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Ragnarok, in the super-brief form, is a proposed interactive/linear weekly game to run in Cambridge at some point. Not to be confused with the upcoming Oxford Society Game of Ragnarok, or Projekt: Ragnarok. This idea is Tea's fault.


Arise, heroes of men. For Ošinn All-Father gathers you to his hall, to quest and learn and to grow in strength and knowledge in preparation for Ragnarok, the end of days and doom of Gods. Seer and Hunter, Warrior and Poet and grim Berserk, all of worth are being gathered now into Valhalla.


The pitch: Ragnarok is a one-year high fantasy LRP set in a mythic Scandinavia. Or more accurately, set in the afterlife of this. Players take the role of heroes, poets, or other such notable figures, who have died and been brought to Valhalla, where interactives are held. Various adventures and quests will be constantly taking place, some of which will be run in uptime as linears, some of which instead feature as downtimes.

The plot will be heavily based on Norse mythology, particularly focused on stuff drawn from the Eddas and so on. It will lead up to Ragnarok being run as the '3YGB', with players having the opportunity to affect major events (like the end of the world) but not avert them. Having a good working knowledge of Norse myth is likely helpful for plot prediction, but this is fine---the sources being used will exist IC in the game world.

The game will be run with a relatively simple global hits system. There will probably be progression. As the game is set in the afterlife, it is not necessarily going to be particularly realistic - injury will likely be relatively temporary, and abilities may explicitly refresh faster if they're being used awesomely. This is not intended to be a high PVP game---players are all working for Ošinn, and actually dying will be quite difficult due to already being dead. The odd option for playing Giant-cultists or other forms of traitor might exist, but this will not be standard.

It will probably be class-based, without multiclassing, and feature progression. Classes are going to be iconic archetypes of various forms: my current shortlist includes Warrior, Hunter, Berserker, Poet, and Seer. It will feature various forms of magic, but probably no point and click effects. Players will not be able to play Ęsir, Vanir, dwarves, giants, or anything much along those lines, but may be able to acquire powers that aren't hugely available to standard humans.

In short, it's a game where you play mighty heroes fighting for the gods to prevent the world from being destroyed in the upcoming apocalypse.


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