Kingdoms v2 discussion

[paul191600]

During my short absence from the tavern, I decided to start up a new game. This game, which is yet to be named, will be a hybrid, containing elements from dungeoneering and hegemony. Many of the mechanics are either finished or being tested, but I thought posting a discussion thread would be of use for the moderator and the players.

The concept is simple: the player is tasked with completing a survey for their civilization, before choosing their spot on the map provided. Be sure to give your civilization a name and adjective. You start with a nomadic tribe, which can either settle down immediately, or explore for some time before choosing a place to stay. An action system will be present, similar to the original dungeoneering. However, you are restricted to using a certain amount of actions per cycle (IRL day), in a sense. Each city you have gives you 3 actions per cycle by default. An action bank is also provided, containing 10 actions. For every additional city, the banks capacity increases by one. You must clearly state you are storing an unused action in this bank, or else it will be lost. Actions may either be posted all at once, or one at a time. Each has their own advantages and disadvantages, since you will not be able to respond to the moderators report if you post all actions for the cycle at once.

 

An example of the action system (simplified):

 

Player: I have my citizens settle down at the original location. (2 actions remain)

 

Moderator: (R16) Your citizens hastily begin constructing wigwams, and before long, a small camp is built.

 

Player: I assemble a scouting party, sending them on the outskirts of town for any resources. (1 action remains)

 

Moderator: (R4) You find a small group of men willing to scout. However, the lot seems rather sickly and incompetent. They set off, disappearing into the fog.

 

Player: I have the villagers scout around for any resources. (Final action)

 

Moderator: (R18) A handful of villagers begin scouring the area for any hint of resources, finding 2 units of stone, 1 unit of wood, and a strange lump of matter (1 unit).

 

At this point, the player can either stop posting actions, or they can begin using actions from their bank. Delving further into the examination of the strange lump will improve research progress, but at the cost of actions.

 

Resources are an essential part of your empire. There are 5 basic types of resources, being stone, wood, hide, crops, and fish. This is where terrain types come into play. There are 3 terrain types, being heartland, grassland, and barren. Grasslands produce 3 units of food, but may lack the any of the 5 basic resources. Food units are such that one unit of food feeds a city, but has other uses, such as feeding a troop regiment. Heartlands cannot support themselves in terms of food, but have the basic construction resources surrounding them. Barren tiles are the result of overworked heartlands, and provide little resources in most cases. Other resources will be discovered by the player, but must be further examined before they can be used. A decay rate for grasslands and heartlands is in place, but will be discussed at a later time.

 

(Map incoming)

 

Survey:

A travelling band of nomads wants to join your village, what do you do?

 

The notorious loony claims that he has found an ancient map. What do you do?

 

One day, an emissary arrives from a neighboring empire. He sends word that his kind demands tribute from your nation. What do you do?

 

You come across a resource node, full of gem foreign to your people. However, another nation seems to have set up a small camp there as well. What do you do?

 

A long-trusted advisor of yours is rumored to be planning to remove you from the throne. What do you do?

 

A band of vicious cats has been attacking the local rodents, killing most of them off. What do you do?

 

If you had to choose between military supremacy, economic might, or intellectual prowess, which would you wish for your nation to have?

 

Your explorers come across a small tribe, with extremely primitive technology. They do not seem to be hostile. What is your response?

 

After a lengthy military campaign, you overtake the capitol city of a rival nation. However, the city is still intact, along with most of the citizens being alive. What do you do?

 

Your cities are starving and the only source of extra food is an empire that demands you give up your strongest squad of men. What do you do?

 

Two of your neighbors, one on friendly terms, the other unfriendly, have recently fought in a war, and are now weak. What do you do?

 

There is a red button on your desk, what is it for?

 

There is a trial in your city, where a 'scientist' claims that the earth goes around the moon, rather than the moon being reborn each day by the sky gods. The courts have sentanced him to death, what do you do?

 

While out with your fellow hunters, a large flying stone with a green middle hovers overhead, bathing you in a green light. What do you do?

 

Choose one of the following:

A) A

B) A

C) B

D) 42

E) None of the above

[paul191600]

Map page:

 

[a_bert]

You want us to answer the survey now?

