| Cultural Metamorphosis
Game Time line: 1603 - 1819 Country to Play: Nippon, China, Korea, Manchu, Tibet |
| Around the 15th and 16th centuries the Ashikage Shoguns lost their influences resulting in the Sengoku Jidai. After internal reunification in Japan around 1592 Hideoyoshi led his armies to invade Korea but were pushed back by Korean and Chinese forces. |
| Imjin Waeran (War Against the Peninsula, Legend of Kobukson)
Game Time line: 1592 - 1819 Country to Play: Manchu, Korea, Chagatai, Nippon, China |
| This is the legend of the Korean war-ship Kobukson. The whole nation proudly watches the Kobukson dashed into battle at will, destroying enemy ships as if the wind tossed them upside down. Life threatening weapons such as sharp hidden swords and pikes kill any enemy that attempted to jump on board. Along with cannons and other firearm on the ship, this war ship was one of the greatest inventions of Korea, and recorded one of the most glorious moments of Korean War and expansion history. |
| And to demonstrate its power and stood up against the Western imperialistic forces, such as that of Spain and Portugal, Japan decided to invade Korea in the early 1590's. Be it Japanese sea raiders or Korean "turtle ships", the water around these Asian nations were never calm during these years. |
| Napoleon's Ambition
Game Time line: 1795 - 1819 Country to Play: France, England, Spain, Netherlands, Austria, Prussia, Russia, United States |
| After the 7 years war, France was still struggling with her finances and her honor stained with defeat. France however was not a beaten country even though her colonial mights was broken. Instead, France waited for a chance to revenge her honor by humiliating England. After severe mismanagement the British Government faced a full uprising and revolution in her American colonies. France seized the opportunity and sided with the newly found republic in America. |
| Rebellion and Civil War
Game Time line: 1663 - 1819 Country to Play: Ming China, China, Ayutthaya |
| Emperor Ming Sizu hung himself at Longivity Hill after a rebellion captured the capital of China. General Shan-Hai-Kuan in an effort to punish Li Zi Cheng and his rebels and help restore the Ming Dynasty allowed the Manchu forces through the Great Wall of China. |
| Sengoku Period (Age of Sengoku Jidai)
Game Time line: 1478-1819 Country to Play: Manchu, Korea, Nippon, Portugal, China |
| Japanese civil war, Sengoku Jidai, was a period when different warlords fought each other, and is an era of civil strife and feuding samurai clans. Without the protection of a strong feudal warlord, outlaws repeatedly raided villages. Therefore, at the peak of Sengoku Jidai around 1535, different factions led by different Japanese daimyo warlord went into war with one another. Many men were killed and women abducted. With the arrival of the Jesuit missionaries and the spread of Christianity, this war begun to involve religion as the warlords that converted to Christian fought vigorously with the sohei, or local Buddhist warrior priests. Meanwhile, trading with the "barbarians" (Portuguese and Dutch) found in and around the Land of the Rising Sun, not only brought firearms to Japan but also play a relevant role in determining the relationship between Japan and the West. |
| The Age of Enlightenment
Game Time line: 1700 - 1819 Country to Play: France, Spain, England, Nippon, Korea, Ayutthaya, China, Mahrattis |
| The city of Ayutthaya was founded by Phya U-Thong in 1350. After consolidating his power he proclaimed himself King Ramathibodi I. After several prosperous centuries Ayatthaya became one of the wealthiest cities in Asia due to direct trade with the East and West. In 1767 Ayyathaya was captured by the Burmese, only to regain her independence shortly after. |
| The Age of Exploration
Game Time line: 1492 - 1819 Country to Play: Spain, Manchu, England, Korea, Chagatai Khanate, Nippon, Portugal, China |
| Even before the blood had dried on the rebellion of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Han Chinese of the Ming Dynasty began to make the might of the Middle Kingdom known to the rest of Asia. Unfortunately for Korea, being squeezed in between China, Japan and the militaristic Manchu tribes they were always in peril of being swallowed by their neighbors. |
