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Tinto Flavour #8 - 28th of February 2025 - Morocco

Hello, and welcome one more week to Tinto Flavour, the happy Fridays where we take a look at the flavourish content of the super-secret Project Caesar!

Today we will take a look at the Sultanate of Morocco! So let’s start without further ado:

"The Maghreb has seen many dynasties pass by and one powerful Sultanate after another, such as those of the Idrisids, the Almoravids, or the Almohads. The years of instability and uncertainty are a thing of the past under the Marinid dynasty and Sultan Abu Al-Hasan 'Ali ibn 'Othman Marinid. With a delicate balance between brute force and diplomacy, we have managed to establish firm control within our borders. Now, we look to the east to challenge the power of the Zayyanid of Tlemcen. And, to the north, we have a foothold over the Strait of Gibraltar, in the lands from Algeciras to Ronda, from where we may support our brothers of faith in Granada, in a common effort against the Christian rulers of Iberia."
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Please take the UI, 2D and 3D art as WIP, as usual.​

Here are the lands of Morocco:
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You may notice some arrows in a sea zone, that indicates the oceanic currents and wind directions. These visuals were recently implemented, so take them as WIP.​

Morocco starts with a fairly interesting diplomatic situation:
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Tafilalt is a vassal subject, ruled by Omar Abu ‘Ali, brother of the Sultan. Castile and Tlemcen and enemies and rivals, Tunis is an ally, and Morocco starts at war with Tlemcen.​

Morocco has a few starting estate privileges, including these:
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Waqf Payments is a privilege granted to the clergy, available to all Muslim countries.

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This privilege will be granted to the Tribes if your country has its capital in the Maghreb region, making it much more powerful (which has its uses), but reducing your control.​

The Parliament has a flavour name, as usual:
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Morocco also has some starting works of art:
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Raw al-Qirtas.png

Kutubbiya Mosque.png

Ibn Yusuf Mosque.png

Unique advances in all the different ages:
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This is an advance for Maghrebi countries.

Zenata Roots.png


Saharan Gold Trade.png


Jaysh Armies.png

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Black Guard.png

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And something a bit different compared to previous Tinto Flavour, unique buildings that are already unlocked at the start of the game:
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Funduq.png

Royal Garden.png

Let’s move now to the narrative content. This event will trigger early on in the game:
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And also:
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Another early game event is:
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And a bit later, after 1350:
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Although there might also be some troubles:
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Powerful Vizierships.png

… And much more content, including mid-game one regarding the golden age of the Saadi dynasty… But that’s all for today! Next week we will be taking a look at the content for one my favourite countries to playtest, Hungary! Cheers!
 
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Old_Sealand said:
Any chance for Morocco and for Tunis (and I guess some others as well) to have their dynasties as country names, like it was historically?
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The long name of the country is 'Marinid Sultanate of Morocco', we might end up potentially making it a game rule, but first we want to adjust a couple of parameters about how Muslim dynastical names work.
 
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Pavía said:
Hello, and welcome one more week to Tinto Flavour, the happy Fridays where we take a look at the flavourish content of the super-secret Project Caesar!

Today we will take a look at the Sultanate of Morocco! So let’s start without further ado:



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Please take the UI, 2D and 3D art as WIP, as usual.​

Here are the lands of Morocco:
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You may notice some arrows in a sea zone, that indicates the oceanic currents and wind directions. These visuals were recently implemented, so take them as WIP.​

Morocco starts with a fairly interesting diplomatic situation:
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Tafilalt is a vassal subject, ruled by Omar Abu ‘Ali, brother of the Sultan. Castile and Tlemcen and enemies and rivals, Tunis is an ally, and Morocco starts at war with Tlemcen.​

Morocco has a few starting estate privileges, including these:
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Waqf Payments is a privilege granted to the clergy, available to all Muslim countries.

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This privilege will be granted to the Tribes if your country has its capital in the Maghreb region, making it much more powerful (which has its uses), but reducing your control.​

The Parliament has a flavour name, as usual:

Morocco also has some starting works of art:

Unique advances in all the different ages:

And something a bit different compared to previous Tinto Flavour, unique buildings that are already unlocked at the start of the game:

Let’s move now to the narrative content. This event will trigger early on in the game:
And also:

Another early game event is:

And a bit later, after 1350:

Although there might also be some troubles:

… And much more content, including mid-game one regarding the golden age of the Saadi dynasty… But that’s all for today! Next week we will be taking a look at the content for one my favourite countries to playtest, Hungary! Cheers!
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So I understand that Morocco can form al-Andalus? What the ruler will be called, a caliph, like during Almohad era?

Also, slave raids will increase population, right?
 
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Streamlet said:
Will there be anything regarding the brief Idrisid restoration in 1465? The event chain in EU4 kinda ignored it and went straight from Marinids -> Wattasids. It could be an interesting scenario since the Idrisids were the original founders of Morocco.

(French wikipedia has an actual page on the ruler, unlike English lol)
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Yes!
 
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Goblin Slave said:
How many tribesmen pops are in Morocco at the start of the game, what about the balance of estate power?
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They're a majority, but we yet have to adjust the pop numbers of the region.
 
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Pavía said:
The long name of the country is 'Marinid Sultanate of Morocco', we might end up potentially making it a game rule, but first we want to adjust a couple of parameters about how Muslim dynastical names work.
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Yes, and this could potentially create issues for some countries like Mughals (what if they are created by, say, Kartids?), Mamluks, etc?
 
Flower_Marlin said:
Is Touat no longer a vassal of the Marinids? From the looks of it, Touat isn't involved in the war but Tafilalt is.
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Touat starts as a subject of Tafilalt.
 
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nyetflix2 said:
Hm, is Zenata an accepted culture or something for Morocco? I assume the primary culture is Moroccan.
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The primary culture is Moroccan, yes, while the Amazigh cultures are accepted.
 
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Looks very interesting. Maybe the Banu Marin event could add a bit of satisfaction to the estate you end up favouring (be it the tribes or the burghers). Hope the "rise of Umara" won't be Morocco only but something shared by all tags in localaized version, or at the minimum all muslim tags
 
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A few points:
-Marinid and Hafsid shouldn't be the dinastic name, that would be like making 'ottomans' the dinastic name of the ottman empire. The marinids surname should be banu marin and for the hafsids it should be al-Hafsiyun.
 
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Pavía said:
Oh, we will talk about that, eventually, in the Tinto Flavour for Castile...

PS: I took a screenshot of the guy in the worst possible moment while blinking, lol.
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Mm, okay, but hopefully matters in the game regarding the final fate of Iberia arent solely a matter between Granada and Castille. Other crowns, including Navarre, should have storylines towards that, too.

When Andorra Reconquista, btw?
 
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Is it possible to have a situation representing the Battle for the Strait between the Muslim and Christian powers of western North Africa and Iberia? Historically this was a century-long conflict over control of the Strait of Gibraltar and the culmination of this conflict would come in 1338-40 with the Moroccan invasion of Iberia and battle of Rio Salado. I think it would add a lot of early-game flavor to the region and drive conflict between the two sides as this invasion was certainly inevitable already by the start date of 1337. You can read my full Situation Suggestion here.
 
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