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HOME - ABOUT US

The Roleplay Chessboard started as a joint project between six friends seeking to establish a new and active RMB-based alternate history roleplay region with a commitment to quality. Founded on May 7th of 2020, the moderator team consisting of Val verde-, Czabalkia, Teujira, Not xav, Liberalina, Teymour, and Zanbala prz have continued to pursue the betterment of the RPC as a fun community for roleplayers to get involved and have fun.

As a general rule, OOC discussion is discouraged, but not prohibited, on the RMB(Regional Message Board). The RMB is almost exclusively reserved solely for In-Character Roleplays. Instead of using the RMB for OOC discussions, these discussions take place on our regional Discord server, which you can join simply by asking any of the moderators for an invite over TG. Our goal is to cultivate a strong, active, and fun environment conducive to quality roleplays here in the RPC, and if you have any suggestions or criticisms regarding our system or administration, let us know! You can simply TG a moderator or reach out to us on Discord. We'd like to thank you for checking us out, and encourage you to continue reading to get set up to roleplay!


BEGINNER’S GUIDE - THE APPLICATION PROCESS

Submitting an application is easy!

First, figure out what your claim is. A claim is what territory or nation you want your country to have. You can see what is open by looking at our cartography page.

After that, fill out the application form via a factbook:

Claim: This will include the IC nation you wish to roleplay. This can either be a real life nation with real borders, a real life nation with alternate borders, or a completely unique concept within realism.
History: This will include a few sentences or paragraphs specifying the events leading up to and elaborating the current status of your nation as of the date of the claim. The longer, the more in-depth, the better.
System of Government: This will include an overview of the structure of government within your nation- how power is divided, the different ministries, economic policies, etc.
A Roleplay Post: This should consist of an RP which will be presented to the moderator team to show that you have a grasp of your national concept and are willing to be active. The post should be included within the application, and must be posted to the regional message board within a day of your application passing for your application to stand as valid.

After you fill it out, telegram the application to the founder account, Shamalistan, or copy and paste the link to our Discord.

We aim to respond to all claims within 24 hours, if there are any problems with your application we will contact you and work with you to fix the problem.

Roleplay is easy! Here are a few ground rules:

1. All standalone roleplay posts must have at least 250 words (responses, meetings, etc do not have to meet this).
2. Every real life day correlates to one in character month, however you can roleplay retroactively as you wish, through a historic roleplay, flashback roleplay, etc.
3. No Metagaming. Metagaming for example is when someone tells you, out of character, that they plan on invading a nation and then you tell that nation to prepare. In-character-wise, no one but the invading nation knows. You can't use out-of-character information to effect in-character roleplay.
4. Keep it realistic- recognize the abilities of countries and concepts at the time, and stick to what seems most plausible within realism. Be reasonable, keep it real.

Congrats! you're ready to start roleplaying! Simply a post a roleplay on our RMB! You may use the roleplay written in your application, or write an entirely original one, but note that this roleplay must be uploaded within a day of the claim being approved, or else the claim will reset and you will have to reapply.

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