Re: TimeLine

From: Keith Nellist <keithnellist_at_qIYYwiu52nnNh3ux8KRuPeMgEKZNUoDTKi6eF1J1ZUV8EHsi1ezYnx40fGYMGs5>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:35:36 -0000

>
> > Fun, eh? OK, maybe not.
>
> Maybe for everyone playing those "Buserian Scholars Get Their Degrees
> And Strive To Discredit Their Rivals" games. Maybe not so much for
> people trying to lead or suppress the Rebels of Dragon Pass. :)
>
> FWIW I am now resolved to have at least one critical crisis arise from
> dodgy scholastic assumptions in my current game! Thanks! :)
>
> --
> John Machin
> "Nothing is more beautiful than to know the All."
> - Athanasius Kircher, 'The Great Art of Knowledge'.
>

For a long time I've been thinking about running a game, it would be a PBEM, where each player controls two "characters". One is a scholar who almost only interacts with other players by "producing" or "discovering" or "translating" historical sources relating to, you guessed it, the 2nd character. It would be competitive - players are trying to prove that their historical hero achieved something, and that the other players heroes were less than heroic. The scholars have their own agendas - perhaps to discredit a rival, or get access to some special library, or hire some sellswords to plunder an ancient ruin for evidence.

It wasn't going to be Buserians and semi-feudal taxation schemes but it it would be close.

Keith