Statecraft

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As discussed on Bookface and in person, I've been thinking about running a play-by-post game of Statecraft. This game was released as a free public beta a year or so ago but seems to have vanished off the internet: but I've always liked it, and my recent unemployment has meant more time to play Civilization the PC and to get an urge to run

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[lordofthemoon]

Dunno what happened to the reply I posted before but I would be interested, as an experiment if nothing else (I've never played a play-by-post game before). And I'd rather not play in the real world, but an invented world, using "France-a-like" to give us shorthand, but without any actual historical constraints to restrict the players.

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This is very much what I'm thinking. I've got five dudes up for it on Bookface so I'll likely push ahead in the next couple of days.

For the non-Bookfacers, here is a message I sent those people who expressed an interest:

Each player would be in charge of a single Old World nation in a late medieval/early modern world: think 15th century or so. I'd probably make a new world map and give you faux-historical cultures - so likely a France analogue, a Spain-a-like, etc.

The goal is to acquire prestige by doing things, well, prestigious. This could include warring with each other but could also include developing important technologies., exploring for the New World and other bits and bobs.

My plan is to run the game entirely online, probably through a dedicated forum. (RPOL.Net is specifically designed for RPG play and feature in-built dice-rolling apps so it's likely.) Playing in that format allows us to post public and private when required, as well as suit a slightly slower but flexible style rather than need us online at the same