Greetings one and all to the forum’s the latest collaborative effort. Many have you have laughed (and cried) along with Denmark: Fellowship of the Kings, and I am thrilled at the number of writers who responded to my latest “call for writers”…a full 32 people (and more, really) have expressed interest in participating in this latest venture: Venice.
To accommodate all of the interest and give everyone a fair turn, I’ve decided to run two simultaneous threads and split the writers into two teams. Somehow the terms “The A Team” and “The B Team” seem to have sprung up, but the division was done by sheer happenstance…I did an alphabetical sort of everyone’s names and then alternated between teams as I went down the list of names. Presto…two teams!
Each participant will be writing about the reign of a Doge during the 400-year Grand Campaign game. They will play for as long as the Doge is alive, then save the file and pass it on to the next Doge, and then post an installment or two (or three…) about what happened during their reign. This should make for some pretty interesting game play as you never know what your successor might do…or your predecessor for that matter. Unlike the Denmark collaborative effort, however, each player will play several Doges during Venice’s alternate history, rather than one, since there are a full 52 Doges who will chart the course of the nation through the turbulent times ahead.
I encourage everyone (both participants and interested readers) to check out both threads on an ongoing basis. It will be interesting to see what direction the individual players happen to take the nation, and I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see to radically different countries emerge at the end of the game.
I should also point out the obvious…that although the two threads bear my name, I am only a very small cog in a very big wheel and every author is an equal participant and is due equal credit for the success of the project. (Of course if it fails for some ungodly reason then I’ll take all of the blame…it won’t happen though!).
If you like what you’re reading then please feel welcome to post replies/comments/etc. in thread, but I’d appreciate it if we could limit the amount of OT as much as possible since it would be a daunting task to also maintain independent “text only” threads as I have been for the Denmark AAR.
Both games are being played using EU II version 1.05 with normal/normal settings and dynamic missions turned off. Players are advised that no cheats or custom leaders/monarchs/mods are to be used, and that only in the event of a CTD should they reload a game. Other than a certain degree of “fair play”, players may do as they like during their reign. The object of the game isn’t necessarily to conquer the world, but to provide some highly entertaining reading for everyone. Failure may be just as sweet as victory…
There is also supposed to be no “us against them” mentality between the two threads (though we’ll see how long our respective psychologies hold out on that one ) so if the two realms progress at different speeds and in different directions, that’s fine…in fact, it’s preferable so there will be more variety between the two.
Lastly, each author is completely free to choose whatever writing style happens to tickle his fancy, and is completely free to decide on the degree of accurate historical flavor (or lack thereof) that they employ. I expect that it will be quite a rollercoaster-ride as we progress.
So without further ado, we present:
Every Doge Has his Day
Note: you can find the sister thread Doge Day Afternoon right here
EDIT: A revised Doge listing has now been applied following a few computer and RL problems/glitches...
The “Cast”
1 Jan. 1419 - Tommaso Mocenigo - Rictus
4 Apr. 1423 - Francesco Foscarini - Lord Durham
23 Oct. 1457 - Pasquale Malipiero - Storey
12 May 1462 - Cristoforo Moro - Dan Cook
2 Nov. 1471 - Nicolò Tron - Baron Jukaga
28 July 1473 - Nicolò Marcello - Storey
1 Dec. 1474 - Pietro Mocenigo - Rictus
23 Feb.1476 - Andrea Vendamin - Valandil
6 May 1478 - Giovanni Mocenigo - Warspite (sub for pds)
14 Nov. 1485 - Marco Barbango - Edgar Francis I
14 Aug.1486 - Agostino Barbango - Honour_Shogun
20 Sept. 1501 - Leonardo Loredano - Peter Ebbesen (sub for Ariel)
22 June 1521 - Antonio Grimani - Dan Cook
7 May 1523 - Andrea Gritti - Edgar Francis I
29 Dec. 1539 - Pietro Lando - Backpack
11 Nov. 1545 - Franco Donato - Lt. Tyler
23 May 1553 - Francesco Venier - Norgesvenn (for H_S)
2 June 1556 - Laurenti Priuli - Warspite (sub for pds)
