http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/3804/columbustakingpossessionga3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Christopher Columbus lands in the New World


Age Of Discovery Scenario for Civ4:

The date is 1492 and Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus has just discovered Cuba. The Hundred Years war between England and France has been over for a few years now, and the only English presence on the mainland is Calais. The War of the Roses is over in England, with the Tudor line now on the throne. Portugal has explored down the African west coast, and Genoa is the major trading port in Western Europe. The Arabs have conquored most of North Africa, except for Morocco. Burgandy has broken apart and their lands taken by Saxony, France and the Duchy of Holland.

Europe is on the brink of social, economic and religious reform as it leaves the Middle Ages and enters the Renaisance. Scientists are making major discoveries in all fields and the people are feeling the effects of new social freedoms with the end of serfdom. History is yours for the making.

Play as one of the major nations of the era, colonizing the New World, expanding your trade Empire, and using your new found wealth to teach your enemies in Europe a lesson. Can you re-write history in your favour?

Map: Western Europe + North Africa + Eastern/Central North America + Carribean. [Size: 108*81]
Coloniser nations: England, Holland, France, Spain, Portugal
Minor nations: Scotland, Saxony, Genoa, Ottomans, Aztec, Maya, Natives


This an AAR of Dale's scenario, Age of Discovery, which you can find here:

Clicky (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=144659)

I chose to play as the Spanish, noble difficulty. I have also never played this scenario before, so I don't know what to expect...it may end in a glorious Spanish conquest of the New World, or it may end with me hanging by my neck in the Tower of London...we shall see. ;)

Extra note: This is with AoD 1.0, not 1.12 which Dale released a while after I started this :)

List of Updates:
Part 1 - Discovery (this post) (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=4641621&postcount=1)
Part 2 - Colonization and Conquest (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=4644613&postcount=6)
Part 3 - More Conquest, a Bit More Colonization (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=4653362&postcount=10)
Part 4 - 1572-1590 (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=4661790&postcount=12)
Part 5 - War With Portugal (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=4666676&postcount=18)
Part 6 - War With Holland (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=4891576&postcount=27)
Part 7 - Conflict In The Colonies (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=4899497&postcount=30)
Part 8 - European Invasion (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=5061167&postcount=46)
Part 9 - The Fall of France (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=5080631&postcount=51)
Part 10 - Peace and Plotting (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=5146094&postcount=58)
Part 11 - War with the Ottomans (final update) (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=5150307&postcount=60)

Stats from end of game (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=5153133&postcount=62)
Quick review of the scen (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=5153366&postcount=63)

Part 1 - Discovery
In 1492, funded the Spanish, Christopher Columbus set out from Spain with the intention of sailing to Asia, and indeed, when he first arrived in the Carribean, he believed that he was in Asia.

News of this overjoyed the Spanish crown, and in 1492 the Spanish King Darth ordered that new colonys be established in the new-found Carribean Islands, as outposts to allow Spain to develope new trade routes with China and India via the Atlantic. So it was that in 1494, the first European settlement in the New World was established - New Spain in Cuba:

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/2637/newspainkq1.png (http://imageshack.us)
New Spain, roughly in the location of the real city, Puerto Principe

However, soon after New Spain was founded, it became clear that the landmass that Columbus had found was not Asia - further exploration carried out both by the Spanish and later the French revealed that Columbus had in fact discovered a new continent - The New World!

Although King Darth was disapointed that he had not opened a new sea-route to Asia, he was filled with wonder at the prospect of exploring an entirely new land - and building a Spanish Empire in it.

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/7066/nativesne7.png (http://imageshack.us)
European explorers meet the Carribean natives for the first time

Early encounters with the Natives of this New World were favourable for the Europeans - it appeared that the indiginous civilizations of the Americas were primitive and backwards in comparison to the Europeans, and King Darth began planning to conquer these people and claim their land for Spain.

However, Spain was not the only European country to begin establishing outposts in the New World - in 1505 Spanish Caravels found that the Portugese too had an outpost in the New World, Porto Seguro on the northern coast of South America:

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/4795/portoseguroit5.png (http://imageshack.us)
Porto Seguro

To be continued...:D

yay! sid's pirates!

Cool. :)

Good luck with the colonisation.

Dale

I definetly will be following this!

Don't kill the natives this time.

Thanks for the replies all :)

@unscratchedfoot: I think it's a bit late for that.:mischief:

Now onwards to glory! :D

Part 2 - Colonization and Conquest

In the years following the discovery of the Americas, their was a frenzy of exploration and colonization carried out by the European powers, all keen to take a lion's share of the New World. By the 1530s, Spain and Portugal had settled many areas of the Carribean, while the English built a chain of colonies along the coast of North America. France, Scotland and Holland also had colonies.

