COLONIAL TWILIGHT
Though the Last War has ended, there is a still a very clear malevolence cast over the world. While the Great Democracies fought for the ideology of a free peoples and won, those who served under these powers as second rate colonial citizens and soldiers wondered aloud at the war's conclusion about their own hope. The inclusion of democracy it seemed existed only so long as the industriousness of your nation matched that of one of the Great Democracies.
More affluent minds in the second world realized that it was not hope that would lead them to independence, but dissidence and if necessary, war. These holdings, some literal backwaters that add not prestige but raw vestiges of wealth, manpower or a combination of the two must be held at all times. The next war is soon to begin, but it is not a war of ideology or resources. For one side, it is a war of prestige and the other, for freedom.
COLONIAL TWILIGHT is a geopolitical nation simulator where two player nations are broken into two categories: Imperial Powers, who can be among the Great Democracies that won the Last War (1951-1955) against the Great Fascists, though they can also be a member of a defeated Great Fascist nation (either greatly diminished or a refurbished, albeit unstable democracy). These nations, in centuries past settled great colonies in Faresia in the Far East, and Serranthia to the South. These colonies have thrived for over a hundred and fifty years, supplying your nation with an abundance of lucrative wealth. They are no longer content however, and clamber for independence.
Alternatively, you may play a Colonial Nation. You are not independent, but rather an addendum to one of the Imperial Powers. With the Last War finished, your people hoped that the light of democracy would shine on all of the world, but it was not so. Your leaders have oppressed you for centuries, depriving your people the basic necessities of life and liberty. The time is now.
There may be NPC nations and colonies, but depending on how many are interested we should say player colonies versus player powers.
AN IDEA OF THE GAME:
-- Players choose whether to play an Imperial Power or a Colonial Nation. Stats are RANDOMLY ROLLED with modifiers for fairness. Great Powers/Colonies will have distinctly different set ups, but desired for a fair, but unique starting set up. Trait systems do work, but are gamey and often too abstract. You'll be handed concrete numbers (population, military, economics, etc) so that when you DO something, you'll be able to see the tangible effects.
-- There will be a World Map.
-- The game is NOT, at least initially, about war, but rather the political tension between a colony and it's owner. A Colonial Nation could (and if the player saw fit) declare open revolt against it's master, but it would almost certainly be crushed. Reading ahead, you'll see you can progress to that point, but there are a few goals each of the two factions have in mind.
-- As a Colonial Nation your job is to plea and bargain against your colonial owner for independence. The transition will not be easy, nor will it most likely be peaceful. Endless bloodshed will cast you as ruthless aggressors, but rolling over will make it too easy for your overlords to control you
-- As an Imperial Power your goal is to maintain your colonies as long as possible. Their resources and prestige will empower your nation while other imperial powers bleed themselves dry fighting brushfire wars and revolts. Come on too strong and you'll incite open rebellion. Be too gentle and the colonies will simply push you off and stand triumphant.
GOALS
If the game garners interests, I will add the World Map, the Tension System and the additional rules.
Let me know if you guys are interested or have any questions?
AFTER NATION ROLL
[b][u]NATION APPLICATION[/b][/u]
[b]Nation Name[/b]:
[b]Flag[/b]:
[b]Pre-Colonial Description[/b]:
[b]Current Description[/b]
[b]Political Party/Cultural Group Descriptions[/b]:
