vcczar Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 I probably won't start working on this until AMPU is in early release, but here's an image of the game from when I was initially making it as a board game: @MrPotatoTed @ConservativeElector2 and anyone else that might be interested. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ich_bin_Tyler Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Is the goal of the game to hire playwrights, actors, and stagehands to perform the plays to score points, which are measured in popularity? If I had to guess the iconography, then Shakespeare costs 30£ to hire, provides 1 skill point to productions, generates no additional star power, can create 7 plays which have to be of skill value 4+ for performing. I love historical games like this, so count me intrigued. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_W Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 I was really hoping your victorian political game was next on the agenda, but this looks interesting too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted April 1, 2022 Author Share Posted April 1, 2022 5 minutes ago, Mark_W said: I was really hoping your victorian political game was next on the agenda, but this looks interesting too. This one is the closest to finished. I want to take a break from politics. If I keep making games, I'll probably alternate between politicians and non-politics. Except for AMPU 2, I don't plan to make any more massive games. It's been quite a sacrifice of time. The Victorian political game is probably the first up among the political games. The rival is a Napoleon-based political game, which would focus on politics as much as military. The issue with both of these, is that they will require a lot of research, and I won't go into the projects with the same mental reservoir I have for US politics. The great thing about the Shakespeare game is that it is theoretically ready for playtesting a month from whenever I get back to it. After AMPU or after the Shakespeare game, I might take a break, unless it is clear I can make a living off making games. In which case, I can probably multitask making several at once, so long as they aren't as massive as AMPU. 13 minutes ago, Ich_bin_Tyler said: Is the goal of the game to hire playwrights, actors, and stagehands to perform the plays to score points, which are measured in popularity? If I had to guess the iconography, then Shakespeare costs 30£ to hire, provides 1 skill point to productions, generates no additional star power, can create 7 plays which have to be of skill value 4+ for performing. I love historical games like this, so count me intrigued. You play the part of a theatre impresario. You buy/sell theatres, buy/sell play manuscripts, buy/sell texts that inspire plays, hire/fire playwrights, hire/fire actors, and you attempt to outcompete other impresarios. I actually don't remember off hand what all those values are. It's been 3 years since I touched the game. The 1 skill is his acting ability. He's not great. The 7 is his creative ability. The star is his prestige. That can go up as he gains fame. The money is his base cost, which increases with prestige. Poet means he can handle certain events. I think that's how I have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted April 1, 2022 Author Share Posted April 1, 2022 Actually, it's been 4 years since I touched this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 2 hours ago, vcczar said: I probably won't start working on this until AMPU is in early release, but here's an image of the game from when I was initially making it as a board game: @MrPotatoTed @ConservativeElector2 and anyone else that might be interested. The show I'm in right now ("Something Rotten") is about two playwrights trying to make a living during the Era of Shakespeare. One of the playwrights in particular is extremely pissed off that everyone loves Shakespeare so much. Very funny show. I play Thomas Nostradamus (nephew of "the" Nostradamus). They pay me to look into the future and see what audiences will line up around the block to see -- so I look into the future and discover musicals -- something that doesn't exist in their era. So they decide to write the first musical...but can't decide what it will be about, so they pay me to look into the future again and see what Shakespeare's greatest play will be. I see "Hamlet", which he hasn't written yet -- but I'm apparently not a great reader, so I think the name of his play is "Omelette." So the two guys end up writing the first ever musical -- about eggs. Ha. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortKing Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 3 minutes ago, MrPotatoTed said: The show I'm in right now ("Something Rotten") is about two playwrights trying to make a living during the Era of Shakespeare. One of the playwrights in particular is extremely pissed off that everyone loves Shakespeare so much. Very funny show. I play Thomas Nostradamus (nephew of "the" Nostradamus). They pay me to look into the future and see what audiences will line up around the block to see -- so I look into the future and discover musicals -- something that doesn't exist in their era. So they decide to write the first musical...but can't decide what it will be about, so they pay me to look into the future again and see what Shakespeare's greatest play will be. I see "Hamlet", which he hasn't written yet -- but I'm apparently not a great reader, so I think the name of his play is "Omelette." So the two guys end up writing the first ever musical -- about eggs. Ha. I really like that show, they have a really fun score, I love "God, I Hate Shakespeare" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted April 1, 2022 Author Share Posted April 1, 2022 There's 74 total people in the game -- Patrons, Theatre owners, actors, and playwrights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 Summed up the total abilities of the figures in this game. Will likely change when I get to working on this: Name Over Ben Jonson 66 William Shakespeare 58 Thomas Heywood 51 Thomas Middleton 49 George Chapman 34 John Lyly 34 Thomas Dekker 34 Thomas Nashe 34 John Marston 33 Christopher Marlowe 31 George Peele 30 Anthony Munday 29 Thomas Lodge 26 Robert Greene 24 Samuel Daniel 23 Henry Chettle 21 John Webster 20 Robert Wilson 20 Richard Tarlton 19 Samuel Rowley 19 Earl of Oxford 16 Thomas Kyd 16 Michael Drayton 15 Edward Alleyn 14 John Lowin 14 Richard Hathwaye 14 Robert Armin 14 William Haughton 14 Henry Porter 13 Richard Burbage 13 Wentworth Smith 12 William Bird 11 William Kempe 11 William Knell 10 Christopher Beeston 9 John Shank 9 Robert Yarington 9 Thomas Greene 9 Edward Juby 8 John Heminges 8 Gabriel Spenser 7 John Singer 7 Philip Henslowe 7 Charles Massey 6 John Bentley 6 King James 6 Martin Slater 6 Queen Elizabeth 6 Robert Browne 6 Thomas Downton 6 Thomas Pope 6 Thomas Towne 6 Cuthbert Burbage 5 George Bryan 5 Henry Condell 5 Richard Jones 5 Robert Shaw 5 Augustine Phillips 4 Francis Langley 4 James Tunstall 4 Robert Goughe 4 William Cartwright the Elder 4 Antony Jeffes 3 Earl of Leceister 3 John Sinckler 3 Nicholas Tooley 3 Richard Cowley 3 Robert Pallant the Elder 3 William Sly 3 Alexander Cook 2 Earl of Pembroke 2 Earl of Sussex 2 Earl of Warwick 2 Earl of Worcester 2 Edmund Shakespeare 2 Humphrey Jeffes 2 James Sand 2 John Duke 2 John Pigge 2 Lawrence Dutton 2 Richard Allen 2 Samuel Crosse 2 Samuel Gilburne 2 Solomon Pavy 2 Henry Lanman 1 Jacob Meade 1 Lord Admiral 1 Lord Chamberlain 1 Lord Strange 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share Posted April 4, 2022 This game is going to go from c. 1585-c.1642. Basically from the formation of the London playing companies to when the Puritans shut down the theatres. My original game ended at the death of Queen Elizabeth in c. 1603. I can expand this since I now intend to move it from boardgame to PC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timur Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 On 4/3/2022 at 9:03 AM, vcczar said: Summed up the total abilities of the figures in this game. Will likely change when I get to working on this: Name Over Ben Jonson 66 William Shakespeare 58 Thomas Heywood 51 Thomas Middleton 49 George Chapman 34 John Lyly 34 Thomas Dekker 34 Thomas Nashe 34 John Marston 33 Christopher Marlowe 31 George Peele 30 Anthony Munday 29 Thomas Lodge 26 Robert Greene 24 Samuel Daniel 23 Henry Chettle 21 John Webster 20 Robert Wilson 20 Richard Tarlton 19 Samuel Rowley 19 Earl of Oxford 16 Thomas Kyd 16 Michael Drayton 15 Edward Alleyn 14 John Lowin 14 Richard Hathwaye 14 Robert Armin 14 William Haughton 14 Henry Porter 13 Richard Burbage 13 Wentworth Smith 12 William Bird 11 William Kempe 11 William Knell 10 Christopher Beeston 9 John Shank 9 Robert Yarington 9 Thomas Greene 9 Edward Juby 8 John Heminges 8 Gabriel Spenser 7 John Singer 7 Philip Henslowe 7 Charles Massey 6 John Bentley 6 King James 6 Martin Slater 6 Queen Elizabeth 6 Robert Browne 6 Thomas Downton 6 Thomas Pope 6 Thomas Towne 6 Cuthbert Burbage 5 George Bryan 5 Henry Condell 5 Richard Jones 5 Robert Shaw 5 Augustine Phillips 4 Francis Langley 4 James Tunstall 4 Robert Goughe 4 William Cartwright the Elder 4 Antony Jeffes 3 Earl of Leceister 3 John Sinckler 3 Nicholas Tooley 3 Richard Cowley 3 Robert Pallant the Elder 3 William Sly 3 Alexander Cook 2 Earl of Pembroke 2 Earl of Sussex 2 Earl of Warwick 2 Earl of Worcester 2 Edmund Shakespeare 2 Humphrey Jeffes 2 James Sand 2 John Duke 2 John Pigge 2 Lawrence Dutton 2 Richard Allen 2 Samuel Crosse 2 Samuel Gilburne 2 Solomon Pavy 2 Henry Lanman 1 Jacob Meade 1 Lord Admiral 1 Lord Chamberlain 1 Lord Strange 1 You could add John Day and Philip Massinger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted April 11, 2022 Author Share Posted April 11, 2022 Just now, Timur said: You could add John Day and Philip Massinger. Yeah, they've been added since this post. I expanded the game to the 1642 closing of the theatres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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