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    A House Divided; 1856 AMPU Playtest Part 2

    in A More Perfect Union (AMPU)

    Posted · Edited by matthewyoung123

    59 minutes ago, Blockmon said:

     


    Relocation: 
    John Van Dyke will move to MN from NJ (alt state)
    shifts: 
    None
    Conversions:
    Francis Thomas From Freezer Faction
    John B Henderson From BlueLib Faction
    William P Fessenden from Will's faction
    Lewis D Campbell from Jimmy's Faction

    Van Dyke is auto-moved and now lives in MN.

    Conversions;

    Thomas 29/43 so success!  Thomas converts to the Republicans. @theFreezerFlame

    Henderson 65/43 fails.  Loses Pliable if he has it. @Arkansas Progressive

    Fessenden 39/43 so success!  Fessenden moves from @Willthescout7 to @Blockmon

    Campbell 54/43 fails.  Gains integrity.  @10centjimmy

    AMPU: 1800 Playtest - Era of Republicanism

    in A More Perfect Union (AMPU)

    Posted

    42 minutes ago, ebrk85 said:

    1)Abolish National Debt Policy

    100pts to Gov/Sens in states leading in Finance

    250pts to Trad, RW Activists, Wall Street

    -250pts to Prog/Libs, LW Activists, Welfare

    Party Pref +1 Red (now Red +2)

    Rev/Bud meter improves by 1 (already maxed)

    Policy needs to be implemented by Pres Wood (Gov ability), Sec of Treasury Horsey and Sen Econ Chair Longfellow

    Everyone is successful!  @matthewyoung123 Sen Longfellow gains +1 Command (his 1st!)

     

    2) Extensively Tour America's Leading Port Cities

    President gets +1 in reelection bid in states with Maritime Industries as a leading industry

    100pts to Gov/Sens in states leading in Maritime

    50pts to Big Corp, Transportation, Mil-Ind

     

    3) Open Up Trade with British West Indies

    Must be successfully implemented to take effect

    Implementation (Mod) by Pres Wood, Sec of State Irving and Minister to the UK Southard

    Pres Wood 30/20 blunders it

    Wood does not have relevant experience so -2 to the blunder roll

    Rolls 2-2=0; Party Pref -1 Red (now Red +1) and @pman Pres Wood, Sec Irving and @10centjimmy Minister Southard all gain Easily Overwhelmed

    This action can be attempted again in the future

     

    4) Expand Most Favored Nation Trade Status to Much of Europe

    50tps to Free Trade, Globalists

     

    5) Open Up Trade with Central America

    Must be successfully implemented to take effect

    Implementation (Mod) by Pres Wood, Sec of State Irving and Sec of Treasury Horsey

    Pres Wood 93/20, Sec Irving 94/80 and Sec Horsey 84/60 all blunder it. Woof

    Since the Treasury Sec is involved in this one, Pres Wood does have the relevant exp so no -2 this time at least

    Wood blunder roll is a 2= Gains Easily Overwhelmed or loses 1 admin (but can't go to zero). So no effect on Wood.

    Irving blunder roll is a 6= Bad press for a day. That is all.

    Horsey blunder roll is a 1= Party Pref -1 Red (now lean Red)

    This action can be attempted again in the future

     

    This started off so well and then just went South in a hurry

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    A House Divided; 1856 AMPU Playtest Part 2

    in A More Perfect Union (AMPU)

    Posted

    2.1.6 Political conversions-

    "Party Leaders can attempt to convert someone from another party, so long as their target is marked for “Party Flipping.”

    President Buchanan @Euri can target any Red politician that has "can party flip" at a 33% chance to convert them to his faction.  There are no restrictions on the ideology of the target.

    Senator William Seward @Blockmon can target any TWO Democrats that have "can party flip" at a 43% chance to convert them to his faction.  Again, there are no restrictions on the ideology of your targets.

    Remember that faction leaders, President, VP, and Speaker of the House cannot be targeted in this phase.

    Both Party Leaders and Faction Leaders may target same-party members of other factions, so long as their target is marked “pliable” AND has the same OR ADJACENT personal ideology as the faction leader making the conversion attempt. This means a MOD faction leader can attempt to target Libs, Mods, and Cons with the Pliable trait.

