Quote Originally Posted by AussieGiant View Post
I voted for Stewards.

If people don't want to role-play the family tree then we have a problem.

It can be and was one of the underpinning aspects to the Diet sessions and houses in KotR's.

How anyone can say so is beyond me.

We have and do place importance on the Prince and King in the game. The direct descendence of those people are the families and their on going relationships.

Gentlemen, I strongly suggest everyone realises that this is the case.

Off the top of my head, Romeo and Juliet, Plantagenant, The Houses and their family ties are and should can be our main story line.

No recognising that worries me.

If people want free form, then lets play: Last of the Space Empires or something.

Not something with so much resource material you can study it at university for 4 years and still not get through it all.
I actually think LotR had MORE of an emphasis on family tree relationships, despite being 'free form.' In KotR, family relationships meant relatively little after the first term or two. After that point, it was all about Duchy politics, most of which had little to do with relationships and everything to do with usual inter-House political struggles. In contrast, LotR was riddled with the Komnenoi-Tagaris feud. Those two families aligned against each other early on and their rivalries were pretty much the main plotline from the middle of the game until the end. Who was born to who and who was married to who played a big part in determining the allies of those two clans.