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Heyo. I'm back from the dead, and hopefully better and minimizing workload and preventing burnout. Not sure if any of the people I know from years past are still here, but I had the idea and figured I'd at least write it down and see who shows up. Looking for somewhere between 4 and 8 people for this, details down below.

For best results, read in Cave Johnson's voice.

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All of you wake up in a grassy field, with missing memories. (At least, you assume they're missing.) You have some vague idea of who you were before, but everything seems blurry, practically illegible in your mind. Just feelings and flashes. The sky above you seems to be a deep blue, with only the wispiest of clouds. Despite the fact that there is clearly no sun visible in said sky, the area seems to be lit like its high noon.

Before anyone can react, a disembodied, booming voice rings out across the field. "Ah, yes." There's a sound of shuffling paperwork. "Now that you've all signed the consent forms, we can begin. I'll refresh your memory for you." You note the voice sounds rather average, volume aside. "You're all here, in this pocket dimension, because you've agreed to help me delve the depths of magic. You were all, in your past lives, the best and brightest mages in the world." He coughed, and then muttered to himself. "Well, not the best, after all none of the other archmages were willing to let me strip them of their defenses and memories and lock them in a pocket dimension for some reason. Paranoid bastards. But like, second best. Maybe third. Yeah, let's go with third." He cleared his throat again. "Anyways. Having delved the depths of magic as far as I can go, it is my hope that taking talented individuals and forcing them to work from the ground up will lead to new, even unprecedented magical discoveries. Just imagine! You all could rewrite the very laws of magic that we base our spellcasting on. No preconceived notion of how things should work, no stereotypes, and hardly any ability to even sense mana yet. Just raw talent."

"So that was our deal. You're here until you relearn magic well enough to force your way out of this pocket dimension. It won't be easy, mind you, but don't worry if it takes you awhile. The pocket's self sustaining, so there's no time limit. The whole things quite ingenious, really. All natural systems are either located inside, or duplicated well enough with dimensional trickery. There's plenty of raw resources to refine for enchanting or magical equipment, and that shed on the edge of the forest has a decent chunk of starting gear, nonmagically speaking. You won't have to worry about having a single change of clothes. No worries about starving either, there's plenty of fruiting trees, bugs, plants, animals. Oh! To keep things authentic, I did include a number of wild magical beasts. Look out for those, engage with caution, yadda yadda yadda. Don't piss off the blink deer, avoid the siren spiders, et cetera. If one of you do die, however, don't worry! We've got replacements."

"While I did strip your memories, intuition remains. Not going to make you all rediscover the concept of agriculture or metal tools, just the details." Another cough. "Well that's all for now. Time to get cracking! I'll check back in with you all at the end of the week. Well, end of the week for me, not for you. The whole damn thing's under time dilation, because I've not figured out immortality yet. Actually, scratch that, I'd time dilate it anyways. I'm impatient, and there's Science! to do. See you all in a month. Your time, that is."

Hmm. Just what have you signed yourself up for?

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Depending on how many and how quickly people sign on, first turn might be as early as tonight, though tomorrow is far more likely. If signons are slow, first turn will be Wednesday assuming I have four by then. If I don't have four by then, I suppose the game could be considered closed. I've almost certainly forgot some critical detail or rule, but hopefully not! Been awhile since I've done one of these, but the idea of fleshing out my magical system from being more than just a framework as players try to uncover and break it sounded like a fun idea.

Welcome to the Aurora 4x Race thread for Team 3. Here you can discuss plans, vote, worldbuild, and whatnot.

If you aren't from team 3, please look no further.

Core thread

Introduction:
    -Name: Incorporated Alliance of Nations (I.A.N.)
    -Background: A coalition of Corporations and traditional city states created for the purpose of ensuring the mutual protection and profit for all of its members.

    People and Society:
    -Nationality: Varied between many corporations and minor states, though there is also a notable strand of belief in I.A.N. nationality spread throughout the population.
    -Ethnicities: 14% Chinese, 7% English, 7% American, 9% Indian, 9% Japanese, 9% French, 9% German, 9% Arabic, 5% Korean, 5% Italian, 5% Jewish, 5% Polish, 4% Aztec, 3% Russian
    -Languages: English is the primary language, but almost all nationalities still have their native language to some degree.
    -Religions: Varied.

