Looks like I wasn't alone with some issues.

Things are much better and I'll be back up an running tomorrow.

Copying to all my games.

I really hate this time of year. :-( I've caught yet another cold or flu or something, and even dictating this is extremely painful. Bot me as necessary, but I'll be a few days. I'm very, very sorry! I'll be back ASAP!

Apologies for the delay, hope to get post up tonight

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"A couple badgers moved in and holy crap, aren't they mean bastards."

Badgers?  We don't need no stinkin' badgers!

sorry for the delay in posting things have been Nuts lately with work and life.

Posts coming

Was waiting on Malcolm and then RL happened

No problem at all!

Good for me also, Been so crazy lately. Just a heads up I may be a tad slower till end of aug, But am still around ;)

Hey folks,  I'm considering starting a play by email game on Yahoo Groups.  This will be a player driven game highly dependent on story and character interaction.  There will be little GM intervention.  For  the most part it will be proposing story threads and giving them an occasional nudge.

Characters may have metahuman abilities but I will stomp on anyone trying to run a Captain Everything type.  Every character will have their weakness or limitation.  If you choose to run a powered individual it will be your choice about if they are in the phonebooth about their identity.

Because of the origin of all the powers just about anything goes.  You can be a mage and have to use spells and incantations, A Vern type who creates super tech or a Furry with enhanced abilities but once you create your character you are locked in, That will be the way your powers work.

Part of the inspiration for this setting is 'Wearing the Cape' by Marium G. Harman.  If you have read those books you will have a pretty good idea of how it will work

Sounds interesting Malcolm, but a pbem and not pbp on here? I only ask because I started with pbem and moved to pbp (have a proboard Where we play mostly Heroes Unlimited based games besides games here).

It may work on here but one of the reasons I was thinking Yahoo Groups was because most people can access email even at work and you can post an email directly without having to copy and post into another format.  You can also attach pictures without needing to resort to special coding.  The big difference though is this is going to be (I hope) more story based.  Instead of posting a small snippet and then waiting for everyone to reply you will detail out your actions with maybe hints of what others are doing.  At the end of each post you can say who you would like to have pick up the next piece.  Most story arcs will have a leader, someone who started it and for that arc they more or less fill the roll of GM.

I have seen some posts run up to three pages in length

Here is a sample post from a previous game.

Trinka SilverruffJun 5, 2000

The smell of frying bacon and onions was enough, as they say, to bring the bears out of the woods, as it curled its persuasive way through the small house. A cat and a gorilla really didn't have much chance of resisting the tempting olfactory call, although the cat at least made an attempt to conceal her drooling. The gorilla merely slavered.

"Trinka, what the hell are you doing?"   Buzz demanded as she stopped in the doorway. Hoppy stopped right behind her, waiting for her to clear out.

 "I am cooking, I would think that would be obvious." Thewolf calmly responded as she stirred the contents of a largefrypan with a wooden spatula.

"Why?"  Clearly the concept was outside of the cat's understanding.

"Because I enjoy it, I am good at it, and I felt like it.Sit at the table like sociable furs and I will serve you."

Hoppy picked up the cat by the shoulders and moved her tothe side about three feet. "S'cuse me!" His butt hit the chair almost before he pushed the last syllable out between his lips.

"Don't touch me you great ape!"

"Nope, dat was Uncle Clarence on my Mudda's side. I tole you 'bout him allreadies."  Hoppy inhaled deeply, producing an almost perceptible draft in his direction. "Grub smells good!"

"Thank you for your assessment Horance." Trinka placed two heaping plates before the gorilla. One was piled high with scrambled eggs mixed with fried bacon and onions and topped with a layer of pepper jack cheese. A side of crispy fried potatoes rounded out the dish. The second plate held a short stack of pecan pancakes covered in a rich butter and a thin caramel syrup. A tall glass of milk and a short one of orange juice joined the setting.   "Bon appetite."

"Huh?"

"Enjoy the food Horance."   Another setting appeared on the table for the cat.

"This is all breakfast food."  The cat complained.

