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As a roleplaying game, '''Kingdoms''' is designed with a ''one-GM / four-player'' format in mind, with each ''Game of Succession'' typically lasting 3-4 sessions of a few hours each. It is heavily structured, and explicitly a player versus player game. It is designed to be most rewarding for players and GMs with strong imagination and the ability to roleplay and maintain multiple roles and characters, but also rewards smart strategic and tactical thinking. | As a roleplaying game, '''Kingdoms''' is designed with a ''one-GM / four-player'' format in mind, with each ''Game of Succession'' typically lasting 3-4 sessions of a few hours each. It is heavily structured, and explicitly a player versus player game. It is designed to be most rewarding for players and GMs with strong imagination and the ability to roleplay and maintain multiple roles and characters, but also rewards smart strategic and tactical thinking. | ||
− | This is, however, a game of narrow focus and finite length, probably most enjoyable | + | This is, however, a game of narrow focus and finite length, probably most enjoyable the first two or three times you run through it! Also, it is unashamedly different from most rpgs in that the goal here is to ''win'' and to ''defeat the enemy players''. As such, its not for everybody and probably not something you'll play forever. Still, I hope you decide to give it a go! |
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Now though, the millennium draws to an end and Arcadia demands that the ''High King'' is sacrificed on the ''Altar of Seasons''. At the very moment the ''High King'' dies, his ''Queen'' bears him two twin sons. | Now though, the millennium draws to an end and Arcadia demands that the ''High King'' is sacrificed on the ''Altar of Seasons''. At the very moment the ''High King'' dies, his ''Queen'' bears him two twin sons. | ||
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Watch as the sons grow into adulthood. As has always been, one turns to Light and the other to Darkness. | Watch as the sons grow into adulthood. As has always been, one turns to Light and the other to Darkness. | ||
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The ''Unseelie Prince of the Black Domain'' becomes a man of passion and ambition, surrounded by like-minded followers who fear and respect his strength. | The ''Unseelie Prince of the Black Domain'' becomes a man of passion and ambition, surrounded by like-minded followers who fear and respect his strength. | ||
+ | They reach their eighteenth birthday, and on that day each receives a bride from realms beyond their own. | ||
− | + | As they take their Queens they change from being ''Princes'' to ''Kings'', and their ''Court'' assembles around them... Two Knights to lead in War, two Bishops who master Intrigue, two Rooks as defenders of the realm, and Eight Armies to fight for the kingdom. | |
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− | As they take their Queens they change from being ''Princes'' to ''Kings'', and their ''Court'' assembles around them... | ||
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− | The two brothers realise that | + | The two brothers realise that Arcadia will not tolerate two kings. Only one can survive, so as in generations and millennia previous a war must be fought. |
− | This war, ''The Grand Game of Succession'' will rage for up to twelve years, till only one brother remains | + | This war, ''The Grand Game of Succession'' will rage for up to twelve years, till only one brother is left standing and remains to rule for the next millennium. |
− | + | Let the Game commence. | |
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* [[Kingdoms: Winter - Intrigue|Winter - Intrigue]] | * [[Kingdoms: Winter - Intrigue|Winter - Intrigue]] | ||
* [[Kingdoms: Changing Number of Players|Changing Number of Players]] - How to adjust the game if you don't have exactly four players and 1 adjudicator! | * [[Kingdoms: Changing Number of Players|Changing Number of Players]] - How to adjust the game if you don't have exactly four players and 1 adjudicator! | ||
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=The Court= | =The Court= | ||
− | This section explores the different Pieces in more detail | + | This section explores the different Pieces in more detail. |
* [[Kingdoms: King - The Lord and Liege|King - The Lord and Liege]] | * [[Kingdoms: King - The Lord and Liege|King - The Lord and Liege]] | ||
* [[Kingdoms: Queen - The Sorceress|Queen - The Sorceress]] | * [[Kingdoms: Queen - The Sorceress|Queen - The Sorceress]] | ||
− | * [[Kingdoms: Rooks - The | + | * [[Kingdoms: Rooks - The Ministers|Rooks - The Ministers]] |
* [[Kingdoms: Knights - The Warmasters|Knights - The Warmasters]] | * [[Kingdoms: Knights - The Warmasters|Knights - The Warmasters]] | ||
− | * [[Kingdoms: Bishops - The Manipulators| | + | * [[Kingdoms: Bishops - The Manipulators|Rook - The Manipulators]] |
* [[Kingdoms: Pawns - The Eight Armies|Pawns - The Eight Armies]] | * [[Kingdoms: Pawns - The Eight Armies|Pawns - The Eight Armies]] | ||
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=The Realm= | =The Realm= | ||
− | This section is | + | This section is background information on the world and the game setting, and also includes additional resources for players and GMs. Players of the game can read this section, but it isn't essential to gain enjoy the game. |
+ | * [[Kingdoms: Arcadia - Through the Looking Glass|Arcadia - Through the Looking Glass]] | ||
* [[Kingdoms: Events|Events]] | * [[Kingdoms: Events|Events]] | ||
* [[Kingdoms: Neutrals and Outsiders|Neutrals and Outsiders]] | * [[Kingdoms: Neutrals and Outsiders|Neutrals and Outsiders]] | ||
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'''White Courts:''' | '''White Courts:''' | ||
− | * [[Kingdoms: | + | * [[Kingdoms: Court of Summer Roses|Court of Summer Roses]] |
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'''Black Courts:''' | '''Black Courts:''' | ||
− | * [[Kingdoms: | + | * [[Kingdoms: Court of Hell's Legions|Court of the Hell's Legions]] |
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More by Asklepios: | More by Asklepios: | ||
* [[Xia:_Main_Page|Xia]] | * [[Xia:_Main_Page|Xia]] | ||
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* [[Age_Of_Dragons:_Main_Page|Age of Dragons]] | * [[Age_Of_Dragons:_Main_Page|Age of Dragons]] | ||
* [[Do Not Go Gentle: Main Page|Do Not Go Gentle]] | * [[Do Not Go Gentle: Main Page|Do Not Go Gentle]] |