Patchwork Universe

“We are all patchwork, and so shapeless and diverse in composition that each bit, each moment, plays its own game.”
~ Michel de Montaigne

Patchwork Universe is an online storytelling and roleplaying shared universe experiment, created by author Rhiannon Lassiter in association with a team of writers, roleplayers and game designers from around the world. It is an exercise in co-operative storytelling taking advantage of a variety of internet utilities to link and branch storylines across a group of widely variant locations and involving characters with disparate abilities, intentions and paradigms.

“Once upon a time a group of entities who called themselves Gods discovered or created an area of space they could control. To this place they brought small patches from a variety of worlds, each chosen for one particular person who had caught the interest of the Gods. Over time, more segments of worlds were brought to the patchwork and some of the original patches vanished, while others remained for long enough to discover some of the secrets of the universe. It was proven that time, space, and even death were all under the control of the Gods but their purposes in creating the patchwork remained a mystery.” ~ The Patchwork History

Patchwork had a beta-test phase in 24 and was officially launched in July 25. To find out more about the game please read the starting information. To join the game for free please fill in the signup form. Once your form has been submitted you will be emailed by a member of the current team of gamesmasters to discuss your character and then registered on the forums by the webmaster with your own character and patch.

“The patchwork today is reasonably peaceful, although travellers are less inclined to small talk, since most are occupied in furthering their own aims and ambitions. New patches are appearing at a considerable rate and although seasoned travellers will often stop to give some advice to newcomers, this can come at a price… Those attempting to understand the current divine agenda have proposed a number of names for this age. Is it the age of aliens, or of cats, or perhaps the beginning of a second age of heroes? There appear to be shifting alliances among the Gods and while some appear to be taking a back seat, others are increasing their activity. As always in the patchwork, the future is uncertain.” ~ The Patchwork Today


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