EU4 - K'iche, (Now Maya) the New Hegemon

[Abe Sargent]

Hello all, I hope that you are having a great day today! My old PC was getting up of 7 years old, and I picked up a top of the line one a few weeks ago. One of the things I was looking forward to was later in the game EU4 play where slow down could be difficult to fight against.



Welcome to my latest dynasty. Who am I playing this time?


In my most recent dynasty I took Sukhothai in SE Asia and turned it into a regional power, allied with China. I grew to having the 2nd best economy, and a powerful army and navy. My goals recently have been to take some of the hardest nations in the 1444 start like Pskov, Sukhothai, and Athens and turn them into game winning power-houses.


So which one am I taking?


Some of my finalists in the last few times including Mzab, a poor Berber nation, Theodoro, a poor one-province at the tip of Crimea and easily eatable, Navarra surrounded on four sides by great powers of the age with no expansion possible, Sarig Yogir, small clan nation next to China and a few more.


I have never run a North American holding.


What I am looking up is something different.

How about K’iche?


Whom?

[Abe Sargent]

We are in this packed dense area to the south east coast. I have pulled up one of our regions.

[Abe Sargent]

You can check them out here:


Kʼicheʼ kingdom of Qʼumarkaj - Wikipedia


As you can see, the K'iche (spelled without the ' in the game) are one of the former Mayan Empire states in the region. They set up a while ago and are in their classic gowns right now in the mid-1400s, about 25 years before their decline begins.


Welcome to the K'iche people living in in Guatemala!

[Abe Sargent]

Oh, one quick note - please note that the game will call most nations during this era by their cultural group. So we are the K'ieche people, living in the area of state of Qʼumarkaj, which isn't fully represented by the game, as you will see soon.


I chose this nation after it came it top in an "usual dynasties to play" list online looking for inspiration. With unique ideas that resemble a powerful merchant nation, K'iche is supposed to play like the Meso-American Lubeck, founder of the Hanseatic League, and bringer of that cash.


I thought that would be a fun challenge here, and, as you'll see, we have some serious disadvantages:


(Oh, by the by, we'll be using the game's spelling)

[Abe Sargent]

Note that unlike the vast blob to most of our west, Kiche does not share any of the same religion – Nahuatl. We don’t have their DOOM counters and mechanics, and we don’t need to balance them.

Instead we are looking to the Mayan faith:



There you can see that we need to grow to 20, and then we can pass a reform, after which we release cores and shrink in size. Then we have to grow again, and regain that land. The national size after each reform is passed will be bigger.

Note that one of the reforms is a boost to colonists. My goal is to beeline for that and grab that and then expand colonially and militarily to help get the rest done.

[Abe Sargent]

Now let's do some window dressing for ya!


Tecun Uman has been declared a National Hero of Guatemala and they have a holiday each year to celebrate him. He was one of the last leaders of the K'iche people.












As you can see he's on coins and bills, statues and more. These are not a forgotten people in Guatemala at least.


Mostly in ruins now,Qʼumarkaj is big.




Their people are still around:

[Abe Sargent]

My Goals:

1. Expand quickly into a nearby and useful place to get us a powerful economic footprint moving forward.
2. Get to 20 as mercilessly as possible, with as little time as needed.
3. Run the first development, take the colonists, and cut my nation down to 10 ish.
4. Colonize and retake those places to get back to 20
5. Repeat until I have fully evolved the Mayan faith
6. Westernize and evolve once Europe arrives
7. In the meantime expand into local areas south and take the entire region for the glory of Maya
8. Bring all of Maya under my control. Reclaim the Mayan dynasty.
9. Head north and west into those filthy Nahuatl lands and convert them after we bring them in to the true Mayan faith.
10. Evolve into the most powerful hegemon here.
11. Become the only remaining power in Central America.
12. Expand up and down to keep out and meet any Europeans
13. Westernize
14. Kick out any Europeans that bother me overly much after Westernization.

[Abe Sargent]

Here’s our land:


Guatemala – Coastal, hills, 7 dev, Cocoa plantations are the key economic holding here, Mayan and Highland Mayan culture are here, and they send us 0.50 each month.



Qumarkaj – Inland, Cocoa, Highland and Mayan, capital, Jungle, 7 dev, 0.50 made here as well



I have 5000 spearmen and I order them to 50% maintenance, and that gives me 1.78 in cash surplus monthly, a solid economic base. I send out a merchant to Mexico.

Our ruler is young and sucks.

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon, Prelude – Visions of Glory


I introduce a Vision Quest. This will increase our prestige gain but rise our stability cost.

I declare Zapotec, Tzotzil and Itza as our rivals.

30 Nov – We enter into an alliance with Yocotan. They are rivals with two of our rivals, so they are a useful tool for my expansion.

1 Dec – I am getting 0.34 monthly in trade

5 Dec - We accept an ally from our eastern neighbors the Kaqchikel

7 Dec – They accept a royal marriage offer from us and we get a new Queen


3 Jan, 1445 – Royal Marriage with Yocotan

15 Jan – We accept an alliance from Cocomes


2 Mar – Royal Marriage with Cocomes.


I order 1000 more troops in my capital

25 Aug – I finish the “Build to my Force Limit” mission, and we get boosts to land stuff for 25 years


1 Nov – Our spy network in Itza is developed enough that I claim the next province over from my capital, Tzul. I jack up my maintenance. I give my ruler command of this army, and I order another 1000 troops


2 Feb, 1446 – I get a “Cycle of Creation and Destruction” event with some rebel risk.

[JonInMiddleGA]

I assume this has to be a modded option, right?

Regardless, is this grow/shrink/re-grow cycle unique to them? I can't say that I've ever seen anyone play anything with that particular rule, and I've seen more than my fair share of LP's.

[Abe Sargent]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

I assume this has to be a modded option, right?

Regardless, is this grow/shrink/re-grow cycle unique to them? I can't say that I've ever seen anyone play anything with that particular rule, and I've seen more than my fair share of LP's.

No mods! It's all Mayan faiths

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 1 - Vision Found

1 Mar – I declare war for Tzul and order my army to cross the border. I only call Cocomes as they are the only ones that would join my call.


17 April – Tzul is ours and I order my army on to their capital.


26 May – After a long battle, they oust us from their capital


2 June – Another small holding grabbed by our alliance, Cocomes takes Kobox.


14 June – Cocomes wins at their capital and defeats their army


25 July – They retake Tzul after fleeing.


5 Aug – We defeat their main army in our capital.


15 Aug – Their ally captures a holding in Cocomes and moves to the capital.


30 Aug - Tzul falls and we rout their army


We have a warscore of 19%. I only need 32 to finish them completely!


22 Oct – We join armies for a siege


26 Oct – They retake Tzul with a small 1k army they build


5 Nov – We retake the holding in Cocomes




Here is the current map. We dropped to 18%. My hope is that our doubled siege on Itza will win before theirs in Cocomes.


