Bolshevik's Game

I am playing on a modified verion of the standard world map that comes with PTW. I have change my civ (Scandinavia) color to dark blue, since it's my favorite color besides black, which is hard to see on the minimap. I have altered the rules by decreasing tech speed to lengthen ancient and medieval wars, increased defensive values for fortifications, setting defensive bombard values for all ranged units (they can't shoot at a tile, but can shoot first if being attacked) to represent the intial loss when attacking ranged units), setting offensive bombard values for tanks (with a range of one, since I'm sure they can shoot farther than a catipult can), changed republic to socialism, and set its tech to economics, changed democracy to capitalism, and set its tech to economics, changed monarchy to feudalism, and set its tech to feudalism. Those last three changes, the ones to the government, are intended to relect that over history, despite the varying political methods and systems, socio-economic structure has progressed in a fairly set manner (despotism, feudalism, capitalism/socialism/communism). Wether capitalism will go to socialism, and on to communism is a debate over the validity of Marxist theory, and is really irrelevant, considering my point (political and socio-economic systems are seperate) remains. I would rather Civ III have a SMAC styled government system, since I think that more accurately reflects the variety of governments available, but what ya' gonna' do?

I have also given geurillas hidden nationality, all terrain as road, and blitz. I have decreased they're attacking ability, so as to prevent devastating attacks without declaration of war, but gave them high defensive bombardment, to show resistance, geurilla tactics, and generally hidden defensive positions (think Vietnam). This allows for harrasing enemy troops and even countries' homeland, without declaration of war (even though it usually leads up to that, it happened that way a lot throughout history).

Player positions may be a little (or a lot) off, just because I had to fit them in without screwing anyone over. Also, there are more abundant resources to facilitate war, since, even though resource scaracity may cause war, it's no fun to fight a war when you have a 50,000 tank army, and they have 50,000 rifleman (or worse). I think I'm finally done explaining the rule changes, so now I can start the game!

Game Start

3950 B.C.: After consolidating power in the rural areas of our lands, great King Ragnar has founded the first Norse city: Trondheim. With a population of only 12,000, we struggle to build some sort of military. As a coastal city, we have access to the bounties of the sea, with fertile fishing grounds. From what we can see, it appears as though we are not the only people of the land. There appear to be small collections of fires, possibly rural villages, across the blue-green expanses of the ocean. We have a small number of men out scounting the terrain and hope to hear from them soon.

This has potential. I want to see some more. (No rush tho)

the story looks good (from the brief beggining), but the rule changes should make it interesting. Hopefully you'll be a true Viking and get a conquest victory :viking: I'll follow this the best i can. good luck :)

Thanks for the replies, and the next segement is just coming up...

3850 B.C.: The first warriors have been assembled, equiped, and trained this year. There are only about 1,000 of them, but it's enough for now. The city has started consruction of a barracks to help train future soldiers better. The new ones don't seem very ready, in my opinion. There are so few, and, though the cary axes and have been taught all that is known about tatical and close-quarters combat, they are inexperienced. They have never seen the face of battle; no one has... We've seen death, but the army is something different. They soldiers seem to be completely ignorant of this, and appear as though they are actually eager to go to battle... I suppose it's for the best. We are building our first road beside the Trondheim river, hopefully we'll be able to build an irrigation system to provide better farming lands for the rural communities that lie outside of Trondheim. Then food will be plentiful.

3600 B.C.: This is a year of great activity. The irrigation system and road have been completed, and the Viking scouts have made much dicovery of their journey through these unknown lands. We have met the first country, and have fair relations with people of what is now known as "Russia". They appear to be of Slavic/Viking decent, but have a radically different language and religion; their customs are new, but almost faimilar. There have long been tales of Easter peoples who openly accept the explorers and ways of old. I always thought it to be a myth, but apparently it was more than true, as they advanced much farther than we in technology, and appear to have explorered much more extensively. Also, more fires, and evidence of hunting, cultivation, and rural civilization have been noticed along the 'dark side' of the Russo-German Peaks (the name coming from our new contact, and recent claims of encounters with odd, southern people, with a language far different than even that of the Russians)... They possiblities of other people and cultures to be dicovered seem astounding.

