Proposal for Aberrated North, Central America and Caribbean

[MattyG]

Hi,

I have prepared a lengthy text file with a proposal for Aberrating North America, Central America and the Caribbean. It's a bit more than just a proposal, as it contains lengthy event, monarch and leader lists, especially for the key countries Maya and Navajo.

I do not have authority for posting attachments, so perhaps I can supply it to one of the administrators to do this? Other ideas?

Regards,

Matty

 

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I'd be interested in reading this!

 

[unmerged(1047)]

I'd be interested in seeing at least a boiled-down summary so we have some idea what we're talking about....

Also... I would suggest not increasing (and if possible decreasing) the number of occupied coastal provinces, particularly on the eastern side, so as to allow for colonialism.

 

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Very keen to read this. Does the aberation make the Native empires a little stronger, or is it an aberation of the traditional colonial events?

 

[unmerged(38537)]

This could be nice... Write something more about your plans or show the map.

 

[MattyG]

Introduction

All,

Below is the introduction from the original file, and then I'll follow that with the files for each of the Aberrated countries.

In response to Sheridan's comments, I'd be happy to see the Lenape removed and turned into 'terra nulius', but in General I feel strongly that the Europeans need more challenges to colonization, not fewer.

To MAs comments, there is no map. I'm not a modder, just a player with some ideas. You will have to imagine the map for yourself, I'm afraid.

I know there's a lot to read here, but I think you will find it worthwhile.

Matty




Proposal for Aberrated North and Central America and the Caribbean




Currently, European invasion and colonization of the New World is a relatively uneventful affair. What action there is comes from other European powers. The map is known, the riches are known, the enemy is known and it all unfolds in a more-or-less predictable manner (as well as much faster than it should). In Aberrating the New World I hope to slow down the pace of colonisation, and to enhance its variety and challenge.

The following proposal for Aberrating this part of the world is to increase the scope of action and variety in the New World. I have drafted some histories and the key events and individuals that represent this alternative history. In drafting this proposal I was guided by two main considerations. The first was to enliven the character of the pagan nations so they were less ‘cookie-cutter’ same. The second was to focus on how these cultures might respond to the Europeans and their military and cultural challenge (in ways other than conceding defeat and dying of disease).

The concept is by no means complete, despite the level of detail presented here. More could be done with the native groups on the eastern seaboard, perhaps a strengthening of Lenape, creating another sea-going culture there like the changes for the Maya.

This Aberration can be summarized as follows

1. Reflect the real impact of European diseases

I chose to do this by creating new Epochal Events, to ensure that the impact is tied to provinces, not nations. This means that disease will ravage Tenochtitlan whether or not the Aztec Empire still exists. However, each epochal event triggers a corresponding political event that is nation specific, if the nation still exists.

2. Gently Aberrate some nations

I have given the Iroquois a little more deserved military challenge, and reversed roles between the Aztec and Zapotec. Enough to make the interactions with these groups less predictable.

3. Heavily Aberrate two nations

I took the Navajo and the Maya and significantly re-wrote their history. These two are as Aberrated as it gets, and unashamedly so. The goals here are to provide greater challenge and interest to the player of European colonisers, and to create New World countries that are themselves intriguing to play. I can honestly see both of these as being worthy of multiplayer attention. Unlike the normal pagan nations, the Maya and Navajo present enough of a military challenge to the size of early exploring flotillas and armies, that players may find it more worth their while to negotiate with these groups.

In addition to whatever modifications others in the community may wish to make, there are definitely two significant tasks remaining. The first is to extend the death dates of these nations longer. Personally, I feel they need to be extended to 1820 (or beyond for compatability with Victoria). At the very least for Maya and Navajo.

The second is to solve the Mayan naval question. I am dead against Aberrating the new World such that it no longer has the whiteman drawback. This adds great character to the region. How then to permit the Maya to have and build ships? It’s one thing to begin the game with them, another to enable to construct new units. The most likely solution would be to have an event which triggers when the Maya have one or less naval unit, which then allows them to build one or two additional units. This event would need to trigger each an every time, and have a death date for whenever their normal ability to build ships commences. Sound like complicated scripting.

The events, leaders and monarch are presented in text format only for three reasons.
First, I don’t know how to write code. Second, it’s all a lot easier to read and digest in normal English. Finally, it makes more sense to code all this once the ideas have been accepted and given their inevitable mutations.

 

[MattyG]

Aberrated Maya

Aberrated Mayan History

Mayan history began to diverge in the early1100s with the invention of superior ocean going vessels. By 1250, the Maya had explored most of the Caribbean and under Balam Xiu began colonizing the islands. The fertile soils and sources for sacrificial offerings (each island’s native inhabitants) ensured the Maya continued to hop from island to island. The Maya grew powerful and began a campaign to conquer the Zapotec, but met with defeat at the hands of Cuautemoc the Great. By 1419, the Zapotec had conquered most of the traditional Mayan lands and only the Yucatan region remained independent.

Mayan Set-up

Provinces

Yucatan pop 20000 & Capital 1 warship
Havana pop 7000
Moron pop 5000
Guantanamo 15000 2 warships
Les Cayes 5000
Tortuga 3000
Barahona 1000
Jamaica 1500
Puerto Rico 1000
Curacao 2000
Maracaibo 3000
Tocuvo 2000

• No units at start
• DP sliders set to ARIS 9, CENT 1, INNO 3, MERC 5, OFF 6, LAND 4, QUAL 2, SERF 9.
• Relation with Zapotec –50
• Cores on Campeche, Tehuacan and Guatemala.

Additional known territories

Everglades, Seminole, Talahassee, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Antigua, St Thomas, St Martin, Gulf of Mexico, Yucatan Sea, Belize Bay, Mosquitos Coast, Gulf of Darien, Caribbean Sea, Greater Antillas, Jamaican Sea, Venezuelan Sea, Lesser Antillas, Straights of Puerto Rico, Tortuga Island, Florida Straights, Cape Canaveral, Tampa Bay.

Mayan Events

Title: Napot Xiu Moves the capital to Otzimo
Trigger: December 18 1493
Flavour text: The ancient capital at Chichen Itza had long waned in size and influence within the kingdom, surpassed by the safety and wealth on the island of Jit Zi (modern day Cuba). With the increasing threat from Zapotec and the new travellers from across the sea, Napot Xiu formally moved his palace and administration. The event was heralded by positive omens and proceeded with great pageantry.
Effects: Captial shifts from Yucatan to Guantanamo; Centralization +1; Stability +1; -50 ducats; Offensive Doctrine –1; Land –1; Yucatan –3000 pop; Guantanamo +3000 pop.

Title Cocom Xiu confronts the Invaders
Trigger: Monarch is Cocom Xiu AND war between Maya and Eire, Brittany, Granada or Scotland (and others?).
Flavour text: Unlike his uncle Napot Xiu, Cocom Xiu was not a traditionalist, and often fought against the restrictions of the priests and the dictates of conventional culture. The commencement of hostilities with the Europeans represented a serious enough threat to enable him to enact changes in Mayan culture that would be far reaching … if only they were able to survive.
Effects: Gain 5 Warships; gain 5000 inf; wakeleader Zumot (admiral); Stability –2; treasury +100, inflation +2; quality +1; Land –1; Offensive Doctrine +2; wakeevent Cocom Xiu Triumphant!

Title: Cocom Xiu Triumphant!
Trigger: Monarch Cocom Xiu AND not war between Maya and Eire, Scotland, Brittany or Granada AND control of five core provinces.
Flavour text: Despite superior European technology, Cocom Xiu’s charismatic leadership and the tactical genius of Zumot wore down the invading fleets and armies. The Europeans proposed peace, and decided to treat the Mayans as equals (at least for now). Cocom Xiu’s victory gave him the authority to advance his desired changes to Mayan culture. It opened a period of sustained growth in learning and trade for the Maya, and access to the markets and knowledge of Europe.
Effects: Aristocracy –2; Serfdom –2; Infra +1000; Trade +1000; Naval tech +1000; techgroup becomes Chinese; Stability +3.

Title: Trade and Missionaries
Trigger: June 6, 1604
Flavour text: With trade becoming of increasing significance for the Europeans, religious leaders began to demand that the savages of the new world be exposed to religious teaching of the west, not just its economy. The colonial governor has presented you with an ultimatum. How will you respond?
Effects Option A Open the Maya to Trade and Religion: Stability –1; RR +2 for 120; Centralization –1; wakeevent Europeanisation of the Maya.
Effects Option B We Will Not Be Dictated To!: Stability +1; Centralization +2.

Title: Europeanization of the Maya
Trigger: February 12 1625, Trade And Missionaries Option A
Flavour text: The opening of Mayan society to greater trade and religious instruction has brought significant change. Which of the competing missionaries will we listen to?
Effects Option A The Sunni Imams: Stability –3; RR +3 for 60; Remove CoT from Atlixco; add CoT to Guantanamo; change religion to Sunni; conversions X 3.
Effects Option B The Catholic Fathers: Stability –3; RR +3 for 60; Remove CoT from Atlixco; add CoT to Guantanamo; change religion to Cathloic; conversions X 3.
Effects Option C The Protestant Ministers: Stability –3; RR +3 for 60; Remove CoT from Atlixco; add CoT to Guantanamo; change religion to Protestant; conversions X 3.
Effects Option D The Reformist Reverends: Stability –3; RR +3 for 60; Remove CoT from Atlixco; add CoT to Guantanamo; change religion to Reformed; conversions X 3.

