New: Space Opera Legends (free, open-ended, email, human, space, german, rpg)

From: donotreply@pbm.com (PBM List Autoposter)

Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 19:13:04 +0000

Name:		Space Opera Legends
Costs:		Free!
Frequency:		Daily for the most part
Email:		kmiracle@cox.net
Type:		Space Opera pbem RPG
Last-Update:		2003May21
Keywords: free, open-ended, email, human, space, german, rpg

Description:

Space Opera Legends is a play-by-email role playing game that will be
heavily weighted toward character generation in the very beginning, then
character development in the early going, and finally character refinement
throughout the course of play. Your character will be the central focus of
the game.

I'm using the rules published by Fantasy Games Unlimited (FGU) for the
game. All players will be generating a Human character for reasons of
equity, ease of creation, and the fact that all of us are humans we well.
Perhaps 95% of what is contained in the Space Opera books is being used
for play.

The game will originate in The Terran Sector of known space. The UFP has
been very successful in the sector for more than two-and-a-half centuries
now, but
incursions are beginning to occur more frequently. The Bugs are starting
to swarm once again, causing two major Space Marine campaigns in just the
last ten years alone. And the hostility of the Saurian Hisss'ist is
becoming more and more bold in recent years.

Politically, there are grumblings from other space sectors, like the
Azuriach Imperium, the Mercantile League, and the Galactic People's
Republic. The UFP is having to maintain a delicate balance concerning
trade issues and territorial disputes.

Economically, people are looking for a means of escape. A means by which
they can gain a leg-up. Looking for that opportunity for wealth and a
little more freedom somewhere on the latest colonial world settlement.
Some make it and so many others die trying.

Here is where the player character's come in; amidst the interaction of
all these forces, the need for a hearty band of spacefaring adventurers
becomes a lucrative business. A team of undercover operatives to
obliterate a Hisss'ist listening outpost, arbitators to bring opposing
Azuriach and GPR diplomats to neutral negotiating turf, or a band of
trailblazers to stake out the latest claim for a new construction
development on a hostile world environment.

The adventuring will consist of an exchange of emails between myself (the
game moderator) and the group members. I will attempt to provide a
scenario in order for you to provide a response using some innovative
creative writing. I will try not to spoon feed information to you. The
idea is for you to �respond� with your own dialogue, not �react� to the
problem in question.

This game may perhaps involve some adult content at some point. It is
geared for the highly mature player.

Enough talk. I'll see you on the Indoc Bay with your gear.
The GM (Game Moderator, Game Master, Gone Mad or whatever else!)

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