Role Play

[Jo Yardley Member]

(continued from the old forum)

The best bit about second life to me is the possibility to do what I've always wanted to do but never could; travel back in time.
But as someone who is obsessed with history, I am not looking for romantic, fantasy versions of the past.
I want to feel like I am really there, the real past, the gritty not always pretty past.
I understand that many others prefer the nice lovely version of history, but its not for me.

So let us use this topic to share LM's, descriptions and names of Historical sims.

There was a list on the old forum but I can no longer find it.

And yes of course I will insert my own sim in the list eventually, I am subtle that way

I would like to create a chronologic list of Historically themed sims, each sim rated as authentic, fantasy or something else we may think of.

Example;

Deadwood 1876

Authentic

Western themed roleplay sim

Dresscode

Mature rating

http://www.theroadtodeadwood.com/

What do you think?

Wouldn't it be great to have a (hopefully long) list of authentic & fantasy Historically themed sims like this?

Just copy paste and add your own or other sims you've visited.

[Caesin Skall]

Timetraveling.. its a cool roleplay idea. 

However, a time traveler would be breaking the rules of most historical sims because it would be seen to be breaking the theme of the sim. 

Have you actually tried it? 

[Jo Yardley Member]

As a professional RL timetraveler I can tell you that it is very important NOT to stand out or intervene.

So if you do it right, nobody will ever suspect you are not one of the locals

[TatianaDokuchic Varriale Member]

Duché de Coeur circa 1780

Authentic

The Duché de Coeur is a friendly and romantic land inspired by France during The Age of Enlightenment (17th-19th centuries).
Dresscode is optional but encouraged

Roleplay is optional

Mature rating (though 2 of the 14 sims are PG)

Inworld: Duché de Coeur Information Centre

Website: Les Amis du Coeur Group

[Jo Yardley Member]

Duché de Coeur circa 1780

Authentic

The Duché de Coeur is a friendly and romantic land inspired by France during The Age of Enlightenment (17th-19th centuries).
Dresscode is optional but encouraged

Roleplay is optional

Mature rating (though 2 of the 14 sims are PG)

Inworld: Duché de Coeur Information Centre

Website: Les Amis du Coeur Group

Deadwood 1876 

Authentic

Western themed roleplay sim

Strict Dresscode (free clothing provided)

Mature rating

http://www.theroadtodeadwood.com/

The 1920s Berlin Project 

Authentic

Weimar Republic themed roleplay sim

Strict Dresscode (free clothing provided)

Mature rating

http://www.1920sberlin.com/

[Thinkerer Melville]

I like this idea a lot.  i will use the list as a possible resource for my blog posts.

Thinkerer

[Joshooah Lovenkraft Member]

There was a professor from a university collecting the locations of geographic and historic recreations in SL way back in the old old forums.  I'm not sure how up to date it is but I found his website with a nice listing of sims.

[TatianaDokuchic Varriale Member]

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Joshooah Lovenkraft wrote:

There was a professor from a university collecting the locations of geographic and historic recreations in SL way back in the old old forums.  I'm not sure how up to date it is but I found his website with a nice listing of sims.

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Thanks, I'd lost that link!!

I was always tickled that my places showed up in his http://nmsua.edu/tiopete/files/2010/04/register-historic-places-sl-23.pdf

[Persephone Emerald Member]

What a great list, Joshooah. Thanks for posting it.

I didn't see Mont Saint Michelle listed, which is very nice & was shown on HBO's  "When Strangers Click".

 http://slurl.com/secondlife/Mont%20Saint%20Michel/222/95/27

I'm espeically interested in ancient historical recreations. The Minoan Empire is a good one.

 http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Minoan%20Empire/54/41/401

I've looked for ancient Sumerian sims, but found next to nothing.  Plently of ancient Egyptian ones, though.

(Edit added 3-5-11)

The 2 sims I listed above are on the list. I just didn't see them earlier.

[Joshooah Lovenkraft Member]

I sent a quick email to the prof, whose website I linked to earlier in case he wanted to add to his list with any other contributions others may have.