Title: Revolts of the Coatlists
Trigger: Europeanization of the Maya, March 1, 1630
Flavour text: Incensed at their loss of influence, many of the pagan priests fomented rebellion against the monarch and the new religion. This culminated in a series of uprisings across the kingdom in 1630.
Effects: Revolt in 4 random provinces; RR +2 for 12.

Title: The College of Al-Badajoz
Trigger: Europeanization of the Maya Option A, September 1 1638
Flavour text: Musraf Pancho Al-Badajoz was a wealthy Granadan merchant from Badajoz whose riches had been made in the New World. Following the Coatlist revolts and for the glory of Allah, he used his gold at the end of his days for the building of a great university. It was built in Guantanamo to strengthen islam among the Maya and encourage scholars from Europe to soread the learning of the west.
Effects: Treasury –200; Infra + 1000, change techgroup to Muslim; +3 missionaries.

Title: The Madness of Xbalanque
Trigger: August 1, 1658
Flavour text: Xbalanque was insane and in his short reign plundered the Maya treasury to fund extravagant parties and bizarre festivals. He expelled foreign merchants and was on the brink of declaring war against both Brittany and Eire when he died suddenly (believed to be after drinking blood laced with poison.)
Effects: Stability –3; Treasury –500; losemanufactory; RR+3 for 49 mo; relation with Brittany –100; relation with Eire –100; Trade –500; Infra –500; Inflation +3.

Title: Death of Xbalanque
Trigger: September 16, 1662
Flavour text: The death of Xbalanque was greeted by many with relief, except that he had died unmarried and without an heir. Many claimed the throne and the Maya were in turmoil for months as business, religious and military leaders gave their support to various candidates.
Effects: Stability –2; RR+2 for 19 mo.

Title: The Serpent Queen
Trigger: March 5, 1664
Flavour text: Emerging from the shadows of her brother’s madness and female subservience, Ix’iloom proved both cunning and charismatic. She quickly built an alliance to support her ascndency. Her clever diplomacy, fashion sense and penchant for machinations would earn her the title The Serpent Queen. She took as her consorts military leaders and it is said that she ensured that she bore only daughters, and that her daughters bore only daughters, beginning a line of female rules that would last for over a century.
Effects: RR+1 for 24.

Title: Mercantile Reforms of Ix’iloom
Trigger: January 1, 1669, CoT in Guantanamo
Flavour text: The years of Xbalanque’s madness followed a period of rapid growth in the size and dynamism of European colonial and mercantile activity in the region. Even as Ix’iloom consolidates her authority, many foreign merchants have left Guantanamo and the Maya are likely to lose their position in the trading world. Attracting merchants back to Guantanamo will require building a safer port, fighting piracy and providing attractive concessions. Other advisors urge you to instead support manufacturing of products for trade in Europe. How should the Queen respond?
Effects Option A Make Guantanamo a Merchant’s Paradise: Stability –1; Treasury –500; Trade +500; Mercantilism -3; Inflation –3; Innovative +1; Aristocracy –1; Merchants +6; Fortress in Guantanamo +1; base tax value in Guantanamo –1; gain 5 warships in Guantanamo.
Effects Option B Focus on Building A Production Economy: Stability +1; Treasury –200, Inflation –1; lose CoT; gain refinery in random province; base tax value in Guantanamo +1; Innovative +1; Infra +500; Aristocracy –1.

Title: The Great Works of Ix’iloom
Trigger: January 1, 1677
Flavour text: Having consolidated her authority through swift repression of revolt and a rejuvenated economy, Ix’ilom embarked upon a program of construction and reform that ushered in cultural revival and sustained economic recovery for the Maya.
Effects: Stability +1; Treasury –300; base tax value in 3 random provinces; Centralization +1; fortress in random province +1; Serfdom –1; Infra +500; Inflation –2.

Title: Effects of the Gallic Wars
Trigger: The Infidel King, Maya is Catholic/Protestant/Reformed and not at war
Flavour text: The great war in France between Granada and the Christians has inflamed the New World as well. Our Christian brothers demand that we join them in expelling the Sunnis from the New World.
Effects Option A Support the War: Stability +1; war versus Granada; relationship with Brittany +150, Savoy +150, Burgundy +150; wakeleader Tohil; wakeleader Acan.
Effects Option B This is Europe’s War: Relation Brittany –100; relation Savoy –100; relation Burgundy –100; sleepleader Tohil; sleepleader Acan.

Title: Effects of the Gallic Wars
Trigger: The Infidel King, Maya is Sunni and not at war with Granada
Flavour text: The great war in France between Granada and the Christians has inflamed the New World as well. Our Sunni brothers demand that we join them in this Jihad.
Effects Option A Support the War: Stability +1; gain alliance with Granada; relationship with Granada; wakeleader Tohil; wakeleader Acan.
Effects Option B This is Europe’s War: Relation Granada –100; sleep leader Tohil; sleep leader Acan.

Title: The Reconquest of the Peninsula
Trigger: Not control of three of Campeche, Yucatan, Guatemala and Tehuacan, AND three of Eire, Scotland, Brittany and Granada are at war AND Maya not at war AND between dates January 1 1650 and January 1 1720.
Flavour text: The Mayan rulers have always longed to reconquer the Mayan lands ceded to the Zapotec during the time of Cuautemoc. With the Europeans engaged in wars, the time appears ripe to reconquer our hereditary lands and liberate the Mayan peoples.
Effects Option A Start the Reconquest: Stability –1; Treasury –300; gain 3000 cavalry; gain 2000 artillery; gain 10000 infantry; Innovative –1; Offensive +1.
Effects Option B Our People Have Taken a New Path: lose cores on Tehuacan, Campeche and Guatemala; Stability +1; Innovative +1; Offensive –1; Infra +500.

Title: A Mayan Empire?
Trigger: The Reconquest of the Peninsula Option A AND control of three of Yucatan, Campeche, Tehuacan and Guatemala AND between dates January 1 1650 and January 1 1720.
Flavour text: Following the successful Reconquest of the mainland, many within the court urged the monarch to pursue an empire throughout the Caribbean, claiming all the islands for the Maya.
Effects Option A Our Kingdom is the Caribbean: Stability –1; Offensive +1; gain cores on Martinique, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Antigua, St Thomas, St Martin.
Effects Option B We Will Focus on A Trade Empire: Mercantilism –1; Centralization +1; Merchants +6.

Title: Campeche is ours again!
Trigger: Control of Campeche between dates January 1 1650 and January 1 1720
Flavour text: We have regained our ancient province of Campeche!
Effects: Stability +1; change province culture to Maya.

Title: Guatemala is ours again!
Trigger: Control of Guatemala between dates January 1 1650 and January 1 1720
Flavour text: We have regained our ancient province of Guatemala!
Effects: Stability +1; change province culture to Maya.

Title: Tehuacan is ours again!
Trigger: Control of Tehuacan between dates January 1 1650 and January 1 1720
Flavour text: We have regained our ancient province of Tehuacan!
Effects: Stability +1; change province culture to Maya.

Title: The False King
Trigger: Monarch is Abdul, July 17 1749.
Flavour text: Although a charming and effective diplomat, the third queen, Ixtel largely ignored her country and spent much of her time in Europe at foreign courts. This led eventually to her rule being challenged at home. In July of 1749, general Abdul Nixtotl led a coup and proclaimed himself king.!
Effects: Stability -5; RR +4 for 50; gain 5000 Infantry; revolt in Guatemala; revolt in 1 random; Centralization +1; Serfdom +1; Land +1; Innovative –1.

Title: Return of the Queen
Trigger: September 3, 1753
Flavour text: With the death of general Abdul, Ixtel was able to return from exile in Europe. In her remaining years, she remained in the Caribbean and travelled regularly among her people.
Effects: Stability +2; Serfdom –1; lose 6 diplomats.

Title: Smallpox Devastates the Maya
Trigger: Smallpox Arrives in the Caribbean
Flavour text: The influx of smallpox has wreaked havoc in our kingdom! The dead are many and the very fabric of our society has been impacted. Curse the Europeans!
Effects: Stability –3; monarch stats –2/-2/-2 for 60.

Mayan Leader Stats

Monarch Cocom Xiu is 6/7/8 1536 to 1579
Monarch Hunab Ku is 8/5/5 from 1579 to 1595
Monarch Ixtab Ku is 5/5/4 from 1595 to 1606
Monarcg Cocom Ku is 4/3/4 from 1606 to 1609
Monarch Chamer is 8/5/8 from 1609 to 1642
Monarch Yum Caax is 7/6/6 from 1642 to 1647
Monarch Tepen Caax is 3/5/4 from 1647 to 1658
Monarch Xbalanque is 2/2/2 from 1658 to September 16 1662
Monarch Turmoil is 1/1/1 from September 16 1662 to March 11 1664
Monarch Ix’iloom is 7/8/7 from March 11 1664 to 1711 female
Monarch Ah Peku is 6/4/3 from 1711 to 1732 female
Monarch Ixtel is 8/2/2 from 1732 to July 17 1749 female
Monarch Abdul is 3/8/5 from July 17 1749 to September 3 1753
Monarch Ixtel is 4/2/7 from September 3 1753 to December 12 1755 female
Monarch Ix’iloom II is 3/7/4 from December 12 1755 to 1760 female
Monarch Ghanan is 4/8/5 from 1760 to 1771
Monarch Balam is 4/4/5 from 1771 to 1800
Monarch Cauac is 7/5/6 from 1800 to 1823

