Europe 1100 (Map Game)

A map game based in Europe, year 1100. A few small turning points occured shortly before the formation of this map game, leading to the creation of the Celtic Union, Kingdom of Navarre-Leon, Kingdom of Aragon, and Unified Italian States. New players welcome.

A rough map of the regions would look a bit like this. This map is unfinished, we still need a new one.

Rules

 * 1 Turn is 1 Year. No more then 1 turn per day, no less then 1 turn per 3 days.


 * This map game is not one player per country. Instead, to maintain plausibility, every single editor is effectively neutral when it comes to war and colonization. However, a country's editor can singularly control the economic development, political situation and religious situation in that country, so long as they take a plausible amount of time to convert their nation.


 * Each turn, a country can gain 1 economy point, 1 stability point, and explore a small area of the world. If at war, a country does not gain economic or stability points. To establish a colony, 1 economy point is payed, as well as 1 economy point payed for every expansion of a territory. Colonies expand at a similar rate to OTL, so it should at least take 20 years after landing to take a quarter of the North America Coastline. Switching to a different form of government or religion costs 20 stability points.


 * The country that explored a region automatically is allowed to establish colonies in that reigon first. The block on other countries founding colonys vanishes after 3 years.


 * All dates for new technologies and dates shall be obeyed.

Technologies

 * Gunpowder Artillery Discovered 1391


 * Naval Gunpowder Weapons Discovered 1400


 * Infantry Gunpowder Weapons Discovered 1406


 * Breech Loading Muskets Discovered 1458


 * Rifled Barrels Disovered 1501


 * Clipper Ships Discovered 1593


 * Steam (Coal) Power Discovered 1642


 * Ironclads Discovered 1699


 * Revolvers Discovered 1710


 * Rotating Turrets Discovered 1737


 * Internal Combustion Engine Discovered 1756


 * Repeating Rifles Discovered 1785


 * Explosive Shells Discovered 1812


 * Land-Ironclads Discovered 1856


 * Oil-Powered Ships Discovered 1892


 * Airships Discovered 1901


 * Machine-Gun Discovered 1909


 * Powered Flight Discovered 1922


 * Atomic Power Discovered 1956


 * Extra-Atmospheric Flight Achieved 1962


 * The Internet Discovered 1967


 * Military Lasers Discovered 1974


 * Nanobots Discovered 1990


 * Space Elevator Discovered 2010 (End of Game)

Territories

 * Africa and Central Asia start open for Colonization, once explored.


 * North America discovered 1412


 * South America Discovered 1481


 * Ships can begin exploring South Africa by 1543, if not already explored.


 * East Asia Open for Colonization 1592


 * Indonesia Open for Colonization 1620


 * Australia discovered 1686


 * Hawaii discovered 1801.

Catholic Nations

 * Kingdom of Norway BoredMatt 20:02, December 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * Kingdom of Sweden 189.164.103.229 03:12, December 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * Kingdom of Scotland Qrfbsca 18:29, December 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * Kingdom of England kdavis005
 * Celtic Union BlackSkyEmpire
 * Republic of Novogrod
 * Grand Duchy of Muscovy Roguejedi 23:02, December 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * Kingdom of Poland
 * Empire of Germany kdavis005
 * Kingdom of Denmark
 * Kingdom of France CrimsonAssassin 01:15, December 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * Kingdom of Navarre-Leon ProfessorMcG 23:40, December 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * Kingdom of Aragon
 * Unified Italian States Fedelede 23:17, December 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Kingdom of Bohemia Thant 15:09, December 10 2010 (UTC)
 * Kingdom of Serbia
 * Kingdom of Hungary Michael Douglas 23:11, December 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Empire of Byzantium- Ownerzmcown 22:38, December 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Maronistan - VENEZUELA 23:22, December 31, 2010 (UTC)

Muslim Nations

 * Kingdom of the Almoravids


 * Sultanate of Morroco


 * Sultanate of Tusnia


 * Kingdom of the Fatimids- StarkBlack


 * Emirate of Aram - VENEZUELA 01:24, December 6, 2010 (UTC) Renamed Maronistan now in Catholic Nations

Technically, the Hashashins controlled a small territory in OTL Northern Syria if the countries around it collapsed, the Hashashins might step in to pick up the pieces 
 * Empire of Persia PitaKang 22:24, December 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * The Hashashins- 1000Monkeys 20:06, December 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * Really? I think you have to be a true country, 1000monkeys, not an order of assassins.

