Zeletdude said I could take over the game.
Imperium Offtopicum (IOT) is a role-playing game spun out of the Altered Maps thread in Off-Topic, hence the name. Players assume the role of leader of a nation of their own creation, and interact with each other on such issues as law, economy, science and technology, humanitarianism, and national defence.
The Rules
Note: all rules are subject to change, so please keep an eye out for them. Thanks.
House Rules
Players are unlikely to get kicked off by me unless they're really mean to anyone or whiny (irony) to me. Complaints are ok, but I want scientific evidence for why I'm wrong.
Joining the Game
Like, post. Old players get preference.
Updates
This will update at least semi-weekly. Each update will be a year's worth or less if you're all killing each other as that will involve a lot more decisions and as such need more orders. The amount of content depends on my free time.
Roleplaying
Roleplaying is the essence of IOT. It’s how your nation develops. It’s how alliances are formed and broken. Roleplaying is very encouraged. Feel free to inhabit your nation with whoever or whatever you want, provided it fits with the setting and the etiquette listed above.
It's now also the only way you write your orders, 'cept you have to keep your national statistics in mind.
National Statistics
I'll be grabbing the old bunch after a look over of course.
Note: In the years after the Cataclysm, humanity has recovered the technological level of the first decades of the 21st century. The IUN International Space Agency had managed a landing on Mars in 2084, but the adventure was criticized as overly expensive and risky and man has not returned to Mars since. In 2101, none of the IUN successor states had the resources to pursue a space program of their own.
The Integrated United Nations beurocracy and all its national representative recently sacrificed itself in a big nasty occult ritual to phase the Earth to a Universe with more stable laws of physics.
Nukes? Use 'em as you see fit. Consequences apply, but in general I tend to go a bit lighter on environmental damage and radiation...
Use of Straits
If you control both sides of a strait or have a lot of ships or mines in a straight it's pretty darn hard for others to get through without doing a lot of work first or bleeding like a stuck pig.
Rule Changes
Do what makes sense to you. If it matches my common sense it will be likely to work, if not the opposite. Results are moderately to heavily modified by 3d6 rolls for luck.
Imperium Offtopicum 6C
Consolidation of the New Guard
Old Capitol War Memorial, Washington DC
Theme Music
Earth, AD2101. The unprecedented, and exceptionally brutal, political, economic and environmental upheaval of the first half of the 21st century had forever shattered the old world order, destroyed the world’s economy, caused widespread environmental degradation, and left hundreds of millions dead. The wars only came to an end with the outbreak of a mysterious Plague, which so devastated the remaining combatants that it forces them to the negotiating table. At one time, it seemed the human race was on the verge of extinction.
But peace arrived, and the Plague was contained. Collectively recoiling from the horrors of The Cataclysm, the countries of the world agreed to the formation of a global government, the Integrated United Nations, or IUN, in 2045. The IUN oversaw the reconstruction of the shattered world for four decades. However, by the late 2080s, the IUN was beginning to fall apart. New leaders and new states rose to fill in the power vacuum. Some brought a new vision for the world, while others yearn for a return to past glories.
The sun rises over a new world, and humanity faces an uncertain future. Are you prepared, to grasp the reins of power, to create the future?
And then some years passed and some of these nations grew pretty big while others collapsed. There were some wars, but in general defensive use of missiles and lasers made it hard for conventional forces to conquer land. Then the physical laws of the Universe began to collapse and the IUN sacrificed itself in a big occult ritual to phase the Earth into a more stable Universe.
Consolidation of the New Guard
Old Capitol War Memorial, Washington DC
Theme Music
Earth, AD2101. The unprecedented, and exceptionally brutal, political, economic and environmental upheaval of the first half of the 21st century had forever shattered the old world order, destroyed the world’s economy, caused widespread environmental degradation, and left hundreds of millions dead. The wars only came to an end with the outbreak of a mysterious Plague, which so devastated the remaining combatants that it forces them to the negotiating table. At one time, it seemed the human race was on the verge of extinction.
But peace arrived, and the Plague was contained. Collectively recoiling from the horrors of The Cataclysm, the countries of the world agreed to the formation of a global government, the Integrated United Nations, or IUN, in 2045. The IUN oversaw the reconstruction of the shattered world for four decades. However, by the late 2080s, the IUN was beginning to fall apart. New leaders and new states rose to fill in the power vacuum. Some brought a new vision for the world, while others yearn for a return to past glories.
The sun rises over a new world, and humanity faces an uncertain future. Are you prepared, to grasp the reins of power, to create the future?
And then some years passed and some of these nations grew pretty big while others collapsed. There were some wars, but in general defensive use of missiles and lasers made it hard for conventional forces to conquer land. Then the physical laws of the Universe began to collapse and the IUN sacrificed itself in a big occult ritual to phase the Earth into a more stable Universe.
Imperium Offtopicum (IOT) is a role-playing game spun out of the Altered Maps thread in Off-Topic, hence the name. Players assume the role of leader of a nation of their own creation, and interact with each other on such issues as law, economy, science and technology, humanitarianism, and national defence.
The Rules
Note: all rules are subject to change, so please keep an eye out for them. Thanks.
House Rules
Players are unlikely to get kicked off by me unless they're really mean to anyone or whiny (irony) to me. Complaints are ok, but I want scientific evidence for why I'm wrong.
Joining the Game
Like, post. Old players get preference.
Updates
This will update at least semi-weekly. Each update will be a year's worth or less if you're all killing each other as that will involve a lot more decisions and as such need more orders. The amount of content depends on my free time.
Roleplaying
Roleplaying is the essence of IOT. It’s how your nation develops. It’s how alliances are formed and broken. Roleplaying is very encouraged. Feel free to inhabit your nation with whoever or whatever you want, provided it fits with the setting and the etiquette listed above.
It's now also the only way you write your orders, 'cept you have to keep your national statistics in mind.
National Statistics
I'll be grabbing the old bunch after a look over of course.
Note: In the years after the Cataclysm, humanity has recovered the technological level of the first decades of the 21st century. The IUN International Space Agency had managed a landing on Mars in 2084, but the adventure was criticized as overly expensive and risky and man has not returned to Mars since. In 2101, none of the IUN successor states had the resources to pursue a space program of their own.
The Integrated United Nations beurocracy and all its national representative recently sacrificed itself in a big nasty occult ritual to phase the Earth to a Universe with more stable laws of physics.
Nukes? Use 'em as you see fit. Consequences apply, but in general I tend to go a bit lighter on environmental damage and radiation...
Use of Straits
If you control both sides of a strait or have a lot of ships or mines in a straight it's pretty darn hard for others to get through without doing a lot of work first or bleeding like a stuck pig.
Rule Changes
Do what makes sense to you. If it matches my common sense it will be likely to work, if not the opposite. Results are moderately to heavily modified by 3d6 rolls for luck.
According to Madman's last directive, Burgundy should have inherited the French territories in Europe. Rise, Lotharingia, rise!