General Cocom Xiu is 4/3/3 1536 to 1570
General Ah Tabai is 3/4/4 1568 to 1575
General Xiulixi is 3/1/3 1590 to 1609
General Bolontiku is 4/4/5 1667 to 1695
General Acan is 3/3/4 1700 to 1715
General Abdul is 4/3/4 July 17 1749 to September 3 1753
General Muzencab is 5/4/3 1753 to 1761

Conquistador Ekchuah is 3/3/3 1615 to 1622

Admiral Zumot is 6/3/5 1536 to 1570
Admiral Mulac is 5/2/3 1555 to 1567
Admiral Vucub is 4/4/4 1588 to 1602
Admiral Kabrakan is 3/2/3 1607 to 1620
Admiral Peku is 2/3/2 1631 to 1648
Admiral Xtoltec is 3/1/2 1642 to 1658
Admiral Naum is 3/5/4 1661 to 1679
Admiral Tohil is 5/4/3 1700 to 1720
Admiral Tlacolotl is 3/4/4 1758 to 1769

Explorer Ah Ciliz is 3/2/3 1555 to 1568
Explorer Vucub is 4/4/4 1584 to 1588

 

[MattyG]

Zapotec stuff

Aberrated Zapotec History

The Aberrated history of the Zapotec commences in 1350. For many years the repressed vassals of the Aztecs or Maya, the Zaptotec revolted under the leadership of Cuauhtemoc and over a period of 40 years came to dominate the Aztecs, and conquered much land from the Maya. By 1419, the Zapotec are the masters of their world, but are consumed with ritual sacrifice. By the time of European exploration, the Zapotec may not possess the innovation needed to respond to their challenges.

Zapotec Set-up

Atlixco 20000 is capital
Campeche 5000 culture is Maya
Guatemala 5000 culture is Maya
Tehuacan 8000 culture is Maya
Tehuantepec 6000
Tlaxcala 12000
Michoacan 5000 culture is Aztec
Jalisco 5000 culture is Aztec

• Add CoT to Atlixco
• Aztec is a vassal
• Alliance with Aztec
• Royal Marriage with Aztec
• Relation with Aztec –150
• Relation with Maya –50
• DP sliders set to ARIS 10, CENT 2, INNO 1, MERC 5, OFF 10, LAND 10, QUAL 3, SERF 10.
• Has cores only on Atlixco, Tehuantepec and Tlaxcala.
• Additional known provinces are Gulf of Mexico, Yucatan Sea, Belize Bay, Mosquitos Coast, Gulf of Darien, Caribbean Sea, Greater Antillas, Jamaican Sea, Venezuelan Sea, Lesser Antillas, Straights of Puerto Rico, Tortuga Island, Florida Straights, Havana, Moron, Guantanamo, Les Cayes, Tortuga, Barahona and Jamaica.


Zapotec Events

Title: Smallpox Devastates the Zapotec
Trigger: Smallpox Arrives in Central America
Flavour text: The influx of smallpox has wreaked havoc in our kingdom! The dead are many and the very fabric of our society has been impacted. Curse the Europeans!
Effects: Stability –3; monarch stats –2/-2/-2 for 60.


Title:
Trigger:
Flavour text:
Effects:

Zapotec Leader Stats

Monarch Nahuel is 4/6/4 to January 13, 1460
Monarch Atlaua is 4/4/5 to May 6, 1477
Monarch Cipactli is 6/5/5 to May 16, 1490
Monarch Cipactli II is 7/8/6 to September 2, 1508
Monarch Ixtliton is 3/4/3 to August 25, 1526
Monarch Mixcoatl is 4/3/2 to January 6, 1529
Monarch Nagual is 5/4/6 to September 1, 1548
Monarch Nagual II is 6/7/4 to January 27, 1577
Monarch Nagual III is 5/2/2 to November 3, 1581
Monarch Yaotl is 6/5/6 to June 12, 1608
Monarch Nahuel II is 5/5/7 to June 23, 1640
Monarch Nayeli is 4/4/6 to May 5, 1667 female
Monarch Coatlicue is 5/3/8 to February 16, 1700
Monarch Amimitl is 6/4/5 to April 19, 1723
Monarch Amimitl II is 8/5/5 to July 4, 1760
Monarch Coatlicue II is 3/4/4 to October 8, 1771
Monarch Nahuel III is 5/6/5 to November 20, 1798
Monarch Ehecatl is 7/7/5 to January 14, 1815
Monarch Ehecatl II is 5/8/4 to September 2, 1840

General Nahuel is 3/4/4 March 1, 1426 to December 14, 1457.

 

[MattyG]

Aztec Stuff

Aberrated Aztec History

The Aberrated history of the Zapotec commences in 1350. For many years the repressed vassals of the Aztecs or Maya, the Zaptotec revolted under the leadership of Cuauhtemoc and conquered the Aztecs. Vassals now to the Zapotec king, the Aztecs wait for the opportunity for revenge.

Aztec Set-up

Saltillo 5000
Tenochtitlan 25000

• Remove CoT from Tenochtitlan
• Is vassal of Zapotec
• Alliance with Zapotec
• Royal marriage with Zapotec
• Grants Military Access to Zapotec
• Relation with Zapotec –150
• DP sliders set to ARIS 8, CENT 1, INNO 1, MERC 5, OFF 4, LAND 10, QUAL 3, SERF 8.
• Cores also on Michoacan and Jalisco.
• Additional known provinces are Gulf of Mexico, Yucatan Sea, Belize Bay, Mosquitos Coast, Gulf of Darien, Caribbean Sea, Greater Antillas, Jamaican Sea, Venezuelan Sea, Lesser Antillas, Straights of Puerto Rico, Tortuga Island, Florida Straights, Havana, Moron, Guantanamo, Les Cayes, Tortuga, Barahona and Jamaica.


Aztec Events

Title: Smallpox Devastates the Aztec
Trigger: Smallpox Arrives in the Mexican Basin
Flavour text: The influx of smallpox has wreaked havoc in our kingdom! The dead are many and the very fabric of our society has been impacted. Curse the Europeans!
Effects: Stability –3; monarch stats –2/-2/-2 for 60.

The following event exists in the files for each of Eire, Scotland, Brittany and Granada.

Title: An Offer from the Pagan King
Trigger: Ownership of Rio Grande or Tampico, Aztec exists, Zapotec exists.
Flavour text: The arrival of the white gods in the New World offered to the Aztec king a chance to rise up against the Zapotec overlords. The kings has offered his treasury of gold in exchange for guns and troops to fight their enemies.
Effects Option A Accept the Offer: trigger Aztec event, A Deal with the White Gods; Treasury +500; lose 1000 artillery, lose 1000 infantry; gain war with Zapotec; relation with Aztec +100; sleep corresponding events for other three Europeans.
Effects Option B Reject the Offer: nothing

Option A would trigger the following Aztec event/ Note that the treasury loss size and infantry increase size reflects the relative values of gold and armaments to the other culture.

Title: A Deal with the White Gods
Trigger: Eire, Brittany, Scotland or Granadan event An Offer from the Pagan King, Option A
Flavour text: The king has beseeched the white gods from across the seas for aid in a war against the Zapotec. He has promised much of his personal gold and jewels for their aid and weapons and they have accepted!
Effects: gain 1000 artillery; gain 1000 cavalry; gain 4 000 infantry; treasury –50; Offensive +1; Quality +2.


Aztec Leader Stats

Monarch Chalmecatl is 4/6/3 to October 12, 1428
Monarch Itzcoliuhqui is 6/4/4 to May 27, 1441
Monarch Tepeyollotl is 5/7/6 to June 2, 1450
Monarch Tonacatecuhtli is 4/3/3 to June 8, 1457
Monarch Huitzilopochtli is 7/8/8 to December 15, 1472
Monarch Ciuateoteo is 7/3/5 to April 20, 1483
Monarch Camaxtli is 5/5/4 to November 6, 1505
Monarch Atlahua is 4/6/6 to January 17, 1522
Monarch Yiacatecuhtli is 6/3/7 to March 1, 1538
Monarch Tzitzimime is 8/5/4 to September 3, 1549
Monarch Xipe Totec is 3/4/4 to July 12, 1567
Monarch Acolmiztli is 5/3/5 to October 24, 1580
Monarch Chalmecatl II is 3/7/3 to December 29, 1598
Monarch Opochtli is 5/3/8 to February 5, 1640
Monarch Opochtli II is 6/6/6 to May 9, 1652
Monarch Opochtli III is 4/6/5 to October 2, 1670
Monarch Tlahuixcalpantecuhtli is 9/6/6 to January 3, 1682
Monarch Tonatiuh is 6/7/4 to January 7, 1706
Monarch Tloque Nahuaque is 2/3/2 to March 28, 1720
Monarch Chalchiuhtlatonal is 3/3/5 to May 13, 1736
Monarch Cinteotl is 6/5/6 to November 14, 1760
Monarch Cinteotl II is 7/5/5 to April 25, 1786
Monarch Ah Toltecat is 4/6/7 to August 21, 1804
Monarch Ah Toltecat II is 6/7/6 to March 1, 1830

 

[MattyG]

Iroquois stuff

Aberrated Iroquois History

The Aberrated history of the Iroquois is not different from that of the real Iroquois. However, their response to European involvement in North America has been considered and possible alternate paths can be chosen for them.

The Iroquois events allow for the emergence of a significant war leader in either the periods before and after Haio-hwa'tha (Hiawatha). During this period, the option exists for greater diplomatic leverage. Later, the Iroquois can decide to meet the European challenge by adapting elements of their culture.


