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King of the Romans, or KotR, is the largest and longest-running play-by-email (PBM) offered on the .Org. Incepted in January 2007, it chronicles an M2TW Holy Roman Empire campaign through the eyes of its Electors. It is located in the Throne Room.

How it is played

Players take control of one in-game avatar, known as an Elector. In all in-game threads they are to role-play that Elector and base their opinion of events on how that Elector sees it.

Most of the game itself is controlled by the Chancellor, one player whom everyone elects every ten game turns. The Chancellor controls buildings and movement of armies, however, he does not fight every battle; only his own. Whenever a non-Chancellor avatar has a battle the Chancellor is obligated to upload the savegame using the .Org Uploader, post it for all to see, and wait for that player to fight his battle.

Once all avatars have fought their battles for a specific turn, the Chancellor resumes control of the savegame and continues playing.

Houses

Every character's avatar belongs to one of the four Noble Houses, or Duchies, in the game: Franconia, whose sphere of influence is generally the North; Swabia, the West; Bavaria, the South; or Austria, the East. They predominantly gain ranks and voting influence through their House and their Duke.

In addition, they can also belong to the Kingdom of Outremer, an Imperial province consisting of six territories located in the Levant. Outremer is headed by the King of Outremer, a position appointed by the Kaiser (Holy Roman Emperor).

Diet Sessions

Every ten game turns (twenty game years), players meet in the Imperial Diet to discuss the state of the Reich, vote on Edicts and Charter Amendments, and elect a Chancellor for the next twenty turns. It is through the Diet where everyone can guide the PBM in a direction that they wish. The Diet remains open even when it is not in session; however, there is rarely official business to be discussed and is primarily a sounding board in these times.

Current players

The current participants in KotR and their present characters are the following:

• econ21, organizer of the PBM - Welf von Luxembourg, Swabia
• TinCow - Duke Lothar Steffen, Bavaria
• OverKnight - Matthias Steffen, Bavaria
• GeneralHankerchief - Herrmann Steffen, Bavaria
• Ignoramus - Maxmillian von Hapsburg, Austria
• Dutch_guy - Tancred von Tyrolia, Franconia
• Stuperman - Fredericus Erlach, Bavaria
• Warmaster Horus - Friedrich Karolinger, Bavaria
• AussieGiant - Duke Arnold, Austria
• Cecil XIX - Edmund Becker, Austria
• Northnovas - Johann Zirn, Austria
• gibsonsg91921 - Emperor Peter von Kastilien (nee Franconia)
• Privateerkev - Dieter von Essen, Austria
• Elite Ferret - Dieter Bresch, Franconia
• Mini Econ - Dieter von Kassel, Franconia
• FactionHeir - Erhart Ruppel, Swabia
• Warluster - Duke Athalwolf von Salza, Swabia
• RoadKill - Lorenz Zirn, Austria
• Zim - Andreas von Salzgitter, Swabia
• deguerra - Ludwig von Böhmen, Swabia
• Ramses II CP - Fritz von Kastilien, Franconia
• FLYdude - Lukas Godwinson, Franconia
• Tristan de Castelreng - Hugo de Cervole, Swabia

Former players

The following is a partial list of those who are no longer involved in KotR for whatever reason:

• Tamur - Fritz von Kastilien, Franconia
• Lucjan - Duke Dietrich von Saxony
• Kagemusha - Duke Dietrich von Saxony, Jonas von Mahren, Helmut von Hamburg
• Ichigo
• IvarrWolfsong - Peter Scherer
• Xdeathfire - Friedrich Scherer
• Ituralde - Emperor Siegfried von Kastilien, Duke Leopold
• Stig - Duke Ansehelm von Kastilien

Characters

See also: List of King of the Romans characters

Related Articles

Swabian Civil War

External links

Throne Room
A History of the Holy Roman Empire (game chronicle)