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GAME PROGRESSION:

Game starts at Turn 0 (called 'Pre-1820'). During this turn, players are allowed to:
A) Do the public and private diplomacy with other Nations
B) Deploy armies in their provinces and fleets on seas/docked at provinces; at least one army must remain in Capital, however.
C) Set up their initial Staging Points.

After all Players finish pre-game diplomacy and army deployment, game starts proper with Turn 1 (Year 1820.1).

Each Year has 12 Turns (1820.1 to 1820.12, for example).

The game ends when one of these conditions is fulfilled:

A) Domination: One Nation controls 50% +1 of all Provinces for at least 6 turns.
B) Stagnation: Turn 240 (Year 1840.12) ends.

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CAPITAL PROVINCE:

The center of every Nation, housing the seat of the government. With 'Nationalism' Social Reform, Armies stationed in Capital Province get +1 to their Defense rolls.

When Capital Province is conquered, it reverts into normal Province. The rest, however...

LOYALISTS:

After Capital falls, new Capital is established in random, un-conquered province and then there's 25% (50% with 'Nationalism' Social Reform) for every unconquered province to remain with 'legitimate' government or surrender to the conquerors.
If the 'new' Capital (white roof instead of grey) falls as well, nation ceases to exist and player is eliminated from the game; on other hand, re-capturing the old Capital Province restores the Capital and secures the nation's existence once more.

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ARMY MANAGEMENT, RALLY POINTS VS MILITARY HQ:

All your Armies are spawned at Capital territory at the speed of one Army per one Turn.

Before you implement Army Modernization Social Reform, you also can set up 2 Rally Points in your Nation. These serve as additional spawn points for your Armies and provide them with +1 bonus to their Defense rolls.
With Army Modernization online, you can build Military HQ Provincial Improvements.

Capital territory always takes priority for Army spawning purposes (for example, when you're reaching Max Army limit).
When you have more Armies than Max Army size, you lose 1 Army per Turn till the number of your Armies goes down to appropriate limit.

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ARMY MOVEMENT:

You can move as many Armies as you wish; they move 1 Territory per turn.
Railroads allow Armies can move 3 Provinces per turn, provided all three (starting, middle, destination) territories have Railroads built.
Sea Regions and Mountains can be crossed at Water Crossings and Mountain Crossings (red lines), and require 1 full Turn to do so, even if provinces are connected via Railroads.

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GOVERNMENTS:

Feudal Monarchy
Head of the family (King or Queen) rule over their domain, with their family members being next in line to the throne, often governing over parts of the military or small territories within the nation. Often conservative in both thinking and action, and serving mostly for the benefit of the ruling family and their supporters - the aristocracy - Monarchy is rather ill-suited for modern times where scientific progress and unity benefit the nations more.

Levies aka Cannon Fodder: Populous provinces, as well as Capital, increase amount of max armies by 3 instead of 2. Additional +3 to Max.Army limit and +1 selectable Spawn Point.
Conservatism Galore!: Academies, except in Capital province, provide only 1 Research Point per turn instead of 2.
Traditionalism Ahoy!: Feudal Monarchies have +10% Revolt chance when attempting Social Reforms.

Constitutional Monarchy:
Head of the family (King or Queen) rule over their domain, with their family members being next in line to the throne. The Parliament or other political body governs the administrative side of Constitutional Monarchy, rendering actual monarchs with less amount of power than kings and emperors of the old.

Cheap Conscripts: Populous provinces, as well as Capital, increase amount of max armies by 3 instead of 2.
Skeletons in the Closet: Constitutional Monarchies receive -3 to RP (Research Points) per Turn.

Republic
The nation is governed by a 'council' of elected representatives of the people; said representatives are often experienced and/or popular individuals, with their numbers going up to few hundred - depending on internal politics and the size of the nation. They often have a representative, 'Speaker' or some such, who deals with foreign dignitaries and representatives of the citizenry.

