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Utherwald Press / The Airman's Gazetteer: Sultanate of Taramate

« on: January 08, 2018, 04:29:36 PM »

Lying across the Mammut Sea south of the 'core' nations of Darmonica is the ancient kingdom known as the Sultanate of Taramate. It is said to be older than the Kingdom of Tyland, though much about the Sultanate is veiled in secrecy. Outsiders are generally restricted to a handful of ports on the Mammut Sea coast, though permission had grudgingly been given for a small number of expeditions to the interior over the years. Recently relations have been struck with the Artian Confederation and a small but growing Artian military presence has been established.

http://www.utherwaldpress.com/2018/01/the-airmans-gazetteer-sultanate-of.html

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Utherwald Press / Re: The Airman's Gazetteer: The Coalition

« on: January 03, 2018, 10:41:42 AM »

Hope you have a great New Year Sorry I haven't got much done on the proofreading btw - hoping to do it in the next few days if still useful.

Yes please!

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Utherwald Press / The Airman's Gazetteer: The Coalition

« on: December 18, 2017, 03:31:13 PM »

The Airman's Gazetteer series continues with a look at the Coalition, a nation ruled over by merchants and corporate entities.

This is also the final blog post of 2017; with the next two weeks being Christmas and New Years respectively normal service will resume on Monday 8th Jan. A two week long break will hopefully mean fair progress will be made on the Kickstarter related content. In the mean time, Happy Holidays for whatever you celebrate at this time of the year.

http://www.utherwaldpress.com/2017/12/the-airmans-gazetteer-coalition.html

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Utherwald Press / The Airman's Gazetteer: Union of Sodkan Republics

« on: December 11, 2017, 05:29:43 PM »

After looking at the Iron Collective last week, we now head south to the Union of Sodkan Republics; a loose alliance of small nations paranoid both by their big neighbour to the north and each other. They argue to be the successors to the Holy Sodkan Empire, something the rest of Darmonica is happy to accept. Though, many doubt how well the Union will stand when the Iron Guard march south.

http://www.utherwaldpress.com/2017/12/the-airmans-gazetteer-union-of-sodkan.html

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Utherwald Press / Re: The Airman's Gazetteer: The Iron Collective

« on: December 05, 2017, 12:53:39 AM »

Nicely done

I mentioned Utherwald stuff in the latest newsletter:
https://exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5436.0

I saw, thank you.

Also emailed over that short story.

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Utherwald Press / The Airman's Gazetteer: The Iron Collective

« on: December 04, 2017, 12:35:05 PM »

This week we return to the Airman's Gazetteer with a look at a nation that's already been extensively covered; the Iron Collective.

This isolationist, technological theocracy is viewed with a great deal of wariness by the other nations of Darmonica. It has refused to maintain any diplomatic relation. Its goals and motives are unknown, the regime refuses to let any of its citizens be exposed to any external influence. All everyone can do is keep a close eye on the Iron Collective.

http://www.utherwaldpress.com/2017/12/the-airmans-gazetteer-iron-collective.html

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Utherwald Press / Re: Things Never Go Smooth

« on: November 30, 2017, 09:30:11 PM »

Cool, got a short story that I've done a partial rewrite of.

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Utherwald Press / Re: Things Never Go Smooth

« on: November 30, 2017, 04:42:12 PM »

Yes, thats a good idea...

You up for anymore editing work?

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Utherwald Press / Things Never Go Smooth

« on: November 27, 2017, 10:22:05 AM »

Remember last week when I said I'd be running a Frozen Skies one shot at the local university's games society?

Unfortunately it ended up being cancelled, though with the prospect of being rescheduled at a later date. My plan was originally going to be writing up the post-game session report for this week's blog post, instead I'll be writing up what I'd intended to run. So sit back, relax and enjoy!

http://www.utherwaldpress.com/2017/11/things-never-go-smooth.html

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Utherwald Press / November 2017 Update

« on: November 20, 2017, 03:39:39 PM »

Right, Update Time!

Bit of a break from the Airman's Gazetteer series, though that will return in a couple of weeks. The Kickstarter ended successfully, though we just scraped in over the target. So now work carries on behind the scenes getting more artwork done, sorting out extra content and doing a bit of spit and polish to get Frozen Skies ready for release. So quick round up of how things stand, some game news and an extra treat.

http://www.utherwaldpress.com/2017/11/november-2017-update.html

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Utherwald Press / The Airman's Gazetteer: The Artian Confederation

« on: November 13, 2017, 05:02:39 PM »

Continuing the Airman's Gazetteer series is the Artian Confederation, a victor of the Great Darmonican War that now has little opportunity to enjoy the spoils of war. It has troops tied down on either occupation duties or keeping a wary eye on its eastern frontiers, what more relations with its wartime ally the Commonwealth have been growing increasingly tense. It has a very militant culture and outlook, though that could cause trouble in the near future.

http://www.utherwaldpress.com/2017/11/the-airmans-gazetteer-artian.html

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Utherwald Press / Re: The Airman's Gazetteer: The Free State

« on: November 09, 2017, 07:36:28 PM »

Interwar UK immigration laws placed a fair number of restrictions on both migrants and refuges, Jewish ones especially in the '30s over economic fears for the jobs market.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_UK_immigration_control#Immigration_controls_in_the_1920s_and_1930s

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Utherwald Press / Re: The Airman's Gazetteer: The Free State

« on: November 08, 2017, 10:23:36 PM »

Yes.

Its rather low on the priority list but the Commonwealth is looking to revise its immigration policies, possibly introduce a points based system like Canada or Australia. That said, it has 'invited' surviving Tylander and Sodkan scientists and engineers.

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Utherwald Press / Re: The Airman's Gazetteer: The Free State

« on: November 08, 2017, 05:31:16 PM »

Yes, but it is not an easy process.

Getting passage out of the Free State as a Tylander is difficult, setting up residence in Commonwealth territory is even more so. Commonwealth law typically requires migrants to be able to support themselves for a given period of time before they can receive any help from the government. Since the Commonwealth is still recovering from the War, it doesn't want what it considers an 'extra drain on resources'.

That said, it has been running work programmes in the Treaty Ports. In exchange for doing some work, Tylanders receive a Commonwealth standard ration and a basic wage as well as access to the Commonwealth's version of the NAAFI hops and cafes. These are extremely popular and the Commonwealth has had to put people's names onto a waiting list for when they require extra workers.

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Utherwald Press / The Airman's Gazetteer: The Free State

« on: November 06, 2017, 05:21:52 PM »

Currently our series, which covers the various nations of Darmonica in a greater detail, we take a look at the Tyland Free State. Formerly the Kingdom of Tyland, it now little more than a sad rump of a nation still struggling with the aftermath of defeat. It also faces an uncertain future as parts of its territory remain occupied by powers that may possibly clash with one another before long.

http://www.utherwaldpress.com/2017/11/the-airmans-gazetteer-free-state.html