CONES-The Dark Ages

This is going to be my first stab at modding a NES. I haven't made up the rules yet but here is the map amd story, I am using one of Plexus's Europe maps so the credit of making the map goes to him. The rules will come tomorrow. If anyone has an ideas, post them in this thread.


Story

In 451, Attilia the Hun advanced into Roman Gaul. There he sacked Orleans, A few days later he was met my General Aetius of the Roman army. Both of the massive armies lined up. It was going to be a clash of the titans between the Romans and their barbarian allies and the huns and there barbarian allies. At this battle, at the Catalaunian Fields, the fate of Europe would be decided.....

The battle raged on for 3 days, tens of thousands of men were killed. At the third day the Roman's Barbarian allies betrayed the Romans and joined the huns. After this defection, the battle only lasted 1 more day. As the Romans were surrounded and slaughtered, General Aetius some how escaped and fled to Britian. The last Roman Stronghold in the west.

There was nothing left to stop the Huns, they rode all over western Europe, burning villages and slaughtering the populous. Rome was razed to the ground in 456 AD and most of the Roman Knowledge was lost in the inferno.

Attila was not done with the Romans yet. He advanced on the Eastern Roman Empire. Attila's army, with his new barbarian allies, overran the Balkens. Athens was burned and Constantinople was laid under siege.....

The Persians used this opportunity to strike and regain land in the Eastern Roman Empire. The Persian attack captured most of Turkey, Palestine and Egypt. This was a mistake for the Persians as they attacked the Eastern Roman Empire, another tribe of the huns was coming from central asia. The undefended eastern half of the Persian empire was ravaged. When the troops at the front heard of this, the offense was halted and the Persian army dissolved away.

463 AD, the last hold out of the Western Romans, Britiania, broke into civil war. Britiania was divide in half between the Celtic Kingdom of Wales, and Britiania.

The siege at Constantinople was the last stand of the Christian faith in the
east. For 6 months the siege lasted but the Huns were never able to take the city. In 471 AD the Huns dropped the siege and returned to southern Russia.

It is now 500 AD, 30 years ago Europe was devestated, the survivers of the Roman People and Barbarian Tribes begin to rebuild there civilization. The Eastern Roman Empire, now know has the Byzantines begin to venture out of Constantinople. The Egyptians begin to rebuild there kingdom and people calling themselve Novo Carthogo form a kingdom in southern Spain. Even though the Hunnic Empire broke apart 20 years ago, they are rumors of hunnic tribe still in hiding in Europe and Rumors of survivers of Rome to rekindle the Roman Empire. Will you be able to lead your tribe out of the dark ages?

Tribes
Venice
Capital-Venice
Age- Dark ages
Economy-2; 6/9 to the next level.
Education-1
Army-1000 warriors, Militia, 1
Navy-10 galleys
Industry-1
Agriculture-3
Trade-2
History- When the Huns came, the people of northern Italy fled to the marshes of the Adriatic Sea. They founded the city of Venice in the marshes. In the past ten years, they have been rebuilding there industry and expanding into northern Italy to grow there Agriculture.

Kingdom of Sicily
Capital- Catania
Age- Dark ages
Economy-2; 4/9 to the next level
Education-1
Army-750 warriors, Militia, 1
Navy-15 galleys
Industry-1
Agriculture-2
Trade-1
History- The Kingdom of Sicily was formed from an union of the People of Naples and Goths who were fleeing from the Huns. Their industry and trade still have not recovered but there Agriculture shows signs of improvement.

Carthago Novo
Capital- Carthago Novo
Age- Dark ages
Economy-2; 3/9 to the next level
Education-1
Army-1200 warriors, Militia, 1
Navy-5 galleys
Industry-1
Agriculture-1
Trade-1
History- Only reemerging in the past couple of years, Carthago Novo is still weak. The people of Carthago want to bring glory back to the old Carthagian Empire and with Rome destroyed; they may have a chance or do they?


