General Chat

Well, technically Albert’s the one with the bear. Roald is off battling sausage ducks. Hehe!

Yeah… Like you suggest, Vague, I think I need some bonding time with Theo. I’ll work on that.

Doh!

I guess your external influences are not so strong. :)

My relative lack of posting is entirely due to real life being busy. I am going to be traveling for the next day or so, so my posting will remain limited. I had hoped to post more before the actual travel, but various prep and running errands has kept me busier than I expected.

I generally like the trippy fair as a place for Lille. It gives her a chance to both explore Being Around Many Humans and to see how she deals with social normalcies that are unfamiliar to her. That said, I’m not opposed to doing some joining up with other characters. I don’t need to rush to escaping the dream world quite yet, but if other people want to move in that direction, that’s also ok.

For the record, I imagined that the cloak was made of deerskin with the fur still on. But not an important detail :)

Cool. We will hold off on linking yourself and Albert up by the bear until you are available. He may have to go looking for you in the meantime.

In two years I've been playing this game, I think the last months had the most interaction/posts. (Not saying that's a bad thing). So don't worry about writing less than other players 😉.
Gen told me once that you can also just write a couple of lines so other players know you read everything. Something like: "Lille agrees with Albert and heads out into the woods to do some hunting" not really adding much to the story, but that's not a problem.
We used to have an involuntary weekend-stop too 😁.
Real life always comes first!

For Roald, I'm treating this scene as a genuine dream. Repeating stuff, weird things happening, maybe teleport from one situation into the other. I'm also already working towards getting out. Maybe Roald can snap out of the dream (or only for a brief moment) and tell Ezme what's going on/ help her figuring it out.

I really like the way you're doing this. With the impossible things happening and you getting frustrated :D
Feels really dream-like!

Moving this from The Shadow Carnevale (OOC). I did not know if this would garner any interest.
I don't think this game is 'designed for PbP', that is more The Sundered Land, though that was designed for open forum play. This is a slower pace, and more deliberate as there are only two people being asked to provide answers, not the whole internet on a first come first served basis.

They do imply the volunteer GMs can change all the time, but I think it would run smoother if they already know something about the game. Else I have to explain what is required over and over again... but I am used to that. :)
We would obviously only play for as long as both the two volunteers (and the player) are keen on the game.

I first considered this before this site had the option to allow people 'not in the game' to post replies. Not needing to have the current volunteers join the game (which appears like a bigger commitment) and just allowing them to post on the threads helps with replacing the volunteers.

I don't recall why we need two volunteers, but do we have a second?

Wait... so there is a difference between PbP and pen-and-paper rpg? What you wrote here suggests as much, but I thought they were synonymous. Could you help me understand the differences?

(The game describes itself as a "pen-and-paper rpg with a twist.")

'Pen and Paper' is an old term, originally used for marketing. Games shops needed a way to distinguish what we call Role Playing Games from other games played on the tabletop (board games, card games, miniature and terrain, or even ball games). Not all Pen and Paper games are RPGs, of course, but the term is pretty synonymous.

PbP is 'Play by Post', as in posting on a forum, as we do here. It is a form of Pen and Paper that uses neither pens nor paper.

The Wizard's Grimoire is intended to be played like any other RPG, so it is as well suited to PbP as any other. Being a fairly modern and fairly simple game is also has some assumptions that it could be played 'over the phone', you call up your volunteer friends and ask them to play for a bit, though a voip system would aid in having all three able to talk.

The Sundered Land is by the same authors, and is designed for online forum play (it talks specifically about the now defunct G+ if I recall correctly).

I'm not interested in starting a new game.
If the other players would like to move on to an efa (experienced faced adventurers) game, I would understand 😉

Fortunately that is not what is being discussed here.

This would be a different game, separate from this one, and the two players who are interested would act more like GMs (or oracles) than actual players. It should not affect this game would have nothing to do with it (aside from recruiting people I like from here:).

Yes, but maybe someone could prefer the new game over this one and only have time for one game to give enough attention to.
In that case: see previous post 😁
I believe the FFA game was started to introduce new players to pbp, in my opinion some of us already exceeded that level.
(Not saying I'm not liking the events at the carnival, on the contrary actually)
Damnit, now I sound like I want to get rid of everyone.
Let me fix that.
Edit: strike through 😁
Edit: some hugs to show my appreciation.

You are right! Maybe I need to institute a rule forbidding my players from playing other games? That way they can never find something better and are never tempted to leave? Sounds like a plan! :)

That is exactly what I was trying to say!


(Yes I was being sarcastic too)

It was clear. Hence: so was I. :)

@Airshark Fresh Fake Adventurers? 😁

@vagueGM
If you'd like to have me as a co-gm, I'd be up for it. My other game has just ended. So I have a bit of room. But I can't promise daily posting.

Also from our starforged attempt it was clear that our views don't always match, so no hard feelings if you think I'd be a bad match for this 🙂

I don't know anything about this grimoire thing.

Thank you.

I have read through the rules, created a game, and invited you both to it [link]. We can decide how we want to get started. Ask me any questions you need, but I am expected to handled all the work and will explain everything as it is needed.

Kara, are you seeing the other game? We could use your input. Maybe you didn't notice because you don't look at the homepage 😅🤷

Yep, you got me, and I hadn’t subscribed to the game yet. That said, it was on my radar, and I was planning on trying to tackle it this morning.

Apologies for the delay. It has been a busy last few days. (Summer is just generally more full for me, and I hadn’t realized @vagueGM had planned on starting the new game pronto!)

But first I’m going to see if I can sleep a little more….. Went to bed at 1 am and it’s now 5:50 am here. I drank for the first time in months last night, and that always messes with my sleep!