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Roman Province Guide:which one to do next?

Started by Bedrockbrendan, April 10, 2012, 08:30:03 AM

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Bedrockbrendan

April 10, 2012, 08:30:03 AM
Working on a guide to Aegyptus for Servantsof Gaius andit should be out in a few months or so. Want to do one for each province (or cluster of related provinces), and trying to decide on which one to do next (client kindoms are on the table as well). If you were running a game set in imperial rome, what province would you really want to see have a guidebook?

Premier

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April 10, 2012, 01:59:23 PM
Depending on the exact time period, I think Britannia and Gaul would be obvious ideas. Britannia, being "England in the old times", is something American (not to mention British) players will be able to relate to. Gaul is important as an early conquest, and a good supplement that also goes into the cultural/historical/etc. differences between the various regions (G. Cisalpine, G. Comata, Belgica, Narbonensis, etc.) could contain a lot of detail that usual historical RPGs neglect.
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Bedrockbrendan

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April 10, 2012, 02:28:35 PM
Quote from: Premier;528737Depending on the exact time period, I think Britannia and Gaul would be obvious ideas. Britannia, being "England in the old times", is something American (not to mention British) players will be able to relate to. Gaul is important as an early conquest, and a good supplement that also goes into the cultural/historical/etc. differences between the various regions (G. Cisalpine, G. Comata, Belgica, Narbonensis, etc.) could contain a lot of detail that usual historical RPGs neglect.

It is 38 ad so Britannia isn't a province yet (plus the game 43AD already covers Britannia in great detail) but Gaul is high on my list and one of the regions I was thinking should be next.

Bedrockbrendan

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April 10, 2012, 04:42:33 PM
Quote from: 1of3;528760Africa.

Since we just did Aegyptus i may hold off a bit on this one, but it is a good one to do soon.

Anything in particular that interests you about the provinc?

jadrax

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April 11, 2012, 02:01:07 AM
Gaul has Asterix, which means players (and the GM for that matter) are going to have at least a basic preconception of what to expect.

1of3

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April 11, 2012, 05:45:24 AM
Quote from: BedrockBrendan;528763Anything in particular that interests you about the provinc?

Remains of Carthago and Phoenician influence, the people from south, elephants.
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