1100

 * Persia expands eastward
 * Several ships laden with Scottish troops depart from Thurso heading north towards Iceland ,they stop at the Faroe Islands to take refuge from a strong storm that had been battering the inexperienced sailors boats, when the storm passes they continue on their journey, the troops arrive in Vattarnesvegur (south east) in late summer, they move deep into the island due to a break down of communication among the Icelandic clans
 * France improves its military and stability.
 * Empire of Germany is starting to make its military stronger.
 * Muscovy expands south, ousting many lesser tribes from their lands easily. Muscovy begins to pass a series of acts to strengthen the economy. Muscovy decidedes to start vigorously training their troops, wanting them to be the most efficient killing machines possible. Muscovy makes plans to expand north, to the sea, in 1110-1115.
 * The Hashashins amp up their offensive. They prepare the area around Masayaf for liberation, assassinating key officials in the area, weakening the surrounding area.
 * Norway raises an army and sets to work conquering the Lapps and Finns to the south. They reach the Gulf by midsummer, and set to work moving south and east along the coast. A small royal fleet of 5 cogs is created.
 * The Byzantine Empire launches a campaign against the native people's in the Crimean Peninsula as part of their plan to expand in the Black Sea.
 * The Celtic Union begins to build up its navy more and they also begin to modernize there infrastructure.
 * Italy claims the territories of Milan, Trentino and all of the lands east of the Rhone from France and Italy, due to they being mostly Italian regions. They also start amping up their military. Later, they start to try exploring the African coast.
 * The fatimids expand their military.
 * Bohemia begins a larger recruitment campaign and enlists a large number of footmen and the like. With a significantly larger military body, consisting of knights, footmen and militia Bohemia begins to expand eastwards through the pagan Lithuanian tribes. By mid-December they have already seized a sizeable portion of the land, subjugating the tribals into serfdom and installing feudal lords with sizeable forces over the land. The king, Ottokar I, sees them expanding futher east by the next year. However, the means to feed and pay the army has taken a large tole on the peasantry, and it was a bad harvest this year.

1101

 * Moscovy continues to increase its army, and takes more land to the south. They also take some portions of land in the north, nothing significant, but some land. Moscovy begins to hire the infamous nomad riders of the steppe, who are some of the only men that can shoot arrows from horseback, a style that takes multiple dozens of years to duplicate. This year around 1,000 of these riders are hired, and Moscovy works to give them consistant pay. Moscovy plans to plant many new cities in the south in a few years.
 * Scottish troops withdraw from Iceland after a high rate of malnutrition among the ranks. The king rejects the feudal system after meeting a peasant woman who convinces him that it would cause suffering to him and his children. The government begins building several schools and universities.
 * The Fatimids create a group of highly trained elite calvary called the Mamluks. They expand south into Sudan.
 * The Celtic Union begins to improve its infrastructure while also continuing to build up its millitary.
 * The Byzantine Empire continues its invasion of the Crimean Peninsula, now capturing about 2/3 of the island from the native peoples.
 * The Hashashins rise in arms against the area. They capture much of the land around Masayaf.
 * While the Germans is still building up their military, they draw up plans to invade Denmark which will give them greater access to the sea. They also increase troops at the borders of France and Bohemia.
 * The Kingdom of Hungary begins expandings its military, particularly building new warships.
 * The counts and barons on the eastern Bohemian frontier begin expanding with the King's blessing, the relatively large forces at hand expanding the Bohemian border significantly. King Ottokar also begins opening relations with Germany and Hungary, even propositioning a royal marriage between the courtesans of both nations.
 * The French respond to increased troops on their borders by increasing their military along German borders.
 * Italians again demand for the various territories they had demanded a year before (see 1100). They amp up their military and increase troops at the borders. The Italians also use the Scottish abolition of feudalism, never popular within Italy, into their nation. They also continue exploring the Atlantic coast of Africa.
 * Persia expands more east

1102
All players please create a section for your country on the Countries Page. This page will keep track of your Economy and Stability points.

'''Only 1 each point per turn? What if one country is very small and the other is very large. what do you do then?'''

Don't know, need to debate this more.