Looking at the .jpg version of the pic, I think I'll increase the font size next time :P.

3400 B.C.: More contacts, including the French, Germans, an Celts. Each have distinctive cultures and customs, which vary greatly in such small regions. The Germans gave us the knowledge of working odd materials, mined from the very Earth itself, known as bronze. In exchange, we gave them the knowledge of pottery, so they may store food and expand their country. The Celts accept a large sum of gold for them to teach us the ways a customs with which they bury their dead. This concept was odd at first, as we have always given them a proper Viking burial (burning), and still do, as it is an integeral part of our culture, but the people seem pleased with the idea of visiting the site of their dead. Maybe the King will use this too his advantage... The original military force has been replaced by a new, better trained force. The old force is now being sent over both known mountain ranges, into the territory known as Daneland. The native inhabitants are closely related to the Vikings, and the King seems determined to take the land (and waterways) before the Germans or mysterious Angle and Saxon mix that lies across the newly discovered (and yet to be named) straits. I don't know about it though, the isolation of the area may become a problem should one of these tightly packed countries decide they want more land.

3150 B.C.: Now the Romans and the Greeks, whose cultures are inconcievably strict to us, have been found. They are the southern-most country to date, and have odd, uknown resources such as wine. They are both on penninsulas, fairly isolated, and seem to have military cultures accented by an over-blown superiority complex... They call us "Norse barbarians", as if they are more advanced than we. I'm not sure how the King feels about such comments, but I'm sure no nation is ready for bloodshed... Yet...

This is awesome.
Two things:
1. What size map are you playing on where you've met so many civs so early?
2. Can you make some larger screenies and can you change your font, its kind hard to read

OK, maybe its three and sort of picky, but your story is great so far!

this story looks like its getting better. hope you kick some AI *** :beer:

Thanks for the reply... I'll change the font, yeah. I'm not pleased with it either. I'm playing on a modified version of the standard PTW world map, as per my original post, so it's 100x100. With all standard PTW nations, Europe is extremely crouwded, and Asia is usually a bunch of cities owned by different nations, that are eventually unified by an invading force. It gives me a sort of colonial/imperialist feel, since very little time is spent colonizing Europe. I would make the screen shots larger, but currently there's nothing more to show (all unexplored), and even so, I'm reluctant to make them so large as to cause loading issues (or I could just add a few per post and then they'd link over instead).

And no, that's not being picky. I agree with your comments anyway :D.

this story looks like its getting better. hope you kick some AI *** :beer:

Thanks, and just wait 'till the bezerkers :viking:.

Good luck. It's nice to read fresh stories in here. Keep up the writing and don't worry too much about hte pictures if you can't get them right, they still aid in telling the tale.

V

2430 B.C.: The first spearman battalion was made this year, and military strategists expect them to be much more effective than the warriors, now over a millenia old. Things have been relatively sound over the last millenia, and just recently the scout (now heading east toward unknown and seeminly endless expanses) has made contact with a cruel and ruthless society, still partially nomadic, known as the "Mongols". The Spanish have also spoken to us, the first country to start relations with us, and the shock of such different cultures has worn off, with the Spanish blending almost seemlessly into the Greco-Roman and French cultures. Daneland, conolized almost three centuries ago, produces little in the way of minerals, but the Danish Planes and TransGerman-Celtic River offer untold amounts of food, if we can terraform it... Another band of warriors from the old times have left the cepital, heading east. They head toward a land of gold and incense, just north of the frozen lands on the light side of the Russo-German Peaks. The wealth and production this city will produce may very well show itself as a valuable asset to the Viking people, especially in a time of war...

2270 B.C.: Through a new invention, called "writing", and a suprising amount of diplomatic skill (for someone who used to be a Viking marauder), the great King Ragnar has obtained many contacts, and now knows countries reaching much farther south than Rome and Greece. We are currently attempting to develop a method with which to share geographical knowledge, but the goal (a standard, uniform manner of trading location knowledge) still seems distant. From its humble beginings, the Viking population has grown to 80,000. Trondheim, currently suppling all settlers, hasn't be able to grow as fast as it should've, but is still as large as Daneland. South of the Ta-Tu plains, near the Ottoman city of Edrine, lies a mountain range large than any discovered before; while exploring, our Viking scouts stumbled upon this massive formation of mountains, and gaped in awe at the sheer size of the mountain chain. What lies beyond is yet to be seen, but I'm positive it will be no less amazing than the discoveries of the past...

