Iron and Blood - Game Thread

[bestrfcplayer]

Dear lord! It seems like unless the UNA does something, the Accord will rule the world!

 

[BSmith1068]

Orders Edited

 

[NedimNapoleon]

Bosnia orders:
As many factories as possible in Bosnia

 

[Tee Kay]

The German Revolution of 1895​

The reign of Friedrich Wilhelm V saw Germany fall in stature among the nations of the world. The country was isolated internationally, and its economy stagnated. Corruption flourished among the landowners and aristocrats who controlled the nation’s economy. Influenced by conservative advisors, the Kaiser suspended the Constitution and instituted a police state that persecuted liberals, socialists and ethnic minorities. His policies also alienated the military, which felt it has been neglected.

When he died in 1894, a political crisis took hold. The Kaiser had no son, and the throne was to go to his younger brother. This, however, was unacceptable to the democrats and the socialists. Idealistic young officers in the Imperial Army attempt a coup d’etat in support of the uprising. When ordered to crush dissent, the generals refused to support the monarchy, and instead declared their support for the revolutionaries. Under intense pressure, the Hohenzollerns moved to lift restrictions on freedom of speech and freedom of association. This, however, was not enough to satisfy the radicals. The royal family quietly moved into exile in Russia, and the Reichstag passed a new democratic Constitution.

Crowd in Berlin gathers to hear republican speeches

The German Republic was proclaimed in Berlin on December 9, 1895. The transitional government was dominated by liberals and socialists, who wasted little time in remaking the nation in their own way. The new Constitution established a liberal and federal parliamentary democracy, instituted universal suffrage for adult men and women, guaranteed freedom of speech and freedom of association, and separation of church and state. Ethnic minorities were guaranteed full rights as citizens of the Republic and considerable autonomy in their home states.

Demonstrators for women suffrage. Women voted for the first time in 1897


These changes were too much and too fast for some. The backlash was immediate and violent. Extremist political groups on both the left and right formed armed gangs which clash in the streets of major cities. In Berlin, communist rebels clash with nationalist militias and government troops; the 15 March massacre was the low point of the Revolution. After this incident, the liberal transitional government fell and a new government dominated by the military declared martial law and deployed troops around the country. After a few bloody weeks during which armed gangs on both the left and right were suppressed a measure of security returned to the country.

Rogue communists in Berlin battling government forces and nationalist militias


Two major political blocs formed: the Popular Front, a coalition of parties on the left dominated by the SPD (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands) and KPD (Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands), and the National Front, a coalition of rightist parties. The bitterly-contested, controversial Federal Election of 1897 returned the Popular Front to power, though signs have emerged of internal conflict between the SPD and the KPD. For now, the SPD holds the upper hand; the KPD is still widely seen as too radical.

KPD election poster

The political situation remains extremely volatile. The National Front, backed by still-powerful aristocrats and elements in the military, remains a strong political force. The Armed Forces have shown themselves willing to intervene. Social and labor reforms are being discussed but the socialist government, fearing more unrest and conservative reaction, including the possibility of a nationalist coup d’etat, is concentrating on improving the country’s economy.

The German Republic

Take Option 2 in the Event (liberal democracy)
53 IC
Spend 40 IC on 20 factories in Scandinavia
Spend 10 IC on 10 factories in Central Europe
Spend 3 IC on Science



Link to video.

"Das Lied der Deutschen" was adopted as the new national anthem, replacing the royal anthem "Heil Dir im Siegerkranz"

 

[Joecoolyo]

Orders: 113 IC
- Uranium metal deposits discovered by Xi'an - Option 1 - 20 IC
- Indirect Fire - 16 IC
- Factories - 70 IC

• Sindh - 5 Factories
• Punjab - 5 Factories
• Manchuria - 5 Factories
• Tartary - 5 Factories
• Korea - 5 Factories
• Peking - 5 Factories
• Sinkiang - 5 Factories

- Torpedo Destroyers - 7 IC
- Make Sichuan Core

OOC: Sorry for no RP this turn, I've had no power in my house since Tuesday evening, and probably won't have time to fit some in before the next update

 

[hoplitejoe]

All ic into factories in australia

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

Cannot for the life of me find the RP stuff I had for this week, and I'm too exhausted from work to write it up before tomorrow. Therefore you'll get two next week, as there's so much to write about. Wee!