17 Aug.1559 - Girolamo Priuli - Edgar Francis I
4 Nov. 1567 - Pietro Loredan - Peter Ebbesen (sub for Ariel)
5 May 1570 - Alvise Mocenigo I - Rictus
4 June 1577 - Sebastiano Venier - Peter Ebbesen (sub for Ariel)
3 Mar. 1578 - Niccoló da Ponte - Misha
30 July 1585 - Pasquale Cicogna - Backpack & Norgesvenn
4 Apr. 1595 - Marino Grimani - Storey
25 Dec. 1605 - Leonardo Loredano II - Wasa
16 July 1612 - Marco Memo - Lt. Tyler
31 Oct. 1615 - Giovanni Bembo - The Hawk
16 Mar. 1618 - Niccoló Donato - Lord Durham
9 May 1618 - Antonio Priulo - Dan Cook
12 Aug.1623 - Franco Centurioni - Lt. Tyler
6 Dec. 1624 - Giovanni Cornari I - The Hawk
23 Dec. 1629 - Niccoló Centurioni - Misha
2 Apr. 1631 - Franco Erizzo - Lt. Tyler
3 Jan. 1646 - Franco Molino - Valandil
27 Feb.1655 - Carlo Contarini - Warspite (sub for pds)
1 May 1656 - Franco Cornello - Lord Durham
5 June 1656 - Bertuccio Valiero - Backpack
29 Mar. 1658 - Giovanni Pesaro - Wasa
30 Sept. 1659 - Domenic Contarini - Valandil
26 Jan. 1675 - Niccoló Sagredo - Sharur
14 Aug.1676 - Alvise Contarini - Norgesvenn (for H_S)
15 Jan. 1684 - Marco Giustiniani - Misha
23 Mar. 1688 - Franco Morosini - Baron Jukaga
6 Jan. 1694 - Sylvester Valiero - Wasa
7 July 1700 - Alvise Mocenigo II - The Hawk
6 May 1709 - Giovanni Cornari II - Misha
12 Aug.1722 - Alvise Mocenigo III - Baron Jukaga
21 May 1732 - Carlo Ruzzini - Norgesvenn (for H_S)
5 Jan. 1735 - Alvise Pisani - Sharur
17 June 1741 - Pietro Grimani - Rictus
7 Mar. 1752 - Franco Loredano - Sharur
19 May 1762 - Marco Foscari - Edgar Francis I
31 Mar. 1763 - Alvise Mocenigo IV - Warspite (sub for pds)
31 Dec. 1778 - Paulo Rainiero - Wasa
18 Feb.1789 - Luigi Manin - Peter Ebbesen (sub for Ariel)
12 May 1789 - Mystery Doge - Lord Durham
To accommodate all of the interest and give everyone a fair turn, I’ve decided to run two simultaneous threads and split the writers into two teams. Somehow the terms “The A Team” and “The B Team” seem to have sprung up, but the division was done by sheer happenstance…I did an alphabetical sort of everyone’s names and then alternated between teams as I went down the list of names. Presto…two teams!
Each participant will be writing about the reign of a Doge during the 400-year Grand Campaign game. They will play for as long as the Doge is alive, then save the file and pass it on to the next Doge, and then post an installment or two (or three…) about what happened during their reign. This should make for some pretty interesting game play as you never know what your successor might do…or your predecessor for that matter. Unlike the Denmark collaborative effort, however, each player will play several Doges during Venice’s alternate history, rather than one, since there are a full 52 Doges who will chart the course of the nation through the turbulent times ahead.
I encourage everyone (both participants and interested readers) to check out both threads on an ongoing basis. It will be interesting to see what direction the individual players happen to take the nation, and I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see to radically different countries emerge at the end of the game.
I should also point out the obvious…that although the two threads bear my name, I am only a very small cog in a very big wheel and every author is an equal participant and is due equal credit for the success of the project. (Of course if it fails for some ungodly reason then I’ll take all of the blame…it won’t happen though!).
If you like what you’re reading then please feel welcome to post replies/comments/etc. in thread, but I’d appreciate it if we could limit the amount of OT as much as possible since it would be a daunting task to also maintain independent “text only” threads as I have been for the Denmark AAR.
Both games are being played using EU II version 1.05 with normal/normal settings and dynamic missions turned off. Players are advised that no cheats or custom leaders/monarchs/mods are to be used, and that only in the event of a CTD should they reload a game. Other than a certain degree of “fair play”, players may do as they like during their reign. The object of the game isn’t necessarily to conquer the world, but to provide some highly entertaining reading for everyone. Failure may be just as sweet as victory…
There is also supposed to be no “us against them” mentality between the two threads (though we’ll see how long our respective psychologies hold out on that one ) so if the two realms progress at different speeds and in different directions, that’s fine…in fact, it’s preferable so there will be more variety between the two.