1 Jan, 1447 – I break off 1k in forces to take Tzul


16 Feb – Tzul is ours!



13 May – I have good news and bad news. We take their capital and we can bring them down! However, because we don’t have a claim on it or have captured it in battle, one of their holdings will go to Cocomes.


Here we go!



I half my maintenance.


Cocoa is made here too by Mayan and Highland Mayan people, and I spent the 45 ADM power to core both. Jungle, 5 dev, 0.06 made here, 75% autonomy.


Peten – The former capital of Izta, Cocoa, Jungle, north of Tzul, next to Cocomes’s new holding and our ally at Yocotan. Identical in numbers and everything else to Tzul




I spend some power to increase my stability.



We gained the Trustworthy Allies mission boost, after giving Cocomes land raised them high.

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 2 - Vision Taken

1 July – After the dust settles we are making around 2.10 monthly.

I’d be prepared for some quieting.




1 Oct – Rebellion of a mighty 1000 in Tzul

22 Oct – We have a new heir, and he is 6/0/5.

26 Oct – Put down

5 March, 1448 – I get a Mayan themed event that rises our stability to 2.


11 Sept – Tzul is now a core!

28 Oct – As is Peten!

I have created the state of the Guatemalan Highlands here to administer them

5 Jan, 1449 – I increase our stability with 120 Admin monarch power.


2 Oct – We max relations with our allies and I send out some spy network development.



28 April, 1450 – After a blood sacrifice event where the king sacrifices willingly, we gain 50 power in each type.

1 Jan, 1451 – The Renaissance event occurs.


15 Mar – I order another 1k troops. My land forcelimit is 8k, I should get up to it.


11 May 0 I fabricate claims on two of our rivals


1 June – The truce with the ally of our enemy has lifted. I rivaled them by the by after we took out Itza.



6 Nov – Royal Marriage with Chorti, two over from us. I want to get an alliance with them as well


7 Dec - I fabricate another claim. We ally with Chorti

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 3 - Consolidations of Cocoa


3 July, 1453 – I fabricate a claim on the capital of Zapotec.

I found my next war target. Two of my rivals allied and they have a big lattice of helpfulness. However, Cocomes and us divide the three holdings of Belize, so I send over some folks to set up spy network there. I will also get permission to leave forces in with my ally, and then send over an army to hit them from their angle, so I can gobble up their land.


23 Feb, 1454 – We get a fun event that we use to gain some cash.


28 Mar – Cocomes refuses a trade event for feathers, and our relations drop by 50


1 June – I fabricate a claim on Belize.


1 Nov – I fabricate a claim on Zapotec and a minor near me.


1 Sept – 1456 – I fabricate a claim on Moran in Belize, and move some things around.

I’m ready to declare war on their capital of Belize.

War Sides:

Us, Cocomes, one ally to the left

Vs

Chactemal, Can Pech


Good math!

I split off 1k to take Moron and the rest to hit Chactemal’s capital at Belize.

20 Sept – They fled with their main army and march it around us to hit our capital.

4 Oct – I capture Moron. I order this army past Belize to Uaymil, their other holding

22 Oct – Joining forces with their other ally, they march to remove us from Belize.

8 Nov – Battle begins, and our local ally has their army here.

27 Nov – Despite down two thousand troops, we defeat their army in Belize.

13 Dec – Zapotec declares war against Tzotzil. If I had waited, I might have been ready to hit Zapotec while occupied.

16 Jan, 1466 – They retake Moron.

23 Jan – Our ally arrives to help out, and hits them in Moron

3 Feb – They rout the Chactemal army in Moron

11 Feb – My 1k army takes Uaymil. I send it back to Belize

4 March – Moron is again ours.

22 Mar – Belize falls!


We push on to Can Pech, where I have a claim on Champutun from my spy network.

4 Apr – We have siege on their capital of Campeche.


5 May – Our ally brings in Champutun, and then joins the two forces we have in their capital already.

5 Nov – Their capital falls!



I don’t have enough warscore for their final holding, Campeche, or for Moron, so I grab some cash instead. We get three holdings and force Chactemal to become our vassal.


I pay the 78 ADM power needed to start cores:

All are Mayan faith and Yucatec Culture

Belize – Sugar, port, Jungle, 9 dev, 0.27 made monthly here. It’s next to Moran, the final holding of our new vassal.


Uaymil – Jungle, Cocoa made here too, 0.07 made here, 7 dev, surrounded by Cocomes and north of Belize.


Champutun – Grasslands, coastal, 7 dev, Cocoa is farmed here too as the primary export. 0.07 made here. North of us in Peten, and divides Cocomes and Yokotan, both our allies.

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 4 - Zapotec Taken


Now, with my fast growth, do I want to war against either of my neighbors to the east? If I just brought it in one or two holdings, that’d be good. I wouldn’t even need any allies.

I order 2k more troops assembled in Peten and my main army there looking for an opportunity.


I finish our High Income mission and we get bonuses to more finances for 25 years



2 Feb, 1457 – I accept a RM offer from our vassal.


25 Mar – I cannot declare war on Tzotzil. We are at peace from a few years ago still through 1460. I move my army next to Zapotec.


1 Nov – I declare a claim on Campeche.


1 Jan, 1458 – I order a Trade dip advisor to raise my dip development. This will cost us 1 cash a month, and we were making 1.75 with 100% support, so we can do it. And I am swimming in cash.


9 Mar – All of my three cores are complete!

I have to be ruthless. I am waiting for the opportunity in this war.

1 May – I declare war on Zapotec, and their adjacent Cocoa holding,.


22 June – It’s ours.

28 July – Another holding falls of theirs. I order my army to engage theirs into the one next to us.

9 Sept – We defeat them and our general and leader gained the Master of Armies trait.

19 Nov - I grant a request for military access from Cam Pech.


7 May, 1459 – Their capital falls

What do I want?

I have a 76% warscore.




I can take the three ones highlighted green, and leave the last one for their foe in war to take out. Ready?


I spend 71 to core them.


All are Zapotek culture, ports, and Nahuatl religion and 75% autonomy.


Xoconochco – Next to my capital and Guatemala, with Cocoa farming, hills, 7 Dev, making just 0.05 for us monthly.


Tehuantepec – Up from X, and has a pretty weak Fishing contribution to our economy. 0.02, Jungle, and 5 dev.


Zapotec – The former capital, hills, Sugar is farmed here too, 5 dev, 0.03 made here for us.


I update my Military tech to #2. This enables us to have wider shock and infantry.


I order 3k more forces to bring us to our 13k forcelimit.


Cocomes announces us as a rival, and that breaks our alliance.

I reciprocate


We are now at ten, but we are massively badboyed and I need to rest a long time

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 5 - Rise Up


11 Aug - Huh, I didn’t notice, I was playing around with it but thought I had unclicked it as it was pretty weak, but looks like I accidentally took Zapotec as an vassal. Ah well!


