ERA III - Coming Summer 2024

[NOD]

ERA III, a Letters of Marque (like Sid Meier's Pirates) would be interesting!  

The Letters of Marque entitles the player to sail his pirates merchant ships into the settlements of the chosen nation undetected and without consequences.

[Ross Fisher]

12 hours ago, NOD said:

ERA III, a Letters of Marque (like Sid Meier's Pirates) would be interesting!

It's a nice idea, but it sounds like more bureaucracy. What we need is more building and storytelling opportunities, fewer barriers to entry, and quicker game turns. 

[Jeff of Clubs]

Next Challenge Coming May 17th!

[Fraunces]

13 hours ago, Jeff of Clubs said:

Next Challenge Coming May 17th!

Nice!

[Yperio_Bricks]

I feel like a necromancer Any news about the game?

[LM71Blackbird]

5 hours ago, Yperio_Bricks said:

I feel like a necromancer Any news about the game?

Lol. Work has slowed, but not stopped. Summer has turned rather busy for most of us. Rest assured, stuff is happening in the background!

[Yperio_Bricks]

Are there any news you can share with the players?

Duck and away

[Kai NRG]

I saw a beautiful first draft of the map the other day from the cartography team, so something is happening 

[Ross Fisher]

Time for another Transition Challenge? 

Build your Sig's Lair/Office/Chambers/Cabin/Tent?

Edited September 9, 2024 by Ross Fisher

[Khorne]

On 9/9/2024 at 9:50 PM, Ross Fisher said:

Build your Sig's Lair/Office/Chambers/Cabin/Tent?

Something to wrap up (or just a wrap-up of) the El Oleonda conflict would also be nice to smoothly sail into Era III.

[Bricksbypidy]

Another TC should be nice! It will keep us motivated... 

[NOD]

I am also for a Transitional Challenge III.   This is fun and a good bridge until ERA III is released. How about a Christmas Merrymas competition?

[Ross Fisher]

7 hours ago, NOD said:

How about a Christmas Merrymas competition?

Bit early for that, but aren't we owed a BOTBS Soccer Tournament?

[Vliebricker]

I must say, Evancelt, they all are briljant pieces of art.......😉👍

[Ross Fisher]

Hello October! When do we think BOBS will be bobbing again? Let's start a sweepstake!

[merc]

I second this!

[Yperio_Bricks]

It will be soon be one year since the tweaking of the rules has started. Or maybe even longer? Is the game more alive than dead at this point?

[LoganOfBrickener]

I'm thinking December, it would make a lovely Christmas present.

11 hours ago, Ross Fisher said:

Hello October! When do we think BOBS will be bobbing again? Let's start a sweepstake!

 

[Fraunces]

 

22 hours ago, Yperio_Bricks said:

even longer

 I have started a big project in the time waiting... Will for sure be a fun MOC to start ERA3 for me, but because there is no deadline , the end is not yet in sight, it makes me a lazy builder    

[Jeff of Clubs]

Hey gang. Sorry I haven't wrapped up TC II yet. I've been dealing with some problems in the real space. I hope to have the winners announced by Saturday.

Here is an update on E3's developement;

When the initial deadline of summer '24 was laid down, E3 looked more like a 'passing of the torch' to new game operators. A 'simple' transfer of files and paperwork. This, however, became a bit of an issue as the nature of the decade old forms and records prooved pretty substantial. The biggest concern then became how to keep Era 3 from ballooning in scope as E2 did for the sake of game management.

After some lusty discussion, it was decided that two things were of import

1: Automating most of the gameplay through an interactive map to speed up gameplay and create a more fluid gameplay experiance

2: Reduce the scale of the game itself, by turning BoBS into a single character driven RPG at its core. Shifting away from Empire building to story driven adventures. 

However, this meant that developement was going to take longer than originally envisioned but we at the court dropped the ball on keeping the community updated on this fact and for that I apologize to no end. 

I will give you all a more nuanced overview of E3's form and system shortly.

As to TC3, I'd like to see it start later and there are some insights from TC2 I'd like time to consider first.

That said, I see no reason not to continue the legacy of a football tournament or Octoberfest.

[Capt Wolf]

8 minutes ago, Jeff of Clubs said:

I see no reason not to continue the legacy of a football tournament or Octoberfest.

I have to admit I forgot all about Octoberfest this year. I'd love to see everyone post an Octoberfest build for their own settlements, rather than in one central host city. If anyone wants to start a thread to collect them in one place, that would be great. 

And if there's a football tournament, the Weelond Regimentals will be there! 

[Ross Fisher]

1 hour ago, Jeff of Clubs said:

I will give you all a more nuanced overview of E3's form and system shortly.

As to TC3, I'd like to see it start later and there are some insights from TC2 I'd like time to consider first.

You're a man of vision @Jeff of Clubs. We all recognise that. I only wish I could somehow give you some of my spare time. We look forward to the big reveal as and when it happens. 

[merc]

On 10/10/2024 at 9:57 AM, Jeff of Clubs said:

Reduce the scale of the game itself, by turning BoBS into a single character driven RPG at its core. Shifting away from Empire building to story driven adventures.

Are you able to elaborate more on this? Like are there no factions anymore? Are players creating their own faction or able to create their own faction. 

[Kai NRG]

On 10/13/2024 at 8:01 AM, merc said:

Are you able to elaborate more on this? Like are there no factions anymore? Are players creating their own faction or able to create their own faction. 

Right, we'll keep the factions as back story (i.e. your character, shipwrecked on the new map, may have been from one of the current factions), but players will be free to group themselves totally independently and create alliances on their own.

Our hope is to make piracy/privateering more a focus of the game for more entertaining MRCAs.

[evancelt]

Just now, Kai NRG said:

Right, we'll keep the factions as back story (i.e. your character, shipwrecked on the new map, may have been from one of the current factions), but players will be free to group themselves totally independently and create alliances on their own.

Our hope is to make piracy/privateering more a focus of the game for more entertaining MRCAs.

That said, plenty of "faction" still around for the people who enjoy that stuff. I for one plan on keeping the glory of Corrington alive