Leonhartia (UWJA)

[Chptrk 86]

Welcome to Leonhartia!

Friends! Romans! Lend me your eyes! Welcome to Leonia, founded only 50 years ago. But in that time, Leonia has grown into a strong little town, reaching close to 1000 people! Why, when the emperor last visited, he said it was the nicest town he had ever seen, outside of Rome of course. But enough about that, let's visit the town!

Here's a full view of Leonia. The town, farms, and docks can all be seen. Along with a small Mediterranean whale...hmm...moving on,,,

Zooming in on the town, a mix of hovels, temples, stone, and wood houses can be seen, along with plazas and other monuments.

A close up of the govenors mansion (right) and a small temple, surrounded by walls to create a bit of a last stand defence area.

Over on the eastern side of the city, there is a small temple, surrounded by the hovels of commoners. Let's continue, these plebians are getting too close.

Back in the center of town, there are a lot of places to shop. One store even has a set of Chinese plates, all the way from the far east!

Up a little ways north, we enter the farming areas of the town. You can see the walls built to hold off the occasional barbarian attack.

More north of the walls.

And finally, some nice un-developed areas to the west of the town, across the water. (The town would be to the left in the top picture though...direction changing.)

A small cove.

And a region shot. No, I didn't finish the trees yet.

Now, a special bonus fund has been created to be spent on a new project, and YOU the citizens get to decided what it will be spent on! So, just leave a comment saying what you would like to see done.

Either;

1. Build a bridge going west to connect to the other side of the river and expand the city that way.

2. Use the money to finance settlers to move north and build a new town.

3. Expand the ports to allow for more commerce.

Until next time!

[SounderBruce 173]

Very nice start! This is one of the best neoclassical recreations on SimCity I've ever seen! I love the accuracy!

EDIT: First comment! 

Go for the bridge!

[Vahr 343]

YAY ITS UP!

Very nice, going Roman I see Looking like a great start here.

I choose BRIDGE!

[mightygoose 92]

when in rome eh, great first update i choose bridge also

[Larks2242 251]

Awesome City Chptrk i really like it, reminds me of age of empires. Do the residents fear the kitty ruler?

[astronelson 339]

Is vultis valde bonus, Vilis Furta! Ego suffragium moveo denique subsido moveo septentrionalis.

Translated from Latin to English... more or less...

This looks very good, Chptrk! I vote to move finance settlers to move north.

[DCMetro34 577]

Wow, awesome start! There is so much detail! I vote bridge, too.

[lucky7 73]

Salve! With this topic you definitely have my attention I also vote for the bridge (a wodden one would be great which can be "upgraded" when the town is getting bigger). Looking very much forward to more,

lucky7

[Wrightguy0 40]

i say more settlers, another town would be nice and i'd wait till the town reaces the walls before expanding to the other side of the river

[Chptrk 86]

Oh yea, I have to do replies now...I mean, yay! Replies!!

ComputerGuy890100 - Aww...shucks, thank you! I put a lot of work into accuracy (sorta ) and I'm glad you like it! One vote for bridge!

Blue Lightning - YAY I can't believe it! And and put it up too. Ayup! Roman it is. 2 votes for teh bridge.

mightygoose - And we are in Rome, at least for now! Another vote for bridge? Yay! You guys do care...for me being able to take the easy way out...

Larks2242 - Thanks Larksy! Heh, no kitty ruler, the king is completely human. I know, it's sad.

astronelson - Just pretend I responded with Latin, okay?  Thanks Astro! 1 vote for people north, got it!

DCMetro34 - Thanks DC! I guess I can't take all the credit for detail, a lot of that credit would have to go to the BATers who made the stuff. I just place it someplace and hope it looks good. Another vote for bridge.

lucky7 - And I'll never let your attention go! Err...at least not for as long as I can hold it. Another bridge vote, awesome! Well, a wooden bridge would look great, but saddly I wasn't able to find one. So we'll have to go with stone.

Wrightguy0 - Another vote for settlers! Well, as far as the town reaching the walls goes, always good to have some farms behind the walls, just in case. But your voice has been heard!

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The votes are in, and it has been decided...

After counting the votes from the townspeople, (old CJ section) and the more distant farmers, (New CJ section) the totaly has come to...

8 total votes for building a bridge, 2 votes for financing settlers north, and 2 votes for expanding the port.

It's decided, a bridge shall be built!

[Schulmanator 5,812]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!! I am loving this! Long Live Rome... I mean Leonhartia!

[SounderBruce 173]

Woohoo! My vote counted! Go bridgeworks, go!

[DCMetro34 577]

Yay! I can't wait!

[Follarch 327]

I wonder if you have a bridge that will blend in with the rest of the content youre using for this town.

I'll check in again to see this bridge in action.

[Vahr 343]

Bridge, yay!

[Simbourgeois 139]

Very nice CJ! Great selection of bats, from a distance it really looks like a Roman city. The only thing, hehe, I didn't know that they had so advanced carriages...

Keep up the great work  Can't wait for the next update!

