Before the beginning there was the Storyteller and the Existential Light. By weaving the light together the Storyteller forged the 'Existential Sphere' contained within it was the primal nexus, the howling void, and an infinite nothingness waiting to be filled. There was Nothing and Everything waiting to be, already, and before. Within the Primal Nexus the Primal Forces, the corner stone building blocks of Existence surged and struggled against each other. The Storyteller knew that the Existential Sphere needed some form of order if it was to evolve and grow. So the Storyteller created the Divine Engines, and directed them to create from the primal forces the Makers. So The 14 Makers were forged from the primal forces of the Existential Sphere, and would be granted power from the divine engines themselves to create, destroy, manipulate fate, and more. They would provide order and growth to the Existential Sphere. Of course this was only the beginning it would be up to the Makers now to forge ahead and create more to the Story.
What is the God's Game really?
Now you may or may not have played a roleplaying game where you got to be a god or demigod of some sort, wondering the earth and having adventures or something like that. This is not that kind of game, similar more to the 'classic Ao, take a turn and use a sentence/act to do something' game only ... different.
Basically you start by playing a 'Maker' a divine creator forged from one of the primal forces of existence within the primal nexus your home. You create, manipulate and destroy stuff within the 'howling void' or the rest of the existential sphere. The Howling Void is a infinite nothingness with no limits upon it's space, (unless a Maker creates them of course.) Nothing exists within the 'howling void' not even the primal forces really although a Maker can easily manifest that primal force within the howling void from which they were born. That means no matter, no energy, no gravity, no laws of physics, nothing.
The God's Game progress over a series of 'Volumes' and 'Chapters', during the first Volume you play Makers who create 'Existence' and determine it's progression. You can work together or against one another, the politics of the Makers are their own affair. When the volume ends we move into the next 'phase' of the game, you'll have to (except in unique cases) give up your Maker characters for a New Kind of Character with less overall power, but more of a 'physical' impact if you know what I mean.
The intent of the game is that as the game progresses and evolves and time moves, that we'll eventually play mortal characters having adventures in the world and/or worlds that we create. Could be interesting who knows, but at the moment the plan as it is doesn't have us doing anything more than being Makers for a while. (Although to some extent how quickly or slowly we progress is mostly up to the players.)
In order for a Maker to create, destroy or manipulate they must use divine power granted to them by the divine engines. Divine power takes the form of points, Makers normally get one point from each of the divine engines every 24 hours. The Creation Engine grants the divine power to create, The Entropy Engine grants the power to destroy, The Fate Engine grants the divine power to create 'destinies' and The Lady will grant either the power to 'Evolve', do something in 'Secret' or 'Ask' or 'Request' something of the Divine Engines themselves. After using divine power, depending on how the divine power is used the Divine Engines will explain the result and effect of the usage of power. On rare and exceptional occasions the Storyteller himself will manifest his power and explain results and special events, and sometimes even intervene especially in cases when the Existential Sphere itself is in danger.
Remember as you create and play in the Howling Void that anything you create including scientific , mystical, and spiritual laws will continue to be in effect after their creation unless they are destroyed. Meaning for example if you make strange laws of physics they will continue to effect existence until the 'end of time' that is if the appropriate Maker manifests that primal force into the Existential Sphere that is.
So Join in! Be a Maker~!
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