PBeM Rhand Game, Coming Soon to Stores Near You!!

From: mayville@tybalt.caltech.edu (Kevin J. Mayville)

Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1990 06:42:33 +0000

Okay, work, classes, and weekly gaming just aren't chewing up enough
of my time, so I need to start a PBeM game.  This is just a call for
players;  the game won't actually be starting until sometime in early
March (mid-March, if I get too bogged down).  I'd prefer if all requests
to be in the game were mail to me, instead of posted.  This gives me
at least a vague clue that there is a functioning path between the two
sites.  Also, in your requests, please indicate if you'd be willing to
help run NPCs if you don't make it into the game immediately.

Some features of the game:
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1)  I have no idea how many players I'm going to allow in, but it probably
    won't be more than 10, and *definitely* won't be more than 20.  Depends
    on how much work getting everything ready is.

2)  The gaming system used will be drawn more-or-less directly from Rhand:
    Morningstar Missions by Leading Edge Games.  If you don't own a copy
    of the rules, don't sweat it.  I plan on revealing as little of the
    numbers aspect of the game as possible to the players, and explaining
    as thoroughly as possible the rules that you'll need to know.

3)  Because all of the players are going to be members of a basically
    military organization (the Orca, for those in the know), their actions
    are going to be restricted to a significant degree unless they're on
    an extended mission.  I'll try not to be too oppressive about that, tho.
    Leading ppl by the nose all the time isn't much fun for the GM, either.

4)  At least at early stages of the game, the amount of combat involved will
    be pretty large.  Most aspects of the combat will be handled directly
    by me, but I will ask players to supply their character's basic strategy
    in combat (brave/cowardly, heavy offense/defense, that kind of thing),
    and I'll send between-move messages to ppl in their character is in a
    particularly interesting (for some value of interesting) situation.

5)  I am currently running a group here at Caltech through the same scenario
    I have planned for the net.  To whatever degree I can do so, I will include
    comparisons between the actions of the two groups in any posts/summaries
    I post to the net.  Since my group here includes one of the creators of
    the game (Rob Calvet....he did the magic system, and was one of the original
    players), doing better than them would be pretty good.

6)  (Speculative)  I haven't talked to any of them about it, but it's certainly
    possible that the game could have the odd surprise guest appearance.
    For those of you that have the rules and enjoyed the margin quotes, imagine
    running across Gil the Treacherous or Axly Suregrip (run by the actual
    ppl that earned their reputations) during the course of the adventure.
    It could be amusing....I'll have to talk to them on Friday.

Well, I think that's about it for now.  Oh yes, if you're one of the people
that sent me requests for copies of the new Warlock rules (or info about
same), I *probably* haven't forgotten you, but hitting me over the head
in a mail message certainly wouldn't hurt.  Bart hasn't printed up any
new copies of the rules lately, and I just have the one, so I've been
kinda stuck.....

".....but they made me do it!"

Kevin
mayville@tybalt.caltech.edu