OOC

For out of character discussions.

Welcome everyone! If you haven’t already, say hello here and post your concept in the other thread.

I’m excited to be playing with all of you.

Hey there, thank you for the invite!
I don't think I've played with most of you before, but I'm glad to meet you all. I'm bowlofspinach, or bowl or spinch for short. I'm 28 years old and from Germany. I've been on GP for almost five years now and I spend way more time on here than could possibly be healthy. I like my games with a heavy dose of social drama and interpersonal relationships, so Masks is exactly up my alley.
I'm already playing in one game of it on here that is slowly nearing its end (Playing a Legacy over there), so this is perfect to fill that spot in my gaming schedule.

I'm 57, been playing PbP games for about 25 years (started with Play-By-Email), and live in Texas (our family still has the ranch from the 1860s when they came in as settlers). I'm particularly interested in the relationship / soap-opera style aspect of the game (I really loved the Smallville TV series).

Hi there! I'm Amy. I'm brand-new to GP (joined like. two days ago) but have been playing PbP games for a good while! I found this site after thinking I would play a game or two on Tavern Keeper after a long absence, only to find that that site seems to be... Very abandoned by the mods.

Honestly, a lot of my rp experience is systemless games... Mostly Warrior Cats, lol.

I love me some social drama and interpersonal angst!

Hello fellow teen supers. I'm 51, male, live in the U.S. I played a fair bit on here a couple of years ago, then I had a major health crisis, then my wife had her own health crisis. But now we're both healthy again, and i'm picking up a few games. I have the Masks rules and like them a lot, but I have only managed to play in a handful of short-lived pbp games. Looking forward to trying it again.

Hi I'm light a 29 year old brit and I've been here for 2 or 3 years now? Like many fell it it during the pandemic. (I did system less pbp as a kid and had been meaning to look for it with trpgs for a while a I knew it existed just the pandemic made me get around to it.)

I also enjoy the social aspect of RPGS (Though I am also a crunch/mechanic gremlin, my main system in pf 1e :P) and found it can shine in pbp. I've been wanting a super game for ages as I enjoy the genre but never yet got to play one except one-offs (Had a game nearly shape up here but then DM ghosted)

Hey y'all - 48 year old allocishet white guy from London here, although been living in southern Germany almost half my life now....?!?! Played a game or two (DnD and TMNT) back in school, but then a break until the pandemic. Then it was the common story of DnD as almost inevitable first choice and then a slow realisation that there are other systems much better suited to the kinds of stories I enjoy being part of...

I enjoy simple rules, contemporary or futuristic settings, and horror (my favourite systems so far are probably Alien RPG, City of Mist, and a beautiful Dark Tower version of the Black Hack - the Black Tower Hack - would love to run that here sometime) - but also just trying out new things.

First ever PbP was here on GP starting a few weeks ago - absolutely LOVING the opportunity this platform gives me to try out different systems!

Great! I’ll go last.

I’m 36 living in Florida in the USA. I’ve been playing and running RPGs very odd and on since I was about 12. I’m a big nerd and I was proud of it even before it was "popular" lol.

I moved down here a few years ago and had a hard time finding an RL group so I looked around and found GP. So we’ll see if it works for me.

I like all kinds of games and I buy almost any new game or system I see, lol. My go tos are Cypher, the AGE systems and Cortex though.

I’m looking forward to playing with you guys, learning the site, and stretching my GM legs. I’m glad we have a pretty diverse group age, experience wise, and time on the site-wise.

Just read in the recruitment thread that Masks is the number one game that Chloe wants to play on here. I'm excited to play, but it sounds like they want it more. I'm happy to back out and make this slot available to her if you were good with that, GM?

Nope don’t back out. Let me take a look at that and I’ll get back.

Tbh, I’ll probably just add them in.

Hello all.
Thanks for the late invite in :)

I'm glad to get a join in.
I'm in my 30s from Europe.

I am mostly interested in PbtA and the good old 5E.

And indeed finding a game of Masks is the main reason I got to GP.
I love the young supers trope a lot and I do love PbtA game. But it seems like no one else generally does so getting into a Masks game has been a long struggle.

I certainly don't want to make anyone feel like they're being pushed out of the game.
My post in the recruitments thread was mostly to get on a spare list.

Oh, I totally understood you weren't trying to get anyone pushed out! I just read your post and it sounded like you wanted to be in so much that I wanted to try and make that happen if it was possible.

Yeah! No one’s getting pushed out, I think more people provides more opportunities, especially in PbP.

Should be fun

Alrighty! I think we’re almost all done with character creation.

I’ll get our first post in today sometime. The first post in the thread will have some flip tokens. I think when we’re done with a scene or ready to move on, it can be handy to kind of indicate "alright, I’ve said what I need to and am ready for another prompt".

lol disregard me fiddling with the button, was trying to see how it works

Ha. I figured there would be several of us doing it. No problem

Posted the first one.

You guys have some good stuff going in there.

Never played Masks before - feels a bit uncomfortable using a move 'against' another player like I just did with "Pierce the Mask" with Leo. Feels slightly PvP and that's not a vibe I have ever been into. Also, using it kinda 'casually' just in a conversation, not in a big confrontation, feels like I'm maybe trivialising it?

Those of you with experience playing Masks - was that a kinda normal, expected, reasonable, in-tone-and-intent-of-game kinda thing to do (throw that move in there)?

And, Leo, did it feel OK for you that I did that? Or did it feel intrusive/removing agency in a frustrating way or something like that?