Iroquois Set Up

Change the monarch file to include only one monarch. From my limited understanding of Iroquois history, they never really had a monarch as we would know it. No one chief. Instead, they have the Five Nation’s Council and a constitution which bound them together.

Iroquois Events

Title: Mahnutatse Rallies the Tribes
Trigger: War between Iroquois and any major European nation during Mahnutatse’s lifetime, 1515 - 1566
Flavour text: When the inevitable hostilities opened between the new Europeans and the Iroquois, Mahnutatse did not accept the dithering of the elders, and instead began to quickly gather many warriors to his cause to fight, rather than negotiate.
Effects: Offensive Doctrine +1; wakeleader Mahnutatse gain alliances with Huron; gain 5000 infantry; sleep event Motega Rallies the Tribes.

Title: Mahnutatse Repels the Europeans
Trigger: Not war with any European, Mahnutatse exists AND control over three select provinces.
Flavour text: Following from his victory over the well armed European troops, Mahnutatse uses his influence to make himself chief of his people. However, the cost of his victory would be to reinforce traditional Iroquois ways and to only forestall his people’s inevitable confrontation with the modern world.
Effects: Stability +3; inflation –3; Centralisation +2; Infra –300; Trade –300.

Title: Negotiations of Haio-hwa'tha
Trigger: War between Iroquois and any major European nation during Haio-hwa'tha’s lifetime 1566 and 1600.
Flavour text: When the inevitable hostilities opened between the new Europeans and the Iroquois, Hiawatha determined to convince the Europeans that the Iroquois would make better allies and trading partners than enemies. If they could not be persuaded, then Hiawatha would use his guile to defeat them.
Effects Option A Negotiate: trigger event The General Made Peace
Effects Option B Confront: trigger event Outflanked by Hiawatha! Gain 1 cavalry, lose 1 infantry, +15 VP; somehow sleep future occurances of Negoatiations of Haio-hwa'tha.

Title: Outflanked by Haio-hwa'tha!
Trigger: for Eire, Brittany, Grenada, Burgundy, Hansa and Scotland; Event Negotiations of Hiawatha Option B AND war exists versus Iroquois.
Flavour text: We’ve been outflanked by the clever Haio-hwa'tha! He and his men have captured a major fort, destroying supplies and munitions and capturing horses. Our troops are made a laughing stock.
Effects: lose 3 artillery; lose 1 cavalry; lose 1 infantry, -15 VP.

Title: The General Made Peace
Trigger: for Eire, Brittany, Grenada, Burgundy, Hansa and Scotland; Event Negotiations of Haio-hwa'tha Option A AND war exists versus Iroquois
Flavour text: Iroquois chief Hiawatha moved swiftly to negotiate with our general in the field. So far from Europe, he became convinced that war with the Iroquois was not in our best interest, and has instead made a favourable peace with them.
Effects: peace with Iroquois; +50 ducats (from gifts and new trade); relation with Iroquois +200.

Title: Motega Rallies the Tribes
Trigger: War between Iroquois and any major European nation during Motega’s lifetime, 1600 – 1669.
Flavour text: When the inevitable hostilities opened between the new Europeans and the Iroquois, Motega did not accept the dithering of the elders, and instead began to quickly gather many warriors to his cause to fight, rather than negotiate.
Effects: Offensive Doctrine +1; wakeleader Motega gain alliances with Huron; gain 5000 infantry.

Title: Motega Repels the Europeans
Trigger: Not war with any European, Motega exists AND control over three select provinces.
Flavour text: Following from his victory over the well armed European troops, Motega uses his influence to make himself chief of his people. However, the cost of his victory would be to reinforce traditional Iroquois ways and to only forestall his people’s inevitable confrontation with the modern world.
Effects: Stability +3; inflation –3; Centralization +2; Infra –300; Trade –300.

Title: Smallpox Cripples the Iroquois
Trigger: Smallpox Arrives in the mid-West
Flavour text: The influx of smallpox has wreaked havoc in our kingdom! The dead are many and the very fabric of our society has been impacted. Curse the Europeans!
Effects: Stability –3; monarch stats –2/-2/-2 for 60.


Iroquois Leader Stats

Monarch Five Nation’s Council is 4/6/7 from 1419 to 1815


General Mahnutatse is 5/4/5
General Haio-hwa'tha is 6/3/4/1
General Motega is 5/4/5

 

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Navajo stuff

Aberrated Navajo

By the late 9th Century, the tribes of the south-west remained numerous and were often in conflict. Among the Hopi and Navajo peoples arose leaders who brought together different tribes under their leadership, and fought for supremecy in their region. The struggle continued for over 80 years before the Navajo and their allies dominated the Hopi and their allies. Yet while the Navajo won the military and political victory, the absorbtion of Hopi ideas and aethetics would evoke profound changes in Navajo culture, language and politics. Navajo culture became less war-like and less concerned with the outside world, as much as was known of it. Had there been historians present to adequately analyse the situation, many would have argued that, in fact, the Hopi were the victors.

The 12th and 13th centuries were the flowering of Navajo culture, which began with the invention of both writing and paper production. The development of irrigated agriculture and of animal husbandry ensured rapid population growth, with large urban areas developing along the Rio Grande. The Navajo developed pottery, mathematics, astronomy and a school was established at Naltsoos-to. By the middle of the 14th century the Navaho had codified laws, a bureaucracy and government that was in part democratic, electing a leader (the Mokia) from among the elders (25 years+) each 12 years. The Navajo traded with the Aztec and Zapotek to the south and for goods from the north and west through neighbouring tribes.

Metalworking began in the mid-1300s and grew quickly to includes iron ores. As the 15th century begins, the Navajo are still grappling with the use of metals but are on the brink of significant innovation.


Navajo Set-up

Utah pop 2000
Moab pop 3000
Canyon pop 3000
Colorado pop 7000
Arizona pop 2000
Pinalero pop 19000

• Capital changed to Pinalero
• No units at start
• DP Sliders ARIS 8, CENT 4, INNO 5, MERC 5, OFF 1, LAND 10, QUAL 5, SERF 7
• Set techgroup to Chinese


Navajo Major Events


Title: The Mokia Election of 1426
Trigger: October 30, 1426
Flavour Text: Do you support Cha’akmongwi or Gad Ashkii
Effect Option A Elect Cha’akmongwi: none (Cha’akmongwi becomes monarch)
Effect Option B Elect Gad Ashkii: wakemonarch Gad Ashkii, sleep monarch Cha’akmongwi

Title: The Mokia Election of 1438
Trigger: October 30, 1438
Flavour Text: Will you support Machakw or Mojag
Effect Option A Elect Machakw: none (Machakw becomes monarch)
Effect Option B Elect Mojag: wake monarch Mojag, sleepmonarch Machakw

Title: The Mokia Election of 1450
Trigger: October 30, 1450
Flavour Text: Will you support Ahiliya or Hokee
Effect Option A Elect Ahiliya: none (Ahiliya becomes monarch)
Effect Option B Elect Hokee: wake monarch Hokee, sleep monarch Ahiliya

Title: The Mokia Election of 1459
Trigger: October 30, 1459
Flavour Text: Due to the early death of the king, the election is held in 1497. Will you support Iye or Kele
Effect Option A Elect Iye: none (Iye becomes monarch)
Effect Option B Elect Kele: wake monarch Kele, sleep monarch Iye

Title: The Mokia Election of 1471
Trigger: October 30, 1471
Flavour Text: Will you support Iye or Len Lapu
Effect Option A Elect Iye: none (Iye becomes monarch)
Effect Option B Elect Len Lapu: wake monarch Len Lapu, sleep monarch Iye

Title: The Mokia Election of 1483
Trigger: October 30, 1483
Flavour Text: Will you support Len Lapu or Masichuvio
Effect Option A Elect Len Lapu: none (Len Lapu becomes monarch)
Effect Option B Elect Masichuvio: wake monarch Masichuvio, sleep monarch Len Lapu

Title: The Mokia Election of 1495
Trigger: October 30, 1495
Flavour Text: Will you support Omawmakw or Kolichiyaw
Effect Option A Elect Omawmakw: none (Omawmakw becomes monarch)
Effect Option B Elect Kolichiyaw: wake monarch Kolichiyaw, sleep monarch Omawmakw

Title: The Mokia Election of 1497
Trigger: October 30, 1497
Flavour Text: Due to the early death of the king, the election is held in 1497. Will you support Hototo or Chuchip
Effect Option A Elect Hototo: none (Hototo becomes monarch)
Effect Option B Elect Chuchip: wake monarch Chuchip, sleep monarch Hototo

Title: Hototo Forms an Army
Trigger: Hototo is monarch
Flavour text:
Effects: Quality +1; Miltech +500; gain 1000 Infantry; manpower in Pinalero +1.

