The Ruins of Empire (RoE) Play-by-e-Email (PBeM) campaign is based on the AD&D 2nd Edition BIRTHRIGHT game setting published by TSR in the mid-90s. It is an excellent setting that lends itself very well to PBeM play, since the game focuses on the players running entire baronies or kingdom-spanning organizations over a period of several years.

In the RoE PBeM each player runs a domain (either a country or an organization - a mighty temple for example) and the character leading that domain (called the regent). The main focus of the game is the struggle against other player and NPC domains, as each tries to improve its position at the expense of the others.

The original RoE game is no longer running; I DMed it with aid from my brother for 50 turns during the 2000-2007 period, and then handed the DM stick over to Alan (a very dedicated former player) who ran it for turns 51-53. Unfortunately Alan got ill and was not able to keep the game running. The original plan was to play through turn 60, and I'd really  would have liked to see that happen.

Now we have a new RoE game, however, they we're calling...RoE II! The game starts on turn 61, and represents a could-have-been situation if the original RoE game had continued running until the end. RoE II is scheduled to run for 20 turns (although that may be expanded upon), finishing at some point in 20something (real life that is). You can go directly to the RoE II forum using this link.

The Draco Chronicles website is a resource and reference center for my Epic BIRTHRIGHT campaign. This pen-and-paper DnD v.3.5 game uses the Birthright world (expanded to include other parts of the world of Aebrynis as well) as a backdrop of a campaign of truly epic proportions. The campaign traces its roots back to 1997 and is showing now signs of dying of old age! So expect there to be infrequent and random updates. If you are looking for something that is very different yet very Birthright...have a look, you won't be disappointed.

The Draco campaign is somewhat special in that it has several tiers of play (long before DnD 4E made 'tier' a household word). From the top you have the Divine tier (rarely used) where Draco gets to interact with the other gods and fight the servants of the Shadow up in Heavens (i.e. the Outer Planes). Then there is the Epic-Imperial tier where Emperor Shaedan makes the big decisions and sometimes picks up his axe (or turns into a golden dragon) to set aright something no one else can fix. Then there is the Legendary-Realm tier, where Crown-Prince Moerdred engages in military campaign, diplomacy and espionage on a domain level, and also has quite a few adventures.

The Draco game is not something you can participate in - it is a P&P game, not a PbeM, so there is no use asking to join (unless you live in Trondheim, Norway). The site is mainly here for new players to read up on the background material (we frequently have players drop in for a few adventures), and as a refference for core players (some have trouble remembering every little detail of a 10+ year campaign; can't understand why). Beyond that I hope anyone looking at the site will find it an interesting read.

My collection of useful and not-so-useful (mostly) game-related links.