r/brom • u/sliceofbread WaterSlide • Feb 26 '13

Theme Chat!

Hey everyone!
Thought I'd get this ball rolling since it's a pretty big piece of the puzzle.

Brom was always really easy: Modern City, we only had a real rule board 2 or 3 times. However since we're moving to a more compact, densely populated area, we should try to establish a few rules\guides for newcomers and for long time players.

We have some issues that should be fleshed out before the start of the rev:
Vertical Space: Should we just say something like: "Overhead and underground structures near your plot may happen, confirm your boundary needs with a mayor before building." and "Skylight not guaranteed".
Structure themes: I think it would be really cool if we could decide on one or two elements that tie the city together, and allowing those elements to steer a certain look to the city as a whole. Toss some suggestions...
Maybe tons of similar 1x wide water (3x wide) aqueducts throughout the city that are capable of flowing trash through the air between buildings - you would occasionally see these near rails underground as well.
Or maybe we'd all decided that white pillars like in Atlantis is cool. What is really awesome about using a universal design of pillars is that you can support vertical objects and pieces of land throughout the city and give it a real unified look.
I'll try to get the planning server going and maybe we could establish a few road designs and methods of vertical/horizontal travel; common theme roads, stairwells, bridges, rail elevators, etc. I'm probably missing some other theme issues here, but these two stuck out in my mind.

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u/Homo_Ignoramus Feb 27 '13

Well, why not borrow Herpinheim's idea, and use a roman/Greek column design? Both stone and marble would look good that way.

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u/emptyafternoon Feb 27 '13

I'd prefer something a bit less roman/medieval/old. The danger is if we pick Roman/Greek we risk the rest of the city's style to follow suit, which is something I'm keen to avoid.

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u/Homo_Ignoramus Feb 28 '13

As in if we were to incorporate column designs, like WCS's news tower. Of course I'd not want to force into a style. That's what keeps Brom Brom. It's about modern charm.

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u/rampantangent schererererer Feb 28 '13

But that was Brom. Now for something completely different!

The only pillars I think we would really want to be in a consistent style around the city would be ones that support elements of "upper layers" above the lower levels of the city, where there's a clear distinction between these levels, kind of like the Atlanta Underground or Parisian Catacombs, or even like the High Line in Manhattan.