Word Association Forum Game for the Royces

[House Dustin]

Just type in the first word that comes to mind.

I'll start:

Hat

[mel]

Wow, thats the best strategy ever!
Perhaps you should go more into detail, so I can fully grasp your idea......

[mel]

But honestly, it think we should think about something.
At least the others won't expect us to do anything "realmshaking"...............

[House Dustin]

Hehehe, well, when i say hat... then you read it and type in the first thing that comes to mind.

Such as top, or hair, or derby. or something.

We can work on something if you'd like though, Rhodri is the opposite of a realmshaker. His main goal is to keep the realm whole for when the Others come (and please note that we're socked in by snow in the Vale now).

[mel]

It was to early for my still slightly drunken head to think about hats.

And I've noted the snow (there will be more and other things in the North soon as well). Which is the reason why I want Laren out of the Vale.
What about Scot? Do you want him to leave too. If, I could get lost in a snow storm on the road or someting and end up in Tedmyn's down.

[House Dustin]

That'd be really lost! Tedmyn's Down is in the far NW of the Vale.

I had thought to get him some lessons from his daddy and Roland's mentor before leaving, and also get him a "kill" on a Clansman. I will write up a couple of secnarios over the next couple of days and then conspire to get him out of the Vale. He has an offer from Lord Varner for some fostering, which might be fun (maybe for Laren too).

[mel]

Sure, I'm still working on some scenarios myself. Something like his aunt wants him out of the Vale for education.

[House Dustin]

Cool. That could be some fun. I haven't developed Scot very much, yet. In fact, other than establishing he exists, that scenario the other day was his first action in the game.

[mel]

Then we can make up a new generation of Royces :-)

And just to keep you busy answering questions, does house Royce have a house in Kings Landing and are the wildlings in the Vale wildlings or clansmen from the mountains?

[House Dustin]

Yes, we have a manor called the Bronzehall in King's Landing. Currently stuffed with 350 troops

The wildlings in the Vale are actually "clansmen." Mountain Clans of the Mountains of the Moon, would probably be the full title. I usually call them Clannish, becuase that sounds kind of derogatory.

There's a bit about them in this wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizations_in_A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire

Also there's a couple of good info websites with a ton of stuff I use in scenarios and for background out there:
www.westeros.org
and
www.towerofthehand.com

[mel]

great, thanks

[House Dustin]

My early part in the game was smiting various clansmen. It was kind of a campaign, and if you want to read the scenarios, it gives a bit of our relationship with them:

Campaign against the Painted Dogs clan, there was some RP leading up to the scenarios themselves, as Rhodri planned this one:

"Outriders of the Vale" - www.lordsofwesteros.proboards107.com/index.cgi?board=thelibrary&action=display&thread=1192854924

"Blood in the Mountains" - www.lordsofwesteros.proboards107.com/index.cgi?board=thelibrary&action=display&thread=1192904516

A longer campaign against the Moon Brothers, this time planned by Roland:

"Scouting the Brothers of the Moon" - www.lordsofwesteros.proboards107.com/index.cgi?board=thelibrary&action=display&thread=1193451848

"Planning the Attack" - www.lordsofwesteros.proboards107.com/index.cgi?board=thelibrary&action=display&thread=1193466263

"Light Horse of the Bloody Gate" - www.lordsofwesteros.proboards107.com/index.cgi?board=thelibrary&action=display&thread=1193509305

"An Army Marches on the Moon Brothers" - www.lordsofwesteros.proboards107.com/index.cgi?board=thelibrary&action=display&thread=1193509351

"The Lady Forlorn Would Sing" - www.lordsofwesteros.proboards107.com/index.cgi?board=thelibrary&action=display&thread=1193631014

"Andalsbane, Lord of the Moon" - www.lordsofwesteros.proboards107.com/index.cgi?board=thelibrary&action=display&thread=1193631110

"Fall of Andalsbane" - www.lordsofwesteros.proboards107.com/index.cgi?board=thelibrary&action=display&thread=1193714038

"Pacification of the Moon Brothers" - www.lordsofwesteros.proboards107.com/index.cgi?board=thelibrary&action=display&thread=1193889801

It's a lot of reading, and not sure if you're interested in reading that much, but it gives a lot of background on Roland and on our situation with the Clans. Plus I can never find relevant scenarios in the Library, so sometimes it helps to have someone point you to them.

[mel]

i've been trough some of the things in the library (and really sorry, that i can't give laren some "gains apprenticeship in knowledge")
by the way, your fights with the clans are pretty good

[House Dustin]

I had fun writing them. That's what appeals to me about this game. An opportunity to do some writing, and also to spin out some cool storylines with people. I'm not too focused on "winning." I think there's a few different kinds of players here, some who like story, some who like "reality," some who are here to win in the structure of the game, and some who are just here to powergame, so to speak. It's a pretty good community for the most part though.

[The Smith]

And we all like Roland too.