    • BlueRW @Euri Jefferson Davis can attempt to recruit a Pliable RWPop, Trad, or Cons at a 10% chance.
    • Euri @Euri President Buchanan can attempt to recruit a Pliable RWPop, Trad, or Cons at a 33% chance.
    • BlueCons @10centjimmy Sec of State Cass can attempt to recruit TWO Pliable Trads, Cons, or Mods at 33% chance.
    • Freezer @theFreezerFlame Fmr Sen Stephen A Douglas can attempt to recruit TWO Pliable Cons, Mods, or Libs at 48% chance.
    • BlueLib @Arkansas Progressive Mr. Benjamin Butler can attempt to recruit a Pliable Mod, Lib, or Prog at at a 43% chance.
    • RedCons @Arkansas Progressive Fmr Rep. Alexander Stephens can attempt to recruit a Pliable Trads, Cons, or Mods at 10% chance.
    • RedMod @Bloot911 Rep. Amos Granger can attempt to recruit a Pliable Cons, Mods, or Libs at 10% chance.
    • @10centjimmy Fmr Sen John J Crittenden is harmonious and will not try to recruit within his own party.
    • RedLib @Blockmon Sen William H Seward can attempt to recruit TWO Pliable Cons, Mods, or Libs at 43% chance.
    • @Willthescout7 Gov Salmon P. Chase can attempt to recruit TWO Pliable Mod, Lib, or Prog at at a 33% chance, but cannot recruit anyone who is Manipulative.

    A House Divided; 1856 AMPU Playtest Part 2

    in A More Perfect Union (AMPU)

    Posted

    9 hours ago, Euri said:

    Euri:

    Relocations (exp card):

    John W Stevenson: KY->KS  97/50 fails
    Jeremiah Black: PA->KS  14/50 success.  18/25 Gains carpetbagger, -1 in all elections until 1868.
    Samuel H Woodson: MO->KS  34/75 (same region) success.
    George W Hopkins: VA->KS  48/50 success  3/25 Gains carpetbagger, -1 in all elections until 1868.
    Henry A Wise: VA->KS  55/50 fails
    John B Floyd: VA->KS  86/50 fails
    Robert M T Hunter: VA->KS  40/50 success. 67/25 so no penalty.
    Stonewall Jackson: VA->KS  56/50 fails
    Frederick W M Holliday: VA->KS  26/50 success.  33/25 so no penalty.
    Joseph E Johnston: VA->KS  93/50 fails
    John Lee Carroll: MD->KS  3/50 success.  21/25.  Gains carpetbagger, -1 in all elections until 1868.
    Philip Francis Thomas: MD->KS  77/50 fails

    Too much?

    Shifts:  (1st number is chance to convert, 2nd is flip-flopper, 3rd is Pliable)

    Robert B Lindsay: Cons->Trad  62/75, 98/50, 89/40.  So Lindsay moves ideologies and receives no penalties.
    Henry Massie Rector: Cons->Trad  35/75, 52/50, 68/40.    Rector moves ideologies and receives no penalties.
     John M Palmer: Cons->Mod  13/50, 96/50, 38/40.  Palmer moves ideologies and gains Pliable.  
    Clement L Vallandigham: Trad->RWP  8/50, 43/50, 17/40.  Vallandingham moves ideologies but gains flip-flopper & Pliable.
    William M Gwin: Cons->Trad  32/75, 65/50, 13/40.  Gwin moves ideologies but gains Pliable.
    George R Dennis: Cons->Trad  82/75, 10/50, 87/40.  Dennis fails and gains flip-flopper.  

    See above for results.  Please update your pols with their gains & penalties.

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    Drums of War: An All-CPU Playtest of the Civil War

    in A More Perfect Union (AMPU)

    Posted · Edited by matthewyoung123

    42 minutes ago, Ich_bin_Tyler said:

    Gov Actions

    @matthewyoung123 @OrangeP47 @Willthescout7 please submit gov actions. You can also roll for the CPU successes as well.