 

We let them in! All are welcome in Glorious Firenze

I ask him to show me the glorious map

:smug: we kick him into a big pit

Assassinate their camp during the night

Assassinate him

Let them kill the rodents?

Economic might

Recruit the tribe to our nation

Incorporate it into our nation

Assassinate the empire and take the food

Assassinate them and take their stuff

it assassinates a random person

Pardon him, then have him assassinated

pick it up and hope it hatches

E

[Seraphi]

1) Let them in, but they must prove themselves before being given full honours.

2) Check the map, and if it seems believable, send a small contigent of scouts to examine the locations marked.

3) Send him back, minus a head, and begin defense preperations.

4) Attempt diplomacy to work out a fair split of the minerals. If diplomacy fails, use fear tactics to send them all packing.

5) Launch a full investigation of the advisor while keeping him under house arrest. In my court, there is a "Nothing to hide" policy in place, thank you very much.

6) How viious are we speaking here? If not very, allow villagers to adopt them as pets. If they're vicous (And they would need to be fairly large), use them as war animals.

7) Military Supremecy

8) Assimilate them into our own glorious civilisation in the same way as the nomads.

9) Assimilate, but they must prove themselves before being given full honours.

10) Have them act as sleeper agents and accept the terms.

11) Assimilate them both, friendly nation citizens are given full honours, unfriendly citizens must earn them.

12) It's actually just a block of red hot metal designed to look like a button. Pressing it will burn your hand.

13) Hide the scientist from the public, claiming that he was executed while he works on research in secret.

14) Attempt to get hold of the stone and take it back to the village.

15) D) 42

[paul191600]

Yes, please complete the survey now if you wish. It's not needed until the game has begun, but is useful to have beforehand.

[Icuownage]

A travelling band of nomads wants to join your village, what do you do?

They're let in, and asked what they specialise in, if they're what we need they're put to work right away, if they're skillful in something we already have then they'll join the other in that profession, if they're not so good in anything, they'll be tutored.

 

The notorious loony claims that he has found an ancient map. What do you do?

Take said map and allow a small hunter party follow through if they so wish, it'll be a fun experience to say the least, and good exercise.

 

One day, an emissary arrives from a neighboring empire. He sends word that his kind demands tribute from your nation. What do you do?

-Torture him, and then send him back with a message

 

You come across a resource node, full of gem foreign to your people. However, another nation seems to have set up a small camp there as well. What do you do?

Negotiate terms of sharing with them, if terms fail then we'll attack the camp.

 

A long-trusted advisor of yours is rumored to be planning to remove you from the throne. What do you do?

Jailed, ask why, capital punishment

 

A band of vicious cats has been attacking the local rodents, killing most of them off. What do you do?

Kidnap babies of said cats, train them in use for war.

 

If you had to choose between military supremacy, economic might, or intellectual prowess, which would you wish for your nation to have?

Economic might

 

Your explorers come across a small tribe, with extremely primitive technology. They do not seem to be hostile. What is your response?

Make them our vassal

 

After a lengthy military campaign, you overtake the capitol city of a rival nation. However, the city is still intact, along with most of the citizens being alive. What do you do?

Treat the civillians with honour, offer them refuge and do not harm a single one, if they begin to rise up, warn them, if they still do, it cannot be helped.

 

Your cities are starving and the only source of extra food is an empire that demands you give up your strongest squad of men. What do you do?

Send strongest squad of men to take the food.

 

Two of your neighbors, one on friendly terms, the other unfriendly, have recently fought in a war, and are now weak. What do you do?

Make unfriendly one my vassal to improve relations with them, now I have two allies.

 

There is a red button on your desk, what is it for?

Well the red one is for my elite guards, but the others....

 

There is a trial in your city, where a 'scientist' claims that the earth goes around the moon, rather than the moon being reborn each day by the sky gods. The courts have sentanced him to death, what do you do?

Pardon him, and then ask him to prove what he says.

 

While out with your fellow hunters, a large flying stone with a green middle hovers overhead, bathing you in a green light. What do you do?

Obviously I have just found the green latern ring, so take it :D. Study it and such.

 

Choose one of the following:

A) A

B) A

C) B

D) 42

E) None of the above

 

C

[Earth]

A travelling band of nomads wants to join your village, what do you do?

