Colonisation Map Game

=Rules= These are paramount to the game!
 * The map of the Americas begins as blank.
 * Each user will represent a separate nation, colonising the New World. You can be any country within reason (i.e. not the Arabians because they are nowhere near.)
 * Please be sensible. If your colonial empire gets too big too quickly, then your colonies shall be removed. Prior to 1700, they will simply be wiped off the map. After 1700, the colonies get independence and lose some territory to the natives. Same if you get idiotic and start building spaceships in 1700.
 * Each user takes a turn for their nation. Each turn is one season. e.g. Britain begins settling Newfoundland in spring of 1600, France begins settling Acadia in 1501 etc. etc. etc.
 * You can declare independence if you want to make the USA but you aren't allowed to take your turn for four years to represent the struggle.
 * There is a save name convention. Take the year, the season (can be abbreviated), and put colonis on the end. e.g. File:1600summcolonis.png
 * Do try to write more than just France takes over this, Russia takes over that. Put some flavour in like alliances and stuff.
 * Have fun!

=User-Nations=
 * Mumby-Great Britain
 * Nationcreator-Venice
 * Smallpox 21:22, May 28, 2010 (UTC) - France
 * Baconton-Pomerania
 * Royal Republic of Ohio Gov.-Portugal
 * Ocelot9011-China
 * Eastward Expansion 12:25, May 29, 2010 (UTC)-Russian Empire
 * Yankovic270-Prussia
 * Destroyanator-Denmark-Norway
 * Spanish Empire-Fedelede
 * Batmanary-Holy Roman Empire
 * Spanish Venezuela-VENEZUELA
 * Sweden-BoredMatt
 * ProfessorMcG - Netherlands
 * dafg-Genoa

=Archives=
 * Colonisation Map Game 1600-1630
 * Colonisation Map Game 1630-1660
 * Colonisation Map Game 1660-1690
 * Colonisation Map Game 1690-1720
 * Colonisation Map Game 1720-1750
 * Colonisation Map Game 1750-1780
 * Colonisation Map Game 1780-1810
 * Colonisation Map Game 1810-1840
 * Colonisation Map Game 1840-1870
 * Colonisation Map Game 1870-1900
 * Colonisation Map Game 1900-1930
 * Colonisation Map Game 1930-1960
 * Colonisation Map Game 1960-1990

=Let the Game begin=

Summer



 * Great Britain begins settling Delaware. The majority population are Highland Scots. Great Britain is concentrating on national unity and is using the glory of their new colonies to demonstrate the brilliance of uniting England and Scotland.
 * Pomerania establishes a few colonys.
 * New Pomerania-South Carolina
 * Waldfläche-Cape Cod
 * Britain establishes a colony on the island of Cuba
 * Venice Established Çità Grimani in OTL New Jersey
 * France settles on Newfoundland
 * Denamrk colonizes Nova Scotia and Greenland. tehy also invent a four-crop rotation, which greatly increases their population growth, allowing them to colonize faster.
 * Spain colonizes OTL Urabá gulf on OTL Colombia, calling it "Nueva Granada".
 * Prussia founds the city of Neu Königsberg in the colony of Neu Prussia (OTL New York)
 * Prussia also settles the colony of Albertsland in OTL Georgia.
 * The Danish establish a colony in louisanna, on the site of OTL new orleans

