Urban Fantasy Online Collaborative Fiction Game - Now Casting

From: "china.pittenger@gmail.com" <china.pittenger@gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 02:30:00 +0000

Game name: Sl=E0inte Mhath - http://www.nextgenrpg.com/content/sl%C3%A0inte=
-mhath

System: Deliria (www.laughingpan.com)
Synopsis: Sl=E0inte Mhath! Welcome to Edinburgh. You just might never
leave.
(slawn'-cha-va) - Gallic for "good health" - equivalent of cheers,
Nasdravya, etc.

Welcome to Edinburgh. It's a week before the Edinburgh Festival kicks
off with Jazz on a Summer's Day. You're here in Auld Reekie for...
Well, you might be here as a tourist, taking advantage of a pre-
Festival deal, or maybe your travel agent got the dates wrong. You
might be here on business, attending the Emerging Technologies in
Virtual Realities conference. Could be visiting friends or relatives.
One thing's for certain, though: This is your first time in Edinburgh.

Inspiration for the game (a feel for what might go down...):
The written word:-

* The Edinburgh pieces writtin in Wild Dances
(www.filesandrecords.com)
* Ian Rankin's Rebus novels
* Christopher Brookmyre's "Quite Ugly One Morning"
* Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere
* Simon R Green's Nightside novels

The visual arts:-

* Being Human & Ultraviolet (the Channel 4 series with Jack Davenport,
not the movie. Please, God, not the movie.)
* Sliders (you'll just have to trust me on that one)
* Pretty much anything set in Edinburgh, just to get the feel for the
city.
* Google Maps Street View. Damn handy!

What I need from you...

* Your character's story. Your own, personal, once-upon-a-time. For
example...
o Nigel Lazenby.

English. "Call me George." Speaks a little French - enough to get by
in a restaurant, buy a newspaper, broker complex economic treaties and
discuss scientific and philosophic papers (Actually, he speaks a
similar amount of most Eastern European languages, a surprising amount
of German, and seven useful words in Japanese. But he tends to swear
in Magyar if he's not concentrating). Late 30s. Quite an unremarkable
man. If asked, people can't really give a good description of Nigel -
he's just average. Runs a second-hand book-shop. When asked "have you
a copy of ...?" his stock response is "Sorry, I sold the last copy
yesterday. Might have another next week if you'd care to come back."
Should the customer return, there will be a second-hand copy of the
book they were looking for. These things just arrive, Nigel has no
control over them.

Once Upon a Time... Nah, that's been done. Scratch "A long time ago,
in a galaxy far, far away" as well - sounds a little too familiar.
Let's go with "There was once a man who killed people..." Sounds about
right.

There was once a man who killed people. 37 people so far. All at the
orders of one small governmental department in Whitehall. This man was
unremarkable. Of average height and build, average looks, in a word,
*average*. But Nigel has bad dreams. Dreams of a prison of Ice where
his victims are the prison guards. Nigel doesn't want to kill people
any more, doesn't want to add more staff to his icy prison. Trouble
is, Nigel is very, very good at his job and his services are very much
in demand. So, one cold night, he ran away. His employers didn't know
about the eigth passport, weren't aware of the bank account in the
name of Nigel Lazenby - didn't even know who Nigel Lazenby was! And
Nigel hopes and prays they never, ever find out.
* Three things your character is good at
* Two things your character is bad at
* One secret your character has never told anyone
* One hidden talent that just might come in handy.
* The reason your character is in Edinburgh.

The game will start just outside St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile
at 10PM on Saturday night. I would like to know what you've been
spending the day doing before your Guided Ghost Tour of the Old City.
Number of Players: 4-6

Email Submissions to: archives@filesandrecords.com

Deadline: May 20th

Estimated Game Start: June 8th

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Urban Fantasy Online Collaborative Fiction Game - Now Casting

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