Ok, this may have been thought of before. If so, tell me to go away. In the event that it has not, however, I'm hoping this could be fun. I'm fascinated by the option of guiding a country through 900 years of history (CK, EU2, Ric & HOI2). However, time restraints tend to keep me from attaining my goal. Additionally, I'd like to see a country develop as it did historically with multiple rulers striving for vastly different goals, as compared with a single player who can easily turn a country into a hyperpower since they essentially act as a single ruler with a 900 year lifespan. Instead, it would be interesting to have a different individual player for each dynasty ruler. It would be a single-player game but one shared between dozens of players (thus the MP reference). The first player plays until the first ruler dies, at which point the save game file is passed on to the next player on the list, so on and so forth. At the very least this could take us to the end of EU2 (it would be more difficult to encompass this idea in Ricky - maybe a different player per election - and virtually impossible in HOI2). The rules are pretty simple:
- do everything possible to keep the dynasty alive (purposely killing your heirless ruler defeats the essense of this experience)
- post an AAR with the length of your choosing on a thread devoted to this purpose
- DID (dead is dead) rules: if your ruler dies from a freak illness or battlewound after a mere 2 year reign, no reloading. If you lose a big chunk of your kingdom, no reloading. Autosave should be implemented but only to prevent a CTD from ruining the game. Let's keep this as realistic as possible.
- 1 player = 1 ruler...pretty simple
- play however you want. A ruler may pass on his goals for the kingdom to the "successor" player but these should be viewed as simple guidelines. If you want to spend all of your gold on a crusade against the heathens, so be it. If you die halfway through the crusade and your successor feels like focusing on building up the kingdom's infrastructure instead of finishing your crusade, so be it.
Now, how to join and what to do when you have:
(1) Leave a post in this thread to let me know you want to play. I'll add you to the list below.
(2) New rule! PM me an email address so that I may forward the game save to you when the person before you is finished. *Disclaimer* I will not sell, trade, gift, or give your email address to anyone without your express permission, nor publicize it in any way, shape, or form.
(3) Leave a post on this thread stating that you have begun to play so that I know that you have the save.
(4) Play until your ruler dies and save the game when he does. Compress it and email it to me as soon as you can. Note that this has changed as well.
(5) Post an AAR in the AAR thread at your earliest possible convenience. If you cannot post your AAR within a day or two (for whatever reason; RL events, your ruler began his reign at the age of 2 and lived to see his 80th birthday, etc.) then please leave a place-marker post in the AAR thread. You may then edit that post and insert your AAR at your leisure. This enables the next person to post their AAR without rushing you.
Note: Here's the order of players so far and their respective ruler. A * next to a name denotes my possession of an email address for that player. To keep the game progressing quickly I will email the save game to the next person in line for whom I have an email address. It is the player's responsiblity to get a valid email address to me. Additionally, it is important that you post confirmation on the boards when you have received the save. Failure to do so within 24 hours will result in me sending the save to the next person on the list to prevent any holdups.
Manstein16* - Duke Erik the Ill-Fated
CSK - King Elof the Vengeful
rsobota* - King Markus the Dreamer
NitrateCupcake* - King Arnfast the Omnipotent
mnplastic* - King Håkan Zadarian - surname needed
klas_knas* - King Inge av Munso - surname needed
Brons
GreenMarine
Clan Ranald
oggbogg2*
germax*
Okawoa*
Kristian Thy*
Polska1
Please note that if we can't get the game to you we will move you down the list in favor of someone who's email we do have. Don't take it personally, we're just trying to keep things running smoothly. This also means that you should check back every so often to see if your predecessor has changed. If they have, you'll need to PM them with your addy. Once new membership has slowed and we start looping I'm hoping we can open a database so that we can quickly send the game to whoever is currently available (otherwise we'll be playing this until we're old and grey). I'll let you know when that happens. Thanks!
- do everything possible to keep the dynasty alive (purposely killing your heirless ruler defeats the essense of this experience)
- post an AAR with the length of your choosing on a thread devoted to this purpose
- DID (dead is dead) rules: if your ruler dies from a freak illness or battlewound after a mere 2 year reign, no reloading. If you lose a big chunk of your kingdom, no reloading. Autosave should be implemented but only to prevent a CTD from ruining the game. Let's keep this as realistic as possible.
- 1 player = 1 ruler...pretty simple
- play however you want. A ruler may pass on his goals for the kingdom to the "successor" player but these should be viewed as simple guidelines. If you want to spend all of your gold on a crusade against the heathens, so be it. If you die halfway through the crusade and your successor feels like focusing on building up the kingdom's infrastructure instead of finishing your crusade, so be it.
Now, how to join and what to do when you have:
(1) Leave a post in this thread to let me know you want to play. I'll add you to the list below.
(2) New rule! PM me an email address so that I may forward the game save to you when the person before you is finished. *Disclaimer* I will not sell, trade, gift, or give your email address to anyone without your express permission, nor publicize it in any way, shape, or form.
(3) Leave a post on this thread stating that you have begun to play so that I know that you have the save.
(4) Play until your ruler dies and save the game when he does. Compress it and email it to me as soon as you can. Note that this has changed as well.
(5) Post an AAR in the AAR thread at your earliest possible convenience. If you cannot post your AAR within a day or two (for whatever reason; RL events, your ruler began his reign at the age of 2 and lived to see his 80th birthday, etc.) then please leave a place-marker post in the AAR thread. You may then edit that post and insert your AAR at your leisure. This enables the next person to post their AAR without rushing you.
Note: Here's the order of players so far and their respective ruler. A * next to a name denotes my possession of an email address for that player. To keep the game progressing quickly I will email the save game to the next person in line for whom I have an email address. It is the player's responsiblity to get a valid email address to me. Additionally, it is important that you post confirmation on the boards when you have received the save. Failure to do so within 24 hours will result in me sending the save to the next person on the list to prevent any holdups.
Manstein16* - Duke Erik the Ill-Fated
CSK - King Elof the Vengeful
rsobota* - King Markus the Dreamer
NitrateCupcake* - King Arnfast the Omnipotent
mnplastic* - King Håkan Zadarian - surname needed
klas_knas* - King Inge av Munso - surname needed
Brons
GreenMarine
Clan Ranald
oggbogg2*
germax*
Okawoa*
Kristian Thy*
Polska1
Please note that if we can't get the game to you we will move you down the list in favor of someone who's email we do have. Don't take it personally, we're just trying to keep things running smoothly. This also means that you should check back every so often to see if your predecessor has changed. If they have, you'll need to PM them with your addy. Once new membership has slowed and we start looping I'm hoping we can open a database so that we can quickly send the game to whoever is currently available (otherwise we'll be playing this until we're old and grey). I'll let you know when that happens. Thanks!
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