General Discussion

Darkreaver, that's an awesome start to things. I'm probably going to need to read that two or three more times to pull everything out of it, but that's not a complaint at all!

Would it be a good idea to/would you be opposed to us also posting our history in our Factbook so that we can reference it?

I would not mind you doing that at all. I'm really only going to be using the first post just to keep track of basics. Anything else you think we should know, put in there.

I just read through the rules. In the section Primary Stats, is a line missing? It says

Each province that you control gives you approximately 50,000 people and 1 workforce.
Your capital produces three resources. Each other city you control gives you one resource.

A newly created nation has one province and a capital, so it starts with 3 population and 3 resources.

So for a newly created nation, its 1 province gives 1 workforce. But it doesn't say where the other 2 workforce (population) come from. I'm guessing the captial gives 2 workforce?

Im also a little confused on how we measure provinces.

As I understand it, we get to add a province either by expansion or development. (ie. writing). So we can make one every day. Mechanically it's just a number, and provides population and workforce. I assume if it's expansion the GM will colour it onto the map.

Noted, and understood.

Bedzone: The starting workorce is a typo (I also forgot to correct it from population to workforce). The line SHOULD read, "A newly created nation has one province and a capital, so it starts with 1 workforce and 3 resources." This has been corrected.

JackJack: Right now, the map isn't divided into provinces. It's divided into cells, and I'm going to be using 10 cells as a province (as long as there's room). I'll be making provinces on the fly as you expand: You tell me which direction you're going; I give you the most homogeneous shape possible in that direction.

Hi guys! Sorry for the wait. I’ll try to get something started tomorrow. Just a quick question, is anyone on the old lands? Would it have any impact/interest having at least a player there? Maybe it could create different diplomatic dynamics or something

I was wondering if it's mentioned anywhere how long ago the Covenant or the empire dissolved. That context would help with the crafting of the history of our nation.

I believe the going timeframe is "a few generations" so, 70-100 years?

Yeah, it's been over 50, but not long enough that a few people still living remember the empire. 75 years sounds good.

CESN: It would be fun to have someone there I think, but it's really up to you. We do have someone bordering.

Rune dropped out; his circumstances have changed. I am NOT removing his nation of Drakmar. I'm going to keep it as an NPC nation for the time being.

Also, don't forget, if you've already named your capital and given me your resource picks, I just need an intro post in the IC forum, along the same lines as the one that's already there.

So, just one intro post this week, for starters? And then we can build up a bit of momentum to begin our regular expansion posts next week? I've decided I'll adopt title headings to give my posts some structure along the way.

Just one intro post for now. Once everyone gets their intro posts in I'll start in on a regular week.

Okay, a couple things:

1) I need the intro posts by the end of this week. We've got two more joining us, so I'm going to hold off on anythingmechanical til they're settled in.

2) I've been discussing the rules with a couple people who are mechanics guys, and I've been taking feedback from some of you. End result: There are going to be tweaks, but they'll be ones that leave you with less to manage from week to week so you can focus on the RP.

3) I made factbooks for everyone, BUT they're not editable by you because I made them, so I would like everyone to make a factbook post of your own that contains the following:Once you've got that posted if I need to edit it, I can, but so can YOU.

I updated my post with the Council pictures to be my (mostly) complete factbook post.

Uh. I accidentally deleted two threads somehow. It was Melanqolia and someone else. I'm very sorry. I'm going to wait and let you create your factbook posts as requested before I try to go back and recreate everything.

oh nooooooo, unfortunate