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Migrants from another time, who have lost it all, have begone their voyage to the unknown...

1 (8.3%)

Magic was almost completely sealed away, but opposing forces have begun to collect the keys to unlock the Gate and return magic to the world in full...

2 (16.7%)

 It starts and ends with darkness...

2 (16.7%)

 Its been a long and harrowing journey, most didn't make it, but finally new land is in sight.

7 (58.3%)

Refugees carve out a new life in a distant land...

0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 12

[Kilojoule Proton]

Refugees carve out a new life in a distant land...

Blurb

Microscope is a worldbuilding system focusing on building a history; players don't have characters, the game doesn't necessarily follow chronological order and can jump around to detail earlier events, and somewhat like its namesake, only the coarse, grand ideas are visible at the start, but they quickly give way to the finer details. There is no GM in the traditional sense. Interested? Time to decide on a history seed!

How do we start?

Step 1: Big Picture
We'll begin by discussing the history seed, a one-sentence summary of the entire timeline. I've posted a sample seed above, but you're free to suggest another one. We'll decide on which seed to use SG-style.

Spoiler: Later steps (click to show/hide)

Step 2: Bookend History
Next, we'll agree on the starting and ending Periods and their Tones. Picking the Tone before the Period sometimes works better. Examples:

• Starting Period (Dark): As the land becomes increasingly inhospitable, refugees begin leaving their homelands in droves. Disease and starvation plague them on their journey.
• Ending Period (Light): Thriving in their new homelands, the settlers' flourishing cities will ever be known as centers of art and culture. There is much celebration as their treasure fleet returns with the riches of an unclaimed land.

Step 3: Palette: Add or Ban Ingredients
After this is done, we'll create the Palette, a list of things to include and things to exclude. Items in the Yes column may be introduced even where they don't seem to fit, but items in the No column may never be brought in. Items in the Palette should be discussed at this point before they turn into unpleasant surprises later. To avoid wasting time, do not put joke items in the Palette.

• Each player adds an item to either the Yes column or the No column.
• Discuss items on the column (and negotiate changes if necessary) now if you have any concerns about them.
• Repeat until a player has nothing to add to either column.

Example:

Yes	No
Space travel	Magic
	Aliens

First Pass
This marks the end of negotiations. At this point, each player creates a Period or Event in any order. After this is done, the main game loop begins.

Details

• Period:
  
  • Contents: Light or Dark, a few sentences summarizing the Period
  • Placement: Between two adjacent existing Periods
• Event:
  
  • Contents: Light or Dark, a summary of the Event
  • Placement: Between two Periods
• Focus:
  
  • Contents: Can be someone or something, new or existing. Even concepts such as "Love" or "Suspense" are allowed, but characters or incidents are recommended
  • Placement: Declared by the current Lens at the start of a turn

Sourcebook
http://www.lamemage.com/microscope/

[Kilojoule Proton]

Players:

• Kilojoule Proton
• Shadowclaw777
• FallacyofUrist
• Roboson
• blueturtle1134
• Happerry
• Doubloon-Seven
• Urist Mc Dwarf

Waitlist:

Current timeline
Seed: "It's been a long and harrowing journey, most didn't make it, but finally new land is in sight"
Periods:

• Light: After long ages, the Generation Ship has finally reached its destination.
• Dark : A new ice age comes, the time of great civilizations is over.

Palette:

Eggplant Sapients
Dark Dangerous Land
Weird Moon
Snek Aliens 🐍
Honey-based currency
Castles
Theoretical Physics
Various monsters

Fire Age
Rubber Forehead Aliens
Sci-fi weapons
Wand-Based Magic
Easy magic

[Shadowclaw777]

Sure why not I'll join, I guess for a world seed it can be something like

Migrants from another time, who have lost it all, have begone their voyage to the unknown...

[FallacyofUrist]

I'm interested.

Magic was almost completely sealed away, but opposing forces have begun to collect the keys to unlock the Gate and return magic to the world in full...

[Roboson]

Yes! Here I am. Will think of a good seed here in a sec.

Its been a long and harrowing journey, most didn't make it, but finally new land is in sight.

[blueturtle1134]

I'll bite. Coming up with a seed now.

[blueturtle1134]

It starts and ends with darkness...

I actually contemplated doing something like this.

[Kilojoule Proton]

Alright! Now that we've got our players and seeds, let's start!

I'm partial to "It starts and ends with darkness..." right now because it's about as open as a seed is suggested to be, but a more detailed one would certainly help set the mood. Thoughts?

[Roboson]

Well, I already (perhaps hastily) voted. But I think you have a good point about the openness. Though with one so broad, I would wonder if we would have to pick a topic to focus on.

[Kilojoule Proton]

Selecting a broader seed mostly just delays when the genre/details get selected, if I understand correctly, so it'll all work out in the end

[Roboson]

I feel like there's a good deal of overlap between three of these. We could perhaps combine the three similar ones into a longer but more specific seed. Something like:

"Migrants from another land, who have lost it all, have begun their voyage into the unknown. Its been a long and harrowing journey, most didn't make it, but finally new land is in sight. Now these Refugees must carve out a new life in a distant land..."

That may not be something we ultimately want to do, but I feel like they all vibe together well into a cohesive idea.

[Kilojoule Proton]

OK, we've locked onto this seed with 3 votes:

"It's been a long and harrowing journey, most didn't make it, but finally new land is in sight"

Now that that's done, we'll create two Periods to define the start and end of our timeline. Because I didn't make a multivote poll, we'll have to settle for +1ing suggestions. I'll start off with suggesting these two:

Dark: Things are looking up for the people when they lose everything.

Light: The migrants thrive in their new lands.

Feel free to use any combination of Light and Dark or even just start with Light/Dark or a topic to add Light/Dark onto later

[Shadowclaw777]

Starting Period

Light: Migrants have found their new lands, and with little resources, they face the test of time.

Ending Period

Dark: Heat death of the universe

This leaves us more room than just having to deal with people who find a new land, it's so... universal!

[Happerry]

Could I go on the waitlist for this? I like Microscope a lot and wish I had seen this sooner.

[Felissan]

PTW