kevperrine wrote:
I apologize.
I'm very confused...
No need to apologize -- I just thought from your comment that you were expecting something along the lines of some kind of virtual tabletop session, where everyone is on the line at the same time and interacting more like a live, face-to-face game. It ain't that, but I see that you realize that.
I know I need to finish my stage 1 build (trying to do that tonight), but I have no clue what the above means. Is there a deadline you need for character stats (again, trying to finish now/immediately for you). WHEN does the game begin?
Sorry for not being clear about this -- game starts "soon." I don't want to be draconian about it, especially since I'm still doing a bit of work in the background on the setting, plotting, the villains, etc. I'm also traveling for business this week and won't have as much time as I'd like to get things off the ground. Best guess right now is that we start on the weekend or early next week. So I guess if we can finalize builds by the end of the week or Saturday, that'd be cool. Make sense?
Where are you hosting it?
That's still to be determined, though I've noticed when I asked the question, no one responded. That probably means most folks would just like to play here. I'm a fan (for different reasons) of both rpol.net and pbphouse.com, but I won't ask folks to create accounts and play over there if they'd rather just do it here.
I assume it's a normal Play-By-Post style.... Could you describe HOW you plan to do this game more?
I can.
It's really NOT YOU, it's me... In that I've only tried to play 1-2 games referred to as PbP, so I wanna make sure I know what to do and what I'm in for... How it works from your Narrator perspective, when people will reply, etc... etc...
Any explaining will help me.
Thanks!!
-kev-
Okay, sorry you're in the dark -- I shouldn't presume people all have loads of experience with gaming this way. Let me break it down (this might help urbwar too, since I think he's new to PBP as well...):
1. I'll run the game in a traditional play-by-post style. That is, as the narrator, I'll create different scenes to play in -- sometimes the whole team will be in one scene, sometimes you'll each have your own. I'll use headings and such to note who is present when and where.
2. There won't be a set schedule on replies -- if I put a post out on a Sunday night, it's not like you have until Monday at 4pm Mountain time to get a reply out. I just expect reasonable response times, and you can expect the same from me. Some people will post more, some less. That's okay. I have a lot of experience moderating this stuff, and will help make sure fast-posters aren't "stealing scenes" and moving things along faster than some players are comfortable with. (I've seen this a lot. Two active players post back-and-forth banter and settle on a course of action for the whole team before the other three members of the team even get a single post off. We'll have none of that. Good rule of thumb is that after you've posted, wait for others before posting again, at least before "advancing" the scene in any meaningful way.
3. I won't act for PCs unless it's required (we're stuck and someone isn't responding, etc.) Your characters are your own and I'll try to keep from putting words in their mouths and actions... on... their fists. (Or something.)
4. I'll expect at least an attempt at proper writing. Grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc. Put dialog in quote and write it like prose in the 3rd person. No need to color-code dialog to make it "more readable."
5. Stretch yourself as a writer. Sometimes one-line posts are all that's needed, but it can be
really fun to post some stuff that's going on in the character's head, from their past, etc. Give the others something to play off of. I'll try to do the same.
6. Try to keep stats and other game-speak out of the main body of the post. That is, don't intersperse prose and game-talk and prose and game-talk. Without a separate OOC thread to manage all the crunchy bits, I'm planning on doing it in the game thread, but at the bottom of each post. Like this:
Crouched in the shadows of an alley across the street from the Murray building, Cauchemar watched to make sure the coast was clear before he approached. Seeing that it was, he crossed the foggy road quickly and made his way to the front door, his footsteps too loud on the deserted street. It was after midnight and the building was dark; the front door would certainly be locked.
[OOC: Cauchemar, what's the plan? Listen at the door? Climb to an open window? Force the front door?]
It won't be italicized -- I've just done that here to set things off. Point is that the in-character and out-of-character stuff is separated.
7. Rolls & Results: I'll expect the players to use the OOC section to be specific about power and skill use and such, then I'll make the roll and post the results. Like this:
BeardedDork wrote:
Cauchemar knees at the front door and tries to pick the lock.
[OOC: Using the Security skill]
Then, in the next post...
Harrigan wrote:
After a few moments of deft work with the lock picks, the door clicks and opens.
[OOC: Rolled a 7 for a result of 14. Success.]
Make sense?
There's probably a lot more I can go on about, but I'll pause here in case I'm not being clear on something.
Any further questions on how / where / when we're going to play?
