So most of the NRPs I see around here are focused on the high middle ages, the early modern era, or a fantasy landscape. I want to try something a little different. Lets do a Nation RP starting in the late chalcolithic to early bronze age up until the end of the Classical Age/Beginning of Middle Ages in terms of technology and government. Going from massive walled city-states to powerful empires, all the while surrounded by barbarians and rival nations.

@NerevarineActually, we also have sci-fi settings and the "Civilization" RPs kinda cover the Ancient age era.

Albeit something set truly in the Classical Age like Romans, Ancient Greeks and such could be fun.
Civilization type RPs have some of the tech but none of the culture from this era. It has tiny nations just struggling to survive.
So yeah, there isn't any true Classic Age NRP.
Hope you support some fantasy elements, though.

Assuming the OP still holds the spark, I have some interest in this concept.

Oh yeah man. This looks like my cup of tea. Sign me up if it is still going to happen.

Ya hear that @Nerevarine? Interest at last :)

Cool, ill set up an ooc tommorow ideally

Just two questions; will the roleplay take place in the real world and if so, using real nations?

Hmm, i wanna try a blank slate world, but using mostly real world limitations, whatever magic would be included, if any,would start out and mostly be reatricted to priests work or seen as acts of god(s).

Hmm, i wanna try a blank slate world, but using mostly real world limitations, whatever magic would be included, if any,would start out and mostly be reatricted to priests work or seen as acts of god(s).

I'm not sure that would work if we also include fantasy races. In a sense they are already seen as miracle/magic.

Better idea is to ensure magic never will be OP, IMO.
So you have an unique civilization that uses magic a lot? Nice but effectively mundane means can do almost the same.
Casting a ball of fire is frightening but it has limited range and flames aren't killing people as fast as a well-aimed thrown knife or such measures.
Priests blessing your arrows may increase their range but it's expensive and maybe you are better off if you can create stronger bows instead.
My point is to make magic less than a cheap measure which gives you an advantage. Magic has all its ups and downs, even if they aren't rare and need huge amount of money to employ in your country.
So perhaps it'd be beneficial to view magic as a different face of technology than some sorts of Über Art that is obviously better than anything else.
This method may work.

Anyways, my nation sure won't use magic and even view it with distrust. Although a very few of my people may know how to craft runes but that'd be the bottom of it.

Is there a map you will use or will it be based on some portion of the real world?

@ArenaSnow@Eschatologist@Willy Vereb

I got the ooc up, sorry that is so short, I've been very sick this last weekend and I just wanted to get this up before everyone forgot or thought I gave up on it
http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/81851-cities-of-bronze-classical-rnp/ooc

Fair enough as is. :)