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the Sonoran States

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This week, a little about the area that gave the game world its name: the Sonoran States.  They’re not really “states”.  They’re just a collection of villages and towns living on the raggedy edge inside North America’s hottest desert, the Sonora.  They’re self-interested bastards, ruthless and cruel.  If anyone ever manages to bring them together under a single banner, the rest of the continent will be in serious trouble.

the Sonoran States

This week I also want to shout out to some fine folks making awesome game-related content.

Dyson Logos, of Dyson’s Dodecahedron – he makes great maps and adventures.

Neal Litherland, who has two blogs:

  • Improved Initiative, a gaming related blog that addresses everything from character concepts to dungeon dressing
  • the Literary Mercenary, a blog for writers. It’s great advice for any story creating you might want to do.

and M Stephen Joy, @ http://mstephenjoy.com/  He draws maps of dungeons, towns, temples, ships – even star ships. You’ll also find the occasional cartoon or game resource like the Adventure Planner.

Check these guys out, and if you like their work consider supporting them on Patreon.

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North American Nations

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Two small posts this week.  The first is a quick overview of the different nations that have developed on the North American continent.  The second is an overview of the first of those, the West Coast States.

You can link to them here:

I hope you enjoy exploring the world of Sonora.

Have a great weekend!

~Jean, Journeyman Worldwalker

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History of Sonora

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As promised, a new world to explore.  Sonora was an RPG I developed for America OnLine’s chat rooms, based on a 2d6 system (because that’s what you could roll, in chat).  It became one of my favorite worlds, though we didn’t get to play it much.  It’s set post post-apocalypse, 1,000 years after humans were nearly wiped out.  It’s medieval in flavor, kinda swords and sorcery, but with the rare bit of broken technology to find.

You can read the full introduction here: Sonora

TL:DR version — World war, nukes, escaped virus, many dead, complete collapse of civilization.  Now humans are finally starting to emerge out of the dark ages. Welcome to Ellay!

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Rajani

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This week’s blog is an overview of the last area on the map of Devanand – Rajani.

You can read the full blog here: Rajani

On the other side of the globe is a whole other land, but for now this is the extent of the known world.

I thought I’d take a break from Devanand, and introduce you to Sonora next week.  It’s a post-post-apocalyptic setting that I used for a chat-based role-paying game many years ago.  It’s still one of my favorite settings.

Have a great weekend!

~Jean

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Devmani

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This week, the island of Devmani.  It has a temperate climate with it’s northern tip being at a latitude of about Paris, and it’s southern tip located at about Casablanca. Please note the “about”.  I suspect it’s a damn pretty place, with an interior forest like Germany’s Black Forest, and a southern coast like the Mediterranean.  Their ruler, Divyagana, doesn’t really care much what the people do as long as they don’t screw up the place.

Here you go: Devmani

 

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The Islands of Maraalika

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This week – an introduction to the rowdiest place in the hemisphere.  If you have a pirate/privateer campaign planned, this would be the place.  Tropical breezes.  Tropical storms.  Tropical drinks.  Little pink umbrellas (no, not really).  “Riotous” is the best word: colors, sights, sounds, animals and plants, weather, overlord dragons.

Maraalika Ho!

Have a great weekend!

 

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The beautiful photo this week is by Kevin Phillips.  http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=147290&picture=tropical-beach

Chirayu

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This week’s blog takes a look at the island of Chirayu.  It’s a little smaller than Australia.  Where Australia is like a baked potato, Chirayu is like a rumpled wizard’s hat, so although shore to shore it’s about the same length, it’s about a third smaller in square mileage. I haven’t parsed the math, so don’t hold me to that.

This is an equatorial/tropical island, and you can read all about it here: Chirayu

 

I’m still trying to get the site to do what I want: namely a banner, and a featured image.  If you have any suggestions on how to do that with this theme, or with another theme that has seriously nested menus, I’m listening.  🙂

Have a great weekend, and for those of you celebrating Easter, Happy Easter!

~Jean

 

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The Eastern Islands

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The islands east of Bhaskara are called the Tuta Hua Zamin – the Fractured Lands.  You could just as easily call them the fractious lands – the dragons and their people are lively, excitable, and often fighting each other.  If Bhaskara is a calm middle-class neighborhood, the Islands are a riotous bazaar.

Read more here: Tuta Hua Zamin

 

 

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Bhaskara

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The Continent of Bhaskara

This week, an overview of the continent of Bhaskara.  The place is big.  I mean, really big.  You don’t realize how big until you start comparing it to Terra.  It’s about the same size as the old U.S.S.R. – go look at a globe.  I need a math geek to help me parse the square mileage, and I’ll update the page with that information when I get it.  🙂

Read the full blog here: Bhaskara

Enjoy the post, and have a great weekend!

~Jean

 

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Tohafa

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This week is all about the Lord of Mohanshu: Tohafa.  He’s not a nice guy, but he’s not evil like Janesh or Bhay.  He just wants to know how things work, and he’s willing to pull them apart to find out.

You can read the full description here: Tohafa

I also found a discrepancy between the description of Pahara and the one of Bhay.  I made minor alterations to both pages to fix the discrepancy.  🙂

Next week I’ll write an overview of the continent of Bhaskara.  I’m also going to adjust the look of the website – the list of pages is getting unwieldy, and I want it to be easy to navigate.  I may go through several of the WordPress themes, trying to find one that works just right.  🙂  Please excuse the mess as we remodel.

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions – about either the content or the look/navigation of the site – please post them!  I’d love to hear from you.

Have a great weekend everyone, and I’ll see you next week.

~Jean

 

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