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[evilcherry]

You are aboard a ship, laden with colonists and supplies sailing to the west in the year 1602. You are supposed to build a colony in the new world with everything you have on board.

But before you ever see any land, please answer these questions.

What is your name?
From where you ship is sailing from? (From Spain, Portugal, France, England, Scotland, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, HRE)
What is your motivation for this journey, save support from your sovereign?

[Wimdit]

You sail from Portugal, and you seek to escape the depredations of the invading Spanish. The King of Spain, Philip III, has gone mad with power and is attempting to crush your homeland and bring it to heel.

It is your profound hope that this new venture will be successful enough to provide a safe haven for all Portuguese, where they may be free from the endless power struggles of Europe.

Your name is Henry Alvares Pereira. To your fellow Portuguese, you are a hero. To the hated Spanish, you are one of their greatest foes.

[Evilsx]

^
This

[evilcherry]

So you are from Portugal.

While Philip III, or more accurately referred to as Filipe II of Portugal is sovereign of both Iberian Kingdoms, he has been an absent ruler in Portugal. There are certainly dukes and nobles who wanted greater ties with Spain to widen their interests, but a equal proportion are against the Union, citing they don't want a foreign king - absurd, since two hundred years ago Porto has been as foreign to Toledo as Barcelona.

You, Henrique Alvares Pereira, more commonly referred to as Henry, was certainly in the pro-independence camp. You smuggled yourself out from Lagos, where your namesake Infante Henrique, o Navegador used as his base.

You sailed to the Azores, eventually equipped yourself with 150 Settlers, 100 male and 50 female, food, tools, and some weapon to make up the Journey. From there, you sailed west until you hit land.

At a glance, you see a broadleaf forest. You feel this place is good enough, and immediately order all able-bodied person to start building a storehouse, knowing you don't want to store everything on your top deck.

You counted the numbers still alive: 85 men and 41 women.

The storehouse is completed within a week, which is rudimentary, but serviceable. Now it is time for more serious planning for the coming month...

Spoiler: Unnamed Colony (click to show/hide)

September 1602
Colonists: 85 men 41 women
Food: 900 (each person require one unit per month, old world only)
Livestock: 30 (old world animals)
Weapons: 10 Muskets 40 Pikes
Tools: 200
Trade goods: 300 (worthless junk to Europeans, Curiosity to Americans)
Horses: 10
Money: 0

Colonial Buildings:
Storehouse Lv1
Stockade complete with tower (available)
Townhouses (available)
Town hall (available)
Dock (available)
(others on request)

Ships Docked: Unnamed Carrack (0/4) - Unmanned

Terrain: (Unsurveyed)

Spoiler: notes (click to show/hide)

1 load is for 1000 units of goods, or 100 men.
You have absolutely no control upon what will arrive from Europe, unless you specifically asked for it, and given he can pay for it, or it is available in Europe if at all.
Being Portuguese is both a challenge and advantage.
You have to follow Spanish foreign policy, and Spain will impose an embargo soon enough if your colony grows enough to even threaten the king's possessions a little bit, unless you become more Spanish. Weapons are hard to get, for fear of a Portuguese revolution.
However, as England hates Spain and loves Portugal, Unless Portugal is fighting a war of Independence (which they will help you openly), Privateers will likely help you at times of peace. This is especially helpful if you want something very hard to get (modern weaponry, for example).

[Skyrunner]

Make 60 men cut down trees!

Name the nau "Os Colonos Treze" or something :3

Also, make sure the carracks are moored correctly.

[PokemonRocks85]

Call it the town Philipia

Make 60 men cut down trees!

^this and get 10 men to patrol the town  get remaning men to farm

[evilcherry]

The town is now named Philipia, after that deplorable foreign king. At this time keeping a low profile might actually be beneficial.
The Nau is properly re-christened as "Os Colonos Treze". The ship is currently beached, as there is no place for people to sleep in the new town.
180 units of wood is cut down in the nearby area, and stored in the storehouse, ready to be fabricated into more useful forms.
Your "town" now only consists of a storehouse, so the men take turn in guarding the building, having the actual privilege of sleeping on solid land.
Farming is not very successful, due to a lack of crops which grows in September. You do expect 50 units of food, mostly vegetables, be available in November.
The people are complaining about the lack of housing.

