Pages:
Author

Topic: Crypto Kingdom - 1991 Retro Virtual World(City) - page 97. (Read 632701 times)

donator
Activity: 1722
Merit: 1036
               
The Royal CryptoArmy campaign of the Great River March 22, 1623 - December 1623               
a.k.a.               
               
How to play a Gamemaster (GM)               
               
Judging the fates of half of our lands and troops requires a suitable inspiration, so I decided to do it on the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn. As the pundits have certainly noticed, the Great River has been inspired by this narrowish piece of water separating the people with a peculiar language in 2 parts, because of the strategic importance of the "end of the navigable body", which a Foreign Power has claimed.               
               
Gamemastering is an art, and art is such that can be liked and disliked. Instead of just writing the story, I open now the whole process of how the story was gained. This is for a few purposes:               
- To convince all that GM work is rigorous evaluation of circumstances and probabilities, and can be trusted.               
- To be open for praise and criticism and proposals of alternative courses of events that might have been possible with the same roll.               
- To teach the other admins, because the administering of more and more detailed actions (Kingdom level - Duchy - County - Estate - Farm) requires more GM's; it is impossible for the development of the game engine to keep up, and some things just require human work.               
               
My style, especially as I am a player myself, is to make the rolls in what I call "need to know basis". This is to minimize the privileged information that I have, but others do not, even if they analysed everything that is publicly available. Usually I delay the rolls until the result can be published immediately.               
               
16 rolls of d20 were needed, and an earlier roll that has not been disclosed yet is included as well for 17 total. It took 45 minutes to go through the war and peace negotiations, while sipping some Pannier with lightly roasted flounder.               
               
To be able to follow the campaign, first I beg you to read the previous reports. Then: the locations are marked with codes. (A) is the most downstream and (E) most upstream :               
A - Place called "Mouth of the River", "Threestone", "3-stone" and "Paldiski", a Swedish preparation site.               
B - The site of the Final Battle.               
C - Where NF forces met the river when coming from the north.               
D - Stonehaven preparation site and camp. Previously used for NF, Tavastia, Petrichor river crossing to the north where they dispersed.               
E - Believed to be the location of the Swedish preparation site "Gustaf Adolfsburg".               
               
1. What happened to the Earl of Stonehaven?               
1/20            
Uh oh. If we did not have the explicit result that "nobody died when Stonehaven camp surrendered", this would have been one. So, instead: "The Earl said (in IRC) that he had been out surveying some land. So when he came back to the camp at dusk, he was met with a musket shot, he fell from his horse, was wounded from the shot and captured by the Swedish. Character:Health was reduced. The Swedish said that he was mistaken for a thief who are a nuisance.               
               
2. GA treachery roll - did he fake the peace/alliance proposal?               
14/20               
No. GA is acting honestly and in good conscience.               
               
3. Riga regiment awareness - how did they participate in the action?               
20/20               
When NL regiment went to the north last summer, the Riga regiment naturally sent a detachment to spy their every action. However the NL regiment seemed so quarrelsome and unprofessional and conducted peacefully towards the smaller garrison in (A) Threestone, the detachment finally dropped guard totally, leaving the guarding of NL regiment to the Threestone garrison and returned to the town Riga where it is much more fun to spend Christmas. No word reached them in time for anything else.               
               
4. GA Threestone (A) reinforcement - when the ice melted, was the first thing coming huge reinforcements from Sweden proper?               
19/20               
No, nothing arrived. Perhaps he needs his troops elsewhere.               
               
5. Swedish Middle Force (the 80 troops in Stonehaven camp (D)) aggression and focus?               
11/20               
With a small number they would have force-marched to (A) and captured it back, and high number would have made them go back from where they came. This time the result was interpreted that they stay where they are but 1/4 of the troops is sent back to the east, perhaps they were just to ensure the favorable result in capturing the Stonehaven camp (that surrendered without fight).               
               
6. Swedish Middle Force formation?               
19/20               
High roll indicates that their objective was to prevent river-crossing, so they dispersed along the River. Small would have been to find a hedgehog defence position against CK assault. (It was chosen that the high roll is a worse decision for them and better for us, because units fight 1-on-1 and our units are weaker. Low rolls are by convention "bad" for the "friendly actor".) So after sending 20/80 of the soldiers to (E), the rest were dispersed between (B),(C),(D), and Zechariah with his RRF was preventing them from going south but too weak to attack them until the Main Army came. (Zech had known of the plan to send Main Army when he left.)               
               
7. North Face Company initiative?               
18/20               
The Duke had sent orders for the Company to leave the preparations and come back. Even twice. The "initiative" is a general roll where the worst results in NF-style extreme conditions mean that the whole troop perished (and the fun is to make up the story how). Middle results would mean that they are ok, but not got the message, or delayed or whatever. 18/20 means that they arrive nicely at the scene right when needed, rested and ready, only a little bit west (C) from where they aimed at (D), because of navigation mistake.               
               
8. Tavastia War Braves initiative?               
9/20               
Orders had not reached them so they continued preparations where they were, totally oblivious of fighting.               
               
9. Had Tavastia camp encountered any Swedes?               
20/20               
This was important to find out to, for instance, know towards what direction the Swedes that we will soon decisively defeat, would like to retreat in utter disarray and devastation. If they had a camp in Tavastia, sightings would have been likely. The roll resulted in definite information that nobody of the peasants had seen any swedes in a year at least, in any area not in the vicinity of the River.               
               
10. Main Army relocation initiative?               
2/20               
Oh no. Despite a slam-dunk move of a well prepared, huge and well-armed unit moving in good weather a small distance in a secured area starting from their own capital (with roadless rough terrain being the only possible problem), something can go wrong. What is it?               
               
