Balance of Power XII is a forum game in which players play as either countries, militant groups, political parties or other roles. The game starts in 1981 and is turn-based. Every year is divided into Early (January - April), Mid (May - August) and Late (September - December) periods. Each turn lasts about five days in the real world.
The game is played by sending a private message to the Game Master (the person in charge of the game) with information on what actions you want to do for the turn. There is a list of such actions, as well as the chances for their success or failure depending on various factors (such as the organizational level of a militant group, the amount of corruption a country has, etc.) Turn PMs may be formatted however one wishes, so long as it's legible to the GM.