Title: The Mokia Election of 1509
Trigger: October 30, 1509
Flavour Text: Will you support Hototo or Hawiovi
Effect Option A Elect Hototo: none (Hototo becomes monarch)
Effect Option B Elect Hawiovi: wake monarch Hawiovi, sleep monarch Hototo

Title: The Mokia Election of 1521
Trigger: October 30, 1521
Flavour Text: Will you support Hototo or Kotori
Effect Option A Elect Hototo: none (Hototo becomes monarch)
Effect Option B Elect Kotori: wake monarch Kotori, sleep monarch Hototo

Title: The Mokia Election of 1527
Trigger: October 30, 1527
Flavour Text: Due to the early death of the king, the election is held in 1527. Will you support Ahiliya II or Lansa Lapu
Effect Option A Elect Ahiliya II: none (Ahiliya II becomes monarch)
Effect Option B Elect Lansa Lapu: wake monarch Lansa Lapu, sleep monarch Ahiliya II

Title: The Mokia Election of 1539
Trigger: October 30, 1539
Flavour Text: Will you support Mochni or Pachu’a
Effect Option A Elect Mochni: none (Mochni becomes monarch)
Effect Option B Elect Pachu’a: wake monarch Pachu’a, sleep monarch Mochni

Title: Yiska and the Struggle for Change
Trigger: January 1 1540.
Flavour text: Navajo culture had been for centuries relatively insular and isolated. Increasing trade with cultures to the west and south had opened many Navajo to new ideas and a desire to move beyond their traditional desert confines. Among the most vocal proponents for change was Yiska, an elder whose eventual candidacy for Mokai inspired unrest and conflict between tradition and change in the Navajo.
Effects: RR +3 for 120 months.

Title: The Mokia Election of 1551
Trigger: October 30, 1451
Flavour Text: Strong forces within Navajo society are looking for change in structure and freedom, especially an opening of the society toward greater contact with the world beyond the desert. Will you support the radical and popular Yiska or the conservative Doba?
Effect Option A Elect Yiska: none, Yiska becomes monarch.
Effect Option B Elect Doba: wake monarch Doba, sleep monarch Yiska

Title: Yiska becomes Mokai
Trigger: Monarch is Yiska, date is November 1, 1551.
Flavour Text: Yiska’s victory in the vote of 1551 divides the Navajo. Traditionalists supporting Doba threaten open rebellion if Yiska’s provocative reforms are initiated. Will you support Yiska in his aims, or advise him to moderate his plans?
Effects Option A Support Yiska: RR +2; Stability –4; Aristocracy –1; Trigger Navajo Civil War event.
Effects Option B Urge Moderation: RR +1; Stability –1; Trade +500; Infra +500. Sleep event Journeys to the Dawn and the Dusk.

Title: Doba becomes Mokai
Trigger: Doba is Monarch, date is November 1, 1551.
Flavour text: With his victory in the election of 1551, the Navajo confirm their attachment to accepted ways, and the unrest inspired by Yiska dies down.
Effects: Stability +2; Aristocracy +1; Centralization –1; Innovative –1; Trade –300.

Title: Navajo Civil War
Trigger: Yiska Becomes Mokai Option A
Flavour text: Unable to accept the election of the radical Yiska, Doba led a rebellion of the more traditional elements of Navajo society. Will you throw your support behind Doba’s rebellion, or confirm the election of Yiska?
Effects Option A: Support Yiska, continue as Navajo.
Effects Option B: Support Doba, assume alternative faction. Wakeleader Altsoba. Wakemonarch Doba.


Doba line events

Title: Doba Wins the Civil War
Trigger: Monarch Doba, control of Utah, Moab, Canyon, Colorado, Arizona and Pinalero, OR October 29 1475.
Flavour Text: With the death of Yiska and his allies, the conflict ends. Doba becomes the Mokai and confirms traditional Navajo culture.
Effects: Stability +3; Aristocracy +2; Centralization +1; Infra –500; Trade –500; sleepevent Bidziil and the Election of 1574; wakeevent Passing of Doba.

Title: Election of 1575
Trigger: October 30, 1575, monarch is Doba
Flavour text: Will you urge the elders towards the conservative Gagii or the liberal Bidziil?
Effects Option A Elect Gagii: Stability +2
Effects Option B Elect Bidziil: Stability –1; Innovative +1; Aristocracy –1; Mercantilism –1; Infra +300; Trade +300.


Yiska line events

Title: Yiska Wins the Civil War
Trigger: Monarch Yiska, and between dates November 2 1551 – October 29 1575. Control of the four core Navajo provinces.
Flavour Text: Yiska has been successful in suppressing Doba’s conservative rebellion. This has provided him with the authority to progress with his radical agenda. Yiska remains as Mokai winning subsequent elections unopposed.
Effects: Stability +1; Innovative +2; Aristocracy –1; Serfdom –1; Centralization +2; Mercantilism –1; Infra +1000; Trade +1000.

Title: Journeys to the Dawn and the Dusk
Trigger: Yiska Monarch and between dates November 13 1559 – June 1 1565
Flavour text: The Navajo had for centuries traded with the people to the South and the North but had never explored very far to the East or West of their traditional territories. With ever more stories arriving of the world beyond, and of new fair-skinned people who had arrived from across the seas, Yiska became determined to explore the world toward the rising and setting suns.
Effects: wakeleaders Bidziil and Naalyehe Ya Sidahi (both conquistadors); sleep event Passing of Yiska.

Title: Passing of Yiska
Trigger: Yiska is monarch, date is April 1, 1573.
Flavour text: Yiska dies before the election of 1575. The Council of Elders hastily arranges a new election. Yiska’s passing causes fear among many for the changes that may follow.
Effect: Trigger event Election of 1573.

Title: Election of 1573
Trigger: Passing of Yiska
Flavour text: Although the early death of a Mokia would normally mean rule by the council, the death of the powerful Yiska has left such a significant vacuum of power that the council opts to call the election early and have the new Mokia rule for almost 13 years.
Effects Option A Elect Bidziil: sleepmonarch Yiska, wakemonarch Bidziil
Effects Option B Elect Ata’halne: sleepmonarch Yiska, wakemonarch Ata’halne

Title: Yiska Relinquishes Power
Trigger: Yiska monarch, Journeys to the Dawn and the Dusk has triggered, date is October 30 1572.
Flavour text: Following the return of his protégé, Bidziil, Yiska has become convinced that his legacy will be better served by relinquishing authority at the next election. Yiska ensures that Bidziil stands unopposed. His retreat from power is accompanied by much celebration of his works.
Effects: sleepmonarch Yiska; wakemonarch Bidziil; Stability +1.

Title: Bidziil and the Bilagaana
Trigger: Monarch is Bidziil, event Journeys to the Dawn and the Dusk had triggered, date is August 5 1579
Flavour text: Bidziil was Yiska’s closest disciple. Following his journeys west, he and a few of his closest companions settled in European communities, learning languages and immersing themselves in sciences and beliefs. Following their return to Navajo in 1570, they brought with them texts, ideas and faith. Conversions and new ideas quickly flourished among the inquisitive. Yiska supported his protégé and his ideas. After his election as Mokai in Bidziil soon moved his people futher away from their traditions towards what he saw as an inevitable future.
Effects Option A Bidziil Passed his Days Among the Gaelic: Stability –5; RR +6 for 62; Innovative +2; change religion to Catholic; change tech group to Muslim; trigger event The Navajo Accept the New Faith.
Effects Option B Bidziil Passed his Days Among the Moors from Granada: Stability –5; RR +5 for 62; Innovative +2; Serfdom -1; Centralization +1; change religion to Sunni; change techgroup to Muslim; trigger event The Navajo Accept the New Faith.
Effects Option C Bidziil Passed his Days Among the Northmen: Stability –5; RR +7 for 62; Innovative +2; Serfdom –2; Aristocracy –1; change religion to Protestant; change techgroup to Muslim; trigger event The Navajo Accept the New Faith.

Title: Faith to the Test
Trigger: Bidziil and the Bilagaana, date is October 30, 1587
Flavour text: The election of 1587 was essentially a test of Bidziil’s policies and the changes he was pushing on Navajo society. Is this the right path, or has Bidziil gone too far?
Effects Option A Support Bidziil: Stability +2; RR +4 for 35.
Effects Option A Support Ata’halne’: Stability +2; wakemonarch Ata’halne’; sleep monarch Bidziil; change religion Pagan; RR +1 for 60

Title: The Navajo Accept the New Faith
Trigger: Faith to the Test, date is August 5, 1589
Flavour text: Bidziil’s reelection as Mokai and the passing of time have brought an easing of tensions within Navajo society. Bidziil’s careful oratory has ensure many Navajo have converted.
Effects: Conversions X 2; Stability +1; RR +2 for 60.

Title: The Mokia Election of 1599
Trigger: October 30, 1599
Flavour text: Will you support Cha’tima or Kolichiyaw
Effect Option A Elect Cha’tima: none (Cha’tima becomes monarch)
Effect Option B Elect Kolichiyaw: wake monarch Kolichiyaw, sleep monarch Cha’tima

Title: The Mokia Election of 1611
Trigger: October 30, 1611
Flavour text: Will you support Kolichiyaw or Chatima?
Effect Option A Elect Kolichiyaw: wakemonarch Kolichiyaw; sleep monarch Cha’tima
Effect Option B Elect Cha’tima: none

Title: The Mokia Election of 1623
Trigger: October 30, 1623
Flavour text: Will you support Nakya or Niyol?
Effect Option A Elect Nakya: none (Nakya becomes monarch)
Effect Option B Elect Niyol: wake monarch Niyol, sleep monarch Nakya

Title: The Mokia Election of 1635
Trigger: October 30, 1635
Flavour text: Will you support Niyol or Sik’is?
Effect Option A Elect Niyol: none (Niyol becomes monarch)
Effect Option B Elect Sik’is: wake monarch Sik’is, sleep monarch Niyol

Title: Smallpox Devastates the Navajo
Trigger: Smallpox Arrives in the Rio Grande Valley
Flavour text: The influx of smallpox has wreaked havoc in our kingdom! The dead are many and the very fabric of our society has been impacted. Curse the Europeans!
Effects: Stability –3; monarch stats –2/-2/-2 for 60.