All Roads Lead To...: Capital Province increases amount of max armies by 3 instead of 2. Academy in Capital Province provides 3 RP per turn, instead of usual 2.

NEUTRALS:

Several Territories are independent, neutral nations. To conquer them you need to win a battle against one 'army' that has +2 Defense bonus. Once you conquer the neutral nation, it becomes your Territory.
Neutrals are: Bavaria (#49), Swiss Confederacy (#60), Florence (#63), Papal States (#65), Portugal (#75), Morocco (#77), Algiers (#78), Tunis (#79), Libya (#81), Cyrenaica (#82)

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NAVIES:

Territories with a Port can create one fleet/turn from an army. Fleets can only move to sea provinces, or friendly provinces with Ports. Unlike armies, fleet from neutral nations can share a sea zone.
Fleets can be used to transport troops. Each fleet can be used to escort one army across one sea province. Multiple fleet can be used to ferry one army across multiple sea zone. The escorting can take place before or after a fleet move.
If a fleet is in a friendly province that is taken, the fleet will flee to one of the neighboring sea zones at random, engaging any enemy fleet on the way. The displaced fleet can still move on its owner's turn.
Fleets usually receive combat bonuses from Nautical technologies, with exception of Rocketry (Aeronautics category).
You can dismantle Fleets that are docked in a Port of a Territory that you control; you do not regain the Army spent on the navy, though.

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COMBAT:

When you move your Armies to enemy Province where enemy Armies are stationed, combat follows.
Attacking Armies get Attack bonuses, while Defending Armies get Defense bonuses.
If you attack through Mountain Pass, Water Crossing, or via Fleet, your Armies receive special -1 penalty to their rolls.

Each 3 armies more than enemy grants +1 bonus to the more numerous side; this bonus fluctuates as amount of armies changes via combat!
Combat roll itself is a 1d8+bonuses and penalties. Whichever army loses the roll, is destroyed.
In case of a draw, the Attacking army retreats to the last allied/own Province it passed through.

When a Province is captured AFTER combat, one random Improvement is razed to the ground. If Province was captured without fight, nothing is razed.

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RESEARCH:

Each Turn, your Academies produce certain amount of Research Points (RP). Normally, you receive 2 RP per Academy you own, but this can vary:

Feudal Monarchies receive only 1 RP from Academies outside their Capital Province.
Republics receive 3 RP from the Academy in their Capital Province.
'Atomic Theory' Tech increases amount of RPs you get from Academies by 1, no matter the Government type.

After this, you gain (or lose) extra RP per Turn based on certain things:

Both 'Electrochemistry' Tech and 'New Philosophies' Reform grant 7 RP bonus.
Exchange Treaties generate +2 RP (+6 with Electrical Telegraphs) per Turn for both nations.
Constitutional Monarchies receive -3 RP/Turn penalty.

Your Research project finishes as soon as the required amount of RP is reached. All RP that pushed the number 'over' are lost.

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PROVINCIAL IMPROVEMENTS:

You can build 2 of these in the entire nation per turn. Certain research increases the amount of PI's per turn you can build.
You can also dismantle Provincial Improvements, albeit this counts into 'PI/Turn' limit. You never recover armies from a dismantled Military HQ.

Academy (No requirements):
Provides 2 Research Points per turn (this can vary however, check 'RESEARCH' above).

Fortifications (No requirements):
Armies in the province gain +1 bonus to their Defense rolls.

Port (No requirements):
Lets you create one Fleet at the cost of one Army. You can dismantle Fleets docked at Port (you do not receive your Army back, however).

Railroad (Railroads tech required):
Armies can move 3 Provinces per turn, as long as starting, mid- and destination provinces are all connected by Railroad.

Military HQ (Army Modernization reform needed):
Provides a 'spawn point' for your armies. As an additional construction cost, 2 Armies must be 'disbanded' in the Province to create a Military HQ there.

