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Premise
This iteration of forum game has been inspired by the works of Jane Austen and indelicately shoehorned into a space opera. Your character will be a citizen of a colony world in the outer reaches of Charybdis establishing your reputation among the better classes and striving to improve your station with respect to society in general and your peers specifically.
The flavor and themes will borrow heavily from the history and daily life from our Earth’s England across the whole of the 19th century - but deep familiarity with the period is absolutely not required. Period scholars, fans of Jane Austen, and those who just think monocles are nifty are equally welcome. No previous experience in these sorts of games is required and any previous experience will not offer any sort of advantage.
New voices are absolutely welcome. We had several new players join our last outing and I sincerely hope to see more new players join the festivities this time around.
Game Background
King Grigori has decreed that a new colony world will be established in the Weatherby system. Sentients of all classes are invited to apply for a berth on an outbound colony ship and entry into the Weatherby citizenship lottery. As society on Britannia Prime has become uncomfortably static with little opportunity for advancement, colony citizenship presents a remarkable opportunity for advancement in this era and your parents have chosen to risk life in the colonies.
The empire has decided that birth gender and birth species are clumsy ways to establish the right to own property and titles and such outcomes should be based on true randomness rather than clumsy genetic fumbling. As such, all potential colonists are designated as True Citizens or as Citizen-Pretenders based on a coin toss to make things as fair as possible.
Space historians have remarked at length on the unusual fact that a space faring empire had chosen to base its society on the antiquated mores and styles exemplified in a 19th century Earth novel. But as with all empires, who can argue with results?
GM Note: additional worldbuilding background will be posted as time permits prior to game start.
Player Requirements
Traditionally, the time commitment for this sort of game is about 15-20 minutes per week - but I suspect this iteration will ask a bit more from the players in terms of interaction. Orders can certainly be submitted with a 15-20 minute commitment, but the public and private interaction between the players will be center stage on this outing.
Role playing is strongly encouraged but not required. You will be in charge of forging your own narrative in a sea of player-driven collaborative storytelling. Player orders for the turn will be submitted to a bot account either via public forum post or privately via PM. A day before the turn deadline, the bot account will cheerfully remind you if you haven’t yet submitted orders for the turn.
Game Schedule
Registration will remain open until Sun Feb 11 at 8pm EST. First turn will be posted by Mon Feb 12 at 8pm EST. Turns are due every Friday by 10pm EST. I’ll use the weekend to compute the results, and a new turn will be posted every Monday evening. The game is expected to run for 10-12 weeks with a two week intermission in the middle.
Turns 1-6 will run from Mon Feb 12 through Fri Mar 23. The game will have an intermission starting Fri Mar 30, as I will be out of the country and without internet for two weeks. Play will resume on Mon Mar 16 and will run to completion at that point.
Player Registration
Your family has spent a number of years establishing itself as a Name of Importance on the colony world of Weatherby. As a designated True Citizen of Weatherby and as the heir to your family estate, you’ve entered the well-appointed offices of the Harcourt Historical Society (Weatherby chapter) to ensure your vital information is captured correctly. The Robo-scrivener has lifted its laser stylus in ancipation of recording your information in the first edition of Harcourt’s Handbook to the Titled, Landed, and Official Classes of the Weatherby System. You mop your brow and clear your throat in anticipation of answering these Very Official Questions.
1. What is your name?
2. Please indicate your species by checking the appropriate box below:
[ ] Space Human
[ ] Space Lizard
[ ] Space Moose
[ ] Space Lobster
[ ] Other, please specify in detail ________________________________
3. Please indicate the institution from which you received your most recent education:
[ ] Benjamin Wheatly's Mercantile Concern
[ ] Major Harbinger's Reform School
[ ] Excelsior Hall, School of Rhetoric and Oratory
[ ] Weatherby University, creating fine scholars since 2188
[ ] Madam Scallopini's Finishing School for Young Sentients
[ ] Other, please specify in excruciating detail __________________________
4. Please record the name of your family estate:
5. [Optional bonus] Please attach a picture or draw a replica of your family coat of arms:
6. [Optional advanced challenge] Please record the name and species of any Citizen-Pretender wards in your care:
GM Note: Question 6 is intended as an advanced role-playing challenge. Having no wards will not disadvantage a player in any way, so feel free to leave Question 6 blank. Choosing to have one (or more!) wards will be a significant role-playing challenge, will involve at least double the time commitment per week, and is only recommended for players looking for additional complexity. Choosing to have a one (or more!) wards will make for a challenging self-handicap. If you have any concerns about answering Question 6, please PM me directly or leave it blank.
Summary: Leaving Question 6 blank is selecting ‘Normal’ difficulty, choosing a ward in Question 6 is selecting ‘Hard’ difficulty.
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