8 Sept – My local unrest drops after I sacrifice some folks in an event.


1 Jan, 1560 – Our ruler has gained the Malevolent trait


19 Dec – I get an event that increases my relations with Yokotan.


1 Jan, 1461 – We get ADM Tech #2 – We get no bonuses.


I move my national focus to Diplomatic stuff

As of right now, I have 1.41 cash coming in monthly, and this is with the 100% maintenance of my 13k troops and my monthly 1.0 to my adviser.

1 Sept – 6k Rebellion in Xoco.

22 Sept – No longer

18 Nov – All three cores are finished!

1 Dec – With the cores done, we are now making 2.20 each place. I send a Missionary to Xoco.


1 July, 1462 – Dip Tech #2 – We increase our trade range



19 Nov – Our heir gains the Zealot trait

25 Aug, 1463 – I got a fun event:



This helps to show what it looks like. Each faith has their own events. I can encourage the pilgrims,. Which costs around 20 cash, and will give me a 20 year boost to manpower and prestige. I do so.


2 Feb, 1464 – Rebellion in Zapotec


4 Mar – Defeated!


I have a pending rebellion any month now in farflung Uaymil and I spend 50 MIL to harshly suppress it rather than putting it down in the normal manner


I complete my Subjects Mission and for 25 years gain boosted annexation stuff and better relations with them

I also complete an Expand mission and my capital expands a lot.


I finish a Conquer new states mission after the Expand one, and we get some better harsh reductions and more.

23 Dec – Conversion target complete! I head up to Tehuantepec

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 6 - Yucatan Dreams


1 Apr, 1465 – I fabricate a claim in Tzotzil.



While I am paused, here’s a map of the area. You can see us. Many of the neighbors have had their negative view of us drop to little. Here you can see the Aztec, without a major issue with us now.

I order my forces to Champutun. Let’s remove Campeche from the board.


13 June – I war for Campeche


I call no allies.

Me, my vassals vs them and their ally, Chorti, one of my allies, but no longer.


30 June – We rout the army in Campeche


20 Sept – We take their capital. Their ally is in Zapotec, so I order my folks over there to punch them in the face and some to head over to help with the siege in Chorti’s capital.

1 Mar, 1466 I defeat their army

17 Oct – I capture and rout Chorti’s army.

My warscore is 80

10 Nov – My forces combine in Chorti

13 Mar – 1467 – We capture Chorti

Now what with my 100 warscore?

I have a few options:

Option #1 - Take Campeche and both Chorti holdings – This gives me 14.1 badboy and will annoy to the point of coalitions Can Peche, now dead, and Comores. Not a major issue.

Option 2 – Take Campeche and vassalize Chorti – 11.6 badboy. Nah.

I TAKE THEM All. I am the Warmonger of Love.


The three badboy now up front is worth removing them and getting more and more land to get me to that first. Again I want to be ruthless right now.


This is how you do it.


Campeche – You know it. Sugar, Jungle, north of Champutun, folks here are Yucatec. I promote that culture to accepted in my nation in addition to the cores. 9 dev, 0.29 made here (it’s already part of a state)


Chortli – Naval Supplies. Jungle, 4 dev, local quality. Folks here are Highland Mayan and in the Honduras state, as an fyi. On the Gulf of Honduras, where Belize also looks onto. Our culture, 0.02 made here.


Pipil – South of Chortli, our culture and faith, port, 3 dev, Hills, also Cocoa farmers, 0.05 for the cause.


In case you care, with more than 40%< we are the world’s leading producer of Cocoa

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 7 - The Cycle of Life

28 Sept – Our Missionary is finished. Next is Zapotec proper.

1 May, 1468 – Religious rebellion in Zapotec

2 June – They capture it.

11 July – We defeat them

13 Aug – We retake Zapotec

22 Sept – Campeche is our core. As a reminder this reps adding in the infrastructure needed to run it, the integration, legalistic addition such as our judicial system, and more. We also consider it a key part of us. Chortli will be next month too, by the by.


4 Feb, 1469 – Our ruler has passed, and his great son has arrived. We have 10k pretender rebels rise up that I am ordering my troops to face down.


I break our alliance with Kaqchikel next to us that separates my nation.

5 March - Separatists capture Xoco.


11 Mar – A Royal Marriage with Yokotan gives us a new wife


18 Apr – We defeat the pretenders.


8 May – I fabricate claims on Cocomes.

19 May – We have retaken Xoco and the rebellion ends.



Here is our court for you. You can see our new ruler and queen.

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 8 - The Cycle of Solitude


1 April, 1470 – Zapotec converts!

3 Sept – I fabricate a claim against northern neighbor Xiu. Just assume that I continue to do so.

1 Oct –




I thought you may want to see me putting down this month’s rebellion. You can track where the hotspots are and head there to be there when things rise against you

4 Jan, 1471 – We have a new heir.


I hire a level 1 tax adviser for my Admin group


My next military target is Tzotzil. Three holdings, allied with just Xiu.

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 9 - The War of Two Fronts


25 Sept, 1472 – I declare war


War –

Us and our vassals

Vs

Them

18 Oct – We win against their army here in their capital Tzotzil.


I leave behind siege unit and chase their army with the rest

5 Dec – Both of my vassals capture minors in their area

7 Dec – Yokotan declares war against them as well

4 Mar, 1573 – I capture and rout their army.

11 April – I lose to the Xiu army

5 May – We defeat them

15 July – We have taken two minor Xiu forces.

3 Oct – We take the capital of Tzotzil


17 Oct – We take the capital of Xiu after being helped by our allies.


I do two separate peaces:


Xiu – I take them off the map. All three are mine. Then I take out all three Tzotzil as well.


Xiu - are in the north-western part of the Yucatan Peninsula – all are Yucatec people, and Mayan faith.


Xiu – Former capital, north of us in Campeche, inland, Jungle, 9 dev, Cocoa, with 0.11 send to us.


Ah Canul - North of Campeche and west of Xiu is this. Jungle, coastal, Cocoa, 7 dev, 0.09 made here.


Ceh Pech – North of Xiu and east of Ah Canul, coastal, grasslands, 0.13 made here, 10 dev, Cocoa.


Tzotzil – All are Mayan, inland, Lacandon people.


Tzotzil – Former capital, fishing here, 0.17 made here, Jungle, 6 dev, south of our allies of the Yocatan and north of the ones we took from Zapotec.


Lacandon – East of Tzotzil and west of Tzul, Peten, our capital and more. 6 dev, Jungle,Cocoa, 0.24 made here.


Jakaltek – South of the others, north of the Zapotec coast, next to my capital and Guatemala, Jungle, Fish, 0.17 and 6 dev here as well. Identical to Tzotzil.


That gets us to 19!



Here’s a post-conquer map for ya!