Factory (Industrialization tech required):
Each 4 Factories your control grant +1 to PI/Turn limit.

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FORMALIZED DIPLOMACY:

War - Obviously, the two powers fight each other. Declaring war instantly breaks any treaties you have with target nation.
Non-Aggression Treaty - Borders are mutually respected between the two nations. This allows Exchange Treaties to be conducted.
Exchange Treaty - Borders are open for sharing of trade and research; nations that have Exchange Treaty gain extra +1 to Max.Army bonus and +2 Research Points per Turn (+6 with Electrical Telegraphs).
Military Pact - Nations are helping each other in terms of logistics; Armies can be moved across bordering provinces using Pact partner's Railroads and across water using Pact partner's Fleets.

Activation:

All treaties are officially recognized at the start of the next turn after both two powers announce the treaties publicly in Game Thread. Talks can be secret (via PM, for example) but without public announcement from both Players, the treaty is not valid.
For example, Nations X and Y announce Non-Agression and Exchange Treaties at Turn 8; at Turn 9, they can no longer enter each others' territories and start receiving the max.army and RP bonuses.
The only treaty that is instanteous is war declaration.
A nation can have only 2 Exchange treaties.

Trading:

In current version of the game, you can trade Provinces, and researched Technologies; make sure you make good deals or the trade might bring you defeat in the long run. Technologies are applied at start of new Turn, and Province(s) will be handed over as soon as they're free of armies of their previous owner.

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EPIDEMICS:

When a Territory is hit by an Epidemic (via a Random Event), no Armies can be spawned in affected Territory, and every Turn, there's 40% chance that 1 Army stationed in the area will be destroyed. Every Turn, there's a 20% chance for an Epidemic to end.
Both Epidemiology and Sanitation Technologies halve the kill chance and double the end chance of Epidemics (for the 10% kill chance and 80% end chance total).

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SOCIAL REFORMS:

The 19th Century was a time of rapid societal and political changes, and Social Reforms reflect that!
At the start of your turn, you can announce a Social Reform to start; only one Social Reform can be pursued at a given time (just like Research).

Each next Turn, there's a % chance for the Social Reform to be successfully implemented, but be careful! The liberals and progressives have their enemies in the traditionalists and conservatives.
Thus, the chance for success is mirrored by chance of revolt; leading to one of your Territories to declare independence and become green 'NPC' state.

The chance for success is equal to chance for revolt, with the remaining % being chance for nothing to happen.
For example, Army Modernization Reform has 15% chance; this means 15% chance for success, 70% chance of nothing and 15% of revolt.

New Philosophies grant +10% to Success chance; Feudal Monarchies receive a +10% chance for Revolt chance.

List of Reforms:

Code: [Select]

Absolutism <-> Enlightened Monarchy <-> Liberalism
Nationalism
Army Modernization
New Philosophies
Absolutism (25% chance):
Why care for the people if its the sacred person on top that is most important? Your Government turns into Feudal Monarchy upon completion of this Reform.

Enlightened Monarchy (25% chance):
Adoption of republican concepts like Basic Laws or Parliament. Your Government turns into Constitutional Monarchy after completion of this Reform.

Liberalism (15% chance):
Abolishment of the old Monarchy and its replacement with parliamentary republic. Your Government turns into Republic upon completion of this Reform.

Nationalism (25% chance):
Consitutional changes in your nation inevitably lead to strengthening of national spirit of unity and brotherhood. Capital Territory gains +1 to Defense bonus. Default Loyalist chance for your Nation becomes 50% instead of 25%.

Army Modernization (15% chance):
Old formations and levy-conscription are replaced with properly bureaucratic and modernized system. You can now build Military HQ Improvements instead of using Rallying Points.

New Philosophies (15% chance):
Introduction of new philosophical concepts that challenge the old and absolute dogmas to promote scientific and political progress. Your nation gets +10% to successful Social Reform chance and +7 RP/Turn bonus, no matter how many Academies you have.