2230 B.C.: Beyond what is now known as the Franco-Beijing Mountain range, the Indians, a peacful and gentle people with a religion where you are apparently reborn many times, sit... We have no knowledge of their geography, aside from this: they sit south of a cold and harsh mount range, called the Indain Mountains no less. The Chinese have since contacted us, along with the Egyptians, Arabs, and Babylonians; the Viking people are quickly learning that societal and cultural aspects vary more than we can imagine, and we expect more of the same... A new contact, the Zulu, is practically on the other side of the world. The lands of this Earth are vast indeed. Trondheim has built the first archers ever, and their range should make them very effective. After a peaceful investigation of the only known Chinese city, Beijing, we noticed they had incredibly abundant resources, spcifically food, very near their city; yet the cities population is less than that of Daneland, with considerably less food. 1,800 years, and only 12,000 people, it's fairly obvious they have other cities, probably more than one. The King has set up strong relations with many countries, but China and Russia seem to be the most prominent members of the international stage, in the King's eyes. I look eagerly toward the events of the future...

1750 B.C.: A jungle people, known as the Koreans, live farther east than any dare to travel. Some have tried, most die. The harsh trundra, heavy mountain range, and foriegn resistance to any passage makes getting to the jungle covered lands of Korea difficult. Luckily, there's not much reason considering the lack of resources. The Viking empire now spans three cities, with a fourth planned, and over 212,000 citizens. Trondheim, despite the stress of producing all the countries settlers, has prospered and is now a powerful, bustling city. Mining operations are being carried out just north-west of Trondheim, and have greatly increased production. We are basically expanding east, while the other nations of the world appear to be carving Asia into many small sections, colonies almost, yet on the same continent. Neither Russia nor China have taken advantage of the plethora of reasources that they have access to, and the open expanses they should've taken are now colonized by a number of European countries. However, these countries seem weak, and others shall soon grow hungry for land...

Apparently, .gifs work much better (though they are larger).

Great game! Why are the Zulu in the Mid east? is anyone in the heart of Africa?

Thanks for the comment. I'm not sure what you're referring to, since they start nearly on the end of Africa. Egypt usually colonizes the Nile and regions near it, Carthage gets the western and southern coasts (southern near present-day Nigeria). The rest is usually divided up by Europe, and wars split it up from there. Europe is PACKED, so it forces them to simulate history by heading to new lands, and they eventually start world wars. It'll be fun to see what happens during the industrial revolution...

looks like you're doing good, 4 cities and nice army. I suggest you take out a nearby civ. to get more land, plus it seems like you're the biggest civ and the other civs aren't trading with you to much.Remember to go straight to invention and churn out beserks. :devil:

Berzerks come with feudalism in this mod; seems more realistic to me, and it makes it easier :D... I don't want to get into a war yet, as I'm still developing, but bezerks are coming up quick, and... Well, I don't want to give away too much of the game-plan.

1550 B.C.: This year, there are two types of assaults being carried out against the Viking people... The first is land colonized by Germans in northern Scandinavia, along with attempts by others, and the second was a barbarian attack in the frozen lands of eastern Siberia. I fear the King is becoming agitated, and fertile lands are quickly disappearing... The King has order the construction of road to a known iron deposit in the Nordic Mountain Range; to what purpose, I know not... All of Africa's geography is now know thanks to the proper construction and trade of maps between the us and the Zulu. There seems to be very little there, aside from desert and jungle. Yet the lands are vast and empty, so, inevitably, the local nations are attempting to colonize. The lands south of the Franco-Beijing Mountains and the new, connected mountains, Karak Mountains, have also been revieled to us, and the Indian nation is large, and wealthy. Rivers, ivory, cattle, iron, just to name a few --resources that few so comprehensively command. The lands south of China, however, are over-grown; even moreso than that of Korea and their humid seas of entangled vines... How do people live in such areas?

