What if every movement for independence and/or secession in the United States was successful?
How would the continent look?
I have begun work on an ambitious new mod/scenario that will attempt to answer that question. I hope I can enlist the help of many people here to make this a reality. Anyone interested in creative new scenarios or interested in alternative history should contribute.
VERSION .12 - Added 1-2-10
Note on version .12 - Should be compatible with the 3.19 patch. Not much has been updated since .11. The most important change is the addition of the map. This mod only truly makes sense and is interesting when in the proper context. Hopefully the map will make the mod more playable, more enjoyable, and inspire more people to help finish it. I also took out (I believe) all culture from the game so the borders should remain stagnate and added the Native trait.
Again, still very much still an early draft of this game. None of the cool features intended for it are implemented yet, and most of the more mundane features aren't yet in either. Please help out to make this mod a success. Thanks!
Note on version .11:
Change Log:
Instructions:
1. Download file and unzip "Fractured States" folder into Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\Mods
2. Place Fractured States Map.CivBeyondSwordWBSave into Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\PublicMaps
3. Load Fractured States Mod
4. Select "Start Scenario" (from either single player or multiplayer)
5. Pick "Fractured States"
Background:
Civs:
I hope to not only create an enjoyable and entirely playable scenario, but make it historically plausible. For example, the election of 1844 really came down to 5,000 votes in New York. That is the margin that James Polk won the state, and with that state he won the election. Under Polk's administration and insistence of Manifest Destiny the United States annexed Texas, went to war with Mexico, and reached an agreement to take the Oregon territory.
But what if those 5,000 votes went in the other direction? What if Henry Clay won and his administration avoided all the expansionist policies of Polk? Such a small thing as 5,000 votes changed US and world history. This mod sets out to explore those "what if" questions that fans of history love so much.
Some other important questions to be probed:
Other potential features I hope to have in this mod include:
A very rough idea of the scope of the map:
This mod is still in the early stages, right now I am working on the map and figuring out the timeline and other generalities. I really hope to immerse people in America of the Nineteenth Century. With an approximate timeline of 1851 to 1930. I am very intent on keeping things balanced and not getting out of hand with new units/buildings/etc, while maintaining the look and feel of 1800's in America. Please lend a hand to make this a success:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=237653
How would the continent look?
I have begun work on an ambitious new mod/scenario that will attempt to answer that question. I hope I can enlist the help of many people here to make this a reality. Anyone interested in creative new scenarios or interested in alternative history should contribute.
VERSION .12 - Added 1-2-10
Note on version .12 - Should be compatible with the 3.19 patch. Not much has been updated since .11. The most important change is the addition of the map. This mod only truly makes sense and is interesting when in the proper context. Hopefully the map will make the mod more playable, more enjoyable, and inspire more people to help finish it. I also took out (I believe) all culture from the game so the borders should remain stagnate and added the Native trait.
Again, still very much still an early draft of this game. None of the cool features intended for it are implemented yet, and most of the more mundane features aren't yet in either. Please help out to make this mod a success. Thanks!
Note on version .11:
Spoiler :
Change Log:
Spoiler :
Instructions:
1. Download file and unzip "Fractured States" folder into Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\Mods
2. Place Fractured States Map.CivBeyondSwordWBSave into Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\PublicMaps
3. Load Fractured States Mod
4. Select "Start Scenario" (from either single player or multiplayer)
5. Pick "Fractured States"
Background:
Spoiler :
Civs:
Spoiler :
I hope to not only create an enjoyable and entirely playable scenario, but make it historically plausible. For example, the election of 1844 really came down to 5,000 votes in New York. That is the margin that James Polk won the state, and with that state he won the election. Under Polk's administration and insistence of Manifest Destiny the United States annexed Texas, went to war with Mexico, and reached an agreement to take the Oregon territory.
But what if those 5,000 votes went in the other direction? What if Henry Clay won and his administration avoided all the expansionist policies of Polk? Such a small thing as 5,000 votes changed US and world history. This mod sets out to explore those "what if" questions that fans of history love so much.
Some other important questions to be probed:
- What events could have happened to stop the Compromise of 1850 from happening?
- If the Civil War started in 1851, and the North didn't benefit from an additional decade of industrialization, could the South have won?
- Who would win the US Presidency in 1848, and what effect would they have on this unfolding timeline?
- With a fragmented United States, could the Native American tribes remain independent?
Other potential features I hope to have in this mod include:
- A comprehensive storyline and vision for this alternate history
- Modified civics
- Customized events/quests that fit in with the alt. history storyline (extinction of the buffalo, transcontinental railroad, indian raids, gold rush, etc)
- New tech tree
- New units
- New wonders
- New buildings
- New religions (Mormonism, Baptist, Catholic, Mainline Protestant, etc)
- New great people/generals from famous people from this period
- Quotes to flesh out the mod
A very rough idea of the scope of the map:
This mod is still in the early stages, right now I am working on the map and figuring out the timeline and other generalities. I really hope to immerse people in America of the Nineteenth Century. With an approximate timeline of 1851 to 1930. I am very intent on keeping things balanced and not getting out of hand with new units/buildings/etc, while maintaining the look and feel of 1800's in America. Please lend a hand to make this a success:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=237653