The words were whispered into life in the gilded halls of the Imperial Palace on the afternoon of March 16, 1804. Within minutes, they were carried down the foothills of Aventine Augusta, spread across the city of Ripae Proper, and telescribed throughout the land of Astarte in bursts of electricity that seemed aware of the gravity of their message. But you didn't need to be told that: you were there. All you needed was to look up—from the streets of Ripae, from the seaport market, from your office davenport—and see the red eagle of the Astartean flag atop Aventine Augusta in flames. There was no mistaking what you saw, and no mistaking what it meant.
Emperor Christoph IV, Verenberg Monarch, is dead.
It was neither a phial of poison in his drink nor a well-placed knife between his ribs that brought the Emperor of Astarte to his deathbed, but the accumulated burden of 28 years on the Astartean throne and 200 million people under the throne. For many Astarteans, Christoph's death came not a moment too soon, but not one of them could have been acquainted with the terrible conundrum he left unsolved: the imperial succession.
In 1785, Christoph and Militrisa Wisteroff—daughter of the House of Wisteroff—gave birth to the Emperor's only son: Jung, the heir-apparent. And in 1803, not a week after his eighteenth birthday, Jung was killed in a gunpowder explosion during the inspection of a cannon regiment. With no further children, the second in line for succession is Christoph's nephew: Joachim Verenberg, Verenberg Commander, a young lion of the Imperial Navy whose claim to the throne is upheld by the House of Verenberg and its supporters. However, Joachim's claim is rejected by the second-most of the Regnant Houses, the House of Galloux. In 1800, Joachim's father (Christoph's brother), the much-maligned Duke Alois, was exiled and later executed for war crimes—and by old Gallican law, which has no legal importance in Astarte, the consanguinity of Joachim and Christoph was broken when Alois was formally exiled. Galloux, therefore, supports the claim of Christoph's second cousin and the third in line for succession: Troussant du Galloux, Gallican Statesman.
It's now March 21st. For the better part of a week you've heard the question posed again and again. Not in the streets, not in the tavern, and not even behind the doors of your home—no, this is the sort of question that drives an immutable wedge between friends and within families. It's something that resides in the pit of your stomach, tying your insides in knots and keeping your mind from pleasant thoughts: who do you follow? If it comes to civil war in Astarte, will you fight to protect the old guard of the Verenbergs or lay down your life in support of the Gallicans?
With the state funeral of Christoph in two days and the coronation of Joachim in four, everyone must face the question; you've heard rumblings of what the House of Galloux plans to do on the eve of the coronation. Troussant du Galloux, backed by the authority of his claim to the throne and his possession of the Imperial Signet, will take four legions of Galloux-sympathetic soldiers and travel eastward to Levere, the Ever-Lit City and ancestral home of the Gallicans. There, near Astarte's border with the Sunrise Kingdom of Anatolis, he'll establish his own Astartean throne, threatening to divide the continent into a western and eastern empire in the same way the House of Anatolis did centuries prior.
Anatolis!—you can hardly consider what role they'll play in the succession crisis. And what of Wisteroff, who had so carefully orchestrated a marriage with Christoph to install their child on the throne? Even the fifth Regnant House, the House of Mensor: when the city and empire they raised from the ground of Aventine Augusta centuries ago collapse, what tears will they shed? The questions rattle in your skull with every step you take. However, right now, you only need the answer to one of them. Will you leave your life in Ripae behind—your friends, your family, and even your old self—and follow Troussant toward the beacon of a new life and a new world in Levere? Stand idly by and history will resign you to be a spectator in its inexorable wake; join the Gallican emigration and you may find yourself on the rudder of the historical current, the power to shift its course within the range of your actions.
Welcome to signups for Empire of Astarte, a Mini for 12 players reviewed by ZDS and ganderin_dan.
This game is for you if:
You like third-party factions—there are five total factions in the game.
You like original flavor. The story draws from everything from European history to Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Expect it to be dry in places.
You like heavy flavor. If the above is any indication there will be copious amounts of flavor.
This game isn't for you if:
You don't like third-party factions.
