civilized Wall Point and FFort costs .5 less BP.
Seafaring ships unit costs .5 less BP.
GENETIC ENHANCEMENTS
"Hanser" Leaders: In the time before the Fall, many of the
Ancestors were genetically enhanced to be smarter/stronger/better looking than
most humans. Your leader is a descendant of one of those, labeled a "Hanser" in
todays world.
A Hanser has BPs spent to increase his leaders ratings (Combat, Diplomacy,
Charisma, and Admin/Loyalty) at the start of the game. The Hanser stats will
still be randomly generated, with a modified max of 13 in each stat.
BONUS TO STAT
ROLL
BPs
+1
10
+2
25
+3 50
+4 75
+5 100
There is no limit to the number of Hanser leaders,
stats, or bonuses. So, if a player wanted a kick-butt war King and Prince, he
could spent 100 BP on each of their combat rating. This would add +5 to each of
their Combat rating roll for 100 BP. Thus, the father was born with a 8 and the
son a 5, then they would be a C and an A leader…. If he wanted the Hansers to be
good diplomats too, then it would only be more BP…
The Hanser bonus is handed down to the first born
(male or female) of each Hanser, rest of the children do not get the
Hanser bonus (but see hereditary genetics in AERules.) If a Hanser dies without
a living first born, then the gene dies.
JENER BLOODLINE
Near the end of the Ago, when technology was begining to
fail, the Elders decided that the human mind was ideal for data storage. The
only problem was the limited lifespan of a human. So they designed a gene
that stopped the aging process, but at the same time limited the reproductive
abilities of the carriers of that gene. Now the modern day ancestors of these
ageless ones are known as "Jeners."
The "Jener" Leaders Option allows players to by a royal
bloodline that has been genetically engineered to live forever. The gene is
carried by males and passed to males, and is coded to work in a Triage (threes).
Only three Jeners of the same bloodline can exist at one time. A Jener
is genetically programmed to be virile when there are less than three, but
becomes sterile soon as all three exist.
The Triage is composed of an Elder, an Adept, and a
Prejen. The Elder is age 50, the Adept 30, and the Prejen 5, and they all stay
their respective ages until one or more of them dies.
When one dies, the others adapt (by aging and having children) to restore the Triage. For example, if
the Prejen dies, the Adept suddenly becomes virile again until he fathers a male
child (Prejen). As soon as the he was born, the Prejen would age to five
years and stay at that age until another change in the Triage. When they do age,
Jeners age 5 times the normal speed of humans. For specific examples scroll to bottom of
page.
Daughters dont carry the Jener gene and therefore
can be fathered at anytime. Daughters age and die like normal folk, but can serve as princesses during their mortal
lifetimes....
If a player purchases a Jener blood line, he can also
genetically enhance his leaders with the Hanser gene for twice the cost as a
Hanser (i.e. +1 = 20, +2 = 50, etc..)
.
No matter what, all Jenners have at least average (6) stats
in every category.
The Jenner Bloodline costs 350 BPs.
Unspent BP’s: Will be converted to 1 gp and 1 nfp per point
and carried over to turn 1.
