Re: written sources, oral histories

From: Chris Lemens <chrislemens_at_j2EFKISDOedo4iPQryOuxgr1bIWEJ55PPIY4e_udIcYxzE46FTbcCP9MKNIk2cKT>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:28:58 -0700 (PDT)

Keith:

> Other players could "attack" the translation, expose inaccuracy with other research, use magic and

> truth contest to ascertain the truth, interview spirits and other that are still around. etc. The forum for
> the game would be PBEM, to allow for documents to be created (suggested method would be to
> "find and replace" from real documents.
. . .

> The game would be competitive, in that each player should have an agenda for both his historical point

> of view (prove the Arrowsmith dynasty was corrupt, prove that the Daughters of Pavis worked in cahoots
> with the nomads prove that Joraz Kyrem was no hero etc.), and from a personal, local, point of view
> (eg prove he is a better scholar, expose fraud, rampant pedantry, get better apprentices etc.)

It could also be a great card game, though that would require a lot of thought about victory conditions, which one could probably omit if it was a free-wheeling PBEM with a moderator. There would probably be a deck of roles (who the players are and what their ideological goals are), a deck of personal goals (which mix up the ideological goals enough to keep the game from going stale), and a deck of documents/actions (which the players put int heir hand and play). I guess that victory could be achieved by the ideological goal, but achieving a personal goal does something for you (like lets you expand you maximum hand by 1 card or something).

Of course, the card game also loses the creative collaboration aspect, which is probably what appealed to you the most.

Chris

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