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Re: Does Han Solo work as a Player Character?

Why? — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:08:41 GMT

... That sounds like a very interesting system. How long did it take to work things out in real-time per post? I see that this would definitely

Re: Does Han Solo work as a Player Character?

Elizabeth Wilde — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:03:39 GMT

Back now to Han Solo as a character. I'm not sure how well he would work in many people's games. It is like B said, you're waiting for others to approach you

Re: Does Han Solo work as a Player Character?

b.l. imai — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:47:03 GMT

Yup, yup, and yup. :) That rule was for players who, immediately upon joining use that as their first post. I've always thought of roleplay as give and take

Re: Does Han Solo work as a Player Character?

Gregory Griffiths — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:34:54 GMT

... I think that the Han Solo character, when played right, can be a very interesting addition to a game, but at the same time, it takes a certain amount of

Does Han Solo work as a Player Character?

Mikel — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:06:26 GMT

2. ... So this post made me think of Han Solo. Now Han Solo was not a hero when we first met him in Star Wars. Not even an anti-hero. He was more a

Re: Survey

Gregory Griffiths — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:14:47 GMT

Hi, Sarah! Welcome! ... I think it can depend on you - your personality, how much time you have available, even what type of game you're running (i.e. is it

Re: Survey

b.l. imai — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:20:52 GMT

Welcome to the group! Running a game pointers: 1. Decide what you'll put up with before you start, character-wise and player-wise. 2. Make your rules, and

Survey

Sarah Noel — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:03:51 GMT

Your Name: Sarah Noel How long have you been playing RPGs online? A Year and half How long have you been running online RPGs? I currently do not run one, I

Re: A collection of free-form rules - attempt at formatting

heza08 — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:47:08 GMT

(("As is" was not intended to be a giant block of unformatted text with no paragraph breaks. I swear I wrote that in the rich-text editor and the preview was

A collection of free-form rules

heza08 — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:30:19 GMT

A long time ago, I was involved in an effort by several GMs and players (all who wanted to participate were welcome) to gather together a list of (as far as we

Re: Game-Leaving Etiquette

Wes — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:07:06 GMT

This was hard to write for me since it pains me to think of members leaving, but here's my prototype for the "Leaving" guide. Please look over it and think if

Re: Game-Leaving Etiquette

Elizabeth Wilde — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:29:43 GMT

Why don't GMs take the time to make an exit strategy for their players? We spend huge amounts of time formulating intricate joining procedures, detailed

Re: Game-Leaving Etiquette

b.l. imai — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:56:35 GMT

An excellent question, and all great replies so far! They all lead me to the same question: Why don't GMs take the time to make an exit strategy for their

Re: Game-Leaving Etiquette

Wes — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:29:21 GMT

I want to share with you a message a player sent me today, which I think is ... Wed Sep 30, 2009 12:37 am I'm sorry to spring this upon you so suddenly after

Re: Game-Leaving Etiquette

Mikel — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:47:12 GMT

I'm still stuck on the entire "Blowing brains out" scenario. Although now that I think about it, I did have a character kill himself once. I wasn't leaving