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Over at Wired.com news, there’s an interesting article concerning the rise and fall of civilizations. As the title Guns, Germs, & Steel implies, the article concerns itself with things that kill people as well as tools used to conquer other people. The author, Jared Diamond, touts the phrase “Location, location, location” as to one one people have the tools and opportunity while others do not. As far as racial factors go, those geographical opportunities, of course, must be recognized and siezed.

While finishing the re-write and expansion of Kindling Moon, this article reminded me of one of the things we’ve been trying to do with many of the factors in our updated history and breed descriptions. Even with providing a rich world full of opportunities lost, made, and taken, not everyone with an opportunity knows to take it while those who would may never have one to take. With the storylines for players starting at the cusp of a world barely renewed and still emerging, it’s nice to see a bit of theoretical fact backing up the fiction.