inspirations [Chronicle]

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=====Inspirations=====

Chronicle has taken inspiration from a sprawling archive of other works. Below are a selection. Note that some works on this page contain themes not compliant with //Chronicle//'s [[cat_policy|Conduct and Themes Policy]].

  * Jorge Luis Borges, especially ‘The Library of Babel’ and ‘The Circular Ruins’ (short stories)
  * //The Elder Scrolls//, especially //Morrowind// (video game series)
  * Susanna Harvey's //Orbital// (novel)
  * Ursula K. Le Guin, especially //The Dispossessed// (novel)
  * //Disco Elysium// (video game)
  * //Pentiment// (video game)
  * Terry Pratchett's //Discworld// (novels)
  * //The Dawn of Everything// by David Graeber and David Wengrow (historical anthropology/archaeology)
  * //Planescape// (tabletop setting)
  * //Shadowrun: Dragonfall// (video game)
  * China Mieville's //Bas-Lag// (novel series)
  * Rachel Hartman's //Seraphina// (novel series)
  * Edward Wilson-Lee's //The Grammar of Angels// (literary history)
  * Epic poetry, including:
     * //Enūma Eliš//
     * //The Odyssey//
     * //The Aeneid//
     * //Paradise Lost//
     * The work of William Blake
  * Medieval texts, including:
     * //Cywyddau Brud// (a genre of medieval poetry)
     * //The Prophecy of Britain//
     * //The Estoria de España//
  * Society games past, including:
     * [[https://ventures.oxfordrpg.com/|//Ventures//]] (especially the Myths and Legends Project and the focus on information collection and disparate cultural world building)
     * [[https://fated.oxfordrpg.com/|Fated]] (again, in its focus on disparate cultures and the nature of history)
     * [[https://contingency.oxfordrpg.com/|//Contingency//]] (the theme of the scope of history, and particularly the arcs of some of the PCs whose players are now GMs...)
     * [[https://whiteraccoon.oxfordrpg.com/style_and_tone|White Raccoon]] (in its focus on folklore and storytelling)
     * [[https://conviction.oxfordrpg.com/|//Conviction//]] (in its portrayal of the intersection of religion and politics)
     * [[https://scripture.oxfordrpg.com/|//Scripture//]] (primarily the portrayal of gods living among their worshippers)
  * //Access To Memory// (archival software)