You can't handle a healthy bit of swing.
You're a new player. In addition to being complex, this game is a terrible introduction to Mafia. I strongly, strongly dissuade first-time players from playing.
This game will also use ICES (the Ice Cream Entry System), a cutting-edge (?) new technology which all involved are excited (?) to debut. Available flavors:
Chocolate: In if randomed in. Replace otherwise.
Orange sherbet: In if randomed in. Spectate otherwise.
Mixed berry: In if randomed in. Otherwise, replace until spectator forum is formed, then spectate.
Coconut: In if randomed in. Nothing otherwise.
Moose tracks: In if 72 hours have passed and players are still needed. Replace otherwise.
Mocha: In if 72 hours have passed and players are still needed. Spectate otherwise.
Bavarian chocolate death: In if 72 hours have passed and players are still needed. Otherwise, replace until spectator forum is formed, then spectate.
Blueberry cheesecake: In if 72 hours have passed and players are still needed. Nothing otherwise.
(Supplies of the above are limited. Please tell me how many active games you're in.)
Key lime: Replace.
Mango: Spectate.
Almond amaretto: Replace until spectator forum is formed, then spectate.
Wasabi: Do nothing.
The player list will be finalized when 12 players are in and 72 hours have passed. I'll open a spectator forum whenever I feel comfortable doing so. Have a splendiferous day and/or Labor Day
2011: Best Mafia Performance (Individual) - Best Newcomer
2012: Best (False?) Role Claim - Worst Town Performance (Group) - Best Mafia Performance (Group) - Best SK Performance - Best Overall Player
2013: Best Non-SK Neutral Performance
2014: Best Town Performance (Individual) - Best Town Performance (Group) - Most Interesting Role - Best Game - Best Overall Player
2015: Worst Mafia Performance (Group) - Best Read
2016: Best Town Performance (Group) - Best Town Player - Best Overall Player
I don't have any hard numbers on this, but I'm targeted more often than a black guy driving a beat-up sedan with a broken tail-light and no license plate, and Cy's well aware of that.
Just got to say, you've definitely earned distinction as an MTGS hero
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Because he's the hero MTGS deserves, and the one it needs right now. So we'll global him. Because he can take it. Because he's not just our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. An expired rascal.
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ExpiredRascals you sir are a god-like hero.
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ER is a masterful god who cannot be beaten in any endeavour.
"Christoph is dead."
The words were whispered into life in the gilded halls of the Imperial Palace on the afternoon of March 16, 1804. Within minutes, they were carried down the foothills of Aventine Augusta, spread across the city of Ripae Proper, and telescribed throughout the land of Astarte in bursts of electricity that seemed aware of the gravity of their message. But you didn't need to be told that: you were there. All you needed was to look up—from the streets of Ripae, from the seaport market, from your office davenport—and see the red eagle of the Astartean flag atop Aventine Augusta in flames. There was no mistaking what you saw, and no mistaking what it meant.
Emperor Christoph IV, Verenberg Monarch, is dead.
It was neither a phial of poison in his drink nor a well-placed knife between his ribs that brought the Emperor of Astarte to his deathbed, but the accumulated burden of 28 years on the Astartean throne and 200 million people under the throne. For many Astarteans, Christoph's death came not a moment too soon, but not one of them could have been acquainted with the terrible conundrum he left unsolved: the imperial succession.
In 1785, Christoph and Militrisa Wisteroff—daughter of the House of Wisteroff—gave birth to the Emperor's only son: Jung, the heir-apparent. And in 1803, not a week after his eighteenth birthday, Jung was killed in a gunpowder explosion during the inspection of a cannon regiment. With no further children, the second in line for succession is Christoph's nephew: Joachim Verenberg, Verenberg Commander, a young lion of the Imperial Navy whose claim to the throne is upheld by the House of Verenberg and its supporters. However, Joachim's claim is rejected by the second-most of the Regnant Houses, the House of Galloux. In 1800, Joachim's father (Christoph's brother), the much-maligned Duke Alois, was exiled and later executed for war crimes—and by old Gallican law, which has no legal importance in Astarte, the consanguinity of Joachim and Christoph was broken when Alois was formally exiled. Galloux, therefore, supports the claim of Christoph's second cousin and the third in line for succession: Troussant du Galloux, Gallican Statesman.
