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[Zanzetkuken The Great]

PTW. Also, would I be correct in assuming 2 is hills or something, and how much of my civilisation's population could I have as my primary race?

Yes.

Primary race just has to be over 50%.

[GiglameshDespair]

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Civilization Name: Chryssalan
Location: 1
Primary Race: Chryssalid workers - 90%
Other Races: Chryssalid Queens - 10%
Architectural Style: Typically, large towers that extend both down and up, resembling large hives.
Civilization's Language: Chittertong (Afrikaans)
Governmental Structure: Theocratic Monarchy (Hive queens) - workers are managed by queens, though workers are intelligent in their own right. Both workers and queens may lay eggs, though queens lay them at a much, much greater rate. Queens are more intelligent, though workers can invent things on their own. Highly productive. Few queens dedicate workers for combat, but those workers that are tend to be ferocious combatants. Chryssalids do not often accept others in their settlements, though they will send and recieve diplomatic missions and trade. Attempts to convert Chryssalids to other religions tends to be seen as an attack on the queens and responded to with violence.
Law Structure: Crime is not common, and the laws, such as they are, is set by the ruling queen of the settlement. Workers who break the law are often put to death, those who break the law seriously tortured to death instead.
Religious Tolerance: Little-to-none - with few none-chyrssalids allowed in each town, and other religions seen as a threat to the hive-queens' power, any converted chyrssalids or wandering preachers in the wrong place meet a rather gory end.
Primary Religion: Worship of hivequeens - workers venerate each queen, who has her own 'clan' of workers.
Stats (Distribute 6 +1's to the following.  Max of 4 to a category.)
Technological Level: ++++
Military Size:
Military Skill: ++

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

Going to respond to a PM I got in-thread, as it contains many questions that people may be confused about.

1. Tech stat breakdown.  I've noticed that tech seems to be very heavily weighted to the point it's almost mandatory, since it goes from what you term pre-stone (so, that vague area of history before even the Paleolithic Era 2.6mya, much less the youngling homo sapiens that barely break 0.5mya) at 0 points to iron age at 4 points, or around 2.6 million years of timespan because on that scale, the difference between the Iron Age and today is small change.  If 0 is beyond known prehistory and 4 is the early Iron Age, what do 1-3 correspond to, roughly?  Also, what kind of practical game effect do they have?  In the Near East, iron supplanted bronze not because of its hardness (wrought iron - the easiest to make and essentially the only available type in the early Iron Age outside of accidental and/or uncontrolled contamination of the sort that resulted in Damascus steel - is not much harder than bronze, and it's much more difficult to work because it requires the development of bloomeries or the good luck to have a lump of meteoric iron drop on you), but rather because it's easier to find and less reliant on far-flung trade routes.  Bronze, while harder, became much more scarce after the Sea People's invasion effectively devastated the trade of the east Mediterranean, specifically the tin trade from what would become Cornwall, Brittany, and Galicia.  Also, by the early Iron Age, do those who have 4 in Tech have a starting understanding of steel production, or have they not gotten that far yet?

1 represents that the civilization is at the start of the Stone Age.
2 represents that the civilization is nearing the end of the Stone Age, and is able to smelt copper.
3 represents that the civilization is at the start of the Bronze Age.
4 represents that the civilization is at the start of the Iron Age.

Choosing a later age reduces the level of copper you have within your starting situation, to having enough to only outfit a couple units by the Iron Age.

2. Bronze.  While there's plenty of iron and copper, I couldn't help but notice a stark and suspicious lack of tin or arsenic on the entire region map, though you do mention that we can outfit our troops with bronze weapons and armor.  Is tin essentially abstracted out, or since the person you mentioned this to is on the edge of the map, must tin be imported from outside of the region?  I ask mostly because tin and copper almost never occur in the same place, so it essentially mandated long trade routes, while arsenic had its own issues pertaining to not only health, but in measurement of the amounts to be added (meaning less control over the final result). 

Tin is abstracted out.

3. Out-of-region status.  More generally than the above, what is it like outside of this region?  Will we essentially be in an enclosed bubble, or will we be able to trade with different regions and worry about hosting some Sea People of our own?

The Out-of-region area hosts a variety of races, but no civilizations have formed.  It is going to be the source of random events primarily.

4. If you don't get enough players for 11 slots, will the remaining slots be filled by NPCs or empty for expansion?

The slots are going to be empty so players may join at any time.  Expansion to those points isn't too feasible, due to the scale of the map.  Rivers have been oversized so they are noticeable.  Actual distance is on the scale of 9 to 7 equals a little over two hundred miles.

[evilcherry]

PTW. Also, would I be correct in assuming 2 is hills or something, and how much of my civilisation's population could I have as my primary race?

Yes.

Primary race just has to be over 50%.

As I say my race is a slave-holding race so the primary (ruling, that is) race has to be below 50%.

[Culise]

Thank you for answering the questions so thoroughly.  Unfortunately, and I apologize, but I think that ultimately, I'll sit aside for the time being and simply watch for the start.

[GiglameshDespair]

How long would it take to advance an age, so to speak?

[Nerjin]

Unfortunately, as I think about it, I think I will drop out as well. My apologies.

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

(Friggin thread was buried in my updated topics page.)

Thank you for answering the questions so thoroughly.  Unfortunately, and I apologize, but I think that ultimately, I'll sit aside for the time being and simply watch for the start.

Unfortunately, as I think about it, I think I will drop out as well. My apologies.

Ah well.  Hope you enjoy what others do in the thread, if you result in continuing to watch it.

How long would it take to advance an age, so to speak?

Tech is randomly discovered within the turns, so I can't give you a clear number.

[Detoxicated]

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Civilization Name: Harrukhria
Location: 3
Primary Race: Orc 70%
Other Races: Wood Elves 30%
Architectural Style: Big Stone Structures and wooden Hovels
Civilization's Language: Grakhleiyen
Governmental Structure: Theocracy
Law Structure: Religious Judges
Religious Tolerance: Missionaric Intolerance
Primary Religion: - The world is the garden, tend to it well
- Peace is preferred, as it promotes advance
- Destroy enemies of Peace fiercly

Technological Level: ++++
Military Size:
Military Skill: ++

[Evil Marahadja]

Civilization Name: The Azutan Tribes
Location: 7
Primary Race: 80% Elves
Other Races: 10 % humans, 5% Orcs 5% Other (Mostly Goblins and Dwarfs)
Architectural Style: Simple huts made my tree and skin, as the Azutan tribes strives on Foraging, hunting and raiding. Some tribes has begun to settle down, but most tribes still embrace the nomadic lifestyle.
Civilization's Language: Zut. (Swahili)

Governmental Structure: During the Vita Kidogo (Little war) The Azutan Tribes is very disorganised. Every Tribe (usually a few families) govern them self and only refer to the High Chief when there is a dispute within the tribe.  However, raiding within the Azutan Tribe is frowned upon. The tribes often commit individual tribes against outsiders, and trade within and outside of the tribes is not uncommon.

All this changes when the High Chief declares a Kubwa vita (Big war), then all of a sudden all tribes unite under a single banner. Every year every ablebodied being (No matter gender or Race) has to spend a month training with the rest of the tribes. Making the the Azutan warriors not only skill-full individuals but a well oiled machine in terms of warfare. This often happen before a major raid or expansion of territory, or in defence. Whenever the Azutan tribe conquers an enemy village, all survivors over the age of 7 are put to a test, Vita ya miungu, (Battle of the gods), the survivors are welcomed to the tribe, although defections are common.   

Law Structure: The High Chief settles all major disputes, while the tribe Chiefs settle smaller conflicts. Individual conflicts are often settles by a duel, until recently these duels was to the death, but nowadays the battles usually end with first blood. The exception of these is during a duel of leadership. They are always to the death. Duels are forbidden during a Kubwa vita.

Religious Tolerance: Other religions are accepted, but ridiculed, especially those worshipping dietes.

