Editing Kingdoms: Creating the Court (section)

=A Work of Art, to be Admired by All...=

At the end of this process you should have a collection of prose and of game stats that describe the kingdoms as they begin the ''Game of Succession''. The two sides will have come up with their courts separately, so up till now will have no idea what their opponents have come up with.

The next part is ''absolutely vital...''

'''Once the Courts are made, all the information is fully shared amongst everyone at the game table.'''

This is done in an open fashion - everything that has been written goes on the table, and anybody can read anything. At this stage, the play group should just be a group of friends, admiring each others handiwork and visualising how things are going to play out. There shouldn't be any secret discussions at this stage, and no-one should take any of the paperwork away from the table.

Of course, a canny and tactical player will be paying close attention to what's written down there, and may even want to take a note or two. Its up to you how you deal with this, but make it clear that at any time during the game these bits of paper can be viewed by anybody. While the game is played they remain the property of the group, not the authors, and nothing on them is ever hidden information.

This can be a bit of a system shock to players used to clinging tightly to their character sheets. Remind the players that the game is not these bits of paper - they're just aides-memoire, and pieces of creative writing to be shared and appreciated by all.

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