Alright, so thanks to this thread I wanted to see if AH.com could do a good co-op project fleshing out the unfinished world described by Matthew White here. Some helpful ideas from another person about this universe can be located on there blog here.
The basic premise is that through some event, we'll just be handwaving it as ASBs to keep with the spirit of it, technology and culture the world over has regressed towards medieval style. The catch is, this is all based on the current state of the world. For example, America is largely of European descent and Christian but some things have changed. Also, unlike most nuclear war/disaster and rebuilding scenarios, most of the important cities of our time have retained their importance in this new world.
I'd sum up the world a little more, but I feel the blog does that best.
Now, as I commented in the other thread, it looks like Mr. White has described the culture of the Great Plains nomadic tribes pretty well, but has left mostof the other cultures blank and unexplained. Now, I fully expect to change some things(Scientologist California just doesn't make sense to me) but I'd like to stay fairly close to the idea of the original.
So, if you have any ideas for fleshing out this world, please post them here. Posting ideas about the cultures of regions, the evolution of languages, and the general lifestyle of people in this new Medieval America is the goal of this thread.
Also, if you want to branch out outside of America, that should be ok as well.
The basic premise is that through some event, we'll just be handwaving it as ASBs to keep with the spirit of it, technology and culture the world over has regressed towards medieval style. The catch is, this is all based on the current state of the world. For example, America is largely of European descent and Christian but some things have changed. Also, unlike most nuclear war/disaster and rebuilding scenarios, most of the important cities of our time have retained their importance in this new world.
I'd sum up the world a little more, but I feel the blog does that best.
Now, as I commented in the other thread, it looks like Mr. White has described the culture of the Great Plains nomadic tribes pretty well, but has left mostof the other cultures blank and unexplained. Now, I fully expect to change some things(Scientologist California just doesn't make sense to me) but I'd like to stay fairly close to the idea of the original.
So, if you have any ideas for fleshing out this world, please post them here. Posting ideas about the cultures of regions, the evolution of languages, and the general lifestyle of people in this new Medieval America is the goal of this thread.
Also, if you want to branch out outside of America, that should be ok as well.