| The Age of Mercantilism
Game Time line: 1617 - 1819 Country to Play: Manchu, Chagatai Khanate, England, Korea, Ayutthaya, Nippon, Netherlands, China |
| The year 1542 marked the opening of Japan to western powers like Portugal, the Dutch, England and Spain. For Japan, expanding trade and cultural exchanges were to prove very profitable. That is until the introduction of the seclusion orders in the 1630's. |
| The Age of Revolutions
Game Time line: 1773 - 1819 Country to Play: France, England, Spain, Netherlands, China, Nippon, Korea, Mahrattis |
| The tribes in northern China became known as the Manchu's in the early 17th century when they began to threaten their Chinese and Korean neighbors. Under Emperor Nurhachi of Manchuria they secured allegiances with many of the remaining northern tribes enabling a rapid expansion of territory gradually leading to the invasion of China in the 17th century and the establishment of the Ch'ing Dynasty. |
| The Grand Asian Campaign (Age of Strife)
Game Time line: 1419-1819 Country to Play: Korea, Manchu, Nippon, Daiviet, China, Tibet, Chagatai Khanate, Ayutthaya |
| While Europe became a war zone during these four decades, the strife in Asia is even more complicated with the introduction of Western religions, gunpowder, and concept of colonization and expansion. While possible attacks from nearby Empires exist every minute, an Emperor, such as that of Ming China, also had to deal with domestic rebellions and internal turmoil caused by the corrupted government officials. Japan, though under the strong leadership during the Edo Dynasty, had to battle with the introduction of Christianity and possible threats from Korea. When the Dutch and Portuguese's ship reached Asia, a new possibility opened up for Asian country to make connections with the West. Some country welcomed it while others insisted on a "Closed Door Policy". Each and every move of an Empire will determine who becomes the ultimate conqueror of the four seas. |
| The Grand Campaign (War of Formosa)
Game Time line: 1419 - 1819 Country to Play: Portugal, Castile, England, Chagatai Khanate, China, Nippon, Korea, Manchu |
| Foreign intruders disrupted simple farming life of the people on the beautiful island of Formosa in the 1590's. Fights continue as the Dutch and Portuguese fought over the island rich of natural resources. However, when great hero Koxinga docked by the port of Tainan, local people followed his lead to drive the white people away, and the long-lost child returned to the arms of its big Chinese guardian. |
| The Treasure Fleet (Age of Expansion)
Game Time line: 1423 - 1819 Country to Play: Korea, Nippon, Manchu, Ayatthaya, China, Daiviet |
| The beginning of a Dynasty is always glorious and prosperous. Expansion on land and exploration on sea are necessary in order to ensure the dominance of power in a region and expand the national territories. Famous Chinese explorer Zheng He set out seven grand voyages with fleet that was far larger in size and crew strength than those of the Europeans. Each of his seven flotillas had more than 200 vessels; a crew of 27,000 and the largest ships were at least 1,500 tons each. Columbus' first expedition had only three ships; an 87 crew and the largest ship weighed 100 tons. Yet, the expansion of the Ming Empire only lasted for a short period of time. A misleading sense of superiority withheld the Chinese from its expansion into the "barbaric" lands of Southeast and South Asia. If the Ming Emperors changed its strategy to colonize these countries during this era, the history followed would certainly change. China would be stronger, more cosmopolitan and better equipped to combat the brutal assaults of the Western powers and Japan in the 19th and 20th centuries and Southeast and South Asian countries might evade the fate of Western colonization and imperialistic attacks. |
| Fantasia
Game Time line: 1500 - 1819 Country to Play: Iroqouis, Inca Empire, Mughal Empire, China, Catalunya, Ukraine, Mameluks, Eire |
| Fantasia has no historical background but has been included as a campaign due to it being fun and challenging in a multiplayer or single player environment. All nations start with approximately the same resources. |
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