| Forgotten Gods |
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What happens to the old gods, once their temples have crumbled and their believers have abandoned them? Do they die, forsaken, alone? Or do they remain, still wandering the world, immortal, surviving off what little belief they can gather?
Forgotten Gods follows the lives of these old deities, brought to America long ago by explorers or immigrants from their homelands and eventually abandoned or lost from memory. As their worshippers moved on to new religions, the gods' powers waned - for a god, at its most pure essence, is no more than an idea, and an idea is worthless if there is nobody to believe in it. Some have passed, forgotten, from the world, while others have fallen into madness. Some have simply tried to adapt, to make a life for themselves in this place without gods, getting by on what little scraps of worship and belief they can garner. Others are more radical, attempting to regain the power that was once theirs, to revive their followings.
And then there are the New Gods. Gods of cars and computers, television and radio, cities and highways, all those things that modern Americans put their faith in. They are young, at the height of their power. These newcomers are regarded dismissively by some of the older gods, who have seen so many new deities rise and fall in their time; jealously by others, who wish to reclaim the power for their own; and by all with a deep wariness.
Inspired by the world of Neil Gaiman's American Gods, this game invites players to step into the roles of deities, old and new, to create their own modern mythology.
Wanted:
Greek: Eros, Cronus, the Furies; more Olympians! Especially Zeus, Poseidon, Athena and Artemis
New Gods: The Internet, Fast Food, Television, Highways, Fashion Industry, Radio
Christian/Hebrew: Deadly Sins (Greed and Gluttony), Holy Virtues (all), Adam, Eve
Celtic/Arthurian: Merlin, Lancelot, the Morrigan
Norse: Loki, Odin, Thor, Freyja, Skadi, Hermod, Sif, Tyr
Native American: Coyote, Badger, White Buffalo Woman
Hindu: Kali, Krishna, Ganesh
African: Anansi, Elegba
Egyptian: Isis, Nephthys, Ma'at, Osiris, Hathor, Thoth
Slavic: Baba Yaga, Chernobog, Veles, Koshchei, Morana
Japanese: Amaterasu, Raijin, Susanoo, Izanami, Izanagi
Australian Aboriginal: Rainbow Snake, Bobbi-Bobbi
Aztec: Xochipili, Tlaloc, Tezcatlipoca, Quetzalcoatl
Anglo-Saxon: Eostre, Wayland Smith - more!
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