See what they can do first, then let them in. Disarm them until proven trustworthy.

The notorious loony claims that he has found an ancient map. What do you do?

Ask to see the map, and if it's just a load of crock, politely tell him that i'm not interested. If it's viable, send him in first if its dangerous.

One day, an emissary arrives from a neighboring empire. He sends word that his kind demands tribute from your nation. What do you do?

Ask how much this tribute is,when is it due, and what will happen if we don't?

You come across a resource node, full of gem foreign to your people. However, another nation seems to have set up a small camp there as well. What do you do?

Negotiate with the group, trying to get them to join my tribe.

A long-trusted advisor of yours is rumored to be planning to remove you from the throne. What do you do?

Confront him immediately with a small group of trusted guards. Interrogate him if neccesary.

A band of vicious cats has been attacking the local rodents, killing most of them off. What do you do?

Train the cats to help keep said rodents out of the stores.

If you had to choose between military supremacy, economic might, or intellectual prowess, which would you wish for your nation to have?

Intellect, the economic, then millitary.

Your explorers come across a small tribe, with extremely primitive technology. They do not seem to be hostile. What is your response?

Ask if the trive would like to join, or if it would like to trade.

After a lengthy military campaign, you overtake the capitol city of a rival nation. However, the city is still intact, along with most of the citizens being alive. What do you do?

Immediately try to convert the citizens, slowly, and make sure they are treated as equals.. Although disarmed.

Your cities are starving and the only source of extra food is an empire that demands you give up your strongest squad of men. What do you do?

Do so, but make sure our 'strongest men' is a highly trained spy group.

Two of your neighbors, one on friendly terms, the other unfriendly, have recently fought in a war, and are now weak. What do you do?

Try to get the freindly one to join, the unfreindly one to be freind;y/join, and if that doesn't work, start beheading their children.

There is a red button on your desk, what is it for?

For laughs, fooling people into thinking it's important.

There is a trial in your city, where a 'scientist' claims that the earth goes around the moon, rather than the moon being reborn each day by the sky gods. The courts have sentanced him to death, what do you do?

See if his research is viable, allow the excecution, and continue research if deemed usefull.

While out with your fellow hunters, a large flying stone with a green middle hovers overhead, bathing you in a green light. What do you do?

Wave at it, while backing slowly out of the light.

Choose one of the following:

A) A

B) A

C) B

D) 42

E) None of the above

I choose E.

Happy, sir paul?

[archimage_a]

I shall be playing, but since I have been testing the game with Paul it seems unfair to start at the same time as everyone else, so I will start a few days later.

[The Dark Lord]

It's actually called heathland.

[The_Mather1]

Search them for notes and weapons, read any notes and part them from any weapon larger than a dagger then let them join.

 

Examine his so-called map, compare it to scouting maps and send scouts to areas of interrest.

 

Tell the emmisary that we will not meet the demand, and if he returns there shall either be peace, alliance or his head on a pole.

 

Negotiate a deal with the neighbour that allows for both to mine, offering to examine the gem for properties for them.

 

Ensure your support by the other advisors, keep a guard made up of personal friends in front of both the door and beside me, keep a shortsword and a tomahawk within reach.

 

Annex said felines and tame them, keep them near the pantries.

 

Intellectual powress.

 

Offer them the oppportunity to join or ally my tribe.

 

Ensure that the citiziens are thriving better under my rule and keep a guard present when visiting there the oncoming year.

 

Tell the empire that lest they trade us some food, my strongest men will not remain strong.

 

Offer to support the friendly nation in regaining their strenght and ending the other nation.

 

Massage chair.

 

Get a scout to follow the moons journy (run around the Earth after the moon).

 

Get out from underneath it and call out to the otherworldly visitors.

 

D

[Alg]

A travelling band of nomads wants to join your village, what do you do?

Let them in if they can benefit the group

 

The notorious loony claims that he has found an ancient map. What do you do?

Humor him.

 

One day, an emissary arrives from a neighboring empire. He sends word that his kind demands tribute from your nation. What do you do?

Deny the tribute and plan to move, if possible.

 

You come across a resource node, full of gem foreign to your people. However, another nation seems to have set up a small camp there as well. What do you do?

