Dredd to Thieftakers

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Project Entry by denzien

Inspiration

October 30, 2023

Tutoring 5

Skill 6

Idea 7

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We played the original Dredd game earlier in the year at work and although people enjoyed it there was very few Dredd fans present who understood the characters. I got to thinking that the rules could be adapted to represent 18th century Nottingham rather than Mega City One and the Judges replaced by thieftakers, the perps swapped out for real criminals and real crimes and action cards used to throw in real world events and bonuses. All I had to do was find suitable substitutes and create cards and a map board. Now mine wont be a patch on Gibsons mega city art but I'll have a go.

The police didnt exixist in the 18th century so to replace the Judges we have thieftakes or constables who were volunteers who helped bring fugitives to justice on behalf of the crown. They had no uniforms and were often sworn in during riots, given a truncheon and an arm band and told to get to it. So In this game the thieftakers will compete to see who can bring the most fugitives to justice to take before the Assizes when the Judge comes to town which was three times a year. All the trials were done in one day and the Judge would head off to the next town. The Petty crimes were dealt with by Magistrates. SO the higher scoring crimes are those seen by the Assizes as they usually contain more hanging offences which numbered over 200 offenses in the 18th century.

$18th century Nottingham was described as a garden town before the industrial revolution choked the landscape with mills. \the textile industry was still in its beginnings but would bring about luddite machine breaking activity in the area. The Georgian period is the focus of the game when we had a more wild west feeling in regards to law an order. Highway robbers travel the road and we had some odd characters on the streets with no police to stop it but a small band of thieftaker constables who didnt really want to be doing the voluntary job their businessman fathers had signed them up for to do there bit for the local community.$ 18th century Nottingham was described as a garden town before the industrial revolution choked the landscape with mills. \the textile industry was still in its beginnings but would bring about luddite machine breaking activity in the area. The Georgian period is the focus of the game when we had a more wild west feeling in regards to law an order. Highway robbers travel the road and we had some odd characters on the streets with no police to stop it but a small band of thieftaker constables who didnt really want to be doing the voluntary job their businessman fathers had signed them up for to do there bit for the local community.