11. What is Main Army problem?               
15/20               
The former roll had already determined the approximate severity of the problem, so for this I drafted a list of many possible reasons why the move is delayed. 15/20 corresponded to problems with Rossiyans, so: Rossiyan bootleggers, swindlers, thieves, and even looters have infested the area making the coordination of the move north difficult and the camp needed to be in tight guard by night. In these conditions, a big army is easily slowed more than a small one, especially with a cautious CO (COL from RCA, ready to give his army intact to Zech when they meet by the River - which never happened).               
               
12. What happened when NF force contacted the River?               
20/20               
Ohh-yees.. shame that there were so few enemies.. The North Face column numbered 50 soldiers and a large number of civilians, and the materiel train. They came to the river (C) seeing a few Swedes there, who panicked at the sight of such a great force from a surprising direction. Their behavior and peasant reports soon confirmed to North Face Company that hostilities are ongoing so in the ensuing action, NF crossed the river, captured some enemies, and made a contact with the RRF so that the River was held as follows:               
(A) Still ours because none of the 3 threats materialised (200 BV)               
(B) The western end of the Swedish, now surrounded by our larger forces from every side (60 BV)               
(C) NF just secured this (110 BV)               
(D) Enemy occupies this but with token force (80 BV) only               
(E) The strength of the enemy forces here is unknown (need to know principle..)               
And in addition in the plains in the south is the RRF (80BV), avoiding battle due to its mobility.                
               
13. Disarm the Swedes in (B)?               
5/20            
Zechariah saw that the time had come for a push to the west, so deciding (I play Zech so can decide) to ignore the threat in the east (E) and the gaining back of the Stonehaven preparation site (D) and the release of Mooo's people and even the Earl himself, he got as much of the RRF to the west to join the NF Company there for the push towards the river-mouth (A). But there were some Swedes still in (B) that the RRF quickly gained and harassed from a distance. Neither side knew who possessed Threestone (A), both wanted to get there to find it out.

Not having superior mobility, and being 20 troops vs 70, the Swedish CO still did not want to surrender but demanded that if he wins the arranged field battle ("kamp"), he will be let free to go wherever he wished. (It is notable that the CO did not know that Sweden had declared war to us, nor us to them, from his understanding the HKM Eastern Army had acted on their own initiative (to capture Mooo's camp in (D), but very rapidly met with enemy (our) forces from both north and south, making the position disastrous.

14. The Battle: 20 Swedes against The Duke of North Face Company in (B)
16/20
The Swedish were brave at first, some even believed in their victory as they did not know how large our North Face company (a single unit) was. But 50/20 (and a lesser difference in BV) was too much. Once the battle was declared started, the Musketeers started to shoot at the NF forces, who were running directly towards the Swedish line (not possessing firearms, so needing to get to melee). 1*SGT + 2*PTE died of their wounds from the fire and fight, about half of the Swedes were incapacitated before the rest were taken prisoner. 5 functioning muskets were confiscated.

15. Does GA know of the situation in the Mouth of the River when the peace delegation comes?
5/20
Note: Riga was occupied by the Swedish company but because of the earlier roll, they did not have initiative so let our delegation pass without anything. GA does know that the Rivermouth was captured by force, and does not know yet about anything in further east. The sailing ships cannot sail through ice, which had blocked all communications to him until end-of-March and NL Regiment in (A) and RRF (south of C-D), Rossiyan marauders (between Kunda and D) and the readiness in CryptoTown prevented sending messagers that way. The north route on foot would have been too long anyway.

16. GA response to our accepting of his Treaty without modifications?
12/20
"Thank you." He knows how many assets he has in the east (we still don't), sees riverside (A) in our hands (which he knows from time delay calculations, was captured before the forces doing it could have known of his treaty proposal), knows his overall situation, and can interpret the treaty however he wishes because it was so broad. With a very low number (given that GA is not treacherous as per earlier roll, which would have further complicated the matter), he would have declined the entrance of the delegation based on "CK hostilities" and sent all his 1,000 extra BV from Stockhold alone to clear the river in the same year still. (The low roll would have indicated that such forces exist - now we can deduce from all the rolls that GA might be strong or still in preparation, but a war in the River with CK is not his highest wish. Since he does not abhor war, the hesitation has to be with the River, or with CK.)

17. Is GA quick or hesitating with submitting himself to the treaty (SCI help to us)?
18/20
HKM Gustaf Adolf makes possible all that he can, that we get the following Foreign Power credits starting 1624:
Printing Press 5,000 SCI (total 10k)
Seafaring 10,000 SCI (total 20k)
Engineering 5,000 SCI (total 10k)

He toured the delegation in the Royal Academy of Science and other institutions in Stockholm (which was seen to be a town 1-2x the size of CryptoTown and remarkably similar in other ways as well, except being located at a strategic place opposite to Riga and - depending on conditions - only 1-2 weeks by sail. The town is undergoing a preparation against threats both from land and sea, fortifications, cannons, walls, towers, gates, but these were not discussed).

The delegation gave the valuable gifts including old spirits and Ming China, whose value exceeded the 500*KMT that HKM already had sent to us (the gifts came from HM stores who also took possession of the KMT because "University has no need for it").

Approx 800 sqm of very valuable land was apportioned to be our Embassy site in Stockholm and they promised that master craftsmen will build it against us doing "likewise" to them.

Good that our delegation was so large, because a part of it was now staying in the temporary embassy with The Duke of New Liberty as the Ambassador. A part was left home to relay the info to the King and get the research going, and a further part was sent with Swedish military attachés to the River to declare peace to all the troops there.