Imperial Russia
98IC

30IC into 15 Factories in Siberia
30 IC into 15 Factories, to be split between Ukraine, Idel-Ural and Kazakhstan
18 IC into Army supplies
10 IC into Espionage
10 IC into Science!

Kinetoscope Event
Option 3: Spread Knowledge, +100 Culture points
Communist Revolt Event
Option 1: Crush the Revolt with Armies.

Russia has joined the Olympics.

 

[kiwitt]

GM: All orders are now in and have been transferred to my spreadsheet.

Please PM if you plan on making any changes within the next 24 hours

 

[Double A]

Hey, I don't like that! It should say: "of the three greatest nations, France, Saorise and Swaziland."

France confirms the Accra Accord

ooc: Technically, the greatest three nations are Texas, Swaziland, and me (in that order).

 

[GamezRule]

Score is kinda messed up.

 

[Tee Kay]

The Popular Front had a lot of support in the industrial and urban areas of western Germany. The left-wing parties also did well in the Nordic states of the old SRO. The Hungarian Communist Party, campaigning for greater regional autonomy, was hugely successful. Prussia and the southern German states are the conservative National Front strongholds.

 

[kiwitt]

GM: Orders Locked - Update coming very soon

 

[kiwitt]

UPDATE 16



January 1, 1898​

Map

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Quick Stats

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GM: Please review all stats and map details and PM me any corrections

Military Upgrades

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Merchant Navy Supply Ships introduced by Texas

Merchant Navy (or Merchant Marine) refers to the merchant fleet of a country, which varies in capacity. Seafarers on merchant vessels, who hold various military-like ranks and responsibilities and are sometimes members of various maritime trade unions, are required by the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers to carry Merchant Mariner's Documents.

GM: Free upgrade for Texas all others pay 16 IC

Navy Upgrades

Army Upgrades

Air Upgrades

Spoiler :

Coming Soon !!!

Commentary

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Global
The most significant event this period was the Olympic Games held in Athens. While really only a demonstration of what could be possible, the world were enthralled and even 80,000 people attended the opening ceremonies. Swaziland came away with the most medals, but what will be the case at the next games to be held in an as yet decided location.

Many nations let it be know their respective positions on Women's Rights

Meanwhile the world had thought it had rid itself of the main communist threats, but it had appeared to have taken hold in Poland.

L'Accord and U.N.A. non-aggression pact has now expired and the Canadian Neutrality Treaty now commences.

Europe
The Polish Communist rebellion has continued to spread and has now engulfed parts of Livonia and the Ukraine. The Kan will have his hands full trying to contain this spread. However another power could also choose to intervene to assist the Kan or the Communists. Russia's entry into the Accord could be seen as a defensive measure against this threat. Only time will tell.

Germany held an election and the country was divided between the Popular Front and the National Front.

Bosnia and France lost core status on a couple of their provinces as their other provinces continued to industrialise.

France also held a World Fair and showed off its industrial might with the building of the Eiffel Tower and held a conference to start discussions as to where the next games will be played.

Many nations sent displays and other items of interest

North America
Peace is well truely settled in North America as well and Southe America for the time being. Texan strength in Science is making that nation really powerful and is still discovering new technologies at an alarming rate.

South America
Perus is now a vassal of Swaziland leaving Gran Columbia the only communist state now in existence.

Africa
Some African minor provinces changed hands in accor4dance with the Accra Accord, which also affected Iceland and Greenland.

