The Campaign Builder's Guild

I have noticed a glut of TWaD posts in the tavern recently, and I think the community might be better served if we took our ooc discussion somewhere else and allowed the tavern to return to its "random miscellanea" state.  The last thing I want to do is flood the front page with a lot of TWaD stuff that most posters don't know about and new members won't get.  This is from the FAQ:

Quote from: Code of ConductCheck your bad mood at the door, and have fun.

That is very important![/i]

Some ooc material will naturally go in the TWaD thread itself - this thread doesn't mean all ooc is banned from the game thread.  I'm not exactly sure where the dividing line is, but we'll figure it out along the way.

Hah. It's quite amusing really. We all united to crush Inveran, and now we're all trying to repair the damage we did to it. We've all gone apologetic. :P

The betrayal certainly took me by surprise.  I did wonder why the League and the Machta were suddenly so eager to fight Otahvy.

I think AllWillFall2Me is going to win some kind of award for "most duplicitous."  :ninja:

Which reminds me, there will be some awards later down the road - things for posters like "best storytelling" (always the highest award) as well as stuff for individual states like "most heinous warmonger."  :D  It's a tradition for forum games like these.  I may work on a TWaD badge for the signatures of the lucky ones.

Three notes.

One, I'm glad this is here, as I was thinking about suggesting the same thing.

Two, I second Wen's amusement, and would furthermore like to add that I now know if I complain enough, I'll always be fine. ;)

Thirdly, I ask you to remember that revenge is a dish best served cold. That is all.

I should have read everything first, and all I have to say is Wow.

Wow, and that you people are insane. Honestly, you could have assassinated him or, you know, done something less severe than destroy and pillage the nation, then try and stitch it back together.

I think a little bit of insanity is always a good thing for these games.  That, incidentally, is why I'm so good at Risk.

well you may have just turned Inveran into the conniving bastards of the bronze age, so...

Yeah... but the thing is, none of us can now really trust anyone - even our so-called allies. Much less you. And I have suspicions about this 'ball'...

On the other hand, Celend will cripple your economy once it's back up and running, or possibly demand that you become a vassal. In which case we can all say 'well, really we did it to save you from that...'

Which is ironic, because of the three of us involved, I am the only one who hasn't committed betrayal, so really it should be my word that's being trusted.

And as for Celend, they have no reason to do it. It's better to skim off a flourishing economy than it is to heavily pull from a failing one, and I'm sure they know that. As for aligning ourselves with them, I didn't have a whole lot of choice, did I?

And I'm confused as to your post. Are you threatening not to give back Mandarian Inveran?

It caught me by surprise as well.  I knew Otahvy and the League had been conniving, but I also feel like they are pretty firm allies and that the League had some issues with the Inverans.  When I realized that Machta-in had betrayed Inveran as well, that floored me.  I had no idea that would happen.

I found it quite funny.  And Otahvy survives again. (Though I'm thinking that within the next two or so updates it'll have a civil war, but we'll see.)

And now for something completely different...

I think we need to run that council session IC, since it's a perfect time to negotiate and get some good roleplay done in character.

That was my intent, but I need to know who is and who is not attending first.  If there is enough interest I might open a temporary thread for it.  I'd appreciate clear declarations of intent to attend in the main thread.

It might not have been clear, but I intended to invite every nation to the council, in that second letter.

AS pertains to the "most duplicitous" award, how does it affect my standing if I'm constantly plotting ways to kill the Grand Archon and declare the League beholden to no man?
At this point I'm considering declaring it, when the time is right, a mercenary nation.

I was never quite certain how this bad blood between the captains and Inveran started. To be honest, we should be fast friends and allies. Especially now that we're both pawns of Celend.