Fall

 * the French Colony in Newfoundland is wiped out by an indian raid. the Danes build a colony in the ruins, and reinforce them with a garrison of soldiers. the Danes adopt the old roman practice of using their soldiers as a labor force when their not fighting, and they build several fortresses.
 * The Prussian colonies of New Prussia and Albertsland expand. Albertsland makes contact with the nearby Pomeranian colony of New Pomerania.
 * Nueva Granada expands to include OTL Antioquia and Chocó.
 * The Danish colonies begin sending furs back to Denmark, which are extremely profitable and popular among the nobility. soon, thousands of Danes are traveling to the new World to hunt for furs, or to farm in Louisanna, because the government is giving free land grants.
 * The Danish Nay establishes several bases on Hispaniola, and begin to build new ships with topsail-schooner rigs.
 * The French demand that the Danes give the French claimed land of Newfoundland back to them. Meanwhile a new colony is created on the coast of OTL Labrador.
 * The Danes refuse the french's demand, and begin blockading the new French colony with their several of their new topsail schooner, forcing the French colonists to leave.
 * The French government sees this as an act of war and threaten the mainland Denmark to war if they refuse to stop. A new colony is made on OTL Rhode Island, it is sent with naval ships and a large amount of settlers as well as a contingent of soldiers.
 * The Danes agree not to interfere with this colony. they merely wanted the French to stay out of their sphere of influence.
 * While Spain continues expanding it's colony, absorbing OTL Colombia and Venezuela, a convoy is sent to the French-Dane seas to prevent any war.
 * The Danes expand their colony on Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. their soldiers build road systems that stretch across Nova Scotia, and a permanent naval base is established there. the Danes also build a colony in the Hudson Bay, and their Louisanna colonies expand up the mississippi.

Winter

 * despite the unusually hard winter, most of the Danish colonists survive. they also manage to gather many more furs, and another colony fleet arrives in Nova Scotia. this increases Danish population by a third.
 * The French, not to be made fools of, blockade Danish ports, this, in turn with the harsher northern winters forces the Danish to leave. Meanwhile France sends more provisions and ships to it's colony on Rhode Island. France also formally declares the territory of Newfoundland THEIRS and that any attempts to reclaim it would result in open confrontation.
 * A Danish schooner destroys the entire blockading french fleet, taking advantage of it's greater number of guns and manuverability. it then moves in close to the French colonists town, and fires several broadsides into the French graneries, sentencing the entire French colony to death. meanwhile, Nova Scotia has gained several more immigrant ships, and it's graineries are full to bursting
 * The Spanish fleet goes to the Danish territories and menaces them with full-out war if they don't re-pay the French and give them their colonies back.
 * The Danes request that they be allowed to keep Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, but they offer to pay France reparation, and provide food and other supplies for future French colonists.

Spring

 * The Prussians establish new colonies in OTL Georgia and Florida. In the process they discover, and begin settling OTL's Bahamas
 * The Prussians also expand the Neu Prussia and Albertsland colonies.
 * A huge new colony fleet arrives from denmark. the population of the Danish colony on Hispaniola is doubled, and the population of the louisanna colony is greatly increased. Also, several new fortresses are built guarding the entrance to the Danish Harbors on Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.
 * France rebuilds on their Rhode Island colony.

Summer

 * A dispute between the Prussian colony of Albertsland and the Pomeranian colony of New Pomerania results in the Prussians seizing the Pomeranian colony.
 * Spain discovers and colonizes the Ithsmus of Panama and OTL Ecuador. All of Colombia and Spanish Venezuela are colonized.

Fall

 * The Holy Roman Empire begins to colonize the Yucatan Peninsula OTL and begins to establish a small village.
 * France expands further into the state of OTL Maine.
 * The Danish farms on Nova Scotia and Newfoundland produce a large grain surplus, thanks to the Danish crop rotation system. in a magnanimous gesture, they give their extra grain to the French colonists. both colonies experience a huge population growth. in addition, several large barges begin operating along the Mississippi, bringing grain down from the rapidly increasing number of Danish farms on the mississippi. this grain is used to feed workers on several new sugar plantations on Hispaniola.

