Game idea
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 8:53 pm
A TCTC-based game, but not a MUD. As I've been investigating several diplomacy/world-building games during the last days, I thought of creating one set in the Land.
The setting would be some time after the Second Chronicles. The players would take the roles of the leaders of various factions - the New Lords, maybe divided into different factions themselves, Giants, Haruchai, survivors of the Clave, Waynhim, Ur-Viles, Brathair settlers ...
The game would take place in several forums where the players exchange 'public announcements', describing their open actions (like trying to settle in a certain area, researching lore, sending envoys to other factions) and reactions to general, game-master controlled happenings - what if the Ravers spread mayhem, what if someone finds one of old Kevin's wards, what if a plague spreads?
Personally, I wouldn't want it to be a pure RPG. I'm sick of the usual ones taking place in every fandom online already, so this game wouldn't be a kind of fiction writing contest with yourself in the hero role. Still, role-playing would be part of it all, since your announcements would be written in character.
There could be a limited management factor. Like, your faction has x resources of different kinds, what do you do with them? Build farms and houses, buy weapons, trade?
Well, so much at first thought, what do you say?
The setting would be some time after the Second Chronicles. The players would take the roles of the leaders of various factions - the New Lords, maybe divided into different factions themselves, Giants, Haruchai, survivors of the Clave, Waynhim, Ur-Viles, Brathair settlers ...
The game would take place in several forums where the players exchange 'public announcements', describing their open actions (like trying to settle in a certain area, researching lore, sending envoys to other factions) and reactions to general, game-master controlled happenings - what if the Ravers spread mayhem, what if someone finds one of old Kevin's wards, what if a plague spreads?
Personally, I wouldn't want it to be a pure RPG. I'm sick of the usual ones taking place in every fandom online already, so this game wouldn't be a kind of fiction writing contest with yourself in the hero role. Still, role-playing would be part of it all, since your announcements would be written in character.
There could be a limited management factor. Like, your faction has x resources of different kinds, what do you do with them? Build farms and houses, buy weapons, trade?
Well, so much at first thought, what do you say?
