I am still trying to figure out how to integrate it into RW in the - for me - best way.
And maybe I have been stalling somewhat, waiting for the calendars
This is what I have done so far:
In World Almanac under group Other I have a topic (Conecpt) called
Calendars. Contained herein I have
Astronomical details (further information)
Short description of the length of the day, the number of days in one rotation of the planet around the Sun (or the Sun's rotation around the flat ground you live on, depending on your preferred view of the world), the moon(s), comets, meteor showers, the bi-centennial volcanic eruption from Mount Doom.
I believe that calendars would be based - at least in part - on such information and what people have been able to observe throughout time. This should provide some fundamental time-units that all calendars (with the possible exception of some esoteric ones) are based on.
Calendar Comparison (further information)
A brief comparison of the main calendars done in a table showing the similarities and differences between the various calendars. Good to get a quick idea that if culture A divides the year into 12 arbitrary bits (could be called "months") another culture would divide the year into four "seasons" or whatnot.
Calendars (further information)
The various calendars are then given a container each
. Here I have listed where the calendar is used, the name(s) of the calendar, how it is organized (how many days in a year, how many days in subdivisions of a year (months), smaller divisions (weeks), names of years, months, weeks, days, hours, etc. Or however the calendar in question might be organized.
I have a post-fix for all dates (normally after the year) stating what calendar we are talking about. It could be 530 AII - which would be Anno Imperium Inceptum. I then add snippets where needed and write the date and whether it is a birth, death, founding, dissolvement, whatever.
For special, recurring days I place them where relevant.
So far it is under the group
Groups, with a religion
The Church as container (being the only one allowed and the only one known by most people does have the benefit that you do not have to be terrible inventive with the name you are going to give yourself (well, it does have a more explicit name as well)).
I have made a container (
Other list) called
Sacred days and made a topic (
Event list) for each sacred day, describing it in terms of its placement in the calendar, the theological significance of that day, what the common man knows about it and how it is celebrated.
I put a prefix in front of the sacred days, so they appear in the order they should when playing through the year (or whatever time division the culture uses).
I haven't gotten so far getting all my loose ideas regarding calendars, days and religions into RW (where they take on a more definite form and become canon), but even without the calendar module RW has made it so much easier for me to organize these things and get it done.
Post scriptum:
I really
really look forward to the calendar module...