Title: Floods of 1640
Trigger: October 1, 1640
Flavour text: The Rio Grande floods of 1640 were unprecedented in the recent history of the Navajo. Rain throughout September swelled the river to a lake, sweeping through villages and farmland.
Effects: Stability –1; population –500 in Pinalero; RR +2 for 6

Title: The Mokia Election of 1640
Trigger: October 30, 1640
Flavour text: Will you support Wikwaya or Kajika
Effect Option A Elect Wikwaya: none (Wikwaya becomes monarch)
Effect Option B Elect Kajika: wake monarch Kajika, sleep monarch Wikwaya

Title: Drought of 1641-42
Trigger: May 1, 16641
Flavour text:
Effects: Stability –1; RR +2 for 18; population –500 in Colorado; base tax in Colorado –1.

Title: Great Floods of 1643
Trigger: October 1, 1643
Flavour text:
Effects: Stability –2; population in Pinalero –750; population in Moab –500; population in Utah –300; RR +3 for 6; base tax in Pinalero –1.

Title: Qualetaca Seizes Power
Trigger: April 10, 1644
Flavour text: Navajo society, still recovering from the smallpox epidemics, is weakened again following the floods and droughts of 1640-43. Inept leadership from the Mokia exacerbate the situation. Amid the chaos, the military leader calling himself Qualetaca (Defender of the People) seizes power to restructure and stabilize the nation.
Effects: wake monarch Qualetaca;

Title: A Fertile Year!
Trigger: August 20, 1645
Flavour text: Qualetaca could not have better planned the fertile and prosperous year of 1645. Most Navajo saw it as a sign of the legitimacy of his authority.
Effects: Stability +1; Treasury +100; monarch stats +0/+2/+2 for 24.

Title: Reforms of Qualetaca
Trigger: June 1, 1646
Flavour text: Qualetaca was both a reformer and a conservative. His energies in reconstruction following the disasters of disease, drought and flood were matched with his rejection of reformation ideas from Europe.
Effects: Stability +1; Inflation –2; Treasury –200; Infra +300; Trade –500; Innovative –1; Serfdom +1.

Title: Qualetaca Abolishes the Mokia
Trigger: July 1, 1656
Flavour text: With the imagined Mokia election due in months and potential rivals to Qualetaca jostling for support among the elders, Qualetaca announced the end of the Mokia and all such elections. Instead, the Navajo would adopt the hereditary kingship model of the Europeans.
Effects: Stability –1; RR +1 for 60; Aristocracy +2; Innovative –1; Centralization +2.

Title: Qualetaca’s Desire for Empire
Trigger: June 1, 16
Flavour text: His command of the Navajo now without challenge, Qualetaca continues to mould himself in the image of the Europeans and sees for the Navajo an empire of the desert peoples. He issues a letter to the kings of Europe, declaring the lands of the south-west to belong to the Navajo, and welcoming himself as part of their brotherhood.
Effects: Stability –1; monarch DIP –2; gain cores in Altar, Pecos, Llano Estacado, Concho, Coahuila, Salton, San Bernadino and Rio Grande; Miltech +500, gain 3000 Cavalry; gain 2000 artillery; gain 5000 infantry; Treasury –300.

Title: Alo the Artistic Revival
Trigger: September 12, 1702
Flavour text: The early half of the 18th century saw a great flowering in Navajo literature and arts. The greatest among these was the playwright and poet Alo, whose works inspired controversy, and are noted for their great originality in structure and language.
Effects: Infra +1000; Innovative +1

Title: The End of the Qualetaca
Trigger: August 27, 1709
Flavour text: The inept and hated Qualetaca III brought a swift end to the monarchy his grandfather had put in place. A swift and bloodless coup returned the council of elders to authority, and a new constitution was developed which eschewed executive authority.
Effects: Stability +2; Infra +300; Innovative +1; Serfdom –1; Aristocracy –1; Centralization –1.



Navajo Leader Stats

Monarch Cha’akmongwi is 4/4/4 November 1, 1426 – November 1 1438
Monarch Gad Ashkii is 5/3/4 November 1, 1426 – November 1, 1438
Monarch Machakw is 2/2/6 November 1, 1438 – November 1, 1450
Monarch Mojag is 5/3/4 November 1, 1450 – November 1, 1450
Monarch Ahiliya is 3/6/5 November 1, 1450 – November 1, 1459
Monarch Hokee is 4/5/6 November 1, 1450 – November 1, 1459
Monarch Iye is 3/5/7 November 1, 1459 – November 1, 1483
Monarch Kele is 4/7/5 November 1, 1459 – November 1, 1471
Monarch Len Lapu is 5/4/6 November 1, 1471 – November 1, 1495
Monarch Omawmakw is 4/4/4 November 1, 1495 – November 1 1497
Monarch Kolichiyaw is 3/4/5 November 1, 1495 – November 1 1497
Monarch Hototo is 3/8/6 November 1, 1497 – November 1 1527
Monarch Chuchip is 5/5/4 November 1, 1497 – November 1 1509
Monarch Hawiovi is 6/6/5 November 1, 1509 – November 1 1521
Monarch Kotori is 4/7/4 November 1, 1521 – November 1 1527
Monarch Ayilia II is 3/4/6 November 1, 1527 – November 1 1539
Monarch Lansa Lapu is 4/3/6 November 1, 1527 – November 1 1539
Monarch Mochini is 3/3/3 November 1, 1539 – November 1 1551
Monarch Pachu’a is 2/4/3 November 1, 1539 – November 1 1551
Monarch Yiska is 7/6/9 November 1, 1551 – November 1, 1575
Monarch Doba is 6/8/7 November 1, 1551 – November 1, 1575
Monarch Gagii is 5/6/5 November 1, 1575 to November 1, 1587
Monarch Bidziil is 9/6/9 November 1, 1575 to November 1, 1599
Monarch Ata’halne’ is 5/6/6 November 1, 1587 - November 1, 1599
Monarch Cha’tima is 7/4/4 November 1, 1599 to November 1 1623
Monarch Kolichiyaw is 5/5/5 November 1, 1599 to November 1 1623
Monarch Nakya is 5/6/4 November 1, 1623 to November 1, 1635
Monarch Niyol is 5/2/7 November 1, 1623 to November 1, 1640
Monarch Sik’is is 8/3/5 November 1, 1635 to November 1 1640
Monarch Wikwaya is 4/4/3 November 1, 1640 to April 10, 1643
Monarch Kajika is 3/6/3 November 1, 1640 to April 10, 1643
Monarch Qualetaca is 5/9/7 April 10, 1643 to January 18, 1672
Monarch Qualetaca II is 4/6/6 January 18, 1672 to September 25, 1703
Monarch Qualetaca III is 3/5/3 September 25, 1703 to August 27, 1709
Monarch High Council is 7/6/7 August 27, 1709 to 1821


General Hototo is 4/3/4 November 1, 1497 to March 2, 1521
General Yiska is 4/4/4 November 1, 1551 to September 13, 1570
General Altsoba is 5/4/5 November 1, 1551 to December 28 1560
General Qualetaca is 3/5/3 August 23, 1639 to May 12, 1668.

Conquistador is Bidziil 4/3/3 November 13 1559 – June 1 1565
Conquistador is Naalyehe Ya Sidahi 3/3/3 November 13 1559 – June 1 1565

 

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The Rest

Aberrated Events for Other Tribes



Lenape Event

Title: Smallpox Devastates the Lenape
Trigger: Smallpox Arrives in the Eastern Seaboard
Flavour text: The influx of smallpox has wreaked havoc in our kingdom! The dead are many and the very fabric of our society has been impacted. Curse the Europeans!
Effects: Stability –3; monarch stats –2/-2/-2 for 60


Creek Event

Title: Smallpox Devastates the Creek
Trigger: Smallpox Arrives in the Mississippi
Flavour text: The influx of smallpox has wreaked havoc in our kingdom! The dead are many and the very fabric of our society has been impacted. Curse the Europeans!
Effects: Stability –3; monarch stats –2/-2/-2 for 60

Shawnee Event

Title: Smallpox Devastates the Shawnee
Trigger: Smallpox Arrives in the Mississippi
Flavour text: The influx of smallpox has wreaked havoc in our kingdom! The dead are many and the very fabric of our society has been impacted. Curse the Europeans!
Effects: Stability –3; monarch stats –2/-2/-2 for 60

Huron Event

Title: Smallpox Devastates the Huron
Trigger: Smallpox Arrives in the Great Lakes
Flavour text: The influx of smallpox has wreaked havoc in our kingdom! The dead are many and the very fabric of our society has been impacted. Curse the Europeans!
Effects: Stability –3; monarch stats –2/-2/-2 for 60

Cherokee Event

Title: Smallpox Devastates the Cherokee
Trigger: Smallpox Arrives in the Ohio Valley
Flavour text: The influx of smallpox has wreaked havoc in our kingdom! The dead are many and the very fabric of our society has been impacted. Curse the Europeans!
Effects: Stability –3; monarch stats –2/-2/-2 for 60



Epochal North American Events



Title: Smallpox Arrives in the Mexican Basin
Trigger: January 1, 1522
Flavour text: Trade with Europeans opened the Caribbean to new technologies and goods, but it also introduced new diseases. Of these, the Smallpox plague was the most devastating.
Effects: population in Tenochtitlan –7000; population in Saltillo –1000; population in Michoacan –1000; population in Jalisco – 2000; trigger Aztec event Smallpox Devastates the Aztec.

