The Rise of a Super Power
Hello, I am KeldoniaSkylar, and I will be your game moderator for the Rise of Super Power.
What is the Rise of a Super Power you ask?
The Rise of a Super Power is a role playing game based on the gilded age in the United States. Players may choose from, or create, personalities that populate the United States in 1892. President Grover Cleveland has just been elected to his second nonconsecutive term in office, which is the only guarantee politically. The make up of Congress will be determined by you the players, who will be determining the election results based upon your political affiliation in game. You can be a businessman, a congressman, a senator, the president, a member of his cabinet, or even an army or naval officer. The choice is up to you. But together you will help guide a United States that is on the cusp of becoming a world power into the realization of its role as a world power, or perhaps, you will help ensure that the United States stays neutral in world politics.
What do I need to do to play?
First, you will need to create or select a historical character, the only reserved character is our President who will be approved by me . To create a character a few basics must be decided upon. First, you will need a name and profession. You will also need to decide if you are Democrat or a Republican, additional political persuasions might open up at a later date if events turn out that way. You also need to select an age and home state or territory. Dependent upon your profession, or upbringing you might have other assets, these will need to be discussed with the GM. Finally, you will need to create a short bio for your character.
Name: Grover Cleveland
Profession: President of the United States
Political Affiliation: Democrat
Age: 55
Home State: New York
Bio: Cleveland is the leader of the pro-business Bourbon Democrats who oppose high tariffs, Free Silver, inflation, imperialism, and subsidies to business, farmers, or veterans. His crusade for political reform and fiscal conservatism has made him an icon for American conservatives. Cleveland has won praise for his honesty, self-reliance, integrity, and commitment to the principles of classical liberalism. He has relentlessly fought political corruption, patronage and bossism. Indeed, as a reformer his prestige was so strong that the like-minded wing of the Republican Party, called "Mugwumps", largely bolted the GOP presidential ticket and swung to his support in the 1884 election.
Player: Who is playing
Players will also have assets:
Net Worth: This is how much your character is worth. This includes all of your assets, and how much money you could get if you sold everything.
Cash on Hand: This is how much money you have in your bank. This is the money you can use right away to buy and sell things as you wish.
Debt: This is how much debt you have. This is from unprofitable companies, and from bank loans.
Stock Price: This is the aggregate price of the stocks of the companies you own.
Stocks Owned: These are the stocks, and how much of them, that you own.
Stock Value: This is the value of all of the stocks you own, personally.
Land: How much land you own in acres, its value, and where (for farms, plantations, and ranches)
Companies: This is a list of the companies that you own, and how big they are. You can even create your own!
Political Clout: This is how much weight you have with the Political Class, this includes the President (1), Congress (.75), State (.50), Important Local ie New York City (.30), and Local (.05) officials. The higher the number, the better your clout. Clout starts at 0.10 by default unless you hold a position in the government.
Unless playing a historical character, you will start with a net worth of $1,000,000. You will be able to distribute $900,000 of this however you want, the remaining $100,000 represents your house and land and other various sundries necessary to be a member of the upper class.
For our President:
Net Worth: $3,100,000
Cash on Hand: $3,000,000
Debt: -
Stock Price: -
Stocks Owned: -
Companies: -
Political Clout: 1 (He is the President)
I want to play a historical character what do I do?
If you want to start with something other than the starting wealth you will need to substantiate it through documentation.
OK, so now what happens
Sign ups will last for about a week, unless we get enough players earlier. These will be used to determine the composition of Congress, and thus how likely certain types of legislation are to be passed. Once sign ups are done, the game begins.
I've made my character, now what do I do?
Its time to start doing what your character does, be that bring bills to Congress, manage your business empire or take over a competitors, try and start a war with your newspaper, improve the nation's military, or maybe just maybe, take a nap... You will be able to conduct both public and private activities, public activities need to be announced and ICed in a post, while private activities are taken care of via PM or via IRC.
So I have my plans and I have sent to you or ICed, now what?
It is expected that you will interact with your fellow players to so IC response to what they are doing and maybe cooperate with or work against their plans! Additionally, there will be periodic updates to drive the experience, with foreign events, businesses going bankrupt, war, and the results of player actions. However, this game will be primarily driven by player interactions. Additionally, there will be bi-weekly updates that cover the "Year in Review."
IRC Channel
The IRC Channel is where a lot of discussion takes place, both in character and out of character. It is the true heartbeat of World in Revolution, as everyone gathers to discuss in-game and out of game issues. While it is not mandatory to be on the IRC Channel and to play World in Revolution, it is strongly recommended.
Link: Coldfront
Channel: #RoSP
Instructions:
1) Use the link provided above.
2) Choose the Flash app or the Java app.
3) Create a screen name; it’s recommended that you use your forum name, if available.
4) Close the #coldfront channel that opens automatically.
5) In the command box, type “/join #RoSP” without the quotation marks.
6) You’re in the chat! Welcome!
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