No, no, no, not at all. I'm a person with interests outside of my role at Firaxis! This conversation definitely does not belong in a "possible new civilizations" thread! April 1 has come and gone, by the way.
No, no, no, not at all. I'm a person with interests outside of my role at Firaxis! This conversation definitely does not belong in a "possible new civilizations" thread! April 1 has come and gone, by the way.
Yeah the licensing would be complicated, although I would not at all be surprised if Civ eventually did a crossover with some property. Cross-referentiality is the in thing in these late capitalist days, almost every franchise is doing it. When was the last time you saw a Lego set that wasn't based on a film series or an Oreo or Pop Tart that wasn't themed to some pop diva?
Though it does beg the question of which franchise civ would team with if they did go that direction...I do think LotR is a strong candidate. I could also see Game of Thrones, another very euro-centric series with a strong following.
If we took the sci-fi/Beyond Earth route, the new Dune movie is coming out and that already made for a very successful board game...
I just hope if civ ever goes this direction it's not something cheap and pandering like Fortnite or Minecraft. Pick something at least mildly literary, if not outright esoteric like Wolfe or Peake or Vance or LeGuin.
I'd be surprised. LotR's pop culture presence is still respectable (The One Ring RPG second edition just made highest RPG core book and third highest RPG on Kickstarter, which makes me very happy for both TOR and for Fria Ligan), but it's not "the next big thing" anymore.
Isn't Apple throwing some money at a Foundation mini-series? Isaac Asimov's Foundation book series has tons of scope if you are looking at far future scenarios.
I found out about it because I was looking at projects involving Jarred Harris. He had that role as Valery Legasov in the Chernobyl series.
I'd be surprised. LotR's pop culture presence is still respectable (The One Ring RPG second edition just made highest RPG core book and third highest RPG on Kickstarter, which makes me very happy for both TOR and for Fria Ligan), but it's not "the next big thing" anymore.
Sea Elves? Those are Nagas.. Or if you insist on keeping it in Middle Earth - I think those Gnomes call themselves Hobbits and their land for the Shire..
Actually, in Middle-earth "Gnomes" refers to the Noldor, the High Elves. Tolkien only used that term in early drafts, though, but the etymological reason is clear enough since gnome comes from a word meaning "to know."
Actually, in Middle-earth "Gnomes" refers to the Noldor, the High Elves. Tolkien only used that term in early drafts, though, but the etymological reason is clear enough since gnome comes from a word meaning "to know."
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