Diplomacy 4E 168 - The Great War
I'm basing the game on the diplomacy format but I've added more features than an ordinary Diplomacy game. The main players will take over one of the 9 realms in Tamriel in the year 4E 168. However, it will also be possible to control an individual city (if we get more than 9 players). Technically if all the places were filled the game could support up to 70 players who could all have a significant role to play in the game although I hope for the sake of my personal life we won't get anywhere near that many :p. Another unique feature to the game will be heroes who will be randomly assigned and can be discovered by any player. The heroes will have random abilities which will suit them to different tasks and can grant significant bonuses to your military, subterfuge, economy or even be sent out to capture daedric artefacts which will give permanent bonuses. As any player can receive a hero it gives the player a chance to grow from a vassal city state to become emperor of all Tamriel. The economy has also been given an overhaul, Cities gain money every turn based on their infrastructure i.e. a coastal trading city with a port and good roads will earn more than an inland city with poor infrastructure. The cities will have their tax set by their king the tax received by the king determines how much he has to spend on armies or whatever else he chooses to spend his money on. If your king has you on a high tax rate for too long you may want to choose your moment to declare independence or launch a coup d'etat. If there are no city states being played in your realm you will have less chance of gaining a hero and will receive an overall tax penalty. So if you're playing as a king of a realm then it's worth asking your friends to come join the game
I hope this will be an original take on playing an elder scrolls RP game and that it doesn't sound too complicated, don't worry it will only be complicated for me. And above all I hope some people come and play, I've put a lot of work into it.
P.S. I finished the map of Tamriel I'll be using but while it looks ok it could be better. I'm wondering if anyone has made any good maps of Tamriel that can be used for a game like this?
