[2300AD] The Game - Development and History of the Map

[Waynes_Books]

As players of the 2300AD RPG know, the game universe is the same as that of Twilight: 2000, only 300 years in the future.

The intervening 300 years was developed by the staff of GDW in 1985-86 through a macro-political game ("The Game") where players each took the role of several countries, playing them in decade-long turns.

The rules to The Game can be found on the web, but whatever happened to the map in the years since then?

I created The Game page to answer that question with exclusive recollections and photos from GDW alumnus Dave Nilsen.

[Apache]

You might want to talk to Ken Burnside over at Ad Astra Games; he did a similiar thing in developing the backstory to his spaceship combat game Attack Vector:Tactical.

[mearrin69]

Thanks for the link. I've been curious about "The Game" ever since I read the intro but never looked into it seriously. This is interesting stuff.
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[Jeffr0]

This is really cool.

I think the timeline in my Twilight 2000 core rules came from that game...!