Gaming Sign-ups closed - The Europa Universalis 4 Experiment

[nimic]

(Map so far, not started yet)

This might not work, but if it doesn't I'm going to blame the participants, delete the thread and never speak about it again.

I'm going to try something in the vein of my old Football Manager Experiments, but with another game. The game is Europa Universalis 4, a grand strategy game. This is basically what it looks like:

It's basically an imperialism and religious war simulator, which seems right up RedCafe's alley. The world is divided into provinces with varying values (and cultures, religions, etc), and as time progresses the world changes, with new technology and new fancy stuff like colonizing - but not explicitly genociding - other parts of the world.

My plan is that I add everyone who wants to participate as a country in Europe (including Turkey, North Africa and I guess the Levant), where the country name is the person's name on RedCafe (to make it easier to figure out who is doing what). Then I let the game run itself and do regular updates, perhaps every 50 years (the game runs from 1444 to 1821), and I'm thinking maybe small updates in between (just a screenshot of something and a sentence about what is going on). Unlike the old FM Experiments I'm not going to do regular individual updates for everyone (just an initial one), and there's less information to add, so I don't have to limit it too much. The size of the country (number of provinces) will basically depend on how many people sign up (and which provinces you get, since good provinces are worth more).

Every nation in this game has its own national ideas, basically the thing that makes them different from everyone else. There are way too many possible ideas to make you guys pick, so at least this time I'm just going to mostly randomize a set of ideas when I create your countries. It's not going to be balanced. This being Europe in the 15th century, some of you are going to get conquered, maybe a lot of you by the time the game ends. This is more of a test, so I'm not going to need as much information as with the FM Experiments.

Here's what I need from you, if you want to see your virtual self wage war on a fellow Cafite (or maybe marry them):

1. Where do you want your capital (either a specific province or a general area - you can use this if you want to. Please spread around a bit. If you all pick England I am going to make you tiny. If you don't care I can choose. @Welsh Wonder has already claimed Wales, for some reason)
2. What are one or two things you want your country to be good at? (I'll try to pick a couple of national ideas to match)
3. What colour do you want on the map? (there are 100 to pick from but there's no RGB or Hex or anything, so I'll just try to eyeball it and make sure there's a bit of variation)
4. The name of your ruler (the dynasty will be your nickname, we'll see if there are any dynasties left by the time we're done)

I guess add yourself to this list? I added a few people who expressed interest already. If they withdraw that interest I'll still add them but make their countries really bad. We can do like 30, easily. More if there's demand.

1. BD - Lisboa
2. Dr. Dwayne - Kolberg
3. Crackers - Porto
4. Solius - Madrid
5. altodevil - Lothian
6. Welsh Wonder - Morgannwg
7. Vidyoyo - Stockholm
8. Samid - Vilnius
9. Abizzz - Baden
10. V.O - Inntal
11. P-Nut - Verona
12. Denis79 - Bosnia
13. hobbers - Constantinople
14. VeevaVee - Roma
15. KirkDuyt - Den Haag
16. PSV - Warszawa
17. Eboue - Paris
18. Salt Bailly - Moskva
19. Organic Potatoes - Cork
20. RedSky - Bordeaux
21. Dan - Dresden
22. Grib - Athens
23. Igor Drefljak - Agdesiden
24. AnotherLondonManc - Càller
25. Stobzilla - Tunis
26. BootsyCollins - Nyland
27. adexkola - Dortmund
28. Wing Attack Plan R - Qahirah
29. Shakesy - Tetouan
30. SilentWitness - Brugge
31. Tiber - Pereyslav
32. Andycoleno9 - Wien
33. Walrus - Karaman

Here's a map of the currently taken capitals.

 

[Vidyoyo]

In.

Where do you want your capital (either a specific province or a general area - you can use this if you want to. Please spread around a bit. If you all pick England I am going to make you tiny. If you don't care I can choose. @Welsh Wonder has already claimed Wales, for some reason)

As close to Vasteras, Sweden as possible. Stockholm?

What are one or two things you want your country to be good at? (I'll try to pick a couple of national ideas to match)

I want them to be good at finger pointing and flicking their hair, but if that's not available technocratic and interested in hard punishment (i.e. taking crimes into their own hands).

What colour do you want on the map? (there are 100 to pick from but there's no RGB or Hex or anything, so I'll just try to eyeball it and make sure there's a bit of variation)

Red or yellow.

The name of your ruler (the dynasty will be your nickname, we'll see if there are any dynasties left by the time we're done)

Victor the Victorious

 

[Samid]

In

 

[Abizzz]

I'd like Baden and if it's a specific province the nothern of the 2. I can't promise any regular participation though, so if that's a condition (don't think it is from your post) I'll have to pass.
As national idea please the grand army or whatever it's called today.

