[Game Chef 2011] Chaucer's Daughter Lost

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Bryan Hansel:
Elevator Pitch: In order to claim the title as England's Bard, Shakespeare travels back in time and kidnaps Chaucer's daughter, Agnes. The ransom is that Chaucer must not write The Canterbury Tales. From his death bed, King Edward III dispatches a group that consists of knights, a constable, serjeants-in-fee, and a ranger to accompany Chaucer while he searches the Royal Forest for Agnes.

Ingredients used:

Daughter: Chaucer's daughter Agnes.Exile: Shakespeare is trying to force Chaucer into writer's exile.Nature: Takes place in King Edward's royal forest
Guess what? You get to pick a character class.

Chaucer (there can be only one): Poet, government bureaucrat, gets a gallon of wine a day for free from the king, and the logistics of delivery.Knight: Armored, tough guy, all chivalrous, courtly and such.Constable: Enforcer of forest law, eater of wild boar, cool 'stash.Serjeants-in-fee: Patroller of the forest in exchange for a fee, vigilant offender catcher.Ranger: Poor, underpaid, grubby enforcer of forest law in lands not in the forest anymore.
Yes! Alignments: I think I'm going to steal them directly from 1st Ed. AD&D

Mechanics or something like that:

I'd like to work in something about jealousy being deadly, rash action causing problems, and hiding true feelings. There will probably be acts or something. I may write the entire game in Middle English, but probably won't be that motivated, but it would probably gain brownie points from an English Prof. In order for Shakespeare to understand Middle English, he probably needs to put a fish in his ear. And how in the world did he go back in time? H.G. Wells?

Wilper:
It feels like you have a mild gonzo feel to your game.  Could it be that Shakespeare stole http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla s time machine? :-)

Another "period" candidate time traveler is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostradamus

Bryan Hansel:
Nostradamus had a time machine????

Jonathan Walton:
There's always Elizabeth's court magician, John Dee.  I'm sure he could whip up some time travel.  Maybe he really hates Chaucer!

Joel P. Shempert:
As President of the local PDX chapter of the Society in Support of Having More John Dee in Shit, I approve JWalt's suggestion.

Peace,
-Joel

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