Primary Religion: Gods are the enemies. One day the golden army will ride down from the night-sky, led by the Mwezi na Jua (Moon and Sun), and then all beings of these earth must stand united to meet them. Vita Kidogo is essential for these purpose, making sure that the elves are ready to meet their ancient enemy. And kubwa vita train them in the art of warfare aswell as expanding the Azutan tribe so that more soldiers are may face the gods. Cooperation is therefore essential between the tribes, although duels are encouraged crimes are strictly forbidden and all crimes is punishable by death.

Stats:
Technological Level:
Military Size: ++
Military Skill: ++++

(Pre-Stone-age warrior elves who will terrorise the locals, awyeah!)

[Eric Blank]

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Name: Omiljen Carstvo [Favored Realm], The Realm for short
Location: 2
Primary Race: 60% Human
Other Races: 18% Dwarf, 12% Kobold, 5% Elf, 5% Other (various)
Architectural style: Stout stone buildings with wood or thatched roofs, traditionally built into hillsides near pastures and water, including subterranean cellars. Public or governmental buildings are usually built either away from or on top of hills, include stone foundations and wood walls. Usually no more than three stories tall. Military fortifications usually include stone keeps with defensive walls built on defensible hills.
Language: Thosiv (Croation)
Secondary languages: Berkig - traditionally used by the dwarven and kobold tribes (Macedonian)
Government structure: Feudal monarchy. Aside from the monarch who rules the largest area of land and her military leaders, there exists the civil council, made up of noblemen representing lesser baronies, the actual barons of those lands, their cronies, and heads of individual settlements.
Law structure: Universal codified law is imposed by the monarch and enforced by the barons and village leaders, who may impose additional local laws. Any number of strategies are used by the royal family to keep baronies in line.
Religious tolerance: High; according to law and traditions of the primary religious faction, individuals are permitted to practice any religion they want, so long as their practices do not interfere with others.
Primary Religion: Classic pantheonic religion encompassing many deities that are not seen as having any real interest in the living world, but may help dedicated worshipers who pledge their souls to them in the afterlife. Common practice dictates lesser spirits (fairies, ghosts, and various crazy mythical beings) will bring offerings to the gods if left at the appropriate shrines. Reality dictates that beggars and hermits don't starve.

Stats:
Technological Level: +++
Military Size: +
Military Skill: ++

[Evil Marahadja]

(So, when will the game start?)

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

(So, when will the game start?)

We have over half of the slots filled, so either when it fills up, or has been three days since the last sign-up.

[Eric Blank]

The third day has passed. What will be done?

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

The third day has passed. What will be done?

(I post the turn, carrying some basic events.  You can add more, but for every good, there needs to be one bad.  The results of your nation's responses to these events will be rolled for, to see how effective they were.  You may also include actions that are not in response to events, which will also be rolled for.)

Year 0 Situations

Veralik
A previously unknown vein of copper has been discovered nearby.
The river experiences a greater level of water arriving than before.  The waters are likely going to be rising to high flood levels this year.

GLORIOUS NETWORK OF HARBAHKSTAN
A few horses have been found to have crossed the river.  You may be able to capture them before another does.
The river experiences a greater level of water arriving than before.  The waters are likely going to be rising to high flood levels this year.

Waantau
A higher than average rainfall is going to provide you with more food than average.  Stores might not necessarily be enough.
Artifact locations that had previously proved to be reliable are turning up in lower quantities than normal.

Chryssalan
A higher than average rainfall is going to provide you with more food than average.  Stores might not necessarily be enough.
Many newborns are dying at a very young age.  Population growth will be at a lower rate this year than normal.

Harrukhria
Population growth is growing at a higher than normal pace.  Food supplies will be lower than normal, however.
Strain has begun to develop between a few groups within the nation.  A civil war may possibly be upon the horizon.

The Azutan Tribes
A few horses have been found to have crossed the river.  You may be able to capture them before another does.
Raids are granting reduced returns than previous years.  Income of supplies may suffer.

Omiljen Carstvo
A higher than average rainfall is going to provide you with more food than average.  Stores might not necessarily be enough.
There is talk of rebellion in some of the further out territories over supposed exploitation.  The direction it takes is currently uncertain.