There are going to be 10 different cities when we are done with it. Each of these cities has its own culture and ways of doing things. Not all of the cities get along with each other. Most of the cities are their own nation, while a few of them are ruled over by larger nations.
Here is a map of the region:
We split up the labor between cities so that we can each focus on some of the cities and hopefully get the world built faster. Rome wasn't built in a day, but it also wasn't made out of Legos.
Since we can't built all of the cities at exactly the same time, some cities are a little farther along than others. I started on Merus, the blue circle on the map. I also worked a little on Gioco (pink on the left) and Cara/Otrok (orange and tan in top left). None of these are anywhere close to being done, but here is what we have so far.
This is Cara / Otrok. They are two different cities that are connected on via the mine. Cara is its own nation, but Otrok is ruled over by Carcota. As you can see, I don't have much here. On the leftmost box is a school with four classrooms. The next box (the white one) has their barracks in the back and a blacksmithery in the front. The little brown box between the two white ones has the mines. The large white box on the right side is Otrok.
This is after I added a few more people.
This is the messy corner where Carcota will be one day. Right now it's just some totes of Legos.
This is the beginning of the Dienaars. Rob is building this one. As you can see, he likes to start with people before building the city or houses. Those two rectangular things with people in them are ships that will travel by river. One of them is a trade ship and the other one is a passenger ship. The horse drawn wagon is for land trade.
This is the beginnings of the Gioco Farms. The building in the back is where the Merus Ambassador stays and there is also a vacant room for vacationers from other cities. The big green patch in the middle is going to be where people gather each night for festivities and entertainment. The Gioco are a people who love to enjoy life.
This is the same city from a lower angle. I've also added the Merus barracks and some more people.
The box in the corner is Lieu de Paix. It is a city controlled by the Merus empire. Rob is building this one. It might get bigger, but right now there is a mess of Legos filling up the room.
Rob designed some of the mages to live on the Mage's Mountain. The green ones are novice mages, who then move up to red, then blue, and finally, after they graduate, they are allowed to wear whatever they want.
This is the Mage's building mid-progress.
Here you can see as I design some of the Merus armed forces.
This is the Upper District of Merus, where the Lord Regent and other important nobles and officials live. The center is a nice meeting place with a fountain in the middle.
The Lord Regent's daughter playing the piano in her living room.
Upper District of Merus with a few more people added and some minor changes.
This is a full view of Merus so far. There will probably end up being a ring of boxes around the base of the table for the Lower District.
As you can see, we still have a LONG way to go. More updates to come as we build.
