On a OOC note, are there any Crown Lands? AKA, land controlled by England?
And are the German states allied with the English (historically they were)?
1. Yes, that is you. You all are under my control, as I can fire you at my whim. I let you have your fancy titles but in all reality you are my colonies
2. Maybe later, but for now, this glorious empire only uses it's own troops; I thought the Hessian/other German mercenaries came later. I did a search and this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hessians#History came up. I believe that I would have to explain game mechanics more for it to make sense.
Anyways back to the game. I am in the middle of choosing who goes where in three categories, North, South, or Middle. Once I have done that, someone (maybe me) can make a map (or not). We also need two more people to join to make it thirteen.
Mechanics of the day. I'm making these up as I go, and the first one is about playing the game. You each have three actions per turn. Right now your actions will go unopposed by the people, but I have a mechanic for that later, one that simulates people like Benjamin Franklin. Later when we start, you will post your actions and I will post the turn and my actions. Guess what! I'm the king! Well the king has some rules to follow. Right now I'll roll a six sided die and parliament will say yea or nay based on whether I get majority vote. If I get a 1, I get rebellion. In 1715 there was a Jacobin Revolt. More on that if it happens.
I also get three actions per turn. I can (ask parliament to) tax, which adds wealth, I can invade, which is not defined yet, or I can raise a standing army. In war I can do this automatically, but they all spawn in the home land. It takes three actions (1 year) to get to the colonies and more to get to the far East.
Also to make things simple, wealth, military power, and any other statistic that is put in are out of six. When I put in wealth, I will say 3/6 for HM's wealth.
One unit of military technology or leadership power, has an effect on warfare.
Oh, yea, seeing as there are quite a few mining colonies, quite a few of you are gonna have to change that when we start, as you live in the ore less South. Also, no islands, there were not any major island colonies in the new world.