New: Night-Mare (free, closed-ended, email, human, fantasy, space, modern, historical, rpg, abstract)

From: lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)

Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 07:13:07 +0000

Name:		Night-Mare
Email:		Nightmarestory@yahoo.com
Frequency:		As often as one can, but posting should be at least every 2 days.
Type:		Fantasy, sci-fi, modern, grand adventure
Costs:		Nothing
Last-Update:		2001Oct05
Keywords: free, closed-ended, email, human, fantasy, space, modern,
historical, rpg, abstract

Description:

OUTLINE

Two Adults.
One male and one female.
Two Teens. Also one male and one female.
Two Children. Once again one male and one female.

Six total people. All Six awake together in a room, unsure of where
they are, and even more frightening, unsure of who they are. They must
be someone, they must have some history, yet currently it is not
known. Will it ever be known? Will these people learn to live and work
together? Will they ever escape from the NIGHTMARE?

INTRO

The above tells pretty much what this game is going to be about. I
assure you there will be an ending to this game, although at the
present time I can't tell you when it will be. (I'm looking at about 3-4
months of game play as of right now).

This is something new I'm trying. Throughout the game the players will
learn more about their characters............, their histories, what
they are capable of, what they fear............

Make no mistake, this is a story-role playing game unlike any I've
heard of before, and one that I think will appeal to both old and
young alike. The game will contain elements of fantasy,
science-fiction, modern, horror, and of course adventure.

This is a fiction based game, so people who wish to play need to keep
that in mind so I don't hear any "that's not possible!!!" Or "That
doesn't make any sense!!!" Your characters are all from the year 2001,
but that doesn't mean that's where they will end up <grin>.

You will be confused at times, the whole idea of starting not knowing
a thing about your character sets that up. Players should be able to post
often.

HOW TO JOIN

What I need from you if your wanting to play. (Best to copy and paste into
the email you send me.)
1. Your first name.
2. Your gender and birth date. (month/day/year)
3. Your Role Playing and PBEM History
4. Other games your currently involved in if any.
5. What drew your attention to the game.
6. Which Character you think you'd like to play. (the female adult and
teen as well as the male child may still be chosen, the other three have
already been filled).
7. How comfortable you are with allowing the storyteller (me) to have
final say on almost everything.
8. How well you think you could play a character that you know nothing
about, and incorporate what you learn throughout the game into your role
playing.
9. Comments/Suggestion of plots you'd like to see. Also any questions you
may have for me.
10. Comment on your fave past character that you've played in any RPG or
pbem, and tell me that characters high and lows.

HOW TO MAKE THE FINAL CUT

What I will look for.

1. Writing ability (yes, answering those questions will tell me that).
2. Experience (New Players are welcomed, but if your wanting to play one
of the children I would like you to have a good background in both role
playing and pbem games........ as playing children is no easy task to pull
off.)
3. How well I believe you'd fit into the group I'm planing.
4. How well I think you can handle this type of game.

END

To close, I'd like to say I look forward to this experience and I believe
the idea will make for a wonderful game full of many surprises and
subplots. This game will be ran off an e-list, so please give me the email
address you want added to the list. Oh, and this is not a co-ed writing
project, this is a game. You will control *your* character and *only* your
character.

JC------- the weaver of the nightmare.

[ This is a new entry for the PBM List. You can find the list
itself, and instructions for adding games or comments, at
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/pbm_list/ -- greg ]