The "River Peace Delegation" got to the Mouth of the river easily, and met the Duke of NL Regiment garrisoning Paldiski preparation site (A). They had no way but to accept its return to the Swedes with PRE and NPC intact. The captured muskets were said to have been sent to CryptoTown already (which both sides knew was a lie but we had 200+ BV onsite, the Swedes a few officers and a scroll of parchment with several seals).

Next they met the advancing NF Company right outside (A). They accepted the end of hostilities and Zech sent them to CryptoTown because of their orders to go there anyway. Going to the east, almost no contact to any troops was made until reaching Gustaf Adolfsburg outposts (E). They denied further entry and promised to obey the treaty. Our troops were left occupying the area from (B) to (D). The imprisoned Stonehaven camp had been evacuated to (E) when the fortunes had changed for the Swedes. They were released, no one was missing, and The Earl was alive yet weakened.

Zechariah thought that the peace was fragile. As when, coming back from (E), the Main Army finally started to show up in (D), he decided to stay there over the winter, commanding the Royal 1st Regiment (260+ BV, with 6 sections, 6 cannons, mercs, COL, LTC) in person. He took half of the muskets that had been captured and some horses of the RRF (horses had also been pressed for duty during the campaign) and established a hedgehog defence in Stonehaven preparation site with stationary cannons, aimed at monitoring the Swedish transit of the river (which would quickly freeze, allowing easier sightings of the moves as they cannot be hidden in boats), and securing crossing, and establishing contact with Tavastia camp which was still in hiding. All these included, about 350 BV was now garrisoning the Mooo site, which would be significantly harder to capture the next time...

The rest of the troops were sent home before the winter for regroup and promotions. Following exhortations were messaged:
- The threat of Rossiyans is probably not sanctioned by their leaders, it is just local warlords taking advantage of the unclear situation and at enmity with anyone.
- If possible, the Royal Unicorn could be of use (as NF also had a gold unicorn).
- Please liquidate my Wine & Spirits store. It is fitting for a Field Commander to drink expensive drinks, but not fitting to do business with them. Leave 2,000 bottles for my personal use and send some here for the officers, especially if I must stay here during the Jubilee as well.

17/20
As a result of having the mercenaries around, and the captured muskets as well, and plenty of time for drill and disassemble, a whole 7,500*SCI was gained towards Muskets manufacturing (12,500*SCI left, and Foreign Power credits not used). Also another weapon, Pistol, might be possible to manufacture as well. They could use the same caliber of ammunition. Pistol would be a lighter (in weight) weapon for shorter range, eg. officer self-defence before melee range, or light cavalry who also need to stay away from the enemy line due to not having armor.
donator
Activity: 1722
Merit: 1036
The (mass) VEG has arrived, perhaps a few days later than usual (July 21) but also a little more plentiful than average (28/25).

MEAD does not seem to find its way to the parched throats. (80% of production is owned by the hungryMob and they drink it all.) 50 more DIS is for sale by the Town (commoners only, max 5*DIS may be owned by a single char).

A comprehensive report on the war front and the alliance front will come in about 12 days (real-hours). This means it will not come before that and the fate of half of our land and troops is uncertain until that.

So it is an excellent time to announce that STO will get double effectiveness on PRE this year, and the deadline to send it is the moment when the war report arrives. The PRE levels of 1623 will be evaluated then and the report given before the year end.

A quick recap on PRE:
- PRE points are administrative, military and engineering preparations to found a county seat, which means town. When 100*PRE is reached, the town can be formed with civil administration, land titles, etc. Lesser amounts of PRE grant other benefits.
- PRE is untransferable and stays in the county. If a county is lost or abandoned, the PRE accumulated starts to degrade. If the preparations are canceled but the county is kept, the PRE is unaffected.
- PRE is gained by:
1. Sending SCI to county, where admin spends it
2. Sending stone to county*, where admin spends it
3. Having MGR, ASS and OTH in the county (not spent but cost money - prerequisite for any PRE to be gained)
4. Having forces in the county
5. Other things such as S-BLD (minor effect, usually not spent)

*The stone is not really transported 100s of miles. It stays in the capital and OldDuchy pays the workers to use it for general improvements. The PRE benefit goes to the donator's county.

SCI update (to be amended to HH the SCI-Controller's post)

King and University paid 1,000 SCI (50/50) to obtain this information:

1. All SCI advances are 10,000 or more SCI face value. With Foreign Power aid (50%) it is theoretically possible to cash in the aid, and reach the advance by waiting 15 years for the time bonus and then throwing in 1,029 SCI (or any combo of less time and more SCI).

2. Slow researching gets a MGN discount - the formula for MGR(&ASS) points needed in the Research account is 1 MGN point per 100 SCI annual accumulation (both "own" and time bonus SCI are counted), with a maximum 10 points (previously fixed 10 regardless of speed).

3. On the other hand, a 20 mil admin fee is to be paid to SirJacket for setting up a new Research account. This covers the administration of the project to its conclusion.

4. Crispbread - 10,000 SCI. It is known that Sweden has it, and believed that others do not. The intended outcome is to gain competence to cultivate a new grain previously found in the north only. Bread can be made that would spoil only slowly (as do all other consumables except VEG and CAV). To make this a privately interesting project, royal monopoly can be granted for a time.

5. Medium Cannon - 10,000 SCI. It is believed that all powers have it (Rossiya not sure). The shot would be a standard 6 pound to allow enemy cannonballs to be used. This weapon is more powerful but less mobile than the 3-pounder. 3-pounder has a crew of 3 (making 3 cannons per section). If this could be handled with 3 men in the field, it would boost firepower greatly. Included comes all kinds of research about artillery use in the field.

6. Heavy Cannon - 10,000 SCI. It is believed that at least some continental powers have it. The shot would be 24 pounds, capable of demolishing stone walls etc. The weapon is largely roadbound. Indirect fire is possible. Included comes all kinds of research about artillery use in the siege.

