====== WELCOME TO THE ARCHIPELAGO OF ALBION ======
The year is 1642.

The [[archipelago|Archipelago of Albion]], a necklace of islands and floating city-states, stretches from the Hebrides to the accursed Isle of Lundy.\\ \\ At the heart of the Archipelago, the ensorcelled Island of [[oxford_society|Oxford]] soars a proud hundred feet above the tossing waves of the English Ocean. It is here, at the jewel in Albion’s crown, that the good [[king|King Matthew]], grandson of Queen Elizabeth I, makes his capital and holds his court, And it is here, not in flooded and derelict London, that the poets, philosophers, [[magic|magicians]], [[religion|priests]], explorers, [[horticulturalists|dragon-riders]], drug-sellers, merchants and nobles of the realm come to pay court and play intrigue among the ancient stones of the [[oxforduni|Colleges]] and [[Embassies]].\\ \\ The face of Europe has changed beyond recognition, and in the world of Albion, anything is possible...
\\ \\ \\ Albion is a Society Game running under the auspices of [[http://users.ox.ac.uk/~rpgsoc|Oxford University Roleplaying Games Society]] in Michaelmas term '07 and Hilary term '08. It is set in an alternate-history version of the English Renaissance, but is not intended to be a historical game - the setting should //feel// Renaissance, not //be// Renaissance, and no great historical knowledge will be required to play. **You can navigate around the site by the bar on the left hand side. We suggest that you check out the [[Introduction]] page first. Sessions are every Tuesday at 7:30 at Worcester College during Oxford termtime - directions and other details are [[game_start|here]].**