Title: Smallpox Arrives in the Eastern Seaboard
Trigger: January 1, 1633
Flavour text: Trade with Europeans opened the Caribbean to new technologies and goods, but it also introduced new diseases. Of these, the Smallpox plague was the most devastating.
Effects: population in Manhattan –900; population in Delaware –900; population in Susquehana –1800; trigger Lenape event Smallpox Devastates the Lenape.

Title: Smallpox Arrives in the Caribbean
Trigger: January 1, 1528
Flavour text: Trade with Europeans opened the Caribbean to new technologies and goods, but it also introduced new diseases. Of these, the Smallpox plague was the most devastating.
Effects: population in Guantanamo –3000; population in Havana –1000; population in Moron –1000; population in Les Cayes –750; population in Tortuga –500; population in Puerto Rico –150; population in Barahona –150; population in Curacao –750; population in Maracaibo –1000; population in Tocuvo –1200; trigger Mayan event Smallpox Devastates the Maya

Title: Smallpox Arrives in Central America
Trigger: January 1, 1536
Flavour text: Trade with Europeans opened the peoples of Central AmericaZapotek to new technologies and goods, but it also introduced new diseases. Of these, the Smallpox plague was the most devastating.
Effects: population in Yucatan –5000; population in Campeche –1500; population in Guatemala –2000; population in Tehuacan -1500; population in Atlixco -5000; population in Tehuantepec –2500; population in Tlaxcala –2000; trigger Zapotec event Smallpox Devastates the Zapotec.

Title: Smallpox Arrives in the Rio Grande Valley
Trigger: January 1, 1615
Flavour text: Trade with Europeans opened the peoples of the Rio Grande valley to new technologies and goods, but it also introduced new diseases. Of these, the Smallpox plague was the most devastating.
Effects: population in Utah –900; population in Moab – 1500; population in Canyon –1500; population in Colorado – 2500; population in Arizona –400; population in Pinalero –5000; trigger Navajo event Smallpox Devastates the Navajo

Title: Smallpox Arrives in the Mid-west
Trigger: January 1, 1681
Flavour text: Trade with Europeans opened the peoples of the mid-West to new technologies and goods, but it also introduced new diseases. Of these, the Smallpox plague was the most devastating.
Effects: population in Mohawk –900; population in Onondaga – 300; population in Tuscarora –300; population in Irondikoit – 100; population in Oswego –400; population in Shenandoah –300; trigger Iroquois event Smallpox Devastates the Iroquois.

Title: Smallpox Arrives in the Great Lakes
Trigger: January 1, 1635
Flavour text: Trade with Europeans opened the Great Lakes peoples to new technologies and goods, but it also introduced new diseases. Of these, the Smallpox plague was the most devastating.
Effects: population in Huron –750; population in Oshawa –300; population in Ottawa –400; population in Hochelaga – 200; trigger Huron event Smallpox Devastates the Huron.

Title: Smallpox Arrives in the Tennessee River
Trigger: January 1, 1735
Flavour text: Trade with Europeans opened the peoples of the Tennessee to new technologies and goods, but it also introduced new diseases. Of these, the Smallpox plague was the most devastating.
Effects: population in Alabama –750; population in Tennessee –500; population in Alleghany –500; trigger Cherokee event Smallpox Devastates the Cherokee.

Title: Smallpox Arrives in the Ohio Valley
Trigger: January 1, 1763
Flavour text: Trade with Europeans opened the people of the Ohio Valley to new technologies and goods, but it also introduced new diseases. Of these, the Smallpox plague was the most devastating.
Effects: population in Kentucky –750; population in Erie –300; population in Hindua –400; population in Miamis – 200; trigger Shawnee event Smallpox Devastates the Shawnee.

Title: Smallpox Arrives in the Mississippi
Trigger: January 1, 1620
Flavour text: Trade with Europeans opened the people of the lower Mississippi to new technologies and goods, but it also introduced new diseases. Of these, the Smallpox plague was the most devastating.
Effects: population in Talahassee –500; population in Savannah –500; trigger Creek event Smallpox Devastates the Creek.

 

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Great stuff Matty. Hope it gets approved and coded and makes it's way into 1.07 (?). Can't fault such a great piece of work, but would you consider adding a few things?

1. Would the Smallpox events also cause some Infantry to be disbanded?

2. Under the Mayan event series 'Europeanization of the Maya', Trade and Missionaries. Could you add an Option E, which gives them the opportunity to select Trade with Europe, but retain the pagan gods? Might look like this:

"Option E The Coatlist Priests: Stability +1; Remove CoT from Atlixco; add CoT to Guantanamo; conversions X 3; sleepevent 'Revolt of the Coatlists' "

Or would this affect nullify some of the later events. I just think it might be an interesting Aberration to have Pagan religion but retain the tech group of - say - Chinese.

Anyway, great work

 

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Great stuff Matty. Hope it gets approved and coded and makes it's way into 1.07 (?). Can't fault such a great piece of work, but would you consider adding a few things?

1. Would the Smallpox events also cause some Infantry to be disbanded?

2. Under the Mayan event series 'Europeanization of the Maya', Trade and Missionaries. Could you add an Option E, which gives them the opportunity to select Trade with Europe, but retain the pagan gods? Might look like this:

"Option E The Coatlist Priests: Stability +1; Remove CoT from Atlixco; add CoT to Guantanamo; conversions X 3; sleepevent 'Revolt of the Coatlists' "

Or would this affect nullify some of the later events. I just think it might be an interesting Aberration to have Pagan religion but retain the tech group of - say - Chinese.

Anyway, great work

I thought the same - in fact the event would need 'change religion to Pagan' in case they'd been force-converted previously.

Instead of giving the choice of lots of religions all at once, perhaps it's more reasonable to do the following: European countries whose religion is inclined to try to convert people (ie any Christian or Muslim) who own certain provinces (or neighbour the Maya) after a particular date get an event saying that missionaries are travelling from their land to Maya country.

Once that happens, the Maya get an event (based on the religion of the colonial power, so there'd be various versions of the both events) giving them the options of a full conversion to that particular religion (sleeping possible conversion events for other religions), tolerating the missionaries (a few provs convert) or killling/expelling them, with a tech boost for everything except getting rid of the missionaries (they learn about European culture and technology from the missionaries as well). That way, the Maya won't suddenly turn Catholic if the Caribbean is dominated by Granada, or Reformed if Sicily is the one to bring European technology to the Maya.

Also, I think the Maya need to be able go all the way up to Muslim tech (after say 1600) to have a fighting chance of survival, especially if they keep Pagan state religion. While it is a pretty good tech group to be in, they'll be starting from a very, very low base (judging by previous experience, the AI will have made almost no technological progress by 1600!). Also, the colonials will be out for blood due to CBs from 'Claim of XXX', the anti-Pagan free-for-all and (probably) their appearance on several colonial kill-lists; while they will get a big neighbour bonus, that's only fair given the sudden influx of foreign technology; and the 25% Pagan tech penalty is more than enough to punish them for not going all the way in emulating the Europeans.

 

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I thought the same - in fact the event would need 'change religion to Pagan' in case they'd been force-converted previously.

Instead of giving the choice of lots of religions all at once, perhaps it's more reasonable to do the following: European countries whose religion is inclined to try to convert people (ie any Christian or Muslim) who own certain provinces (or neighbour the Maya) after a particular date get an event saying that missionaries are travelling from their land to Maya country.

Once that happens, the Maya get an event (based on the religion of the colonial power, so there'd be various versions of the both events) giving them the options of a full conversion to that particular religion (sleeping possible conversion events for other religions), tolerating the missionaries (a few provs convert) or killling/expelling them, with a tech boost for everything except getting rid of the missionaries (they learn about European culture and technology from the missionaries as well). That way, the Maya won't suddenly turn Catholic if the Caribbean is dominated by Granada, or Reformed if Sicily is the one to bring European technology to the Maya.

Also, I think the Maya need to be able go all the way up to Muslim tech (after say 1600) to have a fighting chance of survival, especially if they keep Pagan state religion. While it is a pretty good tech group to be in, they'll be starting from a very, very low base (judging by previous experience, the AI will have made almost no technological progress by 1600!). Also, the colonials will be out for blood due to CBs from 'Claim of XXX', the anti-Pagan free-for-all and (probably) their appearance on several colonial kill-lists; while they will get a big neighbour bonus, that's only fair given the sudden influx of foreign technology; and the 25% Pagan tech penalty is more than enough to punish them for not going all the way in emulating the Europeans.

In the 'official' history of the Maya presented here, they chose Muslim faith and supported Granada in the Gallic wars and so forth. They also had Al-Badajoz establish his college and move them into the Muslim tech group. So, the AI will chose this option most of the time. It will make for a richer, more complex North America with a local Sunni group to back up the Grenadans.

The idea you present of having the conversion event trigger via a European coloniser certain adds interesting layers of variety, something I am immediately drawn to. My concern though is that Eire, with its early exploration that could target the Caribbean, would almost always trigger that event and therefore the conversions in Maya. Unless Eire, Brittany and Scotland all deliberately avoided the Caribbean, it would rarely turn Muslim, as it did in the history presented here.

In addition, the concept history here commences with the Maya repelling early (probably Eire-ish) attempts at conquest. The colonizing Europeans then decide to avoid conflict with Maya because they are more challenging than colonizing all those nice easy areas with pliant natives, or seek out the gold in Mexico. The Maya survive, strengthen and begin trading heavily with the Europeans, keeping their faith intact. It is trade which eventually undermines the old faith. With the Mayan economy now dependent on trade with Europe, they have little choice but to give in to foreign demands to accept missionaries. The missionaries arrive and the king soon realises that the inevitable conversions will be easiest if he himself choses a faith and leads his people forward into a new era. He choses Sunni, and the course is set.

