Re: Urban Fantasy Online Collaborative Fiction Game - Now Casting

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

Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 23:46:12 +0000

Dedicated and Energetic GM looking for a few more players for his
Urban Fantasy game.  Details located at link or at the bottom of this
email.

We'd like to close submissions on May 20th for this game.  We only
have two submissions, and we'd like to have at least one more to help
get this off the ground right.  We have a dedicated and energetic GM
and now we're hoping to have a couple more talented writers join the
cast.

http://www.nextgenrpg.com/content/sl%C3%A0inte-mhath

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Game name:  Sl=E0inte Mhath

System:  Deliria
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...
(quick summary of the Deliria character creation system - please see
Character Creation.)

* 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 Sart:  June 8th

References

Urban Fantasy Online Collaborative Fiction Game - Now Casting
"china.pittenger@gmail.com" <china.pittenger@gmail.com>
Wed, 06 May 2009 02:30:00 +0000