 * Hungary expands to the Northeast. Hungary accepts the envoys from Bohemia, and proposes an alliance between the two Kingdoms. Hungarian soldiers also begin experimenting with new military techniques, including shield walls with archers close behind them to deal with calvary attacks.
 * Moscovy continues settling the south, ousting minor native tribes from their land easily with small contingents of steppe riders. The north is almost ready to be attacked also, with secret plans to atttack Smolensk next year and Novgorod in three years. Another few thousand steppe riders are hired, giving Moscovy one of the best militaries in the world at this point, because the riders are so hard to kill, being adapt at hit and run attacks that can decimate the enemies.
 * Germany opens relations with Hungary and Bohemia, however for now they turn down the royal marriage with Bohemia for now. Germany proposes a military alliance with Hungary and Bohemia. As a sign of good faith the German Empire withdraws a good portion of troops from the Bohemian border and put the troops on the German - French border.
 * With the German military stronger, the German empire invades Denmark.
 * The Byzantine Empire completes its conquering of the Crimean peninsula, and begins to build army bases and naval ports across the peninsula.
 * The Celtic Union continues to improve its millitary and infrastructure.
 * Persia AMPS up their military
 * Italy demands yet again that their territories are given back. To make a further weigh to their demands, they amp up their military and place it in the borders of France and Germany. It also starts to improve infrastructure everywhere. An alliance is offered to the Celtic Union, the Byzantine Empire and Muscovy.
 * Scottish noblemen hear of Italy's proposed alliances and offers to join. The first ships in the Scottish navy are starting to be built
 * In Aram the king is overthrown by a Maronite family, which renames the country to Maronistan, with help of Melkites, Greek Orthodoxs, and other Christians in the zone they start to turn the nation to christian, they also start to colonize more of Iraq and divide the nation as a confederation divided in the countries Kurdistan, Mount Lebanon, Jerusalem, Chaldea, Syria, and Jordan.
 * France requests peace from Germany. However, just in case the situation goes awry, they increase the troop level on the France Germany level.

1103

 * The French amp up their military might. They do not tolerate the Germans threatening them. They demand that German troops are taken from the borders within a year or France will declare war.
 * As Germany is slowly conqeuring Denmark, they withdraw a small portion of the troops from French - German border. However, they move troops just a few miles further from the border fearing a French attack.
 * For the fourth time in four years, Italy demands it's territories given back, adding Corsica to the list (the current list is all of the French territory up to the Rhone and all of German territory until the Alps). It also continues to amp up it's military and put it in the borders with Germany and France (especially France, as they are the ones that own more Italian territory). It also accepts Scotland's alliance proposition and sends another proposition to the confederation of Maronistan.
 * We will give you one Italian state. If Germany declares war on us and you help, we will give you all German and French Italian states.
 * Deal
 * Hungary continues to expand into the Ukraine. They offer an alliance to Germany. Germany accepts.
 * The Hashashins continue to expand. They capture Damascus.
 * Muscovy expands southwards, taking over lands from other tribes. They invade the strongest tribe to the north and complete the conquest of them in around the year. The steppe riders suffer almost no losses while inflicsting massive damage upon the enemy tribe. Muscovy plans to regroup next year and invade Novogorod the year after that. They continue to build the interior, planting more and more viliges in recently claimed lands.
 * Persia offers an alliance with the Hashashins. They expands more east
 * The Byzantine Empire establishes a small colony on the last strip of unclaimed North African land.
 * Scotland offers an alliance with France to even things out. Scotland bolsters troop numbers along the Anglo-Scottish border
 * Scotland offers an alliance with France to even things out. Scotland bolsters troop numbers along the Anglo-Scottish border

