u/Sobieskil

Thanks to the interest shown in the last post, this is a thing now. The NRP will begin in 1907 and move forward a year in each post. Anyone can suggest something to add, but now it's restricted to one building per person per post (unless you collaborate with someone or propose something particularly amazing). When suggesting, please either give a location or preferably draw a rough draft of it on the map.

National News: After weeks of unrest in the capital culminating in armed fighting between the forces of the king and the State Revolution Council, the Palace of the Kingdom was taken after the king and his family were arrested by his own Royal Guard. The revolution has now been proclaimed throughout the kingdom, but small scale guerilla fighting still persists for months while the dust settles.

Regional News: News of the revolution arrives a few days after it happened, with reactions ranging from indifference to joy at the hope for improvement from the new regime.

The village also needs a name. I have two suggestions so far that you can vote on. We have Centaton or Fredericksville

Buildings (Born are built from wood, grey from stone, yellow from fancy stone, other materials also available)

1: Tavern Hall

2: Village Office (like a town hall, but smaller and also the residence of the village clerk, who acts like a mayor)

3: Post office (and stables for post wagons)

4: Blacksmith shop

5: River defence tower from the 1700s (disused, extra lore available upon request)

6: Marketplace

7: Fredericksfarm (owned by GuyDoingThin_gs2026)

8: Butcher (and pen for pigs)

9: Farm

10: School hall

11: House

12: House

13: House

14: House and shop (undertaker)

15: Another house

16: Yet another house (but run down, one of the village's oldest buildings)

17: Guess what? Another house

18: House (now with added shop)

19: Surprise House

20: Post Office clerk's house

21: I can't believe it's another house

22: House

23: Fancy house

24: Boarding house

25: Rival boarding house (larger and more modern)

26: General store

27: House belonging to owner of Fredericksfarm

28: Country manor (belongs to local Duke of Ausburg)

29: Logging camp and wood storage shed

30: Sawmill

31: Government office (Royal Army Committee)

32: Housing for logging and government workers

It's 1907 and the Kingdom of Orpal is over, long live the Republic of Orpal! After decades of rule by a tyrannical dynasty of monarchs, the people have thrown off their shackles and ridded themselves of the old systems. Now the time has come to bring the country into the new century, with new towns and sweeping modernisation, such as in this rural backwater which will soon be the site of a grand new city.

So, this is the first NRP I've done and takes inspiration from Reddit founds a city. This area is set in a fictional country inspired by western/central Europe which I will add lore to later, but for now just this area is relevant. This post is meant to set the scene and get an indicator for interest in this, hence the lack of buildings. If enough people are interested, then the result of this map will become the first post, which will be the area before modernisation and industrialisation.

You are free to add anything within reason (so nothing from later than 1907), grey lines are gravel roads, beige lines are dirt roads, the dark green is forest and the grey in the top left is a mountain. River name suggestions will be appreciated.