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The Hanseatic League

unmerged(16159) · 2005-05-09T02:56:17+00:00

I am not finished yet. But these are my current thoughts. In coming days I will be making more posts to back up the ideas into reality Preamble It is with trepidation that I even suggest any revision, for this is one of the best events files in Aberration. But it’s one of those files in which there are 3 events after 1523, the meaningful ones stop altogether at 1628, and in which there are a few bugs and timing issues. I also personally wanted to provide a more logical causal relationship between the events, and to use new events to emphasise the trading nature of their character, and the decentralised nature of their politics. A new culture. Hanseatic culture is seen as a distinct culture from german, an urban, increasingly broadminded, burgeoning mercantile culture which sprang out of the new European merchant class and the growing phenomenon of cities. The Hanseatic League begins with hanseatic culture. Character. The intention is to create a nation whose goal initially is the mastery of European trading, not just localized provincial conquests as with the current Hansa file. Trade on the great European rivers, and in the Mediterranean is exploited for potential hanseatic conquest, and richness of events. Historical Streams. One of the strengths of the existing Hanseatic file is the ability of the player to choose – at two points in the game – either a german/military emphasis, or a trade/naval emphasis. This choice worked while Hansa had german culture, but with this attempt to recreate a more hanseatic Hansa, I am proposing to shift the emphasis. In this reworking, the choice is between the financially rewarding but difficult hanseatic city-state ideal, and a militarily easier but less financially rewarding stream based around the Baltic Sea. The Trade/Naval or Military/Land Eldermann choices remain. The Pleskow Monarchy choice remains, and another event is added to ‘legitimise’ Heinrich Pleskows dictatorship. The Baltic Sea. The Hanseatic League was historically Baltic trading nation, and thus starts also with baltic culture at the start, instead of german culture. More events are inserted, linking Hansa closer to Kalmar and Teutonic Order. Germany I see it as a interesting and vibrant part of the game to see german states at war. Part of what makes every game individual is the result of the outcome of the chaotic situation during the 1400s. This is positive. Taking Hansa out of this environment can only allow the smaller Germanic states more time to survive into the 1500’s. This work as presented therefore must be read in association with other thread discussions on german minors. Event bonuses. Hansa gets nearly +9,300 free Trade Tech points on a platter by 1517, plus another 500 if they take Sjaelland. I feel that this is both deterministic and extravagant, particularly the Amerikanische Kompanie event. I have toned down the Trade bonuses, and would argue that this occurs in other nation’s event files. Brandenburg and the United Provinces Some new event files(?) In both cases these are solutions of what to do with the disintegrating elements of the League. Brandenburg is a small german state that stays small and eventually fractures in a War of Inheritance, but not before taking on Altmark and Vorpommern. The United Provinces come into life after the Reformation, as an enclave of Calvinist refugees. I don’t know if work has been done before on the dutch, but I am happy to incorporate it. If they exist, Flanders secedes to them. Teutonic Order I notice that a lot of work is being done on the Teutonic Order. I have read these and tried to incorporate that work into this. I am MORE than happy to revisit and revise Hansa in light of comments from those teams or indeed anyone else. Perhaps the Teutonic Order and Hanseatic League revisions could be done by the same team. Happy to communicate, always.

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Start date May 9, 2005

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Trin Tragula

Design Lead - Crusader Kings 3

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Shouldn't the Hansa get periodic trouble with the rural population in the provinces they own?

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