1150 B.C.: Both the Russians and the Germans 'own' territory on rightfully Viking land. It is begining to annoy the populace, and the King especially, as troops from such towns encroach on our cities. It is of no matter though; the lands of which I speak are freezing tundra, with no resource... The attraction of such a glorious achievment like the Great Viking Colossus will distract and draw the people from the towns, and the harsh, unfogiving terrain, poor leadership, and isolation will take its tole on the invading people... And their loyalties. The Viking population now exceeds 413,000 citizens, with iron, gold, horses, and soon spices, flowing through the rich Viking markets... The one country that may actually pose a threat to Viking power is Mongolia; their country is gigantic, and they are just as prosperous economically. Relations, however, between the Viking and Mongolian people are relatively good, so if the Mongol people ever decide to war with Norse, we have time to prepare... And we are...

800 B.C.: All the Norse feel the development of a new sub-culture amidst our society fueled by the northern intrusion on our land. I even feel anger toward those colonizing southerners, but this group has a terrifying ambiance... The advent of the new age, the Feudal Age, has pushed this 'organization' further into the spotlight. They call themselves the "Bezerk", and they use the powers of old to summon what seems like ungodly power. They express much loyalty to the King, but have more of a clan system than most military soldiers. Tensions are mounting; you could cut the air with a knife... Or should I say, an axe...

390 B.C.: The complete and undisputed advent of the Feudal Age is upon us... The Bezerk influenced revolution has plunged the country into anarchy... Total and complete. The despotic ways are being dismantled, after over 7,000 years; I don't know if this is for the best, but all fear change, I guess I'm no exception. The King still holds power over the military, and has ordered the Norse-German Isthmus cut off, to prevent any aid to what are now simply refered to as the 'invaders'. War is in the air, it's only a matter of time. Every Norse sits on the edge of their seats, listening for the sounds of battle... The anticipation seems worse than the possibility of war itself. Only a handful of countries dare to challenge the Viking army, and Germany has apparently put themselves first in line. Suicide's a coward's releif, but if the Germans choose, we will act as executioner...

190 B.C.: The revolution is complete, after 80 years of anarchy and civil war. The Germans constant and persistent intrusions on Viking land, Bezerk hatred of the foreign invaders, and relatively belligerent nature of Bismark have all reach a boiling-point: war has been declared on the German nation. Ironically, we are backed by Russia and its troops, the other country with a city on our lands. Behind Bismarks cold eyes, lies the mind of a decieving, corrupt theif and imperialist. The King has had enough, and after the promise to remove troops from Norse land was broken, the infuriated King's patience was no more. This is the chance the Bezerks have been waiting for... Now is the dawn of war, and the Norse people shall stain the ground red with the blood of foreign foes!

This story is great! Now that you have beserks you can totally take down Germany and Russia (probably at the same time). The story is really interesting and the pictures are good too. Keep up the good work :goodjob:

build up on beserks and run through the germans. then crush the russians :evil: , also the story is awesome, its funny to see like 5 civs with 1 or 2 cities and stuck between 3 rivals. you should easily take over your continent with beserks :goodjob:

On the contrary, I would get the French before their UU comes into play.

I'm thinking about just marching through Europe, Germany, France, Spain/Rome/Greece, and then the rest of the world usually hates me. But it doens't matter by that time, 'cause I can out produce them.

I'm glad you guys like the story. They'll probably be another installment tomorrow, or definitly Monday.

See if you can manage to get Russia and germany at war with each other. Than swoop down on both of them at the same time. Their forces will be divided and yup can kill 2 birds with one stone. Easier said than done tho

update ?

Sorry, just got back to school after the break and have new classes this semester. Between English and Algebra (and Diablo II :) ), I've had hardly any time to play. I'll give you an update when I get a chance.

By the way, Russia and Germany are at war, they are my only allies in it (unfortunately they're not very strong -or possibly fortunatly- so they're more of a distraction for the German troops, than an allied advance)...

Bolshvik what happened? To busy having a revolution. HAHAH get it? o im so funny

Going to update?

Sorry... My computer screwed up and the save file was lost (virus I think, had to reinstall quite a few programs)... Looks like there'll be no Viking conquest, :(.

Well, this thread'll be closed soon. Better prepare the bugle player :(