INTRODUCTION:
Play as the Empire of Charles V, the Kingdom of Spain, and conquer Mexico and Peru, with the help of the valiant conquistadors Francisco de Orellana, Francesco Pizarro, Diego de Almagro and Hernán Cortés. Then, find the legendary El Dorado. The towns of Vera Cruz and San Miguel de Perua will be your bases for action against the Aztecs and the Incans. You can use the units in Panama and the caravels to find and conquer El Dorado. You also have use of cities in the Canary Islands and Santiago de Cuba. You have cattle in the Canaries, so you may build settlers there.
The starting location for El Dorado is set randomly, so you may get lucky and find it quickly; however, you might never find it at all.
The game lasts 176 turns. The first 108 turns take place between the years 1519 - 1531, the next 36 turns for the years 1531-1540, the next 12 turns for 1540-1546, the next 16 for 1546-1554, and the final 4 turns cover the years 1554-1556
The scenario makes use of many of the new multi-units in order to simulate the outnumber-ness that the Spaniards experience. Credit, where known, is given below.
CIVILIZATIONS:
Empire of Charles V (replacing Germany): Thats you, the Spanish. In the writings of the Conquistador historians, like Bernal Diaz, the Conquistadors usually refer to their lord as the Emperor, because the Spanish king of the time was Carlos I, (aka Karl V), who also ruled the Holy Roman Empire.
Army Survey :
Canary Islands
6 workers (Negro Slaves)
1 Monk (Hernando de Luque)
Santiago de Cuba
1 Bismark (Diego Velásquez.)
1 Medieval Infantry (Andres de Tapia)
1 Siege Cannon (Sebastián de Benalcázar)
2 Negro Slaves
Panama City -
1 Army (El Dorado Expedition)
1 Monks (Friar Carvajal)
1 Conquistador (Francisco de Orellana)
1 Musketman (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes)
1 Siege Cannon (Pascual de Andagoya)
Vera Cruz
3 Bowman (Indian Allies)
2 Siege Cannons (Gonzalo Dominguez & Bernal Diaz)
1 Army (Cortézs Conquistador)
1 Conquistador (Hernán Cortés)
1 Crossbowmen (Cristobal de Olid)
1 Medieval Infantry (Gonzalo de Sandoval)
1 Monk (Francisco Lopez de Gomara)
1 Musketman (Francisco de Montejo)
1 Negro Slave
San Miguel de Perua
1 Armies (Pizarros Conquistadors)
2 Conquistadors (Francesco Pizarro & Diego de Almagro)
2 Siege Cannons (Alonso de Alvarado & Pedro Álvarez Holguin)
2 Musketeers (Sebastián de Benalcázar & Pedro de Puelles)
1 Crossbowmen (Vaca de Castro)
1 Medieval Infantry (Bartolomé Ruiz)
1 Negro Slave
OTHER
4 Caravels (Vasco Nuñez de Balboa, Francisco Hernandez, Juan de Grijalva, Hernández de Córdoba)
2 Negro Slaves
1 Quetzalcoatl
Aztecs : Thats your primary Mexican target. The Aztecs believed themselves to be doomed by a God named Quetzacoatl, a bearded white God from the West who would come back from the West to conquer them, just about the time Cortez arrived.
. As a result, they Aztecs were not very tenacious, as they believed that they were already doomed. You will have his assistance during the scenario (See Below)
10 Workers
5 Warriors
4 Jaguar Warriors
2 Bowmen
1 Army
Tlaxcala : In real life, Tlaxcala turned out to be your ally. They were a strong city-state to the south of Tenochtitlán, and today they are remembered as the traitors of Mexico. However, because of the absence of locked alliances for the editor, you will have to deal with them in some way. You can either by-pass them and move north to Tenochtitlán, or take their city and use it as a base.
10 Warrior, Bowman and Jaguar Units altogether
Inca: You are not as well prepared to conquer the Inca as you are to conquer the Aztecs. Your war against them should take you a very long time. Although they are quite weak from a previous civil war, they are, as a result, highly militarised, although their units are not very strong. The Inca state was one of the largest states in the world at the time; conquest of them will not be quick, especially of the city of Machu Picchu, a city you will need to locate first.
30 Units, including 3 Armies
El Dorado; This enigmatic, probably fictional civilization, will not be easy to locate. Besides the conquest of the 3 civs above, you will need to find that mysterious city and acquire its fabulous wealth. El Dorado may lie somewhere in the South American jungle, or it may lie somewhere in the Pacific. Youll need to have your monks, conquistadors and caravel searching for it.
TERRAIN AND RESOURCES:
One thing to note about the terrain, is that mountains are impassable. This allows a level of seclusion for certain places, and makes for more interesting military strategy!
Resources perform an important function in the scenario. They are used so as to allow certain cities to produce units that other cant. With UUs, the units are civ specific. With this use of terrain, units are area specific. Here are the notes for resources:
Fur: This resource is needed to produce Indian Bowmen. Both the Aztecs and the Incas have access to it, so do the Tlaxcalans you dont! Youll need to take it for yourself.
Wheat: Needed for jaguar warrior. Only the Aztecs have access to it. Again, youll need to acquire it for yourself by conquest, if you want to produce those units.