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/7801/spanishsettlement2ig0.png (http://imageshack.us)
Port CFC, one of many Spainish settlements in the Carribean

During this period, relations between the European powers improved, as it became clear that, for the time being at least, they were more interested in exploring the Americas than starting new wars in the Old World. Nonetheless, King Darth made sure that the Spanish army in Europe was large and well equiped - this was no time for complacency.

In 1529, King Darth decided that the time was right to launch a campaign of conquest into the American mainland, and the descision was made to begin by attacking the native Mayans, who lived in what is now an eastern area of Mexico.

And so it was that in the winter of 1533, a Spanish army of 6 men at arms and 4 knights landed in the Maya heartland, in Yucatan. In a descisive and ultimatley one-sided campaign, the Spanish army quickly broke the back of the Mayan defence with the capture of the Mayan capital, Chichen Itza, in 1535.

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/937/aproachingtulumcu6.png (http://imageshack.us)
The Spanish approach a Maya city

King Darth's army systematically attacked and occupied the Maya cities, until in 1542, 50 years after Columbus first arrived in America, the Mayan civilization was completely destroyed. Although the Spanish conquisadors found less gold than they were hoping for, the campaign was considered a great victory for Spain.

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/976/mayaqi2.png (http://imageshack.us)
Huaya Capac, ruler of the ill-fated Mayans, who believed that every time you took a screenshot of him, you took a little piece of his soul

During the Mayan campaign, the Spanish army lost only one knight and one men at arms, and encouraged by this outstanding success, King Darth turned his eyes towards the Aztecs, whose lands were to the west of the Maya. However, before such a campaign could begin, King Darth was persuaded by one of his more conservative advisors to wait, consolidate and re-inforce the Mayan conquest before launching another war, lest the Spaniards become overstretched and lose all that they had gained on the American mainland. The Aztec invasion would have to come later...

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/7811/spanishnewworld1542os3.png (http://imageshack.us)
Spanish holdings in the New World, 1542 - after conquest of the Maya

You'll have to ignore all the lines and place names, it's the best map I could find. :p

More to come...:D

keep it coming

I love it.... keep it coming. And excellent use of "Pirates" graphics to add to the feel of it all!

After reading your report, I am going to download this mod now and play it myself!

Thanks Edicus, I'm flattered!

I have played up to 1554 now, but I will wait for a more natural break in the story before I post another update...that may be later tonight, or more likely it will be tommorow.

By the way, that is not a mistake on the Huayna Capac screenshot above: in the scen he does lead the Mayans, whereas in Civ4 he leads the Incans...I did some very quick googling, and I couldn't find anything about specific Mayan leaders (doesn't help that Mayan society was apparently based around individual city-states)...I guess Huayna is just standing in due to the absence of a better candidate - how kind of him ;)

Part 3 - More Conquest, a bit more colonization!

Throughout the 1540s, King Darth consolidated the Spanish position on the Yucatan penninsula, while (along with the rest of Europe) continuing to establish new colonies in the Americas. By the 1550s, the older European settlements in the New World were starting to become more established.

In 1553, with the Yucatan penninsula firmly under his control, King Darth turned his eyes westwards once again - to the lands of the Aztec Empire in central Mexico.

The time had come to launch Spain's war against the Aztecs!

http://img343.imageshack.us/img343/9620/aztecqh2.png (http://imageshack.us)
Montezuma, ruler of the Aztecs, in an unusually good mood

In the winter of 1553, fresh Spanish troops arrived in Yucatan, under the command of the noble-man conquistador El Pollo de Silva. Combining his troops with veterans from the Mayan campaign, de Silva led the Spanish army into Mexico in 1554, to begin the conquest of the Aztecs. The invading army was made up of 6 knights, 2 men at arms, 2 crossbowmen and 1 bombard cannon.

It would prove to be a long, grueling campaign - but one that the Spanish would eventually win.

http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/2341/map1jk1.png (http://imageshack.us)

In red are areas of Mexico controlled by the Spanish in 1554 (Mayan lands)
In blue are areas controlled by 1558
In yellow are areas controlled by 1565
In green are areas controlled by 1569

There was quite alot of fighting around El Tajin in the blue area of the map, where the Aztecs attempted a counter-attack in 1560.

Although the result of the war was never in doubt - the Spaniards won almost every single engagement fought during the war - the Aztec warriors battled feircely to defend their homeland, and the last Aztec city did not fall until 1572 (not shown on the map, it was quite some way down south).

The simple fact of matter was that Spain's army in Mexico was too small - and as a result they found it difficult to both occupy conquered cities, as well a capture new ones. It was for this reason that the war to conquer the Aztecs slogged on for 18 years. All of Spain was relieved when in 1572, the last Aztec city, in modern-day Honduras, was captured, and the war ended.

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Tenochitlan - captured by the Spanish in 1558, using fearsome bombards, which terrified the native defenders

Although King Darth was surprised at how long the Aztec war dragged on for, he was pleased to see that the Spanish army took minimal casulties during the war - and that he had once again successfully expanded Spain's empire in the New World. Once again the time had come to rest, pause and consolidate.

Some stats:

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/2789/statsvl6.png (http://imageshack.us)

As you can see Spain is top dog. :D

Diplomacy:

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/5662/diplowj6.png (http://imageshack.us)

Portugal is collecting alot of defensive pacts, probably scared that King Darth will start empire-building back in Europe :D

I think it would be possible to persuade Portugal to attack the Ottomans, which would automatically break all their defensive pacts (IIRC) and let me attack them without bringing France down on me, but that feels a bit cheesy and 'gamey' so I won't do that, especially seeing as this is more of a story-orientated AAR rather than a 'watch me win' AAR. ;)

Part 4, 1572-1590

By the time the Aztec war ended in 1572, the European colonies in the New World were growing larger and more established, and European cities in the Old World were benifitting from the plentiful supplies of corn, fish and bananas, as well as gold and silver, that could only be found in the Americas.

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/976/spanishcolonyrich3bx8.png (http://imageshack.us)
New Madrid, a large Spanish colony on the island of Hispaniola

However, the number of settlements that Spain had to support throughout Mexico and the Carribbean was growing, and the cost of maintaining the colonies was getting more and more unwieldy and expensive. The Spanish crown was forced to reduce spending on science and research to compensate. This worried King Darth - if Spain fell behind Old World, all it's gains in the New World would have been for nothing.

During this period Spanish also began sending officially-commisioned missionaries to the New World, to convert the native peoples to Christianity

http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/1204/misionaryam2.png (http://imageshack.us)
A Christian missionary in Chichen Itza, the former Mayan capital

The natives took surprisingly well to Christianity and by 1580s Catholicism had been spread into Yucatan, and some Carribbean islands.

In 1586, the French under King Loius XIV declared war on the Native Indians of North America, in order to expand their American empire. In response to this, the Spanish under King Darth sent an emmisary to the Indians, offering to supply them with iron and horses to aid them in their fight against the French. Although they disliked the Spanish, the Indians agreed. France was Spain's closest rival in the Old World, and King Darth wanted to make life difficult for them in their war with the Indians.

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/9194/loius1gd2.png (http://imageshack.us)
Loius XIV, the King of France - Spain's closest rival in Europe

France's declaration of war also canceled the terms of their defensive pact with Portugal. Now that the Portugese could not count on French protection, King Darth sensed an opportunity...

:mischief: :D

World map, 1590:

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/7175/map1590cb1.png (http://imageshack.us)

To be continued...:)

This is definitely a fun scenario....... I tried playing as the Scots, but got off to a slow start and tried to develop my colonies in the new world before attacking the natives and ended up at war with the Dutch. It ended with the Scots in control of Amsterdam(!) as well as the (formerly) Dutch North American colonies. The Dutch Empire was reduced to two colonies in North America, and the Native Americans under Hiawatha had grown strong..... very strong.

War came and slowly but surely, the Natives started driving the Scots out of North America. Disgrace for the upstart Scots...... ugh.

I am going to play again and try to make nice with the Europeans so I can concentrate on "liberating" the natives.....

keep the reports coming Darth!

Sounds fun :D

making nice with europe while attacking the natives is what I have done here (though I think europe is a bit too cozy for the period, probably becuase they are all Catholic)

I was tempted to gift all my techs to the native Americans, just to see what would happen :D but I decided against that since I'm trying to keep a vaguely historical feel to this

I may try it on another run-through of this scen though.

I'm assuming those pictures are from Anno 1701?

They are from Sid Meier's Pirates :)

I will post another update in a little while...

Part 5, War with Portugal

Ever since the Muslim Moors had been ejected from Spain in 1492, shortly before King Darth came to power, he had dreamed of uniting Iberia under one flag - a Spanish flag. Amidst the colonisation of the New World however, the goal had been put aside. But in 1586, an opportunity presented itself...

When the French attacked the North American Indians in 1586, they cancelled their defensive pact with Portugal. This severely weakened Portugal's postion in Europe, and made them a much more tempting target. Although they did still have defensive pacts with the Dutchy of Saxony, Scotland and the Netherlands, they were minor powers and could not offer the deterant that France had done.

Spotting a chance to unite Iberia, King Darth decided to attack Portugal. In 1590, the Spanish were massed in three armies along the Portugal-Spain border, and thrust into Portugal.

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/7435/lisboncapturedcs8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Lisbon was captured in 1592

The campaign was an outstanding success. Although the Portugese army was equiped with modern rifled fire-arms, it was very small, and Portugal was descively beaten in less than 3 years. King Darth was overjoyed at the success of the campaign - in contrast with the Aztec conquest, Portugal had been taken in one swift knock-out blow.

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/9452/portugalnewcapitalas7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
The Portugese moved their capital to Fes, in North Africa

Although the Portugese still controlled parts of North Africa and the Carribbean, the loss of their homelands was a mighty blow.

Although the cost of maintaning the colonies was still dangerously high, King Darth was very happy in 1593. Spain held more of the New World than any other European country, had the largest standing army in the Old World, and had just captured Portugal. King Darth was very happy indeed, for the future looked bright for Spain...golden, in fact!

More epic tales of gold and glory to come...:)

War in Europe, 1593

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/1521/diplo9mk1.png (http://imageshack.us)

Spain is at war with Portugal, Scotland, Holland and Saxony.

Sound interesting.
I like this Pirates! screenshots.

I will get back to this soon. I have been distracted playing Call Of Duty 2! ;)

Awww, looking forward to reading the rest of the story.

Would this make the scenario more interesting? http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=4702673&postcount=192

That would be great! Would add some nice historical/period flavour. :)

Actually this is something that I wished the scenario had since I started playing it.

Any chance you'll be getting back to this soon?

Yes, a very big chance...I have always been meaning to get back to it but never got around to it. Apologies to anyone who was following the story.

To be honest, I just got a bit bored of Civ, but I might see about posting a new update this evening. :)

Part 6 - The Update That Never Came, 1592-1602

Although Portugal had been captured, and Iberia at last united, Spain was still at war with Portugal, The Netherlands, Saxony and Scotland. Of these, only Holland sent any troops against Spain. Small numbers of Dutch troops had been sent across France, to the Spainish-French border, to harrass the Spanish border-garrisons, in order to support the Portugese. However, by the time they arrived, Portugal had already fallen! Nonetheless they pushed into Spain, and began pillaging farms and villages, before they were defeated by the larger armies of Spain.

King Darth vowed not to forget this show of defiance, and immediatley began planning to attack Holland. The king's advisors wanted to seek peace in Europe - after all, hadn't Spain completed it's goal of uniting Iberia? Wasn't that enough for now? King Darth disagreed - he wanted to show Europe that one does not declare war on Spain lightly...

And so it was decided, that in order to increase Spain's power in Europe, an army would be sent to Holland...

http://img461.imageshack.us/img461/8/skirmishcopyxr2.png (http://imageshack.us)
There was skrimishing in the New World islands too...

It was decided that the army would travel by sea, rather than crossing France, becuase that would be quicker. Troops began gathering in the port-city of Bilbao, and in 1597, they were ready to leave.

After 2.5 years at sea (Civ can be silly sometimes ;)), the army, consisting of 6 rifle-men, 3 bombards, and 3 cavalrymen, landed in the Netherlands, just south of Amsterdam. The troops were well equiped, well trained and numerous - victory was all but assured. Amsterdam was captured in the winter of 1601 - another triumph for the Spanish army. In a neat reversal of real-world history, the Netherlands was undeniably under Spanish control. The Dutch moved their capital to Fort Nassau, a colony in North America.

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/2149/thereliefofleidenir3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Holland fell relatively quickley...

Elesewhere in the world, the French war with the North American Indians was not going well - in 1599 the French colony of Djenne was captured by the Indians, and the following year the two factions declared peace - France's attempt to increase it's influence in the New World had effectively failed, and France had been humiliated by a relatively primitive people.

While French fortunes in the New World floundered, Spanish fortunes rose. In 1600, a magnificent new palace was built in New Spain. This functioned as a centre of organization for the Spanish colonies, and greatly reduced their maintainence costs - an issue which had been looked on with growing concern by Spanish bankers and aristocrats for some time. But now, no more! Along with new courthouses and markets, the palace had greatly eased the monetary strain placed on Spain by her colonies. Now, more money was availiable to be spent on scientific research, and culture.

Both Portugal and Holland now had no presence in mainland Europe, and had also converted to Anglicanism, whose holy city was Sao Salvador, a Portugese colony in the Carribbean.

http://img283.imageshack.us/img283/1643/fortnassaucopynu0.png (http://imageshack.us)
The new Dutch capital, in the New World...

Spain was still involved in wars with Portgual, Holland, Saxony and Scotland, but with two successful European campaigns under her belt, and her money worries a thing of the past, there was no question over who the odds favoured...

There will be more to come, in another couple of months!! Nah, probably not more than afew days until the next update :D

Comments/feedback of any kind would be appreciated!

There will be another update coming tommorow.

Loved the Update, can't wait 4 next

Part 7 - Conflict in the Colonies, 1602-1658

In 1602, Spain made peace with Holland and Saxony, but remained at war with Scotland and Portugal.

Following the fall of Portugal and Holland, the focus of the conflict shifted to the New World. Portugal still had many colonies in the Carribbean, which Spain wished to sieze for her own empire. Scotland also had a small number of colonies in the Carribbean and Florida, and King Darth wanted to capture these too. There was skirmishing between colony-garrisons up and down the Carribbean, however for the most part little progress was made, apart from on the island of Cuba...

There conflict began badly for the Spanish, as New Spain, the first Spanish settlement in the Carribbean and centre of the Spanish New World was captured by the Porugese in 1604! The island of Cuba had been settled by both the Portugese and the Spanish during the early 1500s - the western two-thirds of the island belonged to the Spanish, and eastern part to the Portugese. There had been skirmishing between the two island-garrisons for some years, however in the summer of 1604 a concerted effort by the Portugese caught New Spain defended by only one longbowman, and the city was captured with relative ease. What a disgrace for Spain! The palace which been built in 1600 to reduce maintaince costs in the colonies was destroyed in the fighting, and the maintanance costs shot up again.

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/2154/civ4screenshot0091tz8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
New Spain in Portugese hands. The loss of the palace there was bad news for King Darth's treasury

However, Portugal's success in the New World would be short lived. In 1606, fresh Spanish troops, veterans of the Portugese campaign in Europe, landed in Cuba, and the tide of the conflict was turned. Cavalrymen, Riflemen and Cannons had replaced the Knights, Pikemen and Bombards of the previous century. The Spanish troops, supported by shore-bombardment from mighty frigates, brought their new technolgy to bear against Portugal's new prize, and New Spain was re-captured in 1608.

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/4355/newspain2os6.png (http://imageshack.us)
New Spain looking battered and beaten. The palace was rebuilt in 1619.

The remainder of the new Colonial war progressed in much the same way. Over the period of the next 40 years, Portugal's colonial empire was dismantled and captured by Spain, colony by colony. The last Portugese colony in the Carribbean, Rio de Janerio near Florida, fell in 1640, after a massive bombardment carried out by Spain's growing fleet of frigates. The Portugese cities of Tangier and Fes in North Africa were also taken by the Spanish during this time, although Fes culture-flipped to the Ottomans shortly after it was captured.

Florida, a Scottish possestion, was taken by the Spanish in 1652. Having taken all of Portugal's Carribbean holdings, and most of Scotland's, Spain's dominance in the Carribbean New World was almost complete - only afew colonies, belonging to the French and the English, remained. Satisfyed with his progress, King Darth sought peace with Portugal and Scotland in 1655. Both accepted the end of the conflict keenly.

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/6236/floridaxt4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Spanish troops in Florida

The conflict in the colonies spread to North America also, as France re-newed it's efforts at displacing the Native Americans and expanding further into North America. France delcared war on the natives once again in 1618, and their attack began well, with the re-capture of their colony Djenne in 1620. The English joined the war in 1621, and Saxony followed in 1622. King Darth was asked many times to commit mighty Spain to the war too, but he declined - and he even continued Spain's trading relations with the Natives. It was after all, not in Spain's interest to aid their Old World rivals expansion. Despite France's good start, neither side made any progress as the war dragged on. France grew tired of the stalemate, and withdrew from the conflict in 1650, her attention was turned elsewhere...

France declared war on England in 1651! The port-city of Calais, England's only possestion in mainland Europe, was captured in 1655. Weather or not they would press on accross the channel into England itself, or merely be content with Calais, remained to be seen...

I might try and get one or two mega-updates in before Christmas, just to finish this off. Should be quite a simple matter as this game has more or less reached a point where victory is assured, barring acts of stupidity on my part or brilliance on the AI's part (which of those is more likely? :D)

Does this update have too much text? I have tried to keep them quite slim but this one seems quite long.

:)

I might try and get one or two mega-updates in before Christmas, just to finish this off. Should be quite a simple matter as this game has more or less reached a point where victory is assured, barring acts of stupidity on my part or brilliance on the AI's part (which of those is more likely? :D)

Does this update have too much text? I have tried to keep them quite slim but this one seems quite long.

:)no but more screenshots would be nice

I might try and get one or two mega-updates in before Christmas, just to finish this off. Should be quite a simple matter as this game has more or less reached a point where victory is assured, barring acts of stupidity on my part or brilliance on the AI's part (which of those is more likely? :D)

Does this update have too much text? I have tried to keep them quite slim but this one seems quite long.

:)

Mega Mega Update :)

Huaya Capac, ruler of the ill-fated Mayans, who believed that every time you took a screenshot of him, you took a little piece of his soul

Ive havent heard something so funny for days :lol:

I was particularly proud of that one I have to admit. :D

Thanks! :)

Looks like there will be no mega-update though. I will leave this for now pick up the trail again after Christmas.

nice story hope you continue updating us ,you spread like the plague in the new world that was awsome:D by the way you have 2 part 6s... i cant get the AoD game to work:cry: :cry: :scared: :scared:

Fixed the part 6s :D

AoD only works with Civ 4, NOT Warlords....I think you also need the latest patch for Civ 4 (1.61 IIRC). If this isn't the problem then try posting in the AoD thread in the scenarios forum. :)

Fixed the part 6s :D

I think you also need the latest patch for Civ 4 (1.61 IIRC). If this isn't the problem then try posting in the AoD thread in the scenarios forum. :)

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA MY COMPUTOR IS BELOW SPECIFICATIONS i have another better computor upstairs but recently i cant play it because either
A. the screen turns off whenever a game is being played and
B.the game says there is something wrong when there is absolutly NOTHING WRONG
also im not allowed to dl stuff up there :(

The story junkie says: Next installment... please :)

There is a minor technical hitch stopping progress for now, but it should not be long until I finish this (sorry for the drip-drop updates.) :)

I'd like to see you do a v1.12 game. ;)

But awesome progress all the same! Did you spread a religion through the NW?

update please:mad:
i still cant play the game for some reason!

update, This story was immensely fun to read. So UPDATE please!

Dale; what does NW stand for? I spread Catholicism through Mexico and parts of the Carribbean. A 1.12 game would be a good excuse to throw in more Sid Meier's Pirates! screenies... :D

Update will come as soon as my computer is sorted out.

Thanks for the comments all, they are very much appreciated. It is fun to play the game and write the updates, but it saps your enthusiasm a bit to think that your just posting them into oblivion. So thanks for the comments! :)

NW = New World... the Americas, as opposed to you Old World guys.

Part 8, European Invasion

1658-1704

It seemed that France was content, for now at least, with capturing just Calais. England seemed to accept that they had lost of the city, and neither side wanted to begin a drawn out war, much less contemplate a cross-channel invasion; peace was delcared in 1658. What followed was thirty years of peace for Europe, and the Spanish Empire.

It was a different story in North America though, as England and Saxony continued their war with the Indians. However neither side made any large pushes into the other's territory, and the 'war' ammounted to nothing more than constant skrimishing and small scale battles. The Dutch joined this conflict on the side of the Europeans in 1665, however this did not change the tide of the fighting.

During this period King Darth concentrated on developing both Spain itself and the Empire. New market squares, banks, theatres and other buildings were built in the colonies, and by the 1670s, many of the colonies were reaching levels of size and complexity equal to even the largest and oldest European cities. With it's pleasant (if volatile) climate, and all the trappings of the civilized Old World, the Carribean was becoming a paradise.

Economically, technologically, culturally, militarily and indeed, grammatically, it was a time of growth for Spain.

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A 'Ye Olde Clocke' circa the renaissance

In 1685, France continued it's aggressive moves in Europe, and declared war on it's neighbour Saxony. The French used their superior size to quickley overun the Saxon cities. Despite assiatance from England, by 1695 Saxony had lost all of it's western European cities to France. In retaliation, the Saxons captured France's last two colonies in North America - France's only colonies now were tiny islands in the Spanish-dominated Carribean. However, it was evident to all that France was no longer interested in the New World - they wanted domination in the Old World...and King Darth could not allow this to happen!

In a conference held in Madrid, it was decided by King Darth and his advisors that Spain should attack France immediatley, as the bulk of the French army would surely still be in the former Saxon lands to the east. Spain would attack from the west - in 1696, war was delcared and Spain invaded France! Two main stacks attacked, one towards France's Atlantic coast, and one towards it's Mediterranean coast. The stacks were made up of modern infantry and artillery units, and some machine guns.

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A newfangled weapon, the 'machine gun' was starting to appear on the battlefield

King Darth's plan went perfectly - the French cities on the Spain-France border had very small garrisons and were overwhelmed quickely and releatively easily - Bordeaux and Montpellier were both captured in 1697. It was not all good news though - the Spanish held city of Amsterdam in Holland came under siege from a massive French army in late 1698, and after an epic battle, the Spanish garrison fell and the city was lost. The battle proved costly for both sides, and yet in hindsight, expending so much effort on Amsterdam proved to be a blunder for the French, for it diverted troops away from the main Spanish thrust in the west. Taking adavantage of the fact that the bulk of France's army was busy elsewhere, in 1699, the Spanish pushed forward. By 1700, the cities of Orleans and Lyon in central France had fallen - Paris itself was now within striking distance for the Spanish troops.

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The capture of Orleans put Paris within spitting distance

However, before any such attack could take place, the French army that had taken Amsterdam reached Orleans, and a descisive battle began. Over the course of 1700-1702, many bloody battles were fought, however the Spaniards eventually won out, and in 1703, they looked towards their ultimate goal - Paris!

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We shall eat their women and have our way with their cheese - or was it the other way around?

In the summer of 1703, Spanish troops in Orleans marched out to the north to attack Paris - after a massive artillery bombardment, it was captured in 1704! King Darth ordered that the city be razed to the ground, in the words of the great man himself "that'll show the cheese eaters".

I was a bit disapointed to find that the tech tree for this scen extends into almost WW1 technology, which takes away alot of the flavour IMHO, especially as theres still around 180 turns to go, and I've now got iron-clads and machine guns.

I had a brief go at modding out the modern units but that turned up error messages on each attempt, so I decided to leave it as it was.

yes it is very dissapointing to see you in the early age of guns with machine guns and ironclads but other than that preety good stuff

This is alot of fun to read! I too would like to see more of this, and I would prfer World War I tech not be in the game as well.

We shall eat their women and have our way with their cheese - or was it the other way around?


You had me scared for a moment :eek:

Great Update

Part 9 - The Fall of France

1704-1727

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With Paris a spectatular ruin and France's armed forces shattered, the war with the French was all but decided, and victory for Spain was only a matter of time. However the fight for Paris had taken it's toll on the Spanish troops also, and the push into France did not continue until 1708, after fresh soldiers had been brought up from Spain.

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The French King, Loius XIV, escaped from Paris shortly before it was captured

When the push did resume, their was little resistance from France, at least in the open. The French commanders, severely limited in their available manpower and equipment, pulled all their troops back into city garrisons, where they would simply hold out for as long as they could. The plan was to turn every city into a fortress, however in the event the garrisons did not put up much of a fight. Only at Nantes, on the Atlantic coast, were the French able to muster a respectable number of troops, however, even here, the Spanish were able to overun the city in less than a week.

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The French cities were heavily bombarded by artillery before they were attacked

The Spanish army proceeded to pick off each of the 'fortresses' one by one. Calais was captured in 1709. Nantes in 1713. Reims in 1715. By 1725 Amsterdam, where the French had won a brutal battle earlier in the war, was the only French holding left in Europe, and it was captured by the Spanish in 1726. In comparison to the earlier battle, the second battle for Amsterdam was tiny - however, it signalled the end of the war, and the end of France in Europe.

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A Spanish Europe

The city of Calais, which had belonged to the English until the French took it in 1655, was gifted by Spain back to England in 1727. As for France, it now consisted of two smallish Carribean islands. King Loius once again managed to evade capture, and escaped to the Carribean, where it is believed he lived happily for the rest of his life drinking pine-apple juice and cavorting with slave girls - in fact it is said that he often wondered 'Why didn't I pick a fight with Spain sooner?'.

great update keep going except kill the french in the carribians and it looks like they own a city in mexico by the way what is that blue force to the north of britain? i forget what they are called

by the way what is that blue force to the north of britain? i forget what they are called

I'm going to presume that's Scotland to the north of *England*! That said, by this time we should be unified, hmm?

Good AAR Pugwash, nice to read through :D

Thankee both :)

sirtommy: The French don't own any bits of Mexico, the two French-coloured blobs on the map are both islands. I might attack them...the blue is a bit of a blemish on my nice peachy Carribean. :D

Our spies indicate that the blue force to the north of Britain is 'the ocean'. We are researching possible methods of removing it.

No, indeed it is actually Scotland in the north of Britain, to the north of England, and seemingly there was no Act of Union in this timeline. :)

try to take africa next that way youll own all the southern stuff :D

by the way i did no who it was but i only had forgotton the name of it
COMON UPDATE NOW

cmon pugwash we need an update!

Coming up later! :D

Part 10 - Peace and Plotting

1727-1765

With France deposed from it's position as a world power, in 1727 Spain was the dominant power not just in the Caribbean, but in Europe too! King Darth could sit back in his throne, and consider his next move; the world was his oyster. Did he turn his empire-building ambitions towards North America? Britain? North Africa? Or did he pause for breath after the fight with France, and consolidate his new gains?

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Following the fall of France, Spain was Europe's supreme power.

King Darth decided to consolidate his gains in France, and chose not to persue further conquest. For now, at least. The next thirty years were ones of peace, and much of war-torn France was repaired and refreshed. Buildings which had been destroyed in the fighting were rebuilt, and new, even greater, building were built too. In particular, the Spainish conquerers concentrated on constructing places of entertainment, to pacify the French citizens who had seen their country fall from being one of Europe's great powers, and bore great resentment towards the Spaniards.

In North America, the Saxons and the English doubled their efforts against the Native Indians. The Indians, who had stood for many years against the colonizing Europeans, were finally starting to lose ground. What had began as a half-hearted push by the Europeans became a concerted campaign of conquest, as the Europeans finally made their supposedly superior weaponry count on the battlefield. The last Indian city was captured by Saxon troops in 1740, ending once and for all the pesky 'native problem' and clearing the way for increased expansion into North America. This was bad news for Spain, as the Indians had long been a thorn in the sides of Spain's rivals; but there was still no dominant force in North America. The Dutch and the Saxons, who had both been kicked out of Europe by Spain and France, held the largest areas, and other large areas belonged to the English, but no-one dominated. And while this held true, North America was no threat to Spain.

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There were many fragmented factions in North America

By the 1750s, most of France's shattered cities had been rebuilt, and the Spanish army had recovered from the war with France. King Darth once again started plotting to expand Spain's empire. This time he looked south towards the Muslim Ottoman Empire in North Africa, led by Sultan Suleyman. Many years ago, before King Darth came to power, the Muslim Moors had held large parts of Spain, and the Christian Spaniards had fought long and hard to throw them out. Now, King Darth believed, the time had come for Catholic Spain to take the fight onto their land, in North Africa.

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Ottoman lands in (Western) North Africa

King Darth began plotting Spain's attack. He decided to land Spain's troops directly at Tunis, the most important Ottoman city in North West Africa. By 1765, the preparations were made and the Spanish were almost ready to launch their attack...

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Sultan Suleyman of the Ottomans. Nice hat.

I will post another update tomorow, which will almost certainly be the last one, as there is only about 60 turns to go now. :)

Part 11, War with the Ottomans

1765-1792

In 1765, the largest Spanish army ever assembled landed in Ottoman territory in North Africa, just north of Tunis. It seemed that the Muslims were taken completely by surprise, as the Spaniards found the city only lightly defended. With a short battle, the city was taken easily!

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Spanish troops prepare to attack Tunis

A second, smaller, Spanish army pushed west from Spanish-held Tangier, towards the Ottoman city of Fes, but met heavier resistance. Fes itself was captured (and razed) just as easily as Tangier had been afew days earlier, filling the Spanish troops with confidence. However shortly after Fes was razed, an Ottoman army appeared, and began a fierce counter-attack! Although the Spanish troops were better equiped than their Ottoman adversaries, the ensuing battles went against them. The Ottoman commanders used cunning tactics to eliminate their superior oppostion, and soon the Spanish army had been pushed close to destruction. A hectic retreat began, back towards Tangier, and only a fraction of the troops made it back.

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A battle between Spanish and Ottoman forces, outside the ruins of Fes

The Ottomans advanced up to Tangier and attacked the city, however timely re-enforcements from Spain were enough to blunt the momentum of the Ottoman advance. The Ottomans pressed on, however eventually mounting casulties forced them to retreat back east, and Spain breathed a sigh of relief. That had been close!

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The Ottoman front

The Ottomans were never again able to match the Spaniards in battle, either in numbers or in quality of equipment. The war dragged on, and by 1788 the Ottomans held only one city, Gabes, which lay to the east. A Spanish army arrived there in the winter of 1791 (with only 1 turn left to go!). The Spanish troops put all the lessons they had learnt down the centuries, as well as their artillery pieces and machine guns, to good use, and captured the city in record time!

The Spanish crusade was complete! King Darth immediatley ordered that Catholic missionaries be sent to North Africa, to convert the local peoples to Christianity.

And then, in 1792:

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The Spanish won a time victory! (that should read King Darth!)

Victory! It became clear to all that Spain was the biggest, mightiest, richest, most learned, best smelling and best dressed nation in the entire world!

King Darth sat back in his throne, congratulating himself on a job well done. There was a knock at the door.
"What is it!" Answered King Darth
"A mister Bonaparte here to see you, my lord!"...

The End!

Why do those Ottoman units look like Redcoats?:confused:

Forkbeard: The scen uses Redcoats as generic musketeer-type units. :)

Various screens from the end of the game:

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Map at the start of the game, 1492

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Map at the end of the game, 1792

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Stats

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Score

Decided to tack on a review as well! :D

Scenario review

Age of Discovery 1492-1792

Plus points:

-Great map

-Perfect setting for a Civ game

-Lots of useful resources to be found in the New World, makes expansion worthwhile

-AI nations colonise well (Dale used a little trick for this ;))

-Watching different religons spread through the colonies is fun

Minus points:

-Tech tree that stretches almost to the 20th Century just doesn't feel right

-Too few wars in Europe, probably due to all the Europeans starting with the same religon (Catholic)

-Seems like the colonies grow too big too fast

Overall:

A fantastic scenario, well worth the download and the 21 hours it took to finish the game!

Feedback on the AAR is most welcome.

Also, I will post saved-games if anyone's interested.

:)

Why does the game end in 1792?:confused:

And by the way, what was that light blue civilization in North Africa at the end of the game.:confused: Mali?

Darth Pugwash, you should play the Pirates! mod next.:D

Vive la revolution and Vive l'Empereur!

In 1792 the French revolution begins and Bonaparte begins his climb to power. And that is a scenario for another day. ;)

The nation in Africa is, I believe, the remnants of Portugal's empire.

Hahaha clever ending.