It's now March 21st. For the better part of a week you've heard the question posed again and again. Not in the streets, not in the tavern, and not even behind the doors of your home—no, this is the sort of question that drives an immutable wedge between friends and within families. It's something that resides in the pit of your stomach, tying your insides in knots and keeping your mind from pleasant thoughts: who do you follow? If it comes to civil war in Astarte, will you fight to protect the old guard of the Verenbergs or lay down your life in support of the Gallicans?
With the state funeral of Christoph in two days and the coronation of Joachim in four, everyone must face the question; you've heard rumblings of what the House of Galloux plans to do on the eve of the coronation. Troussant du Galloux, backed by the authority of his claim to the throne and his possession of the Imperial Signet, will take four legions of Galloux-sympathetic soldiers and travel eastward to Levere, the Ever-Lit City and ancestral home of the Gallicans. There, near Astarte's border with the Sunrise Kingdom of Anatolis, he'll establish his own Astartean throne, threatening to divide the continent into a western and eastern empire in the same way the House of Anatolis did centuries prior.
Anatolis!—you can hardly consider what role they'll play in the succession crisis. And what of Wisteroff, who had so carefully orchestrated a marriage with Christoph to install their child on the throne? Even the fifth Regnant House, the House of Mensor: when the city and empire they raised from the ground of Aventine Augusta centuries ago collapse, what tears will they shed? The questions rattle in your skull with every step you take. However, right now, you only need the answer to one of them. Will you leave your life in Ripae behind—your friends, your family, and even your old self—and follow Troussant toward the beacon of a new life and a new world in Levere? Stand idly by and history will resign you to be a spectator in its inexorable wake; join the Gallican emigration and you may find yourself on the rudder of the historical current, the power to shift its course within the range of your actions.
Welcome to signups for Empire of Astarte, a Mini for 12 players reviewed by ZDS and ganderin_dan.
This game is for you if:
This game isn't for you if:
This game will also use ICES (the Ice Cream Entry System), a cutting-edge (?) new technology which all involved are excited (?) to debut. Available flavors:
The player list will be finalized when 12 players are in and 72 hours have passed. I'll open a spectator forum whenever I feel comfortable doing so. Have a splendiferous day and/or Labor Day
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Mocha
I am currently in 1 game.
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# of games?
1 game
They hate us cause they ain't us.
1 Game
/in
In one game
Will read now.
My cube: http://cubetutor.com/viewcube/9981
In one game right now.
1 game
Draft my cube! (630 cards)
My cube: http://cubetutor.com/viewcube/9981
1 game, but it do be a basic so not terribly taxing
Sigil: an MMORPCCG ">Mexus: An MMORPCCG
In 1-2 game(s). I can handle several though.
in 4 games
{мы, тьма}
2012: Best (False?) Role Claim - Worst Town Performance (Group) - Best Mafia Performance (Group) - Best SK Performance - Best Overall Player
2013: Best Non-SK Neutral Performance
2014: Best Town Performance (Individual) - Best Town Performance (Group) - Most Interesting Role - Best Game - Best Overall Player
2015: Worst Mafia Performance (Group) - Best Read
2016: Best Town Performance (Group) - Best Town Player - Best Overall Player
1 Game.
UUU Azami, Lady of Scrolls
RRR Diaochan, Artful Beauty
UR(U/R) Tibor, Lumia, & Melek (WIP)
Mafia Stats
Not in any games.
Only one active game though, right?
One active game at the moment.
Club Flamingo Wins: 1!
They're both active.
# of games?
Oh, okay.
Club Flamingo Wins: 1!
Deal me in, chocolate.
Orange Sherbet
Currently in 0 games.
Body Count: GRRRUUUUUUUUUUU
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Level 1 Judge
My Cube for use with 6th ed. Rules
# of games?
That's what gimmicks are for