1104

 * France demands that the Germans stop increased militant activity by March (5:00 PM EST TONIGHT) or there will be a war. They offer Italy an Alliance.
 * Persia expands southward, into the Arabian Peninsula
 * The Norwegian fleet sees its first action against Danish and Frisian privateers north of Rockall. Several vessels are captured, and, with four more launched, it brings the fleet total to 29. Five keels were laid in late august and are expected to be launched early next year. Like in OTL, King Harald dies and his three sons agree to rule together. Eystien is put in charge of the Treasury, Mint, the various royal enterprises, and the fleet. Sigurd is placed as commander of the levies, the marshals, the baliffs, and given the position of Royal Errant (due to him being of considerable personal piety and having a good deal of influence in the church hierarchy and the ecclesiastical courts). Magnus is placed as the "king of kings", yet his power is nominal and he holds little real power outside of the capital and the Shetlands. work continues on the highway and ports.﻿i
 * Denmark has fallen to Germany. As part of the agreement the Danish King and future generations will swear an oath to Germany. All military that is part of Denmark will fight against the German enemies. Even though Germany signed the agreement they intend to asborb all of Denmark into a German state.
 * Hungary once again offers alliances to Bohemia and Germany. In the meantime, Hungary invades Serbia, meaning to conquer the country for its access to the Adriatic Sea.
 * Germany accepts the offer and joins the alliance with Hungary.
 * France declares war on Germany and invades. The French suffer minimal casualties as they plow through Germany. The French offer liberation if the Danish help the French.
 * Germany regroups after the invasion and sends the French back. German sends an offer to Italy. They would give half of the land that is disputed if they assist Germany in fighting France.
 * The Emperor of the Byzantine Empire begins reforming the army and navy to an efficient military machine based on the days of former Byzantine glory and begins to expand the size of the armed services.
 * As France had already offered a better deal, Italy rejects the German offer and invades Germany itself. The mostly Italian population supports the Italian armies as they sweep through Milanesado and Trentino with virtually no resistance, and soon Italian troops are crossing the Alps mountaintops. It also agrees to the French alliance offer. Finally, it offers Bohemia all of German Bohemia and Moravia.
 * Scotland declares war on Germany, although this is more of a symbolic gesture as Scottish troops cannot be mobilised in any great numbers on the continent. Scotland begins significantly amping up the newly founded navy

1105

 * The war pushes further into Germany. The joint French-Italian invasion digs far into Germany, with Italian soldiers to the south and French soldiers to the north. By December, German Denmark is cut off from the rest of Germany. Next year, an operation is to go underway that will liberate Denmark, making it independent.
 * The Hashashins capture more of the area around them. They become more of a Catholic nation now.
 * Norway declares war on Germany, claiming that its agressive acts opon other nations make it a danger to Europe and itself. Troops enter Juntland over the Skaggerrak, with Skaggens Odde and Alborg taken by early May. Sjaelland and most of Odense are captured as well. Niels of Denmark (an illegimate son of Sweyn II and a close relative of the Norwegian royal family) declares Denmark independent once again. Scania expells their German occupiers, and the thane subordinates itself to Niels. In a related operation, Faroese troops and Sigurd's Hird take the Frisian Isles, while the rest of the troops not tied down in Denmark or Lappland enter Pomerania.
 * Persia expands into the Black Sea, so they can have ports into euorpe. They also invade the Byzantine Empire.
 * Do you mean the Black Sea?
 * Yeah Sorry
 * Hungary, after forcing Serbia to open its ports to Hungarian warships, seizes a merchant fleet and lands troups in Napals. Southern Italy is rapidly taken, and most of the Italian strongholds in the region find themself under seige. Hungary sends a plea for aid to the Byzantine Empire.
 * The Byzantine Empire accepts the Hungarian plea and sends troops from their recently reformed army to capture the island of Sicily. They land 25,000 troops in Syracuse and more in the islands central-eastern coast, and they make a quick run for the regional capital of Palermo.
 * Hey, what did I do to anger you? It's implausible to declare war without a cassus belli.
 * The Italian army retakes Naples and quickly, due to support and revolts from the Italian populace in the region. The Byzantine siege of Palermo is also brought back . Angered at the East European attack on it, they retire much of the garrisons in Central Italy, and land them near Patras. Soon, much of the Gulf of Corinth falls to Italian forces, much stronger than the Byzantine (if you remember, I spent four years amping the Italian military). Another troop falls in Dalmatia while Istria is also taken, in orther to stop troops in Serbia and to reclaim the Serbian-held Italian territories. A peace treaty is offered to Germany if France gives it's permission, stating that the borders will remain where they are. They also ask for France and Scotland to help with the Byzantines and Hungarian menaces.
 * France quickly donates reserve troops to Italy. Sicily is quickly taken. The troops in Germany do not give up.
 * Scottish troops are sent to Norway and France, but cannot be sent to Italy safely due to distance.

