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Washington Naval Treaty [Megagame]
Thomamelas
Only one man can kill this many Russians. Bring his guitar to me! Registered User regular
Only one man can kill this many Russians. Bring his guitar to me! Registered User regular
In November of 1921, nine countries gather together in hopes of preventing a naval arms race. The goal of the treaty was to fix the size of the each participant's navy by total ships and provide weight limits for each ship class based on tonnage. It was hoped that this would provide a stable equilibrium to keep tensions between countries from rising. As well as military concerns, there were political ones as well. Tensions between the US and the UK based on the UK's Naval Treaty with Japan. What would happen to China? Should the Soviets be included as a power in the Pacific? How would Japan react to be included among the major naval powers? What Naval bases would be allowed to be built? What impact would those Naval bases have on trade?
Teams will be assembled to represent Great Britain, China, the US, Italy, France, Japan and the Press. Each team will have a head delegate with the exception of the Press. Then at least one political delegate and one military delegate with the exception of China who doesn't get a military delegate and the Press who may if they so chose nominate a bartender. There will be two umpires. Myself and Elldren. Elldren will be acting as the Home Office of each country as well as lesser powers or other countries roped into this. I will be acting as political and military umpire. If there are questions about facts or doctrines that would be known to you, I will answer those questions. Each team will have a PM thread created for it. Included in the each PM will be Elldren and myself. We will then have a main thread. This thread will include Plenary sessions. Committee of the Whole for military and political groups. Subcommittee sessions for those various groups. If needed, subcommittee sessions can be moved to PM if there is a need to exclude the press. The Press will post in the same thread.
Each post in the thread should start with with the exception of the press:
Kind of Meeting you're making the statement to: subcommittee, committee of the whole, plenary
Who you are:
What country you are with:
For the Press:
Headline
Byline
Informal meetings will occur via PM. These do not require an umpire.
We will be using the free rules and materials provided by Megagame Makers UK.
Players Handbook
I will provide briefing materials for countries after the teams are formed. This thread will represent OOC commentary, sign ups and out of game things. When the game starts, I will provide the thread for meetings. I will be forming teams randomly. I will be using critical for that. Critical is famed for being programmed to emulate the humor of a five year old. With very, very few exceptions all roles will be assigned randomly. If you hate the French and end up as one, just remember there is a computer program emulating a snicker at your frustration. Roll with it.
One thing to note. You all are going to be representing professional diplomats and military professionals. Some of your fellow players may be playing shitheads. It's a game. Don't take it personally. Note that beyond the silly goose rule, professional diplomats just don't publicly call each other shitheads no matter how much a statement of fact it may be.
Every three days shall represent one week. You will be expected to follow a moderately high level of posting. If this is a problem, then this may not be a game for you. Feel free to take on the role of the public and post in the OOC thread like the article reading public will see. If there are further questions, feel free to post in this thread.
Teams will be assembled to represent Great Britain, China, the US, Italy, France, Japan and the Press. Each team will have a head delegate with the exception of the Press. Then at least one political delegate and one military delegate with the exception of China who doesn't get a military delegate and the Press who may if they so chose nominate a bartender. There will be two umpires. Myself and Elldren. Elldren will be acting as the Home Office of each country as well as lesser powers or other countries roped into this. I will be acting as political and military umpire. If there are questions about facts or doctrines that would be known to you, I will answer those questions. Each team will have a PM thread created for it. Included in the each PM will be Elldren and myself. We will then have a main thread. This thread will include Plenary sessions. Committee of the Whole for military and political groups. Subcommittee sessions for those various groups. If needed, subcommittee sessions can be moved to PM if there is a need to exclude the press. The Press will post in the same thread.
Each post in the thread should start with with the exception of the press:
Kind of Meeting you're making the statement to: subcommittee, committee of the whole, plenary
Who you are:
What country you are with:
For the Press:
Headline
Byline
Informal meetings will occur via PM. These do not require an umpire.
We will be using the free rules and materials provided by Megagame Makers UK.
Players Handbook
I will provide briefing materials for countries after the teams are formed. This thread will represent OOC commentary, sign ups and out of game things. When the game starts, I will provide the thread for meetings. I will be forming teams randomly. I will be using critical for that. Critical is famed for being programmed to emulate the humor of a five year old. With very, very few exceptions all roles will be assigned randomly. If you hate the French and end up as one, just remember there is a computer program emulating a snicker at your frustration. Roll with it.
One thing to note. You all are going to be representing professional diplomats and military professionals. Some of your fellow players may be playing shitheads. It's a game. Don't take it personally. Note that beyond the silly goose rule, professional diplomats just don't publicly call each other shitheads no matter how much a statement of fact it may be.
Every three days shall represent one week. You will be expected to follow a moderately high level of posting. If this is a problem, then this may not be a game for you. Feel free to take on the role of the public and post in the OOC thread like the article reading public will see. If there are further questions, feel free to post in this thread.
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I'm kind of curious to see how it will run as well.
I am intrigued.
If you're wondering more about megagames, SU&SD played one and have recorded their thoughts on it.
Me too. I am an interested party but without the spare brain resources to devote.
Sure. I'm in.
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I dunno, maybe angry letter writer to one of the press? :rotate: