Post by Falcon on Nov 15, 2010 4:43:43 GMT -6
Welcome to "Before the Mast", a historical play-by-post role-playing game set in 1719 in the West Indies. Character opportunities abound, we have 5 ships of various allegiances to crew and islands belonging to the French, Spanish and British crown to populate.
The War of the Quadruple Alliance is unfolding, and the European alliances and hostilities extend also to the colonies. The Caribbean Sea is boiling in the war. British, French and Dutch have allied their forces against the Spanish, and from Arruba to Bahamas there is no quiet place ashore or at sea. Besides the political turmoil which leads the colonies at each other’s throats, pirates and privateers are on the prowl. Terror rules the trade routes, and both Spanish and British authorities swore to end piracy. Come and join any side you wish during this multi-faceted war!
In a world where most people aren’t what they seem to be, the now allied captains of "Le Phenix" and "HMS Rose" have recently discovered that during the previous war, the one for the Spanish succession, they had literally fought each other as enemies, and the British captain has a revenge against the French one, perhaps even more important for him than the one against pirates...
Who will be fighting whom in this strange encounter, and who will find death before the mast? Whose lovers will weep somewhere ashore, and whose will party, covered in expensive gifts? Sharpen your blades, load your guns, drain the last sip of rhum and rise to swashbuckling adventure, spending some time with us before the mast, on the ship of your choice!