players could not normally do themselves. Opportunities are seeded into the game by our plot team. An opportunity often brings with it the ability to do something

benefits. A folly is the general term for any commission that is explicitly designed not to provide any apparent benefits. Most follies are straightforward

fundamental game design of the Senate to ensure the game remains enjoyable for as many players for as long as possible. While we strive to keep the game focussed

is anything that reflects the philosophy of the tradition and improves the game for those involved. Traditions Astronomancy Blood Magic Dramaturgy Rune Magic

most crucial elements of the game design. Opportunities, particularly Synod plot opportunities are specifically designed to present the player base with

feedback that many people didn't appreciate the design of the criminal system, what role it has in the game and what that implied for any outcomes from any

all the plenipotentiary Winds of Fortune Talking to eternals - a chatty game design article with some advice about getting the most out of plenipotentiary

a considerable amount of time into the design of the legal system in Empire - along with the design of the game rules - to try and make it as effective

integrate the new material. When you design a setting for a roleplaying game, many elements are included with an explicit design ethic for what they are trying

have a profound impact on the game world. But the design goal was to ensure that Empire remained a live roleplaying game 100% - that all the important

round a camp would serve to protect against. This set-up is part of the game design, intended to make Anvil as open as possible to encourage interaction and

is not to circumvent the game but rather to identify the problems for our participants which are not part of the game design. The more of these problems

mechanism for players to keep things more secure. We have switched the off-game rune for a ribbon due to the problems inherent in marking what is an in-character

claim that they can roleplay that they are helping is not justifiable in a game that places such a strong emphasis on reflecting players' actions in the

well as having their resource enchanted. This was always the design intention for the game, but there was a mistake in the way the rules were written down

effective than it would otherwise have been. This directly flows from core game design elements that decisions are expensive and difficult to reverse. The Assembly

reasons of out-of-character game design criteria - it is an out-of-character decision taken by the Empire game team to improve the game. We consulted extensively

Every year we carry out a review of some part of the game looking to see what we improve. This year our focus has been on updating some parts of the rules

effort to learn to tell them apart. This is a deliberate part of the game design - it's a feature, not a bug. Under normal circumstances you can hear an

contrary to the game design. We've presented the update here as part of a wind of fortune, but we want to be clear that this is a game update that we've