Oh and name: Abiz de Abizzz (Colour just keep the Baden colour)

 

[nimic]

I'd like Baden and if it's a specific province the nothern of the 2. I can't promise any regular participation though, so if that's a prerequisite (don't think it is from your post) I'll have to pass.
As national idea please the grand army or whatever it's called today.

Oh and name: Abiz de Abizzz

No regular participation needed, although that might be an idea for another one of these in the future since Paradox savegames are very easy to edit. If this works, in the future I might run one where you guys get to make (slightly) more active decisions about your countries. This one is just you making it, then I run it for 400 years and tell you how it went (along the way).

 

[V.O.]

Where do you want your capital (either a specific province or a general area - you can use this if you want to. Inntal, Austria (or any other province with a gold mine).
What are one or two things you want your country to be good at? (I'll try to pick a couple of national ideas to match) Tax. Looting.
What colour do you want on the map? (there are 100 to pick from but there's no RGB or Hex or anything, so I'll just try to eyeball it and make sure there's a bit of variation) Red.
The name of your ruler (the dynasty will be your nickname, we'll see if there are any dynasties left by the time we're done) Joel Glazer.

 

[nimic]

Where do you want your capital (either a specific province or a general area - you can use this if you want to. Inntal, Austria (or any other province with a gold mine).
What are one or two things you want your country to be good at? (I'll try to pick a couple of national ideas to match) Tax. Looting.
What colour do you want on the map? (there are 100 to pick from but there's no RGB or Hex or anything, so I'll just try to eyeball it and make sure there's a bit of variation) Red.
The name of your ruler (the dynasty will be your nickname, we'll see if there are any dynasties left by the time we're done) Joel Glazer.

Do you want the dynasty to be Glazer too? I might make an exception from my nickname-rule, just on the off chance that the Glazers manage to spread their dynasty around Europe.

 

[V.O.]

Do you want the dynasty to be Glazer too? I might make an exception from my nickname-rule, just on the off chance that the Glazers manage to spread their dynasty around Europe.

Sure, the game needs a villain.

 

[Denis79]

In

 

[P-Nut]

In.

Where do you want your capital (either a specific province or a general area - you can use this if you want to. Please spread around a bit. If you all pick England I am going to make you tiny. If you don't care I can choose. Welsh Wonder has already claimed Wales, for some reason)

Somewhere near Lake Garda, mid-northern Italy

What are one or two things you want your country to be good at? (I'll try to pick a couple of national ideas to match)

All for the masses. As close to an equal society as possible.

What colour do you want on the map? (there are 100 to pick from but there's no RGB or Hex or anything, so I'll just try to eyeball it and make sure there's a bit of variation)

Green

The name of your ruler (the dynasty will be your nickname, we'll see if there are any dynasties left by the time we're done)

Zion the Conqueror

 

[Abizzz]

No regular participation needed, although that might be an idea for another one of these in the future since Paradox savegames are very easy to edit. If this works, in the future I might run one where you guys get to make (slightly) more active decisions about your countries. This one is just you making it, then I run it for 400 years and tell you how it went (along the way).

Sounds perfect for me right now! (might still be in for that future one depending on circumstances).

 

[Solius]

1. I’ll take Madrid
   
   
2. War and farming? I dunno
   
   
3. Coral
4. El Bastardo

 

[Dr. Dwayne]

1. Kolberg
2. Trade and warring
3. Purple
4. Dwazza

 

[Denis79]

1. Anywhere in the Balkans
2. Production
3. Red
4. Divljak

 

[hobbers]

1. Constantinople
2. Commerce and religion
3. Gold
4. Hob the horrible

 

[altodevil]

In.

Where do you want your capital (either a specific province or a general area - you can use this if you want to. Please spread around a bit. If you all pick England I am going to make you tiny. If you don't care I can choose. Welsh Wonder has already claimed Wales, for some reason)

Edinburgh, Scotland

What are one or two things you want your country to be good at? (I'll try to pick a couple of national ideas to match)

Economics and Science

What colour do you want on the map? (there are 100 to pick from but there's no RGB or Hex or anything, so I'll just try to eyeball it and make sure there's a bit of variation)

Powder blue

The name of your ruler (the dynasty will be your nickname, we'll see if there are any dynasties left by the time we're done)

Altod 'The Bruce' Evil

 

[nimic]

1. Constantinople
2. Commerce and religion
3. Gold
4. Hob the horrible

This man historys.

