I saw the idea a few months ago in another thread and have no clue if it is still on-going, but I think I will try it with a little variation on the rules.
The "game" is simple. The players, meaning whoever signs up, will take place as senators in a new campaign as the Romani. The Senate will be the one deciding the outcome of the entire AAR, at least as long as the Republic functions. Matters will arise, votes will take place, and outcomes will be affected accordingly. Now, these aren't "closed" subjects, either. Voting can take place on the tax of a province to declaring no army shall move in the winter. Anything that is possible in-game, even roleplaying wise, can be voted upon. We can have Senatorial debates, elections, etc.
The characters in-game (FM's) will be played be myself. Since there are 600 senators in the Senate, I don't think that me controlling 20 FM's is much of a problem, especially when the Senate can basically tell them what to do and when.
In order to have voting, i will take into account the number of people voting, and then randomly determine where the rest of the votes lie. Since the players will vote before the random part, the player's votes will have a bonus or negative effect on the random. So, if 90% of players out of 20 people vote on a subject, then the randomization will definatley lean towards the 90%, leaving room only for the chance that the vote barely fails.
For voting on topics such as offices, if the Senate votes for a particular family member to be Consul, then I will "cheat" and give said character the consul trait. This is of course to insure that the Senate chooses who does what, not just the game.
Players can also be elected to any offices, but if they wish to take command of a military, it will be roleplayed by a choice of "second in command", in which the Consul chooses a FM or captain to usher around his troops since he cannot be represented in game. If a player is Consul, he will still have full responsibility on where he places his troops and whatnot. Like I said, I will only control the FM's in-game..I will not restrict any senators unless they are out of context, in which I will make some random event to prevent said task.
I will leave it to you to find out what you need in order to be elected to certain offices, and what the offices do. It isn't my responsibilty to educate senators!
So, if anyone would like to join, please post your full Senator name(ie. Gaivs Ivlivs Caesar), and age. For age please note that I will randomly determine when you die of old age, so not everyone can choose 42 just to be Consul! Also, if your character does die, you must wait until your son comes of age(16), which I will randomly determine when you get a son and notify you. Seems different, but should add variety so we don't have the same people voting the same way and can make it a more dynamic campaign.
And, after we start, it is possible for new people to join, but if you want to you muse PM me. I will then randomly determine if you are a Pleb or Senator. If a player has a son he would like you to role-play that is already of age, by all means you may take that spot. But senators be warned, if you only have one son, when you die you won't be able to play the same family!
If no one likes the ideas, hey, it was worth a shot
Pax Romanum - Interactive Romani AAR
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