General Thread

Yeek, forgot about rations for the day... I'll see if Baker has extra.

I know that the game's pace has slowed quite a bit and hasn't been very exciting. I'll make a point to turns things around.

Uh, I've been good with the pace. It's only the three of us, and Harrigan's been traveling for work. If something "exciting" comes along, then the pace will just slow down as we wait for dice rolls.

Good to hear. You know what it is? My gaming group IRL is a 6, 8, and 10 year old, and those games are non-stop off the wall insanity. I’m not used to people being ok with anything slower than the speed of light.

LOL. Totally understand that.

Yeah, back now and should see a slower schedule for the rest of the calendar year, I'm happy to say. Non-blazing pace is fine with me!

I am keeping track of some stats here. Based on the actions so far, I've added 2XP to everyone.

I've made some updates to the reference threads to hopefully make things clearer. If you have any thoughts on ways to improve it, I'd be happy to hear them. I'd like to eventually run other T2K games. especially ones for players without much experience with the system. I'd use those same posts in those games.

The reason for the updates is that I've seen some other games here on Gamersplane where they work really well. I'm trying to mimic that with this system.

Definitely helpful! Thanks!

Cool beans for sure!

I know that most of you generated your character randomly when started. At that time, I didn't have a realistic idea of how long pbp games go on for. Because of that I want to give everyone the option to swap out any specialties for another. They are all listed in this thread.

Just to give you some idea, this is still a *very* short game. :)

Ha, I'm learning!

Also to emphasize to the group since I've talked about game length and pacing, I'm enjoying the game and I'm not trying to end it quickly. I just wanted to make sure everyone else is enjoying it too. I'm new to pbp, and it's a different sort of creature.

Definitely enjoying it. Content, game length, and pacing are all good.

I've only been on GP (and it's my first PbP site) for 8 months. Still learning as well. It's a bit like PbeM for me in that, as a GM, I grossly underestimate how long adventures/campaigns are going to take. :)

Generally, short games are 4-6 months. :) Just a part of the territory. PbP is an amazing format for many, many reasons, but pure speed is not what it's good at. :)

Responses to the notetaking questions:

◼ Sharing Info: It looks like I can create a player handout that you can click on at the top of the screen. I'll try to set that up this weekend, so you don't have to click into a separate thread to see current map, Humvee fuel, stored rations etc...

◼ Rations: For now, everyone put 3 rations in your personal gear. We'll keep the remaining in the Humvee (33 rations)

◼ Backpacks: I'm fine with everyone having one especially if you were under the impression you already had one. (Remember you need to drop the backpack when doing actions or receive a -2 modifier to MOBILITY.

◼ What Happened to Lt Baker Hunter?: Let's say was emotionally moved to stay at Piotr's settlement to help. She's a possible NPC helper with the ambush.

◼ Spare AK-74?: Lt Baker Hunter has it.

◼ Jakub: I'd say he's with you for now since the promise was to try and take him to the United States. He's kind of a burden, but I don't think he would stay with Lt Baker Hunter even though he likes her better than all of you.

◼ Humvee Fuel: I vote to put it all in the Humvee for ease of note keeping. It's going to sit in the Humvee anyway whether it's in a canister or the gas tank. If you want to use fuel for trade, I think we can narratively come up with a way to syphon it out.

◼ Ambush: I'm happy to adjudicate the encounter, but you don't have to set it up. Daniel's men are taking advantage of the settlement, but the people aren't in life threatening need. I don't think it breaks anyone's moral code to ignore it.

◼ Water: The settlement would be willing to trade bear meat for water. Let me know what you feel is a fair trade.

Does everyone see this at the bottom of the screen? Is there anything you would like me to put there for quick reference?

I see the "Handouts" button.

I think you mean Lt. Hunter.

Three rations added.

Wasn't under the impression Cunningham had a backpack.

A 1:1 trade on bear rations to water works for me, assuming that they don't have an overabundance of water.

Handouts button seen. I don't mind ambushing as long as we finish the job. It'll suck if the settlement caught flak for that. I think that a 1:1 trade seems okay. We're not exactly lacking in rations right now, after all.

I'm going to be pretty scarce over the next several days (assume now through Sunday). I'll post when I can, but between Thanksgiving and my kids coming home from college (one of them requiring me to shuttle back and forth), I'll be fairly busy.

So Happy Thanksgiving all!