7. RWWC is willing to start cannon research immediately at a medium pace. It is yet undecided, which one. Cannon research opens the way to further research.

8. Engineering - 10,000 SCI. We realized that engineering had fallen into neglect in our town with the number of NPC declining. This advance would unlock a plethora of others (to be researched), including road and countryside fortifications construction. The immediate benefit would be the organisation of engineering talent to the new ENG NPC-type, and also allow OTH to promote for better cost-effectiveness. Kingdom-wide joint effort is advisable for this important advance, which all except Rossiyans surely have and at least Sweden is using efficiently.

9. Seafaring - 20,000 SCI. Again, all except Rossiya has it. Will allow trade and troop movement vessels to be constructed and operated and open the way for new research. Funding arrangement unknown at the moment, perhaps we should sell "1st Lord of the Sea" titles...

10. Military Science - 10,000 SCI. This is so cheap because we have had the department for so long time already. Researching the advance would grant +10 points of Command to all units and quicker (higher) officer promotions as well. Plus perhaps other things. And unlock new important military research.

11. Confirmation about B-22. When this is completed, it allows all the 25 boroughs in CryptoTown to be utilised as we then have the knowledge to allocate enough but not excessively space for support functions.
newbie
Activity: 41
Merit: 0
Life goes on at Pada manor. Farmers are working in the fields, preparing for the new vegetables season, which should be soon. And not a moment too early, since the manor hasn't had any produce yet this year. Hopefully the harvest will not be a bad one.

We've seen a few people coming from Aaspere to live with relatives. A temporary state of affairs, they say. Just need to wait things out. But some say it with less certainty than others.

Some of the younger men have been training to fight with their tools, in case they'd need to start using them on their fellow people, rather than on the summer's cereal fields. They're doing good, though they probably won't match a trained soldier, but it's also a way to pass nerves. We all hope we won't find ourselves facing someone we know.

Word was that the King's army left for the north. Larger battles loom there. May a smaller version of these events not be in the cards for all of us.

The sun rises for another day, revealing patches of land, as it's always been, dotted with people working the earth, as they've always done.

Some of us went to the city through the woods. As they said, it's definitely faster if you know your way and aren't carrying much. It's also a good way to escape if needed. The denser parts woods will swallow you quickly if you know where to go. We made sure everyone knows where to go.

For now, we work for the coming harvest, pretending nothing's happening.
full member
Activity: 260
Merit: 105
A Lingering Ghost
225th Jubilee Raffle - Great Prizes!

As the raffle intensifies, RAF-1 goes through a nice increase (log y-scale)! Sometimes there have not been sell offers, thus gaps in the mean curve.


For other interesting stuff as well regarding item offers, visit https://ckjester.shinyapps.io/Shiny/
Smiley
legendary
Activity: 1750
Merit: 1036
Facts are more efficient than fud

SCIentific Projects for Consideration
Research for immediate consideration based on reports from the Nobles by category.  I would classify the Defense and Health as top priority with Infrastructure an ongoing project to improve mobility in the lands.

Defense
 - Weaponry improvements (underway with the Soul Expedition and arrival of Mercs)
 - Cavalry tactics
 - Combined arms
 - Medium Cannon

Infrastructure
 - Road building
 - Carrier Pigeons - Communication

Health
 - Crisp Bread
 - Food storage  and transport improvements

Industry
 - Mining
 - Lumberjack

General Science
 - Astronomy

Because the cost of building roads is quite high, it might be a good idea to research GRAVel with SCI, so we can make roads that are cheaper.

I'm on board with anything that reduces costs while increasing our ability to conduct business, feed the masses and wage war. Roads seem to be one of those basic improvements that lends itself to improvements in almost all aspects of gameplay.
full member
Activity: 220
Merit: 100

SCIentific Projects for Consideration
Research for immediate consideration based on reports from the Nobles by category.  I would classify the Defense and Health as top priority with Infrastructure an ongoing project to improve mobility in the lands.

Defense
 - Weaponry improvements (underway with the Soul Expedition and arrival of Mercs)
 - Cavalry tactics
 - Combined arms
 - Medium Cannon

Infrastructure
 - Road building
 - Carrier Pigeons - Communication

Health
 - Crisp Bread
 - Food storage  and transport improvements

Industry
 - Mining
 - Lumberjack

General Science
 - Astronomy

Because the cost of building roads is quite high, it might be a good idea to research GRAVel with SCI, so we can make roads that are cheaper.
hero member
Activity: 784
Merit: 501
SCI points are the currency of the Science subgame. The subgame causes new scientific advances to be known to the researchers. These might for instance be:
- New production technologies.
- New farming, food-storage, cooking, etc methods.
- New infrastructure technologies.
- New inventions in whatever area.


Please send any messages/messengers here, at the town meeting place (IRC), or to me directly if you have "heard" any scientific advances that you would like the to propose research.  

From the Tavastia reports and elsewhere I gather:

- Cavalry tactics incl use of HAK units, would upgrade our base fighting strength to 2 for cheap units that we can press from Tavastia, especially after our victory, plus allow further advances.
- Combined arms gives +20 to Command (at least with GA) - this would increase the BV of (for instance) the Duke of NL Company by 25! And enable the companies without aquila to gain advantage.
- I am personally interested in this "crisp bread", it cannot be difficult to research and even if it were both more expensive and less healthy than VEG - hell - look at the market there is no VEG there, bread could be stored like meat!
- Road building. Our current method is very expensive, better suited for cobbled streets. At least a highway connecting Plath to Ultima Thule with frequent places where two carriages can pass, I want to leave to my successor!
- Astronomy was mentioned, and the Telescope that someone had heard was under development in foreign lands some years ago.
- Anything that aids in health really.
- Medium 6-pounder cannon. Although personally I don't see a niche for it..

SCIentific Projects for Consideration
Research for immediate consideration based on reports from the Nobles by category.  I would classify the Defense and Health as top priority with Infrastructure an ongoing project to improve mobility in the lands.

Defense
- Weaponry improvements (underway with the Soul Expedition and arrival of Mercs)
 - Musket Production - 20,000 SCI  -  Muskets manufacturing without helps
 - Cavalry tactics
 - Combined arms
 - Medium Cannon
 - Nuclear warheads - lolz

Infrastructure/Travel
 - Road building
 - Carrier Pigeons - Communication
 - Seafaring 1-3 - ~20k SCI for each stage - Possible help from GA Treaty if accepted
 - Irrigation technologies

Health
 - Crisp Bread
 - Food storage  and transport improvements

Industry
 - Mining
 - Lumberjack
 - Steam Power

General Science
 - Printing Press - 10k SCI - Treaty with GA will require this and will supply 1/2 of required SCI (5k)
 - Astronomy/Optics
 - Newton's Laws
 - Cartography

Updates/Suggestions will be added to this post for reference
donator
Activity: 1722
Merit: 1036
There is an item S-CAN (1/char) available. It is some historical right to grow herbs in the King's lands near town, and only 100 per year, and only the poor and destitute may have it etc., check out if you fit in the definition.

Does Ernak fit the definition? Perhaps his father Avitohol passed him the knowledge before he died:

I ate some of the seeds and planted the rest in my garden.

If even Knights are included in some cases, Ernak most likely can claim one as well.
hero member
Activity: 794
Merit: 1000
Monero (XMR) - secure, private, untraceable
There is an item S-CAN (1/char) available. It is some historical right to grow herbs in the King's lands near town, and only 100 per year, and only the poor and destitute may have it etc., check out if you fit in the definition.

Does Ernak fit the definition? Perhaps his father Avitohol passed him the knowledge before he died:

I ate some of the seeds and planted the rest in my garden.
donator
Activity: 1722
Merit: 1036
TMA Principality of Forte Spagnolo 17*PRE

The Viscount of Forte Spagnolo has been waiting patiently for word to return on the status reports from the explorers and troops sent off to TMA Principality of Forte Spagnolo.

It must be far away, for the news to take this long to arrive... [this post will be expanded today to tell about it]
full member
Activity: 220
Merit: 100
225th Jubilee Raffle - Great Prizes!

Prizes Awarded

1 * Grand Prize: Any Real Estate up to the value of 500,000,000 m (in the whole game, you pick, King pays  Cheesy )[/b]

Practical note on the 1st and 4th prizes. The winner gets to pick his real estate from a list of listed properties costing (at max) 500 mil. To qualify for the listing, the seller must register the property latest on the day when # of tickets goes to 15 or below. It must be listed and buyable by others as well. When the winner is known, he will be notified and the King will buy the prize selected and gift it to the winner. Do not forsake this opportunity to advertise that you have RE for sale!! Smiley

I'd like to post 4 properties that are potential options for the winner, listed at 500 mil:

Options for raffle winners (all but last are 500 mil)


Either 2-NE-N11 or 2-NE-N12:   fully gardened, overlooking a 2000 sqm park. Stone's throw from the Triple Towers. total sqm: 600 sqm. floor sqm: 144, terrace sqm: 170, garden sqm: 333. D-SHA: 919

3-E-F4: fully built house overlooking 1600 sqm park.  60-70 meters from the Palace of Culture & Science  (the center of borough 3). Total stone: 518200. Total sqm: 318, D-SHa: 660


5-C-A6 (S. San Pietro St. 3): 10m from San Pietro in the center of 5-C. Pristine location. floor sqm: 290. terrace sqm: 108. Garden area: 142. This house should probably be more than 500 mil, but I am putting it up for sale because I have 2 of them next to each other. 2094 D-SHA! 600 mil.


-Note: these properties are available for purchase by the raffle winner. However, if you'd like to purchase them, they all have asks listed in CK Ultima.

Additionally, there is a new prize of a 100 mil property. I have the following properties listed at this pricerange:

4-SE-N6 + 4-SE-N8 = listed for 120 but on sale for 100 mil. These lots are located in the 4th borough directly within the Research Park area. They are on paved streets, and have full level 1 groundwork included (no need to build pedestals to build since they are on swamp). You can get both of them (total of 8q land) for this price.

3-E-F18 - This lot is 4q and is located in 3-E, only 30m as the crow flies from the Palace of Culture which is directly in the center of 3-C.  A great chance to get a premium lot at a discounted price of 100 mil (30% off special)!

Lastly, we have the following properties for 100 mil: 9-NW-C5 + 9-NW-C9 + 9-NW-C10 + 9-NW-C11. These 4 properties are a total of 9q, and are in the newly created 9-NW chapelry. They are across the street from The Quad, a 1600 sqm park.  They include 100 m of street access (perfect for shops). This is a great investment for a new land baron!

full member
Activity: 220
Merit: 100
Golden Harp is delving into other markets, one of those being JADe.

We have been allocated (to purchase) a fairly large chunk of the market share by HM and will be serving as an ad-hoc distributor and market maker. If you are interested in purchasing jade, check out some of the things you can do with it, and then head over to the marketplace to pick up yours!

There are only 750 JAD given out in the entire Kingdom. Artisans, Speculators, and Nobles alike may be interested in this 1-of-a-kind material.







donator
Activity: 1722
Merit: 1036
225th Jubilee Raffle - Great Prizes!
See link for more information.

Nine halvings are done, so only about 0.2% of the original number of tickets remains! The old, fine and healthy W1603A was divided to 64 characters. The last trade of JAD is at 2.0 mil, but spread is currently high. Let's see if someone starts to make markets with this!


Prizes Awarded

47,671 * CAN given!
23,707 * BEER given!
1,484 * FOIE given to 118 chars!
735 * JAD given to 90 chars!
373 * W1603A given to 64 chars!


Prizes Remaining

373 tickets (RAF-1) remaining; halving every month (realday)

200 * MIN-5 (Most Elaborate Ming China Plate 16cm)
100 * CS1625E (special edition 5 CKS only 100 minted)
50 * CLXII (since there are no restaurants qualified to participate in the auction, it will be raffled instead)
25 * WOS-E1 (Green Suit, gift of HH The Mayor)
20 * MIR (Venetian Mirror 1 sqm, gift of HH The Duke of New Liberty)
15 <- when this number of tickets is reached, the subsequent SPOILs are 25% only to increase excitement!
- - -
10 * Baronet of CK (lowest numbers available starting from highest ranking winner, incl promotion to L12 if applicable)
1 * Fourth Prize: Any Real Estate up to the value of 100,000,000 m (to the 4th last ticket; gift of HRH Zechariah)
1 * Third Prize: 1-SE-V76 Korean Restaurant (1518) (to the 3rd last ticket; gift of Prince of Soul)
1 * Second Prize: TRC4-19 Most Elab 4-Horse Carriage (to the 2nd last ticket; gift of M of White Cross)
1 * Grand Prize: Any Real Estate up to the value of 500,000,000 m (in the whole game, you pick, King pays  Cheesy )


Total Value of Prizes: 2,500,000,000 m !
(Expected value of a ticket: 6,700,000 m)

It is possible to give prizes to the auction. Unique prizes will be listed as 5th, 6th etc. prizes, and will always be awarded. Fungible prizes you need to give the maximum amount to the King, and they will be dividended when the number of tickets reaches or goes below the amount, the King doing what he wishes with the difference.


Practical note on the 1st and 4th prizes. The winner gets to pick his real estate from a list of listed properties costing (at max) 500 mil. To qualify for the listing, the seller must register the property latest on the day when # of tickets goes to 15 or below. It must be listed and buyable by others as well. When the winner is known, he will be notified and the King will buy the prize selected and gift it to the winner. Do not forsake this opportunity to advertise that you have RE for sale!! Smiley
legendary
Activity: 1750
Merit: 1036
Facts are more efficient than fud
The manor Essu

The manor is in excellent shape and has been supplied with 2 LT, 1 MSGM, SGT, 3 PTE, and 4 PTEM--additional mercenary troops available are there and for hire. We are still waiting for a suitable CAPT to lead the detachment.
hero member
Activity: 784
Merit: 501
The Royal CryptoArmy campaign of the Great River March 22, 1623 - present
The orders are to avoid battle but use force to pin the enemy down and allow us a river crossing to make possible to send messengers to the north, to find out about the situation, and release as many as possible of those troops to march south towards the River. NF camp was earlier ordered to be evacuated (due to poor business prospects), so with some luck, they might assemble at the River already. Even the location of Petrichor is still disputed so probably God will help them.

In conjunction with these commands, the Prince of FS has dispatched a messager aboard the Kingdom's finest horse, a GOLD Unicorn (H9), to travel as fast as possible to the North to inform the forces of the happenings with the Swedes and to march south towards the river.  The swiftness and stamina of the horse should allow the traveler to avoid contact with any forces while getting the message as quickly as possible to the support in the North.
donator
Activity: 1722
Merit: 1036
The Royal CryptoArmy campaign of the Great River March 22, 1623 - present

In war, the destinies of "money and men" (to quote HRH The Archduke) are subjected to "slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" (to quote some contemporary play). Quite a manageable treaty has been proposed due to HH New Liberty negotiation skill in the Swedish court, and at the same time both sides in the field - with ice preventing messages from Sweden, and bad roads, conditions and inexperience hindering our coordination - have taken entire enemy units as prisoners and thwarted the PREparation sites. Councillor Mooo, Earl of Stonehaven (etc) is missing, as Zechariah did not remember or manage to inquire of him.

The Prince of Soul had left just a few days before the messengers came, to a multi-year journey with an objective to make friends with Rossiya's leadership, and proceed to Korea to get plans for a new weapon, Chokonu. We believe it is like a mechanical wooden musket which could be supplied to all our troops in quick order. Under the time constraints, no contact with the Earls of the South could be made, so the direction is neglected for now. The M of White Cross sent reinforcements including a cannon to his Marquessate, however.

The first month of war showed painfully how much we are lacking in coordination of campaigns. The entire north is blocked from us. There is no information on the 200 BV dispersed between the three camps in North Face, Tavastia and Petrichor, whether they are drifting (or marching) to the campaign scene, stationary but operational, interred, defeated or outright devastated (the Germanians use "zerstört" to capture the meaning). Likewise, our forces in the River have no intelligence on the (supposed) 3*200 BV of enemy forces there, and nothing is known whether they have got reinforcements as soon as the sea was ice-free again about a month ago. By the time of this writing, the destinies of The Duke of NL Regiment in Threestone are uncertain as well. Even without reinforcements from Stockholm, the enemy could have pincer-attacked them at the captured townsite "Paldiski" with double strength. Only the mounted company RRF is sure to still exist. Their retreat is open to the south, CryptoTown.

The plethora of scientific advances that we don't have, the continuing intrigue at home, the willingness to spare the key troops for the promotion round announced at the end of the year, that it takes too long to make friends with either the Alliance (where intrigue is ()^2 ), or the Rossiyans, and other subtle but important considerations, make the King turn towards aiming to make our so far only enemy to our ally instead.