Winter

 * The Chiniese descover Vancouver Island as it is now called New China and set up a colony
 * The Danes discover surface deposits of coal on Nova Scotia. they use it to warm their houses, and run a forge.
 * The Holy Roman Empire slowly begins to start trading with the natives and expand their land to cover OTL Yucatan covering the coast to the OTL Rio Grande River. After assessing the risks of war with the other nations that could conflict with its goals, they create the Holy Roman West India Company which is essentially sovereign from the mainland, and thus is politically not involved.
 * The Captaincy General of Venezuela is created.
 * The Danes begin establishing forts along the Rio Grande, to prevent the HRE from expanding north.
 * The Russian Czar creates a colony in Alaska.
 * France, instead of expanding any more, centralizes all of her assets on a single town, Port de Nord.
 * The Danes adopt a similar strategy to the French. they begin building three major cities. one in Newfoundland, on on Hispaniola, and one at the mouth of the Mississippi
 * Captaincy General of Venezuela is growing.
 * HRE sends alliance to Danes and will support and defend them in case of attack if they help us in return (please Accept)
 * The Danes accept on the condition that the HRE expand no further north than the Rio Grande river. (basically, the OTL us-mexico border.)
 * The French send a new detachment of settlers to settle on OTL Florida.
 * HRE accepts
 * The Prussians expel the French from Florida.
 * The Prussians expand the colony of Albertsland. A major city is built on the site of OTL Atlanta, Georgia.
 * The Prussian colony of Neu Prussia also expands slightly.
 * The Danish city in Newfoundland build's it's first drydock, and is soon churning out fishing vessels. also, another colony fleet arrives in Louisanna, and most of the colonists travel upriver to farm
 * The HRE names the city Nova Roma and the opportunity in the new land and the myth of El Dorado attracts a colony fleet. They form an army.
 * More colonists arrive from Denmark. many of them travel to Newfoundland, and soon the entire island is colonized
 * Several thousand Swedish colonists that were traveling with the Danes split off to go to OTL St. Louis and Covington, both with some of the best farmland in the world. They set themselves up as the swedish province of Sundsvall. (may i ask how they got to St. Louis? it's in the midwest, and the fastest way there is through the Danish colony?) [St. Louis is on the Mississippi, and the Danes control the mouth of it, plus you said that the Danes send colonies further north up the Mississippi](yeah, but why would they allow Swedes through?)
 * Another Danish colony fleet arrives, and they establish several hundred more plantations on Hispaniola.
 * HRE fleets begin to colonise OTL Havana and meet with the British. They offer 300 000 pounds to Denmark for the border to be readjusted to OTL Nueces.

Spring

 * The Danes don't send supplies to the Swedish colonists, and most of them starve. the Danes also expand the coal industry on Nova Scotia. they reject the HRE's offer.
 * HRE raise to 600 000 pounds AND offering to declare war on a country of Denmark's choice. HRE expands into the west and has now met the OTL Pacific Ocean, naming it the Germanica Ocean. They start exporting cocoa. Offer to deliver give asylum to Swedish colonists.
 * the Danes still reject the HRE's offer, because they want to maintain a river border with the HRE, and the Rio Grande is already fortified (Nueces is river)
 * Offer Danes cocoa in exchange for cotton and 10 000 pounds
 * The Danes offer the HRE a trade deal in which the HRE would get the bulk of Danish grain, and the HRE would allow the rapidly expanding Danish merchant marine to carry most of their coffee trade
 * The Prussians expand both the Neu Prussia and Albertsland colonies. Neu Konigsburg becomes the main city, and capital of the Neu Prussia colony.
 * One fleet of the colony ships breaks away from the regular HRE fleet and land at the mouth of the OTL Riviere ST Lawrence in Quebec, forming a second colony,Neue Wien.
 * HRE accepts if Danes open embassies of Empire in all Danish cities.
 * Spain expands south to Peru and discovers the Pacific coast of North America and Mexico, colonizing it.
 * Spain gives a full grant of independence to France
 * HRE 's Canadian settlers move down the mouth of the St Lawrence OTL and establish small settlements surrounding the area. has control of OTL Toronto, Buffalo, Montreal and everythin along theriver
 * Worried about the HRE's canadian colony, Denmark sends the bulk of it's colony fleet to expand it's fur trading outposts on Hudson bay. soon, they control almost all of it. they also establish many sawmills in Canada, and they begin exporting wood back to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, which helps them expand the large cities there.
 * The HRE's settlers in canada overextend themselves, and don't have time to begin growing food before their supplies run out. many of them starve, and the Danes magnanimously ship the survivors to the HRE's colonies in Mexico
 * Controlling most of OTL Mexico's coastlines and Central America, HRE starts to create cities within its conquered regions. Because of Denmark's offer, the general population boosts with many people coming to the "Land of opportunity".


