FYI you are quite literally describing dungeons and dragons, just virtualized and automated. But on that topic, I've had a sort of similar idea kicking around i

FYI you are quite literally describing dungeons and dragons, just virtualized and automated. But on that topic, I've had a sort of similar idea kicking around in my head, but on a bigger scale. I want to run a game of DnD using a heavily modded Crusader Kings or Civ to simulate the world they are playing in. Just set up the starting conditions, like the various kingdoms, their methods of succession, their relationships and blood feuds with other kingdoms, the internal treacherous machinations and possible rebellions brewing, wars between kingdoms, etc, and then just let it run and use that to generate the overarching plot events of the setting while somehow translating the players actions as some kind of input into the simulated world so they can affect it as well.