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Welcome to Conquer the Savage Stars, a game of scifi steampunk Lexicon 2.0.
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So, moving on?
Alrighty, so it's been several weeks since anyone last updated this page (which, to me, is very irritating) and I think we should just stop waiting for people to join and continue with the game, that is, if everyone still is interested. ::Looks Hopeful:: Soooo, ... ???
!! Clarification !!
There appears to be some confusion about the rules, specifically regarding creating new phantoms. Allow me to clarify.
While you get credit for up to five citation links in your article, you may only create one new phantom each round. The rest can be citation links to articles that already exist or phantoms that have already been created. Some people have been having trouble with this and we're getting articles with two or more new phantoms. If you're guilty of this, no problem; please just edit your article to remove the citation links or change them to something that isn't a new phantom.
This does make the first round a bit awkward since it at first appears you only have room for one citation link, but that is not so. You may link to other articles people have already created for letter A, or for other phantoms people have created in those articles.
Oh, and the easiest way to sign your name is to use four tildes in a row. Typing "~~~~" becomes "Librarian Tacitus XI 09:37, 9 February 2009 (PST)"
Theme
Sometime in the mid to late 1700s, history took a turn just as the industrial revolution was beginning. For whatever reasons, this newfangled "electricity" phenomenon never caught on as being particularly useful except for a few isolated cases. Instead, the technologies of steam power and clockwork advanced to the cutting edge, defining what is state of the art. The inventions of Edison, Tesla, and Faraday fell by the wayside as those geniuses concentrated on concepts considered to be more practical. Others like James Watt and Dr. Robert Stirling lead the new frontier of technology.
Now it is the year 2283, five hundred years later. Five hundred years of history different from what we know. War and peace, people and machine alike are all very different from our electronic universe. Manned ships sail to distant stars, and at their hearts are nuclear boilers producing tremendous quantities of steam. It is a world conceived of by the likes of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells, and then taken far beyond.
It has fallen on us, a group of scholars known as the Caecum Collegium, to compile a general encyclopedia of our world. The people in it, the nations and places, science and religion. All realms of knowledge are to be included to the best of our abilities and the extent of our expertise.
Players
New players can sign up an account on the wiki to start playing. A note on usernames: while the game of Lexicon does not have "characters" in the usual roleplaying sense, it is recommended that players choose a username that fits the theme of the game, such as something befitting a scholar or historian (i.e.: Librarian Tacitus XI, Dr. Emiline Peabody, Professor Gustenbach, etc.).
Please review the rules before playing. You may wish to keep an eye on the rules discussion page, since we might have to make adjustments to the rules during play. Any major rules changes will be announced here on the main page.
Read up on some of the inspiration material to get a feel for the setting!
Use the Wikipedia cheatsheet for help formatting your articles.