I begin the annexation of our first vassal. That will peacefully get us to 20.


Let’s take this mechanic for a spin!

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 10 - Fall from Grace

1 Nov - We unlock ADM Tech #3 – We can support rebels in other nations now

1 Jan, 1475 – We have finished annexing our nation!


Moran – Cocoa, Jungle, 6 dev, south of Belize and such, 0.30 made monthly here with it’s 40% autonomy.

Welcome to the party!

That gives us 20. Now we need to remove our over-expansion.

22 Feb – All but one core is finished

22 April – The last core is done, and now we can make our first religious reform.

Ready?




WHOA!

Here’s the EPIC page for you. Our stability dropped.



You can see who broke off here – Xiu, Zapotec, Can Pech and parts of Belize.

Now one of the questions I wanted to ask is this – does my aggressive expansion drop? If you lose states normally yes!

Let’s check and see.


Nope! It’s still there! We are a very, bad, boy. Now if the state broke off, It’s fine. Now Zapotec is n longer our vassal.


But I’ve got my colonists! I send them to Lenca which is east of Pepil.

We enter into alliances with Can Pech and Xiu.

Maybe I can regrow partly diplomatically too?

I begin to work on spy network with old-new Belize.


14 May – Zapotec announce us as rivals.

16 June – RMs with our two new allies follow suit

7 Oct – Yocatan declares war on Zapotec and calls us to arms. I join them gladly.


22 Nov – Tehuantepec falls to us again. I spit our army here to head out to Zapotec and Xoconochco.


29 Dec – We have captured both holdings. I order my forces to help in Zapotec’s new capital, under siege by Mitla. It’s been under siege for a few months by Yokotan.


4 April, 1476 – We capture Mitla.


I offer our own peace. We take the three holdings we used to have. I won’t even bother with a map.

8 April – Zapotec is no more, Mitla was taken by our ally.

[Chas in Cinti]

following! Glad to see an EU4 dynasty again...

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 11 - Rising Up Again



1 Feb, 1477 – We get a Colonial Expansion event in Lenca.

I want to strike Miskito while the iron is hot. They are next to us in Lenca, Chortli, and Piplil. They are a one province minor tribe. They moved back and forth, and their current place is a Gold mine. If they move out, it may not be when they return.


1 Oct – Lenca is a great place for Gems!



1 Feb, 1478 – Rebellion in Zapotec

13 Feb – No longer!


1 March – Mil Tech 3 – We get +.5 land morale


5 May – I declare war on Miskito.


We are at war with them and their ally Cocomes. Xiu and Can Pech are with us.


21 May – I rout their army in Xicaque.

5 July – Two of my holdings fall to Cocomes.

11 Sept – Both were recaptured by our allies.

They are setting up a siege on my capital.

11 Dec – Cores finished from Zapotec

15 Jan, 1479 – Xicaque falls to us.


22 Feb – We oust them from my capital.


30 Apri – Coco’s minor holding Kobox is ours.


8 Sept – Coco’s capital falls

1 Nov – All of theirs are ours


I do the following:


We get Xicaque, and Kobox from Coco
Xiu gets Sotuta
We force vassal Cocomes.




The results for you, and you can see the new Yucatan map above with the new borders. The ones we didn’t take are Fishing poor.


Kobox – Coffee, Jungle, Putuan culture, 0.06 made from the 5 dev here, next to four people. Internal.


Xicaque – GOLD in the Jungle. 3 dev, 0.03 made here, Animist faith and the Miskito culture. This will be my primary Missionary target after we core it.

[Abe Sargent]

Originally Posted by Chas in Cinti

following! Glad to see an EU4 dynasty again...

WHOOT!

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 12 - Reintegration's Favor


17 Nov – Yocatan announces us as arrival and breaks off our alliance. I return it.


6 Ap, 1480 – Royal Marriage with Cocomes.

2 Sept – Dip Tech 3 – We have improved colonial range, and trade efficiency.


1 Dec- Lenca – Our first colony! Gems with our culture and faith. We are making 0.25 monthly. I send these down the coast from Xicaque in Honduras.


11 Mar, 1481 – Kobox is now a core


10 Apr – War breaks o out from the Aztecs and their folks to the people on our side, like the Yocatan. I don’t let anyone cross us to fight.


10 Oct – Core in Xicaque

28 Aug, 1483 – I declare war on our neighbors, Kaqchikel


We are warring against them and Chactemal.


3 Oct – We rout their army in their capital

22 Dec – We capture a small holding of theirs


12 June, 1484 – We capture their capital


29 July – Xicaque converts!


1 Jan, 1485 – Honduras is good with the Sugar


22 June – I get an event and steal the province of Chikchinel from Cocomes. It’s Jungle, inland, and fishing.


5 Apri, 1486 – Belize falls

10 June – We take our old two holdings back Belize, and remove our foe from the map.





Here you are! You can see the area coming together nicely.

Our new stuff:

Iximche – Connects Pipli with Guatemala and our capital. Gems here, 7 dev, Hills, our people in faith and culture. 0.31 coming our way


Chacujal – Connects Chortli and others to the rest, like Tzul and our capital. Also gems, but Jungle, 5 dev, same as us, 0.21 made here for us.


This gives us 21 folks, I just need to wait until our cores are complete.

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 13 - Reintegration's Cost

1 Mar, 1487 – Rebellion in Moran.


22 Mar – Put down


18 Nov – Two cores down!


15 Jan, 1488 – Another core finished

And

11 Mar – The last is over. I can take my next religious reform which is….


Central Armories, +10% land battle



Here you can see our new Yucatan post-reform. Zapotec is out, and we also lost one around Tzotzil, and Belize is out, as is two of our holdings near Cocomes, and then our gold holding as well. Cocomes is out of our alliance.

Tzotzil joins our alliance.

16 April – Can Pech accepts a vassalization offer.


18 Apri – RM with Tzotzil


1 Feb, 1489 – Rebellion in Chacujal

9 Feb – Defeated

1 Mar- Admin 4 I can build Temples!

I build some in most places. I hadn’t made any expenses yet, so I was past 1000 in cash.


1 April – Honduras – No longer colony, Sugar, coastal, 0.09 made here, Jungle, 3 dev.


I send these colonists inland to Olancho which will lock in Miskito and keep them from moving out.


1 July – Mil Tech 4 – We can get better infantry again



8 Oct – Two of Belize’s holdings finished rebelling and joined Cocomes.


4 Jan, 1490 – I am getting ready for war against Zapotec, who is naked for allies save for Cocomes.

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 14 - Rises and Falls

1 Jun, 1491 – I declare war for their capital. Cocomes is not ready for war and leaves their Zapotec hanging.



5 July I rout their army in their capital.

31 Aug – I have captured all three minors

1 April, 1492 – Coffee in Olancho!

2 May – We take Mitla. I annex all of Zapotec. The three we’ve had before, and:


Mitla: Jungle, Sugar, 5 dev, Huatli faith and Zapotek people. 0.02 made here and core ordered.


