The Game of the North

The Game of the North is a system of storytelling for 2 to 10 players.  It is intended to have a single player, whose role is to describe and portray the scenery, the events and the background characters & antagonists for the rest of the players – while each of the other players takes on the role of a character in the story.  A protagonist, a hero, an adventurer trying to solve the plot and overcome the hazards conceived of by the Referee.  The Referee is the leader of the game, the teller of the tale, the plotter of plots, the deviser of conundrums, a builder of worlds.  The other players are the actors, the players of the play who animate and give voice to the many heroes and villains of the setting. 

The Game of the North is not an innovation on this formula, it is not breaking ground in this.  It is just another of the many excellent offerings in the marketplace of ideas and stories.  It is a system and a  method of telling a specific kind of story, and it is hoped and intended that this story will give you and your friends’ satisfaction. 

So what kind of a story is the Game of the North trying to tell?  It is an epic story, a long story that examines the career of great figures, historically significant and legendary people – from their modest beginnings to their illustrious ascendancy.  The Game of the North is a system for writing a biography of great figures who transcend the ordinary to become the stuff of myth.