OOC Conversation

Congratulations on completing our first chapter!

I've created a new thread with a link to the tracking document for Characters, Tracks, and Shelves. Here we can see the progress everybody has made on their journeys, make notes or changes to character sheets, fill out assorted tracks, and place Mementos on Shelves to make progress towards unlocking new things. Take a look at it when you have a chance.

At the end of Lights Out, we turn the Omen cards we are holding into Leftovers. Everybody but Percy had 4 Omens at the end of the chapter, but I'll be fair and give Percy a fourth Leftover as well. These Leftovers are used to mark tracks on each character's journey. I went ahead and marked them for Parish, Percy, and Viv.

@TheGenerator, Amelie's four tokens allow them to make the first step along their journey. They can either add, cross out, or change one of the lines of their Programming.

@Tickettbror, Yazeba's journey doesn't have a track. Instead, she makes progress by being mean to different people! We can look back and see if she can check off any of the items on her journey's list. Her 4 Leftovers can be used to mark one of the Assorted Tracks. Some of those tracks unlock new Guests and a few lead to more Mementos, so take a look and let me know where you'd like to put them.

We now have our first Memento! Take a look at the different Shelves available. The one Memento on its own isn't enough to unlock anything just yet, but we can decide as a group which Shelf we want to start working towards unlocking first.

Once all that's done, it'll be time to pick the next Chapter that we play! Take a look at the Chapters threads and let me know which one(s) you'd be interested in playing next.

Let me know if you have any questions! :D

It’s at the bottom of her character sheet. You need one more mark to complete the first part of the Journey.

OH! It's the little pond thing. I didn't realize that was a track. Thanks!

Some of the tracks are cleverly disguised! :D

There was interest before in playing "Who Knows How a Garden Grows." We could do that for our next chapter if you all would like.

No objections here :)

Sounds good to me!

Alright, I've posted the new chapter's introduction and rules. Take a look and decide who you would like to play. We'll somebody each to play Amelie, Sal, and the Rabbits. The remaining players may choose any other resident or guest they would like. Once everybody has chosen, we can begin posting!

I'm up for playing the Rabbits, unless we have any other takers?

I'm going to wait and see what everyone picks, if that's ok. I'd like to give Amelie to someone else for this chapter but I'm not sure if I want to play Sal.

Folks, I'm sorry to say, but I'm failing to get invested in this game. I'm not entirely sure why I struggle with it so much, but I think a good part of it is the pacing - it is a little too much "thing happens - everyone reacts once - new thing happens" for me. I like prolonged character conversations way too much and struggle with reacting to stuff retroactively; enough so that while I'm trying to compose a post, things move forward and I get stuck again in a compounding mess. XD I think it's just my fundamental incompatibility with the way the game is structured - which is fully my fault, I should've researched it better.

I'm game to try another chapter in case it was just specifically that one which messed with me so badly, but since I'm considering withdrawing, I'll withhold from making any persistent decisions for now.

I'm happy to try playing Sal, since he was one of the characters I was interested in originally. Edit: or maybe Rabbits, if someone else prefers Sal!
PS: I feel like I've done disservice to Percy, but alas; maybe someone else will play him better down the line. :D

I enjoyed playing Viv, and with all of you, and I thank DMbrainiac for running this game! But I am going to step away from this game, as I am getting overbooked for games at the moment.

Happy gaming and see you all around, friends!

Good luck, Drgwen, it was nice meeting you here! :3

Take care, Drgwen!

@FlyingSucculent, it is mostly the eerie chapters that are structured in the way you mentioned, with everybody reacting to an event before another event occurs. The other type of chapters allow for more freeform play and conversations. Frantic chapters can get a little wild with events happening, but relaxed chapters and especially pensive chapters lend themselves better to the type of play style you favor.

If you like, we can hold off on the garden chapter and try a relaxed or pensive one instead. I’d hat to let one bad chapter sour you on the whole game. I can post the full rules for chapters you might be interested in so you can have a better idea how they might play out.

I can't pass up on a chapter about gardening, even if it is frantic - it's in the name! Even if we're gardening veggies, not succulents. :D

I'm happy to try it, especially since it seems to be more of a back-and-forth between characters mechanics-wise than the previous chapter was. And if my slower posting is a problem, I can probably play Rabbits as they are more passive characters? Although I'm pretty happy with Sal or even picking someone new/continuing with Percy.

And you're probably right that the pensive chapters would be more my jam. If the garden one goes well, I'll be interesting in trying a pensive/relaxed one after. (Checking the rules before might be a good idea, although you never know how it'll go in practice... I'll see how this one goes first!)

Thanks for the fun game, @Drgwen!

I don't mind switching to a more relaxed chapter if you'd enjoy that more, FlyingSucculent. Or I'll try to engage in a bit more character interaction to give you a feel of that experience too :)

Sal's "coast on by" attitude might be a good fit if you wanna take it slow and talk more?

I think I'd like to be Mr Boggs. But I'm also ok with being the rabbits. Sal would be my 3rd choice

Okay, so it looks like things will work if Tickettbror plays the Rabbits, FlyingSucculent plays Sal, and TheGenerator plays Mr. Boggs. Then I would play Amelie.

If this is acceptable to everybody, we can begin posting.

@FlyingSucculent FWIW, I thought you did a great job playing Percy. :)

Aww, thank you. :3 I'm not sure I agree, but I do appreciate the thought; maybe I'll get back to him in some later chapters if I do stick around.
And here I thought you were already engaging in a lot of character interaction! :P I enjoyed your posts immensely; and we did do the small flour subplot - if anything, you're already 70% of my character interactions. I'm afraid any more of that, and we shall be unstoppable.

...Also this character setup sounds good for me!

That's too sweet! ☺️ Thanks so much. However, it takes two to tango. You have nothing to feel sub-par about!

I really enjoyed Tickettbror 's Yazeba too. The great mix of grumpy and helpful was making me laugh every time. 😁