5 June – Tzotzil are now our vassals!

1 Jan, 1494 – Our ruler gains the Well Advised trait


1 Oct – All cores are ours, and I send a Missionary to bring Mitla to the path of light.

[Abe Sargent]

11 Nov –

50 Year Review!!!

I have 17k troops which is our land limit. I am getting 1.06 surplus cash, and have 434



Here’s a map of our known world.

We are the wealthiest country we know of.

Our Top 5 Holdings by Tax:

1. Capital
2. Iximche
3. Guatemala
4. Jakaltek
5. Lenca

Top 5 by Production

1. Capital
2. Iximche
3. Lancandon
4. Guatemala
5. Chacujal


Current Value of Trades:

4.0 – Gems, Dyes, Silk, Cocoa, Ivory
3.5 – Paper
3.0 – Glass, Sugar, Cotton, Tobacco, Coffee, Spices, Chinaware, Iron, Copper, Salt, Cloth
2.5 – Incense, Grain, Wool, Wine, Fish
2.0 – Tea, Fur, Livestock, Tropical Wood, Naval Supplies, Slaves



We are the production leader in Cocoa.

Top 8 Nations

1. Ming China
2. Ottomans
3. Mamluks
4. Provence
5. Poland
6. Austria
7. Muscovy
8. England

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Abe Sargent

1 Oct – Lenca is a great place for Gems!

I read that as "germs" ... and thought "probably the climate"

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 15 - Target of Opportunity


1 Jan, 1495 -After bringing in Zapotec, I only need a mid-sized 3 or 4 sized state to get me to 20 since I’m now at 16. I could do three and get my colony up. Good targets include Cocomes, Yocatan, or well Cocomes is good, they have no allies


1 May – I know that we have a super high badboy right now, but le’s push it.

I declare war on Cocomes.


19 June – Belize is ours

1 Aug – Uaymil is ours. We move to the fort of Chikinickel


1 June, 1496 – DIP TECH #4. I can build Marketplaces. I order a few.


28 July – The fort falls and I order my army to their capital

10 Dec – Mitla converts.


6 Mar, 1497 – We capture their capital


9 Mar – We remove them. I sell the fort.


Here’s the one we haven’t had before, their capital:

Ecab – Corner of the peninsula, Grasslands, fishing, 0.06, 7 dev, Yucatec, Mayan


1 May, 1498 – Our queen passes

1 July – Rebellion in Ecab

18 Jul – No longer


10 Aug – Core are finished. Ready for my next reform?


I am taking the United Army reform and that gives me -10% to land maintenance




New Map! Cocomes and Zapotec head out again. I raise my stability back to 3.

[Abe Sargent]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

I read that as "germs" ... and thought "probably the climate"

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 16 - Queenly Excursions


16 Dec – Cocomes and Xiu go to war.


22 May, 1499 – I declare war on Yocatan.

I order my troops in


26 June – I set up in their capital to siege.

1 Oct – Olancho – Jungle, three dev, inland, 0.09, Coffee. I send these colonists next door to Mosquito.


22 Nov - I begin sieging Kotox, the capital of the ally of my target in Itza

22 Feb, 1500 – Their capital is ours

25 Mar – Big battle win against them both in our territory. I order to support the other siege

6 Apr – Xiu declares us their rival and breaks our alliance. I join them. They took out Cocomes.


27 Oct – Our king dies. Our newest one will lead.


I marry some folks around. We get a queen.

Our court:




22 Dec – Kobox falls!



Here’s my peace plan. Our 71 warscore should keep us fine. We have enough to drop Kobox back from Itza, the Cocoa province, as well as the capital and Mixe from Y. We are also vassalizing their last holding.



Mixe – 5 dev, Grasslands, Chontales culture, Mayan religion, 0.03 from fishing.


Xicallanco – Their former capital, they have Cocoa, 5 dev, grasslands, port, same culture above, 0.05 made here.

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 17 - K'iche's Golden Era Begins

7 June, 1501 - We announce the annexation of the vassal over at Miskita.

I can see the Portuguese here exploring.

1 Jan, 1502 – I begin our Golden Era. For the next 50 years we get massive bonuses.


3 Mar – Ready? Great!

Admin Tech 5 – I can get our first group of Ideas!!!

What do I want?



I have enough DIP and MIL to get two ideas right now…


Expansion. I take Quest for the New World and we get a colonist too!



5 May - Cores are done.

1 Aug – Mosquito with Gems


1 Dec – We have integrated Miskito! We bring back her great gold mine

30 Dec – I declare war for Belize. Again.


12 Mar, 1504 – I capture Moran and bring in the two provinces out here.


Cores ordered. When these are done we’ll level up.


1 Feb, 1505 – Rebellion in Moran.

2 Mar – Finished


19 Aug – We finish the cores and ourselves.

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 18 - Arrogance Displayed


The next reform is Central Arbitration that cuts my unrest.



Here you can see who left and went where. We were dropped to 15, so we are close for the final reform. I only need one major push. Like Zapotec. Note that our colony in Mosquito also went too. I order those colonists to Uluas, inland of them and Nicaragua.

We ally with our gold friends again

11 Sept – I declare war against Zapotec

I order in all of my forces from the border

26 Nov – Two minors are ours

2 Jan, 1506 – Another minor falls. We are basing their capital. Their ally(Mixtec) didn’t; join them so I suspect this is going to be fast.


15 May We ally with Itza

1 Nov – Our colony in Nicaragua is going to be good with the Coffee


26 Nov – We capture the capital of Zapotec and annex them.

1 Mar, 1507 – Rebellion in Tehuantepec.

22 Mar – Defeated.


1 Jul – Mil Tec h5 – I can build barracks. I replace my spearmen.


1 May, 1508 – Uluas with coffee


I get ready for war against the Mixtec.

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 19 - Mixtec Added



3 Oct – I declare war. They have two holdings, one of which is gold. Their ally is Xiu. They don’t join again.

22 Oct – We rout their army

28 Nov – We capture the gold province. I move to Mixtec proper.


I got an event that lowered my stability but raised my MIL TECH by hundreds. I invest some ADM Power to raise it back up.



7 Sept, 1509 – Mixtec is ours.





Updated map for you after we remove Mixtec from the playing field. I have highlighted our new gold holding. You can also see my explorations in South America too down there as well.

Mixtec – Capital, coastal, west of Zapotec, 8 dev, hills, grain farmers here growing that food, 0.06 made here. Mixtec culture and Nahuatl faith.



Coyolapan – Gold! Highlands, internal, 5 dev, Mixtec culture and Nahuatl faith. 0.02 made here right now.

This put us over 20.


Cores and we can get our final reform!