Best regards,

Simbourgeois

Mayor of Belleville

P.S. Ah, this CJ reminds me of the time I used to spend all my evenings playing Caesar III...

[Chptrk 86]

The_Leonhartia_Table_of_Contents

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Under Construction (again)

The Beginning

The Bridge and Jessilinia

Welcome to Ouranina!

A New Village...

The Roman Attack

The Tutorial

Leonia Barracks

Just a Little Filler

Aqueducts

Aelius

Military Spending

[Keegan V50 15]

Im sorry for dropping by late here kitty!,you are of to a great start and keep up the great work!

All the best

Victor

[Larks2242 251]

Cool lets see that bridge!!!

[Kusajika Yachiru 9]

Oh, so a time before there were even cars huh? Not my favorite but I do like your setup and it looks real for the time peroid.

[Petrovar Ambassador 15]

fantastic start!

[Chptrk 86]

Replies, 

Schulmanator - YAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!! If you're loving it, then I must be doing something right! And don't worry, Leonhartia is a province of Rome, kinda like Gaul. Just somewhere else... Not sure where yet.

ComputerGuy890100 - Of course your vote counted, no corruption here! There might have been if a harder option had won, but anyways, hope you like the bridge!

DCMetro34 - Well you wont have to wait any longer, the update is tonight/tomorrow depending on how I'm feeling after these replies.

Archean - I think I got something that'll look good, here's hoping you think it fits well too!

Blue Lightning - Ayup!

Simbourgeois - Why thank you! Yea, I should probably issue some statement about those carriages...umm... Okay, the lot editor doesn't like me too much, so I have to deal with whatever the BATer made. So let's all just pretend those aren't there, okay? And I'll pretend that I don't have embarrassing pictures of you all from the Christmas party...yea...

Back on topic, glad you enjoyed the update, and I hope the next one brings back some Caesar III memories as well!

Chptrk - Hey there beautiful, forget to place your future table of contents placeholder after the first post often?

Victor Valdes - Don't worry Victor, it's always great to see you here! Glad you enjoyed your visit!

Larks2242 - Oh you will, you will.

Kusajika Yachiru - Yea, no cars. No cars at all. Well, early steam engine developments did take place in Italy, let's just pretend it happened...a lot earlier. Glad you like the setup, and if you aren't that big a fan now, hopefully I'll grab you in a few thousand years!

Petrovar Ambassador - Why thank you!

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Whew, all those replies. Let's throw some pictures in here real quick. Here's the current view of Leonhartia, a province of Rome.

To the right, you can see the town of Leonia, as seen in the first update. Yes, I made a mistake, it's called Leonia, Leonhartia is the region. Sorry!

But on the left is the smaller settlement of Jessinia, as will be seen in the next update.

Along with building that bridge, a dirt road was laid down to connect the two towns. Travelers can move a little more safely, knowing to follow the path and they wont get lost.

That's it for now, the full update will probably be tomorrow. See ya all then!

[Larks2242 251]

Nice overview of your city, looking forward to the next update!

[penguin007 27]

Awesome start to the cj I love the roman town, cant wait to see where you go with this

Will

[Vahr 343]

Ooo, nice overview. Can't wait to see stuff up close

[DCMetro34 577]

I like that; everything seems to blend in!

[SounderBruce 173]

Ooh...I can't wait to hop on the new bridge...

*bridge crumbles*

Nevermind... *whistles while walking away*

[Daan300 255]

Great! Like the Roman theme very much.

[Chptrk 86]

Welcome back to  Leonhartia!

The votes were counted, the money spent, and the bridge was built. Introducing the Leonian Bridge. (And my new water mod)

And with that bridge, the western side of the river began to develop.

It was then decided that the town would fund itself a barracks, to house some soldiers to defend the region from any possible attack.

The early stages of construction can be seen here, on the western side of the river.

Meanwhile, some citizens in Rome grew tired of the overcrowding and decided to sail to Leonia. The traveled West, over the bridge and through the forest, following the coast, until they reached an area near the foot of a mountain. They set up some shelters and started some farms, and decided to call the settlement Jessilina.

Zoomed in on the town.

Over here is a small pond, used for various things. There are also some fallen trees, to be used for houses, tools, and fire.

Another area of the village.

A shot of the coast.

Up at the top of the mountains to the west, is a river. It begins as a spring at the top...

...and then gently flows down the side of the mountain...

...until it reaches a pond at the bottom. Here's the full view of the river.

No votes on anything today, unless of course there is something you would like to see happen. Then just suggest it! 

Until next time!

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Replies,

Larks2242 - Why thank ya! I hope you liked this update!

penguin007 - Thanks! I've got some big things in mind, so stick around and enjoy them!

Blue Lightning - Wait no longer, up close stuff is right up there! ^ 

DCMetro34 - I know! I was amazed at how that turned out. Glad I'm not the only one.

ComputerGuy890100 - You'd better not break my bridge you! But that's a stone bridge, so you'd have to be pretty big to break that.

Daan300 - Thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying it!

[Vahr 343]

Oooo wow, very nice! I like it, very good to detail.