It was deliberately not a conversion based on the "first missionaries on the block", but rather the king's concious decision to make a choice from among the inevitable futures he was presented with. I like the character of this because it is so different from the normal process of religious conversion in the game.

Perhaps the solution is to make it more likely that the Maya survive to be able to recreate this 'historical' situation. With additional leaders and a 'call to arms' type event, the Maya will be an unlikely target, at least by players. The flip side would be that an AI Eire may squander itself in fruitless attempts at conquest.

I agree that the events which allow for tech group changes may need to be made earlier to help them become a viable country.

How do you generally feel about this proposal, though?

 

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Just a couple comments -

First, events are limited to 4 options, so that proposed "option E" thing cannot be done within the original event. Maybe the original event should just be A/B, with the B choice leading to a secondary event, if you want to do something like that.

Second, the population-reducing events related to smallpox will probably need to be done on a per-province basis, as such events only work properly if fired for the country owning the province. It is possible that not all of the provinces in any given set will belong to the same country, in which case not all provinces would be affected. Also, the population reductions seem relatively small to me, considering the percentages of population that were taken out by European diseases. In some cases, you're only wiping out an amount equal to ten-fifteen years' growth. I would suggest upping the population hits by at least 400%.

Third, I would think that the chances of the Maya choosing Sunni should be based on the performance of Granada; if Granada is doing remarkably badly, then the Maya may be more likely to choose a Christian faith instead. I'm not exactly sure what the proper way of determining this would be, but it does make sense to me. The idea of a colonization-based event to determine religion is good, I think, and the concern that Eire might "jump the gun" and trigger the Catholic one first could be moderated by making the requirements they would have to meet higher than the requirements for other religions.

 

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I've made a map showing the setup MattyG describes:

 

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Disappointing

Just a couple comments -

First, events are limited to 4 options, so that proposed "option E" thing cannot be done within the original event. Maybe the original event should just be A/B, with the B choice leading to a secondary event, if you want to do something like that.

Second, the population-reducing events related to smallpox will probably need to be done on a per-province basis, as such events only work properly if fired for the country owning the province. It is possible that not all of the provinces in any given set will belong to the same country, in which case not all provinces would be affected. Also, the population reductions seem relatively small to me, considering the percentages of population that were taken out by European diseases. In some cases, you're only wiping out an amount equal to ten-fifteen years' growth. I would suggest upping the population hits by at least 400%.

Third, I would think that the chances of the Maya choosing Sunni should be based on the performance of Granada; if Granada is doing remarkably badly, then the Maya may be more likely to choose a Christian faith instead. I'm not exactly sure what the proper way of determining this would be, but it does make sense to me. The idea of a colonization-based event to determine religion is good, I think, and the concern that Eire might "jump the gun" and trigger the Catholic one first could be moderated by making the requirements they would have to meet higher than the requirements for other religions.

Sheridan,

Thanks for your comments here. Any comments generally about the tenor of these ideas? Do you generally feel this is a worthy direction or not?

Morespecifically, yes, we could always use an Option B trigger new event, or we could simply scratch the Reformed option and give them only Sunni, Cathlic, Protestant and Pagan as the options. That seems pretty reasonable.

As far the the Epochal Smallpox events are concerned, I'm disappoited to read that they won't trigger based on areas. I don't understand how the scripting really works, but I'll take your word for it.

I shouldn'y be disappointed, because in fact those swathe events are less accurate than an event which triggers for each province in the Americas. This means a lot of scripting, but it would make for a more accurate picture.

The fugures I suggested in the original events were just a starting point and related to their beginning pop levels. I really don't know what population level they get to by those time periods. If the evnts are to fire in a more historical manner then this is how each event should look.

Title: Small Pox Hits Savannah!
Trigger: European Colony Level One in Savannah
Effects: Reduce native population only by 70-90%

Now, I doubt that this is possible. I have not seen percentages expressed in events in EU2. I also don't know if colony presence/size can be scripted. And is there any way for the game to no that it is European colonizer, unless the event is scripted separately for each colonizing nation (times that by each individual province and we have a LOT of scripting). I say this because when played as a player, you can colonize as the Aztecs etc yet these should not trigger Smallpox events. Finally, I don;t think the game can tell the difference between Europeans and Natives in a province, can it? Otherwise the game would wipe out your colony as soon as you made it.

It is also really difficult to know at what level one can set the population reduction if it is in hard number terms, because you don't know what the population will be when the event triggers. What happens when plague reduces a population to less than zero? Is there a default minimum population, of, say, 1000?

Is it possible to have the event trigger when a colony is attempted, as opposed to established? In this way the native population (if there is one) if hit, but not the Europeans, as they haven't arrived yet. Somehow I doubt this can be worked.

Any ideas?


In regards to Sunni faith and the performance of Granada, I am still not convinced that the concept of the event should be necessarily triggered by a degree of of presence within the new world by Granada. If it can be accepted that (much like Japan and the Catholics?) the Mayans here have accepted missionaries into their lands under pressure from the Europeans with whom they trade, then the event should not require the Granadans to have an significant presence in the New World, but only to be there. Perhaps the event instead trigger not by date and not by country, but by the level merchants in their CoT (as the event only triggers if they have a CoT.)

Thus, whenever the number of merchants from Eire, Scotland, Brittany and Granada reach 11 or more within the CoT, then the event triggers.

Or, maybe it triggers for the first European country who gets to level 5 in that CoT, and it triggers only for that country, giving the Mayans only the option of adopting that faith or staying pagan. So, the evnt could trigger a maximum of 4 times, once for each of those colonizers (and others as well???) and only if the Maya are still pagan.

Ideas?

 

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First of all, unless the backstory requires it, I'm against events that are tied to a specific date. Usually it is better to create a complex trigger that will allow the event to occur as soon as a collection of requirements is met. (For example, for personal use I was recently creating a series of events that gave extra CB shields; these were triggered by the country in question owning at least 50% of their existing CB shields that bordered each area.)

There is a default minimum population of 1000; I don't know what happens if you reduce a province with less than that, but that can be avoided by writing the trigger to require a fortress in the province. In terms of the amount of scripting, you can get away with one event per province, as it is not necessary to specify the owning country (it is possible to create an event that will target whoever the province owner is). And within those, you can limit out certain countries (for example, you could create an event that would fire if the province were owned by anyone other than Eire, Brittany, or Granada).

In terms of population growth... in my most recent game it is around 1685 and most native American provinces have populations of 9-12 thousand.... and no, you can't target the non-city natives, only the ones treated as actual nations (like the Iroquois). But in any case, a massive number like -20000 would slam the province down to the 1000 floor, which I believe would actually be historical (or nearly so) in many cases. (According to my sources, the Native American population in California fell by 90% due to the introduction of European diseases in the first 50 years after permanent settlements were built, and I doubt this was radically different than in the rest of the continent.)

As far as the missonaries-to-the-Maya issue goes, I like the flexibility of the "whoever gets there first" sort of events, though to fit your original idea that Sunni would be most likely, there are ways the individual events could be set up to lean in that direction. First, the AI is coded to be many times more likely to choose option A than any other option, so simply by making the conversions to other religions an option B, it will make it much less frequent. Second, the requirements to activate the event could be higher. (If we were going by number of colonies, you might require 5 to trigger the Catholic event but only 2 for Sunni).

I do not know if you can trigger an event off of merchants in a COT, though, and I doubt it is possible. If I were writing these events, I would choose a selection of nearby provinces and require ownership of a certain quantity of those (in any combination) by the same European power, perhaps with a second variant of the event with lower requirements with a later enabling date. The requirements, as I said, could be made significantly easier for Granada, if that were your intent.

(And actually it doesn't even need to be based on colonies. We could base off of their tech levels or province ownerships in Europe, but I think that would lead to situations where Granada or Brittany might be "influencing" a country that they have not yet discovered!)

 

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I like a lot of your ideas Matty and Sheridan. I'm interested in the possibilities here of a much richer 'New World' experience for both the colonisers and the indigenous peoples.

I'm wondering whether a different event trigger could be used for "Cocom Xiu confronts the Invaders" and any other events where war with a non-american nation is desired. Would a trigger specifying 'at war = yes' and 'not war MAA ZAP' etc. for every other NA nation, meaning they'd have to be at war with a non-north american nation for it to trigger, work? This might be easier than seperately specifying every possible european enemy.

With regards to the europeanisation events maybe a neighbour trigger could be used to specify which culture/religion they might be subjected to first. Another option could be the 'discovered' trigger which is supposed to work when a given province (e.g. the capital) is discovered by europeans (I've had no experience with this one, Sheridan maybe you could say whether it would work).

I'm concerned starting the Aztec as both a vassal of the Zapotek and in their alliance might lead to their diplo-annexation rather quickly, is this what you're after Matty, or could some break vassal event be included? Also, perhaps the Maya could be the potential betrayers of the Zapotek if the Aztek don't exist.

I've noticed some of the epochal smallpox events seem late,
e.g. 1633 for the Eastern Seaboard whilst probably right for actual history might be a bit late with Eire as the first main coloniser. Again perhaps a discovered or neighbour trigger, like Sheridan's idea of having a certain number of bordering provinces in european hands, could be used here rather than a date.

Lastly, the survivability of the Maya and Navaho could be enhanced by ensuring they get to land tech 2 around 1500, allowing them to have access to level 2 forts.