BirdNES 3: When Worlds Collide

Birdjaguar · Mar 1, 2009

Europe

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European NPCs

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Asia

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Asian NPCs

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Middle East & Africa

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Colonies

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Banks

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Birdjaguar · Mar 1, 2009

Introduction

Welcome to BirdNES 3 an updated reprise of “The New World”. This NES is a historical NES with alt history elements and is rooted in the world of OTLs 16th Century. It begins in 1490. Players are expected to assume the role of a nation and lead that nation to glorious success.

New Concepts
This game has several concepts that are new to my games and may have had little use in other NESes. I will introduce the concepts here, but each is further explained in the rules themselves.

Initiative Points represent the ability of a leader to act through his/her government agencies or agents. In game terms it will act as a constraint on the ability of players to do as much as they want whenever they want. The leader of a nation in turmoil may have little ability to act at all while his neighbor is able to initiate several important efforts. Players can act without initiative points, but incur great risk of unintended consequences if they do.
Wealth represents the prosperity of your nation as a whole. Where there is wealth, there is plunder. Wealth can be converted into gold should a ruler choose to diminish his nation’s prosperity, but of course such actions may carry consequences.

Prestige is a measure of success at doing things from winning wars to discovering new lands. Prestige helps to keep the various factions happy.

Open ended spending: Spending in this game is open ended. If you have 10,000 gold to spend, you can spend it anyway you want in any amount. The only specified costs are for troops, cannon and ships and those will change over time and place. For example, with 10,000 gold you could recruit 5,000 new troops for 5,000 gold, invest 750 into your government practices, buy 4 new warships for 1000, fund a merchant enclave with 250, spend 500 to build support among your bureaucrats and another 500 to bribe your neighbor’s bureaucrats to be disloyal to him. The last 2000 you can add to your treasury. As a player you could substitute any combination of numbers that added to 10,000.

Factions are the internal groups that have influence and can affect your power and leadership. Factions may strengthen or weaken over time and some may disappear while new ones appear. They are the political forces at work in your nation. A sizable or influential faction that is disloyal to you can cause real problems.

Policies are not new to previous BirdNES players, but have not been used in the same way in others’ games. Policies are broad statements of intent that direct your government apparatus along a specified path. Policies don’t cost money, but can be instrumental in shaping your nation.

Order structure: I will set a structure orders that I expect to be followed reasonably closely. I do this so that it is easier for me to update and so I will make fewer mistakes. Part of that structure will be the requirement to include dates (the year at least) of when things happen.

Stories: Traditional NESes encourage in-thread stories as part of the on-going story. I want to re-direct that effort for this game and encourage players to include 100-500+ word “stories” as part of their orders. Those stories should be descriptive of the efforts they are including in their orders for that turn. I will use them as part of the update. Now since what players want or expect to happen is not always what actually does happen, there will be times in which I will re-write bits and pieces. The pomp and ceremony of the start of your glorious campaign against the Turk may start out as you plan, but have a wholly different ending.

I am hoping that this approach will have two major effects. First, player efforts will be part of the game and the fabulous detail that many of you create will find its way into the updates. Second, it will make the updates easier and faster for me. I will be able to focus on transitions and outcomes and spend less time trying to create the settings for events. It is easier for me to edit that to create from scratch. I don’t have any firm limits on what these stories should be, but at this point I’m thinking that a quarter to a half page (in word) should be sufficient for most events; a page for more complex plots. If they are too long, I will cut them down. Since these stories are related to what you are trying to accomplish in your orders they shouldn’t be posted in the thread, but will see the light of day when the update is completed. Faction intrigues, assassination attempts, war plans, battles fought, sea voyages etc. are all fair game for these mini stories. You may write them in any style you want and include rich details of your nation and its events. Here are two examples of stories about a campaign that could have come from different players who were at war against the same enemy.

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Nations & Roles

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Stats and Other Tracked Items of Importance

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Initiative & War

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Birdjaguar · Mar 7, 2009

Factions, Exploration & Trade

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Pirates

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Spending

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How to write orders

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Birdjaguar · Mar 7, 2009

Map

Blue cities = Bank offices/trade centers
Red cities = Trade centers
Green cities = Religious centers
Grey nations east of Muscovy are the western remnants of the Golden Horde. Riazan, Kazan and Astrakhan are shown in a slightly different color. They will get limited stats as NPCs.

Birdjaguar · Mar 8, 2009

Current list of players January 10: Please check for any errors.

Muscovy das
Poland Stuck in Pi
Teutonic Order Prinny
Kalmar Union Shadowbound
Brandenburg Nutranurse
Hungary qoou
Austria Agent 89
Milan Germanicus12
Naples Kentharu
Genoa NPC
Venice spryllino
Savoy Zeletdude
Rome LittleBoots
Florence NPC
Portugal Milarqui
Scotland Matt0088
England Immacuilate
Spain Luckymoose
France The Strategos
Ireland HMS Vanguard
China Abaddon
Japan T_F
Ryukyu Ninja Dude
Ottoman Empire NPC
Egypt Oruc
Safavids blackbard
Ethiopia NPC
Songhai Frozen in ice
Aztecs Adrogans
Inka NPC
Vijayanagar Terrence888
Ayutthaya NPC
Malacca NPC
Mughals NPC
Delhi Sultanate NPC

Birdjaguar · Mar 10, 2009

Key to the Climate Map

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Birdjaguar · Mar 10, 2009

Start map
Update 1
Update 2
Update 3
Update 4
Update 5
Update 6
Update 7
Indian nations

Birdjaguar · Mar 10, 2009

Update 1: 1491-1495
Update 2: 1496-1500
Update 3: 1501-1505
Update 4: 1506-1510
Update 5: 1511-1515
Update 6: 1516-1520
Update 7: 1521-1525 The World is Round

HRE Election 1521

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Birdjaguar · Mar 10, 2009

Exploration and Trade Forts or enclaves will add to your trade economy. All nations sharing a particular trade route will benefit from that participation.

Trade Routes listed in Stats:

Silk Road: SR
Red Sea to India: RSIn
Persian Gulf to India: PGIn
Trans Sahara: TrSa
East Coast of Africa: ECAf
Indonesia & Spice islands: InSI
China Japan Philippines: CJP
West Coast of Africa: WCAf
China to India: CIn

Others will be added as the game progresses.

Birdjaguar · Mar 10, 2009

Mercenaries Available

From the House of Lee
750 Dutch Arquebusiers +16% combat bonus
2000 German Landsknecht +5 cannon +10% combat bonus

Terms and prices available from the House of Lee

From the House of the Jaguar:
1000 gold for 400 Stradioti, light mounted troops of Albanian and Greek origin, +12% combat bonus
2500 gold for 1000 German Landsknecht +8% combat bonus
6000 gold for 2500 Swiss Pikemen +15% combat bonus (5% against guns)
1000 gold for 250 French Arquebusiers +7% combat bonus
850 gold for 150 German Arquebusiers +5% combat bonus
20 cannon 250 gold each rent 1 or more.

All troops must be paid for in cash. Price is for a single five year term and includes delivery to your war. Delivery though hostile lands or seas is not guaranteed.

Mercenary troops, however, where ever, purchased, do not add to army upkeep costs.

Birdjaguar · Mar 11, 2009

Enough is enough! Let's get going.

Turn 1: 1491-1495 Orders due March 20th

You may post. The game thread is for IC posts and updates. All other comments should be added to the discussion thread.

Luckymoose · Mar 11, 2009

First post, let us rock. Spain is here, we are now adopting the extremely fair policy of deporting the Jewish from our esteemed lands.

germanicus12 · Mar 11, 2009

To Italian City States (Venice, Genoa, Rome)
From Milan

Shall we create a Mutual Protection Pact? We have stronger military powers that have designs on Italy and we could protect ourselves better if we were united.

Adrogans · Mar 12, 2009

Aztecs are in da house.

Ace of Gold · Mar 12, 2009

To: France
From: Savoy

We French speaking nations need to look after eachother. There are many threats in this world. How about we enter a alliance?

Dachs · Mar 12, 2009

Churchill 25 said:
To: France
From: Savoy

We French speaking nations

lurker's comment: :lol:

Luckymoose · Mar 12, 2009

TO: Abu ‘abd-Allah Muhammad XII, of Grenada
FROM: Ferdinand II and Isabella, of Spain

Muslim-kind must be evicted from the Christian lands you hold, you will surrender your lands to the crown of Spain immediately, with no resistance. God wills it that your lands be in the hands of true believers, if you do not comply, war with irreversible consequences for your people will be brought upon thee.

Thlayli · Mar 12, 2009

lurker's comment: It's ironic that most nations choose the starting turn of the NES to send out a storm of diplomatic correspondence. Must drive the bureaucrats crazy.

EDIT: I do plan on joining eventually, Bird. But my entrance is dependent on certain historical individuals.

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