New: Magicka et Machina v 2.0 (free, open-ended, email, human, fantasy, wargame, economic, rpg)

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Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:13:04 +0000

Name:		Magicka et Machina v 2.0
Costs:		Free
Email:		StevenBredberg zat gmail.com
Frequency:		One per fortnight
URL:		http://www.geocities.com/magicandmachine2/MeM2.htm
Type:		Fantasy Dip/Eco/Wargame
Last-Update:		2007Sep15
Keywords: free, open-ended, email, human, fantasy, wargame, economic, rpg

Description:

The game is "Magicka et Machina", (Magic and Machine, VERY roughly from
Latin) a game set in a world that is a combination of the late
nineteenth/early twentieth century and a fantasy world, filled with
goblins, elves, dwarves, and a whole host of other creatures. The
industrial revolution has taken place, pitting machine against magic. In
this world, Goblin Machine gunners cut down goose-stepping elven
stormtroopers, Dwarves pilot zeppelins, which traverse a broad continent,
gnomish women march for suffrage, and troll symphonies are lauded around
the world as the peak of world civilization.

There has been some fuzzing of the edges but nothing that I believe it too
outlandish - other than the bizarre otherworldly creatures and the
existence of magic.

It is my hope that we will be able to create some excellent roleplaying
and be very creative with this project. Further, I want the players to
abandon concepts such as orcs, trolls, and goblins as 'evil' and
'ignorant' and elves, humans, gnomes, and dwarves as 'good.' Instead,
these characters are living in a much more complicated world, dealing with
deep-seated ideologies, imperialism, and militarism.

There are over seventy different territories beyond Ede Rame, six major
world religions, more than thirty races to interact with, and a "Fog of
War" that will require players to explore the map to uncover its secrets.

Further, there are several storyarcs buried in the game, with players
having the opportunity to discover more of the hidden history of Mun and
many powerful magical items. Further, cultural histories are hidden and a
variety of developed characters who can be either friend or enemy.

While the industrial revolution has spread only to two nations beyond Ede
Rame, that does NOT mean that the other territories are necessarily
completely defenseless. While those not having embraced machine production
are at a huge disadvantage, they also have something that colonial peoples
in our world did not: Magic.

We are presently on our third turn with only two slots (Dauberkamp and
Karthago) left out of seventeen that were originally available. We have a
very active forum so come take a look. There have been some instances of
the main web page becoming overloaded deue to its heavy traffic so if at
first you dont succeed wait a while and try again.

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