08-20-2026, 01:32 PM
War by Mutual Agreement
War by Mutual Agreement is a common theme to all of these alternatives to the current status quo of Hyborian War, albeit it to varying degrees. Now, hither comes War by Mutual Agreement in all its splendor, in all its variety, in all its glory!
Why skimp, when you can splurge? Why think small, when you can dare to go big? Here, you take the chains off of your own imagination, and opt to go hog wild - and treat yourself and at least one willing fellow player in your game of Hyborian War to a gamut of possibilities. Mix and match with your kingdom's trusty axe.
Need to pause mid-way through a long set of war seasons to catch your kingdom's breath? Crave non-stop, unending war everlasting? Prefer minor conflict one turn, but a sprawling brawl the next? War by Mutual Agreement has go you covered.
Want to allow resort to peace treaties, but only using characters that end in multiples of 5 (KUSA-5, DARF-10, AQUI-15, SHEM-20)? Or how about limiting the negotiation of peace to only characters that are female? Hate magic messing up your manly battles? The by mutual agreement, you can achieve that by leaving all of the mages at home, when time comes to invade those heathens that are in need of a good beating down?
Figure out the preferred mix of include this but exclude that, and persuade one (or more) player(s) to agree to it, and then set out to do just, exactly that - and nothing more and nothing less.
It's all imagination-based, but grounded in mutual agreement. Cry “Havoc!” and let slip the dogs of war.
Say what you will, but at the end of the day, you'll either play within the rules that RSI created almost half a century ago, or you'll treat yourself to a feast of mutual agreement. Think about that, the next time that your kingdom finds itself trapped in more peace treaties than you can shake a stick at.