 

[VeevaVee]

1. Rome

2. Religious fuelled obliteration of foes (heavy on the obliterating) and trading

3. Olive green

4. Bruce Bastard

 

[nimic]

Still plenty of room for countries!

 

[Eboue]

well well well if it isnt nimnomenomics

 

[nimic]

well well well if it isnt nimnomenomics

I can't put you in Wyoming or wherever the feck you live, but isn't Hungary like the Wyoming of Europe?

 

[BD]

Lisbon
Defense and cuisine
Orange
B D

 

[Abizzz]

Are we starting with countries or single provinces? If it's the later I'd like the province north of the one you gave me, if it's countries I might have to reconsider.

(Actually I just noticed that might be a different map than the one I'm used to, in that case nvm everything's cool )

 

[nimic]

@Crackers did you want in? There's still plenty of room in Iberia.

 

[nimic]

Are we starting with countries or single provinces? If it's the later I'd like the province north of the one you gave me, if it's countries I might have to reconsider.

(Actually I just noticed that might be a different map than the one I'm used to, in that case nvm everything's cool )

It's countries. The size will depend on how many people sign up, but there's plenty of room around where there's three of you. You can get the northern province if you want, they're identical in value though.

 

[KirkDuyt]

I want in, but I will srite the stuff up tomorrow.

Now I want to play this again too

 

[Crackers]

@Crackers did you want in? There's still plenty of room in Iberia.

Yes please

• Lisbon (and Porto if size allows)
• Trade and diplomacy
• Red and Green
• Tarcus III

 

[PSV]

Give me Warszawa, admin and economy, the color teal and call my leader Kęith Myaż.

 

[Eboue]

I can't put you in Wyoming or wherever the feck you live, but isn't Hungary like the Wyoming of Europe?

1. Where do you want your capital (either a specific province or a general area - you can use this if you want to. Please spread around a bit. If you all pick England I am going to make you tiny. If you don't care I can choose. @Welsh Wonder has already claimed Wales, for some reason) I will take Paris
2. What are one or two things you want your country to be good at? (I'll try to pick a couple of national ideas to match) good vibes and being normal
3. What colour do you want on the map? (there are 100 to pick from but there's no RGB or Hex or anything, so I'll just try to eyeball it and make sure there's a bit of variation) Purple
4. The name of your ruler (the dynasty will be your nickname, we'll see if there are any dynasties left by the time we're done) Rooney In Paris

 

[nimic]

1. Where do you want your capital (either a specific province or a general area - you can use this if you want to. Please spread around a bit. If you all pick England I am going to make you tiny. If you don't care I can choose. @Welsh Wonder has already claimed Wales, for some reason) I will take Paris
2. What are one or two things you want your country to be good at? (I'll try to pick a couple of national ideas to match) good vibes and being normal
3. What colour do you want on the map? (there are 100 to pick from but there's no RGB or Hex or anything, so I'll just try to eyeball it and make sure there's a bit of variation) Purple
4. The name of your ruler (the dynasty will be your nickname, we'll see if there are any dynasties left by the time we're done) Rooney In Paris

feck's sake, okay

 

[nimic]

Yes please

• Lisbon (and Porto if size allows)
• Trade and diplomacy
• Red and Green
• Tarcus III

BD stole Lisbon, but you can have Porto. I'll just give you provinces generally north and him south.

 

[SilentWitness]

Aw feck I would have done this

 

[nimic]

Aw feck I would have done this

Well now you have to join mine instead you freak

 

[nimic]

Or did you mean you wanted to join but you thought it was full? 17 would be a pretty weird cap, to be fair. We can do more since I won't be writing paragraphs for every one.

 

[VeevaVee]

I have no idea how this works but just know that anyone near Rome is getting fecked to bits

 

[Organic Potatoes]

1. Cork...or Dublin or whatever in Ireland
2. Ambition and abundant harvests
3. Fuchsia, just because. Or you can just do emerald.
4. Chief OP Funky Taters the Smooth

 

[Salt Bailly]

I will play.

 

[Welsh Wonder]

1. Cardiff
2. Farming and alcoholism
3. Green
4. Dean Saunders

 

[nimic]

Okay, this is how Europe looks so far. Borders are subject to change if I need to fit someone in. All countries have roughly the same "value", some just look bigger because some provinces are physically bigger, and some provinces are just more worth than others. So right now there's lots of space left in France, the Netherlands (high value provinces), Germany, North Africa and Eastern Europe. I could also fit someone into Italy, Greece, etc. Still plenty of spots left if anyone wants to get in. I'm not going to start running it today, probably.

 

[nimic]

@Solius and @BD really went and chose orange and coral, right next to each other. Also the two reds, and the two greens. I expected rivalries, but maybe not based on colour choice.