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City creation
Rel Fexive:
Could be. Plus, who knows what could be going on at the nearby Heights Of Abraham and Gulliver's Kingdom? :)
Ancalagon:
the cities of Europe have such rich history that it must be really neat designing a Dresden-city... although some of that history may be things you want to skirt around.
North American cities are much newer and "thinner" history wise, but in general they are a lot less bloodier. While it may be "fun" to say that "ooh, the firestorm in Dresden in WWII was caused by a battle between fire elementalists!"... it might be a bit crass. I'm really not sure what to do with that kind of historical events.
SoulCatcher78:
--- Quote from: Ancalagon on February 15, 2010, 01:14:31 AM ---the cities of Europe have such rich history that it must be really neat designing a Dresden-city... although some of that history may be things you want to skirt around.
North American cities are much newer and "thinner" history wise, but in general they are a lot less bloodier. While it may be "fun" to say that "ooh, the firestorm in Dresden in WWII was caused by a battle between fire elementalists!"... it might be a bit crass. I'm really not sure what to do with that kind of historical events.
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Was Sherman's march during the civil war precipitated by a need to wipe out some hostile group (being that he burned his way through a large number of southern cities)? While our history may be a little thinner, we have our share of home grown conflicts that will have to be worked with. As long as the members of your particular group are all right with it, I say let it ride. I think that bringing in the players to the city generation portion of the game is going to be able to allow you to defuse all of those (possible) mine field items before the game even starts.
srl51676:
While it is fair to say that New World Cities may be "thin" with respect to European history there are places that bring more than enough historical baggage and blood. Mexico city had a huge population long before the Spanish arrived Teotihuacan had a population of 200000 people around 500 AD. As for histroical baggage in the south you have the massive deaths of the Civil War, Slave Ships packed with African slaves and Voodoo Add to this the Mound builders of Cahokia, The Trail of Tears, general Native American genocide, Scores that died to feed the industrial revolution (see the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire), Big Foot, the Jersey devil, Not to mention the heavy Asian influence in cities like San Francisco and Seattle (you can't tell me that the Jade court has not made inroads along with the Triad, the Tongs, and the Yakuza) If you feel that any major city in the new world is thin then you are not looking hard enough. Don't forget the wild west and the Chicago fire (miss O'Leary's cow my ass) Sorry to get preachy but I teach social studies.
the wizard:
is there any plans for a place where we can put up citys that we have made so others can get ideas
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