Current Maps & Expansion/Development Requests

The Covenant Lands

Climate
- Legend is now on the map.

Topograpical
- The four highest points in the Covenant Lands are marked. There is much discussion about which is actually tallest.

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Post here with a picture of where on the map you'd like to expand/develop, and link to your IC Post. This is where I'll be checking for conflicts and such, so don't neglect it!

Maps will be updated weekly on Sunday night/Monday morning.

Week 1 Post 1. Development. Could you label the westernmost island Hetvmik? This counts as 1 development of the main province, making 2 provinces.

The Rivellian/Slesshelissan Alliance

First post done. Deals with one of my issues. I want to expand to my immediate east. Sending all three armies.
https://gamersplane.com/forums/thread/13729/?p=627100#p627100

Disaster in the Lower City

I am also doing development for my first post, as well as dealing with my first event. I think that I'll split the province down the middle, with Vax Kaggath remaining in the western portion.

https://gamersplane.com/forums/thread/13729/?p=627417#p627417

Request for developing original province. Mentioned at the end of second post. Not sure it has to go on the map. If so, make about 10% into a new province

Week 1, Post 2. Expansion. I'll take the south-eastern area next to where Vodspitz is. Sending 2 Military.

The Cleft

Week1: I'd like to develop 3 times:
1) get a north/south division from getting those lands from the brigands (smaller north part) then the souther part divided east/west twice as 2) the army reinforces the western border and 3) there is investment on the eastern border

Dragon's Hoard

Dracalis will take its full army and March on the mountain.

The Spider's Web

Oszeth will be taking two forces to the northwest of Vax Kaggath. I seek to conquer that high peak.

Temperate Forest. Taiga's not going to be below 30N except for the far east corner.

Was the old lands’ map removed? I was trying to figure out where Cloudspire is :)
Also, they were not allied with anyone at the begging right?

Not entirely sure how war works, but if possible, I'll develop 3 more times in the north region :DWeek 2

There have been some questions as to how various pieces fit together, and there's been some feedback that have prompted a couple additions, so I'm going to run the Ashen Empire through its paces for a week. Let me know if this helps, and if so, I'll do until questions are all answered.

The Ashen Empire
23 Provinces
2 Cities
The capital, Rhakhra produces Gems, Stone, and Chemicals.
The second city, Tezhra, produces Fish and Livestock, for food. (THIS IS A RULES UPDATE. We'll have way too many workforces later on without a change, so non-capital cities will give you two resources. This change is already made in the document.)

Since the empire has 23 provinces, that gives it 23 workforces. Of those, 5 will be used to produce the available resources. Another will be used to make Enchantments out of the gems, stones, and chemicals, leaving 17. (It really doesn't have anything to do with these, and won't for a while, but that's how it works.)

The Empire also has 4 military from it's cities. It's going to take 11 workforces and conscript them into military, to give it 15 military, 6 workforce. Those 6 remaining workforces will be used to create 3 culture (this is also an update, based on feedback).

Now, onto unrest:
It's got more than a third of its workforces in the military. It can have a max of 7, it has 11. That's 4 unrest.
It has 11 undeveloped provinces, each gives 1 unrest.
That's a total of 15 Unrest. 3 will be offset by the culture, leaving 12. Since 12 is more than it's number of undeveloped provinces (11), one of those undeveloped provinces (usually the one furthest away from the capital) will revolt. That lowers the unrest by 7 (this is a clarification).

We're going to send military in to quell the revolt. The revolting province is 3 away from the capital, so we have to send 4. Might as well send five, because the other military is going to march into two provinces 4 away from its capital (it needs 5 each).

So the Ashen Empire is going to get two new provinces this week, but next week, the Unrest is going to be even higher.

Week 2, post 2. Development. I am also going to continue to develop my original province. Is it possible to develop underneath a province? To split the province between a regular and subterranean province?

Narratively, yes. Mechanically, no. I don't have a way to show that on the mp and it would get tricky to keep track of.

END OF WEEK 2

wait ahhhhh, i missed week 2????? How????

It was a bit "shorter" than week 1 actually

That is true. Tell you what, for those that missed week two or didn't get to post as much as they'd like, go ahead and post extra this week if you want to. I'll grab everything this week.

The orc nation redoubles in its efforts to consolidate power within. Forming an extra province inside.

