Oct 15, 2019 11:54 pm
Primetime Adventures is a collaborative storytelling game that allows a group to create "the greatest television show that never was." It's not a hard system, but it has required a lot of tweaking and design prep to translate it for play-by-post.
As a fan, all you need to know is the following:
Five protagonists. In traditional TTRPG parlance, these are PCs. Each player controls one protagonist.
Supporting characters. The producer (GM) generally plays these characters, although I may sometimes hand control of one of them to a player.
Season. Our show's season will be six episodes, including a pilot.
Each episode has 4 acts. Each act will have five scenes, one for each protagonist. Each act will be presented in a separate thread.
Conflict. Each scene builds to a climax or conflict, sometimes between two characters but not always. We use a card draw system to guide our decisions on how the conflict plays out. Most of this discussion will take place behind the scenes, but the card draws will be visible, much like dice rolls.
Fan mail. Readers (fans) of the show will be able to send fan mail to players. Fan mail can help players by allowing them to draw extra cards in conflicts, or buy their way into scenes they weren't originally scheduled to be in.
As a fan, all you need to know is the following:
Five protagonists. In traditional TTRPG parlance, these are PCs. Each player controls one protagonist.
Supporting characters. The producer (GM) generally plays these characters, although I may sometimes hand control of one of them to a player.
Season. Our show's season will be six episodes, including a pilot.
Each episode has 4 acts. Each act will have five scenes, one for each protagonist. Each act will be presented in a separate thread.
Conflict. Each scene builds to a climax or conflict, sometimes between two characters but not always. We use a card draw system to guide our decisions on how the conflict plays out. Most of this discussion will take place behind the scenes, but the card draws will be visible, much like dice rolls.
Fan mail. Readers (fans) of the show will be able to send fan mail to players. Fan mail can help players by allowing them to draw extra cards in conflicts, or buy their way into scenes they weren't originally scheduled to be in.