2 Oct – All four cores from the Zapotec war are ours.

What I am thinking about doing is doing a blitz and go deep into badboy. There’s no one here to dial me back, and I can go deep now.


1 Aug, 1511 – Rebellion in Mixtec.

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 20 - The Final Spiral


22 Aug – Finished and done for


22 May. 1512 – Cores are done!


Final reform…



As expected, Z and M break away. That’s it.

Now we are on our own!


My top target here is my former colony. I move my army near it.


I finish with this set of allies and vassals:

Allies -Itza, Can Pesh, Tzotzil
Vassal – Miskito, Yocotan

And that’s it. Can Pesh agrees to be vassals.

I rival the Aztecs

16 Aug – I declare war for Mosquito and their ally on Belize joins.


1 Sept – Uluas – Coffee, 6 dev, Jungle, internal, 0.07 made here. I send these colonists downstream from Mosquito and them to Ulva.


22 Oct – We begin to siege Mosquito after clearing out the defense.

9 Apr, 1513 – Mosquito is ours.


1 Aug - Nicaragua – 6 dev, Hills, Coffee, coastal, 0.07 made hre too. I send these colonists down coast to Managua


6 Dec – Belize falls!


We bring back Belize, Uaymil, and Mosquito:


Mosquito – Gems, former colony, 4 dev, Jungle, 0.16 made here.

I get ready for Xiu… they are allyless.

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 21 - Lost No Longer


10 Jan, 1514 – I declare my war. Time to finish these idiots.


25 Feb – We rout their army

11 June – Skeeter is now a core

15 June – All minors are now under our control.


16 Sept – Their capital falls

8 Oct – Their fort falls.


We give Xiu province to Iza, who had captured it, and take the other 5. Good bye Xiu.

We have gained back these –

Ah Canul, Ceh Pech, Sotuta, Ecab, and Chikenshel.

Map?




Here you go!

I pulled up Sotuta for you too.


Ready to punch idiots in the face?


Mil Tech 6 – We can make cavalry. I order some horsies!

10 Jan,1515 – Two cores finished!


16 June -I get an event and we get some more colonists in a Wave.

1 July – Cocoa in Managua

22 July – Our Queen passes


17 Oct – Two more cores are done

4 Dec – The last cores are done!

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 22 - West and East

1 Feb, 1520 – Managua – 0.41 made here in the Coffee trade, 6 dev, I order a Temple here. I order these colonists down the coast to Talamanca

We announce the annexation of Yocotan!

1 June – I hire level 1 advisors for all of my open spots.


9 Aug – Two cores are finished

I have run into England in Brazil. That means if we get next to them, we can finish modernizing our faith.


10 April, 1521 – Cores done, I send a Missionary to Mixtec.

6 Dec – We have integrated Yocotan:

Tochtepec – Jungle, border, coastal, temple, 6 dev, fish, 0.27 made here monthly for the cause


We also got Mixe back as well


1 Aug, 1522 – Nicoya – 3 dev, coffee, Jungle, south of Nicaragua, coastal, 0.07 made here


This was an uncolonized colony that we got and were upkeeping for free I pull my colonists at Ulva and send them next door to Chorotega, and once they set up, I’ll return them.

30 Sept – We announce the annexation of long time vassal Can Pech.

1 May, 1523 - Ulva – Sugar, 5 dev, coastal, Jungle, I ordered a temple, 0.37 here

1 Dec – Talamanca with Cocoa!


Expansion Idea #4 – We get bonus settler growth

1 April, 1524 – Chorotega with Dyes!

Our future military conflict is big. Other than the allies and vassals we have in the Mayan section of the map, we are next to to folks. One allied to the Aztecs and the other a vassal thereof. Therefore we cannot get through them individually. Only together.

They have around 30k total including the big bad. I order another 5k troops on the border. We have a 32 forcelimit so I am building up to it.


30 Apri – Mixtec converts! Coyolapan is next

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 23 - Independent No Longer

11 Mar, 1525 – I am buying some mercs too to give me around 10k bigger forces

22 June – We announce the annexation of Miskito.

11 Dec – The perfect time to strike has arrived as a minor foe has declared independence. My main target are the adjacent, wealthy holdings of Teotitlan.


I have two armies of 17k and 22k.

31 Jan, 1526 – The first minor falls to me

22 Feb - I win a minor battle.

2 April – Two mor eminor wins

22 Apr – Two more minors fall to me

6 Aug - I break through and begin sieging the Aztec capital

7 Oct – The capital of a vassal of the Aztecs falls to our Mayan might,

22 Feb, 1527 – We win a big battle.

26 Mar – We capture the capital of my target.

1 Aprl – We have brought the gold of Xicaque back!


21 May – We rout an Aztec army.

6 June – Mexico City falls!


2 July – Conversion!


11 Aug – The battle is over. I took most of the stuff from our target and wiped out the one province vassal of the Aztecs, as well as much cash as I could.



Here’s a map! You can see one of folks I took on the border selected and it’s Dyes. We brought in three Dye holdings just now. We grabbed 5 provinces over all. Two Sugar, and 3 Dyes. All Nahuatl.


Cuelaxtlan – Sugar, natural harbor, Jungle, marketplace, 5 dev, 0.07 made. Next to our recent takes. Totonac people.


Cuauhtochco – Sugar, Jungle, coastal, Totonac, 0.03, 5 dev


Teotitlan – Fort and Temple, Dyes, Mountains, Aztec folks, 8 dev, 0.10 made here thus far.


Coixtlahuacan – Dye, Aztec, Highlands, Temple, 7 dev, 0.22 made here,


Yohualtepec – Mixtec people, 8 dev, Hlls, Dyes, 0.14 made here.


Here’s a map of the entire region zoomed out




You can see British South America as well as us and our allies.

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 24 - Maya More


1 Dec – Rebellion in Zapotec

22 Dec – Put down

1 Jan, 1528 – We have finished bringing in Can Pesh. We brought in Campeche and Champutun again


1 May – Talamanca – Cocoa, coastal, 4 dev, Jungle. 0.21 made here. I send these colonist south to Guaymi.



1 Aug – ADM TECH #6 - I can build workshops and Farm Estates!


I order an Estate in Mixtec for its grain farmers, and Workshops in 7 places


Right now my budget is:

16.20 Taxes
7.79 Production
5.49 Trade
0.12 Vassals
0.15 Gold

Total Income Monthly – 29.76

Expenses:

Advisors: 4.26
Maintenance of States: 1.25
Fort Maintenance: 2
Colonial Main: 4
Corruption Rooting out – 1.28
Army Main: 11.54

Total Expenses - 24.58


5.19 made monthly, and around 63 annually, so one Workshop every other year (100 gold) roughly moving forward.

If I have one Missionary, that’s 2 g/month, so once the Cores are done, those will need Missionaries, but their income will rise more than that.

