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
 * 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.