PBEmail game startup From: apearlma@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Andrew Pearlman) Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1992 23:02:06 +0000 "...It all began in 1992, in a private boarding school. A very prim, proper coed school for teenagers. The school advertised as being able to meet the special needs of the students. The brilliant, the idle rich, troublemakers were sent there. The school was in upstate New York. Not it mattered to the students, they were not allowed to leave school grounds. Teachers were drawn from the best colleges. Generous promises of stipends were made reality. Lecturers could take time to write and research. True, they did have to stay on school grounds as well, but the school did have a private theatre for showing movies. The library was also well stocked with virtually every book imaginable. All you had to do was go up to the librarian and request a book or movie and an hour later, you would have it. Even the most bizarre requests. The boys and the girls were seperated by room with strict curfews. Meals were served at 7, 12, and 5, on the hour every day. Fortunately, every student had their own room. To help studying, all the walls were soundproofed. To prevent distractions..." Okay, this is an opening of a Play by Email game. No rules. Characters should be incoming students between the ages of 13-17. Goals, motivations, abilities, reason for being sent to the school, descriptions, etc should be included. Characters will be accepted on the basis of being interesting, but should be plausible 13-17 year olds. No supernatural powers, aliens, psychic abilities, time-travel gone wrong, etc... Results of actions will be based on a combination of how the character is described and what/how is the character attempting to do. The more interesting the description of the action, the more likely you are to succeed. This doesn't mean lengthy, it means interesting. A one sentence description that intrigues the GM will succeed much more often than a one page description which bores him. Something bizarre is happening at Washington's Private School for Youth. Care to find out? Andy Pearlman Up