I had so much fun! Here's my solo map (done with inkarnate):
Shimmering Guards: Lizardfolk with shiny, yellow skin due to abundant Golden Fish consumption. When their fort was destroyed, the general public accused Jark (pictured on the left, going back home after a hearty meal); however, a thorough investigation led by the government officials found the halflings guilty. They subsequently waged war for Sanditon, a small settlement of the Halfling Confederacy as a "proportionate response". This was a smashing success for the lizardfolk, who prospered with their newly-found Scorching Sand.
Lebensfel: Giants who rely on and venerate extremely sturdy Dark Birch to construct their cities. They would immediately replant any tree they had to cut down. When the Shimmering Guards straight up massacred the Birch to connect cities (with a handy market in the middle), many Lebensfel giants demanded vengeance. Instead, the royal family erected a beautiful mausoleum for the fallen (trees). This somehow led to a rebellion.
The Unyielding League: Giants who left Lebensfel to found their own faction and take revenge on the Shimmering Guards. They couldn't do much for a while; but in the end, a mysterious allience with an undisclosed society helped them get rid of the lizardfolk in the continent. There are reports that they are now building ships...
I did a solo game and I found the world-building experience to be very enjoyable! Here's a map of my solo game:
This game saw the Bassicons (a civilization starting in Mouthico, a settlement on the river mouth of a lake) rise as a power stretching from Rivola (a farming town) to Necow (a former necromancy tower that harvested cow steel, a made-up alloy that is analogous to pig iron, for their skeleton raiders until being conquered in a decisive battle). However, soon the empire fell after a rebellion causing the Reefic Republic to gain independence, and their homeland settlements started to fall to disasters and attacks from the Lumbarvi (Elves harvesting burnwood, which has a melting point higher than man-made fires).
The Capital fell because of disaster if I recall correctly. The first settlement that fell was the Burnsilica due to a monstrous fire (the monks there went too far with their study of fire). Then the empire had the rebellion from the Reefic Republic. Before the capital fell, Rivola was destroyed by a hostile invasion from the elves.
The destruction of Mouthico was the final roll I did for the game (as it was the 2nd roll for the last age), so when it happened I simply left the map the way it was. I found my world to be a grand story of the rise and fall of a multi-island empire, and the fall of Mouthico was the perfect end to that story in my opinion.
Small error on the 1.1 Island Table: rolling a 5 is listed as a second "2". Seems really fun from watching the stream! I'm currently playing around with it singleplayer.
First off, love the idea for this game. Looks like a lot of fun solo and in a group. I'll see if a few of my friends are interested in trying it out with me. And on the tidying up front, I found a typo (I thought it was two but now I can only find the one ^^' ). On page 10 at the bottom by "12" there is an L in "Expands" that doesn't belong. ;)
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Im slightly confused on where each era ends, i might just be dumb and not see it, or it could be based on your imagination i guess?
I had so much fun! Here's my solo map (done with inkarnate):
Shimmering Guards: Lizardfolk with shiny, yellow skin due to abundant Golden Fish consumption. When their fort was destroyed, the general public accused Jark (pictured on the left, going back home after a hearty meal); however, a thorough investigation led by the government officials found the halflings guilty. They subsequently waged war for Sanditon, a small settlement of the Halfling Confederacy as a "proportionate response". This was a smashing success for the lizardfolk, who prospered with their newly-found Scorching Sand.
Lebensfel: Giants who rely on and venerate extremely sturdy Dark Birch to construct their cities. They would immediately replant any tree they had to cut down. When the Shimmering Guards straight up massacred the Birch to connect cities (with a handy market in the middle), many Lebensfel giants demanded vengeance. Instead, the royal family erected a beautiful mausoleum for the fallen (trees). This somehow led to a rebellion.
The Unyielding League: Giants who left Lebensfel to found their own faction and take revenge on the Shimmering Guards. They couldn't do much for a while; but in the end, a mysterious allience with an undisclosed society helped them get rid of the lizardfolk in the continent. There are reports that they are now building ships...
Wow! That’s a great looking map 😀
I did a solo game and I found the world-building experience to be very enjoyable! Here's a map of my solo game:
This game saw the Bassicons (a civilization starting in Mouthico, a settlement on the river mouth of a lake) rise as a power stretching from Rivola (a farming town) to Necow (a former necromancy tower that harvested cow steel, a made-up alloy that is analogous to pig iron, for their skeleton raiders until being conquered in a decisive battle). However, soon the empire fell after a rebellion causing the Reefic Republic to gain independence, and their homeland settlements started to fall to disasters and attacks from the Lumbarvi (Elves harvesting burnwood, which has a melting point higher than man-made fires).
I’ve played through many games but never managed to get an empire fully killed off. What was the final roll that burned the capital?
The Capital fell because of disaster if I recall correctly. The first settlement that fell was the Burnsilica due to a monstrous fire (the monks there went too far with their study of fire). Then the empire had the rebellion from the Reefic Republic. Before the capital fell, Rivola was destroyed by a hostile invasion from the elves.
The destruction of Mouthico was the final roll I did for the game (as it was the 2nd roll for the last age), so when it happened I simply left the map the way it was. I found my world to be a grand story of the rise and fall of a multi-island empire, and the fall of Mouthico was the perfect end to that story in my opinion.
And besides, losing is fun!
This looks like it could be fun to use with Microscope. Use Mappa Imperium to design the world, use Microscope to do the history.
Small error on the 1.1 Island Table: rolling a 5 is listed as a second "2". Seems really fun from watching the stream! I'm currently playing around with it singleplayer.
ah, good catch. I’ve been working on tidying up a few other spots as well, I’ll get an update posted shortly.
First off, love the idea for this game. Looks like a lot of fun solo and in a group. I'll see if a few of my friends are interested in trying it out with me.
And on the tidying up front, I found a typo (I thought it was two but now I can only find the one ^^' ). On page 10 at the bottom by "12" there is an L in "Expands" that doesn't belong. ;)
fixed! thank you
Ooh, looks nice. I'll be sure to use this in making some maps for my D&D campaigns.
I think it'd work great for d&d campaigns. Possibly done along with your players to help get them invested into the world.
Hey, dude, like your game. Want to test it with forum text-only format.
If you do send a picture, I'd like to see that. You can share it here or #mappaimperium on twitter