 * Fortunately the HRE contacts the homeland to ship in food and supplies to their starving population, and more are sent back.


 * the HRE starts instituting agriculture and is able to start laying the foundations for the St Lawrence colony.
 * France asks that something be done about Prussia after she stole France's colony away. France further builds up Port de Nord.
 * HRE will secretly give France 25 warships in exchange for an alliance.
 * The Prussian Duke's response to the alegations is that the French were tresspassing on Prussian colonial land.
 * The Holy Roman/French Alliance withers on the vine as the promised ships never leave port.

Summer

 * The Prussian begin to heavily fortify their colonies as they finally stop expanding.
 * The Prussians begin the construction of shipyards in the major ports of their colonies.
 * The Prussians start mining, logging and farming operations to help facilitate the construction of a fleet to defend the colonies.
 * HRE wants to form Quadruple Alliance with French, Spanish and Prussian Empires. It has already sent fleet and supplies to several colonies.

Fall

 * Spain colonize Trinidad and Tobago and OTL Falcon and give it to the Captainy General Of Venezuela.
 * the Dane finish colonizing Hispaniola, and begins sending huge colony fleets to Louisanna and the Hudson.
 * HRE would benefit a reply from Spain upon joining in analliance.
 * France continues to build on OTL Maine. Port de Nord is now flourishing.
 * The Prussian colony of Albertsland now spans the territory of OTL South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Neu Prussia spans the southern half of New York and the northern half of New Jersey


 * The Prussian colonial fortifications are completed. They are in the midst of being garrisoned by a trained local militia.


 * The first part of the Prussian colonial fleet is constructed, and are being crewed by local sailors.


 * New French settlers settle the OTL Brazilian coast.

Winter

 * Spain colonizes the Central America not hold by the HRE accepting it's alliance, plus colonizing a small part of North America calling it the General Capitany of California
 * Colonization2.png requests that Spain cede their northern Central American Land for 800 000 pounds.Colonisationmapg.png
 * HRE starts to go northwest over Spain touching the Oregon OTL and raises the price to annex Mexico from 800 000 pounds to 1 500 000 pounds and 6 warships as well as cocoa.
 * France starts growing tobacco is Brazil
 * the HRE acepts the offer to sell the Vicecapitality of Mexico, but not that of Guatemala nor that of California
 * the HRE formally annexes Mexico.
 * The Danes send yet another huge colony fleet to both Louisanna and the Hudson Bay. Danish settlements and forts now extend the length of the Mississippi, and a large city i under construction on the GReat lakes
 * The Danes suggest to the HRE that their western border be set at the Rocky Mountains
 * HRE ignores the Danes suggestions and extends St Lawrence River colonies to the Great Lakes
 * HRE expands into OTL Lake Ontario. Will pay 1 000000 pounds to mediate peace with France and Prussia.
 * France expands.


 * The Danes begin colonzing the Ohio Valley, and send many ships to Labrador.


 * More war-ships are sent to France's Colonies, remembering how the Prussians had driven them off of Florida, France uses the HRE ships that were given to her to blockade and remove the Prussian Colony closest to the colony of new France and siezes it for herself.


 * The French colonies offer Spain cheap Tobacco and an alliance if they agree to help protect French possessions, France will also help protect Spanish possessions if they come under attack.Colonisationmapdfbfb.pngColonisationmaphfcf.png
 * HRE proposal: HRE Spain and France Alliance.
 * Spain accepts the proposal, as it would only change something for him if he intervenes in one of the both countrie's sides, in which Spain would also count with France if the HRE happened to be attacked or with the HRE if France happened to be attacked.
 * could HRE count on Spain if they had to go to war with another country?