We dispatch a high-level civilian delegation to (The Free Hanseatic Town of) Riga, teeming with BUT-9 and BUT-8, MGR-4 and so on, to accept the terms laid out by HKM Gustaf Adolf of Sweden (etc x3), and appoint HH The Duke of New Liberty (etc x2) Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Crypto Kingdom to the Royal Court of Sweden, with orders to mainly gather as much intelligence as possible and report it to us [well that's what ambassadors do, so nothing extraordinary here].

The Main Army, Royal 1st Company, has meanwhile been increased to have 6 sections, 6 cannons and 260 BV. One of the sections is Musketeer, 2 are Field Artillery and 3 are Light Infantry. This is sent to the north on foot in battle array. It is expected that the mounted troops there provide the horses if needed, and due to the large amount of cannons, the force cannot anyway travel too fast.

It will be joined with Knights Templar (64 BV), eager to fight the "infidels", a separate unit. All these are to subject themselves to the Campaign Commander, HRH The Archduke, who is already at the scene.

The orders are to avoid battle but use force to pin the enemy down and allow us a river crossing to make possible to send messengers to the north, to find out about the situation, and release as many as possible of those troops to march south towards the River. NF camp was earlier ordered to be evacuated (due to poor business prospects), so with some luck, they might assemble at the River already. Even the location of Petrichor is still disputed so probably God will help them.

The most obvious stronghold, that of the captured camp in Threestone, at the mouth of the river, was left unattended. The King's judgement was that if the enemy had concentrated forces there, the remnants of our Regiment there would soon show up in disarray and nothing further could be done. But if, instead, they could hold ground, the victorious Main Army from Stonehaven would shake hands with them soon. Two messengers on horseback were naturally sent through the woods to inform them of the situation.

350 BV (in King's forces only) was left to guard the Old Duchy, the Citadel, and Royal Palace. Once some experience with the mercenary musketeers has been gained, these can be re-purposed so that perhaps a small Shock unit can be deployed to the battle scene as well - all in eager hopes of alliance with the opponent of course.

If further plans are made by the other commanders, they may reply on their behalf.

The Main Army left the town on the 3rd of July. They saw that the remaining VEG had spoiled and the new crop would come in 2 weeks at the latest.

King pleads all peers with opened Counties to send as much stone to the county accounts as possible. The number of OTH in the OldDuchy is increased to 100 to use the stone for making the entrance roads to the town better. Meanwhile it will be counted towards the PRE of the county, and this will accrue regardless of the connection and military situation in the county.
sr. member
Activity: 266
Merit: 250
225th Jubilee Raffle - Great Prizes!

Prizes Awarded

1 * Grand Prize: Any Real Estate up to the value of 500,000,000 m (in the whole game, you pick, King pays  Cheesy )[/b]

Coveted Old Town properties rarely seen in the market, in the 500mil range, available at these attractive prices only during the Jubilee. Your unique opportunity to buy or win:

1-N-C3 , 200sqm , Original Mama' s Kitchen and apartment from 1436 A.D. (listed for sale @500mil)
https://cryptokingdom.me/land/lot/details/85

1-N-J4 , 100sqm , Original North Gate Tavern from 1454 A.D. (listed for sale @500mil)
https://cryptokingdom.me/land/lot/details/109

1-SE-V45 , 380sqm , Land in the Center of The Village, currently gardened including a small house. (listed for sale @500mil)
https://cryptokingdom.me/land/lot/details/274


Central Chapelry properties in Borough 9, in the 100mil range, available at these attractive prices only during the Jubilee. Planned construction for 9-C includes a Museum of Antiquity, Town Registry Office, Private Residence of a wealthy Lord and an Upscale Restaurant. Your unique opportunity to buy or win:

9-C-C4 , 600sqm , land is gardened and includes a small house (listed for sale @100mil)
https://cryptokingdom.me/land/lot/details/995
Sold!

9-C-C2 , 600sqm , land is gardened and includes a small house (listed for sale @100mil)
https://cryptokingdom.me/land/lot/details/993

9-C-C7 , 400sqm , land is gardened and includes a small house (listed for sale @100mil)
https://cryptokingdom.me/land/lot/details/998

9-C-C8 , 400sqm , land is gardened and includes a small house (listed for sale @100mil)
https://cryptokingdom.me/land/lot/details/999

All these properties will be available for purchase at these prices only until the end of the Jubilee celebrations, after which they will either be raised to the regular real estate prices or taken off the market. So buy yours now! Smiley
hero member
Activity: 784
Merit: 501
The "PRE post":

TA Duchy of North Face 30*PRE (total)
The County of Plath 24*PRE (total)
TA Duchy of Ramsey 21*PRE (total)
--------------------
TMA Principality of Forte Spagnolo 17*PRE (total)
TVA Duchy 16*PRE (total)
TMA Duchy of New Liberty 15*PRE (total)
The Marquessate of White Cross 14*PRE (total)
The County of Stonehaven 13*PRE (total)
TA Marquessate of Grass 12*PRE (total)
---------------------
TA Marquessate of Tavastia 9*PRE (total)
The County of Petrichor 8*PRE (total)

Most of the info obtainable before winter is in the other post. The bonuses, looting and production comes tomorrow.

The Viscount of Forte Spagnolo has been waiting patiently for word to return on the status reports from the explorers and troops sent off to TMA Principality of Forte Spagnolo.  The rumors swirling around town about Stonehaven have hit close and with all the other activities happening throughout the Kingdom and the North Face Duchy, it has been curious that no word has come from the Prince's county!  We hope that nothing grave has happened the workers and troops!  There have been spares transports of goods coming from the area for trade puposes, but no communications accompany them.

