The Strategos
Thanatos
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So I recently signed up for classes for next semester, and it looks like it may be a light load. So, there is a possibility that I may decide to mod a NES after the flurry of holidays die down, say around mid-January. To help me, please choose which options you would be interested in playing. If you choose more than one option, it would be helpful if you posted the order of your preferences in this thread.
So if it is going to be so long in the future, why a poll now? Well, for several reasons, first, it gives me plenty of time to create and check stats, second, it allows me to develop a time-specific rule set that isnt a generic das rule set rip-off, third, it gives me time to create a map. Lastly, and most importantly, it gives you enough time to forget about it so there will be no one to hold me to my psuedo-promise of starting a NES when January rolls around.
If you really want to see me mod some other time period for some reason, feel free to suggest it and I will take it into consideration. However, I will not mod a fresh start of any kind, so don't bother asking.
NES 1: A non-world map NES based on my first alt-history, "Wars of Hellas." In this time line, the Ionic Revolt succeeded, causing an implosion of the Persian Empire. There are all kinds of cool nations (at least I think theyre cool) like a Neo-Neo-Babylonian Empire, Persia, a non-democratic Athens, a Davidic ruled Judea, Egypt, Phoenicia, Cyprus, etc., as well as the standard, non-affected nations. It will start in 490 BCE.
NES 2: A non-word map NES based on my alt-history Wars of Heaven. A hallmark of this NES is that the East and West have developed hostile brands of Christianity, one centered from Rome and one from Constantinople. There is also a weaker than OTL, but still significant, Islamic threat to reckon with. Added to this are the usual Middle Age politics, warfare, and general goodness. The start of the game would be 1000 CE.
NES 3: A NES based off my current alt-history project, The Sacred Bonds. The major changes in this NES are a unified Catholic-Eastern Orthodox Church that is headed by councils, not popes. Also, the Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) is still alive and the Turks are weaker. I havent finished this yet, so I cant give a definitive start date, but expect something between 1450-1490, with a 1460-70 date highly likely. So there will be at least four turns before anyone should even think of sending out a voyage to the New World.
NES 4: There is a possibility my next alt-history project will be a successful Shimabara Rebellion, partly because I want to do something Asian to expand my horizons, and partly as a penance for screwing over Christianity in most of my other alt-histories. The hallmark of this NES will be a non-isolationist (and possibly majority Christian?) Japan along with other yet to be determined changes. It will likely take place sometime between 1650-1850, with an early 1700 date likely.
So if it is going to be so long in the future, why a poll now? Well, for several reasons, first, it gives me plenty of time to create and check stats, second, it allows me to develop a time-specific rule set that isnt a generic das rule set rip-off, third, it gives me time to create a map. Lastly, and most importantly, it gives you enough time to forget about it so there will be no one to hold me to my psuedo-promise of starting a NES when January rolls around.
If you really want to see me mod some other time period for some reason, feel free to suggest it and I will take it into consideration. However, I will not mod a fresh start of any kind, so don't bother asking.
NES 1: A non-world map NES based on my first alt-history, "Wars of Hellas." In this time line, the Ionic Revolt succeeded, causing an implosion of the Persian Empire. There are all kinds of cool nations (at least I think theyre cool) like a Neo-Neo-Babylonian Empire, Persia, a non-democratic Athens, a Davidic ruled Judea, Egypt, Phoenicia, Cyprus, etc., as well as the standard, non-affected nations. It will start in 490 BCE.
NES 2: A non-word map NES based on my alt-history Wars of Heaven. A hallmark of this NES is that the East and West have developed hostile brands of Christianity, one centered from Rome and one from Constantinople. There is also a weaker than OTL, but still significant, Islamic threat to reckon with. Added to this are the usual Middle Age politics, warfare, and general goodness. The start of the game would be 1000 CE.
NES 3: A NES based off my current alt-history project, The Sacred Bonds. The major changes in this NES are a unified Catholic-Eastern Orthodox Church that is headed by councils, not popes. Also, the Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) is still alive and the Turks are weaker. I havent finished this yet, so I cant give a definitive start date, but expect something between 1450-1490, with a 1460-70 date highly likely. So there will be at least four turns before anyone should even think of sending out a voyage to the New World.
NES 4: There is a possibility my next alt-history project will be a successful Shimabara Rebellion, partly because I want to do something Asian to expand my horizons, and partly as a penance for screwing over Christianity in most of my other alt-histories. The hallmark of this NES will be a non-isolationist (and possibly majority Christian?) Japan along with other yet to be determined changes. It will likely take place sometime between 1650-1850, with an early 1700 date likely.