See whether or not there is enough to support both. If not, see if my group can destroy theirs and fortify the area.

 

A long-trusted advisor of yours is rumored to be planning to remove you from the throne. What do you do?

Execute him before he can. Afterwards, stop having advisors or play them against each other.

 

A band of vicious cats has been attacking the local rodents, killing most of them off. What do you do?

Keep them around until they harm the group in some way.

 

If you had to choose between military supremacy, economic might, or intellectual prowess, which would you wish for your nation to have?

Intellectual prowess, which can be used to develop superior technology for either military use or trade.

 

Your explorers come across a small tribe, with extremely primitive technology. They do not seem to be hostile. What is your response?

Leave them be.

 

After a lengthy military campaign, you overtake the capitol city of a rival nation. However, the city is still intact, along with most of the citizens being alive. What do you do?

Leave them that way and govern it like any other territory.

 

Your cities are starving and the only source of extra food is an empire that demands you give up your strongest squad of men. What do you do?

Do so. A single squad isn't worth a starving country.

 

Two of your neighbors, one on friendly terms, the other unfriendly, have recently fought in a war, and are now weak. What do you do?

Aid both if I have the resources.

 

There is a red button on your desk, what is it for?

It's probably a decoy. The real red button would be much better hidden.

 

There is a trial in your city, where a 'scientist' claims that the earth goes around the moon, rather than the moon being reborn each day by the sky gods. The courts have sentanced him to death, what do you do?

- Pardon him if his claims can be proven.

 

While out with your fellow hunters, a large flying stone with a green middle hovers overhead, bathing you in a green light. What do you do?

What CAN we do? :razz:

 

Choose one of the following:

E) None of the above

[The Dark Lord]

A travelling band of nomads wants to join your village, what do you do?

 

Accept them. Keep a close eye on them. Kick them out if they aren't productive.

 

The notorious loony claims that he has found an ancient map. What do you do?

 

I would have purged the insane and other "not-fit-for-life."

 

One day, an emissary arrives from a neighboring empire. He sends word that his kind demands tribute from your nation. What do you do?

 

Kill the emissary. Attack his empire and make their king my slave.

 

You come across a resource node, full of gem foreign to your people. However, another nation seems to have set up a small camp there as well. What do you do?

 

Raid their camp. Put everyone to the sword and take the resource.

 

A long-trusted advisor of yours is rumored to be planning to remove you from the throne. What do you do?

 

Put him to death.

 

A band of vicious cats has been attacking the local rodents, killing most of them off. What do you do?

 

I do nothing. Less rodents is always a good thing.

 

If you had to choose between military supremacy, economic might, or intellectual prowess, which would you wish for your nation to have?

 

Military supremacy trumps everything else.

 

Your explorers come across a small tribe, with extremely primitive technology. They do not seem to be hostile. What is your response?

 

Take over the tribe. Use them for slave labour.

 

After a lengthy military campaign, you overtake the capitol city of a rival nation. However, the city is still intact, along with most of the citizens being alive. What do you do?

 

Take the capital as a war prize. Put the rival nation under martial law, killing all who do not pledge loyalty to me, their new master.

 

Your cities are starving and the only source of extra food is an empire that demands you give up your strongest squad of men. What do you do?

 

Do what I have to do to survive. If I have enough capable men in order to raid a food resource, I will do that. If not, then I have no choice but to do what I have to do in order to keep my nation intact.

 

Two of your neighbors, one on friendly terms, the other unfriendly, have recently fought in a war, and are now weak. What do you do?

 

Offer our friends to join our nation. Obliterate our enemy.

 

There is a red button on your desk, what is it for?

 

It opens a trap door that leads to a pit of fire. Those who anger me are duly punished.

 

There is a trial in your city, where a 'scientist' claims that the earth goes around the moon, rather than the moon being reborn each day by the sky gods. The courts have sentanced him to death, what do you do?

 

Kill the heretic!

 

While out with your fellow hunters, a large flying stone with a green middle hovers overhead, bathing you in a green light. What do you do?

 

Stare in bewilderment. Try to find out what it is.

 

--

 

I choose A.

[Grim_]

Survey:

A travelling band of nomads wants to join your village, what do you do?

