# Game of Games/Setting/Timeline

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
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### Mythological Age
#### Second Age

| Year | Event |
| | Forging of the Rings of Power |
| | War of the Last Alliance |

#### Third Age

| Year | Event |
| 3018 | The War of the Ring |

#### Inspiration/Influences
##### Movies

* Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings

##### Books

* The Hobbit
* The Lord of the Rings
* Silmarillion

### Hyperborean Age

| Year | Event |
| | Atlantis |

#### Inspiration/Influences
##### Movies

* Conan the Barbarian
* Kull the Conqueror

##### Books

* Conan: Red Nails

### Recorded History

Turning Points and Key events of recorded history:
| Year | Event | Location | Category |
| | Fall of Rome | Italy | |
| 1066 | Norman Invasion | England | |
| 1492 | European Discovery of the "New World" | America | Exploration |
| 1648 | Treaty of Westphalia | Europe | Politcis |
| 1683 | Battle of Vienna | Europe | Warfare |
| 1789 | French Revolution | France | Politics |
| 1917 | October Revolution | Russia | Politics |
| 1946 | Nuclear Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | Japan | Warfare |
| 1969 | Apollo Mission to Moon | Moon | Space Exploration |
| 2005 | Kyoto Climate Change Accord | Earth | Environment |

### Future Timeline

| Year | Event | Requirement | Effect | Location | Category |
| 2025 | Quantum Computing becomes mainstream | | | Earth | Information Technology |
| 2030 | 3D Printing Replaces most Manufactoring | | Unemployment and Poverty | | |
| 2030 | Nuclear Fusion becomes Reality | | | | Energy |
| | Asteroid Belt Mining | | | | Economy |
| 2035 | International Moon Base Established | | | Moon | Space Exploration |
| 2035 | International Accreditation System (Merit/Grade Badges) | | | | |
| 2040 | Manned Mars Mission | | | Mars | Space Exploration |
| | Piracy becomes a problem in the Asteroid Belt | Asteroid Belt Mining | | | Crime |
| | Mars SpacePort on Phobos | | | Mars | Space Exploration |
| 2050 | Space Elevator | | | Earth | |
| | Orbital Space Settlements | | | Orbit | Space Exploration |
| 2055 | Orbital Space Manufacturing / Space Port | Space Elevator | | Orbit | |
| 2060 | Permanent Settlement Established on Mars | | | Mars | Space Exploration |
| 2060 | Bigelow Orbitel (Orbital "Hotel" station chain) | Space Elevator | | Orbit | Tourism, Entertainment |
| 2065 | Terrorism on Space Elevator | Space Elevator | | Earth | Crime |
| 2070 | Mining the clouds of Venus | | | Venus | Economy |
| 2075 | Manned Mission to Europa (Jupiter Moon) | | | Jupiter | Space Exploration |
| 2080 | Artificial Intelligence Becomes Self-Aware | | | | Information Technology |
| 2090 | Deport people without Nano Implants to Mars | | | Earth Mars | Politics |
| 2100 | Global Warming causes significant Flooding of Coastal Areas | | | Earth | Environment |
| 2125 | Martian Independence Movement | | | Mars | Politics |
| 2200 | Earth Based Generation Ship Leaves Solar System | | | Solar System | Space Exploration |
| 5000 | Power of the Sun harvested in Dyson Sphere | | | Solar System | Energy |

#### Ideas
##### Economy

* Global CryptoCurrency
* Money becomes obsolete
* Universal Global Minimum Income and Health Coverage

##### Environment

* Orbital Debree becomes a serious Issue
* Ocean Clean up Garbage Patches
* New Diseases
* Global Warming
* Management of Weather / Weather Wars
* Terra-forming efforts on Mars and Venus
* Astronomic Events (solar Flares, SuperNova, ...)
* Tectonic movement - Change in Continents

##### Science & Technology

* New Computer / Human Interfaces based on Thought
* Augmented Reality the norm in some societies
* Nanomaterials
* Bioengineer/Genetics
* Improvements in Communication Technology
* Self-Driving Vehicles / Spacecraft
* Unified Theory of Everything (Physics)
* Dark Energy / Matter
* New fields, such as QuantumComputing, PsychoHistory
* Time/Dimension Travel

##### Exploration

* Ocean Exploration, Underwater Discoveries and Cities
* Discoveries on Mars/Earth/Venus/Jupiter
* Space Tourism
* First Contact with Extraterrestrial Life Forms
* New Engines

##### Politics

* New Political Unions, and breakup of existing ones.
* North/South or East/West split in the United States
* Mars Government
* Astroid Belt Legal Issues
* Rise of Africa in the 21st Century

##### Other

* Narcisistic Epidemic / Philosophy Wars
* Impact of Genetic Changes due to influences of low gravity (Space and Mars)
* United Nations Space Program
* Laws and Ethics concerning Roborts and Replicants
* New Global Organization determining Credentials / Careers (Global Communism)?
* AI deity
* Manipulation/Changing of History to "promote" the Future
* Advances in philosophy Discovery that time and the self is an illusion
* Shift in Concsiousness
* AI becomes aware that Humans are not really conscious
* War over new Resources like Helium-3
* Venus becomes a prison planet (Like Australia)
* Lucifer Project to ignite Saturn, and colonize it's moons (2010 Movie)
* Colony Ship leaving Solar System
* Astroid belt mining
* Augmented Reality becomes the Norm (Austricied for non compliance)
** Speed delilmiteds, driving aids, etc, ...
** Vacation through Augmented Reality (Total Recall/Ready Player One)
** Morph into Chrononauts
*** Develop Chronological Space (wikipedia of time and space) - Setting
*** Purposefully modification of history for political purposes
** Life on different planets, due to augmented reality (changed senses) to match earth
** Additional Senses added

#### Inspiration/Influences
##### Movies

* 2001: A Space Odyssey
* 2010
* Alien, Aliens
* Blade Runner
* Europa Report
* Interstellar
* Matrix Series
* Minority Report
* Ready Player One
* Stargate
* Starship Troopers
* Terminator

##### Books

* Rondevous with Rama
* Starship Troopers

##### References

* Astroid Belt