MrPotatoTed Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 15 hours ago, MrPotatoTed said: Red3 Benjamin Franklin takes John Bayard as a protege. Red4 Samuel Huntington takes Jonathan Trumbull Sr as a protege. Blue3 Patrick Henry takes John Tyler Sr as a protege.@10centjimmy if you're available, can you populate these three on the kingmaker protege sheet? I think next is for me to assign cards, which will take a while. Thanks! Forgot that kingmakers give their proteges a little something. FranklinCPU Benjamin Franklin gives Bayard +1 Admin, foreign affairs expertise, Civil Rights interest, and efficient. PinckneyCPU Samuel Huntington gives Trumbull Sr +1 Judicial, agriculture expertise, and provincial. BooneCPU Patrick Henry gives Tyler Sr Justice expertise, RW Activist, Propogandist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10centjimmy Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 11 minutes ago, MrPotatoTed said: FranklinCPU Benjamin Franklin gives Bayard +1 Admin, foreign affairs expertise, Civil Rights interest, and efficient Future Secretary of State! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 Time for the reissuing of cards! The only thing that could have possibly changed anything is if the one conversion and/or those little gains from kingmaker-protege relationships were enough to tilt something. But let's find out! Nope. Nothing changed.@10centjimmy: George Washington -- Moderates -- Law and OrderEllsworthCPU: Oliver Ellsworth -- Moderates, Liberals, Progressives, LW Populists -- Human RightsFranklinCPU: Benjamin Franklin -- Moderates -- Law and Order PinckneyCPU: Charles Coatsworth Pinckney: Conservatives -- Nationalists -- Big CorporationsJayCPU: John Jay: Moderates -- Human Rights---------------------HancockCPU: John Hancock: Moderates -- Military Industrial ComplexRandolphCPU: Peyton Randolph: Moderates -- Military Industrial ComplexBooneCPU: Daniel Boone: Traditionalists, RW Populists -- Expansionists, RW Activists -- Big AgriculturePaineCPU: Thomas Paine: Moderates -- Civil Rights -- Human RightsLeeCPU: Richard Henry Lee: Traditionalists, Conservatives -- Big Agriculture 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 Holding the most delegates for the convention, FranklinCPU gets to name the President of our First Continental Congress. FranklinCPU appoints...Benjamin Franklin as the first ever President of the First Continental Congress! (This may represent our first significant Point of Departure from the real time line -- in real history, the first President was Peyton Randolph.) FranklinCPU +50 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 As President of the First Continental Congress, Benjamin Franklin announces the committee members! DOMESTIC Chair: @10centjimmy Nathanial Gorham@10centjimmy Walt Livingston FranklinCPU Robert Goldsborough PinckneyCPU Thomas McKean PinckneyCPU Daniel Carroll JayCPU William Livingston HancockCPU Horatio Gates RandolphCPU John Collins BooneCPU Patrick Henry FOREIGN Chair: FranklinCPU Henry Middleton@10centjimmy Daniel Morgan PinckneyCPU Samuel Huntington JayCPU William heath JayCPU William Moore JayCPU Benjamin Huntington JayCPU Philemon Dickinson RandolphCPU Robert Brown BooneCPU Jeremiah Von Rensselaer LeeCPU Edward Teflair ECONOMIC Chair: LeeCPU Josiah Bartlett EllsworthCPU Thomas McKean FranklinCPU Thomas Tillinghast PinckneyCPU John Rutledge PinckneyCPU Gunning Bedford Sr RandolphCPU William Smith RandolphCPU Robert Howe BooneCPU Thomas Jefferson PaineCPU Hugh Williamson JUDICIAL Chair: @10centjimmy Lewis Morris EllsworthCPU Samuel Livermore EllsworthCPU Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer EllworthCPU Lyman Hall FranklinCPU Artemis Ward FranklinCPU George Clymer FranklinCPU Ralph Izard PinckneyCPU Alexander Martin PinckneyCPU Tristram Dalton JayCPU Matthew Griswold 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 23 minutes ago, MrPotatoTed said: As President of the First Continental Congress, Benjamin Franklin announces the committee members! DOMESTIC Chair: @10centjimmy Nathanial Gorham@10centjimmy Walt Livingston FranklinCPU Robert Goldsborough PinckneyCPU Thomas McKean PinckneyCPU Daniel Carroll JayCPU William Livingston HancockCPU Horatio Gates RandolphCPU John Collins BooneCPU Patrick Henry FOREIGN Chair: FranklinCPU Henry Middleton@10centjimmy Daniel Morgan PinckneyCPU Samuel Huntington JayCPU William heath JayCPU William Moore JayCPU Benjamin Huntington JayCPU Philemon Dickinson RandolphCPU Robert Brown BooneCPU Jeremiah Von Rensselaer LeeCPU Edward Teflair ECONOMIC Chair: LeeCPU Josiah Bartlett EllsworthCPU Thomas McKean FranklinCPU Thomas Tillinghast PinckneyCPU John Rutledge PinckneyCPU Gunning Bedford Sr RandolphCPU William Smith RandolphCPU Robert Howe BooneCPU Thomas Jefferson PaineCPU Hugh Williamson JUDICIAL Chair: @10centjimmy Lewis Morris EllsworthCPU Samuel Livermore EllsworthCPU Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer EllworthCPU Lyman Hall FranklinCPU Artemis Ward FranklinCPU George Clymer FranklinCPU Ralph Izard PinckneyCPU Alexander Martin PinckneyCPU Tristram Dalton JayCPU Matthew Griswold @10centjimmy Chair Nathaniel Gorham gains environment expertise. FranklinCPU Chair Henry Middleton gains military expertise. LeeCPU Chair Josiah Bartlett gains welfare expertise. Moderates like seeing Gorham running the domestic committee. Moderate enthusiasm +1 Red.@10centjimmy +100 FranklinCPU +50 LeeCPU +50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 @10centjimmy Walt Livingston gains environment expertise.FranklinCPU Robert Goldsborough gains media expertise.PinckneyCPU Thomas McKean Education.PinckneyCPU Daniel Carroll Environment.JayCPU William Livingston Environment.HancockCPU Horatio Gates Environment.RandolphCPU John Collins Healthcare.BooneCPU Patrick Henry Science. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 @10centjimmy Daniel Morgan ForeignPinckneyCPU Samuel Huntington NavyJayCPU William heath ForeignJayCPU William Moore NavyJayCPU Benjamin Huntington MilitaryJayCPU Philemon Dickinson ForeignRandolphCPU Robert Brown NavyBooneCPU Jeremiah Von Rensselaer ForeignLeeCPU Edward Teflair Navy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 EllsworthCPU Thomas McKean TradeFranklinCPU Thomas Tillinghast +1 Legislative, TransportationPinckneyCPU John Rutledge LaborPinckneyCPU Gunning Bedford Sr TransportationRandolphCPU William Smith WelfareRandolphCPU Robert Howe EconomicsBooneCPU Thomas Jefferson BusinessPaineCPU Hugh Williamson Labor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 EllsworthCPU Samuel Livermore EllsworthCPU Daniel of St. Thomas JeniferEllworthCPU Lyman HallFranklinCPU Artemis WardFranklinCPU George ClymerFranklinCPU Ralph IzardPinckneyCPU Alexander MartinPinckneyCPU Tristram DaltonJayCPU Matthew Griswold All get justice expertise, if they don't already have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 Faction Leader time! @10centjimmy sticking with George Washington? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10centjimmy Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 3 minutes ago, MrPotatoTed said: Faction Leader time! @10centjimmy sticking with George Washington? Roll those mean dice! I'm sticking with George 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 EllsworthCPU keeps Oliver Ellsworth. Loses obscure, gains pliable. FranklinCPU keeps Benjamin Franklin. Gains leadership. PinckneyCPU keeps Charles Coatesworth Pinckney. Gains +1 Command -- he now has 4 command, not too shabby for an underage guy on the career track. Ha. JayCPU keeps John Jay. No changes. HancockCPU keeps John Hancock. No changes. RandolphCPU keeps Peyton Randolph. No changes. BooneCPU keeps Daniel Boone. Loses obscure, gains RW Activist. PaineCPU drops Thomas Paine. (He was never eligible in the first place, wrong ideology. Whoops!) This is a weird faction -- on paper, they should be the far left faction. But quirks in the rules and the fact that they have ONE more moderate politician than liberals means they're just liberals. Even though they have the most progressives and LW Populists. Haha. Anyway, needing a moderate leader, they'll choose John Patten as their new faction leader. Patten loses obscure, gains leadership. LeeCPU keeps Richard Henry Lee. Lee gains +1 Legis and +1 Admin. Harmonious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 15 minutes ago, 10centjimmy said: Roll those mean dice! I'm sticking with George No gains. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 1774 -1776 Random Events!Scandalous Office Holder: Did you see the news? Thomas Jefferson resigned from his office almost as soon as the scandal was released to the press. At least Jefferson had the integrity to admit fault and step aside. We're told that Jefferson won't retire from politics, however, which renders them only fit for appointed office. BooneCPU Thomas Jefferson resigns from the first Continental Congress! He remains in the game but gains a permanent -1 in all future elections. We'll leave his seat vacant for now, until the next election (since there's no governors to appoint a new one yet.)Abilities Increase: I had the same thought as you did. I completely forgot Richard Montgomery even existed. Now Montgomery has got the makings of a true powerplayer. HancockCPU Richard Montgomery gets the Hiester Treatment! +1 Command, Governing, Legislative, Judicial, Admin, and Military. (He's now a 3 in military, had a 0 everywhere else previously). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbrella Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 I don't remember seeing this in the original 1774 playthrough, but when the constitution is drafted, is the requirement that the president be US born part of that, or is that just assumed to be the case? With Montgomery on the path to be the new Heister, I'm wondering if the fact he is Irish is going to limit his rise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willthescout7 Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 2 minutes ago, Umbrella said: I don't remember seeing this in the original 1774 playthrough, but when the constitution is drafted, is the requirement that the president be US born part of that, or is that just assumed to be the case? With Montgomery on the path to be the new Heister, I'm wondering if the fact he is Irish is going to limit his rise. I believe that is part of the Constitution that is optional for the player. Essentially, when it comes time to write the constitution, players will be able to vote for options on each of the articles, one of which is the option to not require the President to be born in thr US. You can also vote on term lengths, unicameral or bicameral legislature and a bunch of other stuff. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbrella Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 5 minutes ago, Willthescout7 said: I believe that is part of the Constitution that is optional for the player. Essentially, when it comes time to write the constitution, players will be able to vote for options on each of the articles, one of which is the option to not require the President to be born in thr US. You can also vote on term lengths, unicameral or bicameral legislature and a bunch of other stuff. OK, I couldn't remember what the players were able to choose. On a related note, is the country you were born in part of the player cards? I'm guessing that could be a significant factor during this era, but even other later politicians like Arnold Schwartzenegger could be affected by this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 SCRIPTED EVENTS 1774-1776 Declaration of Resolves: Members of the Continental Congress are increasingly supporting a Declaration of Resolves to object to the Intolerable Acts and to outline a Colonial Bill of Rights. Benjamin Franklin decides " Let us state our grievances to the world and our intention to boycott British goods if the Intolerable Acts are not repealed!" PinckneyCPU +200 EllsworthCPU +100 JayCPU +100 PaineCPU +100Common Sense: An anonymous pamphlet titled Common Sense is advocating American Independence from Great Britain. We know the author to be Thomas Paine, currently of Philadelphia. Within days, the pamplet has been read in taverns and meeting places throughout the colonies!PaineCPU Thomas Paine gains Celebrity. Benjamin Franklin decides " This glorious pamphlet is catching on like wildfire! "Why does an island rule a continent" indeed! Encourage publication of Mr. Paine's Common Sense." Pinckney +50Lexington & Concord: British troops have been miraculously repulsed by volunteer American colonists known as "minute men." If not for being alerted by the daring rides of Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott, our troops might have been caught off guard. There is no doubt the British Regulars will be tougher next time. We might need to consider sending troops from other colonies to aid our friends in Massachusetts.Benjamin Franklin decides " We must come to the aid of our