Zeroth Apostle
Okay, I havent posted in a while, what can I say, im following the footsteps of so many great un-updated blogs before me that posted 3-4 entries and then were never heard from again.
Anyways, I have actually had this idea for awhile but it kinda crystalized a bit more recently, still no workable ideas of rules but I thought id post it, you know, for posterity.
Zeroth Apostle
Im not even sure this is a “roleplaying” game or not. The idea is that each player plays a “religion” the whole religion, and trys to make that the main religion on the planet, the problem is that all the other players are doing the same thing. so theres a PvP element, you would do things like decide wether or not your religion sent peaceful messengers of there faith to other lands to spread the word, or bloodthirsty armys to strike down heathens. There would be probably be somewhat random complications like your faith splintering into subgroups or serious misunderstandings happening between the faith and its followers. Some of these random complications maybe even could be implemented by other players, making them not so random.
It would kind of be a screw your neighbor game, something like milles bornes, where you are trying to get to a defined “finish line” but you are also trying your damnedest to make sure noone else gets to that finish line before you. Along side this there would be a sort of narrative side that would end up playing something like…telephone, your religion starts out as X, what happens to your religion on the way to the finish line? what things get misunderstood or blown out of proportion?
Any comments? I know my wording isnt very clear, but I wanted to get what I had in my head written down before I lost it.