09-21-2011, 03:24 PM
Something I have always done in gaming, whether in PBM, PBEM, Mass online games, or solo gaming is to develop the background of my characters and the in-game places they lived, worked and explored. Tolkien is probably the most important author who has subcreated an entire world and its languages. How much one can do is to some extent dependent on the quality and depth of the game itself. This website is as good as anywhere to start.
I try to subcreate in all games I join, like in pbm games like Keys of Bled, and The Known World, both now long inactive, or folded. I have also subcreated backgrounds in modules, especially D&D The Keep on the Borderlands (the link is to Blog on the Borderlands, no connection to me).
This was one of the attractions of Ultima Online. I've copied some links to extant threads that I wrote as subcreations of characters in Ultima Online. This is one: Tyg's Tale. This is another: The Fiskdotter Matriarchy. I also did some subcreation writing in Midgard UK as others have done so in that as yet un-launched game by its new owner Medieval inspirations.
I try to subcreate in all games I join, like in pbm games like Keys of Bled, and The Known World, both now long inactive, or folded. I have also subcreated backgrounds in modules, especially D&D The Keep on the Borderlands (the link is to Blog on the Borderlands, no connection to me).
This was one of the attractions of Ultima Online. I've copied some links to extant threads that I wrote as subcreations of characters in Ultima Online. This is one: Tyg's Tale. This is another: The Fiskdotter Matriarchy. I also did some subcreation writing in Midgard UK as others have done so in that as yet un-launched game by its new owner Medieval inspirations.