Kit the Human 759 Share Posted December 27, 2017 What Historical RPGs would you like to see? What hankering has gone unsatisfied? I've always wanted to see a forum set in London during the Blitz. I don't expect it will be easy, but I think there would be a lot to draw on. 1 PSI: an Occult Investigations RP Roleplay Architects: Grab a friend (or many friends!) and just write. You can also find me at: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LOVE ME AND DESPAIR Share Posted December 31, 2017 World War 1, perhaps. I know once upon a time a friend and I were making a Titanic forum. It would start in the months before it set sail then cover the aftermath period, and eventually branch into the first World War — though how exactly we never figured out though we know a lot of it would focus on America and peoples lives during it. London during the Blitz sounds like it could be interesting. Definitely isn't one I've come across in RP land. I've seen a couple set in other areas during World War 2, but never that particular one. I think areas outside of just England influence too is another good one. I was part of a setting that was more French history influenced, and that really opened my eyes to a lot of things. Now I'm part of one that while still somewhat British influenced is definitely outside the box as it deals a lot with India(and is set in it), and even has a lot of versatility/diversity in terms of people, countries, etc. that interact at this time. We've really learned a lot in researching for it. Hmm other things. . . aspects of historical periods in other countries. Something set during Ottoman stuff would be really neat. RP that takes place during the various Wars of the Roses period, even. You see a lot of Tudor England, but never that period really. Though stepping beyond the bounds of just England/British is cool too. What else. . . certain periods of American History could be really neat too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaycakes 78 Share Posted December 31, 2017 (edited) Oh man. When we were deciding where to set our historical, two choices came up. Morocco or India. I would like to see a historical Morocco RP, set sometime between 1799 to 1850. Seriously. It's rich with history and potential. First of all, you have Morocco preserving its Republic for the most part throughout that time period with French and English ships all sidling up into their harbours like hey, baby....*winkwink* Second, that European influence didn't stop there. Really, over hundred thousands of Europeans plonked down in Morocco as their primary residence. So, we're talking about the ability for English-speaking RPers to go oh okay, we can play stuff we read from historical novels in London or France! Familiarity, amirite? These fuckers just had to ponce around in Morocco instead of foggy, smoggy London! Ta-da. Plus, there's the Mediterranean sea and influx of economy between Morocco and Europe. Yeah, I'm talking about trades, bitches! MON-AY. By the way, we talkin' pretty money. Mmhm. Pretty, pretty mon-ay. Third, can I even just squee about Carthage? There was a coastal outpost there from earliest Carthage. I'm fairly sure it was still preserved by that time period. Not to mention, Carthaginian influences seeped into the Berber traders even years later into the time period I'm talking about. Plus, CARTHAGINIAN RELICS. WHO DOESN'T WANT TO STEAL THOSE?! Okay, and none of that even includes the setting aesthetic!! Market gardens, olive trees, those sexy Turkish baths deep underground... *heavy breathing* Alright, alright. I'm now wondering how India > Morocco. *stares* And lost my train of thought for other historical ideas I was going to slap down here. Damn. ETA: Nevermind, I remembered a few. Prohibition Era in America, early 1900s. Bootlegging, Protestantism, and what the hell happened with all the brewery and winemakers, hmm? Screw the Roaring Twenties with the pretty hair and sparkly clothes, gimme the downlow on what y'all gonna do bout that liquor and them Christian morals. Althoughhhh... I gotta say, the music was fab. *sigh* 1850s in America, well after railroads were established. I'm super fascinated by the pace of Industrial Revolution after it took off in the 1700s. At this point, I adore the explosion of self-made magnates. Hell, London folks were coming to East America to find rich men for their poor but titled daughters. This is the sort of period I picture a canny forewarning of how 1920s would look mixed up with American fiery sass and England's Victorian polish. Not only that, but other careers took on a whole new outlook in structure, hierarchy, and availability of resources -- craftsmen, fighters, fishermen, etc. Everything was on the verge of something incredible with tons of seething anger and beautiful ambition hidden just inside. Also, boxers were far more prominent right around this time. I won't lie -- I'm also intrigued by the possibility of more Northern historicals in general. Not just Canada, but across