    Bryan FL (3); Improve Industry, High Tech  73/60, fails
    Phelps MD (3); Advocate US Exceptionalism  54/60, success
    Major MO (1); Remove term limits for Gov 78/20, fails
    Erickson MT (2); Use Office to Routinely Praise Incumbent President.  48/10 so no bonus for President.  91/5 no party pref change.
    Granger RI (4); Use Office to Routinely Praise Incumbent President.  77/10 so no bonus.   34/5 no party pref change.
    Edwards WA (2); Use Office to Routinely Praise Incumbent President.  Success 4/10 so +1 for President in WA State.  65/5 so no party pref change.
    Kendrick WY (2); Improve Industry, Mining 33/40, success.

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    A House Divided; 1856 AMPU Playtest Part 2

    in A More Perfect Union (AMPU)

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, 10centjimmy said:

    BlueCons:

    No shifts, no relocations

    Jimmy:

    Shifts

    Thomas Talbot mod->lib  82/50 fails.  70/50 so no flip-flopper and 78/40 so no Pliable.

    Joseph A Gilmore mod->lib  67/50 fails.  25/50 so gains flip-flopper  89/40 so no Pliable.

    Relocations

    Robert E Lee VA->MN (overpop)  44/25 so fails.

    John P Usher IN-> KS alt state  Success in auto moving to alt state.

     

     

    Drums of War: An All-CPU Playtest of the Civil War

    in A More Perfect Union (AMPU)

    Posted

    6 minutes ago, Ich_bin_Tyler said:

    Embargo War (US Pork vs. German Beet Sugar)

    • Option B) Germany had excellent cause to embargo our pork; We should get our house in order.
      • Mods, Libs +1 Blue
      • 50pts Free Trade; -50pts Protectionists

    Panic of 1907    

    • Option A) Use the government to ease the panic. Divert funds to create government jobs to reduce unemployment;
      • Mods, Libs +1 Blue
      • Implementation
        • Pres Pattison 58/60, Sec Clarke 6/60, Sec House 48/50
        • It is successful!
        • Revenue/Budget -1 (now Balanced)
        • Domestic Stability +1 (now at Good Feelings)
        • 100pts LW Activists, LW Populists, RW Populists, Progressives, Liberals; -100pts RW Activists, Conservatives, Traditionalists

    Calls for Suffrage for Women intensify throughout the Western World    

    • Option A) The people have spoken. Call on Congress to pass legislation to expand suffrage to this demographic
      • Mods, Libs -1 Blue
      • -100pts Traditionalists

    Samoan Crisis

    • Option C) The only sensible thing to do is split the islands between Germany and ourselves
      • Mods, Libs +1 Blue
      • Implementation
        • Pres Pattison 3/60, Sec Page 93/60, Amb Roper 47/60
          • Sec Page bungles the implementation.
            • Pattison has Foreign Affairs expertise but Admin of 1 so blunder roll occurs normally.
            • Rolled 3, Page does not have Controversial so no scandal.
        • Party Pref +1
        • 50pts Moderates, Globalists; -50ps Military-Industrialists

    That went better than I thought it would!

    Drums of War: An All-CPU Playtest of the Civil War

    in A More Perfect Union (AMPU)

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Ich_bin_Tyler said:

    Scripted Events

    Cabinet Eggheads: Walter Hines Page, William Graves Sharp, Carl Schurz, Henry L. Stimson, Edward M House, Chauncey Depew

    Embargo War (US Pork vs. German Beet Sugar)    

    • Trade issues have becoming increadibly tense between the US and Germany. Now, Germany is claiming that US pork is disease-ridden and has banned US pork from entering their country. Other countries have followed. The real issue seems to be that US pork is much cheaper than homegrown pork, leading to higher tariffs. Our trade experts want us to force open trade or our farmers might suffer. 
    • -50pts Big Agriculture, Free Trade, Globalists
    • Pres Pattison must choose:
      • A) Threaten retaliatory embargo on Germany; B) Germany had excellent cause to embargo our pork; We should get our house in order.
      • Cabinet weighs in 
        • Support A: Page, House
        • Support B: Stimson
        • @matthewyoung123 what do Sharp, Schurz, and Depew support?  They all support B.  
      • @matthewyoung123 what choice does Pattison make?  Pattison supports B.

