Brew:World Building Notes

This page has the notes from the world building gameday.

Assumptions about the world

These are broad assumptions that help us create an alternate modern world. These all will be used but may not prove to be true as written.

Political

Confederate States of America.

The South won their war for independence and it is now known that states may opt to leave the union. The CSA was the last first world power to end slavery, doing so between the World Wars.

Nepon Corp runs nearly every major industry

Political entities control the lives of people

Armies of the world are not fighting country vs country war, the are fighting the occult.

Canada is at war with England

California secedes from the Union and goes bankrupt. Is bought by Texas.

USA is in the midst of an economic depression and most educated people aspire to high-paying jobs in China.

President has no term limits

How the world differs from ours

Bermunda Triangle is real

The explanation is classified info hidden need in the CSA intelligence. A conspiracy group known as the "Triangles" try to get that info.

Family lines track maternally

Traditions involving class structure are female-oriented.

Primary mode of air transportation is blimp.

New age/wiccan movement is hated by the local real occultists.

"Monkeybutt" is commonly used slang.

Facebook/Walmart is a powerful and malicious mega-corp

An asteroid is predicted to come very close to Earth and that will happen in ten months.

Supernatural

Magic and technology don't mix.

Magic as used by people doesn't interact well with modern technological devices.

Honor and tradition are meaningful.

Entities of the supernatural world have a long tradition of honoring agreements. The more power a creature has, the more it is bound by it's word.

Reincarnation is true and it is sometimes possible to actively recall events from your past lives.

Really out there

Six-breasted whores of Orion IV are real

Santa is real and still doing his thing.

The popes are actually vampires

Cloaking devices were developed during WW2 and are functional and available to the public.

Supernatural Historical Events

The following list are things that tie into historical events (loosely).

Carrier pigeons are the result of magical experiments

Ancient wizards created Halloween to piss off creatures of the night

World War 2 was orchestrated by necromancers and the loved it.

The men killed in Gettysburg are undead and some are still around.

Saint Louis arch is a working extra dimensional gate

Trojan horse actually came to life and slaughtered everyone in the city

Three recent heads of state have spontaneously combusted on public TV

1876 centennial event had all it's fires flare up at one time and burned down the main exhibit hall

Money set aside to make the statue of liberty is used to fix the city. Philadelphia goes into debt and is bought/annexed by Allegheny City

Spear of Longinus is real

Controlled by Russians who have not lost a war since acquiring it in the 1700s.

Koran is the result of faerie magic/interference

Dinosaurs were hyper-intelligent and had access to magic

Alien visitor's random meddling causes down syndrome

Most major earthquakes are caused by magic experiments gone out of hand

Chernobyl was caused by a ghost

Wall separating east and west Germany was made by mole people

Places of interest

The campaign will be site-based, but the Executive Producer requested locations of interest around the world from the Actors.

North America

Kokomo, IN, the Vegas of the midwest

Bar Harbor, Maine

Vacation destination supreme—Cleveland, OH

Meanwhile City (Franklyn)

Sin City

Toronto, Canada

Asia

Japan

Singapore

Europe

Hasslehoff, Germany is culturally significant

Freiburg, Germany

Venice, Italy

Cairo, Egypt

Dublin, Ireland

Vatican City

Other

South Pole

Antarctica's capital is called Archis

Advanced and important research complex in Antarctica

Victoria Falls, Africa

Locations around the city/campus

Eat

They Chinese Food! (Run by Russians and is awful)

Let's Chaat (Indian snackfood restaurant)

Jack In the Box

Drink

Beer Goggles brewery

The Sticky Buffalo (Dive bar)

Goods

Shoes for your feet

Cars for your body

Jet Packs and Cloaking Devices, Limited

Segways! Segways! Segways!

Ray's Gun Store

Facebook/Walmart

The Relic (Religious supply store front for occult research)

Religious

Church (in big generic letters)

Non-prophet Organization (for atheists)

Entertainment

Walmart arena sports stadium, home of the fightin' Priceslashers

Devito Historical Museum and Salad Bar

Allegheny City Steel Resort Casino

Classic Movies movie theatre

Highpoint House (underground pothead hangout)

Other

CSA Post Office

USPS Post Office

Yellow (major cell phone provider)

Hobo Village in the woods, 30 minutes from campus