The Golden Compass!

[LandonSuffered]

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[Callan S.]

I'm only just reading the first book now (christmas present). Never minding the grander scale, a game where you start as a child and resolve (by growing up through the game) what fixed adult form your demon/familair becomes would be interesting, since they reflect your personality. I think it'd be good if the player wrote down say four forms and mechanics slowly cross off a form during play (which form goes is the players choice), until you get to the end and get the final representative form. Err, yeah, the player could just say what form they have at the ending, but that's kind of suck for the other players. They can't see the ways he could have gone, but did not. They don't really see the process explicitly laid out bare.

You could lay in the rest of the setting as a potential influence of that growth/change.

[LandonSuffered]

[Xerxes]

[David C]

I read the books, and I'm pretty sure they were supposed to be Gypsies. I don't ever remember them being called "Gyptians." Not that this is terribly relevant, but I thought I'd mention it.

[Per Fischer]

[David C]

Per Fischer,

That's interesting! Thanks for the history lesson.