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Let's just put hooks on hold for a bit as we wait for some more players...

Hopefully we find some takers soon; I'd hate to see this disappear! It's such a juicy concept.

Welcome aboard Vogonizer! That puts us back up to 4 leads so I'm confident to continue again! Find the link to the players material on the previous page of this thread and pick a role to play in our noir movie. The taken roles are dirty cop, mook and fatale (my role but I'm happy to give it up if you want it). Just tell us which of the others your interested in and we will get back to throwing hooks!

Hey there, welcome! Glad to have you; I'm playin' the Mook, so feel free to have all sorts of badness happen around me.

Thanks everyone! Sorry I haven't replied sooner, I've been looking for game info and just found this thread, haha. I'm looking at the War Vet, and interested to think about what being a soldier might look like about 10 years from now -- I could definitely see more wearables (e.g. mixed-reality / hud glasses, that kind of thing) mixed with more sophisticated uses of drones.

I was also thinking about holograms and vr, along with the art deco theme, and how the wealthy might be able to almost literally view the world through rose-colored glasses, giving things/people/places that don't fit their aesthetic a virtual art deco overlay.

I will look through the rest of the quick start rules soon and start thinking about some hooks!

So will you be a vet of a war that hasn't happened yet? It would need to have its roots in conflicts already happening. What do you think the major war of the next few years will be? Who's fighting and why?

Interesting idea it would be interesting to use that as a questioning aspect of the movie, perhaps none of the events are tricky real, just being filtered through a particular persons reality filter...

I do have an idea, maybe a bit of a stretch ... perhaps North Korea invaded South Korea, and the war was partially fought by a new class of U.S. Army robotics operators that remotely controlled small air and ground vehicles for intelligence gathering and/or combat. The war has ended, and now some of these vets pilot info drones and broker data to (or in extreme cases, execute contract hits for) the criminal underworld.

Makes sense to me!

Hey all, just givin' this a poke to make sure it's alive. If anyone wants help with anything, I'm available.

Clearly running this linearly was a some what bad idea, so if anyone is would like to throw out another hook while we wait on Jabes feel free to do so.

Also welcome to theonetectonic who just joined up. Grab an unclaimed playbook from the quickstart rules (found on previous page) and get join in.

Hey all, just found out about this game, is it happening?

Believe so; Geni and I are still around, for certain!

Welcome Xelias! I think the only play book which isn't taken is the good cop. If you don't want to play that book you can see if anyone wants to swap, and if not you could just double up with someone...

Whow that was quick, still reading through the threads, I'll have to check the quickstart rules quickly but I'm very much interested in this. Playing the good cop works for me.

So, just to have a quick resume of the setting : This is a Tech Noir happening in the near future, there's a bit of a cultural recession, going back towards the old values. Sort of a low cyberpunk vibe right? Neon Holograms are the new in, a recent war shocked the minds of the population and people are going back to the 20's style.

So far so good ? I'll read the book and see about throwing hooks around.

Sounds like your more or less up to date...

Hey, welcome! Ya got the vibe in one.

So, I think all the hooks are done... I'll be around tonight, so if you want to get started, I'd love to be there.

Next step is to pick the crime that forms the back drop of the film. To expedite things I'll just do a quick roll...

... so that's a Kidnapping is botched. We can decide if that will happen during the movie or at the start. I think it might be good to have it happen during but only by a slim margin...

Next we need to create the locations and extras. I'd kick us off but I'm a bit busy at the moment so feel free to jump in first.

Well, I'll start us up then.

Location
The dirty bar The patrons always know about the shady dealings in the town, but they don't talk to cops.

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Am I doing it right ?

That's exactly the idea!