Spring

 * The Prussian Colonial fleet anihilates the French ships defending the coast of stolen Neu Prussia. They then unload soldiers, who retake the colony to the celebration of its repressed geman population.
 * France invites Denmark to become part of the alliance, seeing as the countries assist each other's colonies.
 * The French await the Prussian's response, who send a diplomat with a "status quo ante bellum" peace offer.
 * France agrees, on the grounds that Prussia pay for damages against the former French Floridian Colony and sign a non-aggression pact.
 * The Danes finish their city in OTL Michigan. they also begin settling the Ohio valley, and build more towns along the mississippi.
 * The Prussians agree to the French terms. Despite this, most German language history books will maintain that the so-called "French Floridan Colony" never existed to begin with, and the French government had created a hoax.
 * France expands into OTL southern Ontario and stop at the great lakes, happy with their current territory.
 * The French house local native populations that wish to work to help build the cities, they are given cabins, blankets and food.
 * Port de Nord is now a bustling coastal town, larger than many other colonial towns and with the grandest port.

''*I have a question: when will the rest of the people posting on this map game stop ignoring my posts when they make maps? Destroyanator 05:28, June 1, 2010 (UTC)'' *
 * The French plan a similar town to Port de Nord in Brazil.
 * The Swedes convince many of the Shawnee to join with them, as well as the Kiowas. Many begin to settle down and farm, and most of the Ohio river Vally is dotted with Swedish settlements.



Summer

 * The British take control of all Delaware.
 * Britain takes over Jamaica.
 * The Loyalist Act is signed in Britain. This means that disloyal subjects like Scottish Highlanders, Welsh guerrillas and English nationalists and lots of Irish are transported to the colonies. Loyal subjects from the colonies are shipped back to Britain. This is an attempt to further unite Great Britain.
 * Swedes expland their control over the Ohio River Valley
 * Russia declares war on China, and takes control of Vancouver. It then starts taking control of all the area in between Alaska and Vancouver.
 * Spain expands both their colonies on the Amazon and on California, while it conquers most of the Inca Empire.
 * Prussia expands their Albertsland colony to the north, and to the west. The colony at New Prussia expands to the north.
 * The Prussian Bahaman colony solidifies control over the entire island chain. A major city is built on the first island settled by the Prussians

Fall

 * The Prussians offer free land grants in the colonies to any ethnic germans who settle there. This brings a flood of german settlers from all over Europe, such as the Holy Roman Empire, Russia and France. This allows a massive expansion of the Prussian colonies. The Albertsland colony exands almost to the Danish Louisiana colony, and Neu Prussia expands into the area between it and the French's New Fance colony.
 * The Prussians make a deal with the French to respect the present border of their New France colony.
 * The Prussians make a similar deal with the Danish in Louisiana.
 * The Prussians make more organized attempts at peacetime resource development. The Prussians begin growing cash crops such as cotton.
 * HRE is now in control of Spanish Mexico.
 * HRE colonizes OTL Toronto and Buffalo
 * Most of OTL Missouri and Kentucky are controlled by the Swedes

Winter

 * A Prussian ship loaded with settlers and supplies bound for Albertsland is blown off course. It discovers the OTL island of Puerto Rico. They establish a colony there.
 * Swedish colonists revolt against royalists in the colonies. They declare their new nation to be the Confederation of Sundsvall. (Taking my four years starting next year)
 * Dutch ships land at the mouth of the OTL Amazon and at OTL Virginia Beach. They plan on setting up minor forts near the mouth of OTL Amazon.

Spring

 * The Prussian colonists begin brewing beer in their colonies. Neu Konigsburg becomes the brewing capital of the New World.


 * The Dutch begin construction of Nieuw Amsterdam (OTL mouth of Amazon) and Nieuw Haarlem (OTL Virginia Beach). The Dutch also lay claim to a ridiculously large amount of territory in hope to secure their position as a dominant power overseas. The surrounding areas are explored by the Dutch West India Company. The Dutch East India Company signs explorers to find a passage to Asia.