1 Sept – Expansion Idea #5 – Viceroys – Our global tariffs and envoy travel time are boosted.


1 Feb, 1529 – Chorotega – Dyes, Jungle, 5 dev, 0.32 cash monthly,

1 April – Rebellion in Teotitlan

3 May – Finished as we put them down.

27 July – I get an event that increases my colony’s size.

1 Aug – Tropical Wood in Guaymi.


16 Sept – Two cores are completed. I send a Missionary to Teotitlan.


I finish my build buildings mission to build some workshops.

17 Nov – More cores are done

I am now making around 13/gold per month after the Workshops were built as well as the cores being finished.



1 Oct, 1530 – Religious rebellion in Teotitlan.

5 Oct – Expansion Idea #6 – We get to have better native repression.

11 Oct – Ended!

1 Feb, 1531 – Guaymi – Tropical Wood, Jungle, 3 Dev, 0.16 made here. I send these colonists next door to Veraguas


18 May – Our Conquistador army ran into a buzzsaw of 9k natives and was killed. I sent out another

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 25 - The Great Aztec Defeat


1 Mar, 1532 – Cocoa in Veraguas


8 Oct – Conversion successful. My next target is Yohualtepec

11 Mar – 1533 – Itza agrees to be annexed


22 Sept – I begin to prepare for another war.


I am building around 10k more forces. I want to take Mexico City.


1 March, 1534 – Veraguas – Cocoa, 3 dev Jungle, 0.16 made here.


I send these colonists to Panama next door

22 May – The Tlaplanec declared war on the Aztecs.

This is my chance.

11 June – We declare war.

I have two main armies and a sieging army. My main enters Aztecs and will head for their capital.

9 July – I have defeated two battles and am sieging two places

22 Aug – I capture a minor holding.

19 Jan, 1535 – We capture the capital of a minor holding that was vassalized to the Aztecs


29 Aug – We capture Mexico City. All holdings are under ours or another’s control


1 Sept – Cocoa in Panama!

17 Oct -




We take four holdings in peace! Here on the map I;ve zoomed in and pulled out Mexico so you can see it there.


Our new holdings?


Mexico – Gold, 16 dev, entrepot, fortress, Highlands, 0.07 made here, Nahuatl, Aztec.


Tepeacac – Grain farmers, temple, 6 dev Highlands, 0.17 made here, Nahuatl and Aztec too

Teloloapan – Gold, 5 dev, Highlands, also Aztec and Nahuatli


Tlacopan – 15 dev, Hills, Az and N, Gold, 0.11 cash,

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 26 - With Portugal


25 Oct – Conversion successful! Next target is Coix.



1 May, 1536 – Rebellion in Coix.


1 June – Captured

2 July – We have destroyed the rebels here.

4 Aug – Rebels ousted from Coix.


24 Aug - I get an alliance offer from Portugal. Alright!

22 Nov – Smallpox outbreak in a few of our colonies hits hard


1 Dec – Panama – Natural Harbor, 3 dev, Jungle, Cocoa, 0.15 made here

I send them to Darien

1 Aug, 1537 – Rebellion in Coix again


20 Aug – We ended it

1 Sept – Rebellion in Mexico City

29 Sept – No longer

22 Nov – two cores are done

1 Dec – New Expansion Idea #7 – Let’s finish the group. Global Empire, and for finish we get help with our colonial regions and making claims.

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 27 - Dynasty Struggles

4 Dec – Our ruler has passed

You can see the new court there.



7 Mar, 1538 – The last cores are done


1 Sept – Several foes are joining a coalition against us

Before too many join, I declare war on the nation of Tlapnec, next to us, and their ally Tlaxcala, also next to us. I order one army into each smaller nation


1 Nov – We finish our annexation of Itza! We bring in Kobox and Xiu


17 Nov – I win a big battle against out foes, and we also captured a small holding.


11 Jan, 1539 – We capture another minor.


22 Feb – Another minor falls

1 Apr – Conversion successful, next target

25 Apr – We win another major battle



6 May – The capital of one of our foes falls.


16 July – The other does


I have all of the holdings of our foes. We are able to take 5 holdings.







You can see our expansions here.


Tlapanec – Gold, 9 dev 0.20 made here, Nahuatl, and the same culture


Up the coast is:

Yopitzinco – Fish, hills, coastal, 0.05, 7 dec


Up the coast is:


Cihuatlan – Gems, 5 dev, hills, coast, same faith and culture, 0.05 made hre



My two from the inland area are:

Cholula – Highlands, Sugar, 9 dev, 0.25, Aztec and same faith

And

Xocotla – Jungle, 10 dev, 0.28, Sugar, Aztec

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 28 - Mayan Dreams

1 Feb, 1540 Darien is with Naval Supplies

1 Dec – Rebellion in Cholula


22 Dec – Nope!


1 Apr, 1541 – All of the cores are now finished


More locals are joining coalitions against us, but I don’t care!

18 Jan, 1542 – We convert our target. Next? Ceut…


1 Mar – Darien – Naval Supplies, 4 dev etc…



As you can see, we are about to base Britain with the next colony in Kuna, which I have sent some folks too.


1 May 1543 – Kuna is with Cocoa

15 Aug – Conversion successful! My next target is Tlapanec


1 April, 1545 – Kuna: 0.29, next to Britain, Cocoa, Jungle, 4 dev. I send colonists to two adjacent places – south to Choca and inland to Antioquia


7 July – Conversion successful! Next is Cholula.

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 29 - Aztec No More

1 Jan, 1546 – I begin to get ready for war as one of my peace treaties is up later this year.


3 Sept -More smallpox hits


1 Dec – Our truce with the Aztecs is up. I DOW them. They are a one province minor now, and their ally, another one-province is moved into by us


28 Dec – I defeat both standing armies, one big enough to rout


12 feb, 1547 – I lost a lot of troops, but we won a big battle.


6 May – Conversion successful. Next? Xocotla.


21 Aug – One capital has fallen to us.


30 Nov – The other falls. I take both in peace:


Map of the area for you

You can see the war and the two holdings we grabbed.




Texcoco – Aztec, Nahuatl, hills, gold, 12 dev, 0.07 made here.


Tlaxcala – Sugar, 13 dev, Highlands, fort, Aztec, Nahuatl, 0.23 made here.

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12, K'iche, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Post-Lude - Reviewing the Century of K'iche Expansion



100 Year Review!!!

We have a forcelimit of 44 but we have 57k troops.


Cash? We are getting 7.89 in surplus.

We have more development than Portugal or Great Britain.

Our income is 2nd of those we know after GB.

