[open PBEM free-form RPG] The Game Of Immortals From: "Brandon Van Every" <vanevery@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000 If we are all Gods and we have thrown our toys the mortals away and we are Immortal What shall we do and we cannot die to entertain ourselves? - Miokwo, Poetus Deus The Game Of Immortals ----------------------------------- Miokwo grows tired of awaiting avocation from the ether. And so he embarks upon the telling of it all, himself, enjoining others to exhort the foul blessings of Eternity. Peace, remonstrance, abrogation. Deus Ex Machina. In Death do we trust, we who cannot die. This is a Play By E-Mail (PBEM) free-form Role Playing Game (RPG). Free-form means that there's no rulebook and very few rules. The main goal of the game is to enjoy the game. That can mean many things to many people, that's part of the connundrum of what being a god is about. The Rules --------------- - Make up a God. Any God. I don't care. - Submit to me a sample of your writing, i.e. make the God do something. I'm only going to take good writers as in the past, I've found that this is what makes a game the most rewarding. Makes it fun for me, thereby increasing my own energy and enthusiasm, thereby making it more fun for you. What do I mean by "good?" Well, put your heart into it and send me something that "doesn't suck." That's about all I mean really. What I don't want is "Thor picks up the axe. Thor swings the axe. Thor likes his axe." and that's it. None of this minimalist crap, you need to write paragraphs and move the plot action along with your posts. If you send me a writing sample, I will get back to you either the same day or the next. I hate waiting on other people and I'm tired of submitting characters to PBEM RPGs that don't answer back, that's why I'm going to run this. - Please write your stuff in the 3rd person. - The rules are spelled out in Miokwo's poem. Any questions? - Uuuh, it's a Pantheon. All Gods have knowledge of each other. You can try to play Monotheism if you like, but you're gonna have helluva existential angst. :-) - The story will be created jointly and is very much open-ended. Generally we will follow the rule of "He who specifies first, makes Reality." However, my job as Game Master is to keep the plot going in one direction. I will use every concieveable means including Deus Ex Machina to keep it coherent. Please try to blend in with what others are telling. - Seating is limited, I suggest you arrive early. - Game updates will happen every 1..4 days, depending on your personal energy. You will be expected to respond within that period. If things sit for a week, everyone loses interest. Especially me. - If you don't really have time to participate, please don't bother. It's vital that participants have the energy and enthusiasm to write regularly. So if you don't think you can manage the rhythm, i.e. you're crazy busy with your mundane workload of the month, please don't kid yourself. - once you're on-board, please put [GODS] in the subject line of your e-mail so I can filter it. Cheers, 3d graphics optimization jock Brandon Van Every Seattle, WA --------------------------------------------------------------------- ad hominem (adj) "To the person." Attributed to Aristotle. 1: appealing to feelings or prejudices rather than intellect. 2: marked by an attack on an opponent's character rather than by an answer to the contentions made. 3: a 2000+ year old problem of civil debate, antedating Usenet. Up