1106
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 * France pushes further into Germany. The German army is in tatters and is in no position to take back any territory. Meanwhile, French reserve troops help Italy reinforce the Italian defense. Germany surrenders to France.
 * Hungary massively reinforces its border with Germany, fearing that French troops if victorious will push into Hungary. Hungarian Cavalry force moves through southern Germany, catching the southernmost French armies between them and the Germans. The French army is pushed back a few dozen kilometers but not seriously damaged. Hungary also sends its thanks to the Byzantine Empire and grants it favored-nation status.
 * Now that you did that, I just might push into Hungary.
 * Norway declares its neutrality in the wider conflict, as their argument is with Germany alone. By March, Pomerania and Mecklenburg have fallen to Sigurd's forces, giving them control over the entire northeast coast of Germany. Faroese troops and the first batch of Lapp and Finnish infantry assault and take Hamburg and Bremerhaven. A small area of land (roughly the area between Bremen and Bremerhaven) along the Weser is taken, giving the Scadinavians what is more or less a monopoly on Germany's maritime trade. Infastructure in Scandinavia is improved as well.
 * The Byzantine's launch a new offensive, repeling their invaders by shear weight of numbers. A new offensive is launched in Sicily which pushes for, and captures, Palermo.
 * Palermo is recaptured, and all of Sicily is liberated again. The Italian forces also score a victory when the smaller but more advanced Italian navy defeats the Greek one and lands troops on Crete and Athens. The Attica and most of the Dodecanese Islands are captured by the end of the month. Another troop (the largest found yet in Italian military history) lands near Constantinople, and start a long siege. The Italians also start fortifying the Adriatic and Sicilian forces, and build a great trench and wooden barrickades in all of the borders, so that the Byzantines can't easily retake them.
 * Norway offers a peace treaty to the Germans: the land that encompasses the OTL region of Mecklenberg-Vorpommern is to be ceded to the Norwegians. The lands encompassed by the OTL region of Schleswig-Holstein that was not owned by the Danes previously is to be ceded to the Kingdom of Denmark. Norway shall also recieve the entirity of the Frisian Isles and the port of Bremerhaven. Germany shall recognize the independence of the Kingdom of Denmark, and shall recognize the lands taken by Denmark through this treaty as fully and completely Danish. In return, both Denmark and Norway shall assist Germany in removing foriegn troops from German soil through diplomacy and economic pressure. They also garuntee German independence, and henceforth will recognize German control of the OTL regions of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, Lower Saxony, Thuringia, and Barvaria as fully and completely German lands. Both nations will assist Germany diplomatically, economically, and militarily in securing full control of those lands from France or any other entity that demands those lands be ceded to them. Germany accepts Norways offer. 
 * Traitors!
 * Norway is in no way a traitor. Our cassus belli was the fact that Denmark, our ally and a kingdom whos king is second cousin to our three rulers, was unjustly attacked by Germany. Norway was never alligned with the forces of France, Italy, and Scotland, and we had considered your conflict with Germany a completely seperate and localized war altogether. We sucessfully invaded Germany and reaffirmed the independence of Denmark. Now that that conflict has been sucessfully concluded, we see no reason why we should make an enemy out of a still-formidable nation. Note that the treaty was written when Germany had surrendered to France, so we expected no trouble from the other nations involved in the conflict. I believe KDavis005 was getting a bit ahead of himself when he retracted the offer of surrender. However, the terms of our treaty state, that, in no uncertain terms, Norway will assist Germany in retaining control of their core lands through military force if neccesary. As there was currently a truce in affect when I penned the treaty, I had thought that you would demand the lands that I had not designated as core provinces of Germany (that is, the maximum exent of land that you could demand from Germany with our approval would be the OTL states of Baden, Saarland, Rhineland, Hesse, and Westphalia). Either way, demanding any more would be both unreasonable and idiotic. No nation would be able to hold down that much of another nation that has very different concepts of law, morality, economics, and a different, fairly unrelated language. We do not wish to cause any further conflict in Europe, so we wish for you to end hostilities with Germany and open negotiations.
 * '''Okay, I'm sorry. I was just mad that one year you were fighting the Germans and the next fighting with the Germans. As for German control of their lands, even if France was pushed out, their nation would be in tatters. Their military cannot support probable uprisings and the debt of rebuilding but our economy and military can. Rule under France right now is better for them. Finally, hostilities in Germany ended with their surrender and the parts shall be divided into states and treated equally and fairly. They are in good hands.

I know KDavis may still want to play, so I want to remind him that there are plenty of other nations for him to join. Hopefully, the nation can be a friendly one. '''That is correct. If England is still open I'll take England. '''

'''Good idea! I hope that we can be good to each other this time around! I look foreward to it!'''
 * Now that KDavis005 has surrendered to France, this would be a good time to open negotiations regarding transfer of territories.
 * After the surrender, the German state was in tatters. A proposal is sent to the warring factions. The remaining German state will disovle into smaller states, provided that the major powers will not invade the new the new states.