Spoiler: Philipia (click to show/hide)

October 1602
Colonists: 85 men 41 women
Food: 774 (each person require one unit per month, old world species only)
Livestock: 30 (old world animals)
Weapons: 10 Muskets 40 Pikes
Tools: 200
Trade goods: 300 (worthless junk to Europeans, Curiosity to Americans)
Wood: 180
Horses: 10
Money: 0

Colonial Buildings:
Storehouse Lv1
Stockade complete with tower (available to build)
Townhouses (available to build)
Town hall (available to build)
Dock (available to build)
(others on request)

Crops:

50 @ Nov 1602

Ships Docked: Os Colonos Treze - Carrack (0/4) - Unmanned, Beached

Terrain: (Unsurveyed)

Spoiler: notes (click to show/hide)

The ship will remain, at least until spring when the weather becomes more favourable.
Farming will certainly fail after this point, at least before spring comes again. Hunting and fishing might be more beneficial.
Costs of buildings can only be calculated once the foundations have been laid, and ETA be calculated once you dedicated manpower to it.
You still have zero idea of your surroundings.

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[Skyrunner]

Send 40 men to hunt. 20 men should start building houses, one at a time. Using the Os Colonos' rowboats, go out into the bay somewhat and order 20 women and 10 men to fish. The rest of the women should tend the crops.

[PokemonRocks85]

Send 40 men to hunt. 20 men should start building houses, one at a time. Using the Os Colonos' rowboats, go out into the bay somewhat and order 20 women and 10 men to fish. The rest of the women should tend the crops.

^ Also remaning men will go scout the area to see whats around Philipia

[Skyrunner]

^^ Concur

[zomara0292]

Send 40 men to hunt. 20 men should start building houses, one at a time. Using the Os Colonos' rowboats, go out into the bay somewhat and order 20 women and 10 men to fish. The rest of the women should tend the crops.

Slight disagreement. I say:

20 men hunt
10 men explore
20 men build housing
10 men build a dock
20 women/10 men fishing
everyone else to the crops and maintaining the ship.
If you have little idea of the surrounding, how do you plan on becoming self sufficient?

[Alternatecash]

20 men hunt
10 men explore
20 men build housing
10 men build a dock
20 women/10 men fishing
everyone else to the crops and maintaining the ship.
If you have little idea of the surrounding, how do you plan on becoming self sufficient?

This. We need to survey the land. Arm the explorers with muskets, as well.

[evilcherry]

Send 40 men to hunt. 20 men should start building houses, one at a time. Using the Os Colonos' rowboats, go out into the bay somewhat and order 20 women and 10 men to fish. The rest of the women should tend the crops.

Slight disagreement. I say:

20 men hunt
10 men explore
20 men build housing
10 men build a dock
20 women/10 men fishing
everyone else to the crops and maintaining the ship.
If you have little idea of the surrounding, how do you plan on becoming self sufficient?

Your hunters, without experience in hunting new world animals, gave you 100 food, probably because animals starting to hibernate.
Fishermen also provided the colony with 100 fish.
Building housing for 200 will use up 200 wood and 50 man months. Building a dock will use up 100 wood and 50 man months.
You see no point in planting as frost began to appear at night. You instruct everyone else to harvest the crops, mainly vegetables.

Your explorer returned with a report. Most of the land, at least where they covered, is broadleaf forest. A small hill rises on the east; beyond that is the mouth of a river surrounded by wetlands. Tall mountains are in far north; it will take a good amount of time to get there on foot. To the west is miles of forest. To the south is the sea where you come from. They also spotted a few native settlements, though they are not skilled enough (and brave enough) to tell you anything more detailed than that.

Your people spotted natives looking at your settlement with curiosity. Perhaps you are not that much different from them, after all...
Winter will come soon.

Spoiler: Philipia (click to show/hide)

November 1602
Colonists: 85 men 41 women
Food: 898 (each person require one unit per month, old world species only)
Livestock: 30 (old world animals)
Weapons: 10 Muskets 40 Pikes
Tools: 200
Trade goods: 300 (worthless junk to Europeans, Curiosity to Americans)
Wood: 0
Horses: 10
Money: 0

Colonial Buildings:
Storehouse Lv1
Stockade complete with tower (available to build)
Townhouses (Lv1: 120/20)
Town hall (available to build)
Dock (Lv1: 60/10)
(others on request)

Crops:

Ships Docked: Os Colonos Treze - Carrack (0/4) - Unmanned, Beached

Terrain: B Forest; N: B Forest, Mountains; E: Hill, Swamp; S: Sea; W: B Forest
Villages spotted but not properly mapped.

Spoiler: notes (click to show/hide)

As in the Sid Meier game and IRL, native interaction is very important in this game (perhaps more important).
And as in the game, the settlement is indeed modeled upon Plymouth.
While history diverges as Henry sets sail on his voyage, several things from history still stand. For example, Spanish has conquered much of South America (at least in name), Potosi is still the richest place on earth, etc.

[Alternatecash]

We need a town hall. We can use it as emergency shelter while houses are built. If he have a priest, they should make first contact with the natives. They already know the lay of the land, and how to survive.

[Scelly9]

We also need a stockade, although we haven't had any hostile reactions, I am sure we will.