I'll just post here formally that I have done my actions of 3 expansions. I'll also say that my workforces collected 1 unit each of crops(food), Wood and Stone. These resources will be used up to feed the populace or construction of buildings. Week 2 posts. (This link brings to first post that contains 2 expansion posts. Another expansion post is below it.)

Map has been updated to remove three nations (Zahad, Council Lands, Iron Empire) and add two more (New Zaangoria, Kurusawa). I will have the regular map update at the normal time.

Week 3, Post 2. Conquest. Rivellesk will invade the Shale-less Citadel with 4 Military, and gain a new province and a resulting city, as this will be the 9th province.

The Founding of Vodklivt
- addresses this week's event

Week 3: Posts combined into 1.

1 expansion East
1 expansion West
1 development North/South (to be edited in because I'm a doofus who reset my phone)

Week 3

Once you hit 10 provinces, you need a food each week, or you get unrest. It will feed up to 20, but nothing carries over week to week except for unrest and wealth.

As far as resources go, this is just another city for you, not a capital, so you get 2 new resources and 1 military.

Also, can someone verify that the rules are back up now?

yes, they're up :D

This expansion, would actually give you the city, as it's every 10th province, but it's all in the same week, so it's all good. (Unless I'm miscounting, in which case, poke me in the Discord channel.

Cool, thanks.

Maps are updated.

The directive grows!!!

Yep! I tied in the acquiring of the city (after 10 provinces) as part of my story. (I like in-game explanations for mechanical rules features.) To be clearer I should've re-ordered the two posts, but I thought you had changed your rules to adding a city after every 8th province.

Ah no, each province can be developed into 8 smaller ones, but the city requirements are still one for every 10 provinces.

so, you get a city if one province is at 8 and another at 2?

Roger that!

Each province can be divided into 8 smaller ones. (It's nicest to divide so on the map, half, quarter, then eighth.)

1 city every 10 provinces (wherever those provinces are).

ok, claiming my week 3 provinces :D War when really well this time... I guess that means a new city: Ashenport in the newly conquered coastal province from Foundation. week 3 link

Is it supposed to be Elven or Eleven?

kk

Bedzone: When I update the map (not yet) take a look at your islands. I think I lost the name for one of them, but I can't remember what it's supposed to be.

Map has been updated. I've included city names on the full map so I'm not including an Old Lands map any longer.

CESN: I'll get Ashenport named on the next update.

Week 5 posts:

The Lady with the White Flag (Develop the westmost province)
500 word expansion. (The Prophet’s Teachings) (Expanding to south)
The Sleeping Stone. (Develop the north Western province, The Northern Hold)
The Captured Traders. (Expanding to province between the North-West and North-East provinces)

week 5 summary:
- Ashenport is burned down but saved just in time by the Overseer. Name changed to Southport (or Ash-pot)
- The Overseer oversees... the development of the 2 Foundation provinces (Foudation and Soutport) as the Appraise develops industry in Willodvale. (3 developments)
- The new navel industry in Willowvale allows for expansion north, establishing a Confederacy settlement on the other side of the sea. (1 expansion)
- A noble is pissed and he rescues the Mouth of the Land
- 5 culture produced. Convert 2 to wealth and use the other 2 on Unilith and the Free Cities to improve relationships and 1 to destabilise (spy) Cloudspire due to their border closure. Event resolution:
1) Ashenport burns down in riots and the name is changed to Southport. Cloudspire embargoes the Marches.
2) Bomb killed the son and heir of an important noble, who was smuggling it to oppose the elves. The father didn't take it well and rescues the Mouth of the Land, who as been accused of treason.

I didn't want to write specific mechanics for this as it could limit RP options. However, I will be trying to craft events to fit your current status with your neighbors.

Map is updated.

NOTE: I'm going to change the rules from 4 per week to 4 per update. That way, in case I'm delayed for some reason (which is entirely possible between my on-call status and my 5-tear-old) it's clear when posts are ready to go again.

sounds good and reasonable :)
Is the map fully updated? Just checking if I managed to settle on the northern side of the sea :)

It is not. I couldn't finish everything yesterday. Emergencies at work pretty much all day. I'm probably going to extend the update period for this next round too because of it.

