Game of Crowns - Medieval Strategy Game - OOC/Signups

[ApplePieistan]

I'd like to play in the Mad Max RP, so I'll familiarize myself with it first. I'll watch Fury Road and get back to you.

Watch Mad Max:Road Warrior or Beyond the Thunderdome, much better movies in my opinion.

Thanks for the recommendation. I think I'll watch Road Warrior, since it's shortest.

[Olthenia]

Glad to have you aboard, Apple. I'm looking forward to this already!

Also? The OoC is up.

[Olthenia]

Well, fudge.

I miss this RP. The monthly income, the glorious maps and the endless stream of telegram-flavored plots, plans and pleasantries.

Barbarians too, to be quite frank.

Do any of you ever feel the same?

[G-Tech Corporation]

+1

[Olthenia]

House Sulter had such a future ahead of it.

With rules for vinyards and noble cavalry in effect, four or five more turns would definitely have seen the Sulters field some of the finest fighters on four hooves. Osric, with his royal bride in tow would've been called home to captain them; black of hair and fair of face, a prince in the making. Perhaps his father would petition the royal throne to grant the family name a little extra luster? Form the Sulter lands into a duchy, even? Yes.

Wymund Sulter; Duke of Falkvord. It had a lovely ring to it.

At any rate, with House Sulter's coffers fattened by proceeds from the sale of southern wine, a proper castle would soon be constructed in the shadow of that western mountain. The one so recently discovered by the explorers from the Royal Cartographers' Guild. The Catsblood Cairn, men called it; the highest peak in all the land. The fortress at its foot should, at long last, given House Sulter a solid military foundation. The sort that might prove handy once Wymund Sulter, with leprosy eating at his scholarly face, swathed himself in his thickest furs amd commanded his servants to carry his litter high, high up atop the Cairn's snow-clad peak.

The Leper Lord heard things up there. Things the wind forgot.

In the end; in the cold, thin air when the stars were right, Wymund Sulter made a sacrifice of blood and wine - one fit for a king. The tall, howling King of Catsblood Cairn. Thus, by the light of heathen stars, Wymund Sulter would call the King of Catsblood Cairn down from that mountain and guide him down, down into the bright, warm realms of men to usher in a rising which would stamp his glory on the world for all to see.

He might even cure his leprosy. The whispers said he would, if the stars were right. The Skraelings would not matter then; nor that monster Warmune and his Black Banner.

I do not know if anyone else made an effort to investigate those rumors of cultists and dark sacrifices Hark bandied about. I did, naturally; and discovered a trail which led to G-Tech's capital. Another murder followed there, and cold clues amidst the stones of a snow-covered graveyard.

Alas, this thread is over now; and this odd, rambling post with it. But the stars were almost right, and the King of Catsblood Cairn almost real.

Almost.

[G-Tech Corporation]

I actually apprehended those cultists

[The Grim Reaper]

The Sri of Kotte made a dope painting, guys.

[Albertae]

Dorneget was going to be a rich powerful lord who ruled over one of the big cities in the kingdom. :/

[Olthenia]

The Sri of Kotte made a dope painting, guys.

A dope mask too, as I recall.

[Olthenia]

Can anyone honestly say they were not involved in plotting against their respective monarch?

[Albertae]

Can anyone honestly say they were not involved in plotting against their respective monarch?

Me. Dorneget made more money as a lord than he would've as a monarch. And the monarch hadn't yet started to be greedy with taxes.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Can anyone honestly say they were not involved in plotting against their respective monarch?

And I was trying to be so generous too

[The Grim Reaper]

Can anyone honestly say they were not involved in plotting against their respective monarch?

And I was trying to be so generous too

If it's any consolation, I was playing nice because I'd been the bad game in the precarnation . Wanted to toe the line, here, just for a change.

I'd offer to help co-op a new version, but I haven't seen Harkback around, and I'm notoriously antsy about my capacity to work with numbers. A mechanical RP like this isn't a great fit for me - I was editing my books in well after finishing posts, iirc >_>. If someone manages to get Harkback's ear and he's not willing to run a reboot, I could help with events.

[G-Tech Corporation]

And I was trying to be so generous too

If it's any consolation, I was playing nice because I'd been the bad game in the precarnation . Wanted to toe the line, here, just for a change.

I'd offer to help co-op a new version, but I haven't seen Harkback around, and I'm notoriously antsy about my capacity to work with numbers. A mechanical RP like this isn't a great fit for me - I was editing my books in well after finishing posts, iirc >_>. If someone manages to get Harkback's ear and he's not willing to run a reboot, I could help with events.

Honestly, we could probably snip a lot of the numbers in favor of a more fluid system. I think the only failings this RP really had were Hark wandering off, and the fact that only one Kingdom was really active.

