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From the ashes of an Empire [OOC]

AegonVI said
Would you say an area about that of the island of Ireland is about correct for the area of the island? Even if in a weird shape, haha:P

Jeez, I really don't know :P I'm not good with that stuff.

From the ashes of an Empire [OOC]

AegonVI said
Golem, would you say that the map east to west is about 1000 km wide and then that east to west Aerianna is about 320 km? I'm trying to rough estimate my land in my head.

Not quite, but roundabouts.

From the ashes of an Empire [OOC]

People are gonna go AWOL anyway, and we're not gonna halt the game for that. Time progresses, and if someone isn't posting, their nation goes into auto-reaction until the player reappears. Auto-reaction means: defend if attacked, unavailable for emessaries, trade as usual. The in-game explanation could be rioting, bad harvest or too much internal politics at the moment. Other players will not seek to eliminate an auto-react nation until A) we get word from the inactive player or B) an IRL month has passed without word.

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I'm ok with PMs, as long as some sort of summary is posted for all to see.

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Ok, scrub the actions then. But could we agree that 1 week = 1 season? Just to move time along.

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I'm just afraid the game will stagnate in political discussion if we don't limit time somehow. It's happened a lot before to these kinds of games.

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What if each season took a week? That'd give people a month of IRL time to complete a year in game. And maybe more actions. Is 7 actions too many?

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AegonVI said
And, that canal would be going through a super hilly area...

Through the mountains, as it were... but maybe there's a pass or something it could be dug through.

As for the passage of time in-game, I haven't figured that out yet.

An idea would be to play the game in seasons; each player has, say, three actions per season (troop movement, delegations to other nations, construction, etc). The seasons will be played in three IRL day intervals. Didn't use your actions of the season? Your loss. Or something like that. What do you think?

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AegonVI said
Is the map only completed NSs?

Yesh.

From the ashes of an Empire [OOC]

@Lord Coake: That sounds just dandy :) Consider yourself allied!

@AegonVI: Sweet! And to answer your question: The Empire, spanning over so much land and people, became unstable as it struggled to keep all the different peoples and cultures in check. Conflicts over religion, government, speech, customs, taxes... In the end, when a few dissident provinces suddenly became many, the Empire could no longer sustain itself and collapsed. Is that an acceptable answer?