June 12, 2005

Game IRE #22: Changing Hands

Lord, has it been several weeks since my last IRE?

Time to change that, then!

Today marks the 340th anniversary of the reincorporation of New Amsterdam by the English into the colony of New York. Its an important and momentous occasion, a turning point not only in the development of New York, but America in general. ((L.E. Modesitt Jr. Ghost books, as a divergence, have a Dutch-dominated New York and New England surviving British attempts at incorporation).

So, the handover of a valuable colony or country between rivals...and the people in the colony caught in the crossfire...

Me, if I wanted to use Amber for this, what better place to use than Eregnor. Eregnor has been described as the Alsace-Lorraine between the shadows of Kashfa and Begma. A sore point for time immemorial, Dalt got his start there.

Random, sick of the wrangling between the two shadows, finally decides he has an offer for Kashfa that Rinaldo I can't refuse: Golden Circle treaty status. The catch? Kashfa has to cede much of Eregnor to Begma.

And the PC's job? Help sell this--to the Court of the Salesman King, to the Begmans who undoubtedly would hate to have their rivals in the Golden Circle too, and to the people caught in the firing line. Send the PCs into Eregnor itself, and have Dalt show up to meddle and cause trouble...and the PCs will *never* see politics in the same way again.

Posted by Jvstin at June 12, 2005 9:35 PM
Comments

Ya, that's a good one.

Posted by: Arref at June 13, 2005 11:47 AM

It's a good one, but hasn't the whole Eregnor situation been done to death?

Maybe Amber should try to incorporate a Rebman colony. :-)

Posted by: JP at June 13, 2005 3:59 PM

Eregnor politics is definitely in the details. You have to admit with Amber genre that there isn't much that hasn't been "done over" while almost nothing is "done to death" until the collective 'we' run out of imagination.

Well, maybe "Brand is back."
:)

Posted by: Arref at June 17, 2005 12:12 PM