[MOD] After the End: Essex County

[Voyent]

After the End: Essex County (Pre-Alpha)
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"In the many years since the Event, the only prevailing ruler of the land once called America has been chaos and chaos alone, as all who challenge its influence soon meet their end at the hands of others or of nature itself. However, things are beginning to change. The dust has settled, and a new dawn has come over much of old America. Here in what was once the area of Essex in the old Commonwealth of Massachusetts, just north of the great antediluvian city of Boston, local leaders have begun to arise. Neighborhood by neighborhood, these leaders come in all forms yet all seek to salvage some form of life as it was. Though the challenges to come for these new leaders are numerous, it does seem to be the dawn of a new age, after the end..."

A total conversion mod over a year in the making that is a microcosmic prequel of After the End, set in old Essex County, MA during the the days not too long after the great cataclysm. Small groups control neighborhood-sized territories within the small region, with prosperity and titles relativized. Start date is 2150 A.D. and end date is 2600 A.D.

Current Requirements

• Crusader Kings II (2.7.1)
• The Republic (for merchant republics)
• Reaper's Due (special traits)

Priority Recommended (ALL for best results)

• Monks and Mystics
• Celtic Portraits (full experience)
  
• Iberian Portraits (full experience)
• Monks and Mystics Content Pack (full experience)
• Reaper's Due Content Pack (full experience)

Spoiler: Screenshots

Added:

• Functional 189-province map of Essex County, with full titles and COAs.
• Playable characters for each playable province.
• New dynasties, COAs, cultures, name lists.
• New music soundtrack.
• Salem Witches.

To Be Added/Fixed:

• Event Glitches/Crashes.
  
• Lore-relevant events and decisions.
• Unique religions.
• Spooky Lore (Secret Societies and Lovecraft)
• Melting Pot Events

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[The Great Dictator]

AtE is definitely my favorite new setting mod for CK2, hands down, so it's always great to see some other mods based off it emerge! I especially like that it's set not to long after the Event.

An interesting choice for a small, focused map too, what's the inspiration? Are you a local? Do you have any intentions to expand the map slightly? It makes sense to have it small; realistically speaking if this takes place not long after the end, much of the world would still likely be uninhabited waste.

 

[Voyent]

AtE is definitely my favorite new setting mod for CK2, hands down, so it's always great to see some other mods based off it emerge! I especially like that it's set not to long after the Event.

An interesting choice for a small, focused map too, what's the inspiration? Are you a local? Do you have any intentions to expand the map slightly? It makes sense to have it small; realistically speaking if this takes place not long after the end, much of the world would still likely be uninhabited waste.

Yes I am a local, which was the primary inspiration. I have thought of eventually extending the map to either Rockingham County, NH, Middlesex County, MA or even Suffolk County (Boston would be a mess of a place, which is why the Archbishop of Boston had to flee north to Lawrence), though an expansion would be far off as events/decisions still need an overhaul.

 

[The Great Dictator]

Cool, I'm interested to see what comes! The small size and your knowledge of the area will let you add all kinds of flavor and detail, which would be lost in a bigger project. It's a good idea, better to have something small and focused, than something over-ambitious and hollow.

 

[EmperorG]

While I like the idea of a smaller and more detailed map focusing on a compact location, I'm worried its a little too small of an area to focus on, I mean does it even have any religiouns outside of the Christian group aside from Occultist?

What about cultures? Does it have more than just Yankee to play as?

 

[Voyent]

While I like the idea of a smaller and more detailed map focusing on a compact location, I'm worried its a little too small of an area to focus on, I mean does it even have any religiouns outside of the Christian group aside from Occultist?

What about cultures? Does it have more than just Yankee to play as?

For religions, yes most will be Christian at start with Occultism gaining ground. I'm looking to add Judaism as well though, and possibly some Rust Cultist around Lynn, Lawrence, and Haverhill. Maybe some splinter groups of Occultism too. It is not meant to have a million religions though.

For cultures, they will be split at start into ethnic groups (currently English, Irish, French, Italian, Hispanic, and Afro-American). It is planned that through melting pot events with invaders and each other they will turn into "Yankees."

An invader group I'd really like to implement would be one from the Deep of the Atlantic... but I'd need new portrait artwork for that.

 

[NHWoody]

I dig it. I'm up in Amherst, NH. Howdy neighbor!

 

[vinnypatapov]

This is a really cool idea. I think ck2 could potentially work well for microcosmic maps like this.

 

[TwixtWays]

I'm currently in the planning phases for a mod that also takes place on a fairly small scale, so I'm interested to see how this turns out. It also sounds pretty cool; I enjoy AtE. Cheers!

 

[Whitewolf1997]

Any updates?

 

[Toa Kraka]

Any updates?

Protip: If you click on a username, you usually can see the last time that that user accessed the forum.

 

[ZeRedleg]

Damn its been a month.