It's Not Easy Being Green
Reader's Guide
* * This AAR is NOT being written chronologically! * *
* Please read below for a (rough) explanation. *
Most Recent Updates:
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Chapter 1 --> Chapter 2:B (choose Attack England) {7/8/2008}
Prologue --> Chapter 1 (choose
either option!) {3/8/2008}
Table of Contents
Prologue (1399 - 1471)
Chapter 1:A........ Éireann go Brách!
Chapter 1:B........ The Man From Limerick
Chapter 2:A...... {A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Panama!}
Chapter 2:B...... This Land is Our Land
Chapter 2:C...... Is fearr de thú Guinness
Chapter ??........ Interlude: "I want to play a game."
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Preface
This AAR is a Choose Your Own Adventure.
Each Chapter will end with a choice. ALL of the choices will be played out and updated.
This means there will be multiple story lines!
It also mean it might be confusing to keep track of updates ("What the hell story line is he on???")
To help, there are links above listing the most recent completed chapter as well as the most recent
update. Also, as we get deeper, I'll include a "story map" that shows where each Chapter fits in.
In the meantime, Chapters will be numbered AND lettered. Numbers will correspond to time, and
letters will correspond to choices... in other words:
Chapter 2AA and Chapter 2AB will both take place around the same time period, but will be two
completely different stories. 2AA will be, say "cake and milk," while 2AB will be "cake and coffee."
Damn, now I'm hungry and thirsty.
Some of you may like to commit to reading only one story line, although it might also be
fun to read each of the story lines as they progress. If you'd like to participate by
suggesting story line choices, voting for what gets updated next, or explaining basic game
mechanics, strategies, or other Fun Things I Should Know, please visit the current
Construction Page
Thanks for reading!
A Message from the Author:
A few words of clarification on the format...
Following the Prologue, two "save games" will be created, one for "Chapter 1A," the other for "Chapter 1B," each relating to the choice made by the reader.
At the conclusion of Chapter 1A, I will ask for input on what choice(s) should be made. These will lead to Chapters 2AA and 2AB (and a new save file).
Likewise, the conclusion of Chapter 1B will lead to potential Chapter 2BA and 2BB (for a total of four or more save files).
For those of you not familiar with the
Choose Your Own Adventure series, the original books often had over 40 endings. More modern interpretations usually allow many choices to "track back" on one another and result in as few as 8 separate endings. As an example "track back," imagine a Milan AAR of the same format, where two separate choices both result in the formation of Italy. At that point, the choices at the end of the Chapter could be made identical so that the previously separate stories would converge. If the number of story lines becomes too burdensome to play, track or update, I will "kill off" one of the plot lines through in-game sabotage or other "trickery." It's unlikely I will maintain more than 12 save games at any one time (which is about 3 choices deep).
During the "construction phase" of the AAR - however many weeks, months or years that ends up being, please feel free to follow as you normally would any AAR. My intention for the final product, however, is a click-able journey through permanent-link posts.
Based on my work schedule, I should be able to update two or three times per week, and reply much more frequently.
My first priority at the moment is getting an acknowledgment page up.
Éireann go Brách!