city of the moon
Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 2:04 pmA late entry comes onto the scene...will she be able to match the delectable dishes so many chefs have been working on before her? Only time can tell, but the tableau laid by others has been her true inspiration.
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city of the moon
With Heian-Kyo as its capital peace reigned over Japan for nearly four hundred years. The arts flourished and culture bloomed. During this time, though banned from official power, well-born women wielded great cultural power and had many freedoms to pursue their dreams and goals.
Expected to be accomplished in the arts and well-read in Japanese literature, many women siezed these opportunities and aimed higher, rivalling men in their erudition and talents. Some, rose through the ranks of court to reach the pinnacle of social status in that era: becoming the empress of Japan. Some sought the depth and breadth of their chosen arts, creating new art forms such as one woman, Murasaki Shikibu, who wrote the world's first novel.
Those that chose the former course embodied an important cultural value of the time:miyabi, elegance and refinement. Those who chose the latter embodied another: aware, sensitivity or sadness at the impermanence of all things. Both these values balanced the other, one alone lost the heart of both. Women's lives called them to choose between them, following their chosen Destinies down the path to glory....or ignominy.
In the City of the Moon, you play the part of one such woman, an adept of one of the arts: Writing, Poetry, Music, Painting, Dance or Calligraphy. You tell the tale of how she used her talents to chase her dreams, and the barriers placed in her way.
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IGC components:
Theme:
Historical Period: Classical Japan, capital city Heian-Kyo, Court of the Emperor.
Ingredients:
Wine: Full Moon drinking party turns where all the players take turns writing poems and are rewarded in Wine counters.
Companion: One of the types of relationships between characters.
Accuser: Action or role a character can take against another.
Rule Constraints:
Color mechanic: Advancement of characters measured by Color of Robe they may wear.
Custom cards: Topics for Full Moon party poetry.
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city of the moon
With Heian-Kyo as its capital peace reigned over Japan for nearly four hundred years. The arts flourished and culture bloomed. During this time, though banned from official power, well-born women wielded great cultural power and had many freedoms to pursue their dreams and goals.
Expected to be accomplished in the arts and well-read in Japanese literature, many women siezed these opportunities and aimed higher, rivalling men in their erudition and talents. Some, rose through the ranks of court to reach the pinnacle of social status in that era: becoming the empress of Japan. Some sought the depth and breadth of their chosen arts, creating new art forms such as one woman, Murasaki Shikibu, who wrote the world's first novel.
Those that chose the former course embodied an important cultural value of the time:miyabi, elegance and refinement. Those who chose the latter embodied another: aware, sensitivity or sadness at the impermanence of all things. Both these values balanced the other, one alone lost the heart of both. Women's lives called them to choose between them, following their chosen Destinies down the path to glory....or ignominy.
In the City of the Moon, you play the part of one such woman, an adept of one of the arts: Writing, Poetry, Music, Painting, Dance or Calligraphy. You tell the tale of how she used her talents to chase her dreams, and the barriers placed in her way.
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IGC components:
Theme:
Historical Period: Classical Japan, capital city Heian-Kyo, Court of the Emperor.
Ingredients:
Wine: Full Moon drinking party turns where all the players take turns writing poems and are rewarded in Wine counters.
Companion: One of the types of relationships between characters.
Accuser: Action or role a character can take against another.
Rule Constraints:
Color mechanic: Advancement of characters measured by Color of Robe they may wear.
Custom cards: Topics for Full Moon party poetry.