Asia
Sichuan and Shanghai returened to their righful claimnants after the shortlived Boj Chinese Communist rebellion after the Treaty of Cuzco.

Oceania
Australia lost core status on 3 provinces due to lack of investment in them.

GM: Each new city named in CAPS and BOLD in national commentaries will get 10 extra cultural points. This rule will continue as I add more cities to the map.

NOTE: Roleplay scores have increased by a factor of 10

+50 for any "good quality" Paragraph (5+ sentences or so) of commentary - GM decision
+10 for any relevant pictures - GM Decision
(Ratio to paragraphs should be 1:1, and any pictures in excess will be excluded)

Battles

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Polish Communist Uprising

The Polish Communists uprising, was going to be "crushed" so said the Kan. However, he did not specify how, so it was left to the two armies stationed in Poland to follow his orders. Worse, the Kan gave them no supplies so they had to fight the rebels under-strength.

Emboldened by this battle win the rebellion spread to neighbouring provinces of the Ukraine and Livonia and will be able to raise even more rebel armies.

Events

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Scientific Events

X-Rays discovered by Texas

During 1895 Röntgen was investigating the external effects from the various types of vacuum tube equipment — apparatuses from Heinrich Hertz, Johann Hittorf, William Crookes, Nikola Tesla and Philipp von Lenard — when an electrical discharge is passed through them. In early November, he was repeating an experiment with one of Lenard's tubes in which a thin aluminium window had been added to permit the cathode rays to exit the tube but a cardboard covering was added to protect the aluminium from damage by the strong electrostatic field that is necessary to produce the cathode rays. He knew the cardboard covering prevented light from escaping, yet Röntgen observed that the invisible cathode rays caused a fluorescent effect on a small cardboard screen painted with barium platinocyanide when it was placed close to the aluminium window.

Although the new rays would eventually come to bear his name in many languages where they became known as Röntgen Rays, he always preferred the term X-rays. Nearly two weeks after his discovery, he took the very first picture using x-rays of his wife's hand, Anna Bertha. When she saw her skeleton she exclaimed "I have seen my death!

Option 1: Exploit the advantage - gain a one-off 10 IC (available this turn)
Option 2: Continue to invest researching further - gain 20 science IC
Option 3: Spread the knowledge to the wider world - gain 100 cultural points.

Synthetic Aspirin is invented in France

In 1897, chemists produced a synthetically altered version of salicin, derived from the species, which caused less digestive upset than pure salicylic acid. The identity of the lead chemist on this project is a matter of controversy.

Option 1: Exploit the advantage - gain a one-off 10 IC (available this turn)
Option 2: Continue to invest researching further - gain 20 science IC
Option 3: Spread the knowledge to the wider world - gain 100 cultural points.

Electron is discovered in Librulstan

In 1896, the ex-British physicist J. J. Thomson, with his colleagues John S. Townsend and H. A. Wilson, performed experiments indicating that cathode rays really were unique particles, rather than waves, atoms or molecules as was believed earlier. Thomson made good estimates of both the charge e and the mass m, finding that cathode ray particles, which he called "corpuscles," had perhaps one thousandth of the mass of the least massive ion known: hydrogen. He showed that their charge to mass ratio, e/m, was independent of cathode material. He further showed that the negatively charged particles produced by radioactive materials, by heated materials and by illuminated materials were universal. The name electron was again proposed for these particles by the ex-Irish physicist George F. Fitzgerald, and the name has since gained universal acceptance.

Option 1: Exploit the advantage - gain a one-off 10 IC (available this turn)
Option 2: Continue to invest researching further - gain 20 science IC
Option 3: Spread the knowledge to the wider world - gain 100 cultural points.


Cultural Events

The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Athens, Greece, from April 6 to April 15, 1896. While only a demonstration of what could be achieved, 80,000 people were at the opening ceremony, but many professionals were unable to attend due to prior commitments.