the pond, we have the cold neighbours being ignored. Check it out -- Norway, Finland, and Denmark. Can we have historical characters running around all badass like, so what if it's cold, we're BADASSES. Gonna just lump these two in this bullet point and call it a night morning. Poland and Vienna. Separately, of course, lol, and in different times. Oh wait, one more. India can't be the only Asian historical RP out there. There are tons of incredible Asian history intermixed with Europeans and Americans. Thailand, guys!! MALAYSIA. LAOS! Japan. Oh God, Japanese history is ridiculous. Indonesia. *whimpers* Edited December 31, 2017 by Kaycakes thinkies 2 1 2 home sweet home. 18th century British India rp. Jcink premium. be geeky with me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LOVE ME AND DESPAIR Share Posted December 31, 2017 28 minutes ago, Kaycakes said: I'm now wondering how India > Morocco. *stares* And lost my train of thought for other historical ideas I was going to slap down here. Damn. ETA: Nevermind, I remembered a few. Prohibition Era in America, early 1900s. Bootlegging, Protestantism, and what the hell happened with all the brewery and winemakers, hmm? Screw the Roaring Twenties with the pretty hair and sparkly clothes, gimme the downlow on what y'all gonna do bout that liquor and them Christian morals. Althoughhhh... I gotta say, the music was fab. *sigh* The two things from the above are what I'm quoting cause they have me cracking up. Okay so, first off, when Kay was giving the options of ideas for setting for her historical I was firmly all aboard the Morocco train then somehow — and I'm still not even sure 100% how yet — I switched wholeheartedly to the India train. But some of that I know was 'cause Kay herself was there encouraging me with "loooooooooook at this!" and "Buuuut you can't resist thaaaat, can you?" the whole time so totally only has herself to blame. Second off, I actually came here to post about prohibition era America! LOL I've been listening to the Legends of the Fall soundtrack on-and-off today(I love that movie, and the soundtrack is gorgeous, and I knoooow some people will mock me for it, but I don't care cause all the tragic love feeeelings *no regrets*) and I was sitting here just now like "yeees, prohibition would be a good one!". Only point I disagree with above is I would love to see Roaring '20s too. Honestly, in terms of a 3-way-historical-play that period is pretty ripe cause off the top of my head you get just two years after the end of WW1: the Roaring Twenties, Prohibition Era, and even by 1929 the start of the Great Depression. Ugh I really don't need more ideas in my head these days lol Also, I'd love to see more stuff set in like 1800s that isn't Victorian England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaycakes 78 Share Posted December 31, 2017 (edited) 13 minutes ago, LOVE ME AND DESPAIR said: The two things from the above are what I'm quoting cause they have me cracking up. Okay so, first off, when Kay was giving the options of ideas for setting for her historical I was firmly all aboard the Morocco train then somehow — and I'm still not even sure 100% how yet — I switched wholeheartedly to the India train. But some of that I know was 'cause Kay herself was there encouraging me with "loooooooooook at this!" and "Buuuut you can't resist thaaaat, can you?" the whole time so totally only has herself to blame. Second off, I actually came here to post about prohibition era America! LOL I've been listening to the Legends of the Fall soundtrack on-and-off today(I love that movie, and the soundtrack is gorgeous, and I knoooow some people will mock me for it, but I don't care cause all the tragic love feeeelings *no regrets*) and I was sitting here just now like "yeees, prohibition would be a good one!". Only point I disagree with above is I would love to see Roaring '20s too. Honestly, in terms of a 3-way-historical-play that period is pretty ripe cause off the top of my head you get just two years after the end of WW1: the Roaring Twenties, Prohibition Era, and even by 1929 the start of the Great Depression. Ugh I really don't need more ideas in my head these days lol Also, I'd love to see more stuff set in like 1800s that isn't Victorian England. You shut your face, woman. Yeah, you're right, that era would seriously work well as 3-pronged. Nothing better than filling all 3 holes, right? There's so much here that hasn't truly been dug into for play yet. Style: Roaring Twenties. Gorgeous music, jazz really blossomed around this time. At this time was the big rise of the Lost Generation, which came out of World War I. They affected the aesthetics of this era bigly. Art Deco started to be fashionable here, too, plus the surge of the Surrealist movement. Literature was incredible at this time. Say hello to The Great Gatsby, Winnie the Pooh, and Ulysses. Upon reading, it appears that mah-jong and uh... pole-sitting were huge fads of this era. Politics & Religion: Prohibition, Protestantism, Gangster influenced politics, etc. War & Economics: Not only were we coming out of the aftermath of World War I, we headed right into the Great Depression. Like I said, this time period was stuck square between things and on the precipice. Oh man! Irish Civil War. Edited December 31, 2017 by Kaycakes 1 1 home sweet home. 18th century British India rp. Jcink premium. be geeky with me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaycakes 78 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Oh. I would also like to see a little more Age of Sails. That was my very first experience in forum rp, period, even though it was kind of out of the era for it. It was a more revolutionary era than it was the golden age of pirates. I love revolutionary eras in general and this one was in the Caribbeans. 2 1 1 home sweet home. 18th century British India rp. Jcink premium. be geeky with me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop 172 Share Posted January 1, 2018 I have three invite only boards going at the moment and I wasn't sure that they were things I wanted until I started to get into the story. 1. WWII set in Paris 2. Russia 3. Prague. *melts happily* Prague wasn't something I was even really aware of on a historical love until it was brought up. I had no idea how incredibly on my love it would grow. I chose Venice for many reasons, but #1 being it was truly the last big port for all nations in the time frame that I love the most, and you really can have a character from just about anywhere. But Prague, mmmmmmm 1 1 "Everyone has been doing so much soul searching during all of this, and I'm just over here drawing pics of my character's dicks." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothic 307 Share Posted January 1, 2018 I would love to see more based around the Mongolian empire. Or the Huns. 2 1 Active, fun, established 2008! Come join us. Aeterna Roma Sites I am on; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elena 546 Share Posted January 2, 2018 I would like to see: 1. More Viking-Age sites 2. Italian/ French/ Spanish Renaissance (for the Spanish one, that should be Age of Discovery) 3. For @Gothic's Mongolian Empire... what about Marco Polo on the Silk Road? 4. Aztecs or Incas in the 1400-1500s (ie a little before, during and after the conquista) 5. Japan during the Shogun and with the ronin wars... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit the Human 759 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 10 hours ago, Bishop said: I have three invite only boards going at the moment and I wasn't sure that they were things I wanted until I started to get into the story. 1. WWII set in Paris @Bishop have you read Anthony Doer's All the Light We Can Not See? After that book, heck yes WW2 France! Imagine working at the Louvre and trying to hide masterpieces from the nazis. The opportunity to wax lyrical about cultural artifacts on the backdrop of war... -wipes drool from chin- I 100% am for any trade based port city historical RP. The culture is always diverse and rich and facisinating. 47 minutes ago, Elena said: I would like to see: 1. More Viking-Age sites Ditto. Their trade routes were so surprisingly expansive. I think WW1 would be interesting too. It was such a stupid war and the advances in biochemical warfare were horrifying. 3 1 PSI: an Occult Investigations RP Roleplay Architects: Grab a friend (or many friends!) and just write. You can also find me at: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop 172 Share Posted January 2, 2018 @Kit the Human No but it is on my list. My inspiration came from The Nightingale though by Kristin Hannah and it moved me to tears. It is about the French Resistance and it is beautiful. The author had this amazing way of making you look at WWII from the inside out. When one of the characters was standing in her garden watching the crowds of people who were running from Paris towards the free zone, and how her home was billeted by German soldiers. It was amazing and just made me want in that time-frame. I have to admit that this little private Prague project has been a fun Christmas break venture! We're playing as the children of our current characters on Memento Mori. It is more of a school based setting and kind of the YA version of our darker SLs and it is life. It wasn't a thing that I really thought I wanted until we were finding information for Russia (and of course Venice) and the Cathedral of Bones came across my screen. For the better part of the year I've sat on it and during a voice call we started goofing around and now this super small group is ass deep in the love of it. And as far as trade ports go, I have to say that was half the reason why I chose Venice when moving from my own Age of Sail site. I wanted something that we could continue our Trade Wars and the transition was flawless, but now we also have the East India Company as well the very end (or beginning depending on what direction you are going) of the Silk Road (in its decline years, before the boom again in the 1960's) but still a lot of fun. Then you also have the Germans/Jews/Turks/Italians as well all the French nobles on the run. Gah. I'm in love can you tell? 2 "Everyone has been doing so much soul searching during all of this, and I'm just over here drawing pics of my character's dicks." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaycakes 78 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Port cities were absolutely fascinating, yeees. I have to admit, though, I've been musing on how to make historical RPs set farther inland just as fascinating. Going back on the Age of Sails, I was watching this tv show with my stepdaughter last night. Well, between two to four am. Anyway! It's called Secrets of the Underground or something like that. There were a bunch of episodes that really shouldn't have given me more historical ideas but what are ya gonna do, right? The Age of Sails episode hit on Port Royal and talked about Captain Morgan. It described more discoveries about Port Royal. I didn't take notes, sadly, because they brought up other topics relating to this that I thought would be incredible for play. Most of the island is made up of limestone formations is one thing I remember. Most of the entries or caches appeared to be small crevices in the ground, mostly hidden by brush, but once you wiggled inside, you found yourself standing in a much larger cave and there were tunnels that led everywhere from Captain Morgan's estate. Another one would be probably considered speculative historical fiction. Atlantis. xD Bear with me here! These guys made a connection from the lost city of Atlantis to Native Americans near Michigan. It also appeared to be that there was an entire lost civilisation spanning the North America continent predating Acropolis and Greek culture. They found copper mines and pits near one of the lakes up there that could have very well contributed to the shining splendour that was Atlantis. So, this lost civilisation was based in North America, even potentially predating Native Americans. They had advanced armies and workers that mined these veins. It's super hard work teasing copper out of the rocks, and since they may have contributed thousand pounds of copper, the possibility of how big and advanced this civilisation was is overwhelming. Not to mention, they traded. These items made out of copper made it down Mississippi river and out to the ocean where European traders took the items and brought it back to Europe with wild, fanciful stories of Atlantis. 2 home sweet home. 18th century British India rp. Jcink premium. be geeky with me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaycakes 78 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Throwing this in here, too, because this sparked discussion in my group's discord. These are their ideas/commentaries: There's not enough WWII RPs. Would love a 50s RP. Maybe even 1950s London, Kray Twins era. Golden Age AU with steampunk, from NY and down the Eastern Coast. ...the rest of the chat devolved into zombies. Nevermind. xD Two words: Zombie popsicles. 1 home sweet home. 18th century British India rp. Jcink premium. be geeky with me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Seahorse 79 Popular Post Share Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) There are so many good ideas here! I sat here, reading (and being late to the party for socializing, so late, sooo late) and making all manner of googly eyes at the ideas in this thread. I am also chuckling because @Kaycakes was completely right on for Morocco, had us all on for that train, just like @LOVE ME AND DESPAIR said, and suddenly.. "So India!" It didn't take long for us to join her in this epic love affair that now has me so hooked, I think that most of my google links now deal with not only 18th era Europe, but India, China, Thailand, Burma, and the African Diaspora. - Morocco is a dream of a setting. Not only for the fact that it had so many Europeans there, but can we please talk about the glory that is Moroccan culture? Can we talk about their local tribal structure? The clothes. The culture. The tattoos! - I would love to see more RP focused on African cultures and African Diaspora groups. What does that mean? So, getting ourselves out of Egypt, let's go to Ethiopia. Algeria. Tangiers. Zimbabwe, the Congo! I want to see some gorgeous kingdoms risen from the dust that had traders from all over the world. How about a Queen of Sheba era RP? Oh, the majesty of that ancient world! A Medieval RP in which you get Europeans meeting Ethiopians for the first time. Presenting African kingdoms and countries not after their collapse or colonization, but when they were strong powers in their own right. - Haiti after the Haitian Revolution, when, for the briefest of times, it had a monarchy. - An Ottoman RP circa the same time frame as the show Magnificent Century. The planning, the prestige, and the fact that women were running things behind the scenes