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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Derren" data-source="post: 7472339" data-attributes="member: 2518">It all depends on of the Americans bring over deadly diseases the same way as the European settles did. Without most of the natives dieing off the settlers would have been far less successful than they had been. Likewise unless the Americans bring over a deadly plague they will have some trouble establishing more of a foothold, although Britain would make for a good staging ground.Although I think American settlers would most likely focus on northern Africa and Iberia as those are the closest to them and provide reasonable good settlement opportunity. It also depends on what they want from the "new" world. In history sugar and tobacco was the main export from America to Europe which made it worthwhile to colonize there. But what does Europe have that America is lacking. You have mentioned horses already, but what else?Also don't forget that like when the Europeans arrives in America, the Americans should not be a united front, but there should be several nations with different goals.What exactly do you intend with the date of 1200BC? I assume you want the Europeans to be as primitive as the Americans were when the settlers arrived so to basically mirror the situation. The problem with that is that most people do not know much about that time period. Imo its best to use a date which gives the players at least some reference. 1100BC might work as in that century you had the war for Troy and the Odyssey.I am not sure how the nations in Europe would react to the Americans and if they would accept their technology and trade with them or fight against them. Although the image of an Egyptian charioteer with a imported musket instead of a bow looks interesting.And please don't listen to the "cultural minefield" detractors. European history and culture has been mangled and twisted countless times for fantasy settings with no ill effect and the same would happen to American history, namely nothing.</blockquote>

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