    Panic of 1907    

    • A panic has been blamed on an effort to corner stock in the United Copper Company. Once the stock market fell, runs on banking and trust companies exacerbated problems. JP Morgan--America's most notable banker--has offered to use his own money to stabilize the economy if we wish it. Some fear JP Morgan might want a lot of influence in return. 
    • Sec of Treasury Clarke prevents any Econ Stability drops.
    • Revenue/Budget -1 (now trending Balanced)
    • Pres Pattison must choose:
      • A) Use the government to ease the panic. Divert funds to create government jobs to reduce unemployment; B) It is not the government's job to bail anyone out and it isn't up to a private individual either; or C) Approach JP Morgan to bail out the government; if successful, then economy moved to neutral
      • Cabinet weighs in
        • Support A: Stimson, Page, House
        • Support B: 
        • Support C : 
        • @matthewyoung123 what do Sharp, Schurz, and Depew support?  They all support A.
      • @matthewyoung123 what choice does Pattison make?  Pattison supports A.

    Calls for Suffrage for Women intensify throughout the Western World    

    • The activists are louder and larger in number. It's only a matter of time when the majority of the world allows women voters. Should we follow the trend? 
    • 100pts LW Activists, Human Rights
    • Pres Pattison must choose:
      • A) The people have spoken. Call on Congress to pass legislation to expand suffrage to this demographic; B) Ignore making an official statement, and do not interfere activism or in legislation on the topic; C) Make a grand speech opposed to women's right to vote. Use federal power to break up large groups of activists protesting for women's suffrage
        • If A) triggers a proposal next legis session for women's suffrage worth double points
      • Cabinet weighs in
        • Support A: 
        • Support B: Stimson
        • Support C : Page, House
        • @matthewyoung123 what do Sharp, Schurz, and Depew support?  They all support A.
      • @matthewyoung123 what choice does Pattison make?  Pattison supports A.

    Samoan Crisis

    • A conflict between our claims on the Samoans and German claims on the Samoans have led to a civil war on the islands. To make matter more difficult, both of our warships in the area are severely damaged by a cyclone. The Germans are likely to continue to press their claim as they have ambitions to compete with the UK and France as a colonial empire. However, we have many in our own government pressing for us to take part in the imperial movement to compete as a Great Power. 
    • Relations with Germany -1 (now trending Enemies)
    • Pres Pattison must choose:
    • A) Send Navy to intimidate the Germans out of Samoa; B) We have nothing to gain for risking war with Germany over small islands in the Pacific. Let Germany possess the Samoas; or C) The only sensible thing to do is split the islands between Germany and ourselves. 
      • Cabinet weighs in
        • Support A: 
        • Support B: 
        • Support C : Stimson, Page, House
        • @matthewyoung123 what do Sharp, Schurz, and Depew support?  All support C.
      • @matthewyoung123 what choice does Pattison make?  Pattison supports C.

     

    Responses above in bold.  Thanks!

    A House Divided; 1856 AMPU Playtest Part 2

    in A More Perfect Union (AMPU)

    Posted

    2.1.3 Flip-Flopper Penalty Removed;

    • None

    2.1.4 Relocate Politicians & 2.1.5 Ideology Shift

    @Euri @10centjimmy @theFreezerFlame @Arkansas Progressive @Bloot911 @Blockmon @Willthescout7 

    You now have the opportunity to attempt to relocate your politicians from overpopulated to underpopulated states.  You may also move politicians to their alt states at the time.

    Overpopulated States; CA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, MO, NY, OH, PA, VA

    Underpopulated States/Territories; AR, FL, KS, MN, NE, NM, NV, OK, UT.  KS provides a bonus to those factions holding the Expansionist card as the state has just come into the Union.  OR would as well, but has more than 20 pols in it so is no longer eligible for "underpopulated" state.

    You may also attempt to shift ideologies for your politicians.  Please consult the rules about how many attempts you get and the penalties associated with attempting shifts.  

    A House Divided; 1856 AMPU Playtest Part 2

    in A More Perfect Union (AMPU)

    Posted · Edited by matthewyoung123

    Welcome to 1859-60

    @Euri @10centjimmy @theFreezerFlame @Arkansas Progressive @Bloot911 @Blockmon @Willthescout7 @matthewyoung123

    The nation is on the precipice.  Domestic stability is almost at it's lowest point in the nation's young history.  President Buchanan, a northern politician with southern sympathies, occupies the White House, but his party didn't do too well in the recent midterm elections.  The Democrats have lost the House of Representatives, and now the Republicans control it by 36 votes out of 236 votes total.  However, the Democrats have managed to hold onto the Senate, by 4 votes, mostly due to controlling almost all the Governor seats south of the Mason-Dixon line.  The Supreme Court is still dominated by Democrats under the watchful eye of aging Chief Justice Taney of Maryland.