Our Top Five Holdings by Tax Revenue

1. Capital
2. Cah Pech
3. Chikinchel
4. Moran
5. Belize


Our Top Five by Production

Same Five


We have the biggest army we know of


Current Value of Trade Goods:

4.0 – Dyes, Silk, Cocoa, Ivory, Gems
3.5 – Paper
3.0 – Coffee, Sugar, Cotton, Tobacco, Glass, Spices, Chinaware, Iron, Copper, Salt, Cloth
2.50 – Incense, Fish, Wool, Wine, Grain
2.0 – Slaves, Tea, Naval Supplies, Tropical Wood, Livestock, Fur


We are the trade leader in Cocoa


We are the production leader in Cocoa, Sugar, and Dyes


Powers in Order:

1. France
2. Ottomans
3. Britain
4. Mamluks
5. Aragon
6. Denmark
7. Ming China
8. Morocco

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12b, Maya Restored, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Prelude - K'iche No More


1 June, 1548 – Coffee in Antioquia


I break our alliance with Tzotzil.


7 Jan, 1549 – We convert Xocotla. My next target is Tepeceac.


1 Mar – Gems in Choca.

5 Oct –

Ready?




It’s time to reform our Faith!!!


Our Techs leaps to 8/8/7.


Time for a new set of ideas:

Expansion Ideas. I get the first one - +1 Colonists. I send them to Magdelena.






We are now a Republic!


I upgrade us to a Grand Republic

I have saved a lot of power waiting for this

We get Admin Tech 9,Dip tech 9 AND 10, and Mil 8 AND 9. I could have gotten another ADMIN Tech, but I wanted my Idea for another colonist instead.


That puts us a 9/10/10. England, for comparison, is 12/11/11.


I can now build navies, and as such, can colonize outside of the “next province over”. I pull my colonists in Choco, and send them to Cartagena, next to England and on the other side. Magdalena is next to it.

I finish a big Mission:


We are now the Mayans, we become an Empire!




We change our weak leader in an election for a 4/1/1 guy.


Let’s check in on my goals:


My Goals:

1. Expand quickly into a nearby and useful place to get us a powerful economic footprint moving forward. DONE
2. Get to 20 as mercilessly as possible, with as little time as needed. DONE
3. Run the first development, take the colonists, and cut my nation down to 10 ish. DONE
4. Colonize and retake those places to get back to 20. DONE
5. Repeat until I have fully evolved the Mayan faith. DONE
6. Westernize and evolve once Europe arrives. DONE
7. In the meantime expand into local areas south and take the entire region for the glory of Maya. DONE
8. Bring all of Maya under my control. Reclaim the Mayan dynasty. DONE (Save for one holding in Tsotzil, whom I am working to build up and take out).
9. Head north and west into those filthy Nahuatl lands and convert them after we bring them in to the true Mayan faith. Working on it.
10. Evolve into the most powerful hegemon here. DONE
11. Become the only remaining power in Central America. Working on it.
12. Expand up and down to keep out and meet any Europeans. Working on it.
13. Westernize. Not yet.
14. Kick out any Europeans that bother me overly much after Westernization. Not Yet.

1 Nov –

The Great Powers of the World:

1. France
2. Ottomans
3. MAYA BABY
4. England
5. Mamluks
6. Aragon
7. China
8. Poland
9. Denmark


We can now build these: Docks, Courthouse, etc.

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12b, Maya Restored, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 1 - Growth of Maya

1 Jan, 1550 – The Printing Press has arrived


I rival Great Britain.

I put together a navy that can scout for me


22 April – I declare war on Totonac with one holding left after we blasted them previously. They are allied with Colina, so they join them.


19 May – We rout their defending army


21 June – I arrive at and begin taking a nearby capital.


13 Nov – I capture the side capital


22 Nov My conversion succeeds, next is another minor.


3 Jan, 1551 – We capture my main target from Totonac


22 May – I have captured 6 minors.


22 Oct – Colima’s Capital falls to me


I take:



Four holdings in peace. My target is the Spice province you can see highlighted, as well as three others by the sea, on the other side, that have little value


Tohancapan 0 Spices, 8 dev, jungle, coast, Nahuatl, Totanac people, Temple, 0.24 cash made here monthly.

Zacatula – Grain, Hills, coastal, 0.04 cash, Nah faith, 7 dev, Tlapanec people here


Tecoman – Jungle, fish, 10- dev, Nahuatl, Tecos folks, 0.12 made here. Coastal. temple


Pururuan, - Natualt, Inland, grasslands, grain farmers, temple, Puru people, 0.06, 7 dev


I promote Aztec to an accepted culture with my Mayan Empire.


I order some artillery for the next war

I have some more folks i want to blitz out while I’m here and caring about them


I get ADM TECH 10 with another group of Ideas and I grab:


Plutocratic Ideas. I have enough Mil power to get my first idea:

Pluto 1 – I get +10% mercenaries and +25 discipline thereof

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12b, Maya Restored, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 2 - Visceral Ablutions



5 Feb, 1552 – Another conversion successful!


7 Mar – Our Golden Age has ended

1 April – I declare war! My target this time are the two holdings in the Gulf of Mexico over my recent acquisition. They have an ally right next to me with Gold in the central mountains. Five holdings total.


22 April – Mexico City converts!!!


1 June – Cartagena with Coffee.

17 Sept – I capture the capital of my target.


29 Sept – Another fort falls


1 Nov- We grab a minor holding

1 Dec –

Antioquia – 8 dev, Mountains, inland, Cocoa, 0.18 made here

I order these colonists next door and inland to Magangue.


13 Feb, 1553 – Another conversion


1 May – Another conversion


14 Dec – We grab the capital of the other target

24 Jan, 1554 – Ready for peace?



We add five more holdings to the great Mayan Nation!


My targets on the Gulf of Mexico:

Tzizcoac – Jungle, Sugar, coastl, 4 dev, 0.12 made here, Mayan, Wastek people


Tamilipas – Savannah, sugar, 4 dev, Mayan, Wastek, 0.04 made here.



Central – Nahuatl –

Malinalco – Hills, Gold, 8 dev, Matlantinza, 0.81 made here. Temple


Cuztamala – Temple, Sugar, Mat and Nahuatl, Highlands, 6 dev, 0.05 made here


Acambaro – Hills, 3 dev, Otomi people, 0.01, Wool


Two fewer enemies removed from the map for our great nation!


I pull colonists from Maguage and send them to Havana.

[Abe Sargent]

Historical Hegemon Series, 2002
Volume 12b, Maya Restored, the New Meso-American Hegemon
Chapter 3 - Oblation of Blood

29 March – Three cores finished!


1 May – Magdalena with Coffee. Rebellion in Malinalinco

6 May – Another conversion succeeds.

2 June – Province taken

27 June – Remove

1 July – We get Plut Idea #2 – bonus infantry in combat

28 July – Retaken

I pull colonists from Cartagena and Magdalena and send them to Guadeloupe and Antigua


31 July – Another conversion is ours

1 Aug –

Choco – Gems, Jungle, coastal, 3 dev, 0.24 made here.




The Caribbean. See how Cuba and several of the Windward isles are free? Portugal has most. 2




25 Dec – We finish taking out the natives in the islands we arrived at.