sister colony Massachusetts (Continental Army proposal worth double pts)." The Revolutionary War will officially begin during the Military Phase. Creating a Continental Army (worth double points) and Continental Navy both "must" be proposed during the next legislative phase. HancockCPU +250 RandolphCPU +250@10centjimmy +250 FranklinCPU +250 PinckneyCPU +250Proprieter of Pennsylvania Returns Philadelphia to Aid the Revolution: Thomas Penn, proprieter of Pennsylvania, shocks both sides of the Atlantic as he leaves England to support the citizens of Pennsylvania. Penn had been living in England for some time and had been detached from colonial affairs. Thomas Penn will be activated and available in the next draft! PInckneyCPU +50Lavosier defines oxygen: French Chemist Antoine Lavoisier defines and proves the existence of oxygen. Some are calling this one of the greatest discoveries of all time. Samuel Johnson is dominant literary critic: Samuel Johnson, well-known for creating the first significant English-language dictionary all by himself, is now rightly regarded as the greatest literary critic of our time, especially in England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 14 minutes ago, Umbrella said: I don't remember seeing this in the original 1774 playthrough, but when the constitution is drafted, is the requirement that the president be US born part of that, or is that just assumed to be the case? With Montgomery on the path to be the new Heister, I'm wondering if the fact he is Irish is going to limit his rise. I know there's a law you can pass that enables foreign-born Presidents. I don't recall specifically if it's part of the constitutional convention or not, but I think it might be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 3 minutes ago, Umbrella said: OK, I couldn't remember what the players were able to choose. On a related note, is the country you were born in part of the player cards? I'm guessing that could be a significant factor during this era, but even other later politicians like Arnold Schwartzenegger could be affected by this. Not the specific country, but each statesman does have an indicator to show whether they are foreign-born or not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 Technically, I was suppose to have the continental congress vote to confirm Franklin's actions. Whoops. But he consistently chose what was in the best interest of the red party, and blue is barely present right now, so it's reasonable to assume they would have easily passed. We'll keep moving forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 We're now in the military phase, which per Lexington & Concord event means that The Revolutionary War has begun! But...we don't have an Army yet. Or a Navy. Or any Generals or Admirals. No way to actually win a battle. Ha. Lexington & Concord specifies that we must pass Army and Navy in the legislative phase, but we're not there yet, so... I've flagged this as something for @vcczar to review in the feedback thread on the forum. In the meantime, we press on! We'll ignore battles until the next military phase. On to legislation! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 LEGISLATIVE PHASE! I hearby call the First Continental Congress to order! We can only pass one non-crisis spending bill. We also must pass the creation of a Continental Army and Navy. We can have six proposals. And our proposers are... FranklinCPU Artemas Ward FranklinCPU George Clymer PinckneyCPU Tristam Dalton PinckneyCPU Daniel Carroll JayCPU Philemon Dickinson JayCPU William Moore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 Per the Common Sense event, Lee's Resolution is automatically proposed. FranklinCPU Artemas Ward proposes Seeking an Alliance with Anti-British Native Tribes. FranklinCPU George Clymer proposes Creating a Continental Army. PInckneyCPU Tristam Dalton proposes Creating a Continental Navy. PinckneyCPU Daniel Carroll proposes Protect and Encourage the Tobacco Trade Between the States. JayCPU Philemon Dickinson proposes Pay Willing Slaveholders to Convert their Slaves into Soldiers, Granting their Conscripted Slaves Freedom After the War. JayCPU William Moore proposes Create Framework to punish British Loyalists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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