[center]OOC is [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/157897-the-minimalist-nrp/ooc]here[/url].[/center]

Lots of NRP's seem to fail for three prominent reasons:

[indent]1. Everyone puts so much effort into their character sheets before the game even starts that the game never starts.[/indent]
[indent]2. There are giant, superlong posts because we want to get into all these really rich, good, meaty details and it's awesome, but then nobody wants to read 15 pages of text before they know what happened so that they can post.[/indent]
[indent]3. We start to squabble over details, like specific techs and the feasibility of one or another thing.[/indent]

Here's my proposal:
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[u][h3]What this is:[/h3][/u]
-Story based RP. Your nation, as a whole, is your character. Nobody can "win". Nobody can "lose".
-Exception to the point above: we all win if we're entertained. We all lose if the roleplay dies.
-Genre: There will be a map. Your nation needs to go on the map. If it can't go on the map, then it is the wrong genre of nation. 
-Experimental. This could go gloriously wrong!

[hider=Map][h2]Terrain:[/h2]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/qQq7qGk.png[/img]
[h2]Political:[/h2]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/zkomY7d.png[/img]
[h2]Hybrid:[/h2]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/TzMAe19.png[/img][/hider]
[hider=Map Colors]From Top Left, left-to-right, top-to-bottom:
[color=#990000]Maroon[/color] [color=#00009b]Dark Blue[/color] [color=salmon]Salmon[/color] [color=#999933]Olive[/color] [color=#993399]Purple[/color] [color=#0000ff]Bright Blue[/color]
[color=#99ff99]Seafoam[/color] [color=#ff00ff]Hot Pink[/color] [color=#ff99ff]Baby Pink[/color] [color=#ffff00]Yellow[/color] [color=#990000]Maroon[/color] [color=#993399](Purple)[/color] [color=#0000ff](Bright Blue)[/color] [color=#ffff99]Tan[/color]
[color=#00ff00]Lime[/color] [color=#ff99ff](Baby Pink)[/color] [color=#336600]Green[/color] [color=#00ffff]Cyan[/color] [color=#336600]Green[/color] 
[color=#ff9900]Orange[/color] [color=#ff0000]Red[/color] [/hider] 

[u][h3]Character Sheet:[/h3][/u]
***DO NOT ADD ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES TO THIS SHEET!!!***

[color=orange][b][u]Name of Nation:[/u][/b][/color]
[color=orange][b][u]Color on Map:[/u][/b][/color]
[color=orange][b][u]Summary in 50 words or fewer:[/u][/b][/color]
[color=orange][b][u]Write three solid paragraphs. [If you need a prompt: [i]"Unlock new potential for your civilization through active research in both technology and culture."][/i]:[/u][/b][/color] <<This is to make sure that you're a reasonable writer who actually has some level of commitment to the RP.


[u][h3]Rules:[/h3][/u]
[list][*]You must post at least two paragraphs but no more than three.[*]Unless you've said something to the GM, failing to post once every week means you will be kicked (school [i]is[/i] an acceptable excuse!).[*]At least two out of three posts should contain some kind of interaction with someone else's nation. This could be a diplomatic overture, troop movements along a border, espionage, trade, or any of the other millions of things nations do to and with each other. If we're not interacting... what's the point?[/list]


Thoughts? Questions?