Iberian Celts
Capital- La Corruna
Age- Dark ages
Economy-1; 5/9 to the next level
Education-1
Army-2000 warriors, Militia, 1
Navy- none
Industry-1
Agriculture-3
Trade-1
History- The old Celtic tribes in Iberia were revived after the Huns left, they do not have much trade and are not good at industry but they are skilled farmers. Will they be able to rebuild the old Celtic Culture or will they be conquered and fade away into history?

Franks
Capital- I have no clue, I will find out what it is.
Age- Dark ages
Economy-1; 5/9 to the next level
Education-1
Army-1750 warriors, Militia, 1
Navy- 5 galleys
Industry-2
Agriculture-2
Trade-1
History- The Franks were almost pushed into the sea by the Huns but they made their last stand at an old abandoned Roman Fort. They were victorious and have begin to rebuild their tribe.

Britannia
Capital- London
Age- Dark ages
Economy-2; 5/9 to the next level
Education-1
Army-1000 warriors, Militia, 1; 250 legions, good, 1
Navy- 5 galleys
Industry-2
Agriculture-2
Trade-1
History- Britannia is one of the last “Roman” tribes in Europe. After General Aëtius fled to Britannia to escape the Huns, the Province broke into civil war and was split in half. Aëtius is long dead but is there still hope to revive Britannia?

Celtic Kingdom of Wales
Capital- I have no clue, I will find out what it is.
Age- Dark ages
Economy-1; 4/9 to the next level
Education-1
Army-2000 warriors, Militia, 1
Navy- none
Industry-1
Agriculture-2
Trade-1
History- The Celtic Kingdom of Wales was formed during the civil war of Britannia. They were able to break away because of native Celtic support.

Goths
Capital- I have no clue, I will find out what it is.
Age- Dark ages
Economy-2; 5/9 to the next level
Education-1
Army-1500 warriors, Militia, 1
Navy- none
Industry-1
Agriculture-3
Trade-1
History- the Goths reemerged from hiding in the forests of Europe after the Huns left. They are skilled in farming and will a good central position in Europe they can thrive or will they?

Denmark
Capital- Copenhagen
Age- Dark ages
Economy-2; 5/9 to the next level
Education-1
Army-1000 warriors, Militia, 1
Navy- 15 Long ships
Industry-1
Agriculture-1
Trade-3
History- The tribe of Denmark, migrated from Scandinavia and settled in the Jutland. They are traders and sailors, they have a colony in Britain.

Sweden
Capital- Stockholm
Age- Dark ages
Economy-2; 5/9 to the next level
Education-1
Army-1000 warriors, Militia, 1
Navy- 15 Long ships
Industry-1
Agriculture-1
Trade-3
History- The tribe of Sweden settled in Scandinavia. They are traders and sailors; they have colonies across the Baltic Sea.

Novgorod
Capital- Novgorod
Age- Dark ages
Economy-1; 4/9 to the next level
Education-1
Army-2000 warriors, Militia, 1
Navy- none
Industry-1
Agriculture-2
Trade-1
History- The people of Novgorod have just started to form there kingdom, will they be able to thrive in the vast expanses of Russia?

Germans
Capital- Berlin
Age- Dark ages
Economy-2; 5/9 to the next level
Education-1
Army-1500 warriors, Militia, 1
Navy- 5 galleys
Industry-2
Agriculture-2
Trade-1
History- The German Northern Union is one of the two surviving German tribes. They have a rivalry with there neighbors to their south.

Austria
Capital- Vienna
Age- Dark ages
Economy-1; 6/9 to the next level
Education-1
Army-1500 warriors, Militia, 1
Navy- 5 galleys
Industry-2
Agriculture-3
Trade-1
History- the Austrians are the second remaining Germanic tribe. The Germans to their north are their rivals.

Byzantines
Capital- Constantinople
Age- Dark ages
Economy-3; 7/9 to the next level
Education-2
Army-2000 warriors, Good, 1; 1000 legions, good, 1
Navy- 20 galleys
Industry-3
Agriculture-2
Trade-2
History- The Byzantines are far the most powerful nation after the Huns left, but will they be able to rebuild the Roman Empire?