"And your point is?"

"That it's seven o'clock at night. It's supper time not breakfast!"

"You do not have to eat it. I am sure Horance would behappy to have your share."  Hoppy grinned and held out his plate for a refill. Trinka dutifully dished up anotherhelping, which he accepted happily.  "Where did you learn to cook anyway?"   Buzz pushed at the eggs with her fork before trying a mouthful. Her eyeswidened in surprise.

"It was part of my training. If you are going to poisonsomeone the easiest way is often in their food. Contactpoisons and concealed needles are all very well for a movie,but are extremely risky in reality.  Buzz stopped with a forkful of eggs a scant inch from herlips and gave it a queasy look.Trinka caught the look and gave a snort of disgust.  "Get real Doctor, if I really wished to poison you, you would have no warning, you would just fall over dead. I do promise that it would be quick and as painless as possible.I owe you that much at least."  At the range a timer chimed softly and Trinka opened the oven to remove a sealed foil pack, handling it carefully in her bare paws. Depositing it on a plate, she carefully peeled back the foil to reveal a gently steaming piece of raw meat. Cautiously she probed it with a finger tip,  "Perfect."

"What are you going to do with that?"  The Doctor asked, still eyeing her own meal suspiciously.

"Eat it of course."  The she wolf stated matter of factly.

"What about all of this?"  The cat indicated all the foodlaid out on the table.   "Don't you want any of it?"

"I prefer my food to be much simpler. I cook because Ienjoy it, not because I wish to eat it."  Trinka cut off a bite size piece of meat and popped it into her mouth. "I do not..."  The wolf's ears came up sharply and swiveled toward the outside wall. She jerked erect from her slouch against the counter.  "Someone's here, a vehicle of some type!"  Shoving her plate into the oven to conceal it, Trinka snatched up a plastic spray bottle that was sitting beside the sink, being careful not to squeeze it to hard. "I'll hide in one of the rooms. Try to distract them. If they come after me do NOT follow them. Remember that, don't follow them!"Quietly she slipped through the door and down the hallway.

A heavy knock rattled the back door to the kitchen.

Timm, you're up

It should be noted that in the above piece Trinka was my character while Buzz and Hoppy belonged to two other players. However as part of this story line I had permission to move them around and supply dialog as long as it was minor events.  For anything Major we would have hashed it out by emails or in chats then posted it.  They had permission to do the same with my character.

Use to do this with Star trek Group. Not a complicated thing really until we had a fleet war and you had to collaborate with 10 + people lol. But was a lot of fun.
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Sounds good unfortunately I Barely have time for 2 games here right now.

OK Folks, here is what I have came up with for my Storytelling RPG.  Take a look and let me know what you think

link to another game

::cackles::

I see you, I do! Seems we share more than one game...

hate to say it but I'm not sure what to do next.

In reply to Malcolm Winchester (msg # 334):

Was that before the edit I did a couple days ago?

Apologies on being MIA, Our company has been on an expansion and the workload has increased to a point where I barely have time for myself in a day.

Being put on multiple projects for work With constant out of town visitors and internal reorganization I tried all I could but I can no longer find time to give any of my games. Being responsible sucks sometimes lol and this is one of those times.

I really love this game and tried everything to stay on and Playing with Luke has been awesome but I can't seem to find any time for anything else.
I hate leaving games in this fashion but... Sigh... I wish you all the best of luck!

Sorry to see you go! Completely understandable, though. Hope your work eases up again soon.

Sorry to lose you Kevin. I guess we won't let CFI get you ;)

Hate to see you go.  Hopefully when things get back on a more even keel you can start up again.

Sorry for the delays, things back to normal now with the chaos of family's summer break over and school getting back in

Just wanted to let my writing partners know that my posting may be non existent for the coming days. Hurricane Dorian has decided to come visit tomorrow and will make landfall pretty much right on top of our community. We've been hit before, but this one looks to be a doozy. Hopefully it won't be as bad as feared, but wanted to give everyone a heads up

No pblem at all, stay safe!