No worries :) My week is being a hell as well, so that extra breathing space is godsent :D

week 6 post summary:
- The settlement is expanding closer to Terminus (the one empty province to the west) to obtain more farmable land. (4 military needed?)
- All the rebelling parties joined under the banner of the Lady of the Eleven as she took back Elven's Gate (develop that province to the maximum 8)
- The new settlement and Willowvale also was developed once each, due to the increases trade on the north sea.

-Sent some diplomats to get the Rivellesk triton's support👍

Development of capital province, and the province bordering Cloudspire. Expansion into the mountainous province directly north of the capital.

The First Expansion
The Useless Palace
The First Wall

Use one workforce to create and use 1 Livestock (Council Land's specialty, sheep) for food, and 2 artworks. The culture from the artwork is immediately converted into wealth (selling the art).

Can I get a close up map of my area with potential provinces marked?

I can't really do potential provinces, since I expand based mostly on your descriptions, and don't have specific ones set out yet. However, I will try to give you a closeup.

Also, saevikas, I need you to accompany your list of posts with what each is supposed to mean. It sounded like one expansion north and two developments this week, so that's what I did.

My map will not export correctly. Here's screenshots. One continental shot, one zoomed in shot. https://imgur.com/a/iqJxhxz

week8:

Someone stole the statue of the elven goddess and ran through some tunnels, which they were forced to collapse. this lead a chain-reaction revealing an extensive underground tunnel network. The thieves were 5 Guardian's of the Library, who everyone had seen crumbling to ashes. War with Terminus is turning with the deployment of a new technology: guns!

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Develop Northern Port, Northern Fort and Northcove. Conquer Terminus port province.
Use 1 culture on sending a diplomatic mission to Valthiria and the rest for removing any unrest.

Attack on Terminus (sounds more like scifi than anything)

Defense: 4
Attack: 7

Attacker wins!

maps are updated for Week 9. Week will end 12.2.19

2 weeks then?

I can do 2 weeks if you guys want me to. December 2nd is just one week. Give me input.

ah! yes. I see.. it's the american / european date notation difference. I immediately though it was until the 12th. didn't even notice 2 is not december ;)

See, I usually note dates using near-iso (cuz I hate dashes in numbers, that's for negatives) like 19.12.02. It helps files sort themselves better.

I don't personally mind either way if its 1 week or 2 weeks. But maybe if we have 2 weeks, we could slow the pace for new players to join?

True. Let's see if we get any interest, and then we can ask them.

week 9 post
* developing 3 times: Willowvale and Foundation (eastern borders) and Port Terminus
* mobilise the population for war, but falling back now to strengthen the position during the truce period.
* Starting of the nation of Shady Sands for the fun of it :) -> the fourth development (on the map)

Workforce:
Culture: 18
- Resources: 5 -> Art + Crops + Livestock + Gemstones + Precious Metals
- Industry: 1 -> Gemstones + Precious Metals = Jewelry

Culture: 1 + 3 (jewellery) + 9 (workforce) = 13
Spies: - 4 terminus; -2 Cloudspire
Diplomats: +2 Rivellest; +2 League Cities; + 3 Valseria

Was this considered as a new nation? How will the new nation figure into the war? (I'd an increased limit of PCs per player to submit it)

The Desert Nation of Shady Sands

Yes, i added it but didn't get to post a map with it on it.

sounds good. If you want me to post as a different nation, can you change the limit on PCs per player? :D

quick question: reconquering our provinces counts as development?

Yes, they count against your week's posts.

Before I push out the new map for this week, I need to get clarification on where Shady Sands is supposed to be. In the meantime, you can go ahead and post for this week.

Sorry for missing the update. I was in an accident and I've been dealing with that. It's easy to make a post here and there, less easy to edit maps.

btw, I did increase the character limit to 2 so you can submit it now.

Map is updated. This week will end on the 21st IF everyone has time to post. Since the holidays are here though, if everyone's not done with all the posts they want to make for this cycle, we'll extend to the 28th.

I prefer for it to extend to the 28th.

same here... it's going to be tough this week. even the 28th may be difficult :(

week 11

liberate all lands and develop Foundation, SouthPort and Northport.

If I got this right, with no need for actually using armies this time, I'll make 19 culture and I'll use it all on Rivellesk's diplomacy.
I'll split it between two provinces (one with 9 and another with 10). I'm guessing I'm not getting anything :)

Updated.