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Post by lucylacemaker on Sept 14, 2023 17:26:43 GMT -5
Do you think people will be interested in an RP that is more about building worlds together and playing short stories than traditional RP?
Just curious
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Post by lucylacemaker on Sept 14, 2023 19:43:09 GMT -5
The adventures would be within the world being built and it would be like a series rather than one long story so it would be easier for new members to dive in
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Sept 14, 2023 23:26:40 GMT -5
The adventures would be within the world being built and it would be like a series rather than one long story so it would be easier for new members to dive in I am not sure I understand. The way I run my games new players can dive in at anytime. When I started playing in college we started with 12 players in the first game once we got going we had 16 players on a regular basis. We played in a room that had three tables and quite a few chairs. We had (in any given year of the four years) 15-20+ people just hanging out in the room watching the game and doing some school work. They audience was quiet, aside from joining the players in a cheer now and then, and the game was pretty noisy at times. These folks could have when the main lounge and had a lot of room and a much quieter atmosphere to study in. But they hung out with us. The audience members would from time to time play for one game or a dozen games and then go back to being an audience member. We ran one long campaign spread over four school years, but it was always easy to join and even if you had not been hanging out it would still have been easy to join. If an occasional player didn't know what die to roll or whatever, a regular player would help them and it was smooth. It was a very free form open-ended sandbox game. Now in that kind of world if you wanted to make the game less open-ended and have a specific mission assigned to the characters instead of letting them choose their own goals you could do something like tell them they were all joining a merchant caravan as guards (or something else) for a trip that should take a certain number of game sessions to play out. This is one example, there is an infinite number to choose from. Or you could devise something that should only take one or two game sessions to play out instead a dozen. The long form game doesn't have to ever end as long as the group is able to meet. Are you looking to play face to face or VTT? |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Sept 14, 2023 23:32:13 GMT -5
Do you think people will be interested in an RP that is more about building worlds together and playing short stories than traditional RP? Just curious Also if you don't have players handy right now, you could always run a play by post and test some of your ideas out to see how they work. We are able to host that here if you want to do that. |
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Post by simrion on Sept 15, 2023 4:41:58 GMT -5
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Sept 16, 2023 18:08:59 GMT -5
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Sept 16, 2023 18:12:57 GMT -5
Your idea reminds me of Aria: Canticle of the Monomyth. It sounds cool. I never tried it but I did want to buy it. I missed the chance when it was new. Maybe reading the link below will help you? Aria: Canticle of the Monomyth |
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Post by lucylacemaker on Sept 16, 2023 20:08:58 GMT -5
Do you think people will be interested in an RP that is more about building worlds together and playing short stories than traditional RP? Just curious Also if you don't have players handy right now, you could always run a play by post and test some of your ideas out to see how they work. We are able to host that here if you want to do that. Sounds good hope people open up to a new type of game |
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Post by lucylacemaker on Sept 17, 2023 7:18:35 GMT -5
My game is in two parts: SETTING which is where people gather to build a world together. Nations, cultures etc. then there is STORY where people play short stories. If you can make a section at the bottom of this forum to test this out I will appreciate that. It’s hard to introduce new ideas.
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Sept 17, 2023 10:28:34 GMT -5
My game is in two parts: SETTING which is where people gather to build a world together. Nations, cultures etc. then there is STORY where people play short stories. If you can make a section at the bottom of this forum to test this out I will appreciate that. It’s hard to introduce new ideas. Do you have a name in mind for your section, lucylacemaker ? |
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Post by lucylacemaker on Sept 17, 2023 10:32:50 GMT -5
My game is in two parts: SETTING which is where people gather to build a world together. Nations, cultures etc. then there is STORY where people play short stories. If you can make a section at the bottom of this forum to test this out I will appreciate that. It’s hard to introduce new ideas. Do you have a name in mind for your section, lucylacemaker ? SETTING/STORY Discussion on developing a new society and adventures within 🙂 |
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Post by lucylacemaker on Sept 17, 2023 10:46:05 GMT -5
Let’s say you want to create a world of elves. Ask yourself what type of government, social norms, religious beliefs and values are. As time goes on new generations rebel a bit and the society becomes more complex and diverse. These types of games are always open ended
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Sept 17, 2023 10:51:02 GMT -5
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Sept 17, 2023 11:31:17 GMT -5
Admin Pete I inadvertently created this in the area above where I wanted to place it. Whatever you're good with for location is cool with me. 
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Post by Admin Pete on Sept 17, 2023 14:03:17 GMT -5
Admin Pete I inadvertently created this in the area above where I wanted to place it. Whatever you're good with for location is cool with me. I moved it on down, sometimes moving new forums around is tricky. lucylacemaker you have a new forum at SETTING/STORY, try it and make sure you can create threads there. If you want the name changed at any point just let us know and we can do that. Also if you decide that you want it divided into two sub-forums one named Setting and one named Story, we can also add those too. |
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Post by lucylacemaker on Sept 17, 2023 14:31:54 GMT -5
Do you think this type of role play will have a chance with gamers?
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Post by lucylacemaker on Sept 17, 2023 14:48:32 GMT -5
There's only one way to find out and that's to garner interest. Are you on Twitter? I’m not |
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Post by simrion on Sept 18, 2023 4:44:14 GMT -5
There's only one way to find out and that's to garner interest. Are you on Twitter? I’m not I don't "tweet" either. Guess I'm just a curmudgeon. I absolutely hate and resist this obsession with having our lives dominated by portable electronic devices. Banking, medical (had to use a QR code for a recent appointment,) and socializing. I'm a fan of face-to-face discussions and I use a pay-as-you-go phone. No $50+ monthly phone bill for this guy. Sorry for the off-topic rant. Looking forward lucylacemakers new forum! |
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Post by lucylacemaker on Sept 18, 2023 9:40:10 GMT -5
I avoid twitter like the plague
If you’re interested in my forum you can pm me for the link. I will still post here but I was thinking here using mythical beings for the Setting and story 🙂
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Post by lucylacemaker on Sept 23, 2023 18:36:20 GMT -5
My idea for a RP is not going well. I think I will develop the world I’m building and the main characters then do a series of short story RP’s as of now my site is for creative writing and chatting
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Post by oldskolgmr on Sept 24, 2023 7:03:50 GMT -5
My idea for a RP is not going well. I think I will develop the world I’m building and the main characters then do a series of short story RP’s as of now my site is for creative writing and chatting I hope that you keep working on this, passion projects are healthy. Good Luck! |
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Post by El Borak on Oct 5, 2023 23:12:51 GMT -5
My idea for a RP is not going well. I think I will develop the world I’m building and the main characters then do a series of short story RP’s as of now my site is for creative writing and chatting Is your website the link in your signature? Because that is not in English. If you have some writing, maybe you might share a snippet of it here in English sometime. |
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