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Post by Admin on Mar 15, 2014 0:26:19 GMT
Alright, so I've been chatting this over with both of you guys a little here and there.
My natural inclination is to start just a little prior to the first book, making it effectively "pre" but also not really. That way all the characters that I like...I can write them as they are in the series and take them in their own direction from there. I figure most players will want to do the same, but then allow opportunities to expand into other periods in the history as activity and interest allows. It wouldn't be too hard at all.
That said, we obviously need a clear cutoff point, kind of like we had on JLA, where everything before was board canon and everything after is up to us and our community. So, should it just be something as simple as the books? Pre-books=canon, start of the books-onward=us? If so, we should be able to rip a timeline from somewhere pretty easily and post it up so people know what has and hasn't happened.
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Post by Jon Snow on Mar 15, 2014 9:58:21 GMT
Part of me thinks to use the series as a guideline, as it's likely the easiest genre to relate with for most. Not everyone has read the books, I'm sure, but I'd say most have watched - or are watching - the show. I wouldn't be opposed to making it pre-show, perhaps by a matter of months, or even starting where the television series starts, and forging our own path from there?
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Post by Admin on Mar 15, 2014 10:47:57 GMT
....or even starting where the television series starts, and forging our own path from there? This could well be the simplest way forward. I had no real objections to the idea of going a little bit pre-books/show, but I've been researching that period of time specifically to see if there is anything major that I'd want to give the option of playing out different and nothing really comes to mind. So, that tells me that I'm fine with starting the board right where the show/books start and then we forge our own destiny from there with the various characters that get snagged in the early goings. The main thing my muse is wanting to play out differently is the War of Kings in the aftermath of Robert Baratheon's death. Of course, Robert doesn't necessarily have to die like he does in the show, and certainly Eddard won't be obligated to follow the same fate he does, but in the case of Robert's death specifically (even if it doesn't play out the same way it does in the show) I think said death would set the stage for a pretty amazing arc and a chance to show that we're not just treading exactly along with what GRRM has done in the books, ie we have our own War of the Kings, and someone else entirely different from Joffrey winds up on the throne. Robert Baratheon could be a sacrifical lamb for the board plot, fo sorts. Someone that is planned to die right from the beginning and said applicant/recruit will know that up front when they take him on. Just an example of some of my thinking at the moment.
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Post by Jon Snow on Mar 15, 2014 12:23:51 GMT
Sounds workable to me. When people begin arriving, we can always get opinions on which is preferred out of those two starting points - Series start, or immediately following the King's death.
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Post by Tywin Lannister on Mar 15, 2014 15:30:30 GMT
Oh no, I wouldn't want to move it ahead any. Starting right when the books/tv series starts, at the latest, seems like the most clear cut option that will make sense to anyone who finds this place. My only debate was whether to go further back, but I sort of thought my way through that dilemma, heheh.
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Post by Tywin Lannister on Mar 17, 2014 10:38:40 GMT
As I talk with people, I'm getting a weird mix of feedback about this series. Some people are totally for it and are interested at the prospect of what a game set in this world run by us would do, and others are just innately turned off by the graphic nature of the series itself and can't fathom the idea of writing in this world.
It's curious.
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Post by Sandor Clegane on Mar 23, 2014 23:51:23 GMT
I'm game for starting at square one. This way we're not pigeonholed into how the books and the tv show run. We can have minor charries developed into the strong charries. We can still have a Red Wedding, but maybe not with the same households even
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Post by Tywin Lannister on Mar 24, 2014 3:21:27 GMT
Righto.
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Post by Simon on Apr 8, 2014 22:44:40 GMT
Just wondering if a starting point has been set as see no plot thread. For a few helpful tips, or at least I hope they are helpful, is to reform the characters' board to a characters' section where characters are created / able to plot storylines / wanted ads of characters (such that would enable new members to automatically fill shoes in a matter of speaking). I do agree with the Hound's comments of enabling minor to become major, such would then mean it would be a case of whatever-will-be will be, the story created will then be created of the members, by the members, for the members. I previously created a GoT rp set at the start of the War of the Usurper, but did not have much time to work on it so wished to work on it longer but my co was not of the same opinion. In any case, the War of the Usurper is an option, or a little later is the Greyjoy Rebellion, but to be around the start of the novel/story, I would advocate a little earlier for settling purposes, also aiding any OC's to get into the swing of things.
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Post by Sandor Clegane on Apr 9, 2014 14:08:13 GMT
I still like the idea of the Mystery knight showing up at tournaments and such. Such a character can drift across the board so that northren and southern characters alike can meet (and possibly beat) him.
Also we can start at the beginning with the basics. Cercie and her brother ares still an item.. Sansa Stark is engaged to Joffery. Rayneres and her brother are trying to forge an army to the east. those seem like basic plot points to start with
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Post by Admin on Apr 11, 2014 7:39:05 GMT
The start of the books/series seems like the natural starting point. Everyone who's even passingly familiar with the series can easily pick that point in their mind and adapt the bio information.
Wanted ads for characters is definitely solid. We'll probably have one at some point. Minor characters will definitely have the chance to be major and vice versa. It will truly depend on how much effort each player puts into the given character and, from there, just some blind luck in terms of what stories and scenes happen to catch peoples' interest. Whatever will be will truly be. We might adapt some stuff from A Song of Ice and Fire books like I used to adapt stories from X-Men comics for our RPGs way back when. And of course players will have the same opportunities to do that same thing, be it adaptations or original tales.
And yeah, starting with the basics is kinda my thinking right now. If the game gets some traction we will inevitably add our own complexities to the setting as we go.
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Post by Sandor Clegane on Apr 14, 2014 4:25:39 GMT
I think we have enough charries to start...
What if we start with the engagement of Sansa and Joffery? We can have the king turn the whole even into a small tournament (any reason to party) and we can get everyone started out in the same local. I think the board can develop from there.
Sounds like a plan?
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