Persia
Capital- Baghdad
Age- Dark ages
Economy-1; 4/9 to the next level
Education-1
Army-1000 warriors, Militia, 1
Navy- 5 galleys
Industry-1
Agriculture-2
Trade-1
History- The Persians settled in Mesopotamia after fleeing their homelands. In the Fertile Crescent, will they be able to rebuild there civilization?


Egypt
Capital- Alexandria
Age- Dark ages
Economy-1; 5/9 to the next level
Education-1
Army-1500 warriors, Militia, 1
Navy- 5 galleys
Industry-2
Agriculture-2
Trade-1
History- the Egyptians began to rebuild there tribe after they revolted from the Persians. They hold the Great Library of Alexandria with its vast knowledge. Will this be enough to lead them through the dark ages?


Reservations
Josefstalinator- Britannia
Alex99- Byzantine Empire
KarlMarxxx- Egypt
Jason- Denmark
Amon-Sweden
Thundercow-Kingdom of Sicily
Cuivienen- Venice
Azale- Celtic Kingdom of Wales
Tyrion – Iberian celts

Rules

Economy
Lets say that your economy says 2; 5/9 to the next level. You probably have no clue that that mean. The number to the left of the semicolon is the amount of eco you make per turn. And the fraction to the right is the amount of money you have to invest into Agriculture, Industry and Trade. For everyone 1 eco you invest in Agriculture, Industry or Trade, you will get closer to increasing the amount of eco you gain per turn. Banks are not invented yet so you will lose any eco you do not spend on a turn. The amount you have to invent will change from time to time and sometimes you may get economic bonuses from stories or a random event.

Military and Navy
Invest economy to grow your army. I will choose the exact amount of troops or ships that you get. The amount you get and quality of the troops will increase when your education gets better.

Military Training
You can train your army. It costs 1 eco to train 1000 men. The training levels are Conscript, Militia, OK, Good, Veteran, Elite. Veteran and Elite can only be gotten from combat.

Equipment
You can equipe our army with better weapons and armor depending on your education level. The amount of equipment that you get from one economy level depends on your industry.

Education
I am going to try a different system for education for this NES. You can still research education but it will be expensive or you can try to “unlock” the lost information from the Roman Empire. You can send people to ancient roman cities, ruins, libraries, etc. to bring back the ancient knowledge this will allow you to build wonders, will improve your army, etc. Once you get to a certain education level you will reach the middle ages, if we get this far.

Trade routes
I will say when you can open trade routes but since in the dark ages they did not really exist, they will not be allowed yet.

Resources
Resources can be found and be used with ancient knowledge to allow the production of better troops and other stuff.

Expansion
Just expand like you normally do in a NES

Wonders
Tell me what you want the effects to be and I will say how long it takes.

Stories
Not needed but if you write them you may get a random event or something else.

Map (space filler)

ill join as pink england (but can u change the color)

I'll reserve the Byzantine Empire.

good idea, take example from this nes which was GREAT,

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=62681

Can I get a list of the nations?

I'd like to hear the story before reserving anything.

Waht is the hot pink nation? Egypt? Persia? In any case, I'll reserve that nation.

i wish to have my nations color changed (britain)

Josef, what are you saying? Pink is a great color.

but its not very intimidating to have a massive... pink empire

id like the denmark nation. but i will be gone this weekend, so reserve it for me.

The rest of the things will be up today. I expect to open this on Aug 1st because I will be on vaction from the 22nd to the 31st.

@Joseph too bad, I like pink.

@Jason I may be dividing that demark nation in half, so I may be smaller. But another country will be born.

First post edited with story, the rules and tribes will come later today.

EDIT- an updated map has been posted.

*mumbles angrily*

Reserve vikings for me

see? easy...

@joseph I could make England a NPC and no one can play as it, so stop complaining, Britiania is going to be pink. If you do not like it pick someone else.

I'll take the blue nation in Southern Italy, please.