Inquire if they have accepted our lord and savior Laal, lord of tasteful slapstick, insanity and battle. If they are not beholden to our laughing/slaughtering lord then they shall be sacrificed at the altar of mildly humorous mistakes.

 

The notorious loony claims that he has found an ancient map. What do you do?

Gravely follow the directions of the map, for the insane are truly Laals blessed.

 

One day, an emissary arrives from a neighboring empire. He sends word that his kind demands tribute from your nation. What do you do?

Kick him into the conveniently placed pit at a theatrical time. His peoples death will be glorious (and fraught with bananas/ cream pies)

 

You come across a resource node, full of gem foreign to your people. However, another nation seems to have set up a small camp there as well. What do you do?

Pray to Laal and try to convert them. Failing that see above answer.

 

A long-trusted advisor of yours is rumored to be planning to remove you from the throne. What do you do?

Challenge him to single combat/open mic night in the gaze of Laal.

 

A band of vicious cats has been attacking the local rodents, killing most of them off. What do you do?

Why would I care?

 

If you had to choose between military supremacy, economic might, or intellectual prowess, which would you wish for your nation to have?

Military supremacy

 

Your explorers come across a small tribe, with extremely primitive technology. They do not seem to be hostile. What is your response?

Convert them to our Lord and saviour, Laal the laughing, babbling bloody handed god.

 

After a lengthy military campaign, you overtake the capitol city of a rival nation. However, the city is still intact, along with most of the citizens being alive. What do you do?

Convert them to our lord and savior Laal by the sword; Then we kill the rest.

 

Your cities are starving and the only source of extra food is an empire that demands you give up your strongest squad of men. What do you do?

Send them the strongest men in the eyes of Laal lord of insanity, slapstick and slaughter. The strike them down, because not doing so would be heresy

 

Two of your neighbors, one on friendly terms, the other unfriendly, have recently fought in a war, and are now weak. What do you do?

Which one has accepted Laal as their slightly unbalanced savior?

There is a red button on your desk, what is it for?

A pie to hit whoever pressed it square in the face. The pie is filled with acid squirting beetles.

 

There is a trial in your city, where a 'scientist' claims that the earth goes around the moon, rather than the moon being reborn each day by the sky gods. The courts have sentanced him to death, what do you do?

He must die, lest the sky gods fail in their resurrection of the sun the next day.

 

While out with your fellow hunters, a large flying stone with a green middle hovers overhead, bathing you in a green light. What do you do?

Praise the heralds of Laal for his angles have come again.

 

Choose one of the following:

A) A

B) A

C) B

D) 42

E) None of the above

 

D

[Retech]

1. Allow them to bring their skills and technologies and assimilate the people to the proper culture

2. Tell him that he must work for twice as long for a day or be executed

3. Kidnap him and demand ransom

4. Take a sample of the gem to test. If it is valuable or useful, declare it as the emporer's gems and invade.

5. I am the emporer. No advisor is powerful enough to challenge me

6. Tame them

7. Economic might. When wealth flows bountifully from your coffers, no army can stand in your way and technologies can be purchased.

8. Assimilate them!

9. Assimilate them! Scatter their citizens among many of our cities, so that they lose spirit in their ways and assimilate.

10. Invade them!

11. Smash the unfriendly power.

12. Communicating with the gods. Only works for me though.

13. We don't have sky gods. Set him free and make him research for us!

14. Steal it and present it as a gift to the emporer

15. E

[paul191600]

Oh, I suggest you work out where you wish to start. Sharing heartlands / fertile grassland tiles won't generally end well :)

 

if you have any questions feel free to ask.

[Icuownage]

 

When is this going to start?

[paul191600]

From the looks of it, I would say early next week.

[Seraphi]

 

Right there.

[paul191600]

Oh, just realized I need to update the map with a terrain key. Here is a temporary one-

Dark green: temperate forest

Pale green: plains / grassland (not to be confused with fertile grassland.

Lime green: jungle

Dirty white: tundra

Yellow: desert

Tan: savannah

[a_bert]

 

lets start today paul cmon

kl

[Alg]

So it's landgrab time?

 

[The_Mather1]

 

You have to look very closely.

[Retech]

 

Pinky. :)

[archimage_a]

[Retech]

I think that you mixed Dungeonal and me. :)