...Dresden? ....Dresden?

So... I can't get the idea out of my head and as they say - strike while the iron's hot right? There's really no ETA on when this thing would go live - it could be a month or two before I get the site coded, stuff written and launched, but I'm curious to see if there's any fish that are biting first before I make another board.

To the point! Yes - Dresden Files! (That'd also be a close cousin to World of Darkness for any other folks out there not keeping up with this book series.)

I keep seeing this request pop up, but not many seem to answer it. So, I would love this type of board - but my ideas are to take the world (meaning no canons!) and turn the time on the clock back a few (maybe hundred) years or so.

I realize the whole debate going on in the forums right now, but we'll give this a go anyway because well - it'll be a historical fantasy at best (because it's not like incorporating vampires and magic into the world is historically accurate either). My apologies to anyone that finds that offensive.

I'd like to see the Dresden Files set in:
1920s America (Prohibition Dresden!).
1940s America (yes, that'd be WWII folks)
maybe even... American Revolution Dresden Files?
or possibly... Civil War Dresden Files?

The main reason why I'm throwing those time periods out there specifically is because those are the ones I think would lend to an interesting conflict within the world setting (both on a "mundane" level, as well as the "supernatural" level).

Strike the above (as if the lines weren't enough). We're doing this straight-up modern day style now.

So... thoughts?

LOL. Well, the historical aspect is because they had mentioned a few things in the books about the way the Council sided during the war, plus with as structured as they are, I think it'd be interesting to see how strong some wizards hold to that, like the Merlin and Wardens versus other thoughts, not to mention the Summer/Winter courts and all the Vampire courts.


(Any other takers out there up for a Dresden Files board?)

Hm... I don't -mind- doing modern fantasy either. I was just thinking that seeing it set during that time frame would be interesting, what with the different things alluded to in the books. And that's why this was posted in the interest check section rather than as a straight up "hey we're doing it" board. :D

@Atroposian I never said I was intending to glorify it. Truthfully, I think a lot of people all over the globe (Axis and Allies alike) did some shady things to get their side to win, which would have played in part if they had actually discovered supernatural creatures could be bargained with. But in any case, it seems like there's less interest in a historical setting than there is for modern day anyway.

@Maverichero maybe a flashback section would be interesting. I was considering letting the Black Court become more of a thing if it was more historical than modern, since the Dracula book wasn't all that popular until the film came out in 1931 (plus time for it to soak in and everyone to go hunting them...), but if I do modern day fantasy then it'll probably be just the world without the canon characters and little Black Court since most would have been exterminated by now and that wasn't something Dresden managed to do by himself. :D

So, to modern fantasy then, ladies and gents? *ponders* It's probably more feasible to have this done in a shorter period of time then anyway, b/c historic would take me hours to research the possible ins and outs alone of what was going on.

@Atroposian No worries. If I didn't want opinions, I wouldn't have asked for them. I woulda just made the board the way I wanted to make it in the first place and been all "Deal with it or don't join". :D

And yes, I'm totally familiar with the clunkiness of tabletop games on a forum setting. Rapier Wit -is- a tabletop game in a forum setting (if you ever heard of 7th Sea). It's always hard to translate one to the other without getting too detailed on the rules (since forums tend to be more free flowing) or too free on the rules (since it leads to crazy OP chars, unless you don't care about that sort of thing). Never did see the Dresden Files RP book though, but I heard about it from one of my members on RW. I was just going to pull the general ideas out of the books and fill in the rest as I went along.

@cypherrae Mostly, it'd be about the Council, Merlin, Blackstaff, etc. for the wizards. I'd bring back the Red Court pre-downfall, since that was all based on Dresden's doing. It'd probably be more like an AU than a predecessor to what happened in the Dresden books. If it's still in modern times, the Black Court would have to stay... mostly dead. :D

I haven't decided on a plot outline past the sandbox though.

Well, then I guess this will have to be a thing guys. Gimme some time to write some stuff and whatnot, I'll let y'all know when it becomes available. ^.^

LOL Awesome.

It's on now! Totally have names picked out and everything.

(Why does creating a forum sound an awful lot like having a baby?)