(TFT) TFT City: Cliportage or the continent? or the world?

["joel sira" <jodasi@hotmail.com>]

you guys/gals seem pretty ripe for an Idea that Ive been mustering for the 
last 15 years or so.

Ive been working on some rules for a group designed world. What I was 
thinking of was that a group of folks get together. Each person represents a 
faction. The faction might be racially or socially pointed. For example some 
one might be orcs, or dwarves or humans, or something as pointed as 
barbarian humans. Then the person buys units, towns, resources. After the 
those are bought, each player places them on a big map. Each places 'x' 
numbers of tokens at a time. You put some 'makes sense' rules in there for 
placing things like: you cant place a volcano next to a swamp. That doesnt 
'make sense' :)

What you end up with is a strategy world that is run by good roleplay. Im on 
the Age of Wonder boards and some one has come up with a good scheme for his 
AOW based RPG.

Any thoughts?


----Original Message Follows----
From: "grabowski" <grabowski@erols.com>
Reply-To: tft@brainiac.com
To: <tft@brainiac.com>
Subject: Re: (TFT) TFT City:  Cliportage
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 15:06:52 -0500


> Hmmmmmmm,
> I like this idea!
>
> Okay.....
>
> what about demographics?
>
> let's see currently there are:
>
> dwarves (40%)
>
> humans(40%)
>
> subhumans (do you mean neanderthals or misfits?)
>
>
> goblins (5%) - attracted, and with a nose for trade, a tribe (mob?) of
> goblins with some hobgoblin minders, has set up a Goblin Market in their
> small Goblin Quarter in one of the older more run-down districts,
> renovating it well. This has caused problems with some of the less honest
> dwarf and human merchants who felt they should be allowed to exploit
others
> in peace without some goblins undermining them. Everyone knows you can
deal
> (almost) fairly with a goblin - too bad if you get pickpocketed or mugged
> on the way there or back!
>

The only criticism I see with Cliportage is visual (I need to see a map).
The creation of a map would be a hum dinger.

Part of my problem is I have the Free City of Haven or Sanctuary in my mind.

My outline picture of a city:  Not as good as Rick's but this is an outline

A walled city-state on a major trading crossroads

Led by a marcher baron on the fringes of a dying empire

The barons power is based on trade, so there is a strong guild system

On some type of water source that leads to the ocean or on the ocean itself

Relatively close to mineral resources/mountains = dwarven community

On the edge of an immense wilderness = elves, orcs, centaurs, and other
creepy crawlies

A population of at least 2000 - 5000

City has a diverse population with many different areas/quarters.  Ex.
poor, trade, dock, rich, racial (goblin, halfling, elf, dwarf)

Near the site or built on the site of an ancient empire = dungeon adventure

Also when this is created only rules found in the rulebooks or the codex can
be used.

Yours in Cidri or whatever the town is called,
Justin



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