Gold: Youll need gold to produce more conquistadors. Gold has been placed in Tenochtitlán, Cuzco and the Canary Islands. In the Canary Islands, youll have to use your Negro Slaves to connect the gold with a road. For the other two, youll need to conquer!
Horses: These are placed near to the Gold, There is also one horse colony in Haiti,
Iron: Iron is needed for your siege cannon and medieval infantry. Youll find it in Cuba and the Canaries. There are also additional sources near Panama City, and in Peru, near the location that you should build the city of Lima .
Saltpeter: Available only in the Canary Islands. One other source in the Peru region, however, also exists.
Cattle: Available only in the Canary Islands. Needed to construct settlers.
UNITS:
Settler:
Cost = 10 ( + pop 2)
Moves = 1
Attack = 1
Defence = 1
Resource = Cattle
Special Abilities = Founds Cities
CIVS: Spain, Inca, El Dorado if you chose to exchange cattle that is.
Worker:
Cost = 5 (+ pop 1)
Moves = 1
Attack = 0
Defence = 0
Resource = NONE
Special Abilities = Worker Jobs
NB: these do not require support
Warrior:
Cost = 3
Moves = 1
Attack = 2
Defence = 2
Resource = NONE
Special Abilities = Foot Unit
NB: The graphics for this is a multi-figured Indian War band (See below)
NB2: These do not require support
Archer:
Cost = 10
Moves = 0
Attack = 2
Defence = 3
Resource = NONE
CIVS: El Dorado
Pikeman:
Cost = 3
Moves = 1
Attack = 1
Defence = 3
Resource = Iron
CIVS: Spain
Musketman:
Cost = 8
Moves = 1
Attack = 4
Defence = 4
Resource = Saltpeter
Civs: Spain
Galley:
Cost = 3
Moves = 1
Attack = 1
Defence = 1
Resource = NONE
Bombard: Str = 1 Rng = 1
CIVS: Aztecs
Caravel:
Cost = 4
Moves = 2
Attack = 2
Defence = 2
Bombard: Str = 2 Rng 1
Resource = Iron
CIVS: Spain
Caravel:
Cost = 4
Moves = 2
Attack = 2
Defence = 2
Resource = Iron
CIVS: Spain
Jaguar Warrior:
Cost = 5
Moves = 2
Attack = 3
Defence = 3
Resource = Wheat
CIVS: All
NB: Graphics change to multi-figure unit
Bowman:
Cost = 4
Moves = 1
Attack = 2
Defence = 3
Resource = Furs
CIVS: All
NB: Graphics changed to multi-figure unit
Conquistador:
Cost = 20
Moves = 2
Attack = 7
Defence = 5
Resource = Gold, Horses
Special Abilities = Builds cities
CIVS: Spain
Medieval Infantry
Cost = 6
Moves = 1
Attack = 4
Defence = 4
Resource = Iron
CIVS: Spain
Bismark
Cost = Unbuildable
Moves = 2
Attack = 1
Defence = 7
Resource = n/a
CIVS: Spain
NB; Unit renamed: Diego Velásquez.
This was the original organizer of the Conquests. He is the game for fun. and has a high defense strength.
Hannibal
Cost = Unbuildable
Moves = 0
Attack = 1
Defence = 1
Resource = n/a
Bombard = Str = 5 Rng = 8 RoF = 2
CIVS: Spain
Special Abilities = Invisible, Hidden Nationality
NB; Unit renamed: Quetzalcoatl, an Aztec God whom the Aztecs thought to be against them in favor of the Spaniards. He is inaccessible, unmovable and you can use him to inflict damage on Tenochtitlán.
Monk
Cost = 10
Moves = 1
Attack = 1
Defence = 2
Resource = NONE
CIVS: Spain
Special Abilities = Invisible, Hidden Nationality, All Terrain as Roads; does not require support
Crossbowmen
Cost = 12
Moves = 1
Attack = 5
Defence = 2
Resource = Iron
CIVS: Spain
Siege Cannon
Cost = 20
Moves = 1
Attack = 0
Defence = 0
Resource = Iron, Saltpeter
Bombard = Str = 10 Rng = 1 RoF = 1
CIVS: Spain
TECHNOLOGY:
Spain starts with a late medieval technology level; everyone else starts in ancient era.
Minimum Research time = 40 turns
Maximum Research Time = 300 turns
OTHER CHANGES:
Cost of heroic epic changed from 20 to 15!
You'll be able to build the Pentagon wonder
The Map Making tech should not allow you to exchange maps.
Many of the wonders have been distributed, many remain to be built, although that would really be a waste of resource since that is not the purpose of this scenario.
CREDITS: (to my knowledge these are correct. I apologize if I am wrong):
thomson_2001 - for his map, which I edited for this scenario.
Monk - Kindred72
Bowmen Multi-Unit DK???
Jaguar Multi-Unit Warriors JimmyH/ los_krachos ???
Crossbowmen - Dark Sheer
Siege Cannon = Horse Drawn cannon Lab Monkey
Warrior = Iroquois Multi-Unit Warrior - utahjazz7/ xfreak4x
Scenario created by Calgacus.
Well, that's one point where the game is realistic. you can break treaties with virtual impunity.
I will release a second patch with these changes based upon your feedback.