    The admission of two new free states, Kansas and Oregon, didn't help the domestic stability situation.  Many Northerners are beginning to see that the availability of cheap labor in the South, namely chattel slavery, is a threat to them, both morally and economically.  If slavery is allowed to expand out into the territories, what does that say about the future of the United States?  Can the nation exist permanently as half free and half slave?  Northern sympathies towards abolitionists is growing.  It has long been a cause of the Left Wing Progressives, but can it now start to pull in Liberals and Moderates to it's ranks?  Can the fledging Republican Party field a credible Presidential candidate with broad appeal in the 1860 election?

    On the other side, Southerners are becoming increasingly alarmed that outsiders, "Yankees", want to interfere with some of their long standing policies and institutions such as states rights, slavery, and the tariff.  They view Northerners as hypocrites who benefit from the institution of slavery economically (through the importation, refining, and spinning of cotton) and then denigrate and chastise plantation owners in the same sentence.  They believe that Northern factory workers, many of them newly arrived immigrants to the nation, are treated the same as enslaved people are.  Right Wing Populists in the country will be getting a boost in the next election due to the wide spread visibility of their causes.  Both they and the Traditionalists are heavily favored in the Southern states.

    While the revenue and budget situation is looking good for the nation, the economic stability is questionable.  While not an all out Panic, there was a run on the markets a month or so before the election.  This lack of economic stability likely caused some voters to question the ability of the Democrats on the economy.  There is growing uncertainty moving forward on the economic situation, which only adds to the rising level of anxiety in the country.

    Will the new Congress be able to take any action on the issue of slavery?  Will it try to adjust the tariff?  What will the new cabinet of President Buchanan look like?  Will he continue to appease Southern slave owners and attempt to "kick the can down the road" on several key issues, or will he take a stand in his last two years as President?  What does the economic future of the nation look like, and how will it be impacted by westward expansion?  Who will the Democrats select as a replacement for Buchanan, who has pledged to serve only one term in office?  Whatever happens, there is no doubt that the next two years will be very impactful for the future of the nation.

     

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    AMPU: 1800 Playtest - Era of Republicanism

    in A More Perfect Union (AMPU)

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, ebrk85 said:

    Bills

    S.1 Create Library of Congress (Sen Chandler) Passes 130-55

    S.2 (Packaged) Passes 143-42

    • Michigan Statehood (Sen Peters)
    • Ban Non-Christian Immigration (Sen Mangum) *Crisis Bill*

    S.3 Establish the Bank of the United States (Sen Prentiss) *Crisis Bill* Passes 148-37

    S.4 Set the Number of Supreme Court Justices to 5 (Sen Frelinghuysen) Passes 136-49

    H.R.1 Fund a federal waterway improvement of the Hudson River (Rep Granger) *Crisis Bill* Passes 109-76

    H.R.2 (Packaged) Passes 173-12

    • Illinois Statehood (Sec Taney)
    • Standardize Military Training Manuals (Rep Baylies)

    H.R.3 Set average tariff rate to 25% (Sec Horsey) *Crisis Bill* Passes 159-26

    H.R.4 Life-Term President Amendment (Rep Adams) Fails 68-117

    H.R.5 Universal White Male Suffrage in Federal Elections Amendment (Rep Crittenden) *Crisis Bill* Fails 110-75 (need 2/3 to pass)

    H.R.6 (Packaged) Passes 159-26

    • Abolish Debtor's Prisons (Sen Stockton) *Crisis Bill*
    • Set the Number of Supreme Court Justices to 9 (Sen Smith, N)

     

    There are no enough debaters to flip any results so we move along.

     

    Do any of the following whish to filibuster a bill/package?

    @Arkansas Progressive George Cabot

    @jnewt William B Giles

    So there are two bills that passed that are in direct competition with one another- Supreme Court Justice number.  How would this be handled? 

    There was also a 5% and a 25% tariff proposed but I think only the 25% one passed.

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