On The Brink: Europe Faces a New Century - HNES3

INTRODUCTION

It is the dawn of the 20th century and a more enlightened Europe faces the world. As peace broke out all across the continent with the close of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, Europe has had a long 30 year nap to retire from the dogs of war and focus on their people. Now, as nations richer and stronger come to power, Europe trembles with fear as a continent ready to burst teeters on the brink of destruction in the modern century.

You will navigate your country through the beginning years of the bloddiest period in human history. I present to you, On The Brink: HNES3.

GAME RULES

Invited players get first pick. If not all invited players choose to join, then uninvited players may pick a nation.

INCOME
Each nation will recieve 2 gold per center territory and 1 gold per non-center territory. All nations start with 9 gold except Russia who starts with 11 gold. Gold can be exchanged between nations so long as a provision is given in the orders. You cannot build centers in your provinces.

PRODUCTION
While you can gain income from provinces far away, you may only build units in your original 3 Center Provinces or in the adjacent seas.

ARMIES AND FLEETS
Armies and Fleets cost 3 gold each. Armies occupy land territories, colored in either tan or a nation's color to represent the nation's ownership of that territory. Fleets occupy sea zones, which do not change color and are not a source of income as territories are. Several nations' fleets may occupy a sea zone so long as they are at peace. If Nation A does not have a Right of Passage (see DIPLOMACY) agreement with Nation B, and Nation B's troops enter a territory which is occupied by an army or armies of Nation A, the two will begin combat.

TERRITORIES
Each territory may be occupied by armies. An army placed in an unclaimed territory will win over the territory for your nation, and you will recieve income from the territory depending on whether or not it has a center in it. If two nations have armies occupying an unclaimed territory, the territory will go to the nation with the most armies in the territory and the losing nation's forces returned to the territory from whence they came. If the forces are equal, a "standoff" will occur, and both nation's forces will retreat to the provinces from whence they came. A "Center" is a black dot with a white rim. If an army controlled by you enters an unoccupied territory controlled by another nation, the territory will become yours. If it is occupied, however, combat will begin. Switzerland is impassable.

MOVEMENT
Armies and Fleets may move one (1) province per turn. Armies can be convoyed by fleets at 2 armies to the fleet, however a fleet can only load and move in one turn, not unload. Similarly, they may move and unload in one turn, however, the army uses its movement point when it loads or onloads from the ship. Naval combat is always resolved first, and if a naval battle in which fleets carrying armies are sunk, the armies are not unloaded and both the ship(s) and the army/armies are lost.

COMBAT
Each army or fleet gets 1 roll of the die per combat round. In the beginning, an army or fleet will only get a "kill" when a 1 is rolled on the die. However, as technology increases, the unit may kill on as high as a "5" or below. For each kill one unit is removed from the opposing side's forces (fleets carrying armies will be killed last in naval battles). In the event of a draw in which all units on both sides are lost in the final round of battle, the province remains with the defender or remains unclaimed.

DIPLOMACY
The following Diplomatic agreements are allowed:
Right of Passage
Mutual Protection Pact
Defensive Protection Pact
Peace Treaty in which monetary and territorial exchanges are made.

Diplomatic Status:
Peace
War

TECHNOLOGY
If your nation researches a technology level, it's forces will become stronger.

Technology Level 1
Cost: 0 gold
Forces Kill on 1 or below

Technology Level 2
Cost: 20 gold
Forces Kill on 2 or below

Technology Level 3:
Cost: 30 gold
Forces Kill on 3 or below

Technology Level 4
Cost: 40 gold
Forces Kill on 4 or below

Technology Level 5
Cost: 50 gold
Forces Kill on 5 or below

WINNING THE GAME

The first player to control 17 Center Provinces will win the game!

INVITED PLAYERS

Dexter
The Troquelet
Kennelly

NATIONS

In alphabetical order:

Austria-Hungary - Skilord
Italy - Giovanni Wine
France - uknemesis
Germany - AnarchyRulz
Russia - RoddyVR
Turkey - Naervod
United Kingdom - Jason the King

MAP

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads3/HNES3S01.gif

ok, the game is called Hnes. does that H stand for History? and if so, are we obligated to stay within the realms of history in any way?
after i had a period when i was in 4 games at once (including the Horzon megagame) i decided not to do that again, but considering the SNAILISH speed of the current games i'm in (UKnes and Znes) i guess i'll join this one too.

I'll take Russia (hope that someone didnt take Russia while i was posting, lol)

It is H for History, however, after trying to enforce history in HNESII, I have given up the idea. There is no obligation to follow historical battle lines.

Note: If you wish to play but are not on the invited list, you may sign up for the secondary list, which after 2 days if there are still avaliable nations you will be able to pick one of the ones that are left.

Wow.

My first NES in which I'm invited

I will very gladly join it, and thanks a lot for including me on your list .

I would like to be.... *waves a green-white-red flag wearing a blue shirt* Italy

Anyway... may I ask you how much do armies and fleets cost?
also is it possible to build centers within our provinces?

thanks

Saluti

Armies and Fleets cost 3 gold each. It is not possible to build centers in your provinces. The board has a total value of 98 gold.

I will be Turkey. Thanks for the invite Toasty!

Guess who I will be...lol.

Britain

Jason

PS: Thanks Toasty!

I'll be France thanks Toasty.

Nemesis

This looks amazingly like the map from Diplomacy

, yes, it is the map from Diplomacy.

Germany...I get it. Thank god you rserved it...Bless you toasty

To: Russia and Austria
From: Turkey
I would like Bulgaria and Greece.

To: Turkey
From: Russia

The great nation of Russia has no interest in Bulgaria or Greece.

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ok, now, what year is it? 1900? that would make me a Czar still right? He resigned some time in the first decade right?
(i'm so embarased that i dont even know when exactly the last Czar dethrowned himself)
anyway, i guess that will be my 'contribution' to changing history. lol. i'm staying a Czar, cause i realy would prefer not to be that crapy interim government they had before the more crapy socialists took over.
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The czar (Nicolay) was killed by communists in 1917.
Hole his family was also killed by communists.

thats when he was killed, but he wasnt czar for a while before that. he relinquished the throne voluntarily, i just dont remember how long the 'interim' democracy lasted.

Dr. Aleksandr Kerensky's Russian Republic lasted a few months between April 1917 and October 1917 (roghly) before the Russian Civil War began. In 1900 Tsar Nicholas Romanov II was still ruling.

cool, thanks. so i dont like the name Nicholas so i'm just gonna be Czar Roddy Romanov II (lol)

Toasty, why do you spell Czar with a 'T'? the word comes from Cesar.

i guess i should do the orders for this game. is there a ruler for Austria? (if you look at the list in the first post it looks like someone named "Hungary" is running Austria, lol)

There are two correct spellings in the English language, "Czar" and "Tsar." For some reason or another I perfer the latter .

Austria-Hungary was the dual monarchy of Austria and Hungary. After the revolutions in the 1860s, Austria was forces to grant the Hungarians equal representation, hence why it is Austria-Hungary, as it was circa 1900.

oh. well i guess english is just wierd then. lol

for austria hungary i knew why you had it as such (wierd how i knew that but not when the Czar dethrowned himself), i was just pointing out (being anal as always) that it because the rest of the list is "dash seperated" it looked like Hungary was the guy running Austria. lol.