Summer

 * The Prussians help the Dutch colony of Nieuw Haarlem in OTL Virginia Beach, by providing supplies and food in exchange for an alliance.
 * The Dutch accept the proposal for an alliance with open arms and the Dutch West India Company starts trade negotiations with Prussia.
 * The Prussians offer to purchase Venice's colonies in OTL Long and Cape Cod for 750,000 gold marks. The Ventians seriously consider the offer, as their North American colonies aren't as profitable as they had hoped.
 * The Venetians accept the Prussians offer. The fledgling Venetian colonial empire in North America is dissolved.
 * Spain absorbes the weak remainers of the Inca Empire, absorbing them into either the Capitanía General de Perú or sent to the new Capitanía General de Chile.
 * France settles on some of the eastern Caribbean islands.

Fall

 * Genoa colonizes the southeast part of labrador.[[File:Sin_título.png]]

Winter

 * The northern Capitanía General de Perú is turned into the Capitanía General de Ecuador, while the Capitanía General de Perú continues by being the ex-Inca lands. the Capitanía General de Chile expands south.
 * Genoa finds forests plentiful of trees and starts cutting them for fire.
 * France takes the rest of Maine.
 * The Prussian colony of Albertsland expands to the north into OTL North CarolinaColonisationmapvdvdv.png

Spring

 * The Prussian colony of Neu Prussia expands to the south to OTL Pennsylvania.
 * The Prussians aid the Dutch in expanding the colony of Nieuw Haarlem at OTL Virginia Beach through the OTL state of Virginia.

Summer

 * HRE conquers the OTL Arizona area and slowly moves north.
 * The French complete their major Brazilian town and start work on a Carribean one.
 * French colonies expand.

Fall

 * The forts at Nieuw Haarlem and Nieuw Amsterdam are officially completed by the Dutch. Plans are written up for forts farther in on the Amazon and more north in the OTL Chesapeke Bay. Nieuw Amsterdam opens trade with natives in the area, the governer, who is very open-minded, wants to maintain peace with natives in order to create a good measure of security as the new settlements are being created.

Winter

 * The Prussians found colonies on OTL Bermuda, Virgin Islands, and Leeward Islands. These colonies are immediately put under the control of the Governor of the Albertsland colony in Albertstadt.

Spring

 * The Prussian colony of Neu Prussia expands to the OTL state of Ohio.

Summer

 * Cities are founded in the counties (sub-divisions) of the Prussian colonies to aid with the administration.
 * The Prussian Duke appoints the first Governors of the colonies of Neu Prussia and Albertsland.

Fall

 * The Prussians begin constructing a network of roads linking the major settlements of their colonies.

Winter

 * The Prussians begin building plantations in theit Caribean colonies.
 * The Prussians settle the eastern half of Hispaniola. They make another agreement with the Danish to respect the border.

Spring

 * Sundsvall finally wins it's independence, and expands into OTL Tennessee and Arkansas. They offer a pact of mutual assistance to Prussia, and they accept. After a visit from John Calvins' son Anthony, they convert en-masse.


 * Venice settles New Venice in OTL Uruguay

Summer

 * HRE conquers all area around California.
 * The Inca Empire is annexed to Spain, making the Capitania General de Chile and the Capitania General de Perú.
 * Spain colonizes an area north of California, the only free from HRE hands.
 * Spain requests half-membership to the Holy Roman Empire, like on Prussia's case.
 * Spain colonies start a regionalist movement and a isolationism platform because of the request to join HRE

Fall

 * The Prussians begin sending supplies and weapons to the regionalist movements of the Spanish colonies.

Winter

 * In California, the most remote of the Spanish colonies, out-and-out rebellion begins to blossom. The rebels are supported by Holy Roman Empire, who have a lot to gain if the rebellion succeeds.
 * France sends weapons and supplies to the regionalists to strengthen relation that had been deteriorating with HRE and Prussia but does it in extreme secret to keep Spain's favour.