Game Concepts

Power in Human Hands

A Frame of Government

With the game Power Herein, you will explore a society's relationship with their government by playing as a Frame of government or, a Political Document or Institution. This Frame will change, grow, inspire, create or destroy power structures, and be a beacon of order as you play. A Frame of Government cannot die but can be tarnished, lost, rewritten, forgotten, or purposefully ignored.

Currently there is only one playbook. Others may follow and this will be revised as necessary.

The Body

A Frame is subject to the Political Body acting on it at the time. The agency of the Frame is limited by what power structure is currently in place and acting on it. You will be writing the details of each Body and how they came to power, how they treat the Frame of government, what they achieve with it, and how it changes them.

Time & Rest

A Political Body can change via the will of the people, a military coup, the return of a dictator, or other means. In this game, the Body will change over to a new one. When this happens, turmoil, peace, or other means will prevent changes to the Frame as the daily lives of the people continue. When this happens, you are at Rest. You always determine how much Time passes while you wait. Eventually, a new Body will rise and govern the people.

Ideals

Ideals are characteristics that describe your Frame of government. They may be physical, political, or personal ideals. Each Frame has it's own set of Ideals for that type but feel free to invent or utilize your own as you wish. The precise definition of each Ideal is not important and can mean whatever you wish.

Change

While playing Power Herein, the Frame will change and evolve, adjusted by its use, Time passing, and the Bodies who use it. At various points you will be asked to Change Something about the Frame of government. This means adding, removing or modifying:

• an Ideal

• A detail about something in your world - A name, Faction, Power Structure, etc.

• A response to one of your Frame questions.

• a detail about the physical housing of your Frame

A large change may make it necessary to do several of these things at once. You can also Change Something any time it feels appropriate.