Anyone Want to Play-Test a Domain-Level LL Game?

[samwise7]

All good leaders should have a Plan B, Plan C, Plan... A heavy dose of paranoia in the mix is also good.

[bmonroe]

Awesome. I think this whole thing sounds like a really cool meta-game. It could even be played in addition to the "Normal" LL campaign. On the primary game, the PCs just play adventurers farting around the world and getting into trouble. Then use the Domain rules between sessions, or via e-mail to deal with the Big Picture events in the world. That'd give the players to interact with the world in a couple of different ways.

[ckutalik]

Awesome. I think this whole thing sounds like a really cool meta-game. It could even be played in addition to the "Normal" LL campaign. On the primary game, the PCs just play adventurers farting around the world and getting into trouble. Then use the Domain rules between sessions, or via e-mail to deal with the Big Picture events in the world. That'd give the players to interact with the world in a couple of different ways.

I am actually trying to integrate guidelines for this very thing (and lower-to-mid-level "domain play".)

A similar thing happened in MAR Barker's home Empire of the Petal Throne campaign. After his playing group got too big he split them into two weekly groups. One group, the Thursday Night group, were the explorers and their play was much like the adventure-orientation of your standard D&D/LL campaign. (BTW Dave Arneson played a roguish sea captain in this group). The second group were the "generals", who all became very high-ranking figures in the campaign world. This group was routinely doing all the domain game style stuff; big miniature battles, high-level politics, ruling fiefs, etc. Actions in both groups often informed the other. Very cool sounding stuff!

[Blood axe]

Any chance of posting some of the action for us to see here?

[ckutalik]

Sure, I will pop in here every once and a while and share the news. All the players have their first turns in--and what a crazy land rush this has become.

I am posting below the first situation report as it would appear for a player (minus their own situation specific info):

Month of the Dawn, Year Zero
The epics make out The Gates Between the Worlds to be as simple as stepping through a kitchen door. For you and the members of your expedition it was something entirely less grand—more like a forced march than the grand entry of heroes. The rough, low-hanging tunnel beyond the bronze double-doors of the the portal seemed virtually endless. No amount of light seemed to penetrate the haze hanging like a funeral shroud from the walls and innumerable hours were passed putting one weary foot in front of the other until finally party members were hanging their hands in exhaustion out on the shoulders of their comrades in front of them.

Finally one merciful moment many hours later, you stumbled into the sudden sharp shock of daylight. Catching your breath, a few minutes slipped by before you could really take in the full effect of being in this brave new world of Nowhere.

The scene in front of you seemed jarringly both familiar and not.

The sun shining above you for one is not as yellow as you remember your own being. Larger, redder and filled with a sense of melancholy and ancient memory, it casts longer shadows much like late afternoon though it sits just a little bit past its zenith in the sky. The few trees around you seem almost familiar as those at home to be a comfort, though the darker, blacker hue of the trunk and the grayer cast of the leaves give the impression of something just a bit off. Their limbs sway a little too lazily in the stiff, cool spring breeze.

Stranger still is the basalt obelisk standing directly in front of you. Five man-heights high the monolith stands in silent testimony to some forgotten eldritch race's hand.

Taking stock, you notice the wave of nervousness spread through your expedition—disturbingly even among the trusted, solid faces of your long-time companions and followers. Each face silently asks, “what now?”

What you know from your advance party and your own observations:
1.That the obelisk contains a small compartment at it's base. Inside can be found three shining, seamless-seeming steel helmets with adjustable flaps and internal netting to accommodate different sized heads. Experimenting with them you discovered that when wearing them words were translated into a strange, complex , yet comforting foreign tongue. A second expedition member donning the helmet found that both members wearing the helmets could readily understand the words of the other. The third helmet produced the same results, though the others were mystified by the language of the helmeted ones.

2.What the entry point looks like XXX

3.What mysteries your scouts found XXX

[petespahn]

Yeah this looks really cool. Work filters suck.

Pete

[ckutalik]

Hey all, I have a second front going for the game. Basically it's a monthly Skype game (likely on a Sunday).

Details are here if anyone is interested: http:[url]//hillcantons.blogspot.com/2011/02/who-wants-to-play-worldgame-act-two.html[/url]