    Government:
    -Name: Incorporated Alliance of Nations
    -Government type: Each individual state and megacorp maintains their own as long as it complies with the requirements in the Foundational Bill, and the I.A.N. maintains its own government above that which concerns itself mainly with maintaining it's naval monopoly and representing all member states to outsiders when needed, as well as internal mediation.
    -Citizenship: Automatically granted to anyone with citizenship in a member nation. How those member nations grant Citizenship can vary.
    -Head of state: Highest Executive.
    -Governing Body: Alliance Administration/The High Board

    National Identity:
    -Flag description: 9 white columns that rise up and curve around a golden sphere on a blue background (flag0325)
    -National Symbols: Diamonds, Gears, Golden Spheres
    -National anthem: "Through Prosperity the Stars"

The Administration of the Alliance is mostly made up of bureaucrats to undertake all the needed paperwork and managing involved in running a multi-national alliance, but it is lead, at least supposedly, by the High Board. Each member of the Alliance may and must send one representative to the Highest Board, chosen however they choose to select such a representative as long as it doesn't violate the terms set out in the Foundational Bill. In turn, the Highest Board selects thirteen members to be part of the Leadership Panel, of which each term is thirteen years on and one term is up for vote each year, with more then one term allowed in total but members are not allowed a second term until thirteen years after their first. The Leadership Panel then selects an individual who is not part of the Leadership Panel and though they usually are they do not need to be part of the High Board, to be the Highest Executive for a term of seven years. As with the leadership board, while someone can have more then one term as the highest, no one can have two terms in a row.

Welcome to the Aurora 4x Race thread for Team 1. Here you can discuss plans, vote, worldbuild, and whatnot.

If you aren't from team 1, please look no further.

Core thread

Introduction:
-Name: Socialist Federation of Vostroya; Vostroya
-Background: The successor state of a Trotskyite Soviet Union that absorbed Europe.

People and Society:
-Nationality: Vostroyan
-Ethnicities: European (primarily Slavic), East Asian (primarily Vietnamese and Chinese)
-Languages: Russian, various other languages
-Religions: State atheism

Government:
-Name: Socialist Party for the Vostroyan Peoples ("Socialist Party", "Vostroyan Socialist Party", "the Party")
-Government type: One-party socialist republic
-Citizenship: Given at birth to all descendents of Vostroyan citizens
-Head of state: Premier
-Head of government: Paramount leader (usually General Secretary of the Party, Premier, and/or Chairman of the General Staff)

National Identity:
-Flag description: A golden hammer and sickle within an arc of three small red stars bordered with gold, in the canton, and a horizontal golden bar on a field of scarlet
-National Symbols: Hammer and Sickle, Red Star
-National anthem: "The Internationale", "Glory to Vostroya"

Core thread

See the Core Thread for rules and cross-nation discussion. If you're actively participating in the other team, please don't look any further than the OP.

((Fluff about the appearance of your headquarters will be posted here once you describe it))

The date is January, 1983. The Design Phase of January has begun. Please submit a single design and vote on whether you want to focus on magic or technology. Once you have chosen, you will able to do two additional designs with a +1 to both cost and effectiveness as long as they align with the chosen starting focus.
You also should write some fluff about how your corporation operates, if you are feeling up to it.

The discord
Thantro thread
Mondragon thread

The year is 1983. Thantro and Mondragon had always been at each others’ throats. But at least it had been aboveboard. The two companies had grown together and been rivals since the beginning, so a little corporate espionage was expected. But the discovery of magic threw things into overdrive. Everyone is desperate to be the best, even at the cost of tearing down other rising stars. Whoever wins will have an entire world of possibilities. The board has assigned you to the squad of top scientists and tacticians running the technological development and tactical decisions behind outracing the other side.

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This is an arms race based around the idea of large scale corporate espionage with advanced technology and magic. As this is my first time running an arms race, please bear with me if I make mistakes.

I cannot for the life of me figure out how to make necrosis be a body wide syndrome applied by a dwarf biting a creature.
Help please!

I'm bored. Let's start a new game!
This is a god v god game, in which each player starts with 100 worshippers in an undeveloped world. They start at stone age technology, excepting the aspect their god represents. Your aspect will be randomly rolled from a massive list of words I have.
You cannot control your people except telling them to attack an enemy, but you can bestow boons upon them, relevant to your aspect.
You cannot directly attack enemy gods or populations. (No death spells, but spawning wild animals nearby is ok.)
You may make one action per turn, relevant to your aspect, and a single order to your people. The effectiveness of your action is based on a d6, per standard rtd rules.

Combat is pretty simple 2d(half of attacking population) - 1d(half of defending population) damage is dealt to the defending population, while 2d(half of defending population) - 1d(half of attacking population) damage is dealt to the attacking population. Both of the rolls can be modified by things like technology level, fortifications, and other things.

-snip- see new rules for science in the spoiler.
Turns are 20 years




Now with a map! And demographics!
Discord.

I had the stupid idea for a possibly short possibly long RTD about 6 or so people trapped on the surface of a smallish metal sphere in space, that has an atmosphere held in place by a forcefield of some kind.
Problem is, the forcefield is failing.

The point of the game would be to discover why the place was built, why you are there, and how to fix the forcefield. Possibly ascending to godhood dying horribly along the way.

Would anyone be interested in something like this?