The results of the events in - Athletics, Cycling, Fencing, Gymnastics, Shooting, Swimming, Tennis, Weightlifting, Wrestling, - were as follows;

Canada - 110 cultural points
- Gold : Gym Team, 100m freestyle
- Silver: Cycle 100km
- Bronze: 800m, 1500m, Cycle 12hour

Xi'an - 190 cultural points
- Gold : Shot put, Cycle sprint, Military Rifle, Free pistol, Wrestling
- Silver:
- Bronze: 100m, Cycle sprint, Vault, Military Rifle

Tawantinsuyo - 210 cultural points
- Gold : 100m, 800m, Cycle 12hour, Pistol rapid
- Silver: 1500m, Marathon, Triple jump, Cycle Road Race
- Bronze: Cycle Road race

Medina - 210 cultural points
- Gold : Triple jump, Cycle 10km
- Silver: Discus, Cycle sprint, Cycle Time trial, Horizontal bar, Parallel bars, 1-hand lift
- Bronze: Marathon, Shot put, Cycle Time trial

Saorise - 170 cultural points
- Gold : 1500m, Cycle Road race, Wrestling
- Silver: High jump, Pistol 25m
- Bronze: Pommel horse, Pistol rapid, Mens Tennis singles, Mens Tennis doubles

California - 60 cultural points
- Gold : Pistol 25m
- Silver:
- Bronze: High jump, Parallel bars, Sailors freestyle

CSA - 100 cultural points
- Gold : Rings, Mens Tennis singles
- Silver: Sabre
- Bronze: 400m, 100m hurdles

Librulstan - 80
- Gold : Sailors freesytle
- Silver: 100m freestyle
- Bronze: Cycle 10km

Yakutsk - 230 cultural points
- Gold : High jump, Horizontal bar, Mens Tennis doubles, 2-hand lift
- Silver: Pommel horse, Rope, Vault
- Bronze: Sabre, Rings, Rope, Pistol 25m, 1200m freestyle

Swaziland - 290 cultural points
- Gold : 400m, Pole vault, Pommel horse, Rope, Vault, Free Rifle, 1-hand lift
- Silver: 800m, Free Rifle, Free Pistol
- Bronze: Cycle 100km, Foil

Siam - 220 cultural points
- Gold : Marathon, Discus, Cycle Time trial, Parallel Bars
- Silver: Pistol rapid, Sailors freestyle, Mens Tennis doubles, 2-hand lift
- Bronze: Gym Team, 2-hand lift

France - 150 cultural points
- Gold : 110m hurdles,
- Silver: 100m, Pole vault, Long jump, Foil
- Bronze: Free pistol, 1-hand lift, Wrestling

Russia - 210 cultural points
- Gold : Cycle 100km, Foil, Sabre
- Silver: 400m , Shot put, Cycle 10km, Gym Team, Mens Tennis singles
- Bronze: Discus, Horizontal bar

Colombia - 150 cultural points
- Gold : Long jump
- Silver: 110m hurdles, Cycle 12hour, Rings, Military Rifle
- Bronze: Pole vault, Long jump, Triple jump, Free Rifle

NOTE: Gold - 30 cultural points, Silver - 20 cultural points, Bronze - 10 cultural points

Swaziland dominated the first Olympic Games and gets another 100 cultural points bonus

Not competing were, Australia, Bosnia, Germany, Librulstan, Southern Han

The Dreyfuss Affair in France

The Dreyfus Affair began when a bordereau (detailed memorandum) offering to procure French military secrets was recovered by French agents from the waste paper basket of Maximilian Von Schwartzkoppen, the military attache at the German Embassy in Paris. Blame was quickly pinned upon Alfred Dreyfus a young French artillery officer who was in training within the French Army's general staff.

