OOC Conversation

Welcome to the game! I've created other threads here with an overview of how the game works, the starting characters you can choose from, and a few introductory scenarios we can pick from when we are ready to get started. I'm happy to answer any questions you have. :)

Hi folks! :3

I'd love to play Percival Combustion or Lady Sheridan for the chapter, and if I need to go with a resident, probably Yazeba, Sal or Hey Kid. Although I like pretty much all characters, so if we want to switch things around, I'm happy to reconsider!

For the chapters, do we pick any of those? Purely on vibes, I like Lights Out, The Breakfast Feast, Another Rainy Day, Who Knows How a Garden Grows (green friends!) and Wash Cycle. I don't mind trying the others though, these are just the favourites! :D

Yes, you can play the chapters in any order you wish, so pick the one that you think will be the most fun. :)

Also, you're able to choose different characters for each chapter, so don't feel like you need to be beholden to any one or two in particular. Unless, of course, you like them so much you just want to keep playing them!

Hi all :)
I have some reading to do before I can weigh in here 😅

If that's ok, I'd like to play Amelie. Seems like it would be fun :)
(If that doesn't fit the chosen chapter, I'm fine with any other role)

For chapters (going on FS's suggestions) I'd opt for either How a Garden Grows or Lights Out.

Looks like Garden or Lights Out are early favorites. We’ll wait for Drgwen to join to see her thoughts.

Drgwen still hasn't accepted the game invite. I sent a PM to see if they missed it.

In the meantime, I think "Lights Out" is a bit less complicated than "Who Knows How a Garden Grows," so I think that will be a better chapter to start with. I'll play Parish, so TheGenerator can play as Amelie and FlyingSucculent can play either Percival or anybody else of their choosing. I'll open the chapter thread here shortly.

We could either wait to officially start until Drgwen joins us, or get started and have them join in when they're able. It's up to you all. :)

Let's just wait for a bit, it's only been a day. :D

Alright. In the meantime, you can look over the rules for this chapter and let me know if you have questions.

Oh, I have one! Are we going to be using GP's card decks?

Hi all! Sorry for my delay; for some reason I missed the invite! Thanks to Dmbrainiac for the nudge. Happy to be here!

Later this morning I’ll read through and express some preferences and/or ask questions. Thanks!

Um, maybe? I haven't really used that feature yet. In my other game, I simply had a real deck of cards that I would draw from and then post which cards I drew! But I can play around with the decks here to see if it would be a viable way of doing things. Chiefly, I'm not sure if you can remove cards from a deck when it's time to reshuffle.

Oh, and welcome @Drgwen! Glad to have you here with us. :D

I haven't used the card deck before. Afaik, it's customizable but only in terms of a deck of playing cards. I'll also check it out when I have some time. Probably this weekend

I'm pretty sure reshuffling once again refills the deck to the starting one. But who knows, they're always making changes here.

OK I've read through all the materials you've posted, DMbrainiac, an this game is adorable!

For characters, I like Hey Kid and Viv the most, but I am also happy to try out others too, like Gertrude or Yola. For chapters, I think the Pensive ones are my favorites, but then again I love deep, emotional chats about finding my place in the world, like in After Dinner, which might be a little heavy for this game. So I think I'd be happy with just about any!

The pensive chapters are some of my favorites, too. While it’s a mostly lighthearted game, there are some heavier themes featured in certain chapters. The especially heavy ones come with a little warning tag.

But for now, we’re starting with an eerie chapter! Either Hey Kid or Viv would be a good choice for this chapter, so play whoever you would like. :)

I'm feeling Viv for this one! hey Kid would be more fun for a Frantic or Pensive one, I think.

Do we just start RPing in the lights out thread? Or should I still wait for something?

You can technically use custom deck - with scripts - and just edit it every time we reshuffle, but it's probably more hassle than it's worth.
Alternately, we can just do a numbered list of cards and roll the dice, shortening the list each time.
Or, and I think it's the simplest one, just leave the deck as it's and simply ignore card repeats. XD

I like getting philosophical at times, but I think it's best to start with something easy to get in the groove, you know? I'll absolutely be up for pensive chapters later!

Let me get up a post for Parish to kick things off and then you can start posting at your leisure. Tickettbror will be joining us here as well, so we will wait for them to get situated before we start looking for Omen cards.

Was I right in thinking that this game had been billed as having a slower posting pace? I will try to post once a day and often more but occasionally, it might be a day or two. I hope that’s not a problem.

Yeah, it was said to be about 3 posts a week. For me it will also depend from week to week how fast I can be.

Yeah, same for me! I usually post every other day or so, but I can miss a day or two at times. I certainly don't mind pauses between posts. :3

Yes it will be a more relaxed pace. I think everybody is just excited to kick things off. I usually post frequently but I'm going to deliberately pace myself so we don't leave anybody behind!

Guilty as charged! 😁

Do we talk OOC about what we're thinking of doing next? Because my current idea is to have Amelie tumble down the stairs cause of all the stuff they're carrying. 😅
-insert image of Amelie sitting on the basement floor with a bucket om their head, cleaning things scattered around-

Not sure if that counts as a whoopsie because it's not in Amelie's list. Just RP fun, I suppose.

If Amelie takes a tumble, it can lead into Percy's whoopsie of blaming it on himself. :D I was just thinking of accidental arsonism and knocking stuff around without meaning to so far, but there are many possibilities!

OK cool! An please, I welcome the enthusiasm! It's fun to play with folks who are excited. I just feel bad sometimes when I keep everyone waiting. But Life!

I miiiiight be a bit of a people pleaser. Guilty as charged as well!

