Because I have such trouble nowadays keeping up with a congrats, I'm making this one KUY. You'll keep up with ages and add children. It will be semi-structured, as in I'll give prompts and I'll say when children are born, and sometimes (if I want everyone to have the same gender for whatever reason one round) I'll say what gender. I decided to make it a royal congrats because no one has done one in a while and I like them. I'll try and have rounds up every day to every other day, and I want to cover a few generations.
So, to set up your royal family, choose a political system: kingdom/queendom, dictatorship, empire, theocracy, city-state, etc. Decide what kind of power your ruler has, from absolute to being only a figurehead. Name your kingdom/empire/whatever. Choose what language your kingdom is going to use (you can use more than one, but one will be the main language; non-ruling spouses can also be foreign-born) and name your royal couple, include a house name. Decide which will rule and list her/him first. Ruling women are obviously fine, as are same-sex couples. Decide on a general time-period "feel" for your game, anything from ancient tribal to far in the future. It doesn't have to be set in this world. In your sign-up, tell us about your kingdom.
Rules:
1. Since it's KUY and attempting to be relatively fast-moving, I won't drop unless it becomes obvious you've abandoned the game (four rounds in a row missed or so.) If you're going to miss multiple rounds please let me know.
2. Ages are required. I'll provide how many years have gone by and a template so you can see what ages everyone is supposed to be.
3. Each member of the royal family must have AT LEAST two middle names. Stories are greatly encouraged.
4. Any questions, just ask me. Have fun!
Sign-up
UN
Ruler: (18-30)
Consort: (16-25)
Of the
Royal House of ___________, of the (insert political system) of ____________.
Prompt for sign-up: A new ruler has just come to power. How did the new monarch come to power? Was it expected or not that s/he inherit the throne? S/he is very young and many fear very inexperienced. Shortly after coronation, the new monarch married. Was it a hurried marriage or planned for years? Was it a political alliance, a love match, or both? Whatever the circumstances, the marriage is a popular move and all seem to approve of the new young consort. Tell us about the land they now rule, the powers the ruler has, others in the royal family, etc.
This message was edited 12/20/2011, 8:18 AM