like bosses! Harem culture was not merely a bunch of women lounging around in next to nothing! Oh no. There were plots to keep sons alive or kill them. To give charity and to build monuments. To become the one to exert the most influence upon the ruler. - To that end, any sort of RP in any harem practicing culture that demonstrates the wit, the cleverness, the backstabbing, the grandeur, and even the sorrow of being a woman in this period. Expand that to the court officials, including eunichs as characters. Eunichs had so much power! They were seen as trustworthy specifically because they lacked the ability to reproduce, so were those not considered men by the classic period definitions. The Chinese structure was as equally fascinating as the other ones as well. - A Chinese based story over two periods. One, during the height of any dynasty's rule, because every period had very different pinnacles. An RP that is another East meets West just as the British begin to arrive in Shanghai and Hong Kong. An Opium Wars RP would be incredible, and any chance to display the bad assery in Chinese pirates! - I want to see more historical rp's of all varieties and eras really throw open the doors on the histories of groups such as women participating in business, the military, and governance where it seemed they did not because we were there! There exist stories all across Europe of the clever woman be she a mistress to the King, a Queen in her own right, a wife who held her holdings while her husband was gone by the skin of her teeth, or one who cross-dressed as a man to set sail, ride out, or even serve in her own right once it was learned she was female! I want to see the embrace of those women who were eccentric for whatever period reason doing amazing things. Writing, reading, education, professions that same to not have women but when you look at the history? There they are. I enjoy playing women who do these things because while they were rare? It wasn't as if they one 1) didn't exist or 2) didn't make waves where they were. One of my favorite characters in any story has always been a British woman who is something of a matriarch of a secret society. - Double this same thing for people of color across various cultures; Free Blacks in England or other parts of Europe. Characters of color during the Middle Ages. The unusual arrival of a Chinese Immigrant during a time when Chinoiserie was huge. Interactions of Africans in Europe during the Middle Ages or Elizabethan period. - More of this also for people on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum, because they were there! Not just a site accepting them mind, which is important, or encouraging them to be there, but the full facets that see them as thriving, living, breathing, contributing members of their society who also had relationships be they in the closet or well known. You'd be surprised what some people knew but did not discuss in polite society, right? Some kings were bold enough to parade their male lovers. There were rulers in other cultures who kept male lovers in their harems. The rise of the drag show and entertainments of the same could be found in various parts of history! Explore the cultural views on the subject, not only the damning, but the celebrating! I can not tell you how incredible it has been to not only see gay characters in a historical setting, but see them as rulers, as fathers, as figureheads! To see women the same way, in their own way, is equally incredible. More of this! - To build on the era of railroads idea? I would love to see that Hell on Wheels style RP. Camps and tent cities around these tracks. Workers slaving away. Railway barons and cattle barons trying to make a buck. - A Western era RP and even further into later Victorian era - Gilded Age RP that shows the power of courtesans and whores contributing to their local societies because let's face it, some of that money wasn't coming from the most squeaky clean sources for those civic works! Dueling brothels, women trying to rise and get influence over politicians, cops, etc as the others try to rise in the daily world. -- An RP focusing on the founding of Freeman's Colonies and relocation of Blacks back to African from both England and America. Explore the building up of Sierra Leone! Explore the motives of both sides. - Baroque period RP where in people make and patron various musical sorts for prestige of self and families. Amadeus style battle royale! - An RP set in Prussia! -- A new thought: An RP set during the time the British Empire meets Shaka, king of the vast Zulu nation. Yaaaaaaaaas That Mini Series is the stuff dreams are made of. 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Kaycakes 78 Share Posted March 5, 2018 ^ All of this. Holy crap. Seriously, all of this. I'd be down, if I had the time. 1 home sweet home. 18th century British India rp. Jcink premium. be geeky with me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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