Hold Alfred Dreyfus Trial

Option 1: Find Alfred Dreyfus guilty of treason - stability loss 50% chance
Option 2: Find Alfred Dreyfus not guilty of treason - lose 10 armies and 2 navies (effectiveness)
Option 3: Reserve judgement until more evidence comes to light - can not go to war for two turns until matter is resolved

Volleyball started in C.S.A.

On February 9, 1895, William G. Morgan, a YMCA physical education director, created a new game called Mintonette as a pastime to be played preferably indoors and by any number of players. The game took some of its characteristics from tennis and handball. Another indoor sport, basketball, was catching on in the area, having been invented only four years before. Mintonette was designed to be an indoor sport less rough than basketball for older members of the YMCA, while still requiring a bit of athletic effort.

Option 1: Attempt to get it as a summer Olympics sport - gain 100 cultural points
Option 2: Create a national league and competition - gain 1 new city in Great Lakes
Option 3: Ignore the game and it will decline - minus 25% stability loss chance

Natural Disasters (2 Disasters)

A typhoon has struck Shanghai destroying 11 factories in the province.

Famine has struck in Ethiopia and cost it to lose 50% IC production this turn in the province.

GM: Please ensure you clearly state in the orders what option you are taking.

NOTE: There have been a few minor changes to the rules so it is worth reading again.
http://forums.civfanatics.com/group.php?do=discuss&group=&discussionid=2600

 

[momo1000]

PRGC Orders:
110 IC:
8 IC into building 4 Armies
16 IC into building 4 Navies
10 IC into investment for Merchant Navy Upgrade
70 IC into Science
10 IC into Espionage

 

[DroopyTofu]

INCOME: 120
10 into 5 armies
12 into 3 navies
80 into ten factories in each province
18 into science

Volleyball: Option 2, gain a city in Great Lakes

Just FYI I'm going to be offline for a few days.

 

[Tee Kay]

Germany has opened an embassy thread in the discussion group, where the German Government can be contacted.

 

[GamezRule]

FRANCE

President Émile Loubet​

All of France is in uproar! The Dreyfus Affair was discovered in 1895 originally maintained and kept in secrecy, mostly because of the on going World's Fair. However, on in June of 1897, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy leaked the news to the public, and his real role was discovered. Many found disfavor in the French Government! Felix Faure managed to stay popular when things began to fall apart, however, the military began to see a slight purge. When news that Alfred Dreyfus was not found guilty of treason, despite the public opinion that he was guilty, reached the public, mass protests agianst the government began. Much of the military saw itself fall apart. Many even called for war with Germany. Late in 1897, it was discovered that Ferdinand Esterhazy was in fact a spy for the newly formed German Republic! Why he leaked the news of the affair is unknown though. His trial was quick though, and he is currently sentenced to life imprisonment in northern Greenland.

Felix Faure saw the German Republic as a potential ally, although they seemed to find Communism acceptable. He refused to push for a declaration of war, despite the large public opinion in favor of doing so. However, the parliamentary elections in January 1898 pushed the war faction to 62%. On April 26, 1898, parliament declared war on the German Republic, overriding Felix Faure's veto. Refusing to be a part of the war, Felix Faure resigned the next day, making his fellow National Liberal, Prime Minister Émile Loubet, the next president of France. He was however a member of the warmongering faction, and the national election, held 3 months later, on July 28, 1898, elected him to a six year term. The British Republic, the Scottish Republic, the Roman Repubic, and the Lowland Republic, all joined France in the war.

Alfred Dreyfus, however, was reinstated into the French Army, after the overwhelming evidence showed that he was innocent, and that Ferdinand Esterhazy had framed him. He currently is once again serving as an artillery captain, somewhere on the front lines.

 

[bestrfcplayer]

Wow. Never saw it coming!

 

[GamezRule]

OOC: Yeah, I guess it was pretty inevitable. Also, OOC I feel bad, tk, so don't hate.

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

[OOC] Dude, rule number one of any game is never annoy the GM, even if in this case he is a support GM