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ADRP - A PBeM or a PBP game?

Started by Artifacts of Amber, January 08, 2014, 09:59:06 AM

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Artifacts of Amber

January 08, 2014, 09:59:06 AM
Since my game crashed as told in my other thread. 3 Players want to keep going in Amber.

What I am thinking since that was their first experience with it and understand the world/game better of starting anew but what I am trying to decide is run it via E-Mail or on a board.

I have run Successful Email games before some years ago, before boards/forums where so common.


I haven't run or played on a a Play by Post game before though have read some.

What are your opinions on each format, A pros and cons sort of thing?


Thanks for any input.

P.S.    I would also be opening either up to a few more players, most likely on these boards!

finarvyn

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January 08, 2014, 05:39:13 PM
When I run PBP games in Amber, I always allow my players to carry the ball more than I allow for regular PBP games. Rather than an action-reaction game, I encourage them to post several paragraphs at once. I let them know that if I don't agree with a detail I may edit their post or comment about it in my own post, but in general they can run with the story more than usual. The only thing is that (1) they can't speak for other characters, and (2) if they reach a major conflict they need to pause so that I can resolve it with them. (In other words, it's okay for them to resolve conflict with a minor NPC, but a major one needs my interplay.)
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Doughdee222

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January 08, 2014, 08:06:29 PM
I've never played an RPG over an email system before so I have no opinion on that.

I have played PBM games back in the day before the Internet became big. Don't suppose anyone knows the names Middle Earth PBM, Blood Pit, Out Time Days, Starmaster, Venom, etc... It was a niche hobby within gaming at the best of times. The Internet mostly killed it.

Since secrecy is a big deal in Amber I'd assume a combination of board and email usage. Board for the stuff everyone sees or could easily learn. Email for the secret stuff between GM and a player or between players.
As I mentioned when Rhi left, I think the use of Skype, or at least Ventrilo or some other voice service would be cool. Particularly with something like combat where a ton of back and forth is required.

If you do go forward with this and open it up I'd be interested!
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