roseembolism | The "Can Only Dream of Running Them" Game meme.

There's some game ideas one can have that are just too big, too awesome, to be easily done. Where one doubts that one's abilities will be up to the task, even assuming players could be found. Or there are games that are too beautifully obscue or weird to ever be played. But still the notions will hang around, prying at the mind, waiting to be paid attention to.

So, this is a place where, if you have a game idea that you think is massively cool but unlikely ever to see the light of day, you can post it here.

Me first:

George RR Martin's "The Star Wars"

"It is an ironic fact that Emperor Lakshmanan was to propose a truce and amnesty after the Battle of Seven Suns, as an alternative to having the Grand Fleet lay siege to the last few planets of the rebellion."

"The ridiculous faked 'cockpit footage' of the system fighter flying through the royal command vessel ISS Imperial Glory, to launch a missile directly into the reactors is still an effective propaganda tool. It adds credence among the superstitious and ignorant to claims that the pilot's use of "The Holy Force" was responsible. Analysis indicates that an internal nuclear explosion was the cause of the destruction, most likely a 1 megaton demolition charge."

"With the death of the Emperor, the moribund rebellion has revived with a vengeance: nearly a third of the Empire is under the rule of the Holy Republic and its "Virtue Knights". Political and religious opression is widespread: There have been reports of atrocities such as mass executions of intelligentsia and witchunts for "Demonic Force" users."

"A major problem is the splintering of the high nobility. Archdukes Wu and Spinoza joined the Rebellion immediately after the destruction of the Imperial Glory. The Long Reach, Horsehead and Vesperin sectors have seceded to look after their own defenses; The Archdukes of four more are actively preparing to go to war to claim the Imperial throne. The remaining High Noble families are more interested in jockeying for position in the power vacuum around the vacant throne, than looking to the welfare of the Empire."

"The damage to the Empire is staggering: entire planets are being devastated, millions of people are dying daily, and the interstellar economy is collapsing. A winter is coming my Liege, one that will stretch across the entire Empire. The question is, what will your course be?"

- Excerpts from the intelligence summary of Vec Sichida, to Archduke Loran DeRioh, shortly before the Archduke’s ascension to the Imperial Regency.

The "Can Only Dream of Running Them" Game meme.

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