I'm not interested in this game, but I can give you some advice, for being a GM.

PbP are slower than real life, but not as slow as you might think. People need to invest some time into their character creation, and it shouldn't take more than one day. As I noticed, people who tend to take days for making their characters, are simply lack in enthusiasm, and will lag behind in game too. Just as IRL, you need to invest time into a multiplayer game, PbP doesn't mean you play whenever you want.

Be mechanically descriptive! Few lines to grab a feeling of the room, and some to describe how that mechanically affects the characters. If the players can't read and understand a post in 5 minutes, they will lose interest in replying at all. Same goes for the players, I asked them to only describe their actions, not their thoughts and melodrama. It can affect their actions and words, but if you skip a day partying, and come back that n players posted k lines, and most of them are not related to the actual scene, that makes you lose interest.

You need to put your mind into the game. Sometimes watch a movie, compose a scene beforehand, as if you were the players, how would you handle the next situation, if you were the player characters. You need to get into the mood sometimes, otherwise after a while you will feel your game as more and obligation, and will lose interest in countinueing anymore. In one of my past games, I had many really active players, but I just simply lose interest in the game altogether.

As I noticed, players are tend to be more willing to post if the GM is active too. If you can keep up a fine speed for 3 months, which means about 1 post/day rate, then they are likely to stay, as they feel their characters won't go to waste. And I had been playing a lot of games, where the GM just simply disappeared after a few months, because he lost interest...

Cripple X and korodikrisz, thank you both for your advice on how to run a game here. I'm going to chew on this a bit before I move forward. Between you both I'm thinking less detailed and less rules are a plus which wasn't what I had in mind to begin with.

To all that are willing to play, when I'm ready to launch I'll send you a message. It may not be what I've written below, which *does* include a bit of worldbuilding and character investment. Plus, I'm going to take k's information on pacing & time commitment seriously. I don't want this to die on the vine and I've had my experiences as a player with exactly the same frustrations.

Hakootoko, no link yet but when I have one I'll publish it here.

-c

No problem, GMChase. Hopefully I was helpful at least a little bit.

This thread really got my urge up to try some FATE fantasy. Something just simple and generic, probably centered around a small town of some sort. Nothing crazy epic or post-apocalyptic. Just a good traditional, lighthearted Fantasy adventure.

Would anybody be up for running something like that?

Sure, why not? Is there magic, and if so, have you thought about how you're going to work it?

Oh, I was asking if someone would be willing to run it, not if someone wanted me to run it. Thinking about the discussion before gave me a really fun character idea that I would like to try. Both running a game and being a player seems like it would be a little weird.

Oops, my bad.

I'd be up to run some optimistic high fantasy.

Excellent. Sounds great.

Things are finally settling down at work, and I'm getting the itch to run something.

I'm leaning toward FAE with custom approaches, modeled after Men In Black / 5th Element / somewhat campy Sci-Fi.

Still mulling it over :)

Cripple, solo or a few players? I certainly don't have time for more than three or four (tops) players.

I have a few settings available, but if it's just two of us, we could try Spark. I wouldn't do Spark online except for extremely reliable players.

rMail sent.

I would like to get into a relatively lighthearted game with a mix of roleplaying and action/adventure. I would like a more narrative system preferably FATE or Cortex Plus.

Settings/styles I'm most interested in (in no particular order):

• Superhero (Silver or Bronze age preferred, could work with Gold age as well)
• Science Fiction w/ space exploration (Firefly would be awesome, Star Frontiers is also good)
• Fantasy Martial Arts (Tianxia is my preference)
• Pulp Adventure (Spirit of the Century or similar)
• Space 1889 (I love the setting, the default system is okay)

I'm not interested in Adult or Solo games. I'm not a fan of playing canon characters and have a strong preference for playing my own creations.

I just wanted to put that out there in case there's anyone thinking about running a game and not sure what to run. If you have a game that fits my preference and are looking for additional players, let me know.

Thanks!
Shadowsmith

I'd really love the opportunity to play Tianxia. I tried to join a game here on RPOL a while back, but it melted just after play began.

Yeah, I tried getting into the Tianxia game that started up recently, but he closed it with only 3 players and neither my wife or I got in. But the game looks fun.

I didn't know one had started recently. The one I am refering to was probably around a year ago and was run by TCArknight.

Here's the game I mentioned: link to another game

I'm still bummed I didn't get in. It looks like fun.

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I would like to play in a Jadepunk adventure. I'm not that much into the Wuxia style, but I've seen some Bruce Lee films. :P

Hey, I am up for a game of fate, trying to get back into rpol after all. The problems are I can mainly only post on weekends, and every Fate game I ever joined tanked.

Any ideas?

You could always start your own game =D. I would ve interested.

Me too, looking forward for a FATE game.

I was trying to find one to play before I ran another :)  Very few of them starting up recently.

Just finished a Nightside novel by Simon R. Green, and thought about running something much like it.

Every time I have tried to start a game, I will get things rolling but... life happens, so I would rather play then run one lol.

Countless worlds are at your fingertips! Heroes battle against villains. Love stirs and friendship blossoms between them. What will happen to our erstwhile protagonists? Let's find out together!

Premise: I am interested in starting a game of FAE from the ground up, including a concise version, made for play-by-post format, of game creation done collaboratively by the players. The key to this game will be collaboration and fun! The rule of cool and awesome is fully in force! :)

Please direct your questions towards the game, as I do not check this thread often.

This game is rated Mature.

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Premise: Four-Color FAE is a rules supplement to Fate Accelerated Edition by Bill Garrett and Mike Lindsey. We will be using A Spark in Fate Core for game creation, but at a more accelerated pace for play-by-post format.

Here are some of the elements I want to keep in creating a superhero game:

• Cinematic universe. The example of the Marvel Cinematic Universe should permeate the setting. This means the player characters are all heroes of their own stories. I also want the mundane to fit in neatly with the wondrous. Magic, gods, and super-science should fit in neatly and coherently together, but not be incomprehensibly smushed together.
• Socially realistic. I don't want the setting we create to be completely unrecognizable from our own world. In fact, I would prefer a setting that is much like our world, at least on the surface, with appropriate responses from the populace, governments, et cetera.
• Heroic action. I want the player characters to be heroes. While I don't expect astonishing paragons of virtue, I do expect characters, while struggling to come to terms with their own flaws and human nature, to come to the right, heroic action.

Please direct your questions towards the game, as I do not check this thread often.

This game is rated Mature.

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Would anyone be interested in running a Fate fantasy or Free Port game?