Nyctean Campaign

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The Nyctean Campaign is an open-ended, turn-based, computer-moderated, play-by-web game. It is set in the realm of Nyctea, a fantasy medieval world. The world itself is alive with activity. Merchants ply their trade, warriors battle horrid beasts, and maligned mystics practice dark arts. Being open-ended, there are no winning scenarios, no victory conditions which conclude the game. The game goes on, even when heroes pass on, or empires collapse. The Nyctean Campaign was designed to be a rich and fully functional role-playing world, one which exists despite the characters within it. Turns are sent in on a weekly basis and span one month of game time.

You send in turns for each realm character you control, as well as any dominion orders you need processed. Turns can include, but are not limited to, movement around the vast realm of Nyctea, trade agreements, combat preparations, craft work, guard duty, skill study, spell research, training, and much more. Between turns, you are free to communicate with any other player in the game. In addition, the contents of many pages within the website may change to accommodate the results of the last turn (take special note of the city screens, as the information in them will always change from one turn to the next).

The orders you send in for your realm characters are processed by the game engine, a program which processes each and every turn. Being computer-moderated means that turnaround time for turn results are much faster, and errors in processing are significantly reduced. Turns are processed every Sunday, so your orders should be input by 9pm CST Saturday night.It is always preferable to get your orders in as soon as possible so that possible site-outages and the like can be less hurtful to your dominion .

The general premise behind the Campaign of Nyctea is to create a massive, fully functional role-playing realm. For this reason, you will never have a lack of things to do. Exploration alone allows you to search through ancient ruins of empires long gone, forage through dungeons of foul denizens, sail over tens of thousands of miles of ocean, and roam through more then 30 detailed cities. In addition to exploration, you can improve your realm characters by training in their skills and abilities . There are more then 100 skills that can be learned, and almost all of them can be improved with additional training. Eventually, your characters may build strongholds , both within the confines of the existing cities and out on the open land itself, earning taxes from the local nomads as you work to found your own city.

Structures can be built from within these strongholds. Each adds unique benefits for your dominion: administer a code of laws, train military personnel, found an industrial pursuit, expand your own methods of advancement, etc. Though there are literally hundreds of avenues to pursue in the game, the objectives of the game are very simple. As with every open-ended role playing game, every simply desires fame and fortune. Your dominion's quest is to achieve success in anything which leads to fame or fortune. There are a few specific goals which you should strive for.

Nyctean Campaign