Alright, scenario is Ryo's 1492. I've decided the options for us as we need to add mayors. I've tried to stick as to historical a path as possible in deciding these, with the notable exception of the ToT being off.
You can find the scenario and descriptions here:
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?t=180360
Here's a list of the options I chose:
DETAILED OPTION EXPLANATIONS
Exposed European COTS: Default ON
ON: COTs in Andalusia, Tago, Flanders, Vendee, Smyrna, Danzig, Ingermanland, Skane, Veneto, Tuscany, Egypt
OFF: COTs in Andalusia, Tago, Flanders, Ile De France, Thrace, Danzig, Moscow, Sjaelland, Veneto, Genoa, Egypt
OFF
Exposed Asian COTS: Default OFF
ON: COTs in Isfahan, Gujarat, Ganges, Shanghai, Kyushu
OFF: COTs in Samarkland, Delhi, Hubei, Kansai
ON
Common Primary Culture: Default ON
ON: Every major nation has Aborigin as primary culture
OFF: Every major nation has their homeland culture as primary culture
OFF
Extra Cultures Default OFF
ON:
England gains Gaelic
France gains Gaelic and Basque
Spain gains Italian, Basque, and Berber
Portugal gains Berber, Arabic, and Malay
Austria gains Dutch and Swiss
Brandenburg gains Polish and Czech
Poland gains Slavonic and Mongol
Denmark gains Baltic
Sweden gains German
Muscovy gain Baltic and Ruthenian
Venice gains Swiss and Arabic
Ottomans gain Mongol, Berber, and Georgian
OFF: No Gains
OFF
Extra Cores: Default OFF
ON: Everyone gains at least 10-15 expansion cores, cores on all other capitals, and colonial nations gain cores on Caribbean Islands.
OFF: No Gains
OFF
Merged North German Minors: Default ON
ON: Hanseatic League created, 2-province Hannover, 2-province Hessen
OFF: Many one-province minors in Northern Germany
OFF
Southeast Asian Nations: Default OFF
ON: Myanmar, Dai Viet, and Malacca created. COT created in Malacca
OFF: Southeast Asia is inhabited only by natives
ON
Hardcore Pagans: Default ON
ON: Aztecs and Incas have level 2 forts in capitals, level 1 forts everywhere else, and good DP sliders for morale.
OFF: Aztecs and Incas have level 1 forts in capitals, no forts anywhere else, and bad DP sliders for morale.
OFF
Treaty of Tordesillas: Default OFF
ON: Treaty of Tordesillas effects
OFF: No Treaty of Tordesillas effects
OFF
No Free Lunch: Default OFF
ON: No inheritance events for Spain, Austria, and Ottomans
OFF: All inheritance events occur
OFF
No Forced Decline: Default OFF
ON: No decline events for Poland, Turks, or Spain
OFF: All decline events occur
OFF
No Dutch: Default OFF
ON: No Dutch Revolt Events and No Abdication of Charles V
OFF: Dutch Revolts occur normally
OFF
Slow Exploration: Default OFF
ON: Major colonizing nations will only have 40 years of Conquistador coverage and 35 years of Explorer coverage
OFF: Normal Exploration Leaders
OFF
Early Governors: Default OFF
ON: Every major nation gets 3 governors at game start
OFF: Normal
OFF (Although I'll be adding in governors to all of Europe + OE shortly)
Equal DP Sliders: Default ON
ON: All nations begin with same DP slider settings: 8 Aristocracy, Mercantilism, and Serfdom + 5 in all others.
OFF: Default DP slider settings for each nation
OFF (Although all nations will be edited to 5 on the land-naval domain).
Spain & Ottoman Boost: Default ON
ON: Spain and Ottomans start with better DP sliders, 2000 cash, 1/2 way to next level in every tech, and with enlarged navies.
OFF: Spain and Ottomans start with normal DP sliders, 500 cash, equal tech progress to others, and with normal navies.
ON (Spain and the OE historically had a jump on everyone else at this time.)
Religion & Culture Mod: Default ON
ON: Slovak merged with Czech; Magyar, Romanian, and Albanian merged with Slavonic; Lithuanian merged with Baltic; Baltic, Ruthenian, Mongol, Berber, and Georgian expanded; one-province cultures eliminated.
OFF: Normal Culture Distribution, Austria gains Magyar & Slovak Cultures, Ottomans gain Magyar, Kurdish, and Romanian
OFF
Goods Mod: Default ON
ON: Goods changed worldwide to reduce number of high-value goods in world, elimination of gold in Europe, dramatic reduction in trade values!
OFF: Normal Goods distribution
OFF
Weak Persia: Default ON
ON: Persian taxes and manpower dramatically reduced to make less appealing to Ottomans
OFF: Normal values
OFF
Tax Boost Mod: Default ON
ON: Taxes boosted throughout Europe
OFF: Normal tax values
OFF
Manpower Boost Mod: Default ON
ON: Manpower boosted throughout Europe
OFF: Normal manpower values
OFF