Lastly, each author is completely free to choose whatever writing style happens to tickle his fancy, and is completely free to decide on the degree of accurate historical flavor (or lack thereof) that they employ. I expect that it will be quite a rollercoaster-ride as we progress.
So without further ado, we present:
Every Doge Has his Day
Note: you can find the sister thread Doge Day Afternoon right here
EDIT: A revised Doge listing has now been applied following a few computer and RL problems/glitches...
The “Cast”
1 Jan. 1419 - Tommaso Mocenigo - Rictus
4 Apr. 1423 - Francesco Foscarini - Lord Durham
23 Oct. 1457 - Pasquale Malipiero - Storey
12 May 1462 - Cristoforo Moro - Dan Cook
2 Nov. 1471 - Nicolò Tron - Baron Jukaga
28 July 1473 - Nicolò Marcello - Storey
1 Dec. 1474 - Pietro Mocenigo - Rictus
23 Feb.1476 - Andrea Vendamin - Valandil
6 May 1478 - Giovanni Mocenigo - Warspite (sub for pds)
14 Nov. 1485 - Marco Barbango - Edgar Francis I
14 Aug.1486 - Agostino Barbango - Honour_Shogun
20 Sept. 1501 - Leonardo Loredano - Peter Ebbesen (sub for Ariel)
22 June 1521 - Antonio Grimani - Dan Cook
7 May 1523 - Andrea Gritti - Edgar Francis I
29 Dec. 1539 - Pietro Lando - Backpack
11 Nov. 1545 - Franco Donato - Lt. Tyler
23 May 1553 - Francesco Venier - Norgesvenn (for H_S)
2 June 1556 - Laurenti Priuli - Warspite (sub for pds)
17 Aug.1559 - Girolamo Priuli - Edgar Francis I
4 Nov. 1567 - Pietro Loredan - Peter Ebbesen (sub for Ariel)
5 May 1570 - Alvise Mocenigo I - Rictus
4 June 1577 - Sebastiano Venier - Peter Ebbesen (sub for Ariel)
3 Mar. 1578 - Niccoló da Ponte - Misha
30 July 1585 - Pasquale Cicogna - Backpack & Norgesvenn
4 Apr. 1595 - Marino Grimani - Storey
25 Dec. 1605 - Leonardo Loredano II - Wasa
16 July 1612 - Marco Memo - Lt. Tyler
31 Oct. 1615 - Giovanni Bembo - The Hawk
16 Mar. 1618 - Niccoló Donato - Lord Durham
9 May 1618 - Antonio Priulo - Dan Cook
12 Aug.1623 - Franco Centurioni - Lt. Tyler
6 Dec. 1624 - Giovanni Cornari I - The Hawk
23 Dec. 1629 - Niccoló Centurioni - Misha
2 Apr. 1631 - Franco Erizzo - Lt. Tyler
3 Jan. 1646 - Franco Molino - Valandil
27 Feb.1655 - Carlo Contarini - Warspite (sub for pds)
1 May 1656 - Franco Cornello - Lord Durham
5 June 1656 - Bertuccio Valiero - Backpack
29 Mar. 1658 - Giovanni Pesaro - Wasa
30 Sept. 1659 - Domenic Contarini - Valandil
26 Jan. 1675 - Niccoló Sagredo - Sharur
14 Aug.1676 - Alvise Contarini - Norgesvenn (for H_S)
15 Jan. 1684 - Marco Giustiniani - Misha
23 Mar. 1688 - Franco Morosini - Baron Jukaga
6 Jan. 1694 - Sylvester Valiero - Wasa
7 July 1700 - Alvise Mocenigo II - The Hawk
6 May 1709 - Giovanni Cornari II - Misha
12 Aug.1722 - Alvise Mocenigo III - Baron Jukaga
21 May 1732 - Carlo Ruzzini - Norgesvenn (for H_S)
5 Jan. 1735 - Alvise Pisani - Sharur
17 June 1741 - Pietro Grimani - Rictus
7 Mar. 1752 - Franco Loredano - Sharur
19 May 1762 - Marco Foscari - Edgar Francis I
31 Mar. 1763 - Alvise Mocenigo IV - Warspite (sub for pds)
31 Dec. 1778 - Paulo Rainiero - Wasa
18 Feb.1789 - Luigi Manin - Peter Ebbesen (sub for Ariel)
12 May 1789 - Mystery Doge - Lord Durham
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