Ah, same! Though in different direction? I often panic when I think I displeased someone and start over-apologizing. :'D ...You probably can guess why Percy is the one character who spoke to me.

I hope it's not a problem I posted right away, I just had a good moment to write!

You are certainly free to RP and do whatever you’d like your character to do, both within and outside the framework of your Bingos and Whoopsies.

Once everybody is here and ready to start in earnest, somebody will need to do a Bingo or Whoopsie specifically to press on and start drawing cards from the deck. When an Omen is revealed, we will stop and wait for everybody to have a chance to react to it before somebody else interacts with the deck again.

I made a "character sheet" for the game, but it's just the image of the Viv page. Is that OK?

And how do I post as her? I don't see the option here, like I do in other games. I apologize for my ignorance! I just joined GP like a month ago.

@Drgwen Yes, it's perfectly fine to just have the image for your character! I've approved her, so you should see the option to post as her now.

Oh! OK awesome. thanks!

I don't mind people going ahead with RP while I'm too busy to post. Sometimes the back and forth between 2 characters goes very fast. But please keep in mind that others might want to chime in on a conversation that they are not yet part of.

It has happened to me that I've logged in to find 10+ new posts and I missed a chance to add something fun to the 2nd one when the moment is already past.

I would appreciate ppl watching out for that a bit ☺️. But I won't be a sourpuss about it either. Hehe

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to speed things up or imply that we should. :(

I think this is an example 😅

You're fine, FS. We're not even close to something like that. So no worries at all! :)

I also posted because I had a good moment of time.

It... probably is an example, you're right. :'D I'm glad it's alright then!

I found this older thread with a similar card deck issue. I don't think there's a solution for it yet.

We'd have to keep a list of "out of the deck cards" and redraw if we hit one of those.
How many cards leave the deck on average in a chapter?

Hey all, how're we doing? Thanks for having me and lovely to see some of y'all again, or meet you if you're new!

Is Braniac playing Parish? (And I might need to refamiliarise myself with this game, it's been a while.)

If so, I'll probably play Yazeba herself!

@Tickettbror, I posted as Parish to kick things off, but I’m happy to cede him to you if you prefer to play as him. Yazeba is a good choice, too!

Hey, Tickettbror! Glad to see you in yet another game! :3

Hi Tickettbror! Thanks for joining us :)

I don't mind, I can always play Parish for a different scenario. For now I'll play Yazeba, but I won't be able to set up the character sheet while I'm at work

Alright, no problem. If you have time to post, you could do so as your player profile and then edit it later once you've submitted your character, or just post later today. :)

I might not be posting for the next 30 hours. I've got a busy day followed by a 13hr flight. If I find time, I will :)

No worries, good luck!

I'll post as Parish tomorrow morning to get things moving. I won't post again until Monday so Tickettbror has time to make the character sheet and join us.

That sound like a good way to get Yazeba into the story.

Got a post up, I'll submit my character sheet now as well and then I can edit it when it's approved! Sorry for the delay, work kinda knocked me out. :')

@Tickettbror All good, character approved!

I’m giving @FlyingSucculent time to make a post before we move on :)

Sorry for the delay.

All good, no rush!

We still need Whoopsies from Parish, Viv, and Yazeba. No rush, of course!

It's Percy, not Parish, right? :)

Yes, Percy! I confused my "P" names! 😄

Sorry for a dip in activity, I'll catch up with stuff today. :)

All good! Once @Drgwen posts, anybody may do a Bingo or Whoopsie to push on to the next room.

Anybody who wishes to move us along may do a Bingo or Whoopsie to draw from the deck.

Does this mean every player except Parish must do a whoopsie or just 1 other person must do a whoopsie?
The last time, when you said "Anybody who isn't Parish.." I interpreted it as "all the players have to...". But now I'm thinking I might have read it wrong.

Ah, you're right. The specific text is "anyone," not "anybody" or "everyone." But it also doesn't say "somebody." Like many things in this game, it's open to interpretation. We can say that at least one person needs to do the Whoopsie, and now that they have, we can continue on. :)

@Drgwen, Viv hasn't drawn from the deck yet so she'll have the opportunity to do so now if she wants to.

Alright, I'll interpret is as "Anyone who wants to" in that case :) Thanks.

Sure! Is there something specific I must do?

@Drgwen, Either a Bingo to draw a Black Omen or a Whoopsie to draw a Red Omen.

Gotcha!

I will be out of town next week from March 16th through the 23rd. I will not have internet access during this time so I will not be able to post until I return on March 24th.

Have a safe trip! :3

Welcome back, Dmbrainiac :D

Thanks! :D

FYI, I have a surgery in a few hours that may prevent me from posting for a day or two. No worry, though-- the surgery is a happy thing--it's a gender affirming procedure.

Congrats, and good luck!

I'll give @TheGenerator a chance to react to the skeletons menacing Amelie, then I'll post for Parish to try to find a Hearts card to scare them off.

I'll try to get it done in the next couple of hours. Thanks for waiting :)

First a shut down and now a stunned fear. Amelie is having a tough time in the basement.

Enjoying the RP though! :D

I'm proud of that last post. :D

Also, in my head, Parish is voiced by Alan Tudyk.

My hero! *swoons*

Now that the spooky stuff has been resolved, anybody who wishes to may press forward with a Bingo or Whoopsie. Percy, Viv, or Yazeba haven't done so a second time yet. :)

@Drgwen, I believe Viv is up for exploring next with a Bingo or Whoopsie, if you've recovered enough to post :)

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. 😁

Btw, did anyone get my Scooby Doo reference? Just curious :P