Main Page for the Beautiful Vienna Map Game.
Premise
It has currently been exactly one year since the signing of the Congress of Vienna, and the definitive end of Napoleon's dream for a French Empire to rule the continent of Europe. Many in Europe believe that the Congress of Vienna would secure harmony and peace in Europe for centuries to come. Though the sands of time, and the annals of history would have to disagree with the people of Europe.
Rules
- Turns will initially be one year each, and six months during major wars.
- Be plausible. No ASB stuff, no wanking. State your plans before posting if they're major.
- Claim before you take a turn
- Save as a .PNG in the format [Beautiful Vienna, Year, Username]
- Try to include more than just military or colonial events in your turns. A bit of cultural or scientific color never hurts. Any posts that are just three lines about wars are not acceptable and will probably not be accepted.
- Try to keep the butterfly effect in mind when making characters - people born after the POD are unlikely to exist at all, let alone take the same role they did IOTL. (*cough* Adolf Hitler *cough*).
- No Ideological Wanks.
- People born around the POD can change depending on circumstances.
- You have 24 hours per turn. If your turn is not up within the 24 hours with a map and turn details, and do not communicate with me, you will be given a one week ban. Those who fail to communicate for a second time with be perma-banned. No questions.
- No turn swapping unless both parties agree, and it is brought to my attention. If one of those players is offline, don't bring it up.
- If you wish to be dropped in the claim order, and or cannot make it this turn communicate with me. Failure to do so will result in punishment.
- For the love of all that is holy, place the newest map under the World Map with a caption.
Mods
- Head Mod/Creator: ..... Because I'm Just... Too... SSSWWWEEEEEETTT!!!
Banned Players
One Week Bans
Permanent Bans
Claim List
- ..... Because I'm Just... Too... SSSWWWEEEEEETTT!!! (1816)
- Template:JoshSig2 (1817)
- Too Cool To Have an Official Sig (1818)
World Map
Turns
1816 ~ LightningLynx89
World Events
- Robert Stirling patents his Stirling engine, at this time known as Stirling's air engine.
- A rail capable of supporting a heavy locomotive is developed.
Americas
- The United States has just celebrated 40 years of complete independence from the British crown. Within the year the Indiana territory is admitted as a state and joins the union officially and earns a place on the star, spangled, banner. As well James Monroe successfully wins his reelection against Federalist candidate Rufus King. One of his platforms is to promote exploration and expansion westward, which helps drive the westward expansion.
- E. Remington and Sons is founded in the United States.
- In Canada, at the Battle of Seven Oaks the much larger Metis force is slaughtered by the Hudson Bay Company, and Cuthbert Grant the leader of the Metis people is killed in the fighting.
- The Spanish revolutions continue to run across the Spanish colonies. The revolutionaries gaining ground in many places. The ideas of independence even reaching the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata. The events of the Spanish Revolutions however, cause the Spanish crown to force talks with many of their colonial representatives, to those still loyal, about representation.
- A small Russian exploration team is sent to explore eastward from their territory already existent in Alyeska.
Europe
- The University of Warsaw is founded.
- Leopold of Saxe-Coburg marries Charlotte Augusta of Saxony, and are expecting a child the next year.
- Lord Byron, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Polidori, gathered at the Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva in a rainy Switzerland, tell each other tales. This gives rise to two classic Gothic narratives, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Polidori's The Vampyre.
- Merger of the thrones of Sicily and Naples into the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies under King Ferdinand I.
Asia
- The British Empire declare war on the Marathan Empire. Both sides going through a slog fest. The Marathan able to supply many more troops to the front lines, than the British can reinforce.
- Tensions rise in between both Arabia and Egypt over the claims of Mecca and western Arabia.
- The Russian Empire continues their slow expansion into Siberia.
Africa
- The French passenger ship Medusa runs aground off the coast of Senegal, with 140 lives lost in the botched rescue that takes weeks, leading to a scandal in the French government. Due to the Medusa's crashing near Portuguese port cities and African vassals, many amongst the French government begin shifting the blame on Portuguese sabotage.
- Sigujana kaSezangakhona the son of Senzangakhona kaJama becomes the King of the Zulu, and is blessed by the tribe shaman to live a healthy and long life.
Oceania
- Not much occurs in this region besides minor expansion from the British and French.