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Other Games / Throne of the Stars

« on: March 01, 2013, 07:36:00 PM »

http://thronestars.com

Has just entered Beta, rather sparsely populated at the moment. Looks like it's been inspired by Dune and Crusader Kings, which produces a game remarkably like Space Battlemaster. It's design philosophy is somewhat different; fewer mechanisms for player communication and less emphasis on simplicity. Would be interested to know what you guys think of it.

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Dwilight / Re: The Marrocidenian war

« on: February 09, 2013, 07:35:54 PM »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droit_du_seigneur

Primae Noctis was a myth, first mentioned in the 16th century.

The idea of the chivalrous knight is one with complex origins. One explanation for it is that the church tried to promote a moral code for warriors from the 10th century onwards, because so many knights (or at least mounted soldiers) were killing and robbing people (most relevantly, church people). The notion of chivalry itself with more specific connotations originated in the chivalric literature NoblesseChevaleresque mentions.

Basically, the idea of what a knight was changed dramatically over the medieval period, as did their actual activities and attributes (up to and including the degree to which you could say what we call knights existed), so it's easy to pick and choose examples to support most generalisations you could make.

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Far East Island / Re: Post News Here for our Facebook Page

« on: January 26, 2013, 06:03:12 PM »

I've read the books, but Matt you just MIGHT want to give a spoiler alert there, given that many will only be watching the TV series!

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BM General Discussion / Re: Treaty Interpretation Styles

« on: January 06, 2013, 04:36:44 AM »

I can pretend BM is revision for my finals in International Relations? Awesome.

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Far East Island / Re: Church of Sartan electing a new leader

« on: January 05, 2013, 11:35:52 PM »

Good work for someone who's (probably) losing the leadership; it definitely seems to have worked.

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Far East Island / Re: Church of Sartan electing a new leader

« on: January 05, 2013, 03:37:29 PM »

Yeah, you really want 9 voting members, or it's harder to get a 2/3rds majority.

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Dwilight / Re: What makes a D'haran?

« on: January 05, 2013, 03:12:00 AM »

Opportunistic merchants is definitely how I'd stereotype D'harans.

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BM General Discussion / Re: Another Game ?

« on: January 04, 2013, 10:09:03 PM »

Oathlands. I like that.

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Far East Island / Re: Church of Sartan electing a new leader

« on: January 04, 2013, 10:08:31 PM »

Interesting how many lay people seemed keen to be elected to the electoral Synod. I mean, the position is trivially minor really; one vote for the high priest, carrying no real responsibilities. But a position is a position I suppose.

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Dwilight / Re: The Marrocidenian war

« on: January 04, 2013, 10:06:59 PM »

Yeah, not to mention the prestige for our characters.

But Chenier, be fair, Astrum's army has been sitting around down South for weeks and weeks waiting for some Moot forces to turn up. It's not the Astrocracies that've failed to put troops in the field.

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BM General Discussion / Re: Another Game ?

« on: December 31, 2012, 01:18:39 PM »

I like 'fealty' being included in the name.

(A name relating BM to primogeniture would be particularly inappropriate imo, since family inheritance of titles is just about the biggest single area where BM diverges from medieval norms)

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BM General Discussion / Re: Another Game ?

« on: December 21, 2012, 01:25:40 AM »

Ambition
Deadly Diplomacy
Who Shall Rule
Anarchy's Answer
Feudalism
Grasping Fate
Political Animals
Nobility
Call to Arms
Honourless

The problem with really short names is that they're inevitably generic; very hard to convey teamwork, scheming, politics and a medieval feel.

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BM General Discussion / Re: Another Game ?

« on: December 20, 2012, 11:27:55 PM »

Keep Your Enemies Closer

I actually quite like "Keep Your Friends Close". Captures the teamwork aspect of BM, while implying the "and Keep Your Enemies Closer" intrigue thing.

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BM General Discussion / Re: Another Game ?

« on: December 20, 2012, 01:59:12 PM »

Machinations
The Will to Power
Feuds and Feudalism
The Consequences of Rulership
A New Medieval History
The Politics of Survival
Schemers in Scarcity

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Dwilight / Re: The Marrocidenian war

« on: December 14, 2012, 02:11:33 AM »

My french is rusty, but I believe campagne... means countryside. So your army there is called the Royal Countryside of the Army.