[The Grim Reaper]

If it's any consolation, I was playing nice because I'd been the bad game in the precarnation . Wanted to toe the line, here, just for a change.

I'd offer to help co-op a new version, but I haven't seen Harkback around, and I'm notoriously antsy about my capacity to work with numbers. A mechanical RP like this isn't a great fit for me - I was editing my books in well after finishing posts, iirc >_>. If someone manages to get Harkback's ear and he's not willing to run a reboot, I could help with events.

Honestly, we could probably snip a lot of the numbers in favor of a more fluid system. I think the only failings this RP really had were Hark wandering off, and the fact that only one Kingdom was really active.

I'd agree, personally.

If I were redesigning the system from scratch, honestly, a lot of the interest in the faction system is based on the politicking within the factions, and RPing out all the faction politics is a bit at odds with the very numbers-oriented design of province building. I'd change exploration to be more player-driven too - puts a minor amount of onus on the DM that is sort of more uninteresting than having people all be aware of the choice terrain they can fight over.

In both of those, I'm rather biased, though - Hark's one of the most prominent mechanics-driven designers in P2TM, and he does love his secret maps. I'm more from the NS/II side of RP.

[Olthenia]

Can anyone honestly say they were not involved in plotting against their respective monarch?

And I was trying to be so generous too

So you were. And really, as far as I can tell your vily, generosity-flavored scheme worked pretty well. I've been involved in various intrigues in all previous incarnations of this RP. and this was the first time I kept my peace, paid my taxes and behaved. Between royal generosity - a king who accepted my lord's son into his service - the timely supply of lumber and that last royal expedition I was allowed to finance; I had no complaints.

[G-Tech Corporation]

And I was trying to be so generous too

So you were. And really, as far as I can tell your vily, generosity-flavored scheme worked pretty well. I've been involved in various intrigues in all previous incarnations of this RP. and this was the first time I kept my peace, paid my taxes and behaved. Between royal generosity - a king who accepted my lord's son into his service - the timely supply of lumber and that last royal expedition I was allowed to finance; I had no complaints.

Well, I basically hit the point where I couldn't- as a monarch- increase my personal power further. I had all the holdings I could keep without disbanding powerful units, all my buildings would be upgraded in due time, etc. But obviously increasing the overall power of the kingdom was still an objective, in case RNG got snarky or the Mongols were grumpy. So I just started giving stuff away.

[Indo-pasif archipelago]

Well I was going to control most part of my realm, and quite possibly equaled the queen in power. I kinda miss this RP you know, despite my occasional disappearance

[Olthenia]

So you were. And really, as far as I can tell your vily, generosity-flavored scheme worked pretty well. I've been involved in various intrigues in all previous incarnations of this RP. and this was the first time I kept my peace, paid my taxes and behaved. Between royal generosity - a king who accepted my lord's son into his service - the timely supply of lumber and that last royal expedition I was allowed to finance; I had no complaints.

Well, I basically hit the point where I couldn't- as a monarch- increase my personal power further. I had all the holdings I could keep without disbanding powerful units, all my buildings would be upgraded in due time, etc. But obviously increasing the overall power of the kingdom was still an objective, in case RNG got snarky or the Mongols were grumpy. So I just started giving stuff away.

And your loyal vassals knuckled their foreheads, patted their bellies and swore undying loyalty to your wise and generous rule. Well played.

As far as the rules and numbers go, I was actually quite happy with them. True, the mechanics were deep enough to demand some thought and planning, but I hardly thought of them as a drag. The biggest triumph of Hark's mechanics was probably the relative scarcity of resources though. No Lord, as far as I recall, had access to both Lumber, Iron and piles of Food. Stone was a wistfull dream altogether. You had to work to achieve something. It forced the lords and ladies of the land to trade with one another, which fostered social interaction, which fostered marriage alliances, which fostered - well, roleplaying.

[The Knights of Azorea]

Can anyone honestly say they were not involved in plotting against their respective monarch?

Nope, The Knights were Loyal.

[Oberstyre]

If a few of you were to do a reboot, I'd be down for it.

[Caldstan]

If a few of you were to do a reboot, I'd be down for it.

Same... I was only here for the first few rounds of the first one before RL took it's toll, I'd love to try this again

[Olthenia]

Would anyone else be down for another crack at this?

G-Tech? Albert? Ironsbad?

[G-Tech Corporation]

Would anyone else be down for another crack at this?

G-Tech? Albert? Ironsbad?

Frankly, I'm chilling with a RP, and have another in the works. I don't really have the time to OP.

[Olthenia]

Duly noted.

How about the rest of you?