I wonder if anyone's attempted it?
I GM pathfinder every second week with friends, I have all the Ultimate Campaign rules (which are also on the SRDs anyways), and I'm looking for a game to play with the wife. She's not as much of a gamer as I, though, so competitive games... tend not to end too well.
I was wondering if anyone had already attempted to recycle those kingdom building rules to be able to play "among peers", if you will (without an GM or authoritative figure). Roll charts for what the NPC kingdoms do and all.
I haven't actually used those rules yet, so I'll need to familiarize myself more with them. But I was wondering if others thought it would be possible to play with two players, either in one nation or as allied nations, to grow and achieve an objective (ex: conquer the continent), Civ-style.
Alternatively, if you know other (non-expensive) 2 player cooperative games (for casuals), that'd also be appreciated. ;)
Been a few months since I read them, but the Kingdom Building rules already do all that outside of the leadership rules using the characters ability scores.
Personally, I've always wanted an excuse to pull out my Catan board while kingdom building or exploring the wilderness (considering hex-style exploration maps). Maybe borrow a few rules from Settlers of Catan, and mesh them with the kingdom rules?
Collaborative World Building: Dawn of Worlds
Might be of use to you.
Interesting, I'll look into that.