Let it be known that anyone who knows anything about the Prince's county condition, please come forward with any news!

HH Duke of North Face, TA Viscount of Forte Spagnolo
donator
Activity: 1722
Merit: 1036
A recently promoted BUT-9 just could not keep this information to himself, to which he was not privy in the first place.
It happened before the messages arrived.

Royal Palace "blue room"

- (HE The Prince of Soul) You have the wrong enemy! I say, the Church is devouring the earth, and you should ally with the voice of reason here, that is: anyone else!

* (HM The King) Paul, I am not allied with anyone, but what can I do when a foreign power flexes muscles and occupies half of the Kingdom??

- Fine you want to war them, why not ally with Rossiya at least? They have a very ancient enmity with Sweden and have the next turn to attack. The Culture of Rossiya is the envy of the whole world! I have been there many times and conversed with their leaders ever since when you were a boy!

...

- You seen this Expert Zephyrus; he has quickly become as slippery as the Bishop himself!! I bet he is taking orders from him.. [GM note: The Prince-Bishop is Zephyrus' direct superior in Church hierarchy, so this is not completely inappropriate] Refusing to be knighted, and hiding the relics in the citadel that he has made the Church haw! Why not outright steal the relics and blame that on the protestants!

* Take it easy, brother. The troops were subjected to the RCA and what else they can do except to defend the town if need be?? I think you are paranoid, even in excess of me, I wonder if that is healthy...

- He is not the only one behaving strangely, though... What is up with James Daniel? He seems scared as hell even though everything is fine, he just got a promotion. This pressing of horses and men is unheard-of, why did he just not pay for them, he seemed such a stable person, royal blood very obviously!

* Paul.... I just can't keep this to myself. James Daniel is not... Jeeves - could you bring some more CLXII please, and a COH for me only. - Damn I miss serje, it's so hard to find good butlers these days.

...

- No, and no! I am not taking any troops or anything, nor a merchant convoy. That would take years and the valuables would be at risk. I am going with civilian servants only. I can only bring back what I can hide, including the plans of the Chokonu that I will memorize and have my assistant to memorize as well. It will be nice to see my country - if I ever reach that far - and I will spend the winter in Moscow (what a place to spend winter!) and establish high contact with Rossiya, sending a message to you. This will delay the trip but I am the only person qualified to gain major success with them. King, you have a problem, since the Rossiyans think you secretly symphatize the Swedes, and the catholics are so power-hungry they will not leave you alone with these social policies!

* And with the Swedes, I am at war...

- I hope to come back alive and see you alive and reigning, and the University started by the time I am back. Watch out for the catholics! They are at the zenith of their power, but in the long run - which we should know - Truth, Reason and Science will prevail, men will travel to and fro, and knowledge will increase. And then the Lord will come. This has been promised in the Bible, and how I wish it would be made available to others except you, me, and the Bishop!

* Good-bye my friend. We will see again. Somehow.
full member
Activity: 260
Merit: 105
A Lingering Ghost
If the recent events in regards to GA and the looming war are not enough, here's some insider soap opera from letters going back and forth Petrichor and CryptoTown within the Syyskuu family regarding the RAF-1:

Quote

My Dearest Father,
I have been granted a vision in a dream. The great RAF-1 that is on-going is to bestow upon our family a great fortune, and a glowing figure told me that at least baronetcy would be blessed to me by the grace of God, should I be allowed to participate in a sufficient amount of tickets. Dear Mother tells me she feels the same way. Given that I have come to age during your absence at Petrichor, I am greatly saddened that you could not participate in my ceremony nor grant me a gift of manhood. However, I see that maybe this was ought to happen, so that I could be given a chance to prove that a blessing of good fortune lies upon me regardless of your presence. I kindly request, father, that you would grant me a chance to participate in the RAF-1.
Your son,
Syksy Jr, II


Quote

My Dearest Son,
I congratulate you on your coming to manhood, and lament in the fact that I am absent during this great celebration. However, I do question this vision; are you sure that you are not tempted by the Serpent? Young in spirit are often shaken back and forth by doctrines of questionable origin. Have you tested that the spirit is that of God truly? The almighty does work in mysterious ways - but I do not see this as such. Our family has been known to throw snake eyes often in 2d6, and it has been through hard work and toil that we have gained any fortune, not by dice. Please consult your grandfather for further guidance in this matter, before I shall consider this matter through-outly.
Your loving father,
Syksy Sr, I


Quote

Dearest Father,
Grandfather was unable to confirm or deny my visions. He thinks it may be of God, but is not capable of confirming it. Mother still believes that what I saw was not of my own imagination. I have not resorted to vision-tellers, speakers of the dead or astrologists, as I remember your teachings that we ought to avoid such in any spiritual matters out of grasp and only trust what we see that is of the spirit. I can only offer my sincerest belief that this is destined for me.
Your loving son,
Syksy Jr, II

Quote

My lad,
So be it. Our country is at the brink of a war, and only God knows if I shall fall, as Petrichor lies near the border of potential conflict and my small detachment may be called to active duty with me in the front. Should it happen, I do not want the last thought of my son to be that his father hindered his vision that he sincerely believed in. I pray that thy vision is truly of the Lord. No matter what happens, take care of grandfather and your Mother, and do not meddle more than this in matters of luck and chance - concentrate on your studies and practice, and especially learn what you can from your grandfather, for he is a wise man. Even if there is fortunate by mere chance by the grace of God, the foundation of a man has to be firm, and that can only be obtained through hard work. With this letter, find attached 30x RAF-1 to spark your vision. Pray for me that I will once again return to you and your Mother alive with your aunt Sini by my side. May God have grace upon us in these dire times.
Your loving father,
Syksy Sr, I
Pages:
Jump to: